Chapter 342 – Chapter 342 Yggdrasil (3-50)
[Fortunately, I got out safely.]
‘Phew… Thank god.’
After hearing Armonia explain the whole situation, I let out a sigh of relief.
And after seeing my relieved sigh, Hanbom, who was next to me, asked with a puzzled expression.
“Uncle, why are you like that?”
“It’s nothing. Is Hanbom okay?”
“I’m brisk.”
Hanbom was forcing a bitter smile and showing me a youthful side as much as possible.
Right now, we had just joined Hanbom.
By following Armonia’s instructions, we were able to meet without difficulty.
If there was a really fortunate fact, it was that Hanbom was the only one among us who had never had direct contact with Cerberus.
All she met was not direct, but only indirectly.
“Is my sister okay? She told me to run away earlier, so she ran away….”
“It’s okay. The number of survivors has not decreased now. Proof that she is alive.”
“Ha… Please….”
Hanbom was immediately persuaded by my words and began to nod her head.
And that was the moment.
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0:40:00
Survivors: 7
[Eyes of death], [Nose of death], [Ears of death], [Houses of death], [Houses of death]
The hallucination of death has been activated. The appearance of death begins to dazzle you.
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It was not a mountain over a mountain, but after crossing a mountain, I felt like I was greeted by the Pacific Ocean.
What is that hallucination? I couldn’t help but be anxious about something new in the yard that I hadn’t yet been able to determine what even the auditory hallucinations were.
Luckily, it didn’t mean much to me.
‘Well, it’s not like Ha-yeon’s group is nearby anyway, so if you meet someone right now, you just have to be suspicious.’
[I’ll let you know right away when I get close.]
Above all, it’s not Armonia! When I said that, it also meant that I was just a monster kid.
In the end, it wasn’t me who was really trembling with anxiety, it was the party members around me.
Everyone couldn’t say it easily, but they were in a state of grasping the meaning of the alarm they were seeing.
I spoke to the three of them in a firm voice.
“Come on, let’s go. There really isn’t much left now.”
“Ah! Yes!”
At least it was Hanbom who responded promptly.
Although she might be afraid of Cerberus because she hadn’t properly faced him yet, she was acting as brightly as possible.
‘… Even if I survive, I think it would be nice to see that monster’s face.’
[Why? Wouldn’t it be better not to see it?]
‘You don’t know what’s up there. If spring is enough, I will try to overcome it, rather than carry it with me for the rest of my life.’
No matter how scared Cerberus is, she decided that if she endured without being caught in the end, it would be good for her future if she endured seeing her face once.
She was sure that facing Cerberus would leave her with scars from her experience of dying, but those scars would make her calluses and make her even stronger.
Thinking so, he was proceeding the way Armonia explained.
Park Sun-hee joined me and started to express her opinion.
“If there are not many left, wouldn’t it be better to make the most of the hole?”
“That’s true, but… I think it would be better to put it on hold.”
“Why?”
“We’re not all together yet.”
What if we used a hole, and Min Ha-yeon’s group entered one of the hole’s forks?
What if you are being chased?
Going to die
As soon as you enter, look for a sign that says you have 10 seconds left. Only despair
You must never be careless until the end.
“Yeah, that’s right. I was short-tempered.”
“No. Rather, if you can comment, please do so as soon as possible. There might be a better way that I don’t know about.”
“Yes.”
I continued listening to Park Sun-hee’s answer.
As I was progressing like that, Hanbom, who was behind me, opened her mouth and started talking to the women next to her.
“But isn’t it strange?”
“Which one?”
“No matter how much I think about it, I can’t understand the level of difficulty right now.”
She wasn’t talking about absurdity.
Hanbom had a history of confronting summoners who descended from her upper floors as they scrambled for her inn.
Even though it was only an argument, not a physical confrontation, it was possible to know their skills and tendencies through the argument.
However, it was a story that I couldn’t understand that they broke this defense if they only looked at their skills and tendencies.
“Isn’t it strange? You’re strong enough to crush a hundred guys upstairs, but you barely broke the end of the wave before the monster appeared.”
“But… Weird. If it wasn’t for Suho, we would have died a long time ago… I really doubt that they would ever wake up to the end.”
Actually, I had that question too.
No matter how much I thought about it, it was a level of difficulty that I couldn’t imagine going up to the second floor.
In addition, Armonia was said to be strange….
And along with that, it was also the part that Park Seon-hee and Park Jin-hee were afraid of.
If you meet a monster like that on the first floor, you can’t imagine what kind of monster will exist on the second floor.
The fear of not being able to imagine what might be in the unknown space dominated them.
But in the end, there was only one thing we had to do.
“Once you wake up. When you wake up, you will know everything.”
Once you wake up, you will surely know something.
Considering the incongruity with the information from the zodiac, this defense is solid despite its problems.
But if there’s one thing I’m more worried about than waking up….
‘What will come out last….’
To be honest, I was more afraid of what modifiers would come out after 20 minutes rather than holding out for 40 minutes.
If it was a difficulty that made you really want to break it, there was a high possibility that a ridiculous modifier would come out that would give you real despair at the end.
Besides, the real problem was Cerberus’ condition.
At first, the guy who was just walking around leisurely looking for us seemed to start to sway like crazy as time went on.
And thanks to hallucinations, it seemed that we couldn’t hear the monster’s footsteps well….
Park Jin-hee muttered quietly as if to remind him of the current situation.
“I can barely see the hole anymore.”
“….”
Most of the connecting passages were closed, and as Park Jin-hee said, the hole was noticeably reduced.
It was thanks to Armonia’s GPS that we are now so safe.
Judging by the number of holes now, if I hadn’t gathered people like this, there was a high possibility that the holes would have disappeared long ago.
The time to use the hole is approximately between 10 and 20 minutes.
I was able to surmise that I could calculate that if I made good use of it twice, I could survive.
On the other hand, it meant that the current holes could be connected to Min Ha-yeon’s current holes and could be on the verge of collapsing.
Except for me, the women who followed behind me could feel their footsteps getting heavier.
The hole was almost invisible, and I couldn’t take my eyes off the hole I found from time to time, probably because I thought that if I ran into Cerberus, I might have nowhere to escape.
It was the moment I thought so.
“Yes?”
There, at the end, a human doll was reflected.
She is a woman who looks around, looking for someone.
No matter how far away she was, she could tell who it was at once.
“Is it Hayeon?”
“Sister! Sister!”
It was the moment to call it that.
Min Ha-yeon spotted us from afar and started running towards us while smiling.
And at the same time, Armonia’s voice pierced my ears like a needle.
[Suho! Avoid! It’s not Min Ha-yeon!]
‘Yes? Are you Hayeon? Huh? What, what?’
I thought something was strange even after I said it, but I couldn’t take my eyes off Min Ha-yeon from afar.
Armonia woke me up with a louder voice.
[Min Ha-yeon is on the move from another location! You must avoid it quickly!]
‘Eh? … Uh! Wait a minute! Why am I stupidly thinking like this!’
Hearing Armonia’s words, she suddenly came to her senses and grabbed the arm of Hanbom who was about to run beside her and ran behind her and shouted.
“Everyone run!!!”
“Ah, mister!”
“Huh! Su, Suho!?”
“Run fast!”
“Ah! Yes!”
Recalling the cave I had seen behind me, I grabbed Hanbom’s arm and ran, then looked back for a while.
It was Min Ha-yeon.
Min Ha-yeon panics and chases after us.
It was Min Ha-yeon that I knew from head to toe.
And the jumping figure and narrowing distance… I couldn’t believe that Cerberus was exhibiting hallucinations.
No matter how I looked at it, it was only Min Ha-yeon who ran in bewilderment.
But even so, I ignored her and ran towards the hole in the distance, looking straight ahead at her again.
“Kyaaaaagh!”
“Go in quickly! Hurry!”
I almost threw Hanbom into the hole I arrived at, and got out of the way to allow Park Seon-hee and Park Jin-hee, who were running right behind me, to enter.
Even as the two women gasped in, Min Ha-yeon came almost to her eyes and started shouting at us.
“What! Why are you avoiding it! It’s me! It’s me!”
“….”
It was Min Ha-yeon’s voice.
Again, dazzled, I shook my head and confirmed that the two had entered, followed immediately after.
And at that moment, it was the timing for Min Ha-yeon to arrive.
Kwawaang! Bang! Caga River! Kang!
Haaaaah! Kyaaaaa!!! Aaaaa!!!
The voices of the three dogs sounded in our ears like the screams of a dead man and began to howl, as if to resent us for not leading us to our deaths.
The will to scrape through the walls and somehow hold on to us.
Bang! Kwa Kwa Kang! Kwakkwakkwa!!
Aaaaa!!! Aww! Kong! Kukong!
Two forepaws with huge green flames began to dig into the cave.
I felt threatened and immediately began to pant toward the inside of the hole.
And the Hanbom that can be seen at the same time….
Haha… What… What… I-what is that… That….”
“Come on, get up! Hurry!”
“Ah, uncle… Me, that… A monster, a monster!”
“Hurry up!!”
“Hee! Yes Yes!”
Hanbom wept along with my unholy command, stood up and began to hold onto my arms.
I spoke to Park Seon-hee and Park Jin-hee in the midst of the tremendous noise.
“Come on, let’s go quickly!”
“Yes!”
Unlike Hanbom, the two started following me with a firm expression.
Fortunately, I was able to calm them down easily, probably because I had already experienced fear once.
And Cerberus….
Oh oh oh oh!!! Gyaaaaagh!! Kieeeee
It began to cry out like an earthquake in a cave, dissolving what had missed us.
We left that chagrin behind and started advancing into the cave.
I could barely open my mouth as the sound was somewhat muffled.
“Is everyone okay?”
“Ha… Ha… Yes. That, but what the hell was it? No matter who sees it, it’s not a place for Min Ha-yeon to be, but I looked at it as if I was possessed….”
“I’m suddenly out of my mind….”
Park Seon-hee and Park Jin-hee also began to hold their heads as if they were getting dizzy as they recalled what had happened a little while ago.
“… Maybe it’s an illusion.”
He said it was a hallucination, so I was under the illusion that it would stop at just causing an illusion.
But it was a completely different concept.
I completely believed that Ha-yeon Min, who was walking from afar, was completely Min Ha-yeon, as if the agency itself had lost its suspicion that it was a different being.
Shape and form of jumping.
It was definitely Min Ha-yeon.
In fact, if it weren’t for Armonia, I would have been chewed up right on the spot.
‘Thank you, Armonia.’
[I’m glad I detected something wrong.]
Armonia explained that she suddenly noticed something strange about my behavior and shouted out loud to wake me up.
‘If something like that happens later, I’ll ask you again.’
I expressed my gratitude and looked at the trembling Hanbom holding my arm beside me.
Haha… Oh, i’m scared…. Me, something like that… Oh, uncle… Oh, i’m scared….”
It was the same.
It was similar to when Park Seon-hee and Park Jin-hee faced Cerberus.
I checked the remaining time in the hole and asked Park Jin-hee and Park Sun-hee who were standing next to me.
“That… Excuse me, can I ask for a seat for three minutes?”
“Yes, we will stay apart.”
After the two immediately understood my words, I immediately began to calm Hanbom.
What he said to Hanbom was similar to what he said to the two women.
He said that he would get used to his current fear someday, and in order to do so, he had to go further.
Fortunately, Hanbom quickly listened to my words and began to calm down shortly thereafter.
“Whoa… Thank you. Mister.”
“What. Now, let’s go find the real Hayeon.”
“Hee hee, yes.”
That’s how I was able to calm myself down and start again.
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Han Yeo-reum began to despair inside her as she chased after Min Ha-yeon, who hurriedly ran in front of her.
‘Oh, no. I might really clear it at this rate!’
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0:41:15
Survivors: 7
[Eyes of death], [Nose of death], [Ears of death], [Houses of death]
You are currently in a hole where you can escape death. 1 minute and 15 seconds left until collapse.
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It provided different perspectives depending on the viewing angle.
The other party members trembled with anxiety that there were still 40 minutes left, but the fear that midsummer might end soon began to seep in.
From Midsummer’s point of view, this boss fight was a problem even if you woke up, and it was a problem even if you didn’t wake up.
‘Didn’t you go to the next floor as soon as you wake up? No! Uh, that much….’
While I was chasing Min Ha-yeon, thinking to myself, a light was emanating from far away, announcing the existence of an exit.
Ha-yeon Min stopped after figuring out the location of her exit, and gently turned her head behind her line and whispered to Han Yeo-reum and Son Hye-eun.
“Walk as quietly as possible. And from now on, I will reduce the conversation as much as possible.”
“Yes.”
40 seconds left until the hole collapses.
If you were going slowly, it was a distance that wasn’t much of a problem.
But Midsummer was not paying attention to holes right now.
‘Ji… Now is my chance, right?’
Midsummer had thought countless times about how not to go upstairs.
However, there was nothing he could do as he was bound by Sung Soo-ho’s contract, and if there was anything he had planned, it was only one thing.
‘Okay… At least this is all I can do.’
Han Yeo-reum carefully followed Min Ha-yeon and Son Hye-eun and began to rummage through the inventory.
‘… Yeah, I have to do everything I can.’
Min Ha-yeon, who was in the lead, peered out of the hole, and she began to quietly signal to come out.
As soon as Min Ha-yeon and Son Hye-eun came out, they quietly started looking for another hole.
And finally, as soon as midsummer came out, the hole began to fall down, brick after layer, from the ceiling as if it had used up its energy.
‘Okay… This should do.’
Inside the hole where the bricks were piled up and blocked, the two semicircle items abandoned by the owner were buried in the darkness, and soon disappeared.
