Inside the barnnet connector of the waiting guild.

[The game ends.]

[The level has risen by 7.]

[Acquire 100,000 GP.]

Seong Ji-han looked at the status window as he saw the message floating in front of him.

‘I tried to go up to level 25 at once, but I couldn’t get there.’

After entering level 2, the level reached when the game ends is 13.

The only level raised by killing human players was level 8, but after that, the subdued Chimera did not receive a large reward.

If the map is not this ‘garbage dump’, it’s a general survival with a lot of humans.

It may have risen enough to be promoted to silver in one go.

‘By the way, Shadow Queen. Was it captured by the World Tree Federation?’

Inside the connector, Seong Ji-han recalled the situation from earlier.

What got rid of the chimera that had fallen from the dump was definitely the shadow energy mixed with the void.

And the voice I heard there was definitely the Shadow Queen.

‘I was caught by the World Tree Alliance in the past and played the role of handling the void… … It must have been captured again as Earth was colonized.’

Even when she was on Earth, the Shadow Queen could not recover all her strength.

He said that he would come back again, but he tried to do various things on the Battle Tube to earn GP.

It must have been impossible to find the old power in a few years.

Is that why he was captured by the Union again, and is acting as an incinerator in a garbage dump?

‘But the male half-elf is still trash for recycling… … .’

Whereas the other chimeras just got rid of it.

Jihoon Kim ate it and then spit it out again.

Garbage is garbage, but is it still worth using?

Well, the male half-elf would be the material to complete the blue sword.

I guess I didn’t swallow it before that.

‘Garbage dump map, it seems to exist somewhere in reality… … If I find it, I can rescue the Shadow Queen.’

Even so, it was once with a sword in the left hand, an existence that was one in one.

If I can afford it, I’ll have to get it out of there.

‘Of course, I can’t overdo it.’

While looking for the location of the Shadow Queen, I don’t want to find out that Seong Ji-han has returned from the other side.

To him, the only beings he had to save unreasonably were his family.

‘I’ll have to ask my sister what happened to the queen later.’

Seong Ji-han put her thoughts together and came out of the Battle.net connector.

OK.

Lee Ha-yeon was waiting around him with a worried face.

“Kim Ji-hoon, are you feeling well?”

“Yes, it was late because it was the first game, so I had to come to my senses after the game.”

“Ah, right… … Was this actually your first game? He played so skillfully, he seemed like a pretty skilled player.”

“It’s because I like this body.”

Took. Took.

When Seong Ji-han said so and pointed at his body.

self… … .

Behind Lee Ha-yeon, someone appeared.

“So did you push yourself like that? Player Jihoon Kim.”

A blonde elf looking at Seong Ji-han with a cold expression.

However, unlike the other elves, she had green hair clearly visible in her blonde hair.

At that level, even among the high elves, he had a fairly high status.

Seong Ji-han could roughly guess who she was.

‘A high-ranking priest in the Government General?’

A high elf who gave instructions to the elven priests like a superior.

Because Kim Ji-hoon had never met face-to-face.

He bowed his head in greeting, slightly slurring his words.

“yes… … I… … .”

“I am Tria, the former lieutenant governor.”

So let the high elf call himself Lieutenant Governor.

People around me were startled.

“Boo, Lieutenant Governor?”

“Wow, there really was a lieutenant governor… … .”

“I’ve never seen it on TV… … .”

In the World Tree Union’s Government General Office, there weren’t that many elves exposed externally.

The Government General only gave guidelines to the governments of most countries, and it didn’t bother to appear in the human press.

Especially the top-level wife, the Governor-General or the Vice-Governor.

He never made a public appearance.

But, to think that the vice-governor came to see Kim Ji-hoon like this… … .

People showed interest in her.

“quietly.”

Let Lieutenant Governor Tria raise her hand.

Silence hung over the noisy connector room just a moment ago.

exactly.

All human movements were frozen as if time had stopped.

The only thing that can move here is Seong Ji-han.

“ah… … .”

There were only a few female half-elves belonging to the guild.

“Player Kim Ji-hoon, I was going to invite you to the ‘Hall of Swords’ after giving me a week of recovery time, but I don’t think it’s necessary.”

“If it’s the Hall of Swords… … .”

“You’ll find out when you fall asleep.”

At the same time, Tria extended a finger to Seong Ji-han.

OK.

flash… … !

On his chest, a green World Tree pattern appeared and flashed intensely.

[The official seal of the Government General is activated.]

[From now on, you will be summoned to the ‘Hall of Swords’.]

A system message pops up.

A place called the Hall of Swords.

Listening to Tria’s words, it was like a place summoned to sleep.

‘I heard that male half-elves level up even while sleeping. Was it because of this?’

Come to think of it, other male half-elves level up just by sleeping.

Only Kim Ji-hoon wasn’t like that.

I guess that has everything to do with this.

When Seong Ji-han sees the light in his heart and thinks so.

“By the way, choosing this guild… … .”

Swoop.

Tria took a quick look around the waiting guild.

He fixed his eyes on Lee Ha-yeon, who was stiff.

“For what purpose did you choose to be here?”

“That, I chose it because the growth buff was unrivaled… … .”

“Is that so.”

Tria listened to Kim Ji-hoon’s answer.

widely!

I snapped my finger once.

OK.

“Uh, uh… … .”

“Ooh, it moves.”

“No, I can tell you.”

The hardened bodies of the people were released again.

While they are so confused.

“I look forward to your growth. Come to the Hall of Swords as soon as possible.”

Tria left those words one last time and disappeared.

“The lieutenant governor is gone… … .”

“I’ve never seen a high elf with that much green hair.”

“But I guess the real special management target is different? I didn’t expect the Vice Governor to come personally… … .”

“I mean.”

Around the time people were talking about Tria, who appeared and disappeared so suddenly.

“Guild Master, do you have any future plans?”

“Ah, yes. Originally, I was going to hold a party to commemorate Kim Ji-hoon’s joining the guild… … .”

Lee Ha-yeon glanced at the spot where Tria had disappeared.

“Since the Lieutenant Governor told me to come to the Hall of Swords… … The party will be postponed.”

“Yes, I think I should go to bed.”

As long as the vice-governor went personally, there’s no room for a leisurely party.

In addition, there were many questions about the Holy Land and the Hall of Swords.

‘From the name, it seems like a stage for the blue sword.’

If you go there, you can learn more about this sword.

“Then let’s go up first.”

He went home first to go to sleep.

And how many minutes had passed since I lay in bed and closed my eyes.

[I summon you from the Hall of Swords… … .]

Close your eyes, in dark vision.

Such a message popped up, and Kim Ji-hoon’s consciousness was gradually sucked into somewhere.

* * *

[You are the first player to visit the Hall of Swords.]

[The intro begins.]

intro?

While Seong Ji-han sees the message and is puzzled.

flash… … !

The dark world has changed.

and where it was revealed.

‘… … Cinema?’

object and.

It was a huge cinema with a huge screen beyond it.

The scale is likely to be several times larger than that of a regular movie theater.

Kim Ji-hoon was sitting in the middle of the audience.

There were no people around him.

In the front row, male half-elves like him filled the seats quite a bit.

“The center seat is finally filled… … .”

“Is that person over 20% fit?”

“Then, is the intro starting now?”

“I think so. The screen in front has changed. It shines.”

Half-elves who speak English, whether they are foreigners or not.

By the time the center seat was filled, it seemed that the intro hadn’t even started.

‘Then you’ve been waiting here until I come.’

If you don’t fit well, you won’t be treated well.

As he thought so, he turned his gaze to the screen.

sparkle… … !

On the dark screen, light gradually spread.

The screen that at first illuminated the audience in pure white.

Soon, it flashed brilliantly and illuminated an image.

‘That’s… … .’

A tree that emits its own rainbow light.

It was the shape of Yggdrasil, the space beast he had seen before.

And let this pop up.

“ah… … .”

The male half-elves, who had been chatting just a moment ago, stopped talking all at once.

I stared at that iridescent tree with a bewildered face.

Seong Ji-han looked at it and remembered the past.

‘It is said that those who possess eternity will worship Yggdrasil if they receive it.’

When I took out the Shadow Queen in the past.

The high elf who blocked the holy ground, floated the figure of Yggdrasil, convinced that he would obey it.

Of course, Sung Ji-han just thought the tree looked pretty, but he wasn’t fascinated at all.

It’s Seong Ji-han’s case.

It seemed natural for other beings to go berserk like that male half-elf.

‘But Kim Ji-hoon’s stat window itself doesn’t have Eternity combined with Cheong… … It seems to have an effect though.’

For male half-elves, the stat of eternity disappeared when combined with blue.

Still, worshiping Yggdrasil seems the same.

Seong Ji-han thought so and waited for that tree to disappear.

Maybe 10 minutes passed like that.

‘I’m finally going.’

The shape of the space tree disappeared, and the screen changed.

and what came out of it.

‘… … Why am I coming?’

It was a holy place that filled the big screen.

[A long time ago, in the universe, there was a gardener of human origin.]

And the flowing narration of the elves.

There, Sung Ji-han was referred to as the ‘gardener’ of the space tree.

‘Whoever wants to be a gardener. These crazy things.’

I wondered what kind of intro they would show.

You’re calling the gardener from the start.

[The gardener as his mate. It was an opponent who would soon become one… … .]

Let the narration go further.

Seong Ji-han wanted to hit everything for a moment and split the screen in half.

‘… … Let’s hear some bullshit.’

I tried to suppress the urge and watched the intro.

Seong Ji-han, who manages the garden with a brighter expression than ever before.

The person herself had never watered a plant before, but Seong Ji-han in the picture was skillfully pruning.

‘Is this also included in the deepfake video?’

Jihan Seong thought so and waited for the end of gardening.

Roaring… … !

The garden that Sung Ji-han was managing suddenly started to burn.

[The ‘Red Administrator’ has been resurrected and has begun to threaten the garden of the World Tree and mankind.]

Then, a huge fire eye appeared.

The screen transitions from a peaceful scene.

There was a scene where Seong Ji-han and the red manager were fighting bloody battles.

‘Thanks to the blue stats, I don’t think I’ve ever fought with red blood like that.’

When fighting, the red one-sidedly pushed back.

The fake video was depicting the battle in its own way.

The screen that showed the desperate struggle several times.

Before he knew it, he illuminated the portal in Washington.

[The gardener entered his stronghold to seal the red manager. and… … I couldn’t come out.]

As Seong Ji-han entered, Washington’s portal disappeared.

The screen reflected the landscape of the devastated city of Washington.

[With his sacrifice, the damage was limited.]

Geeing… … .

screen is switched.

Red eyes popped up.

[The manager in red will eventually be resurrected inside.]

A narration that assures that the final victor in the seal will be the manager of red.

[What is needed to seal him again is the gardener’s power.]

[All of you selected this time have the potential to become gardeners.]

And then, on the screen.

The blue sword came to mind.

It resembles Dongbangsak’s Taegeuk Demon Sword, but has a different color and blue color.

[Become the 2nd gardener, and become the sword of the cosmic tree.]

[That is what you must accomplish in this Hall of Swords.]

That’s how the narration ends.

flash flash… … !

The bodies of the half-elves in the front row first flashed.

One by one, they began to transform into swords.

Although the shape is similar to the blue sword in the screen.

A faint half-elf sword with remarkable power.

Seong Ji-han thought as he saw the change spreading to the back seat.

‘To become the sword of the Cosmic Beast, did you really mean to become a sword?’

And when it was Kim Ji-hoon’s turn.

[Find the shape of the sword.]

flash… … !

His body disintegrated, and a blue sword emerged from within.

And, finally, let him completely transform into a sword.

[Enters the Hall of Swords.]

The swords that were in the audience.

All at once, they shimmered and disappeared.