“I’m glad. Then I don’t need to feel any remorse about stopping your breathing. But now’s not the time. The truce shall remain until the investigation team is dissolved. Because our purpose is the same. Though you should be careful and watch your back.”

  “Back to you.”

  Ark gave a short answer and turned around. He wanted to say a few words but there was no time to waste. And Ark already guessed where the clue to escape this place would be.

  ‘Kuhwen promised to find a way to send us through this dimensional wall. If Kuhwen kept his promise then there will be only one place.’

  It was the throne room in the castle. While the remaining people stayed in front of the Silver Star, Ark headed to the room alone. There was a mural depicted in the hallway that Ark walked along.

  A young man was kneeling in front of a small boy in a village and standing next to him were hamster and monkey alien species. The mural showed a progression of events like a panorama. Dozens of soldiers crossing the desert with a young man and boy, then engaged in battle with giant ants and a war in front of a giant pyramid. And finally the boy shedding tears when the young man left.

  The youth who left was Ark. The boy shedding tears was Kuhwen. That’s right. The mural showed Ark’s experience on Muratio Star. Ark was real thousands of years ago but now it was just a myth to the Murat. And Ark opened the door on the opposite side of the painting showing him leaving Kuhwen.

  “T-this is…..?”

  Ark flinched and stopped moving. Beyond the door was a spacious hall. This was the Hall of Horus. But the hall wasn’t filled with Pharaohs. Yet there was a person wearing a crown who sat on the throne.

  His form….

  “P-Perhaps?”

  There was a lengthy sentence recorded behind the throne.

  –My friend Ark.

  I will have probably become a mummy by the time you get here.

  There are various worrisome parts so I’ll explain it first. After you left, I began working on migrating the Murat out of this solar system. We found a planet that could be terraformed and migrated millions of Murat there, fortunately without any problems.

  But it took too much time. When the work ended, I was already an old man at the end of my life.

  It is true that you start thinking back on your life once you become old. My age reminds me of you even more. Our time together was short but it was an adventure of a lifetime for me so I’ve always been thinking about it. Thus I decided to transfer the Horus status to a child and come here to wait for the end.

  To meet you at the end.

  “This mummy is indeed Kuhwen…..”

  Ark sighed and looked at the mummy. The mummy had a white beard that was the remaining traces of the old Kuhwen.

  But I didn’t remain here just to meet you.

  You have crossed time and space due to a black hole. In other words, you can’t escape Muratio Star even if you wake up thousands of years in the future.

  As promised, I’ve set aside a way to escape the black hole.

  I’ve set the coordinates to form a spatial gate. I decided to leave you something.

  The switch attached to the left armrest will operate the machine.

  Ark, you will soon be able to return to the place you desire.

  Kuhwen stayed here to keep his promise. Of course Ark knew this. The mural painted in the hallway was just a fraction of Kuhwen’s life. Kuhwen’s appearance was that of a child. But feelings surged inside him at the sight of Kuhwen as a mummy.

  “A peaceful death…..”

  Ark lightly touched the mummy as he spoke. The mummy turned into sand as he touched it. At the same time, the beautiful armour the mummy was wearing fell with a clang. Dust fell off the armour as it glistened with a beautiful blue light. Then he found a phrase that had been recorded behind the mummy.

  I will return your token of friendship.

  I wish for your best fortune.

  -Kuhwen.

  “Token of friendship? Then this is?”

  Ark picked up the piece of armour.

  -Kuhwen’s Chestpiece (Artefact)

  Item Type: Light Armour (Upper Garment) Wearer Restriction: Elim’s Heir

  Defense: 100 Durability: 100/100

  This armour is a gift that Horus Kuhwen received as a token of friendship thousands of years ago.

  It is a common armour seen anywhere but Kuhwen also wore it due to it being a token of friendship. At the time, the armour Kuhwen received as a gift was ordinary and the defense so paltry that it was like nothing was being worn. Thus Kuhwen improved the armour at the Pharaohs’ strong requests.

  They believed it was necessary for Kuhwen to have strong protection after Set’s uprising so the Elim produced several items. They made the Divine Artefacts using the same process as the Baius Shield. Five different pieces were created and Kuhwen used the armour piece. It wasn’t widely known about why Kuhwen wore this armour. Maybe Kuhwen knew that in the future an Elim would visit.

 

 
  Kuhwen directly engraved this rune along with the Shire into the armour, granting an incredible increase to the wearer’s health.

  Health will recover by 2,000 (Force consumption: 500

  Cool down time: 10 hours)>

  -You have acquired .

  Ark felt like he had been hit in the back of the head.

  ‘Oh my god! In the end I received back the item that I gave? Then Kuhwen asking me for the item was an event to upgrade it?’

  It was surprising. He never imagined an event like this would be triggered. The surprising thing wasn’t just the item.

  After Ark obtained the Baius Shield, he grasped the places where the other Divine Artefacts were hidden from the crystal golem. However he was forced to participate in the investigation team and then sent to another time and space. No, he already came back to the original time but never thought he would obtain a Divine Artefact from a different quest.

  Therefore Ark was a bit confused.

  ‘Aren’t the Divine Artefacts passed down through generations of Elim? This armour being left here means the Elim didn’t use it. And why is this armour included as a Divine Artefact? In addition, the armour upgraded was the one he gave Kuhwen. Then what would happen if he had given other items? Would the Divine Artefact change? Or would it still use some excuse to become armour?’

  There were several unanswered mysteries.

  But Ark didn’t worry about it for long. He couldn’t discover the answer now. If he finished the mission with the investigation team and found another Divine Artefact then he would discover the answer.

  ‘Above all…..’

  Ark picked up the armour and laughed. He hadn’t expected to obtain another Divine Artefact. His unease over Hawk receiving the same compensation as him had now disappeared. Because acquiring the Divine Artefact had more value!

  After equipping the armour, Ark operated the device.

  Ku ku ku ku! Ku ku ku ku! Ku ku ku ku!

  Then the king’s castle started to vibrate. The spatial gate producing device that Kuhwen described began to work. Ark left the Horus Hall and saw a pillar of light shooting out from the pyramid. And stars started appearing the moment the light touched the sky. A tunnel was formed through the dimensional wall to the universe.

  Ark returned to the square where the team members were waiting.

  “Hyung-nim, the dimensional wall has been pierced!”

  “I know. Everybody board the Silver Star.”

  Ark led his team members to the Silver Star and shouted.

  “Tori, start the Silver Star! Go through the dimensional tunnel and return to our universe!”

  “Understood! Silver Star engine operation! Start!”

  Hwaaaaack! Hwaaaaack! Hwaaaaack!

  Almost at the same time, Hawk’s Death Knight and Ferguson’s spaceship flew into the sky. And they entered into the tunnel across dimensions.

  -You have escaped from a black hole and gained the title !

  Even in an era where many pioneers are exploring the galaxy, many unanswered mysteries still exist. Among them is the black hole that sucks in everything. You still don’t know the secret of the black hole. However you have managed to escape alive from the black hole when no one else has. This achievement will inevitably make you a legend among pioneers. In addition, your experience can help find the secrets of the black hole.