The Outer God Needs Warmth-Chapter 81: Soo’s Gangho (1)

Hehe.

I have gained both Jeongha’s and Guseongyong’s memories.

When the Heavenly Demon shot a beam of light and killed them, I was worried whether I could still gain warmth, but not only did I gain warmth, I also received the memories properly.

Upon obtaining the memories of two High Priests, I learned various facts.

I learned that Eunjae is the Third Heavenly Demon, Jeongha is the Sixth Heavenly Demon, and that Guseongyong seriously took Eunjae’s traces to heart.

I also found out that Choseol is actually Eunjae’s granddaughter.

A descendant, huh. This body.

As expected, a descendant can't just be observed.

Although the contract continues, in order for me to see through their eyes, I must inhabit them.

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Logically, since I am not inside them, it’s natural that I cannot see through their perspective.

I have learned a lot, but the more I know, the more I realize there is much I don’t understand.

If I am a descendant of the Harvesters, I wonder if I can enter their world.

If I am inside that world, I can easily reach the descendants of the Harvesters, but I wonder if it's hard to stretch my hand under the surface.

If I fill in these gaps one by one, eventually I will be able to build an automatic warmth-harvesting system. I have plenty of time, so I will take my time.

In other words, it’s not a high priority.

Right now, the highest priority is how the Heavenly Demon views me.

Right before the Heavenly Demon became a Harvester.

The Heavenly Demon saw not a girl, but a massive, inverted sea above the sky. And the Heavenly Demon felt fear from that sea.

And that sea is me.

The Heavenly Demon was once the personal bodyguard of Guseongyong, known as the Bright Warden. In other words, the Heavenly Demon confirmed Eunjae’s traces with Guseongyong.

So, the Heavenly Demon knows what that sea is. Just as Guseongyong was shocked when he saw me, there is a reason the Heavenly Demon fears me.

Of course, I saw it from Eunjae’s perspective. I wondered if she had dementia in her later years, but I didn’t expect her to see me as a terrifying monster.

Well, it’s true that I am a monster, so Eunjae’s keen insight is impressive.

As I thought about what to do next, I observed the Heavenly Demon.

She looked at her naked body and checked her reflection in the water. After touching herself several times, she raised her head and asked me.

“What happened to my skin color?”

I pointed to the place where the shattered corpse lay. It had once been named Jeonyang.

“If there’s a fatal wound related to life, it results in something like this. As for why it’s blue, I don’t know either.”

I don’t even know why her hair turned purple.

I also don’t know why her skin turned white. At first, I thought it was just skin regenerating and turning white, but even people with darker skin can have their skin turn white.

But this isn’t vitiligo, and there are no side effects like sunburns. After becoming a Harvester, they don’t suffer from skin problems.

Honestly, I don’t know much about the Harvesters.

“Is that so?”

The Heavenly Demon said that and slowly walked toward Jeonyang’s body.

Though there weren’t many parts left, she lifted the chunk of flesh that was left and looked up.

Far away, I could see a few people looking down.

A little while ago, Euncheon had pointed a sword at them, and in that moment, Jeonyang had taken the Heavenly Demon and broken through the wall, jumping down.

But they were just quietly looking down.

Yes.

Euncheon died while fighting.

Euncheon could use some of the Heavenly Demon’s technique, but against Omyoungseong, Gumilmil, and Gwangmyeongjoja Yeongjedok, the three of them together, there was no way to win.

But there’s something interesting.

According to Guseongyong’s memories, Omyoungseong uses a martial art called Absorption Technique. This technique allows one to suck out energy from others and turn it into their own.

Yet, he attacked Euncheon.

That means he attacked Euncheon, who was using me as fuel. He absorbed his energy with the Absorption Technique.

Maybe because of that, I can see the world through Omyoungseong’s perspective, albeit faintly.

Of course, it’s not very clear compared to other Harvesters, more like a broken television, but I can feel it just a little.

Hehe.

In other words, he absorbed me through the Absorption Technique.

Absorption Technique is a technique that draws energy from others.

That means I am likely some kind of energy mass.

And even though it’s very faint, the image quality is improving. Perhaps after a long time, Omyoungseong might even become a Harvester.

Hmm.

Hmm.

At this rate, I think those three are going to die soon. I don’t care much about the other two.

But I’m curious about what will happen to Omyoungseong, so I need to make sure they survive for now.

Jeonyang was pretty much dead from the fight, so if the Heavenly Demon decides, they will die.

Even if they combine their strength, they can’t defeat the Heavenly Demon. It’s highly likely they won’t even be able to escape.

I need time to see what will happen to Omyoungseong. I need to make that time.

“Heavenly Demon. Are you going to burn Jeonyang?”

At my words, the Heavenly Demon, holding the corpse, seemed to take a defensive posture, as if I might steal the body from him.

“You mean you want to take Jeonyang from me?”

“Why would I?”

At my question, the Heavenly Demon looked at me with a puzzled expression. After a few moments of hesitation, he opened his mouth.

“You said that once you finish, you would receive everything.”

Now that I think about it, that phrase was in the contract.

Honestly, once I’ve taken the warmth, I’m not interested in the body or the light, so it’s a very strange question.

How should I explain this?

If I say I’m taking only the warmth, there’s a chance it’ll reveal that I’ve been toying with the word warmth up until now.

So, I need to word it carefully.

I’ll speak purely factual, while allowing for misinterpretation.

“I meant I would come to see the last warmth. I also watched Eunjae’s end.”

I leave out the part about taking the warmth. I’ve twisted it to sound like guiding death. I wonder if I can deceive him all the way.

Gods related to death are inherently unsettling, and my appearance, like the inverted sea, looks ominous.

So, I need to be cautious and act carefully.

“I know humanity has a culture for sending off the dead. They burn them, bury them, or embalm them. How do you do it here?”

Instead of killing those above, I gently guide them to think about a funeral.

The Heavenly Demon stood silently for a while, still holding the corpse. After quite some time, Omyoungseong’s blurred gaze shifted, and he moved.

Good. As long as Omyoungseong survives, my goal is complete.

Now, if the Heavenly Demon doesn’t suddenly kill them and place their heads on a funeral pyre, I’ve achieved my purpose.

“We need to prepare the funeral.”

The Heavenly Demon said softly.

“Will it take about 44 days?”

“Which country’s culture is that from?”

The Heavenly Demon chuckled and walked away with the corpse. I know this path.

I saw it when I first came to this area. It leads to the elevator.

But.

What should I do?

As the Heavenly Demon walked across the water, I tried to follow, but suddenly the water grew deeper. I can’t do swimming like a flat-backstroke!

So, Guseongyong’s half-dismembered body got swept into the water and sank deep.

Looking at the numerous warm currents down below, it seems like fish are feeding.

I swam in the water.

At first, I thought I should swim properly.

But I need time. I might as well manipulate my expression while I’m at it.

Of all the strokes, I decided to do a dog paddle.

Halfway across the water, I heard a laugh from far off.

Near the elevator, the Heavenly Demon was laughing quietly.

“Chaotic Believer, the Four Seasons Chaos. I heard of an immortal with that name, but can’t even swim properly?”

Immortal?

Ah, here, gods or immortals hold such positions.

The faded man calls all such beings, like the Jade Emperor, immortals.

I wanted to speak, but if I did, water would get into my mouth, so I quietly swam. Of course, with a dog paddle, it took quite a while. I barely reached the dock.

I climbed up to the dock where I had landed before.

I wrung my clothes, squeezed out the water, and shook it off a few times before heading toward the Heavenly Demon.

When I entered the elevator, the Heavenly Demon looked at me with a mocking expression.

“You look very different from what I expected.”

As he touched a switch with a click, the elevator slowly ascended. I looked at the Heavenly Demon and asked.

“My appearance?”

“A vast, cold, deep sea.”

From the Heavenly Demon’s perspective, I must have looked like a girl. But he wasn’t focused on me.

It wasn’t that the sea was visible either. But she wasn’t even retracing her memories.

She’s seeing me in a different way.

And that memory remains.

So, I couldn’t see what Eunjae had seen. I thought she was behaving strangely because she was old, but her vision was different.

Considering the memories still remaining, I might have to think carefully when creating Harvesters in the future.

For now, I’ll take it as a joke.

“I’m heavy, so I tend to sink. Please know that swimming is a very difficult task.”

At my words, the Heavenly Demon nodded as if he understood.

Until now, I’ve distinguished between my true form and the body I inhabit.

Using terms like humanity or the human body.

When you think of a monster, you tend to just accept the unknown parts and move on, right? If it’s a human, their perspective is involved, but a monster is hard to relate to, isn’t it?

Even if you try to see something strange, after seeing the ugly dog paddle, can you still connect it to a powerful monster?

If your imagination is vivid, that’s my loss.

Otherwise, it’s my win.

I’m not a monster that must be dealt with, nor one that’s so stupid that it’s better to kill.

Finding balance is hard.

Click.

The elevator doors opened.

I returned to the room full of traces of the battle. The Heavenly Demon carefully laid Jeonyang’s body on the bed.

From the fact that he sat down in front of it, it seems he wasn’t planning to chase after Omyoungseong. Time was needed to mourn the dead.

In the meantime, Omyoungseong would have left the Heavenly Demon Church.

Hehe.

I stood in front of the door to the Heavenly Demon’s room.

“People should cry when they’re sad.”

Then I closed the door. Suddenly, I thought of a witch, but she is no longer here. She was twisted and broken in the cold sea.

I walked to where So-o was waiting.