Labyrinth Exploration 101 - Chapter 118
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Labyrinth Exploration 101 Episode 118
In the house(5)
〔NaN World〕
〔RAINOS〕
The opening is a scene of an explorer party fleeing urgently.
Whoosh- Whirr- Whirrr-
They escape between buildings as if flying. Familiar faces can be glimpsed here and there. Especially, the white hair is too easily noticeable.
Swoooosh!
A barrage of mana bullets attacked them. Ryu Yeon-hwa’s group performed evasive maneuvers, but they were soon surrounded by enemies on all sides.
They were caught in a rabbit hunt from the beginning.
─Ryu Yeon-hwa: …Who are you people.
The opponents don’t answer and pressure them. With countless gun barrels aimed, they approach step by step.
Ryu Yeon-hwa, as if having no choice, puts down her fan.
─Ryu Yeon-hwa: We’re outnumbered. If there’s a problem, just take me. The others are merely my companions, ugh!
At that moment, the enemies rush in and tackle Ryu Yeon-hwa, detaining the other party members in the same way.
─Ryu Yeon-hwa: Ah, I said just take me aloneugh! Cough. Ah, so heavy. Can’t, breathe, can’t, breeeeathe…!
That Ryu Yeon-hwa is quite cute too. Though it’s a rather serious situation, a smile forms on Lee Si-ah’s lips for no reason.
[RACOTAS]
After that, the sign of some dining hall is shown.
This time it’s from Kang Hyeon’s perspective.
「Syndra: Good that you survived. Your location?」
He’s sitting in front of the counter, communicating with Syndra.
「I’m at a dining hall. The name is ‘Lacotas’.」
「Syndra: I see. Personnel will be there soon.」
Snap!
Someone snapped their fingers. It was particularly loud audio. Kang Hyeon also glanced in that direction. A man of unknown identity in black robes was sitting at a table.
The camera also meaningfully shows him.
Who is that guy acting like that.
Ah, he must be an enemy sent by Seer?!
Rustle.
Kang Hyeon himself nonchalantly picks up and eats a taco. It’s Kang Hyeon’s eating show that many viewers often want to see.
Rustle. Rustle.
Because he really eats unappetizingly. When eating unappetizingly reaches Kang Hyeon’s level of extremes, it becomes art in its own way. The complete opposite of Seol Ha-woon who eats everything heartily.
Clang.
Soon the dining hall door opens and the bald tattooed man enters.
─Ah. There you… were. Where’s your friend?
─Kang Hyeon: It seems he was captured.
─This got troublesome. That bastard Seer hired a tricky mage. You killed that mage, right? Come along for now. It’s dangerous here. Seer’s search party is chasing you.
The bald man gestured to Kang Hyeon. Kang Hyeon, having finished swallowing his taco, followed him.
To Lee Si-ah, somehow the atmosphere feels suspicious.
─Get in.
Two vehicles are prepared. Kang Hyeon gets in the passenger seat.
─Put on your safety belt too.
The bald man kindly fastens the safety belt himself, and Kang Hyeon looks at him with mysterious eyes.
─Kang Hyeon: You’re kind.
─I’ve always been like this.
The man grins and steps on the accelerator.
─Kang Hyeon: Will we do the mission again?
─Well… who knows?
Who knows.
At those words, Kang Hyeon’s eyes are shown in close-up. An ominous sound flows, and Kang Hyeon raises his gaze to look at the rearview mirror.
Two men in the back seat, and the bald man beside him.
Lee Si-ah seems to understand too.
They are not allies.
The bald man snickered.
─Quick on the uptake?
Click. The assailant in the back seat placed a gun barrel against Kang Hyeon’s temple.
Kang Hyeon also gripped the sword at his waist, but.
─It’s useless. Our world has technology. Divine fiber that suppresses magic power in the body, have you heard of it?
─Kang Hyeon: ….
─Don’t worry. We won’t harm you. Well, if even an arm or leg gets cut off, you get forced return or whatever, right?
The bald man smiles nastily. As an audience member, even his facial wrinkles look infuriatingly formed.
─Rather than ending up in worse shape, just stay still. If you just keep quiet-
Just as the guy was about to spout vile words befitting his face.
───-!
A sudden, massive explosion shook the entire screen.
Boom! Bang!
The camera shook violently. The vehicle bounced up like a baseball and rolled across the ground. The bald man was thrown out through the front windshield, and the other two got thoroughly beaten up inside the car body.
Rumble! Crash!
Meanwhile, Kang Hyeon is unharmed. Thanks to the safety belt the bald man had fastened for him.
─Kang Hyeon: …Ugh.
After a long commotion, inside the completely overturned car. Kang Hyeon furrows his brow in pain.
Even that looks too handsome. I can see why he has so many fans.
No, that’s not what’s important right now.
─Ah, damn it, fucking hell, which bastard…
One surviving man spouts curses, but swoosh! Blue magic power pierces through his forehead.
Who is it?
The entire theater’s attention focuses.
Tap. Tap.
The approaching sound of a walking stick hitting the ground.
Lee Si-ah unconsciously clutches her chest, and Kang Hyeon on screen looks at the rearview mirror.
A man dressed in a black robe.
The same person who was in the dining hall with Kang Hyeon just moments ago is walking over, ‘limping’!
Tap. Tap.
He slowly stood in front of the car. Looking at Kang Hyeon hanging upside down from his safety belt through the shattered glass window──
He took off the hood of his robe.
─Seol Ha-woon: Are you okay?
Seol Ha-woon.
He grins and casually says.
─Seol Ha-woon: The safety belt saved you.
Gasps echoed through the theater.
Admiration that couldn’t be hidden, couldn’t be suppressed, flowing out unconsciously between teeth.
“Wow…”
His visual impact is extraordinary. Of course, Kang Hyeon’s face is definitely superior.
But this situation, these lines, this smile combined in this scene…
In Lee Si-ah’s opinion, it was one of the most perfect entrance scenes imaginable.
〔Estin Corporation〕
Without time to savor the afterglow, the scene immediately changes.
─Syndra: What are you planning to do with those guys?
Syndra asked ‘him’.
Lee Si-ah’s eyes widened. Were they in a cooperative relationship from the beginning?!
─Seer: It’s simple.
Seer. Despite being an NPC from the Labyrinth, he’s a famous figure who became a hot topic and was even archived on the user wiki. He answered while looking up at the endless sky beyond the glass window.
─Seer: We’ll throw them into the Labyrinth.
It means throwing the explorers into a labyrinth within the Labyrinth. It’s an extremely dangerous scheme.
─Syndra: Fine. Whatever way you put it, let’s say you’re right. Though it’s still hard to believe completely.
It seems they don’t completely trust each other yet. The siblings really don’t seem to get along well.
Well, how could siblings close in age get along?
─Syndra: Can our struggling actually work?
─Seer: It’s better than not struggling at all.
Struggling. Lee Si-ah finds his choice of words somehow sad.
He seems like an intellectually perfect villain, but his words and actions are always steeped in melancholy.
─Syndra: Then… Hmm? It seems the capture failed.
─Seer: That’s unfortunate. But there are no blind spots for us in this city.
Something is caught in Seer’s glasses lens as he stands up from his seat.
Under the sofa.
A very small button fallen on the office floor.
It just looks like a button, but if you look closely… magic power is contained within it.
─Seer: Ha.
Seer picked up the button with telekinesis. Looking at it, he twisted the corner of his mouth.
─Seer: He was alive.
Lee Si-ah gulped.
The owner of the button is probably, no, clearly Seol Ha-woon.
No matter how cunning Seer is, no matter how smart he is, there’s an explorer on our side who thoroughly suspects and opposes that cunning NPC.
Seol Ha-woon and Seer.
The fight between the two isn’t over yet.
* * *
The broadcasting station’s traffic surged. Kim A-rang leaned back in her chair and giggled.
“It must be that scene~”
Stories about Mitamnan Episode 10 are being posted on all kinds of SNS, SilTalk, and communities. Except for people who deliberately cut off the internet to watch it in theaters, almost the entire Korean Peninsula is talking about it.
-Fuck, Seol Ha-woon is really fucking awesome
-Wow hahahaha
-Did you just see Seol Ha-woon’s entrance scene?
-I got chills, seriously lol
-I fucking screamed while watching
-lololol you’re right
-No one can stop Seol Kang Hyeon, right?
-Spoiler) Scene where Seol Ha-woon saves Kang Hyeon
-What kind of psychopath puts spoilers in the title
-UDT vs NPC.. My heart is pounding..
“Hey PD Kim. What do you think the viewership ratings will be?”
Im Hyeong-uk also flipped through his smartphone with a hollow laugh. Kim A-rang spun around in her chair.
“60% of people in their 20s-40s are watching. We’re the embodiment of the MZ generation.”
“…What are you talking about.”
“That’s not all.”
Seol Ha-woon’s vote count is rapidly increasing. Not just profile votes, but weekly votes too.
“Don’t promote that you picked him as PD’s choice… Tsk. Ah, but I’m finding it a bit boring.”
Im Hyeong-uk let out a sigh.
“I keep thinking of Mentor Kim Yoon-jun. He always used to bring coffee and cake at times like this.”
“…Ah shit, really.”
Kim A-rang’s brow furrowed.
“Just work. Forget through work. It’s not like people come back to life…”
“PD Kim is really cold. Fucking cold. I’m envious.”
Im Hyeong-uk clicked his tongue and returned to his seat.
“Cold my ass. I’m just separating work from personal matters…”
Kim A-rang started working again.
She wanted to watch Seol Ha-woon-related reactions longer, but she had to edit Seol Ha-woon’s highlight scenes to upload to YouTube.
* * *
─Seol Ha-woon : That’s the situation right now. Do you understand?
4-star [ Armand HOTEL ]. Seol Ha-woon and Kang Hyeon are having a strategy meeting in their room.
─Seol Ha-woon : Anyway. From today, it’s cooperation.
─Kang Hyeon : Yes.
Who the hell spread that fighting rumor. They’re getting along so well.
Lee Si-ah watched the two while drinking cola.
─Seol Ha-woon : Shh.
She stopped drinking cola.
Seol Ha-woon said to be quiet.
Tap tap tap tap—
Suspicious footsteps flow into Seol Ha-woon’s ears. Kang Hyeon doesn’t seem to hear them at all though.
─Seol Ha-woon : They’re coming up.
─Kang Hyeon : …What do you hear?
─Seol Ha-woon : Yeah. They’ve been setting up bombs and formulas while coming up… My head is killing me.
Seol Ha-woon drinks black tea. At this point, I’m curious about the taste. He’ll definitely get tea or coffee CF deals later.
─Kang Hyeon : Hyung. How do you think the enemies will move?
─Seol Ha-woon : They’ll try to hunt the explorers one by one.
─Kang Hyeon : How should we move?
─Seol Ha-woon : Well. We just need to know one thing.
Seol Ha-woon twisted his lips while thinking of someone.
Seer just came to Lee Si-ah’s mind.
Seol Ha-woon when thinking of Seer, Seer when thinking of Seol Ha-woon. Both expressions look exactly the same.
If I remember details like this, it’s a free pass to popular posts later. I need to make screenshots as soon as I get home.
─Seol Ha-woon : That the opponent is smart.
Seol Ha-woon never underestimates his opponent.
─Seol Ha-woon : No plan is the plan.
But since that’s the same for Seer, Seol Ha-woon doesn’t make plans.
It means he won’t even give Seer a chance to counter.
─Kang Hyeon : What kind of no plan?
─Seol Ha-woon : Hmm…
Seol Ha-woon gulps down his black tea.
He’s always relaxed. Calm and composed. You don’t get the feeling at all that he’s being chased by someone. The kind of person who makes you feel completely at ease when he’s on your side.
There’s a reason he’s called the righteous leader.
Snap.
He flicked his finger briefly.
Boom!
It was a vibration that violently shook the entire camera angle.
─Seol Ha-woon : I’m going to blow up the hotel. From the inside.
Lee Si-ah gaped with her mouth open. Certainly, it was a method that even Seer would find hard to predict.
Isn’t that suicide?
Kang Hyeon blinked his eyes.
─Kang Hyeon : The hotel?
─Seol Ha-woon : Yeah.
Seol Ha-woon quietly closes his eyes. The external sounds flowing to him are also transmitted to the theater.
Tap tap tap tap…
It’s the sound of civilians evacuating. It’s his mindset of not wanting unnecessary killing.
─Seol Ha-woon : Details later… no, let’s decide not to think about them at all.
He raised his leather-gloved hand and asked.
─Seol Ha-woon: Ready?
Kang Hyeon drew his sword and placed it on his knee.
─Kang Hyeon: Yes.
As if he had been waiting, firmly.
Seol Ha-woon gave a thumbs down.
Kwaaaaang!
A massive explosion that violently seized the camera. The tremendous destruction caused by Seol Ha-woon’s formula.
Passsssst──-
Debris rained down from the hotel ceiling like rain. Heavy impact twisted the main beams.
Kwaaaaaaak───-!
Demolition, the building being blown apart, and within it Seol Ha-woon looked at Kang Hyeon. Kang Hyeon also looked at Seol Ha-woon.
Neither of them showed any disturbance. Far from fear or terror, they were as peaceful as a lake toward each other.
Strangely similar, yet so different, these two people.
Kwaddddddeuk!
The hotel collapsed and the entire screen was engulfed in darkness.
It was a magnificent sequence that could have been used as an ending.
Lee Si-ah anticipated the reaction on SilTalk.
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