..And somewhere else entirely, in a place where everything is dark, only darkness and eternal primordial death, there was an entity that did not belong to any of the eight known gods: Amun, god of Valhalla; Rakan, god of the demihumans; Kain, god of the Alf; and other gods mentioned in the world book who had not taken followers. In this dark place, Oxford appeared, feeling fear for the first time. Then a person, surrounded by dark monsters from every direction and bound by chains on all sides, spoke: "I am Death. I sensed your arrogance and your desire to control everything. I will give you power from me, and in return, you must help me get out of here. There is a powerful seal in every kingdom: in Valhalla, the Kingdom of Olympus, and the Kingdom of the Lands of Light where the Alf reside. Destroy those seals. So, what do you think of my offer?" Oxford thought for a moment and said, "I agree." Suddenly, Oxford screamed very loudly in pain while laughing like a madman...

  ..And at Shuo's place, where the rain had stopped, Shuo smiled and looked at his points after destroying many, many of the sharp rains that embodied the concept of cutting. He saw that his total points were now 2500, meaning he had gained 1990 points. Shuo smiled. [I have 2500 points left. Since the rain has stopped now, I must move then.] Shuo continued moving while saying to himself, [I wonder what method I can use to increase my spiritual energy?]. After several minutes of walking on his spiritual feet, Shuo saw a gigantic egg surrounded by a viscous substance. Shuo was surprised and said, "What the hell is that? It's huge, at least 30 meters long." Then Shuo approached the egg a little while no one was around, and used the Hand of Destruction trying to penetrate its extremely hard shell, striking powerfully with many blows, thousands of lightning-fast strikes. Then Shuo got tired and caught his breath while standing for a bit, and then the egg split and cracked open, and a large, transparent, mucous-like creature emerged that appeared underdeveloped, while its very tender spiritual heart was visible. Then Shuo said, "This entity looks like a snake." Shuo approached slowly, and at that moment, the entity opened its eyes, and suddenly Shuo felt a suffocating and extremely powerful aura as if it were devouring his soul. Then the underdeveloped creature screamed while its heart beat at an incompletely formed speed. Then Shuo suddenly moved and struck with his hand powerfully, piercing its tender skin and destroying its heart. Then...

  ..At that same moment, Shuo felt a strange feeling and a tremendous power flooding over him. Then Shuo's book appeared, and he saw that his total points were 12,500 and his spiritual energy had become 13,500, leaving him astonished. At that moment, golden words appeared below his total spiritual points and spiritual energy: (When an entity's power is 1000 spiritual energy or more, upon killing it, you gain 10% of its spiritual energy and spiritual points). Shuo was surprised. [I killed an entity with 100,000 spiritual energy! So the feeling of euphoria I felt the moment my power rose to that degree was truly amazing.] Suddenly, some viscous saliva dripped onto Shuo's shoulder, and he looked up, and suddenly he saw an indescribably gigantic snake, white in color, looking at Shuo with its blue eyes. Then Shuo said, "Oh mother!" and ran at tremendous speed while the mother snake ran behind him, enraged by her son's death. Shuo ran extremely fast, and then the snake got very, very close to him and opened its jaws ready to devour him. Suddenly, a hand reached out and grabbed Shuo, pulling him into a small space, and the person put his hand over Shuo's mouth, saying, "Don't speak at all. She doesn't just hear. Calm down." After a few minutes, the snake, whose spiritual energy was over a million, left, angry and seeking revenge. Then the person removed his hand from Shuo's mouth while Shuo said, "Thank you so much for saving me." Then the person said, "You're welcome. You're from outside this world, aren't you? How long have you been here?" Shuo said, "About half a day or more." Then the person said, "Okay, follow me. I'm a resident of this world. I'll take you to a safe place. My name is Hyeon." Shuo smiled and said, "My name is Shuo."

  ..Shuo and Hyeon headed to a place with a giant tree. Then Shuo said, "What is that enormous tree, Hyeon?" Hyeon replied, "That is the sacred World Tree, which extends to infinity. It is said that every 100 million years, a fruit appears at its start; that fruit grants eternal and absolute infinite immortality to the soul." Shuo was surprised and looked astonished. At that moment, the weather suddenly changed, and Shuo said, "We need to hide now. Rain embodying the concept of cutting is about to fall on us." Suddenly, Hyeon spoke and said, "No." Then Hyeon noticed a strange smell and heat in the air and said, "The rain that is about to fall now is Hellfire Rain. This rain is much stronger than the ice-like rain. We need to hide under the branches of the World Tree; it is the only thing capable of withstanding this rain. Run fast, there's a branch over there now." At that moment, the rain embodying the concepts of burning, fire, and other concepts began to fall. As Hyeon and Shuo ran as fast as they could, some of the rain fell on Shuo and Hyeon, causing their souls to crack and begin to disintegrate. Then Shuo and Hyeon reached one of the branches of the sacred World Tree. Hyeon was in severe pain and tried using some medicine from his bag, but it was useless. Then Shuo said, "Let me help you. I can heal this easily, don't worry." Hyeon was surprised and laughed, saying, "Even our tribe's chieftain can't heal this easily." He didn't finish his sentence before Shuo used the Hand of Life and placed his hand over the wound, making it disappear instantly. Then he placed his hand on his own body, and the effect of the rain disappeared from him too. Hyeon was astonished and said, "H...how did you do that?" Shuo said, "I have my own skills." Then Hyeon smiled and said, "Alright then. I'll rest a bit until this rain stops. Don't try to go out until it's over, okay?" [This person can be trusted; the chieftain gave me the ability to know the pure of heart.] Then Hyeon slept for a while as Shuo took out the Primordial God's book and said, "I want to develop Life and Death to the second level now."

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  ..Suddenly, the book flew from Shuo's hand, and 5000 spiritual points disappeared from the original 12,500, leaving Shuo with 7500 spiritual points. Then black and golden dust emerged from the book. The black dust headed towards Shuo's right foot, while the golden dust headed towards his left foot. Shuo's spiritual energy doubled, reaching 27,000/27,000 spiritual energy, and Shuo felt power flowing intensely through his soul. The Hand of Life and Foot of Life turned intensely golden, while the Hand of Destruction and Foot of Destruction turned black, specifically the darkest shade of black. Then new things appeared, along with golden words under the second level of the Hand of Life and the second level of the Hand of Destruction or Death. At the same time, a small part of the second page appeared in gold, just a tiny portion at the top of the page. Then Shuo read the new features of the Hand of Life and Foot of Life first: (Hand of Life and Foot of Life, Level 2: You can resurrect anything equal to or weaker than your power from a distance. The hand's effect diminishes when the enemy is more powerful than you, and the effect diminishes when the target contains destructive energy higher than your own life power). Shuo rejoiced at these changes and began reading the features of the Hand of Destruction and Foot of Destruction: (Hand of Destruction and Foot of Destruction, Level 2: You can destroy everything and annihilate everything equal to or weaker than your power. The effect diminishes when the enemy is stronger than you). Then Shuo activated the black Hand of Destruction and saw that it had become different from his red hand; even the small spirits avoided getting near it. Then he looked at the cost to upgrade to level 3 and saw it was 500,000 spiritual points, which surprised him and he said, "Huh? Why is it so much? Okay, this is enough." At that moment, Shuo dismissed the book, and it entered the golden hole in his chest.

  ..After a few minutes, the rain stopped, and Hyeon woke up. Then Hyeon and Shuo continued heading towards the sacred World Tree. Then Hyeon said to himself, [I feel his aura has completely changed. I just slept and woke up, and I feel he is much stronger than before.] Then Shuo and Hyeon stood at the entrance of the tribe, which had a complete dome made from the branches of the World Tree above it. Then Hyeon said, "Wait for me just one minute. I'll go in first and tell them I have a guest." [I hope no one attacks him until I come back.] Shuo stood waiting for Hyeon to come back. Shuo looked at the sky and said, "Hope and will are the only two things that make a person steadfast. Don't worry, Mother, soon I will find you as long as I live." Suddenly, an arrow shot at tremendous speed towards Shuo. Then his instinctive sense moved, he activated the Hand of Destruction, caught the arrow quickly, and the arrow completely disappeared. A very beautiful girl from the Alf appeared, aiming arrows at him, and said, "Who are you, and where do you come from?" Shuo smiled and said, "I am Shuo, and I came with Hyeon, a member of your tribe." The girl rushed towards him, drew a dagger, tried to kill him, and attempted to stab him in the foot. Suddenly, the Foot of Life activated and healed his foot in the blink of an eye. Then Shuo said, "What are you trying to do?" The girl said, "You are an enemy; you must be eliminated." Shuo smiled and said, "Huh? What is that ridiculous reasoning? I haven't even attacked you." Suddenly, Hyeon arrived and said, "Calm down, sister, what's the matter?" Then the girl calmed down, looked at Shuo, and said disdainfully, "A human soul." Then Shuo said to himself, [It seems that girl hates human souls for some reason. She reminds me of my old lover, Feri.] Then Hyeon and Shuo entered the tribe while Hyeon's sister followed them.

  ..And elsewhere, in Hell's fortress, where the Dragon King with white hair and red eyes sat on his throne, surrounded by many mercenaries from outside this world or the dream. He said, "Alright then, you come here." Then one of the mercenaries, who possessed over 5 million spiritual energy, screamed as a huge red hand with claws appeared from nowhere, grabbed him, and destroyed him, turning him into a small amount of spiritual energy equal to 10% of the mercenary's true energy, and devoured that energy. Then the entity smiled and said, "Very delicious, there are food scraps between my teeth." Then the entity thought for a moment, [I must become stronger and stronger. I heard that all entities outside the dreams are much stronger than those inside. I must become stronger if I want to get out.]

  ..And elsewhere, at Shuo and Hyeon's place, as Shuo and Hyeon passed under the dome formed by clusters of branches from the sacred World Tree, where the luminous and beautiful cities inhabited by the Alf were located. Then Hyeon said, "So why did you come here?" Then Shuo said, "I have a mission. I need to kill 10 gorillas, 5 snakes, and one dragon." Hyeon was extremely surprised and said, "10 gorillas? That's incredibly difficult. Even I can't kill one easily. As for snakes, they are the biggest threat to our tribe, but I've never seen a dragon here before." Shuo was surprised and said to himself, [I think I saw one, but I don't know how powerful it was.] After a few minutes, Hyeon and Shuo arrived while the girl, Hyeon's sister, stood in the distance, saying to herself, [That power this boy displayed, that black hand that erased my spear from existence—I've never seen an ability like that from any other mercenary.] Then Shuo and Hyeon entered the chieftain's fortress. Then Hyeon bowed before the chieftain while Shuo was surprised by his enormous size. Then Shuo spoke to himself, [He's huge, like a giant. He's about the same height as a gorilla, or maybe even bigger.] The chieftain, with his extremely powerful aura that made Shuo and Hyeon feel dizzy just by his presence, smiled, picked up Shuo and Hyeon in his hand, which astonished Shuo and made him feel afraid at the same time. Then the chieftain said with a smile, "This light emanating from within your heart—I have never seen its like before. Welcome to my Alf Kingdom." Then Shuo, who appeared tense, smiled while Hyeon looked at him and whispered, "Always speak to the Supreme Lord with great respect." Shuo looked at him and nodded, listening. Then the chieftain said, "So you've come to kill 10 gorillas, 5 serpents, and one dragon. I can hear you from a great distance indeed. Also, I can help you kill the gorillas and serpents, but I want a favor from you. Will you grant my request?" Shuo was surprised and said, "O…of course, my lord. Please, what do you want?" Then the chieftain said, "I just want you to bring me some food from outside this world. I heard there's someone named James who makes very delicious food." Then Shuo smiled and said, "I can certainly bring it to you when I leave here." Then the chieftain smiled and said, "Alright then, it's a deal. Rest with us today, and tomorrow I will send a team with you to help you."