217. East, Hwaguk (5)
The Tomb of Hanzo.
It is a fairly large dungeon with all sorts of traps, difficult problems, and wooden golems called wooden bottles.
[ You seem to hear something? I would have thought that our disciple would have a good understanding of marijuana. ]
Sierra’s voice echoes as she looks at me as I unlock the tomb’s lock.
Sierra let out an exclamation, but in fact didn’t hear anything. She was a little different from what we see in movies and anime.
No, it should have been heard originally, but this door might be special. Even after turning the dial to the correct number and scattering even the senses, no information was conveyed.
‘Was this place 5?’
No matter how much I was, I couldn’t fully remember the 16-digit number.
I know everything else, but I can’t remember a single digit. I put my ear to the lock and scratched my head.
“Do you want to go in?”
I whispered to Shady, who was looking up at me from my feet, just in case, pointing to the door.
“Who do you want to talk to?”
There was no way I could miss my whisper in the quiet cave where I could only hear the sound of turning the dial, and one of the grave robbers opened his eyes and asked me.
“Sometimes when you’re blind, you see nothing. Ghosts… Spirits…”
“You’ve brought a lunatic…”
It’s not strange if they die at any time, so they just covered it up. I guess it can’t be helped that my mouth becomes lighter when I have a person who will soon die in front of me.
“Kerung.”
Soon Shady went under the shadows she could see on her floor and she tried her best to get through the door.
It was impressive to see a small shadow embedded in the edge of the door and struggling to break through it.
‘Are you saying shortcuts don’t work?’
I thought so, but it seems that there is a strong barrier.
“Kerung…”
Shady emerged from the shadows, with a grim expression on her face with several bumps on her head.
I didn’t need to hit him, but he’s an admirable guy.
“Is today also a failure?”
“What do I do when I bring my equipment? The door won’t open.”
“Let’s pretend we were on a field trip. Everyone was on their first trip.”
It was at a time when you and I were spouting broken hearts as if the grave robbers had given up early when I was hardly able to produce results.
ㅡ Clap!
When I turn the 13th dial, which was called Gingamin, I hear a pleasant sound.
‘It was 7, not 5.’
With the sound of a heavy scraping on the floor, the huge door blocking the world was opening.
“The door is open!”
“Crazy… Unlocked…?”
“Look, did I tell you?”
The grave robbers made a fuss when unexpected good results came out, and I left them behind and stepped forward.
‘What kind of dust…’
As I was waving my hands in the dust that had accumulated over the years, someone grabbed my shoulder from behind.
“Hey, where are you trying to get ahead?”
It was the voice of a guy who had a particularly strong voice in the group. Then, a sword filled with cold air entered my throat and he continued talking.
“Go away, I don’t need your help anymore. Well… I’ll take care of a few gold nuggets for you.”
“Thank you. I’ll yield the way. Let’s go first.”
I won’t stop you if you want to die.
“Hanzo’s grave!”
“We are rich now too!”
Excited grave robbers run in front of the huge passage.
“Don’t worry too much. I’ll make sure to take care of your share.”
The woman who brought me to this group tapped me on the shoulder.
‘Well…’
It’s my personal opinion, but this place didn’t smell like the gold they were looking for.
“Hmm…”
At the time when a tomb robber ahead of him looked at a needlessly huge passageway and began to wonder.
ㅡDalkak.
He stepped on one of the steps.
A greedy grave robber.
After all, you cross that river.
“Hey, what are you talking about?”
“I… Scaffold… Here’s a trap…!”
The grave robber’s cry soon becomes a scream and echoes.
ㅡPoo-wook!
A huge iron bar protruding from the wall pierced his abdomen without hesitation.
“aaah!!!”
The skin of a grave robber struggling with a spear is soon stained blue.
It was deadly poison.
It didn’t take long for his breath to stop.
“…Damn it! What was that guy’s name?”
“I met you for the first time today, how do I know?”
The grave robbers only then begin to grasp the situation.
“Everyone watch the floor…”
It was the grave of a great ninja who was no one else.
It seems they have come to the conclusion that even if there is a treasure, it is not designed to be easily taken away.
Actually, Hanzo’s tomb was a dungeon and one of Hanzo’s tests.
The traps near the entrance are simply traps that determine if you are qualified to take the test.
So, what kind of people are you testing? It is a test for ninjas who want to become Hanzo’s successors.
So, it is judged that the level of difficulty will be very high for mere grave robbers who do not know a single ninjutsu.
“Then I’ll go first.”
“Hey, the road ahead is full of traps! Do you want to commit suicide?”
Well, if a blind man tries to run into a trap field, whoever he is will stop him and see.
But traps didn’t matter to me.
‘Is this the first time since the Labyrinth?’
The traps were a bit more sophisticated than the traps in the Labyrinth, but they couldn’t stop my steps.
“I wouldn’t mind following me, but please don’t interrupt me. My advice would be to turn away now.”
As I walked leisurely through the trap field, strangely I didn’t fall into the trap, and the grave robbers who stopped and looked at me from behind let out a sigh.
They served as guides to the location of Hanzo’s tomb, so they are no longer needed.
[ The first ninja, Hanzo… Are there really treasures in his tomb? ]
Sierra asked as she narrowed her eyes and looked around as she crossed the trap field and walked down the aisle.
“Do you know about Hanzo? Master.”
[ I know. Every ninja I meet says, ‘Glory to Hanzo.’ He died talking nonsense like that. Even if it’s not necessarily that, if you’re from the East, you can’t know without knowing. ]
“Have you ever been chased by a ninja…?”
[When I was young, there was one of the chiefs who was good at handling swords, so I only exchanged swords once. After that, ninjas often came to visit. ]
“He’s a very narrow-minded head.”
It must have been that he was resentful of losing to the little girl and ordered something to bring her head.
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[ Are you still alive? Looking at the coronation, the name line seemed to be long. ]
As far as I know, there is no old man who can handle a sword well among the current 10 leaders.
Dead, retired, or both.
As for the sword-wielding leader, there is a young leader named Kakubo, but it might have something to do with him.
As I walked around chatting with Sierra, the door caught my eye once again.
If there is a difference from the huge door at the entrance, there is no particular locking device.
[ A sentence is written. Hmmm… Since ancient times, ninjas shouldn’t be seduced by the coveted fruits right in front of their eyes…? What does this mean? ]
Sierra tilted her head as she read the sign above the door for me.
The first gate was the Gate of Deception.
“You have to open it to see what will come out.”
Behind the door of deception, a wooden soldier who uses disguise is waiting.
And the wooden bottle seduces those who enter the gateway by transforming into the person they care about the most.
After being led by temptation, the only thing waiting is death.
The throat will be pierced by the hidden blade of the wooden bottle.
[ Let’s take a look. ]
Sierra said that and moved her body to go through her door, but Kong! There is a clear sound of something hitting.
[ …… ]
Sierra banged her head on her door.
“Master, are you okay…?”
I asked Sierra, who was rubbing her forehead shyly.
“It looks like a barrier has been placed on the outer wall of the building.”
[ Why are you saying that now…! ]
“You saw that Shady couldn’t get in…?”
[… I thought she was different from the original woman. ]
At Sierra’s murmur, he shrugged her shoulders and immediately pushed open the door for her.
[ It’s good though. There is no way our disciple will be deceived by vain things. ]
“hahahaha, is that so…”
She opened her door openly, honestly, but she wasn’t sure. She
If she could skip, she wanted to skip.
I couldn’t be certain what awaited me ahead of me, and whether I could withstand the temptation.
Contrary to her thoughts, I can see clearly.
‘They suddenly appeared…’
Unintentionally touched by a terrible imagination, I rewrote the bandages around my eyes and entered the gate completely.
[ That’s… ]
There was a woman standing there.
She was a woman with a rather familiar appearance, with peach blossoms in her hair and the blue sky in her eyes.
[ Kaen…? ]
Likewise, the first thing that came to my mind was Kaen, but something about her was different.
She wasn’t Kaen.
The shape of her hair is also different, and the girl I knew was not the mature woman who wore such oriental clothes and gave off a graceful atmosphere.
Instantly, her lips opened.
“Sir…?”
I was perplexed by her short remark, and Sierra was even more perplexed than I was.
[ Seobangnim…? ]
“I don’t know.”
“Have you already forgotten me…?”
[ I’m calling out to you with such an anxious voice, are you trying to pretend?! ]
“But I don’t remember ever getting married…”
“Didn’t Seobang propose to me first? He said he wanted to have a child…”
[ Oh, even the child…? ]
“No, I’ve never had one.”
“Wow, sure… I haven’t had children yet.”
A woman who looked exactly like Kaen twisted her body, blushing.
“Then wouldn’t today be an opportunity…?”
She was slowly approaching me, one step at a time.
“My Moon. My West.”
She caressed my cheek.
[ This, this… I want… ]
So, contrary to expectations, Sierra and I were stranded at her first gateway.
***
The moment when Jeto entered her first gateway, the Gate of Deception, the three women who had been secretly chasing Jeto finally arrived at the entrance of Hanjo’s tomb.
“Hanzo?”
Eisel has doubts after reading the sign above the wide open door.
“If it’s Hanzo… I know him as the first ninja. This seems to be his tomb.”
“Why are Cadet Zeto in a place like this?”
“I don’t know about that. I’m not surprised. Jetto’s secret affairs are similar to Crank’s daily bread.”
“Hmm…”
Kaen, who had gone through the door and looked around, let out a drool.
A passage as huge as a door.
There were two corpses and two living people pierced by spears protruding from the walls.
“It’s a human…!”
“Are they other grave robbers? Don’t come! This is a trap field!”
“”……””
Three women tilt their heads at their shouts.
“Didn’t a man pass by with a bandage around his eye?”
Kaen asked them, who were standing still without moving a single step.
“Bandages…? That handsome blind man? He’s already gone. He walks casually and doesn’t step on any traps…”
“Of course Zeto wouldn’t step on the trap.”
“Looks like Cadet Zeto is certain.”
“Wouldn’t you like to save us instead…? I’ll make sure to give you a reward.”
“Kaen, are you good at avoiding traps?”
“I have no problem.”
“What about Eisel?”
“It’s fine as long as the trap goes faster than it can reach it. But there may be traps that activate faster than I do, so I won’t take that gamble. I don’t know if it’s a labyrinth, but I’ll actually blow my throat here.”
The three women, ignoring the grave robber’s words, chatted among themselves.
“Hey, Kaen… Can’t you open the way…?”
Yuri, who was not very confident about the trap, asked Kaen.
“Then Kaen, who is confident in trapping, should step up here.”
“…Is everyone like this?”
Kaen glanced at them disapprovingly.
“Ugh…”
Finally, Kaen let out a sigh and nodded her head, loosening her body.
Having relaxed her body enough, Kaen put her foot straight in front of her, but soon she felt her body tremble, so she immediately pushed her foot back.
“Ha ha… Ha ha…”
Kaen was breathing heavily.
“…Kaen? Are you okay? Is there a trap already?”
“No, not that…”
Kaen, her face flushed, struggled to continue her explanation.
“…There’s Cadet Jeto ahead of me. It’s been a while, but I’ve touched his psyche.”