Episode 218
Looking at Han Kang-yoon and his party, who started the battle without hesitation, Halo was silently admiring.
‘strong… … !’
I had been guessing from the moment they dealt with Mutaesa, but the fact that they actually confirmed their inaction was beyond my imagination.
Even when Halo was outside, there were very few people with this level of skill.
I haven’t seen it in person, but I wondered if this would be what it would look like if the party in the journals of the past appeared in modern times.
‘Is this level of skill?’
He certainly had to be confident. Even in Halo’s opinion, these people were clearly not talented people who would rot in this mysterious maze.
Halo reflexively shouted as he saw the Guardian’s tattered and staggering figure.
“be careful! The Guardian will continue to restore the body unless it ends!”
And then, for a moment, he felt doubt about what he had said.
‘How do I know these facts?’
Besides, guardians are indispensable in this town. To stop Han Kang-yoon and his party trying to get through it is what Halo should do now.
However, for some reason, Halo felt that their actions were not wrong.
Whoops.
Quad Duck!
It was the guardian who started the restoration by gathering his own wreckage scattered around at some point, but after hearing Halo’s cry, Kang-yoon Han and his party stopped it without panicking.
After 10 minutes, the battle continued until 20 minutes passed.
The Guardian showed his undying body and immense strength without any doubt, but Han Kang-yun and his party showed a truly perfect battle against such a Guardian.
Eventually, around the time the sun went down, it was not Han Kang-yun and his party who fell to the ground in a miserable form, but the guardian of the village.
Koo!
“Whoa, whoa. What’s with all these ignorant monsters?”
“… I’ve been struggling quite a bit. Even if there are five of them.”
Seeing the helpless guardians spread, Halo reflexively frowned.
This situation was just confusing, but for some reason, I couldn’t hide the feeling that something was coming out of my head.
And toward such a halo, Han Kang-yoon and his party started approaching.
“Look behind you.”
“… back?”
Halo grabbed his dizzy head and barely turned his head to see where the village was.
Even in this achromatic labyrinth, his village, which had kept its beautiful appearance alone, was losing its color and crumbling in vain.
“This… … .”
Halo, who continued to speak, suddenly shifted his gaze and stared at his own body.
I didn’t notice it before, but at some point he too had the same color as the faded town.
It was only then that Halo was able to recall the memories that were rushing in like a blocked dam.
“Okay, actually, I’ve been here for a long time… … .”
“Did you remember everything?”
“okay. Yes. I had friends too, and I settled in this town after giving up on going through the maze.”
Halo clenched his fists with a bitter face and looked at the fallen Guardian.
“You’re a Guardian, you’re really in awe. He must have taken away our souls and our memories.”
With Halo’s explanation, everything became clearer.
It wasn’t a guardian.
He was nothing more than a cruel sentencer who took every opportunity from those who had lost their courage and will and chose to stay here.
“… I regret it. Had I been more clever in understanding the situation and acting, the result might have been a little different.”
But Halo ultimately failed. He was unable to shake off the illusion in front of him that had obscured his vision and succumbed to reality.
The result is this. Halo, forgetting even the memories of his comrades, became a part of the labyrinth and dragged the victims into this achromatic town.
Halo realized this and sighed deeply.
“Thank you. If you hadn’t defeated the Guardian, I would have done this over and over again.”
“… … .”
“Do not be deceived, and you must all go out together.”
With those last words, Halo dispersed like a mirage and hid himself.
It was the moment when the swamp that had swallowed up the survivors of this blind mountain for a long time came to an end.
***
“… There is no one left. Everything has disappeared.”
“It must be that we have been here for quite some time, or that the selection process has been carried out by him very recently.”
It was just as Shinnoeul said.
In the case of Xiao Chen, mentioned by Halo, it was clear that not so long ago, a new shipwreck had flowed into the labyrinth.
However, most of them were blinded by the peace of the village and eventually died without even having a chance.
‘On the other hand, Xiao Chen left the village immediately and escaped the screening process, so Halo also clearly remembered it.’
However, the fact that the Guardian has not been touched suggests that Xiao Chen has not yet achieved any significant achievements in the maze.
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Maybe he really lost his life wandering around here after that.‘Unlike those of us who have definitely finished preparations, she doesn’t have any supplies or colleagues.’
And, sad news for us, it is very likely that the real difficulty lies ahead.
‘… The enemies who will be the key to conquering the Blind Mountain must have been above level 70.’
However, Wigwalt, the protector and selector of the village, was at level 69.
In other words, it meant that there were still more enemies left.
“Are you going to go downstairs too?”
“Yes. For now, that seems closer to the answer.”
However, no matter what happened, we have no choice but to move forward. I pulled out the purple gem from the Guardian’s wreckage and made my way out of the lowly cavern.
“Ugh. Anyway that’s great How many shamans exist that can do this? I have no idea what the principle is.”
It certainly is. It is a space that is really hard to believe that it was created by one individual.
However, having played countless series of Exorcism, I knew.
The fact that monsters capable of doing so certainly exist somewhere in the world.
‘and… … .’
Even if I too cannot reach it, I have to go towards that area as a goal.
Only then will we be able to overcome all future difficulties and reach the true ending of this world.
“It’s a starting point, brother.”
As we continued to move, we finally crossed the space we first encountered on this mountain and began to move towards the bottom.
As a result, various demonic beasts mentioned in the journal, including Mutaesa, whom we had seen before, attacked us, but as long as we knew their existence, it was not easy for us to be dealt with.
After several battles, and after walking down for a few more hours, the surrounding landscape finally began to change.
Contrary to the summit, which didn’t seem to get any closer, the lower part of the mountain is definitely responsive.
That fact reminded the group of faces.
“It must have been the right answer.”
“I don’t know, but the creator of this maze must have been a pretty bad person, didn’t he?”
“Ugh. Who the hell sees this and thinks it’s a way?”
Starting with a village that deceives people, the road stretched out as if heading to the summit and the cliff area below it.
As Noeul Shin said, it is definitely not a good hobby.
No matter how hard they try to pick out those who are worthy of handing over their knowledge, the way they do it is very nasty and arbitrary.
However, I couldn’t help it. Because that was the witch Verdi.
‘It’s not a character that has completely revealed its reality, but only rice cakes have been thrown… … .’
I, the creator of the Black Forest, was also involved in her birth to some extent, so I have a lot of information.
It was certainly not strange to create such a nasty maze if the mind didn’t know where to go.
“… It’s really come down.”
As if the scenery unfolding before his eyes was somewhat awkward, Yeonjagi spoke with a subtle expression.
As the saying goes, the feast of the forest and trees that seemed to have lost their colors had diminished, and a huge rock wall spread out in front of us.
‘It’s really awful.’
The terrain is so difficult that even us, made up of experienced exorcists, have come down with great difficulty.
Some people would not even dare to break through even if this was the right path.
But once we got over it, we were finally able to truly step into the maze.
“So, it looks like there is nothing on the surface.”
“There must be a way. It’s hard to believe what you see here, as it has always been.”
We split into two groups and began to look everywhere, keeping our guard.
From the cliff area we descended from, to the huge rock formations and the sparse forest surrounding them.
I carefully scanned a fairly wide area, but finding the way was not as easy as I thought.
So, I had no choice but to call in a specialist skilled in this kind of situation again for help.
“Phantom.”
slurp.
Fuwaak!
[Kiheek… … .]
The priest shook his head with a face he was now familiar with, stopped for a few minutes and looked around, then finally set a goal and started moving.
It was right on the side of the huge rock wall we saw earlier.
“Hey, maybe I missed something.”
However, while heading to the rock wall, the priest suddenly changed direction and stopped walking toward the side.
It was an awkward space that existed between the rock wall and the cliff area.
“Well? I can’t see anything.”
Indeed it was
It was literally just plain. No devices, no oddities.
But the priest soon shook his head and raised his finger to point to something on the floor.
It was an ordinary stone, slightly larger than a human foot.
‘no way… … .’
Noeul Shin, who approached it, immediately sat down, touched the stone, and muttered with a sign of exhilaration.
“Can’t you hear this?”
In a word, it was the right answer.
We immediately moved our feet and headed near the stone, touching the stone once, exchanging glances, and destroying it using the attack technique.
Then, a hole small enough to fit a small jewel slowly appeared.
‘… It’s really bad taste.’
To hide the device in an ambiguous space between the huge rock wall and the cliff area, where anyone can get attention.
It was truly a young act of evil, as if to ridicule the survivors who risked their lives to break through the maze.
“Then, I’ll put it in.”
When the jewels obtained from the Guardian fit into the small gap, it was confirmed that they fit exactly as if it was the original place.
And then, the earth rumbled, and a roar as if the heavens and earth were collapsing began to hit my ears.
Kugugung!
It’s crazy-!
“… Really, come over there, right?”
A huge rock wall that filled one side of the flat land was beckoning to us, split in half, exposing its entrance.