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Chapter 41: Doctor of Despair (8)

Chapter 41: Doctor of Despair (8)

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Jaehwan was surprised.

“You met Mulack?”

“Well…”

Chunghuh nodded. “I actually traveled with him.”

“Traveled?”

Chunghuh seemed to be thinking of very distant memory in the past. The name Mulack was really an old name for Chunghuh to remember.

“It was way back in the day. We’ll take a walk.”

Cold air swept over Jaehwan as they walked out. Chunghuh did not speak for a while and Jaehwan waited. The streets were filled with the smells of various foods. Jaehwan looked at the food being sold. It seemed like the people here were farmers since some of the vendors were selling were corn and other crops while most were selling meat. It felt weird. Jaehwan heard that people in <Chaos> did not need to eat. In fact, Jaehwan himself had not eaten for 30 days until he came here and he never felt hungry.

The people selling food all looked gloomy. It wasn’t like the life they were living was giving them a hard time. It was as if something deep within them was empty.

“What do you think when you see this road?”

“…”

“It doesn’t feel alive, does it? The people don’t feel alive.”

It was as Chunghuh said.

“But that’s probably normal since they are all dead.”

Chunghuh frowned at Jaehwan’s answer.

“People are not dead until they accept their death.”

Jaehwan felt the ‘death’ in this world was different from the ‘death’ he knew. These people had spirits within <Chaos>. They had their lives. Also, they also had a chance to be revived.

“This place wasn’t like this from the beginning.”

Gorgon Fortress wasn’t this gloomy hundreds of years ago when Chunghuh first came.

“<Chaos> was the land of blessings. It was a place where war-torn spirits gathered to rest and regain energy.”

People in <Chaos> did not get old. They did not die from hunger. Every being was freed from their old life and found a new life here.

“There were fewer spirit corruptions.”

The weak joined forces to hunt down horned monsters and they shared the horns. Alliances were formed when it was impossible in the Great Lands and all races joined hands to survive. Everyone was satisfied with life here.

That is, until ‘That Day’.

“…What happened?”

Chunghuh stopped. He then walked over to the outside drinking bar and sat down. Jaehwan hesitated but decided to sit next to him. Chunghuh ordered a beer and spoke.

“Ha, it’s a shame that your store is in ruins.”

The answer came back from the person who just served the beer.

“You don’t say.”

It was Claire, the woman who was with Mino. Jaehwan then realized he was on the road where he had fought earlier in the day. Chunghuh cackled.

“So, are you going to open up an outside bar for now?”

“Yeah, I have no choice. Someone ruined my store.”