# 110
110
The headless body fell to the floor like a marionette whose strings had been cut.
Daesung threw away the man’s head, including the spine, as if throwing it away.
[You have achieved the conditions for the 9th floor.]
[A portal to the next floor has been created.]
The condition for clearing the 9th floor was to kill the trainer leading the hunting dog.
Except for the fact that it was annoying because the hunting dog, which was desperate to protect its owner, rushed at them, it was no more than a fist away from the beast or the trainer.
‘Odie said there is such a thing as a trial of patience.’
My intuition was telling me that it was time to face a new aspect.
And sure enough, I took the portal and went to the next floor.
[The 10th floor trial begins.]
[Trial of patience.]
[Accept a certain number of pains to advance to the next floor.]
The intuition was accurate.
However, what drew Daesung’s attention was not the system message, but the background unfolding around him.
A wilderness filled with acrid dust.
And huge mountain ranges surrounding the wilderness.
No, more accurately, they are ‘things that look like mountain ranges.’
‘Titan’s corpse.’
Where there should have been a round peak, the face, limbs, etc. of a dead Titan were stuffed.
And there is only one planet in the universe littered with the literally massive remains of Titan.
‘Is this the home of the giant?’
This was also a scene I saw in Ramish’s memory, so I could clearly recognize it.
It is probably not just a coincidence that only the floating disk appears consistently, and then in the 10th layer, another planet appears in the background.
‘Is it possible to reach the branches of the dimensional tree in units of 10 floors?’
In other words, arrival at the sealed dimension.
If I keep going like this, will I end up in hell someday?
Such seemingly good questions filled my mind, but they all soon evaporated.
Kkwajijik-.
This is because Daesung’s body suddenly disintegrated into pieces of paper.
[Feel the weight of the life that has been killed while going through the ordeal.]
[The final pain of the life that died in the 1st layer hits the ascetic.] [
Elapsed time to break through the 1st layer: 10.39 seconds]
[If you declare giving up, it is an ordeal of patience. ends immediately.]
I’m crying!
Blood that looked like internal organs was gushing out of the neck, and the limbs were torn to shreds.
It felt like a terrible pain was going through the top of my head, through my brain, and tearing at each of my toes.
“…!”
Daesung’s once peaceful face was completely covered with bulging tendons.
At first, it felt like my whole body was actually being torn apart, but no.
It turned out that only the pain was real and the body was still the same.
In other words, it’s an illusion.
‘You have to endure it.’
The pain continued as if his eyeball was being torn out, but Daesung did not even moan, let alone scream.
However, it is impossible to hide even the feeling of pain from the facial expression.
Of the two years since returning to Earth, this is the most frowning time.
‘You have to endure it. You have to endure it. ‘You have to endure it!’
The feeling of pain cutting through my entire body is somehow familiar.
This is the pain experienced by the hunting dogs who just died on the first floor with their heads ripped out and their bones crushed.
In other words, Daesung is now enduring the incredible pain of having his neck ripped out and his bones crushed.
[Time remaining: 7.43 seconds]
It felt like 300 years, but in reality, not even 3 seconds had passed yet.
10 seconds feels like an eternity!
‘It’s not the first time I’ve experienced this.’
What Daesung did to overcome the pain was to recall strangely painful memories.
The pain came as if it wouldn’t even give me time to think, but I overcame it with my indomitable spirit.
‘Happy memories don’t help.’
Like a fire spreading, the pain burns away even the happy memories that were there.
It is much better to recall painful memories.
The thought that this is not the first time gives me reason and gives me courage.
‘When I was hit by the Dragon Iron Knight’s direct sword and my intestines spilled out. When he was poisoned by Saju and suffered from high fever and vomiting blood for 10 days. When I was hit by a lava spark in my left eye at King Yeom’s territory. When my shoulder was almost ripped out of Gedrak’s grasp.’
Ironically, the memories of that time that make me shiver just thinking about them have helped me now.
Even back then, instead of just being injected with senses like now, weren’t bodies actually cut, crushed, and burned?
‘Compared to that, it’s much better now. This pain is an illusion. You have to get it away from me.’
I endured 80 years in real hell, but I wonder if I can’t survive this fake thing?
It’s no big deal.
[The final pain of the life that died in the 2nd layer hits the ascetic.]
[Elapsed time to break through the 2nd layer: 4.99 seconds]
It’s really no big deal.
***
[You have passed the test of patience.]
[A portal to the next floor has been created.]
Without a moment of hesitation, Daesung straightened up.
In the general case, you would not be able to escape the aftereffects and would go crazy, drooling.
Because I chewed my lip so much, I used my hand to wipe away the blood that was dripping down.
‘It helped that I killed him quickly.’
Because I quickly got through the ordeal in less than 5 seconds, the time I had to endure became that much shorter.
Although I slightly regret killing him in such a cruel and barbaric way.
[You have completed the trials from Tier 1 to Tier 10 with perfect grades.]
[Dimensional blessings are granted to outstanding ascetics.] [
From now on, pain perception is permanently reduced by 50%.]
Permanent means dimensional . Does this also apply to reality outside the water?
‘Then it’s not that bad as a reward.’
Regardless of whether one’s mental strength is strong and one’s recovery speed is strong, everyone feels the same level of pain, which means it decreases.
Daesung moved his feet and entered the portal leading to the 11th floor.
[The 11th floor trial begins.]
[Trial of Patience]
[If you want to advance to the next floor, carry the defects given by the trial.]
Before I could finish reading the words written on the system, the space went dark.
No, it’s not a dark war.
Push!
Both eyes seemed strangely moist, and then something like a lump fell onto the top of my foot.
‘Crazy guys.’
Daesung now realizes that his eyeballs have been removed by an invisible force.
The lump rolling around on the top of my foot right now must be my eye.
I could feel the uncontrollable blood flowing down my face, but thanks to the blessings of the dimension tree, the pain was not that severe.
[You have passed the test of patience.]
[A portal to the next floor has been created.] The
entire visible world is dark red, but surprisingly, only the sentences of the system message are clearly visible.
As if letters of light were engraved in the distant darkness.
‘Do you mean to continue the rest of the trials like this?’
The level of difficulty was so ridiculous that I wondered if Won Soo was doing this on purpose after finding out that the ascetic’s true identity was Daeseong.
On the other hand, memories of when I took the licensing exam two years ago flashed through my mind.
‘Even then, we had to move in the dark.’
However, back then the field was dark and now there is a difference like the sky and the ground where the eyeballs have been pulled out.
At the time, there was the ‘eyes of fortune telling’, so the adverse conditions of not being able to see in front of one’s eyes had no meaning at all.
But now I can’t use hell’s skills like I did then.
‘The fact that we must break through purely physically has not changed.’
It doesn’t matter if you can’t rely on skill. It’s not like the limbs I had to fight with are gone, so what’s the problem?
Daesung walked along, following the very faint and hazy light of the portal that flickered through the darkness.
[The trial of the 12th floor begins.]
[The trial of defeat.]
[Defeat the five ‘white shooters’ to advance to the next floor.]
Peeing!
I caught the arrow flying from a diagonal direction with my hand.
I don’t know if it’s a promotion ritual or something, but I can’t help but feel that they are really bad people.
‘These are people who shoot arrows when they can’t see.’
The sound of destruction was heard from above.
In other words, the 12th layer field is not a flat disk like before.
While I was thinking, five shots fired at me at the same time, but I waved them off with a wave of my hand.
The reason it was not avoided is because there is no guarantee that the shape of the field would not have floated in the sky like a disk.
There was a risk of falling if you rushed forward in that situation.
‘The magic power was also sealed.’
There are no options for shooting radar in all directions using magical power.
‘It’s worth it.’
But Daesung only has a calm smile.
Sigh…!
The white archers pulled the bowstring with all their might for the next shot.
The field where they formed their battle line was a specific section of a 20-pyeong canyon.
Except for the field where the object is placed, the rest of the object is floating in the dizzyingly high sky like a disk.
The white archer was firing arrows from a 4m-high rock wall rising throughout the canyon.
They looked like white-haired men and stared at the ascetic below with quiet murderous intent in their eyes.
The target had clearly lost both eyes and was bleeding.
I was really surprised when they calmly blocked the blast they had just fired.
It seems that this ascetic has abnormally developed senses.
The guy must have heard the sound of the protest bouncing and moved his arm.
So I decided to fake it.
Piing-!
The gunner in the ravine on the right only fired an arrow without setting it.
just as expected. Hearing the sound, the ascetic moved his right arm.
The arm that should have swatted away the arrow and immediately retrieved it was only waved in the air meaninglessly.
Because of this, it is inevitable that the center of the body shakes slightly and small gaps like the hole of a needle are revealed.
And the white gunners did not miss that tiny gap.
Piing-!
An arrow with a sharp tip flew towards the unusually large hollow clavicle and side.
Even if the 10th level blessing reduces the pain by half, it is still the pain of an arrow piercing the skin.
The ascetic who was hit by the arrow would most likely fall to his knees on the spot!
At that time, a carpet bombardment of arrows is poured down to make the guy look like a hedgehog.
Pak-! Faba Park-!
The sound of an arrow cutting through the darkness and getting stuck is loud.
But it was clearly different from the sound penetrating the skin of a living thing.
…?
The faces of the shooters looking at the arrows stuck in the ground were filled with questions.
He must have been persistently looking at his target while shooting arrows, right?
However, as the arrow left the string and I closed and opened my eyes once, the ascetic’s appearance was everywhere.
“You were acting childish.”
The shooter who first faked looked behind him with his shoulders shaking.
Quad deuk-!
The head was immediately pulled out.
“Did you think I would be dumbfounded by that joke just because it took away my eyesight?”
The remaining gunners responded and fired a volley of fire toward Daesung.
He ran over the protruding rock walls one by one, killing the gunners in an instant.
‘There is no need for magical power.’
Just because you can’t open the radar doesn’t mean your well-established sense of feel and touch have become dull.
Radar only helps you identify enemies more accurately.
After hearing the sound of the gunners holding their breath three times before firing, I was able to pinpoint their location perfectly.
Without fail, a portal to the next floor was created.
Seven archers welcomed him.
Seven, then nine.
Nine then ten. Ten then fifteen.
Soon, when 30 gunners surrounded the area on all sides and rained down a barrage of arrows, they attacked by destroying the rock wall itself and destroying the entire field formation.
[You have achieved the requirements for the 19th floor.]
[A portal to the next floor has been created.]
It has taken less than 30 minutes to reach the 20th floor.
***
The trial of the 20th floor was to eliminate five huge ballistas that were shooting arrows in bunches.
“hmm?”
However, before I even read the text, my vision was suddenly restored to its original state.
Slurp.
The lost eyeball was reborn in the empty eyelid that was filled with blood.
It was at that time that Daesung felt strange and wrinkled his forehead and touched his eyes.
“hey!”
A shout filled with anger was heard from above.
When I raised my head and looked up, I saw a woman glaring at Daesung with her cheek twitching.
‘What is that again?’
He wore silver armor and had three pairs of wings of light fluttering behind his back.
Instead of having a helmet, the woman was wearing a golden butterfly mask that covered up to the bridge of her nose.
“This guy without permission from the apostles dares to step into the dimensional water?! “What on earth is the Root Order Sentinel doing?”
When Daesung regained his sight, he saw a name tag floating above the woman’s head.
[Fifth Apostle Orkiel]
And Daeseong’s eyes sank sharply.
‘We finally met.’
Heavenly Apostle!
These are the guys who persistently sabotaged every time the Transcendent was interrogated.
There’s no way there’s any good feeling. Or rather, needless to say, wouldn’t it be natural to want to tear it to death?
But
‘let’s put it aside for now.’
Killing is killing, but there is something you must gain first.
Just information.
If apostles are those at the top of the transcendental, then this means that there is no longer anyone who can remotely interfere with the interrogation whenever information is sought.
“I wondered why the dimensional tree suddenly opened, and I had no idea that such a scoundrel would come in! Reveal your identity immediately, you scoundrel! “Where on earth did you get that dog bone from? Huh?”
It was then.
Orkiel, who was glaring at him as if he were going to kill him, was taken aback.
‘Do you recognize me?’
He killed the Transcendent and lifted the seal on time and space in hell.
It wouldn’t make sense to not be able to recognize Daesung’s face like that.
But that wasn’t the real reason Orkiel was embarrassed.
“you you…! Why do you smell like the spirit beast I cherished?!”
“Body odor?”
What is Yeongsu?
Daesung frowned as he only heard an incomprehensible sound, but suddenly he felt a sense of deja vu at the name Orkiel.
‘I thought it sounded familiar.’
And miraculously, I was able to come up with it.
When he obtained the Fire Flower Greatsword, he fought a giant snake called ‘Guardian’.
At that time, the name of the apostle who served as the guardian’s master was clearly listed in the system as ‘Orchiel’.
“You smell like the guardian’s blood! “Of course!”
“….”
“You can’t believe it…!”
Orkiel, seeing that his reaction was not negative, covered his mouth with his hand.
Daesung said to her, who was contemplating something like that couldn’t be possible.
“When you say guardian, do you mean that white snake? “If it were him, I would kill him and cover his blood.”
“What…”
“But it was already two years ago, so there’s no way I can still smell his blood on my body? “Because you were my favorite spirit, didn’t you miss even the faintest scent?”
As soon as there was a question mark at the end of the sentence, Orkiel summoned the sword of light and swung it vigorously.
humming-!
The rough, rough, and reckless swordsmanship seemed to represent the anger she was currently feeling.
Daeseong stepped backwards and light cut through the black air.
“You bastard! I finally found it! “How dare you, my pet!”
“It’s none of my business.”
Because it was force majeure.
Orkiel swung the sword of light, shedding tears of anger and anger beneath the butterfly mask.
There is no way that an ignorant, emotionally biased attack would reach Daesung.
bang-!
“Kuh…?!”
Daesung’s lightly outstretched fist hit Orkiel in the face.
She rolled around the ground about three times, then straightened her wings and rose into the air again.
The smooth lips were torn and the broken molars fell out.
‘Even though it was thrown lightly, it must have been loaded with force, right?’
It would have been normal for the face to have been completely crushed or the neck vertebrae to have been broken, but only a few teeth were broken.
‘It’s a bit different from a phantom since it carries the name of an apostle.’
“Aaaahhh!”
Orkiel poured out his anger as he clutched his blood-covered face.
I finally found the enemy who killed the guardian, but when he got punched, I couldn’t control my anger.
“You damn bastard!”
The moment Orkiel burst into rage, the butterfly mask began to glow.
Wearing a mask instead of a helmet to cover the head is not just for cool reasons.
This mask-shaped sacred object created by the miracle of an apostle transforms the wearer into the image of the enemy’s most cherished being.
“how is it!”
The light went out and Orkiel’s face, which fell to the ground, surprisingly had the appearance of Daesung’s mother, Hyejeong.
“Let’s see if you can still punch my precious face like this!”
Even the voice was recreated.
The performance of the mask is not absolute.
Enemies with strong mental strength eventually attacked, no matter what face they had.
But
‘even those guys are bound to hesitate at first!’
The fact that you are fighting an enemy with the face of a precious person always leaves you with a loophole.
Even if your will is as strong as steel, your hesitation is evident in your movements, even if you pretend to be fine.
Orkiel, with the face of Hyejeong, twitched the corners of his mouth and sneered.
“You too have experienced the pain of being stabbed by someone you love once.”
Orkiel’s vision turned black.
It was only after being hit that I realized that it was Daesung’s fist that was right in front of my nose.
bang-!
“Huh?!”
Orkiel suddenly had to be grabbed by the hair instead of rolling around on the floor.
This time, his open palm struck her face.
match-! match-!
Before I had time to scream, my teeth were pulled out and the skin on my cheek was torn.
In his fading mind, what Orkiel felt was a question.
Because there was no hesitation in Daesung’s hand, which was swinging mercilessly.
“Knock, wait a minute…!”
weird.
This can’t be happening.
This face, now a mess, must be the face of the person he cared about the most!
“Did you think I’d be in trouble for copying my mother?”
Daesung said coldly.
“You’re welcome. You just kicked away the opportunity to die in peace.”