INFINITY

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KIM DOKJA'S POINT OF VIEW

"What? Is it over?" I gasped and asked, "No, that is..." He seemed to be contemplating something. "...Then what am I doing wrong?" I ask him with a dejected tone. "To be precise..." He looks away from me. "Don't drag it out and tell me quickly," I ask impatiently at the Imyuntar. "It is all wrong." It was so sincere that I sat down like I had received a nuclear punch, Alyona's earlier words stuck in my mind. I breathed roughly and looked up at the sky. 

All of a sudden, the Great Hall floating in the sky seemed bigger. It seemed to be mocking me. Lycaon looked at me and prepared for the kill. "Protector... you don't have any qualities suited for Way of the Wind. No, to be honest, you don't have the qualities for almost every skill." If this went wrong, the world might perish because of me. "Then use something that Kim Dokja is good at." I jolted in surprise at the voice behind me.

"Alyona!" I yelled in surprise at her, She's back... Alone? "Where're the kids?" She shook her head with a solemn look, eyes brimming with tears. "Peter says he's staying back... Namwoon-" She stopped talking and teared up. I was alarmed at the state. "H-hey, Look at me... Tell me what happened." She full-on sobbed and buried her face in my chest.

"I lost the kid," I hug her closer to comfort her. "When we returned in here, we got into a fight in my world, he was already in a severe condition. I tried healing him but his body fails to adapt to the sudden changes. He vanished right in front of me..!" She cried and hug me harder. "I talk to the Queen of the Underworld... She told me she'd keep his soul." I separated from her and wiped all her tears.

"Anyways... What are you?" She looks up and down at the Imyuntar behind me. He bowed down and answered. "Lycaon Isparang, the protector's guide..." Alyona nodded and face me. "Go on, continue with your thing and I'll hunt some lower grade monsters..." I nodded and watched her live. I continued pursuing the way of the wind.

***

A few more hours passed like this and then days went by. There were eight days left until the start of the fifth scenario. Alyona sometimes showed up after hunting monsters and gathering coins. I didn't give up and continued to learn Way of the Wind. Of course, it wasn't possible. Alyona's words weigh me down greatly.

Grrr. "Protector, it is better to give up..." I saw Alyona's figure from afar "...Why can't I learn it?" Han Sooyoung giggled beside me and said, "Why? It is because you have no talent." Alyona was now running to us. Han Sooyung saw her and hid behind us. "That isn't possible." Alyona stops abruptly with a smile. "I'll talk to you later..!" She went away and drank water.

"Why not? You aren't the protagonist. Do you think that you became Yoo Jonghyuk because you have been doing a good job lately?" My chest was sore like I had been stabbed. I spoke with a frown, "But I understand everything in my head." I said with a whine in my voice. "Ah, yes. Everyone thinks they can go to Seoul National University." Alyona spat out her drink.

"I'm telling the truth." Alyona returned to us again. "Do you know why you can't learn it quickly like Junghyuk..? Simply because you're Kim Dokja. Junghyuk learn it through Junghyuk's way, And Dokja should learn it through Dokja's turn..." I remembered most of the enlightenment associated with the Way of the Wind. I felt so frustrated one hour ago that I got a second battery from the survivors and read the text again. But... Alyona's word does have a point.

"There is a gale in the right hand and a storm in the left hand. The Way of the Wind will be opened when the straight lines and the curves meet."  Lycaon felt admiration from where he was listening to me. "H-How... You understand it!" Alyona shook her head. "Understanding it and cannot do it are both different..!" She smacked her forehead and groaned.