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Chapter 151: The Great Forest (6)

Chapter 151: The Great Forest (6)

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“…Anyway, I am Karavan. Vicegerent of Ignis the Flame. People call me Karavan of the Flame too.”

Karavan, who decided to join to reconnect his link to Ignis, introduced himself awkwardly. Runald responded grumpily, “You introduced yourself yesterday and the day before. Why are you doing it again?”

“Oh, I thought you might not remember me, so I just did it again. People don’t remember my name even after I tell them two or three times. I’m still a Vicegerent, you know…”

Karavan, unlike his well-known name, was not a man with memorable features. He had a calm face and common facial features. The only unique feature about him was his fiery hair, but it was apparent that he purposely made it so people could remember him by that feature at least.

“Don’t be so suspicious, I have my business too. Oh, and Andersen asked me to help you guys…”

“But you don’t seem trustworthy at all.”

Karavan held back his annoyance and said solemnly, “…I swear to Ignis that I will never do that. Besides, you two are better off going with me.”

“Why?”

“Because there is no other who knows more about the Great Forest than me.”

The Great Forest.

One of the 8 forbidden places of the <Depth>. The Great Forest, the entrance of which was at the corner of the 4th and 8th site, had many various threats and had earned many nicknames.

Cemetery of the lost ones.

Fallen Ancients.

Forgotten 9th site.

Some said that this was the most dangerous place of all the 8 forbidden places. Some even said that the Great Forest was the ‘Depth’ within the <Depth>. They were all different names, but they mostly meant the same thing. However, there was one fact that everyone agreed on the Great Forest.

-Within the Great Forest lies the [Parts] left by the Three Ancient Gods.

The [Parts] of the Three Ancient Gods. What it meant was too obvious.

-The best [Parts] of the <Depth>. The forgotten three legendary [Parts].

They were legendary parts that were said to allow the wielder to control the entire <Depth>. It lured all kinds of newbie gods and their Vicegerents to <Depth>. In fact, there were records that at around 100 thousand years ago, in the age of the ‘God-boom’, that half of all newbie gods who were born had ventured into the Great Forest. Official numbers counted about 50 thousand gods, but with Vicegerents and Followers, the numbers would have multiplied by a lot.

It was an incident that would be later named ‘Component Rush’.

“A lot died back then. It’s funny to say it as if I was there when I wasn’t even born, but…”

Karavan recounted as he pushed away black leaves to the side. Jaehwan asked, “Any survivors?”

“Yeah. 5 including my predecessor.”

“Predecessor?”

“It’s actually pre-pre-pre-pre-pre-pre… but anyway. There was a Vicegerent of Ignis’ long before me. Only five of them, including him, came back alive.”

“I see.”

“So, you’ve never heard of the story? About those gods who came back alive. Everyone knows about it in <Depth>.”