Chapter 140 – 140. A Situation Where Both the Front and the Back Are Blocked.

Near the heart of the forest.

Four men appeared there.

“Whoa.. Sanchez. “Are we all coming?”

“We’ll be there soon, Leo. So, stop fucking whining. Please. “I feel like my ears are bleeding.”

“Whoa.. Whoa.. Sanchez.. I’m slowly reaching my limit.”

“Hey, Diaz, you shouldn’t be tired already. You damn pig! “I told you to exercise regularly.”

“Ugh.. Damn.. I think I’m going to throw up.”

“Roche, it will get harder if you throw up, so please hold on. “Can’t everyone just shut up and walk?”

“Uuuuu…”

“Ha. Fuck. Lhotse, you fuck.”

Four men arrived from Peru.

They were Sanchez with the ‘Mapping’ skill, Rio with the ‘Magic Absorption’ skill, Diago with the ‘Casting’ skill, and Roche with the ‘Growth Promotion’ skill.

The four men gave up everything they could find in the forest and instead ran blindly toward the shrine and were able to reach the shrine in just over 18 hours.

Thanks to this, the four people who have reached the shrine near the shrine by traveling through the forest faster than any other human currently in the forest are on the verge of escape.

Of course, the reason they were able to travel through the forest so quickly was not just because they gave up all the rewards they could get from the forest.

It is nearly impossible to reach the center of the forest so quickly just because you are moving quickly.

This was the result of their skills also playing a role.

First of all, Sánchez’s contribution to mapping was the greatest.

From the moment he entered the forest, he drew up a map to help the party not lose their direction and led the team to proceed in one direction without falling into Samcheonpo.

Thanks to this, I was able to reach the area where the shrine was located in about 18 hours after entering the forest.

Next, Rio and Diago’s skills really played a role.

First of all, Rio’s magical energy absorption allows him to absorb most things made of magical energy. This meant that attacks on the spiritual body became possible, and through this, he single-handedly eliminated all the spirits he encountered in just over a minute.

In addition, through casting, Diago was able to similarly replicate the amulets and magic items he had obtained up to this point, including the amulet to prevent demonic killings, and thanks to this, he created an incense burner and various other items that can drive away beasts, preventing the living sacrifices in the forest from approaching. They made it impossible for him to come.

Lastly, Roche’s skill with his growth allowed him to deal with stragglers right away.

“Please help me..”

“Hey, Roche. It came again.”

“Ha.. Damn. I don’t feel well.. The penalty is too bad.. Wow..”

Roche extended his right hand towards the person calling for help.

The lesser magic stones in his left hand his shattered and the skill was activated.

“Uh. Ughhhhh!!!!”

Soon, roots pierced the straggler’s skin and grew like crazy, destroying his body. By taking advantage of the fact that the inside of the straggler was made up of plants, Roche, which possesses growth promotion, was able to arbitrarily force the ‘forest roots’ to grow and destroy the straggler.

In fact, the skills they had were truly an optimized skill set for attacking the Forest of Fallen. Thanks to this, the four men were able to reach the finish line and were on the verge of discovering the shrine.

Now, if we just find the shrine, we can escape right away. Then, you will be able to get great rewards, revive your dead colleagues, and plan for the future once again.

“Excuse me! It looks like a shrine!”

“Wow.. Finally.. We finally arrived.”

“There is no time to be overwhelmed. Let’s get out quickly.”

“Okay.”

After wandering around the center of the forest for about an hour, the four people finally found the forest shrine.

Now, if they go into the shrine and open the escape hatch, they will become the first survivor to escape the Forest of Fallen.

The area near the shrine was relatively quiet and safe. This is because the person who created this makeshift labyrinth did not place the ‘guardians’ near the shrine in the ‘Forest of the Lost’, which can be considered the original, in the Forest of the Lost.

Thanks to this, the difficulty near the shrine was much easier than the fixed labyrinth and Forest of the Missing, which can be said to be the original version of this simple labyrinth.

Moreover, night did not even come to this simple labyrinth. The difficulty is greatly reduced just because the night of the living sacrifice does not come.

Of course, just because there is no night of living sacrifice and no gatekeeper at the shrine, you won’t be able to escape so easily.

Instead, outside beings have entered the forest.

-Thump.

“Huh?”

Sanchez stopped walking.

This is because something fell in front of their eyes as they were heading to the shrine.

[Kirrrr.]

A strange creature with a bizarre appearance.

It was something that felt fundamentally different from the things that had come out of the forest up until then.

Should I say that it is a strange feeling, as if an American creature suddenly appeared in a Japanese horror movie with ghosts?

“W-what..”

“Don’t get too close.. Stay back..”

The four people quickly retreated.

Then the being that appeared in front of them let out a dark laugh and gradually came closer to them.

It looked exactly like the meat slime that Kang In-ho encountered on the fourth floor of the underground tomb. No, it had an even more bizarre and terrifying appearance than that.

The body was made of purple, translucent mucus, and what I couldn’t tell was a snout or a bunch of teeth, stuck together like barnacles on a rock, and eyeballs that were obviously human were stuck all over the body and rolling around.

Above all, it was emitting mental waves and continuously injecting several words into the four people.

[Human. Meat. Nest.]

Say three words repeatedly.

As if you are nothing more than a piece of meat and food for me.

“Escape, escape.”

Sanchez decided to run away.

It was because I felt like I shouldn’t fight that monster.

His intuition was correct.

The opponent is one of the external beings accepted by the simple labyrinth, which was not fully staffed with 1,490 people.

I was a ‘guest’ invited to this simple labyrinth.

To be exact, since it is a swarm of organisms, one individual does the work of five humans.

“Kwaaah!!! Sanchez!!!!!”

“This!!! Lhotse!!!”

“Run!!! Diago!!! Just run!!!!!”

Lhotse, who had the lowest health due to the skill penalty, was the first to be caught by the guy’s slime.

In an instant, a monster crawled into Roche’s body.

Gulp. Gulp. Gulp.

A monster that took control of Lotze’s body by climbing into every possible opening, such as the mouth, ears, nose, etc.

“Ha. The air you breathe into your lungs. It’s delicious.”

Soon, the monster that took over Roche’s body stretched out its hand towards the three men who were running away.

-Chhwaaaaah!!!!

The growth promotion that Roche possessed was activated.

The monster that took over the body massaged the not yet dead brain of Lotze and activated the skill.

As a result, the virgin forest that grew in an instant entangled the ankles of those who were running away and knocked them down.

“Ugh!!!!! Sanchez!!!! Help me!!!! Sanchez!!!!!”

Diago, crying for help, was dragged by the guy. In an instant, part of the monster that had crawled into Roche’s body fell into Diago’s body.

It multiplied. Diaz’s body fell into his hands

Soon he took the casting out of the bag and created an unidentifiable shape.

“Fetish. “Our old weapon.”

Soon, part of the forest becomes distorted.

The space became distorted and magical power began to expand.

The space near the shrine gradually changed. Living sacrifices gather near the shrine. The local spirits were brought in.

The stragglers shouted and soon gathered together.

The forest screams. He began to reveal his malice toward all survivors.

“Fuck!! Shivaaaaal!!!! Roche and.. Collock. Cough.. Diago..”

“Leo, come to your senses!! Shut up and keep running!!”

Sanchez and Rio, who survived, fled deep into the forest again.

Fortunately or unfortunately, the guy didn’t chase the two people anymore.

As if something more important had happened.

“Haha. Haaa..”

“Did he survive?”

“Fuck. What should I do if I survive? Something like that is located right in front of the shrine.”

“Damn.”

Rio and Sanchez succeeded in escaping.

However, they had no idea how to resolve the current situation.

A monster had settled down near the shrine, which was the escape route, and because the bodies of my colleagues, Diago and Lotze, were in its hands, it was impossible to revive them with fragments of the resurrection stone.

“Maybe it’s good.”

“Is there a way.. We need to create a team. We need to form a team and take on that monster. There must be another way to handle it. Until then, everyone else had done the same… The simple labyrinth never… Never gives impossible missions.”

“That’s true, but.. Ah.. God. Please, please protect us..”

“Are you still looking for Jesus in this situation?”

“There is no one to rely on. And in this situation, who else would listen to my prayers other than Jesus?”

“…”

Rio, whose rationality level was extremely low, continued to pray to Jesus for help, while Sánchez, who had abandoned religion, sighed and looked around him.

At that time, something caught Sánchez’s eyes.

“Hey, Leo. Look over there.”

“Huh…? That is…”

“Building. “It’s the building we passed by earlier.”

“Why are you going there..”

“Let’s go in. Because something helpful might come out.”

Sanchez recalled that every simple labyrinth he had entered so far had at least one farming location.

That’s why he thought that the farming location for this simple labyrinth might be an abandoned building like that.

“Good. Let’s farm and take a break.”

“Okay.”

Although the sadness of losing Diaz and Roche was great, there was no time to wallow in sadness. After all, this isn’t the first time I’ve lost a colleague. It was natural to look for ways to survive during times of sorrow.

Moreover, they were very tired after running non-stop for nearly 20 hours. I needed to take a break.

-Kkiik..

The two entered the dilapidated concrete building.

Without even anticipating what was inside..