Light of Arad: The First to Walk - Chapter 199



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Their appearance resembles a giant lion’s head.

Their faces, made of metal, were clearly structured to show no expression, but at least their true nature could be clearly seen.

Not only the last Mehmet, but the rest of the Time Lords’ eyebrows shot up.

However, it only took a moment for Jinseong to open his eyes and look at himself with a sharp gaze.

“Clipha… A Time Lord has a duty as a Time Lord. To protect the time of the Plane. Do you realize that you must take care of yourself in order to protect this dimension?”

Cheongsan’s message muttered.

Unlike the other Time Lords, he was the only Time Lord who wore a claw, so his arm began to float and move, effectively making the weapon itself one with his hand.

“Of course. I am a Time Lord. My purpose in life is to fulfill a mission that comes before existence itself.”

I could tell just from the calm voice of Clippa.

What the message of the Blue Mountain is trying to say, and how does Clippa perceive it?

“Huh, huh?! Wait, what are you talking about? Are you saying that you’re willing to sacrifice yourself and die to stop me, even if it means sacrificing yourself to Cliff-sama? No, no, that won’t do! You’re not a mechanism that moves like that, are you?”

Jinseong immediately went out and tried to stop them.

Although we have made many advantageous deals with many opponents so far, are the Time Lords who directly protect the Planes different?

“Mechanism? How dare you express our principles of action in such a way! We have been watching you ever since you created the rift in the distorted dimension!”

“I already blocked it all! No, you’re making me talk about this again. I told you, it wasn’t me who distorted it. I was the one who stopped it from becoming even more distorted! I should be praised instead!”

Jinseong also quickly refuted Cheongsan’s scolding message.

The Time Lord did not accept those words. He did not acknowledge them.

“It’s not for you to decide, human!”

They want to say that only their judgment is correct.

Jinseong tries to refute his own claims by saying that they are wrong.

What if the arguments from both sides just run parallel? It would be meaningless for Jinseong to say anything to Cheongsan’s Messi, who has already prepared for the attack.

Jinseong thought.

How to stop them.

“Then I will say it too. It is not you who decides that, Message of the Blue Mountains.”

“What, how dare you-”

How to make them accept it.

“If you wish to be judged like that, then summon Aider. Summon the transcendent being who can mediate this balance.”

Aider, one of the four transcendent beings created by the creator god Caloso.

Tinnitus is the arbiter of balance.

Plain: It is the job of the Time Lords to block the dimensional distortions and cracks of Arad and protect its timeline.

However, in the main scenario of the game Dungeon & Fighter, the ‘adventurer’ has traveled through various time zones, and even if he ends up in the right situation, problems such as additional cracks arising from that situation often arise.

Even the Time Lords can only do their best to keep the rift from collapsing the dimension.

At that time, he was the one who showed the power to ‘rip the problematic timeline out of the dimension and create a new dimension’, that is, to separate it into a new plane, not Plane: Arad.

That is Aider, the ‘arbiter of balance’.

“If you ask him and he says I was wrong, I will accept it. If you are prepared for the meaning of inviting a transcendent being here, and the consequences of inviting him for something like this… then go ahead and try it.”

In other words, it can be said that they are in a position that is far higher than that of the Time Lords.

The reason Jinseong could speak while gritting his teeth was fundamentally because of his belief in himself, but it wasn’t just because of that.

“Do you dare to think that you can intimidate the Time Lords who protect our plane in the name of the Transcendent?”

Although he was growling, I could be sure that he was sincere.

They can never call Aider.

‘I don’t even know if the act of calling is possible in the first place… … but there’s no way they would want to carelessly intervene with a Transcendent being. The Time Lords are already tense and their eyes light up at the mere intervention of Nemer.’

Even if they could summon a transcendent being who could destroy, merge, and separate the plane itself, which could be considered the superior version of the Time Lords, they would never call it!

It was for this reason that the mood of the other Time Lords, except for Cheongsan’s message, changed.

A human who knows the transcendent Aider.

Normally, it would be dismissed as a lie, but the weight of those words has changed.

“How do you know that name…even if you put that aside-.”

“If what the human is saying now, as Clippa said back then, is true… then we are the ones who are actually wrong.”

“Lies-.”

“The existence of an unverifiable force. Don’t we know for sure?”

“-…….”

Above all, they know.

Jinseong knows that they know.

That was the reason why Jinseong didn’t return to his tent in the Castle of the Dead as soon as he discovered the Time Lords, and why he was caught by Clipa eavesdropping on their conversation.

“As expected…you know. . A possessor of power that even the Time Lords have difficulty detecting.”

The Time Lords’ conversation was clearly about the .

If they had searched and tried to take action directly.

How much information do they know beyond the brief conversation they had?

Also, if we join hands with them, what can we do and what kind of response can we make?

Jinseong met the Time Lords’ eyes and took a deep breath.

Then he let go of Clippa and said.

“That’s exactly what I’m looking for.”

[Keep kek kek… … Is it okay to say that, Jinseong?]

Is it possible to collaborate with the Time Lords?

Even Heukgu let out a nervous laugh and hinted at his worry.

But Jinseong believed.

‘I didn’t tell you anything about Nemer anyway. Even when I was called by Clipa after dealing with Skasa, I hid the fact that I did it because Nemer told me to. I still don’t know ‘why I’m looking for the ‘… ‘

Although they are basically Time Lords who are wary of Transcendent beings and cannot help but reject beings that would cause great chaos if they directly intervened in the Plane, wouldn’t they understand a statement like this?

The duties of the Time Lords.

The existence of Aider, the transcendent being who mediates the balance.

Furthermore, we are looking for the unknown that is affecting Plain: Arad.

“What will you do when you find it, human?”

Also, is there a possibility that they will be hostile towards Jinseong himself, who even revealed his purpose for finding him?

“We will eliminate it. We will eliminate the pollution and restore stability.”

The true calculation and certainty was that the probability of that happening was 0%.

* * *

-Metal Gear is broken~ What, Iron Aim sortie request? This alarm is going off. And Dana is approaching from over there.

-Yes, it’s flowing without any problems. Please continue on as is, Mr. Chili Shrimp.

Jinseong nodded while listening to Chili Shrimp’s whisper.

One of the points that Jinseong felt relieved about while meeting and talking with the Time Lords in the dimensional rift was this.

‘I will keep my time as it is… … The Time Lords are good.’

The point at which Jinseong enters the dimensional rift is that he will continue.

As soon as I got back, I took a deep breath and looked around, probably because I was nervous, but the Time Lords’ words couldn’t be wrong.

‘When I came to the Helix Lab from the Castle of the Dead alone, time had somehow passed… … Is it possible to pause like this and then press the play button again? If all Time Lords can do this kind of skill-.’

What if you soon achieve true awakening and acquire a passive skill with the name ?

Could it be that Jinseong himself can manifest this ability at any time?

Of course, Jinseong could not continue such ‘hopeful imagination’.

In any case, the case was still progressing without any sign that Jinseong had left his post for even a moment, and Vivi and Chili Shrimp’s progress reports were also continuing without a hitch.

-Hehehe, too bad! Sister Chili also has to catch Metal Gear Canaps, The Seven Mistral, and Astrologer Rosaura! Luke Reid’s tension really rises from there!

-Before selecting a route, you should be thankful that there are no monsters that only appear in raids anyway. It’s a shame…

Jinseong sighed and indirectly scolded Vivi.

If there was another benefit that Jinseong had gained other than the information he had acquired, it was this.

The guess was not wrong.

Is it really necessary to proceed in a -like manner, like when we subjugated the Apostle Anton?

There are at least three routes related to the Apostle Luke, including the [Grim Seeker] route where you don’t fight Luke.

If you choose this route, it is expected that it will be similar to the Luke Raid, meaning you won’t have to go through the trouble of killing all the named monsters that appear in the raid.

But the problem was ‘when to choose the route’… …. Before that, I wasn’t sure what would happen, so I was finally able to confirm it by comparing Vivi and Chili Shrimp’s progress.

Even before selecting the route, there is no need to kill the dungeons or named monsters of , just like in the [Grim Seeker] route!

-Ah, Vivi, what did that guy say again, Mr. Jinseong? I already blocked him.

-Huh?! Block? Blocking won’t work-.

-That’s a lie. So, I’m telling you to joke around a little.

-Eeeeek… …Yep.

-Hehehe, how far have you progressed, Vivi?

Jinseong checked on Vivi’s condition while listening to her dead voice, which was full of anger from the chili shrimp.

Even though he is a bit playful, he reflects when it’s time to reflect and does his job properly.

-I… … came down holding the iron aim, analyzed this and that, and used it just before going back up.

– Now I’ll confirm the Black Nightmare. It’s almost time to choose the route, so please be careful. Please check back from time to time like you both are doing now.

-yes!

-Okay.

-You don’t have to rush too much. Let’s just go with certainty. We just have to get through this part.

Jinseong encouraged the two people.

What is the hidden meaning in those words of encouragement, and what did Jinseong leave out at the end?

Bibi and Chili Shrimp would never know.

Why can Jinseong have some leeway in the main scenario centered around Apostle Luke?

‘Ahh… … That human is now said to be at the entrance of the Demon World.’

This was because Ah-hang had figured out his current location through the Time Lords.

Wasn’t it true that he had agreed to have a conversation about the and had even asked them for a favor?

Jinseong talked to them and asked them a few questions.

First, he asked how his time was going, and then it was about Ah-hang… … .

‘I didn’t know. I thought you’d choose [Grim Seeker] – you just chose another option, that guy!’

Isn’t this proof that the reason his time was delayed for so long was because he chose a route other than the [Grim Seeker] route in the Apostle Luke main scenario?

‘Judging by their personalities, they probably aren’t from the [Adventurer’s Guild], but rather from the [Joint Investigation Team]. They might have done it to score points with the De Los Empire. If it’s luck, their personalities would probably match well.’

I wasn’t just asking about Ah-hang’s current location.

Jinseong made a proposal to the Time Lords.

‘Thank goodness. From now on, I can know Ahang’s location at any time. I should find that person as soon as I go up to the Demon World. I probably didn’t get very far. By now, that person is-.’

Jinseong will tell you the location of Ah-hang whenever he wants.

And one more thing.

‘-Because you must have met the Time Lords.’

To meet Ah-haeng in person and warn him.

I even suggested that we should give him a more extreme debuff, but even if they were Time Lords, they could not intervene in such an unclear and unbalanced way, so the Time Lords refused.

So Jinseong made another suggestion, which was a warning to Ah-haeng.

‘Kuhaha, I can track your location at any given moment… … After getting a warning from the Time Lord, it’ll be hard to act like I did before. The progress will probably be even slower.’

It was already a waste of time to reach the Demon World.

If I can just grab his ankle one more time here, my chances of catching him will increase several times!

Jinseong’s face, which had been wandering while thinking about the hardships that Ah-haeng would have to endure, soon changed to a serious one.

The story of the told by the Time Lords was enough to make him worry.

“He is human.”

From the very first words, Jinseong couldn’t help but be flustered.