Surprised Irumi calmed her heart and carefully pressed the OPEN b.u.t.ton.

*Click*Creak*Pshhh*Shhhh*

The binding device on the top, bottom, left and right was released and the iron gate opened slowly. There, she saw a rotten red color floating between the heavy doors.

Irumi walked to the door with her head in the light of that unknown sight, and what she saw inside was…

"*GASP!!*"

Irumi closed her mouth. Ther radiating energy did not only surprise her but it also directly affected her spirit.

"What···. What?"

The training center was quite large.

It was about 100 meters wide and 50 meters tall. It was ridiculously wide for a single person to use, but now, he was lying in this huge s.p.a.ce as if it was cramped.

The giant head moved slowly toward her. She knew that the head was a living thing, but its size was so ridiculous. Nevertheless, it didn't feel like a monster at all, rather, it felt sacred.

The giant's head stopped at Irumi. Its eyes were as big as her already.

"What's up?"

The cold voice dug directly into Irumi's head.

Irumi asked, accustomed to this type of conversation while talking with Sinduk.

"Who are you?"

"I? I..." The voice was about to introduce himself, but the nervous voice of Sinduk interrupted her.

"Goongi… Goongi's real body!"

"Uh, Sinduk, that would be 'your highness' Goongi?"

"Eeek, my lady!"

Sinduk was using his normal way of talking with Irumi but was unluckily caught by Goongi.

"Are you Goongi?"

"You s.h.i.+t, I'll deal with you later. By the way, it would be the first time you're seeing me like this."

"Yes."

Jaehw.a.n.g previously introduced Goongi to Irumi as she began to show herself in public because she needed so much to get accustomed to the human world.

At the time, she was a beauty with red hair. There was a feeling that the energy flowing around her was not like a human. Jaehw.a.n.g also told her that she was not human. Although it was not detailed, he also said some mysteriousness related to her family, but Irumi never imagined that she would look like this.

It's so huge that she couldn't even see the whole thing, but if she were to describe it, it looked like the head of a tiger with red hair. Of course, it's not just about big tigers, the energy that she felt made her nervous.

In particular, its big eyes were exuding dignity that would cause them to kneel down to the ground if they lost their focus even a little.

"Jaehw.a.n.g said you or Kwon Je might come to visit."

"I see, then where is Jaehw.a.n.g?"

"Jaehw.a.n.g? This is a bit uncomfortable..."

Goongi flipped over her giant body and pulled up one of her forelimbs. Its appearance was like a red cloud rising up into the sky. When she lifted her paw, they saw an egg—no, they saw a green marble surrounded by a layer of red energy.

"Where is Jaehw.a.n.g?"

"Jaehw.a.n.g? He's here."

What is that?"

"Well. That's hard to explain too. Originally, it was made with my own power, but the energy of Jaehw.a.n.g was mixed in, and it was changed like that. Thanks to him, I can't interfere with him now either. It feels bad man... You know how lonely that place is...

"Huh?"

"Never mind, do you have any questions?"

"Yeah, how is he doing?"

"Stop, you are only allowed to ask this far. If you weren't Jaehw.a.n.g 's treasurer, you wouldn't have seen my body like this. Just go back and wait."

*WIND*

At Goongi's words, Irumi felt that her body was stepping back. It wasn't magic, she exercised her divinity that cannot be rejected, however, she tried to struggle against it."

"Hoho…." Goongi looked at Irumi, who disobeyed her words, and now who caught her interest.

This meant that aside from mere strength, her soul is of considerable size. But even then, she was nothing compared to Goongi. Google's eyes turned thin.

"Even if you are an acquaintance of Jaehw.a.n.g, I won't forgive you twice.

"One... please tell me one thing."

"What?"

Irumi, who thought for a moment, opened her mouth in a trembling voice. "Is Jaehw.a.n.g still human?"

Goongi smiled as if she was pleased with the question. She thought she would ask if Jaehw.a.n.g was still okay, but it's quite an insightful question.

"Human? Yes, at least for now he is."

"At least for now?" Irumi asked back.

"That I don't know. If he will choose the path of the demiG.o.d or to remain as a human, that is his alone."

"DemiG.o.d? What do you mean…"

"Stop! I only allowed you to ask a single question. Go back for now and don't worry, I'm the one who's taking care of him."

With those words, a force incomparable to the previous one swept Irumi away. Then, the iron gate closed firmly.

Irumi then asked Sinduk, "Ancestor, you know what is going on right?"

"Yeah, somewhat"

"What is that?"

"From what I am feeling from the highness's words and egg, I think Jaehw.a.n.g is going through some kind of transformation but what that is, I can't explain either. I can only say that he is getting much stronger."

At Sinduk's words, Irumi silently gazed at the iron gate.

Looking at Irumi's silence, Sinduk tried to hide his sympathy.

There was one thing he found out that he did not tell Irumi. He wasn't sure if he needed to go in every detail with his descendant. The truth will become a huge pain to Irumi, who had feelings for Jaehw.a.n.g.

Sinduk closed his mouth shut.

'He is getting rid of his human sh.e.l.l'

Jaehw.a.n.g's human self was drifting away.

#2

*light crunching sound*

A thin crack went through the surface of the turquoise-colored marble. It seemed to stop for a while but then, the crack started spreading out all over the bead. And then, as if something was sucking it from the inside, it was shattered and was absorbed until it revealed a man that wore no clothes.

A tall man with white skin and sculptural skin was hanging black and long hair on the floor as if he had never been shaved. As if the time had stopped, the man sat still with his legs crossed. Goongi, who had watched all of this before the marble was broken, just looked at him.

Soon the man's mouth opened and a shallow sigh flowed out.

"Hou…" Jaehw.a.n.g sighed as he slowly opened his eyes just to meet Goongi, who was staring at him with her face close.

Anyone else would faint, but Jaehw.a.n.g just looked at her eyes without changing his expression.

"You saw through it until the end."

"How long has it been?"

"Exactly 53 days and 3 hours."

Jaehw.a.n.g looked at his body at her response.

He was in Goongi Prison for too long and it was not easy for him to get used to those changes. One day there was one year in that prison. He had spent 53 years inside it. She tried to intervene with his training in between. It would normally be an impossible thing, but she had the powers to do so.

But even so, Jaehw.a.n.g rejected her.

Just like that, he spent 53 years alone in the Goongi Prison.

"It's not as bad as I thought it would be."

He hasn't eaten anything for 53 days so he should be in a horrible condition but by his appearance, he looked much better than before. While Jaehw.a.n.g was checking his body, Goongi said annoyingly.

"Why did you have to stay so long?"

"No, I only used about 20 years… rest…hmm…"

Inside the prison, Jaehw.a.n.g focused on the Chintamani Hemolysis or rather correctly, he focused on the Chintamani jewel and tried to melt it with Hemolysis. For the first few years, it did not even budge. If he had fully understood the Hemolysis and finished training but the Chintamani still didn't show any signs, he would have given up mid-way.

The Goongi Prison was indeed lonely.

Jaehw.a.n.g tried to keep his human memories by waking up on schedule and eating at the same time, but at one point he gave up on that also. How much time must have pa.s.sed? He even forgot about the time and focused on the Chintamani Hemolysis, and now, here he was.

'Status Window'

Jaehw.a.n.g habitually called up his Status Window.

Status Windows were the fastest way of a.n.a.lyzing his progress but even after a long wait, his Status Window did not appear.

"Hmm, what is happening?"

"What?"

"My Status Window…"

Goongi let out a deep sigh. "Are you dumb. You can't measure yourself with such an archaic system anymore"

"What?"

"You're not a hunter anymore… well, if you want that, you can make one yourself."