Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 26

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Episode 26

‘Where is that sound coming from?’

Choi Hyun-min urgently twisted his body and looked around.

However, no other presence could be seen anywhere.

Just as if it was rumbling inside his head.

A thick, low voice continued to echo.

-If you have the qualifications, you will be able to proceed. If not….

Kuuuung.

Thud.

-You will become fertilizer in this place.

Stagger.

Was it because the Room itself moved?

Choi Hyun-min suddenly lost his balance and stumbled.

Thanks to not stopping his training, he didn’t fall disgracefully.

“Wh-what…. Are you guys okay?”

-We are fine, Master.

-This much is nothing.

The Block Toys beside him also staggered for a moment before quickly straightening their posture.

“If you’re okay, that’s a relief. For now, let’s go outside and…. Huh?”

Due to the sudden change in situation, Choi Hyun-min quickly searched for an Exit with his eyes.

He tried to go outside first to reorganize….

-Master! There’s no Exit!

-There’s no way to get out!

-We’re trapped! We’re trapped!

There was no Exit.

Was it never there from the beginning?

Or did it disappear after this strange movement?

Choi Hyun-min urgently moved his body to find an Exit.

The other guys also pressed close to the Wall and touched here and there, but-

-Waaaaah!

“What’s wrong?!”

-Th-the floor has spears…! Spears are coming up!

A Legion Soldier fell with a scream.

Next to the guy, several long spears had grown up from the floor.

‘Spike trap!’

If he had made a wrong move, he could have been skewered right there.

-Hyaaaak!

Thwung!

This time a scream came from the opposite side.

When he turned his head, this time from the Wall-

He saw a guy who had fallen backwards in surprise at thorns that jutted out sharply from the Wall surface.

“Everyone stop!”

-Huh?

-Master, what do you mean….

“Don’t do anything and just stop where you are.”

Choi Hyun-min thought for a moment.

He too remained frozen in place like ice and carefully looked around-

“I…see.”

He figured it out.

That strange voice he heard earlier.

Was it because of that guy?

This Room was no longer just a simple Secret Room.

This place was-

“A mousetrap.”

-A mousetrap?

-We’re not mice!

A trap.

It was a trap itself designed to catch and kill Hunters who entered.

Spike traps hidden in random locations.

If you stepped wrong, spears from the floor would pierce your body.

If you placed your hand wrong, thorns from the Wall would pierce through your hand.

And the most frightening thing was.

‘You can’t even confirm where the traps are located.’

Whoo-

Choi Hyun-min inhaled and exhaled deeply.

At this rate, they were destined to die somehow.

As long as they couldn’t find an Exit, they couldn’t even escape.

That was probably the aim of whoever created this Secret Room.

-M-Master, can we survive?

-I won’t beg for sausages and bread anymore. Just let us live….

-Are we going to die…?

However….

‘I can see them.’

He was different.

Surely nothing would be visible to the Block Toys and other Hunters who came to this place.

‘Like heat haze…. I can see the different places.’

Radar Mode, an EX-grade skill.

To Choi Hyun-min’s eyes equipped with it, subtly misaligned parts were visible everywhere.

Other places were clearly ordinary floors.

‘If I take one step forward…. This definitely seems like a trap.’

Unlike other places, it felt like something was rippling.

Step.

He slightly changed direction and took a step, avoiding the trap.

“….”

Then a moment of silence.

Fortunately, spears didn’t shoot up from the floor like before.

This time to the right.

He slowly moved his steps, but this time was the same.

As if confirming the performance of Radar Mode, the trap didn’t react.

“Good. From now on, I’ll take you guys with me, so you absolutely must not move. Got it?”

-Y-yes, Master.

-I’ll stay completely still….

Were the guys also scared?

The Legion Soldiers had stiffened up after being hit hard once, only nodding their heads.

Choi Hyun-min carefully moved his steps and approached the nearest guy.

-Master! Master came!

“From now on, just follow behind me. Only step on the ground I stepped on, and absolutely don’t touch or step on anywhere else.”

-I’ll absolutely do as Master says!

Thus began the Block Toy rescue operation.

Surely it looked like just an ordinary floor on the surface.

Choi Hyun-min, observing everything, moved by twisting and turning directions as if navigating through a maze.

-Master! You finally came for us!

-We’re saved! As expected of Master!

Every time he took a step, the Legion Soldiers followed behind him like the Pied Piper.

Only after wandering around the narrow room here and there could he gather all eleven Legion Soldiers.

“Now, we’re all gathered, right?”

-One, two, three… It seems everyone’s here.

“From now on, we’re going to the exit.”

-Exit? Is there an exit?

He quietly nodded at the Legion Soldier’s question.

He had already spotted the exit while bringing them over.

“Be careful not to drop the cocoons. Follow me slowly.”

The exit was the only northern wall flickering with green light.

Even that was at an extremely faint level, making it hard to notice unless observed carefully.

If it hadn’t been for radar mode, he probably wouldn’t have noticed it until he died here.

‘Or I would have died from being stabbed by spears long ago.’

Step. Step. Step.

Choi Hyun-min carefully stepped toward where the exit was.

The Legion Soldiers lined up behind him also followed on tiptoes.

If they had run straight, it would have been a distance that could be covered in thirty steps.

“Phew…”

Was it because the inside of this place was hot?

Or was it because he was so tense?

By the time beads of sweat formed on his forehead, he was able to arrive in front of the green-glowing wall.

‘If radar mode is correct… this should be the exit.’

At any other time, he might have doubted and hesitated.

But since he had come this far thanks to radar mode, why would he doubt it now?

Choi Hyun-min stepped forward first without any hesitation.

At that moment.

Swoosh.

Though it should have been a solid stone wall.

His leg was sucked in without any resistance.

The moment he passed through that curtain-like section-

His vision darkened once again.

And a man appeared before him.

“You are…”

A man in white clothes.

It was the same person who had spoken to him when he first set foot in this place.

-Surprising. I never thought you’d pass through this place.

Who exactly is he?

A Hunter?

No, before that, is he even a real person?

Choi Hyun-min’s eyes quickly scanned him.

Strangely, there was no atmosphere that could be felt from humans emanating from his body.

‘His skin is white like a corpse too. No matter how I look at it, he doesn’t seem like an ordinary person.’

Or maybe he’s a monster.

He instinctively took a step toward the man.

But did he anticipate this?

His figure moved away by exactly one step.

-You’d better be careful.

“Who exactly are you?”

Choi Hyun-min mustered courage and asked him a question.

However, no answer came.

Still with that buzzing feeling in his head.

He only conveyed one-sided words.

-Since you survived this place, the Maze will try to watch you more closely.

What is he saying?

Still incomprehensible words.

Along with that, his vision went completely dark.

And then-

“Gasp!”

…He was in his room.

He had definitely been in the Secret Room just moments ago?

He turned around and looked at his surroundings, but this was definitely Choi Hyun-min’s Room.

“Did I come back?”

The toys scattered around and everything.

The photos and posters of various rankers on the wall.

It was definitely his room where he had stayed until earlier, not some illusion.

Wait.

Come to think of it, where are the Block Toys?

Just as he was tilting his head in confusion due to the disappeared status window.

-Waaaaah!

-We’re falling!

Block Toys came tumbling down from mid-air.

Unlike in the Maze, their bodies had returned to their original size.

Crash!

They fell noisily and crashed onto the floor.

Fortunately, they didn’t seem to have suffered major injuries… but…

Thud.

Thump.

The moment he saw the objects falling after them, Choi Hyun-min’s eyebrows twitched.

‘Right, the cocoons!’

There are people inside those.

He received them from the Block Toys and carefully laid them on the floor.

“Can you guys cut these open?”

The threads wrapped tightly around them.

When he looked at the Legion Soldiers, Hans stepped forward slightly.

-I’ll give it a try.

He carefully aimed at the cocoon with the spear he was holding.

Tick.

Hans began carefully cutting the thread with the tip of his spear.

Fortunately, it wasn’t that tough.

The cocoon changed smoothly, as if cutting a piece of cloth with scissors.

After repeating this four times to cut the threads, the complete bodies of people were finally revealed.

“They definitely seem to be Hunters.”

Three men and one woman.

He didn’t know who they were, but judging by the equipment they wore, they were definitely Hunters.

‘They seem to be Hunters around level 10… Who are they?’

“Mmm…”

How much time had passed?

The Hunters slowly opened their eyes.

They squinted at the light for a while, then abruptly sat up.

“Huh! Wh-where is this…!”

The Hunters frantically looked around.

The moment their eyes met Choi Hyun-min’s.

“Wh-who are you?!”

They startled and tried to get up but collapsed again.

Then one Hunter stepped on a block and let out a shriek of surprise.

“Aaah!”

“Don’t worry. This is outside the maze.”

“O-outside the maze…?”

Were they surprised?

The Hunters looked at him with tense faces.

They looked around with sharp, alert expressions, then soon let out sighs of relief.

“Th-then we’ve been rescued?”

“Rescued?”

“Yes, rescued… No, aren’t you someone sent by the guild?”

Did he sense something strange?

The man’s brow furrowed slightly.

The other Hunters were the same.

Behind them, they looked at each other and muttered in small voices.

“…I think I should introduce myself first. I’m Choi Hyun-min from Manwol.”

“Choi Hyun-min from Manwol… Don’t tell me…”

The Hunters’ expressions changed strangely as soon as they heard his name.

That reaction was already familiar.

Choi Hyun-min smiled bitterly and nodded.

“Yes, I’m that person you know.”

“Ah, we’re sorry…”

“More than that, the rest of you seem to be Hunters. Is that right?”

When he asked the question, they hesitated for a moment before the man in front spoke up.

“That’s right. I’m Kim Jun-woo. And the friends behind me are-“

“I’m Bae A-hyun.”

“I’m Park Jung-min.”

“I’m called Moon Seong-jun.”

People revealing their names one by one.

As soon as their introductions ended, Kim Jun-woo, who had first talked with Choi Hyun-min.

As if something was bothering him, he spoke in a low voice.

“So… this is Manwol Guild… right?”

“Yes. Well, to be precise, it’s inside my room. But my room is also part of Manwol Guild…”

Why was he asking that?

Kim Jun-woo bit his lower lip hard as soon as he heard the answer.

The expressions of the other Hunters listening also changed ominously.

More precisely…

They turned bright red as if holding back anger.

“But why is that…”

Something’s strange.

Choi Hyun-min sensed something was off.

When he asked, unexpected words flowed from Kim Jun-woo’s mouth.

“That means… Park Gi-han from Ridim Guild… that bastard didn’t even come to the 9th floor?”

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