Labyrinth Exploration 101 - Chapter 48

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Labyrinth Exploration 101 Episode 048

Obvious Melody (2)

In a dark room. In a home theater with all settings prepared solely for “Mitamnan,” Lee Si-ah was watching episode 3.

A situation where the entire transport team was in crisis due to the appearance of an Orc Shaman.

At that moment when the extremely heightened tension stretched even the air beyond the screen taut, ringing out very clearly….

──There’s no need for that.

Radio communication.

Lee Si-ah perked up her ears.

──This is Team B. We’ve currently identified Team A’s location.

Seol Ha-woon, whose voice she could now recognize just by hearing it.

Goosebumps rose all over Lee Si-ah’s body, and the screen immediately switched.

[ Ta-da-da-da we love you~ Together with KAS Bank… ]

It was an advertisement.

“Ah, damn it, really!”

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This was the Forest Summit. Among the tall tree branches, there was a man quietly crouched on a hammock woven from magic power.

Whoooosh.

Tree leaves and hair swayed in the blowing wind, and Seol Ha-woon raised his head to stare somewhere.

Eyes gazing into the distance.

Soon he developed a formula on his walking stick. Magic power took the form of a sniper rifle.

-What the??

-What kind of gun is that?

-Damn, that’s amazing; can you do something like that?

-It’s the AEM904 yeah, that’s like an upgraded version of the one from PUBG. Most soldiers never even get to touch one

Lee Si-ah had already seen this formula at the scene—the Situation Labyrinth—but viewers encountering it for the first time were going wild.

Seol Ha-woon spoke into the radio.

─Seol Ha-woon: Since we’ve also recognized the situation from here, we’ll begin more active escort.

The gun barrel pointed toward the distant ground, close-up of the finger placed on the trigger.

Click.

He fired the rifle.

The camera followed the blue mana bullet. The brilliant trajectory split the night sky bright blue, and at the destination it whispered toward was the Orc Shaman.

Crack!

The shaman’s forehead was pierced through. The orc died without even letting out a death cry.

──-

The sniping wasn’t just one shot. He moved his scope and carefully eliminated the distant shamans one by one.

──-

In the dark sky, support continuing like a meteor shower against the grove backdrop.

Somehow it seemed fantastical or fairy-tale-like, as if the Milky Way was falling.

──-

Even within that, Seol Ha-woon remained composed. He didn’t show off or become arrogant. He simply performed his duties without wavering and quietly steadied his breathing.

Gulp.

Lee Si-ah swallowed.

-Wow damn, what the hell is this

-Hahahahahaha

-Really amazing..

-Looks like this character is the main character this episode hahahaha

-He’s shooting from so far away but hitting everything

The reaction wasn’t bad.

No, it was explosive.

─Seol Ha-woon: Bravo 1, Alpha team is surrounded. Advance 500m then prepare fire support.

Seol Ha-woon, having suppressed all the Orc Shamans, gave orders to Im Hae-jun.

─Im Hae-jun: Yes!

Im Hae-jun quickly moved to close range of the cart and shot Split Arrows and Explosive Arrows at the orc horde.

[ Kwaaaaang! ]

The power of the Spell Arrows was transmitted beyond the LED monitor. The surround sound filled the space with sound. Both were products that had been promoted through PPL in Labyrinth Exploration Season 2.

Anyway, thanks to the escort team including Seol Ha-woon’s sniping and Im Hae-jun’s Spell Arrow support, the transport team escaped from crisis.

──Yoon Hwa-rim: Cart is ready!

The cart started moving again.

-No way, someone like that was being undermined all this time;;;;

-You’re absolutely right though hahahaha

-That sniper is so damn cool;

-IONet’s editing is no joke.

The chat messages were moving too fast to even see.

The cargo entered the forest again. From that point on, the orcs couldn’t even get a look at the cargo. It was thanks to the escort team’s guerrilla warfare after understanding the terrain in advance.

Kek!

Grrrk!

Archer Im Hae-jun’s arrows and warrior Ichigo’s surprise attacks, plus Seol Ha-woon’s sniping constantly pouring down from long range.

The orcs couldn’t properly regroup and fell one by one.

“Phew….”

Lee Si-ah also let out a sigh of relief. The progress itself was quite smooth.

But something feels strange.

Ominous, you could say.

The camera shows Yoon Hwa-rim nodding off drowsily. Her eyes are blinking heavily too.

This is… a cliché.

Crash!

“Ah.”

As expected, bad premonitions are never wrong.

The cart crashed into a tree. Yoon Hwa-rim’s eyes snapped open in shock, and the cart’s dashboard was shown in close-up.

[ 0 / 100 ]

Durability 0.

The cart was broken.

Yoon Hwa-rim’s face turned pale. She called for Kang Hyeon with a trembling voice.

─Yoon Hwa-rim: Um… Kang Hyeon, Mr. Kang Hyeon?

Lee Si-ah was worried in a different sense and glanced at the live chat.

-Ah that crazy!@#%@ what are you doing

-This is fucked

-The escort team is working their asses off while she’s sleeping and causing accidents. Seriously brain full of flowers

-Fuck what an amazing elite lol sleeping soundly while transporting cargo elite lol

Public opinion changes in an instant like this.

It was hard to watch, so I turned my attention back to the main broadcast.

─Kang Hyeon: Remove the cart part and drag it with our bodies.

Kang Hyeon’s response was composed, and warrior Lee Jong-soo boldly grabbed the front of the cargo.

He tried to pull it with a heave! but it didn’t budge. Confusion was evident on his face.

─Lee Jong-soo: It’s… pretty heavy.

─Kang Hyeon: Let’s work in pairs, taking turns. One person pushes from behind, one pushes from the front.

─Lee Jong-soo: …Uh, yeah. Right. But this. I think we should probably call the escort team warrior too? Hwa-rim can’t do it.

Kang Hyeon nodded and requested support via radio.

“…Scary, so scary.”

Episode 2’s target confirmed, the next episode 3 terror target was decided.

The public is always looking for someone to throw stones at. It can’t be helped. That’s just how this industry is. The more popular you are, the bigger the buzz, the more painful stone throwing comes your way.

-That Yoon Hwa-rim girl really won’t work out…

-Target confirmed fuck what kind of fight are you even

-Just whatever, former military knows dozens of times better in real combat fuck what elite what, has Ramiere ever been to war?

-Ah really too much,, why is she like that fuck;;

The cargo’s speed slowed down significantly. Thanks to that, the escort team’s hardship became even worse.

They cut down the orcs approaching the cargo as much as possible, but their stamina wouldn’t be infinite.

─Im Hae-jun: Argh! Seriously! There are so many orcs!

─Seol Ha-woon: Bravo 1. Stop complaining and try harder.

Back to Seol Ha-woon’s perspective.

He was up in a tree, radioing with Im Hae-jun while eating something. It was canned combat rations.

─Im Hae-jun: What! Who’s eating something!

Im Hae-jun, who caught the sound, got angry.

─Seol Ha-woon: I’m not eating because I want to.

─Im Hae-jun: It was you, hyung? This is really ridiculous!

-Hae-jun don’t whine so much

-Agree agree so annoying

-But why is he eating that?

-You get hungry when you use magic power

-I’m sure he has his reasons

In reality, there was a bigger reason than hunger.

Not long after, the entire escort team was overloaded, and the transport team was almost all caught up,

Kraaaaaaah──-!

When the orc horde’s roar rushed toward them as their stamina ran out.

──Kang Hyeon. From now on, focus only on my voice.

Seol Ha-woon radioed Kang Hyeon.

Thud thud thud thud thud. The countless footsteps of orcs echoed through the forest. The half-giving-up transport team members slumped to the ground.

As if to encourage them, metal cans poured down from the air.

Hissssss!!

Cylindrical cans. The empty cans of emergency rations that Seol Ha-woon had devoured. They spun on the road surface, scattering smoke. The entire forest area was instantly dyed thick gray.

No one could see anything, nothing was visible. Even to the viewers.

──Orcs rely on sight. We should be able to make it through.

However, Seol Ha-woon seemed unaffected, guiding Kang Hyeon from up in the tree.

──Straight ahead.

35 degrees right turn,

25 degrees left turn,

30 degrees right turn,

45 degrees right turn…

Lee Si-ah was immersed. A situation more cinematic than movies. Sweat formed in her palms, and her eyes focused intently.

──Keep going straight from now on. 100m left.

100m.

In the slowly clearing fog, the explorers frantically pushing the cargo were caught on camera. They all had faces like they were dying.

─Lee Jong-soo: There it is!

Soon, Lee Jong-soo’s shout.

The portal. The cluster of light from the escape route appeared at the end of the forest.

They had reached their destination.

“…Whew.”

Lee Si-ah also belatedly caught her breath.

The transport team on TV sprawled out in exhaustion, and then the cargo team joined them as well.

The person who played the most crucial role in this mission also.

Tap. Tap.

Appeared with the sound of his walking stick.

-He was right all along damn, what a hero

-In the end he was right about everything

You do everything for us lololol so fucking cool

-But is it just me or does Seol Ha-woon seem kind of cold?..

-No but what the hell is Yoon Hwa-rim

-Without Seol Ha-woon it would’ve been a total wipeout ending

-Kang Hyeon soaked in sweat though.. wow..

─Seol Ha-woon : Everyone, you’ve worked hard.

Seol Ha-woon approached Kang Hyeon and extended his hand first. Kang Hyeon stared at his hand quietly before grasping it.

─Kang Hyeon : It’s thanks to the escort team.

The scene of the two shaking hands that had appeared in the still cut. Lee Si-ah felt her heart swell with emotion for no reason.

「A4-B12 Joint Team, Labyrinth Conquest Success」

Their labyrinth conquest was over. It immediately cut to commercials, but naturally it didn’t register in Lee Si-ah’s eyes. The other viewers were probably similar.

“Whew…”

Lee Si-ah was convinced again today.

Seol Ha-woon, he is my number one pick.

If he’s my number one pick, I need to promote him so he can become other people’s number one pick too.

“…”

She connected to the internet world with a quite serious expression.

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│Oh! Hot Topics, The Reversal of He Was Right All Along…│

Seol Ha-woon, who was called the ‘He Was Right’ villain, delivered a plot twist in episode 3. He landed a counterpunch on all the experts and public who mocked his combat experience…

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│He Was Right All Along, The Reason Seol Ha-woon Was Right│

Seol Ha-woon’s practical experience shone in the labyrinth as well. Having been discharged as a UDT sergeant, he’s too young to be called a veteran, but he proved the path he had walked through his actions…

The internet world is quite amusing.

Self-proclaimed experts poured out completely different thoughts and words in text form from last week,

│He Was Right All Along Special│

He really was right.

Actually he was always right.

He was never wrong even once.

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│Summary) Today’s Mitamnan He Was Right All Along’s Achievements│

1. Orc Sniping

2. Smoke Grenade

3. Human Navigation

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“…What’s human navigation?”

The protagonist of communities and SNS is me again this time.

│Looking back now it’s hilarious… The situation from a week ago│

Countless posts and comments that mocked He Was Right All Along last week were captured again and flowed back.

Actually it’s not their fault. The real culprit is the devil’s editing.

│Analysis) The Reason He Was Right All Along Demanded Full Authority│

He Was Right All Along (Seol Ha-woon) is hot these days, but there seems to be a detail that many people didn’t catch about why he demanded full authority from the beginning, so I’m going to let you know.

When Seol Ha-woon was analyzing the scout information, there was something he muttered to himself while reviewing it, right?

What it was.

‘The amount of magic power is too much compared to the number of orcs.’

This is the key. It means the total amount of magic power inside the labyrinth was too much compared to the number of orcs measured by the scout.

The maximum number of monsters inside a labyrinth is determined by the labyrinth’s total magic power. With this amount of magic power, it wouldn’t be strange for there to be more orcs, but the actual number of orcs was only three hundred.

So Seol Ha-woon was convinced there would definitely be other dangers and demanded full authority, and that’s when the legendary saying He Was Right All Along was born.

Actually I posted a similar post before, but back then I got cursed out and it got buried so I’m reposting…

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“…Good catch.”

It’s actually similar to my thinking.

If the total amount of magic power investigated by the scout and the number of orcs had been directly proportional, I probably would have followed Yoon Hwa-rim’s plan. But the discrepancy between the two figures was too large, and I chose a method to deal with variables…

[ Recognition Level Up! ]

[ Recognition Grade: 10 ]

[ An additional 60 days of the trial version are granted. ]

[ Karma: A special grade-up gift is given! ]

[ Magic Coefficient Acquired ]

“Oh?!”

The additional time is 60 days. Does it double starting from the tens digit? Well, it should.

“Ah~ Nice.”

I sprawled out on the bed. I looked at the status windows floating around in the air and blinked.

[ Magic Coefficient Acquired ]

“…Magic Coefficient?”

It’s a ‘special’ grade-up gift. Not just a grade-up gift, but a ‘special’ grade-up gift.

So it must definitely be special.

【Magic Coefficient】◆ Magic Coefficient ◆ Magic Power + 0.5

“Whatever.”

There’s no detailed explanation besides Magic Power 0.5. It seems like they mean I should figure it out gradually.

“…Fine then.”

Anyway, the outside world is more important right now.

I’ll need to hold onto my smartphone for a long time today.

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