Labyrinth Exploration 101 - Chapter 224
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Labyrinth Exploration 101 Episode 224
Lonely(2)
“Yes. It shouldn’t be anything serious.”
The Family executive ‘Marco’ communicated with his superiors in front of the motel. It was a Family-exclusive terminal. This too was crafted with experience points.
─What’s your location?
“We’re right in front of it now.”
Marco had identified the one who massacred the Family in Zone 1, and arrived with the enforcers.
Click. Click.
The sound of arranging firearms was crisp. The specially hired mage was also preheating magic power, preparing for any unexpected variables.
“I’ll contact you after we finish.”
Marco put away the terminal and gave the mage a look.
“Hey mage. You said you’ve been to the end of Zone 4?”
“The entrance to Zone 5.”
“Oh. That’s reliable.”
The opponent is a mage. The best way to deal with a mage is with a superior mage.
Of course, it would be better if we could kill them with guns first.
“Everyone heard that? Entry.”
At Marco’s signal, everyone entered the motel. The motel owner seemed to have already evacuated, as even the counter was empty.
The destination was Room 307.
They climbed the stairs while hiding their presence as much as possible, aiming their gun barrels at the wall of Room 307.
“….”
Preparing for simultaneous fire.
The moment Marco quietly raised his arm and brought it down.
Kwaddddddddeuk──-!
Bullets were fired simultaneously in random bursts. They struck the entire wall surface. Room 307 was twisted like paper, and fog arose as gunpowder and debris mixed together.
“Whew.”
Marco whistled.
Soon the gun smoke would clear, and as expected, inside would be the guy turned into a honeycomb…
But instead, a man was standing there perfectly fine.
“Huh?”
Beside the man, quite a few bullets were suspended in mid-air.
“…What the.”
Marco furrowed his brow.
Distinctive features, a long-haired disabled man.
He leaned on his walking stick while sharply scanning everyone here. He seemed to be counting their ‘numbers’.
Crackle.
Electric current of magic power arose from the walking stick.
“Hey, break that walking stick first!”
At Marco’s command, a swordsman rushed forward. Having modified his entire body with experience points, he closed the gap in an instant and swung his sword, but,
Thunk!
The blade stopped abruptly.
“…?”
Bewildered, he struggled while gripping the handle.
“Kuk! Kreuuk! Kreueueuk!”
It was an effort to somehow move the sword.
Watching him sweat profusely, the long-haired man spoke as if incredulous.
“Are you a monkey? You could just let go of the sword.”
“….”
When the swordsman realized, his sword moved on its own and pierced through his heart.
Kwajuk!
It was the most basic telekinesis.
“!”
The swordsman let out a short scream and collapsed.
“That stupid bastard, uh, hey! Mage!”
Marco startled and turned to look at the mage.
“It’s nothing serious.”
The mage leisurely gathered magic power in his hand.
Seuuuuuu── Waves arose as a blue sphere condensed.
The long-haired man quietly gazed at that form. His eyes were blue like the sea.
“Mages have principles.”
He opened his mouth.
Tadadadadadada!
The enforcers fired their guns again, but they still couldn’t reach him. They stopped at the same distance as if blocked by a transparent barrier.
“You must not reveal your magic formula to the opponent.”
It’s the most basic of basics. Magic formulas get dispelled the moment they receive interference from others.
Seol Ha-woon looked into the guy’s magic formula with his ‘correct eyes’.
First he grasped its structure, then secretly sent magic power flowing.
Snap!
He flicked his finger.
Thuduk.
The resonance of magic power being cut off. The enemy’s magic formula was twisted.
Kwaaaaaa─!
“-!”
The blue fireball self-destructed at close range. The mage was caught in his own flames and rolled on the road surface.
“Kraaaaak!”
Blue flames clung to his face.
“Kraaaaaaaaak!”
“…What the fuck kind of con artist bastard is this?!”
Marco was incredulous. The guy who claimed to have gone to Zone 5 was acting like such a pathetic fool-
“They say you can only see as much as you know.”
Seol Ha-woon took a step forward. The enforcers frantically fired their rifles.
However, the bullets wouldn’t advance. As if time had slowed down, they moved slowly then stopped abruptly, and instead the trajectory was reset to flow back toward them.
Kuk! Keueok! Kuk! Kreuuk! Eok!
Multiple death throes followed.
All the enforcers collapsed on the motel floor.
“….”
Marco stared blankly at his opponent. He extended his index finger toward him. Eyes blue like a shark flashed coldly.
He had no memory of what happened next.
Bang!
His head exploded.
“Hah…”
Seol Ha-woon sighed and roughly ran his hand through his long hair.
Indeed, the biggest drawback of sequences is the fatigue.
“Kuk… Kreuuuk…”
Suddenly he heard the mage’s groaning.
“Krheoeoeoek…”
The mage was still suffering in pain, rolling around.
Seol Ha-woon knelt on one knee and grabbed his body. He reached out and placed his hand on his face.
Shiiiiik.
The flames of magic power died down.
“….”
The mage, whose pain had subsided, calmed down. He looked up at Seol Ha-woon, and Seol Ha-woon met his eyes and said.
“Now let’s have a proper conversation.”
* * *
“Phew!”
Meanwhile, Im Hae-jun had returned to the Labyrinth Exploration NaN Dormitory. He had used a ticket to escape.
“District 2 conquest successful!”
He shouted loudly in the empty corridor for no reason.
“Ahem.”
He coughed awkwardly as if embarrassed.
Im Hae-jun scratched the back of his neck while looking at the camera following him.
“It really does get broadcast? I was just curious so I tried an experiment…”
Just as he was awkwardly explaining his reason for escaping.
Ding.
Suddenly the elevator opened. Seo Ji-woo was inside.
“Oh! You came out too, noona?!”
Im Hae-jun was delighted. So I wasn’t the only one who escaped! I’m so glad!
“Nice to see you, friend!”
“Why am I your friend, you punk.”
Seo Ji-woo raised her arm high. Im Hae-jun flinched and stepped back defensively.
“Coward. You came out too?”
“…I’m just going to rest a bit then go back in.”
“You’re lying. You just got scared and ran away, right?”
“It’s true though?”
“Show me your ticket.”
“Ha!”
Im Hae-jun pulled out his ticket as if he couldn’t believe it.
“Oh~ how brave~”
He puffed out his chest proudly at Seo Ji-woo’s words.
“I’ll just rest one night then go right back into the maze. But hasn’t Master come out?”
Im Hae-jun looked around the corridor here and there.
“Would that guy come out? Oh right, Im Hae-jun, one of your clips went viral?”
Seo Ji-woo held out her smartphone with a grin.
“Where!”
I went viral?! Im Hae-jun smiled brightly and peered at the screen.
│Im Hae-jun Scream Compilation│Episode 21 Clip│Labyrinth Exploration NaN│
78 million views · 3 days ago
“….”
Im Hae-jun’s face soured. Seo Ji-woo played the video.
Im Hae-jun: Kyaaaaaaak.
Im Hae-jun: Kyaaaak!
Im Hae-jun: Kyaaaaaaaak!
Im Hae-jun: You bastard!! Kyaaaaaaak!!!
Im Hae-jun: Kyaaaaaaaak!
Im Hae-jun: Kyaaaaaak!! Crazy ghost bastard!!!
Im Hae-jun: Aaaaaaaak!! That fucking bastard!!!! Aaaaaaaak!!
Im Hae-jun: Kyaaaaaaaaak!
Kang Hyeon: Hae-jun, don’t look to the side-
Im Hae-jun: Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak.
It was roughly edited like this.
“Hey, the English subtitles are even funnier.”
[Lim : SCREAMING!!]
[Lim : SCREAMING!!]
[Lim : SCREAMING!!]
[Lim : SCREAMING!!]
[Lim : SCREAMING!!]
What’s so funny about this, damn. Isn’t this racism?
Im Hae-jun was slightly angry, but pretended not to be and smiled calmly.
“…I guess the viewers really like it. Good thing I acted surprised and scared.”
“What are you saying.”
“I’m building my character too… Huh!”
Im Hae-jun pretended to be surprised and turned to look at the camera VJ filming them.
“Please edit this out… I can’t let this get out! It’s my character…”
“Are you crazy?”
Seo Ji-woo walked down the corridor while scrolling through the YouTube Labyrinth Exploration NaN channel.
“Why does this channel have almost 50 million subscribers…”
The separately created Labyrinth Exploration NaN channel has 40 million subscribers. That’s almost the population of a decent-sized country.
│Ghost-Repelling Jangseung, Seol Ha-woon│Episode 20 Clip│Labyrinth Exploration NaN│
150 million views · 10 days ago
│Detective Lee Jun-ho│Episode 21 Clip│Labyrinth Exploration NaN│
110 million views · 3 days ago
│Im Hae-jun, Yoon Hwa-rim. Chicken Battle│Episode 21 Clip│Labyrinth Exploration NaN│
40 million views · 3 days ago
│Seol Ha-woon Mukbang Compilation│General Clip│Labyrinth Exploration NaN│
70 million views · 1 day ago
Im Hae-jun also looked through the video list and was newly amazed.
“Wow, but Master is on another level.”
│Seol Ha-woon’s Cooking, Master Book’s Effect?│General Clip│Labyrinth Exploration NaN│
60 million views · 3 days ago
│3 Nyang 5 Nyang 10 Nyang Nyang Nyang Nyang Nyang│General Clip│Labyrinth Exploration NaN│
80 million views · 2 days ago
│Seol Truck Moments│General Clip│Labyrinth Exploration NaN│
40 million views · 1 day ago
He’s a view count cheat key. Just roughly putting together Seol Ha-woon clips gets tens of millions of views.
“Right. Ah, why don’t I have any clips.”
“Noona, you got wrecked at Wolryeong Village.”
“…Not as much as you did.”
Im Hae-jun also watched the next episode preview.
│Episode 22, New Labyrinth Apocalypse│Labyrinth Exploration NaN│
“Ah, Doomsday, that was really tough back then…”
But suddenly the last scene bothered him. The scene of Seol Ha-woon taking out and putting on military uniform.
“Noona. Was Master wearing military uniform?”
Im Hae-jun doesn’t remember well.
“I don’t know.”
“Hmm… Then let’s eat first? I want buffalo wings.”
“Me too.”
Im Hae-jun and Seo Ji-woo went to the dining hall.
Surprisingly, Kate was also in the dining hall.
“Kate, hi~”
“Hello, Kate noona.”
Im Hae-jun politely bowed to Kate. It was quite different from how he treated Seo Ji-woo.
“What’s this? Why are you overflowing with courtesy toward Kate?”
Seo Ji-woo frowned with dissatisfaction. Im Hae-jun replied briefly.
“Kate noona is rich.”
“…That’s ridiculous.”
“Kate noona. Did you clear all the way to District 2?”
“Yes.”
Kate nodded.
“Oh, awesome.”
Im Hae-jun grinned widely. Seo Ji-woo let out a hollow laugh and asked.
“Im Hae-jun, did you clear District 2 too? How did you do it?”
“…I’m an elite archer in my own right, you know?”
Im Hae-jun is quite elite. A dutiful archer son raised with all the passion and dedication of his real estate mogul father, who didn’t betray those expectations and support.
“Huh? Wait, Kate noona! That thing, don’t tell me!”
Im Hae-jun spotted a certain envelope placed next to Kate’s food tray.
Astroal mint!
“Astroal mint… what is that?”
Seo Ji-woo tilted her head curiously.
“Wow~ I heard this is an incredibly rare item among adventurers these days. Where did you get it?”
The corner of Kate’s mouth trembled slightly. It seemed she had placed it there intending to show off.
“I obtained it with difficulty.”
“So what is that thing?”
“I’m so jealous… How much did you pay for it, noona?”
“My family obtained it, so I don’t know the details.”
“What do you mean your family got it for you? You just said you obtained it with difficulty.”
Kate and Im Hae-jun ignored Seo Ji-woo’s retort.
“Ah, um, then could you give me just one piece? I’ve wanted to try it at least once. Ah, I’ll pay for it!”
Astroal mint is one of the hottest items in explorer communities these days.
Naturally, Im Hae-jun, who searches for ‘Im Hae-jun’ in all sorts of communities every day, couldn’t not know about it.
“Hmm….”
Kate pondered for a moment, then opened the envelope. Whoosh. Im Hae-jun sniffed the pleasant aroma that spread.
“Here.”
Kate casually handed Im Hae-jun a piece of mint candy.
“It’s a gift.”
“Wow! Thank you so much!”
“No, so what is that thing….”
“Here.”
She also offered a piece to Seo Ji-woo, who was looking on curiously.
A mischievous smile spread across Kate’s lips.
“If you say ‘please give me some,’ I’ll give it to you.”
“Please give me some.”
Seo Ji-woo immediately gave in.
“….”
Kate was momentarily flustered, and Seo Ji-woo quickly snatched the piece of mint.
“Do you think I’m Ha-woon? I don’t have that kind of pride. I’ll bow down anytime.”
“Noona, keep that safe. If you apply this to injured areas, it heals right away, and if you eat it, fatigue disappears instantly.”
“Oh really?”
“…Yes. Really. This mint has grades too, and my mint is top quality.”
Kate carefully tucked the packet of top-grade Astroal mint into her bosom.
“Thank you, Kate noona~”
Im Hae-jun also carefully wrapped his piece of candy in cloth and put it in his pocket.
“I should show this off to my master~”
His master, who’s insensitive to the latest information, probably doesn’t even know what this mint is. As someone much younger and more energetic, I should take care to inform him….
* * *
District 3, The Line. The entrance to the Mafia Family Boss’s Mansion.
I’m walking through the garden, leaning on my walking stick.
I don’t intend to leave any lingering troubles, and I don’t like just letting it slide after getting sucker-punched, so I came here myself.
─Kill him! Kill that bastard right now!
A welcoming shout echoed quite boldly.
I nodded and gripped my walking stick.
Immediately after, attacks surged like a tidal wave from all directions including sky and ground.
Kwaaaaaa──-!
From simple rifle bullets to grenades, even missiles imbued with magic power. All kinds of weapons rushed toward me.
A fierce barrage that would have already scorched an ordinary human with its heat.
However, the sequence had already been activated.
I grasp and analyze all the incoming barrage. After calculating everything—the trajectory of bullets, the range of explosions, even the minute angles of flying fragments—I release my magic power.
Mana bullets rise like bars beside me, shooting them down.
Curved magic power intercepts missiles. Straight lines shatter cannonballs and destroy grenades.
This place is a battlefield.
The battlefield is the mental visualization that has filled my life most densely, and therefore, on the battlefield at least, no attack can overcome my magic power.
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