Kidnapped Dragons

Chapter 163: Great Hostility (1)

Chapter 163: Great Hostility (1) In the upturned world, Bom was standing in a foreign place with Yu Jitae by the time she realised it. It was extremely dark, and mysteriously quiet.

She had never been to such a place before.

“Where is this…?”

This was the [Workshop of Vintage Clock]. The world where ‘Vintage Clock’, a transcendent authority with a persona, lived.

“It’s like the head part of a complex machine,” he replied.

“A complex machine?”

“Do you feel okay staying in this place?”

“No. For some reason, it feels unpleasant…”

Bom felt like she was in the middle of a bad dream. It was an instinctive feeling.

It felt like everything would disappear the moment she let go of his hand, so her grip became tighter.

“We won’t be staying here for long. So bear with it.”

“Okay.”

“A few warnings before we go in. Do not behave rashly, and don’t ever let go of my hand. Do not even think about letting it go. Okay?”

“Why…? What happens if I let go?” she asked.

“Don’t ask that either.”

“…”

“Even if you become curious about something, don’t try to know more about it and don’t ask questions. You have to vow to me on this one.”

Ever since Bom met him the first time, she had never seen him draw the line in such a firm manner. He appeared so serious that it was slightly scary.

“…I will.”

“Good. Let’s go.”

Only then did his serious gaze vanish. His body soon floated up towards outer space as her body followed him above.

The place resembled the wide universe but there was a clear direction to head in, and there appeared to be invisible obstacles blocking the road. It felt similar to walking through a building blind.

After rising above in outer space, something started appearing from the distance.

“Let me tell you this again. Do not ever let go of my hand from here.”

“Yes…”

Small circles started appearing one by one. They looked like clocks and upon closer inspection, she could spot the three hands of the clock that told the hour, the minute and the second.

Those objects flowed towards them as if they were riding an ocean wave and went past them.

“…”

She stared at the clocks. The clocks all appeared different but it seemed that none of their hands were in motion.

What in the world could these things be? Bom swallowed the curiosity and kept it to herself.

That was when the small clocks started being pushed away, like how small schools of fish escaped its predator.

Soon, an enormous vintage clock incomparably bigger than the previous small clocks appeared from the darkness like a whale. Its hands too weren’t in motion. The unmoving hands of the vintage clock were elegantly crafted like a sculpture.

In that moment, she felt something great oppress her and stiffened her body.

Bom wanted to escape from that place but Yu Jitae’s grip tightened around her hand and she soon came to herself.

The large vintage clock went past them.

She stared at Yu Jitae’s back but he didn’t say a word.

“…”

Before long, small stars appeared in between the clocks.

Those increased in number one by one and eventually there were more stars than clocks. The countlessly abundant stars filled the universe.

As she stared at those stars, she realised that each star gave off a different feeling despite them being mere bright dots in the black sky.

She suddenly felt strange. One of the stars gave off a familiar feeling so Bom immediately turned towards that star, questioning why Yeorum was next to her but she could only find a red star there.

Bom felt an extremely strong sense of doubt.

‘What was that?’

The red star was giving off the aura of Yu Yeorum.

She stared at that star before turning towards other stars in

But in fact, that wasn’t Providence.

Providence was the principle and regulations that gave the world a direction. [Providential World] was the world where such regulations and principles were applied uniformly throughout whereas time was but one of those principles.

And right now, the Vintage Clock was staring off in the distance of that [Providential World].

<[Vintage Clock (EX)]: ???>

Soon, a confused message was given by the Vintage Clock.

Before long, the Vintage Clock started pouring out messages filled with disgust and hatred.

After going through the list, Yu Jitae understood Bom’s situation.

She didn’t lose Providence.

According to her, it was as if ‘something had blocked the Eye’ and that was the right way to express it. If something went against Providence, it would usually appear like a small black hole, but right now, the hole was so big that it had completely blocked the Eye of Providence.

It was huge.

Something overwhelmingly large was coming.

The Regressor twitched his eyes. He was wondering why things were so silent but it seemed that it had been garnering power till now.

Several images appeared in his head.

Black and irregular shapes were falling from the sky. It was hard to even fathom their numbers. But upon closer inspection of those figures, it was clear that they were wrapped into spheres as if they were protecting something.

What were they?

Soon, the things that were hidden within those shapes started being drawn in his head.

Black spheres.

There were cracks here and there, with a black bump protruding out from one of those cracks. It appeared to have the texture of a large rock at a glance, but also looked like metal or a shell.

***

The two of them left the Vintage Clock’s workshop. Yu Jitae and Bom opened their eyes and were back in the tent.