IBSSSCEA Chapter 79

Chapter 79

 

“…..!”

“Yes. Judging by your expression, you already know what this item is.”

This is, as its name suggests, an item that guarantees a mutual covenant.

If two people break a promise they’ve sworn to each other, their souls are taken by that mirror.

I got this quite rare A++-grade item that Seo Jae-hyun had been keeping.

 

“Th-this is an item I’ve been saving…”

“I’m your benefactor, you know?”

“I really, really treasured this…”

“I saved this entire camp, you know?”

“……”

 

Well, should I call it extortion?

Anyway, the process doesn’t matter.

What matters is that this item ended up in my hands.

“Here’s my deal. I’ll ask three questions from now. If you answer truthfully, I’ll let you out of here.”

At that, Rahab’s face brightened.

“You’ll let me go?”

“Yes. It’s a good deal, isn’t it? You don’t want to rot here forever, right?”

I added, glancing at Sehun standing behind me.

“By the way, we have an awakened who can distinguish truth, so don’t think about lying.”

After a moment of silence, as if weighing her options, Rahab soon nodded.

At that moment, a bright light enveloped the Mirror of Covenant.

From now on, the moment the oath is broken, one of our souls will be sucked into it.

I opened my mouth carefully with a tense face.

“First question. …Yoo Hyun-min. What kind of evil god did that man contract with?”

Rahab, who had been glaring at me silently, slowly opened her mouth.

“…He is not an avatar of anyone.”

Sehun, who had been concentrating behind me, quickly shouted.

“I-it’s the truth!”

Shock crossed the faces of my companions, including me.

That man, who wields such tremendous power, is not an avatar?

“That’s impossible!”

I shouted.

“How can he wield such power without contracting with either an evil god or a benevolent god?”

That overwhelming power I saw at Hwacheon Prison.

He even controlled the minions of a descended evil god-like his own limbs.

However, Rahab wouldn’t answer so easily.

Rahab smirked with a vile smile and murmured.

“Well, the first question is over.”

Damn it.

My crucial question missed the mark.

Not flustered, I quickly blurted out one of the remaining questions we had discussed with my companions beforehand.

“Fine, then the second. What are you lot? Why do you call Yoo Hyun-min father?”

“It’s exactly as it sounds. We call him father because he created us.”

Rahab answered readily, as if she had expected this question.

“Adam is the first human doll father created. …He’s the one who destroyed the Paju shelter.”

I recalled the cheerful male voice I heard on the phone in the underwater base.

‘So that man is Adam.’

“Maybe because he was made first, he’s a bit loose in the head, but he’s the strongest among us. He’s the one who resembles father’s form the most.”

“But why did Yoo Hyun-min create human dolls in the first place?”

When humans are so abundant in this earthly realm.

Rahab looked down at me as if looking at something lowly and answered with a proud tone:

“Humans can never achieve 100% synchronization rate with gods.”

That was a fact I was well aware of.

“That’s why Father created us himself. We have a 100% synchronization rate with our main bodies in the Asura Realm, so we can recreate that power almost perfectly.”

“……!”

Now everything makes sense.

So that’s why they couldn’t perform the evil god-summoning ritual themselves.

Because they weren’t entirely human.

The reason why Yoo Hyun-min’s subordinates, including Hannah, could wield such strong power…

“From the beginning… you could exert 100% of the evil gods’ power.”

I let out words like a groan.

“That’s right! We are far superior beings to you!”

Rahab burst into unpleasant laughter again.

“When you vermin disappear from this earthly realm, it will be ours!”

My companions standing behind me asked with shocked faces:

“Human dolls… Is that really possible, Noah?”

“To be able to create such things. What on earth is Yoo Hyun-min’s true identity?”

At that, Rahab laughed wickedly and shouted loudly.

“Hurry and ask your last question!”

The Mirror of Covenant hummed and resonated in response to the oath-taker’s request.

I quickly spoke before my soul could be taken by that mirror.

“The third question is…”

I need to be careful.

Would Yoo Hyun-min have really told Rahab everything he knows?

Probably not.

So I needed to ask a question that Rahab couldn’t answer with, “I don’t know.”

If I asked about ‘TOAA’ or Yoo Hyun-min’s true identity, Rahab might not know.

So…

“Can Yoo Hyun-min read the future?”

Rahab narrowed her eyes.

Glancing at the Mirror of Covenant, she reluctantly answered.

“…He could.”

‘Could’ means he can’t now? Why?

But the promised three questions were all over.

The Mirror of Covenant began to glow brightly.

If I didn’t keep my oath, it would immediately suck in my soul.

Baek Yi-heon quickly drew the dragon’s fang and struck the lock of the iron cage holding Rahab.

Clank!

The suppression magic surrounding the iron cage was released.

Rahab’s body blurred like black smoke.

In that state, she slipped through the narrow iron bars and floated in the air.

“You fools!”

Of course, she didn’t forget to shout curses like a true villain even while running away.

“How dare mere humans trick me! You’ll see!”

‘You’ll see’, huh.

It couldn’t be a more cliché line.

“Geez. What era is that villain line from?”

I clicked my tongue, watching her disappear into black smoke.

“Is it okay to let her go like this?”

“Yeah. It’s fine.”

I answered Choi Kkang-kang’s worried question with a nonchalant expression.

“I put a tracking device on Rahab.”

“…What?”

Choi Kkang-kang’s mouth fell open in surprise.

On the other hand, Baek Yi-heon and Yu didn’t look surprised at all.

“What? Why aren’t Hyung-nim and Nunim surprised…?”

A clear look of betrayal appeared on his face.

I just scratched my head awkwardly.

Since Rahab could read other people’s thoughts, I didn’t tell him and Sehun in case we were found out.

“Was I the only one who didn’t know? That’s too much…”

“Well, Choi Kkang-kang isn’t good at controlling his mind.”

Yu threw a verbal punch with her usual gentle face.

Leaving the despairing Choi Kkang-kang be, Yu continued,

“Fortunately, the Mirror of Covenant is quiet too.”

The item had lost its light and returned to being an ordinary mirror once the oath was over.

Glancing at it, I smiled wickedly.

“Yes. I kept my promise to let her go.”

[(Messenger) Indra shakes his head, saying he doesn’t know who the villain is anymore.]

[He meekly adds that he thought you had changed a bit…]

But I was confident even in the face of the god’s words.

I pledged to protect my people, not to reform completely.

“Rahab is the weakest among Yoo Hyun-min’s dolls, so she’ll be caught soon anyway”

“Still, we should be able to find out their next destination at least.”

“Yes. We might get a clue about Yoo Hyun-min’s base.”

I had been casually saying the name Yoo Hyun-min all this time.

Choi Kkang-kang, observing me closely, asked,

“Hey, you… Are you okay?”

“I’m fine. That person is that person, and I am me.”

I answered with a confident expression.

“From now on, I’ll confront that person with all my might.”

To protect all of you.

I won’t let any of you die, even in 10 years, no, ever.

I said with a solemn face.

“Right. While we’re at it, let’s make the contract with the god now.”

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