Chapter 563 – Gather (3)

When Han Min-ah, who heard the announcement, arrived at Area A in question, the scene of the incident was already creating quite a noisy atmosphere.

Kang Hye-eun and Cheon Ji-hee, who arrived first after hearing the news from nearby Area B, were already creating a noisy atmosphere.

“Taekyung!! Taekyung!!!”

“Calm down, Hye-eun! “Even if you jump in there now, there’s nothing you can do!”

“Taekyung ahhh!!!”

Kang Hye-eun loses her reason and cries at the fact that Seong Tae-kyung is missing and tries to jump into the poisonous lake, and Cheon Ji-hee desperately tries to stop her.

Looking at Kang Hye-eun’s condition, Han Min-ah was able to immediately understand that it was not a good situation.

First, he rushed in with Cheon Ji-hee and stopped the rampaging party leader.

“Hey, Kang Hye-eun! Wake!”

“Let go of this! “We have to go find Taekyung quickly!”

“How are you going to find it?! Even if you can resist the deadly poison with your defensive abilities, what on earth are you going to do with things like breathing and vision in there?”

“I don’t know!! “I’m still going!!!”

“Hey, Kang Hye-eun!!!”

-Wow!!

Han Min-ah’s palm, which had been put down in an attempt to regain her senses even for a moment, touched Kang Hye-eun’s right cheek.

Immediately after that, the noisy atmosphere in front of Poison Lake calmed down.

The heat rising from one cheek was able to cool Kang Hye-eun’s head for a moment.

“Come to your senses! “What if you, the leader, lose your temper at a time like this?!”

“…”

“Suppose you go into that poisonous lake right now without any precautions! But if Seong Tae-kyung and Yuri come back safely, what are you going to do then?! “Go back into the lake to look for you?!”

“Minah, hey…”

“You are the party leader. He’s the leader of the A-class party Azure Shield. If you are the leader of Azure Shield, please come to your senses and act rationally, okay?”

“Yeah, right… I have to come to my senses, come to my senses…”

It was only after hearing her old friend’s words that Kang Hye-eun was finally able to somehow calm her racing heart and think with a slightly calmer mind.

Worries about Seong Tae-kyung still occupied more than 80% of her head, but her reason, which had calmed down for a moment, was somehow able to temporarily suppress those worries.

“Where is Seong Tae-kyung going to die? “I’m sure you’ll be fine, so don’t worry.”

“Yeah, I guess…”

“To begin with, he also has healing and protection abilities. “I don’t know much about recovery magic, but if there is such a thing, isn’t there a way to hold on and survive?”

“Yes, I guess so. “Because it’s Taekyung, he’s definitely going to be alive somehow.”

“Yes, Hye-eun. Like Mina said, it would be better to wait and see the situation for now.”

“… Yes, Jihee.”

There was nothing she could do about it anyway, just because she was jumping into the poisonous lake now.

Surrounding her body with a full-body shield and entering the lake itself wasn’t impossible with her ability, but it was really just that.

When your entire body is covered with a shield, you cannot move your body, breathe, or see, and can only resist deadly poison.

When Kang Hye-eun realized that what she was trying to do was essentially suicide, she was finally able to make a rational decision.

Rather, as the party leader, she was in a situation where she had to appease both Cheon Ji-hee and Han Min-ah and establish her strategy.

She couldn’t help but feel ashamed because she was putting off the role she should have played for the two of them.

“…”

However, she only realized that it was a foolish decision to go into the lake, and her head, still full of worries about her son Tae-kyung, was not able to think properly.

As she sat down on the floor, still contemplating, one of her hunters approached her and spoke quietly to her.

“I’m not sure which of the missing people you’re worried about, but she’s probably still safe, so I don’t think she needs to worry too much.”

“… Yes?”

“You two are the hunters who were hunting down Treralodon together in Area B earlier, right? “After listening to the conversation we just had, it seemed like a valuable acquaintance was among the missing hunters.”

“Yes yes…”

“I checked with my magic a little while ago, and I can feel all four people who are still missing. So I’ll just say that it’s stupid to worry about whether or not you will survive already.”

“… “How did you check it?”

“It’s earth magic. “My magic is magic that uses the magic power of the earth, so I can sense to some extent other people’s power through the earth.”

“… Ah!”

As soon as she heard her say that it was her earth magic, Kang Hye-eun’s eyes opened in surprise as she belatedly remembered her identity.

As soon as she remembered who the other person was, it gave added credibility to the words that came out of her mouth.

An earth mage who used a huge mud golem to kill Treralodon in Area B of an abandoned village.

If she was a wizard of her level, it wouldn’t have been a lie to say that she sensed other people’s magic through earth magic.

Although she didn’t know who she was, Kang Hye-eun felt quite grateful to her for suddenly appearing and relaying her information to her.

“Oh, thank you for letting me know…” .”

“Four different forces are felt somewhere at the bottom of the poisonous lake… Since I feel like the history of someone I know is similar, it would probably be correct to conclude that the missing people are grouped together. “I don’t know how she survived at the bottom of the lake, but I heard that the saintess also went missing, so she probably has an effective means of surviving.”

“A saint… ?”

“It was also featured in the announcement earlier, right? Lucia Belmonte. “She is a saint from Vatican City who was sent to Korea in this generation.”

… So, is this person gathered here to relay information to her in order to rescue the saintess?

And how on earth did her boyfriend become shipwrecked along with the saint?

There were still many unanswered questions, but there was only one thing Kang Hye-eun could do now.

I just hope that Seong Tae-kyung, who sank to the bottom of the lake, can safely return to the surface.

… And although I forgot about it for a while because I had no time, I hope Yuri comes back safely too.

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“Ahhh…”

“Ugh…”

After being sucked into a poisonous lake due to a sudden ground collapse.

We fell to the bottom of the collapsed floor, surrounded by Saint Lucia’s wall, and were carried around by the current of the lake.

After drifting in the water for about a minute, I finally fell to the bottom and somehow managed to come to my senses.

“Are you all okay?”

“Huh…”

“Yes, yes~!”

“… “For now.”

Fortunately, no one seemed to have escaped or fallen while being surrounded by the saint’s protective shield, and everyone seemed to immediately answer my question about whether or not I was alive.

One by one, we got up, entangled here and there in the cramped dark ball-shaped protective shell.

Because it was at the bottom of deep water, visibility was poor, and since our bodies were so close to each other, it wasn’t that easy to get back into position.

“Now, wait a minute, you! Wake up a little slowly! “He tries to get up on his own first, so he tilts again!”

“… “You just have to wake up at the same time.”

“So, we agreed in advance that it would happen at the same time…”

“Come on, you can’t fight~! Sihee~! Yuri~!”

As it was not a space with a flat floor, but was surrounded by a ball-shaped protective shield, it was not that easy to even get into position inside.

The bodies of the four of us seemed to be shaking and losing balance every time one of us moved, as if we were in a large squirrel container.

“Wait a minute, don’t try to force yourself to get up, everyone just stay still!”

“… Seongcheol?”

“… Mr. Seongcheol?”

“First of all, since I am the heaviest out of all of them, let’s start by maintaining my balance at the center instead of shaking for no reason.”

“That sure would be nice.”

“Okay.”

Cha Yu-ri and Dosi-hee, who were clamoring to get up from their uncomfortable positions first, nodded in agreement with my opinion.

Immediately, I slowly got up from the bottom of the shield, holding on to anything I could get my hands on.

-Mulkyung.

“Huh?!”

… This familiar yet soft texture feels like I’ve touched it many times on the bed.

Of course, both Cha Yu-ri and Dosi-hee have already slept with me several times, so they won’t be angry at me for touching their breasts just now.

The problem was that the voice heard was someone else’s voice, not Cha Yu-ri or Do-hee Do-hee’s.

Moreover, the size and texture were a little larger and softer than the two people’s.

Could it be that the owner of this familiar feeling that I feel under my hand right now is…

“Tae, Tae-kyung~! Wow, it hurts when I put weight on my chest~!”

“S-sorry!”

Lulu Sia, who was lying calmly on the floor as if waiting for the others to regain their balance, let out her voice towards me.

Surprised by her guilt, I quickly dropped her hand that was holding her breast.

“I’m sorry, Lulucia. Stopped suddenly…”

“No, it’s okay~! “After all, we are the same women, right?”

“…”

Should I consider this situation where I am wearing an unidentified mask fortunate?

I’ll have to apologize again later when I reveal my identity. Fortunately, in this world, it is not such a big mistake for a man to accidentally touch a woman’s breasts.

In the current situation, there was too little time to take off the mask and apologize.

Anyway, in a process that included some commotion, all four people were somehow able to get up from within the protective shield.

At the bottom of a dark lake, polluted with deadly poison and barely receiving any light, we had to first solve a fundamental question.

“How do we get back up to the lake?”

“… “I don’t know~?”

… It’s okay if you don’t know that.