Chapter 150 – Treasure Hunt in the Wild Mountains
“Oh.”
“Heh heh heh.”
The low and fast sound of the violin spread throughout the banquet hall, maintaining a profound sense of tension.
Meanwhile, a demon appeared on the screen.
The identity of the monster prepared by Jinhan was revealed.
Hunters holding snacks and watching the screen let out a small exclamation.
The situation in the hills relayed in real time, monsters were appearing all over the screen.
“Isn’t the makeup too perfect? I forgot I thought it was a monster, haha.”
Hunter, who had unknowingly made a silent sound, scratched the side of his head as if he was embarrassed.
Looking at the screen alone, monsters were exactly the same as monsters.
A demon-type monster that appears in dungeons.
Watching the hunters who participated in the event exuding a sinister energy.
“Even if it’s a horror-themed event, it’s so real.”
“Isn’t it a real monster?”
A few suspicious hunters whispered in low voices.
But I couldn’t openly ask Jinhan.
He didn’t feel the magic of the monster directly on the spot, he said in advance that the staff was in disguise.
Now, when I claimed that it looked like a monster, all I could say was that I was scared when I saw the monster disguise.
After roughly examining the reaction of the crowd, Jinhan said in a light voice.
“Isn’t the makeup really good?”
The doubts the Hunters had were dismissed with these words.
It’s strange that the host of the event says it’s makeup, and then adds a question.
Hyeonmu Guild was not a poor place to miss monsters in the hills or make mistakes in the event.
Everyone relaxed and looked at the screen with admiring eyes.
The demons with horns and black wings chased after the hunters, but were not particularly attacking.
The staff’s disguise would be perfect.
If it was a real monster, as soon as it saw a human, it would have been unable to overcome its true nature and rushed at it.
The movements of the demons on the screen were calm.
He hides in the forest and only watches the hunters who participated in the event.
“It is a real horror. It’s really creepy to think of being chased by demons like that when your senses are diminished.”
“Jinhan-nim, isn’t it too mean for an event? Hunters will be surprised, haha.”
“Still, since they are rankers, they have to do this to feel at least a little scared. It’s not something I can’t understand.”
The Hunters, who were accustomed to seeing the monsters, exchanged jokes one by one.
The monsters were chasing the Hunter, but it seemed safe so far.
The monsters on the screen suddenly jumped out and scared the hunters, but did not actually attack.
“It’s an interesting event, haha.”
The people in the banquet hall looked at the screen leisurely while chewing their snacks again.
*
“Oops!”
At first, I just felt embarrassed and held hands with Lee Yu-na.
However, this was unexpectedly helpful.
Demonic monsters appeared from time to time in the woods, and Lee Yu-na was so startled that she almost fell several times.
“It’s really scary.”
She took her hand and clung to her arm.
It is not permitted to use weapons against monsters.
Since they are the organizers of the event, you shouldn’t swing your sword just because you were surprised.
The reason I had no means to attack, I was relying on her empty hand, holding on to even her own hand.
The reason why I hold my forearm in her chest.
Whether she is under her brainwashing or not, she feels secure with this act.
He grabbed my arm as scary as it was.
I was relieved of my fear by the soft feeling of her breasts passing through the fabric.
She proudly walked the mountain path.
Occasionally demons appeared from undetected places and I was surprised, but I had good guts.
[Suyu] After getting the buff, what is there to be afraid of when Lee Yu-na’s chest is touching.
In this situation, the milking hunter’s mental strength is greater than anyone else’s.
“Go to that building and you’ll find the gloves we were looking for.”
I crossed the mountain peak and arrived at the place I had set my goal.
The reason for sticking close to me I checked her old cabin with me.
In the meantime, there were obstacles from the monsters, but I managed to avoid them and come all the way here.
It was a quick discovery because I didn’t delay my steps.
After looking around, I slowly approached the cabin.
Kiik-
As I pulled the old knob, I heard the ominous sound of the hinge sliding.
A dark house without a single light.
Since she couldn’t use magic, she lit the candle she had received in advance as a preparation.
Orange light spread in all directions.
The cottage is a two-story building.
Old furniture with signs of time left in the large space gave off a dreary atmosphere.
Lee Yu-na’s strength grows as she embraces my arm.
Her arms dug deeper into her soft chest.
I am full of strength.
It was a tense space, but I didn’t feel afraid.
Tuck, Tuck.
The footsteps of Yoo Na and I echoed loudly throughout the house.
In a space without even noise, the sound of our breathing was the highest.
“Reason. I need to rummage through the furniture to find the gloves, could you please leave?”
“Yeah, but please don’t go too far.”
Somewhere in this house, an S-class item, gloves, was hidden.
I split up with Yu-na and decided to look through the furniture.
I took a candle in my hand and explored the building.
“Here is the basement!”
Searching through drawers and her closet, Lee Yu-na found a door to her basement.
She held the candle in her hand and pulled at the square door.
A wooden staircase leading to the basement.
I slowly stepped into the place where monsters appear regularly in horror movies.
Chin, tuck.
The dust of the stairwell was scattered and the sound of the old bark of the wood being crushed could be heard.
When the orange light was lit in the basement, objects placed on the floor created shadows in all directions.
Where did you hide the gloves?
Hunters are also used to searching for items.
I often looked for items hidden by monsters while going around the dungeon, so I searched the basement carefully observing things.
The reason I never strayed far from me and snooped behind her.
“Wow!”
Surprised, she came up behind me.
When I lifted the candle to where Lee Yu-na was looking, there was a full-length mirror standing there.
Seeing this, she was surprised by her appearance.
The reason why she hid behind my back and poked her head out. My appearance was just cute.
However, Lee Yu-na is not the only one who is reflected in the mirror.
The stooped devil was also hiding behind a bookshelf, looking here.
Shocked, her lips hardened, but for now she pretended not to know.
You need to find gloves, an S-class item.
That demon seems to have been hiding here from the beginning, but as long as it didn’t attack us, searching for items was the priority.
If you run, then you can run away.
I didn’t tell her why.
She didn’t seem to notice yet.
There is no need to provoke an employee who is well hidden after making a fuss just because he is scared.
Reason moved her position in front of my left, opposite her demon.
If the devil is hiding there, wouldn’t the item be around here?
I pretended not to know and wandered around the area guarded by the demon.
A glove that is placed in a good position for demons to ambush.
Found an S-class item.
“Lee Yu-na, take a candle and go up the stairs. Let’s run away together when I find the gloves.”
“Yes? Why?”
“Go up quickly.”
He pushed Yoo Na, who was blinking at the words to run away, on the back.
She crept up the stairs.
I grabbed the gloves in front of the bookshelf and jumped right in.
The hidden devil failed to surprise and crawled after us on all fours.
Although it moved on all fours, it was quite agile.
There was no awkwardness in crawling and moving.
Are you really dressed up as an employee?
Leaving behind the doubts soaring in her head, I ran with Yuna.
When I got out of the cabin, demons were coming from outside as well.
Can’t resist
Because I don’t want to hurt the staff.
In order not to get caught, I ran in a direction where there were no demons.
There seemed to be a lot of monsters especially near the item.
*
“Whoa.”
“Wow!”
People in the banquet hall were cheering.
As the hunters participating in the event approached the item and a breathtaking chase with the demon unfolded, the game became fun in earnest.
There were hunters who escaped the devil, and hunters who were caught by the devil.
If you accidentally use magic or reflexively attack and injure a demon, you will be eliminated immediately.
Because that was the rule.
Dropouts appeared one by one.
Feeling sorry for them, they were caught by staff dressed as demons and kicked off the screen.
“But what about those who drop out? Are you returning to the banquet hall?”
“They are put in jail. Because he was captured by a monster.”
Haha…”
When someone asked about the disposition of hunters who were eliminated from the event, Jinhan replied calmly.
People in the banquet hall laughed at the joke.
Even if you say that, I will either send you back to the inn or return to the banquet hall.
Because this was an event.
Watching Jinhan answer deftly, she drank her drink and put her dessert in her mouth.
The banquet hall’s laughter did not stop.
But 10 minutes.
20 minutes.
30 minutes.
…
As time passed, people felt a sense of incongruity.
There were no more guests entering the banquet hall.
Not only did the hunters who were eliminated from the event not come back, but those who went to the bathroom and those who said they would return to the inn for a while never set foot in the banquet hall again.
“Heh heh, where have all the people gone? Have you already gone to bed?”
An old man from the Wizards Union laughed and said.
These are hunters who are within the top 100.
I was able to easily survive an all-night event.
People who hunt monsters in the field for two days, three days and all night.
It was strange to leave such a quick party to play and eat.
It wasn’t like this at the last Hyunmu Guild event, right?
Suspicion appeared in the wizard’s eyes.
Like a ripple spreading, a sense of incongruity was slowly spreading among the hunters in the banquet hall.
Just then, the music in the Grand Hall stopped.
After a long performance, people murmured before the next performance began.
The banquet hall was mostly empty.
I was engulfed in the atmosphere, so I didn’t know it, but only half of the 60 guests remained.
Empty seats everywhere.
A small number of people with only 30 left.
People looked for each other’s acquaintances.
“Where has this old man gone? She said she would come after going to the bathroom.”
“I can’t even see the friend who said he would visit the dorm.”
“The disciple who ran the errand is not coming back.”
People who get upset.
Something strange was happening in the banquet hall.
A silent disappearance.
Get up and see what has changed.
“Everyone, are you enjoying the event?”
In the midst of confusion, Jinhan put his magic power and asked people.
Sitting on a high chair on the stage, he looked up and looked around the entire grand hall.
“Jin-Han-nim, do you know where all the people have gone? It’s very strange that the people who said they were going to come back don’t.”
A hunter wearing a wizard hat asked him.
It was a question everyone had on their mind.
“Haha, isn’t the theme of the event ‘horror’? Did you think it was safe here?”
Jinhan sneered under the white mask.
It was the same tone as the way the event was held so far.
A voice that was polite yet laughed.
Unlike the panicked people, he was calm.
“What are you talking about? It’s not safe here, you’re playing too much.”
The wizard chuckled and said.
His mouth was smiling, but his eyes were sharp.
I can’t tell if Jinhan’s words are a joke or serious.
“You are a human invited to the devil’s castle. Since we enjoyed the banquet, let’s start the real game. You just need to run away from the devil’s clutches. Of course, there is no escape.”
“What are you talking about?”
“You cannot refuse to participate in the game.”
Right.
Jinhan snapped his fingers.
The appearance of the music troupe that played instruments was changing.
Horns grow on his head and his fingernails sharpen.
The appearances of the maids and attendants also changed.
It was no different from the demon of the hills reflected on the screen.
“Haha…”
People in the banquet hall laughed.
I can’t believe the situation has changed.
