Chapter 609 – 602 Labyrinth – Old Castle Entrance
In the past, people called Palatum a heavenly magical land.
Mt. Cheonju was named Cheonju because it was the place where the sky god took a short rest, and became the faith of the Flavian people. And from the left and right, Mt. Dongju and Mt. Seoju assist such Mt. Cheonju.
It was a dishonorable title because there were nine labyrinths, three on each of the three mountains, and more than twenty labyrinths were scattered in the surrounding area, and countless labyrinths were scattered in the Tienzhou Mountains from Palatum.
It wasn’t just that there were many labyrinths, so it wasn’t called the Demonic Land.
It was because there were many labyrinths, so there were frequent backflows, and because of the overflowing heterogeneous species, the loss of life and property was severe.
But it wasn’t all that bad. It was because Palatum was always enriched by enormous by-products that matched the overflowing heterogeneous species.
If you want to make money risking your life, there was a story about going to Palatum.
The citizens of Palatum lived in the shadow of death, and by the time they realized that death wasn’t that bad.
=Palatum and the surrounding labyrinths must be cleared.=
The distant past of seven hundred and eighty-three in years. At that time, the heavenly king read the heavenly gi with his short lifespan and decided the direction Heathrond should go.
It was ordered to organize all the labyrinths in the north and south, including the vicinity of the Great Plain of Sijur, and to leave only two labyrinths in Palatum, Cheonjusan, and Eastjusan and Westjusan, respectively.
It was only natural that there would be resistance from those who were accustomed to the reality.
=Your Majesty! Please contact us! The Labyrinth is a gift from Heaven that symbolizes the abundance of Palatum and Heathrond! Breaking that kind of grace is something that can even buy the wrath of the Heavenly God…… !=
=Gwain also agrees with Kyung’s story.=
= If not… !=
=That’s why.=
The foundation of a nation is made up of its people. Such people lose their lives in vain, swept away by the annual backwaters.
= Is that all? In order to supplement the lives of the people who are being consumed, land women lay eggs without rest from childhood until menopause. Such excessive dystocia is an act that gnaws at life span. Do the Lords know that the average lifespan of the people of Palatum is less than 40 years?=
= That, that’s…….=
=Listen carefully. Can’t you hear the agony of the dying people? Can’t you really hear the cries of women who have lost their children and loved ones?=
=…….=
=Soon the flow of the times will change… Cool, cool.=
=Your Majesty.=
=…… As the years pass, the labyrinth’s core power builds up. And when the core force is saturated, it explodes and turns the surroundings into hell. Countries that have realized the dangers of the labyrinth will also clean up the labyrinth, leaving only manageable numbers, but that will only happen after a huge accident. At least for Heathrond first…….=
The king’s heavenly secret was exactly right.
The servants who could not overcome the king’s strong authority eventually began to subdue the surrounding labyrinth, and the king, who led the cause, could not control his weakened body his and eventually became a soldier.
Even after the death of the king, the great work did not stop according to the will, and after a while, Palatum left only four labyrinths nearby.
And two years later, the labyrinth near Beltical turned into a demonic palace, caused a runaway, exploded, and a huge explosion occurred in chain with the surrounding labyrinths, resulting in a huge disaster that took over a hundred years to recover.
Radsea and Merianol were surprised by the disaster of Veltical, which drew national power to the aftermath with the appearance of their souls fleeing, and began clearing the labyrinth around the capital and city. Story.
“…… It is a story that the forgotten old city labyrinth has been growing under the delicate management of the Palatum government since it was a first-class labyrinth, and has maintained a 6th-class labyrinth for over 600 years.”
=I learned about the Berorgan Grand Labyrinth runaway case in theology class, but I’ve never heard of such a thing happening in the background.=
= How did the master hear that story? There was no such story in the labyrinth booklet Ah-yeong brought…….=
“This is a story I heard directly from the Duke of Aduri when I visited Celestial Castle. They told me it was the Secret Secret of Palatum.”
= Ah. Didn’t you say that the duke gave you a pass to the Labyrinth of the Sea of Rising Clouds?=
“Okay. Enemy.”
With a brief warning from Hwanin, four pig-headed humans in pale gray skin emerge from the corner of a collapsed brick building.
Compared to the saggy, plump belly, the limbs were muscular like rocks. It is a heterogeneous species of Oh Hume’s reversed entity, which is said to occupy the main population of Evil Faction.
Chwack—Quack!
Puck, peopbung- kungkwajik!
As soon as they found this side, the three of O’Hume, who had blown their noses and snorts together with their runny nose, couldn’t even try something and were cut and stamped by Isilite and Anne and turned into bloody lumps.
= Heck… Memories, memories…….=
Limin, who was carrying a backpack half his own weight and was breathing heavily, looked at the three like monsters.
The two women are rare, high-class jobs, so even so, even that human, a holy god, is a skilled person who tramples a group of Ohums like a hob.
If you have skills like that, the lower level of this labyrinth won’t be of any help to you, so why do you keep wandering around?
Besides, the story we just shared……
At the academy, he learned about the runaway case of the Berorgan Grand Labyrinth. However, the secret history of Emperor Seongje was not listed in any history book in the academy library.
If it was something like that, of course it should have remained in the saying, but where did you come up with an obvious lie…….
‘…… But that brooch was real. I think it’s true that I got it from Duke Aduri, but then that story…… ?’
Thinking about it, Li-Min took a step and felt his ankle snapping, losing his balance and falling off along with his backpack.
=Queuck!=
A voice holding back laughter flies toward Ri-min, who struggles with the weight of the backpack weighing down her body.
= To stumble in a place where there is nothing, must have learned how to walk roughly? =
=Ba, I just stumbled… !=
Struggling under the backpack, Li-Min yanked the heavy and irritating bag aside and rolled up his left trouser hem.
Red, swollen ankles. It was tingling and throbbing, and then it was like this.
= It will hurt. Shall I cure you?
=No need!=
Rimin tantrum in a low voice, tore off the sleeves of her hooded robe and began tying her ankles tightly.
I, too, am a 5th-class light magician. In other words, she had studied necessary to enter the labyrinth, and learned first aid in an emergency or crisis situation!
Don’t you think I’ll get a sloppy and insignificant enemy ship!
Limin’s Awakening Body Temperament is a higher level of physical resilience improvement, phase power increase, and phase power recovery increase. A sprain like this will heal if you walk.
Her personal desire her was to obtain pain blunting, which was useful in many ways for the operation and activation of phase power, but anyway.
Rimin, who gave first aid by wrapping it in a bandage, looked at the place where Ohhume had become rice cake.
=…….=
Limin limped and sighed like O’Hume, took out the blood-soaked club, tore off his sleeve again, wrapped it around the handle, and, carrying her backpack her, began to wield the club like a cane.
Anne, who watched it, smiled as if it were quite normal.
=Not very crap.=
Hwanin looked at Rimin for a moment and then started walking again.
Currently, Hwanin and his party are walking on the second floor of the labyrinth of the forgotten old city.
The concept of this labyrinth, which is divided into six layers, is a city attacked by evil factions after a major earthquake.
The first floor felt like ruins on the outskirts of the city.
Trees are planted everywhere, overturned fields and broken wooden and stone buildings are located here and there.
The ceiling was as high as 20m, and the activity was not difficult because the entire labyrinth was bright for unpredictable reasons.
The monsters inhabiting the first floor are Hob, a stocky humanoid monster I met in a forest-type labyrinth, and Kolb, a dog that stood up on two legs.
Around the 4th floor, Big Hob and Big Kolb, the parent entities of Hobs and Kolbs, also went around, and traps began to appear.
But this trap was really insignificant.
Knee-deep pit traps with thorns dug for the purpose of catching rabbits or birds, or booby traps using natural terrain where a thorny tree branch is pulled wide and swings like a cane when touched.
Hwanin, who had paid 30 silver coins to purchase the labyrinth booklet that recorded all the information up to the 4th floor, had all the data up to the 4th floor stored in his head his, so he went down to the 2nd floor as quickly as possible, checking the general precautions.
There was no reason to hurry up.
There was nothing to see on the first floor, and the income was not good, and the eyes of the labyrinth worker, who made a living by scavenging for debris and by-products in the ruins created by the labyrinth, gathered to an annoying degree. .
=Dew is because of you.=
=Why is it because of me?=
=It’s because your heavenly tent is so pretty and erotic.=
=That’s why you’re wearing a cape…….=
= Wearing a cape isn’t enough for a dirty body that has received plenty of love…… Ugh! Sorry, I was wrong! Don’t pinch!=
I was half right and half wrong because I got attention.
Two-winged, double-winged Flavians would be able to join the aristocratic ranks or aim for an opportunity to rise through aristocratic families, but it was because of the rare appearance of porters.
Moreover, when I think of the reason why I had to carry a luggage bag with a gray Que next to me…….
The scenery on the 5th and 2nd floors, which came down through the stairs on the wall, was a little different.
It’s the same labyrinth of ruins, but if the first floor felt like the edge of the outskirts of a city divided into four floors, the second floor was a single-story city center of ruins with a part of the old castle-like wall shimmering far away in the dark.
The height of the ceiling was raised to 50 m, and the brightness was about that of a full moon night.
Hyungjong Lee, who roams the city as dark as night, is Oh Hume and Gnul.
They were pig-headed people who would have been called orcs on Earth, and hyena-headed people called gnolls.
The main weapon is a rusty axe, a rusty spear, a birch club, and a clumsy leather outfit.
In the outskirts, Big Hob and Big Kolb also roamed, but when they entered the city center, the two disappeared and only Ohhume and Gnul began to appear.
Even the traps on the 2nd floor were still insignificant compared to the labyrinth of Farhist’s prison.
A trap that, if touched, would cause a stone ceiling or stone wall to collapse. Or, because Gnul or Ohume hid behind a wall and stabbed a window through a gap when someone passed by, it was mostly a manpower method.
Wow!
Chae-chaeng-!
Fuck! Coles, don’t you get it straight?! It’s leaking this way, you asshole!
Nimmy is in charge of three fish right now, bitch!
Whoa!
Jed! Are you laughing?! Kill the piglets!
I’m sorry!!
At the crossroads, about 80 steps away, three 2nd and 3rd class workers were fighting fiercely with five or six of them.
One warrior, one blueman, and one dagger-type shooter.
Although moderately scratched, looking at the worn-out equipment and the pile of luggage exuding a sense of use, it looks like it has been well-groomed.
=…….=
Li-Min looked at those who were fighting to the death, and quickly followed Seong-Je and his party his, who were walking away without paying attention to the other side.
The authors do this against six animals, but how strong are these humans that they clean up the monsters they encounter like removing fallen leaves?
=The structure of the labyrinth is amazing. So, the second floor is a single floor here, and if you go to a place like an old castle buried in that wall, it is a 4th floor old castle, and if you go down to the basement on the other side of the wall , it is a 3rd floor dungeon, right?
= Yes. If you keep going down from the dungeon, you will find that old castle.=
=Isn’t it amazing that you come up while going down?=
Reading her labyrinth booklet, Ri-Min, who saw her as an opportunity to avenge the persecution she had received so far from her walking her Anne her, smirked at her.
= That’s stupid. I don’t even know Thymeridi’s circular dimension reversal.=
=…….=
And she flinched at Isilite’s cold gaze.
Isn’t that the point of death with a greatsword?
What did she say? She thought that if she said one more word, her sword would fly before her words her.
=Is that topology? I only studied theology, so I don’t know much about that.=
=…… Right. As part of labyrinth topology, it is a field related to labyrinth circulation.=
= Oh. Labyrinth topology is usually something you learn after graduating from an academy and at a higher education institution, but have you learned it already? So what is Thymeridi’s circular dimension inversion?=
= This is the theory of space distortion phenomenon that is the foundation of portal-type space movement. It is a circulatory organ that acts on the stairs, so when you go down, you enter the sub-dimension without realizing it, and when you exit the sub-dimension, you are transferred to a designated area. So, if you go down the 3rd floor dungeon, you will come up to the castle.
= Scholars are great. By studying such a trivial phenomenon, you discover a great technology.=
Limin gave a small nod and replied.
=Similar phenomena often appear in other labyrinths. That’s probably why the Thymeridian scholars also studied it. For reference, the transfer trap is also a variation of this circular dimension reversal. If one of the two appears, it is safe to assume that the other exists elsewhere.=
Fluttering-
=Ah, there are really metastasis traps on the 4th floor. Seeing how he answers so quickly, he says he’s learned it quite well.=
=…… Heung.=
Feeling strange at Anne’s pure admiration, Rimin tried to turn her head away and snort at her.
But the strange feeling doesn’t go away.
‘Why?’
Although he was limping, Ri-min, thinking as he followed with a step that was noticeably better than before, realized that it was because the dwarf’s reaction was different from anyone else in the academy.
When I showed off my knowledge like I did just now, some were annoyed by pretending to know it again, some flattered it, flattered it, and some ignored it, but no one reacted so innocently.
Not just the academy. There was no one who reacted like that woman to the radius of his life.
Even if they approached normally at first, after a few words of conversation, most of them ignored them.
Like that Holy Emperor, the amber haired bitch, and the purple haired assassin bitch.
=…….=
Limin muttered inwardly as usual, trying to shake off her strange feelings of her. I’m not wrong. It’s the fault of those who don’t even know the subject and are ugly and jealous.
…… So, are you a person who doesn’t know the subject of sexuality?
…… I don’t know. Anyway, it’s their fault.
A church that seemed to have been destroyed by artillery fire. A bell tower whose entire building was distorted as if it had been hit by a train. The Capitol seems to have been destroyed by monsters.
Hwanin opened his soul’s eyes and wandered around the second floor of the small metropolitan city level, trying to grasp the energy flowing in the labyrinth.
‘Is it unreasonable to read the flow of the labyrinth’s deep core force in the second layer or so? If you go deeper…….’
I could see the aura that was supposed to be something like a core force flowing through the walls, ceiling, and floor of the labyrinth.
However, the energy feels like a small flowing stream or the water surface of a small lake, so to speak.
You can see waves and currents flowing, but just as you can’t figure out where they are coming from, where they are flowing, what are the components of lake or stream water, or why an aquatic ecosystem is formed, you can find out just by looking at the flow of energy with the eyes of your soul. What was less.
“…….”
It might help if you look at the circular dimension reversal phenomenon that Limin talked about, but going down to the third level, the dungeon, will take you way beyond the time you were supposed to.
It’s just a matter of entering the old castle on the 4th floor and checking the stairs, but from the 4th floor onwards, magic traps appear, so the risk factor…….
‘Wouldn’t it be possible to see the flow of phase power in the spell trap with the eyes of the soul?’
Hwanin, who stopped walking, tilted his balance, remembering the reasons why he should and shouldn’t enter the fourth-tier Goseong.
If there is a reason not to enter, it is definitely the danger of the magic trap.
There are many types of spell traps.
Simpler and less dangerous ones end non-life-threatening, such as elemental arrow traps, hallucinogenic gas traps, sensory confusion traps, and paralyzing traps.
However, there are super-electric traps that turn to ashes the moment they touch, super-acid traps that turn them into blood, transfer traps that forcibly transfer to a random location, summon traps that randomly create monsters around them when stepped on, and life or phase power. Drain-type traps that suck up to the floor.
Traps belonging to the high-risk group take lives in an instant without a chance to really deal with it.
A characteristic of this magic trap is that its structure and activation are made with phase power.
When I got close to the magic trap, I felt like I was being stimulated by phase currents. There is no doubt that this is what I personally experienced on the 18th floor of the labyrinth of the Farghist Prison.
In other words, if you have eyes of the soul that allow you to see the flow of energy such as phase power, magic power, elemental power, and core power, you can avoid traps.
‘The magic traps of ancient castles are mostly those that act on space…….’
It was stated in the booklet that things like heinous traps that turned the whole body into a twist the moment they were stepped on were only found on the 5th floor or lower.
Of course, blind faith in the book is prohibited. As long as you check if you can find magic traps with the eyes of the soul at the beginning of the 4th floor, it will be fine.
= Doryeong. It’s slowly passing by 7pm outside time. After eating, how about deciding whether to explore more or rest?=
At Anne’s notification, Hwanin nodded her head after looking around the dark city without any change in light intensity.
“Let’s go to Goseong and have a simple dinner.”
= Can you take a look at Goseong? What about the spell trap?=
“I’m thinking of checking out the magic trap.”
As she answered, she pointed to his own eyes her, and Isilite and Anne understood the meaning and agreed.
But she had one person who didn’t agree.
= Now, wait! Going to the 4th floor without a trap expert?! I’m against it!=
Hee hee, Limin, who had been listening to the story dripping with sweat from the weight of his backpack his, shouted as if he was half leaning on it using a wooden club as a walking stick.
“…….”
=Bah, the opposite.=
Anne suppressed her laughter and asked Rimin, who was rapidly shrinking under Hwanin’s gaze.
=Why the opposite?=
=Are you asking for that?! How many dangerous spell traps are on the 4th floor, four years! That girl over there is also a maid and servant of the Holy Emperor, isn’t she an expert on traps!=
Up to the 2nd floor, it doesn’t matter much if you don’t have a trap expert. Most of the traps are flimsy things that make you wonder if they can catch small animals.
Or getting bruised from being hit by a pouring pile of stones.
However, the 4th floor is a different story. How many traps are there that will kill you on the spot if you make a single mistake!
=If you want to go, follow you or your master! I will go back like this!=
Anne put on a look that made sense to Li Min’s tough attitude of her.
It’s normal to react like that if you’ve studied Goseong without knowing the abilities of Doryong. It’s crazy to silently pursue you.
With a slight trembling feeling, Rimin held her back upright and caught Hwanin’s gaze.
At least now there is nothing wrong with her own logic her. Even if you grab and ask a passing explorer or adventurer, they will agree with you!
Rimin, who thought so, felt numb at the sight of Hwanin walking around, so she reflexively bowed her legs.
=Uh, huh?=
Seeing Hwanin lift her bag her with one hand and lightly place it on Kue’s back, her eyes widened.
“Go if you want to go. I hope you get out alive.”
= What? …… Say?=
=Doryeong, do you think that thing will not survive?=
“Okay.”
=Well, that one has wings and is a level 5 light magician. You’re smart enough to remember the direction you came from, but wouldn’t it be fine to just fly away?
In response to Anne’s question because she really didn’t know, Hwanin pointed to several ruined buildings towering in the distance with the core of the light spear she was holding.
“There, there, and there and there is the OHume sniper. There are snipers hiding everywhere on the way up to the 4th floor, not just there.”
= Oh my god…. I didn’t notice at all.=
He was a Hwanin who used the Argentea Scout to check the geographical features while moving.
To avoid the annoyance, the sniper turned around and moved, and the sniper in the unavoidable place sent two or three evil spirits of the wild dog warriors to possess and commit suicide, so Isilite and Anne did not notice.
It’s only on the 2nd floor that this is possible, but anyway.
“That naked man is a 15-year-old magician who is not a melee worker, has low physical strength, and has not trained his physical abilities. I don’t think you’ll be able to maneuver in the air to avoid the sniper’s sniping.”
=… Right?=
“And this is near the main street on the 4th floor. Heterogeneous species are hiding or wandering around everywhere. Even though he is a 5th grade sorcerer, he has no actual combat experience, so what are the chances of surviving when he encounters a group of heterogeneous species?”
Can’t fly I can’t go any further on foot. No skills hiding, no food. No equipment either.
Realizing the situation, when Li Min’s complexion turned pale, Hwanin retrieved the aura that was hidden around Li Min’s neck in her.
Then, an aura like a white air wave spread out brightly.
“I kept filling it up to not get hit by the sniper’s sniper, but if you’re going to die, you won’t need it. When you return, I will tell Count Feldricks your death. Bye.”
= Uh, uh huh?=
When Hwan-in moves toward the castle, Isilite and Bi-sang follow after Hwan-in without giving Ri-min a glance.
Anne looked at the bewildered Ri-Min pathetically, then slapped him on the back of the head.
= Keck. Why do you hit me!?=
= Stupid Go ahead and beg that you were wrong.=
= What? What did I do wrong…… !=
= A person who is several times smarter and wiser than you is a do-ryeong. Do you think Doryeong didn’t think of what you thought?=
=…….=
= Or are you going to show off your pride and die without anyone knowing? There’s no such thing as dog death.=
Anne was also excited, and her phantom her moved her steps toward the liver her, and Rimin, restless like a girl needing the toilet, hurriedly chased after Anne with her eyes slightly filled with tears.
=Now, I was wrong, I was wrong… !=
The moment she put forgiveness on her lips, Rimin felt something in her heart her cut away a little.
A strange feeling that I have never experienced before.
No, she seems to have felt it once before. When was that? Was it when her parents died?
Li-Min shed her tears without realizing it. I don’t know why, but it felt like a little refreshing in her heart.
