Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 73
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Episode 73
“They suddenly disappeared?”
“Y-Yes, that’s right!”
“Does that even make sense?! Not just one or two people, but thousands of people just vanished?!”
The Awakening Management Bureau was in complete chaos.
Since they also knew about the situation on the 25th Floor, they had been keeping a close watch.
On the fifth day.
They had disappeared like a lie?
Team Leader Lee Hyung-jun clutched his head at the reports flying in non-stop.
“The people who came out early beforehand had no problems getting out, but…”
“But?”
“We’ve completely lost contact with the Hunters who remained until the moment it turned into the fifth day.”
“Then can’t we just send people to the 25th Floor from our side?”
“T-That’s the thing, new entry to the 25th Floor has been completely blocked… They say the Maze is bouncing Hunters away, making it impossible to enter at all.”
What?!
Was that even possible?
Government-level entry control had often happened before.
But the Maze itself blocking Hunters’ entry and exit was something unheard of.
“Moreover…”
“There’s more?”
“There were a few people who returned after it turned into the fifth day… but they say all of those people came back dead.”
“Dead?!”
“Their heads had exploded, so it took some time to confirm their exact identities… but yes, that’s the case.”
This is insane.
What the hell is happening on the 25th Floor?
Team Leader Lee repeatedly wrote the number 25 over and over on an innocent A4 paper.
“Damn it…”
“If there’s any silver lining… it’s that a ranker was included among the Hunters who entered the 25th Floor…”
“A ranker?”
“Yes. Master Park Dae-yun entered a few days ago…”
“Haah…”
Should this be considered fortunate?
If a top-tier ranker was there, at least the worst-case scenario could be prevented.
“Everyone who went in has gone missing, and some of them came out with their heads blown up… Yet we’re supposed to be happy just because there’s one ranker in there?”
“W-Well, I’m not sure.”
This is maddening.
In the worst case, thousands of Hunters could die.
“First, call all the related departments. Deploy all emergency standby personnel to the Maze entrance, and request cooperation from top-tier guilds so they can enter the Maze at any time.”
“W-Will they cooperate?”
“If thousands of people went in, their guild members must be in there too. They have no choice but to cooperate.”
This wasn’t the time to be picky about hot or cold rice.
If even more people died than this…
Just thinking about it was horrifying.
No, considering the Quest content—
‘An even worse disaster might occur.’
That had to be prevented at all costs.
His mind was so tangled and complex it felt like it would explode.
Team Leader Lee was chewing on the tip of his pen.
“Oh? Team Leader!”
“What are you doing, why aren’t you making those calls right now!”
“No, that’s not it… Have you checked the Quest by any chance?”
Quest?
Could they be talking about the Quest related to the 25th Floor that all Hunters had received—
That Quest?
“Why?”
“It’s gone!”
“What?”
“I don’t know since when, but the Quest has disappeared as if it never existed!”
…Really?
At those words, Lee Hyung-jun’s eyes widened.
He was sure the Quest had come to him too, since he was a former Hunter.
But at some point, it had disappeared like a lie.
Was it the same for other Hunters too?
Similar posts had been uploaded in droves since a few hours ago.
“Then… is the Quest itself over?”
“I don’t know if it’s success or failure, but… isn’t that probably it?”
Is that so?
No, that can’t be right.
“Then… why haven’t the people who went to the 25th Floor because of the Quest come out yet?”
At those words, his subordinate couldn’t give any answer.
Perhaps.
Their Quest had disappeared.
But the other people who might still be inside.
They might still be doing the Quest.
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“Where is this place?”
“Ugh… My head…”
“What, you people. Didn’t you go outside earlier?!”
The Hunters who had come out of the 25th Floor.
They clearly thought they had come out of the Maze.
But they hadn’t.
“W-What is this place?”
Darkness where nothing could be seen.
Within it, the people who had exited the 25th Floor began gathering together.
“Is this inside the Maze?”
“W-Well, I don’t know either. This is my first time…”
They should have clearly come outside.
They frantically tried to move around.
“I can’t move?”
“Are we tied up?”
Their bodies wouldn’t move.
It felt like someone had tied them up tightly and locked them in a dark prison.
Nearly thousands of Hunters were left in the same state within the darkness.
There was no light either.
All they could feel were voices.
The jumbled voices of unknown Hunters from just a span away was all they could hear.
“Save me…!”
“I can’t stay in such a dark place!!!”
“Get me out! I don’t know who you are, but please!!!”
The Hunters who soon faced their reality.
The moment a thread of fear bloomed among them.
It spread like a contagious disease.
Some wailed, pouring out tears and snot.
Some shouted in anger.
There were also those who moved their bodies, searching for an escape route.
But none of them could get outside.
Just waiting for this moment to end.
That was all the Hunters could do.
When people were thrown into chaos by fear.
Flash!
The surroundings brightened again.
“Huh?”
“Wait… isn’t this the 25th Floor?”
To be precise.
All sides brightened and began showing the appearance of the 25th Floor.
“No… we didn’t return to the 25th Floor… it seems like it’s showing us the 25th Floor?”
Like a movie theater screen.
The situation on the 25th Floor was being broadcast from all sides.
There were exactly two people standing there.
“Are those people the ones who remained until the end?”
“Seems like it.”
“One of them is Park Dae-yun.”
“Park Dae-yun?”
“You don’t know Park Dae-yun? Ranking 9th, that guy.”
Ah-
At someone’s muttered words.
The Hunters around them all let out exclamations in unison.
“But who’s the other person?”
“Looks like some primitive human.”
But they knew nothing about the remaining person.
Then suddenly.
One of them tilted their head and spoke up.
“That person… isn’t that the guy who was at the Manwol raid?”
“Oh! Now that you mention it, it really is!”
“Did he originally use that kind of axe?”
“Then is he a Hunter belonging to Manwol?”
“Who knows. There’s absolutely nothing known about that person.”
Just who could it be.
Meanwhile.
The situation on the 25th Floor being broadcast from the walls.
The Hunters trapped in darkness.
Was slightly worse than theirs.
-No!
Dehof’s cry split the air.
He clearly thought he had slashed the Witch.
But the part of the Witch’s neck that the sword strike had grazed.
Was filled with black smoke and healed as if nothing had happened.
At the same time, the goosefoot staff she swung.
With that strike filled with tremendous power, Park Dae-yun was knocked flat to the ground.
“This bastard…”
No, wait.
Looking closely, he could see Park Dae-yun with his sword raised above his head.
“Thank goodness…”
Did he block the attack by a hair’s breadth?
Choi Hyun-min beyond the screen let out a sigh of relief.
From the looks of it, he didn’t seem seriously injured, which was fortunate.
‘But… is this a fight they can win?’
The 9th ranked Hunter couldn’t move and ended up in that state.
Although he managed to block it, conversely, his attack was also rendered useless.
But…
‘I can’t just stand still.’
This wasn’t the time to be doing this.
Choi Hyun-min urgently gave an order across the screen.
“Dehof! You go help too!”
-Understood.
Thud thud thud!
As soon as the order was given, Dehof rushed toward the black smoke Witch.
He approached as swiftly as a black panther-
-Hah!
With a single battle cry, he raised his axe and slashed at the Witch’s ankle.
Whoosh!
The sound of cutting through air brushed past his ears.
A precise strike.
This time she wouldn’t be able to dodge.
That’s what he muttered to himself, but.
“This time too… it doesn’t work?!”
He clearly slashed the ankle area.
But where the ankle should have been was once again filled with black smoke.
Swish.
Did she notice?
The Witch’s head turned this way.
And then.
She swung her staff horizontally, striking Dehof hard.
Thwack!
-Urgh!
At the unexpected counterattack.
Dehof’s body flew to the opposite side and crashed straight into the ground.
“Are you alright?!”
Park Dae-yun’s voice could be heard from far away, but.
Dehof couldn’t answer.
Just struggling to get up was all he could manage.
“Dehof!”
However, the Witch’s attack didn’t stop there.
Had he become the target?
The tip of the goosefoot staff flashed purple.
Zing-!
A purple beam shot out in a straight line.
He didn’t know what that was, but-
“Dodge!!!”
He absolutely must not get hit by it.
Choi Hyun-min’s instincts were warning him of exactly that.
Dehof must have felt it too, as he rolled his body to dodge.
Kwagwang!
A beam that struck the ground where he had been standing by a hair’s breadth.
The Witch’s attack created a long hole deep underground.
‘If he had been hit by that…’
If he hadn’t dodged, a hole that size would have been made in Dehof’s body.
“You bastard! Your opponent is me!”
Was he angry at that sight?
Park Dae-yun didn’t stay still either.
He immediately swung his sword and launched a counterattack.
A ranker wielding an aura-infused sword to keep the Witch in check.
In an instant it flashed, then sliced through the Witch’s neck, wrists, and waist.
If it had been a human or monster, it would have been a powerful enough attack to cut them into several pieces.
Tstststs.
But it seemed like nothing to the Witch.
Immediately, new black smoke filled the empty spaces and recovered.
‘Did he buy me time?’
Even knowing the attack wouldn’t work.
Park Dae-yun bought time for Dehof to recover.
It seemed like an attack meant to make the Witch’s target turn toward him again.
-Master.
“Dehof.”
-This fight… It seems like there’s no chance of winning.
“….”
-My attacks don’t work on that thing. That person is definitely stronger than me, but even his attacks don’t work at all, right?
That’s right.
Perhaps when Park Dae-yun’s first attack came to nothing.
He might have known from that moment.
The fact that a strike containing the magic and power of the 9th ranked hunter was nullified.
Meant that Dehof’s attacks likewise wouldn’t work.
Even so.
“No. There must be a way.”
Choi Hyun-min didn’t give up.
Biting his lips hard, he stared at the screen.
Surely…
There must be a way.
A way…
He could see them exchanging attacks and defenses.
When this side swung a sword.
The Witch swung her staff in response.
When the blade cut through the black smoke.
The staff came down to crush Park Dae-yun.
But the outcome of that fight was somewhat predetermined.
“Huk… Heouk… Huk…”
A human with finite stamina.
And the Witch of smoke who regenerated infinitely.
There was no need to ponder what kind of ending their fight would bring.
And Choi Hyun-min watching it.
‘There it is!’
His eyes widened in circles.
The Witch’s body that had shown nothing but pitch-black smoke.
A purple light glinting between that massive cloud.
That something invisible to others.
Was beginning to become visible to Choi Hyun-min.
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