Chapter 618 – 611 Labyrinth of the Old Forgotten City
The movement of the party who entered the old castle was unstoppable.
What to pay keen attention to is the appearance of heterogeneous species and the presence or absence of traps.
Hwanin and Ayoung lead the ranks. After that, Anne was in a single formation with Bisang and Baeknyeogang between the libraries, followed by four knights of the 2nd Sky Knights, and finally Isilite.
This is the second visit, but as expected, there were fewer magic tricks this time.
“Are there magic traps installed in this room?”
=… No. Not visible =
On the way to the eastern part of the old castle, passing through a structure close to a maze, I carefully examined all the rooms and corridors with Ah-young, but did not find a single magic trap.
In the middle, I double-checked the side of the mural where Rimin touched the magic trap, but there was no magic trap, perhaps because it was triggered once.
In addition, all heterogeneous species encountered were arranged with the passing of Hwanin and Ayeong + Baek Ryeo-gang to fully adapt to the powerful effect of Grimoam.
Cheot- Beep!
Every time… !
After making a simple wound on Heo Hyeong-jong’s stomach skin with a light spear, insert a soul explosion orb in its place, and when it bursts, about 1/3 of the body disappears, spilling out all the internal organs and dying.
Compared to Hwanin’s neat fighting style, Ayeong and Baekryeogang’s collaboration was done in an ignorant manner.
=Ayoung!=
Kwurrrr
= Oh! Huap-!=
Kwajik! Tsukeok—
Baekryeogang’s thunderbolt arrow (a projectile that is stronger than a lightning arrow) hits the head with a straight hit, and when Urge falls into a temporary groggy state, Ayeong goes back to Urge with the steps of an assassin.
Then, with her heel, she broke her cervical vertebrae, turned her head 360 degrees, and pulled out the bone pain.
Koo, Koouk!!
=This!=
Woojik, Kwadeuk- Ddu-Duduk!
If the resistance is severe, it will not hesitate to crush joints and pull out the head through the vertebrae.
Hwanin said to Ahyoung, who pulled out the head of Urge, which was the size of his upper body.
“It’s easy to show off your skills against humanoids, but there’s a lot to be desired about monsters.”
= Hehe. Because he’s an assassin…=
Like Ayeong, who was the next Karax’s canine, Urger easily defeated him with Baekryeogang’s light assistance, but Virak showed a dangerous fighting method.
The lower part is the body of a scorpion and the upper part is a sea anemone. Against it, it dangerously avoided the anemone’s tentacle whip attack, the scorpion’s claw attack, and the venom shot attack, almost smashing through the joints and gaps in the carapace.
Compared to Hwanin evading the tentacle attack with a restrained beauty, cutting off his torso and then exploding it with a soul explosion, Ayoung completely smashed Birak as he expressed it.
=That’s because I caught it without using the maximum advantage! I only did 30% of my skills!=
She is Ah-yeong, who makes excuses because she is dressed in a way that does not show hypersensitivity at all, but even her visionary notices that much.
“You’ll have to get everything new, from weapons to equipment. Baekryeogang’s equipment should also be ordered for archers.”
= Me too? For me, the one written by Hwanin’s older brother is enough!=
“Not enough at all. It is an ordinary garment that has not been endowed with any magic. If you’re a martial arts expert like me, it won’t mean much, but in your state, it’s impossible to hold on to it. Moreover, considering the level of danger of the labyrinth going forward, it is all the more so.”
= Laugh. Yes…=
Kwakwang!
Whoa, whoa!
Aaaaa-!!
At that time, the wall of the hallway they passed through exploded, and three Urgers broke into the room again.
Urgur’s bell-like eyes are stained red and glisten. It seems that the aggro was strongly attracted by the thunderbolt of the thunderbolt Yuritel.
By the time the knights of the Sky Knights were startled by the group of heterogeneous species that appeared from behind and drew their weapons, Anne was already half-flying and striking the top of Urger, who stood on the far right, with her war hammer.
Kujijik!
The hammer head wrapped in blue haze only took one down shot, but the blow with the three elements of strength perfectly pulverized the skull as hard as the steel of a 5th grade heteromorphic species like tofu.
“I will organize the rest.”
Hwanin, who rolled Baeknyeogang with a thunderbolt and Isilite with multiple swordsmanships, sprinted towards Urgur as if flying, waving a dark yellow half-coat.
Wow!!
Miss-!!
The two dogs, with a height difference of 40cm, were more attracted to Hwanin who intimidated them than to Anne, who killed her own kind.
Urger, which is even bigger and reaches 4m, wields a huge club at the Hwanin who run like a black arrow.
Hwanin did not avoid it, concentrated his strength on his legs, and hit the club back with a clean high kick as if drawing a crescent moon.
Kwak!
There was an explosion of sound that made it impossible to believe that the shinbone and the log club had collided, but the pressure on Hwanin was only slightly tingling on his shin.
‘With the body improved by Grimoam’s strength, the intermediate spirit command, and the defense power of Cheonneung added to it, such an ignorant act is possible.’
Kwauuuuu-!!
Urger, whose arms were bent back with his club and his upper body exposed, roared furiously and strained the muscles of his arms to the point where they were doubly thick.
It looks like he is going to hit Hwanin like this and turn him into blood.
But thump! The first thing that happened was that the new type of Hwanin, which had increased its acceleration with an advanced angle, disappeared in an instant.
The gap and chin that are clearly visible in Hwanin’s eyes. Jump knee kick with a height of 4m to enter there.
Kwajik, Urger, whose lower jaw was completely shattered, released like a concussion, and with shaky eyes, blood and saliva flowed like a waterfall.
“Suck!”
Then, Hwanin, who rotated his body 360 degrees in the air, kicked the cheekbones with his heel.
Clap!
With a terrifying sound, Urgur’s facial skin was ripped away along with his facial skull, exposing his pale pink brain.
… —! … !
Urge, whose face had been ripped off, fluttered as if he had been struck by lightning, pouring out his brain and fell down, and Hwanin, without even looking at it, swung the Light Spear infused with some core force and spiritual energy and slashed through the air.
Chew!
As a result, Urge tried to wield a club at Hwanin, leading to a half-breed.
Urger splits like straw and dies, pouring out entrails and blood.
=…=
=…=
=…=
The knights of the Sky Knights were unable to pull out their half-pulled swords completely, nor could they put them back in.
It was because I couldn’t understand the phenomenon unfolding in front of my eyes.
Old castle urgur are more violent and tougher than wild urgur.
It’s not even outside where the sky is open, and in such a narrow place, it’s difficult for them to defeat Urge, the old castle, 1:1.
But what does that person mean? You said it was a holy sacrifice. Wasn’t Seongjae a soul priest?
In the ears of the hardened knights, the story of Seongjae having a conversation with the Spirit Knight and Geomhee flowed into them.
= You don’t like it very much. What do you not like?=
“It’s not as efficient as I thought.”
=In my eyes, it was a very smooth and neat two-hit series without any superfluities.=
“It should be neat since the body moves as you think, but it is a waste of motion and time consuming more than handling soul magic. Since we are so close, it is not easy to check the battle situation.”
= That would be it too. If Doryeong swings his cane once from behind, it will explode and die.=
… What? A 5th grade old old castle, Urger, can be blown up with one swing of the staff?
Come to think of it, there was an explosion right where the spear of light swung. Maybe that’s…
=I feel more at ease when the owner gives me instructions from behind.=
= Yes. He’ll fight better than us, since he’s even completed his strength.=
“It goes slowly…”
Kyuu~
= Evil! No!=
Hwanin, who opened his mouth, stopped talking at Ayeong’s scream and looked back. Bi-sang, who has a yellow phase stone at the tip of her beak, catches the eye first, and A-young, who is struggling with both hands at Bi-sang, is also seen.
= That’s Jiji, Jiji! Aww! Don’t eat!=
Beep?
… Kyw!
=Because I don’t eat phase stones! If you eat that, your brother will do this!? Ah! Hey, emergency, please!=
Kyuhhi
=… Ahyoung, what is she doing?=
Not knowing that he was being teased, Hwanin, who had been watching Ah-yeong plead with Bi-sang for a while, smiled and moved toward it.
“I will slowly adjust my combat position from now on.”
= Ong. =
=Yes, Master.=
When distributing party components, she thought of herself as a rear support. And now that the party is complete, except for Isilite, everyone has acquired a double job.
Anne is a knight who deals with spirits and holy arts. Baek Ryeo-gang is an archer who has learned wind magic and swordsmanship. Ah-yeong is an assassin priest who practices sexual and assassination martial arts.
Her characteristic is that she satisfies 200% of her job aptitude. Here, Baek Ryogang stands out in her archery skills and is rapidly building her skills as an archer.
The situation in which Baek Lu-gang took her rear support, which was her own role, her rear support and auxiliary support. Since everyone took more than one position, he was in a state where he had no problem holding any position.
After receiving the phase stone from Bisang, Hwanin gave it to Ayeong and said,
“I plan to move on to the 6th floor royal residence before evening comes, so you can collect by-products in moderation.”
=Yes.=
“Then let’s go.”
Hwanin urged the sky knights, who were more intimidated than before, to head deep into the castle.
The first magic trap was discovered only after reaching the eastern area of the old castle.
There was a gorgeous folding door attached to the eastern wall of the room marked 14 on the map, a magnificently decorated place like the audience waiting room.
= Brother. The unique energy of the spell trap is flowing from that door.=
As Ayeong pointed to the door and narrowed her brow, a short-haired female knight with silver hair, like Anne, one of the four Flavian knights, swallowed her gulp and opened her mouth.
= Mr. Seongje. That door is the only trap door revealed on the 4th floor. It is a trap door that sounds a loud alarm when touched and randomly spawns 12 xenomorphs around it. It is a very dangerous trap because even the 6th grade heteromorphs of the inner 5th floor are summoned.=
“…”
I wondered what it meant because it was a door that was not connected to the eastern area on the map, and it was like that.
Hwanin, who nodded to the female knight, took off her open finger glove and asked Ah-young, who held out her hand toward her door.
“How does the sorcery trap feel?”
=… It feels like something is twisted. No, is it a vortex?=
Her sensory hypersensitivity seems to be helping her figure out the trap.
“Actually, the phase power is swirling like a whirlpool, so it is an accurate expression. Can you dismantle it?”
As if she couldn’t hear the chatter of her knights, Ah-young responded by clenching her fists.
=I’ll try to unlock it.=
“Even if you fail, we are behind you. Don’t be shy and try it.”
=Yes!=
Taking off both of her gloves, Ah-yeong untied her hands and approached her trap door, and her phantom beckoned her girlfriends to prepare her for battle.
The knights also resolutely pulled out their swords and strengthened themselves or their weapons with spells and spells.
Hwanin stood behind Ayeong as if she were protecting her and watched her dismantle the trap from start to finish.
In order to learn the magic trap, there is the most precedent condition, and it must be a professional.
In order to cancel the spell, you must be able to handle phase power. It is difficult for ordinary people who have not awakened to awaken the phase power, and it is impossible to handle the phase force more delicately than the fingertips.
Melee professions such as warriors and fighters are also excluded for the same reason.
The reason is that it is somewhat violent because it is a phase power that focuses on strengthening the body rather than controlling the phase power.
Second, it requires a high-level job grade.
Control of the phase force becomes smoother as the grade increases. And you need to be at least level 3 to be able to handle phase power as you think.
This is why it requires high watering.
A sorcerer or a shooter profession is classified as a job suitable for a spell trap, but among them, a shooter system that can manipulate not only the senses of the fingertips but also the phase power in detail is recommended…
=…=
There is nothing even a sorcerer can’t do.
Ah-yeong focuses her senses on her fingertips, carefully detecting the swirling shapes and flows of her spell traps.
‘Vortices are one, two, three, four… It’s a level 4 trap. Is there a reason those winged knights are nervous?’
Spell traps are usually divided into five stages.
From the lowest level 1 to the maximum level 5, there is a risk of losing your life if you fail to disarm the level 2 trap. At level 4, it should be considered that trappers will surely die.
If a level 5 trap fails, the trapper as well as his teammates can be wiped out.
= Whoa…=
After reading about half of the vortex flow of the phase force vortex, Ah-yeong let out a long breath full of her tension.
The tension that reminds me of the first time I try to release a trap after entering a labyrinth.
How to dismantle magic traps depends on how smooth these vortices are made.
If you turn it off perfectly, nothing happens, but the more mistakes you make, the more serious problems arise.
Speaking of this trap, if you make a slight mistake, it summons one heteromorphic species, and if you make a big mistake, it summons 12 monsters, followed by an explosion of phase force vortex that severely injures the trapper.
=…=
Pom Pom Pong—
With the timing she figured out at the end of her concentration, Ah-young pulled out the twist of the phase force that created the three vortices, and the vortex turned into a rather soft vortex with a little shaking.
And when even that shake stabilizes, she pulls out the fourth and final twist.
Hook-
The magic trap, which had all the twists that created the vortex, faded as if the vortex of reality disappeared, then disappeared without a trace at some point.
= Whoa. Have unlocked Disarming this trap was relatively easy.=
“Is it.”
=I learned that it takes 5 hours just to unlock the high level of difficulty.=
“Right. Good work.”
Hwan-in, who stroked Ah-young, who was wiping the sweat from her forehead, seemed to be quite nervous, and stared at the acupuncture point where the vortex of phase power had been swirling until a while ago.
It was said that it was difficult to find out the type of trap because it was like this, and it was possible to disarm it without knowing the type of trap.
‘If I learn fluid dynamics or hydraulics, will my understanding of magic traps increase?’
It’s possible that it’s more of a gas rather than a fluid, so aerodynamics might help too.
Among the data he brought on his laptop, of course, such mechanics also exist, so Hwan-in moved to the eastern part of the old castle while making a plan to have A-yeong study.
While the northern part of the old old castle was the entrance to the castle, welcoming visitors and showing the splendor of the castle, the eastern part had the concept of a daily practical area necessary for the management of the castle.
Of course, like the northern section, it is an old, worn, weathered and dusty place, but here, the splendor has been removed and the bricks are exposed, or the kitchen, laundry room, dining room, and dormitory room are repeated over and over again.
Hwanin and his party continued to move toward the stairs leading to the royal residence on the 6th floor, passing through a strange space where rooms came out after room after room.
=There is also a staircase to the 6th floor in the northern section, but it is closed and the only way to go up to the 6th floor is in the eastern section.=
“Isn’t it impossible to remodel because the labyrinth has constancy?”
= Normally, Seongjenim’s words are correct. However, like Hraslind’s Labyrinth, which formed a village within the Labyrinth, the Labyrinth also changes as it grows, or if you keep or destroy a place in the same form for a long time. The Labyrinth of the Forgotten City is the place that changed the labyrinth by targeting such elements.=
It’s confidential information that shouldn’t be revealed in the original way. However, the guideline from above, the aura of Hwanin, and the silver short-haired knight, who was intimidated by his fighting ability, were telling him every detail that Hwanin hadn’t asked.
=If you go up to the 6th floor, you will be able to understand it.=
“Is that so. I look forward to it.”
The heterogeneous species that appeared in the eastern area was a giant beast called a bugbear, an evil spirit that appeared in European stories.
It was a heterogeneous species wearing steel plate gauntlets and spiked shoulders and equipped with a bloody (whose blood?) Barbed mace, but it did not use much power against the party’s firepower.
The tricky part is that large kolbs and large hobs equipped with powerful bows and crossbows also appear together.
Kkwagwagwang—!! Gurlureung—!
All of the rooms in the eastern section were huge, often exceeding 50m x 50m in width, and when encountering Hyungjong Lee in such a room, the party had to spend 20 or 30 minutes each.
Due to the nature of the structure without a door attached to the sound of thunder from a thunderbolt bow, heterogeneous species who heard the sound came from all directions.
=This is sheep hunting!=
Five or six at a time, sometimes 10, but there was never a crisis situation.
It was because the knights and Hwanin didn’t step out, and the four women cut Hehyeongjong as if they had been together for a long time.
Big Kolb and Big Hob, who were holding long-range weapons, were fried and killed by Baekryeogang’s thunderbolt.
Bugbear with a two-handed axe, two-handed mace, saw-bladed spear, and two-handed sword suitable for his height of 3m was slaughtered by Isilite and Anne.
In particular, Ayoung’s performance exceeded her expectations.
It is a rather simple tactic of breaking only vital points such as the neck, spine, and heart of the heteromorphic species with the strengthening effect of the core yapi armor prepared by Hwanin in addition to the physical abilities raised by sexual combat.
‘I heard that in games, it deals twice as much damage as an ambush, sometimes ten times as much.’
From the middle of her, she cast her intermediate spirit code on her, and she really became no different from her assassin in the dark.
She approached behind the heterogeneous species who did not recognize her, broke her neck bones with a single blow, and hid in the darkness again.
= Wow, this is the spirit code…=
Moreover, her own blow broke her 5th degree heteromorphic’s neck bone and died.
Kuk-gung!
=…=
=…=
= I can’t believe it…=
Just once, when a group of 17 bugbears came rushing in, Hwanin narrowed the range to the maximum and wiped them out in one fell swoop with his 6 stacked Soul Explosion feat.
To others, it is a dirty labyrinth that blocks their vision, but to Hwanin, it is just a pretty labyrinth that gathers enemies beautifully so that they can be wiped out in one fell swoop.
In the middle, other adventurers and explorers who were attracted to the noise of the Hwanin party (intrusion of other heterogeneous species during battle, etc.) Appeared with angry expressions, but agreed to the Hwanin’s polite apology and the explanation that they were going straight to the 6th floor. Went away
What if you don’t agree?
No matter how you look at it, there were four knights of the Sky Knights in a party of 5 with an average level of 6.5, including one more than a rare job.
Doing something rude will only split your head. Even though she curses at her mother for flying away, on the outside she has no choice but to accept and pass by.
‘Are you twisting? If you twist… Do you know?’ Hwanin arrived at the stairs of the 6th floor located in the north of the eastern area, took a short break at the bottom of the stairs, and received terrain information on the 6th floor from the silver-haired female knight.
The map of the 6th floor was non-transferable and unpublished, so it was a way to sneakily show it, but that alone was enough for Hwanin.
Ten large and small rooms plus one overwhelming room the size of all those rooms combined.
Hwanin, who had a clear map of the location of the core, started climbing the stairs to the sixth floor with them.
