Chapter 684 – 677 the Underground Labyrinth
The women confirmed the death of the core and busily gathered the by-products even before Hwanin gave instructions.
Be careful of the poison, take care of the appendages that look like a harpoon, the size of a woman’s waist, and have thorns growing in reverse, and collect the intact torso armor and the back armor that was almost completely smashed by Isilite’s sword blade.
Even so, it’s less than 40% if you measure it as a single animal. Maybe 30%
As Ah-yeong looked at the cryptic horror centipede, where her intact parts were rare, she scolded her sisters as if she would die of regret.
=Unnies will get scolded if they go to another party.=
= Ahaha. Still, it’s a place where the shape of the labyrinth seems to fit the core. In times like these, it’s better to kill it quickly with firepower, even for safety’s sake…=
=You know that you didn’t do anything other than forcing the spirits, right? I don’t have anything but blessings and protection.=
Originally, in such a situation, a warrior or fighter dressed in heavy armor would hold on to the enemy with the powerful support of the Holy Magician on his back.
If the shooter finds out the various knowledge and weaknesses of the core found through labyrinth reconnaissance and investigation, the party member who has poured everything into attack power will quickly attack only the weak point, so that the enemy and the party will be less damaged.
=But the unnies, Bell, Norn, and Hwan-yeon hit their special moves as if they were bragging about their strength… In the meantime, the linkage cooperation is excellent…=
=…=
=…=
When I pointed out that the situation was clearly overpowered and overflowing with power, Anne and Baek Ryeo-gang were a little embarrassed and evasive with laughter.
Baek Ryo-gang, who gave Hwan-yeon, who was cleaning her chitinous shell with her spirit, two sets of armor the size of her own, asked Ah-yeong, who carefully collected her venom and acid glands.
=You know, it’s not good to get rid of it quickly and safely… ?=
=Bell, since you are a beginner at attacking the labyrinth, you can do that. But Anne, who has had parties with high-ranking people a few times, can’t do that. No matter how rich her brother is, she is. =
Ayeong glanced at Anne, who was avoiding her own gaze while sweating.
= Except for the core, the core accounts for 20% of the revenue from the labyrinth raid. If it’s a 5th or 6th grade labyrinth, it will take months to clear it, so a huge amount of general heterogeneous by-products and phase stones come out, but 20%, can you guess how big it is?=
= Ah… To break through the labyrinth in a short period of time like now…=
= It’s no different than 99.9% of your profits. In particular, this cryptic horror centipede sells for almost 15 doubloons per meter, or 20 doubloons if the timing is right. It’s a monster filled with everything you like, regardless of whether you’re a warrior, a shooter, or a magician.=
Baek Ryogang calculated for a moment at her explanation. So it’s roughly 70-80m from head to tail…
=1600 gold coins!=
=Here, core phase stones and special items are excluded. But now that it’s like this…=
A centipede with a cap open from head to tail, as if thick crab legs were trimmed to make it easier to eat. It is the trace of Isilite’s special move, sword strike.
Even the gloves are not fine. Isilite’s blades cut through the aisle vertically, slicing through her side and appendage where her breathing hole was attached.
Baengnyeogang’s lightning arrow (an arrow that concentrated its phase power for 5 seconds) caused an explosion inside, while the intestines were swept away with electricity once, causing the venom gland and acid gland to deteriorate.
The high-class land spirit of fantasy beat the centipede with a stone fist and it’s a mess, and the attachments to Norn’s green light sword and Isilite’s multiple swords are also tattered…
Wearing her poisoned gloves and digging through her intestines, Ayeong sighed at the fact that she had no more poison to save, and began to carefully transfer her collected venom into a reagent bottle.
= Bell, you can look forward to it. With this, I’ll make a poison arrow that kills people in one second. But I don’t know if I can make 20 rounds with this amount.=
Baek Ryeo-gang and Anne laugh awkwardly at her attitude of calmly mentioning the poisoned arrow that catches people.
= Big! But, oh Do you think this is for level 7? I felt a bit weak. =
= Weak? Have you ever fought outside with your sister?=
=No, compared to the other 7th grade… Even thinking about my growth and the strength of you guys, I felt like it was too simple.
Considering its size, speed and power, its core is certain. But the name doesn’t have horror in it for nothing. With that cunning, he really harassed the raiding party to the point where there was a swearing sound, but didn’t this guy just openly charge?
When they were fighting other heteromorphs, it would have been annoying enough to blow their poisonous breath, poison stinger, or stinger from afar, or charge them with venom on an insect’s chitinous shell.
Ah-young also stopped her flirtation and replied with her serious face.
=Because I still don’t know how unnies’ sincerity is, and I haven’t come into direct contact with this. But there’s no way that Anne felt wrong… Could this labyrinth be around level 6?=
= Hmm. It could be that the low-grade labyrinth has weakened the cryptic horror centipede while coreizing it. Because the deformed species that appear in real life were all about level 5.=
= If that’s the case, it’s actually 6th grade… It wouldn’t be classified as expensive.=
Ayoung nodded her head like that, and applied a powerful purification to the pile of internal organs.
The holy light of a 7th-level sex mage emits a strong burst of light from her hands before moving to her entrails.
As the light faded, the stench of rotting poison disappeared from the terrible smell of poison rising from the pile of intestines.
= Aren’t you going to throw away the intestines? Why are you betting Purification?=
=Nambu Beltical’s centipede salted fish goes well with any alcohol. But this is the internal organs of the core, right? Isilite unnie’s cooking skills are sure to bring out amazing things.=
Anne’s ears perk up at the part of her snacks, and her eyes of delight as she washes her torso become bright.
=Really? It goes well with any alcohol?=
“Meat dishes and fish dishes have distinct flavors that go well with them, so how is that?”
= You will know when you eat it. I also have a recipe that tastes really good!=
As Ah-young sighs and puts only the clean parts of her intestines in her self-preservation pouch, shush shuk, and goes out, the two women with the temperament of drunkards also uh-huh.
Toxic glands, midgut, distal organ, heart, accessory glands, storage cysts, mandibular glands.
=… !=
Conversely, Baekryeogang’s expression froze at the part of the centipede’s salted intestines.
To Baek Ryeo-gang, who still had the values of a noble lady, salted fish from the intestines of a centipede was a kind of food that she had never dreamed of.
“… Well… The principle behind this phenomenon… You know, he’s not human… Will be…”
=… A box found in the labyrinth… Stuff in it…=
It was frozen for a while. Baekryeogang looked back at the approaching Hwanin and Isilite while talking on the other side.
“… It dies in the labyrinth… Their belongings… The theory that it has been changed… It seems big.”
=The master is like a living creature in a labyrinth… You did Then look at people’s stuff and make something similar… If so, the heart core may contain the will of God.=
“Well. Granting people’s desires and wishes means understanding people, so it would be explained by eating people, acquiring that knowledge, and making their wishes come true with mysterious energy.”
The closer you get, the clearer the conversation becomes.
To Baek Ryeo-gang, that kind of story is much more intriguing than the story of pickled centipede’s intestines or side dishes, so I intervened in the conversation between the two.
= Older brother, older sister Lee Sil. Did you find a special item?=
“Okay. It was in the back of the core.”
In Hwanin’s answering hand, there was a chitinous box the size of a shoe box.
Even Baek Ryeo-gang’s eyes saw it as a very expensive box, as the dark red translucent material added a glossy sheen to the point where one could believe it was a large jewelry box.
Baek Ryogang, who was looking at it with curiosity, turned his eyes to Isilite.
=Did you just talk about how items are created in a labyrinth?=
=Yes. I was curious about how the treasure chests and special items given by cores that are sometimes found in labyrinths, as well as the rewards and rewards that can be obtained by destroying cores are made.=
If a random item comes out, it’s somehow understandable. Items created or acquired by the labyrinth due to overlapping coincidences… Because it is interpreted in such a way that
=But I thought that the will of God might be involved in the way people achieve what they want. Listening to what the master said, I think that way makes more sense.=
=It seems like a topic that philosophers are very interested in.=
=So it’s a bit difficult.=
Isilite, who laughed, saw Ah-yeong taking care of her intestines, and she raised her eyebrows slightly.
=Ahyeong, are you bringing salted fish to make salted fish?=
= Oh. Do you know Isilite unnie too?=
=At the maid’s house, they taught me to cook special dishes from each country, so I remember it. I don’t know the recipe.=
=I know the recipe! But I’m not good at food. I hope my sister can help!=
… Salted seafood from the centipede? Hwanin put on a slightly puzzled expression at the name, which sounded like disgusting food just by hearing it. And she laughed.
There was a time when it was called a snout rather than a mouth, but now it is possible to have tastes and likes and dislikes.
Hwanin confirmed that her girlfriends had finished their work and called them together.
“This is what came out of the body of the core.”
Opening the box of chitin, translucent like a jewel, and taking out was an open-shouldered black silk dress that looked like high-class women’s clothing to anyone.
“It also included a flower-shaped ribbon hairpin.”
=Looking at the phase power, it’s a magic tool for everyday use.=
“Okay. Emotions go back and decide to ask Yu Lepa, and are the by-products of her corpse finished?”
=Yep. There are few reproductions that are fine, but I think it’s okay to process them with equipment. And she talked to her sister and this is like 6th grade not 7th grade =
There was no interest in that, so Hwanin stored all the appendages and chitinous shells that Hwanyeon had cleaned thoroughly in Aspen.
If the 70-meter-long monster was intact, it would have been impossible to store all of them, but about 30% remained. Excluding the intestines, 80% of the parts were lost.
Only 23 pieces of armor, each weighing 20kg, were stored in an aspen, and appendages such as thorns that protect legs, antennae, and flank respiratory organs were put in a subspace bag for transportation, so the weight increased significantly.
“Norn, turn into a divine beast.”
“Do you need to move your luggage?”
“Okay.”
There is a weight of by-products collected little by little on the way here, but by taking the by-products of the core, it exceeded the allowable capacity of the party.
The storage space is sufficient, but even if the weight reduction effect is applied, the total weight exceeds 600 kg. Even if five people share it, each person must be responsible for 120kg.
At the request of Hwanin, the group carrying the burden on the back of Norn, who became a divine beast, began to move quickly through the hallway, as if to make up for the delay in capturing the core.
“The fact that the labyrinth has already sent out its core must mean that it felt threatened by our movement. I don’t know what method the labyrinth will use, so I’ll focus on moving as much as possible from now on.”
= Doryeong. Are you going to take a phase stone and no by-products?=
“Okay. From now on, I will take care of all heterogeneous species that appear, so you guys should focus on moving.”
The women swallowed their saliva at Hwanin’s act of declaring that and taking the lead.
He said that because he was looking forward to what kind of fighting style he would show.
… Getting stuck…
Whoops, chii-i-i-i…
Aaaaa…
And the women following the phenomenon were startled, and Hwan-yeon, who was attached to Hwan-in’s body, ran away over Norn’s head, disgusting.
“Yay! What is that!?」
“… ?”
“Don’t look like you don’t understand what I mean! What are all the things that come to mind around you!」
“It is the soul of the heterogeneous species I have killed so far. But do you see this?”
=Do, Doryeong had been watching that all along… ?=
The spirits of large and small arthropod heteromorphs surrounding his body. As they circle around and howl, not only do you get chills, but even Anne, who used to have a strong heart, feels her heart pounding.
Hwanin did not understand their reaction.
It seemed like it would be cumbersome to take out the soul beads from the storage of the soul beads on her left arm every time, so she took out the soul beads and prepared a reloader.
“Seven of the heterogeneous species at 472 meters in front of Hwanin.”
As if there was a misunderstanding, he tried to ask, but at the warning of illusion, he processed the seven souls into soul arrows, and shortly thereafter fired them directly at the whitish deformed species on the other side of the passage that the soul’s eyes could see.
I’m going to have a good time-!
Kiriririk-!!
Chi-tsu-su-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-tt-!!
Heterogeneous Jong, who was hit by the soul arrow, immediately fell and twisted his body as if having a seizure before dying.
But in the eyes of women, it was different.
= Hee…=
= Hehe… !=
= Oops…=
The scene in which the soul hangs down like an arrow and flies through the body of Hyungjong Lee.
When the women saw it, they groaned as if they had been hit by arrows.
“…”
If the condition worsens just a little bit, the appearance that makes it difficult to run is a feeling of shrinking as if you have seen something terrifying.
Hwan-in was rarely able to grasp their hearts.
Of course. In his eyes, it was just a scene of a whitish gray arrow flying through and piercing a heterogeneous species.
However, there is no time to stop the party, ask why, and grasp the situation.
Since it was the yard where the core was killed, I don’t know what to do with the energy the labyrinth has accumulated. The first priority is to reach the core chamber as quickly as possible and neutralize the core.
As the women adapted to the use of Hwanin’s soul and became accustomed to the cycle of firing soul arrows, recovering souls that seemed to have been destroyed after death, reprocessing, and firing soul arrows, their movement speed increased dramatically.
Isilite and Anne, who are close combat characters, can run faster than the safe driving speed of cars on normal roads from the start, and Baek Ryogang and Ayoung can run for hours at normal people’s sprint speed with constant training and strengthening of their bodies.
Thanks to the power of Grimoam, Hwanindo’s body has been greatly strengthened like Isilite and Anne.
Hwanin immediately killed all the heterogeneous species that appeared here, so the party was able to reach the core chamber in less than an hour.
=I thought there might be a lot of heterogeneous species, but that didn’t happen.=
=Because the number of heterogeneous species my brother caught on the way was 77.=
=But there is a passage over there and over there. I didn’t catch Hyungjong over there, so I understand what Anne said.
=All of them must have been driven into the aisle where we were.=
At Ayoung’s story, the women nodded slightly.
Doo-kung, doo-kung, doo-kung—
Instead, in the center of a square room measuring about 20 meters in width, length, and height, a huge crystal with a golden sphere inside emits gray waves like heartbeats.
It felt like my heart was pounding in fear.
If the military strength remains, there’s no way the core would react like that.
=The Labyrinth seems to be afraid of it, but it seems to be really alive…=
The core of the labyrinth in the forgotten old city pulsated and sprayed light as if stained with anger, but the core of the labyrinth in the underground cave was beating as if feared.
The women nodded their heads involuntarily as they watched Hwanin’s back as he strode toward the crystal pillar.
The sight of him defeating Hyungjong Lee is terrifying to a sane person.
= Master. Shall we wait here?=
“Okay. If I get caught up in the transfer again and disappear, return to Yeongdo with Yurpa and wait for me.”
= Hey, don’t say ominous things! They say that’s a flag in Doryong’s world!=
“Not a flag, but a flag.”
= Anyway! If you’re not thinking of melting our hearts, be careful, huh? Daeseongnyeo also said that.=
“Do not worry.”
At Anne’s request, Hwanin lightly waved his hand and looked at the heart core that was pounding and sniffing as if not to come closer.
The forgotten old city labyrinth was level 5. The crystal protecting the core was also huge, but not as large as the crystal in front of it.
A 10m tall crystal pillar rising like an ice pillar with a 20m high ceiling. The core, the golden sphere, is as big as a fist.
‘It’s not like 7th grade. Is this the difference between 5th grade and 6th grade?’
The closer you get, the hotter the pattern engraved on your chest seems to resonate. Hwanin was rather relieved by this feeling.
‘The resonance phenomenon had nothing to do with the core absorbing my aura.’
Even before breaking the core of the giant forest labyrinth, the pattern hummed. It was the same here, and the core of the labyrinth in the forgotten old city resonated greatly.
It must simply be that the core power of the body and the core of the labyrinth resonate.
However, the core of the giant forest labyrinth was wrapped in golden mist, and this is gray mist, like the labyrinths of spawning ponds and forgotten old cities.
What else is this difference?
Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr—
Hwanin, who had solved one question but frowned slightly because of another question, narrowed his eyes as he heard the sound of something thin and long spinning rapidly, and the gray light that wrapped around the crystal like a cloud of clouds was about to rotate.
Without hesitation, the technique of the 2nd Sky Knights, the collection and release ceremony performed by the knights, and the technique of extracting and neutralizing the energy of the core.
… ! … !!
Instead of stopping to spin, a feeling of struggling to keep from being deprived of energy began to be transmitted from the core.
The resistance is quite stubborn. At this rate, it would be unreasonable to try to demonstrate what the black magician did to that core.
It seems like a labyrinth of the type that directly controls the heteromorphic species, but if you are manipulated, a catastrophe will happen.
‘If the rotation was just an attempt… I can’t help it. The labyrinth control experiment has no choice but to find a small labyrinth around the 2nd grade.’
Hwanin stopped the house breathing release ceremony.
It is possible to extort the energy of the core by the suction and release method, but absorbing it like that does not increase the maximum core energy of the chest.
Hwan-in stares at the heart core that seems to be trying to protect the energy with a huff, and then a light spear like lightning… Instead, I took out the ink-colored long stick that had all attribute affinity (weak) functions that I had obtained from the magic tools – Libra and Farhist, and took advantage of the rotation technique to shoot the crystal pillar.
Kwajik.
A staff imbued with the power of a 6-7 class melee job cleanly pierces the crystal pillar and core.
Along with that, the pounding waves like a heartbeat stopped as if washed away, and the meridians that filled the room with red light also lost their light and blackened in an instant.
‘I want to return to Earth. With my girlfriends!’
So… Give me your strength!
A blow imbued with strong desire. As if responding to the wish, the golden core with a hole in the body slowly turns into powder and starts to scatter, then permeates into the body of the Hwanin.
Hwanin thought as he felt that the pattern on his chest became warmer with a cool feeling as the light powder flowed into his body.
‘The core of the giant forest labyrinth exploded with light and disappeared…’
Is it simply a difference in absorption method?
Glancing down at the scale, as expected, golden powder was slowly pouring into the ink-colored stick.
Next time, should I break it with a barrier or break it again with a light spear?
It wouldn’t hurt to bring your girlfriends’ weapons and use them to destroy them.
Thinking about this and that, he keenly observes the changes around him with the eyes of his soul, but there is no sign of transition or consciousness being drawn to the heavenly source.
Crispy—
Almost 2/3 of the heart core, which had been turned into light powder, turned into powder in an instant, as if the bonding structure had collapsed, and then flew all at once toward the Hwanin’s chest.
At the same time, the faint pain I felt in my chest flared up like a burning pain.
A terrible pain, as if a pharynx had been heated with raw flesh.
The pain didn’t last for a few seconds, but because it was so intense, the pain lingered like a hallucination and felt faintly.
After unbuttoning his coat and shirt, Hwanin looked down at his chest and noticed that the pattern had completely changed into the shape of a tree.
When the pattern was first engraved, there were only roots, so I did not know what it was.
The second was a tree stump, and the third, as if a tree was growing in earnest, the trunk stretched out and the tree trunk became thicker.
And the pattern has now become a complete tree.
However, the color that always exudes golden light has become silver, and at first glance it is indistinguishable from the color of the skin.
Hwanin realized what these changes meant.
‘The bowl is complete. Then now…’
It’s time to fill the empty bowl with energy.
Hwanin took out a soul bead and put his core force into it.
‘The total amount of core force is… Is it 2.3 times the previous one?’
It increased by about 2 times by destroying the core of the Giant Forest Labyrinth, but there it also increased by about 2.3 times.
Of course, the spirituality has increased, but is it because of these changes? The shrapnel blades embedded in various parts of the body also melted a little more and disappeared.
A sense of relief, as if the chains that had been hung on the body were torn off in a lump.
“…”
Is this enough to be able to use the Spirit Spell 23 times in a row?
Hwanin raised his head, thought about Merianol for a moment, then turned to face the restless girlfriends as if in a state of trepidation.
In his gaze was Anne, who was laughing and exchanging short conversations with Isilite.
