Serena and the Mysterious Labyrinth - Chapter 319

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319. Young never die

Ying collapsed.

The archer who always quietly occupied the back of the party and corners of the lobby had fallen and wasn’t breathing. They said her heart wasn’t beating either.

Serena’s heart beat twice as fast as if trying to compensate for Ying’s share.

She could almost hear the sound of blood rushing through her blood vessels like rapid valley water during the rainy season.

“She’s not breathing? Really?”

“I brought a stimulant!”

Lavenda was the first to notice that Ying had collapsed. The Mysterious Stranger was trembling and crying, apparently shocked that the archer had fallen.

“Potions other than recovery potions have weak absorption, so it can be dangerous to give them to unconscious people.”

Instead of the flustered Lavenda, Countess Nex received the stimulant from the alchemist. The countess, who was about to give Ying the stimulant, was startled.

“Her body temperature is low.”

“Her heart still isn’t beating.”

Count Alpha, who had briefly stopped the heart massage to administer the stimulant, placed his hands on Ying’s chest again and pressed down with all his strength.

Serena’s heartbeat quickened. Even though she breathed as if her lungs would burst, she felt suffocated. She couldn’t breathe.

‘Ying is dead? Not someone else, but Ying?’

Among the three labyrinth adventurers in the lobby, Ying had the longest career.

Though unnecessarily taciturn, the people trapped in the labyrinth unknowingly trusted the archer who silently did her job.

The trust people had in the archer included the belief that she wouldn’t die easily.

With a bit more exaggeration.

‘Even if we were all wiped out, it seemed like Ying would survive.’

Zero’s Ying.

A nickname given because, despite her long labyrinth career and countless parties she’d joined, all the parties she participated in had disbanded.

The majority of party dissolutions were due to total annihilation. Since there were many cases where everyone around her died and only Ying survived, everyone saw her as a symbol of misfortune and found her ominous.

But the nickname Zero’s Ying didn’t just imply misfortune.

It was also proof that even when incomprehensible and unbelievable things happened in the labyrinth and parties were completely wiped out, Ying alone survived. It was also proof of her survival ability.

That same Ying had collapsed and died?

Serena couldn’t believe what was happening before her eyes. They say you shouldn’t be surprised by anything in the labyrinth, but she had to be surprised.

“Ying is dead?”

“That’s impossible! Why would Zero’s Zero die!”

“Isn’t she just unconscious?”

“That’s right! There’s no way Ms. Ying would pass away from something like this!”

Serena wasn’t the only one who couldn’t believe Ying’s death.

Olive, Low, and Ralph doubted the words of the people surrounding the archer and stepped forward themselves.

Olive ran over and put her ear to Ying’s chest, Low checked her pulse. Ralph shouted at Ying’s ear to wake up.

Everyone hoped for Ying’s survival. But no miracle occurred.

“Really… she’s dead?”

Still unable to believe it, Olive put her ear to the archer’s chest again.

Low let go of Ying’s wrist and shook his head. Ralph punched the floor with his fist.

“This can’t be! This shouldn’t happen! To pass away so meaninglessly!”

“The great Zero. Not a shadow tiger or dragon, but killed by a mere Ghostly Voice’s instant death attack? No! This really isn’t right!”

Even Olive, who was accustomed to the death of companions, lost her composure and raged at the air. More precisely, it was anger directed at this world, at the labyrinth.

“Sob, it’s because of me. Ms. Ying was covering my ears…”

Lavenda, who couldn’t control her body from grief and shock, spoke through tears.

“Ms. Ying covered my ears. That’s why she was hit by the Ghostly Voice. Sob.”

Lavenda stroked Ying’s cold hand and cried sorrowfully.

In the midst of this, respecting the deceased’s feelings who disliked having her bandaged hand touched, she only touched the unbandaged hand.

“It’s not Miss Lavenda’s fault! It’s all my fault! Because I was foolishly enchanted by the Ghostly Voice!”

Prince Willow, who had been enchanted by the Ghostly Voice and only came to his senses after it was destroyed, quickly grasped what had happened and blamed himself.

Prince Willow sat down next to Lavenda in despair.

“Ying died because of me! Miss Lavenda could have died too!”

“Don’t give up, Will! I haven’t given up!”

Count Alpha continued pressing on Ying’s heart without rest, sharply saying that giving up should only be used when counting cabbages.

Prince Willow rose from despair upon hearing his friend’s rebuke.

“Right, you’re correct! When killed by a specter’s instant death attack, I’ve heard from Grandfather that there are cases where breathing returns if immediate action is taken!”

“That’s exactly it, Will! Do you remember how to do it?”

“Since you’re handling the heart, I’ll provide artificial respiration!”

Hearing the conversation between the two longtime friends, Serena’s startled heart calmed down a little.

‘Is a specter’s instant death attack similar to cardiac arrest? Is there a possibility of revival if artificial respiration is given immediately?’

Prince Willow received disinfectant from Count Randy and rinsed his mouth.

“I have no ulterior motives! If there are any, it’s only hoping you’ll be safe!”

“Shut up and hurry!”

Count Alpha, whose heart had become urgent, barked at the prince again.

As Prince Willow lowered his head to breathe into Ying, her upper body suddenly sat up.

“Ahhh!”

The prince, who was closest to Ying, was startled and fell backward.

Count Alpha, who was next closest, showed off his excellent standing high jump skills with the leg muscles he had trained.

“Undead? Has Zero already become undead?”

“That’s impossible!”

“But this is the labyrinth! Everyone stand back!”

Among the people in the lobby, Olive was the quickest to prepare for Ying’s awakening.

Serena, who had almost fainted when Ying suddenly sat up, refuted the guide’s words.

“She hasn’t become undead. I don’t sense any negativity or death energy.”

As soon as the princess finished speaking, Ying opened her eyes wide.

No emotion could be read in her characteristically deep, dark, and black pupils. Not because there was no emotion, but because her eyes were too deep and dark.

Ying’s eyes swept across the lobby. The archer nodded lightly to the surprised people.

“I was unconscious for a moment.”

Unconscious after dying and coming back to life? Olive grabbed the back of her neck at Ying’s shameless response.

“Unconscious? You just died!”

“I was unconscious.”

“You died! I checked your pulse and breathing myself! That was definitely death!”

Olive raised her voice, apparently quite shaken by Ying’s death.

The other people nodded in surprise because they had witnessed the same scene.

“I’m so glad you’re not really dead! Wahhh.”

Lavenda, who had been blaming herself for Ying’s death, hugged Ying and cried sorrowfully.

“Sorry.”

Ying briefly apologized with a sorry heart. Such a brief sentiment couldn’t appease the shocked public sentiment or escape the guide’s suspicions.

“Tell the truth, Zero!”

“Wahhh, it’s enough that she’s alive. Sob, why are you interrogating her?”

“Miss Lavenda is right! Why aren’t you happy that Ms. Ying is alive?”

At Ralph’s question, Olive snorted and crossed her arms.

“Hmph! She was definitely dead but didn’t die, so it’s obvious! You had a substitute paper doll, right? Or something similar! The great Zero’s Ying is lying because she’s embarrassed about being hit by a Ghostly Voice’s instant death attack!”

Olive mentioned a magical tool that could only be obtained in the labyrinth.

Substitute paper doll. A magical tool that takes the place of the bearer’s death once.

It was a dream magical tool, but unfortunately it had the condition of being limited to use within the labyrinth.

Unlike the paper doll, the substitute scarecrow prevented the bearer’s death once even outside the labyrinth. The scarecrow was truly the greatest treasure that all labyrinth adventurers dreamed of.

‘They said the Empire’s emperor has several.’

A similar magical tool was passed down to the Huaim Royal Family, but it was destroyed after saving Grandfather’s life during Huji’s tragedy.

‘It was a magical tool that transported you to a safe place when you were in mortal danger.’

So when the landslide swept away his family and friends, Harold II was transported alone to the Royal Palace.

Harold II searched for the queen who had disappeared from his arms, then realized it wasn’t the queen who had vanished but himself, and let out a cry of anguish.

“Answer me! You secretly stashed away some paper dolls, didn’t you? You’re lying because you’d be embarrassed if caught!”

“No.”

“What do you mean no? Hey, the Princess cares for you so much, yet you were hoarding paper dolls planning to live alone?”

One eyebrow of Ying, who sat with an expressionless face, twitched.

“Really, no.”

“Then how did you die and come back to life? Did the Deity of Darkness resurrect you or something?”

Ying’s other eyebrow also twitched. The Faithful Servant of Darkness narrowed his brow and stared intently at Olive. It was the characteristic gaze of a priest telling someone to realize their sins and repent.

“I did have paper dolls.”

“Hehe! I knew it!”

“In the bag I put in the vault.”

Ying grabbed his bow that the others had removed from him. The Guide slammed his head down before the Archer who silently nocked an arrow to the string.

“I have committed a mortal sin!”

“If it’s a mortal sin, repay it with death.”

The Archer, who had lost his entire fortune due to Olive’s meddling, finally tried to settle the cost of the bag. Olive blinked her olive-colored eyes and smiled cutely.

“Aww, Zero. It wasn’t on purpose~”

Whether Olive’s charm worked or he was letting it slide because she wasn’t worth dealing with was unclear, but Ying put away his bow.

“Wait a minute. Then what about Ying dying? You clearly said her heart stopped and she stopped breathing too. Bro, you weren’t mistaken, right? Sirius, you confirmed it properly too, right?”

“Of, of course. How could I mistake something like that?”

“Ash is right. I clearly confirmed that Ying’s heart had stopped. Lord Willow too. Oh my.”

Count Alpha was trying to get Prince Willow to confirm that the Archer had been in a dead state, but stopped mid-sentence.

Because Ying suddenly stood up, startling the Prince who fell backward and fainted on the spot.

Lavenda, who had confirmed Ying’s survival, was checking the Prince’s pulse. Even knowing the Prince had fainted from being startled by Ying, she couldn’t seem to feel at ease.

“Woof woof.”

“Duri says Ying was definitely dead too!”

Both human senses and beast senses had indicated that Ying had died. Everyone waited only for the Archer’s explanation.

“Ying. What happened?”

The Princess, representing everyone, told her to explain. Ying seemed to think deeply, then let out a small sigh.

“It can’t be helped.”

“What, do you really have some secret technique?”

Could this finally be when the High Priest of Darkness reveals his identity? With no healer in the party, how convenient would it be if the High Priest of Darkness used his power?

The Princess’s startled heart now beat rapidly with anticipation. After a brief wait, Ying’s elegant lips parted.

“It’s called the Turtle Breathing Technique, you know?”

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