Episode 101
Xiao Chen, a member of the Shaman Society’s Night School and a barrier master, was gone when he woke up one day.
‘What’s this?’
As she was confident that she had a better understanding of shielding techniques than anyone else, it was just an instant to grasp the peculiarity of the eternal maze.
And, to be honest, that level was something she had never seen before.
‘… Who the hell is this place?’
Xiao Chen was very interested in this maze of eternity.
As I was walking down the road in trance and dealing with some demons, I met another human within the barrier. It was just the scoundrel.
‘Is this a labyrinth that attracts people from various places.’
As time passed, she, who had been living as the leader of Woo Ki-beom’s party, decided to meet the leader of another faction who was here.
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Meanwhile, the subordinates, who were going to catch the bait, were late and went to check the situation, and they found someone with a rather unusual momentum.It was Han Kang-yoon.
‘… It was the first time I felt the reverberation of such a spirit.’
It is different from the non-form and hextail that do not exist in the world anymore.
Among the members of the night school, there were not many people with such remarkable spiritual power, so it was quite interesting.
‘Honestly, I was a little handsome,’
And Han Kang-yoon, facing Xiao Chen, delivered the request without stepping back.
I’ll find a way to escape from this place, so don’t interfere with your power.
That’s how things got to where they are now.
“Hey, sister, why did you do that? Didn’t you just have to snatch him and get information or follow him and monitor him? What if they leave us and escape?”
At Ki-bum’s concern, Xiao Chen burst out laughing.
“You still don’t know me? You don’t have to.”
Anyway, he’s been around the whole area and spread his own barriers at every important point. In a word, the inside of this maze now is completely Xiao Chen’s realm.
“Wherever he goes, it’s on my palm anyway.”
So, there is no reason to be in a hurry. You just have to wait for the fruit to ripen.
“… You are also my sister. I was short of thoughts.”
Come to think of it, I felt it before, but again, it’s not very helpful.
‘Everything is noisy, and I don’t really like it.’
Xiao Chen, who looked blankly at Woo Ki-bum, raised his spiritual power slightly as it was, raised his finger and drew a straight line through the air.
“sister?”
Then, a thin solid line appeared on Woo Ki-bum’s body.
“Ugh, huh?!”
Woo Ki-bum felt something strange and opened his eyes, but there was nothing he could do.
It must be so, because the moment Xiao Chen cut off his finger, Woo Ki-bum was already dead.
Sue memory.
Fuhwaah-!
thud.
Looking at the body of Woo Ki-beom, who was split in half and collapsed, Xiao Chen blankly remembered the figure of Han Kang-yoon.
“It’s interesting too.”
This maze is special. For Xiao Chen, who is the barrier, just looking at its structure is helpful. To put it simply, it feels like a treasure trove.
And Han Kang-yoon seemed to know a lot about this space.
If so, it would be best to release it so that it can move freely for now.
‘Recently, I’ve been full of boring things… … .’
Indeed, after a long time, I found a playground I liked.
Xiao Chen smiled with anticipation and fell asleep.
Without even paying attention to the fishy scent of blood that filled the cave.
***
The first thing we did when we decided to attack the maze was to notify the personnel of the civilian group we were protecting and evacuate to a safe place.
“I can’t just trust the words of my enemies. Especially if it’s Woo Ki-bum, he might use them as sacrifices when he’s in a car.”
Civilians also had a great desire for escape, so even though it was a hideout in a poor environment, they willingly moved and hid themselves.
Their representative, the old man whom we met when we first came here, sent a sincere prayer to Yoo Tae-jin and the others.
“Even if I die, I will never forget the grace of the past. Even if things go wrong, we don’t care, and we wish you the best of luck.”
In the remaining week, we embarked on a time attack to attack the eternal maze in earnest.
“Information about the demons covered in the earth is best known to those of you who have dealt with them for a long time.”
“okay. We haven’t caught one or two of them in the past.”
However, even Choi Tae-gil said that he did not have the confidence to deal one-on-one with the demons in the depths of the Black Forest.
“They are especially stronger than the ones around here. A leader would be able to do it alone, but Nana and Hansoo can only face one when they work together. And it’s not one of those things.”
From a game point of view, the appropriate level of attack is at least a first-class exorcist. It was not so strange that they had not yet reached that point and struggled.
“… It’s not just that.”
Dain Choi, who opened his mouth, began to mention the monster outside the standard that he had spoken to us as if passing by.
“There is something completely different about it. Maybe the leader also said he saw it from afar?”
“yes. I saw it clearly. A monster that looks like something out of a myth.”
And its identity was recorded in the witch’s diary I found.
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My name is Manticore.It was a yokai in Western mythology that had the body of a lion, the skin of a dragon, and the characteristics of many other creatures in one body.
“… Can we really catch him?”
As Jang Hansoo said, Manticore is definitely a difficult opponent. With a whopping level of 60, it can be said that he is an A-grade or higher monster in name and reality.
Unfortunately, however, such concerns of Yoo Tae-jin and the party were still absurd.
“There is one more besides the Manticore.”
“What?”
“Somewhere in the cave area, Chilgaksa Temple is in a deep sleep. He is on the same level.”
“… The ruler of the colorless mountain in the diary was referring to him.”
First of all, you have to catch these two yogis. Only then would they be able to enter the ‘Coffin of Trials’ to gain the witch’s approval.
At the fact that they had to fight against a powerful monster, and that even that was just the beginning, Yu Tae-jin and his party hardened their faces.
At that point, I decided to refresh the atmosphere.
“Manticore has a way to catch this member somehow.”
“… Now I know you’re not talking nonsense, but it’s hard to believe.”
“And the Seven Gaksa, maybe we don’t have to deal with it, I don’t know.”
“What else do you mean?”
As the developer of this Black Forest, I know. The fact that Chilguksa wakes up every time a certain cycle returns and walks around in search of food.
That’s right, it’s because I put in the data myself.
And now it is none other than Woo Ki-beom and his party who are settling in the vicinity of the cave area, and the Seven Gak Temple will inevitably collide with Xiao Chen.
‘If it’s Xiao Chen, he’ll be able to deal with the Seven Geckos on his own.’
Then, in effect, we only need to catch the other one, the Manticore.
“… If that is the case, it is certainly not impossible.”
A clear light began to drift across Yoo Tae-jin’s eyes. It was decided to try to win.
Seeing Yoo Tae-jin like that, the party also firmly made up their minds. They have a strong bond with the leader, Tae-jin Yoo, so that would be a natural conclusion.
“Once a decision is made, I will explain the operation.”
The showdown is two days later.
Only then will we finally begin to unravel the secrets hidden in this eternal maze.
***
A day has passed since the day everyone was prepared to attack.
And if time passes in the middle of the night, if today passes, we head to the depths of the forest to really catch the Manticore.
Han Seo-ah, who had been contemplating the events of the past few days, got out of the hiding place and breathed the night air in a sleep that could never be achieved.
I can see Han Kang-yoon sitting on a pile of stones in front of her, thinking about whether she was thinking the same thing.
‘Brother, what are you hiding?’
After leaving the orphanage and heading to the academy, something changed for Han Kang-yoon.
It was fully felt even at the time of the Yeongwol-do incident.
‘… … .’
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Maybe Han Kang-yoon was guessing, but Han Seo-ah knew that Han Kang-yoon was hiding something, but she didn’t ask on purpose.However, nevertheless, the appearances of Han Kang-yoon seen here also brought more questions to Han Seo-ah.
When he had finished thinking up to that point, Han Kang-yoon, who noticed Seo-ah Han just then, spoke to her with a calm face.
“… sit down?”
“I hardly ever sleep. Is your brother like that too?”
“I’m going to go in and organize my thoughts for a bit.”
Han Kang-yoon is very good. Even though we fell into an unknown space together like now, we are collecting information in an instant and leading the situation.
However, somehow Han Seo-ah felt that that was not all.
“… Brother, I have a question for you.”
“What?”
“Have you ever been here before?”
It was a question that arose out of nowhere.
Even though he had been here most of the time, Han Kang-yoon knew a lot more than Han Seo-ah.
For example, the witch’s diary, as well as Seo-ah Han, can’t even guess when Han Kang-yoon got her hands on it.
To Han Seo-ah’s words, Han Kang-yoon responded with a smile as if he was speaking nonsense.
“No way.”
“It is, too. I’m sorry for sounding weird.”
However, Han Seo-ah’s frustration was not easily resolved.
To be honest, this was the first time I’d said it directly, but if I think about it, it’s been like that before. Because Han Kang-yoon always acted as if he knew the answer and took the lead in solving the case.
Han Seo-ah, who was still concerned, spoke to Han Kang-yoon once more, even though she knew it was a strange behavior.
“… Is there anything you are hiding from me?”
It was a word that had been tacitly pressed into his heart until now.
To be honest, I still regret it a little now that I brought it out of my mouth. I wondered if it was something I shouldn’t have been looking for, or maybe I was doing something wrong.
When he got there, Han Seo-ah felt that she had made up her mind seriously, and in an instant, Han Kang-yoon’s expression changed slightly.
And then he quietly opened his mouth.
“… Why do you think so?”
“just. in many ways.”
What has been said before is unavoidable. So, Seo-ah Han began to spit out the truth she had been hiding, one by one.
“Actually, I didn’t really want to ask. I also thought that someday, when the time comes, I will be able to tell you vaguely.”
“… … .”
“But since it’s a family, I don’t like to pretend that I don’t know even though I know.”
In response, Han Kang-yoon stared at Han Seo-ah with something different from before.
The words that came out of her mouth were something that Han Seo-ah had not expected at all.
“I have the talent to see the future.”