Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 87

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Episode 87

“Why are there so many spectators here?”

I had heard that the 35th Floor was difficult.

But I never expected there would be so many Hunters gathered near the entrance to the Special Room where the boss is.

-Should we go in?

Squelch. Squelch.

The Block Toys stepped forward without any concern despite the muddy floor.

Choi Hyun-min immediately nodded at Hans’s question coming through the screen.

“Let’s go right away.”

There was no need to hesitate.

He already knew who the boss of the 35th Floor was.

Kiiiiiek!

A giant snow man, a Yeti.

Usually they’re covered in pure white fur.

But the boss of the 35th Floor was a bit different.

Its body was covered with silver spiky fur instead of regular fur.

It wouldn’t get even the slightest scratch from ordinary swords, bows, or spears.

Truly indestructible-

But that was only a word that applied to ordinary Hunters.

The Block Toys used completely different weapons from the start.

It had no effect on them whatsoever.

-The head! We target the head first!

-It looks like some kind of hedgehog.

-This much is a piece of cake.

-It’s much smaller than that Gorilla bastard, right?

As soon as the spiky-furred Yeti appeared, as if they had been waiting.

The Gatling Gunners immediately began rotating their gun barrels.

The moment their target aimed for the Yeti’s head.

Drrrrrrrk!

They all spat fire simultaneously, unleashing hundreds of bullets.

Crack!

One shot, two shots, three shots.

At first, thanks to its strong defense, its body only swayed slightly.

But even that endurance had its limits.

Under the attacks pouring precisely toward its head.

The Yeti was too busy flailing around to regain its senses.

Then, when the gun barrels began to heat up.

Pop!

The creature’s spike-covered head burst like a balloon.

-Easy, Master.

“Well done.”

The toys shrugged their shoulders as they watched the Yeti crumble like a sandcastle.

It was a perfect victory, but.

“….”

Choi Hyun-min’s expression still didn’t relax.

‘This is the 35th Floor… There’s no way it would end with just this.’

The Quest he had received before.

It had specifically mentioned the 35th Floor of the Labyrinth.

But there were still no hints or traces about the Quest.

‘Nothing has appeared about the Mage that Gordon mentioned either.’

Choi Hyun-min instinctively fidgeted with the necklace in his pocket.

-Should we leave now?

Hans had been poking the already fallen Yeti with his foot.

Choi Hyun-min shook his head at his question.

“No, not yet.”

-Then?

“Don’t leave right away, search the Room a bit more. There might be something.”

There was no way the Quest would end without any traces like this.

Most importantly.

‘There was no notification that the Quest was cleared or failed.’

The system wasn’t reacting at all.

That meant it probably hadn’t even started yet.

The Block Toys thoroughly searched the Special Room on the 35th Floor.

But there was no need to search-

-I don’t see anything.

-There doesn’t seem to be any space where something could be hidden.

-Right. It’s just sticky mud, there’s nowhere to hide anything.

Inside this Room, there was nothing like furniture or mechanical devices.

All there was were the toys that had just entered.

And the corpse of the fallen Yeti.

Was this really all there was?

‘No. There’s absolutely no way they would just let it pass like this.’

Choi Hyun-min stared intently at the Yeti that had fallen forward as if prostrating.

He pointed at the Yeti’s corpse and spoke.

“Could you try flipping that over?”

-What are you talking about?

-You mean this weird guy?

“Yeah. Try turning that guy’s corpse over, like it’s lying in the opposite direction.”

The Yeti covered in silver spikes.

The toys seemed to hesitate for a moment at Choi Hyun-min’s command-

-On the count of one, two, we flip it right away. Got it?

-Ugh! My hand! I think I got pricked by a spike!

-Since Master ordered it, let’s settle it with chicken.

-Two, three!

-If you start counting from two, we can’t match the timing… Heave ho!!

They flipped the giant monster’s corpse completely over.

Thud.

With a light sound, the creature’s body rotated.

-I saw it earlier.

-The head is gone, that’s strange.

-But we’re the ones who made it that way?

The Yeti’s corpse with its head gone.

Following their movements, Choi Hyun-min’s gaze turned upward.

‘Is there nothing special here either?’

Just as he was thinking that and examining the Yeti’s body thoroughly.

Glint.

“Huh?”

In the middle of the creature’s body-

That is, in the center of its chest, he discovered a red light.

That color you see when looking at an operating camera.

His gaze instinctively turned in that direction.

At that moment.

[Skill: Radar Mode is activated.]

Choi Hyun-min’s pupils flashed golden—

Whoooosh!

The Special Room being displayed on the screen.

The image of that place began to spread beyond the screen.

“What, what is this?!”

This definitely isn’t even the Maze, is it?

The screen and Choi Hyun-min’s Room.

The boundary between them collapsed as Choi Hyun-min’s body was sucked inside.

-Master?

-When did you come here?

Unlike before, this time it was a movement with none of Choi Hyun-min’s will mixed in.

The flustered toys looked this way and asked, but.

He too could only shrug his shoulders with a bewildered expression.

“I, I don’t know either. I was suddenly sucked into this place—”

Rumble.

Choi Hyun-min was about to explain the whole story to them.

He flinched at the roar coming from the front and stepped back.

Right after that, something amazing happened.

Click. Click. Click.

Along with unknown metallic sounds.

From far away, the floor began flipping over one square at a time.

What had clearly been a mud floor.

Changed like flipping cards in square block units.

What appeared on top was—

‘Sand!’

It was a yellow sandy floor completely different from the original floor.

Click. Click.

From upper left to lower right.

The floor flipped over one by one like rotating toy blocks.

At first it was just one or two, but as the changing speed seemed to accelerate—

“This can’t be…”

Everything.

All the space within sight had become desert sand.

‘What on earth happened?’

The problem wasn’t simply that the floor had changed.

It was that his room where Choi Hyun-min had been just moments ago had disappeared.

Even the boundaries of the Special Room where the Block Toys had been staying were completely gone.

What he could see now was.

An endlessly spread ocean-like sand desert.

And.

Blazing—

Only the scorching sun and clear sky burning everything up.

“Where on earth is this place?”

Thud.

And Choi Hyun-min dropped in the middle of that unknown space.

He unconsciously looked down at his own body.

Indoor slippers on his feet.

And on his body, sky-blue pajamas with a teddy bear drawn on them.

He didn’t know what kind of equipment and clothes were needed in the desert, but.

‘I’m screwed.’

At least it was certain that his current state wouldn’t last long.

-Master, are you okay?

-It’s incredibly hot here.

-Why did we come here?

“Well… I was suddenly summoned here too, so I’m not sure either.”

Just in case, he tried to escape outside like leaving the Maze, but.

‘It’s not working.’

It wouldn’t respond.

The Block Toys were the same.

The ability to exit outside like escaping from the Maze.

Strangely, it seemed not to work in this desert.

‘Is this some kind of trap?’

No, I’ve never heard of such a thing.

No matter how difficult the 35th Floor is supposed to be.

There are quite a few people who have conquered the 35th Floor.

Not a single one of them had ever talked about such a desert.

That means—

‘At least it seems certain that I’m the first to come here.’

Then it’s probably highly likely to be related to a Quest.

“Whatever it is, I need to get out of here quickly.”

My head is getting hot.

His pale white skin from not seeing light for a while was starting to turn red.

At this rate, he’d shrivel up like dried squid before long.

-Where are we going, Master?

“You guys don’t know the way, right?”

-This is an unknown place to us too.

“Follow me.”

-Do you know the way, Master?

“No.”

Choi Hyun-min shook his head confidently.

He didn’t know the way, but.

At least he was certain it was better than just staying here.

So, holding the slippers that grabbed his feet with each step in both hands.

Choi Hyun-min calmly moved forward one step at a time.

The Block Toys also began following him in a long line.

‘If this is really a Quest… they wouldn’t just leave me to die like this.’

Was it faith?

Or was it delusion?

Choi Hyun-min was convinced that at least he wouldn’t die here.

That’s what he believed.

“Or not…?”

But maybe that was also false hope.

The sand that grabbed his feet with each step he took.

And the hot sunlight.

Most of all, the dryness that made his tongue feel like it would crack with each breath he inhaled and exhaled.

For Choi Hyun-min, it was a nightmare he was experiencing for the first time in his life.

Nevertheless, he didn’t stop walking.

-Are you okay, Master?

-He clearly doesn’t look okay.

Glancing back, the Block Toys fortunately seemed to be fine.

But if Choi Hyun-min died, those guys wouldn’t be able to remain intact either.

‘Somehow… I have to… endure…’

Spin.

The sky rotated.

Of course, the sky couldn’t have actually rotated entirely—

Thud.

Choi Hyun-min collapsed onto the sandy desert as if crumbling.

-Master!

-Master has collapsed!

-Are you okay? Master, are you alright?

-Hey baldy, quickly carry Master on your back!

-Hurry and go somewhere we can save Master…

His vision gradually blurred.

He wanted to shake it off and get up right away.

But he didn’t even have the strength for that.

Even though the sunlight was clearly beating down fiercely on his body.

All he could see was darkness.

The voices of the Block Toys gradually faded as well.

‘Am I really dying…’

Something seemed wrong—

That was Choi Hyun-min’s last moment.

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-Are you regaining consciousness?

Mmgh…

His vision was still dark.

And an unfamiliar voice could be heard from far away.

Choi Hyun-min unconsciously let out a sigh of relief with his eyes closed.

‘Thank goodness.’

At least he wasn’t dead.

Since he could remember everything from when he first entered the desert until just before collapsing.

Fortunately, it seemed he hadn’t lost his memory or anything.

When he slowly opened his eyes, he saw an unfamiliar ceiling.

-Hey, your master seems to have opened his eyes. Why don’t you…

-Master?

-Master!

-Master is alive!

-Masterrrrrr!

Chatter chatter.

And at the familiar voices heard from a distance.

The corners of Choi Hyun-min’s mouth twitched.

‘Thank goodness. Those guys are safe too.’

-I thought Master was going to die!

-Thank goodness! He almost got roasted in the desert!

“You guys, you’re alive.”

-We don’t collapse from heat.

-Actually, my fingertips seem to have melted a little… But I’m fine for now.

Creeeeak.

When he slightly raised his body at their voices, the bed below let out a scream.

“I’m glad you’re okay.”

Familiar silhouettes visible as soon as he sat up.

He could see the Gatling Gunners and Dehof’s appearance.

Just as they confidently said.

There didn’t seem to be any toys that were seriously injured.

More importantly, where exactly is this place?

It definitely wasn’t Choi Hyun-min’s Room.

-That person saved Master’s life. You should give him thanks.

That person?

Come to think of it, he did hear a man’s voice earlier.

Choi Hyun-min slightly turned his head at Dehof’s words.

Did he see that?

The Man in Brown Robe slowly walked over this way.

-I think you should give thanks to these friends here rather than to me.

Thud.

He sat down on the chair beside with a good-natured smile.

At the same time, Choi Hyun-min looked up at the man.

The moment his face filled his pupils.

Choi Hyun-min’s thought process stopped.

“…Gordon?”

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