The Shaman Wants Transcendence

20 – Contractor Se-Rin Lee

Karma is a trace and trajectory.

Just as rings grow on trees and rocks are sheared by the passage of time.

Dust-sized things gather and grow over time to form.

Keep in mind

Even though karma is not the only way to seek the way.

Those who have accumulated karma correctly have attained the Dao.

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Numerous mysteries that were secretly inherited in the past have now been revealed to many people in the name of supernatural powers. For that reason, what was called mysticism became a study combined with science, and what was called secret skill was downgraded to a skill for self-defense and combat, and spread to people.

And along with it, the energy called Joong-gu heating in each country and region was systematically organized, utilized, and established, and people no longer regard supernatural powers as unknown. For modern people, supernatural ability is a power that used to be called a mystery in the past, and now it is a power that is closely related to life.

Magic combined with science became magic science.

Martial arts are even taught in schools as self-defense skills.

Summoning has become a skill that can summon a bodyguard and pet.

If you turn on the TV right now, there is an advertisement for a magic science bed that is said to be good for a good night’s sleep, and you can see that a certain samurai family is selling it on home shopping as a secret herbal medicine used to teach children.

When you turn on an entertainment program, you can see a story about a person living with a cute summoned beast, and a witch who shows off her appearance to the fullest with polished beauty techniques.

However, even in this world, there are definitely elements that are considered ‘unknown’ to people.

Soul.

Fate.

Up.

What they have in common is that they cannot be clearly identified.

Stories of people suffering from evil spirits or demons are passed down as ghost stories, and talented people who claim to exert their power by training their souls often pop up. However, even though it is true that this soul definitely exists, the fact that it cannot be observed has led people to regard the soul as an unknown element.

It cannot be recognized by the five senses.

I want to measure the energy, but I can’t measure it.

It seems to have weight, but when you try to measure it, the weight is uneven.

It seems to be able to interfere with the laws of physics, but the boundaries are not clear.

It was the soul that clearly existed but could not be proven. But even so, people are convinced of the existence of the soul because ordinary people can see evil spirits and demons, and practitioners who have opened their spiritual eyes or have reached the level of Ajna Chakra can see the soul on a daily basis. Because there is

It’s even more puzzling when it comes to fate.

Judging from the fact that shamans and transcendental servants mention and speak about this, and that people often come out to tell them to prepare for disaster in the name of a prophet, the element of fate is definitely present. But even so, this is not absolute, and you can change it as much as you want, so it’s really puzzling.

How ambiguous and puzzling that is is, in a place where scholars gather, ‘Is the nature of fate immutable or variable?’ It is said that if you ask these two questions, there will definitely be a fight.

It is said that the prophecies emanating from the Temple of Apollo, which existed in the past, were so absolute that they became notorious under the name of the Oracle of Delphi. As GodThe foresight given by Apollo, which is classified, is almost like a curse, so if you try to avoid it, you will rather avoid it, so you will face that fate, and if you do not avoid it, you will have no choice but to face the predetermined future.

For that reason, scholars who insist on the immutability of fate raise their voices by citing this as an example.

However, there are countless cases in which fate has changed to claim that fate is immutable. Even just recently, the future in which the United States is in a mess due to a tornado was prevented by gathering talented people to extinguish the tornado, and before that, the future that some monster would emerge from the Bermuda Triangle was blocked by erasing the area with nuclear bombs and magic bombing.

No, even without the example above, immutability could be refuted with just one word.

Doomsday prophecy.

If we saw that not a single prophecy of the apocalypse popped up out of nowhere came true, we could confidently claim that fate was variable.

However, if you ask whether fate exists, it is said that the same answer will always come back.

That it exists

It has been proven by transcendental species, by history, and by shamans.

However, since we cannot recognize it and it is difficult to tell its nature, if we do not call it unknown, what should we call it?

But karma is different from the above two.

Soul and fate were regarded by people as unknown elements and did not question their existence, but this element of karma was an element that people doubted its existence itself.

This karma is so abstract and ambiguous that even those with advanced abilities cannot properly answer the question of whether this karma exists. Even an uninhabited island that is said to contain nature in a human body, and a great wizard who can cause natural disasters alone, cannot answer properly if you ask them to tell you about this karma.

Business is divided into two main categories.

Karma means fate and fate.

Darma means possibility.

Since these two factors overlap with fate, some scholars argue that this is the case.

『Kam is just another expression for destiny in some cultures. 』

However, the reason why karma still exists is that transcendental species can observe this karma in different ways.

Some transcendent species in the form of light.

Some transcendental species in the form of letters.

Some transcendent species in the form of color.

Although each transcendence species has a different way and sees different things, they were able to see clearly.

And the same was true of the demon who made a contract with Se-rin.

[I’m sure now. That guy is weird ]

The devil looked at the karma of a person called Park Jin-seong and evaluated it that way.

Lee Se-rin looked at the devil who said such a thing out of the blue.

Jin-seong seemed to have some time to spare after a while, so he said to have breakfast and was on his way, but as soon as he saw Jin-seong, the devil glared at him for a long time and then said something like that.

“Suddenly…?”

Besides, the devil’s expression wasn’t good either. Looking at Jinseong, the devil’s face, which was usually cute, showed a little disgust. Even though it was a camel’s face, the change in emotion that was clearly recognizable was enough to make Lee Se-rin feel strange.

[ Contractor, my contract. You… I. No. How much do you know about transcendental beings? ]

Transcendence.

In the human world, gods, demons, assins, dragons, divine spirits, etc.

Mythology orBeings with strength that can only be seen in the snow.

Humans used to show respect for beings that often appear in myths and legends, calling them transcendental species, beings of a different class from themselves, with awe.

However, strictly speaking, the expression ‘transcendent species’ was also a slightly different expression from the essence. It is because non-human beings have a higher existence value than humans and can exert strong power in the beginning, but it is not enough to express them as ‘transcended’.

For example, if you look at the records, you can often see stories of monsters and monsters that were subjugated by humans. In Europe, it was a dragon to be subdued by a hero on a fictional day, and in the East, there were many stories of being sealed or killed by a shaman or warrior passing by.

Therefore, it may be more accurate to call them ‘transcendents’ rather than transcendence species. Transcendence was a state that could not be reached by being born with a species, and transcendence was something that could only be obtained by surpassing the limits of a species.

Transcendence must be achieved as an individual without any help.

But when you transcend like that, a problem arises.

It is boredom and loneliness.

As they transcend species, the transcendent gains an overwhelming lifespan. It is said that the higher the realm, the higher it increases, and in the end it becomes a body that does not die except for violence, so it was clear that their lives were very different from those of ordinary beings.

And when that happens, boredom and loneliness inevitably follow.

A being to which affection is poured out dies with time.

What interested you will always reach the end.

What was valuable like that wears out and disappears with time. It would be better if they went crazy, but their minds, which have far exceeded their limits, do not allow even going crazy. The powerful causal rules restrain their powers and prevent them from interfering in the material world, and they can only do things worthy of transcendence.

By transcending, they gained decent strength and a long lifespan, but in return, they were deprived of entertainment.

“Uh… You like people?”

[ Okay. We like humans ]

However, there was one hope for such transcendent people, and that was human beings.

Human.

Poor beings.

However, for the transcendentalists, they were a very good entertainment, and they were beings that could relieve loneliness and boredom just by watching them.

Let’s take a simple example.

Imagine being locked in a gym for the rest of your life with no books or TV, and you have to work out. The food that comes out is chicken breast and protein shake. You can’t even expect a stimulating taste, and there’s nothing to do except exercise. And in that state, 10 years, 50 years, 100 years. Imagine spending 1,000 years.

Besides, the only people I can talk to are the muscular, tough-looking people.

Aren’t you gloomy?

They spend their time fighting each other or betting, and there may be people who make eye contact. But that’s only once or twice, 100 years, 1,000 years… As time goes on, it gets boring too.

But at this time, let’s say that a smartphone is given to the number of people in the gym and you can see cute animals there.

Catling.

Baby hedgehog.

Hamster.

Puppy.

Cute bird.

…

You can see a lot of cute animals, and even animals that suit your taste.You can interact with or grow it.

So how do you think your reaction will be?

The transcendentalists felt this way.

There’s no entertainment, and there’s nothing stimulating. Transcendentalists who can get along with each other have different appearances and temperaments, so most of them are difficult to think of as colleagues, let alone kin.

Some transcendental figures are surrounded by light, some transcendental figures are completely animal figures, and some transcendental figures are monsters…

There are people who are right among them, and they get along well together as one, but how many cases are like that?

But in the meantime, let’s say a cute creature catches your eye.

Of course, wouldn’t that be healing?

[For us transcendental beings, humans are… Okay. By analogy, it’s like a kitten. ]

A city inhabited by humans?

It is a place where kittens gather in groups.

Do humans wield swords?

Imagine a cat walking on two legs dancing with a sword.

How cute is that

Wizard?

Imagine a kitten dressed as a wizard, casting spells, and making a solemn expression.

Of course you have to like it.