Labyrinth Exploration 101 - Chapter 132

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Labyrinth Exploration 101 Episode 132

 

There Is No Rainbow(1)

 

The next morning. Seo Ji-woo came down to the 1st floor of the dormitory while yawning.

 

“Haaaam….”

 

After the labyrinth ends, her body always aches as if it’s about to break apart. She doesn’t feel it during the labyrinth itself, but maybe it’s because the tension is released.

 

“…?”

 

Seo Ji-woo stopped short. There was some toy truck in front of the vending machine in the corridor. Wiggling its rear end, it extended its robot arm to get three cans of drinks. Clunk. Clunk. Clunk.

 

“Huh…?”

 

Shock and surprise slowly bloomed on Seo Ji-woo’s face as she grasped the situation.

 

“T-Truck?!”

 

Thwack. As if struck by lightning, both her arms bent into right angles.

 

Then Truck turned around.

 

It looked exactly the same!

 

“It really is Truck?!”

 

Seo Ji-woo thought.

 

Could it be that the labyrinth is connected to reality? Has the labyrinth not ended yet?

 

The Black Call she’d only heard about?!!!

 

“H-how are you here?!”

 

─What is.

 

It was Seol Ha-woon’s voice.

 

“…What the.”

 

Seo Ji-woo quickly frowned. Her excitement cooled down sharply. Truck flashed its headlights.

 

“Ah geez. That’s blinding.”

 

─What.

 

“…What what?”

 

─What is.

 

“What do you mean what.”

 

─What.

 

“What do you mean what. Truck.”

 

─What do you mean what. It’s loot.

 

Creak creak. It goes back and forth as if showing off.

 

“…You brought that? Wasn’t the coin cost expensive?”

 

Something about one battery costing 50,000 coins. She thought about getting one for memories, but gave up because it was too expensive.

 

Seo Ji-woo has a more practical side than she appears.

 

─150,000 coins.

 

“Wow that’s insanely expensive. That’s almost S-rank mercenary price.”

 

─It’s that useful.

 

“That thing?”

 

─…That thing?

 

Truck turned its wheels diagonally as if displeased. It looked ready to charge. What is this, bullfighting.

 

Seo Ji-woo quickly corrected herself.

 

“Oh oh. It looks good.”

 

─Not ‘looks good’, it IS good. Normally when I’m thirsty I’d have to come all the way down from the back mountain to here to use the vending machine. And I limp too. But look.

 

It operated the robot arm to deliberately get one more drink and put it in the cargo bay.

 

─How’s that.

 

“You could just buy them beforehand and take them to the back mountain.”

 

─….

 

Truck continued with an expression of suppressing its dissatisfaction.

 

─It reaches a maximum speed of 120 km/h and can carry up to 400kg. It’s practically a micro military machine.

 

“Oh~ worth the 150,000. I’m jealous.”

 

─I’m going.

 

As if getting the desired response, it finally swaggered off outside.

 

Rattle rattle rattle rattle rattle. It’s just carrying four cans of drinks and one bag of snacks, but it does look somewhat useful.

 

“…Should I buy one of those too.”

 

They say familiars are extremely important for mages.

 

Seo Ji-woo chuckled while watching Truck go up to the back mountain.

 

He pretends to be a person without blood or tears, but I guess he has attachment to his companions.

 

* * *

 

│Mitamnan Viewership Status│

 

Episode 9: 28.8%, Episode 10: 29.7%

 

Both episodes 9 and 10 approaching 30%.

 

From episode 11 coming down from theaters, trend to exceed 30%. Set to become the first 30% viewership program in nearly 5 years.

 

─The feeling is that basically the whole nation knows about it, so you can’t have conversations with people who don’t watch

 

└Honestly at this point not watching is forced, so it’s taken to mean you don’t want to socialize

 

└That’s going too far;;

 

─Netflix was also #1 worldwide lol this movie was seriously legendary

 

─At first I thought it was just okay but from the members to the labyrinth it was just insane,,

 

│Is the rumor about Mitamnan having a fan meeting true?│

 

I heard it somewhere but is it fucking real?

 

─Official trading cards are coming out soon in collaboration with the Explorer Association. I’m guessing they’ll do fan meeting lottery with those

 

└Didn’t photo cards already come out?

 

└Those were broadcasting station photo cards. This time it’s trading cards released by the Explorer Association. They’ll probably sell them in pack format, if you buy 20 packs you might get 2-3 Mitamnan members

 

└That’s crazy are they money hungry fuck

 

└But if you pull a high-tier rookie card (0 years explorer) it’ll be almost lottery level?

 

│Never fall for a villain..│

 

Still hurts so much because of Seer. The aftereffects are too severe fuck

 

─Worry about Kim Yoon-jun instead. His mentor died but aftereffects from a labyrinth NPC what bullshit

 

└What random nonsense is that suddenly?

 

│Seol Ha-woon Vote Ranking Trend│

 

(Photo)

 

Rising steadily from 96th place, it’s really so good to see..

 

─To be honest, Mal-ot-i gets more reactions overseas lol If you look at YouTube, everyone’s going “SeolSeol”

 

─Ha-woon was always underrated but finally getting recognition

 

─How high will he climb? Reaching Kang Jun-ho would be too much right?

 

─If someone ranked 96th climbs up like this, it’s literally a drama lol

 

─If they pushed him this much with editing he should climb

 

└ lololol what are they even pushing with editing? lmaaaao

 

└Honestly they did push him;; screen time is almost the same as Kang Hyeon

 

└Don’t you know the labyrinth system, if you’re active a lot you naturally get more screen time^^ don’t make me say stupid things

 

─If you compare to season 2, who would it be?

 

└This season is incomparable to past seasons, it’s just another level, Malok alone dominates everything

 

─Starting this week, won’t it air weekly? There’ll definitely be upheaval with the latter half labyrinth battles. Honestly, considering Seol Ha-woon’s roller coaster nature, 1st place is possible and 20th place is also possible….

 

Though it varies slightly by age and gender, Seol Ha-woon has now firmly established himself as the main character.

 

Perhaps because of this, Lee Si-ah is reluctant to go on social media these days. The atmosphere is too much like a battlefield.

 

Overinterpreting words from the broadcast to nitpick, singling out 3-second actions from 200 minutes to force generalizations, etc…. As Seol Ha-woon rises, the restraint is coming in quite harshly.

 

Fortunately, Seol Ha-woon’s fandom isn’t staying quiet either. Having climbed from 96th place, they’re half street-origin so everyone’s got strong spirit.

 

For Lee Si-ah, it’s the smell of the front lines she’s handling again after a long time.

 

Anyway.

 

┌──Labyrinth Exploration NaN──┐

 

Finally, the day episode 11 airs.

 

After the World Labyrinth, what will the opening be?

 

[ The late mentor Kim Yoon-jun always illuminated our path ahead with warm smiles and sincere words. The production team and cast of Labyrinth Exploration NaN all feel deep sorrow at this sudden farewell, and will forever remember his dedication and passion. ]

 

“…Ah.”

 

It suddenly became solemn.

 

Without realizing it, I had forgotten about his death.

 

─DK : Is everyone here?

 

The opening that comes after that is DK.

 

Suddenly all my energy drained away.

 

─DK : Well, I’ll skip the greetings. Today isn’t actually a class but a test. Monster hunting combined with in-camera scouting.

 

In-camera scouting. A segment that comes before the first tally. Soon, nearly half the participants will be eliminated.

 

─DK : You guys know that monsters don’t only appear in labyrinths, right? There are monsters that escape from labyrinths, and monsters that naturally spawn near rifts. But you know what? You guys are really a pampered generation….

 

DK’s old-fashioned lecturing is on another level. Anyone would think he’s in his 60s or 70s.

 

-Get rid of that old-timer

 

-Ugh.

 

-Get out.

 

-Too much talking.

 

-That guy should have died instead of Kim Yoon-jun

 

-??

 

-?

 

-This is a real-name site, tone it down;;

 

The overly serious chat was quickly deleted due to accumulated reports.

 

─DK : Now. I’m giving you three hours. Memorize everything. After memorizing, you fight. It’s a simulation with stages 1-5, and one monster will randomly appear from those listed.

 

DK’s teaching method is also old-fashioned.

 

─DK : Memorize everything. If you don’t memorize or are careless, you might really die later.

 

-But do we have to memorize? Can’t we just understand?

 

-Too old-fashioned.

 

-;; Why are there so many airheads.. You die if you don’t memorize.

 

-Ugh civilians make so many useless comments, this is how we’ve studied since magic high school.

 

-Do they think this is math? How are you going to understand? Understand while dying? lol

 

Civilians might not know.

 

The explorers are collectively angry.

 

There was a statistic that 95% of explorers these days watch Mitamnan, guess it’s true.

 

─DK : Time’s ticking~ Everyone memorize~

 

Just as DK was making clock sounds with his mouth.

 

Scrape.

 

Suddenly Seol Ha-woon stood up.

 

While DK looked bewildered, Seol Ha-woon went outside.

 

-What

 

-Why’d he leave?

 

-??

 

-lol Ha-woon hates DK anyway, seems like he’s refusing education lol

 

-lolololololol

 

DK clicked his tongue as if dumbfounded.

 

The camera showed the other explorers. They each memorized in different ways.

 

Kang Hyeon took notes, Lee Jun-ho was half-dozing, and Seo Ji-woo just skimmed through.

 

-Is Seo Ji-woo even studying? She’s brainless.

 

-Ji-woo was the brain in the Eastern Region but whenever Ji-woo appears there’s so much hate.

 

-Real brainless sluts keep saying brainless. Think about it, can an elite mage be brainless?

 

Seo Ji-woo earned the excessive nickname “brainless” due to a slight mistake in the Snowy Field Maze, but thanks to her performance in the eastern World Maze, her image was quickly restored.

 

-A smart kid got sold on luxury goods and almost died? lololol

 

-Anyone would think only Seo Ji-woo bought luxury goods lol Lee Jong-soo was fully decked in Tom Grey with sunglasses too lol He went around like that throughout the Survival Labyrinth lolol

 

-Brainless people comparing a warrior and mage…

 

-Ah these idiots are so full of inferiority complex…

 

-lol Average slaves. Since they can’t beat Kang Jun-ho they’re just…

 

The real-time chat suddenly heated up.

 

Lee Si-ah read while filtering appropriately.

 

Honestly, watching fandom fights isn’t entirely unenjoyable. As long as the sparks don’t fly my way.

 

Oh right, ‘slaves’ is a derogatory term for Kate’s fandom. Saying even ‘butler’ is too good for them.

 

-Idiots still doing inferiority complex drips not knowing Kate is #1 in overseas popularity…

 

-All these bastards who’d shut up if overseas voting opened…

 

-If overseas voting opened Jo Ja-ryong would be 1st you idiots, do you really have cheese for brains, China’s population is over 1 billion…

 

-Chill the fuck out, so damn noisy…

 

I had to turn it off for a moment since it wouldn’t stop.

 

Perhaps because the voting competition has become extremely heated lately, there are too many chats where people are clawing at each other.

 

Just then, Seol Ha-woon entered the classroom.

 

─DK: Hey. Seol Ha-woon mage? Did you memorize everything?

 

DK immediately picked a fight.

 

─Seol Ha-woon: Yes. I memorized everything.

 

─DK: You didn’t even memorize… What? You memorized everything?

 

─Seol Ha-woon: Yes.

 

─DK: Ha. Smart, are you?

 

There’s been a strange beef between the two from way back.

 

DK twisted his lips and crossed his arms.

 

─DK: Then can you recite it?

 

─Seol Ha-woon: Yes.

 

─DK: Alright. Then do it. Starting with this one.

 

DK demanded monster information from Seol Ha-woon.

 

─Seol Ha-woon: Physical type, main weapon is claws… Though there are variations between individuals, generally speeds of 30m/s or higher… Entire body is flexible, utilizing terrain like a snake… Pattern breaking is possible by catching the creature’s rear…

 

Seol Ha-woon recited it like a dictionary.

 

DK seemed flustered, but immediately pointed to the next monster.

 

─DK: What about this one?

 

─Seol Ha-woon: The flesh golem undergoes endless cell division from its internal core… The golem’s flesh and blood are toxic explosive substances, so…

 

Seol Ha-woon was fluent this time too. To Lee Si-ah, it was a voice as clear as a flowing stream.

 

Ah, how pleasant to listen to.

 

-What? Already memorized everything?

 

-Wow shit did he memorize it in one go?

 

-This guy was born different lol

 

-Born different (cripple)

 

-Hey what’s with that bastard.

 

-Please kick out the kids making disparaging comments, do you really want to get sued.

 

Lee Si-ah also held down the chat button and spam-clicked reports.

 

─DK: …Do you have photographic memory or something? How did you memorize it right away?

 

─Seol Ha-woon: I memorized it skillfully.

 

─DK: Skillfully… sit down.

 

Seol Ha-woon sat down, and Im Hae-jun quietly asked.

 

─Im Hae-jun: …Wow. Master. How did you memorize it? Please tell me the secret.

 

─Seol Ha-woon: It just got memorized.

 

─Im Hae-jun: …

 

Im Hae-jun glared at Seol Ha-woon like that, then returned to his spot and grumbled.

 

─Im Hae-jun: Really pretending to be a genius.

 

“Pfft.”

 

Lee Si-ah finds Im Hae-jun cute. He seems to follow Seol Ha-woon completely yet looks like he’d backstab him at any moment, and while he seems like he’d backstab, he ultimately doesn’t, but even if he did backstab, it seems like it wouldn’t hurt at all—that kind of character…

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