As predicted, Heavenly Demon takes the harvesters to experiment.
Heavenly Demon puts them each in different places, then tells each person different content. But the sentences are extremely strange.
If you’re going to explain, why not do it properly instead of using so many metaphors?
The faded man shouts from the depths of memory about reciting verses and asks if I don’t even know about that.
I do know from the memories, but who educates in such a stupid way?
If you’re going to teach, teach properly.
The harvesters who heard that sit in uncomfortable positions then move something presumed to be qi in their bodies. There’s a big difference from what Eunjae did.
Since I remember how Eunjae did it, couldn’t we do something with this?
Anyway, Heavenly Demon taught different martial arts to the three.
Shouldn’t you teach the same martial arts if you want to experiment? Does Heavenly Demon not know about controlling variables?
Though I have such doubts, I’m in a position to just observe this experiment, so I can only watch.
Gapjae and Eunchun. These two learned swordsmanship from Heavenly Demon.
Only Byeongil learned something called footwork.
All three excitedly learn martial arts.
Seeing how happy they are about getting stronger, they seem quite pure.
They soon became surprised at the speed at which they were learning.
When I compare with their memories I can’t tell much difference, but they seem to feel a huge difference themselves. They often talk to themselves in amazement saying verses interpret themselves naturally or wondering how they can understand this so easily.
And there’s Byeongil hopping around saying his body was never this light before.
But none of them use the method Eunjae used. They just optimize qi drawn from outside their body for themselves, store it in their abdomen, then take it out to use.
When Eunjae first became a harvester, he also used what was in his belly and occasionally took out what was in his head. Then gradually he stopped using what was below and only used what was above.
Because what’s below quickly depletes and takes a long time to refill, but using what’s drawn from above the head doesn’t deplete.
I know there’s something about upper, middle and lower dantian and qi meridians where qi flows, but honestly looking at it I don’t understand what they’re talking about.
Why make it so complicated?
Isn’t it easier and faster to get stronger by drawing power from above the head?
Eunjae did that too.
So I slowly pushed the method Eunjae used then into the 3 harvesters. Fortunately, this has much smaller volume compared to Yasle’s summoning magic.
And it’s detailed about how much to cut for people to accept.
Someone with a strong mind wouldn’t hear my words, but these three should be able to hear.
A month after I slowly pushed Eunjae’s method into their minds.
Finally they smile in delight seeing dark purple lumps of light burst from their swords.
But suddenly Gapjae acted strangely.
He hid his power. Though he learned how to draw power from his head and tried it directly, after that he never once used the power in his head.
What is he aiming for?
Couldn’t you rise higher if you get stronger?
He must have lived for that until now, so why not use power he can use?
Look at Eunchun.
He immediately boasts to Heavenly Demon. He brags that this is strong qi and he could become a hall master rather than just a protector.
Heavenly Demon looks at him with an expression like watching something trivial, but surprise shows through.
Byeongil started attacking with footwork. I wonder if his joints will all break, but waves of qi spread when he walks.
It’s interesting, but I think one more sword strike would be better.
But that’s not what’s important.
All three began drawing power from above their heads as I sent Eunjae’s memories.
Looking carefully when they draw power from their heads, they’re drawing on me through the lines connecting us.
All harvesters are connected to me. However, when I enter someone’s body like this, I rise up from the bottom.
If harvesters with only part of me increase, the world collapses.
If all of me is in a person’s body, the world doesn’t collapse.
I don’t understand this. Even now, the lines connecting to me don’t go down but connect to this body.
But when I use power, the world starts breaking. Like a glass plate with a heavy rock on it.
There are ambiguous aspects to the world’s rules.
Logically thinking, shouldn’t it break immediately from the weight when containing me?
Or does it mean it’s okay to cover the world with harvesters if I’m inside someone’s body?
I’m not sure. When I go down to the bottom again, will there be another monster?
As time passes, unknowns increase faster than questions get resolved.
Still, I must solve questions one by one doing my best.
Because that’s how I can obtain warmth.
Let’s return to the story.
Heavenly Demon looked at each of the three and checked their abilities. Then gathered people of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.
They lay out some huge platform and have matches there. Hearing through the ears of the three what Heavenly Demon says, this is a traditional event in the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.
People fight each other in this event. And victors gain higher ranks. The Heavenly Demon Divine Cult shouts that strength is most important, calling it strong-rule.
Of course strength is important, but then don’t you always have to watch your back? I don’t think humans can endure that stress for long.
So those who gain power establish laws.
To make exploitation easier.
And so they can kill with numbers when someone stronger appears.
Especially if it’s a religious group…
I can’t understand the structure of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult. But whether I understand or not, this society rolls that way. I memo the question in a corner of my mind and watch reality again.
While promoting the event, Heavenly Demon personally introduced the three as people he taught.
That’s not wrong.
When that was said, the gazes of people around changed. But those three stood proudly in their places.
And the event began with Heavenly Demon’s declaration.
People make tournament brackets and fight each other.
The brackets are structured so lower ranked people fight their way up.
Ah, there’s a mechanism of sorts.
People get tired from fighting. But with frequent fights like this, benefits increase the higher you rise once you reach the strong position. Because you face exhausted weaklings.
With luck there are big injuries too.
It’s easy to win fights.
And as expected, the rankings are similar.
People will fight fiercely between similar skill levels. But here you don’t fight those immediately above or below. You fight people who fought for a long time far below.
It’s extremely difficult to rise up.
As expected, there’s a rigid structure that kicks away ladders. This is human-like!
But even that can be overcome with powerful strength.
Though Gapjae hides his power, Eunchun and Byeongil revealed theirs.
Their momentum doesn’t stop.
Rather, the more they fight, the more familiar they become with fighting methods. Looking at people collapsing around them, many collapse from qi depletion rather than physical exhaustion.
But these guys don’t have to worry about that. They receive endless supply from their heads.
I supply it.
But shouldn’t there be a feeling of decrease or power drain when using it so freely like water, it feels a bit strange that there’s no such feeling at all.
Am I that strong?
I might be heavy, but if asked if I’m strong, I’m not so sure.
Of course glass bottles would shatter under this weight. But that’s meaningless. I’d feel that heat again, and the terrible cold would take all that heat away again.
If I could obtain that heat forever, I’d try my best to shatter glass bottles as soon as I go to other worlds, but.
Rather, the gap between happy pleasure and cold is too large and painful. Rather, continuing this would drive me completely mad.
It’s better to receive warmth little by little.
Since there are so many worlds, I’ll maintain some numbers and harvest warmth without coloring the entire world.
If I color infinite worlds, I’ll obtain infinite warmth.
Though cold, it means there will be warmth.
Hehe.
For that future, I work hard.
Gapjae, who was aiming for something, was eliminated early. Hearing what people say, he received congratulations mixed with jealousy for jumping up several ranks from his original position. But soon even that disappeared. Rather, many people felt sorry for him.
Because Eunchun and Byeongil became strong enough to challenge someone called a hall master.
Rather, people look down on him saying is this all he can do after being taught by Heavenly Demon. But Gapjae is thinking of something else.
It means he’s thinking of growing his power more. You might think he’s someone like Tis, but that’s not his personality.
Rather, he’s sinister and greedy.
I’ll have to keep watching what he’ll do. I could predict by examining memories, but I don’t know yet.
Meanwhile, Eunchun and Byeongil advanced steadily.
Both achieved victory against the hall master they first encountered.
But that was it for Byeongil. He collapsed after winning at the end.
Eunchun won one more time.
But Eunchun’s expression isn’t good. Rather, he glares at the collapsed Byeongil.
The technique Byeongil used at the end is called Heavenly Demon Domination technique, which they say neither the current Heavenly Demon nor previous Heavenly Demon could use.
A legendary martial art that was lost then reappeared?
Though it was lost, I don’t know how they know about it so well.
The attention was rather greater on Byeongil.
It’s disappointing that Gapjae, Eunchun, and Byeongil have no time to watch Heavenly Demon so there’s no information on what Heavenly Demon is thinking.
But I’m certain.
Heavenly Demon will undo my seal.
Because these guys demonstrated sufficiently powerful strength.
Of course, whether to tell the next harvester Eunjae’s method is up to me?
Hehe.
One, I’ve gained a tool I can control.
Let’s try moving the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult with this.
And three days passed.
During that time, Eunchun and Byeongil each rose to the hall master positions they defeated. And a festival of eating and drinking was held to celebrate the end of this event.
As that festival ended and everyone was about to return to daily life.
Swoosh.
“Come out.”
The cloth binding me loosens. And through that gap, a cross-dressing man with a thick jawline and thick muscles looks up at me.
See?
Wasn’t my prediction right?