You Will Be Blessed If You Do Good Deeds¿-Chapter 212

Had it been left abandoned since the monster attack?

The area around the pagoda looked bleak, except for one spot.

‘Is that a tomb...?’

Though the pagoda had collapsed, a large pit had been dug where the pagoda once stood.

‘Wasn’t there supposed to be a king’s tomb beneath the Huqiu Pagoda?’

Recalling some old historical knowledge, Yuhanul began to search near the pit.

Unlike the surrounding desolation, the entrance to the pit appeared to be repaired with stone, showing signs of careful maintenance.

The system’s arrow was pointing toward the entrance of the pit.

“...”

The ‘Rescue Signal Function’ is now available.

By using this function, you can notify your companions who are participating in the quest of your location.

Once again, the system persistently displayed this message, even though it had been ignored.

Honestly, it was a dilemma.

It was true that Yuhanul was alone, and this was the enemy's base; who knew what might emerge.

Calling for a companion seemed like the logical choice, but...

Yuhanul tilted his head.

“Isn’t this inside the influence of the formation? Calling two people who can’t use magic probably won’t help much.”

A few hours ago, he had seen that they had failed even the simplest magic within the empty building, which made it a reasonable thought.

The system encourages the user, ‘Yuhanul,’ to trust his companions.

“It’s not about trusting or not, but rather I do trust them... No, wait a second.”

Yuhanul stopped bickering with the system and focused.

He thought he had heard something just now.

“...That sounds like a human voice.”

With his sharp hearing, Yuhanul caught the faint sound of a groan coming from deep within the pit.

A voice clearly suffering in pain.

“...”

Yuhanul clenched his mouth shut and stepped into the pit.

There was no turning back.

Now that he had heard that voice, there was no way Yuhanul could walk away from this.

Of course, if there had been some great mage here, they would have scolded him for being so foolish—didn’t he consider the possibility of a trap?

‘But if I fall into a trap here, they’ll be able to get the information through the system.’

Honestly, this seemed like a reasonable choice from Yuhanul’s perspective.

If it were Jeong Da-on or Han Jaeyoung, they would surely find a way to break through even without being able to use magic, just as Jeong Da-on had overcome the formation.

However, finding such a breakthrough would take time, and during that process, Yuhanul himself wouldn’t be much help. After all, he had no magical knowledge.

So, he thought, it would be more helpful for him to gather information by physically exploring.

The system has learned the user's feeling of frustration.

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Though the system displayed a sarcastic message, Yuhanul ignored it and proceeded carefully.

The pit stretched deeper than expected. In the pitch-black darkness, Yuhanul paused to let his eyes adjust.

The first thing he felt was a biting cold. Even Yuhanul, used to the dungeon's various environments, was slightly taken aback. His breath crystallized into fog.

‘Is that... a mineral used in the formation?’

After adjusting to the darkness, Yuhanul noticed faint blue stones embedded in the cave walls, giving off a dim light.

Unlike Jeong Da-on, Yuhanul knew nothing about minerals or formations, but he could guess that the cold was generated by these stones.

‘It doesn’t look like a trap has been set here. And there don’t seem to be any armed people...’

No matter how much he focused, all he could sense was the voice of someone in pain.

Still, his sharp instincts as a swordsman warned him of an immense danger.

But even so, he couldn’t retreat now.

With sword in hand, Yuhanul cautiously advanced.

And as he walked further, the voice he had heard grew louder.

When he reached the end of the tunnel without encountering any obstacles...

“...This is...”

Yuhanul stopped in his tracks.

At the end of the narrow cave was a massive cavity.

And from there, the darkness stretched into a bottomless pit that seemed impossible to gauge.

[Ugh... Ughhh...!]

In the pit, Yuhanul found the owner of the voice he had been hearing.

With a grim face, he looked down at the figure reaching out in agony, trying to escape.

It wasn’t a human anymore, at least not in any sense that could be called human.

[Ughhh...!]

It was a corpse.

A corpse that was clearly dead, yet still reaching out with its hand.

Because the body was buried beneath others, all filling the pit.

As if it couldn’t bear it any longer, the corpse’s mouth opened wide and finally...

“...”

Yuhanul closed his eyes tightly.

Honestly, it wasn’t an unexpected sight.

Even though the cold was pervasive, as he got closer to the pit, his keen sense of smell detected the rotting stench of the corpses.

But even so, seeing it in person was still horrific.

There were too many bodies lying there.

“...This place was once the tomb of a long-dead king of this land.”

Then, a quiet voice echoed through the cave.

Yuhanul discovered a figure standing across the pit, surrounded by the corpses.

“Actually, I was digging to find this tomb, but the Huqiu Pagoda was about to collapse at that time, so I gave up. But now that the monsters have destroyed the pagoda... I have a chance to open this tomb again.”

The voice was calm, almost like a lecture on history.

But there was an authoritative tone, as though giving commands.

Yuhanul didn’t recognize the voice at all, nor did he recognize the figure in front of him.

Moreover, Yuhanul didn’t have the ability to see into someone’s soul like others might.

Still, it was easy to tell who this person was.

“...So, you are Hyunam-sensei.”

The system has detected traces of ‘Humanity’s Enemy.’

Traces of ‘Humanity’s Enemy,’ a proxy created by Orbis.

And standing in the place where the savior of Suzhou had been was Hyunam-sensei.

Yuhanul observed Hyunam-sensei with sharp eyes.

‘He feels similar to Teo Yobanovich.’

Of course, it wasn’t exactly the same.

Hyunam-sensei, who appeared to be in his late twenties or early thirties, had long black hair and, perhaps from an injury, covered one eye entirely with a silk bandage.

Unlike Teo, who had a clearly male physique, Hyunam-sensei’s gender was ambiguous.

In fact, thinking back to when Hyunam-sensei first appeared in this city, his age couldn’t be accurately determined.

But despite this, Yuhanul sensed something similar to Teo in his aura—a feeling of being "well-made" that made him flinch slightly.

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Perhaps it was because he knew that Hyunam-sensei was an artificially created being.

Hyunam-sensei smiled with his emerald eyes.

“This is the first time I’m seeing you like this, Gyeong. You’ve been born into a rather sleek form again. I suppose those who truly accumulate good deeds are different, huh? Congratulations.”

“...”

“You’re still a bit stingy with your jokes, huh? Even though time has passed and the world has changed, you haven’t changed a bit?”

Yuhanul didn’t feel the need to answer.

Regardless of the past or present, he never had the kind of relationship with this person where they could exchange jokes.

Instead, Yuhanul asked what he wanted to know.

“Did you kill all these people?”

“That’s a difficult question to answer. I didn’t kill them directly. But, as a person with a noble soul like you might say, I am as much to blame.”

“Why did you gather these corpses here? Are you trying to create the ‘Idol Corps’?”

“Oh, I heard you’ve destroyed quite a few ‘Idol Corps.’ To accomplish that much in just a few months, you truly are a chosen entity of the system.”

Yuhanul frowned.

After receiving the system’s quest, he had been busy secretly traveling the world, destroying the ‘Idol Corps’ detected by the system.

And now, judging by Hyunam-sensei’s words, he already knew that Yuhanul was on that mission...

‘Is it just a guess, or is he actually in contact with the system...’

“Now that you’ve seen this scene, there’s no point in denying it. Yes, I created the Idol Corps using humans from Earth.”

Hyunam-sensei gave a straightforward answer.

“As you know, there aren’t many mages left in our world who can create magic circles by themselves. So, in order to draw magical power by connecting Earth to our dimension, we needed a more efficient method.”

Since there were no mages like Count Burk or Margarita who could create and set up magic circles, they used Earth’s humans to create the ‘Idol Corps’ and siphon magical energy.

“If you just throw a little bait to the humans of this world, they’ll crawl over and become food for the Idol Corps. It’s been very ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ convenient for us.”

...And this was not something easily discussed.

Yuhanul felt something boiling up inside him.

That feeling...

“...Was there really no other way?”

It was closer to sadness than anger.

Now, Yuhanul had fully regained his memories from his past life.

Though he didn’t intend to be consumed by those memories, there was still a sense of nostalgia that came with them.

Once, Yuhanul had served an emperor.

“Your... will, I understand.”

He understood now that Orbis’ actions were his desperate attempt to save a dying world.

That might be considered a type of ‘good,’ after all.

A selfless act without personal desire, only for the benefit of others.

“But no matter how much you want to save the world... you didn’t need to destroy another world!”

Yuhanul said in a heavy voice. The vision before him was truly terrible.

So many lives had been sacrificed for one person’s goal.

And after death, they were still being used like this...

Yuhanul spoke quietly.

“Your tomb will surely be red as well.”

At the provocation, Hyunam-sensei’s eyes widened before narrowing into a crescent shape.

“You’ve spent time with my younger sibling, and now you’re getting jokes from them. Bad influence.”

“That person is no longer your sibling.”

“No, they’re still my sibling, whether they want to be or not.”

Hyunam-sensei turned away after speaking.

“Now, try to hold on as best as you can.”

Yuhanul could no longer hold back and unleashed a wave of energy from his sword.

The slash aimed at the body tower went after Hyunam-sensei, but all that remained was the sound of his laughter.

Boom!

The place where Hyunam-sensei had been standing collapsed, and the entire cave shook again.

Perhaps he hadn’t actually been standing there, but was part of the formation itself.

All that remained were the countless bodies still crawling upwards with their remaining arms, even after the waist had been severed.

Yuhanul faced the mountain of corpses with a serious expression.

“From the sound of it... it seems like the entrance to the cave has collapsed as well.”

In every way, it seemed like a dead end.

The ‘Rescue Signal Function’ is now available.

“No, I won’t use it.”

Yuhanul shook his head.

There was no need to call his companions here.

Looking at the number of monsters here, it was clear that Hyunam-sensei had concentrated significant strength to deal with him.

That meant, for Jeong Da-on and Han Jaeyoung, their movements in the city had just become much easier.

Especially when considering how easily Jeong Da-on had permitted Yuhanul’s solo actions... Jeong Da-on likely had her own plan.

If that was the case, the next step was simple.

“I’ll do what I can.”

Rather than just holding out here, he needed to make them pour all their strength into this.

Yuhanul silently apologized to the corpses in his heart and gripped his sword.

The battle was about to begin.