Labyrinth Exploration 101 - Chapter 203

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Labyrinth Exploration 101 Episode 203

Empty Car (3)

Kekekekekekekekekekeke

Seo Ji-woo and Kim Dong-ha are chased by the cackling ghost and quickly enter a cabin. The cackling ghost cannot enter and quietly disappears.

─Seo Ji-woo: Wow. Really crazy. I almost died.

─Kim Dong-ha: Here, it can’t come in here?

─Seo Ji-woo: …I think it’s because of the calendar.

─Kim Dong-ha: Calendar?

Seo Ji-woo looks at the calendar in the cabin. There is no woman in this calendar photo.

─Seo Ji-woo: Oh. Look. There’s no woman here, right?

─Kim Dong-ha: That’s right.

─Seo Ji-woo: Phew. Hey, let’s eat some-

─Kim Dong-ha: This is crazy! Hey! Ji-woo!

Kim Dong-ha points at the calendar. Inside the calendar, there is a woman. She has somehow ‘entered’.

A woman with a smile on her lips is inside the calendar kekekekekekekekekeke

─Seo Ji-woo: Puhwip! Ah that damn bitch really!

-Hahahaha

-Hahahaha

-Reality check lololol

“Ah, the curse just came out. Really that thing was so annoying.”

Seo Ji-woo coughed awkwardly, but a meme was already created.

Kate also liked the ‘Seo Ji-woo damn meme’.

“Hey what are you doing.”

“…It’s funny that you’re a potty mouth.”

Seo Ji-woo glared at Kate then chuckled.

“It’s less funny than the spinning whirlpool though~”

-What the hell lol Seo Jiwoo liked a post about spinning tornadoes and Kate liked a post with profanity lol

-Looks like you two became really close? hahahaha

-Wow, you’re right lol I thought they wouldn’t suit each other at all but it’s surprisingly good lololol

Thanks to this, SilTalk is setting their relationship as best friends.

Seo Ji-woo pressed hard on her smartphone.

-Oh Seo Jiwoo just posted Kate’s spinning whirlwind lol

Kate also fired back.

-Kate’s fucking hilarious posts lololol

-No way they really became best friends for real

-They never post individual pics of the other members but ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Looks good hahaha

Everyone is giving meaning to each and every SNS action.

It might be the fate of superstars.

Anyway, Seo Ji-woo runs out of the cabin and escapes. Even repeating this, there’s no end.

Only cabins keep appearing, and she can’t escape from the rice and barley fields.

─Kim Dong-ha: This is something strange. The same places keep appearing.

─Seo Ji-woo: …Wait.

Seo Ji-woo, who was thinking, suddenly.

─Seo Ji-woo: I think I know. There’s no need to run away. Come in.

Seo Ji-woo enters the cabin again, stares at the calendar and waits for the cackling ghost to come.

─Seo Ji-woo: Just try coming.

The moment the cackling ghost enters the calendar’s scenery.

Whoosh! She sets it on fire immediately.

The ghost burns inside the calendar, laughing kekekekekeke.

Kekekekyaaaakakakakekekekyaakakekyaakekyaaaaaaak!!!!!!

The scream and laughter mix together grotesquely.

“Uaaaaaaak!”

─Seo Ji-woo: Phew….

─Kim Dong-ha: Wow I’m really going crazy, Ji-woo can’t you just kill me. I’d rather be eliminated….

“…I was too seriously injured at that time. Look. I don’t say I’m scared.”

While Kim Dong-ha is still making excuses.

Wolryeong Village Shaman Village

Back to the shaman village.

─Lee Jun-ho: Kang Hyeon!

Lee Jun-ho finds Kang Hyeon in a corner of the village.

─Kang Hyeon: Jun-ho!

Both happily reunite, but there’s no time to catch up. The old man ghost might come.

─Lee Jun-ho: First, let’s gather more party members. It’s tough with just two.

The two find Kate unconscious in another shaman house.

“Ah, what. The spinning stingray was still unconscious?”

Kate raised her eyebrows at Seo Ji-woo’s words.

─Lee Jun-ho: What happened?

─Kate: …I was sleepy so I took a brief nap.

-Wait lololol

-Hahahaha

-She’s cute though why

-Hahahaha

-She’s cute though?

-So adorable lol Kate’s probably gonna get even more fans

-Hahahaha the slaves’ loyalty is insane

-No aside from the fandom she’s just cute?

Anyway the three form a party, and together they knock on a shaman house that seems to have someone inside.

Knock knock—-!

─???: Uaaaaaaak!

A voice that seems familiar reacts frantically.

“Uaaaaaaak!”

He’s doing the same thing in reality too.

─Lee Jun-ho: …Why is he acting like that.

─Kang Hyeon: Try knocking once more.

Knock knock.

─???: Aaaak, please save me!! Please save me!! Kyaaaaaaaaaak!!!!

─Lee Jun-ho: This is fun. Let’s try once more.

Knock knock—!

─???: Kyaaaaaaak don’t knock kyaaaaaaaaak kyaaaaaaak you bastard aaaaaaak kyaaaaaaak damn bastard kyaaaaaaak kyaaaaaaak kyaaaak. Kyaaaaaaaaaaaak.

This time curses mix with the screams.

─Kang Hyeon: Seems like he’s possessed by an evil spirit.

They force the door open and find Im Hae-jun unconscious inside.

─Kang Hyeon: Im Hae-jun is dead.

─Lee Jun-ho: …He’s just unconscious.

-These guys get along well among themselves

-Someone’s doing it all by themselves lol

-So fucking funny lol

-But isn’t Seol Ha-woon too greedy?

-If he’s the protagonist he should share a bit, he tries to do everything himself

-Agreed

-Fucking agreed

-That’s why he got first place.

-Jemal-ol’s specialty) Always says the labyrinth is most important, but when you look closely, his own screen time is top priority

-What are you talking about lol

-There are really too many haters these days

These days, not just on KakaoTalk but also on SNS and communities, there are many chats criticizing me. Calling it protagonist syndrome and whatnot.

It’s understandable. I hate to say this myself, but I am in ‘1st place’ after all.

─Lee Jun-ho : Ah, but I can’t handle this labyrinth alone either.

Lee Jun-ho’s party sits in a circle inside the shaman’s house, having a conversation.

─Lee Jun-ho : This is the item I bought.

Wolryeong Ghost Stories

─Kate : Please open it. So we can read together.

─Lee Jun-ho : Here.

Jun-ho opens the page and shoves it toward Kate’s face. Kate flinches and quickly backs away.

─Kang Hyeon : …Kate, you’re surprisingly timid.

─Kate : As I mentioned, ahem. I told you this is my first time with Eastern fantasy.

─Lee Jun-ho : Anyway. Look at this part.

Mental Power: Human mental strength. Though it varies by individual, it must be maintained in Wolryeong Village. If not maintained, one becomes a ghost or gets devoured by ghosts.

To recover mental power, one must twist straw rope to make sacred rope. Refer to attached materials.

─Lee Jun-ho : You have to twist straw rope to make sacred rope to restore mental power. Everyone’s lost some mental power, right?

Tap tap. Everyone taps their wrists, and their mental power levels appear.

Lee Jun-ho Mental Power ■■■■□□

Kate Mental Power ■■■□□□

Kang Hyeon Mental Power ■■■■■□□

─Lee Jun-ho : …Everyone’s maximum is different too. Same with consumption.

-Seven slots, six slots? Jemal-ol really was an outlier

-How many slots did Seol Ha-woon have?

-Ten slots lol

-Crazy, he really is on a different level alone

─Kang Hyeon : That guy probably has about ten slots

─Lee Jun-ho : Come on. You never know. Maybe Mal-ol-jwa would be more scared. More importantly.

“…Ahem.”

The real Jun-ho glanced at me and cleared his throat awkwardly.

-Scared lol

-lololol

-Jun-ho still doesn’t know?

─Lee Jun-ho : Let’s hurry and get some straw rope.

Grandfather Ghost

◇ Grabs your wrist while saying “let’s go together.” If mental power drops below one slot, drags you into the fog, to Samdo River.

◇ Danger Level ★★★☆☆

◇ Countermeasure: Cannot recognize you if wearing straw sandals

─Lee Jun-ho : This is why we need so much straw rope. We have to make straw sandals.

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Meanwhile, Kim Jeong-wook met with rankers after a long time.

Thanks to Mitamnan, the popularity of the explorer profession skyrocketed, and various events like this have been organized lately.

Today is a ‘pre-casting meeting and panel test for broadcasting.’

Labyrinth Exploration NaN

Analysis Desk: From the Perspective of Active Rankers

An in-depth analysis program starting this week, produced directly by the Mitamnan broadcasting station.

“Seol Ha-woon is good and all, but he seems to have too much protagonist syndrome.”

One mage panel, one warrior panel – they’re gathering people like this, and Kim Jeong-wook is watching Mitamnan with the mage panel candidates.

“It’s like he wants to be the protagonist more than clearing the labyrinth.”

“Right. Honestly, people like that… don’t last long.”

Kim Jeong-wook let out a hollow laugh.

Ridiculous. Well, this is why these guys are five-digit mages.

“Look at him now. He’s going ahead alone. What can you accomplish by going alone?

Kim Jeong-wook finds it amusing how they’re critiquing only Seol Ha-woon’s screen time.

It’s not critical analysis, but nitpicking.

They’re clearly bothered by media evaluations. And no wonder, since there’s been a lot of talk lately that Seol Ha-woon is much better than most active mages.

“He does show a lot of immature behavior.”

“Isn’t twenty-seven old enough?”

“That’s true. Usually a mage’s capacity growth ends in their early to mid-twenties, and around that age only theoretical growth remains.”

While everyone was spouting nonsense.

Seol Ha-woon on screen arrives at a wooden-framed bookstore.

Wolryeong Village Bookstore

─Kang Woo-hyuk : Please come in.

─Seol Ha-woon : Yes.

─Bookstore Grandma : …Huh? Aren’t you Woo-hyuk?

Bookstore Grandma. Seol Ha-woon stares intently at the top of her head. An axe blade is embedded there.

─Kang Woo-hyuk : Grandma. You said you’d sell this place for a certain premium, right?

─Bookstore Grandma : Said I’d sell for fifteen nyang. Why.

─Seol Ha-woon : Fifteen nyang, do you mean coins? I have five. I’ll give you ten tomorrow.

─Bookstore Grandma : Give tomorrow? You’re not a scammer, are you?

─Seol Ha-woon : I will definitely repay you. If I can’t repay within a day, I’ll return not only these coins but the bookstore as well.

Seol Ha-woon hands over the coins.

─Bookstore Grandma : Well, alright. You definitely said tomorrow?

─Seol Ha-woon : Yes. But what are those coins used for?

He’s trying to gather as much information as possible.

─Kang Woo-hyuk : Ah. It’s the fare for crossing over.

─Bookstore Grandma : …I think I’ve done enough now. I want to go. Well then. See you tomorrow.

Deal completed.

Kang Woo-hyuk and Grandmother hold hands and try to leave the used bookstore together.

─Seol Ha-woon : Woo-hyuk. What time is it exactly now?

─Kang Woo-hyuk : Three minutes past midnight.

─Seol Ha-woon : Didn’t you say it was midnight when we first met?

─Kang Woo-hyuk : Yes. That’s right. So three minutes have passed.

Then, the time appears large across the entire screen.

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