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Chapter 3 - Linked Bodies

After being curious about what's happening in the underworld and after thinking for a long time, I decided to go and check on the source of smoke. 

Kind of hungry. More like starving.

"Am I okay? I keep talking to myself."

 Wait there's a human. But I said to myself I shouldn't trust a stranger. You know what I don't care.

"Hey, what sins have you committed!?" 

 Dang, he's tatted. I'm glad that I didn't ink myself, cause it looked like even in hell he was inked. 

"eefksvk kuj?in xmusk? ju q?wxzc !!??"

"Eh!? What language is that?" 

 Aegerian is a language belonging to the race of an Aefer, people who live by inking themselves with the divine ink. 

"Who the hell?" Shhh! Whisper while you're talking.

 I'm Cheon Dal, the former owner of this body, I'm beside your soul and I hid you just now using my external technique: Divine cloaking of the hidden dagger.

 So you're the one who keeps talking to me, I thought it was my subconsciousness rallying against me as I'm so hungry.

...

Weird he's not talking to me if I talk inside my head. Well, if that's the case, should I just try talking while whispering to see if he can just hear me while talking using my mouth?

"So you're the one who keeps talking to me." 

"I thought it was my subconsciousness rallying against me as I'm so hungry." Whispered.

 I don't know what you're talking about and thinking inside your head.

 I can talk inside your head, read your expression and send words in a language you understand, also, it is you who keep talking to yourself. 

 If this guy is using magic to hide me and speak to save me. Better be respectful to him.

"The thing you called technique is that a martial." Whispered.

 Yes, That is a martial art I just used to hide you.

"Also you're the owner of this body?" Whispered.

 You transmigrated to my descendant's dead body, this body should have died because of the curse.

 Here's the deal, I'll help you survive the world of manaqind, but you must become the strongest within the world of manaqind. 

"Manaqind this isn't hell?" Whispered.

Of course there's no hell, hell is a state of mind and heaven too is a state of mind. 

 I'll help become stronger, translate the language of Aefer or any language that comes your way.

 I'll help you fight, but you control the body, help you in the geography, help you understand races, and give my treasure.

"Hold on, you're helping just to become the strongest in the world of Manaqind." Whispered.

"May I know the reason?" Whispered.

 My soul reached the threshold, I'll vanish. 10 years, you must become the strongest to avenge this body.

"Body? Your own body." Whispered.

 Child, like I said, it's yours now, but before it was mine, it was owned by my grandson.

 Free body to possess mind if I take it.

 Cheon, the noble name of the Heavenly demon king, I keep hearing this name and seeing this over some light novel or manhwa.

"Hold on, you said earlier that your name is Cheon Dal. Are you a demon king?" whisper.

 I'm kind of happy you noticed the noble lineage name of Cheonma.

 But no, I'm no demon king, I'm an orphaned scholar of the 10th heavenly demon king and became noble by name and produced descendants to compete in the demon king selection.

 So even the Heavenly demon king bothered to adopt you because of you're talent. 

...?

That confirms it, so he can't hear my consciousness.

 Too bad I'm not here to make you sit. I'm here to make the strongest that ascends to the unreachable plane, the 13th plane. 

"You're kind of a talkative man, master," whispered.

 Cheon dal laugh.

 You know how to please an old man, young man, but remember I'm no master just a dying old man linked to you. Goodbye, I'll be unconsciously helping and guiding in a form of familiarized text.

"Wait, how do I get back home?"

 You'll find it out soon enough.

"I see a UI System to translate." whisper.

[keyword activated][Demonic Scholar Guide System activated][Transmigrator System activated]

"What's this?"

 A screen popped again, the screen that appeared at Lee's phone, the abnormal thing that happened along with our transportation. 

 A cheat. A system, but I think this is the one that transported me. 

 Speaking of which, if this works to the one who saw the text first or the group who saw it gets to be transported here.

"I should have asked scholar Cheonma about my other friends." Whispered

Is that food I smell? After looking down, I saw an Aefer pulling a cart surrounded by a look of a soldier. 

"zxvcbn uitb e w-[Translating through the DSGS] = "Whose that? Chief, I think I heard someone speaking in another tongue!"

"They can speak to each other." 

 I thought they just make noises.

[Demonic Scholar Guide System Activated]

 A mirage of a footstep appeared and the foAefersotstep flickered like a Morse code.

..-. --- .-.. .-.. --- .--

F~O~L~L~O~W I followed as my instinct tells me that this is because Cheon Dal system is activated. 

[Translation] "THE SIMURGH HAS BEEN FOUND."

The Aefers ran and left one by one the cart.

Simurgh the crazy ass tall bird? They are sure panicking.

"You there, we're leaving all up to you to guard our cart," hurriedly said an Aefer.

 As I sneaked, following the footsteps, it flickered again like a Morse code.

- .... .-. --- .-- 

T~H~R~O~W by this situation, I should throw a rock to distract.

"I got it Scholar Cheon, but where?" Whispered.

 A line shimmered and flowed at the neck of the Aefer.

"Master, I can't aim well if this is what I'm throwing." Whispered

 The light changed direction and became a foot to the tree and flickered there, saying throw again.

"Understood, Master Cheon." Whispered.

 I then postured myself, then saw light, the flow like I'm playing a game of custom CS2, the line followed where my eventual destination.

"What's that?" Confusedly said the Guard.

"Whoa, if I throw like that from my posture and strength I can see where the rock goes." Whispered.

Then the mirage of footsteps appeared again and gestured that I should go there and plunder the weird-looking fruits.

"I Understood, Master Cheon." Whispered.

I then plundered the fruit, then the [Transmigrator System] appeared.

[Store Item] [Confirm?] 

What a great Idea, and then I stole all the carriage of all it was carrying.

[Stored Taec fruit X76, Cursed branch X1, and Bek Meat X3]

After the escape of Sin

"The hell, this fishy meat is so big, and what's this a branch. At least the fruit was good."

[Demonic Scholar Guide System Mas.lvl.1]

[Bik = An animal similarly to the earth animal called crocodile, as I do not have similarity as it can only swim in the water as it doesn't have feet to go into the surface, guardians of the spirit world and psychopomps who lead the spirits of the dead.

I never said anything but Master Cheon Dal helped me. So this is a crocodile meat, where can I cook it and eat it? 

"Unc-I mean Master Cheon Dal-" Whispered.

[Bik meat = A delicious food enjoyed by wealthy or powerful family. Can only be cooked by hellfire.}

So you can eat it but I can't eat it.

"What about the Aefer whom I just passed?" Whispered. 

[Aeger = The home of the Aefer and the ruling of evolve race Aegere.]

So this is what it's called.

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