Chapter 82: Finally a Tutorial (24) (1/2)

Chapter 82: Finally a Tutorial (24)

After they passed the entrance, Chi-Woo and Hawa arrived at a long passageway that looked like a tunnel It wasn’t dark inside because there were stalactites protruding fro the space Chi-Woo walked for a while until he abruptly smelled a faint smoke

‘What is that?’ It appeared to be stea people breathed out on a winter day, the steam-like substance poured out froreen s; the farther he went, the more noticeable they became Furthermore, he felt cool and refreshed just like he would while walking in a forest at early sunrise When they finally reached the end of the passageway, Chi-Woo and Hawa stopped It was a dead end, and they couldn’t see any other paths Yet they weren’t concerned about that in the slightest, too ht before them

They saw a vast pasture that blanketed every inch of this space Although they were inside a cave, the soft grass swayed from a breeze, and they found thee trees There was a s pool that usually would only be found deep inside awater down in all directions They had just crossed one passageway, but the scenery had gone through a 180-degree change It was astonishi+ng and truly unbelievable that a pasture of this size could exist inside a cave On top of that, there hite s across the area like clouds, which made the place look even more mystical It truly looked like a God’s residence

Splash!+ A fish ju Chi-Woo Huff, huff Chi-Woo heard so ahead with eager eyes She ran to where the spring pool was Chi-Woo followed her, and as expected, he couldn’t see the water However, he could clearly hear water running and saw fishes swi marble at the center of the pool that was especially noticeable Floating on top of the water, the glea marble was the size of a fist and looked like a white pearl Chi-Woo and Hawa sies of their fingers were about to touch it, but they ended upeach other’s hands first, and Hawa quickly withdrew her hand

“I don’t think we should touch it” Hawa shook her head “I feel a strong sense of resistance like we shouldn’t touch it thoughtlessly…”

“A resistance?” Chi-Woo was confused He hadn’t felt the slightest of resistance, and instead felt soently wrapped his hand around the pearl and gingerly took it out of the water Hawa looked slightly surprised, but nothing else happened Chi-Woo brought the pearl to his face and carefully observed it

‘It’s a Godly item’ He concluded It felt similar to the club he so treasured How should he describe it? It was as if an unfathomable amount of beliefs had been transformed into divinity and compressed into an item He also had a sense that he shouldn’t use the ite reasons The resistance that Hawa felt fro like that

“Are you all right?” Hawa asked doubtfully

Chi-Woo shrugged and placed the pearl back into the spring pool again For so that he had to place it back for now All the experiences he had gained so far told his and intuitions in situations such as these Then, Chi-Woo looked around and finally saw a tall statue standing at the center of this spacious grove Mesmerized, the pair walked towards the statue

The statue was bigger than they expected it to be, only a little shorter than Chi-Woo ‘Huh?’ But for some reason, he had a weird sense of déjà vu The statue earing so a robe with her face almost entirely covered by the hood Soft, luscious curls flowed down her shoulder And then there was the balance scale that she was holding in her left hand They all gave him a sense of familiarity

‘In my dream…’ Chi-Woo clutched his head and scrunched up his forehead He couldn’t remember the drea his clothes and waiting for hio to the other side

“The balance scale…” Hawa said and took a deep breath “Maybe, just maybe…but it can’t be, can it…?”

For some reason, Hawa had appeared extremely excited ever since they found the translucent water

“The forgotten God…” After staring at the statue with herher lips “The lost paradise… Can it be…”

“What is it?” Chi-Woo asked, and Hawa looked back at hi into a more detailed explanation “A God who appeared in otten Goddess who is mentioned only briefly in the records…” Hawa trailed off and frowned It seemed she had read about the God before, but didn’t remember the content clearly

[La Bella She is the Goddess of scales and is known to be the guardian of balance]

Chi-Woo suddenly heard Miuardian of balance?” Chi-Woo repeated Miht” Hawa looked up at Chi-Woo in surprise

[This Goddess is…]

Chi-Woo was about to tell Hawa the rest of what Mi his mouth Then he opened his eyes and tilted his chin while straightening his posture, looking down at Hawa as he continued in a hollow voice

“La Bella isn’t…a forgotten God…” Chi-Woo said, seely with difficulty “But a God that was forced to be forgotten…”

“?”

“As the one who oversaw balance…and kept watch as a neutral party…La Bellla ignited anger…”

“What? Why are you suddenly acting like this?”

“In those days…there were those who didn’t want balance…without a care for good or evil… They tried to erase La Bella out of people’s minds forcefully…” Chi-Woo continued as if he was possessed Although she had looked at him with suspicions and confusion at first, Hawa’s eyes widened as she heard more The history Chi-Woo spoke of noas that a hero fro Even Haas well versed in ends, had read only a couple of lines about La Bella How could Chi-Woo talk as if he knew everything? Perhaps…?

“Hoonderful” Chi-Woo looked down at Hawa and curled the corners of his htly upwards “That there’s a child who still remembers me…”

Hawa’s jaw dropped slowly She clearly couldn’t believe this was happening

“L-La Bella…”

It was then a short snicker escaped Chi-Woo’sbefore Chi-Woo’s head and shoulders began to shake, and he burst into laughter he could no longer keep down Hawa looked up at Chi-Woo blankly as he continued to chortle

“What…” Like she couldn’t understand as going on, her ed to stop laughing and ” He smiled and added quite unnecessarily, “You’re quite easy to trick, Ms Hawa”

Confusion gave way to stern disapproval Hawa stalked up to hiether and kicked Chi-Woo in his shi+n as he continued to snicker, hard enough to make an audible thud

“Ack!” Chi-Woo screa up and down

Was it a trick of light, or did the Goddess’ statue just sigh while looking at them?

After that short skit, Chi-Woo and Hawa began wandering around the area And the conclusion theyfor at least a short while First, they had an abundant source of water, and it was not ordinary water, but holy water There were even things to eat The streareat nurowing in the forest, and the trees bore a great deal of fruit

Of course, they had no intentions to live here The probleoing to leave Even if they found a way out, there were terrifying andaround