Chapter 551 – 544 Giant’s Forest Labyrinth
Like the green onion at the entrance of the labyrinth, it was a large soothing medicinal fruit.
As I went a little further along the wall, a shrub that grew like a decent tree blocked my way, and a real tree covered the ceiling with an enormous height like a building with 40 or 50 stories.
It was difficult to get through even an ordinary shrubbery, but a few meters tall shrubbery kept blocking the way, so the women each cut down trees with swords or daggers and moved forward.
Patter—
=Hey!?=
At that moment, Anne screamed in a small voice as the water suddenly poured over her head.
Anne, who was cold for a moment, felt the traces of water on her hair and slightly frowned her forehead before shaking her head.
= What is it Is this rain right?=
She murmured that she did not understand, and Isilite, who had been hit with water next to her, replied by brushing her bangs that were sticking in front of her eyes.
= How does it rain in the labyrinth? When I saw it near the entrance, it seemed like there was water fog.=
= Is the outside and the climate linked? I’m new to this labyrinth, so I don’t know. More than that, Doryong, until when will you go forward?=
“If you go further, a tree will come nearby. I’m not sure, but it was a tree that looked to be roughly 30m wide, so I’m aiming for that.”
I’m not sure because of the perspective confusion caused by its size, but I guess the tree was over 300m tall.
I’ve often passed by the 63 Building on my way to work, so it must be true that it’s similar to how I felt then.
“So, when I get to the trunk, I plan to climb the tree and figure out the surrounding geography first.”
=I realize how fraudulent the kite spirit monitoring was.=
= That’s right There is a lot of tension because you don’t know where something will come out…….=
Pp. Kyuwoo.
“Quiet.”
At the warning of emergency, Hwan-in immediately alerted them, and the women as well as Kue stopped breathing and stopped breathing.
Rustle. Puseoseok-
Then came the faint sound of brushing through bushes and bushes.
As the sound grows closer and closer, Isilite and Anne enter into a deadly battle posture, and Hwanin grabs Baeknyeogang’s arm and retreats to the place where Yurpa and Que are.
Puseo Seok—
“…… ?”
Hwanin’s expression subtly changed as he sharpened his senses and noticed what was approaching from beyond the dense shrubs that obscured his vision.
Right after that, it was a huge gray mouse that looked cute like the mascot of an American amusement park.
Take?
The mouse, finding the party, stands up on her hind legs and sniffs twice, and its size leaps over Anne, who is carrying the shield of the castle wall in her iron plate armor.
The gray country rat, who did not feel threatened by Hwanin’s party, turned around and went in the direction the party was moving as if interest had disappeared.
Anne, who was holding her hammer as if she were about to swing it, muttered with a slightly awkward face.
=… Should I have killed I didn’t feel any hostility or hostility at all, so I watched for a while…….=
=To my eyes, it was not a heterogeneous species, but a normal country rat with a large size.=
The eyes of the two crossed, then turned to Hwanin.
“It could be that the rats that flowed in from the ground became gigantic through generations.”
= Then?=
“We need to stock up on food. So, from now on, I will kill all the animals I encounter and use them as food.”
=Yes.=
=Yes.=
When told not to look at them, Isilite and Anne nodded slightly and started walking in the direction the mouse disappeared.
He didn’t look like a heterogeneous species created by the labyrinth, so I just kept an eye on him, but he was right.
Since entering the labyrinth, it is like being incorporated into the bridle of the food chain that is eaten and eaten. In addition, since I intend to destroy the core of the labyrinth, everyone will die anyway.
In that case, it would be humaneness to devour them and make them into their own flesh and blood.
The distance to the first tree was quite far.
He moved slowly, fighting several times while hiding his presence, but it took an hour or so.
The animals encountered on the way were diverse.
There were creatures the size of a man that looked like a mixture of a squirrel and a squirrel, and I also saw a mysterious canary-like bird flying around, estimated to be as large as a fly.
Among them, the most authentic animal was a raccoon dog as big as a wild boar.
Not a raccoon that people often mistake for a raccoon, but a real raccoon that looks like it’s committing a serious crime.
…… Kururung!
The raccoon, which recognized Isilite and Anne as prey and pounced on it, was turned into you/guri by Isilite’s sword within a second, and the women muttered with slightly serious faces as they looked at the raccoon’s corpse.
=When a raccoon is this big, I wonder how big a lion or a tiger would be.=
=Rather than that, this is just an animal, but how is the inside of the labyrinth so only animals roam around?=
=Isn’t it because it’s outside the labyrinth? The strong ones are gathered in the center of the labyrinth, and the weak ones are pushed to the outskirts.
= No, that’s not it…….=
The tree that arrived after several uncharacteristic battles was truly terrifyingly large.
The tree roots protruding above the ground were as large as a human trunk.
Once arriving at the destination, Hwanin waited for her party and started climbing the tree with Isilite.
Hwanin stepped on the panel, and Isilite climbed a tree in an instant, stepping on a multi-sword skill, because Yu Lepa applied her weight reduction secret technique that lasted for 20 minutes and her body became as light as a feather.
= Uh…….=
“…….”
And the two of them landed on a thick branch that stretched out in the middle and felt desolate at the sight unfolding before their eyes.
One feels like a dwarf who has fallen into the land of giants, and the other feels that even if they attack the labyrinth in earnest, it will take three to four months.
Looking down, the ground appears to be faintly submerged in water mist.
Huge trees, which give a strange sense of distance when you look ahead, stand here and there blocking your view, but those trees are also locked in a faint fog, so you can’t see far away.
It is wide enough to feel the fundamental fear that comes from the difference in physical size.
= Is this the feeling of a small person who went to the land of giants…… ?=
“It won’t be different.”
Among the technical books contained in the notebook, there was also a drawing method. Now that you can create a more accurate map, if you draw and attack the labyrinth map like in the labyrinth of spawning ponds…….
‘It will really take four months.’
If Hwan-yeon was fine and the labyrinth was a place where spiritism could not be used, the attacking time would have been cut in half, but here you can’t ask for Hwan-yeon’s help.
At that moment, Hwanin’s ears heard a small flapping of wings.
Food Deok…….
=… Master, something is flying.=
“Bird. …… A very large woodpecker.”
The more the more the more the more the more—!
What appeared in front of the two was a very large woodpecker, well over 3m long from beak to tail, and 7m long with its left and right wings.
And since the woodpecker’s eyes, like those of three hundred eyes, were the eyes that analyzed them as prey, Hwanin threw his body at the flying woodpecker and at the same time released a light spear for only one second and cut off its head.
The woodpecker, whose head was blown off at a speed that could not even react, fell while spewing blood from the cut surface.
Hwanin felt that the duration of the secret technique Yurpa gave him was about to run out, and motioned to Isilite to go down, then stepped on the panel and quickly descended to the ground.
As he lands on the ground, the women and Que who had gathered near the fallen woodpecker’s corpse turn to him.
= The Dolyeong is here. Did the thief kill this? Suddenly, a very large bird fell from above, and I was startled.=
“I was surprised because I’ve never seen a woodpecker this big.”
Hwanin, who doesn’t look like that at all, makes the women laugh.
=Baby, how was it when you saw it from above?=
After organizing his thoughts for a while, Hwanin opened his mouth as he saw Isilite come down a step late.
“I didn’t see the heterogeneous species. Seeing that there are no giants in sight, as Anne said, the living radius of giants is the center of the labyrinth. The width…… This is an unpredictable level at this time. It seems that 3 months will easily exceed if you are going to make a standard map and attack the labyrinth.”
= That’s right. Then, if you spend time leisurely attacking the labyrinth, you will achieve the original purpose of passing time and you will become stronger by breaking the core.
=There is plenty of food to eat, and if you hear the sound of water from far away, it must be that the river is flowing. Since there is no drinking water problem, it is a labyrinth optimized for long-term exploration. Look at this =
Anne held out a mushroom the size of a human forearm in her hand.
If you look at her shape, it’s an oyster mushroom, but with five or six sticking to her forearm the size of an adult man, it feels subtly disgusting and repulsive, but Anne’s face is full of joy.
“It’s big enough to wonder how it tastes.”
= It’s a mushroom. This will be delicious too.=
As Hwanin laughs at the groundless belief, Baek Ryogang raises her hand slightly and speaks.
= Over there…… Hwanin. If you stay in the labyrinth for a long time, your mind will erode. Wouldn’t it be necessary to go out of the labyrinth sometimes?=
Anne answered the question of Baek Ryeo-gang, who had suffered from mental infringement in her labyrinth.
=That can be resolved with the Wave of Serenity of Doryeong.=
=Really?=
“That said, staying too long in a labyrinth like this wouldn’t be good for your mental health. In a situation where everything in the labyrinth is huge, you don’t know what effect the labyrinth will have on your body.”
When Hwanin is so high that the darkness gathers and looks black, the women look up as well.
“So for now, I will aim to go around the wall once. As it appears to be a common fault labyrinth, if you go around the outer wall once, you will be able to get information about changes in condition, etc.”
When Hwanin told him to keep in mind that it would take at least three months to clear the labyrinth, as the labyrinth was very wide, the women nodded lightly.
The march, which was not a march that started like that, continued for an absurdly long time.
As a result, the giant forest labyrinth was jointly sentenced.
It’s round without knowing it, but like the labyrinth of spawning ponds, thick forests and thickets made a wall, so there was no such thing as having to go around or pass through.
But the distance was too long to be ignorant.
The distance the group walked for 12 days was about 322 km. Even more shocking was the fact that the total area of the labyrinth was about 4,800 km2, almost half the size of Gyeonggi-do, if the area was calculated along the route.
The women who reached the entrance of the labyrinth they came down for the first time looked a little tired and talked while staring at the forest where night was slowly approaching.
=Isn’t this the level of the giant forest labyrinth under the Great Plain of Sijur?=
= Eh… Isn’t that enough? Since the distance traveled is 322 km, if you straighten it out as a rectangle, it means that one side is 80 km.=
= I see……. I guess I just kept walking and my senses got a little weird. The actual feeling seems to be several times greater than that.=
=It was a time when sensory confusion could occur.=
=Yuri sister, Anne. Would you like some tea?=
=Oh, give me a drink.=
=I’ll ask you too.=
Thanks to the march for nearly 15 days, I knew for sure what the ecology of the labyrinth was like.
First of all, night and day, weather change and climate change were embodied inside the labyrinth.
If it is night outside, the labyrinth is also night. If the wind blows strongly outside, the wind blows inside the labyrinth, and if it rains outside, it rains inside the labyrinth.
Thanks to this natural change, women felt like they were exploring in a rather strange area rather than a labyrinth, and such appreciation made them strong resistant to mental invasion, which was the biggest problem in the labyrinth.
Surprisingly, he did not meet a single one for 12 days.
The women argued over this, but the opinion was narrowed down to one.
The Labyrinth spends almost all its energy on maintaining the interior, and the internal ecosystem is composed of animals and beasts that have been brought in from the outside and mutated.
=The rest of the energy spent on maintenance was probably used to make a giant. So, the highest point of the ecosystem of the Giant Forest Labyrinth is occupied by giants, and huge beasts are located below them.
I didn’t meet Lee Hyeong-jong, but I encountered a lot of monsters whose phase power was mutated.
An ear blade drop that cuts down enemies with its long ears sharp like blades.
A bladewing buffalo with long, sharp horns that grow horizontally.
Brain Eaters sucking the brains of their prey with their sharp beaks.
If you go inside, it is predicted that monster-level beasts that will become gigantic and even handle phase power will be infested.
Beep, beep- beep
During a short break, Isilite, who was watching the illusion of riding on the back of Silu, who was getting more and more like a young phoenix, like a cavalryman in Que, opened her mouth.
=After all, what level is this labyrinth? There was no way down the wall, but judging from the width of the labyrinth, it seems to be over level 5…….=
There is also a way to divide classes according to the size of the labyrinth.
The Gargoyle Prince’s Secret Cemetery near Farhist is a single-story labyrinth like this one, and is level 5.
In terms of area, it is as large as a large city, but the scenery there is a neat maze type, and the ceiling height is said to be maintained at an average of 3m.
However, this place is spacious enough to fit five or six farhists, and the ceiling height is at least 500m. There is no comparison.
“I’m sure it must be level 6 or higher.”
=Then the 7th grade core must be guarding the core.=
= Sister Anne. Since Hwanin-nim said she was at least level 6, there is a possibility that she is at level 7 or 8…….=
= Then you will fight against the 8th grade heteromorphic species or the 9th grade heteromorphic species. At 9th grade, a monster worthy of being called a dragon might come out.
Recalling the white-blue dragon he saw near the village of Turad, Baek Ligang slightly trembled his shoulders and asked:
=Seo, no way.=
“According to the story of the great saintess, Adnevila is said to be about 14th grade when graded. Is 9th grade that much?”
= Huh? No no. He’s a god What I’m talking about is not such a high-class existence, but an inferior dragon that can’t even speak in the monster line. Even so, to ordinary adventurers and explorers, it’s no different than a death god.=
=…… Other than that dragon, what other level 9 monsters are there?=
= Well. What is known is Walpatter, which is a type of corrupt fairy, Mindlow, which looks like a tiger but has a lion-like mane that becomes tentacles and attaches to people and manipulates them, Bonescale Deathworm, which is a variant of sandworm that is several kilometers in length, There is also a Deadly Knight who rides a hellhorse, a demon species…….=
All the monsters that came out of Anne’s mouth were truly catastrophic monsters that destroyed people’s mental state.
Evelyn Gide Spider, the size of a small city, Sispeter, who is said to have been corrupted by the earth’s deity Behemoth and put on the skin of hell, Deep Water Dreadfish wielding countless bone tentacles clad in darkness and thunderbolts. It’s common, and there are things like Earth Grant, which was born from the union of the earth with the devil of hell.
When Anne stopped talking with her description, Baek Ryogang had an expression that he had asked for nothing, and Isilite and Yu Lepa also had slightly uneasy expressions.
For some reason, Isilite, whose nape couldn’t stand the chilly atmosphere, struggles to change her subject.
= That, more than that…… From now on, the battle will begin in earnest, but since the master can’t use the Spirit Code and Anne can’t use Rumo’s Spirit Possession, the power will be greatly reduced.=
She said, “It may not be as efficient as a spirit, but she can do a spirit of a monster or beast, so she doesn’t have to worry about that. By the way…….”
Hwan-in asked Hwan-yeon, who was swinging a tree branch around while riding on Silu’s back.
“Hwanyeon, is there anything outside of Relais?”
“Not yet. Shall I ask you one more time?」
When I asked him to do it, Ian-yeon closed her eyes, probably for communication with Lilai in the ghost realm.
I did, but within 5 seconds, I opened my eyes and started to show a look of bewilderment.
“Uh… There were some humans approaching the labyrinth, but she didn’t find the labyrinth and just passed by…… ?”
At her answer, wrinkles form between Hwanin’s forehead.
“When was that a story?”
“It was four days ago……. She said she didn’t tell me because she didn’t even discover the labyrinth.”
Hwanyeon also did not expect such an answer to come back.
“…….”
=…….=
In a different sense than before, a cluttered atmosphere is formed.
Hwanin used to move in anticipation of the pursuer, but the pursuer was really close.
Naturally, the women, curious about where they came from and why they pursued them so persistently, stared at Hwanin with a pensive expression.
“…… This is Seongjae’s group. Unless the other side is also an idiot, the main purpose is not to be hostile, but to gain influence and name value from this side.”
=It’s very likely.=
Hwanin, who nodded at her in her yurupa’s agreement, looked back at her exit steps outside and said,
“Originally, I was going to leave the labyrinth and rest for about a day before coming down again…… Is there anyone who is in a strange physical condition or in a bad condition?”
= Maybe it’s because this is a forest, but I’m in better condition than usual. =
Anne of the Fleur tribe, said to be an innate forest tribe.
= It feels a little stuffy because I haven’t seen sunlight for nearly two weeks, but it’s similar to looking at the sky during the rainy season, so it’s not to the extent that I’m concerned.=
Isilite, who has become exceptionally strong in spirit.
=Well, there is no change between me and outside the labyrinth.=
Baeknyeogang possessed by Yongin body.
= It’s okay except for being a little bored because I couldn’t practice mysticism. =
A Yurpa who often locks herself in her room and doesn’t see sunlight, only researching occult techniques and making magic tools.
Hwan Yeon is also in a better condition after coming to his senses, and the Ques are also in a state of tranquility, grazing nearby grass or eating large bugs hiding under rocks.
Hwanin opened her mouth, judging that there was no problem with her group’s mental state.
“Then we will continue exploring the labyrinth.”
=Baby, then what would you do if the pursuers found the labyrinth and came down?=
“For those who are that persistent, it would be impossible to evade them.”
If avoiding it is impossible, you have no choice but to talk. Then, if trouble arises, well, just bury it.
Even though this place is a huge forest, it is definitely in the belly of a labyrinth. If you kill them and bury them, traces of them will be completely erased.
“First of all, let’s decide the base. Go back the way you came.”
With the intention of starting the full-fledged exploration of the giant forest labyrinth at the entrance, Hwanin moved back to the tree about three hours away from the entrance.
It is a very large tree with a width of 50m that I kept my eye on while coming.
“I plan to use this tree as a base from now on… Anne, isn’t it bad to intentionally hurt a tree?”
Anne, who was looking at the giant tree at Hwanin’s question, huh? Replied with a look of
=If that’s the case, I couldn’t even eat a vegetarian diet. It’s like tearing off a living plant and munching on it. Anyway, are you thinking of digging up the tree?
“It takes a lot of time and leaves a lot of traces. Fantastic, intermediate level spirits were said to be able to be used for a short time.”
“Yes. If Hwanin gives me a little core power, I think I can stay longer.”
“Isn’t core power increasing strength? Well, we can test it in a little while.”
Hwanin marched for 12 days and explained to Hwanyeon what he had arranged in his head.
There is nothing difficult, and at that level, you can summon two earth spirits and complete it in 10 minutes.
「Huh. If you use wind and earth spirits, you can even dig into trees, right?」
“There is no need to establish a base that is visible on the ground. It’s enough to look under the tree and make a basement about 20 pyeong. It is easy to clean up and leaves no traces.”
It is a fact verified by several labyrinth exploration experiences that the labyrinth is left for a long time without being restored immediately even if the inside of the labyrinth is artificially deformed.
So, if you make a cellar under a giant tree with the spirit of the earth and plant a suitable shrub at the entrance, you can easily camouflage and create a base where you can rest comfortably.
“Okay.”
Hwanyeon moved Silu like a Que cavalryman and commanded an earth spirit to create a cellar under the giant tree.
Meanwhile, in the labyrinth, the rain began to fall incessantly again.
