This voice..!
I looked back.
Huh..?
There was nothing... there was only the hospital room door from which I entered.
[ Where are you looking at? ]
Again..!
I looked back and... it was normal.
My mom was caressing my child form.
Huh..? Just what in the world is happening..?
I blinked... and the whole room started disappearing. No... It wasn't disappearing... the whole room was getting eaten... eaten by something... maybe it was The Void.
The whole room got eaten, and I was again back in the dark place... where I was before.
I'm back here, but what now?
[ You seem afraid... Why are you afraid? ]
Why wouldn't I be afraid..? The Void is literally the strongest person in the whole Endless Dream... Everyone is afraid of him... It's only the beginning of this dream, and I'm already in the presence of him... Just how unlucky am I?
I blinked again.
The moment I opened my eyes... my legs felt a surface where they could stand. The whole darkness was gone... instead, I was in a place that could be called heaven.
I looked down.
The surface was reflecting me... the whole sky... everything that was above it. This surface was a mirror itself.
I looked up at the sky.
The sky had a small amount of clouds... everything about this dimension was beautiful.
This whole world seemed to continue forever... there wasn't an end to it... just like this Endless Dream.
I was calm... I was calm over this sight...
Shut it... It's not a place where I need to stay calm... it's the only place in the whole Endless Dream or in this whole universe that is so close to actual heaven.
The Void was the one who created this place in order to resemble heaven in his own dimension... but he failed and left this place like this... Now this place is known as... "Void's Heaven" because it's an empty void with just heaven's atmosphere.
But why am I here..? If I'm here, then it means—
My eyes widened.
The Void is here too..!
I wasn't calm at all... at first, I was feeling calm, but the moment the thought of "The Void" entered my mind... I started sweating.
Calm down... Calm down... If I talk to him carefully, then maybe I can survive.
Then I remembered what I said to him before.
Umm... I literally said I would kill him. I'm dead.
I was crying over my stupid mistakes... until I heard something.
[ Calm... Peace... these are the words I love the most... I follow the most. ]
A calm voice... completely different than before. This voice was enough to put me at ease. All of my tension... gone.
Gulp.
[ I don't like panic... nor fights, especially— ]
My whole soul seemed to be breaking into multiple pieces just from hearing this voice.
It wasn't my soul. It was my courage.
My courage which I used to shout at The Void. My courage which I used to go against the demon king's wish.
My courage which I used to decide that I'll change this dream.
[ A person who dares to kill me ]
Living beings have multiple emotions, but if we break them into smaller pieces, then there will be only two emotions left.
The emotions at the basic level.
Love, hate, anger, sadness—every emotion has originated from these two emotions.
Fear and Courage.
At that moment, I was still. I wasn't sweating anymore. I wasn't gulping anymore. I didn't—
But what if we remove one emotion from these two?
Simple! That living being will crumble.
Have the courage to do anything anymore.
[ So what should I do with the person who dares to shout at me? ]
I saw. I saw my head getting cut off. No, I didn't see it. I felt it. I felt my head getting cut and falling to the ground.
Wait, is my head still intact to my neck?
[ Tell me, Kang Hong. ]
Can a person become deaf from fear?
Yes.
There was complete silence in my ears. I wasn't hearing anything.
What was this silence? What was this fear? Can it be called fear?
It was something beyond fear.
I lifted my left hand in order to touch my neck to make sure that my head was still intact.
Is it stupid to do this?
For most people, it would seem like he's stupid, but the one who's experiencing it would have a different answer.
How can fear affect us?
It'll make you forget how you feel, how you do things, and
How you survive.
I touched my neck.
It's still intact... I'm still living.
In the blink of an eye, someone teleported in front of me.
I saw. I saw the nightmare of this Endless Dream in front of me.
He was in his soul form... the color of his soul form was light blue... very light... beautiful long hair... eyes with long eyelashes. He was wearing a beautifully designed cloak with blue and white designs on it. He was a little taller than me. I was 6'1 but he seemed 6'2.
In chapter 1255, when the main protagonist and her team met The Void, their thoughts were...
Is this Void?
Woah, he's beautiful..!
He can't be an evil spirit...
There's no way he would be...
Someone's heart also raced after seeing him...
He started walking a bit toward me.
[ Seems like you didn't hear me ]
[ Or ]
He came closer and bent toward me.
He looked straight into my eyes.
[ Are you just scared? ]
〆 He was beautiful. So beautiful that even death must've paused to admire him.
— Kang Hong