119 – Labyrinth
“Yes, heroes and villains – of course we have to join forces in the boss fight.”
Quad Deuk.
The shaking ground, the cracked ground.
Quad Deuk-
“Wouldn’t it taste the way it should?”
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And underneath the crack in the ground, a strange sound continues to echo – as if something is crawling up.
“You crazy b*tch – stop right now!”
“Give me the boss! You bastard!”
It is a terrible sound that would make the weak-hearted faint as soon as they hear it, but the two girls rushed forward with such anger that even the sound was ignored, and their fighting spirit was burning –
“When they look at each other, this sister’s heart breaks… Doesn’t it?”
“-What?!”
Dream Eater, who had disappeared without a trace before they could approach, was suddenly floating in the air, looking down at her with arrogant eyes.
“It’s not like you’re ignoring me.”
Another name for Dream Eater is Nightmare Eater.
A dangerous SS-class monster that traps its opponents in their dreams and sucks out their nightmares.
“How dare you look at what other guys think about me in front of you? You’re so arrogant, aren’t you?”
In order to consume nightmares and turn them into power, shouldn’t a person have nightmares?
She was a monster who had the ability and power to do so.
“Welcome. To the nightmare I created.”
She, who emits a purple mist from her entire body, is none other than a dangerous SS-class villain, Dream Eater.
Because he missed it every time, he was judged to be SS level, but in fact, if he fought sincerely – he could be judged to be SSS level, a person who has reached the latter half of 10,000.
The most evil villain, who is closest to the level of transcendence and is called the strongest among talented people, is-
“-Let’s have some fun?”
Standing in a higher position than anyone else, laughing at others and making them get swept away by her fog –
“Labyrinth – Rose Garden.”
She started moving like that in earnest.
Kugugu Palace-
“aaa?!”
“f*ck?!”
From a crack in the shaking ground, something wriggles and rises.
The identity of the wild flower that climbs the wall of a steep cliff and sticks out to the world is a rose vine that has been growing on people’s heads.
“-Rose?”
“Don’t get any closer! Stay back!”
Su-ah tries to stretch out her hand as if curious, but Sang-hoon grabs her with one hand and steps back, and the other villains notice something caught on her foot while she is taking a step back. Realizing, she turned her head and –
“…Mr. Sang-hoon.”
“What?!”
“…There’s nowhere to retreat?”
“What kind of bullsh*t is that-“
Sang-hoon, who turned his head to hear Yu-mi’s words, which was frozen and the corner of her mouth twitching, changed into the same expression as her and spat out her swear words.
“-f*ck.”
It is not only around Dream Eater that roses of unknown origin are blooming.
Even after the villains who tried to retreat, and-
“You’re screwed, really.”
“What should I do with this?”
“I don’t know! This is my first time seeing something like this?!”
“Han-gyeol! Take care of Ji-hyeon!”
“I know!”
To the heroes who were struggling near them.
“…This?”
“Protect the citizens!”
Not only the place where they gathered-
“Gladius! This is-“
“Protect the people! Damn, this crazy b*tch is real!”
All the heroes who were organizing the villains from afar and preparing for the future, as well as the entire Academy, including the citizens who were still asleep.
Quad Deuk-
In an instant, it was covered with rose vines and turned into a flower garden.
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“…Oh, my head.”
“Mister, are you okay?”
“He’s safe, but… No, I guess I can’t say he’s safe.”
Sang-hoon, who collapsed while holding Su-ah in the sudden mess, opened his eyes and laughed bitterly when he heard Su-ah’s voice waking him up.
“…Seeing that I’m in pain, I guess I’m pathetic.”
“Huh?”
“No, it’s nothing.”
Just like last time, is this time also being protected by a child? It’s so dark.
After pinching his cheek, Sang-hoon felt a sense of self-destruction when he realized that this was not a dream but reality, but he somehow managed to come to his senses and slapped himself in the face.
He immediately raised his head and looked around –
“…What is this?”
“I don’t know either!”
Unlike Su-ah, who answered with a bright smile, Sang-hoon’s expression was full of embarrassment.
“For some reason, I thought it was too dark even though it was still daytime…”
Something green that fills the sky. A little bit of light came in through it, and I was able to recognize its identity, but I think it’s a bigger problem because I can only guess what it is.
“-I’m trapped.”
What covered the sky like a roof were none other than rose vines.
It is so big and thick that even though there are only a few dozen strands woven, it makes you feel like you are indoors.
And now even the wall rising high next to them is full of colorful roses and vines.
“It reminds me of my childhood.”
“Huh? Your childhood?”
“Yes. Things like this often happened when my mother took me to the flower festival.”
Sang-hoon laughed bitterly as he recalled the past, the crossroads splitting before his nose, as if he were in a malicious space that was trying to scatter people in various places and confine them.
“You go into a maze made of flowers, vines, and dirt, escape, ring a bell, and get a stamp, something like that.”
This is a maze made of roses. The fact that they are trapped in this maze.
It was Dream Eater who created all of this, so now they were playing in the palm of her hand.
“Is it this big there too?”
“Is that possible? It’s probably less than 1/10th of this.”
Sang-hoon took out a gun from his pocket in response to Su-ah’s question, then sighed deeply and aimed the gun at the wall made of roses-
Taang!
I pulled the trigger without any hesitation.
“…Tsk.”
“Nothing’s wrong?”
The sound of gunfire continues to ring out within the maze, and bullets are fired normally. But the wall was still intact, so Sang-hoon clicked his tongue and looked back at Su-ah.
“Soo-ya, is there anything on the wall over there-“
“Yes! I know what you mean!”
When Su-ah goes through her pocket, takes out a bottle containing blood and throws it on the floor, blood and glass shards shatter and splatter.
At the same time, the blood floating in the air began to clump together into an awl-like shape, and began to rush towards the wall-
“…It’s nothing!”
“Okay. Well, escape the maze using the regular method… It’s not like this. Anyway, my personality is the same as my first impression.”
“What was your first impression?”
“Either he is an apostle who follows his god, or he is a living marionette who is manipulated by an evil god without knowing anything. A crazy b*tch who sees people as one of two things.”
Sang-hoon sighed once again when he saw the awls that bounced off without notice and fell to the floor, turning into a liquid state again.
“Mister. So what should we do now? Aren’t we trapped?”
“Yes. I’m trapped…”
Sang-hoon smiled bitterly and glared at the crossroads once again, then shook his head, letting out a sigh.
“Soo-ya. Do you know that?”
“What is it?”
However, his expression was not that dark. Or rather, I should say that he has a devilish smile on his lips.
“Even if we are now super-powered, aren’t we living in modern Korea?”
“Wow!”
“So – it means that it is our privilege to freely use cutting-edge science and technology.”
What he took out while rummaging through his chest was none other than a cell phone.
“Just looking at it, it looks like it would be difficult to push in all at once, so it looks like they were spread out, but that’s the end.”
“Oh, that! That… What was it?”
“Ah… This is called GPS.”
As you operate the app, a map appears on the screen of your phone, and as you move your finger, the screen begins to shrink.
As the map zooms out, the white dots inside the Academy, which is obviously a mess and covered in vines, come to mind clearly.
“It’s a great item to check where our kids are.”
Sang-hoon checked the locations of the other guys and looked at them. After confirming their approximate locations, he grinned.
Maze? No matter how maze it is, wouldn’t there be no problem if you roughly know where you’re going to arrive? Even if it spins around, you just have to move in that direction.
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“Huh? But if you could know the location like that, why did you sigh? Can’t you just go there?”
“Well, if you can’t break through the wall, won’t you have to pass through here?”
“Because you’re scared? Are you scared?”
“Normally, people who are trapped within the enemy’s power, but aren’t scared of such an eerie space, aren’t they abnormal?”
Where is the nearest person – on the left?
The two walked forward after confirming the location, and while having a conversation, they approached the crossroads and turned to the left –
“-Is there someone there… A villain?!”
“Oh, sh*t.”
As soon as I turned the corner, I made eye contact with a hero.
“……”
“……”
“Uh… Mister? Are you attacking me? Mister?”
The two men froze, glaring at each other. And Soo-ah looks at the two in turn and creates an awl made of blood.
As only Su-ah’s voice continues to echo in the narrow street-
“…Are you a hero?”
“What is it? Villain.”
“Well, how did you come here?”
After completing the calculations in his head, Sang-hoon scratched the back of his head and quietly put his gun in his back pocket. He looked at the screen of the cell phone he was holding in his other hand and opened his mouth.
“I heard a gunshot so I ran, but I never thought there would be a villain here…!”
“Well, if you hear a gunshot, it’s usually a villain… No. Are you free by any chance?”
It is possible that the hero ran into them by chance, but the story is different if he says he came this way after hearing gunshots.
Of course, if gunfire was heard – there was no way the white dots on the screen were moving in the opposite direction.
“What kind of tampering are you trying to do-“
“No, to be honest. There’s no need for us to fight right now, right?”
“…What are you talking about?”
Then, does sound spread only within a certain distance? For some reason, even though it was blocked by a wall, it felt like the sound was echoing even though it was an open space above.
No, this hero is more of a problem now, so we should solve it first.
“Let’s think about it. Who are we trapped in now?”
“…Villain Dream Eater.”
“But we’re also trapped by that b*tch’s abilities now, right?”
“…Right?”
“Then who is our enemy right now?”
“Dream Eater.”
It’s the same for calmly assessing the situation before, and the other for worrying about our opinions.
Maybe this hero has more Yudori than I thought. Sang-hoon made that decision and extended his hand to the hero.
“Ha! Are you saying we should join forces to catch a common enemy? A villain? Me, a hero?”
“That’s right.”
…Isn’t it? Did I judge it wrong? Then send a signal to Su-ah and-
“Good.”
“What the f*ck? You looked like you were going to reject it just now.”
“No, that… Honestly, looking at this scene right now, it seemed like that b*tch’s goal was to fight among ourselves like this and lose our strength.”
“Hmm. That’s right. After all, you’re smart. And Su-ya, let’s put in your abilities first.”
“Yes!”
After all, he was the guy with Yudori. No, should I say cold-hearted – anyway.
Sang-hoon grinned as he looked at the hero who shook his hand and held his hand as he had thought, and then he thought to himself that it was fortunate that he had met the smart guy first.
If there are other heroes trapped here, this guy will act as a shield even for those who are immediately hostile. Then it would be beneficial because we would be able to buy time to talk.
“Let’s say it’s a temporary alliance for a moment… So, aren’t you also lost here?”
“We have this. Have you ever heard of GPS?”
“…Can we know the location of our colleagues? Tsk. We don’t have anything like that. All we do is follow the butterfly and that’s it.”
“Uh huh. Let’s refrain from saying things like that… Wait a minute. What?”
I’m not here, but I’m about to say, ‘If the boss sees it, he’ll start swinging his sword and say it’s fake.’ Sang-hoon listened to Hero’s words, realized his strangeness, and asked back.
“Huh? It’s moving along with the butterfly-“
“No, no, wait a minute. Butterfly?”
“Yes. This guy.”
Sanghoon’s head turns as he points his finger backwards.
“…Purple butterfly?”
“Well, I can’t say this… Let’s just say it’s the ability of one of our subordinates.”
“…Is that a hero puppet?”
“What, did you already know? Tsk. Those Repentance guys… Their information skills are outstanding.”
Sanghoon finally saw the purple butterfly flapping its wings sitting on a rose flower on top of the wall, and then he slapped his forehead with his palm.
“Soo-ya.”
“Huh?”
“-Run!”
A smart guy? A guy who can communicate well?
Resisting the urge to punch his past self for thinking like that, Sang-hoon grabbed Su-a’s arm and started running toward the path the hero had come from.
“Huh? No, why are you running all of a sudden?!”
“You don’t even know the abilities of your comrades! You stupid bastard!”
“Why are you swearing all of a sudden-“
“The puppet’s ability is shadow! It can’t be that light purple!”
It is by no means the ability of a puppet summoned from the shadows. But even if the maze is full of flowers, there’s no way butterflies can fly around in the middle of winter, right?
“That b*tch is spying on us!”
Dream Eater is monitoring where they are and what they are doing. That’s like her other eye.
Then, if you ask, why is she imprisoning them here and just watching?
Isn’t there only one answer?
“Damn it. Didn’t you come this way earlier…?”
“…That’s right.”
Three paths spread out before their eyes as they continued to run. And-
“Kuuu!”
“For some reason, I just threw it into the maze and-“
The people I met there – no, they are no longer people, but just puppets who are manipulated by dreams.
“Are they fighting each other individually?”
One hero. Two villains.
As they moved forward in a truly strange combination, they encountered enemies facing them-
“…Hey. Villain.”
“Call me Jewel. Why else?”
“I feel very fortunate that I didn’t attack you earlier.”
“Is that so? Me too.”
Apart from heroes and villains, as one person.
“Kaaa!”
“-Stop it!”
In order to survive, they formed alliances and took out weapons.