Seeking Glory Among Men
The Son of Man and the Great Tree

...Edited on 20-02-2022...

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As my consciousness began to gather, a sunburn felt through my eyelids. Therefore, I who do not need to sleep, wake up and realize that my body is currently bound by something.

From what I saw, it was a vines. Was I unconscious until the vines tied me up?

Thinking there, I tried to untie it, but even to move my hand it was already very troublesome since the bond was quite strong. Besides, I felt cold when the wind blew on me.

"I forgot to ask for clothes. " Murm, then give up to untie me.

As I relaxed my neck while looking at the sky, there was a whisper from the right side, but I ignored it as I saw a large tree branch that stretched straight ahead deep in the sky.

The tree branch has other small branches overgrown with lush foliage.

Then, as I tried to browse through the source of the branch, I heard the voice of someone shocked.

"Zarbanan, the boy is alive?! "

I turned to the source of the voice.

There, 4 people —1 pointed at me with a half-kneeling body, and the other three just turned to me— with eyes as if they could not believe what they saw.

They are on a raft and have a similar appearance to those of people living on continents near the north pole, if we ignore their ears that do not look ordinary to humans.

If it must be explained, their long blonde hair is draped with emerald green eyes, their skin tight yellow but close to white, long-eared, wide and pointed at the ends.

For clothes, they wore thin clothes. The color is like a mixture of green leaves of old and young, his arms are cut off and the front is split. While the bottom, it is short is above the knee.

Their clothes look like they are made specifically to avoid hot weather.

Also, on their necks hang necklaces with 3 white to gray-shaped ornaments resembling fangs. There are also bracelets on the wrists and feet, but the ornaments are installed in the form of 3 young leaves.

Plus, they don't wear footwear, yet strangely their feet are clean. Doesn't look like a man who would walk around barefoot.

Then right behind them there is a boat, the number of two and the shape resembles a boat in the island countries near the equator, where they use it as a vehicle to catch fish in the sea.

Each boat was boarded by 2 people who looked the same as them, but those on the boat just looked at me with narrow eyes.

It seemed like they could not understand what had just happened, so they tried hard to see what these people saw.

Well, I don't understand myself why this could happen. Putting that aside, the language they used sounded foreign, even though I could understand it thanks to my King-given ability that I now have.

Does the world develop its own language?

If I tried to refer their expressions with the previous words, then there was a possibility that they thought I was dead.

Although I can't basically die. But is it possible before my consciousness recovers, this body is in a state that can make them think I am dead?

Thankfully, thanks to this ability, I had no problem communicating with them.

So I can explain my situation to them, but before that–.

"Uhm... The humans. Before we talk, can you help me first? "

Hearing my request, their eyes widened as if they had just seen something shocking, so I turned to the other side to check, but there was nothing surprising.

Did they see wrong? Also, where is this?

I could only see the water that stretched wide.

I turned my head back to those who were now showing confused, curious and anxious gazes. And those who showed had lowered his hands.

It seems wrong to see.

So I asked for help once again.

"Anu... Can help break this bond first. I am also cold, if you can be kind, please give me some clothes or cloth to cover my body. "

As their faces stiffened, sweat was seen flowing down from their temples and eyebrows.

Then one of them mumbled.

I couldn't hear it, but the words of the person who pointed at me earlier still sounded clear.

"Zarbanam, how now? "

Then, the person who mumbled softly stood up and advanced while saying, “I will take care of it.”

There was a distance between me and her, it was about 3 or 4 steps.

After that, he started the conversation.

"Son of man, what is your name? "

"Name? "

"Well, your name? " He asked back still with a tense face, but now the look in his eyes only left anxiety and curiosity.

Hm... Speaking of names, no one has ever called me by a name that refers to me, even if a nickname does exist. Besides, I don't even know my own name.

Besides, my situation is starting to make me uncomfortable. Let's finish this conversation soon.

"Can we put that aside first, I really feel uncomfortable being in this state. "

By sharpening his gaze, he replied “apa as difficult as it was to give an answer. ”

So I replied, “no, not difficult. More precisely, I myself do not have a name, and explaining it would take a long time. So please, at least untie this bond first. "

He grunted annoyedly.

"If you don't want to be in such a state any longer, you'd better quickly explain the reason first. "

Really, is that as important as my name?

If not wrong, some humans can curse other humans with just names and photos using the help of Jin, Satan, or Satan.

Do they intend to do that?

If you look carefully, these are not ordinary. Appearance and clothing, even vehicles.

Where are they actually going? And why did they bring me the body they thought was dead?

The place I was lying in was also strange, it was tender but also rough.

It feels like animal fur.

But strangely there is no smell of animals, but rather a pungent aroma that feels a bit bitter.

It didn't bother me much, so I ignored it. After all, this is not my goal to start questioning their intentions.

If their goal was to save my body, they should have prepared a cloth to cover my body.

It seems, the pungent aroma that I smell aims to get rid of the smell.

But more importantly than that, I really started to dislike the feelings buried in my heart.

"I who have no name is not by my own will, but my own King does not give me a name. Even the creatures that my King created call me Black Beings. "

Hearing my explanation, the person started to think. Shortly after, he asked a new question.

"What is the bound human body now, not your body? "

"I don't know, if I can see my own face I think I can answer it. "

The man returned pensively before finally giving an answer that could make me happy.

"As you say, this is going to take time. "

With a happy face, I immediately asked them to release me again. But, the reply I got was head bobbing.

"What! Wh why? "

"We're on our way to start a ritual sacrifice. If we take you off now, the carcass you're lying in will fall. Because after all, we tied it with a dead knot. "

I can only hear his explanation.

Sacrificial rituals?

"Are you guys trying to make my body crash? "

"If we don't realize you're alive, that's likely to happen. "

OI Oi oi, is that right?! I just got this human body before long, time has to leave it this fast?!

No, relax. I need to calm down.

Let's understand my current situation.

Right, something fundamental is to understand my surroundings first.

But where did it start?

"Hm... Black Creature? "

Hearing me being called, I returned my attention to him.

"What are you gonna do now? Wait out? Or the... Blurred? "

Hearing that saying, The people around him looked at him with dumbfounded expressions, unfortunately I didn't have time to think about that.

If I want to escape this uncomfortable feeling, running away is the right choice. Besides, I can untie myself afterwards and return to my body to prevent the cells from dying.

However, if I do that, then their rituals will be disrupted. Based on the name of their Ritual alone, I already knew that the carcass of this beast was very important to them.

However, if I had to choose to wait, I would have to endure that uncomfortable feeling for longer.

Aware of something, the tension I felt instantly dissipated.

"How long should I wait? "

The people who were on the raft pulled over, making me see a rock that was still quite far away.

But my attention was immediately drawn to a rising ground the more it went to the right side.

So by following that, I looked up and found something extraordinary.

"That rock altar, can you–? Ah, that's the big tree of our house. You can even see from the countries bordering the forest. . "

I didn't listen, even though it sounded obvious.

If I recall, I could see a giant tree branch jutting forward.

I was trying to trace where the source of the branch came from, before finally my focus was stolen because of them.

"That's great. "

"Amazing right? "

It was too big, too big.

Of course I've seen a lot bigger than this in Heaven, but for a tree to grow in the world, this is too big.

How tall, ah... It even pierced through the clouds. I can't see the end.

The branches are also scattered everywhere.

"Black creatures. "

"Hm! Well, what's up? "

My attention was back on him, but my heart still demanded that I look at the big tree.

"Are you going to wait? "

"imm? Well, I guess. "

"All right." Reply to the man, then get everyone back to work.

I decided to ignore them, and looked back at the big tree.

I'm curious, “If I cut down, I think it's enough to make the same Bahtra that Noah” made.

No, looking at the size and height of the tree, it should be enough to make a bigger one.

How big is that, is it enough to take millions of lives?

I wish it could be hundreds of millions.

Strange, I feel our movement is still slow. Were they on purpose so that I could enjoy the view of the big tree? Even so, I'd rather they hurry up to the altar to let me down... The bus?

Those on the raft looked at me dumbfounded, while those on the ship showed an expression of "what else is this? "

"Is something wrong? " I asked, because it seemed like the source of their expressions was caused by me.

And the person who had previously chatted with me represented them, closed their eyes. Then, he took a deep breath and exhaled it.

Then, a sharp look was immediately visible.

"You... Are you actually a Demon race? "

Huh uh?