Labyrinth Exploration 101 - Chapter 145
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Labyrinth Exploration 101 Episode 145
Spear Ghost(8)
[Base Construction Time Limit]
36 : 00 : 00
Thud!
The capsule carrying the explorers lands on the ground, and as the lid opens, Seol Ha-woon steps out. He frowns from the start as if his legs are uncomfortable.
That sight is a picture.
-He looks most handsome when frowning. I wish he was in pain every day lol
-Why does Jemal-ol seem to get more handsome every episode?
-Right lol He’s not super handsome, but it’s his skin, hair, head shape, eyes, and nose bridge
-Just call it face power, idiot
Thud! Thud!
Two more capsules fell after that.
Hissssss.
The sound rings out particularly loud, and suddenly thriller-like music flows.
Seol Ha-woon turns to look in that direction.
─Seol Ha-woon : Are you mercenaries?
After that, the camera shows the two mercenaries.
─Akiman : Nice to meet you. I’m Akiman.
─Smeshion : I’m Smeshion.
“…Huh.”
Lee Si-ah swallowed her breath.
Their faces are too menacing.
She becomes even more anxious.
-lololololololololololol
-Wow lol their face power is insane lololol
-Holy shit lololol Jemal-ol’s gacha is totally screwed lololol
SilTalk was full of laughter.
Other fans are going crazy.
-Yo, Seol Ha-woon is 100% screwed lol
-lolol Ah, there’s no way he won’t get eaten alive with those faces lololol
-lololololol
-No way; surely not; it’s Jemal-ol;
Lee Si-ah also typed “what do you mean eaten,” but…
“Are they… human?”
They don’t seem human. Akiman looks like an extremely vicious assassin from the Demon Sect, and Smeshion really isn’t human. He’s not biological but mechanical.
─Seol Ha-woon : Let’s go.
Seol Ha-woon nonchalantly leads them to the village.
-Look at Seol Ha-woon pretending to be calm lolol
-Jemal-ol, you’re thinking you’re kinda screwed, right? hehe
-You get a taste of it too lol
-lololol Ah shit his expression is so funny
-Ha-woon got caught red-handed lololol
“What about his expression.”
Seol Ha-woon’s expression is always like that, you know?
Lee Si-ah bit her nails.
─Seol Ha-woon : Are you the Village Chief?
─Village Chief : …Yes. What brings you… here?
─Seol Ha-woon : We came to protect the village.
The Village Chief is surprised by Seol Ha-woon’s words, and the camera shows the village panorama. Most of it is destroyed, with not a single proper building remaining.
─Village Chief : Well… as you must have seen on your way here, this entire area is being annihilated. Too many villages have disappeared. They were devoured by monsters without a trace.
The village children, thin from hunger, look at them with round eyes.
─Village Chief : We’re also considering relocation, but… whether we run or not, if we encounter monsters, dying is all the same…
At that moment.
─Smeshion : What a weak race.
Smeshion’s heavy first words, foretelling the future.
-Fuck, Jemal-ol is really screwed lololololol
-Farewell lololololololol
-Ha-woon is fucked lololololol
-lolol What are you gonna do now? lol
SilTalk went crazy.
“You can’t tell from just the first words.”
Actually, she could kind of tell.
Lee Si-ah quickly wiped her sweaty forehead.
─Village Chief : Sir. Can this village… truly survive?
─Seol Ha-woon : Yes. It’s possible. If you just follow my words, it’s more than enough.
Seol Ha-woon, who entered the village center, quickly looks around this hopeless space.
And then.
─Seol Ha-woon : Akiman.
Akiman doesn’t respond. He doesn’t even seem to be looking at Seol Ha-woon.
To him, Seol Ha-woon says.
─Seol Ha-woon : Please handle the logging.
Whoooosh….
A cold wind blows. Akiman gives no answer. Seol Ha-woon meets Akiman’s eyes briefly, then turns to look at Smeshion.
─Seol Ha-woon : Smeshion. Please handle the quarrying.
“Ah, why are you doing this, Ha-woon.”
Lee Si-ah placed her hand on her temple.
You shouldn’t use S-rank mercenaries for such menial tasks. They already look extremely dissatisfied. You need to handle them carefully.
─Akiman : ….
─Smeshion : ….
Both mercenaries remain silent.
Akiman cracks his neck left and right, and Smeshion’s eyes whir as they turn red.
-He’s just fucked lololol
-The reason they gave Jemallot the ending credits lol
-Sick Jemallot lol I told you, damn it, the production crew secretly connects with the previous season lol
-Seol Ha-woon is definitely going to die this time..
-He’s fucking stupid too. Just throwing away the labyrinth because of pride. Just bow your head a little.
-Stubbornness at that level is a talent..
-He’s just picking fights by giving them completely unnecessary tasks. It’s like putting someone who studied MBA full-time in charge of a supermarket.
Then the perspective shifts.
─Kate : Aha.
It’s Kate. She also has three S-rank mercenaries under her command.
Right, I get that Seol Ha-woon is screwed. Let’s see how you do.
─Kate : Ellis, your talent is related to space, isn’t it?
─Ellis : Yes.
…This side seems to be going smoothly somehow. S-rank Ellis, wearing a mage-like cloak, is already being extremely cooperative with Kate.
─Ellis : Also….
Ellis created a rift in the air. A cart full of food supplies fell out. Kate’s eyes widened.
─Ellis : These are things I usually carry around. Please use them freely.
What. That’s cheating.
─Kellinik : Hey~ This castle wall should be finished soon too!
Archer Kellinik waves his hand with a smile from atop the castle wall.
─Kate : Yes. Then, Mercenary Min Seok-jae. Could you and the other mercenaries level the area in front of the castle wall? We need to do some repair work.
─Min Seok-jae : Oh my~
Fighter Min Seok-jae is an uncle with a friendly impression. His face looks like an uncle’s, but his body is muscular and intimidating.
“No way….”
This side seems to be going well.
Actually, it’s not just going well, it’s perfect.
-Lololol Kate’s gacha great success
-It’s not gacha success, Kate is just handling them well.
-Don’t put Kate and Jemallot on the same level from now on.
-Agreed, I wanted to beat up those kids saying real experience Jemallot>Kate lol The human quality itself is just different.
The tension that had been slowly building since the power struggle at the previous field labyrinth is tearing apart.
-For real, people recognize people, you know?
-When someone who’s obviously precious like Kate bows first, even S-ranks respond like that. Seol Ha-woon has nothing but acts like shit from the first meeting, so he’s getting fucked in real time…
“Stop fucking cursing, damn it.”
Reporting you. Reporting you too. You too. Reporting everyone.
─Jo Woon : Yes! Good! Build the castle wall like that!
Jo Woon also works hard with the mercenaries. Having hired A-rank mercenaries in unit formations, he seems to have built horizontal rather than vertical relationships.
─Yoon Hwa-rim : Everyone, keep it up!
Yoon Hwa-rim also moves systematically with numerous B-ranks.
-Everyone’s doing well except Seol Ha-woon
-What is Jemallot planning to do;
-It was obvious Jemallot would be bad at team battles like this because of poor social skills
-Going straight to hell right after ending credits is a long tradition lol
Lee Si-ah turned off SilTalk.
─Seol Ha-woon : Village Chief. Do you happen to have any discarded food supplies?
It’s Seol Ha-woon’s perspective, but the S-rank mercenaries aren’t visible. Was it resolved or not? They’re editing it like this again, again.
Lee Si-ah watched with a hopeful heart.
─Village Chief : Discarded food supplies, you mean?
─Seol Ha-woon : Yes. Food that became inedible, or was destroyed, or contaminated, that kind of food supplies.
─Village Chief : Ah! Most of the chickens in the poultry farm died from monster toxins. They’re buried right now, but
─Seol Ha-woon : Then…?
Seol Ha-woon turns around to look behind him.
Two mercenaries. The world’s most menacing Akiman and Smeshion are standing there blankly.
─Seol Ha-woon : What are you doing? Logging and quarrying. I clearly gave orders.
No, there he goes again.
Ha-woon, please!
─Akiman : ….
─Smeshion : …Orders?
Akiman emitted killing intent, and Smeshion’s eyes flashed bright red. A laser-like glare pressed down on Seol Ha-woon’s brow.
And then….
Cross-cutting.
─Kate : Hup!
Kate working diligently. Building the command center building herself, crafting automatic crossbows, gathering information from civilians to make maps….
─Kate : No news about the leveling.
And then, she goes outside the castle wall.
Lee Si-ah felt jealous. The leveling work she had Min Seok-jae do must already be finished.
─Kate : …?
As expected, Kate’s eyes widen. She looks so surprised.
It must be really good.
But without showing that scene, they cross-cut again.
-Wow, he must have finished it all already
-It must be perfectly done.
-Min Seok-jae does look like he’d be good at construction work lol
-Construction site guys are really good at that stuff lololol
-What a contrast with someone having a power struggle with mercenaries lol
Back to Seol Ha-woon.
Smeshion and Akiman. Seol Ha-woon confronting the mercenaries he himself recruited.
“Hah….”
From a fan’s perspective, these maddening scenes keep appearing, and the production crew seems determined to compare him with Kate.
─Seol Ha-woon : Didn’t you hear me? Smeshion, you do quarrying, Akiman, you do logging.
─Smeshion : Orders?
─Seol Ha-woon : Yes. Orders.
Seol Ha-woon doesn’t yield even a little. It would be easier if he did.
He could just smile prettily and say, “No, it’s not an order. We’re all doing this together. Haha.” That would work.
-That guy’s aura is really strong too…
-He’s the type who’d pretend it doesn’t hurt even if stabbed.
-That’s real strong aura. Don’t call Kate strong-willed. That’s real madness lol
-He’s a lunatic beyond madness
-He’s not intimidated even by mercenaries who look like that. That’s real backbone.
-A highly developed alpha male is no different from a gorilla.
-Honestly, at this level, I acknowledge it. I respect him lol
Whooooosh…
A desolate wind brushes by.
Smeshion glares at Seol Ha-woon. Akiman does the same. It’s as if bloodlust is dripping from their gazes.
2 against 1.
However, Seol Ha-woon doesn’t back down. Rather, just as a blue flame-like spark flickers in his eyes.
Akiman turns around first.
-?
-?
-??
-?
-Where’s he going?
-Ah lol he’s probably just not going to work.
─Smeshion : Ahem.
Smeshion also left with heavy footsteps.
-?
-?
-?
-??
-? What’s this?
-Where are they going?
-Hey you guys, where are you going, you should be tormenting him
SilTalk is bewildered, and the camera follows their path.
Akiman enters a place piled with trees and suddenly swings his sword.
Logging.
-?
-?????
-???
Smeshion walks heavily toward the stone mountain and, crash! smashes the rock piles.
Quarrying.
-??
-?
-???
Question marks flooding SilTalk.
“…Huh?”
A scene that even Lee Si-ah can’t understand while watching – S-rank beings diligently doing manual labor.
-Wait, what is this?
-Huh?????
-??
-What?
As the situation gradually becomes clear, SilTalk takes a turn.
-Hahahahahaha fuck, those bastards lost to the righteous ones too hahahahaha
-Hahahahaha you’re crazy hahaha
-Fuck that lunatic could even beat ghosts
-Strong strong weak strong hahahahaha
-This guy’s character is seriously fucked
-There’s a reason it shot up from 96th place lol so damn frustrating lololol
-My dad just burst out laughing too lol He’s an active mercenary lol
Lee Si-ah almost got excited for a moment, but held back her enthusiasm.
No, I still don’t know.
-Still don’t know, he might just mess everything up.
Right after, scene transition
─Kate: This is…
Kate’s face turns to shock, and the camera shows what’s in front of her.
-?
-What’s this now.
-???
The land that was definitely supposed to be leveled was a complete mess. Dishes, food waste, empty bottles, campfire remains, and so on…
─Kate: What happened, excuse me!
She grabbed one of the mercenaries lying around. His face was already flushed red.
He had been drinking heavily.
─Kate: What are you doing?
─Mercenary: Ah~ That Seok-jae hyung said, *hic*. Don’t do it and just drink instead, hehehe…
─Kate: Seok-jae hyung?
When Kate frowned.
─Min Seok-jae: Yaaaawn. Ah, I told you we shouldn’t do it.
Min Seok-jae appeared while yawning.
─Kate: Why? I clearly-
─Min Seok-jae: Because I didn’t want to. Why would I do leveling? It’s annoying as hell.
─Kate: ….
─Min Seok-jae: Hey hey, everyone sit down. Let’s play board games. Do you guys know what board games are?
He plops down on the ground with the other mercenaries. They huddle together and pull out a board game.
It’s Blue Marble.
─Kate: Min Seok-jae.
─Min Seok-jae: Alright, roll the dice~
Kate calls out to Min Seok-jae.
─Kate: Min Seok-jae.
Her face gradually turns red. She’s getting angry.
─Kate: Min Seok-
─Min Seok-jae: Ah, why! Since the young lady seems to not understand, let me tell you. Do you know what kind of personnel I am? Do you know how much I usually get paid for work? I should be getting 10 times more than this! Isn’t that right, guys?
Hehehe. The mercenaries also snicker and nod their heads.
And SilTalk exploded.
-Hahahahahahaha
-hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
-What the fuck is that bastard? Tell me his address
-hahahaha
-What are you gonna do if I call out your address lol one punch from my slaves and your head will explode
-hahahahahahahaha
-It wasn’t Malok who got caught up in trouble, it was Kate lololol
─Min Seok-jae: Well, maybe you grew up so sheltered that the world looks like your little bubble, but at least I’m not like that.
“Sigh.”
There’s always someone like that. Someone who doesn’t particularly like people who grew up precious and sheltered.
What a bad person.
Really a bad person, but…
“…Pfft!”
Why am I laughing?
-Fucking piece of shit bastard you fucking
-That fucking bastard son of a bitch crazy fucking asshole
-Fucking piece of shit fucking bastard
Kate’s fans went crazy.
– Hahaha look at these guys desperately struggling hahaha
-Go easy on the chat, you’re gonna break it hahahahaha
-Fucking bastards really
-This is also narrative for overcoming obstacles. Don’t worry too much, butlers
-You’re not a butler, you’re a slave lol
Just 15 minutes ago, he was acting all dignified like Prince Suyang, saying things like “damn right” and “hell yeah” and “don’t compare us to Kate.”
─Min Seok-jae : You mind your own business. We’ll mind ours…
─Kate : What exactly is your business?
─Min Seok-jae : What do you think it is. We’re doing it right now. Shoo, shoo.
Ah, this isn’t good.
Why are they picking a fight?
-You bastard, listen up, damn it!!!!
-You son of a bitch, that asshole
-Ugly piece of shit, you bastard!!!!
“Pffft!”
The chat messages were so desperate that I kept laughing, so I turned off KakaoTalk.
I can’t focus on the live broadcast.
“Whew… hah….”
After laughing for a while and finally taking a deep breath, Lee Si-ah suddenly became curious.
What is Seol Ha-woon doing right now?
* * *
Kuuuuuuung──!
Thunder echoing through the air. Fierce wind and rain lashing about. In contrast, at the rather peaceful used bookstore, I organized all the information I had gathered so far.
[Hypothesis 1. That thing is related to red clothing.]
I don’t know yet if it needs to wear red clothing at all times. However, when it switches bodies, that is, at the moment it devours its target, it must be wearing red clothing.
“Still….”
I need to check variables like whether the red clothing can be thermal underwear, or if accessories would work too.
In the end, it means I need to do additional investigation.
Clang—
The bookstore door opened.
“Ha-woon! I found out something new!”
It was Yoon Hwa-rim. The dark horse of this labyrinth with surprisingly high mental strength.
“What is it.”
“There’s an investigation headquarters hidden in this village, you know? You know what I mean? When incidents happen, they set up investigation headquarters somewhere other than the police box.”
“That’s what happens when the major crimes unit comes.”
“Ah right, major crimes unit! I found that major crimes investigation headquarters, you know? They secretly installed CCTVs all over the place from there.”
Yoon Hwa-rim placed the 「Investigation Headquarters Case Files」 on the counter.
She still had the [N] mark on her wrist.
[R] and [N] are different.
[R] means confirmed explorer.
[N] means suspicious target, but if this mark suddenly disappears, it definitely means they’ve been devoured.
“But this CCTV uses magic preservation data format, Ha-woon, do you know how to read it? I can’t. It’s not my major.”
Magic preservation data means ‘spell-formulated footage.’
“I’ll handle it. Good work.”
Thunk thunk. I stamped two meal tickets and gave them to her.
“You’ll eat for free until this labyrinth ends.”
“Awesome~ But you know what. My mental strength is getting severely drained outside right now. Is it because of the weather?”
Yoon Hwa-rim tapped her wrist.
│Yoon Hwa-rim│■■■■□□□□│
“Whoa, four blocks left. I almost died, didn’t I?”
Yoon Hwa-rim had 8 blocks total.
Well, if her mental strength was weak, how could she have endured that concentrated fire at the beginning of the broadcast?
I feel somewhat sorry for no reason.
“Get some rest.”
“Uh… I want to, but.”
Yoon Hwa-rim glanced around the used bookstore. There was no room to step. 13 people were crammed into this bookstore of about 11 pyeong.
They were all exhausted and sleeping.
Clang—
“Wow~ this won’t work. Can’t go, can’t go.”
Swoooosh.
The kids came in with the sound of rain.
“The rainfall is no joke right now. It’s not just rain, the wind is just, I almost got blown away.”
Lee Jun-ho and Kang Hyeon.
They’d only been out for about 30 minutes, but they were soaked through. Kang Hyeon pointed at Lee Jun-ho with a disgusted expression.
“Hyung, Jun-ho took his clothes off again.”
Lee Jun-ho was already shirtless.
“I didn’t take them off, they got blown away… Whoa. There are more people? Is it because of the rain?”
“Hey. You three get special treatment.”
I grabbed a rope behind the counter, on the ceiling. A small staircase came down.
“I’ll let you rest on the 2nd floor.”
The three people’s faces lit up.
Kang Hyeon asked brightly.
“There was a 2nd floor?”
“Yeah. I kept it empty for the aces.”
It’s a reward to increase efficiency. The guys who move around busily are helpful.
“And.”
I placed a large pot on the counter.
It was household goods I’d collected from houses with Truck, filled with nurungji.
“There’s nurungji, so when the kids wake up, tell anyone who wants to eat to go ahead. You guys take what you want to eat too.”
“Oh yeah.”
“Awesome~”
Lee Jun-ho and Yoon Hwa-rim grabbed handfuls of nurungji. I prepared to go out.
Kang Hyeon tilted his head.
“Where are you going, hyung?”
“To check the CCTV.”
“What about your leg?”
“…That’s the strange thing.”
I tapped my left knee.
Maybe because the fierce wind and rain temporarily swept away things like spiritual energy and magic power.
“My leg suddenly got better.”
I put on my coat─the Ink-Black Journey with a hood attached.
“You guys should preferably… no, absolutely don’t come out. Tell the other kids not to come out either. Absolutely not until I return.”
The reason I deliberately keep my main body here is because the ghost can’t attach itself to this bookstore when I’m here.
It just means the ghost can’t enter, not that it can’t deceive those inside from the outside.
“Yes~”
“Hey hey. Let’s do our own deduction too. Yoon Hwa-rim, what information did you get?”
The three of them went up to the attic, and I went out leaning on my walking stick.
Whoooooosh───-!
The wind and rain are definitely fierce. It’s pouring down relentlessly as if there’s a hole in the sky.
The atmosphere is quite eerie too. The scenery swaying in the wind and rain somehow seems to form human shapes.
…Wait, that’s not right?
It’s not “somehow” – there are human heads floating around.
It’s a ghost.
I drew up my magic power. There were various shamanic magic related books in Grandmother’s used bookstore. Among them-
“…It’s fast.”
The human head startled and fled.
Thud. Thud.
I walked with a limp.
To the location with the nearest CCTV in this area.
│Seol Ha-woon│■■■■■■■■■■│
Mental strength is MAX.
Ghost disaster, ghost-hunting UDT is heading out.
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