MB Ch 14

Claaaang!

Mago’s palace shook as if the world had turned upside-down. Suddenly, something snatched Bari’s hair. She cried out and turned around. It was one of the heavenly gods. With a ripping noise, Mujang’s sword cut off the god’s arm. However, this god was not the only one running towards her.

“Bari!”

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Mujang roared. When he stretched out his hand, Bari used the rest of her strength to plunge into his arms. He was her child’s father. She trusted him to be the only one who would protect her.

The heavenly beings swarmed towards them from all directions. However, the beings from the underworld blocked them.

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“Mujang!”

Banya’s angry voice shouted out. Bari clung to Mujang and hunched into his embrace, her eyes shut tightly closed. Suddenly, she could feel that they were floating in the air. With another sharp clanging noise, she flew up within Mujang’s embrace.

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“Hold on tight.”

She could hear his low voice. Even if he told her to loosen her hold, he was the only one she could hold onto. Bari wrapped her arms around his neck and opened her eyes. She then realized that she was in the air, flying in the sky.

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Suddenly, she heard a sharp sound coming from above her head. She turned around and saw something with black wings casting a black shadow over them as it passed by. It was a black horse with large wings.

The horse came down in front of them, and the wind from its wings whipped their hair in all directions. As soon as Mujang got on the horse, golden arrows began to fly in their direction.

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Neiiiigh!

The horse stretched out its front legs and flew up into the sky. The flying animals that had come to Mago’s palace began to chase after them like a swarm of bees. Half of them were people dressed in gold on white horses. The other half were spirits with black masks on black birds. Shouts and cries rose around them.

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Bari groaned and closed her eyes. Her belly was heavy and ached due to the shock. She felt as if something was going to fall out of her body. The thought of it being her child drove her insane.

Mujang, please help us! Please save us!

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Suddenly, she remembered something. The fierce waves of black water, the cold water seeping into her mouth!

Gah!

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Bari opened her eyes.

She saw seeing something. The identities of the evil spirits who looked down at her with black eyes!

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“Bari…”

As if they had been by her side all this time, they began to call her name. Hook-like hands stretched out and wrapped around her.

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“Bari…”

Bari screamed.

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Memories swallowed her up like fierce demons. As if it had been waiting behind her, biding its time, it finally bared its teeth. Within the depths of its black mouth, there was only a thick darkness.

“On the day you were born, I foretold a prophecy regarding you. You were a princess who was born under the star of destruction. The gods declared that your very existence alone would bring our kingdom to ruin. Therefore, our great King and Queen laid aside their wretched and devastated hearts and abandoned you.”

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Bari! My name means ‘abandoned child’.

“Didn’t you say you’d do anything to obtain the yaksu? I’m asking you to bear my child. Then I will give you the yaksu. What’s one gourdful? I’ll give you ten jars full of it.”

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He had said that. She had come to the underworld to find the yaksu. At the end of a long, painful journey, she had snuck into Mount Dongdae and begged for the yaksu. She tried to obtain the yaksu by having a child with this god of the underworld.

“O-Once I cure my father’s illness, I’ll come back here. And then I want to raise our child here.”

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And then she married this god of the underworld. They married and became one body. Without knowing anything, believing that this was all for the best…

“You beastly man! How can someone like you be a god? To think that you were willing to give up your child for someone else to eat! How could you think that?! Are you crazy? Have you lost your mind, you son of a bitch!”

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Everything had been a disgusting lie.

Suddenly, Bari let go of his neck. Startled, Mujang shouted and tried to hold her to him, but she slapped his hand away.

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“Bari!”

“Don’t touch me!”

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She screamed and pushed him away. Her sudden movement caused her to nearly fall off the horse, but Mujang firmly brought her back into his arms.

“Enough!”

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Bari gritted her teeth and stiffened. Even though she knew he was right, she could not endure the rage flowing through her.

She remembered trying to die in the river with her child. Had Mujang saved her? How could he leave her with Mago? The moment she almost lost their child, did he believe that Mago was the only one who could save it?

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A shiver ran down her spine. These people who called themselves gods… She could not understand them, and she was boiling with rage. She felt like her body was ripping apart with anger. Had Mago cared for her to raise the child so that she could eat it? Because of the Hwan or whatever it was called?

“What is Hwan?”

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Bari asked in a cold voice from within Mujang’s embrace. He glanced down at her but did not say anything.

“What is Hwan? Why are the heavenly gods trying to eat this child? Is that why you wanted me to give birth to this child? Because they promised to give you the yaksu?”

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Her eyes were filled with rage. Mujang now realized that her memories had returned. Her eyes no longer held the politeness or distance they used to have. There was only vehement hatred and rage left.

“I’ll explain once we get back down.”

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He felt like a cold hand was ripping his heart to shreds. He had hoped that she would never know him. He had wanted her to forget about him forever. Then he would not have to see her eyes looking at him with such intense hatred.

“Tell me now.”

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Bari did not back down. Mujang’s hands tightened on the reins. He gritted his teeth and began to explain what he had discovered about the Hwan.

“Now that we have entered the period of destruction, the gods can no longer live forever nor reincarnate. However, if they eat the Hwan, they believe that they will be given another chance to reincarnate.”

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What? That’s all?

In order to obtain that kind of life, they wanted to eat Bari’s child?

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How much longer did they have to live to be satisfied? How much longer did they want to stretch out their lives?

The greediness that seemed to be ever so present in humans was also moving within those gods as well.

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Bari scoffed. All these problems arose because they wanted to reincarnate. It was so ridiculous that she could hardly believe it.

The enormous sky, the red sky of the underworld, came into view. Gray clouds stretched out as far as the eye could see. Thunder rumbled within its depths.

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Golden arrows continued to fly towards them. Black birds let out piercing screams as they passed above them. Mujang gritted his teeth as they ran away. Holding her tightly in his arms, he had a piercing realization that this might be the final memory of his life.

The horse sped towards the ground like an arrow. The gray ground rumbled as it split open. It was as if the events of heaven were affecting the underworld. The sky was full of black clouds, and blinding flashes of lightning stretched across the ground like white roots.

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The horse went down towards a stone mountain. The mountain was full of sharp cliffs. A fierce wind blew against them. As if the stone mountain had been thrown down here, the ground around it was in shambles.

The black winged horse ran down towards the deep valley. The heavenly gods who had chased after them were quickly destroyed by the warriors in black who were not far behind.

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The horse continued down the valley and entered the deepest part of the underworld. Within this dark, heavy place, there was a boy who glowed like a crystal.

It was Ran. He now looked like a completely grown man. His blue hair floated in the air, and his mysterious eyes were watching them as they arrived. Ran seemed a bit more powerful and mature.

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“Bari…”

Ran ran to her as soon as he saw her. Bari remained silent as she got off the horse. When he saw her stiff face, he frowned.

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“What happened?”

Mujang also remained silent. Within the thick tension, Ran seemed to have realized something. He turned to look at Bari. She was standing in her ripped dress with a dark expression on her face. Mujang took off his cloak and was about to drape it over her shoulders but stopped. After a moment, he handed it to Ran instead.

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Ran bit his lips and took the cloak before wrapping it around Bari. Judging from her pale, stiff face, he was certain her memories had returned.

“There is no time. Ran, you have the map, right?”

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Ran nodded to Mujang.

“Of course.”

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Suddenly, heavenly warriors clad in gold began to spill down from the black clouds. Mujang immediately sent the black horse away and barely managed to drag them into a crevice in the stone mountain wall. 

“Let’s go.”

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When she heard him, Bari made an effort to move. However, her stomach hurt so much that she ended up hunching over instead. With a pale face, Mujang raced over to her and tried to hold her, but Bari angrily screamed out and pushed him away.

“Move!”

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“Enough with this stupid tantrum! Do you want to lose the child here?”

Bari gritted her teeth. She wanted to walk by herself, but her body was not cooperating. If she strained herself now, it was obvious what was going to happen to the child. Ran wanted to step in and help, but he was not strong enough to carry Bari on his own.

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She really didn’t want to, but she had no other choice but to let Mujang carry her. As he lifted her with ease, his familiar scent wafted into her nose. She knew she should hate this, but her nose stung and tears filled her eyes.

Why did she feel relieved when she was with this man?

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Why did she have to be held by such a horrible man?

For the sake of the child.

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Bari gritted her teeth and thought. She wouldn’t mind escaping him right now at this moment and throwing herself into the pits of hell, but what wrong had this child committed? Even if she died, she did not want to kill the child.

Mujang held her and began to walk.

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The crevice was dark. It was so dark that it didn’t make a difference whether she closed her eyes or not. Ran’s body immediately began to glow blue. If it weren’t for his light, they would not have been able to pass through this place. The stone wall stretched up on both sides. The path to the bottom was steep, and the further down they went, the colder it became. The walls were now covered in frost, and if they weren’t careful, they could easily slip.

“Be careful.”

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Ran spoke as he turned around.

Mujang silently nodded. Bari stubbornly tried not to hold onto him, but she felt like she was being too much of a burden. She helplessly gritted her teeth and wrapped her arms around his neck. She could feel him grow stiff.

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How nice would it have been if she had just forgotten him? Would this have been easier if she had just known him as the kind god of Mount Dongdae?

She often recalled how Mujang had been when he would visit her in Mago’s palace. His eyes as he plucked the hydrangea and handed it to her. The eyes that seemed to be holding back as they looked down. His voice as he told her he was sorry. His voice as he told her that she’d need to escape in two weeks.

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He had been planning on smuggling her out.

That’s why he sent Ran, and that’s why she was told to come out to the willow tree if a flower was placed on her windowsill. This was why he appeared at the banquet hall today and stood in front of the Heavenly Emperor and Mago.

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For some reason, tears began to trickle down Bari’s cheeks.

Was he regretting his decision?

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Did this mean he couldn’t abandon their child?

Although he had decided to give away the child for the yaksu, he was also in despair, right?

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She wanted to ask him. She wanted to hear him say it was true. However, the wounds left behind by an unstoppable sorrow, something that had awakened inside her, stopped her from opening her mouth.

No, she felt that if she opened her mouth, a wail would escape. She felt like she would weep bitterly and scream. Bari suppressed the surging emotions and swallowed her cries. Right now, she did not need these emotions. Right now, she needed to escape those monstrous gods and go somewhere safe.

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How much deeper did they go? The cold was now unbearable. The narrow path led them to a wide place that was high up.

“Ah…”

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Bari let out an exclamation. It was a world made of clear ice. Everything was pointy and sharp, but it was breathtakingly beautiful. However, as Bari took a closer look at the ice, she gasped. There were people trapped inside. They had grotesque expressions on their faces and were frozen white. This place was definitely hell. The wind blew from all directions, and it almost felt as if it was going to pierce her skin. Bari barely managed to swallow her cry.

They heard something rumble behind them. The ground trembled as if the entire underworld were being shaken. The sound echoed off the walls of the cave and rang in the air. They could clearly hear the shouts and footsteps of the soldiers chasing after them.

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The ice maze was deep and dizzying. Every time they became confused, Ran would take out a map and redirect them in the right direction. Suddenly…

A loud sound shook the cave. Bari cried out in shock, and Mujang tightened his arms around her. They heard another explosion followed by the sound of something splitting apart. Bari lifted her head and looked up at the ceiling. The large icicles that had grown on the ceiling began to crack and fall.

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“Mujang!”

She cried out.

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Boom! Boom! The large ice pillars around them began to collapse. Every time she heard a crash, Bari gritted her teeth. She couldn’t think. She could only rely on Mujang. He was the only one she could rely on at this moment.

Please, help.

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Bari didn’t know who she was speaking to, but she begged in her heart.

Boom!

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Another ice pillar came crashing down.

“This way!”

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Ran shouted. They barely managed to escape a falling pillar and slipped between the cracks of the wall. As they moved further inside, they passed by countless humans contorted inside the ice walls. The sound of the ice cracking and collapsing grew louder behind them. Another pillar of ice fell down next to Mujang and Bari. Bari screamed, and Mujang wrapped a hand around her head, tucked her closer to his chest, and crouched over her.

Crack, boom!

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The pillars began to fall one by one. Bari could hear Ran calling for them at a distance, but they were underneath a pile of ice, so he sounded further away. Bari gritted her teeth. Mujang continued to wrap himself around her to protect her.

How much time had passed? She didn’t know.

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Bari let out a ragged breath and opened her eyes. Mujang came into view. He turned his head and looked down at her.

“Are you okay?”

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Was she okay? She wasn’t sure. Bari merely looked into his eyes. She couldn’t say whether she was okay or not. Her frozen lips would not open. She didn’t know whether she should be angry, thankful, or hateful. She didn’t know whether she should tell him she hated him. She couldn’t say anything.

“Bari.”

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He whispered with a dark look in his eyes.

“You will get to the world of the living safely. Don’t worry. Don’t think about anything else.”

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Bari gritted her teeth. She wanted to believe him. However, she couldn’t. Betrayal after betrayal… She couldn’t trust anyone. But her belly was in pain. She hunched over to endure it. Mujang held her with a pained expression on his face.

The both of them were in so much pain.

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The both of them were in hell.

The air grew even colder. It was as if the mist coming from their mouths was instantly turning into little grains of ice. They could still hear the ground crumbling in the distance. The heavenly soldiers were persistently chasing after them. Bari looked up with anxious eyes when… Boom! A hole formed in the ceiling. A swarm of heavenly soldiers began to spill inside.

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With a shout, a large number of soldiers entered the floors of hell. Seeing this, Bari didn’t move a muscle. She couldn’t move.

Among them, a silver-haired man on a winged horse came down and landed above the ice. His cruel eyes were glaring at the two embracing figures.

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Banya.

A fierce hatred burned within Mujang’s heart.

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“Haa.”

Banya sneered.

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“I never expected to see you again in a place like this, Mujang.”

At first glance, it seemed as if his beauty could melt their surroundings. However, there seemed to be something twisted and off-balance about him.

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“So…? Did you have a good time searching hell for traces of your little sister? But I believe that brat is trapped in Avici hell, not here.”

Mujang gritted his teeth and placed Bari on the ground. Then he whispered in a low voice.

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“Follow Ran from here on out. That kid will know the way.”

Bari understood what he was implying. Her face grew pale as she looked up at him. He was alone in this pit of hell. And there was no way he could hold off all of these soldiers. And from what she could remember, he was a lot more sickly now than before.

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“Ran.”

Mujang called for Ran as if he were asking a favor. Ran immediately approached her, but Bari did not get up. Even though she knew she shouldn’t hesitate to leave Mujang behind, her heart felt as if it were twisting inside her chest. Why did she feel this way?

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“Hurry.”

Mujang urged in a low voice before coldly turning around. Ran pulled at Bari, but Bari did not move. No, before anyone could move, six heavenly soldiers appeared and blocked their path like an iron wall. Bari gritted her teeth with dread and could only step back towards the wall.

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“What a happy surprise to see you again, Mujang.”

Banya’s mouth stretched into a twisted smile.

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“Am I the only one who feels this way?”

Mujang pulled out his sword.

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“Give me that girl. Then I will find your little sister for you.”

“Your mouth has always been your biggest problem, Banya.”

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Mujang spoke coldly as he readied himself.

“Enough chatter. Let’s battle this out.”

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The two of them were emitting a bloodthirsty aura.

Banya attacked first. He raised the front legs of his winged horse and attempted to trample Mujang. Mujang’s sword pierced through the winged horse’s neck with a gruesome sound. The winged horse’s blood sprayed into the sky. Banya jumped off and swung his own sword down at Mujang. With a piercing clang, Banya’s sword was pushed up. Banya rebounded back ten paces. He glared at Mujang in frustration and growled.

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“Don’t be in such a hurry. I will cut open that bitch’s belly right in front of your eyes.”

“The one whose belly will be cut open is you, Banya.”

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“Keke, you think so? You’re a man who couldn’t even save his sister, and it seems that you will also lose your wife by my hand.”

Mujang glared at Banya with wrath in his eyes.

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Banya flew up. His sword began to fall at a terrifying speed towards Mujang. Mujang avoided it at the speed of lightning, and the ice pillar behind split in two. Another swordfight commenced. Mujang was incredibly strong, almost so strong that it was hard to believe he was hurt and ill. But how long could he last?

Clang! Banya’s sword fell on Mujang’s sword with terrifying force. Banya’s strength was immeasurable. Even Mujang could not compare to Banya’s power. Banya’s powerful and swift sword had wounded Mujang all over his body in an instant.

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“Ugh!”

Ultimately, Mujang kneeled. The moment Bari saw the lump of blood surge out of Mujang’s throat, she froze. She recalled what Doah had told her regarding Mujang’s illness. Although his face was a lot more haggard than the last time they had met, she did not realize that he had become this weak.

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Banya snickered and approached Mujang, who was hunched over on the ground. He placed his sword on Mujang’s shoulder. Then, to hammer down the final nail in Mujang’s heart, he began to speak.

“Do you want me to tell you what happened to your sister?”

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Blood burst out of Mujang’s lips. He let out a ragged breath and looked back at Banya. His rageful eyes were bloodshot. His body had reached its limit, and it could not move.

“Do you want me to tell you how much she screamed with her legs wide open in front of me, Mujang?”

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Mujang’s face instantly froze. Seeing Mujang’s pale face, Banya continued to tear him down with his story.

“Half of her face belonged to a monster, but wasn’t the other half a peerless beauty? She’s still a woman, after all. Her moans were quite excellent.”

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Clang!

Mujang stood back up and swung his sword. Banya quickly evaded the attack. Mujang swung his sword once more, but Banya’s sword cut Mujang’s sword in half. Banya’s sword proceeded to move past Mujang’s sword. Drops of blood floated into the air before spraying out onto the ice floor. Bari forgot how to breathe. A single thought did not enter her head. She could not feel a thing.

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Mujang was dying.

She couldn’t believe it.

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He was dying.

The man she had met at Mount Dongdae. The man who had married her. The man who had betrayed her. Right now, in front of her very eyes, he was dying.

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Banya shook off Mujang’s blood from his sword as he flashed a crooked smile. He had given Mujang a final gift before killing him. This foolish man had always been a thorn in his eye. He had always been arrogant. It was his fate to be killed by his hands. Just like that brat. This was the end for him.

Banya basked in his victory and whispered.

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“We don’t have to look into the okgyeong. We both know what happened. There’s no way that brat opened the gate to heaven. To be honest, it was only a matter of time before the both of you were thrown into the pits of hell, but your little sister begged me. She came to me and begged and begged me.”

No one would have been surprised if this icy hell collapsed at any moment. Blood continued to ooze out of Mujang’s wounded body. However, his stiff face didn’t seem to show any pain. No, it didn’t even seem to hold any life.

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“Comfort your praiseworthy sister, Mujang. No, you don’t even have the power of Hwan, so I guess this is the end for you, eh? Ah, what a pity, Mujang.”

Banya raised his sword.

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Bari remained frozen as she gazed at the sword. It felt like she was living a nightmare. No, it felt like she was living a lie.

Suddenly, there was a loud boom. A flash of lightning illuminated the cave to a blinding degree. No one could keep their eyes open. After the light disappeared, everyone was shocked to see what had appeared.

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It was a cluster of blinding light. It enclosed around Banya and seemed to be burning him. No, it was ripping his body to shreds as it burned him. Banya was in an unbelievable amount of pain as he screamed. His eyes, ears, and nose were all filled with light. It seemed as if the lights were burning through his internal organs.

Startled, Bari turned around. Ran was standing there.

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He was unbelievably bright, and he was incredibly angry!

“Did you do that to Muyi?”

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Ran had transformed once again. He looked stronger and older. His voice had also changed. It sounded like a waterfall, like a raging river. A voice that seemed to ring all around them.

“Banya, did you dirty Muyi?”

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Banya shook, unable to answer. No, he was convulsing. Suddenly, his body was splintered by a thousand beams of light. He let out a silent scream, but it was impossible. The fully transformed Ran was now floating in the air. In an instant, all of the heavenly soldiers’ bodies also became like Banya’s as they burned white. Ran’s entire body was burning with white flames.

“Ran!”

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Bari used the rest of her strength to call out to Ran. However, he didn’t seem to hear her.

“Bari!”

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Mujang rushed to her and held her. He took them to a crack in the ice and hid them. With a boom, everything burned down. They heard a loud explosion behind them. The ice cave shook. Icicles crashed down from the ceiling.

Boom! Boom! Crash! The entire cave collapsed.

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How much time had passed?

Bari barely managed to return to her senses and realized something hot was flowing down her face. She reflexively wiped it off and saw that it was blood. Shocked, she lifted her head.

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Mujang…

He was looking down at her.

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Like the first time they met in Mount Dongdae. The cruel, beautiful god of the underworld.

However, his eyes were different now. They weren’t dry and cold like before. They weren’t arrogant and indifferent.

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They were just…

Bari couldn’t say a word.

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She couldn’t breathe.

Had his eyes always been this beautiful? Were they this painful? Were they this frail?

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He lifted a hand and wiped away the rest of the blood on her face.

“It seems like Ran has stopped his attack.”

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His voice sounded so plain. However, Bari knew better. He was doing his best. To hide his pain and suffering. Acting as if nothing was wrong.

“Do you think… you can walk?”

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When she heard his question, Bari finally returned to her senses. Although she couldn’t see where the bleeding was coming from due to his black armor, she could tell at one glance that he had been cut all over the place.

“I can… walk.”

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She didn’t know what she was saying right now. She didn’t know what she was feeling. She hoped this was all a dream. She hoped that this ominous feeling in her heart was wrong.

But there was no way that was the case.

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He stood up and helped her to her feet. She frantically tried to take his armor off, but his hand took hers and pulled it out of his armor.

“But you’re bleeding…”

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“There is no time.”

Mujang’s voice still sounded peaceful. As if he were lightheartedly telling her to look at the landscape. Bari knew he had been pierced all over the place. She knew blood poured out with every step he took. But he truly acted as if he was totally fine.

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Bari quickly ripped her skirt. She wanted to wrap the wound on his chest as soon as possible. So much blood was pouring out. His face was already ghostly pale. It was so pale that he almost didn’t look like the Mujang she knew.

“Get a hold of yourself.”

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Bari whispered to him in a shaky voice.

“You’re the one who needs to get a hold of yourself, Bari.”

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Mujang spoke gently and blocked her hand. It was no use. However, he couldn’t tell Bari this.

“I’m fine.”

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I’m not fine at all, but I can’t tell you that.

“I’m fine. I’m a god, aren’t I? We don’t die from something like this.”

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“Gods die too.”

Bari spoke through gritted teeth as she frantically tried to wrap his wounds. Mujang pushed her hands away. She tried to grab onto him, but it was no use.

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“Ran.”

As soon as they exited the crevice, small flecks of ice were falling from the sky. No, it was white snow. As if everything had shattered, the corpses of the heavenly soldiers were falling onto the ruins of the cave like snow.

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Ran stood in the center of it all.

The man with the beautiful, blue hair and the empty, cold eyes almost did not look like Ran. He raised his eyes and gazed at Bari and Mujang. As if he woke up from a deep slumber, he looked a bit bewildered, but his face still looked darker than before.

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“Mujang…”

Ran opened his mouth and called out to him. Mujang spit out another clot of blood and spoke.

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“Do me a favor. No matter what happens, take Bari to the living world.”

His hand in Bari’s felt too cold.

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“Now that the Heavenly Emperor’s son has died, more heavenly soldiers will start chasing us.”

He grinned, but the smile seemed as rigid as ice.

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The three of them walked in silence.

It was almost as if the three of them were taking a pleasant stroll in hell. The path was still cold, long, and dark.

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Bari blankly gazed at Mujang’s hand as it held hers. He held onto her hand as if he wouldn’t let it go, even in death, but the blood underneath his armor began to seep out and trickle down his hand.

What am I doing right now?

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Bari thought dazedly. She wanted to escape his grasp, but she couldn’t. She wanted to stay angry with him, but she couldn’t. She wanted to cry, but tears would not come out. She could only watch as his blood trailed behind him, guiding her. She could only watch his back as he walked in front of her. She could only see his hand as it held hers. Her eyes ached.

It hurt so much she couldn’t stand it.

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This path needed to end, but she did not want it to end.

Even though this was the path out of the underworld to the land of the living, she did not want to go.

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Why?

Bari asked herself.

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Why?

Why did it keep hurting?

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There were flowers in bloom. They were red flowers of the underworld. They were blooming on the rocky surface. They passed through the souls of the dead, drank their tears, and spread their roots on their suffering. With every step she took, her steps were heavy. Her stomach twinged, and her entire body swayed.

At some point, they had arrived at a large field. The field was full of red flowers, and a gray fog had settled over it. Even though they didn’t hear anyone, the silence did not seem silent. It felt as if this place was full of hopes and wishes. Regret and sadness, waiting and loneliness seemed to be carried with the wind.

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Mujang stopped walking on the field.

“You need to go with Ran from here.”

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He turned around and looked at Bari as he spoke. As if he were speaking to a young child, his voice was gentle. Bari did not say a word in response. She didn’t even look at him. Mujang quietly gazed down at her and readjusted his cloak on her shoulders. Bari remained stubborn and kept her head down.

“I’m relieved to know that Ran will stay by your side.”

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What? What was he relieved about?

Bari wanted to open her mouth and say something. However, she couldn’t. Ran began to approach her.

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“It’ll be best if we part ways here.”

Best if we part ways here.

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The words seemed to echo around her. No, they pierced her ears. Bari gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. Either way, this relationship wasn’t something they could do together from the beginning. Just like the living and the dead, like gods and humans, they were separate and completely different.

On top of that, he had tricked her. He tried to have a child with her and give that child to the goddess as food, and… and…

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“Bari.”

Mujang grabbed her arm.

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Bari coldly snatched her arm out of his grasp.

Either way, they had already parted ways that day when she had escaped Mount Dongdae. When she had decided to die, she had already bid him farewell. She was fed up with the underworld.

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Bari did not even look at Mujang and began to follow Ran. Red flowers were crushed underneath her feet. Everything disappeared with a rustling noise. The gray fog turned dense as it settled over her. Ran watched her as he walked one step ahead of her. The cold wind encircled her as if it were alive.

“We’re going to reach the final door to the living world soon. Let’s hurry.”

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Ran looked back at her and spoke.

Drip. Suddenly, a tear fell from her eye.

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Her feet that tried to take one more step seemed to be rooted to the ground and wouldn’t move. 

“Bari.”

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Ran called out to her again. However, Bari had already turned around and was running back. She felt like her entire body was breaking. It felt like she was going to collapse at any moment. The grass and flowers underneath her feet crunched with every step before fading off into the distance. Because of the gray fog, she could not see him. Because of this damned fog, she could not find Mujang.

“Mujang!”

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Bari cried out.

But she only heard echoes of her own voice ringing in the air.

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“Mujang!”

Bari called out to him once again. She couldn’t see him anywhere.

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“Please… please…”

I’m sorry. It’s all my fault.

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Bari didn’t know who she was talking to as she murmured.

Please. Just let me see his face one more time. I have… I have something I need to tell him. To that wicked god of the underworld. That evil bastard… I need to!

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Mujang wasn’t there. There were no traces of him anywhere. Bari anxiously looked around her like a woman who had lost her mind.

She needed to tell him. No matter what happened, she needed to tell him. Just once, please just once…

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“…Bari.”

Suddenly, she heard a faint voice calling out to her. Bari burst up to her feet and ran in the direction of the voice. He was sitting amongst the swaying red flowers. With his knees bent, as if he had let everything go, he seemed at peace.

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Bari frantically ran to him and embraced him. Her tears flowed down her cheeks. A wail escaped her throat. An uncontrollable sadness pierced through her entire body.

“Mujang!”

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“Bari…”

Mujang whispered.

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“Don’t cry.”

“Please don’t die.”

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They said that if a god were to die now, he would not be reincarnated. Did this apply to Mujang as well? Would she be unable to see him again from now on?

“Bari, hurry up and go. Think of the child…”

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“No.”

She knew she was being foolish, but she did not want to leave him. She recalled how he had made rice for her. The way he joked around with her with the ink brush. The way he turned the characters she had written into butterflies. The way he had looked at her with sorrowful eyes under the willow tree as he told her he was sorry.

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“Bari…”

Mujang gently swept back her hair with his hand.

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“Of the three thousand years I’ve lived…”

His voice was low and sweet.

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“The days I lived married to you were the happiest.”

Bari grasped his hand.

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“I’m sorry. And…”

He raised his head and gazed at Bari. His eyes gleamed with a faint light. They were as beautiful as the moon. He couldn’t speak anymore. Bari also couldn’t say anything.

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Did I love the child’s father?

She recalled her voice as she asked Mago this question.

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Had she loved him? She did not know. However, he was a man she did not want to leave. The beginning of an unfathomable relationship. Love and hate, pain and anger, yearning and loneliness. This man had taught her all these things. He was the start of it all, and she wanted to live with him. She did not want to leave him.

Bari lifted her head and carefully pressed her lips to his. Mujang stretched out his hand and grasped her head.

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Like that, their lips merged together. As if they had waited too long. As if they had hated each other for too long, as if they were angry. Their lips plunged and licked each other’s wounds. They plunged deep and lovingly caressed each other.

She did not want to part ways with him.

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Bari whispered in her heart as tears continued to fall.

So please don’t leave me here by myself.

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She held his hand tight.

She no longer hated him. She was no longer angry with him. She was no longer angry with her parents, with that ‘thing’, with the evil spirits that chased her, or with Mago.

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They were just a tool, a path.

They were necessary for her to live her life. Something she needed for her to learn more about herself. Misfortune that came whether she was in the living world or the underworld.

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They were who she needed to meet in order for her to face her fate.

To meet this god struggling in Mount Dongdae. For her to conceive that god’s child.

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Therefore, she did not hate them.

Tears fell endlessly.

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“Bari…”

He whispered.

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“Give birth to the child no matter what. Never lose it.”

“Mujang…”

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“Just focus on raising the child. Don’t get married to anyone else…”

“Why are you saying such a stupid thing?”

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He grinned. Then he silently stroked her face.

“Hurry up and go. Hurry…”

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“Mujang.”

“Hurry…go.”

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The wind blew around them. The flowers bowed to the breeze.

And Mujang gradually stopped breathing.

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Bari gazed at his face as if she couldn’t believe it. This didn’t make any sense. This could not be happening. Didn’t gods live much longer than humans? If anyone was to die, she should have died first. There was no way he was dead.

This didn’t make sense.

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“Ah…”

She couldn’t say anything.

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“Bari.”

Ran grabbed her arm.

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“Let go, Ran.”

“The soldiers are here. We need to hurry up and leave.”

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“I said let go, Ran!”

“Think about the child, Bari.”

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She felt as if her heart was ripping apart. She couldn’t leave Mujang here like this. She couldn’t leave him like this. She couldn’t part ways like this.

“Bari!”

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Ran called her in a desperate voice.

However, she couldn’t hear anything. She couldn’t see anything. She could only see Mujang’s closed eyes, his lifelessly stiff face, his hair covered in blood and dust.

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“Bari!”

“Aaaaaah!”

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Bari cried out like a wounded animal and embraced him, bursting into tears. Her entire body felt like it was being ripped apart. She shook him. However, it was all for naught. This was the end. He would not come back. Even though she knew this, she could not leave his side. She did not want to leave him even if she died.

Ding. Suddenly, something rang from within her body. At first, she thought she misheard. However, the sound grew clearer.

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“My bell…”

Bari whispered as she dug into her pocket. It was the bell that had always been on her person.

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Ding-ding-ding.

The bell was ringing. The bell that had never made a sound.

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“Bari!”

Ran grabbed her arm and shouted out once more. Bari looked back one more time at Mujang and lifted the bell. The bell began to float in the air.

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Ding, ding.

It kept ringing. Suddenly, she was overcome with a strange feeling. The strange bell floating in the air of the underworld. The pool of silver light that seemed to shine around it. It looked like a butterfly, a fish, an insignia. It was warm and mysterious but also powerful.

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It was as if it were calling her with Mujang’s voice.

Bari gazed at it as if she were hypnotized. Tears began to flow down her cheeks. However, the tears were no longer tears of sorrow.

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Destruction and then creation. Death and then another life. Like the cycle of life, everything goes in a circle. They say that even if something looks like it is fated, for a couple to find each other in marriage, many layers of fate must come to pass. And such a fate does not disappear easily. No, it flies over from years of fear, and it is merely another stepping stone that intertwines this life to the next.

“Mujang…”

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Bari unconsciously whispered. Bari’s black eyes changed to a strange color. As if the moonlight had seeped in. As if it had become aquamarine, it made a strange transformation.

“Bari!”

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Ran called out to her again. The bell was leading the way in front of her. As if she were entranced by the brass bell, Bari began to walk.

Ding. The bell rang again. The red flowers of the underworld began to surge up to the sky. The sight was strangely beautiful. Had Bari always had this ability? Shocked, Ran stared at her. What was happening?

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However, that was not important right now. The bell was flying. Bari began to run after it. And then something dark and round began to appear in front of Bari and Ran. Ran ran over to it. It was another door.

It was deep darkness. When Bari stepped into it, she felt as if the darkness was suffocating her. The darkness was too deep, and even Ran’s light was faint. Bari and Ran held onto each other and thrust themselves inside.

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Suddenly, they heard echoing screams all around them. They soon realized that they were the screams of souls that had thrown themselves into the fiery pit. Bari gazed at them with a pale face. Their black eyes and mouths were filled with pain and despair.

“It’s Avici hell.”

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She heard Ran’s faint whisper.

The path was still difficult to walk. The bell guided them. As if Mujang was walking in front of them.

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Bari looked around. They burned in the fire. After they died, they’d be saved only to be thrown into the fire once again. Every time she saw such a person, Bari’s heart ached.

“Bari.”

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Suddenly, she heard a familiar voice call her name. Bari turned her head. On the cave’s black walls, she saw the evil spirits looking back at her. The black, hooked hands stretched out. Their red tongues were protruding out of their mouths. The evil spirits had followed her here.

“Damn it!”

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Ran gritted his teeth.

“It’s okay.”

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Suddenly, Bari stopped him.

“It’s okay, Ran.”

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And then she turned around and stretched out her hand towards the evil spirts. Ding. The bell rang with her movements, and the sound traveled through the air.

“Come with me.”

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Ran looked down at Bari in disbelief. Something was different about her. She was no longer afraid. She no longer hated those things. An evil spirit stretched out a hand and touched Bari’s. Then it pulled its hand back before slowly following Bari down the path. It was different from the way they had chased after her in the past. This time, Bari was taking them with her.

Ding, ding. The strange sound of the bell rang throughout the pit of hell. The souls that continued to suffer their punishment stretched out their heads and stared at Bari. They began to glow blue as they watched the group pass through hell and let out a low moan.

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Bari continued to gaze at the bell.

She oddly felt like Mujang was closer to her than ever before. She had certainly witnessed his death. She had certainly heard that the gods would become extinct after their deaths. But she could feel his closeness. When she thought of him, she was no longer afraid.

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They walked for a long time. Tears fell down her face as she followed the bell. She could feel that he had not left her.

“We’ve reached the end now, Bari.”

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The end? Was this truly the end?

Suddenly, something was tangled onto Bari’s finger as her hand rested on the cave floor. She raised her hand and something thin traveled up her finger.

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Thread?

It was definitely thread. A thin, silk thread. On the narrow cave floor, there were more threads. They traveled up the walls and moved towards something.

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Suddenly, Bari remembered something. She had seen these threads before. A long time ago, somewhere… While she had been trapped inside that carriage with the rest of the dead, the thin silk threads. She could remember them as if they were in front of her right now.

Bari staggered to her feet and followed the threads. The further she went, the narrower and more dangerous it became. She passed through the small cave and walked up endlessly. The tangled threads circled the narrow cave path. And then she saw a small door. It was a normal, wooden door.

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“Bari.”

She could hear Ran’s voice behind her. However, she did not look back.

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She remained frozen as she stared at the door. There were horrible marks on the door. Long marks as if someone had scratched it with their nails. The marks were also covered in blood.

No way…

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She recalled the young Bari who had scratched at the door as she cried. She stretched out both her hands. And then she opened the door.