184 – Hide and Seek (2)
clap.
Idney, who had a sword engraved with a chess pawn on her belt, checked her equipment once again and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with it before raising her head.
“Are you done?”
“Wait a minute.”
Standing in front of Lee Na-young, Maria meticulously connects the rings so that the white cover-up does not blow away in the wind.
“done.”
“Thank you.”
Lee Na-yeong, who is only in her second year, had no idea how to use and wear this equipment because she was short on time just memorizing the vegetation distribution of each stage of the rift.
“I play. Are you sure you wore them all?”
“It is. It is a sword that has been thoroughly checked.”
On the other hand, despite being in the same non-combat occupation, Na Yeon-joo, whose roots are in the clergy, received training from a young age to prepare for a situation where she would fall into a crack at any time, and wore the equipment without difficulty.
“Confirm. Then everyone line up.”
Idney, holding a slightly bulkier luggage bag on her shoulder and in both hands, stood in front of the shimmering crack first, followed by Lee Na-young, Maria, and Na Yeon-joo.
“Did you miss anything? Even if you do, you don’t have time anymore, so if you do, just answer that you don’t have.”
The 20 minutes specially given by Vuir for the lovely children who showed up without any equipment will soon come to an end.
“doesn’t exist.”
“I-I also packed all the potions.”
“I don’t have anything in the first place.”
“Confirm. Then we all go into one.”
Idney exhaled a short breath and spoke forcefully.
“Three, two… … .”
one.
At the signal, the four lined up in a row threw themselves into the crack almost simultaneously.
**
“Puha~!!”
Idney jumped out of the snow, which was soft but cold enough to make my skin tingle.
“Two!!”
Then, he spit out the snow that had gone into his mouth and quickly looked around.
“Damn it, it was fucking right from the start… … .”
Idney’s eyes, which were covered by the goggles, were slightly crumpled in the snow that had piled up to the waist. But take a moment to complain.
Idney ran quickly into a nearby, humanoid, deep hollow and thrust his hand into it.
“Puhueh!!”
“Hey, it’s just snow, so calm down.”
“Pet, Pete… … !! ha ha ha… … .”
Lee Na-young, who was grabbed by the back of the head and pulled up in the snow by Idney, began to catch her breath while spitting out the snow that had filled her mouth.
“Be quiet for a moment.”
“Yes.”
After putting Lee Na-young on her right shoulder like a burden, Idney moved on to her next goal. But this time, he didn’t put his hand in, but instead stretched out his left foot and lifted it over Suuk.
“Whoa… … Thank you.”
Unlike Lee Na-young, Na Yeon-ju, who had been calmly waiting for rescue, got down from Idni’s shin and stood on her feet.
“Hey. You can come out alone.”
Idney shouted towards the final pit.
Whoaaa!!
With the intense light, the snow piled up around him melted in an instant. And Maria calmly raises herself from the center where the light burst out.
“Since the recovery of holy power is slow, I should save it as much as possible when I can, but I wasted it because of you.”
“Damn it. Is it not another year, and isn’t it an outrageous complaint that you are talking about divine power?”
“Noisy and bring your bag.”
“Yes, yes.”
Unlike usual, Idni didn’t respond to Maria and moved along obediently. And Na-young and Na Yeon-ju, who watched the two from a distance, thought.
‘Two, both of them are serious.’
‘I need to wake up too… … .’
The environment that was worse than I thought and the different appearances of the two people who were always at odds had a considerable influence on the other two.
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“It’s done.”
Na Yeon-ju, who finished assembling the snow sleigh cart in an instant, rose from her seat shaking her butt.
“There are so many fucking parts, but it’s not that big once you put it together.”
“I just needed to be able to load the bag and Nayoung, what more do you want?”
“That’s right.”
Idni, the only tanker and melee dealer in the party, can’t move with her luggage forever, so four luggage bags are laid on the floor one by one on top of the prefabricated snow sled she ordered by purchasing essentials and spending all the remaining budget.
“Nayoung sister.”
“Yeah, thank you.”
With the help of Na Yeon-joo, Lee Na-young sits on the sleigh.
“The beginning was a little bit rough, but I’m still ready to move on. So where are you going now?”
“Yeah. It would be nice to be able to find a place like a forest or a cave, but it’s not easy to make a judgment when the surroundings are empty fields like this.”
Answering her best friend’s question as if she was having trouble, Maria pulled out a gold coin the size of her thumb from a small pocket bag behind her waist.
“Ugh, isn’t that an artifact for lucky bitches?”
“You should use it when you need it.”
An artificial artifact sold by the Seeds of the Lucky God, known among the people as ‘Lucky Coin’.
A divine tool that brings about the most necessary thing or a small phenomenon with a certain probability when you flip a coin upward with a strong wish.
The probability of lucky coins varies according to the color, the earnestness of the wish, and the current situation of the user.
Among the lucky coins divided into a total of 5 levels, gold was the second highest level and was a super expensive item with a 30% basic success rate correction.
“Where did that bitch with no money come from?”
“Whoops, do you want to know?”
“… … Nope.”
At the smile that seemed more creepy than usual, Edney swallowed unconsciously and shook his head.
“I’ll focus for a moment, so take a good look at it.”
“Confirm.”
sereung.
Edni drew his sword and stabbed it into the floor with moderate force.
“It’s okay.”
Then, to protect his hands, he stepped on the long cross guards on both sides and stood up.
Through sight, hearing, and then the sword he stood on, he sent mana to the ground and spread it widely.
When Idni finished preparing, Maria closed her eyes and flicked the coin with her thumb.
A golden light burst out when the golden coin, which was spinning rapidly and rising upward, reached its peak.
After the short and intense light disappeared, what came down was not a coin, but a silver compass.
“Oh, won?”
“I guess so.”
Idni came down to the floor and grabbed the sword again.
“What did you wish for?”
“Help me find a safe place.”
“Honey.”
Edni took a peek at the compass in his best friend’s palm and moved on.
“I play. I’m leaving, so get ready.”
“I get it.”
Na Yeon-joo moved back to push the sled engraved with lightweight magic, and Maria got on next to Lee Na-young.
“You’re not talking about divine power again, are you?”
“I would have done it if it was just you and me, but that would be difficult because of the sled.”
“Ha, I really don’t know what crime I committed to get involved with you.”
“When you go back, will you give me back the allowance I gave you?”
“Maria. I love you. Shall we marry? Aren’t I good at cooking?”
Maria laughed at Idni’s nonsensical voice and created a small sphere in front of Idni with divine power.
Hududuk, Huduk—!!
Snow that touches the light of divine power melts quickly.
“Wow, that’s great. What kind of magic is it?”
“Not magic, but a small miracle? shall we say?”
“miracle… … ?”
Maria smiled kindly at Lee Na-young’s question and explained it as simply as possible.
“If magic is manifested through the medium of mana, spells, and the image of the caster, miracles are expressed through the medium of divine power and the caster’s wishes. Of course, you can’t do real miracles like the Almighty, but ‘I hope the snow melts safely.’ The wind of this degree is a miracle that I can create with my holy power.”
There are several others, but the most well-known ones are Healing, Healing, and Purification and Restoration, which can only be used by priests.
“If you’re all talking, can you open the road so we can start?”
“yes.”
The orb of divine power, slightly larger than a fist floating in front of Idney, slowly moved forward. As a result, the surrounding snow melted away, and a dirt floor appeared in an instant.
“I play. It’s slippery, so be careful.”
“I get it.”
Maria’s miracle is ‘I hope the snow melts safely.’ Because of this, it could not prevent melted water from reaching the frozen floor and becoming new ice.
If you wish, that could be solved as well, but causing a miracle of revenge required quite a bit of divine power, and there was no reason to waste your power because you already had good equipment called spikes attached to your boots.
“depart.”
Idni walked slowly in the direction the compass pointed.
**
Aww wow——!!
A bright yellow full moon rising above the blackened sky.
Pooh-!!
“Ha, fuck. You finally got out.”
Kicking away the snow that was piled up below her waist, Idney protruded forward and let out a long breath while looking at the glistening blades of grass in the moonlight.
“Yeonju, are you okay?”
“The soles of my feet are a bit cold, but I’m still fine.”
“I just need to go a little further, so cheer up.”
“yep.”
The group, who started walking on the snowy field in the early morning when the sun had just risen, was able to get out of the vast snowfield and arrive at a forest with huge trees growing as if they had been there for hundreds of years.
“Shit, it looks like even your underwear is wet.”
“great job.”
As the sun went down, darkness came, and in that darkness, the sphere made with divine power shone brightly like the sun, so Idni had no choice but to use her body to break through the path from the latter half of the end to avoid the stimulation of the monster.
Of course, if you increase the concentration of divine power, you can block the monsters from approaching, but there is no law that the enemy must have only monsters, so it was an unavoidable choice.
“Ha, from the time I wrote the pledge, I thought it wouldn’t be normal, but isn’t this enough that the professor just doesn’t want to accept extra people?”
“Maybe. Let’s move faster than that. When I heard the cry earlier, I thought it was a werewolf.”
“… … It’s really right in front of me, so I endure it.”
A high cliff that can be seen even beyond the forest.
Idni and Maria moved their steps again, thinking that there might be a safe area at the bottom of the cliff that the compass pointed to.
“bingo.”
“Honestly, I thought it was bad from the middle, but it seems it wasn’t.”
The two sighed in relief as they looked at the appropriately sized cave.
“Fuck, let’s unpack quickly and eat something. My belly skin is going to stick to my back, damn it.”
Idni strode toward the dark cave, and Na Yeon-joo, thinking that she could rest now, quickly pushed the sled and chased after him.
And the moment we arrived in front of the cave.
Flashing——!!
“What?!”
“Kyaaak!!”
An intense light instantly hit the four people.
Idni, who lost sight in an instant, quickly spread his senses and drew his sword. No, I was trying to pull it out.
“Fuck, it’s a safe area.”
Idni’s forehead wrinkled as she closed her eyes at the cool touch on her neck. The moment I was about to let go of the sword in my hand, in the midst of such a rush of despair.
-Wait. Those children are Hana-san’s friends.
A very familiar voice was heard from inside the cave, and at the same time, ‘Ouch!’ The coolness that touched his throat disappeared with the sound.
-I had dinner with Miss Hana at the hotel restaurant, but I don’t know if you remember it.
Idni’s head rotated furiously at the given clue.
And it was not difficult to recall the identity of the owner of the voice.
The woman who became student council president a few days ago.
– Bring me inside.
Yoon Isul invited four people.