Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 715

◈ 715. So This Is How It Feels

“Shin Jo-woon and Jang Tae-ri entered the Demon King’s seal about seven hours ago.”

At Sa Gam-jae’s explanation, Rembrary stared at him in disbelief. Shin Jo-woon and Jang Tae-ri went where?

“What are you talking about? Why would they go there?”

Morso, standing next to Rembrary, frowned and turned to Sa Gam-jae.

Sa Gam-jae looked around to see if anyone was listening to their conversation before answering.

“While discussing the explosion, I mentioned that adding another layer of seal on top of the Demon King’s seal might prevent it. I also said it would be good to have Rembrary’s help for that.”

“But why did those two go there?”

“Because I didn’t want Rembrary to go in.”

Morso frowned and interjected.

“Then why are you telling him about it?”

Sa Gam-jae’s face darkened, and Rembrary waved his hand, saying,

“Stop it, Morso. Gam-jae has tried hard.”

Rembrary roughly understood what Sa Gam-jae was feeling.

Sa Gam-jae had endured for seven hours after Jang Tae-ri and Shin Jo-woon entered that place. He had tried his best to keep it a secret.

“Tried hard?”

“Originally, it was something you were going to ask me to do, right? It must be something only someone like me can handle. And those two, ‘Anchovy’ Shin Jo-woon and Tae-ri, took it upon themselves. Gam-jae wouldn’t have been happy to see two anchovies [a derogatory term for someone weak or insignificant] trying to stop a giant boulder from rolling down. Gam-jae must have been in a difficult position.”

Sa Gam-jae was a little impressed that Rembrary had accurately seen through his state of mind.

But he couldn’t help but chuckle, realizing that even though Rembrary understood so well, he didn’t realize that Sa Gam-jae had done it to protect him.

However, Sa Gam-jae wasn’t the type to boast about his achievements.

Instead of highlighting his consideration, Sa Gam-jae looked at Rembrary and said sincerely,

“The reason I’m telling you this isn’t because I want you to go in and create a new seal. I thought you would be more… sad if I didn’t tell you.”

“Good job.”

Rembrary said simply, grabbing Sa Gam-jae’s arm.

“Let’s go. There.”

* * *

“Why did you follow me?”

Rembrary, having hastily arrived at the Demon King’s seal through the path to the underworld, asked in bewilderment upon seeing Morso behind him.

Morso glared and said in a helpless tone,

“You shouldn’t have said such things in front of me.”

If he was worried and followed, he could have just said so. Rembrary shook his head and looked at the area where the Demon King was sealed.

The grim reapers were clustered around the area, making it easy to see where Shin Jo-woon and Jang Tae-ri had entered.

“Is it that way?”

“Yes.”

As Rembrary approached, the grim reapers looked back and forth between Rembrary and Morso.

Rembrary found a tightly frozen gap between the walls where roses grew densely.

“멸 [Myeol – likely a sound effect or exclamation], Jo-woon went in here. It’s not big enough for a person to enter. Did it freeze and become narrower after they went in?”

“Yes. It will completely close over time.”

Rembrary looked at the frozen roses and asked,

“They went in there seven hours ago and haven’t come out yet?”

“Yes.”

“When were they supposed to come out originally?”

“There’s no specific standard.”

Morso, who had been listening quietly, frowned and interjected again.

“Then it might not be an emergency, right? Maybe the sealing is just taking a long time.”

“That’s right.”

Sa Gam-jae readily admitted.

“The problem is that the ledgers of those two have arrived here.”

But at his subsequent words, both Morso and Rembrary were momentarily speechless.

“Ledgers?”

Rembrary asked, surprised.

Rembrary had heard Sa Gam-jae talk about the ledgers several times.

He hadn’t explained the exact use or application of the ledgers, but he knew that the names of the dead were recorded on them.

But there are ledgers for Shin Jo-woon and Jang Tae-ri?

“Does that mean their lifespans have ended?”

“No. That’s why the ledgers have just arrived. If they die without their lifespans ending, additional ledgers arrive.”

Morso rolled his eyes and looked at Rembrary. Rembrary raised his eyebrows and remained in that state.

After about 10 seconds, Rembrary asked again.

“Then does that mean they’re already dead inside?”

Sa Gam-jae rolled his eyes, gestured for Rembrary to follow him, and walked to a place where there were no other grim reapers nearby.

Once they were alone, Sa Gam-jae said in a very small voice,

“Don’t living things sometimes die and come back to life?”

“That’s right.”

“Life doesn’t end immediately just because the body dies. The ledgers have just arrived, so if we find them quickly and put their souls back into their bodies, we might be able to save them.”

“Is that possible? It’s already been some time.”

“It’s possible because this place is sealed. The fact that their souls haven’t come out even though the ledgers have arrived means it’s difficult for souls to escape from inside. If we heal their bodies before their souls come out, both of them will survive.”

Rembrary looked at Sa Gam-jae, moved. Rembrary could tell that what Sa Gam-jae was telling him was a kind of trick.

Sa Gam-jae was also standing in the middle, trying in various ways.

“Okay. Then I’ll go.”

Anyway, it would be fine if Shin Jo-woon and Jang Tae-ri were still safe. Rembrary made an immediate decision and turned around.

Seeing him about to enter the seal without delay, Sa Gam-jae hurriedly grabbed Rembrary.

“Wait a moment.”

“Are you going with me?”

“It would be good to go together, but grim reapers can’t enter that place at all.”

“Why?”

“It’s the same principle as why Shin Jo-woon and Jang Tae-ri’s souls can’t escape. If we could enter, we would have gone in together from the beginning.”

Rembrary raised his eyebrows.

“Then why did you call me?”

“That place is very dangerous.”

“I know.”

“It’s really dangerous. I warned them that it was dangerous, but when President Shin and CEO Jang said they would go in together, I thought those two would come out safely. But…….”

“I’m stronger than those two.”

“You’re strong, but President Shin and CEO Jang are also strong. They don’t have healing abilities, but they might be stronger in general combat or defense. But those two went in together and died.”

“What are you saying?”

Sa Gam-jae stared at Rembrary, sighed, and asked,

“Do you know how to get in?”

* * *

Morso unexpectedly helped to enter the Demon King’s seal.

Since Camuel’s demonization hadn’t occurred at all, when Morso poured divine power into the ice gap created by Shin Jo-woon, that part became as large as a narrow cave passage.

“Can’t you make it wider?”

“Are you going on a tour?”

Morso suddenly became haggard, like someone who hadn’t slept for thirty hours, and lowered his hand, breathing heavily.

Since it was a seal strong enough to suppress the Demon King, it seemed difficult to pour power into the inside, no matter how incompatible the power was.

“Still, can’t you make it a little wider?”

“Why? Are you worried it will get narrower inside? From what I felt while sending power, I don’t think that will happen.”

“No, I think it will be uncomfortable for me.”

Sa Gam-jae thought that Morso would attack Rembrary if left alone, so he quickly intervened between the two otherworld saints.

“President Shin also opened the path to that extent and went in. It’s probably difficult to do more than that.”

“Then I can’t help it.”

Rembrary seemed to have just said it once, and instead of asking for more when Sa Gam-jae stepped in, he walked towards the narrow passage.

Morso felt frustrated for no reason and shuddered as he watched.

In fact, it couldn’t be said that Rembrary was making unreasonable demands, as the passage was really narrow.

You could move forward, but if you kept going through such a narrow path, you would inevitably feel psychological fear.

Rembrary first pushed in only his shoulders and arms, then turned his head to Sa Gam-jae and asked again.

“But what about this side’s seal? I’ll do the seal while I’m in there. If the seal doesn’t work, everyone will be in danger later due to the explosion anyway.”

“Saint Jang Tae-ri has the sealing tool that King Yama [the King of Hell in East Asian mythology] made. You can break it inside. Since the sealing tool didn’t work, she probably has it.”

If Jang Tae-ri had succeeded in sealing and died, the seal here would have become even stronger, separate from the arrival of the two people’s ledgers.

At this time, Rembrary might not have been able to enter either.

However, the fact that only the ledgers had arrived meant that they had died on the way or before detonating the sealing tool.

“Good.”

Rembrary nodded, lowered his rolled-up sleeves, and began to enter the passage in earnest.

“Shall I go with you?”

Morso asked from behind, but Rembrary waved his hand, saying it was okay, and began to move inside.

However, Rembrary’s expression, which had been as calm as usual on the outside, hardened as soon as he turned around.

‘Why would they do this?’

Walking through a narrow and long passage where there was no one and nothing, all sorts of thoughts came to mind.

Rembrary walked through the path where only faint wind sounds passed by, thinking that Shin Jo-woon and Jang Tae-ri were good people but incomprehensible people.

Sacrificing for the greater good was a natural thing, but there was efficiency and order in it.

Shin Jo-woon and Jang Tae-ri’s actions here were neither efficient nor in order.

‘The most efficient person to stop it is me. Why did those two step up?’

Originally, the people of the world wouldn’t have done that. They relied on Rembrary well and knew that Rembrary was very strong.

But why can’t these two do that? Because they are heretics? But even other heretics don’t do this?

Rembrary couldn’t understand at all, so he couldn’t even think that this place was stuffy.

He couldn’t understand and was even a little angry at their actions. Angered, Rembrary walked quickly and stopped for a moment when he arrived at a certain place.

‘Is this it?’

He had started, but he was a little worried about where the center was and how to find Jang Tae-ri and Shin Jo-woon’s bodies inside. But when he arrived, there was no need to worry.

There was only one narrow passage, and the environment of the cavern that suddenly widened from that passage was completely different from the passage.

He thought the faint wind sound was coming from the passage. It seemed to be coming from this place.

Knife-like energy was flying around the large cavern faster than the blink of an eye.

Traces of Shin Jo-woon’s barrier were left on the floor, rolling around.

‘Did they break this?’

Rembrary bent down and picked up a piece of ice.

The ice that only Shin Jo-woon himself could melt was shattered and scattered all over the floor.

Rembrary looked at the direction in which the ice fragments were piled up.

The cavern was wide, but if he followed this, it wouldn’t be difficult to find the bodies of Shin Jo-woon and Jang Tae-ri.

However, Rembrary had to immediately retract the foot he had taken.

Rembrary looked down at his leg. His pants had instantly become rags just from stretching out his foot.

The wound healed quickly, but traces of blood flowing down remained here and there.

‘They passed through here? Those two?’