Chapter 127
[Area 2 attack completed.]
[100 attack points are added.]
[The marker to enter Area 3 is activated.]
About 7 hours had already passed since the exploration of the labyrinth began.
[Current total score of 513 points]
In the meantime, we encountered a total of 13 teams and fought 4 battles.
The previous three battles were against a 9-man team made up of three teams.
The final battle was a battle with a 12-man team of four teams.
Of course, as the number was high, the last battle was the most intense.
“Oh, I am going to die. Damn fraudulent union bastards. Did you see the acting at the end? It’s disgusting, really.”
Right after entering the beginning of District 3 and securing a safe area.
Soon-chan was lying flat on the floor.
“I know. The three Japanese teams could really act.”
“I know yeah. If anyone sees it, they’ll think it’s the first person they’ve seen today.”
Soon-chan grinded his teeth while lying on his back.
In the fourth and final battle, when I remembered the abominable performance of the Japanese team that joined at the end, my anger seemed to rise again.
“calm down.”
“I am calming down. It just annoys me a little.”
The fourth and last battle started with a 9:3 battle like the previous three battles in the beginning.
However, shortly after the battle began, the Japanese team joined late and became a 12:3 composition.
That’s when things really hit the mark.
I don’t know if it’s to dispel suspicions of an illegal alliance.
The Japanese team had a conversation with the coalition side, taking the attitude that they had seen it for the first time.
They joined the coalition under the pretense of agreeing to the bargain.
“Ah-oh. If you pretended to have seen it for the first time, would you use magic separately? Did you see him pretending to see it for the first time and sneaking into the joint magic because he was at a disadvantage at the end? I thought it was a team I had been training with for months.”
The problem was that the 12 of them used joint magic together.
It is virtually impossible to use 12-person joint magic among people you meet for the first time.
In other words, the Japanese team was also involved in the coalition from the beginning, and it makes sense that they made such an improbable delay to hide the fact that the coalition was formed in advance.
That is why Sunchan is so indignant.
The negative union is also annoying, but even acting, I can’t help but get angry.
“ah. I wish I could follow everything What kind of trouble is this because of them?”
In the first place, as the battles continued one after another, anger had accumulated to a critical point.
It feels like that anger exploded at the end.
I understand.
I also got a little annoyed at the shameless performance of the Japanese team at the end.
“It doesn’t change anything if you get annoyed. If you can afford to be irritable, start with your breathing.”
Senior Kang Shin-woo, who was sitting cross-legged next to me and was breathing, uttered a hint.
Even as I say that, my breathing doesn’t get disturbed in the slightest.
Indeed, he was completely innocent.
“I’m still breathing… … .”
“I won’t say anything. Time is gold.”
“… … That, yes.”
As expected, the sense of intimidation conveyed by senior Kang Shin-woo’s words was great, and Soon-chan quickly calmed down.
Well, it also means that Soonchan is having a hard time with Shinwoo.
“Whoa… … .”
Whatever it was, Sunchan gradually calmed down his anger and began to control his breathing.
Watching Sunchan become more and more quiet, I began to concentrate.
‘I should recover as much as I can now.’
Sun-chan and Shin-woo aren’t the only ones who have consumed their mental and physical strength in a series of battles.
I was also quite exhausted.
There won’t be many opportunities to rest after that, so you need to recover as much as possible now.
“… … .”
“… … .”
Only the rhythmic breathing of the three of us resounded in District 3.
How much time had passed like that?
Senior Shinwoo and I finished the preparations first.
“Whoa. I will live for a while now.”
Finally, Soonchan opened his eyes with a clean expression, and everything was ready.
Soon-chan came closer to me, turning his shoulders and turning his ankles moderately.
“Let’s go.”
Seeing Sunchan approaching, Shinwoo senior turned around.
And then he took one step forward.
“Senior, being the lead is my role as a tank~ That’s what I mean.”
At that moment, Sunchan ran quickly and took a seat in front of senior Shinwoo.
“okay. Take the lead.”
“yep.”
As a tanker, I can feel the strong will that the leading position cannot be taken away.
“Ha Yul-ah. What are you doing. come fast.”
Sunchan called me from the front.
The way you were annoyed earlier seems like a lie.
After all, it seems that I was just exhausted and irritated more than necessary.
“Goes. go.”
I moved quickly and joined behind Sunchan and Shinwoo.
That’s how the basic formation of the three of us was established.
“where should we go?”
Soon-chan asked me while being wary of the front.
“Let’s deal with the named monsters before the other team enters Area 3.”
Other teams will also enter District 3 at some point.
It is better to attack the named monsters beforehand.
If you get in the way for nothing, it hurts.
“You’re going to go after the captain’s head, right? okay. ruler. Let’s go.”
Sunchan smiled and took a big step.
“however.”
Walk about five steps like that.
Suddenly, Sunchan stopped walking.
“Where is the named monster?”
Senior Shinwoo looked at Soonchan with a strange expression.
“… … How did you go forward so confidently, not knowing where to go?”
“Kuhm.”
It seems that he just walked away with momentum.
Even thinking about it makes me feel embarrassed.
Soonchan avoids Shinwoo senior’s gaze and looks at me.
“Hmmmm. So, where can I go?”
“You can go anywhere.”
“anywhere?”
“uh. anywhere.”
I wondered if I had just watched Soon-chan walking out alone without stopping him.
“It was said that the named monsters in Area 3 were a deterrent to increase the difficulty of the capture. Do you remember?”
“ok. Said it was.”
“Could a monster given such a role be stuck somewhere in District 3?”
No matter how strong a monster is, as long as it’s stuck in a room and doesn’t move, it’s not that big of a danger.
All you have to do is not enter that room.
“Named monsters in District 3 randomly roam the entire District 3.”
Named monsters in District 3, which are already very powerful, appear all over the District 3 at any time.
This is the reason why the difficulty of District 3 is called atrocious.
“random… … . So you’re saying you can literally meet them just by walking around?”
“right. So just do what your heart tells you to do. It’s luck to meet you anyway.”
“okay. Another one of my luck is amazing. I only believe in you.”
Soonchan laughed wildly, like a feral carnivore.
“Don’t get too far ahead. That there is a barrier of weakness throughout District 3. Do you remember?”
“are you okay. Nothing like barriers can stop me. Mmm ha ha!”
Sunchan laughed out loud and strode out.
I was going to stop it because it seemed like something was too exciting, but I decided to leave it alone.
‘It’ll be quiet in 3 minutes anyway.’
3 minutes later.
If you know the fear of the barrier, you will become calm.
* * *
About 30 minutes passed after that.
“I-I’m really sorry, but could you change the lead?”
Short if short, long if long.
The 30 minutes in District 3, which boasts a hellish level of difficulty, was enough to extinguish Soon-chan’s burning passion.
“great job. Recover a little later.”
“… … uh.”
Soon-chan moved behind me with an exhausted expression on his face.
“… … I’m really going to die.”
A tired face.
As if feeling a headache, his brow furrowed.
His head is also blank, his pupils are half-dilated.
“What are you really doing here? It’s not like hell… … .”
Only 30 minutes had passed, and Sunchan was on the verge of exhaustion. It has completely spread both physically and mentally.
“Barrier. Aren’t you kidding?”
“… … uh. I think I’m going to die.”
In Area 3 of the labyrinth, there is a special barrier.
The name of the barrier is ‘mana shackles’.
It is also called the barrier of weakness.
By changing the mana within the barrier, it gives a load to the intruder’s mana, and has the effect of slowly eating away the spirit and physical strength.
This load is stronger than expected, and the average person can’t stand it for even 30 minutes and falls into a state of exhaustion.
“Because of this barrier, everyone either gives up on attacking District 3 altogether, or does it at the end.”
“… … uh. I felt it deeply for some reason.”
Using magic alone within such a special barrier, the attack was carried out at the forefront. It was natural for it to be like this.
“Can I be the next leader?”
Senior Shinwoo, who had been quietly listening to the conversation, made a hint.
Unlike Sunchan who was exhausted, Shinwoo sunbaenim was very energetic.
“no. I will take the second lead. Senior, please rest a little further back.”
By the way, the same goes for me.
If it was natural, it was natural.
Because Shinwoo-senpai and I weren’t affected by the ‘mana shackles’.
I have to be fine.
“hmm. i get it. I’m on the 3rd rotation.”
As mentioned, the ‘mana shackles’ are barriers that impose a load on intruders by changing mana within a range.
Just hearing this, you might think it’s a fraudulent barrier that can collectively impose a load on all intruders who entered the barrier.
However, the mana shackles are not so fraudulent barriers.
The targets that the mana shackles can weaken are limited.
‘A person who stands at the forefront among the subjects within 10 meters.’
This is the scope of weakness.
In short, in such a small party, only one person in the front line is affected by the ‘mana shackles’.
That’s why only Soon-chan is in such an impoverished state right now.
“Then we will set off again.”
“okay.”
“ok.”
We switched rotations and started to hit the road again.
About 5 minutes passed like that.
“after. I will live for a while now.”
By the time Soonchan’s complexion had improved to some extent.
“You look fine.”
Senior Shin Woo, who was following me closely behind me, spoke indirectly.
As if it was strange that there was no change in my complexion, I let out a small exclamation.
“I know. why do you look good I really thought I was going to die.”
Sunchan muttered with a trembling expression.
It’s an expression that I can’t understand how you can be so calm.
“I know. Why are you okay?”
But I couldn’t understand this situation either.
‘Really, why is it so fine?’
The mana shackles are a barrier that boasts considerable notoriety.
Although there is a restriction that the effect can be applied to one person within 10 meters, perhaps because of that restriction, the effect is really outstanding.
Even the 7th and 8th circle wizards are at the level of having their heads wrapped in mana shackles, so I said everything.
That’s why I thought, of course, that I would be affected by the mana shackles.
But what is this?
Mana’s shackles didn’t have a big impact on me.
‘Is this also related to the bi-tenor expression?’
It’s not that there’s no load, but at this level, it’s a level that can be covered enough with natural resilience.
It’s only been 5 minutes, so I’ll have to see more, but if this load is maintained, the mana shackles won’t have any adverse effects on me.
‘More time will pass, but if the mana shackles don’t affect me in any way, I’m saying that I can proceed with the attack while maintaining Shinwoo and Soonchan’s conditions at 100%.’
And if you can proceed with the attack while maintaining 100% of the condition of the two avant-gardes, attacking the 3rd area will be much easier.
‘Then I don’t have to be passive?’
A plan that had already been revised once in my head began to be revised once again.
By the time my thoughts are being organized so quickly.
Kugoong-!
My heart sank with a strange pressure.
“… … Ha Yul-ah.”
Sunchan called me in a low voice.
“know.”
Soon-chan must have felt the same way as me.
“… … .”
It was the same with senior Shin Woo.
Even now, as if feeling the growing pressure and huge presence, the momentum is swaying sharply.
In the suffocating silence.
Tadadadadada-!
I heard something running.
The heavy sound of something huge kicking the ground and running.
“… … coming.”
In the dark passageway, his black, glossy hair gleamed with a subtle light.
“The devourer of hell.”
Devilish red eyes and two huge curved horns.
Likewise, the creepy black hair reminiscent of the devil.
“Devil ape.”
Literally, demon ape.
He stood tall in front of us, boasting a well-muscled body.
