Artifact-Devouring Player Chapter 189

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At that moment.

A light descended upon a woman who was dying alone in a small room, moaning softly.

Then her heart, which had been losing strength, began to beat again, and she began to breathe heavily.

“Haa. Haa. Haa. Haa.”

She was living a life with a limited time left.

Although she is only 28 years old this year, cancer was a difficult enemy for her as an orphan to endure.

Above all, she, who had always considered poverty as her friend, did not even have the capacity to devote herself to treatment.

So I accepted death and was slowly dying in a place no one knew about… … .

A ray of light shone down and everything changed.

The body that seemed to be sinking endlessly to the bottom became warm as if it had all the life force in the world.

Above all, the things that had caused me endless suffering disappeared as if it were a lie.

That wasn’t all.

My face, which had been becoming increasingly dull, and my skin, which had been losing its vitality, now had a glow that had never been there before.

at that time.

She saw.

A ray of light shined down from the sky towards him, and as if a staircase had opened, someone came down.

Oh, he’s dead.

I thought so.

It’s not a miracle.

It must be a vision or hallucination before death. I wasn’t disappointed because I had heard it so many times.

however.

The angel who approached him carefully extended his hand and said this.

“Can you lend me your body for a moment? I need you for my secret journey through this world.”

It was an unexpected, surprising remark.

* * *

“Well… … I feel a bit strange.”

“Me too. There’s a big difference between seeing it vaguely, like seeing smoke from a distance that you can’t reach, and now.”

“Then what is the message from the constellations?”

“I can send it. But it would be faster to tell you in person since I have to go to the dimension and come back.”

“Oh, I see.”

“Just wait. Just a moment.”

There was a brief silence.

About 10 seconds passed?

[The goddess of fortune says she is very pleased to see you, the contractor, in person.]

[Her physical body, not the player, speaks in a way that is completely inaudible to the constellations and deities.]

A constellation message has arrived from the goddess of fortune.

Sang-Hyeon felt her warmth in the message, and at the same time, he saw her in the appearance of the woman before his eyes.

Of course, it was a little different from the image of the goddess of fortune that I had seen indirectly through personal channels.

If you were impressed by the blue eyes and long blonde hair that fell below the waist,

Now she looked like a young Korean woman with light brown eyes and a light ponytail.

However, the appearance itself was almost similar, except that the original appearance was slightly exotic.

Is it okay to say that they are almost like sisters?

It suddenly occurred to me that maybe that was why they chose it.

“Still, I’m glad we were able to contact each other quickly. Our living locations matched.”

“I was surprised. I expected you to come, but I didn’t think it would be today.”

“Haha. I’m telling you this out of concern, but I didn’t steal your body. I got your consent.”

The sight of a goddess speaking while tapping her own chest certainly felt unfamiliar.

Until now, it felt like I was talking to a disembodied spirit, but now I can make eye contact.

Anyway, as soon as the goddess of fortune gained flesh, she sent a message to Sang-Hyeon, and he immediately went to pick her up.

Sang-Hyeon met her in a very small, old room. It was a house that was obviously occupied by poverty.

After talking to her later, I realized that the goddess of fortune choosing her was a kind of ‘salvation’.

Because of the power of the Holy Spirit, all incurable diseases were cured, and I gained vitality that cannot be compared to others… … .

After Lady Luck completes her not-so-long journey on Earth, she will be able to start a new life.

Sang-Hyeon was grateful for each and every little, invisible consideration from the goddess. It was something only she could do.

“Let’s establish a clear relationship first. I don’t care about other people, but there will always be contact.”

“Lee Si-yeon!” he said.

“Lee Si-yeon. Twenty-eight years old. Then she’s older than me. Let’s call her my cousin. That would be good.”

“Good! Ah, good! It’s so soft and fluffy, I think I’ll fall asleep just by lying down!”

“Goddess. No, Sister Siyeon. From now on, when you speak in public, please speak comfortably.”

“To Mr. Sang-Hyeon?”

“This isn’t a normal conversation between a cousin and her younger sibling.”

Sang-Hyeon scratched the back of his head.

It’s a conversation that would be suspicious to anyone who sees it.

Of course, being suspected won’t cause any big problems, but it’s better to be natural.

“Okay, let’s do that.”

“Hmm. Good.”

As expected of a god, he is quick to accept and understand. The relationship between the two was quickly established.

* * *

Since it was originally intended to be a time for rest, the appearance of the goddess, that is, Lee Si-yeon, was well-timed.

I put her in the passenger seat of the car I was looking for to enjoy a drive in, and we drove on the road to the suburbs.

Just feeling the cool breeze definitely helped me feel better.

What should I say?

I wondered if I had ever felt the wind so comfortably before.

The goddess chattered about the life that Lee Si-yeon had lived and the process through which it had happened.

It was something I was able to hear because Sang-Hyeon asked for it first, not because he was the one who spoke first.

Lee Si-yeon’s life, which was completely lonely, had many twists and turns.

In particular, the illness that almost brought about his end could truly be seen as the end of despair.

I felt like I had saved a person, and that too from the abyss of life.

“Oh, right. I have some more information to tell you about the model student of the waiting-for-many-years-old constellation. It’s better to use human language rather than the language of the contractor.”

It looks like he’s definitely adapted to speaking informally.

Sang-Hyeon also listened comfortably.

“Tell me, Siyeon.”

“Perhaps it’s because the Dimensional Sheriff’s pursuit was not successful, but the ‘Black Guard’ has recently begun to move.”

“What does that mean?”

Black Guard.

This is the first time I’ve heard of it.

The choice of the word ‘Guards’ was a choice, but the addition of the modifier ‘black’ before it was unusual.

“If the Sheriff’s goal is to bring back the wanted constellation alive, then the Royal Guard’s goal is a completely different story.”

“Kill them and shut their mouths?”

“Yeah. That doesn’t matter though.”

Sang-Hyeon’s gaze deepened.

The constellation that is a model student for long-term plastic surgery is even a constellation that made a contract with oneself in a previous life and had a long-term relationship with oneself.

So I thought I knew quite a bit about him, but every time I heard something new, it was like nothing had happened.

That is to say, the model student constellation hid quite a lot from him even while he was under contract with him.

‘Well, it’s not surprising since I didn’t even give a hint that I would return.’

“This isn’t common. No, I’ve never heard of it before. Even the so-called villains of the Dimensional Group have never had a bodyguard.”

From what Sang-Hyeon heard.

I thought that Lee Si-yeon’s words had great implications in and of themselves.

‘You touched a nerve.’

Sang-Hyeon thought so.

It is not a matter of order or balance, but of knowing some secret element related to the core of the dimensional plane.

A weakness that must be kept secret, or that the Dimensional One’s ‘absolute being’ never wanted to show.

It was highly likely that the model student constellation of the waiting room knew about it. No, I was almost certain of it.

“The more I know, the more I feel like I’m falling into a maze.”

“I think so too.”

Lee Si-yeon nodded.

Even she, the constellation, can’t even guess the reason for the current situation.

Why on earth is the model student constellation of the waiting list constantly being chased?

What do you know?

* * *

After going out and getting some fresh air, I definitely feel refreshed.

Lee Si-yeon fell asleep right away in the small room that Sang-hyeon had provided for her.

God does not sleep, but the human body absolutely needs sleep.

According to her, since it possesses a human body, it sleeps with her when she sleeps.

Of course, if necessary, there is a way to return to the dimensional plane and communicate directly with Sang-Hyeon.

It was also said that this kind of back and forth repetition should be avoided because it consumes a lot of sexual energy.

Thanks to Sang-Hyeon, he has grown significantly and is now in a position to even be considered a potential new king.

Both she and Sang-Hyeon had the same desire not to lose even a small amount of their sexual power.

When the Goddess of Fortune becomes the ‘Shinjwa’, the benefits that the contractor, Sang-Hyeon, can see also increase dramatically.

Even from an investment perspective, the goddess’s power was a valuable asset of great value.

“… … .”

Sang-Hyeon watched her sleeping soundly outside the door for a long time.

It wasn’t because I had any sexual or obscene thoughts, but because the picture itself was so amazing.

A constellation from a distant dimension that has come to communicate more quickly and intimately with the contractor.

And he trusts that constellation more than anyone else, and he is preparing to run even more fiercely in the future.

‘I feel like I’ve found the perfect running mate. If I had signed with a different constellation, I might have taken a completely different path.’

I definitely felt that way.

When you are in a situation where you are likely to fall into cynical thinking or make one-sided judgments.

It was definitely the goddess of luck who always put commas and breathed warmth into the bleak flow.

Besides, didn’t she also risk her fate when making a contract with the Storm God?

‘I definitely want to succeed. And I don’t want to lose. I want to grow faster overseas than in Korea.’

Sang-Hyeon looked somewhere beyond the horizon outside the window.

Just a guess as to where abroad I might go.

Sang-Hyeon’s decision to advance overseas was also to further accelerate his growth.

In fact, it was also because, to some extent, people in the country had calculated their own position and power.

Still, he cannot ‘overwhelm’ the other prominent names in the prosecution, including Do Kyung-soo.

But at least against them, it was a draw, I never felt like I would lose.

It was confidence, not arrogance.

Since the calculations have been sorted out to that extent, it was thought that there was no need to push further in Korea.

It’s enough to get us at eye level.

There is no need to put effort into organizing the hierarchy by being at odds with them.

If you think about it from the perspective of the ‘world’ and not the country, it’s all just a pointless fight over the ranking of the alley leaders.

But right then.

Kuuuung… … !

“… … ?”

The axis shook.

It was the kind of shaking you might feel when an earthquake strikes.

The only difference from an earthquake is that the shaking did not continue, but rather occurred violently once.

“no way.”

An experience like this in the heart of Seoul is closer to something else than an earthquake.

for example.

“Crack?”

That was it.

The problem, however, is that Sang-Hyeon has no memory of the crack occurring at this point in time.

That is, something unexpected happened. For the first time since returning.