00254 Plateau of Delusion ———————————————– ————————–=
Of course, it is not possible to pinpoint just one period, but the criteria can be broadly divided into three categories. Before entering the plateau of delusion, after entering the plateau of delusion, and when you come out of the plateau of delusion after everything is done. The second was the least likely to happen on time, and the first and third were similar.
‘If it’s the third time… . ‘It’ll be a little fun.’
As soon as I thought of that, I couldn’t help but laugh out loud. Not sure yet. But if what I’m thinking right now is correct, and if it’s the third time. Your ears will probably feel quite itchy until you get out of the plateau of delusion.
“brother! “I’m ready!”
“ah.”
As I was lost in thought for a while, I heard Ahn Hyun’s voice calling me from the front. Everyone was looking at me from their respective points, as if they had just finished preparing. The expressions on the clan members’ faces were all mysterious, but for a moment I thought it was a mistake. Just now, I probably looked like a pervert, lost in his imagination and laughing heartily.
I quickly adjusted my facial expression and opened my mouth in a polite, quiet voice.
“Hmm. From now on, we will enter the Mountain of Delirium.”
“lol.”
Ansol seemed to be happy because I was laughing, so he laughed along with me. For a moment she stared at her face, but then she turned her body toward the mountain of delirium and spoke.
“Mountain of Delirium. Here, delirium is a modern medical term. “It originally has many connotations, but in hole plane, the field effect can be summarized in just one word.”
“Are you talking about impaired consciousness?”
“yes. “That is correct.”
“What about the product?”
Go Yeon-ju responded immediately and gently closed one eye and winked. When I caught her gaze, I somehow got a vague idea of what product she wanted.
‘Should I buy a potion that increases stamina? .’
Sighing deeply, I slowly walked towards Jin’s lead.
“Mountain of delirium, plateau of delusion, canyon of hallucination. The scary thing about these three places is that the further you go inside, the more the field effects overlap. In other words, you can think of it as all being organically connected.”
“to… .”
As he stood next to An Hyeon, he glanced at An Sol and then turned his gaze to Baek Han-gyeol and Kim Han-byeol. Then he turned his head towards me again, and his face was full of worry. I could guess his inner thoughts, so I continued speaking immediately.
“Compared to the other two, the field effect of Delirium Mountain is quite weak. Some users may exhibit symptoms similar to hyperactivity, but this can be controlled to some extent. If you feel like you can’t bear it, please tell me. “I will take out Jeongsimdan right away.”
“yes… !”
Ahn Hyun seemed to have been comforted by my words and responded with a slightly better expression.
Eventually, with me taking the first step, we announced our departure for our first destination, the Plateau of Delusion.
*
To differentiate, the plateau of the network can be classified as a mountainous plateau (a plateau surrounded by mountain ranges). Strictly speaking, there is not one mountain of delirium. However, the reason why the first mountain you see when you arrive at the grassland is called the Mountain of Delirium is because its appearance is so majestic that compared to the mountains that follow, it can almost be seen as the first mountain in the world. Of course, the fact that field effects disappear anywhere except for the mountain ranges surrounding the plateau also played a part.
The Mountain of Delirium did not have a gloomy atmosphere like the pitch-black forest. No, I would say it’s actually the opposite.
With each step, I heard a rustling sound under my feet. It has been a long time since we left the start of the mountain. Currently, huge trees were standing here and there before our eyes, and the leaves that had fallen from the trees were covering the soft, brown ground.
As I climbed the sloping dirt road for 30 minutes and came out of the shaded area by the trees, I soon saw the open sky. When I was in the meadow, I felt a little hot from the bright sunlight, but now, thanks to the cool mountain breeze, I didn’t feel that hot.
“Heh! “Heh!”
“Huh… ! Haha… !”
It seems that the stamina of the clan members following behind is dropping faster than expected, perhaps because it is the fastest rapid march I have ever done. It was a video that even the other clan members except Go Yeon-ju didn’t have to watch, as Ahn Hyeon and Yu-jeong Lee, who are close-range members, were holding their breath.
It suddenly occurred to me that Lee Yu-jeong’s cheers and groans were quite unique. Even if I give in 100 times and hear Ahn Hyun’s out of breath sounds, I can’t get used to Lee Yu-jeong’s sounds at all. It wasn’t just me, but I could see the expressions of several users walking in front of her changing slightly.
“Let’s take a break for a while.”
“Gasp. Oh my, I lived.”
“Don’t sit down. I’m just going to take a breath and go. “Don’t let your guard down around you.”
“ah. yes yes!”
There seemed to be a lot of people offended by my words, and most of them seemed to hesitate while trying to sit down. I leaned against the rock that was curved to the left and focused on feeling the signs around me. Go Yeon-ju was also secretly rolling her eyes, as if she had forgotten the story we shared before climbing the mountain.
The children’s faces still looked cheerful. When she first climbed the mountain, she seemed a bit unsure due to the field effect, but she soon regained her original confidence as she felt she could control it.
‘The problem is that the moment you enter the plateau of delusion, the power is lost due to the stacking effect.’
It was a moment when I was wondering at what point I would have to take Jeongsimdan before it would be known that I had used it well. As I was tapping on the surface of the rock, I felt someone approaching quickly in front of me.
“excuse me… . brother. “I have a question.”
“huh? What.”
When I raised my head, there was Kim Han-byul staring at me with a pale face. She was slowly getting her breathing in order, shaking her stomach once or twice, then moving her neck and asking me a question.
“Do monsters ever appear in Delirium Mountain?”
“Of course it will appear. “Why are you suddenly asking that?”
“It’s been a while since I came here, and I haven’t met you yet. Then, could you please tell me what kind of monster appears? “If you know even the basic characteristics, you can prepare in advance what kind of magic you will use to respond.”
“iced coffee. Crow?”
“yes?”
“Oh, no. “I said it wrong.”
After making a momentary mistake in speaking, Go Yeonju was heard bursting into laughter. I scratched my cheek in embarrassment and slowly began to explain.
A bird monster appears here. Unusually, they are monsters that use the mountains as their home, and their exact name is black-headed eagles. Its characteristics include sharp claws, good intelligence, and the ability to dive to snatch or attack prey. As a brief aside, crow was a word that some users simply used conveniently.
I wondered if I would be able to understand the explanation through words, but Kim Han-byeol, who is smart, nodded right away. Seeing her deep in thought, I gave up on her intention to leave and decided to wait for her for 5 more minutes.
After such a sweet rest, we started moving again. The more you climbed the mountain, the steeper it became, and it became more common to climb up the mountain by pointing out the surrounding landmarks. But I didn’t change my ways. This was the fastest route to the Plateau of Delusion, and above all, traces of the expedition that had entered earlier remained everywhere. If I was lucky, I might get something before I went in.
Currently, my five senses were extremely sensitive. In particular, I was concentrating my magic on hearing, and as I climbed a bend, I suddenly caught the sound of the valley water flowing. As I followed the sound up the steep road, at some point I felt the slope becoming gentler again. That was the moment when we advanced another 200 meters.
“Stop for a moment.”
Entering the terrain that was much flatter than the terrain I had just walked on, I raised my hand to stop the clan members.
“Su-hyun. What’s wrong?”
“Go Yeon-ju. “Please come here for a moment.”
She ran to me as if in flight, and soon fell silent as she looked in the direction I pointed. At the place where my finger pointed, several traces were divided into two branches.
“Hmm… . “I’m divided.”
“One went upward like this, and the other took a detour.”
“This is a little ambiguous. Why not just go upstairs? “If we keep going at this pace, I think we’ll reach the Plateau of Delusion in an hour or two.”
“hmm. wait a minute.”
Like Go Yeon-ju said, it didn’t matter where he went. However, I turned my head to Ansol just in case. As if she was used to this situation by now, she looked slightly worried when she caught my gaze, and then she looked to the right. I immediately turned towards her direction.
“Let’s take a detour.”
*
After deciding to take a detour, we marched along a mountain road that curved in a semicircle. However, the further I went, the more a strange feeling came over me. The air, which had been extremely refreshing and cool just a moment ago, was gradually becoming damp and sticky.
The once clear trees and bushes were gradually becoming sparse, and the soil that had been soft to step on also became increasingly hard. However, the traces continued.
It was then. I had been concentrating on looking at the traces for a while, but suddenly stopped at a sight in front of me that did not match the surrounding scenery.
“uh. “What is that?”
“flower… . “It looks like this.”
I signaled Ahn Hyeon and Lee Yu-jeong, who were talking quietly, to be quiet, and I looked closely at the place. It was definitely strange. About 70 meters ahead, there were a lot of flowers strewn about. The problem was not that there were any flowers in bloom, but that there were piles of flowers with broken stems. As if someone had intentionally collected flowers in that place.
‘There must be a reason why Ansol asked to come here… . Is it direction detection or anxiety detection?’
After I gave the signal, there was only dead silence among the group. I signaled to move forward by slightly bending my hand forward. Soon, with the sound of weapons being drawn while making as little noise as possible behind us, we slowly began to move forward.
There is no feeling of life around. But what on earth is this strange air current that moves around here?
I did not walk at a fast pace like I had done so far, but walked cautiously and cautiously. However, despite coming to the place where the flowers were gathered, nothing happened. I looked around with my naked eyes, just in case, then nodded my head and opened my mouth.
“Let’s pick some flowers first.”
“yes.”
Anhyeon stepped forward at my direction and began to slowly remove the flowers with a spear. Ahn Hyeon, who removed her flowers with a few swings, suddenly narrowed her eyebrows and looked inside her closely, and then she said, “Huh.” She quickly retreated with a sound.
“Tongue, bro. in… .”
“Su-hyun. wait a minute.”
The moment Go Yeon-ju finished speaking, several dark shadows scanned the ground in front of him, scattering all the remaining flower piles. and. The moment I finally saw what was revealed beneath the flower pile, I could hear the clan members’ quick intake of breath.
But before I could look at it closely, something hidden in the flower pile shot out a sparkling light. I reflexively generated magical energy to resist the light, and soon I was able to identify the shining object.
It was a crystal ball. Not a communication crystal, but a recording crystal ball. And I could see a completely rotted corpse holding the crystal ball preciously in its arms.
“A body was found. Wow. “I tried to look for traces, but the body was badly damaged.”
“well. for now… .”
At Go Yeon-ju’s words, I bent down and picked up the crystal ball, and finished my answer by opening my abdomen, which was folded in half.
“It would be better to look at this first, right?”
I immediately infused magical power into the crystal ball. Then, the screen, which was twisted for a moment, soon became fixed as one, and soon a low-pitched voice accompanied by a middle-aged man came out.
(I don’t know if this crystal ball will ever be found. However, if someone finds it, I would like to ask you a favor, shamelessly. Please take this crystal ball to the southern city of Monica.)
“… … .”
(Ah. I’ll tell you first out of frustration. I recommend that you take a quick look around first. If the place where you found this crystal ball is still in the middle of the gloomy Mountain of Delirium… well, that’s very likely. Haha. Ah. Maybe there’s a rescue team? It’s okay whether you’re a rescue team or a user on an expedition. For now…)
I brought the crystal ball closer and held it up. On the screen, a man wearing thick gloves was leaning against a tree. And when I analyzed the slightly visible terrain behind the screen, I realized that it was a very similar place to this place.
One thing to note was that the man on the screen had a few streams of blood flowing from the corner of his mouth. He coughed three times and then continued speaking with difficulty.
(Get right off this goddamn mountain. Right now, and don’t look back. Come on!)
—————————= Review of the work ——————– ——-=
hello. This is Ro Yujin.
I feel my stamina increasing little by little. I was a little late preparing because I had an important exam on Thursday and Friday. sorry.
What exactly did that man go through? ha ha ha. Anyway, I’m going to go back to preparing for the exam. Everyone, please enjoy reading. 🙂
fantasy,
