Labyrinth Exploration 101 - Chapter 204

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Labyrinth Exploration 101 Episode 204

Empty Tea(4)

Lee Je-hoon chuckled while surfing the community.

│Seol Ha-woon appearance scene│

│Seo Ha-woon Wolryeong Bridge bridge appearance scene│

│Je Mal-ol Wooryeong Bridge.GJF│

Despite the typos running rampant, they’re competing to upload first.

“What do they get for uploading faster….”

He’s genuinely curious, but thanks to them, he can watch it again, so whatever.

│Ghost-chasing Seol Ha-woon.gjf│

Seol Ha-woon glaring at the opposite side from Wolryeong Bridge.

Thanks to his walking stick, his appearance on screen is literally that of a mage.

If you gathered all the pieces of the ideal mage that the public wants and desires and completed it, would it look exactly like this?

─Just Je Mal-ol itself

─It’s a mage. A mage has appeared.

└That’s too much lol

─This is Seol Ha-woon style conversation

─This is gonna be a huge meme for a while lol

─It was really cool though

─Ah I’m already excited to see how they’ll parody Zemaraun ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

└SNL is gonna go crazy again hahaha

─This guy is just the Mitamnan itself

Not just the community, but stories are already being uploaded on SNS. Celebrities are shouting out Mitamnan with their own different phrases.

[HOLY SHIT!]

[I believe in Je Mal-ol…!]

[A mage has appeared!!]

[An entrance scene more cinematic than movies…]

Regardless of gender, age, or race. Female idols, male actors, black rappers, white YouTubers, explorers, even the mage Zephyrell.

As Lee Je-hoon himself, he was feeling good, when.

Whirrrrrrr───.

Suddenly, his whole body tilts as if the world is moving away.

Before he knows it, he’s collapsed on the sofa, staring blankly at the ceiling.

“….”

Blink. Blink.

Death is approaching.

The fortunate thing is that the commercial break just ended.

“Ha.”

Je-hoon smiled bitterly.

This mere program is what keeps me holding on.

Perhaps there are many people like me. People who watch you overcome death, who see you become a completely new mage beyond just barely surviving, and bet themselves on extremely low odds….

Wolryeong Bridge

Je-hoon focused on the live broadcast rather than the pain.

* * *

Wolryeong Bridge

Darkness with spirits clinging thickly.

“Wow, hyung really looks cool on screen.”

“That’s right.”

Lee Jong-soo and Ryu Yeon-hwa admire from the private viewing room, and the broadcast continues.

──Thump! Thump!

─Seol Ha-woon : Go back. This is not where you belong.

His long hair burns blue. Behind his back, stake-like formulas materialize.

The ghost glares at Seol Ha-woon and growls, but he doesn’t blink once.

─Seol Ha-woon : Go back.

-I’ve lived long but this is the first time I’ve seen a human threaten a ghost

-Hahahahaha this guy’s crazy

-We praise him so much that now he’s picking fights with ghosts…

-I guess this is what makes him so charming lol

-That’s bullshit lol If Lee Taek had done that last season, you would’ve been throwing a fit saying he should be benched lol

-hahahahaha this is seriously amazing at catching ghosts

-No, it’s funnier that the ghost is scared

Psssssss….

The ghost, as if completely pressed down by Seol Ha-woon’s aura, makes a sound like grass rustling and completely disappears.

-He wins in the end

-Wins again?

-People say Seol Ha-woon is selfish but there’s no one more altruistic than him

-For real, if I were selfish I would’ve just let them die

─Seol Ha-woon : Follow me.

─Kang Hyeon, Lee Jun-ho, Kate : ….

The three people follow behind the limping Seol Ha-woon.

“…As expected, master.”

Real-life Im Hae-jun took a fighting stance toward real-life Seol Ha-woon. Seol Ha-woon chuckled.

“You don’t remember that time, right?”

“I remember a little-“

Owwwwwww──

“Aaaahhhhh!”

[Explorer Base Camp]

Lodging fee : 1 nyang coin

One meal : 1 nyang coin

Seol Ha-woon opens the used bookstore door and asks them.

─Seol Ha-woon : Do you guys have coins?

-Ah right, that’s not free

-ㅋㅋㅋ They wrote “1 nyang” in tiny letters

-Hahahaha

-Right, gotta collect money.

─Kate : Coins… I have a few.

─Seol Ha-woon : Let me see.

Kate pours out her coin pouch onto her palm. Exactly eight coins.

-How are even her hands cute

-Wow look at those pretty hands

-Wow..

-Wow

-They’re really talking nonsense lol

-Fuck, look at them making a fuss after getting their asses kicked, crazy slaves lol

─Seol Ha-woon : Eight coins is exactly enough for four people’s lodging and meal costs. Please pay.

─Kate : …What are you talking about.

Kate narrows her eyes and quickly retrieves her coins.

─Seol Ha-woon : Then are you going to sleep outside?

─Kate : …A chance to test your morality.

-What are you talking about lololol

-Hahahahahaha

-Kate sometimes has such random vocabulary lol

─Seol Ha-woon : Those coins are quite important currency. Residents you shouldn’t make eye contact with sell precious items. The only currency that can buy those things is these coins. They’re the spoils we can take from this labyrinth.

With that, Seol Ha-woon opens the door to the used bookstore.

As bubbling sounds and smells seem to flow out from inside, the three people’s eyes are drawn in.

-Is Mal-ol good at cooking?

-There was a cooking skill book among his belongings

-Ah, so that’s why it says he also sells food.

Lee Jun-ho can’t hold back and gulps down his saliva.

─Lee Jun-ho : Kate. You sleep outside. Instead, lend me, lend me just 2. I’ll definitely pay you back.

─Kang Hyeon : Me too.

Flap flap. Seol Ha-woon fans the bookstore door. Whoosh. Whoosh. The smell grows thicker.

-lololol

-lolol he’s secretly a comedy character

-Ah this is so funny

-Really would’ve suffocated from fear without Seol Ha-woon

-There’s a reason he gets so much screen time. From the production team’s perspective, he’s a character who does everything.

─Kate : …Fine. You must pay back. Contracts are important.

─Lee Jun-ho : Ah, of course.

─Seol Ha-woon : Instead, I’ll waive the meal and lodging fees for one person who works with me.

Flash. All three raised their hands.

─Seol Ha-woon : You have to do it outside. You might encounter ghosts.

Everyone except Kang Hyeon quietly lowers their hands.

─Seol Ha-woon : Okay. Now then, six nyang. Not eight nyang, six nyang.

-In Japan and China they’re asking why Seol Ha-woon keeps saying nyang nyang lol

-Ah that’s true lol

-lololol

Then Kate only pays five nyang.

─Seol Ha-woon : What about one? Why only five nyang?

-Nyang

-Nyang nyang

-Nyang nyang

─Kate : The kid on my back. Can’t eat. Calculations must be accurate.

“Wow, that’s really too much. I was like that?”

Im Hae-jun, who had come back to life at some point, glared at Kate while frowning.

“Too much-“

“Whoa!”

“Aaaahhhhh!”

When Seo Ji-woo startled him, he immediately fell over.

“Ah seriously, stop doing that!”

Outskirts of Shaman Village

Clatter. Yoon Hwa-rim lifts the lid of a jar terrace.

Sniff sniff. Sniff sniff. She smells to check the food.

─Yoon Hwa-rim : Is this soy sauce? Is there no rice…

-She’s got strong nerves too lol

-Really different from her image

-Yoon Hwa-rim’s specialty) Seems like a country girl but was born in New York. Seems domestic to the bone but went through elite courses studying abroad in various countries

-lolol On the contrary, Seo Ji-woo seems the most elite but has never been abroad. Just a kid with insanely high pure talent level.

Yoon Hwa-rim rummages through places in the shaman village where there might be food one after another. She also steadily farms coins.

─Yoon Hwa-rim : But what are these coins used for?

-Hwa-rim, those are important, make sure to collect them

-For real lol You’ll regret it if you don’t collect them.

-lol Seol motel fees

-More like life-saving money

-But can’t he just help for free? Why does Je Mal-ol insist on taking coins.

-If he helps for free, they won’t think about clearing the labyrinth and will just slack off. Je Mal-ol thinks that far ahead, you know?

-Agreed lol Usually people give up easily on labyrinths like this, but he steps up and encourages the kids with carrot and stick tactics.

Actually, Seol Ha-woon wasn’t thinking like that. He was planning to earn coins while maintaining base camp because of his knee.

─Yoon Hwa-rim : Wow, grandpa is really diligent.

Yoon Hwa-rim hides when she hears the grandfather’s voice, then continues forward repeatedly.

It’s quite thrilling.

─Yoon Hwa-rim : Found some!

Finally discovers five eggs and a handful of rice.

She carefully treasures the eggs, scoops up all the rice and puts it in her bag, then scurries back to their dwelling.

It’s a small room with twisted straw rope.

─Yoon Hwa-rim : Everyone. I’m back. I got food, nothing happened right?

─Lee Sin-hye, Lee Jong-soo, Ryu Yeon-hwa : ….

Inside, three people are shivering. She’s like a girl head of household coming to take care of her youngest siblings.

“Ah. That reminds me of back then~”

Yoon Hwa-rim grinned and crossed her arms.

─Yoon Hwa-rim : Let’s at least eat soy sauce egg rice. We need to eat to gain strength to move. They say eating is the way to restore mental strength.

When Yoon Hwa-rim cooks pot rice, everyone revives from that warmth.

─Yoon Hwa-rim : Come on! Let’s eat first!

She portions out the soy sauce egg rice for four people. With each bite, one, two, three, their mental strength gradually fills up.

─Yoon Hwa-rim : First, the hint is this, okay? The location of the skilled shaman’s house. Let’s go here and try whatever.

─Lee Sin-hye : Really Hwa-rim, what would we have done without you…

“Really, Hwa-rim saved us.”

Lee Sin-hye leaned her face against Yoon Hwa-rim’s shoulder.

“Heh. If you know, then treat me well~”

Used Bookstore

Unlike Yoon Hwa-rim’s side which is like penny-pinchers, this side is a full-scale eating show.

Soybean paste stew, pot rice, pork belly, ssamjang, lettuce wraps.

The three huddle together and eat like they’re possessed. Even Kang Hyeon, famous for eating small portions, practically devours the food.

-What’s this wealth gap

-lololol

-But where did the food ingredients come from?

-Right, was it in the bookstore.

After the meal, everyone is about to sprawl out.

─Seol Ha-woon : Hyeon. Don’t rest. You have to go right away.

─Kang Hyeon : Ugh… Yes.

Kate and Lee Jun-ho naturally lie down to rest, while Kang Hyeon and Seol Ha-woon go outside.

─Kang Hyeon : What do I need to do, hyung?

─Seol Ha-woon : Infrastructure expansion. Customers aren’t coming.

Wolryeong Bridge

─Seol Ha-woon : The problem seems to be the bridge. We’re going to make a ferry boat. Is it called a rope boat?

─Kang Hyeon : Ah. I know what that is.

-Ferry boat.. I wonder if kids these days know this.. Back in the old countryside, there were no bridges to cross rivers so people used ferry boats to go to and from school.. Seol Ha-woon knows it well too..

-Ferry boat. It’s been a while.

-lololol

-lol the old guys are lost in memories

-That kind of village scenery itself is heartwarming~

These days, Mitamnan is a program for all citizens. In fact, the participation rate in the 405060 KakaoTalk is incredibly high.

Wooden stick←Ferry boat→Wooden stick

Seol Ha-woon has already made a ferry boat, and materializes magic power to create operating buttons.

Two buttons: red and blue.

─Seol Ha-woon: How’s this? I formed magic power like machinery.

─Kang Hyeon: That’s amazing. Will it last long?

─Seol Ha-woon: Yeah. It’ll last long here. Just need to attach this.

The camera quickly shows the signpost made for the ferry boat.

Take the boat instead of the bridge

This boat was really made by Seol Ha-woon himself

Ghosts will appear but don’t worry

─Seol Ha-woon: Now. Let’s go put this up in front of the other bridges too.

─Kang Hyeon: Yes.

As the two walk together.

Jingle jingle jingle.

The sound of bells ringing. Kang Hyeon quickly hides behind Seol Ha-woon’s back.

-Hahahaha

-No way lol

-He just naturally hides behind Seol Ha-woon

-Isn’t Kang Hyun also like top-tier among warriors of the same age lol

-Scary things are different though

│Those who cross will surely die│

Beyond the sign with its menacing text. A shaman with a sword pierced through her chest, wavering like eerie mist.

─Shaman: …Where are you two going?

-Ugh that voice;

-Wow it pierces my ears like a sword

-So scary.

-I thought it might be a divine spirit.

The shaman’s presence is quite impressive indeed. She undulates like a dragon in the pitch-black mist.

The real-world explorers glared at the shaman with furrowed brows.

It’s still a spoiler, but the shaman is the culprit.

─Seol Ha-woon: We’re doing infrastructure construction. Wolryeong Bridge is so inconvenient.

─Shaman: Even if it’s inconvenient, could it be as inconvenient as your leg?

At that moment, Seol Ha-woon’s face twitches. The camera half-closes up on him.

“Wow, hyung was really angry then. I couldn’t see his expression.”

Kang Hyeon asked Seol Ha-woon. Seol Ha-woon shook his head.

“…I wasn’t really angry. My expression just came out like that.”

-That person speaks harshly

-Is the shaman crazy

-Wow but Seolhaun’s face is fucking scary lol

-lololol for real

─Shaman: The village bridges being inconvenient is natural. Would it be comfortable when the souls beneath grab your ankles?

─Seol Ha-woon: By any chance, what is your name?

─Shaman: What use is the name of one standing before you? Names are merely shells…

This shaman doesn’t back down either. Instead, she coldly shakes her bell as if trying to teach Seol Ha-woon.

-The shaman really does look scary.

-Her energy feels like it’s piercing through the screen

-Fuck she’s a shaman and she’s already dead

-You shouldn’t carelessly mess with shamans like that. You need to treat them with respect. Otherwise you’ll be bedridden for at least a few weeks. Speaking from experience.

-Looking at it, the shaman seems to be on our side.

KakaoTalk is going crazy saying it’s scary but.

─Seol Ha-woon: ….

Seol Ha-woon is different. He doesn’t yield to anyone.

─Shaman: ….

Silence.

The shaman stares at Seol Ha-woon, and Seol Ha-woon stares back at the shaman.

It’s a staring contest.

-No way lololololol

-What kind of power struggle is this lol

-Hahahaha

-They’re gonna end up fighting at this rate lol

-Wow.. A crazy human having a staring contest with a spirit..

Whooooooo.

In the bushes where wind swirls, the shaman is the first to let out a trembling breath.

─Shaman: Do you serve divine spirits?

─Seol Ha-woon: I don’t even know what divine spirits are.

─Shaman: My goodness… This is not human spirit…

Jingle jingle jingle.

The shaman shakes her bell and departs.

“He wins this too?”

“He doesn’t lose even once.”

The explorers were also impressed. Seol Ha-woon covered his face with his hand for no reason.

-Hahahaha

-That’s not human spirit, damn lol

-That’s true; he doesn’t seem human

-Seol Ha-woon is honestly really inhuman

-Shaman defeated lol

-Wow is it real that even divine possession doesn’t work?

-The shaman running away is hilarious

-Would it work? Even real ghosts run away.

Suddenly Kang Hyeon asks.

─Kang Hyeon: Who could it be, hyung.

Seol Ha-woon glares at the shaman’s retreating figure and cracks his neck.

─Seol Ha-woon: Don’t know. I memorized her face for now.

-hahahaha

-You’re absolutely right hahahaha

-If I get the shaman one more time I’m gonna die lol

-That type of person secretly holds grudges like crazy lol they’re the type to remember it forever by themselves.

Thud. Thud. Thud.

Kang Hyeon also hammered a signpost next to the second bridge.

Take the boat instead of the bridge

This boat was really made by Seol Ha-woon himself

Ghosts will appear but don’t worry

─Seol Ha-woon: This should be enough hand-feeding.

─Kang Hyeon: Hyung. But why are you helping?

─Seol Ha-woon: That’s how business goes well. And everyone needs to scatter and gather evidence.

─Kang Hyeon: Evidence?

─Seol Ha-woon: Yeah. The disappearance case that happened in this village. Finding the suspect is probably our objective.

Seol Ha-woon explains the worldview and objective of this labyrinth to Kang Hyeon and the viewers.

-As expected, Seolhaun is the one doing the explanations lol

-Even his muttering to himself is definitely intentional, for the viewers to hear

-That’s the dignity of 1st place lol You have to do at least that much to reach 1st place lol

─Seol Ha-woon: For now, let’s go back.

─Kang Hyeon: Yes.

Seol Ha-woon and Kang Hyeon turn around. The camera quietly focuses on Seol Ha-woon’s ferry boat.

Swooosh….

In the fixed angle, fog flows by several times.

Seol Ha-woon’s Ferry Boat

Rustle. Along with footsteps, someone points at the signpost.

─Jin Ho-jong: What’s that?

Jin Ho-jong and Ryu Wei. With sacred ropes wrapped tightly around their necks, they read the signpost and stand in front of the ferry boat.

─Ryu Wei: This is Jemallot’s.

─Jin Ho-jong: Ah, right. Jemallot must have made it. Can we just get on?

─Ryu Wei: Yes. There are talismans attached too. He even signed it.

─Jin Ho-jong: Phew. Let’s get on.

The two people board the ferry boat with peace of mind and head across to the other side of Wolryeong Bridge.

-Really, without Mal-ol, they would’ve been trapped there for quite a while.

-Every single action he takes has a basis, and the results are correct.

-Damn Mal-ol.. A perfect being except for the fans who act all cocky as if they’ve secured 1st place just because they got a taste of 1st place once..

-lol The one above is talking nonsense lol

-Stop disparaging the fandom, it’s not like you’re spitting while lying down….

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─Seol Ha-woon: Oh. The disappearance case that happened in this village. Finding that suspect is probably our objective….

Hospitals across Seoul.

In that place where Mitamnan is broadcast on every monitor and all the patients watch Mitamnan, a certain hospital staff member quietly sat down in front of the server computer.

“….”

This hospital was where Seol Ha-woon had undergone rehabilitation in the past. So, the staff member had received a certain proposal.

They would pay money if he obtained and delivered Seol Ha-woon’s medical records. He didn’t know the reason. Since there are so many diverse fans, maybe it was some perverted reason like wanting to know everything about Seol Ha-woon.

Anyway.

“Hmm hmm~”

Acting like it was nothing, he copied all of Seol Ha-woon’s physical condition, medical, and rehabilitation records from his hospitalization and put them on a USB, then stood up abruptly.

“…Phew~”

Everyone’s attention was drawn to Mitamnan, so he succeeded without difficulty.

“So this is why they keep saying Jemallot, Jemallot.”

Jemallot even helps me make money~ He’s buying me beef, that’s what this is~

The staff member left with a chuckling laugh.

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