Labyrinth Exploration 101 - Chapter 269

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Labyrinth Exploration 101 Episode 269

Reminiscence(9)

Yoon Sa-hyuk PD’s Office.

“…The screen’s back on!”

Kim A-rang shouted. The screen that had been pitch black suddenly returned.

Zone 7

Save the village from the meteorite.

Time Limit 239 : 59 : 15

Zone 7 resumed. Kim A-rang stroked her chest and let out a sigh of relief.

“Phew…”

She glanced sideways at Tae-woo.

He was still staring at the monitor. His eyes were fixed on Seol Ha-woon’s feet—on the Arctic Fox.

“Waiting was the right choice, just like you said, Mage.”

Honestly, this mage hadn’t really done anything, but he had come as a precautionary measure from the start.

“Still, having you here was reassuring. You would have helped if things had gotten more urgent, right?”

Tae-woo looked at her intently.

“…Why?”

He nodded slightly, then suddenly muttered something strange.

“In the end, it might all just be piecing things together.”

“Huh? Piecing together?”

This guy has been saying quite a lot of incomprehensible things since earlier.

“I meant it was urgent.”

“Eh? No, wasn’t it resolved?”

“It was resolved.”

“…What.”

What’s with acting all mage-like? Can’t you filter your language to a normal person’s level?

“See you again sometime.”

Tae-woo stood up from his seat.

“Ah, yes. Take care.”

Kim A-rang waved her hand awkwardly.

Tae-woo left Yoon Sa-hyuk’s office and went down the stairs. He stood on the roadside outside the broadcasting station.

Pitter. Patter.

He prepares for what’s next while being hit by the falling rain.

Time rifts must not be tampered with from the outside. Therefore, a more natural method is needed.

Of course, Seol Ha-woon had resolved the time rift and escaped properly. However, as a mage, he needed to assist him.

Rumble rumble rumble…!

The world shakes.

The heavy rainfall that had been pouring down stops, and the sidewalk blocks and cement vibrate quietly. This temporal space spreads like paint.

Tae-woo closed his eyes alone…

Then opened them again.

Whoooooosh——!

A raging blizzard. A status window appears before his eyes.

Zone 4

Great Nature

Inside the maze where Seol Ha-woon of this time period is walking.

Snap. Tae-woo flicked his fingers. He summoned a small creature from subspace.

Squeak.

A pure white body. Not too long ago in the past, the child that Tae-woo’s small whim had saved was placed on the snow field.

Squeak. Squeak.

The creature looked up at Tae-woo.

Squeeak.

Restraining the child that was trying to cling to him, Tae-woo said.

“You had your reasons too.”

Tae-woo pointed somewhere.

A rectangular shelter about 4-5 pyeong in size. The only place in this blizzard where warmth leaked out.

Where Seol Ha-woon was.

The fox cub glanced at Tae-woo then walked in that direction.

Trudge. Trudge.

It struggles forward, digging through the blizzard.

In the future, this creature would help today’s Seol Ha-woon.

Whoooooosh——!

In the raging blizzard, Tae-woo contemplates the world.

Suddenly, he finds himself with a question that has no answer.

Is this world fatalistic? Is it merely God’s script with a predetermined ending?

He may never know, not yet, or perhaps never.

Tae-woo simply adjusts cause and effect as a mage.

He has already become part of the world.

The boarding house in Zone 7. Rest time before starting the real ‘work.’

I sat on the floor of my room, fiddling with the meteorite fragment necklace.

This meteorite contained my memories. I had gained much from what was inside it.

“…Memories.”

The memories themselves were fragmentary. Not every part remained in detail.

However, I remembered everything I needed to remember. Thanks to that, I had grown quite a bit theoretically as well.

The knowledge I gained on my own might allow me a fourth refinement.

“Hmm.”

I came out of my boarding room.

Early dawn. Someone else was sitting on the wooden platform.

It was Kate.

Beside her as she looked up at the sky was a fox. She endlessly petted the fox.

“You’re up early.”

I asked her. Kate glanced over while petting the fox.

“No. I didn’t sleep. I couldn’t fall asleep.”

Before long, dawn light flowed across the sky. The morning glow bloomed.

Kate let out a light sigh while petting the fox.

“Isn’t it strange?”

She falls into thought for a moment while petting the fox.

“It feels like quite a long time has passed.”

It seemed like I could faintly sense the times we had repeated.

Even in the midst of this, the fox continues to be petted. Her fingers move restlessly without pause.

“I wonder.”

I stood beside the bench. I looked up at the same place she was looking.

“There’s probably no need to look back on times that have already passed.”

“…Times that have passed.”

Then Kate briefly put the fox down on the ground.

“The camera happens to be off right now.”

The camera filming us from outside. It seems to be resting for a moment now, as I don’t feel that distinctive ‘sensation of being a subject’ that it usually gives.

“I see.”

Kate looked at me with eyes that had become quite sharp.

“Seol Ha-woon.”

She threw a short question at me.

“Why did you kill Percival?”

It was a dagger filled with conviction, cutting through my words about there being no need to look back on past times.

Recently, Mitamnan has exploded worldwide. It was already globally popular before, but this particular narrative was especially explosive.

│I think I’m still going to have aftereffects…│

Just thinking that Seol Ha-woon died forever really breaks my heart..

│Bok Mal-ol scene compilation uploaded on YouTube.│

A 30-minute video of just Bokmal’s correct answers has been uploaded lol The production team did a fucking great job lmao

│Recent status of ungrateful slaves│

│The situation in the US right now ㄷㄷ│

│Mitamnan bus that appeared in Europe│

│China streets│

It’s downtown Beijing but there are unexplored explorer panels laid out everywhere lol

│Breaking) Magic Hat confirms Seol Ha-woon as global main model ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ│

Magic Hat main model seems to be confirmed as Seol Ha-woon. Now the ads will be broadcast worldwide too

─Holy shit

─Crazy

─In Magic Hat? Damn

─The main model of the world’s largest sorcery brokerage is Seol Hawoon ㄷㄷ

─Wow;; Isn’t this a first?

└ㅇㅇ This is the first time an Asian, not just Korean, has played Magic Hat as main

─But honestly, that makes total sense since I heard that duct tape thing sold like crazy this time lol

─What’s amazing about Seol Ha-woon is he’s as good at theory as he is in practice;; He’s really a genius in both aspects.

└ㅋㅋㅋHow naive. Those spell orbs and spell books aren’t written by the mages themselves. They’re all ghostwritten by researchers ㅋㅋㅋ

└What are you talking about, Seol Ha-woon said he really writes them himself

└If I told you I was Seolhaun, would you believe me? Of course it’s marketing haha; get real

“Look at this guy’s attitude.”

Lee Si-ah frowned. She placed her hands on the keyboard.

└You need to get it together lol Seol Hawoon studies theory at the library every day

└Sigh, there are really too many idiots who project their identity onto explorers.

└Most of those are ghostwritten though. I’m not criticizing explorers, but it’s a different field. Formula orbs are made by researchers…

“Don’t bother with them. I can see they’re a working mage.”

Mages are very, extremely jealous of Seol Ha-woon. So just ignore the haters.

Anyway, Mitamnan soon became synonymous with South Korea, and national pride went overboard.

With the saying ‘tourists who entered Korea can vote if they verify their passport,’ voting tourism was created.

Actually, the number of tourists at the national level doubled before and after Mitamnan, and the scale of Korean language classes also grew tremendously.

Besides that, TikTok and Reels are full of Mitamnan, Mitamnan reaction videos get tens of millions of views, and celebrities worldwide shout out Mitamnan and the explorers.

In fact, there are almost more foreigners than Koreans in Seoul’s urban areas these days.

Even national leaders casually mention Mitamnan whenever they feel like it, and flight routes to Seoul have nearly doubled compared to previous years.

“Mr. Kim Gu…”

Even Lee Si-ah, who has nothing to do with Mitamnan, finds her shoulders rising with pride these days.

─Kim Byeong-su : Today’s content is the Mitamnan famous scenes World Cup.

Right now we’re watching an internet broadcast while waiting for the live show.

Mitamnan famous scenes World Cup. In Mitamnan, which is full of famous scenes, it’s content where users pick the #1 from 64 carefully selected famous scenes.

─Kim Byeong-su : Alright. Let’s begin.

It’s Seol Ha-woon infusing magic power into his staff to craft it into a sniper rifle.

He sends a radio message to the cargo team struggling because of the goblin shaman.

Seol Ha-woon : This is Team B. We’ve identified Team A’s location. Now that we understand the situation, we’ll begin more aggressive escort.

It’s Seol Ha-woon’s Cargo Dungeon sniping scene that created the “more aggressive~” meme.

─Kim Byeong-su : Ah~ This was good too. This was probably very early on, before he became Je Mal-ol I think. This is probably when Seol Ha-woon started getting serious attention?

The opponent of this sniping scene is Yoon Hwa-rim’s cart crash.

Yoon Hwa-rim : …Ah, I’m sleepy. Yaaawn…

While yawning and headbanging, thud! An ominous sound.

Lee Jong-soo : What, what was that? What was that just now.

Yoon Hwa-rim : Uh, yeah. It’s, it’s nothing.

The cart stuck in the tree slowly comes to a stop. Still gives me chills.

It was really tense back then. Yoon Hwa-rim’s Instagram comments really got a hundred thousand replies.

─Kim Byeong-su : …What do you think?

Seol Ha-woon Snipe

VS

Yoon Hwa-rim Cart Crash

The current simultaneous viewer count is a whopping 80,000. This is partly because this content will lead into the upcoming Mitamnan live broadcast.

─Na Ye-ri : I still think Ha-woon oppa’s sniping scene… Hwa-rim’s feels less like a famous scene and more pitiful.

Na Ye-ri is the guest. The 52nd place eliminated contestant who actually appeared on Mitamnan.

She’s the most famous among the eliminated contestants.

After the first tally, she landed a drama lead role and also succeeded in conquering an E-rank labyrinth, catching both rabbits.

─Kim Byeong-su: Ye-ri, you seem close with Seol Ha-woon?

─Na Ye-ri: Ah~ Well. We’re not that close really. But I received good encouragement from Ha-woon oppa during the farewell. If it weren’t for Ha-woon oppa, I wouldn’t have been able to live this earnestly.

Lee Si-ah also remembers her final scene.

After the first tally, during the farewell for those eliminated.

Na Ye-ri: I should have tried harder… More… Without regrets… Like oppa…

Seol Ha-woon: Don’t regret it. There’s no need to regret. You’re just you.

It seemed like Seol Ha-woon had given quite sincere advice.

─Na Ye-ri: Those words I heard then, ‘You’re just you,’ are still stuck in my heart. Before Mitamnan, I… didn’t feel like myself. I was too spaced out, feeling too much burden and pressure.

Her expression softened gently.

─Kim Byeong-su: Ha-woon has quite a few heartwarming stories.

─Na Ye-ri: He looks cold on the outside but has deep affection.

─Kim Byeong-su: Oh~ Then, let’s see the next one.

Im Hae-jun’s Underground Tunnel Hibernation

VS

Kang Hyeon, Single-handedly Blocking Seer’s Army.

─Na Ye-ri: Ah~ Hae-jun was really cute then. But still, it’s Kang Hyeon.

─Kim Byeong-su: Kang Hyeon was really fast then.

As they continued the ideal type world cup, at some point.

Click.

Two scenes appeared side by side on the screen.

Clone Seol Ha-woon, About My Principles

VS

His Final Monologue

─Na Ye-ri: Whoa!

─Kim Byeong-su: Wow, this is.

Both Na Ye-ri and Kim Byeong-su were greatly surprised and covered their mouths. Goosebumps also shot up Lee Si-ah’s spine.

“This is the finals matchup.”

The chat window went crazy too.

-Crazy

-Wow

-Wow

-Crazy lol

-Wow

-Crazy

-Wait but the bracket lol

-Still, isn’t the monologue more of a famous scene?

-Just put both up

─Kim Byeong-su: Wow, I got goosebumps. How, how did they end up matched like this?

Bok Mal-ol speaking his principles while shooting Dale and others dead, My Principles.

Bok Mal-ol accepting his final moments, His Monologue.

Na Ye-ri let out a deep sigh.

─Na Ye-ri: I cried watching this too. Even drama filming got cancelled in the middle.

─Kim Byeong-su: Oh really?

─Na Ye-ri: Yes. Everyone took a break to watch Mitamnan.

“…Even thinking about it now.”

Bok Mal-ol and Je Mal-ol are 99.999% identical. That’s why Bok Mal-ol destroyed himself.

If he had been even 1% different from the original, he wouldn’t have made that choice.

For Lee Si-ah, it’s a crying button.

─Kim Byeong-su: Honestly, both should be put up, but I think this monologue scene had more of an ending feel. That kind of explosive power.

─Na Ye-ri: Yes… The words about being prepared to give up what’s most precious still ring in my ears.

They sent his final monologue up, and next was.

“I am right.”

VS

Kate, The True Worth of the Destroyer

─Kim Byeong-su: Je Mal-ol appears!

─Na Ye-ri: Haha. This is when Seol Ha-woon became Je Mal-ol.

They continued the ideal type world cup like that and stopped at the round of 16.

─Kim Byeong-su: Alright, since the live broadcast is starting soon, we’ll stop here. We’ll continue the rest with live commentary with Ye-ri.

Smart. He’s planning to maintain viewers and continue content even after the live commentary ends.

This is how you become number one in the streaming world.

Lee Si-ah admired this while turning on the TV.

┌─Labyrinth Exploration NaN─┐

The opening shows rocket ships soaring beyond Earth.

Kuguuuuuuu───!

They escape to the moon with thunderous roars. The real Seol Ha-woon, Kang Hyeon, Im Hae-jun, Yoon Hwa-rim and others aboard are shown in sequence.

─Kate: ….

It’s Kate. Inside the rocket, she gazes wistfully at Earth being destroyed by nuclear missiles.

The camera also shows the small blue planet.

-Wow, shit

-But this is really amazing, how do they film this?

-Ah, this reminds me of last week, damn

-Come back, Bok Mal-ol..

-You’re right, that’s not how it works ㅠㅠ

-Fucking bring him back to life

-He’s a Labyrinth Person

-Labyrinth person my ass lol Fucking save them

-I won’t forget you when your legs were intact..

-That dead Bok Mal-ol is probably more precious than tens of thousands of those damn bastards combined

-Kate’s probably feeling like shit too lol

-Kate, that’s totally fake acting lol. She’s a famous troublemaker even among the Hailford family.

-The slaves were so fucking jealous lol when they don’t even have the courage to die themselves

-The Hailford Family itself is basically a group of psychos, but the kids don’t know anything. Especially the slaves

-This was truly a legendary episode.

-I really miss Bok Mal-ol….

The viewers’ reactions have been incredible since the opening.

At this rate, it’s going to explode again.

─Kim Byeong-su : Wow, 100,000 people are watching. Thank you. It’s all thanks to Ye-ri.

─Na Ye-ri : Oh come on. What did I do?

Byeong-su’s live commentary had already surpassed 100,000 viewers, and Silt was dominated by Mitamnan even before the main broadcast started.

“Phew….”

Lee Si-ah also loosened her wrists, preparing to seriously pump out memes.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————