Episode 223
[Sun Stone]
▶ A stone filled with the pure energy of the sun, it looks like it could be used as a special material.
【Moon Stone】
▶ A stone filled with the pure energy of the moon, it looks like it could be used as a special material.
Gemstones containing the energy of the sun and moon, respectively.
When I saw it, I could immediately guess its identity.
‘Is it a material item?’
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Materials that can be useful when you want to make something. In particular, as the word “special prize” was attached, its value was so great that it was hard to guess.I quickly grabbed it and handed it to Shin No-eul for its intangibility.
“It’s a box you can put in and take out what you want. It will definitely help.”
“… Is it okay if I take this?”
“You have the reward promised in advance, and I have something I gained from the previous maze. It is the most correct choice for the general manager to take.”
Next to him, Xiao Chen made a dissatisfied expression on his face, but I didn’t know. After all, she would have been doomed to starve to death here without us anyway.
Even though everything was finished, I couldn’t easily take my feet off the floor, so I stopped and thought over and over again.
The fundamental purpose of entering this maze, and the question.
Because they haven’t been resolved at all yet.
‘Can’t this be the end?’
Seo-ah said that she had definitely heard a voice urging her to visit the maze again.
And I, too, went back to the maze to unravel the mystery of this witch’s reverberation properties.
But isn’t the reward that you actually obtained is very different from when you attacked the Black Forest?
‘It’s weird no matter how you think about it. There must be something more.’
The only maze that was not attacked in the original work is the Blind Mountain here.
As it is a space that decorates the end of the maze, it had to be prepared with a reward that other mazes do not have.
I started to look around the clear room, rushing around in the midst of the suspicious glances of the party.
“Do you have anything more?”
“It is very likely. This will not be the end.”
However, it is not easy to get clues. So, I decided to change my point of view again.
‘This place is real, but obviously the characteristics of the game are also passing.’
So, what will it take to uncover the secrets of this blind mountain, the endpoint of the four mazes?
If you think about it, it was a very simple story.
‘Witch’s Magic,’
As I continued to think, I began to recall information from other mazes while hurriedly looking back at my memories.
‘A total of three witches’ knowledge has been revealed so far.’
However, I had no choice but to frown a little at that point.
‘Does that make sense? The challenger of the maze doesn’t even know the exact order of attack.’
As an exception, I was able to grasp it through knowledge of the original, but common sense makes no sense.
For example, what if, like us, you come to this place after clearing a maze, or if the maze you attacked for the first time is a blind mountain?
Of course, there is no way to know the witch’s knowledge hidden in other places, so there is nothing to do.
At least Verdi wouldn’t have dealt with it that way.
‘Wait, then why did you call Seo-ah in the first place?’
It could have simply been a urge to hurry up and attack the rest of the maze, but as far as I know, that didn’t exist in the original.
In the end, it was said that there could be a possibility of overcoming this situation only with the capabilities we have now.
When I thought about it that far, there was one memory that hit my head.
It was an analysis of the eternal maze that was a hot topic in the community when I was there.
‘He said that the order of the maze is not important.’
Details aside, he said of the witch’s knowledge given in the Eternal Labyrinth:
The knowledge manastone placed one at a time in each maze is the same thing, and depending on the number of times it is used, the next level of knowledge will be given.
In reality, no matter what maze was attacked, the order of acquiring knowledge itself was constant.
Since it was natural to take steps from a low level in learning something, his argument gained quite a bit of credibility.
And if you apply it to this case, it’s a bit of a bummer.
‘Even if there is an existence that clears the Blind Mountain for the first time, the knowledge of the first witch has no choice but to be acquired.’
And the magic that Seo-Ah learned through that first knowledge is the flying technique and the technique that transforms inanimate objects into living things for a certain period of time.
In my opinion, it was very likely that it would be the key.
‘By the way, the clear room of the eternal maze has a strangely high ceiling.’
Its extraordinary height, as if it was designed to be unreachable by ordinary means.
No one dares to try such a thing, but climbing up a wall doesn’t seem easy.
‘If you don’t know how to fly, it would be a far-fetched thing to look at for a long time.’
After I completely got the hang of it, with Seo-ah’s help, I soared into the sky and began to examine every nook and cranny of the ceiling.
And soon, I was able to find what I was aiming for.
‘This?’
In the panoramic view of the beautifully decorated ceiling, a stone that naturally forms part of it caught my eye.
It was a portrait of Verdi, the witch who was the only one missing in Meln’s room.
‘Certainly.’
Convinced, I gave my opinion to Seo-ah as it was, and Seo-ah began to compose another technique while concentrating and maintaining the flying technique.
Whoops!
Slurry!
And when it was completed, the portrait of the witch Verdi, which had been decorated with stones, quickly turned into a small bird and hurriedly headed somewhere.
[Tit, Jjjak!]
“… I will follow you.”
The place we arrived at was a small space where we got the reward for clearing the Blind Mountain.
[Measurement!]
Sook.
The bird, which entered a space so small that a human hand could barely reach, disappeared somewhere in an instant and began to spit out a continuous cry from a fairly distant position.
Then, something amazing happened.
coogong.
Kugugugugung-!
Another wall of the room opened, revealing a hidden space.
“Huh, there really is no end.”
“Ugh. What else is there… … .”
Perhaps because they had suffered a lot, the faces of the party were half mixed with surprise and tiredness.
That’s right, thinking that everything was over just a little while ago, he had set his mind on it, so it was only natural.
But fortunately for them, the number of people who can enter this place seems to have already been decided.
“I think it’s just the two of us, brother.”
“… … .”
Awa Seo, who has inherited the witch’s knowledge. For some reason, I left her mark.
So we parted for a while from the rest of the party and headed for the door in the hidden space.
And the moment I stepped into it, I felt that the figure of Seo-ah, who was walking beside me, had disappeared.
At the same time, what greeted me was the voice of a beautiful and alluring woman.
“Nice to meet you. We met earlier than expected.”
“you are… … .”
I was able to understand intuitively without even asking. The fact that the woman in front of me right now is the witch Verdi, the master of this maze.
Perhaps, rather than existentially, it would be more accurate to say that the thought was left behind.
“yes. It’s as you’d guess. I have already met another child.”
“It’s from the Black Forest.”
“I’ve been wondering since then, what the hell did you use to pass the test tube so quickly, and what it really was.”
In Verdi’s expression, which slowly moved forward and approached me, I could feel a subtle madness for some reason.
“As we face each other in my space like this, my curiosity only grows bigger.”
Eventually, Verdi, who met my eyes and met me in front of my nose, touched my cheek as if stroking something precious and continued talking.
“Last time, I thought it was because of my mood. I literally just felt the reverb from a distance.”
Those words made me realize that Verdi doesn’t know the exact situation inside the maze.
However, those thoughts stopped for a while as it was the words that followed.
“Why do I feel such a familiar and nostalgic feeling from you?”
“… … .”
To be honest, such a statement was completely unexpected. Also, the reason itself was not clearly known.
Because here, Verdi and I were just a relationship worse than anyone else.
As long as I was involved in the creation of Eternal Labyrinth and hers, that has nothing to do with me now.
“For me, being a parent is far away. I’ve never seen it in my entire life, and I don’t even know its name or face. That’s why I can’t even understand the feelings between family members.”
but.
“If there was such a thing as a family, I don’t think that’s what it felt like.”
Verdi quickly removed his hand, backed away from me, and kept his mouth shut.
She is the last witch of her time.
I can’t even imagine how great the loneliness she must have felt when she was alone.
Perhaps it was because of that, Verdi’s appearance had an infinitely bitter appearance.
“Well, aside from that… … .”
After a while, Verdi pulled out the haste, and immediately changed his eyes and continued speaking while looking at me with a serious expression.
“I can clearly see that you are not an ordinary being. Maybe more than anyone I’ve ever met.”
It is natural.
Starting with the limit of the financial industry, I was right in this world as an abnormal existence in many ways.
Verdi, too, seemed to have a vague sense of that fact due to the state he had reached the climax.
“I will tell you first. Because of this blind mountain raid, your comrade is officially my heir.”
Until then, it was just a candidate, but from now on, it has a slightly different meaning.
“There are two labyrinths left, so your comrades will have to find them someday and inherit the rest of their knowledge.”
“… I will keep you in mind.”
I’ve said this before, but to be honest, I can’t say for sure.
The matter about this eternal maze was, to be honest, a matter for later generations.
However, even if not immediately, someday, Seo and the people of the next generation, who became successors, will naturally find the rest of the maze.
From there, it was their job, not me.
“And I have something I want to ask you too.”
“What is that?”
The atmosphere is enough that you can guess the weight just by looking at the expression.
The words conveyed from Verdi, who eventually shed a bitter smile, were of a kind heavier than expected.