Labyrinth Exploration 101 - Chapter 286

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Labyrinth Exploration 101 Episode 286

Can You Hear The Music(3)

─Im Hae-jun: Haah…

On the smartphone screen, Im Hae-jun from the OTT show Mitamnan lets out deep sighs.

“Haah…”

The real Im Hae-jun watching him also lets out deep sighs.

─Seo Ji-woo: Stop sighing already. Are you crazy or something?

“At that time, sighs were piled up in my heart like a castle. But the labyrinth is real combat, and it was something I had to do.”

It was Im Hae-jun’s own scene commentary.

The staff also filmed him with cameras.

─Seo Ji-woo: Hey. I’m getting a feeling about this place. Get ready.

Monster hunting. The two people who ventured into the field reach a temple-like location.

─Seo Ji-woo: Let’s go in.

The moment Seo Ji-woo takes her first step into the temple.

Kurururung?!

The ground shakes as a massive golem rises up.

“It’s a giant soldier.”

A creature made entirely of blue rock. Red magic power flickers in its two eyes.

“You still remember it vividly, I see.”

“Of course.”

Im Hae-jun showed his confident right profile with a bitter smile. The staff tried hard to hold back their laughter.

─Seo Ji-woo: Wow. This looks like a top-grade golem? We’ll make a fortune if we catch it. Hae-jun, shoot first!

─Im Hae-jun: Yes!

Seo Ji-woo draws out threads of magic power, and Im Hae-jun also pulls his bowstring.

Swaaaaaash-! Whiriririk! Chwaaaaak!

A sound-rich battle scene continues for about 3 minutes. It’s quite stylish, and Im Hae-jun’s movements are agile.

Honestly speaking, they’re not human-like. True to being ranked 1st in the Mitamnan survey for ‘explorer with the biggest gap between skill and appearance.’

“He really moves like a squirrel.”

At one staff member’s comment, Im Hae-jun narrowed his eyes.

“…Isn’t there a better description?”

Im Hae-jun leaned against the glacier.

“Like a wolf or a tiger.”

“Ahaha. Your movements are so light~ Like a flying squirrel?”

“…Hmm. Flying squirrel…”

Im Hae-jun seemed satisfied.

Anyway, Im Hae-jun on screen cleverly targets the eyes and joints, while Seo Ji-woo launches hundreds of threads in a grid pattern to capture the giant soldier.

Groooooo──-.

The creature thrashes its entire body around, but the net doesn’t scatter.

─Seo Ji-woo: …I bind you.

Instead, she amplifies her magic power with an incantation to bind it even tighter.

Seo Ji-woo’s pupils dyed blue, her long hair floating up with a swish.

Seo Ji-woo is also a candidate for mage.

-Wow;;

-So fierce

-Seo Jiwoo is actually a real genius, but there just happens to be some crazy freak who’s off the charts ㅋㅋ

-Why did heaven create Seo Ji-woo and then Seol Ha-woon..

-Lim Haejun and Seo Jiwoo actually make a good match hahahaha

-Seo Ji-woo really is talented

-Wow hahahaha

-Ji-woo amazing;

There was a lot of talk about Seo Ji-woo on KakaoTalk. Im Hae-jun’s eyebrows twitched.

The staff also playfully poked at that point.

“It’s all about Seo Ji-woo.”

“No. There are some here too. Look.”

-Im Hae-jun is elite too though

“Im Hae-jun is elite too though. Really cool. His shooting accuracy is insane. Definitely has potential as a high-ranking archer.”

“…Was it really that long?”

Grooooo──-.

Meanwhile, the giant soldier collapses. It crumbles into blue stone fragments in the middle of the temple.

Kugugugugung…!

─Seo Ji-woo: Phew. Finally caught it.

Seo Ji-woo sits down on the ground, breathing heavily. Her forehead is drenched with sweat. Her magic power consumption was considerable.

─Seo Ji-woo: Whew.

While Seo Ji-woo is tired, glance.

Im Hae-jun looks around cautiously and pulls out a hammer from his back pocket.

-Gasp

-Gasp

-Here it comes

-Finally stealing?

-Hae-jun is going

-Hahahahahaha

-Will he succeed?

-I think it’s going to fail lol

─Seo Ji-woo : Ah, I’m tired. Really… I think I used up all my magic power. I can’t move anymore.

At that moment, Seo Ji-woo leans against a nearby stone pillar and closes her eyes. Im Hae-jun also hesitates.

─Im Hae-jun : ….

“At this point, I actually thought about hitting the back of her head with a hammer. But I thought of a better method… a way that wouldn’t hurt Ji-woo noona.

Im Hae-jun looked at the Im Hae-jun on the broadcast with a sad smile.

─Im Hae-jun : …Then, get some sleep, noona. I’ll keep watch.

“My heart still aches.”

He swept his hair back with a melancholy expression.

─Seo Ji-woo : Really? Can you do it well?

─Im Hae-jun : Of course~

─Seo Ji-woo : Haaaam… Alright. Keep a good watch.

Seo Ji-woo nodded, stretched a wire between the pillars to improvise a hammock, lay down on it, and gently closed her eyes.

-No don’t sleep lol

-You can’t sleep, Jiwoo hahahaha

-Hahahahaha

-That bastard is 100% getting caught

-I think Ji-woo already knows?

Soon Seo Ji-woo falls into a deep sleep.

─Im Hae-jun : ….

The camera closes up on Im Hae-jun’s heart.

Thump─

Thump─ Thumpthumpthumpthumpthumpthumpthump─

The sound breaks through.

─Im Hae-jun : …Whew.

“I’m getting nervous. I wonder if I really have to do this, but there’s no choice. This is the Labyrinth. The merciless, tearless Labyrinth.”

Im Hae-jun keeps narrating his inner thoughts, which is actually quite funny.

“What do the viewers think of me? A cruel and cold thief? The merciless, tearless architect, human cinema Im Hae-jun?”

Im Hae-jun shook his head.

“But I didn’t wish for such things. I didn’t want them either.”

It seems like he really wants it though.

“I was just… fulfilling the role given to me in this life game.”

─Im Hae-jun : This is life, and this is my job. This is my job.

Im Hae-jun mutters to himself and extends his trembling hand. He places his hand on Seo Ji-woo’s forehead.

She doesn’t move at all. Not even the sound of breathing can be heard.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6….

“These are the skill usage conditions. You have to keep your hand pressed against the opponent’s forehead for a full 3 minutes.”

177, 178, 179, 180!

[Skill : Theft Used]

[Seo Ji-woo’s Caring : 20,329,102]

-Wow shit 20 million crazy

-Always came in first place lol

-20 million, that’s insane lololololol

─Im Hae-jun : ….

Im Hae-jun looks at Seo Ji-woo’s face. Her peaceful expression as she sleeps soundly, knowing nothing.

“The days we spent together came to mind. We fought and clashed… but that made it even harder.”

─Im Hae-jun : Haah…

“Ji-woo noona is really a good person.”

Im Hae-jun wrote down a number.

It was exactly 30% of her total assets.

─Im Hae-jun : I’m sorry.

Leaving those words behind, he turns around. He trudges away after coldly betraying Seo Ji-woo.

Trudge, trudge.

“I’m sorry.”

Im Hae-jun tilted his head back with tears welling up. A staff member asked him.

“How was it after the life game?”

“It got a bit awkward, but noona was also a pro. We didn’t say anything to each other about this incident.”

Im Hae-jun looked around at the cameras like a cool actor. His face seemed to say ‘Please curse me for doing something bad.’

But then.

─Seo Ji-woo : ….

Suddenly Seo Ji-woo opens her eyes in the hammock. She quietly looks around.

─Seo Ji-woo : …That bastard. He sure hesitated for a long time, really.

“…Huh?”

Im Hae-jun’s eyes widened.

Seo Ji-woo: There’s no way he wouldn’t know. How could he not know?

Seo Ji-woo’s voice mixed with laughter flows in as narration.

Seo Ji-woo: He really only took exactly 30%. I was prepared to let him take up to half, but what a funny guy.

The real Im Hae-jun froze completely. He stopped functioning with his eyes glued to his smartphone like they might burst.

Seo Ji-woo: When did I find out… Actually, I knew from the beginning. He kept talking in his sleep while sleeping on the motel floor.

‘I’m Im Hae-jun… my job is thief… just wait a little…’

‘Smile for now… the final winner is me… labyrinths are originally like this…’

‘Seo Ji-woo… caring… only 30%… steal… 50% is too much…’

Seo Ji-woo: But, well, I understand. He did enough work to deserve taking that much. Thanks to him, I wasn’t bored either.

The staff turned on two more cameras. They filmed Im Hae-jun from various angles.

Great shock, shock, astonishment. His face filled with all kinds of emotions was incredibly cute.

Seo Ji-woo: I hope Hae-jun does well. I don’t have a younger brother, but I wonder if this is how my older brother felt when he looked at me.

“…”

For a moment, Im Hae-jun’s nose sniffled.

From the PD’s perspective, this was a very good sign.

Seo Ji-woo: That much, Hae-jun is a good younger brother. I think it’s his talent. No matter what he does, you can’t hate the kid.

Again, the field where sunlight settles. Seo Ji-woo looks up at the sky and speaks.

─Seo Ji-woo: Live well.

The smile she makes while saying this is blue. Clear and pure like her blue hair and blue eyes.

“…”

Im Hae-jun looking at her is dazed. As if extremely flustered, as if he never expected it, his breathing becomes rapid.

Huff, huff, breathing sounds of panic as if he might burst into tears at any moment.

-Wow..

-😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

-Ji-woo;

-ㅠㅠㅠ

-😭😭😭😭😭😭

-Life is friendship

-Even though I know, I still let myself get backstabbed ㅠㅠㅠ

-Really both are so kind and cute

-The person who got tricked while knowing, the person who only took 30% while not knowing.

-Lim Haejun also cutely only took 30% lol

-Ji-woo is really thoughtful too..

-Sigh, the explorers have such a strong bond but the viewers are always trying to drive a wedge between them whenever they get the chance, damn lol

-That person who was really genuinely freaking out just now was disgusting. What was that bastard saying about finding and killing if they steal that.

“…Hic.”

Tears streamed down from Im Hae-jun’s eyes.

“Waaahhh───”

He burst out.

The staff filmed him. It was a good scene.

Waaahhh───

“Wow, he’s really crying while going ‘waaah’.”

“Isn’t Im Hae-jun going to place first in this variety show?”

“It doesn’t seem impossible.”

The crying Im Hae-jun is dramatic. With good editing, it seems like it could become a very emotional and touching variety show.

However.

“We should probably put Seol Ha-woon in first place if possible. He’s really someone the broadcasting gods help…”

I carved formulas into each part of the boat using magic stones as a medium. I granted buoyancy so it wouldn’t sink in water, and strengthened durability so it wouldn’t break in rough currents and storms.

I implemented a formula to control airflow strength on the sail, a formula to reduce water resistance on the hull, and all the elements needed for the boat.

After that, I assembled the parts to complete a wooden boat of appropriate size.

“This should be enough for ten people to ride.”

“Good. Now we can cut this, right?”

“Yes, that’s fine.”

“Ye-jin! First sweep from head to tail completely, then let’s go up. Got it?”

“Yes.”

PD Kim A-rang gave instructions to the staff. The VJs thoroughly filmed every corner of the completed boat.

I watched them.

There’s no worry or concern on their faces. Even though they’re trapped in a magic disaster, there’s not even a trace of worry or anxiety.

Does this mean their trust in me is to this extent?

It’s enough to make me laugh bitterly.

“Cut! We got it all.”

The VJs swept through various parts of the boat for about 30 minutes.

“Then let’s board now. Move all the luggage first. We’ll be eating our next meals inside that boat.”

Seol’s Three Meals continues inside the boat.

“Yes!”

The staff moved busily. They continuously moved filming equipment, food supplies, and emergency supplies to the boat’s cabin. Also, small cameras were installed in every corner inside, and bedding and food supplies prepared for long-term drifting were firmly secured so they wouldn’t shake with the waves.

They also loaded the chickens into the ‘mini chicken coop’ placed in a corner of the cabin.

“You made this kind of boat in one night?”

Jin Yu-ha looked around various parts inside the boat with admiration.

“This is a formula refrigerator, right?”

Lee Je-hoon pointed to the formula box filled with food supplies including fish.

“Yeah. Since we don’t know how many days we’ll be drifting.”

The exact time needed to escape from the magic disaster’s sphere of influence cannot be predicted. We should be prepared to drift for at least 4-5 days.

“Ha-woon. It would be nice if we played room selection games and stuff.”

Kim A-rang seemed to be in a good mood about the broadcast content.

“Yes. That sounds fun.”

Rather, it’s much better for her to act nonchalant like that. If she makes too much of a fuss or despairs too much, even things that could work out won’t work out.

“Then, is everyone aboard?”

I checked the faces of the staff members. They also raised their hands for roll call.

“Good. Je-hoon. Come out for a moment.”

“…Huh? Ah, now you’re just calling me by name…”

I got off the boat with Lee Je-hoon. The two of us walked toward the center of the barrier, toward the walking stick stuck in the ground.

Lee Je-hoon silently stood behind me. He knew what was needed without me saying anything. He lowered his posture, ready to carry me on his back and run at any time.

“When I signal, just get on the boat right away.”

“Confirmed.”

I quietly closed my eyes. I focused on the flow of magic power. Using the walking stick as an axis, I untied the knots of the formula that wrapped around the entire island one by one.

Layer by layer.

Like threads flowing away, they scattered in layers, and at the moment I finally pulled out the walking stick.

───Craaaaaack!

The barrier shattered like glass. The storm that had been suppressed until now roared and poured down.

Then Lee Je-hoon carried me on his back. He leaped up like a spring and threw his body into the boat’s cabin.

Whoooooosh───!

Water sprays rushed in. The house where we had been staying just moments ago was swallowed up in an instant, and the boat was swept away by the current.

Swoooooosh——-

The hull rocked wildly, but thanks to the formula cast over the entire boat, the shaking inside was at a tolerable level.

Rummmmmmmble———-!

The swollen waters had already covered the island’s coastline. The boat was pushed straight out to sea.

“Uwaah”

“Uwaaaaaaah.”

The crew members spun around and around inside.

I hurriedly secured my legs first.

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