Chapter 129 – 129. Full-Scale Labyrinth Strategy

A labyrinth of unmeasurable difficulty.

“Is this a place I can attack right now?”

[Wouldn’t it be barely possible..? Isn’t it?]

“…”

It looked quite dangerous. If you want to go into a place like this, you really have to prepare as best you can.

‘I think this is enough for weapons..’

There is also a fair amount of accessories. The problem is the armor. There is too little armor.

What’s even funnier is that if you attack this place, you can get the distorted armor of chaos, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that the main character had been betrayed. It’s hard to get in because you don’t have any armor, but if you go in and conquer it, they’ll give you some armor. I wonder if Seosun didn’t do well.

“I understand for now. Is there any other information?”

[Let’s see… Ah, I forgot one of the most important facts.]

“Yes? The most important fact…”

[As a result of observing the place called Hell, time seems to flow a little differently here than in the outside world.]

“?”

What do you mean, time flows differently? Could it be that if you spend a day inside, a year has passed outside? That’s a bit difficult. If you go in incorrectly, it will be a big problem if the people left outside die of old age.

[It’s the exact opposite. One hour in the abyss is one minute in the outside world.]

“Well, what is that..”

[I don’t know the reason, but it is a place where time is doubled. Some of the places it flows into have these anomalous characteristics… This place feels exactly like that.]

“Huh..”

Depending on how you utilize this, you could see great benefits. 24 hours inside means 24 minutes outside.

“If I attack here, will I disappear?”

[I don’t know much about that yet. If you destroy the pagan symbol, you will have to destroy it to find out whether it will completely disappear… Or whether the labyrinth will remain.]

If it remained as is and could be remodeled and used like an infinite labyrinth, it seemed like it could be used in a variety of ways, such as practicing meditation or growing plants.

Well, if it’s going to disappear, there’s nothing we can do about it.

“I understand for now. Well, the next question is… “

It is a place whose difficulty cannot be measured. It would be better to acquire as much information as possible.

Rather than going in without knowing anything and trying to do everything yourself, it will be much better to survive if you check in advance what kind of people are there and what threats there are.

[It turns out that the seeker of the abyss who needs to be defeated is quite a shaman. He looks like he’s sculpting something… Pay attention to his sculptures. It seems to have a unique effect, like a totem.]

“Yes..”

[And in the place called the Crimson Zone, the walls, floor, and ceiling are all made of ‘six walls,’ and there are beings called parasites lurking throughout the six walls, so be careful.]

“I think that can be solved through presence detection.”

[Very good. Lastly, the spirits of parasitic humans are connected to each other, so if you are caught by one, you should consider that you have been caught by all of them.]

“It sounds like they are flocking out..”

[Yes. Dozens or hundreds of them will come out. Please be careful..]

Even though I’ve only heard about the internal environment, the level of difficulty is quite high. Without a wide-area machine, it seemed like we would eventually die due to volume.

“Oh right. Do you know the escape conditions? Once you enter, you can’t come out until you defeat the seeker..?”

[No. Even if you don’t have to kill the seeker, you can come out as long as you hold out for 24 hours.]

“24 hours.”

24 minutes in real time.

If you can endure that, you can give up the strategy midway and escape.

“Inho..”

“It’s okay, sister. “I’m not going to go in today.”

First, I plan to attack the base labyrinth as a base and then move in. I haven’t cleaned up the front yard properly, so I can’t start from other places.

[Now that I think about it… I’m talking about improving Inho’s physical constitution.]

“Yes? Oh, that’s it.”

[It has good compatibility with photosynthesis.]

“Yes? Ah.”

I’ve thought of doing this before too. It seems to have been true.

[A person named Jun-ho Han who has photosynthesis? If you hand over the improvement of your constitution to him, you will be able to create a body optimized for battle with just sunlight and water.]

“Aha.”

Photosynthesis is a kind of survival assistance skill that makes it impossible to consume food, but allows one to survive with only sunlight and drink.

And physical constitution improvement is a skill that trains the body for free, and is a unique skill that informs the recommended daily intake of various nutrients and teaches exercise methods.

Surprisingly, if you use these two skills together, the efficiency increases tremendously.

Photosynthesis is a skill that solves everything with water and sunlight in the first place, so when the constitution improvement skill is applied while having this, all nutrients are solved only with water and sunlight, so the constitution automatically continues without complicated food intake. It means that it is improving.

“Then let’s go now.”

[Yes. Please come back alive..]

Since everything we had to do was roughly done, Saeyeon and I escaped out of the labyrinth.

“Whoa.. I was scared.”

“Really?”

“Huh. “There’s a strange light coming out of the statue… It’s a little creepy.”

“Aha..”

The atmosphere is a bit scary.

I patted Saeyeon’s back and entered the base labyrinth.

Afterwards, I plan to have a light dinner with my companions, hand over the physical improvement to Junho’s uncle, and then explore the base labyrinth in earnest.

With the current abilities of the party, it is quite difficult to enter beyond the 4th floor, so I thought I would need to clear a path first.

******

2:30 in the morning.

It’s time for everyone to sleep. I deliberately chose this time. It can be said that it is a time when you can make your own strategy without being disturbed by anyone.

Moreover, it was dangerous, and Sae-ah and Ayun kept trying to follow, so I deliberately decided to move at this time.

“Whoa.”

As always, I gently pulled away Ayun, who was hugging me, and then came out.

The goal is labyrinth number 2. It’s a labyrinth with a spiral staircase, and it’s a place with a gravedigger’s trap.

He said there was honestly nothing special about the first and second floors. The problem is the ominous energy that starts from the third floor.

“Let’s see.”

I looked at the items I brought with me to organize the gravekeeper’s trap area.

[Ointment for wound treatment: If you spread it on the wound and cover it with a bandage or band, the recovery speed increases dramatically. It may not be effective for wounds that are too large.]

[Immediately effective analgesic: When taken with water, you can see immediate analgesic effect. If you take an overdose, you may die or become disabled due to drug poisoning.]

[Body decontamination agent: When you take one pill, contaminants, including radioactivity, are excreted through urine. If you take more than three pills a week, you may develop muscle lysis.]

First, I took three types of drugs.

I also have my own healing skills, but if I’m in a hurry, I’ll have to take some medicine and get through it.

“And then..”

The following are the accessories I am currently wearing. Among them, the number of rings is quite large. There are as many as four rings.

As a result, it was uncomfortable to wear on my right hand, so I wore it on my left hand, but now my left hand is wearing rings on everything except my thumb.

[Ring of Perception Impairment: Makes the wearer’s presence pale. It becomes difficult to notice the wearer. 1 lowest grade magic stone is consumed for 1 hour of use.]

This is the ring I use the most. Most people can’t sense my presence until they get close, but if I even used the presence blocking skill, I was almost like a completely invisible person.

[Warrior’s Old Ring: When fed with the lowest grade magicite, physical strength is doubled for 1 hour. It is destroyed when used.] [Durability 7]

It is an old ring belonging to a warrior who is now quite numerous. I didn’t know this at first, but as physical ability increases, the efficiency increases incredibly.

If you use the Destroying Demon’s Longsword along with the effect of doubling your physical ability, there is honestly nothing to be afraid of. Although it is a very popular ring, it can be said to be a tier 0 ring in terms of effectiveness. Of course, if you use it, its durability will run out and it will be destroyed, but if you maintain quality, you can continue to use it.

[Dark Moon Ring: If you feed 10 lowest grade magic stones, your physical abilities will be doubled and you will gain night vision in dark places for 30 minutes.] [Durability 9/12]

If you use the warrior’s old ring seen earlier, the annihilator’s long sword, and the dark moon ring…

‘Insane efficiency.. Insane body strengthening becomes possible..’

Honestly, with just these three, no one will be able to stop me. Moreover, there is a condition that you must enter a dark place to use the Dark Moon Ring, but the labyrinth is generally dark.

‘I gave it to Ayun..’

This is the ring I originally gave to Ayun, who was part of the labyrinth raid team, but this time I decided to wear it.

[Ring of strength increase: When worn, strength increases by an additional 3.]

This was worn for strengthening. To be honest, there was no need to wear this, but this time I wore it because I was going to see the end of the labyrinth number 2.

The following are accessories that are not rings.

[Anti-demonic amulet: Prevents being possessed or charmed by a spirit body.] [Durability 7/10]

I brought the 2nd Labyrinth, the Gravekeeper’s Trap Area, because spirits appear from the 3rd floor. Youngsik said that he went up to the third floor or higher while wearing this, and that it would be difficult in many ways if it could not hit the spirit body directly like the Astral Sword.

Fortunately, the Demon Destroyer’s long sword has the specification to attack spirits.

[Magic Shield Bracelet: Wear it on your wrist and can deploy a magic shield for only 30 minutes to feed the lowest grade magic stone.] [Durability 20]

It is a basic means of defense. Of course, since it has the crazy effect of multiplying physical ability by 6x, the durability stat also jumps 6x, so I wonder if there is any need to use this, but I brought it anyway.

It seems that Yeongsik or Seonhwa, who usually tank, were using it.

[Watcher’s Faded Eyes: Detects hostile gaze looking at you. You can even determine the approximate location.] [Durability 10]

Lastly, a necklace that detects hostile gaze. This is really good. Even if I can’t figure it out in advance, I can figure out other people’s perspectives in advance, so it becomes possible to come second.

‘The accessories are over.’

Honestly, I don’t think there’s anything to be afraid of with accessories like this.

Next is jangguryu. Farming for equipment feels a bit lacking, so there are only a few.

And among them, I brought only the things I felt were absolutely necessary.

[Anti-pollution mask: Works for 20 minutes per lowest grade magicite. Filters out most contaminants in the air.] [Durability 25]

Since I didn’t know what would come out, I had to take care of it. Dying from poison or pollutants is a real death.

[Exorcist’s Lantern: When you feed it a magic stone, it emits a soft light. The dead do not try to approach the range of this light. Each lowest grade magicite glows for 10 minutes.]

I took it with me to use it when I wanted to rest. It seemed like Hyuna usually carried it around.

[Solar-powered flashlight: This is a flashlight that can generate eco-friendly solar energy by feeding magicite. Burns the vampire’s skin.]

I think this is a really good choice. It has so many uses in so many ways. It is good for growing plants, and as the night continues, there will be no way to receive sunlight, so it is also essential for preventing skin diseases.

Moreover, since the dead generally tend to dislike sunlight, I plan to bring it in and give the dead a taste of sunlight for the first time in a while.

[Mobile Storage Key: You can enter the storage unit from anywhere as long as there is a door where you can insert the key.]

This can hardly be called a janggi, but it is a uniquely useful tool among the items we currently have.

As long as there is a door where you can insert the key, you can enter a room of about 4 pyeong, so it is good to bring items farmed in the labyrinth, and urgent wounds can be healed immediately with the tentacle capsule placed inside.

‘Finally… ‘

In addition to firearms, I brought my own weapons.

A long sword with a rugged appearance. Honestly, I think this alone will be enough to cut down most enemies.

[Liberated Longsword of the Destroyer – Jin: All power has been liberated. Sharpness is maximized. Doubles all physical abilities until durability drops below 100. All skills that can be used as weapons are maximized.]

[Additional effect: When fed with magic stones, the spirit can be attacked directly.]

[Additional effect: Every time an enemy is killed, its soul is absorbed to fill its durability.]

[Additional effect: When attacking a non-human enemy, the wound opens.]

[Additional effect: When fighting non-human enemies, recovery is extremely high.]

[Durability 650]

When I applied quality maintenance, the durability was fixed at 650. Just by holding it, you can feel something powerful.

“I took everything I needed to take care of.”

Water and simple food were also stored in the portable storage unit.

Now there is one last thing left.

Until then, it was an item that could not be used because it was too expensive.

[Open fantasy stone: It is a small tombstone. If you feed it an advanced magic stone, you can contract with a guardian spirit.]

“Fantasy stone…”

It’s a tombstone that looks like it was picked up from some historical site. It’s a heavy stone, maybe 1 meter long. If you feed a high-level magic stone here, you can contract with a guardian spirit.

I don’t know what kind of guardian spirit will be imposed. Moreover, it is unclear whether only one contract can be made.

First of all, you have to use it to understand it.

‘Something everyone saved for me to use..’

I was grateful for the consideration of my colleagues and brought the high-grade magic stone compressed with the magic stone combiner to the fantasy stone.

-Wooow…!!!!

“Ugh..!!”

Bright light filled the communal living area.

The moment I frown from too bright light, I hear a voice in my ear.

‘What the hell is this..’

My body stiffens.

My hands and feet were cold.

Before I knew it, cold sweat was running down my back, and a swirl of round shapes appeared in my eyes.

Soon, numerous voices began talking freely, each telling a different story.

[You are dealing with a dark spirit.]

[The signs I hear seem interesting.]

[The scent of black death. Is it a remnant of that world?]

[That’s fun. His name is Kang In-ho. You are strong.]

A creepy laughter echoed from beyond.

Something is wrong.

The guardian spirit should have responded, but something very foreign intervened in its place.

[Are you looking for traces of heretics?]

[It must have been fate.]

[There is no battle of all demons in this world. It looks good.]

[Is this also fate? Yes, that’s probably it.]

[Abandoned things are dancing.]

[It must be Savior’s doing. He gave up everything.]

[I’m curious. It’s a parallel world. Where is the owner of the pawn shop?]

[Volv. I reached him too. After all, it’s fate.]

[Because there is no place to stop. It can’t be helped.]

[Make a contract with me.]

Gradually, the creepy voice changed into that of a fascinating woman.

The voices are reduced to one. Their will was reduced to one.

The messy shape transformed into a specific being.

I couldn’t figure out what it was. However, the body still does not move.

I was forced to answer without even being able to turn my head.

‘Damn… ‘

I barely opened my mouth and asked a question instead of an answer.

“Who are you..”

Fundamental question.

Who are you?

Who is it that has this much power?

What do you know?

Who is Savior? What have you thrown away in my world?

Don’t just throw rice cakes… Answer.

[Your will is strong.]

[Are the qualifications sufficient?]

[Then I will answer your question.]

Soon the name of an unknown being rang in my ears.

[My name is Agaf.]

[One of the cursed deadly beasts.]

[Make a contract with me. Then, this body will become your guardian spirit.]

A being that calls itself Agap and refers to itself as a ‘killing beast’ that has no idea what it is.

I swallowed dry saliva as Agap urged me to make a contract.

Gulp.

It is clearly an incredibly strong being. If you sign a contract, it will definitely be of great help.

Yes, this is a problem you don’t need to worry about.

Now it’s time to decide on an answer.

“I don’t like it.”

I declined Agaf’s contract as politely as possible.

No, if you sign a contract with this strange guy, won’t you be in big trouble?

The original contract must be carefully researched.

[Eh.. Now, wait!!]

Agaf hurriedly calls out to me, making a bewildered noise at my firm refusal.

I took her steps again, leaving her where she was.