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Chapter 156: God of Madness (3)

Chapter 156: God of Madness (3)

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Ra-hamad, the one brought Jaehwan to the village, was one of the ‘Great Warriors’. Jaehwan noticed that Ra-hamad had exceptionally high world power compared to the others, and it was for a certain reason. Jaehwan was led deeper into the forest by Ra-hamad.

The hot springs were still everywhere in the forest, and many naked warriors were soaking within. A few warriors turned to Ra-hamad, who was leading Jaehwan, and asked, ‘Great Warrior. Where are you going?’

‘I am going to him.’

‘Who is that human?’

‘One who will learn the Ouroboros.’

‘I see. Ouroboros.’

Jaehwan couldn’t understand the discussion. The word Ouroboros especially had too many meanings so he couldn’t figure out what the word actually meant.

‘Hope fortune is with you.’

‘It’s better for you to spend your time in the hot springs.’

Some warriors then spoke to Jaehwan. There were some who laughed at Jaehwan’s naked body, but most were concentrating in the springs.

They stayed in the water for a while, came out to clean it off, and then went back in.

Some seemed to drink the water, while some were sitting within the water, deep in meditation. Jaehwan asked Ra-hamad.

“Do you all bathe every day?”

[Baathee?]

Ra-hamad didn’t seem to understand. It seemed there was no word that meant the same thing as ‘bath’ or ‘bathe’ in their language. That was strange as every one of them was bathing but no one used the term. Jaehwan used all of his gestures to explain, and Ra-hamad nodded and answered.

‘Oh, you mean metamorphosis.’

“Metamorph… what?”

‘We’re taking our clothes off.’

“Clothes? What do you mean?”

Ra-hamad didn’t answer right away, so Jaehwan asked again.

“Clothes- by you mean something dirty? Is it like a metaphor?”

Jaehwan was certain that it might mean something. However, Ra-hamad shook his head.

‘Clothes is clothes.’

He continued, ‘Spirit grows the more you take it off. Your world power grows, and you can live without a god.’

That’s when Jaehwan realized something. These people said ‘clothes’, but he did experience some complicated thing regarding ‘clothes’ in recent days.

“Do you know anything about [Naked] Setting?”

Ra-hamad then smiled eerily and replied.

[Ouroboros.]

‘Anyone can be naked.’

‘No one can be naked.’

It was translated into two meanings again. Jaehwan frowned.

“…Ouroboros. What does that mean?”

Ra-hamad shook his head. It seemed he didn’t want to answer and began to walk faster.

‘Take it off, take it off, but there are always clothes underneath.’

‘When you and I take each other’s clothes off.’