Labyrinth Exploration 101 - Chapter 73

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Labyrinth Exploration 101 Episode 073

Die With a Smile(3)

The day Mitamnan episode 6 aired. After taking a shower, I sat on the sofa.

The C-Tier Room has various new furniture, and this sofa is one of them. It’s better than most beds, so I really like it.

I’ll remember the brand and get one later when I make money.

┌──Labyrinth Exploration NaN──┐

Just then, the commercials end and the opening begins.

Ring ring. My smartphone buzzes. Whenever it’s broadcast time, messages suddenly come flooding in.

[Lee Mae-jun: Hyung, episode 6 has started airing!! Watch the live broadcast!]

[Lee Mae-jun: I must have been really active too lol looking forward to it hahaha]

[Lee Jun-ho: Seems like we’ll be the main characters this episode?]

[Seo Ji-woo: Hey, you know what.]

[Seo Ji-woo: This dragon scale is good stuff, right? I went to the Mage Society to show it off? Someone told me to sell it but I trusted you and didn’t sell it??]

[Seo Ji-woo: But that price is insane;; I’m only telling you this but they offered 500 million?? Does that make sense?? Wouldn’t 500 million be worth selling for?????????]

Seo Ji-woo apparently went to the Mage Society during her day off. Being an elite from Magic School, the quality of her connections is completely different from mine.

I lay down and watched TV without replying.

─Thud.

Seo Ji-woo collapsing in the snow field. Behind her, a wolf gets up and heads somewhere – that’s the opening scene.

─Wolf: Grrrowl.

“…Don’t think subtitles are necessary.”

Anyway, the wolf walks alone through the snow field and stops in front of some man.

His face isn’t visible yet, hidden by a hood.

─Wolf: Grrrowl. Grr. Grrrowl.

The wolf places its front paws on the man’s shin. It even acts cute as if asking him to follow. The man stares intently at the wolf, then nods and follows behind it.

Step by step. Step by step.

The camera angle cleverly hides my legs and walking stick.

-looking forward to this

-must be Lee Jun-ho?

-isn’t it Kang Hyeon?

-who is it really;

-ah just show us the face ffs

-no but where did that wolf even come from?

Before long, the man and wolf reach Seo Ji-woo buried white in the snow. The man’s legs first kneel down at that spot piled up like a grave, and the most decisive evidence─the walking stick presses deep into the snow field.

Finally, the camera rises to show ‘that man’s’ face. Under the parka hood, two eyes shining coldly.

─Seol Ha-woon: ….

-wow it was Seol Ha-woon

-wow amazing lololol

-wow

-wow

-ffs

-it’s Seol Ha-woon again??

Single-character SilTalk messages scroll up incredibly fast. It’s quite an enthusiastic reaction.

Seol Ha-woon loads Seo Ji-woo onto a wooden sled that carries food supplies and returns to the cabin with the wolf.

-of all people, Seol Ha-woon lol

-it’s cold outside lololololol

-came to get her because it’s cold outside lol

Arriving at the cabin, Seol Ha-woon places Seo Ji-woo on the bed and glances at the wolf.

─Seol Ha-woon: …What are you.

─Wolf: Grrrowl.

-lol they surprisingly suit each other lol

-not really; they don’t suit each other; Seo Ji-woo is way too good for him;

-don’t you mean he suits the wolf?

-is there something that’ll ruin Ji-woo’s life

And then, scene transition.

─Im Hae-jun: Snore… Snore….

It’s Im Hae-jun. Im Hae-jun just sleeps in the underground tunnel. In a way, he’s smart. The simplest method can be the most efficient.

But when exactly is he going to be active?

Im Hae-jun’s screen time ends in 7 seconds.

After showing other explorers through cross-editing, it’s back to Seol Ha-woon’s cabin.

Seo Ji-woo is greedily slurping soup.

─Seo Ji-woo: I’m grateful but… um, can I ask why you saved me?

─Seol Ha-woon: Your necklace. That’s what turned the dead wolf into a familiar. You’re using it without even knowing what you’re wearing.

The conversation between the two is moderately edited, but there’s a strange atmosphere flowing in SilTalk.

-ooh~

-there’s only the two of them in the cabin lol

-Seol Ha-woon really is someone who shows favoritism though. He’s only nice to Seo Ji-woo

-he said it’s too cold outside to leave her out there~

“…What are they talking about.”

It was absurd from my perspective, but I suppose it might seem that way from the viewers’ standpoint.

─Seo Ji-woo: Then~ how should I express this gratitude?

─Seol Ha-woon: Forget the gratitude and just go.

Seo Ji-woo and Seol Ha-woon. I quietly stare at that screen.

Watching from a third-person perspective at some distance, the flow of conversation feels somehow familiar.

─Seo Ji-woo: …No! I’ll become your escort knight. If things go wrong, you can abandon me right away. I’ll sacrifice myself.

─Seol Ha-woon: Before talking about escort knights, fix your speech first. What’s the age difference between us?

When I first met Seo Ji-hyuk.

It was similar to that time.

That bastard who stubbornly, persistently approached me when I was suffering from eighth-grader syndrome or whatever and trying to distance myself from the entire world.

─Seo Ji-woo: It’s only 6 years difference.

─Seol Ha-woon: How is that “only”? Did you meet at some construction site?

-Hahahaha

-Hahahahahaha

-What’s with this old-timer moment;

-How is that being an old-timer, you idiot? With a 6-year difference, of course you should use formal speech. Seo Ji-woo is the one with no manners

-Hahahaha

-Just watch it for fun lol it’s just funny

While “ㅋㅋㅋ” appears in casual conversations, some people still find it uncomfortable. What could be so uncomfortable about it?

Anyway, Seol Ha-woon accepted Seo Ji-woo into the cabin.

Several scenes of the two spending daily life together, many explorers each surviving, or failing to survive and failing, quickly flow by…

─Jin Ho-seung: Excuse me! Over here!

A-tier warrior Jin Ho-seung appeared.

No, a Labyrinth Person wearing Jin Ho-seung’s skin.

─Jin Ho-seung: By any chance, could you help us?!

It’s a scene from Jin Ho-seung’s perspective, showing him waving and running toward Seo Ji-woo and Seol Ha-woon.

The opposite POV is quite refreshing.

─Seo Ji-woo: Oh? Jin Ho-seung

─Jin Ho-seung: Ah, Ji-woo! Thank goodness. We needed a mage. One of our team members is badly injured right now.

─Seo Ji-woo: We should go right away!

I sat up. This was the important part from now on.

─Jin Ho-seung: Please come in.

Seol Ha-woon and Seo Ji-woo entered Jin Ho-seung’s dwelling, where they met Lee Jun-ho.

Lee Jun-ho’s eyes widened.

─Lee Jun-ho: Ji-woo, why are you here?

─Seo Ji-woo: Why? They said someone was badly injured.

─Lee Jun-ho: …Yeah. Injured. I accidentally cut him. At night. I thought he was an enemy.

The past is inserted like a flashback. Lee Jun-ho cutting down someone without realizing it, obscured by a raging blizzard.

─Seo Ji-woo: What? Are you crazy?

─Lee Jun-ho: I know. I must have gone crazy for a moment.

While the two are talking, Seol Ha-woon gets a close-up.

His two eyes somehow darkly sunken. The camera meaningfully follows Seol Ha-woon’s sharp gaze.

Jin Ho-seung’s party’s ‘left hands’. Seol Ha-woon looks at their left hands one by one, and the camera sweeps over the left hands.

Ominous background music plays thickly.

-What is it

-Something suspicious

-It’s not suspicious, that guy always acts like he knows something. Always acting like he knows everything. What does he know so well?

-Why is the person above so jealous?

-Looks like they’re getting their main base pushed back by Seolhaun lol

Suddenly, Seol Ha-woon took out a cigarette pack from his pocket.

─Seol Ha-woon: I’ll just go smoke a cigarette.

─Lee Jun-ho: Oh, you smoke? How, how many do you have? Can I borrow just one, just one?

─Seol Ha-woon: Follow me.

Cigarette time. The two went outside and stood quite far apart.

Seol Ha-woon pretended to hand Lee Jun-ho a cigarette while speaking.

─Seol Ha-woon: Listen carefully.

─Lee Jun-ho: …But why do you keep speaking informally? You think I want to use formal speech all the time?

─Seol Ha-woon: (withdrawing the cigarette) Hmm.

─Lee Jun-ho: Getting close through this opportunity might not be bad either.

Lee Jun-ho surrenders to the cigarette, and Seol Ha-woon states his deduction.

─Seol Ha-woon: 85-90% of the world’s population is right-handed. It’s not wrong to say 90% are right-handed. But all four of them over there are left-handed. While all four could be right-handed, all of them being left-handed is too strange, isn’t it?

The left-handed deduction. I watched the real-time chat with narrowed eyes. The reaction was heated in various ways.

-What about left-handed people?

-That bastard really acts like he knows everything all the time

-I’m not pretending to know, I actually know lol You still don’t believe Seolhaun?

-Always right~ Mr. Know-it-all~

-Why does that bastard Seol Ha-woon look down on left-handed people? He’s suspicious of left-handed people.

-Really a lot of weird people.

-Yeah, no matter how much you guys complain, Seol Ha-woon’s debut team spot is confirmed~

┗What bullshit lol Who votes for a crippled psycho like that? Only idiots would vote for him lol

┗You’re the one talking bullshit lol Seolhaun’s homepage voting is in the top 20 lol It’s been like 150 years since she shot up from 96th place to the top 20

-Recent reason Seol Ha-woon gets attacked for no reason: He was 96th but started taking down the top ranks with pure votes and pure skill. They’re having fits thinking their masters might get taken down too.

└ For real lololol

└Real facts lmaooooo

“…Why are they fighting so much.”

This kind of mockery and quarreling feels unfamiliar.

It was unfamiliar, but I checked the rankings on my smartphone.

I’m really in the top 20. It’s limited to profile voting where only 10 people per account are allowed, and votes can be changed at any time, but I’m at least in the top 20 range.

I feel good for no reason.

On such a good day, I hope they don’t fight….

-That limping bastard is so fucking annoying, wish he’d get shot and die

“What the hell is this guy doing?”

One chat message caught my eye. It was quickly deleted due to accumulated reports, but the pure malice seemed somehow suspicious.

Could this be Kim Du-gyeom by any chance.

─Lee Jun-ho : You’re saying it’s strange that all four of them are left-handed?

─Seol Ha-woon : Yeah.

─Lee Jun-ho : …It could just be a coincidence. Ignoring coincidences gets you killed.

Anyway, the Mitamnan broadcast continues.

Lee Jun-ho dismisses the entire party being left-handed as coincidence.

─Seol Ha-woon : That patient you cut. His heart was beating on the right side.

─Lee Jun-ho : What are you talking about now. Just give me a cigarette please.

─Seol Ha-woon : That guy lying over there as a patient. His heart beats on the right side.

─Lee Jun-ho : …Hah. Look. Hearts beat everywhere originally. They just sound a bit louder on the left side.

─Seol Ha-woon : Then go check it out.

Seol Ha-woon finally hands over a cigarette, and Lee Jun-ho quickly takes it.

Scritch scritch scritch. Lee Jun-ho creates sparks by rubbing his blade against the sword sheath. Seol Ha-woon lights it with a lighter.

─Lee Jun-ho : So, what are you trying to say?

Whew… Just as Lee Jun-ho, freed from withdrawal symptoms, asks more leisurely.

Right at that moment.

─Seol Ha-woon : Those guys. They’re Labyrinth People.

All background music in the screen suddenly stops. The silence of the snowy wasteland is emphasized, and SilTalk becomes hard to read properly. The text just rushes up like some kind of pattern.

─Lee Jun-ho : …Labyrinth People?

─Seol Ha-woon : Yeah. If I had to guess, the Labyrinth People are mimicking the eliminated ones. You know about mountain spirits?

The conversation pauses for a moment. The camera slowly pulls back. Both of us and the Labyrinth People’s dwelling are captured in one frame simultaneously. It’s a cinematic long shot. Perhaps thanks to the hazy scenery, SilTalk has calmed down enough that the content can finally be understood.

-Labyrinth People or whatever, it’s like a landscape painting..

-Look at that direction;;

-They’re really going all out with the editing, damn lol

-Both have good proportions so they look great ㅋㅋㅋ

-How tall is Seol Ha-woon? Why does he look so tall?

└188 or something like that, but even that got shorter because of the accident.

And.

-Wow fucking goosebumps!!! I just came back from watching Jin Ho-seung’s individual voting video? If you watch that, he’s just right-handed;;;

└For real?

└Really?

-Whoa I went back and watched it again and it’s true lol Jin Ho-seung is right-handed lololol

-It’s real;; Seol Ha-woon is so sharp;; What kind of person is he?

SilTalk caught fire again.

“…Really?”

I got curious too and accessed the Broadcasting Station website.

I was thinking of watching Jin Ho-seung’s voting video….

[ 502 BAD GATEWAY ]

I can’t connect.

“Wow. It crashed.”

The entire Broadcasting Station website crashed from traffic overload.

I let out a hollow laugh.

Almost simultaneously, a pleasant notification appeared.

[ Recognition Level Up! ]

[ Recognition Grade: 12 ]

[ An additional 60 days of trial version is granted. ]

[ Karma: Grade-up gift is given! ]

[ You acquire a Magic Core. ]

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