Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Blue Temple (1)

“Huuk!”

Muyoung opened his eyes .

His whole body was covered with cold sweat .

As he wiped his sweat, he took a deep breath .

Whoo! Whoo!

He slightly frowned as he felt something strange .

‘How am I able to breathe?’

He definitely remembered dying after wiping out the Forest of Death .

He was also aware that his heart stopped when he took his life .

‘Am I… alive?’

‘But what is this vividness I am feeling right now?’

Even doctors who have reached heavenly levels wouldn’t have been able to heal him .

It was definite that he was going to die .

But he didn’t .

The heart he thought had stopped was thumping harder than ever .

All his senses of smell, hearing, touch, taste and sight were normal .

These weren’t the only weird points .

He turned his head .

There were almost 50 people around him .

“Wh-where is this?”

“I was definitely working at my company?”

“Mommy, mommy!”

There were many different types of people, ranging from children to the elderly .

Muyoung had seen this before .

It was a vague, faded memory, but this was the scene he saw 40 years ago, when he was first summoned into the Underworld .

He also remembered the hell that happened afterwards .

‘I don’t have any calluses,’ he thought as he examined his hands .

The rough calluses that were formed from using weapons for 40 years were nowhere to be seen .

The scars and wounds that were riddled throughout his body were gone as well .

‘Everything is refreshed . ’

The past events he had endured were gone like it never happened .

Even the great Muyoung was taken back .

‘Did I return?’

It was hard to believe .

Time traveling .

‘But if this truly is the past, then I might know where this is . ’

‘The Blue Temple . ’

A half destroyed temple .

It was the place where people who are summoned arrive first .

He has to survive here for a month to reach the next stage .

‘I guess it’ll come up soon . ’

Muyoung gazed in front of him .

Shortly, the expected phrase floated up .

“What?”

“It’s telling us to choose weapons?”

“Fuck! What’s that supposed to mean!”

While everyone was confused, only Muyoung moved out .

Of the hundred weapons strewn along the wall, he grasped a shining blue weapon .

Then a message appeared in front of him .

Name: Scimitar of Strength

Rank: E

Classification: Flange-mounted

Endurance: 300

Effect: Strength +1

‘Ha!’

It’s the same as before .

If there was a difference, it would be that he reacted and moved faster than others .

Everyone turned to look at Muyoung .

Soon, out of nowhere, an armor made out of leather floated in front of him .

Muyoung wordlessly packed the armor .

‘Completing the missions fast is good . ’

That way he could receive these extra rewards as well .

The Underworld is swelling with various monsters .

A regular human is unable to survive in this environment .

That is the reason why there is the ‘Law of Solomon’ .

The Underworld was created by the 72 demons trapped under Lemegeton (Note: Lesser Key of Solomon) as they wake up .

Baal, Agares, Amon as well as the other demons were the strongest among the monsters .

Solomon, who originally trapped the 72 demons, predicted this outcome and, to give humanity hope, forcefully made this system to fight against the 72 demons .

‘But the real enemies were the humans . ’

That’s right .

The enemy of humans are humans themselves .

The work Muyoung carried out was of the same nature .

People with promising futures or those that would be of a hindrance were requested to be eliminated by the Forest of Death .

Because of that small belief, they became narrow-minded .

Since he arrived 40 years in the past, 20 years from now, the will strike and summon all of humanity to the Underworld . That is when the demons will make their move .

However, to protect their small belief, humans hid their trump cards in fear of losing them and were divided and eventually conquered .

Even then, the amount of people requesting assassinations from the Forest of Death never dropped .

By the time Muyoung destroyed the Forest of Death, humanity was already on the brink of defeat .

“Is, isn’t it best if we all chose a weapon?”

A woman gave her opinion .

They all remembered the words and the leather armor floating in front of them .

They realized that this wasn’t just a trivial matter .

But they were a step too late .

Screech!

Screech! Screech! Screeeech!

As the temple doors opened, 2-meter-tall birds were slowly flying towards them .

Because their tails always emit fire, they were monsters known as the Fire Eagles .

These eagles used their long sharp beaks to tear out the human guts .

A good number of 100 Fire Eagles landed .

‘It has begun . ’

Muyoung calmly gazed at his surroundings .

“Caww!”

“Wh-what is heck is that!”

The Fire Eagles fearless entered the temple and started their attack .

Only five people were able to react quickly to the situation and grabbed a weapon .

“Argh…”

A big, unarmed man standing at the front was the first to be eaten .

He died as soon as a Fire Eagles stabbed him through his throat with its beak .

Afterwards three Fire Eagles sat down and started to feast on the man’s carcass .

“S-save me!”

“Please!”

It was total madness .

Hell had arisen .

‘It could be said that dying here could even be a blessing . ’

Muyoung was cool-headed .

If they couldn’t handle this sort of situation, once they are out in the Underworld, they would meet even more terrifying ends .

If he was to save them with half-baked sympathy, it wouldn’t last long .

If he wasn’t going to take care of them until the end, it was better to not start in the first place .

Also, with the body he returned to, he was unable to eliminate all 100 of the Fire Eagles .

‘The Fire Eagles aren’t capable of doing two things at once . ’

Especially if they are eating, they do not pay attention to their surroundings .

To defeat the swarm of Fire Eagles, a few people had to be sacrificed .

Although he returned to the past, he still kept the accumulated experiences he gained in the past 40 years .

And though his body was not like before, he expected that he will adjust to it quickly .

‘Even though these birds will return once they are full…’

If that was to happen, he wouldn’t be able to get any reward .

Swish!

He cut the head of the oncoming Fire Eagle .

Screech!

Will the eagles rage once they see their companion die?

‘Of course not . ’

Surprisingly a few eagles flew down to feast on the guts of their dead comrade .

These bastards would even revert to cannibalism to sate their hunger .

It was because at this moment, they were at their hungriest .

For this reason, it wasn’t hard to fight against the eagles .

If he was alone, it would have been difficult but there was prey all around him .

While the eagles are preoccupied with eating, he had to take them down one by one .

“Hey, that guy is fighting! Everyone, lift your weapons and fight!”

“The, the throat! Aim for the throat!”

Everyone was in a panic .

Fortunately, it seemed like there was someone who was thinking straight .

After observing Muyoung’s actions, the person started to lead the others .

The five people who picked out weapons from the wall earlier, led others to also pick their weapons .

But there were also a few who didn’t move .

“Like the voice said… if there are only 30 people left, the birds will return . ”

“I . I . I can’t do it . I won’t . ”

They were the ones that were too frightened to act .

But did they know that if they don’t hold a weapon, they become the main targets of the Fire Eagles?

‘If I was given the choice, would I have lived a different life?’

Muyoung thought that all the time .

He drew a different image of himself, not as a member of the Forest of Death .

A dream that could never be achieved .

But by some miracle, he was brought back to the past and was given a choice .

‘At least this time I won’t be used by others . ’

I am tired of doing other people’s bidding .

Slash!

The scimitar was smeared with blood .