Genius Corpse-Collecting Warrior - Chapter 276

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World and World (1)

Hwiiii…….

A sharp wind that beats the skin with a tingling sensation.

Dallen raised his head at the familiar yet unfamiliar touch.

‘…A snowy mountain out of nowhere.’

My last memory was clearly sticking a white rock into the back of Dallaine’s neck. The field of vision is filled with the pure white flash of white rock, and immediately after that it goes into darkness.

Then why did it fall here? Dallen quietly reflected on the last scene.

‘It was confirmed that Baekrak penetrated the guy’s skin and hit the gray shimmer directly. ‘I’m sure it hit the weak spot.’

The area around the nape of Dallain’s neck that he habitually scratched. The gray color that wavered unsteadily there.

There was no way Dallen, who had recovered three digits of corpses, could not detect the identity of the gray person.

‘It was the color of a corpse.’

A color that only he can see in this world.

A symbol representing the end of the characters he had raised beyond the monitor.

Originally, it was normal for a corpse to not move from the spot it died.

This is because the ashen corpse is merely a medium that imitates the appearance of the character at the time of death.

‘The main bodies of the characters were sleeping in the well of Yeokcheon.’

What was initially thought to be just the content of the Successor DLC had its own meaning in this living, breathing world.

The characters who gave power to Dallen were actually heroes from another world line that had come to an end.

A transcendent being called the Well of Yeokcheon brought the souls of heroes from each parallel world and left them as a kind of arrangement.

The corpses that Dallon had seen so far only served as a medium between the soul and reality.

‘The corpses of the transcendents were a bit different, though.’

Unlike most corpses, which could inherit part of their abilities through contact, the corpses of transcendental people had to go through a step of receiving recognition from their souls in order to inherit their abilities.

Of course, even in that case, it was impossible for the gray corpse itself to move on its own.

The only exception was the corpse of necromancer Dalum Jive, who forcibly grabbed him and dragged him into the conscious world.

But Dalin moved on his own.

Not only did they move on their own feet, but they even exerted influence as if they were inhabitants of this world.

‘I’ve probably used up a significant portion of my power. Even if we somehow avoided the decline in hierarchy, it is highly likely that we would have suffered a similar blow.’

Dallen had recently competed with the Dragon God and won, but the Dragon God itself had lost half of the Great Dragon and was not complete in the first place.

Under normal circumstances, there was no way he would be a match for Daelin, who competed head-on with the five evil gods.

Nevertheless, the reason why even a push-and-push fight was possible was because both Daelin’s abilities and body showed signs of instability here and there.

The fluttering motion at the nape of Dallan’s neck where he had inserted the white rock was like a weakness revealed by the instability of the body itself.

‘Let’s first understand the situation.’

Dallen lost his memory and looked around.

Immediately after the pure white flash of white rock, what was reflected in my vision, which was slowly recovering, was the scene of a snow-covered snowy mountain.

A cabin that has become cold and deserted. Hunting tools scattered in the backyard.

A scene that has been repeated hundreds of times only on the other side of the monitor, and many times more in the realm beyond the image.

Dallon suddenly felt that his eye level was slightly different when looking at it. And at the same time, someone’s voice was heard.

– Where are we?

It was an inner voice.

Neither his own thoughts nor the voice of Jeokchang or Arbor, but someone else’s voice.

‘……what?’

Dallen frowned. To be exact, I was trying to frown.

However, instead of creating wrinkles around his eyes, his body slowly lowered his head and looked at his hands.

-Who am I?

It was a man’s thick hand.

Instead of a warrior’s hand covered in calluses and scars, it has a smooth grip that looks like it has barely done anything.

The belt where the ax and dagger were supposed to hang had been replaced with a thin leather strap.

The sturdy boots and relic armor had been replaced with shabby leather shoes and cloth clothes.

‘…this.’

The situation was quickly understood. This current body was not Dallon’s own body.

What is important, then, is whose body it is.

The answer to the guess came quickly.

– Dallaine.

This is because the thoughts of the owner of the body were once again heard from within as if they were his own.

– My name is Dallaine. I was born to prevent the end of the world.

***

Life after the snowy mountain continued quickly, like a dream.

Numerous scenes appear and disappear in an instant, as if a flash of light passes before your eyes.

– First, you need to build up funds and military force, and at the same time, acquire the necessary resources. The mercenary industry would be most appropriate. All you have to do is accumulate performance and activity to the point where you get a gold plaque.

– What you need to get in the beginning is Mandrake from the Lvivbach Herb Forest. A spell slayer from the Dark Moon branch of the Falcion Bronze District. Moonlight Sword from the Rune Temple in the northern part of the City Union. And other minor leaps.

– There are quite a few useful relic weapons in the lower levels of the labyrinth. It would be a good idea to take care of the first and second floors by going around the first and second floors three or four times.

What remained clearly among the scenes that passed by without a moment for the eye to capture were the thoughts that Dallain had.

Plans that are thoroughly made for a single purpose. There was no room for unnecessary desires or emotions to get involved in the process.

After working as a mercenary and sweeping up all kinds of talents and hidden items, in just a few years, Daline’s inaction grew to a level comparable to that of the transcendents of the Diamond Palace.

The way he moves along an optimized route and selects only the most valuable items makes him look like a machine that already knows the future.

However, despite having such skills, Dallain’s life was bleak.

Because he didn’t have a family, a lover, or even common colleagues or friends.

To be precise, it would be correct to say that he hit it himself.

“Daline. We received a report that you attacked the Rune Temple. “If I knew you, you wouldn’t be like that.”

“I think we need to weed out the informants. “I didn’t do it.”

“also. I knew it would happen…argh! vs. Dallein?”

One day, he stuck an ax into the back of Sienna’s head when she was relieved. It was a simple reason.

This is due to the fact that Kyle Berkus Arven is sealing an ancient beast in the depths of the Blade Mountains, and if Sienna’s life is threatened, he will break the seal and come out according to the contract.

– Where the beasts and ancient dragons are released, the magic power that has been concentrated for a long time remains like a medicine. If you absorb it, you can learn high-level spells more quickly.

Daelin, who escaped using a teleportation scroll, went up to the north and obtained healing medicine.

In the process, the eastern part of the Tsardom became a sea of blood due to the unleashed ancient beasts, and in the labyrinth city below, an ancient dragon summoned in the middle of the Bronze Zone clashed with the Diamond Palace.

However, it had nothing to do with him.

The bitter herbal medicine greatly increased his magical power as intended.

“There were strange rumors going around all the time. “It was a story about you, Dallaine, summoning a dragon to the labyrinth city.”

“It’s a rumor. People are naturally jealous of those who are better than themselves. “What kind of talent can I have to make a dragon come?”

“Well… in dark times, dark lies often masquerade as the truth. How can the person who came to help when the Knights are in crisis like now… wow!”

The expedition team dispatched to the rift to stop Cheongrin threw Lucia into Cheongrin’s surprise breath.

The Demon Slayer’s Holy Sword was a treasure that kept the secret secrets of the hero Reredonara intact.

Since I received all the possible sacred tattoos under the pretext of an expedition, there was no reason to maintain a good relationship with the knights.

After acquiring the secret sword of Reredonara, he left the south and turned to the east. After killing the King of Knights there, he crossed the continent again and took hostage with the merchant guild leader.

He invaded the imperial capital and stole the emperor’s armor. He invaded the secret ritual sites of warlocks and cultists, beat them all to death, and then performed human sacrifices himself.

The life that started as an ordinary mercenary became filled with blood stains as time passed.

The nicknames given to him also changed from slayer to devil, and from devil to evil god.

– How could I…

It was a starry night when Dalin, who had never hesitated in all his actions, suddenly began to question himself.

One early morning, I was preparing for a decisive battle with the five evil spirits that were not far away after reaching the peak of the 7th level.

– How do I know this knowledge?

Knowledge engraved in the brain as if it had come back from the future. In fact, it was incomprehensible information whose source was unknown.

-Why am I trying to stop evil spirits?

Even though he became a massacre, he couldn’t figure out the reason for his actions to stop the massacres.

Despite the endless doubts, the body only moved mechanically.

Getting what you need in the fastest and most efficient way. Mainly the method is extortion.

However, that does not mean that he had no will of his own.

It’s just that the history he has accumulated so far and its results are driving him down one path.

– Didn’t I have a choice from the beginning?

Having already burned a third of the continent, there was no home or resting place for him to return to.

If you stop, that’s the end of it.

– Was I being used by someone without my knowledge?

I thought I survived solely on my own strength. I thought I was running towards a clearer goal than anyone else.

– Is it the well that connects the world that is playing this puppet game? Or is it a sacred star tree that was cut down a long time ago, leaving only the stump?

Maybe it was a transcendent being that surpassed both of them.

In any case, it was clear that someone was trying to protect this world.

Although I don’t know what can be protected in a world that is almost half burned down.

With doubts in his mind, Daelin entered into a decisive battle with the evil god.

-What kind of life did I want?

The fight against the armies of the five evil spirits continued for dozens of days and nights.

The questions I constantly asked myself amidst the blood-splattering bloodshed ultimately turned out to be a path toward the very first question I had.

-Why did I wake up here?

These are the thoughts I had as soon as I came to my senses on the snowy mountain. The confusion I experienced for a very brief moment at that time.

-Who am I?

After consuming all of their forces, the five evil spirits rushed at him directly.

The power of the realm, which had been built up over a dozen years without even hesitating massacres right up to the end, was able to withstand even the power of the Great Hell poured down by the five evil gods.

[How dare you make a failure like the arrangement of the well!]

[You have too much power for a mere human subject. Bow to the doomsday proclaimers!]

However, it was impossible for even Daelin to completely overcome their endless pincer attacks.

The moment he thought he had won the fight after being pushed and pushed, his body fell somewhere.

[I will bury you in the bottomless pit of the labyrinth! The infinite void will be your resting place and prison…!]

That was Enaxagus’ trap.

A gambler known as the most cunning evil spirit who is prepared to give up victory even for a moment.

An infinite void spread out before my eyes, and the moment I fell into that space, all the strength in my body was drained out.

In an empty space without even a wisp of magical power, let alone air to breathe, Daline barely opened his mouth.

“I just live an ordinary life…”

And then the swords of the five evil spirits plunged into his back.

***

“…….”

Dallen opened his eyes. I felt a little dizzy.

The scenery that unfolded before my eyes was not a pure white snowy mountain or a dark bottomless pit.

A sea of boiling red lava. An island of rugged metal and rock.

Dallen knew where this was. The fifth floor of the labyrinth is the ‘Sulfur Sea’, a magical realm overflowing with murderous poison and lava forever.

[Have you come to your senses?]

At that time, Jeok Chang’s voice rang in my heart. It was a young voice full of worry and tension.

[If you come to your senses, look ahead. That…being has been waiting for you since a while ago.]