Chapter 641 – 634 Labyrinth of the Sea of Rising Clouds
The scene where the mountain foot was slowly covered by clouds, as if being sneeringly encroached on, was chilling down the spine with fear of the unknown.
In an instant, covered with clouds and the mountain ridge turned into an island, Yurpa swallowed her saliva as she spoke.
=Now I understand why the map is an island…=
=It must be because the clouds sometimes swallow the ground like that. Flavians fly around, so you just need to know a place that won’t be eroded by clouds…=
Baek Ryogang stroked her arm as if to clear her goosebumps and spoke. Afterwards, she let out a small sigh.
=If I had been eating lunch there, I would have been attacked.=
=What happened to you?=
=That cloud.=
=… Since the master was wary, it must not be an ordinary cloud.=
Hugging Isilite with a confused face = Of course…= I stopped talking.
Thinking about it for a bit, it seems like a long time. Because of the environment of this labyrinth, she herself is a bit uncomfortable with clouds.
In the labyrinth where nature is embodied, there are many ordinary clouds, rivers, lakes, mountains, and natural features. If you think of it as an extension, you can only see the position of the cloud a little higher.
Seeing the confused look of his girlfriends, Hwanin threw a panel dagger at Lee Hyeong-jong, who was just flying overhead.
Heohyungjong, a straight-backed copperhead, who falls as a pair of bido made of pale light cuts the wings and passes by.
Fantastically, Hwanyeon pulls the falling Heterogeneous species with the wind.
Bleeding blood all over the wings, keeeee! A heteromorph the size of an eagle that flutters with a shriek.
It didn’t have thin legs, but thick and strong legs like those of a raptor, and it swung in all directions, but Hwanin’s light spear cut off those two legs and wings at once.
“I’ll have to find out what kind of harm that cloud will do.”
Unlike the girlfriends, Hwanin hypothesized that the cloud was harmful due to several factors.
According to Yurpa, clouds contain phase power.
It is so dense and thick that you cannot see the bottom, and clouds cover the ground like the rising and falling tide, and then recede repeatedly.
The map in the booklet of the labyrinth depicts the terrain as an island, as if to avoid the clouds.
It is also suspicious that a gale blows over the clouds.
Isn’t it strange that I’ve only noticed it now, so I’m suspicious.
Hwanin grabs the head of the straight-headed copperhead heteromorphic species, which bleeds little by little from the cut section and flutters like a fish, and descends to the edge where the clouds flow quietly.
Hwanin said to Isilite, one of the girlfriends following him.
“Give me one rope. About 10 meters or so.”
=Here, Master.=
Hwanin, who was handed a rope by her, tied the rope tightly to Hyungjong Lee, who was about to bite his hand, and threw her into a cloud out of sight.
Awesome! Awesome profit! Kid… !
Jikbakguri Lee Hyeong-jong draws a parabola with a scream and then disappears into the clouds, and at that moment the sound suddenly cuts off.
= What is it Does the cloud even have a soundproofing effect?=
=I guess the risk factor is right.=
= My first impression was that it was just a beautiful labyrinth…=
=The more beautiful the flower, the more thorns it has.=
As the girls whispered behind them, I can feel the movement of Heohyungjong, who was fluttering through the rope he was holding moderately tight, slowly coming to a stop.
“…”
After two minutes or so, Hwanin, who confirmed that Jikbakguri Heohyungjong had completely stopped moving, pulled the rope and pulled it up, revealing faint confusion, and the women were startled.
Jikbakguri Lee Hyeong-jong, who was dragged up, was dead with his intestines spilled there, with parts of his body being eaten.
=Is there a monster living in the cloud… ?=
= Well, the traces of being eaten are small. The snout is about the size of a small cat, but the teeth are somewhat even.
Women showed interest in Ayoung’s analysis.
=Do you know what kind of monster it is?=
= Uh… The closest thing I know of is the Chiguna, which lives in the rivers of the Beltical Rainforest.=
Chigunfish. It is a monster listed in the Monster Encyclopedia seen in the records room in Yeongdo.
It is a carnivorous fish, in short, a freshwater fish like piranhas in the Amazon River, but this is not a tropical rain forest climate and there is no water.
Hwanin asked Ayoung who was examining the corpse of Hyungjong Lee in Jikbakguri.
“Can you detect poison or disease reactions in a corpse?”
=Yep. A physical poison or disease can be identified just by looking at the blood reaction. Magic poisons are a bit more complicated than that, as they evaporate the moment the host dies, making them difficult to detect. Instead, the presence or absence of poison can be determined by looking at the biological tissue damaged by the poison.=
“Then please.”
=Yes.=
As Ah-yeong approaches the corpse of Heo Hyeong-jong with her gloves on, her yurpa attaches itself to her side as well. It looks like he is curious about the poison damage response of the magic method or the occult system.
Hwanin looked at the two of them and said to Baek Ryeo-gang, who seemed curious.
“You look like you have something to ask.”
= Yes. I’m curious about the reason why you understand the composition of clouds. I thought it would be okay if I didn’t get close to the cloud…=
“Since it’s a labyrinth, I think it’s good to resolve any anxiety factors that arise. There may be cases where you accidentally fall into a cloud during a battle, and the difference could be life or death.”
= Ah…=
= Doryong is right. It’s a typical way to not get stuck in the labyrinth by making sure that there are suspicious or strange parts. There are labyrinths like this among labyrinths?=
Anne’s story begins.
There are a little black ground, dark walls of the labyrinth, and many green bushes and flowers. At first glance, it is an ordinary forest labyrinth, but when I breathe, my nose feels dry and dry.
= All those who entered the labyrinth without data or information died. Why did he die?=
Isilite and Baek Ryeo-gang, who listened closely to Anne’s sudden question, are slightly taken aback.
= Die? Why all of a sudden… ?=
= He didn’t die from Hyungjong Lee… ?=
=Yes.=
Why did you suddenly die? While Isilite and Baekryeogang were putting their heads together and thinking about an answer, Hwanin opened his mouth.
“Did he die in the fire?”
=As expected, the command is correct. That’s correct.=
=… Burned to death?=
=Who set the fire on purpose?=
When the two women were bewildered, Anne asked her phantom. Does she even know why?
“She said she felt a dry feeling in her nostrils. The walls and the floor were black, she said. In addition, the forest that filled the cave… Were there any pyrotechnic flowers or pyrotechnic plants mixed in?”
=Wow, I just listen and notice… That’s right. The ceiling, walls, and floors were blackened by fire several times. The reason the mucous membranes in her nostrils were dry was because the trees, grass, and flowers were dry enough to burn easily.
Stimulated by the battle noises of the people who entered the labyrinth, the pyrotechnic flowers vomited fire, and when people noticed, the surroundings were a sea of fire, so they suffocated or were burned to death.=
Anne said at the sight of the two women gaping.
=If there is something suspicious, the correct answer is to look around first. Labyrinths rarely create the natural traps I just mentioned, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist.=
=If it wasn’t for my older brother, we would have been in great trouble after being enveloped in that cloud…=
=Well, if it wasn’t for Doryong, we wouldn’t have entered a place like this, so it’s a meaningless assumption.=
When Baekryeogang glanced at Hwanin with a face of understanding and looked at the surrounding scenery again, the results of Yurpa and Ahyeong’s investigation came out.
Ah-young, who had made the straight-headed copperhead heterogeneous species almost into minced meat, said as she took off her thin gloves.
=There is no material poison or magic poison. But there seems to be something that slows down the nervous system.=
“Isn’t that a neurotoxin?”
= What should I say to say poison? It’s so weak that it’s not even poisonous… Feel like a tranquilizer? Perhaps the Tortoise didn’t even feel pain when it died.=
A cloud with phasic power, soundproofing, and a tranquilizer effect close to pain anesthesia. And the carnivorous monster that lives in those clouds.
After thinking for a while, Hwanin received a piece of meat from Isilite, attached a rope to the end of her spear, tied the piece of meat to the end, and tossed it into the clouds.
A crude item even to be called a fishing rod.
Hwanin was concentrating his senses on the fishing rod, and the moment something touched the piece of flesh, he caught the piece of meat like lightning.
Then, with its teeth bitten into a chunk of meat, a white fish the size of a palm was pulled up by inertia by rapid force.
=Ah.=
=Huh?=
But when the moment of inertia diminishes, the fish opens her mouth, releases the meat, and tries to plunge back into the cloud.
The one who caught it was Yurupa, who performed the telekinesis technique he had prepared in advance as Hwanin started fishing.
= This is… Is it a bird, a fish?=
=Since the bird and the fish are combined, the bird is a bird?=
The women who glanced at her at her sonorous voice looked at the strange creature.
It has a wide snout and body like a whale shark, but instead of left and right fins, dragonfly wings are attached, and the caudal fin is also horizontal rather than vertical.
Above all, there are villi-like hairs between the scales, so it is hard to tell whether it is a fish or a bird.
As a joke, should I say that the word Ayoung said is really suitable.
Ayoung took her twig and thrust it into the snout of the bird, and the tip of the twig was cut off with a crisp sound. And tuok, a bird that spit out wood chips.
With the eyes of the soul, Hwanin saw a creature that had no sign of dying just because it came out of the cloud.
The fact that the color system is silver means that it has a healing effect when taken…
“Yurpa. Since this fish seems to have a healing effect, would you like to study it?”
= It’s the color system that she sees in her own soul’s vision. Okay. One fish isn’t enough for the research, so let’s catch some more. The level of the clouds anyway… Luck? It will be possible to go to the next island only when it is lowered.=
Yurpa quickly gathered poles, made fishing rods with fishing hooks, and distributed them to the women.
In the labyrinth booklet, it is mentioned about heterogeneous species that appear roughly. However, since there is no mention of this strange fish, it is highly likely that the Templars did not notice either.
Or maybe you know the existence, but you don’t know the utility.
Of course, the only people who entered this labyrinth were Flavius nobles or quasi-noble knights.
Should I try to eat something like this unidentified fish?
Hwanin, who had no intention of providing information out of goodwill, received a fishing rod from Yurupa with the intention of checking the effect of the fish in addition to Baekryeogang’s training and, if the efficacy was excellent, securing it at will.
In the Labyrinth of the Sea of Rising Clouds, a road was created by clouds rolling in and out every 24 hours.
The reason I found out was simple. Clouds that had risen at noon had disappeared again at noon the next day.
Thanks to this, Hwanin, who was restricted by travel time, increased the length of stay in the labyrinth from 4 days to 10 days.
According to the results of examining the effects of raw fish throughout the day, it is delicious, but Yurpa found out that the skin regeneration effect was quite large. It was because her female friends were engrossed in fishing while confined to the island.
Skin regeneration? Isn’t that what healing or recovery is all about?
… However, according to Yurpa, a master of cosmetics production, skin regeneration is the same as preventing wrinkles and aging.
Hwanin himself saw it from the perspective of regeneration of wounds, but the difference was due to the fact that women saw it from the perspective of cosmetics.
=Sisters! If you catch a bird and spray it, you catch a better raw fish! Here!=
=Good job!=
As a result, Ayeong, Baengnyeogang, and Anne caught raw fish, and Yurpa and Isilite studied whether eating raw fish, cooking it, or processing it and drinking it as an extract had a stronger skin regeneration effect. .
And conclusions drawn.
=The effect is similar, so let’s cook and eat it.=
It was the result that the taste was better than any other fish. Of course, it is also made into cosmetics for Anne, who cannot eat fish.
And now, on the 5th day of entering the labyrinth.
When the clouds came in and blocked the road, the girlfriends went to the edge of the cloud with fishing rods, and Hwanin was taking a rest, not a break, looking at the sky in the direction he was going.
‘I’m about halfway there now.’
The forced rest for a day is longer than expected.
When she gets stuck on an island, there is no problem. Whether you’re fishing or resting, you’re bound to be stuck on the island anyway.
The problem is when the road is open and you have to move.
The current location is near the 3rd floor, and the size and number of heteromorphic species appearing have increased.
Baek Ryeo-gang, who was holding a thunderbolt, built up his bow proficiency without regret for 5 days, and now boasts a rate of fire and accuracy that can easily be defeated with a 1:1 ratio even if it is a 3rd grade heteromorphic species.
However, the number and size also increased, making it difficult to catch them with Hwanin’s panel dagger throw.
The story that the speed at which enemies are reduced has decreased.
In addition, at the sound of thunder from a thunderbolt, a small motorcycle and a large car-sized flying heterogeneous species flocked, and at that time they stopped moving for a while and fought.
At the level of the party, the 2nd to 4th class flying heteromorphs are no different from wild beasts, but the new heterogeneous species with air superiority are well aware of the fear of the party and do not rush at them.
Of course, even if you don’t run, Baekryeogang shoots down a thunderbolt bow, but it’s dangerous to just run with your back visible.
The speed of progress was slower than expected as time was eaten up like that and I had to camp again at night.
This morning, he even mobilized emergency wind techniques to subdue the flocking bird heteromorphs, but in the end, the road was blocked with the 4th tier island in front of him.
It’s okay to jump on the emergency back and go over one by one, but…
‘Isn’t it urgent enough to do that?’
Back.
Waiting for another emergency that came to Hwanin sitting on a rock? And get bored
Just in time, the six Flavian Knights formed a formation and flew away.
Hwanin looked at him and asked.
“Would you like to play for a bit?”
Couw?
“There is nothing impossible. Come play with Hwanyeon.”
“Yah. Emergency, why are you dragging me in… I just want to sleep.”
Kyw! Kwyuh!
“… I don’t know what you’re saying, but I can tell from the look on your face that you’re making fun of me. Ah~ Okay, so stop pulling on your clothes! Clothes stretch!」
“…”
A sleeping pig fairy who only eats and sleeps… That’s not wrong.
At Bi-Sang’s urging, Hwan-Yeon let out a sigh and climbed onto Bi-Sang’s head, and Hwan-In lowered his backpack and Siloo and said,
“There are angels who mainly use long-range attacks on the 4th floor, so if you feel dangerous, run this way. Hwanyeon calls for a release when it is dangerous.”
“Take care…」
Kuheung!
Bi-sang, who seems to have lost all of her energy, rises vigorously and heads for an island near the 4th floor.
Hwanin sat Silu on his lap and watched the flight gradually getting smaller.
Seeing that Silu can’t take his eyes off Bisang, he seems envious of flying.
“…”
While stroking Silu’s small, soft hair, Hwanin thought of the individual differences between Silu and Bisang.
Two months have passed since Shilu was born. Since she was a big boy from birth, I wondered if she would grow up as a physical person, but she still hasn’t even grown primary.
‘Maybe it’s the bloodline difference.’
Bisang’s mother was also a green Que. Plus she’s from a level 6 open labyrinth. Compared to that, Shilu’s mother is straw-colored Kuei, so there may be a difference in individual value.
It’s similar to the rare green and sunset-colored Que, but the difference in the disparity is understandable when it comes to Bisang, which is the highest among the green Que, and Silu, which is the lowest among the sunset-colored Que.
Silu turns his head to curl up and prepare for sleep, as if his touch makes him fall asleep. Hwanin lifted his head while patting his back and focused on the spirit’s eyes.
His eyes widened to see him fighting three female angels with circular halos and white angel wings.
It looks like it’s 1:3, but there’s a fantasy, so there’s nothing to worry about.
The angels attack by shooting light from both hands, but it is not difficult to avoid an emergency because the speed is not the speed of light.
As expected, an angel whose wings were ripped off by an emergency swift flight and claw attack crashed shortly after, and the sudden gust of wind blew the two angels out of their posture, and the sharp emerald blade cut another angel’s throat.
A fountain of blood spurted out from the cut surface so vigorously that one could hear the hallucinations of puffiness.
The one remaining angel managed to correct her posture in the gust of wind, but lost sight of the emergency, and lost her life in return.
A flight from behind grabbed the angel’s torso and arms with its two legs as strong as rocks, and tore off his neck with its beak.
Then, as he was about to throw the corpse of the angel whose head had disappeared, he looked at his breasts, which were swaying like watermelons.
Then, at the scene where he bites off the angel’s breast with his beak, Hwanin showed some concern.
Bisang is smart, so he would have recognized that those appearing in the labyrinth were also heteromorphic species, and since he had eaten heteromorphic species several times, there would be a perception that heteromorphic species were soon to be prey.
If there is a problem, aggression towards people.
‘I’ll have to warn you when he comes.’
Like a hawk preying on prey, Bi-sang ate the angel’s flesh and then spit it out and beaked it, threw the angel’s corpse into the sea of clouds, and began to fly again.
At that time, Baek Ryeo-gang approached and asked in a slightly surprised voice.
= Brother… ? A bird flying over there, isn’t it an emergency?=
“Right. I was bored, so I sent Hwanyeon to play.”
= I… I just saw you eating an angel. Is it okay?=
“For Bi-Sang, heterogeneous species are also prey, so it’s not strange. But I’m going to warn you not to use your beak on humanoids when they return.”
It’s okay for us to see, but other people will be different.
Relieved by the story, Baek Ryeo-gang sits side by side at Hwanin’s feet and takes out arrowheads, shafts, and feathers from his pocket in his personal subspace and manufactures arrows.
There were quite a lot of the most important arrow shafts, probably ready-made, so Hwanin watched the fletching for a while and then started making arrows as a pastime.
Noon the next day.
As the clouds rolled in, the road opened, and Hwanin and the others quickly moved to the next island, realizing that they had entered the 4th floor area.
As if a line had been drawn, the appearance of heteromorphic species in the form of flying beasts disappeared, and instead, a pair of winged angels with a round fluorescent halo floating above their heads began to attack with question and answer dance.
=If you can’t understand it, that must be an inverted object, right?=
Anne, who has spoken to the angel several times, sees that her opponent just shoots arrows of light or spheres of light with an expressionless expression without answering…
Quaang!!
Demonstrating sacramental art, he flew up and smashed the angel with the hammer of punishment.
Jumping up like grasshoppers and swinging the hammer, the angels literally turn to blood and fall as byproducts.
Isilite also fires multiple sword techniques to lightly slit the angel, and the white dragon also fires a normal arrow to hit the angel’s heart or head.
Pumpkin, puck! Pababat!
Angels who do not pierce with one foot, but only after several feet are lodged in vital points before falling.
Seeing that, Ah-yeong crossed her arms and nodded her head.
= Well. Seeing Ryogang gives me the feeling that my cognitive dissonance is being cured. After all, unnies are monsters~.=
=If I put phase power into my arrows, will I be able to produce as much power as my sisters?=
=An archer who can do that must be level 7. What’s that there, there’s a boss of the guys who went after him while trying to fuck him.
=Pushud Oul Elwidris?=
= Yes, that person. That person is a mysterious archer and is a rare class 8 job. At that human level, he should be able to fight even with the older sisters. =
= That’s enough… ? I think archer is the pinnacle of the archer job line.=
= Oh, that’s right. His human skills are excellent, but his favorite soldier, the Mystery Palace, is a relic. He said the thunderbolt bow is also a relic, but compared to the mystery palace, should the thunderbolt bow be the highest level of magic and the mystery palace is a lower level artifact? Anyway, it’s enough to catch a level 8 sea monster alone.=
Baek Ryeo-gang thought about Ah-young’s knowledge. Will she be able to do it herself?
‘It would be impossible…’
He has a large gap between ordinary and rare occupations, and although he wears the human body of a dragon, this body itself is unemployed.
When Bai Lijiang confirmed that all seven angels had died, he retrieved the arrow from the angel he had killed and pulled out his wing feathers, thinking.
‘Still.’
He is in better condition than the completely ordinary unemployed. He is unemployed, but if he concentrates, he can use phase power and can read and manipulate wind.
If he creates a secret technique like Isilite’s special move or Anne’s adult drink, then…
A strong determination began to dwell in her beautiful, innocent eyes.
