Episode 172
48. How we winter (3)
“what are you doing… … ?”
Karin Ophilus frowned.
It went smoothly until he secretly followed Aidan.
Except for Aidan who is sensitive to his five senses, he struggled quite a bit to hide his presence.
Thanks to you, even if I can’t hear the conversation between the two of them.
Karin could roughly guess what she was talking about through her hand gestures and facial expressions.
But the problem started after that.
It was just the two of them who were talking and laughing hahahahaha just a while ago.
Out of nowhere, wearing a cheap shield, he began to stretch out on the cliff.
‘What are you really doing!?’
It was confusing.
Are you doing any rituals?
I thought that maybe Baeksanwoo was using hypnosis or mind manipulation magic to control Aidan.
However… … .
His expression is too real for being hypnotized.
Aidan’s face was full of all the emptiness and shame in the world.
It wasn’t forced. It was a reaction when I was doing it of my own will, but I didn’t know what I was doing right now.
There’s no way a hypnotized person would react like that.
Even taking a deep breath is too realistic.
‘Oh, it’s frustrating!’
Karin punched my chest in the chest. It was painful to watch from a distance.
I don’t know what the Baeksanwoo is, but… … Aidan Christopher, whom Karin knows, is a master at sensing the presence of others.
If he got even a little closer from here to now, Aidan would surely feel his presence.
‘What should I do, should I confess that I followed you even now?’
no it wasn’t
Karin didn’t want to disappoint Aidan.
Aren’t you aware right now that it’s wrong to start doing this right now?
It was an absolute specification that the result of ignoring it and acting arbitrarily, leading to Aidan’s disappointment.
‘Then, should I decorate it with something I met by chance?’
It wasn’t a possibility, though.
The probability of being exposed to a lie was also very high.
Who the hell came out for a walk to the outskirts?
Besides, this neighborhood was all dungeons. There was no reason for her to wander around the dungeon without any weapons.
‘I’ll bring some armor… … !’
It’s because I left it out because I didn’t want it to be complicated.
what to do, what to do
It was a moment in which I was moaning in a situation where I couldn’t do this or that.
Aidan, who had been bumping into the cliff for a long time, disappeared in the blink of an eye.
“… … ????!”
Karin rubbed her eyes.
However, Aidan’s appearance had disappeared as well.
It’s not teleport magic.
Karin Ophilus is also an upper class student at Ortana. The flow of mana was easily catchable.
So, did you use spirit magic?
not.
Grundel who made a contract with Aidan cannot use teleport magic.
Karin, who has already run into Grundel several times, and has built up a friendship in her own way.
If I could use such magic, I would have known earlier.
‘Then what… … .’
Even though Aidan disappeared, the Baeksanwoo in question continued to sink himself into the cliff.
Not knowing the circumstances before and after, it was a sight that had no choice but to look bizarre.
Karin was terrified.
What if I did harm to Aidan?
What if Aidan was taken away by an altar hidden in a cliff or an evil monster?
Let’s assume the worst case, worry bit his tail.
‘I have to ask for help… … !’
The first people that came to mind were Beltane and Robin and other club members.
Because Karin didn’t have the confidence to win the 1:1 match against Baek Sanwoo.
If he showed up hastily here, Karin, a witness, might be caught.
For a perfect crime, the removal of witnesses was essential.
If so… … .
“Hib.”
No matter how much I thought about it, it was clear that I would never see a good one.
‘You’ve finally revealed your true colors!’
The fourth wall has never been wrong.
That heinous man is now trying to devour Paradise Island after threatening Aidan.
That was the moment.
The Baeksanwoo crashes into the cliff with all his might.
And then, like Aidan, it just jumps into the cliff and disappears.
“… … ?!?!”
Even after seeing it twice, I still can’t believe it.
Karin Ophilus got up hastily and ran to the place in question.
There was nothing there.
There were no traces of the use of magic, no traces of magic, and no traces of the operation of special devices.
Only the bag that Baeksanwoo had left behind and the scattered footprints remained.
Karin hurriedly went through Baek San-woo’s bag.
The bag contained a snack and a buckler that felt like a simple snack.
It was the same equipment the two of them had been drawing on the wall a while ago.
“… … .”
The only clue that Baek San-woo left.
Karin Ophilus picked up the shield as if possessed.
* * *
“Ahhh-!”
Knock, Knock!
A feeling of weightlessness that I haven’t felt in a long time. I fell down a steep incline.
Hopefully, Aidan will succeed first. In fact, I wonder if he has a knack for glitching techniques.
Anyway, the place I reached through the wall.
There was Aidan with a puzzled expression on his face.
“Hey, how is this possible!?”
“Didn’t you say there is a way?”
There’s one thing I’ve learned while fixing bugs and using the glitching technique over and over until now.
This world exists at the boundary between the real and the virtual.
Not only is I living in the moment, but depending on what I do, the response is immediately appropriate.
This was the biggest part of proving that this world was real.
But at the same time.
If missing bugs or bugs occur, and the glitching technique is possible as it is now-.
I was able to realize that the laws in the virtual also apply to this world.
For example, it is something like this:
What if we went down a cliff with a shovel?
It was clear that it would not have occurred to break through the wall at once and fall into a foreign space as it is now.
As we continue to dig the ground, at some point we will come into contact with the boundary of the dungeon and enter inside.
But because we’ve achieved certain conditions, that instead of digging, we pick up the buckler and hit the wall.
You can enter a place that is like a transparent space with all sides open.
It is a concept that transcends the boundaries between reality and virtual reality at will.
Of course, it would be difficult for Aidan to fully accept this concept without understanding it.
“Wait… … .”
As expected, Aidan was in a very confused state.
“Is this space magic?”
“no.”
“Then what? Even in Ortana’s Great Library, I’ve never heard or seen anything about such magic!”
“You can’t be with me.”
I smiled leisurely and put my hand on his shoulder.
“Because this is the authority granted only to the leader.”
Aidan stopped breathing for a moment.
I could sense both fear and awe in his eyes.
“That doesn’t mean I can use it my way, but… … .”
“It could be of some help to Aidan-nim’s growth.”
“It’s hard to believe.”
“I understand everything.”
nothing at all
For me, expressing this feeling was the most important thing.
If only I could show you how silently I am doing my job without a single bit of agitation or change of emotions.
Still, high reliability will soar high in the sky.
He is performing a bizarre miracle right in front of his eyes, but who wouldn’t believe it?
“… … exactly. It’s not anyone else, it’s Sanwoo.”
A reaction that exactly matched expectations.
Instead of answering, I nodded my head contentedly and pointed to the large figure on the other side.
“Then would you like to look over there?”
“… … ? What is that?”
Something wandering around.
Soon, Aidan, realizing his identity, is startled.
“Torong Visgorgon… … !”
That was the reason I had to drill through the cliff.
This is because if you drill a wall at this spot, you can get to the boss room without going through the dungeon.
“The reason Toryong Cave is classified as a top-notch dungeon is not just because of its powerful boss.”
The grade of the dungeon is evaluated according to a total of three criteria.
The strength of normal monsters, the complexity of the dungeon structure, and the boss monster.
The Toryong Cave was the case in which the first and last conditions were measured as the highest.
The structure of Toryong Cave is simple.
It’s not even the maze-like structure you’d find in a typical dungeon.
True to the word cave, it was in the form of a straight line.
There is no fear of getting lost, and there are no bitter traps lurking around.
Nevertheless, the reason why it was firmly ranked in the top-notch dungeon.
The general monsters ‘big rock lizard’ and ‘Gangcheol-i’ that roam the passageways are surprisingly strong.
Both are top-notch monsters, boasting insane defenses worthy of their names like rock and steel.
It cannot scratch the skin with any kind of attack.
Even if you put a valid hit, it doesn’t show any sign of pain from getting one or two hits.
Far from being the boss right now, it’s clear that you’re struggling with normal monsters.
No matter how stagnant the country was, it was difficult to clear it with just two people.
“I’ve heard a lot of stories.”
Aidan lightly agrees to my words. To that extent, Toryong Cave’s notoriety was growing.
“But, isn’t it the same thing that the boss is also difficult?”
“Yes.”
He’s not a boss called a newbie cutter for nothing.
Even players who have reached the proper level, if they are not familiar with the proper strategy.
Because it was easy to lie on the floor and read the phrase ‘Yoo Da-hee’.
Don’t!
Who are we?
They are proud gamers of Daehan who make things that shouldn’t be possible.
“Aidan, would you like to try magic? Toward Visgorgon.”
“Are you here now?”
“Yes.”
Aidan looked hesitant for a moment, then reached out his hand and started singing.
Even if it goes wrong, it doesn’t matter much, the elementary destruction magic, Fireball.
Flames spread out from the palm of the hand to form a small sphere and shoot into the transparent air.
The distance from Bisgorgon is not too far from the naked eye.
If they were to charge, it would not be easy to avoid.
Whoops!
A fireball that flew with great force hit Bisgorgon’s back.
Indeed, it is in a state of not seeing a single soot on its hard shell like a tortoiseshell.
It’s an overwhelming defense.
After that, Bisgorgon’s body, knowing the direction in which the magic had flown, turned, and began to twirl as it was.
gaze straight at us.
He had a rough face, but with his sharp eyes added to it, he was a monster in a fantasy itself.
“Push, pushy-!”
Even me, knowing all the results, felt so intimidating that I was terrified.
“Baek San-woo! Is this right!?”
Aidan, who lost his composure in an instant, hurriedly urged him.
I was just holding my eyes straight with Visgorgon.
“Cream!!”
A Toryong that lets out a loud roar.
“Baeksanwoo!?”
The moment he rushed forward with the momentum to destroy everything in front of me.
His heavy body collided with something invisible.
Visgorgon staggered and collapsed with the recoil.
I smiled looking at Aidan, who had lost his mind.
“Now you can beat as much as you like.”
Who said that bosses are hard to catch?
It’s called hitting over the wall.
This is the boss strategy of K-gamers who pursue extreme efficiency.
“How about it, it’s really easy, isn’t it?”