Chapter 685 – 678 the Underground Village of Bergen
Yurpa, who saw off the Hwanin party with the Gifla tribe, said to them as soon as they disappeared, they huddled together and looked at her with bright eyes.
= Now, everyone? I’ll start organizing my luggage right now~.=
= Yes? Now?=
=Hwanin-nim said it would take about a week.=
= Right. He said it was a week at the latest.=
= But I’m just sorting things out right away… ?=
If you are not familiar with Hwanin, this is a natural question.
Qual raises her hand and asks Yurpa a question.
= I understand that I have to leave because Chief Lee and Eun-in explained it well. But that… Eunin-nim said it would take about a week, but Yurpa-nim said I had to prepare right away, so I didn’t understand.=
It’s not antipathy because it’s a naive Gifla, but an attitude of curiosity in the literal sense.
In response to Kual’s question, Yurpa explained well so that they would not be confused.
= In order to attack a labyrinth, ordinary professionals and ordinary adventurers would probably take a month? Two months? It will take that much time. However, our Holy Priests and Spirit Knights are by no means ordinary people.=
The week he mentioned would be the time when he assumed that unexpected accidents and difficulties would come out without a break.
It took roughly 10 days to rescue nearly 200 villagers from the spawning pond labyrinth and completely subdue the vast open labyrinth.
= Ha, Ji, Man! This time, defeating the core is the core goal, and there are few things that will take time in the process.=
When making a map with souls, Yurpa asked the Hwanin. Have you seen what happened to the villagers who were taken by Lee Hyeong-jong?
The answer that came back was negative. He checked most of the underground burrows, but there were no traces of people, let alone human figures.
That means they were eaten without even leaving bones.
= That… Then?=
Since it was impossible to talk about it honestly, Yurpa looked straight up at Kual, who opened his eyes wide.
=Because it’s Seongjenim, he might come back tomorrow if it’s early.=
=Tomorrow.=
=Tomorrow… ?=
=Woah, it takes a day to go down from here to where the Arjuangs live… ?=
Qual, who understood Yurpa’s explanation, clattered at the bewildered people. He clapped his hands strongly and said with eyes closed.
=Everyone, let’s do what Yurpa said.=
=Yes.=
=Let’s go.=
The Gifla tribe, who have a home and family, go home, and the Gifla tribe, who live in a dormitory because of their group life, go to the dormitory.
Yurpa, who gave Arjuang the task of guarding and guarding the two aisles, summoned mercenary soldiers in preparation for another attack by the remaining heteromorphic species.
It is an artificial golem created with the skill of a high-end enchantment secret book obtained from Palatum, using the bones of a sub-dragon that Hwanin and his party brought as a by-product of the tyrant dragon’s labyrinth.
=The power is about 2.5, and the duration is not that long… You can use it until they return.=
Level 2.5, and you can only summon up to 2 of them, and the duration is only about 1-2 days.
Nevertheless, the material requires the bones of a sub-dragon, which is said to be a grade 4 or 5 reinforced heterogeneous species.
It’s a skill that only accumulates damage the more you use it, but it’s a bone dinosaur the size of a small house made entirely of bones.
Its functions are also focused on bone strength and restorative power, and it is large, so if you use it for blocking the entrance, you will benefit greatly.
‘It’s a secret technique that I don’t normally use, but it’s so helpful.’
Shh… !
So… ?!
The Arjuangs were startled by the presence of a huge bone dinosaur that suddenly appeared and shook their antennae violently, but regained their composure after hearing that it was a summoning object summoned by Yurpa himself, and focused on monitoring the aisle.
However, a bone dinosaur with a height of 3m and a length of 6m was unimaginable, and one pair of their antennae was directed only toward a bone dinosaur.
Wow… !
Tang- Kagang-…
Teddying—
=… ?=
Yurpa, who had been forming a space jump camp until late at night, raised her head at the faint shouts and noises she heard from somewhere, and looked around him.
Her aunt, who was standing guard over her, waved her six wings and said,
= Mr. Yurpa. It seems that the heterogeneous species have come.=
=No suddenly?=
I summoned a mercenary soldier with the feeling that I was prepared just in case, but it was a real miracle!
Hurrying up to pull off her robe with her protection spells and grabbing her broom and a bundle of amulets, Yurpa told her that she didn’t show any signs of haste.
=Mr. Immore, please go to support the eastern aisle. I’m going west.=
= No. The mission given to me by the Holy Priestess is to escort Lady Yurpa.=
Yu Lepa looked up at her with an expression that was half puzzled and half absurd at her attitude of immediately rejecting her without a second thought.
=It’s inside the village, but there’s some danger. It’s more important to block the entrance.=
=Did you forget that Hyungjong Lee dug a hole in the middle of the village three days ago? No matter what you say, I will only protect Yurpa.=
Eww. Yurpa made a small whining sound and flew up on a broomstick.
She’s right.
He would be more important to him than 200 Giflas he had never seen before.
If he gets hurt or dies, he has no idea how much his anger will be. Besides, Immorel is the blue jade that signed a contract with him. It’s only natural that she follow his orders.
‘Still, I’m a 7th-level mystic.’
Feeling a bit dissatisfied with his overprotectiveness, but in a happy antinomian mood, Yurpa narrowed his mouth and flew toward the nearest aisle first.
The aisle entrance was fairly stable in her eyes, she said.
The entrance to the village is about 4m wide. And the mercenary soldier Yurpa summoned was about 3m wide.
Even if the dragon soldier shakes his huge head from side to side and bites it, it can cover about 5m lightly, and the arrows shot by the Gifla tribe fly between the dragon soldier’s bones and hit the heterogeneous species that are united on the other side.
Unlike when Isilite and Anne were present three days ago, the speed at which heterogeneous species die is very slow, but there is no problem in stopping it.
Yurpa raised the oak staff for granting and bestowed the body strengthening magic on the dragon soldier and the Arjuangs guarding the dragon soldier’s left and right.
It’s not at the level of Hwanin’s spirit code, it’s just a level that increases strength or physical strength by 1.2 times, but the dragon soldier, who was in a hurry to hold on even with that, pushes the heap of xenomorphs with force and tuong, tung— crackling his huge jaw and chewing on the xenomorphs.
Kwa Sak, Kwai Ik—
Kujijik, Kishaaaaa!
In addition to that, with his telekinesis, he threw several amulets of intense flames into the cave and set it on fire.
Chwii-i-!
Kirrrr!
Kisha Ah… !
As bright yellow flames from the railroad fire pour over the heads of the stagnant group of heterogeneous species, screams and struggles break out.
Full-color chitin ripens red, or bodily fluids boil and burst out, and heteromorphic species whose body parts are cooked in the heat emit light while swinging their thorny legs to stab or bite their comrades.
‘Enough this way!’
Yurpa, who supported the western passage first, hurriedly flew to the eastern passage, where xenomorphs gradually piled up, and asked Imorel, who was chasing her with six blue wings.
=Why did Lee Hyeong-jong suddenly attack?!=
=If the heterogeneous species under the rule of the labyrinth suddenly goes crazy, I think there is only one reason.=
=… You broke the core of the dungeon labyrinth!=
=I can feel that Seongje-nim is moving quickly. He will be back in a few hours. =
=Yes!=
That’s it.
All the Giflas who had been sleeping for a while are waking up and running to the east and west passages carrying bows and crossbows.
If you have your own support, it shouldn’t be difficult to endure.
Yurpa went back and forth between the entrances to the east and west passages, generously scattering amulets and spreading supportive secret techniques to help the Gifla tribe.
Imorell is also helping out little by little, leaving the power to escape with Yurpa just in case, spreading her six wings wide and flying a spear of light, or emitting waves of phase power to turn heteromorphic species into porridge.
When two hours passed like that, Yurpa was crying out in sorrow inside.
‘There are too many numbers!’
Hundreds of them have already been killed, but the waves of xenomorphs show no signs of stopping.
Heterogeneous species that only rush towards the village as if their reason and instincts were all castrated.
The summoned dragon soldier also accumulates damage and crumbles in various parts of the body.
Only 4 times Yurpa sent phase power and proceeded with compulsory restoration. If you take more than this damage, the durability of the summoning medium will fall, and the summoning can be forcibly cancelled.
In addition, with a long-term battle in mind, the phase power was saved and the talisman was fought, but after about 2 hours, the phase power was reduced to less than half, and the Giflas were divided into two shifts, replenishing their physical strength and making arrows while fighting desperately.
One by one, the Gifla tribe who collapsed after being hit by acid or venom splinters unluckily came out one by one.
Yurpa is treating them with their own antidote and healing potion, but they focus on quality rather than quantity, so most of them are high-grade potions.
There are not many numbers.
= Oops… !=
When one of the Gifla tribesmen who was about to shoot an arrow was hit by acid on his shoulder and rolled around, Yurpa felt frustrated and flew towards it.
Had he been alone, he would not have gotten himself into such trouble. He would have been wiped out if he had gathered his enemies together and fired a talisman.
Even if it’s not you, that celestial body is the core of the 5th grade labyrinth. If it was an Immorel possessed by it, it wouldn’t be able to do anything even if hundreds of such second-class heteromorphs flocked to it.
However, in a situation where you have to protect someone, the fact that you can’t exert great power comes too painfully.
Immorel left herself and rushed down that aisle, and it would be easier to just take a quick glance, but she doesn’t leave her side even if she dies…
I even tried to rush myself. Then she will be pursued by her aunt Rell, and she will not kill all the heterogeneous species.
However, she couldn’t do that because her aunt Rell immediately embraced herself and threatened to escape to her surface.
Imorell spoke in a slightly softened voice to Yurpa, who was taking her to the rear after treating the wounds of the Gifla tribe with the advanced recovery potion, where her shoulders were all melted and the bones were exposed.
=You worked hard.=
=Huh?=
That was the moment.
Thud! Thump thump thump!!
Kugu Palace! Koo-woo-!!
A gigantic fist made of rocks descended from the ceiling in front of the dragon soldier, who had cracks all over his body, and with a bang, turned the deformed species below into porridge.
Every time the fist was slammed into the ground, the ground around it was shaking, and the small Gifla tribe was vibrating to such an extent that their bodies rose little by little.
The fist that had been thrust down like that soon showed up in the aisle.
The difference is that the rock fist stuck like that did not disappear and sparsely blocked the passage.
When Hyungjong Lee was screaming and scratching at the rocks beyond the prison of the rock fist, the sound of grinding and tearing something began to resonate beyond it.
The sound that echoed through the passage for a moment stopped as the rock fist blocking the passage rose back up to the ceiling.
=… !=
Yurpa’s expression brightened at the sight of a man approaching as he sliced through the body of a heterogeneous species that had been torn apart and turned into porridge.
=Self!=
She raises her hands and chants his title, as if to cheer not only her, but also the Giflas and Arjuang, who had been holding out with all her might.
“I had a lot of trouble holding on. Isilite, Norn. Go to the passage on the other side and wipe out every single one of them.”
=Yes, Master.=
“Okay.”
“Anne and Ah-yeong find and treat the injured, and Baekryeo-gang goes around the village and brings the villagers to the empty lot.”
=Yes.=
=Yes.=
=Four.=
“Yurpa, you probably haven’t prepared for a space jump yet.”
= Oh? I started working right after he left and finished about 30%…=
With the appearance of trying to organize something in a hurry, Yurpa noticed that some kind of incident had occurred underground.
If you want to suddenly gather people and leave…
=… Could the ground possibly collapse?=
“According to the higher level spirits of the land who fulfill the request of Hwanyeon, there is a 50% chance that the ground will collapse. Because of that, I think the possibility of collapsing has increased a little since I climbed up while penetrating the walls of the labyrinth in a straight line.”
= That’s right. Don’t worry, you can draw a new jumpsuit in no time. Ah, then I’ll have to help pack the Gifla tribe. I’m going over there to help!=
“Yes.”
Yurpa took out a large number of subspace pockets and bags that she had made just in case, and ran to the Gifla people who were gathering in the village vacant lot one by one.
Many of the items they packed were bulky even though they weighed little.
A subspace pocket is essential in a situation where you need to move in a hurry.
Hwan-in, who sent his girlfriends, went to the wanderer’s haven, took up the house, and put the girlfriends’ luggage on the backs of Que and told Hwan-yeon.
“Hwanyeon, ask the earth spirit to make a passage outside.”
「Hmm, rather than making it inside the town, it would be better to make it in the aisle, right? I don’t know what the great sage did to the cave.”
“Okay.”
Kugoong, Deeded—
Surprised by the noise and vibration coming from around the eastern aisle, Arjuang and dozens of Gifla tribesmen hurriedly ran with an expression of ‘Are they enemies again?!’ And returned with round eyes.
Hwanin, who had been looking there for a while, finished packing up his belongings with Isilite, who had returned from arranging the heterogeneous species, and then erased the lines drawn by Yurupa on the ground with his feet.
It might be possible to accidentally discover this place later, but it wouldn’t do any good if there were traces of the sorcerer’s camp.
“Go down.”
After confirming the finish, Hwanin went down to the plaza and laughed a little at the sight of children crowding around, just like the scene of first- and second-year elementary school students learning.
=Are you moving to a safe and livable place?=
= Over there, Seongje-nim has returned. You should go now. =
=But you really came back in less than a day…=
= I tried to smell Seongje-nim earlier, but it was very strong. The smell of poison, the smell of acid, the smell of deep earth…=
=I also want to be strong like Sungje.=
= I am Anne. You’re pretty, strong, and even use sexual magic. =
They’ve been hit twice in large-scale raids, suffered a lot of injuries, and have to leave their dear hometown where they’ve lived all their lives, but they can’t feel a single wrinkle on their face.
= Eunin! I’ve finished checking the number of people and checking luggage! No problem!=
“Then I will leave immediately. Come this way.”
Without delay, relying on the amount of light from the light spirits summoned by Hwanyeon, he leads the Gifla tribe outside.
= Hehe. You are wide. =
= The sky is so high that I’m afraid…=
= It’s cold…=
=What’s the shiny thing stuck up there?=
=A deal called a star.=
The Giflas, who were fine when they were in the underground village, became noticeably anxious when they came out.
Unlike the village, which was just pitch black at night and warm and cozy in all four seasons because it was underground, the sky so high that the Milky Way spread out as bright as daytime, and the cold wind and cool air blowing there gave them fear of Mother Nature. Thing.
“I will keep moving. We are going to move until we leave the area of the underground cave, so please follow us.”
=Yeah~!=
=Yes!=
Faaat—
Hwanin, who spread a wave of tranquility once for their mental peace, started walking on the prairie in the middle of the night with the Gifla people following him in the mood of being an elementary school teacher.
The Gifla tribe shook off their fear and followed him eagerly.
If they were alone, if only they had their own tribe, they would have trembled in fear, but the fact that they were protected by the Holy Emperor and the spirit knights gave them courage.
Of course, the wave effect of tranquility was great, and the fact that Seongjenim’s green divine beast and a beautiful six-winged person flew and followed and protected overhead was also great.
After walking steadily for an hour, they stopped involuntarily and looked back at the feeling of a weak, unsettling vibration passing under their feet.
= Huh? Fire.=
= What kind of light… ?=
At first, there was only the night sky connected to the horizon. However, as time passed, the light began to rise slowly, and now, with weak vibrations coming one after another, yellow light was covering part of the horizon, enough to push away the darkness of the night sky.
“Norn! Come here!”
Feeling unusual, Hwanin, who rode on Norn’s back, flew directly towards the place where the light came up.
The direction of the fire was in the direction of the town of Bergen, where they had escaped.
There is no reason for a fire to occur, but what the hell is it?
Hwanin, who was approaching with doubt, frowned at the acrid smell that suddenly blew in.
“An unpleasant smell!”
“It’s poison. What does it smell like burning?」
As I got closer, I could see that the ground had collapsed in a radius of several tens of kilometres, and fires were ignited and blazing all over the ground.
“Crude oil flows out and seems to have caught fire from the collapse… Is there crude oil buried near the underground cave?”
It is impossible for Hwanin’s knowledge to suddenly catch fire.
“…”
But I can’t say there aren’t very many.
High-density metal is buried in the ground, and it is caught up in the collapse of the ground, falls, collides with each other, and sparks fly, and the sparks that bounce are transferred to the oil and catch fire…
‘It’s too far-fetched hypothesis.’
No matter how much you pick up gold coins and trip to another world, basic science is no different from Earth.
In any case, Hwanin rode on a yolk wrapped in a wind shield and overturned the entire area around the land that had landed for several tens of kilometers.
Sparks can be blown away by the wind, but if they fly 50m and catch fire, the Great Plain’s great fire must be regarded as God’s will.
While doing so, she checked the surroundings closely with her spirit eyes, but did not see anything suspicious or strange.
Calling the fourteen spirits of Cheong-ok, she looked closely to see if she had missed anything, but they also reported that nothing had happened.
「Hwanin. The earth spirits and wind spirits couldn’t find anything strange either.”
“Are you going back now?”
“Okay. Let’s go back.”
She spent 20 minutes examining the surroundings, dealing with both spirits and spirits.
Even so, if she didn’t find anything strange, it’s highly likely that what she said was a false hypothesis was true.
Returning to the place where the group and the Gifla tribe gathered, Hwanin explained the situation and announced that he would be resting here until dawn.
=If there is a fire, shouldn’t we run away a little further?=
“Measures have been taken to prevent the fire from spreading. Putting out the fire is impossible even if you cover it with soil as long as the crude oil is on fire.”
The fire will not be quenched until all the oil in the ground is consumed.
“It wouldn’t hurt to set up a temporary camp here and set up space jumps.”
= Well. Because I can’t go anywhere. =
Anne, who agreed, summoned a welcome party to find a place for the Gifla people to stay.
In the meantime, Hwanin called Qual, the head of the village, and asked him a few questions.
= Uh… A black, gooey liquid? Yes, if you don’t dig carefully into the wall, it will come out. It is very dangerous when it catches fire, so I made sure not to bring it into the village. That fire must have been caused by that fire…=
“It must have been a dangerous place to build a town from scratch.”
= Yes…=
Qual’s expression as he looked back at the western horizon was literally that of a man who had lost his country.
They were on the way to abandon the village, but the difference between the fact that their former place of life remains and the fact that it has completely disappeared is incomparably greater.
Hwanin, who sent Qual back, watched as the Gifla people huddled together, wrapped themselves in blankets, fell asleep, or sipped hot soup.
As if they are not accustomed to the high sky, they repeatedly wake up and look up at the sky, or avoid the sky with a blanket turned over over their heads.
=Baby~ drink some soup~.=
“Thank you. By the way, it would be difficult to release the Gifla directly to Yeongsan.”
= Huh? Ok I don’t think I’ll be able to find my life because I’m weighed down by the environment.=
“…”
After thinking for a while, Hwanin checked Yeongdo’s vision and contacted Daeseongnyeo.
Since the Gifla people were in such and such a situation, rather than providing a place for them to stay at the corner of Yeongsan, it would be better to arrange a place for them to stay in Yeongdo and then adapt to the outside world to some extent before sending them off.
[It’s 200 people, but they’re used to living in a group and they’re small, so it’s not difficult. I will prepare a dormitory for them immediately. More than that, are you okay?]
“Yes. It’s infinitely better. My core strength and spirituality doubled, and some of the shrapnel phosphorus melted. The power is full like never before.”
[Since you have already gathered three of the deep core powers of the 5th grade labyrinth… But for some reason, it sounds like the girl is going to fight Merianol?]
“Is there a law against fighting? Of course, I will be careful not to damage Yeongdo.”
[What are you talking about? If Seongjae has to fight Merianol and fight, the girl and Youngdo will be at the forefront.]
The great saintess, who said that with her determined expression, continued with a gentle expression like her mother’s, as if to reassure her.
[Seongjae. Everyone in Yeongdo and Adji believes in you and admires you for the performance that Emperor Seongje has shown so far. To the point where the existence of Shasra, the candidate for the next Great Saint, is faint. So, I ask that she not think that she is alone.]
“… Yes.”
Her warm feelings are transmitted to the extent that her dry heart becomes moist.
Rather, because of that, Hwanin clenched her fists so that the great saintess, Ninsil, would not notice.
What is the story of attacking or hostile to oneself known as Seongje? Isn’t it a story that he will pretend or build a wall with Youngdo?
‘There’s no need to be polite and save face to a group like that.’
Pit — As soon as the communication crystal ball ended, Hwanin’s eyes, which were holding her warmth, darkened fiercely.
I was in a bad mood because something unlucky and nerve-wracking was being built in a place I didn’t know.
‘At this point, I’ll have to take off the mask of a nonsensical good person.’
I gave him enough time to answer the assassination case.
The person to go with has now been decided, and the status, position, and armed group to support you have all gathered. There is no reason to move your body any longer.
Of course, Nionebreath is not a place where you can ignore other people’s views and opinions. And on the other side, there is even an asymmetric force called the apostle.
But she doesn’t think she’ll be left behind. The justification is also here, and the great saintess of Yeongdo declared her support…
From the beginning, I thought it would cause a big incident in Merianol, so the decision was quick.
There is only one last thing to check.
=Doryeong~.=
“Isn’t it? It came just fine.”
=Huh?=
Anne, who came back after tending to the Gifla tribe, raised her eyebrows slightly at the bloody expression of the Hwanin she had never seen before.
What is it, did the doryeong make such an expression because he communicated with someone just now?
Anne, who tilted her head, hardened her expression greatly at Hwanin’s question.
“If I play with Merianol, what will you do?”
