chapter 389
389 – Scene 389# Valkyrie
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“What on earth are those? Angel?”
Myoha-il was catching her breath while touching her cane.
An angel who came down from heaven… The Valkyries attacked us right away. A beam made of light magic poured down on my head like rain. Myohail quickly deployed a barrier and intercepted the angels in the air.
At first, Myohail had the upper hand. The sage’s precise and delicate magic neutralized the Valkyries’ attacks and steadily reduced their numbers. In this worldview, there were very few beings who could fight the wise man head-on, except for gods, devils, and demons.
However, beings resembling angels, the Valkyries, overwhelmed Myohail. The power of each individual was comparable to that of a high-ranking wizard or a low-level demon, but the problem was their number. They were summoned again as soon as they were intercepted, and the more they were defeated, the more their numbers increased. I also joined in the fight, but it was not enough to handle the exponentially increasing numbers.
Wise man Myohail, who sensed that if the war of attrition continued like this, he would be at a disadvantage, quickly gave up the fight and retreated to the outside of the paradise.
Michaela, who ran away with us, didn’t look very good.
“… “They are the guardians of paradise.”
“If you are the guardian of paradise… Aren’t they the ones who protect you, the god of paradise? Why did they attack you against your will?”
Myohail’s question was valid. Just as Lucaella, the ruler of hell, commands demons, it was natural for Michaela, the absolute god of paradise, to command angels.
But they are not the angels Myohail thinks. I recognized what kind of being they were through their design inspired by female warriors from Norse mythology, their attitude of wanting to eliminate us beforehand, and their atmosphere that did not feel humane.
‘Milky Way’s security program… Valkyrie.’
I remember seeing it when I was testing games at Stella. As Milky Way was a machine that brought innovation to the industry, it was necessary to pay thorough attention to information security. ‘Valkyrie’ was a security program created to protect Milky Way from risk factors such as hackers and viruses.
My guess became more certain through Michaela’s words
“I tell you, the Guardians were targeting you, not me. “They only care about protecting paradise.”
“Hmm… Even though he’s an absolute god, he can’t even manage his own subordinates? “He is a god who is not respected.”
“Noisy! If you think about it, you did it wrong! Unless they cause harm to paradise, they won’t show up!”
It is natural that what the guardian protects is paradise, and what the security program Valkyrie protects is the system. What can be learned from these two facts is as follows.
‘If the guardian is the Valkyrie I know, then paradise… It may be a place closely connected to the Milky Way system.’
We planned to install a gate in paradise to escape from the world created by the Milky Way. If Valkyrie, a security program, tried to stop it, what I was trying to do was a violation of the system.
“Haha. “Is it because you were just trying to avoid the rain?”
“You don’t split the sky just to avoid the rain!”
Michaela screamed and glared at me.
“Yes, you. Perhaps the gate you are installing in paradise? Was that a dangerous item to leave in paradise?”
“No. But it may be considered dangerous to some people.”
“What?”
At first glance, it seemed like Myohail had forced the weather to clear and the Valkyries had appeared. But my thoughts were different. The appearance of the Valkyries was probably planned. Who would judge me installing a gate here to connect the two worlds as dangerous? Because it was only one person.
‘Representative Park…’
Michaela said. That paradise rejects us. It was likely that CEO Park, who controlled the Milky Way system, was trying to stop me.
For the first time since I became Tristan, Representative Park intervened. He has never interfered with anything I have done so far. Even when I realized ‘patience’ through trials, even when I struggled to survive the constant barrage of death flags, and even when I became the devil and saved the warrior, he did not disturb me.
Maybe it’s because everything I did felt ridiculous. Or maybe it was because it was all in the palm of his hand
CEO Park said while trapping me in this world.
-You can never die. No matter how many times you die, you just come back to life and go back to the beginning. The only option left to you is to become the ‘perfect’ Tristan. There is nothing else.
As he said, I became Tristan. I struggled to survive as Tristan in this world. I made people who were hostile towards me on my side, and furthermore, I succeeded in attracting the world to my side. And I even succeeded in going out to the outside world through the gate.
The person I am now is the ‘perfect’ Tristan I think of. I had no doubt that what I wanted to do was the most Tristan-like thing. So I…
“Let’s go back first.”
“Count…” . Are you planning to step down?”
I shook my head in response to Myohail’s question. Instead…
“Michaela.”
“Huh?”
“Could you please call me Lucaella, your older sister?”
I stared at the paradise sky covered in dark clouds. I opened my mouth as I looked at the sky guarded by the Valkyries, the place that would become the gateway connecting the two worlds.
“I have to go to war.”
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[Was the connection successful?]
[Yes.]
[Good. Excellent.]
Park Se-hee looked up after checking the message log sent by Director Choi Jae-man. She, she, what stretched out in front of her was a wall made up of countless numbers. The numbers were constantly changing and writhing like arteries of living life.
What Park Se-hee was seeing was the Milky Way system itself. With the access rights given by Director Choi, she was able to access the system.
‘Long time no see…’
It’s been almost a year since Jeong Ji-hwan disappeared. After he disappeared, Park Se-hee was also transferred to another department, so she no longer had access to the system. Therefore, this world of numbers even evoked a sense of nostalgia in her.
‘Whenever I logged on, Ji-hwan was always there…’
Jeong Ji-hwan was that kind of person. He spent most of his time in this world when he went to work. A man who was more focused on work than Park Se-hee. But it was unavoidable. This world created by Milky Way was a world created by his sister her’s imagination her her her, and the only moments he could feel her sister she she were when he was here.
Ji-Hwan Jeong now lives in ‘Another World’, which is beyond these numbers and is more realistic than reality. He becomes the villain Tristan.
Park Se-hee felt her shoulders becoming heavy. Depending on what she does from now on, the future of Jeong Ji-hwan and Jung So-ra will be decided.
“Huh, okay…”
He relaxed his stiff body. There were constant waves of numbers. Park Se-hee concentrated on reading the numbers floating in the waves and moved her fingers as if playing in the air. Then she saw that the numbers all over the place began to glow one by one. The sparkling numbers soon resonated with each other in a certain pattern.
Eventually, what appeared in front of her was a figure made up of numbers. Behind the female figure, there were wings made up of numbers.
-‘Valkyrie’ asks you for an administrator identification code.
“Done…”
It’s been a while, but we succeeded in one go.
[What is the situation?]
[I just encountered a security program.]
[It’s going smoothly. Let me know when you disable the security program.]
[Yes.]
From now on, it’s real. Before she disables the security program and Director Choi takes over her system, Park Se-hee intends to leave a trace on this system that only she can recognize.
Although she is not as much of a programmer or hacker, she still has some knowledge of her programs. In particular, she was better than others about the Milky Way system.
-Identified by the administrator code ‘temporary 09323’.”
As I entered the code, Valkyrie lowered her head. That’s proof that I recognized her as her manager.
“Valkyrie. Change me to super administrator privileges.”
-It’s not possible. It is not possible to change to ‘Super Administrator’ with temporary 09323 authority.
Administrators with higher privileges have no restrictions on access to the system. I tried it just in case, but I couldn’t reach the top administrator level with the temporary authority I was given. But up to this point, she had expected it.
“Valkyrie. Then please create a new administrator.”
-Check. Administrator code ‘General 17356’ was created.
“Please designate Valkyrie ‘General 17356’ as a special administrator.”
If you can’t become a top manager, you should be a special manager. Her special administrator was one of the hidden ranks of the system she knew. Special level managers, which exist separately from the general level, had the authority to be significantly involved in the system, although not as much as top managers.
Park Se-hee planned to create a new administrator account without Director Choi’s knowledge. In that case, she could have helped Jeong Ji-hwan and Jeong So-ra after Director Choi took control of the system.
‘Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that CEO Park realized the laxity of the system and changed it…’
Park Se-hee waited for Valkyrie’s message with the feeling of grasping at straws. Then, Valkyrie’s mouth her hers, which had been closed all along, opened.
-Confirm the command to change regular 17356 to special 17356. Top administrator level code is required to change special administrators.
“It’s done!”
There was nothing I could do if I needed high authority, but what is needed to designate a special administrator is code, not authority. When I accessed that code in the past, only three people knew it, including CEO Park, Jeong Ji-hwan, and her.
Park Se-hee entered the code with her light heart. OK…
-An error occurred.
“Huh?”
Did I make a mistake? She moved her fingers again and entered the value.
-An error occurred.
“What… Ji? This can’t be happening…”
No matter how many times she re-entered it, Valkyrie said an error occurred and it refused her request. It was strange. If the code is wrong, this message won’t appear… Error?
It was then.
Jijijik-!
“Kyaaa?!”
A creepy mechanical sound came from Park Se-hee’s ears. The noise was so loud that I blocked my ears without realizing it. She sensed something was wrong.
[Director Choi. There seems to be a problem.]
[… ] ] …]
[Director Choi?]
The message log that had been answered immediately became silent. Communication was cut off. And the strange events did not stop there.
-You will be forced to log out.
“Uh? Now, wait… !”
It became dark as if there was a blackout in front of my eyes, but after about 5 seconds, a bright light poured in.
“Ugh…”
Park Se-hee covered her eyes with her hands due to her glare. As her vision gradually recovered from dark to bright, the familiar ceiling came into her eyes. It was forcibly exported from the system.
“Director Choi?”
After removing the machine from her head, Park Se-hee staggered out of bed. It was the room she accessed.
“Director Choi? Where are you?”
There was only a laptop on the desk where Director Choi was sitting. Perhaps he was away for a moment? Park Se-hee opened the door to find Director Choi.
“What…Hey?”
There was a dark space beyond the door. Has there ever been a space like this before? ?
She is in the basement room right next to the main body of Milky Way… It would have been, but it was too quiet for that. The eerie silence gave me goosebumps. To shake off her her her feelings her her her, Park Se-hee felt around her wall her to find her her switch her her her.
Click.
Park Se-hee had to swallow her breath at the sight that appeared as the lights turned on.
There were six beds in the room. There were men wearing oxygen respirators lying in a room that looked like a general hospital room. And the face of the man lying closest to Park Se-hee was someone she knew well.
“Jihwan… Mr.?!”
It was Jeong Ji-hwan. Although he was very thin, it was definitely the body of Jeong Ji-hwan, whose whereabouts he had not known since becoming Tristan. He, like his younger brother, his Sora, was on a ventilator and had his eyes closed. With Milky Way on his head his his his.
I found the body of Jeong Ji-hwan, whom I had been looking for all along. That alone was shocking…
“Director Choi… ?!”
Lying right next to the bed where Jeong Ji-hwan was lying was Director Choi Jae-man. He, too, was asleep while wearing a ventilator. Milky Way too.
No, everyone in this hospital room was like that. Everyone was asleep wearing a ventilator and Milky Way.
“Ah…”
Park Se-hee lost strength in her legs and sat down. There was no strength in her entire body. No matter how shocking the scene she had seen, she felt strangely listless. Her eyelids were a thousand pounds heavy.
“You have to wake up…”
“Stay where you are. Because it’s going crazy.”
Who… Ji? It was a familiar voice. Unable to bear it any longer, Park Se-hee collapsed on the floor. She asked, somehow squeezing out her voice.
“… Approximately… Ira… “Are you quiet?”
“Okay. “I administered medicine when I accessed the system earlier.”
In her fading consciousness, Park Se-hee saw a man looking down at her.
“Gourd… Representative…”
A man who should not be here, Stella CEO Park Jun-hyuk said with a smile as pure as an angel.
“Have a nice dream.”