Seven stars emerged from all the directions as the dungeon, which had been as light as midday, abruptly grew black due to the stationary sun. Just as he was about to cry out in shock at the abrupt transformation, one of the two stars in the western sky started to glow brilliantly by itself.
Under the starlight, an old woman stood.
Her old and tired shadow reflected the images of people suffering from the plague. In Yoo-shin had a hunch. ‘This is a sign of destruction.’
-Help me.
A little girl’s whisper rang in Yoo-shin’s mind.
He looked around in shock, but he couldn’t see the person he thought was the owner of the voice. There was only an old woman quietly shedding sad tears.
“Am înţeles.”
Hyeon Gyu-ha spoke while slightly shaking the Hidden Boss crystal he was holding, and the old man placed one hand on his chest as if responding and bowed his waist to greet him politely.
In that way, the world of the dungeon returned to its original state. The moment In Yoo-shin blinks once and opens his eyes, bright sunlight shines down on him.
It seemed like a few minutes had passed, but when he saw the message indicating the reset time, it turned out that less than a second had passed.
“……”
It was not surprising that the crystal stone, which had been fine until just now, had not only become smaller but had also changed into a lump of lumped flesh. He was so shocked that he didn’t have any nerves left to react further.
Hyeon Gyu-ha casually threw the wriggling piece of flesh, with vivid blood as if it had just been slaughtered, into subspace.
“It feels more realistic than watching a movie in 4D, right?”
“....If you inject mana into the crystal stone of the original hidden boss, is that what you will see?”
“It can’t be. It’s a sight that only Yoo-shin and I can see.”
“Is it related to Gyu-ha’s hidden trait? It’s like broken letters.”
“I don’t think it’s a completely useless trait.”
“And the trait of being the king’s illegitimate child?”
Hyeon Gyu-ha shrugged his shoulders as if it was no big deal.
“It’s clear. It literally means that my father is the king. Because my mother wasn’t officially married. The system’s judgment was sorta tricky.”
He didn’t know how much of this was a joke or serious.
His mind was in a confused state. A dungeon break was caused by breaking the rules. Hidden boss crystal stone. A voice calling for help. Hyeon Gyu-ha seemed to know why all these phenomena occurred. Everything, even the abnormality that In Yoo-shin was not aware of.
His lips were trembling. There are so many things he wants to ask that his tongue feels heavy from all the crowded words.
However, there was only one question that In Yoo-shin could barely ask.
“Is that what you said you were looking for?”
“To be specific, this is a phenomenon that appears with an extremely low probability when you inject your mana into the crystal stone of a hidden boss that drops in a specific dungeon. Would you say it is some kind of unique item? I ate it right away because I had good synergy with Yoo-shin.”
“...If I ask you what it is, will you tell me?”
“No.”
Maybe it’s because he confidently refused, but I’m not angry. In Yoo-shin just sighed deeply. His head was so full that he had no energy.
Hyeon Gyu-ha looked down at him for a moment and then moved his lips.
“It’s a name that can only be pronounced here, so I’ll tell you this. The old woman I saw earlier is Spunta Marchi, the saint of Tuesday.”
“Okay.......”
He also met Heoshin Ataveira, so he wasn’t surprised to meet a saint. In the end, the first trip to the dungeon was somehow caught up in Hyeon Gyu-ha’s circumstances.
“Isn’t it because they are wielding it around without providing any proper information?” I think I had a slightly glaring look in my eyes without even realizing it. Hyeon Gyu-ha gently rubbed the area around In Yoo-shin’s eyes with his thumb.
“It hurts my heart to see the glare from Master. It’s because you’re deeply involved, and it’s not good for you.”
“Gyu-ha seems like a really shameless person.”
“Thank you for the compliment.”
He grinned and held out his hand.
“Instead, I will take you home. How should I serve you?”
“Fly in the sky.”
“I’ll definitely take you on a ride, starting with the roller coaster and ending with the gyro drop.”
A short while after.
“Hiiiick!”
“Do you like it that much? You are an honest person.”
“It’s too fast!”
“I’m not talking informally to my Hyung, who is 6 years older than me.”
“It’s too high!”
In Yoo-shin screamed happily as he was thrown and flew around in the sky of the deserted dungeon. The stress was definitely relieved by the thrill, which was more thrilling and realistic than what you can feel at an amusement park.
There were a lot of disturbing things, but in the end, it was a happy ending.
3.
Hyeon Gyu-ha quietly looked down at the lump of flesh placed in both palms. The only difference between the two lumps of flesh with similar shapes and similar complexions was their size. The one on the left is small, and the one on the right is large.
When he brought his hands closer, the flesh moved of its own accord. The writhing lumps of flesh, like living creatures, tangled together and formed a gentle shape, as if they had been one from the beginning.
‘Now there are three pieces left.’
He has been hunting it for 20 years and has only been able to gather four.
Hyeon Gyu-ha, who was looking down with complicated eyes, placed the lump of flesh in sub-space, lay down in the air, and closed his eyes. ‘The coordinates are still twinkling in the corner of my vision.’
If you look closely at the coordinates, it will be most stable if you are close by.
Hyeon Gyu-ha, who was enjoying a satisfying sense of stability, woke up again when he heard the front door click open. I looked out from the roof and saw In Yoo-shin going out. It looks like he’s going out somewhere, seeing as he’s even changed into the sweatpants he used to wear comfortably at home.
‘I was tired today, so I thought I’d rest.’
‘How dangerous is it outside?’ He could never leave the Master alone.
Hyeon Gyu-ha lay down with the invisibility skill applied and slowly flew away, following In Yu-shin.
“6-seya. I will be back. Take good care of the house. Uh.”
“Squeak.”
In Yoo-shin, unaware that Hyeon Gyu-ha was following him above his head, ran down the stairs of his rooftop room. The old house is at the top of a slope. Since he always rode Hyeon Gyu-ha’s bike, walking became unfamiliar to him.
‘It would be nice if the subway station was a little closer.’
Even after leaving the alley, he had to walk a long way to reach the subway station. He was walking for exercise, but it was disappointing. In fact, if it had been near a subway station, he would not have been able to find monthly rent with his meager bank account and annual salary.
Perhaps because it was the last day of the three-day holiday, there were many people even in the middle of the day. A man wearing a cap that was pressed down deeply was walking from the opposite direction and bumped into In Yoo-shin...…… The moment he almost hit it, he suddenly screamed and fell over.
“Aaaah!”
The man’s arm was twisted at a bizarre angle.
“Are you okay?”
Even if you break your arm, it’s right to call 119. While panicking, a few people gathered, and the passing patrol car stopped.
“What’s going on?”
“He suddenly collapsed!”
The police rushed up and helped the man who had fallen. Suddenly, a police officer tilted his head and checked the wanted flyer on his cell phone.
“Isn’t this Park Geun-cheol?”
“What?”
“Look here.”
Other police’ horrified eyes darted back and forth between the man’s face and the wanted poster. The man screamed and was caught trying to run away.
“Ah, fuck! It hurts!”
“Quiet, this punk. My grandmother hasn’t been discharged yet because of you.”
A police officer asked the person who called, while pushing the wanted man who was sick into a patrol car.
“Did you catch the criminal? Are you awakened?”
“No. I don’t know why I fell too.”
“Ah yeah? Is there no damage? It’s a guy who’s a troublemaker, but he’s quite vicious. Last month, the victim was even hospitalized.”
In that sense, In Yoo-shin was in a hurry to look at it, but his cell phone was fine. That was the only item that could be stolen from him. Anyway, he was glad that there was no damage, and he was caught right away. He wondered why his arms broke suddenly; ‘he probably received the curse of the victim.’
The incident ended briefly. As the patrolman moved away, the few people who had gathered soon dispersed. In Yoo-shin also took a step forward.
“Why is that car like that?”
“Avoid it!”
Just as he arrived at the entrance to the subway station, he heard a loud scream. There was a truck that crossed the center line and was speeding diagonally. Squeak! Squeak! Cars kept making sudden stops and the road quickly became congested.
Right before the speeding truck hit the sidewalk where In Yoo-shin was standing.
“......!”
The truck stopped abruptly as if it had hit an invisible wall. In an instant, the engine stopped and even the wheels that had been idling for a long time became quiet.
Only then did the people who were frozen in embarrassment breathe a sigh of relief. In Yoo-shin also stroked his pounding heart. It almost caused a really big accident.
“Wow, I thought something really big was going to happen.”
“But how did it suddenly stop right before entering India?”
“Hasn’t the Awakened stopped?”
People looked around, taking videos with their cell phones, but at this point, they showed up boasting that it was all thanks to them.
People looked around, taking videos with their cell phones, but there was no one in sight who was supposed to be showing off and boasting that it was thanks to them.
The driver, who had fallen unconscious, was rescued from the truck by police and paramedics who arrived late.
‘Today, even a spectacle has happened in broad daylight.’
His startled heart could hardly calm down. In Yoo-shin was watching his surroundings, then sneaked into the alley behind the store and took a few deep breaths. “Hee, hee, huu.”
It calmed down.
Of course, he was saying this because I Heard that Park Seung-gi was the only one in the lab room today. Park Seung-gi opened the door, looking like a swarthy zombie, and gestured.
“Rest area.”
He barely uttered a single word and followed him languidly. It was only after refilling his coffee in a quiet lounge that Park Seung-gi returned to his somewhat human appearance.
“What about other people? Are you the only one in the lab?”
“I went with the professor to the conference. I went to work because I had to check the reaction.”
“Did you stay up all night?”
“I took a nap.”
He took out a gift from his bag to cheer up his friend, who was muttering while taking a sip of coffee.
“I went to the dungeon with Gyu-ha on Saturday.”
“Wow, fuck. hey! How did you get something so precious? No way!”
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Translator: Hoshi Miya
Editor/Proofreader: PsycheAsylum, Ghostx
P.A : It’s too funny when you know all the accident was resolved safely and easily because of Gyu. HEHEHE