The Granddaughter of Manhyang Escort Bureau Hides Her Magic - Chapter 134

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Chapter 134

 

“Ugh.”

 

Hyeong Daegwang groaned as he opened his eyes.

 

He was sure he had entered his master’s hideout, but everything around him was pitch black.

 

The only thing shining in the darkness was Mugyeol’s eyes.

 

Hyeong Daegwang carefully called out to Mugyeol.

 

“A-are you alright?”

 

“What about you?”

 

From his voice, Mugyeol seemed to be fine.

 

Hyeong Daegwang sat up and pulled his throbbing ankle closer.

 

“I think I landed wrong… my leg feels a bit uncomfortable…”

 

Mugyeol snorted.

 

‘Landed wrong, my ass.’

 

He couldn’t even think to use the Falling Technique and was just flailing around when Mugyeol saved him.

 

If it hadn’t been for Mugyeol, Hyeong Daegwang would have died or been seriously injured from landing head-first.

 

“When did you wake up?”

 

“Wake up? I was never asleep.”

 

Hyeong Daegwang’s eyebrows twitched.

 

Come to think of it, this bastard had been speaking informally to him for some time now.

 

My face value is much higher, I’m the client, and he’s just a courier worker.

 

Just as he was clearing his throat to say something about it, Mugyeol stood up and drew his sword.

 

“Huh! N-no, please continue speaking comfortably. Right? In Murim, the strong one is the elder brother. Of course. Why is this person suddenly drawing his sword?”

 

Mugyeol glanced at Hyeong Daegwang, who was rambling in panic, then thrust his sword into the wall behind him with a bang.

 

The sword infused with Internal Energy cut through the thick stone wall and was sucked in smoothly.

 

After pushing it in until only the handle remained and then pulling the sword out, Mugyeol repeated this process on the left and right walls, the floor, and even climbed up the wall cracks to reach the ceiling.

 

‘What the hell is he doing?’

 

Hyeong Daegwang stared at Mugyeol with his mouth agape.

 

Mugyeol moved skillfully in the darkness where you couldn’t see an inch ahead. He lightly jumped and landed on the floor, then shook his sword clean. The dirt that had stuck to the sword fell off with a pattering sound.

 

“All sides are blocked.”

 

“Ah… well, it is underground, isn’t it?”

 

Hyeong Daegwang muttered, wondering if it was necessary to confirm that so menacingly.

 

“The door is closed.”

 

“What?”

 

“There’s a door in front of us, but it won’t open. Judging by the weight, it seems like they used solid iron as a door.”

 

Mugyeol picked up a stone rolling on the floor and threw it forward. When the stone infused with Internal Energy hit the iron, it made a loud noise.

 

“Didn’t you hear anything from your master?”

 

“I only heard about the location in passing, I don’t really know much either…”

 

When Mugyeol clicked his tongue in disapproval, Hyeong Daegwang got upset and shouted.

 

“What am I supposed to do about something my master didn’t teach me! So we can’t get out of here? Hey, you’re supposed to be incredibly strong. Try it, will you? At least give it a shot.”

 

“I tried.”

 

Hyeong Daegwang had been unconscious for roughly half a si-jin.

 

During that time, Mugyeol had tried to find a way to open the door without touching anything that looked dangerous, but all attempts failed.

 

Neither pushing with force nor cutting through the iron door with sword energy was possible.

 

He had come in here to survive, but now it looked like he might die instead.

 

“Courier worker, light a fire. It’s too dark to see if there’s anything here that could help us get out.”

 

Hyeong Daegwang had started speaking casually.

 

‘If someone made a door out of solid iron, this isn’t an ordinary hideout.’

 

Hyeong Daegwang’s master, the Thousand-Faced Divine Thief, had created hideouts throughout the Central Plains, and before his death, he had given his disciple a treasure map marking the locations of these hideouts. However, he hadn’t told him what was inside them.

 

‘Later, if you think you’re going to die while stealing, try visiting one. Since you learned from me, you probably won’t die if you go in.’

 

‘You probably won’t die? What do you mean by that? What did you do to the hideouts?’

 

Could there be gold and silver treasures that the Thousand-Faced Divine Thief had carefully collected?

 

Hyeong Daegwang twitched his nose with inner anticipation.

 

‘This is where my master used to hide, so surely I won’t die without being able to get out. If I can just find one gold ingot and get out, that would be jackpot!’

 

As he twitched his nose, he caught a metallic scent among the old dusty smells. There was also an incongruously sweet fragrance.

 

Then Mugyeol rummaged through his bundle, pulled out a candle, and struck flint to light it.

 

As the crimson light gently rose, the cluttered antechamber was revealed.

 

Contrary to Hyeong Daegwang’s expectations, no useful items were visible. It seemed the scent he had detected was coming from deeper inside.

 

“There seems to be another door here.”

 

As soon as Hyeong Daegwang finished speaking, Mugyeol carefully examined the wall.

 

“There’s a groove here. Should I press it?”

 

Mugyeol’s instinct told him that pressing here would reveal a path leading inside, but since he didn’t know much about mechanisms, he left the choice to Hyeong Daegwang.

 

“Wait a moment.”

 

Even a slug has its rolling skills, and Hyeong Daegwang, who had also studied mechanisms while learning thievery from his master, got up and took the candle.

 

He limped around the antechamber once.

 

“Nothing looks dangerous. Let’s press it.”

 

As if he had been waiting for those words, Mugyeol firmly pressed the groove with his finger.

 

With a thud, a door opened below where Mugyeol had stabbed with his sword, revealing a path.

 

Unlike the antechamber, the long corridor had Night Pearls embedded all along it.

 

“Our master was wealthy.”

 

Just how many of those precious Night Pearls were there?

 

Whether Hyeong Daegwang was impressed or not, Mugyeol blew out the candle and stuffed it into his bundle.

 

“Lead the way.”

 

“Why? I even injured my leg. What if something dangerous jumps out?”

 

“Didn’t you say you knew something about mechanisms?”

 

“Still, that, that doesn’t mean the package should lead the way! I’m the package, you’re the courier worker!”

 

“So I don’t need to protect you…”

 

‘Protecting the package is what will save me.’

 

Mugyeol recalled Shin Ah’s words and looked at Hyeong Daegwang with displeasure.

 

“Follow me carefully.”

 

Mugyeol picked up a wooden stick from the ground and handed it to Hyeong Daegwang. Since he couldn’t support him, this was the least he could offer for him to lean on.

 

Hyeong Daegwang accepted it awkwardly.

 

The two carefully went inside.

 

And shortly after.

 

“Aaaaaaahhh!”

 

A scream burst out.

 

* * *

 

What appeared before Shin Ah, who had followed the coordinates Mugyeol sent through the Magic Scroll, was a collapsed cliff.

 

Shin Ah quickly assessed the situation.

 

‘This must be the Thousand-Face Divine Thief’s hideout. It looks like the two are trapped inside.’

 

Shin Ah knocked on the iron door blocking the entrance.

 

It was too thick to break through. The cliff made it difficult to carelessly create another path.

 

If it collapsed, the Thousand-Face Divine Thief’s hideout would become a tomb.

 

‘Is Mugyeol okay?’

 

She became anxious since she couldn’t check his condition immediately.

 

‘Should I try using Blink?’

 

Blink was a short-range spatial movement magic that could be used without precise coordinates.

 

However, since it could only transport to places visible to the eye, she couldn’t enter the hideout…

 

‘It might work if I combine Connect and Blink.’

 

What if she used mental control to check the interior, then cast Blink Magic while maintaining that visual connection?

 

It was a method she had never tried before, but theoretically it was possible.

 

Shin Ah spread her Energy Sensing wide to find a creature inside the hideout suitable for Connect Magic among the life forms.

 

Ants, pill bugs, and…

 

“Ugh.”

 

Among all the options, Shin Ah chose a rather plump centipede. It had many legs, so it could move quickly.

 

‘Let’s just think about Mugyeol.’

 

Mugyeol was big in build but still young.

 

‘He must be very scared.’

 

I need to hurry and let him know I’m safe.

 

‘I just need to succeed once. Then I can use Teleport from then on.’

 

If she knew the exact coordinates underground and outside, she could travel back and forth.

 

Shin Ah quietly sat in the Lotus Position and controlled the centipede to crawl through the damp earth.

 

Even in the seemingly blocked underground, there were paths. Paths for insects, paths for air to flow.

 

The centipede moved its dozens of legs diligently.

 

And finally found it, the Thousand-Face Divine Thief’s hideout!

 

Shin Ah, who had confirmed the space that seemed like an antechamber and the corridor leading inward, opened her mouth while keeping the Connect Magic linked.

 

“Blink!”

 

The circle around Shin Ah’s dantian spun wildly, and after a flash of light spread.

 

Shin Ah disappeared just like that.

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