I Stole the Number One Ranker’s Soul 149

Episode 150:

The stairs were quite long.

I started counting from the middle, and when I reached about 100, I felt like I heard the sound of water coming from somewhere.

A sound as clear as a stream flowing.

“This is the sound of water, right?”

When I asked for confirmation, Seo Ji-han nodded as if it was obvious.

Could there be a river or lake here where there is nothing but the sky and floating islands?

Where is Nafgis taking us?

“Are you feeling okay?”

“I’m fine. you? “You overdid it.”

“I’m fine too.”

As he was coming down the stairs, Seo Ji-han’s wounds gradually healed from being fatal.

The long diagonal cut was completely healed, and even his clothes were perfectly repaired.

“But I’m glad you got better quickly.”

It was a shame that I couldn’t give Inogis’ S-class recovery skill to Seo Ji-han, but seeing his wounds heal so quickly gave me some relief.

“Because this is a body that was created. “He probably won’t die even if he gets a fatal wound like this.”

“But don’t fight too dangerously. Probably. “Because it’s not certain.”

When I remembered Seo Ji-han lying motionless in a puddle of blood, I felt frustrated, as if someone was clutching my heart.

But he shrugged his shoulders as if it was no big deal.

“If you ask me, I’m already dead. “This body is also made of magic stone energy anyway, so even if I die, my materialization will just be released.”

The light of Nafgis dimly shone on him as he spoke calmly.

For some reason, I felt like Seo Ji-han would disappear at any moment, so I held onto one arm of him who was right next to me.

“huh? what’s the matter?”

Seo Ji-han asked, looking a little surprised by my sudden action.

“…just like that.”

“okay?”

Without asking any more questions, he smiled and held my hand tightly.

The warmth flowing through my palm seemed to soothe my chilly heart a little.

We went down in silence for a while.

A repetitive space with endless stairs and pale light where you can barely discern facial expressions.

Meanwhile, the tension continued to rise.

How much further down do we have to go?

And why is Nafgis acting like this?

“Why did you give it to me?”

Unable to bear the silence, he opened his mouth again and Seo Ji-han looked back curiously.

“huh? what? Oh, horns?”

“yes. “There was no reason to do that.”

I lowered my voice and whispered as I saw the ball of light walking away.

“Isn’t he just telling you?”

I was momentarily at a loss as to what to reply to Seo Ji-han’s words that seemed obvious.

joke? Oh, this is a joke.

“yes?”

“At first glance, your horns probably looked unusual.”

“…So it looks like my attack didn’t work.”

As I quietly refuted his guess, Seo Ji-han touched his chin with one hand and briefly lost in thought.

Then he smiled broadly and said as if he had realized.

“Isn’t it because you were cute?”

“…yes?”

I was silent for a moment.

In that interval, my mind made a cool assessment.

Seo Ji-han, your sense of jokes is really bad. But I appreciate your efforts to ease the tension.

And my heart evaluated.

Ugh, I guess I’m crazy. I’m so excited! I think Seo Ji-han’s smiling face is cuter!

“Whoa.”

I took a deep breath and repeated to myself.

This is not the time. Seo Ji-han was just joking as a favor to lighten the mood.

Let’s not be mistaken. You’ve been like this before. Haha, once again, why are you doing this? Put your hands together?

“That can’t be possible.”

I ignored my heart pounding and answered calmly.

Of course. Because the intelligence of the head is 100 and the intelligence of the heart is 0.

“why? “I think you’re really cute.”

He tilted his head while maintaining a smiling face.

so cute. Should I just live with an intelligence of 0 from today?

No, what are you talking about? You have to strengthen your head and endure it.

“Please stop it.”

When I spoke calmly again, Seo Ji-han laughed lowly.

“Maybe that’s possible? “Don’t you think you would look very small from that giant king’s point of view?”

“If it’s cute because it’s small, why did Seo Ji-han make it that way?”

“Maybe black wasn’t your taste?”

We continued our trivial conversation. Thanks to this, I felt like my stiff shoulders were loosening up a bit.

As I was going down like that for a while, Seo Ji-han suddenly pointed towards me.

“I think we’re almost there.”

Seo Ji-han’s voice settled above the strong sound of water.

Not far away, I saw a passageway that seemed to be the exit.

After confirming that Nafgis entered the passage filled with light, we quickly jumped in as well.

“Oh…”

Seo Ji-han’s exclamation heard from behind his back.

The first thing that caught my eye was the all-white fountain.

“This is the sound of water…”

The fountain was enormous, as if it had been adjusted to Nafgis’ original size. It was big.

The water falling from the sky gave an intimidating feeling that was more like a waterfall than a fountain.

After being distracted by its majesty, we were once again amazed by the scenery that unfolded behind us.

At the center of the landscape was a translucent altar that seemed to have been carved from crystal.

Above the altar, huge structures of unknown purpose were shining brightly.

There was nothing that was not beautiful. Moreover, they were all huge, as if they were tailored to Nafgis’s body.

“I guess I should catch up quickly?”

Seo Ji-han urged Nafgis, gesturing to him who had already walked away.

Nafgis was standing quietly in front of the stairs leading up to the altar, waiting for us.

“It feels like the most mysterious dungeon I’ve ever been to.”

“I know.”

Even as we hurried along, our eyes were taken by the strange things placed here and there. Meanwhile, Seo Ji-han pointed to one side.

“Isn’t that a monster?”

A pile of stones was piled up on a circular plate that looked like a dungeon portal.

Nearby, an elaborately made flying vehicle was floating, shooting light towards the pile of stones.

Then, a golem-shaped monster was created from the pile of stones that received light, walked out, and disappeared somewhere through another portal.

“…The secret of the creation of monsters?”

“These definitely don’t seem to be living creatures?”

It’s really unique.

The dungeons that came before Nafgis at least had living creatures. But here, even Nafgis himself is not sure if he is a living thing or not.

In addition to that structure, there were other geometrically shaped structures scattered here and there that I had no idea what they were used for.

I left behind the scene where the stone was giving me the will to live and walked diligently toward the altar.

“I went down the stairs a lot, but now I have to go up.”

I complained while looking at the high stairs, and Seo Ji-han quickly picked me up and kicked me to the ground.

Without any time to be surprised, I was on top of the altar in an instant.

“thank you.”

“It was nothing.”

When we came up to the altar, Nafgis was already standing in front of a sculpture waiting for us. I guess that’s the final destination.

“…What is this item used for?”

A huge round metal frame with an open center. It was so large that it completely reflected Nafgis’s original body.

No matter how I looked at it, its purpose was unknown, so I approached it in confusion, and Nafgis motioned for me to stand in the very center of the metal frame.

“I think they’re telling you to stand here?”

Seo Ji-han took his seat first and beckoned me over as if he thought there was no danger.

As we stood at the designated location, Nafgis, who was next to us, stretched out her hand and beamed light into the sculpture.

The Giant King’s relic, ‘Future Poetry Wreath’, is activated.

You can see your future just once.

Would you like to use the ‘Future Poetry Circle’?

Cancel Use

Startled by the message that appeared before my eyes, I looked back at Seo Ji-han.

He was looking at me with his eyes wide open, as if he was seeing the same message.

“The future?”

My heart was pounding.

There has never been a time when we have wanted to know the future as much as we do now, when only uncertain and gloomy events, such as the Doomsday Predator, await us.

Perhaps the worst future awaits me, but I had no choice not to look.

“I have to see it, right?”

He seemed to sense my anxiety and immediately held my hand tightly.

And as always, he smiled with a confident expression.

“It will be fine. “Don’t worry too much.”

I looked at him for a moment and then nodded. Then I selected ‘Enable’ for system messages.

‘Future time circle’ is used.

For a certain period of time, the user’s consciousness is bound by the ‘future vision’.

The center of the empty structure was filled with light, pouring towards us like waves.

My vision became completely white and I felt a sense of floating, as if my consciousness was floating.

When I regained consciousness, I was standing in a familiar place.

‘Is this…the penthouse?’

This was the penthouse I lived in when I joined the Baekgwang Guild before conquering the first dungeon.

I felt quite nostalgic, perhaps because it had been a while since I had seen him.

‘First of all, I guess I can come back to the penthouse.’

I wanted to know what day it was, but unfortunately I didn’t have a device to know. All I could tell was that it was afternoon time.

The house was dark, perhaps because the sun was about to set.

I reached for the light switch to turn on the light, but my body wouldn’t move.

I guess I can only observe and share that view in the consciousness of future Son Mo-ah.

‘I’ had just entered the front door.

I must have lost my mind somewhere, so my vision wasn’t very focused.

Feeling anxious, I watched as I took off my shoes and walked into the kitchen.

“Haa…”

A deep sigh flowed from my mouth as I poured water into a cup and drank it.

And then I felt the sensation of clenching my teeth as if I was enduring something.

And at that moment, I felt a sense of discomfort. Who is Seo Ji-han?

Who is Seo Ji-han ?

Where is it?