Part I: The Forbidden Coordinates
The Oracle's voice had faded, but the memory of her trial clung to Mujin's bones like cold ash.
That night, he dreamt again—Only this time, he stood before a tower with no door.
Made of glass, stone, and starlight, it twisted into the sky like a broken finger.
At dawn, Elder Gihyeon approached, holding a torn parchment—marked only with seven dots.One of them pulsed with faint light.
"This spot doesn't exist on any Baekje map," he said."Not even in imperial records."
Mujin frowned. "So what is it?"
Gihyeon: "Something even the Skybone Emperor feared."
Part II: The March into Nowhere
It took them four days on horseback to reach the spot.
There were no landmarks, no trails, no sounds.Only silence.As if the world itself had been cut out and taped over.
And then—they saw it.
The Tower Beyond Maps.
Floating.Rooted in nothing.Its base shimmered, like it refused to accept the laws of gravity.
Mujin: "How do we enter it?"
A whisper answered.Not from Gihyeon, but from inside his own head.
"You already have."
He blinked.
Suddenly, he was inside.
No transition. No door. No choice.
Just darkness.
Part III: Inside the Mind-Tower
The Tower was not made of stone—it was made of memory.
Each level was a scene from Mujin's life.
The hospital room, where his wife had cried in silence.
The newsroom, where he first learned his junior had vanished.
The alley, where his own blood had soaked his shirt.
And then—a room he had never seen before.
Carved walls. A sigil of three serpents eating each other.In the center, a mirror.
Not broken this time.
Inside it:Mujin.Wearing a robe of shadows. Holding a sword of stars.Eyes glowing gold.
"You are not ready.""You have power… but no root."
Then the reflection stepped out of the mirror.
And smiled.
"Let me show you what you become… if you fail."
Part IV: Mujin vs. Mujin
The battle didn't start with swords.It started with doubt.
Every strike from the reflection was laced with memories.Failures. Regrets. Lies he told. Promises he broke.
"You want to return to your world?" the reflection mocked."You couldn't even save one friend."
"You carry seven Seals, but not a single truth."
"You're just pretending."
Mujin roared—and unleashed everything.
The Sevenfold Breaker.Skycut Fang, humming with borrowed power.And one final memory:
The moment he first chose to fight, not flee.
With that, he stabbed his reflection through the chest.
It whispered—
"Then find the truth… before the Gate finds you."
And dissolved into gold mist.
Epilogue: The Room with No Walls
Mujin collapsed.The tower faded.
He stood on a mountaintop now.And in the distance—
He saw a great chasm.
At its center, a gate made of seven rings, slowly turning.
From behind it,a whisper came.
"One more.""Just one more, Mujin."
"And then… choose your world."
To be continued...