Chapter 167 – 167. Surviving the Labyrinth (2)

Kang In-ho completed an exciting labyrinth exploration with Leona.

His large capacity magic bag contained a huge amount of farming items. It was natural because he ate almost the whole labyrinth.

‘This is enough magic stone to run the dimensional market.’

Above all, he was particularly satisfied with the fact that he had obtained a lot of magic stones.

“I guess I’ll have to go catch the boss of the labyrinth.”

“Are you going to leave now?”

“That’s right. “I think I wandered around for about 6 hours.”

“Ah.”

Leona felt sad inside. She was secretly hoping that he might touch her, but the other person was much sweeter than she expected.

What can I say, it made my heart flutter in a slightly different direction than I expected.

He was obviously gloomy, but looking at the fact that he had decadent eyes that seemed to mesmerize people and a bald head that strangely went well with him, he had the appearance of a third-rate villain, who would brighten up women’s hearts, and had the appearance of a bitch who would hit people when he got offended.

However, he was just a young man who was ‘crazy’ about farming. I can’t say he’s a good person because he kills both people and monsters if he wants to, and even robs corpses, but it’s foolish to hope for goodness in the labyrinth, so Leona just wanted to do it.

Rather than the cruel aspect, I was more attracted to the fact that they gave away 30 seconds of everything that came out.

Leona, who has been on the verge of rolling due to her grueling hunter life ever since she was a minor, is a woman who has come to respect strength more than anyone else. That’s why she always wanted a man strong enough to rape her. In her labyrinth, her most important virtue is strength.

In that respect, for Leona, Kang In-ho, who seemed to have strong material desires, strength, and even stamina, was truly her ideal rapist.

“Then, this will be our last time.”

That’s why Leona was the first to show her courage.

“Huh? What. “Maybe?”

“Well, then. Before I leave.”

“What. Why are you taking such a long time?”

“Me and him in the container over there.”

“…”

Kang In-ho is not a man without sense.

He had already clearly noticed that whenever he said something, Leona’s face would turn red, and she would feel embarrassed and stare at him for no reason.

‘Isn’t it true that the head doesn’t matter in the end?’

Kang In-ho was worried about the fact that the other person showed favor first even though he was bald to maintain his rights deprivation skill. Then, he finally made up his mind and grabbed Leona’s wrist and dragged her to the container.

‘Okay, if this is the last time anyway, I can make at least one happy memory.’

Finally, things progressed as Leona had hoped.

******

“Haa…”

After burning all of her picture frames with flame bullets, Kim Hyun-ah slumped down in her seat, breathing heavily.

“Are you okay?”

“Huh. Are you okay? It’s still worth holding on.”

Baek A-yoon asks how Kim Hyun-a is doing. Her ax was full of paint. They were all women who stood out from the picture.

This is because when you cut them down, paint splattered instead of blood.

“Did you burn all the picture frames?”

“Yes, sister. “It won’t come out anymore.”

“Haaa. This place is really crazy.”

The previous statues continued to self-repair and stand up again until their inner core was destroyed. However, these portraits continued to summon women with swords until the frames in which they were painted were burned or torn.

The strength of the monsters was definitely quite weak for a mid-to-high level. Because it was just like the average person.

For the awakened people who were heavily armed with skills and items, ordinary people with just a kitchen knife were not very difficult prey.

However, the difficulty was quite high in that they kept coming until they met certain conditions and killed them, and the stamina consumption was also very high.

One good thing is that the supply of magic stones is enormous.

When you break the picture frame, a middle-level magic stone comes out, and when you kill the woman in the picture, a lowest-grade magic stone comes out. Of course, it is the lowest level magic stone, but it can be seen as a labyrinth optimized for farming in that monsters have infinite respawn.

Of course, I couldn’t go crazy with farming and burn off all my stamina.

Oh, of course, if Kang In-ho had come in, she wouldn’t have been stuck and just farming.

“Let’s get some rest.”

“Yep. Here, wipe some paint off your face with this, and here’s some water.”

“Thank you, sister.”

“There’s so much paint on my clothes, it’s a bit uncomfortable.”

“But it’s still better than blood.”

“That’s right.”

The group sat together for a while and chatted while chewing snacks.

“But where should we go next?”

“I know. “There are three doors.”

“Hmm.”

If there was one door leading to room 2 in room 1, there were 3 more doors in room 2, excluding room 1 from which you entered.

“No. 11, No. 53 and.”

“It was minus 9.”

“The goal was obviously to avoid the artist and get to the rooftop, so should I go for the higher number?”

“That might be the way up.”

“Then it would be right to avoid negative floors at all costs.”

As they thought, the further you go into negative floors, the farther away you are from the rooftop. However, the probability of receiving good compensation also increased.

If Kang In-ho knew about this, he wouldn’t have gone around to the minus floor, ripped off all of his items, and even tried to hunt down the artist.

“First of all, let’s go straight to the 53rd floor.”

“OK. I think it would be better to leave quickly.”

Kim Hyun-ah greatly agreed with Yoo Sae-ah’s opinion. The group, who had been resting for a while, picked up the magic stones left on the ground and then moved to go up again.

Then Yoo Sae-yeon discovered something.

“Huh?”

“Why? What is it?”

“Here, there’s something like a notepad.”

“A notepad?”

The group read the memo Yu Sae-yeon found together.

[Notes from a Creature: Notes from a person trying to escape the artist’s workshop]

“Hmm.”

“This is a bit dangerous.”

“It won’t work on the 53rd floor.”

The contents of the memo were as follows.

–In order to escape from this place, you must be aware of the following.

1. All the rooms here are artist’s exhibition halls. The more a work of art is destroyed, the more it stimulates the artist.

2. Suddenly moving between floors with a difference of more than 30 floors stimulates the artist’s artistic spirit. You may be tracked.

3. The rewards get better as you go down, and on the -44th floor there is an artist’s private room. If you reach the artist’s private room, you will be recognized by the artist.

4. If someone tries to exit through the door they came in from, they will be taken to a random negative floor.

5. The higher you go, the more complex works are displayed. Also, the rooftop is beyond the 99th floor.

It contained five rules.

“If this is true, it seems like we should destroy as little work as possible and get to the 100th floor without moving more than 30 floors.”

“Can I trust this? “What if it was dropped by some guy called an artist?”

“That too. “It’s a bit hard to believe it all, isn’t it?”

“That’s right.”

“What should I do? Are we going to the 53rd floor like this? Or go to the 11th floor. “I don’t think it would be a good idea to leave the minus regardless of the memo.”

“What do you think, uncle?”

“Huh? Me? Hmm. “I may not be able to completely trust the notes, but I think it would be a good idea to go to the 11th floor with a safety bun.”

“Is that so?”

“Then let’s go to the 11th floor.”

“Okay.”

It is not yet possible to properly determine whether the contents of the note are true or not, but it was still trustworthy given that such an item was located in room 2.

So they entered the 11th floor.

******

“Whoa.”

“Ta, you were ostracized, right?”

“Huh. I feel like I’ve been ostracized.”

Park Young-sik and Park Sun-hwa hid in the freezer to catch their breath.

The group was scattered by the crazy skinned Taoist dogs that had just been released by the butchers, and the team was divided into the Park couple, Kang father and daughter, and Han Jun-ho, and everyone was hiding in different places.

“You probably haven’t gone yet, right?”

“Huh. It’s still circling around here.”

“Crazy dogs.”

Fortunately, the door to the freezer was not locked, or it was not possible to get out from the inside, so I was able to get out at any time, but there were Tosa dogs roaming around outside the freezer, so I couldn’t get out easily.

“Haaa. I’m going crazy.”

Park Young-sik, the leader of the team, felt a great sense of responsibility when he realized that the group had dispersed while waiting for the Tosa dogs to leave.

“But there’s a clock here too. The remaining time.”

“There’s about an hour left.”

If there is one thing that is comforting, it is that there is only one hour left until escape.

If I lasted just one hour, I could escape this hellish place.

“Everyone should be safe.”

“Huh. “I’m worried.”

Park Seon-hwa hugs Park Young-sik tightly after hearing his words.

The two had already slept several times, so the distance between them had diminished significantly. Moreover, Park Young-sik decided to completely stop talking to Park Sun-hwa, who was slightly older than her, so he no longer called her his sister.

“For now, shall we keep a close eye on them by detecting their presence, and if they seem to have disappeared a bit, shall we go look for the rest of the group?”

“That would be great. Until then, it’s too cold, so let’s just cuddle for a bit.”

“Yes.”

The two endured the bitter cold of the freezer and waited for the Taoist dogs to retreat.

Meanwhile, Mr. Kang’s father and daughter…

“Dad, I think we’re screwed.”

“…”

“Where am I?”

“…”

“No, Dad.”

“I’m sorry.”

Mr. Kang Young-seop, who was entering the simple labyrinth for the first time, ran away when the Taoist dogs rushed at him, and as a result he fled like crazy, leaving his daughter behind.

Jiyeon Kang was able to follow her father, who was struggling to escape, but the two were now completely lost inside the vent.

The good news is that if you can survive in this vent for the next two hours, you will be able to get out.

If they had to go to a designated location or had other imposed goals, these two would have starved to death while lost inside the vent.

“Ugh!!”

“Shhh!”

“Oh, shit… Cockroach.”

Kang Ji-yeon was startled by the bugs crawling inside the vent and had to cover her mouth several times.

The inside of the vent was full of grease, unknown foreign substances, cockroaches, and rotten smell.

“Dad, I feel like I’m really going to throw up.”

“Shall we move for a bit? The smell has been getting worse since a while ago.”

“Then.”

The two women eventually couldn’t stand the rotten smell and moved to a place with less odor. While moving around inside the vent for a long time…

Rattling!

“Quaaa!!!”

“Daddy!!!”

Kang Young-seop, who was crawling ahead, fell down, and Kang Ji-yeon, who was following, also fell down when the vent burst.

“Oh my…”

The place they arrived at was a restaurant.