Terra City, reduced to ruins by a sudden meteor.
As time passed, the aftermath of the meteor strike gradually faded.
A stable atmosphere.
Clear skies, and even the dust had settled.
On the other hand, the cracked, split ground showed just how terrifying the power of the meteor had been.
And then, from one side of the ruins.
Wriggle!
The pile of collapsed buildings shuddered.
Swoosh!
A human hand shot up.
"Ugh!"
Following it, a dirt-covered body crawled up out of the ground.
"Hoo, hoo, hoo.
The person, so short of breath, couldn't stop gasping.
'Damn it! I really got hit in the back of the head.'
It was the dimensional traveler, Marius.
The world he originally lived in was the continent of Taurana.
A so-called fantasy world ruled by magic and aura.
Marius, too, had cooperated with the AI God in pursuit of immortality.
In return, he had received a top-tier body.
And that wasn't all.
With top-grade magic crystals created by the god, he had swept through the dimensional auction house, buying countless artifacts and elixirs.
There was no need to bother selling anything at the auction house.
The top-grade magic crystals were given to him as much as he asked for.
In a way, even surviving like this was thanks to the god.
Thanks to the barrier item and elixir he'd won at the auction house, he had barely survived the meteor strike.
But he felt no gratitude.
Instead, he was filled only with thoughts of revenge.
That bastard had clearly betrayed him.
He had fled somewhere else without even giving a hint that a meteor would fall.
'What happened to the other dimensional travelers?'
Did they all die?
'You dog bastard.'
Both the god and Kohen.
'Did you think I'd just let it go?'
Honestly, it wouldn't matter if he left this place right now.
He could go back home, or settle down in a new world.
That's what life as a dimensional traveler was like.
But shouldn't he get his revenge first?
They had to pay the price for betrayal.
He could guess where Kohen and the god had gone.
The city of ignorant fanatics who worship a god of nothing but lies.
'Even if I can't kill the god, at least Kohen, that bastard.'
The dimensional traveler Marius set his course for Religion City.
Spot!
White Tower, 9th floor.
Juhyeok was staring intently at the dimensional auction house status board.
At last, the Universe stereoscopic hologram AI phone sold for about seven million.
The phone that had Rajiks's content video saved on it.
Did they buy it safely?
What if someone else bought it?
It would be nice if the Immortal Realm seller bought it.
And then, another Immortal Peach was listed.
This time, the seller had also added a comment.
: Auction complete. Wait. As always, thank you.
"So they bought it."
They must have watched Rajiks's video too.
That's a relief.
But they said to wait.
What does that mean?
Anyway, this time he listed another phone.
There are lots of immortals in the Immortal Realm.
One probably isn't enough.
He had already thought about the next item to send.
The cutting-edge vehicle from his home base, Earth.
A levitating supercar.
Now, time to do what needed to be done.
Juhyeok planned to move the tower.
To Religion City, where the AI God had fled.
He would chase it to the end.
Juhyeok went outside.
Spot!
The ruined Terra City.
Blue skies, and the surrounding view was clear.
It was a barren wasteland.
If it weren't for the three black towers visible in the distance, you wouldn't even guess this had been Terra City.
'They completely wiped it out.'
Just the meteor fragments did this much.
What if an asteroid had fallen?
Earth No. 1 would have been split in half.
It would have been destroyed instantly.
Juhyeok summoned the blood-summoned ones.
Spot! Spot! Spot! Spot .....
"Chung!... Ugh! Is this Terra City? It's completely wrecked."
"How tragic."
"This mage's meteor is still usable."
"Hey, aren't you done reflecting yet?"
"What reflection? It's all resolved."
"Wow! So shameless."
"Old man Mae, please reflect. What do you mean it's over?"
"How pitiful. At your age, you should at least have learned some tact."
Juhyeok raised his head and looked at the sky.
The top of his head was tingling.
He felt like someone was watching him.
There was nothing visible in the sky, but.
Still, Juhyeok could feel it.
That bastard was definitely watching.
How?
This world was more advanced than Earth.
Wouldn't there be at least one satellite up there?
'Let's at least say hello.'
Juhyeok waved his hand at the empty air.
"Huh? What are you doing? There's nothing there."
"Someone might be watching us."
"Who?"
"The AI God. It might be observing us with satellites."
"Ah!"
Kosak nodded as if he understood.
Then, swaying, he started wiggling his butt and dancing.
'All of a sudden?'
Sometimes he even threw a fist up at the sky.
"This is teabagging. You gotta do stuff like this. Isn't this a mental attack?"
Honestly, it's kind of hard to watch.
If it were Director Bae or Diamat dancing, maybe.
"Let's go into the tower."
"Yes, sir!"
Entering the 100th-floor control room of the black tower.
He touched the crystal core and brought up the tower movement menu.
"I'm going to move the tower."
The target was Religion City.
'We won't need to initialize it, right?'
Just moving it should be enough.
The city is different, but it's still a single country.
'Tower movement.'
Ding!
[Please designate the country and region to move to.]
'Terra Empire, Religion City...?'
But then?
[Currently, moving the tower to Religion City is not possible.]
What?
Why not?
"Did the god block it?"
"Probably."
"From that bastard's point of view, Religion City is holy ground."
"If it gets destroyed, people will start doubting his authority as a god."
"It's different from Terra City. He'll try to block it no matter what."
Hmm.
'This is a problem.'
From the start, when planting the tower, he had limited the collapse and regeneration range to city districts, not national borders.
Earth is a single country.
The territory is way too large.
And on top of that, there are only three towers that can be planted.
In a situation like this, if tower movement is impossible?
The black tower will just keep collapsing only inside the ruined Terra City.
Of course, even then, a sinkhole wave will happen later.
'It'll take way too long.'
I want to finish this quickly and go home.
How long do I have to stay here?
There's no choice.
It's a hassle, but I'll initialize it and plant it directly in Religion City.
'Tower phase shift.'
[Do you want to initialize the tower into a movable state?]
'Proceed with initialization.'
[Optimizing the tower into a movable state.]
[The floor-by-floor missions and reward ranges, and the manager configuration set in the tower will be reset.]
[All restrictions placed on the tower will be removed.]
[All tower conquest records will be deleted.]
[Storing the tower of the otherworld into phase space.]
Whoooosh!
The environment changed.
Juhyeok and the blood-summoned ones stood in the ruined Terra City.
In front of them floated a black-light crystal core.
He reached out and grabbed it.
"Mr. Rajiks?"
"Ho-e!"
"Please store it."
Sigh.
Starting over from the beginning again.
"This time I'll take charge of the 71st floor."
"Ho-e!"
"Dimensional farmhand, sit this one out. Are you trying to play with fire again? You'll wet the bed at night."
"Ho-eek!"
"Looks like it'll be spin the roulette wheel again."
Let's move.
Physically relocate to Religion City.
First, just mark the location.
So that when leaving the White Tower 9th floor, we can come out at a point close to Religion City.
"Extreme-Delight Flying Dragon Green, sir."
"...My name is Crackercerus, though."
"Yes, Mr. Crackercerus. Please."
But then?
"Summoner Bong, please wait a moment."
"Yes?"
"Um, that... Maverick inside Honghoro."
"What about him?"
"Haven't we found out everything we needed? Thanks to that, we even activated the AI phone."
"That's true."
"Then wouldn't it be good to let him go? We might need to use Honghoro again, so we should leave it empty."
"Ah!"
That made sense.
Honghoro can store a living being, but only one individual.
You have to empty it to put something else in.
Who knows what might happen next?
Someone else might need to go in again someday.
But letting him go was out of the question.
Maverick was a murderer.
It wouldn't be wrong to say he had directly intervened in the destruction of another parallel world.
And they were supposed to release someone like that?
Then what about the victims?
Letting Maverick go would be a betrayal of them.
He had no right to grant mercy or forgiveness.
Kosak must know this well too.
So why suggest letting him go?
Juhyeok could more or less guess the intent.
"Hand me Honghoro. I'll empty it myself."
"… All right."
Well, he'd take care of it.
Juhyeok unclipped Honghoro from his waist and handed it to Kosak.
"I'll send him off properly, even see him on his way."
Spot!
Kosak vanished somewhere.
Pa-at!
The Mad Demon disappeared along with him.
"It seems the Mad Demon intends to see him off as well."
In the next instant—
Slash!
From far away came the sound of something being cut.
Thud! Roll, roll.
'He really did go far away.'
Spot! Pa-pat!
Kosak and the Mad Demon returned together.
"It's been cleaned out completely."
"Good work."
Juhyeok fastened the now-empty Honghoro back onto his waist.
"Let's get going."
Pa-at!
Green transformed into his main body.
"Welcome aboard the Extreme Exhilaration Flying Dragon Airplane. This captain welcomes all passengers."
The green airplane took flight.
The destination was Religion City.
Shweeeeeek!
In the Immortal Realm, there is a place called the Peach Garden.
A region where Immortal Peaches grow.
Of course, it is not a place just anyone can enter.
Especially the Peach Blossom Palace deep within the garden is an absolute forbidden zone.
Because it is where the Queen Mother of the West resides.
But today, it was swarming with immortals like a pack of dogs.
Even the yokai overlord Honse had come.
And on top of that, the infamous thief, the Stone Monkey, was present as well.
"Heh, Queen Mother of the West, your skin's looking awfully glossy these days?"
"You're practically coated in luxury cosmetics. Same with your clothes and accessories."
"Coated? You should say refined and dignified."
"You look like a Daechi-dong private-education mom. Culture just oozing out."
"If you went down to the mortal world, men would be drooling all over."
"You're a living peach, truly. You could be the center of an idol group."
"Why not form a group with the immortals while we're at it? How about Peach Blossom Girls?"
"Oh! Peach Blossom Girls! Now that's a solid concept."
Was this flattery?
This was practically toying with her.
They must have come because they wanted something.
"Haa…."
The Queen Mother of the West let out a deep sigh.
If it were up to her, she wanted to drive them all away.
But there was someone among them whom even she could not treat lightly.
"These unruly ones aside, why is the Great King here of all people? For what reason have you come?"
Yama scratched his cheek with an awkward expression.
"It just turned out that way. I was involved as well."
"Involved in what?"
"Well, that is…."
As Yama hesitated, the Sword Immortal cut in, unable to hold back.
"Queen Mother of the West."
"What is it?"
"I'll be direct."
"I won't listen."
"I must speak."
"Don't."
Despite that, the Sword Immortal opened his mouth.
"Hand over the Heavenly Peach."
"… Ha!"
What?
The Heavenly Peach?
What kind of nonsense was that?
"If you hand it over quietly, there will be no bloodshed. I, the Sword Immortal, promise you that."
"… Y-you bandits!"
Bloodshed.
The greedy gleam in the immortals' eyes.
It was obvious what they intended to do.
If she didn't give up the Heavenly Peach, they would take it by force.
They would not hesitate.
Shameless thieves.
The Queen Mother of the West was dumbfounded.
How cruel of heaven and earth to allow ascension to such beings.
She turned a cold gaze toward Yama.
"Great King, do you share their position as well?"
At her icy question, Yama replied.
"Hmm. Before that, let me ask you one thing."
"Go ahead."
"As I passed through the inner courtyard of the Peach Blossom Palace, I happened to notice that the fruit on the Heavenly Peach tree had ripened beautifully."
"… And?"
"You know well what it means when a Heavenly Peach ripens, do you not, Queen Mother?"
The Queen Mother's expression stiffened in an instant.
Because Yama was right.
The Heavenly Peach tree in the inner courtyard.
It bears only a single Heavenly Peach.
The Heavenly Peach ripens slowly.
It is rare to even see it turn red.
Even after hundreds of years, it remains a green, unripe fruit.
But when a certain moment comes, it ripens quickly.
When?
When someone needs it.
When the time comes for it to be eaten.
The Heavenly Peach tree can read the will of heaven.
It decides for itself who is worthy of eating its fruit.
Even if that person exists in another world.
There had been such cases before.
One word that penetrates the laws of the Immortal Realm.
Fate, and causality.
It also aligns with the teachings of Buddhism.
"Yes, the Heavenly Peach has ripened. But where is this so-called fate?"
"There is someone I have in mind. A Great Hero named Bong."
The Queen Mother of the West frowned.
Who was that?
"Rather than talk, why not see for yourself? I'll show you what kind of person Great Hero Bong is."
"… See for myself?"
"Let's go to the courtyard."
As Yama and the Queen Mother moved, the immortals followed in a crowd.
When they arrived before the Heavenly Peach tree—
"All right. Sword Immortal, Guigok, Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Honse. Line up in a row."
They tilted their heads in confusion.
What was Yama trying to do?
Still, for the sake of the Heavenly Peach—
Yama pulled out the Magistrate's Hammer.
Pointing it at each of the four in turn, he declared.
"You wretches! You know your own sins!!!"
In that instant!
Energy surged out from the hammer, wrapping around the Sword Immortal, Guigok, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and Honse.
Of course, they were fine.
No matter how much divine power the hammer carried, these were not ordinary beings.
Only Honse flinched, trembling slightly.
The Sword Immortal twisted his face and stared at Yama in disbelief.
"What is this supposed to be? Why are you suddenly swinging that hammer?"
"Accept it. Do not resist."
"I'm not a criminal. What did I even do wrong?"
"When an immortal wanders the mortal world and covets material things, that itself is a sin."
That shut him up.
The Great Sage Equal to Heaven raised his hand.
"I didn't do anything wrong either."
"You're retroactively guilty. You committed plenty of sins in the past."
"I already paid for them. Ever heard of double jeopardy?"
"Quiet. There's no such principle as double jeopardy in the laws of the Underworld."
Honse couldn't even protest.
What excuse did a yokai need?
Guigok knew exactly why Yama was doing this.
So he said—
"Looks like you're trying to extract sin-record footage. Let's just watch the parts involving Great Hero Bong."
"That was my intention as well."
"All right then, let's accept it. It's unpleasant, but still."
Flash!
Background footage appeared.
The day they first met Bong Juhyeok.
Four videos began playing simultaneously.
Yama stood beside the Queen Mother, adding explanations along the way.
The black tower, a world Earth on the brink of destruction.
The summoner who stood against it, and the blood-summoned who followed him in trust.
The footage continued.
Then, when Guigok was shown receiving an enormous number of gifts from Rajiks—
"Hmm, Immortal Guigok, it seems you received quite a lot of gifts. From the looks of it, women's luxury clothes, accessories, even bags."
In that instant!
Guigok pulled luxury items out of infinite space and smoothly handed them to the Queen Mother.
"I was planning to give them to you anyway. Luxury goods produced on Earth No. 843 and Earth No. 1001. You'll like them."
Swish! The Queen Mother quickly took them.
"Hmm. Very well. I'll take a look."
She stepped in front of the Heavenly Peach tree.
Gently placing her hand on the fruit hanging from it, she quietly closed her eyes.
Communion with the Heavenly Peach tree.
Did this young man from another Earth, Bong Juhyeok, truly have fate with it?
The immortals watched, holding their breath.
A moment later—
"He is a solid young man. Altruistic and pure."
Then—
"Yes, take the Heavenly Peach. I grant permission. However, it must ripen a bit more, so please wait a few more days."
Wooooah!!!
Cheers erupted throughout the Peach Blossom Palace.
The Heavenly Peach tree and the Queen Mother had acknowledged it.
The pure heart of Great Hero Bong.
Home Base Earth.
Flash! Flash! Papapat! Papapapapat!
The green airplane tore through the sky with infinite turbo-blink flight.
Religion City lay on the opposite side from Terra City.
The journey was long.
Along the way, many fairly large cities came into view.
"Summoner Bong! That's a city over there!!!"
"What should we do?"
Well, how could a sparrow pass by a rice mill without stopping?
"Let's make a quick stop."
"Yes, sir!"
Kosak pointed at the city and shouted.
"Summoner Bong has ordered the looting of the city!!! Strip it clean!!!"
"Hueeeeek!!!"
Might as well fill up Rajiks's subspace backpack while we're at it.
And thus, the looting began.
The very model of a solid bandit king.
That was Bong Juhyeok.
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