Chapter 346 – 340 2nd Entry to the Labyrinth of the Spawning Pond
Since dinner was ready, Raviola, who came to pick up the saint and his companions, was quite taken aback by Hwanin’s story of leaving again after dinner.
Why all of a sudden Was there something that offended the Holy Son?
The Holy Son was shedding cold air to the extent that I was unaware of this thought.
‘When we parted during the day earlier, it was a soft atmosphere…….’
Even during the meal, Raviola continued to stare at Hwanin and worry.
The Holy Son is also the Holy Son, but the expressions of Seongtusa-nim and Geomhee-nim are also very bad. There must be a problem. And if it’s something that makes them angry, it’s likely something related to the village.
‘Shall I ask why? ….’
But the mouth did not fall. It was because they had no idea how to apologize if the villagers had offended the saint in some way.
Since you saved the village from extinction, should I apologize with my life…… ?
If that’s the case, it doesn’t matter. If the saint had not come anyway, what would be regretful to give back to the saint the life that would have perished along with the village.
No, is it a bit regretful to die as a virgin?
Anyway, in Raviola’s mind, it became an established fact that someone in the village had committed disrespect for the saint.
And as much as the one who committed disrespect for the saint, I approached the saint after the meal, wanting to twist it with my own hands.
Just in time, the party was away to prepare for departure.
Raviola cautiously asked the saint, who was watching the setting sun from the yard of the annex.
= I…… Holy Son, by any chance the villagers did something rude… ?=
The answer that came back was a story at the level of evaporation and extinction because it was absurd.
“I came from a place far away that I could not reach on normal foot. That’s why I don’t have prejudice against any race…… I think there will be prejudice against people in this country.”
No more words came out, but words that can easily infer what might have happened, prejudice.
She was extremely angry. She was so enraged that her blood pressure soared, her face flushed, and her eyes were dizzy.
No, that horochum bird called Homen disrespects Yurpa-sama and spreads the scandal, never, never!! Never say anything disrespectful to Yurupa-sama!!! I told you not to do it so much, but some crazy guy…… !!
Then, what Hwanin said before the meal played in her mind.
Talk about leaving after dinner. A short sentence without a destination.
Could it be that you are leaving the village rather than going to the labyrinth? Because Praver’s support arrives in two days?
It can’t be. Because the Holy Son said he would close the labyrinth, and the Holy Son had the character to protect the words he said once.
However, after the saint closed the labyrinth and left the village, if what happened in the village became known outside…… !
In her dizziness, Raviola, who covered her face with both her hands and took a deep breath, laid her cat ears down and carefully held the saint’s hand with a bleak, desperate, pleading face.
= Holy Son, I’m going to kill myself for failing to manage the villagers. After the death of an adventurer named Homen, I asked for it over and over again, but that didn’t happen…….=
Ugh, Raviola, red-faced and teary-eyed, knelt before him and bowed her head.
= I’m sorry. I’m really sorry……. I have nothing to say to the Holy Son……. Even if it means turning the village upside down, I’ll find the guy who said that and rip his snout off. So please, just once… Forgive me just once…….=
“…….”
Raviola realized that she was really angry at the saint who didn’t even look at her.
It deserves it. Because he is the one who challenged and killed the man who insulted his woman!
What should I do to save the village, the village? To keep the village that our ancestors built and nurtured from disappearing…… !
=…… It’s a village and a life that would have disappeared if the Holy Son hadn’t come anyway. Those who spoke disrespectfully to Yurupa, I will find and hang them all, and then I will take my own life to apologize. Sorry…….=
After saying that, Raviola got up and staggered down to the village.
I don’t know if this will relieve the Holy Son’s anger.
Ordinary people would do something like offering sex, offering their property, or currying favor, but I really don’t know what to do to relieve the anger of someone like a saint.
So, she thought she would kill the culprits first to protect her village, and she felt her eyes heat up.
Tears well up in her blue eyes.
I really…… Seeing, what kind of rich movie will you enjoy……. Both her mother and Aunt Sado gave their lives for the village…… The people who were taken by the monsters were taken for the sake of those people…… ?
Raviola, forcefully wiping her tears with her sleeve, looked around the slowly lit town in the dark with her scorched face.
Her grandmother had said that her ungrateful furry beast should be smashed in the head with a club.
In order to save her innocent sisters, brothers, uncles and aunties, younger brothers and sisters in her village, and her grandparents, I will find them and beat them to death.
At that moment, Raviola, who grabbed her by the shoulder, looked back at her with a flinch. There was the saint’s face with a softened expression.
In an instant, tears overflowed again.
“Miss Raviola doesn’t have to die. She doesn’t even have to kill people who gossip behind her back.”
= Ha, but… I’m sorry…… Black….=
“I have no intention of just going through it. As much as this is a society problem rather than a people problem…….”
Hwanin gave the tearful blue cat Her Ears a little hint of what to do after he left.
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Raviola, who saw off the saint’s party leaving the carriage and Que and disappearing into the darkness of the forest from the village watchtower, opened her mouth with a sad face.
=Sefi sister.=
= Yes. I’ll gather people right away.=
The captain of the village guard, who heard Raviola’s every detail, felt as deeply annoyed as she did.
Without an ax stuck in their heads, how could they say such bullshit to the village benefactor, the saint’s party?
If you think about your usual behavior, it’s obvious that a person would say such a thing.
Sepius had already made a list of people who could say such an asshole.
After going down the watchtower, Sepius similarly lit his eyes and gave the order to disperse the menacing guards and gather all the villagers in the clearing.
Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz
It took less than 10 minutes for all 800 villagers to gather.
That’s natural. They said that since the saint’s work caused an urgent problem, we should gather. There is not a single person in the village who will not gather to hear those words.
=Miss Ravi, what’s up? Where is the Holy Son?=
=Is there anything you need our help for?=
= If that’s the case, just say it! I’ll roll up my sleeves and help!=
That’s right!
Raviola had her tears welling up. To think that there are savage bastards hiding among such fine and kind people.
Her mom has the absolute highest asshole in the world and she never goes below that, she said…….
‘Mom was right. Idiots were everywhere.’
The villagers murmured at the sight of Raviola on the platform wiping away tears.
Even when she heard the news that Mian Yu (Raviola’s mother) had died, she said that she would cry later, and it was Raviola who didn’t shed a single tear.
Immediately after, the story that came out of Raviola’s mouth shocked the placenta of the villagers.
=There was a report that there was someone among you who insulted Yurpa, the lover of the Holy Son, from behind.=
No, I told you a few days ago that even a professional slobber was robbed of his beak by mistake. Even though Raviola gathered everyone together and begged her to watch her mouth, she said that there was someone who said such bullshit?!
Seeing the excitement of the townspeople, Raviola continued her words in a voice that suppressed her resentment.
=And the information flowed into the ears of the saint. I’ll be honest. The story I just told you, I heard it directly from the Holy Son.=
A heavy silence fell over the town square.
After a moment of silence, anger came.
=What kind of bastard did that bullshit?!=
= Come out immediately! Come out!!=
= How could someone say something like that…… !=
The anger of the crowd, who had been hurt by Lee Hyung-jong several times and lost his family, friends, and lover, was fierce.
If he was a person who would stand out in front of such anger, he would not have said such a thing behind his back.
As the criminal did not come out, the atmosphere became more and more violent. The villagers finally begin to suspect each other by taking pictures of random subjects whose behavior was not very good in their memories.
=Is it you?! Did you say that?!=
= You must have done that! Even if you’re in a bad mood, you’ve been slandering and swearing at others behind your back!
=I saw it! How you frowned while watching Yurpa-sama from afar! Are you the culprit!?=
= What bullshit?! I was just looking at Yurpa-sama because I felt sorry and thankful that she helped the village even though she was going through such a thing!=
Raviola realized the fear of the saint all over again as she watched the situation unfold as the saint had said.
He is the kind of person who predicts this kind of situation. Wouldn’t he already know who in town said that?
Seeing the villagers covered with emotions such as confusion, anger, envy, and jealousy, Raviola opened her mouth as the saint had asked her to do.
= Quiet! Quiet!! Stop it!!=
The voice, amplified by the volume augmentation technique, resounded through the village.
=…… You don’t have to doubt each other. Just a little while ago, the Holy Son said this before he went to rescue the remaining people and catch Hyungjong of the Labyrinth. There is nothing more painful than not trusting and doubting the person next to you.
= Even so, you are the saint who is the savior of the village. Are you saying we should leave the guy who said that?=
At the village elder’s question, Raviola shook her head.
= No. The Holy Son said this afterward. “When everyone is in trouble, those who gossip, slander, and criticize others behind their backs are not worthy of the blessings of the soul.”=
= That, that means…… ?=
=Yes. That person will undoubtedly be cursed by the spirit. The Holy Son will directly curse.=
A riotous and agitated crowd.
=Right now, it was urgent to rescue the captives and close the labyrinth, so you left right away, but if you come back in a few days, I will curse you right away. Even if he doesn’t curse, will the knights of Pravor’s Sky Knights, who will arrive in two days, leave the villager who insulted the saint alone? So you don’t have to be suspicious of other people. You can spend tomorrow doing what you have to do as usual.=
=Wait, wait! Lady Ravi, the Holy Son said that…… You mean you know them all?!=
Raviola glared at the guy who just asked the question, the bastard from the village who was playing and eating without doing any work and fulfilling any duties as a man.
Sick bastard. Don’t you know that asking such a question is like confessing that you’re guilty?
=I don’t know.=
A face that spreads relief at the short answer. Raviola continued with a feeling of extreme disgust.
=But the soul is everywhere. And the Holy Son is someone who can communicate with such souls. Can’t you remember what the first thing he did after the saint arrived in town? =
After seeing Raviola’s story and seeing that the guys whose complexion changed were the same as he thought, Sepius, the commander of the guards, ordered the guards below the platform to capture the kitties.
= What, what?! Why is this!?=
= Oh! Go, what are you doing all of a sudden?! Why are you tying me up!!?=
= Oh, it hurts! Kyaaak!=
The guards, ignoring the shouts and cries of the desperate, put a gag on their mouths and immediately arrest the seventeen of them and hang them on poles.
17 people. Five of them are male and twelve are female. Raviola glared at them fearfully and opened her mouth to the bewildered and bewildered people.
=These are the people whose complexion has changed noticeably after my story. Since there is something stabbed, you must have reacted appropriately to it, right?=
=…….=
=…….=
Raviola continued, calming her ragged breathing.
=I don’t think it’s wrong, but I’ll hang it in the empty lot until then, since it will be decided whether I’m guilty or innocent when the saint comes back anyway. Until then, don’t let anyone touch them! Don’t even hit me! Because the Holy Son will come back and punish you!=
= Now, wait a minute. Miss Laby? What would you do if someone was good at hiding their expressions and avoided you?=
= Those who were good at hiding their expressions and avoided them will be found out and punished when the spirit master returns anyway. Rather, you will receive a greater curse.=
=Hey Captain Sefi! This kid’s face is blue! I think this guy also insulted the saint?!=
= This person has been sweating since earlier! =
=This person here is also strange!=
Reports of behavior winners came one after another from here and there, but Raviola = Quiet!
= What did I say?! I told you not to doubt each other!=
=…….=
=…….=
=…… Anyway, with this, the business is over. You can all go back. When the Holy Son returns in a few days, we will convene again, so gather sooner then than now. Got it?=
=Uh, uh.=
=Okay…….=
The villagers started to scatter in groups of threes and threes in a stir, and after a while, only 17 people, the captain of the guard, and a few guards were left hanging from a 4m-high pole, weeping and dripping with runny nose.
Raviola let out a deep sigh, and she told the captain of the three Pierce guards to take care of her back, then returned to her mansion…… She went to the office and went to the office.
It’s a day when I really don’t have as much motivation to work as birds feed, but I still have to do my job…….
The next morning, Raviola learns from Sepius’ captain that the two houses have fled at night.
Raviola wrote down a list of fugitives and posted them on the village bulletin board. It is a measure to prevent them from settling in the village again. If you do this, even if you return after the situation has calmed down, you will encounter opposition from the villagers and be ostracized.
The next day.
Could it be because of the list of fugitives? This time, nine families fled out of town in the middle of the night. They also made a list and posted it on the village bulletin board.
The villagers cursed at the 72 people on the list, saying they were cubs of beasts with human faces, but Raviola felt sad and shed tears.
Her mother’s grandmother’s grandmother’s grandmother’s grandmother had been working so hard to make the village prosperous, but the village population barely exceeded a thousand people, but it shrank to 700 people in an instant.
Will it be possible in my generation to refill this number?
As this sadness filled her mind, Raviola’s mind recalled a saint with black hair as beautiful as a black panther.
The Holy Son said not to stop the person who is running away. Why? Because you want to be punished in Mother Nature?
No matter how safe the forest is, wild beasts and small monsters roam the forest outside the village. Even if you are lucky enough to get out of the forest, considering that there is a high chance that you will die without making it to the next village or village, that is highly likely.
And when the third day dawned.
Woo-woo-!
With the sound of a whistle, rescue forces from Prabur arrived in the village.
All of them were 8 knights of Prabur’s Sky Knights, all of whom were occupations of level 3 or higher, and 22 attendants.
* * *
Afternoon on the 3rd day of the 3rd entry to the spawning pool labyrinth.
“Enjoyment.”
“Yes. Guys, bring those guys in the pond over here. …… Uh? No no. Just hold on to your legs and drag me. What?! Because you can’t hit me! Not! OK!! Why did you guys become so violent?!」
A minute later, three toads with parasitic tentacles were dragged out of the spawning pond like a cat being dragged by its hind legs.
No, to be precise, after being dragged to the edge of the spawning pond, it bounced out of the pond like being pushed.
Hwanin immediately blew off the heads of the three that appeared out of the water with soul arrows, and Hwanin’s women and Romdis’ party immediately jumped at the corpse, opened their mouths, cut off the tentacles with knives, and rescued the three women.
Romdis and Rektal also don’t flinch or stop now, and help the woman they rescued quickly from left and right to raise them up. Then, Yurpa puts on a telekinesis amplification ring and uses telekinesis to scrape off the offspring of the parasitic monster from the woman’s stomach and chest.
After that, Hwanyeon washes the woman clean with a water spirit, and after Siela casts a healing spell on her, Anne wraps her body in her blanket and puts her on her carriage.
Repeated dozens of times, now familiar and mastered hand movements.
Hwanin, who had brought Hwanyeon and Yurpa half for resentment and half for quicker exploration, thought that bringing them was the right answer.
In just three days, he completed the entire map of the labyrinth (he took flight and quickly circumnavigated the labyrinth with Hwanyeon), explored all 80% of spawning ponds, and rescued 35 women.
The reason why the exploration speed was more than twice as fast was definitely Hwanyeon’s active performance.
When Yuti was there, there was time to shake the bottom of the spawning pond to make muddy water and wait for the heterogeneous species to come out to the water. If it takes a long time, about 30 minutes.
It was, but after Hwanyeon came, it became very short and simple.
If you ask the intermediate water and earth spirits, the deformed species will be pushed out of the water in less than a minute.
In addition, the battle time has been greatly reduced.
When Hwanin spreads a wave of tranquility and the heterogeneous species falls into confusion, Hwanyeon’s wide-area attack, a spear of earth and water rises from the ground and pierces the enemy. Then, an emergency blade wind pours down on the skewered enemy.
When this combo attack passes once, most heterogeneous species are seriously injured and end up in a dying state, or their mobility is greatly reduced due to discomfort somewhere in their bodies.
Then, Isilite and Anne were put in to clean up the rest, and it was reduced by more than half compared to the previous one.
It was overwhelmingly efficient enough to clean up four small spawning ponds in one hour.
=Doryeong, I put all the rescued girls on the carriage.=
“Okay.”
Anne, who had come to report, laid down her map of the entire labyrinth and stared at Hwan-in, who was lost in her thoughts.
It’s a face you never get tired of seeing. Far from getting tired of it, the more I look at it, the better I feel.
When he is annoyed and angry, just looking at Doryeong’s face makes the irritation and anger disappear.
= Master. Where are you going now?=
I must have looked at Do-ryeong’s face too much. Anne, who did not even know that Isilite was approaching her, reflected slightly and looked down at the entire map that Hwanin had spread out.
=As expected, there was no labyrinth core here either. It must be here in the largest spawning pond?=
= Could it be? There are some spawning ponds left in the east and northeast, but they are much smaller.
= Hmm. The guardian of the forest said that if it were us, we would be able to win, and he also said it was toad, so I’m not too worried, but I think it would have been nice to know what he looked like.
=Because it is the core, it must be strong, right?=
=Because of the aura, he must be at least level 6. Tyrant Dragon Labyrinth’s level 6 sub-dragon or slightly stronger.=
Hwanin, who was lost in thought while listening to the conversations of his girlfriends, decided to organize the biggest spawning pond.
“If we clean this up, we can say that the labyrinth is over. First find and kill the core, then check the surrounding spawning ponds to see if there are any more victims. After resting for 20 minutes, we will move to the south of the huge lake-class spawning pond, so take a break.”
After declaring a break, Hwanin approached the wagon pulled by Romdis and Rektal and spoke to several women who were still sane.
“After a while, we plan to kill the monster guarding the core of this labyrinth, and after examining the rest of the spawning pond, we will exit the labyrinth. If it’s short, it’ll take about half a day, so bear with it a little longer.”
= Well, don’t worry about us. It’s okay, because it’s okay.=
= Yes. I’m really fine… Ok.=
I stared at the girl, who looked to be only about 15 years old, wrapped tightly around her body in her blanket, and stroked her hair. Then a small smile spread across the girl’s face, as if her facial muscles were stiff.
Among the women he saved these three days, some of them were still unconscious.
Most of them were professional, but all were close combat systems. It was understood that Hwanin did not lose his mind due to his strong body and strengthened mental power.
Because of that, he was half mad at the time of his rescue.
Even though her body was restored clean by her recovery spell, she did not recognize people, scratched her stomach skin with her nails, tried to squeeze her breasts, attacked Romdis and Rektal, and cried, laughed, and struggled as if she had lost her mind.
However, after being exposed dozens of times to Hwanin’s powerful wave of tranquility, and the wave of tranquility that bursts out every battle, his mind, which had been thought to be broken, regained some stability and improved to the point where he could recognize people.
Although aggression and self-esteem have decreased significantly, the condition has only improved, but has not been cured.
Stuttering and intermittent convulsions, which are pointed out as mental problems, were appearing in all of them.
Hwanin shot another wave of peace at the women who shed tears as they prayed to him, and then walked to the place where her party gathered and rested.
(Entire spawning pond labyrinth map)
