Episode 230
60. Doubt(1)
It’s only been a week since the case of Mary Celeste and the ancient Artel ended.
I was hoping for a normal semester now, but Paradise School was once again turned upside down by an incident that occurred in Hisperiiff.
A powerful dungeon hidden beneath the Hisperiif.
Apparently, the Arthur Faculty’s class placement test, which had been changed to a new curriculum, was in progress.
Irkan Bradamante had no choice but to immediately stop what he was doing and run towards the dungeon.
They are freshmen and nobody else.
Because they were lacking in both skill and experience, the probability of a catastrophe was high.
However, unlike everyone’s worries.
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Most of the students involved in the accident escaped safely before rescue teams arrived.There were large and small wounded, but it was only fortunate that precious lives were not lost.
“Thanks to the professors and senior seniors… … .”
Irkan and his professors wiped away their surprised hearts, and stayed in the dungeon until the end, waiting for the last party to actively support the withdrawal.
Shortly thereafter, a total of six people appeared from over the stairs.
It was the last defense force of two professors and four students.
“Is everyone okay!?”
“Yes, it’s okay.”
When Baeksanwoo, who was always included there, answered, Irkan finally sat down on the floor.
Excluding the subject of responsibility is another story.
Because right now, I had to be grateful that there were no fatalities.
* * *
‘shit.’
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My mind was complicated. Immediately after returning from the abyss of the Hisperif Dungeon.After taking Camilla and Byron to the temple, I headed to the store where Lorna was working part-time.
Not only was he not injured enough to receive treatment at the temple.
Rather than taking a break, now was the time to figure out the biggest variable that appeared out of the blue.
So the two of us arrived at the grocery store.
This is the first visit since moving from 9th Street to East Terrier.
slinky.
As the still clear bell rang, a middle-aged man appeared from the inside.
“Come on… … What! Baeksanwoo!!”
The boss, Doo-seok’s father, showed his white teeth, smiled and hugged me tightly.
“This guy! Since we moved, we haven’t been able to visit once! What were you thinking about coming here now!?”
“Big black… … !! Breath, breathe! I’m out of breath!!”
When I tapped Jo Yeo-oh’s breath, Du-seok’s uncle released me just then.
“Kek, Kok Lok Kok Lok!”
He was still a radical and powerful man. I don’t know why they run such a hole-in-the-wall shop even though they have great power.
“I heard the news from Rona. Recently, the island has been very turbulent. You said you did a great job in that battle too?”
“Ah, what… … That’s right.”
“I mean, from the first time I saw it, I could see the buds.”
Ajae nodded his head and smiled satisfied.
Obviously, unless it was the Illuminati or someone deeply related to me, my reaction towards me was just like this.
That is the story of Aidan Christopher and Ishtar gathering aggro about the recent incident.
In other words, the operation is proceeding well as I thought it would.
“But what about this? I don’t have Rona.”
Du-seok’s uncle smirked slyly. what? I can’t.
I don’t know why, but Lorna-senpai never took a part-time job at Du-seok’s father without permission.
Right now, even when I was preparing to attack the back alleys and Amodea last time, if I had given more importance to the part-time job than the strategy meeting, I had said it all.
So I felt even more uncomfortable.
“Isn’t today a part-time job?”
“right. But suddenly something happened and he said he couldn’t come out. I guess I’m not feeling well.”
“Uh… … .”
It’s been over a year since I’ve known her face.
So far, there have been only two cases in which Rona senior has been absent from work.
You cannot go to work inevitably due to an expedition in the Illuminati, etc.
or-
It is a case in which a singularity arises regarding the ‘space-time’ in which she is tied.
From the beginning, Rona-senpai was not a normal human being, so she wasn’t the type to get sick like other people.
‘The event in the Hesperiif Dungeon was something I didn’t expect. Lorna-senpai would not have been able to notice the incident.’
Then there is only one answer.
‘The Hall of Construction… … !’
“Then excuse me! I will come back later!!”
Convinced, I quickly said goodbye to Uncle Doo-seok and exited the grocery store.
The location is a closed forest located on the south side of the island. There, another personality of Rona-senpai, whom I call ‘Black Rona’ for convenience, was sealed there.
someday.
I made a promise to her. I will definitely come pick you up, so please wait.
Of course, the Baeksanwoo of that time and the Baeksanwoo of today are different.
So, I honestly couldn’t figure out what this body intended to approach Lorna at the time.
Besides, I don’t even know how to destroy the Halls of Time and Space.
At a point where it’s clear that you’re probably 100% connected to Azethos.
Because I didn’t want to face a strong enemy on the same level as Thanatos without any countermeasures like last time at Tergogh.
However, the last message of the Hive Mind from the abyss of Hisperief a while ago was still in my heart.
-Sanwoo Baek, time is twisting. You’ll have to keep that in mind.
Still, I thought something was odd.
The tree of Sephiroth and the appearance of the ancient Artel were very sudden.
No matter how much content will be added as DLC, it’s too much to say that there is no foreshadowing.
But when I think about it more closely, it wasn’t that there were no omens.
The reason why the Sephiroth Tree Missingno appeared is that Illyana, who received the blessing of Iruril, the god of life, was cursed by Thanatos, the god of death.
Conditions too exquisite to be a coincidence.
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Moreover, the time of the attack by the Church of Death, a pseudo-group serving Thanatos, was also brought much earlier.Originally, Illyana should have been kidnapped during the summer vacation of her sophomore year.
It’s been pulled for almost a year.
‘This is not a variable. What became a variable in the end was my pace.’
RPG games inevitably have a system called level design.
The stronger the player, the stronger the enemies.
However, Paradise Academia did not employ such a system.
First of all, it’s an academy.
The events progress according to the grade, and the strength of the enemies is fixed.
Just because Aidan suddenly became stronger, did not increase the strength of Chapter 2 boss Bernax or Elder Rich in Chapter 3.
In that way, the time it takes for a user who first turned on the game to break all the scenarios and see the ending is-
Usually 42 hours.
It is as if all the episodes that took place over the past 4 years were contained tightly within those 42 hours.
The only problem was that the world I was possessed by was not just set in Paradise Academia, but with the Baeksanwoo DLC applied.
Aidan’s growth progresses gradually over four years.
With the best route, you have to run a speedrun that clears only the main scenario and shorten it to 8 hours.
I know this well because I am a deceased person.
As soon as 8 hours were reached, from then on, speedrun rankings were decided in minutes and seconds, not hours.
This means that you must play for at least 8 hours to complete the game.
but me?
If I had been on the production team, the growth of Baek Sanwoo would never have been completed in four years.
Are you crazy?
That’s why it’s not DLC, it’s just a game, isn’t it?
Already, the volume of the character Baek San-woo is increasing tremendously.
It’s obvious that it’s going to be a pain in many ways to prepare a scenario suitable for that.
so that.
Perhaps the main scenario development method given to Baek San-woo does not flow in chronological order.
It will happen automatically when the conditions are met.
‘If this hypothesis is really true… … .’
As much as I got stronger by gathering talent like crazy in the beginning, wouldn’t the scenario given to me be progressing very quickly?
‘The ending of the Baeksanwoo DLC might be closer than you think.’
When Illyana was kidnapped by the Cult of the Dead at a festival.
I had already been strengthened by absorbing the contract with the Lioner, Aradwa, Keter, and other various performances.
Although the bug ability was mobilized, the purpose of reviving Illyana was naturally achieved.
By saving Illyana, I was able to satisfy the starting condition of the ‘Tree of Sephiroth’ scenario, in which the powers of Thanatos and Iruril overlap.
Through him, Tergogh and the ancient Artels were brought to Paradise Island.
‘In various circumstances, should I think that it was moved forward with a time gap of about one year?’
In the main story, Hisperif’s hidden dungeon is opened in the 3rd year.
It’s now the first semester of the second year, and that’s the very beginning. If there was a gap of one year, it would be quite right.
“under… … .”
Complex brains need to be sorted out somehow.
As Lorna-senpai who deals with the powers related to ‘time’, she might have noticed something about this situation.
First, we need to find Rona-senpai.
With that in mind, I ran towards the Halls of Time and Space hidden in the southern forest.
* * *
“Yura Esther… … ?! Where are you going without treatment?”
“I’m fine! I’m busy right now!”
Scared of barely being revived in the Hisperif Dungeon, Yura Esther sprinted out of the temple.
No one’s life is in danger
Yura Esther herself was not hurt.
At the time when they arrived safely at the temple in the first place, there was no reason for Yura to remain any longer.
‘Where did you go… … !’
The problem wasn’t that.
Baek Sanwoo.
Obviously, the man who had arrived at the temple with him a while ago had disappeared.
Hearing the news and talking with the heretical judges who ran to him, he suddenly disappeared after a moment’s blindness.
Leaving her companions Camilla Lilly and Byron alone!
‘Something urgent happened, so I left my colleagues behind and disappeared… … ?’
It must have something to do with the suspicious steps he showed in the abyss of Hisperiif.
definitely had to catch
Even if he couldn’t attack the scene, at least he colluded with the demons… … No, if only he could prove that he was ruling the demons.
It will be a cornerstone that can move quickly and secretly on the side of the temple.
Hopefully, the Holy Knights may be able to sneak into the island.
After that, they raid the site of a discordant conspiracy.
If that happens, the islanders won’t be taken hostage and there won’t be any counterattacks.
But I don’t know where it went I sold my eyes for only a few minutes, and then disappeared like a ghost.
‘I can’t help it… … !’
In the end, Yura decided to use the barrier.
As long as it’s an island environment anyway, there are only a few places you can go to without going off to the ground or going over to the continent at all.
‘Thin and wide so as not to be detected as much as possible… … !!’
Concentrate your mind and unleash the barrier of exploration. He was very careful not to be detected by his opponents.
The last coordinates of Baeksanwoo confirmed in that way were.
“I knew it!”
A forbidden area known for all kinds of dangerous beasts and unexplored dungeons.
It was south of Paradise Island.