Chapter 564 – Gather (4)

If you sink to the bottom of the lake, you sink, and from now on you have to find a way to get back up.

First of all, this sacred barrier created by Lulucia was nothing more than a temporary means of improvisation. After all, it was a barrier created in a desperate attempt to survive in the situation just now.

It only temporarily blocked dangerous things coming from outside, such as deadly poison, gas, or monsters, and even that did not last forever.

This type of barrier naturally had to consume a significant amount of sacred power just to maintain it.

Therefore, escaping from the bottom of this lake as quickly as possible became the top priority.

Fortunately, the sacred barrier itself was not an object of the type specified in the coordinates, so it was not impossible to move in this state. If you push the outer part of the barrier with your hand and walk, it is quite possible to move along with the barrier.

It would be nice if we could get out to land like we were in a hamster wheel at the bottom of the lake, but unfortunately, it was a bit difficult to escape that way.

The dense poison and the sinking floor were making it difficult for the barrier containing the four people to move forward.

“First of all, I won’t be able to get up to the ground using this method. While we’re whining, Lulucia’s sacred power will run out first. Oxygen consumption will also be severe…”

“Besides, we don’t even know where the lake is. “The future is dark and I don’t know where to go.”

“… “If you accidentally bump into something like a cliff or a large rock, time will be delayed.”

“Ahaha… “Then what should I do?”

“… “First of all, since it’s dark, let’s turn on the lights first.”

In such a dark environment, nothing that came to mind was bound to come to mind.

As I raised my protection to level 5, I used the ‘Blessing of Light’, which I was able to use for both purposes, and illuminated the surroundings with me at the center.

Only then was I able to see for the first time the faces of three people who had traces of rolling together in a ball.

My hair is all over the place, and my clothes are a little loose. It’s not nice.

“Looking at their faces, I’m glad that everyone seems to be fine.”

“…”

“…”

“…”

Perhaps because it was so sudden that the light was turned on with the blessing of light, the three people began to look towards me and their eyes began to widen.

Looking back at the three people, we resumed our meeting about how we could escape from the bottom of the lake.

“First of all, it seems impossible to walk out of the lake while everyone walks to one side, so if anyone can suggest another way…”

“Seongcheol, back…”

“… Behind, what is that?”

“Yes? “Back?”

As soon as I heard Si-hee and Cha Yu-ri’s words and inadvertently moved my gaze to the back, what caught my eye was a large, yellow object.

The round object, like a large ball, glowed in the dark as if it were alive.

… It was immediately after that that I realized that those were the monster’s eyes reflecting the protection of my light.

-Ugh.

“Do, run… !”

“… Wind Bomb!!”

The moment the huge monster at the bottom of the lake that was looking at us opened its mouth and was about to devour us, Cha Yu-ri’s wind magic was applied to it.

Fortunately, the barrier seemed to be able to pass through magic, and her wind magic succeeded in hitting the guy once from outside the barrier.

Of course, in the aftermath of the shock wave, we also had to roll across the bottom of the lake along with the barrier.

“Kaaaaa?!”

“Everyone, be careful~!”

It was meaningless to stand up with the best posture, and the women and I tangled around and fell back to the floor.

Si-hee, who was the first to come to her senses, asked Cha Yu-ri in a slightly sharp voice.

“What if I suddenly use magic?!”

“… “So, let’s just get eaten all together?”

“Well, that’s not true, but the shock wave created by your magic sent me flying to an unknown location again!”

“… I don’t know. “Living comes first.”

“Okay. “This was much better than being eaten whole.”

I’m sorry for not being able to take Sihee’s side, but as Cha Yu-ri said, the first priority was to live without being eaten.

Anyway, it is fortunate that magic power can pass through this sacred barrier.

At least as long as I and Cha Yu-ri have magic, even if a large monster like before appears, we can somehow deal with it…

‘… ‘No, wait.’

Rather than dealing with monsters in the water, you can just use this magic as a booster to escape, right?

With the power of wind magic used by A-level wizard Cha Yu-ri, it would be enough to bring about four of us to the ground.

Once you got to the ground, it wasn’t impossible to deal with any monster.

Even if I keep running away, it would be much more comfortable on land than in the water.

The problem is how to push us towards the ground in the darkness, where we cannot guess the direction.

-Ugh!

“Ugh, again! Come again! “Hurry up and use that one!”

“Wind Bomb!!”

“Aaaaah!!”

“Wow!!”

Four men and women rolling across the bottom of the lake again with Cha Yu-ri’s wind magic.

First of all, there was absolutely no way to escape by using magic recklessly.

Every time Cha Yu-ri uses magic, the ball-shaped border inevitably rolls and changes direction at will.

It would not be easy for Cha Yu-ri to regain her lost sense of direction without visual information.

If he made a mistake, there was a possibility that he would just roll around on the bottom of the lake until his magic or divine power ran out.

No matter how it rolls or gets tangled, if you can determine the right direction and move forward continuously, you can also make good use of this power to get to the ground…

“… Ah!”

Okay, now that I think about it, there is one method that can best guide you in a situation like this.

An idea occurred to me, and I quickly opened the system window for my awakening ability and entered the ‘Find nearby hunters’ menu.

Among them, except for the three people with me, I used the “Real-time location tracking” Function of the closest hunter.

‘… Done!’

As expected, a red arrow is drawn from my location towards the top of the lake.

If you spray wind magic in the opposite direction of this arrow, you will be able to reach the ground anyway.

In a chaotic situation, I hugged the car glass that was lying on the floor from behind.

– Malkang.

“Huh?!”

“Mr. Sihee! Lucia! “Hurry up and stick to my body!”

“Yes yes!”

“What is it~?”

-Sigh, speak loudly.

“Hey?! What are you doing now in this situation? !”

“Okay, Cha Yu-ri, from now on, just use wind magic as I tell you! “I don’t have time to explain!”

Even in this situation, the monster from earlier was following the light and coming toward us.

Although my hand happened to touch the part of Cha Yu-ri’s body that was easiest to hold, I didn’t have time to adjust my posture again in this situation.

Anyway, I had to escape to the ground as quickly as possible before I was eaten whole by that guy.

“Because it’s urgent, I’ll just talk about Cha Yu-ri’s body! “Down below!”

“What are you saying all of a sudden?!”

“I told you to use the wind balm or something magic on the floor! Because that’s going to be the driving force!”

“Up, wind bomb!”

As the wind bomb shot down to the bottom of the lake, the sphere carrying the four people soared from underwater to underwater.

In the process, I made a few turns and lost my sense of direction, but it didn’t really matter.

After all, the red arrow heading towards the ground was always pointing in the same direction.

“Up left this time! Wind bomb on top left!”

“Up, wind bomb!!”

“This time from the front! “Shoot straight ahead!”

“Ahhh?! Don’t keep squeezing it every time you talk! … Up, wind bomb!!”

With Cha Yu-ri’s loud chanting, the golden sphere containing the four of us broke through the poisonous liquid and gradually approached the surface of the lake.

It was time to escape from the lake bottom.

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Meanwhile, on the ground.

While Seong Tae-kyung and the other hunters were fighting at the bottom of the lake, on the ground, they were focusing on finding their presence, centered on Do Ye-hee.

“Do Ye-hee, how are you now? Taekyung and Yuri are still alive, right?”

“… So you said you don’t know who those people are. The only two people I can clearly distinguish are my sister and the saint. … However, seeing as I can feel the strength of the other two, it is true that they are still alive.”

“… Your sister? Could it be that the person who is Yehee’s younger sister is Dosihee…? .”

“Noisy. I’ll let you know if there’s any movement, so stay quiet. “It’s distracting me from concentrating.”

“S-sorry.”

Hunters gather around the lakeside and search for signs of missing hunters.

And, looking at those hunters, the Guild Alliance employees warned in anxious voices.

“It’s dangerous to be around here! There is still a possibility of secondary erosion, so you must evacuate as soon as possible…”

“I told you to be quiet. “I can’t concentrate.”

“Can’t we see that the situation is serious right now?”

“Of course, I know that the hunters’ precious people are missing! So, Hunters Seo Ok-hee and Kang Eun-young from Eun and Ok Co., Ltd. Are coming to the guild to resolve the situation…”

“So? What specifically changes when the boss and mom come? “Isn’t it the case that we can’t rescue the people at the bottom of the lake anyway?”

“Well, that’s…”

“I’m sorry, employees… Because the person who is currently missing is a really important person to me and Kang Hye-eun… Still, everyone gathered together to do something just in case…”

Do Ye-hee, still searching for the survival of her sister and others as her magic flows to the ground near the poisonous lake, and her sharp reaction against the stern guild staff, stamping her feet at her own helplessness at not being able to do anything. Kang Hye-eun showing off.

And while she mediates between Kang Hye-eun and her guild staff, she also wants to stay until the end to check on the safety of Seong Tae-kyung and Cha Yu-ri.

“…”

And even Cheon Ji-hee, who remains silent and is determined to escape, taking at least her own party leader with her.

There was a very tense atmosphere at the disappearance site where three A-level hunters and one A+-level hunter were gathered.

What silenced the atmosphere for a moment was Do Ye-hee’s embarrassed shout.

“… Uh?”

“W-what’s going on? “What is that anxious voice just now?!”

“Oh, it’s nothing. I found it again… Uh?”

“What the heck! Why do you keep making such anxious exclamations?!”

“… I don’t know what happened, but suddenly they are all moving rapidly together on the bottom of the lake. “At first, I was just a little confused trying to find it again.”

“… Moving rapidly? How?”

“How do I know that? And please don’t ask me questions one by one because it will interfere with my concentration…”

Kang Hye-eun reacts sensitively to each and every reaction of Do Ye-hee, who is the only one who can figure out Seong Tae-kyung’s location, and Do Ye-hee tries to get rid of her as if she is a nuisance.

The person who focused the attention of the two people again was Han Min-ah, who was quietly putting her ear to the floor and concentrating to find something.

‘… Night!’

“Now, wait a minute! “You two, please be quiet for a moment!”

“… ?”

“… ?”

“For some reason, I just felt like I heard something like a human voice coming from inside the lake…”

“Uh? “Really?!”

“… What are you talking about?”

The attention of the two people, who seemed to be about to start an argument at any moment, turned to Han Min-ah, who was quietly muttering something meaningful.

In order to determine the identity of the vaguely heard voice, the gray cat placed his ears close to the floor and focused on the sound.

‘… ‘Wind Bomb!’

“… “Yu, it’s Yuri’s voice!!”

The voice of Cha Yu-ri, the wizard of the Azure Shield, is heard faintly but clearly.

Contrary to what Do Ye-hee said about finding her at the bottom of the lake, the voice that came to Han Min-ah’s ears seemed to come from quite close by.

If Do Ye-hee’s statement that the four of them were moving together was true, it occurred to me to speculate that Seong Tae-kyung might also be there.

It didn’t take long to prove that guess right.

-Chaaaaa!!!

From inside the lake, a golden sphere rises into the sky with the sound of splitting a puddle.

Because I was able to find four hunters tied together here and there.