Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 69
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Episode 69
Choi Hyun-min examined the back of the pendant.
But the letters were completely incomprehensible.
‘At a glance, it seems similar to the characters on the stone monument I saw in Aldea back then.’
The problem was that Choi Hyun-min couldn’t interpret these letters.
“By any chance, can you read these letters?”
Since he had asked the village for help back then, perhaps they would know as well.
But Gordon shook his head.
-Unfortunately, I don’t know these characters either. If it weren’t for this necklace, I would have never seen such letters.
‘Really?’
This was unexpected.
Since Baldun from Aldea had recognized them.
He thought the people here would recognize them too.
But apparently that wasn’t the case.
“Hmm… Then I have no choice but to find someone who can decipher the letters written here.”
-Is there someone who can read this?
“Perhaps… if it’s someone from Aldea Village, they might be able to read it? They’ve interpreted similar letters before.”
Choi Hyun-min still couldn’t take his eyes off the necklace.
At his words, Gordon tilted his head.
-Al…dea?
It seemed he didn’t know about Aldea Village.
Since there was no need to explain in detail.
Choi Hyun-min waved his hand and made up a vague excuse.
“It’s near my home, so I thought I’d just stop by on the way.”
-Is that so?
It was a ridiculous excuse.
But Gordon nodded his head innocently.
“For now, I’ll come back after conquering the 25th Floor.”
-Ah, and…
“Is there something else you want to say?”
Was there still something left to discuss?
Gordon opened his mouth toward him with an embarrassed expression.
-Um… could you possibly show mercy and allow outsiders to visit Lennon Village?
Ah!
That’s right.
He had forgotten.
Aldea Village was already developing tremendously thanks to choosing village opening.
But Lennon was still the same as when Choi Hyun-min had first created it.
“Of course.”
With that, Choi Hyun-min brought up Lennon Village’s status window and pressed [Village Opening].
[You have opened Lennon Village to the outside.]
[From now on, the village’s existence will be known to the outside, and external entities including Hunters can freely come and go.]
[All authority over the village belongs solely to you, and the authority to control entry and exit is entirely up to you.]
[Additionally, a portion of the income generated here will be accumulated in the form of taxes.]
Lennon Village was originally on the 15th Floor.
Since it was closer to the depths than Aldea located on the 5th Floor.
There might be fewer people coming and going.
But considering the material items and monster byproducts from nearby.
And the level of Hunters who would use this place.
It could develop much more than now.
‘Maybe it could even become bigger than Aldea.’
-Thank you, Savior.
-We are deeply grateful, Savior!!!
-We will never forget this kindness!
“Ah, no, you don’t need to say such things…”
Did they also know that the village was being opened?
Not only Gordon who was standing right in front.
But also the villagers who had been hiding in the distance watching.
They were all repeating words of gratitude and prostrating themselves in bows.
No matter how many times he experienced it, he could never get used to such situations.
Choi Hyun-min’s face turned bright red.
He fled from Lennon as if escaping, rushing out of the maze.
“I’ll, I’ll come next time! Well then…”
***
-Have you finally come to look after us, Master…
“Shh! Shh! Other people can see!”
Choi Hyun-min entered Aldea through his room.
He frantically waved his hands at Baldun, the village chief of Aldea’s greeting.
Aldea was still bustling with activity.
The market located in the center of the village had countless Hunters.
-Looking for a healing-type Hunter to join 6th Floor hunting!
-Buying goblin leather in bulk!
-Those disposing of useless miscellaneous items, please contact us!
-New armor just came out! Come take a look!
The crowd seemed even larger than before.
Stopping Baldun who looked like he was about to bow at any moment.
Choi Hyun-min led him straight into the Village Chief’s House.
A few people seemed to glance over.
But fortunately, he was able to escape their gaze before attention focused on him.
-Wh, what’s the matter?
Did he notice something different from usual?
Baldun looked at him with a serious expression.
Instead of answering his question, Choi Hyun-min handed him the pendant he had.
-Isn’t this a necklace? It seems like a very old item too.
“Could you take a look at the back?”
Toward Baldun who was admiring the various decorations.
He gestured as if turning his palm over.
Then Baldun flipped the pendant 180 degrees.
Looking at the flat bottom, he furrowed his brow.
-There’s nothing here…
“Try touching it with your finger.”
Touch it?
With a puzzled face, he carefully brought his finger to it-
-Oh?!
“You can feel it, right?”
-Something… seems like letters.
“It seemed similar to the letters we saw on the stone monument before, so I brought it here.”
-The stone monument!
As soon as he heard the words “stone monument,” Baldun’s eyes widened.
Did something click?
“Could you possibly interpret what’s written on the back of this?”
-P-please wait a moment. The letters aren’t very clear, so it might take some time…
The letters on the back of the Pendant were faintly engraved.
That was all.
Since the letters weren’t drawn with ink or pigment.
Baldun had to trace each one with his finger to guess what the letters were.
-Hmm… It’s definitely our script.
“Really?!”
As expected!
Choi Hyun-min’s eyebrows twitched at those words.
-To be precise, it seems to be script from a bit earlier than what we used to use… But there shouldn’t be any major problems interpreting it.
Like that, letter by letter.
Baldun interpreted the writing on the back of the Pendant.
When beads of sweat began forming under his golden hair.
He pulled over paper and a quill pen and began writing down the text.
-So then… this is…
When about half the paper was filled with letters.
Whew-
-It’s done.
Baldun wiped the sweat from his forehead and let out a sigh.
Was it finished?
With some hope, Choi Hyun-min looked down at the paper.
‘Even like this, I still can’t understand it.’
Since it seemed he still couldn’t make it out.
He asked Baldun to read the paper for him instead.
-Ahem. Then I’ll read it now.
“Please do.”
-The first wanderer melts the frozen land and raises an ivory tower upon the ruins. The wanderer walks backward, and many will follow him. In the boundary land, qualifications shall be judged.
“…Is that the end?”
-That’s all that’s written on the back of the necklace.
Even though he had clearly heard it in complete Korean.
Choi Hyun-min’s head was still full of question marks.
‘No, the words are too abstract to begin with!’
The stone monument he had seen in Aldea before.
Back then too, there had been ambiguous sentences written like this.
Naturally, his memory wasn’t good enough to remember all of them.
But if there was one thing he remembered-
“The first wanderer means…”
-That’s right. Those words were definitely written on the stone monument too. And that wanderer is…
Baldun, who had been re-reading the letters written on the paper.
His gaze turned this way.
Back then too, Baldun had definitely said that this ‘first wanderer’ referred to Choi Hyun-min.
He remembered that.
“This time too… you mean me?”
-I believe so.
Clink.
Baldun respectfully returned the Pendant with both hands.
‘Even if this is talking about me… I still can’t understand what it means.’
Melting the frozen land and raising an ivory tower.
If he had to interpret it, was it referring to restoring Lennon Village to its original state?
But the words after that were still incomprehensible.
“What do you think ‘boundary land’ means?”
-What do you mean?
“Here, at the end. The part about judging qualifications in the boundary land.”
Hmm…
Baldun stroked his chin for quite a while at his question.
As if something had occurred to him, he let out a small exclamation.
-Ah. If I had to find something… when I hear the word boundary, what comes to mind would be Kora’s Boundary… I suppose.
Kora’s Boundary!
He had definitely heard those exact same words from Gordon in Lennon too!
Back then, he had been told that’s what they called the 25th Floor.
“Where exactly does that refer to?”
-It’s a place that doesn’t exist now. In the past, they used to call the place leading to the Kora region that…
“The Kora region?”
-That’s right. A place with very harsh winters. I heard that in the past, many people used to gather and live in that vicinity.
It felt somewhat familiar.
It seemed like they were definitely talking about the 25th Floor.
No, wait, were they talking about Lennon Village instead?
The snowy field of the 15th Floor came to mind in Choi Hyun-min’s head.
Definitely before saving the Village people.
That place had been a vast plain completely covered in snow.
“Don’t tell me you mean Lennon Village?”
When Choi Hyun-min asked tentatively, Baldun clapped his hands.
-Ah! Lennon! That’s right, I heard there was a Village with that name.
***
[Quest: Advance to XX’s Boundary]
[Find traces of XXX XXX on the 25th Floor.]
[Reward: Unknown (EX Grade)]
[Time Limit: 119 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds]
[Upon Failure: Collapse of areas outside the Maze]
“Hey, did you see that?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Quest! A Quest just appeared, can only I see it?”
“What bullshit… Huh! It’s real! I got a Quest too!”
A Quest had appeared.
And to all Hunters at that.
To those who were hunting in the Maze as usual.
To those who had become Hunters but didn’t enter the Maze.
The same Quest had manifested to everyone with Hunter qualifications.
“What does this mean, though?”
“I don’t know either. Advance?”
“It says to find some traces. Why did they cover up the important words that should be written?!”
“Right. There’s even a time limit!”
The Hunters who saw this fell into complete chaos.
Some focused on the time limit.
Some coveted the ridiculous reward.
Others chattered about the collapse of outside areas.
If you were a Hunter.
No, the moment this message appeared.
It became something that anyone living in Korea couldn’t help but know about.
Numerous guilds also responded to this.
“Our Phoenix Union will dispatch Top Rankers to the 25th Floor starting today to respond to this Quest…”
“Manwol Guild will invest all available personnel on the 25th Floor, of course…”
“Heukpung Guild will establish a united front with other guilds to safely complete the most important mission in human history…”
Of course, what moved them was
not the collapse, but the EX grade reward.
It was something that would naturally make any Hunter drool.
Top Rankers and Hunters were mobilized and began to move.
“We have to clear it within 5 days. Is that even possible?”
“Just how strong are the monsters that they’re giving EX grade rewards?”
“And as a full Quest too…”
Many were worried about the scale of the Quest and rewards.
But there was no stopping the movement of Hunters who were already half-blinded.
Thus, countless Hunters headed to the 25th Floor all at once.
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