Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 84

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Episode 84

“Is this really… Lennon?”

15th Floor-

So Choi Hyun-min arrived at Lennon Village.

He unconsciously gaped at the scene unfolding before his eyes.

‘When did it develop this much?’

Certainly, the initial Lennon was nothing but barren land.

Of course, he had created various buildings with his abilities…

But he never thought it would develop to this extent.

“Looking for someone to hunt together on the 17th Floor!”

“Selling troll claws in bundle units!”

“Buying useless misc items in bulk! Only trading in units of 100!”

“Just bring material items and we’ll process them for cost only!”

If all the Hunters in the country were gathered in one place, would it feel like this?

The moment he appeared outside Lennon, voices rang loudly in his ears.

At the same time, so many people bustling about that they filled his vision.

Choi Hyun-min’s head spun for a moment.

‘It’s quite hard to adapt to this many people…’

Centered around the market spread out in the village center.

Not only Hunters with combat purposes.

But also merchants and crafting division Hunters.

It was truly packed with no room to step.

‘I, I should head to where Gordon is first…’

Choi Hyun-min broke away from his spot, sweating and walking sideways.

He circled around the village looking for Gordon.

-Savior!

Fortunately, before going far, a man waving from the opposite side-

It was Gordon.

-How long has it been!

As soon as he saw this way, he smiled brightly and rejoiced.

His gray hair fluttering as he ran breathlessly.

“It’s been a while.”

-Do you know how long I’ve been waiting for you, Savior?

“That, calling me Savior is a bit…”

-What are you saying! You saved our lives and saved the village! If I don’t call you Savior, what should I call you!

No matter how many times I hear those words, I can’t get used to them.

Gordon spoke with a deliberately stern face.

As if something occurred to him, he suddenly grabbed Choi Hyun-min’s hand.

-That’s right. Do you see this?

“Yes?”

-Over there, those people!

Choi Hyun-min’s hand was grabbed in an instant.

He turned his eyes in the direction Gordon was turning his head.

There he could see the crowd that Choi Hyun-min had just escaped from.

-All of that is thanks to you, Savior, raising Lennon again!

“That, that’s really fortunate…”

-Although it may not reach the appearance of past Lennon! Thanks to you, Savior, we’ve gotten closer to the possibility of regaining our past appearance!

Gordon spoke with great enthusiasm.

He was so excited that his veined neck turned red.

Then fumbling around.

As he knelt and tried to bow toward this direction-

“Please, stop!”

Choi Hyun-min hurriedly waved his hands.

Receiving a bow was already burdensome.

If he received a bow with this many people around, hundreds or thousands of gazes would obviously focus on them.

-What’s wrong? It’s natural courtesy to show the Savior…

When Choi Hyun-min urgently refused, Gordon tilted his head.

Judging by his expression, he was genuinely curious.

“More than that, I came today because there’s something I want to ask separately. I didn’t come to receive bows…”

Since this wouldn’t work.

Choi Hyun-min hurriedly changed the subject.

Then a question mark appeared on Gordon’s face.

-What is it? You can ask me anything within my knowledge.

“I obtained an item… I think I’ll need the village chief’s help.”

Help!

At those words, Gordon’s expression brightened.

The village chief nodded his head up and down with his mouth agape.

-Absolutely! Absolutely! If it’s something I can help you with, Savior! You can ask me anything!

Gordon didn’t even listen to the content.

At the fact that he could help Choi Hyun-min, he was busy nodding unconditionally.

‘…Does he really know for sure?’

It felt a bit unsettling.

But since Hans had mentioned it, it probably wasn’t false.

So the two moved to a place away from people’s attention.

The Village Chief’s House.

Since neither Hunters nor village residents could come here carelessly.

There would be no chance of being overheard by others.

-So… what did you want to ask about?

Gordon looked this way with curious eyes.

Choi Hyun-min hesitated for a moment, then carefully pulled out the Distorted DNA.

Sparkle.

Perhaps because it was a somewhat dark space.

The green light emanating from his chest sparkled more than expected.

“This… do you recognize it?”

Flowing along his arm like water.

The DNA quietly settled on his palm.

The moment he saw it.

Gordon’s face hardened.

Did he forget to breathe?

His gaze was fixed only on the light mass, unable to move.

How much time passed like that?

The suffocating silence finally ended.

-To think this would come from none other than the Savior’s hands…

“Do you know something about it?”

Gordon thought for a moment at Choi Hyun-min’s question.

He soon slowly nodded his head.

-This object is part of the Labyrinth.

“Part of the Labyrinth?”

-To be precise, it’s a fragment that broke off from somewhere in the Labyrinth.

This?

Choi Hyun-min stared at the DNA as if he couldn’t believe it.

No, wasn’t the Labyrinth originally just a term referring to the underground floors inside a Gate?

“So… this is like a piece of brick from a building… something like that?”

-Half right, half wrong.

Was he joking?

However, Gordon’s expression was utterly serious.

-It’s true that object is part of the Labyrinth like a brick… but the Labyrinth isn’t a building or place…

Gordon paused, slightly frowning.

His eyes stared directly at Choi Hyun-min.

The moment their gazes met in midair.

Unbelievable words flowed from his mouth.

-The Labyrinth… is a living being.

Wait.

Did he mishear something?

The Labyrinth… is alive?

“What? The Labyrinth is a living being?”

-That’s correct. And that is part of that Labyrinth.

Could it be.

Was that why this item was called Distorted DNA?

If Gordon was right and this really was part of the Labyrinth.

And if that Labyrinth was a living creature…

‘If it’s a fragment that fell off from a living being, then naturally it would be called DNA.’

Now he was starting to understand why this tiny cluster of light had such a strange name.

Though he still didn’t know why it was ‘distorted.’

-I don’t really know what’s inside this either. If we compare it to a human body, it could be a finger. Or it could be a tiny piece of skin…

When he put it that way, it felt somewhat eerie.

Choi Hyun-min unconsciously licked his lips.

Thump.

‘Something… is this a much more incredible item than I thought?’

If Gordon’s words were really true.

Even though it was just a small fragment of the Labyrinth.

There was definitely something different from ordinary items contained within this.

Choi Hyun-min stared at it for a long while.

Then he asked Gordon what he really wanted to know.

“…Do you know how to use this?”

This itself was just a useless cluster of light.

But if he could only open it…

Did he read Choi Hyun-min’s expectations?

Even though he clearly knew there was no one around except the two of them.

He turned his head to look around, then nodded.

-I’m not sure if ‘use’ is the right word… but I’ve heard about what to do when something like this happens.

‘Something like this.’

With those words, Gordon turned and walked a few steps ahead.

Step. Step. Step.

His footsteps filled the empty wooden cottage.

Past the bare wooden chair.

Beyond the round wooden table, Gordon walked close to the wall.

He gestured toward Choi Hyun-min.

-Would you come over here?

Was there something there?

To the eye, it was just an ordinary cottage interior.

Just as he was thinking that.

Creak creak creak.

The floor slowly descended, revealing stairs that had been hidden underneath.

-I hid this away thinking something like this might happen… I never thought I’d be showing it today.

A basement?

Gordon picked up the lantern from the table.

He lit it and carefully descended the stairs.

-Please follow me down here.

Following the voice that echoed like in a cave from below.

Choi Hyun-min slowly stepped down the stairs.

Below there was-

“Huh? This is…”

A black stone monument was placed there.

Its appearance was very similar to what he’d seen on the 5th Floor.

Choi Hyun-min instinctively approached the stone monument as if drawn to it.

‘What does it say?’

This time was the same.

Unreadable characters were carved all over it.

“Village Chief, these characters… what do they say?”

In the dark basement.

Choi Hyun-min turned his gaze toward where Gordon was.

Gordon’s face, holding the lantern, flickered orange in the light.

-This is… a kind of prophecy.

“A prophecy?”

-I don’t really understand the hidden meaning either… but if I read the written characters as they are, it says this.

Ahem.

Gordon cleared his throat with his other hand.

He began tracing from the very top of the stone monument downward with his index finger.

-One who obtains the smallest fragment of the greatest being shall appear and bring salvation. It shall be the final opportunity to restore order and sequence to their original state.

Gulp.

Gordon glanced this way and swallowed dryly.

Then continued the passage.

-A companion was lost in the Lower Lands. The great flow shall change.

“…Is that the end?”

-There are a few more characters remaining, but this is about all I can read.

As is usually the case with oracles and oral traditions.

The words written on this stone monument were still full of riddles.

‘I can’t even understand what it means.’

Choi Hyun-min quietly pondered Gordon’s words.

He asked the village chief again.

“What does it mean when you said a companion was lost in the Lower Lands?”

Since it said the great flow would change.

Perhaps something important was hidden there.

Gordon scratched his chin briefly at Choi Hyun-min’s words.

He spoke with an uncertain expression.

-I’m not certain… but we’ve long called the 35th Floor of the Labyrinth the Lower Lands.

“The 35th Floor?”

-Because the land there is different from ordinary places.

He already knew that.

From the 35th Floor onwards is where the marshlands begin.

Even though it’s clearly the same Labyrinth, the land below the 35th Floor is muddy—

A place where sticky mud grabs at your ankles.

‘Is it simply referring to that? The terrain changing?’

But that was already knowledge you could have without even going to the 35th Floor.

Choi Hyun-min clicked his tongue with a disappointed expression.

At that moment.

[From the Lower Lands]

[Grade: SSS]

[Retrieve the traces of the Mage scattered on the 35th Floor.]

[Reward: ???]

A new Quest notification appeared before Choi Hyun-min’s eyes.

‘Is this why Hans told me to come here?’

Along with that.

Another message window he had never seen before in his life appeared.

[From the Lower Lands – Will you accept this Quest?]

[Once accepted, it cannot be refused or canceled.]

[It will become irreversible.]

[I will ask one last time.]

[Will you accept?]

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