Episode 226
59. Freshman Entrance Ceremony (4)
It was a little ominous from the beginning. A sign that something is about to happen.
As Yura Esther got closer to Hisperiif’s boss room, she couldn’t shake that feeling.
And it soon became a reality.
In response to the apparent hostility wriggling from the inside and the vicious magic, the Holy Barrier unfolded.
It was not enough to protect Theodore and Fenia who were in the back row.
As soon as the abyss was born, the two of them, who were lightly draped in the barrier, were dragged into the darkness.
The group, made up of freshmen, fell into a panic in an instant.
In the midst of that, there was a person who confidently said that he would rescue the two of them.
Baek San-woo and Byron were the leaders.
If you go back now, the two students will never see you alive. Yura was also in a position to agree with that opinion.
She is a prodigy candidate.
As she is particularly sensitive to Magi than other priests, she can roughly grasp how dangerous it is simply by taking on her.
The Magi wriggling underground were incomparably more dangerous than normal dungeons.
Two seniors alone can’t win.
“I will go too.”
Everyone’s eyes were focused on Yura Esther’s words, who made a quick decision.
“Yura… … ! No, Yu, Yura student! What does that mean?”
“There is no other way. It’s not enough for the two seniors.”
The woman’s eyes fluttered open. The divine power that slowly rises along her arms and wraps around her body.
“You saw it a while ago. I am a student of Paradise Island, but I am also a candidate for the sacred flower of the temple. With my divine power, I will be able to resist.”
peek.
Yura said so and looked at Baeksanwoo. He seemed to think for a moment.
In fact, it is he, not the professor, who is leading the current atmosphere.
If the OK sign falls from Baek San Woo, she will also be able to accompany her.
“All right.”
“Sanwoo student!”
“Professor, Yura Esther is not weak. And personally, I want to ask for help.”
Baek San-woo’s eyes were fixed on her. The eyes of unquestioning trust.
Of course, Yura Esther didn’t really trust Baek San Woo.
Yura Esther’s decision to remain was not just because her motive was dragged away in front of her eyes.
Yura Esther is a candidate for the Holy Flower.
And Seonghwanyeo was a priest and a judge of heresy at the same time.
torch of light.
The divine fire is also a guide to guide people in the dark.
Sometimes it was because they were also responsible for punishing and burning evil.
That was the reason why Esther Yura did not trust Baek San Woo.
‘I can still feel it, the sure reverberation of magic.’
It was the first time I met a person named Baek San-woo at the Heresy Judgment Office.
When the cursed ancient Artel was leading Mary Celeste to Paradise Island.
She clearly felt a foreign magi, and she turned to the Redeemer Jeliya for advice.
At first, I thought it was the magic that the ancient Artel emitted.
The moment Baek Sanwoo came to Yelliya, Yura Esther sensed it with certainty.
The alien magic that he felt… … The fact that it comes from a man right in front of you and not from anyone else.
At the time, I was so embarrassed that I couldn’t say anything.
It was because he couldn’t believe the fact that the man who spreads this kind of energy goes back and forth between the heresy judgment office insignificantly.
Not only did the substitute, Elijah, not show much reaction.
That was not enough, because he was pouring out his infinite faith and liking.
The title of Hero’s Guide to the Apostle of Light was not something that could be called for free.
So, Yura passed on this magic that she felt as a simple descent or a misunderstanding because she was not in good condition.
In the process of going in and out of the dungeon at least, I even thought that the magic on my body was still there.
However, as of today, it has become more certain.
Baek Sanwoo knows how to handle Magi.
It is also a very heterogeneous and powerful Magi.
‘I don’t know why or how I hid it, but I can’t even deceive myself as a holy fire woman.’
Perhaps this situation was also intentional by Baeksanwoo for some reason.
If that’s really the case… … Whatever it was, she had to stop it as a candidate for the Seonghwa Woman.
However, whether Esther Yura is watching Baek San Woo with suspicious eyes.
Baek San-woo continued to persuade Professor Insol.
“I really don’t have time, Professor. Something like this may have happened in other areas, so you need to act quickly.”
“Shit… … !”
Professor Insol clenched his fist. Even Yura thought that there was nothing wrong with what Baek San-woo said.
Unless the same thing happened only in Area E.
It is a situation where you should not delay even for a minute or a second.
In the end, the professor reluctantly allowed Yura to accompany her.
It was great that she had witnessed the fact that she had resisted the Magi by spreading the Holy Barrier a while ago.
“Baek Sanwoo, Byron, and Yura students… … Please stay safe.”
Baek San-woo reassured Professor Insol, and quickly sent the students away.
Let the remaining people disappear.
“Let’s get in.”
Baek Sanwoo said as he strode into the stairs.
* * *
The Abyss of Hisperiif.
It was the main stage for Chapter 8 of the main script.
Although the difficulty of the dungeon is slightly lower than that of Amodea’s Dream Garden.
As it is a dungeon that appears in the latter part of the game, it is not at a level that only 1st and 2nd graders can cope with.
In addition, a special gimmick called ‘Gate Defense Battle’ was applied to this dungeon.
A normal dungeon is literally to organize an expedition to open up an area, and defeat the monsters scattered in the area.
Each time the abyss of Hisperiif penetrated the area, a defensive battle was triggered with a certain probability and had to endure the massive offensive for a few minutes.
In other words, it is a dungeon that cannot be cleared unless you are a 2nd or 3rd year All-Star member, including Aidan Christopher.
That doesn’t mean the boss is weak.
The boss who stepped into the abyss is known as ‘Hive Mind’.
He is one of the remaining commanders of the Demon King’s army that was active 300 years ago, and is the boss that acts as the core of the dungeon itself.
And above all else, he was the one who defeated Tristone.
It’s still only the first semester of sophomore year, and even that level is slightly lower than that of Aidan in the main story.
No matter what Aidan does, he can never win.
“Listen, the moment you rescue the personnel, you get out right away. got it?”
“I get it.”
Byron grunted in response to my words. He is not a muscular brain that only knows battle.
Through Tarkan’s unique sixth sense, he was already feeling just how dangerous this dungeon was.
“Yura Esther.”
“It’s okay as Yura, sunbaenim.”
“Then I’ll call you without hesitation, Yura.”
I smiled at her as relaxedly as possible.
You don’t know how reassuring this bold girl is because she volunteered to join.
With her powers, personnel brought in from other areas will be able to search easily.
“As soon as Yura enters the dungeon, develop a search team.”
The protection of the pillar of fire that she possessed was not something that only magic could be sensed.
“And if there are any survivors, we have to tell them right away. It may be a little heavy, but please.”
“… … All right.”
Perhaps he didn’t know that he knew so much about his own family, and Yura looked slightly embarrassed.
There is no problem whatsoever.
If Elijah said that, then everything is OK.
It seemed that the party, Yura Esther, also passed without notice.
As I went down the spiral staircase, I began to hear a faint noise mixed with the still air.
As I concentrate, the noise becomes clearer and clearer.
The noise of a battle between metal and metal. A shout out to evil. The screams mixed with despair and the voices of desperate people.
“Senior, this is!!”
“Follow me!”
Convinced that a battle was already taking place, I sprinted almost as if jumping the stairs.
Descend the remaining floors quickly.
Let’s get out of the underground entrance we finally reached.
A fierce battle line was unfolding.
Beasts resembling the famous monster race of Star X Rat are pouring endlessly out of the darkness.
And against that overwhelming amount, the students were fighting hard.
‘Isn’t it only limited to Area E… … !’
There are more than twenty people simply by looking at the number of people in sight.
Not only that.
The people who kept the front line in front of the first graders were people I knew all too well.
“Lioner!!”
【Know!】
As if answering my call, the gigantic bear roared and charged.
【Aaa!!!】
Pants side!
At the same time, a blue lightning bolt wrapped around her body. I leapt towards the front line with the flames of yam sword burning fiercely.
* * *
the deepest part of the abyss.
A dim shadow lifted its head from the void where there was nothing but darkness.
The shape of the shadow was quite bizarre. There were no legs, and there were no other organs that could be specifically called ‘body’.
If I had to ask, it could be seen as the most similar form to a caterpillar.
Because it was not a long cylindrical body, it was an ambiguous body to be called a caterpillar.
But even now, monsters are constantly coming out of the countless holes in his body.
From the dog-like beast-like to the human-like humanoid.
And besides that, even monsters filled with all kinds of uncleanness and malice.
They charged nonstop towards the humans who were ignorant and stepped into their realm.
In the past 300 years ago, in the Great War, it was a huge biological factory of the Demon King’s army.
Just before the end of the war, the only corps commander who wandered into the abyss of the Hisperiif dungeon and disappeared.
Hive Mind.
Another name is the trigger of disaster and the godmother of monsters.
The tinnitus, once sung by humans with emotions of fear and awe, is not an exaggeration.
It treats dungeons like my own body.
It produces all kinds of monsters and demons based on the magic that resides in it.
That enormous amount was the power that would dare to destroy even one country in a funny way.
When the whole world stood at the crossroads of destruction, there was a reason why it was the first objective of the expedition to subdue.
Such a being has finally awakened from a deep sleep.
In the abyss of Hell, no- in the depths of the land now called ‘Paradise’.
“You are finally here.”
Hive Mind let out a grunting voice.
The entire stillness of the void shook.
Because Hisperiif’s abyss has already come completely under the control of the Hive Mind.
It was possible to realize that the new monarch, who had been waiting for hundreds of years, had entered his territory proudly.
“Dear children.”
In the vision of the hive mind, a figure of a man wrapped in blue lightning is caught.
“Let’s go meet our new monarch.”