Serena and the Mysterious Labyrinth - Chapter 314

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314. It Was Actually Dangerous

Kwaaaaang-!

A thunderous roar echoed from outside the mountain hut and the entire hut shook.

“Aaaah!”

“Your Highness!”

Count Alpha wrapped Serena and Sesi in both his arms. Serena instinctively cast a mana field spell.

After hearing the story about nearly being buried alive on the 11th Layer, Grey had wielded his skull staff at Serena, saying he would engrave the instinct to cast mana field first without question when in doubt.

Because of the excuse that it was for the Princess’s life, Philia had turned a blind eye to the Old Man’s violence.

If she let her guard down, she’d get hit on the head by the skull, which was annoying and infuriating, but sadly the effect was certain.

Following the attack of the red mole that was five times faster than other moles, she had cast mana field like this again now.

Creak.

While the three who maintained their reason during the mysterious explosion huddled together, Ying finally opened the mountain hut door.

Serena swallowed dry saliva.

‘Let’s just find out the cause of the explosion and die. First, I’ll interrogate Low.’

Serena harbored deep resentment toward the Hunter.

He had said that since mountain climbing itself was high difficulty, there wouldn’t be any fighting with monsters. Bullshit.

There was a Ghostly Voice doing voice phishing, and now even mysterious explosions were happening.

Like all labyrinths, the 10th Layer was truly a dangerous area where dangers lurked everywhere.

“Is everyone okay?”

While Serena was grinding her teeth, the voice of the Mysterious Stranger who had made her grind her teeth came from outside.

Though Low’s voice carried emotions of concern for the party, the people inside the mountain hut weren’t fooled.

‘This damn fake ghost is still doing voice phishing even though the door is open? This won’t do. I’m going to catch you and kill you.’

Serena, tormented by voice phishing, resolved to fight the Ghostly Voice to the death.

Ying, completely bewitched by the Ghostly Voice, spoke to the ghost outside the mountain hut.

“Sorry. I dozed off.”

The Ghostly Voice continued speaking in Low’s voice.

“A Ghostly Voice appeared! It was really dangerous!”

It even imitated Hana’s voice.

“Sesi! Princess! Knight! Is everyone okay?”

The Ghostly Voice seemed intent on mocking the party until the very end.

The Princess’s single eye became bloodshot from being forced to stay up all night on the cold snowy mountain. As Serena gritted her teeth, three ice arrows formed around her.

“You’re supposed to be dead, so die again!”

Serena fired three ice arrows in succession at the mountain hut door.

“Hyaaaak!”

The Ghostly Voice cried out in Low’s voice in surprise, then avoiding the frozen area where the ice arrows hit, put its hand inside the mountain hut and waved it.

“It’s me! I chased away the Ghostly Voice!”

Serena didn’t respond. She couldn’t survive in the treacherous Royal Palace if she fell for such shallow tricks.

But somehow Low’s hand looked too clear. Serena wondered if she was seeing wrong because her eye was tired and rubbed her good eye. The Hunter’s hand was very clear and vivid.

“Does that hand look clear to just me?”

“I can see it clearly too. If I may be so bold, Your Highness also seems to be bewitched by the specter.”

“I, I, I can see it well too! Am I bewitched too?”

The three who had become very close overnight embraced each other and grieved.

“Kugh! This is all my fault. I’ll deal with the Ghostly Voice, so Your Highness the Grand Princess should take Sesi and escape to the Teleportation Room!”

Count Alpha rose resolutely, holding a magic axe that could attack specters. Sesi clung to Count Alpha’s waist and cried.

“You can’t go, Knight! Your wife and child are waiting, you can’t go!”

“Sophie would tell me to fight! The child would want their father to be brave!”

“Waaah! But you have to listen to the child too!”

Count Alpha, holding his axe, charged toward the mountain hut door like a wild boar. He was trying to clear a path for Serena and Sesi.

‘Count Alpha! I won’t forget your chivalry!’

What was happening now, as well as the conversation they had last night, would all become nothing. But Serena would remember it all and never forget.

Serena rushed out of the mountain hut like Count Alpha. She wanted to see the face of the voice phishing ghost.

The Princess, who had been running with all her might, crashed into a solid wall. When she checked in surprise, it wasn’t a wall but Count Alpha’s back.

‘Did we lose to the Ghostly Voice after all! Aren’t Imperial Citizens’ mental fortitude too weak?’

Prince Willow and now Count Alpha too. Serena was secretly looking down on Imperial Citizens’ mental fortitude when Hana popped out from beside Count Alpha, who blocked her view like a giant wall.

“Princess! Are you safe?”

“Huh?”

“Oh my~ Thank goodness you’re safe! I chased away that damn Ghostly Voice!”

It wasn’t just Hana. A Hunter as massive as the Imperial Knight also came out and kept rubbing Baldy.

“I didn’t know a Ghostly Voice would appear! If I had known, I wouldn’t have gone hunting separately! I’ve truly committed a mortal sin!”

Serena was dumbfounded and observed the Hunter and pickpocket. She even tried touching them.

Hana’s head was warm and soft. Low’s head was warm and rough. Both had substance and were alive.

“Huk, I don’t want to be left alone! If we’re going to be bewitched, it’s better to be bewitched together!”

Sesi, who had run out of the mountain hut crying, also spotted Hana and blinked.

“Sister Hana?”

“Sesi! Thank goodness you’re safe! I was worried!”

Hana, who had been quietly enjoying the Princess rubbing her head, ran to Sesi.

Hana embraced Sesi. Sesi was so dumbfounded she couldn’t say anything, but soon realized her sister was alive and tears fell from her bright blue eyes.

“Huhuhuuung. Sister! I was scared!”

“I was worried too!”

“A ghost! A ghost spoke in sister’s voice, huhuung!”

Sesi’s tension released upon seeing Hana, and her body strength seemed to drain as well as she sat on the ground and wailed. Hana embraced and comforted such Sesi.

“Everyone, are you alive?”

Count Alpha, still not having dropped his suspicion, gave Low a suspicious look.

Low, who had been silently lowering his posture and entrusting his bald head to Serena, straightened his back.

“Are you still suspicious? Just how long have you been tormented by the Ghostly Voice?”

“Since yesterday.”

Ying, who had been standing in front of the mountain hut door, answered briefly. Serena turned her head so quickly that her hair whipped her face as she looked at Ying.

The Archer had both eyes open. His characteristic deep, dark, and black pupils were very clear and filled with faith in the darkness of the Heavens.

There was a will that a lowly Ghostly Voice could never touch, and at the same time.

‘What is this?’

A hundred times, a thousand times more than a lowly Ghostly Voice. No. An evil snake wreathed in sinister flames that would be rude to even compare was coiled up.

The High Priest of darkness, knowing that Serena couldn’t take her gaze off him, bowed his head again.

“Sorry. I dozed off.”

“When did you wake up?”

“When Low chased away the Ghostly Voice with explosive arrows.”

Hana, who was holding and comforting her crying sibling, spoke up.

“I thought everyone would have left since the promised date had passed, but you were all still here, and I wondered if there were monsters in front of the mountain hut. But there was something strange floating around, so I was so scared and surprised.”

“If you’ve been tormented since yesterday.”

Low, who had been apologizing like a sinner all along, changed his expression.

“If you had returned to the Lobby as I said, this wouldn’t have happened. Why didn’t you listen to me?”

‘When you think about it, that’s how it turns out.’

The Princess and Knight had no excuse and didn’t make any. The Hunter made his fierce face even more fierce and raised his voice.

“It’s fortunate I have the magic crossbow I got from the Labyrinth! Without this, I couldn’t have chased away the specter and something terrible would have happened! There would have been trouble!”

Thanks to that, he had also lost one high-grade magic stone.

She had planned to scold the Hunter when she met him again, but instead Serena was scolded by the Hunter.

Serena, who had been quietly listening to Low’s worried anger, felt slightly rebellious.

“Though it was dangerous with Ying dozing off, we were holding out well. Since we held out for so long, dawn broke and the Ghostly Voice would have left too.”

“Sigh.”

Low let out an exaggerated sigh. Serena narrowed her brow and Count Alpha’s eyes widened too.

Low hunched his broad shoulders at the change in expression of the two distinguished individuals and pointed toward the cave entrance.

“It wouldn’t have been that easy. It’s been daylight for quite some time now.”

Serena and Count Alpha’s gazes followed Low’s fingertip toward the cave entrance.

The Imperial Knight’s eyes widened more than when Low had been rude to the Princess. Serena’s brow furrowed even deeper.

‘It’s bright? It’s not even morning, it’s daytime!’

No wonder morning hadn’t come. It wasn’t that she kept feeling sleepy and the night felt long because of the ghost’s ability. It had been daylight for quite some time.

If it was daylight, why hadn’t the Ghostly Voice left and continued to target the party?

The Hunter deduced the reason.

“As you can see, this is a cave so light doesn’t come in and it stays dark continuously. That’s probably why the Ghostly Voice kept holding on.”

At the Mysterious Stranger’s clear explanation, Ying, who had suggested they hold out until daylight, apologized again.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t think of this.”

“Huhueng, then. Hueuk. Even if we kept holding out like Ying said. If Hana and that big guy hadn’t come, we would have died, right?”

Ying, who had already apologized three times, couldn’t say anything more.

Low defended Ying, who was both a colleague in the same industry and an acquaintance.

“Honestly, who would have known a Ghostly Voice would appear on this layer? It’s because it was Ying that she immediately noticed and told us how to hold out, so we managed to endure. Without Ying, we would have responded to the Ghostly Voice right away and it would have been over.”

Serena acknowledged that point as well.

‘Though it’s regrettable that I dozed off.’

If she had joined the conversation, she wouldn’t have dozed off. She deeply regretted falling asleep and being enchanted by the Ghostly Voice.

“Look at me. This isn’t the time for this.”

Climbing the snowy mountains earnestly and then chasing ghosts seemed to be tough work even for an experienced Labyrinth Adventurer, as Low tapped his own cheeks.

“We caught the musk deer and confirmed everyone is safe, so let’s withdraw quickly.”

Low threw the musk deer and the party’s belongings from the mountain hut into the Teleportation Room.

The aftermath of being awake for one night and half a day hit them belatedly. Serena, Count Alpha, and Sesi kept yawning from the overwhelming drowsiness.

“Don’t fall asleep and go into the Teleportation Room first! We’ll take care of the luggage.”

Hana and Low, who would be more tired than the four who had been at the mountain hut due to hunting and mountain climbing, moved busily.

“Don’t forget the deer head!”

“Right! I almost forgot! Good memory!”

“Heheh, I don’t forget things for my siblings.”

They also took the White Deer head that had been buried in snow to prevent it from rotting. Serena confirmed that all party members had entered the Teleportation Room and selected the 1st Floor with half-closed eyes.

“Lady Serena! Welcome back. My goodness, how tired must you be that you can’t open your eyes?”

Indeed, her eyes kept closing, making Heuji Jeolmi’s beauty appear blurry.

Only the remaining group was left in the lobby. The garden group apparently hadn’t come up to the 1st Layer yet.

“Manager, please store this head in the ice box.”

“Yes.”

“Miss Lavenda, it’s heavy so I’ll carry it. But what on earth happened? Sirius, this is the first time you’ve looked this tired since the bounty was placed on your purity!”

Count Alpha raised his hand. The Prince, who had been prepared for painful hugs, joint locks, or additional strength training even if it wasn’t quite right, was startled when his friend’s hand gently patted his shoulder.

“Sirius! Are you really sick somewhere?”

“You’re alive. That’s enough.”

Count Alpha, who had been targeted by the Ghostly Voice, seemed moved to be facing his living lord.

Serena walked toward the Capsule Bed half-embraced in Philia’s arms, thinking.

‘If I had responded, whose voice would the Ghostly Voice have used?’

Philia was definitely confirmed. Though she didn’t want to admit it, it probably would have mimicked her sibling’s voice too.

Other maids or knights whose life or death was unknown. It might have somewhat mimicked Count Randy’s voice as well.

And.

‘What was Mother’s voice like?’

Since the Crown Princess refused to speak directly with Serena, the mother’s voice that Serena remembered consisted only of voices conversing with others, screams mixed with resentment, and crying sounds.

What would it have been like if such a mother had called Serena gently?

Since she was already dead, would she have been tempted thinking it was her real mother’s spirit calling? Would she have opened the door hoping that since she was dead, she had escaped from the mental illness that tormented her in life and returned to her right mind?

‘This won’t do. I’m too sleepy.’

Being sleepy made her keep thinking strange thoughts. Serena entered the Capsule Bed without even washing and closed her eyes.

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