Labyrinth Exploration 101 - Chapter 301

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Labyrinth Exploration 101 Episode 301

Our Night(7)

[Area Discovered: Village #29,371]

[Escape from this village within 20 hours.]

A village that even Si-ah finds somehow eerie. While Seol Ha-woon and Eteu examine the interior, a hint appears.

HINT

What doesn’t exist in this village

─Eteu: I’ll take a look around.

Eteu moves quickly like a good subordinate, while Seol Ha-woon just stands there.

-What’s Seol Ha-woon doing lol

-He’s making people work for him

-Can’t move around much, his legs hurt

-lololol

Suddenly, Seol Ha-woon closes his eyes. He quietly draws up his magic power.

─Seol Ha-woon: Haah…

Deep breath.

In an instant, blue shadows spread from beneath his feet, and countless strands extend throughout the entire village.

The camera follows that trajectory.

The entire village is captured in a wide shot.

Residents walking along the roadside,

The swaying of natural objects,

An old man sitting on a park bench,

The playground and children,

A refrigerator in the kitchen,

A pig grunting inside it,

A sardine pie placed on the dining table,

The sardines in the pie blink their eyes and wriggle their mouths.

-What the fuck

-Wow that’s really bizarre

-What is that

-A hint?

-Ah I think I know lol

-Bullshit you know lolol what is it then bastard

-Tell us lol your mouth shuts when asked to speak

-Heh just watch.

-So many fortune tellers here

Seol Ha-woon opened his eyes.

─Seol Ha-woon: Eteu. Come here. I think I know the answer.

─Eteu: Oh, already?

─Seol Ha-woon: Yes. Let’s verify it first.

Seol Ha-woon suddenly conjured mana bullets in the air. Blue particles gathered in countless numbers.

And then.

Kwadadadadada———!

He suddenly fired in all directions. The residents were swept up by the bullets.

“Huk!”

What! While Si-ah and the chat were panicking.

Crack. Crackcrackcrack. The residents’ necks snapped. Though they looked more corpse-like than actual corpses, they didn’t die and turned toward Seol Ha-woon.

“What the hell!”

-Ah lol I get it

-Huh?

-Fuck that’s so gory

-Startled

-Wow

-What is that?

-Why is Seol Ha-woon suddenly acting like a butcher??

The residents neither die nor stop babbling.

-The village festival will start soon, won’t you dance with us? It’ll be very fun.

-I heard there’s a very interesting play at the newly opened theater. Shall I get you tickets?

-There are so many new books at the library. You should definitely stop by if you want to gain wisdom.

Seol Ha-woon uses Simultaneous Fire on the residents again. Their entire bodies are torn apart, but they crawl forward using their limbs to grip the ground. Even the fallen chunks of flesh wriggle.

“Ugh.”

-Have you tried the sardine pie? It’s sweet and fragrant.

-There’s no better place to observe the stars in the night sky. Shall I lend you a telescope?

-I heard the hot spring water behind the village is really good, how about going there to relieve your fatigue?

-What the fuck

-Ah what doesn’t exist in this village = death

-Right, the residents don’t die

-Wow so fucking gross

-Always keep the filter on ㅠㅠㅠ

-Ah fuck I’m gonna throw up

-Guys turn off the filter lol it’s way more fun

-People who turn on filters shouldn’t watch Mitamnan

-Mitamnan filter users = foreigners watching with dubbing

Si-ah hesitated for a moment, but left the filter off.

She had to see exactly what the explorers saw. Yeah.

─Eteu: Ma, Master?!

Before they knew it, residents from the entire village approached them as if surrounding them.

Seol Ha-woon looked around at them and muttered quietly.

─Seol Ha-woon: …What doesn’t exist in this village is.

Cross-editing. Clues flow by in sequence: the pig in the refrigerator, sardines, the forest lush with trees but without a single fallen leaf, and so on.

The answer is clear.

─Seol Ha-woon: Death.

Kwadadadadada—————!

Seol Ha-woon fires mana bullets randomly in all directions. All kinds of flesh and blood spurt up.

─Seol Ha-woon: So we just need to die.

─Eteu: …What? Ah… I’ve been to District 2 five times, but there was no illusion maze like that. You just find hints and then come out-

─Seol Ha-woon: Yes. It’s an illusion. So we need to wake up.

Eteu’s expression hardens stiffly.

-Daarkneess…descending… acrooss….

-Villaage…peopleee…alll….

-Weelcoome…tooo…thiis…villaageee….

─Eteu: But, what if you’re wrong? Y-you could be mistaken!

Seol Ha-woon looks down at Eteu, and his narration flows in deeply.

Of course, I could be wrong. However, the subject thinking ‘I could be wrong’ must not be ‘me’.

─Seol Ha-woon: I observed correctly, so I’m absolutely not wrong.

That’s how mages are. Judging phenomena is not the mage’s role. What must be believed are only the facts about the world.

─Eteu: …What? What does that-

─Seol Ha-woon: Go ahead first. I’ll follow soon.

Snap. As he flicks his finger, Eteu’s sticky bomb explodes.

“Huh.”

The moment Lee Si-ah’s mouth falls open, Seol Ha-woon stares at the camera.

Click.

He places his finger on his temple.

Like that, looking straight ahead with unwavering eyes.

─Seol Ha-woon: I am right.

A famous line that represents not just Seol Ha-woon but all of Mitamnan.

At the same time, he fires a mana bullet without the slightest hesitation.

Bang——-!

-Kyahhhhhhh lololol

-Je Mal-ol sequence lololol

-Kyah damn this is it lololol

-He’s just crazy

-Shit lololol

-lololol this bastard is just a screen time monster

-Pure entertainment GOAT

-There’s a reason he’s 1st place, right?

-Really crazy bastard

-Bok Mal-ol didn’t come out for nothing

-Seol Ha-woon is just always ready to throw himself away

-lololololol really crazy bastard

-So refreshing

-You’re always right..

-Love you hyung damn

-Mitamnan is just this bastard..

-Beginning and end is this bastard

Craaack!

The moment the two experience death, the illusion maze breaks.

Seol Ha-woon and Eteu open their eyes in a different space.

A portal has appeared in front of them.

─Eteu: Wow, phew, phew….

Eteu touches his body here and there, and Seol Ha-woon calmly hands him an experience orb.

─Seol Ha-woon: Well, it’s time to part ways. This is the guide fee.

10,000 experience points. As if it was exactly the amount he needed, Eteu’s face became moved.

─Eteu: …Thank you. Master is my benefactor. I hope we can meet again later… though that probably won’t be possible. Please go all the way to the end. I think Master can make it. Fighting.

Eteu steps into the portal.

Swoosh.

Eteu disappears into the portal, and Seol Ha-woon walks alone, supporting himself with his walking stick.

He pushes open the door leading to the next maze, not the portal.

Creeeeak-

3rd District: The Line

The camera surveyed District 3.

Ahead lay a straight path, but on both sides, skyscrapers faced each other like canyon cliffs in a linear city.

“Wow, look at that scale….”

Lee Si-ah was amazed by the endlessly stretching area of the city.

Tae-woo sat on any bench in Gwanghwamun with his cap pulled down. Mitamnan was being broadcast on the large monitor over there.

You could call it a single-screen theater.

These days, every Friday, wherever you go, there are these giant screens set up. Since people won’t come out because they want to watch Mitamnan, this is how they get them to come out. So now Gwanghwamun shows Mitamnan instead of protests.

─Seo Ji-woo : Ah. What is this now.

The explorers each dig through the District 2 villages. Not every village is like Seol Ha-woon’s illusion maze.

Seol Ha-woon’s was particularly difficult, while Seo Ji-woo’s was a dungeon filled with monsters.

The goal was simple – just clean up the monsters and it’s done.

“…Have you been waiting long?”

Meanwhile, Kim Se-jin arrived. He sat down next to Tae-woo while watching Mitamnan streaming on his smartphone.

“There’s a bigger screen over there.”

At Tae-woo’s words, he put down his smartphone.

“Ah, this is really something. I can’t live my daily life because of Mitamnan these days.”

“Is it that bad?”

“Yes. There are many broadcasting stations calling me here and there, and I spend every day just looking at the community…”

Kim Se-jin glanced at Tae-woo.

“Is it perhaps the fake issue?”

Tae-woo nodded slightly.

“There do seem to be more fakes lately. It’s getting harder to distinguish… You probably don’t worry about being fake yourself, Mage?”

“Because fakes have their limits.”

Tae-woo suddenly held up his smartphone.

“…What is it?”

“MoMo.”

“MoMo? Ah~ That’s the game you mentioned before. But what does MoMo mean?”

“It doesn’t have much meaning. Rather, it’s very simple-“

“Wait. Shh. Mage. This is an important moment right now.”

“…”

Tae-woo’s lips twitched. The two focused on Mitamnan again.

District 3 : The Line

Seol Ha-woon, who entered District 3, stays at a motel.

Room 307.

Inside, he sits quietly, listening to the noise from outside.

Thump thump─

Trudge trudge trudge─

Unnaturally flowing footsteps. The camera shows the outside. Mafia members are gathering one after another at the motel where Seol Ha-woon is staying.

It’s revenge from the Family guys who were turned to ash by Seol Ha-woon’s air strike.

And then, at some moment

Kwaddddddddeuk──-!

A barrage unfolds toward Seol Ha-woon’s Room 307. Bullets pierce through the walls and tear up the motel room.

Pushuuuuuuuk!

Thick gunpowder smoke rises like fog. The enemies who appeared suddenly smile grimly as they aim at that spot, but.

“Mages don’t get hurt by bullets.”

“Tsk. Mage. Don’t spoil it.”

Kim Se-jin glared at Tae-woo.

“…”

Tae-woo silently closed his mouth.

Anyway, quite a few bullets were hovering around Seol Ha-woon. They were caught by telekinesis.

─Family : …What the.

The Family members are flustered, and Seol Ha-woon counts their numbers while holding his staff.

Crackle.

Electric current sparked from the staff.

─Family : Break that staff first!

At that command, some swordsman rushes in and swings a greatsword at Seol Ha-woon, but.

Stop!

The blade halts.

─Swordsman : Guk! Kreuuk! Kreuuuuuuk!

The swordsman struggles desperately to move his sword somehow, but the telekinesis doesn’t budge an inch.

─Seol Ha-woon : Are you a monkey? Just let go of the sword.

Kim Se-jin deliberately turned on his smartphone to check the real-time chat. Tae-woo also glanced over.

-Wow lol

-Hahahahaha

-lol that’s way too much

-Just no match at all

-No but Seol Ha-woon really seems like a real mage

-How is telekinesis that solid;

-The combination and assembly of formula circuits must be incredibly strong.

Crack!

The swordsman’s sword moved on its own and pierced through his heart.

─Family : No, that stupid bastard, uh, hey! Mage!

─Mage : It’s nothing serious.

The mage gathers magic power at his fingertips.

-Hahahahaha he seems like a pretty skilled mage, but unfortunately his opponent is Seol Hawoon.

-You know what? Mages are the profession where skill gap is most fatal

-Yeah, warriors and fighters can win or lose against opponents half a tier to a full tier different depending on their condition, but mages absolutely cannot

That’s correct. A mage’s real combat power is exactly the difference in skill level.

Strong mages always devour weak mages.

Just like now.

Whoooooosh── As the mage was condensing a blue orb,

─Seol Ha-woon: Mages have principles.

Ratatatatata!

The Family members fire their guns at him again, but it doesn’t reach. There’s no way it could reach.

─Seol Ha-woon: You must never reveal your formula to your opponent.

Snap!

The moment Seol Ha-woon flicks his finger, the enemy mage’s magic power is severed. The formula becomes distorted.

Kwaaaaah─!

A blue fireball self-destructs at close range. The mage gets caught up in his own flames and rolls around on the ground.

─Mage: Kraaaaaaak!

-Hahahaha

-So satisfying

-Wow but he can do that just by looking?

-Professor Lee Yun-se also figured out Seol Ha-woon’s formula just by watching.

-This is why you shouldn’t show your techniques to others ㅇㅇ

-But being able to interfere in that split second is also a talent lol

─Mage: Kraaaaaaak!

─Family: …Fuck, what kind of con artist bastard is this?!

To the Family member treating the mage like a con artist, Seol Ha-woon murmurs quietly.

─Seol Ha-woon: They say you only see as much as you know.

─Family: Fuck. Shoot him dead!

The enemies frantically fire their rifles at Seol Ha-woon. However, they are caught by Seol Ha-woon’s telekinesis and flow back in reverse.

Kuk! Keoook! Kuk! Keuuk! Eok!

Multiple death throes follow, and Seol Ha-woon approaches the sole surviving mage.

─Seol Ha-woon: Haah….

He lets out a deep sigh and roughly runs his hand through his hair.

-Crazy..

-Wow;;

-Whoa lol

-Damn, shit lol

-Sexy

-Just insane

-I acknowledge #1 man who suits long hair

-This bastard is just making a movie

-He’s trying so hard to look handsome lol

-No fucking way, he’s literally making a movie all by himself lmaooooo

-So fucking cool..

-So good…

-You should be on New Quiz too Ha-woon

-Crazy bastard, just a fucking crazy bastard, this bastard is insanely crazy, just lol

-Wow fuck hyung

-This bastard is for real

-Human cinema

-Seol Ha-woon is cinema itself

“That’s cool, Ha-woon.”

Kim Se-jin admires, and Seol Ha-woon kneels on one knee to grab the mage’s body. He extends his hand and places it on his face.

Shiiiiik.

The flames of magic power subside.

─Mage: Haah, haah….

Meeting the eyes of a true mage, Seol Ha-woon says something.

His deep and serious voice echoes throughout Gwanghwamun.

─Seol Ha-woon: Now, let’s have a conversation.

Clap clap clap clap-! Suddenly applause rang out. Cheers also arose. It was the people of Gwanghwamun.

People who clapped with laughter instead of protesting, holding light sticks instead of flags.

“It’s more fun watching together.”

Kim Se-jin gestured toward them and pulled out a light stick from his chest.

It was a snow flower-shaped Seol Ha-woon light stick.

“Huh.”

Tae-woo glanced at him as if he was dumbfounded.

…Meanwhile, Kate quietly opened her eyes. Some world spread like an illusion.

It was a desert.

Just an ordinary desert with no borders.

Right there was Seol Ha-woon.

“This is Sergeant Seol Ha-woon.”

He introduced himself like that.

So different from now, young and healthy.

This must be Percival’s memory.

Kate quietly looked at Seol Ha-woon, but before long time passed and the space changed.

“…Uncle Percival.”

Percival appeared.

Kate’s expression softly sank.

“Is this the place?”

He asked someone.

Seol Ha-woon right next to him answered.

“Yes. This is it.”

Suddenly the surroundings brightened. Kate looked around the area.

A world.

Just ordinary, always familiar scenery.

The same Earth. The same landscape.

However, Seol Ha-woon’s answer is a little different.

“It’s a parallel world.”

Parallel world.

…Parallel world?

Kate felt a certain uneasiness.

“Everyone get ready.”

Percival nodded confidently and stepped forward in his military boots.

At that moment, space distorted. A new memory was formed.

On some familiar American street, there was Percival who had stopped while looking at someone.

Kate followed his gaze.

There was──

“….”

She was there.

The child who had been Percival’s daughter, but who had died too early in our world.

Percival, looking at her, had a face as if his breath had stopped.

Much farther than Percival, somewhere quite distant….

Seol Ha-woon.

There was Seol Ha-woon watching Percival, who had discovered his daughter, with coldly sunken eyes.

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