Mirror of Prophecy (3)
“It’s black and white.”
Upon entering the maze through the portal, the first thing that caught my eye was a woman sitting on the floor crying.
But no one comforted the crying woman, no one spoke to her.
“Hey, what should I do now?”
A woman approached me and asked.
“We have to attack.”
At my carefree reaction, as if it was nothing, the woman stopped crying and looked up at me.
“Is it possible?”
I nodded.
“Have any of you tried clearing the dungeons of Khan and Iphitheus?”
Naturally, my gaze turned to the high school girl whose insight was not working.
The high school girl shrugged her shoulders and shook her head.
‘Did I really only believe in fortune telling?’
Probably not. No matter how crazy a person is, there’s no way they’d come to this dangerous place just by believing in fortune telling.
It must be a combat job with the ability to transform the body, given that its arms change into an iron-like substance, albeit briefly.
A few jobs came to mind, and with those jobs, you’ll be able to reach your destination just by walking.
“None. Then, since I am Treasure Hunter, I will take the lead.”
The reason I’m trying to take the lead while cheating on my job is because the theme of the maze is a trap, so I don’t want to fall into a trap set by someone else.
“wake up.”
Reaching out for the woman who was sitting on the floor, he once again used his insightful eye toward her.
*Park Suhyun Lv 8
[Job]: Priest of the End (Rare)
– Priest of Khan
[Unique Skill]:
-Khan’s Blessing (Rare)
-Khan’s Curse (Rare)
[Skill]: Blink, detect weakness.
[Abilities]:
-Strength 8.3+8.3, Agility 9.4+9.4
-Health 8.5+8.5, Faith 9.9+9.9
In my heart, I want to cut the woman right away and attack the dungeon, but I can’t because of Khan’s curse.
*Khan’s Curse
[Function]: Activates a debuff upon death.
– Doubled Soul Eater speed.
-Khan’s Treasure will be deleted.
-Dungeon difficulty increases.
In addition, with Khan’s blessing, his abilities have risen to 100%, so it’s not difficult to deal with.
‘Let’s match the rhythm for now.’
I gave strength to my arm and raised Park Soo-hyun.
“thank you. If you’ll excuse me, could you tell me the game ID?”
It was a question with a very obvious intention, but other people’s eyes turned to me, as if they were also curious.
“This is Kim Mu-shin.”
“yes? It’s unusual. Is your game ID your real name?”
I nodded.
“That’s an ID I’ve never heard of.”
The corner of the woman’s mouth raised strangely as she spoke. Probably because he thought he wouldn’t be a threat to himself.
“Then, if you follow Musin, you can get out of here, right? Yes?”
As if he saw a ray of light in the dark, Park Soo-hyun looked up at me.
“Yes, if you do as I say, you will be able to get out without a single person getting hurt.”
He said with strength that no one was hurt.
“Then, let me briefly explain the basic precautions of the maze dungeon.”
The content was really simple.
Keep 2m apart.
Walk along the path that the person in front of you walked.
Unconditionally follow my instructions.
“Then please stand in line.”
As soon as I finished speaking, a high school girl moved behind me, and people stood 2m apart behind me.
“Then we will depart.”
Keeping the tension, slowly move towards the arch door in front of you.
[Soul Eater begins its activity.]
A message that appears as soon as you pass through the door.
“If it’s a Soul Eater, isn’t that the monster from before?”
Park Soo-hyun ran up from behind and grabbed my arm.
“Ajumma, don’t act to come to the front and go back.”
When the high school girl glared at me, she looked at me with an expression asking for help.
“Yes, that’s right. You don’t have to worry, so please go back to your seat.”
“Ah yes.”
The steps that stopped for a while due to Park Soo-hyun moved again.
Maybe 10 minutes passed like that.
I stopped at two crossroads.
On the left was a box that seemed to be burning red, and on the right was nothing.
“I’m not going?”
Once again, Park Soo-hyun came next to me and looked at the cave on the left.
“what···.”
“Isn’t that a treasure chest?”
At Park Soo-hyun’s words, people all stopped.
“Oh really. Is it red?”
“oh my god! It’s a hero class!”
People groaned.
From noble mtl dot com.
“It’s a trap, so come here.”
I said it with force once again, but people are still unsteady.
looked into each other’s eyes.
“There’s no way hero grade items will come out in Area 1. Khan’s sorcerer, please come this way.”
I warned again, but to no avail.
“Are you really a Treasure Hunter? How do you know that without even checking?”
“is it so. Aren’t you going to come back later and collect the treasure?”
A man ran to the treasure chest and opened it.
Then a piece of red parchment floated into the air.
“Look, what did I say?”
The man looked at me with a triumphant expression. Then he reached for the next box, but the box wouldn’t open.
“Do you only have one?”
At that, a woman who had been watching quickly ran and reached for the box.
Whoops!
At the same time, the cave sounded and the traps started to work.
thud!
A man and a woman who heard the sound of engines running ran to where we were and collided with an invisible wall and collapsed.
“Hey, what is this? Why are you blocked?”
The embarrassed man and woman poured all their energy into the barrier, but the barrier did not even dream.
“Hey, there’s something behind you.”
The engine kicked in, and a pink slime, chained to a chain, tumbled out of the newly created passageway.
“Whew, what else am I saying? It’s a slime.”
The man let out a sigh of relief and pounded on the barrier, while the woman kicked the slime.
The slime hit the wall and fell to the floor on impact.
[Soul Eater begins its activity.]
When the message appeared, the slime regrouped and moved in front of the woman.
“Why are you so annoying about slime?”
Once again the woman kicked.
“uh…?”
As the woman’s foot passed through the slime’s body, the woman lost her balance and landed on her butt.
“Ugh it’s frustrating. really.”
The woman got up again and looked at the slime.
“What, what!”
The slime grew in size in an instant, turning her pink skin black.
“What, what!”
With a ‘beep’ sound, the soul eater’s body split open, revealing sharp teeth in a zigzag pattern.
Bang!
The man with the treasure hit the barrier.
“You are a Treasure Hunter! Please do something!”
There is no way to save the man once the organs are working.
I tried to avoid the man’s eyes looking at me with pity, and the man’s pitiful voice resonated in the cave.
So did people.
someone closed their eyes
Someone turned their heads.
clap clap!
The sound suddenly stopped.
thud!
Soul Eater moved towards the next prey.
The distance between the man and us was only 1m, and life and death were divided over that short distance.
“help me! please···.”
A desperate man’s scream.
But it didn’t touch me.
It’s dangerous to stay like this.
“Let’s go.”
People stared at me at my chilly voice. They did not move a single step at the unfamiliar horror unfolding before their eyes.
Of course there were exceptions. A villain with a strangely raised mouth and a high school girl with a calm expression.
If they had multiple lives like in a game, they would recover their mentality and take them away, but this is reality.
clap clap clap!
The sound of applause echoed through the cave. this is all i can do for them
“If you don’t want to die, run!”
As soon as the words were finished, I ran through the arched door far away from the cave on the right.
bang! bang!
As the monster continued to collide with the barrier, dust fell from the ceiling due to the impact.
[The barrier has been lifted.]
The remaining distance is about 10m.
Run as fast as you can to get to your destination.
I took a breath and turned around.
High school girls, villains, and awakened people were running in that order.
“Cheer up, come on!”
A high school girl passes through an arched door. After that, people came in one after another.
“Run without looking back!”
“cheer up!”
One last one now.
The fat man who was running hit something and fell backwards just before he left the arched door.
“What, what! help me!”
The terrified man banged on the invisible transparent screen and screamed.
It was a barrier created when the distance between the monster and the door was reduced to within 5m.
thump thump!
jump.
After narrowing the distance, the monster’s body split left and right again, revealing its sharp teeth.
“Come on, let’s run away. what are you doing?”
someone shouted Someone ran to the front. It happened so quickly that there was no time to stop it.
visor!
Dozens of iron bars protruded from the left and right of the aisle.
“100 million.”
The man moved to the wall with the grate and fell to the floor.
“Unbelievable…”
“I’ll just stay in Ansan.”
Despair lit up in people’s eyes when two more people died less than five minutes later.
‘I never thought the gap between the game and reality would be this big.’
I calmed down once again and looked at the barrier through my insightful eyes.
[59 minutes and 31 seconds left.]
“There is more than an hour left in the barrier, so don’t be afraid, everyone, stay where you are.”
Go to the trap area.
I took a step cautiously.
Knock knock.
I heard the sound of dripping water and came into sight of stalactites rising from the cave floor.
“Those who are quick to notice will know, but the iron bars appear from 50cm above the floor. And look at the floor.”
He pointed with his finger at a stalactite rising above the floor.
“If you touch that, a skewer will come out from below, so just follow me. Then from now on, keep a distance of 1m from me and follow me.”
“Can’t we just stick together?”
The woman whose mascara smeared and her face was a mess looked at me from how much she cried.
If you only think about monsters, it would be better to move quickly, but if you think about the scope of the trap, it is too dangerous.
I checked the trap once again.
The length of the trap is 10m. The number of people is 11. The duration of the barrier was long enough to pass all of them even if they had to lie down.
“There is plenty of time, and for this trap, just follow the person in front of you. So don’t be afraid.”
He reassured her once again.
“Then we will depart.”
If someone triggered a trap, I prepared to use Blink at any time and lay down on the floor.
The cold water that had pooled on the floor seeped into his clothes and touched his skin, causing the chicken meat to rise.
Lie down and check the stalactite once again.
One around the left and right walls.
‘I just need to go to the center.’
Starting with his right arm, he moved toward the front in a prone position.
It was a bit cold from the water seeping into my clothes, but it wasn’t a problem.
Move slowly to reach your destination.
It took about 2 minutes.
“If you just fall down and come to the middle road, there is no danger at all.”
People who saw me passing the trap with ease began to move.
Starting with the high school girls, it took less than 30 minutes for everyone to cross.
“Please pause.”
After passing through the arched door, the next trap section, two black puddles appeared, like ink, and a space to rest for a while.
Finally, we arrived at the main trap, ‘Puddle of the Dead’.