Chapter 125 – Episode 125 Baek Cheong-Ha, the Granddaughter of the Eroded Sword Castle (2)

[Do you want to appraise?]
[Warning: It is likely to be a burden to the caster.]

Even S-class items did not display this message.
How high does the warning message pop up?

If it was normal, I would have approached it as cautiously as possible.
Because minimizing risk was the direction I was heading the most.

But didn’t you just see it?
The appearance of Baek Cheong-ha, who seems to have even been deprived of consciousness while wearing strange armor.

Then she disappeared through this ceiling.
But we couldn’t get through the ceiling.
I had to know what the reason was.

She needed clues to find her.
The priority was to obtain information even at the risk.

“Whoa.”

I sighed.

“Evaluate.”

At that moment, through my hand, the image of a huge eye penetrated deep into my consciousness.

[■□■□■■■□■■ ■■ ■※%$※%$&@%■■]

Unknown words ran through my head.

“Huh!”

A wave of information crashed.
I caught my breath at the sudden outpouring of information.

My head was pounding.
I got dizzy and had a nosebleed.

“Cuck!”

It’s painful.
Unknown words swam in, and little by little they began to be deciphered.

[I am appraising… 12%]

“Kwaaaaa!!!!”

Mana swam all over her body like an explosion.
The whole body was warning.
Don’t do it anymore
Emotions beyond this are dangerous.

All the muscles in my body swelled.
My blood vessels swelled up as if they were about to explode at any moment, and I concentrated my mind on gritting my teeth.
Calmed down the runaway mana.
He held his breath to normalize the flow of backflowing mana.
He inhaled and exhaled, calming the messy mana.

Blood leaked from his gums due to his clenched teeth.

Phish!

Capillaries burst and blood bruises appeared on the fingertips.

It was painful.
But if not now…

[I am appraising… 78%]

I was out of breath.
The end is in sight now.

In moments of emotion, visions began to appear in my eyes.

A world unknown.
My eyes were looking beyond the universe.
Black space beyond the universe.
There, between the cracks, unidentifiable huge eyes are watching me.

That was a huge force.
It was a fear with no end in sight.
It was fear.
At the same time, chaos was settling in, and countless joys and sorrows were swimming in the pupils.

It was looking at me

The iris of the pupil moves.

Will you laugh
Or are you angry?
I couldn’t tell her emotions just by looking at her eyes.

I met its gaze.

‘What are you?’

What on earth did this dungeon create an altar for you?

It has no answer
Just look at me

My heart sinks.
I feel myself getting closer and closer to it.
Am I approaching
Will it come to me?

The more I made eye contact with it, the more I began to feel strange feelings.
The fear I felt at first gradually disappeared and faded.

Unknown heat.
The desire to be with it grew more and more…

[Appraisal completed.]
[Break the link.]

The illusion disappeared with the message.

“Cheuk! Heo-eok, hee-eok.”

At last, I put my hand through the gap in the ceiling and the hanging body almost fell.

“Bah, what was that just… ?”

I had goosebumps all over my body.
The moment I saw it, I felt like running away.

No way.

‘Is that thing I saw the one who created this dungeon?’

My body was covered in blood.

His eyes, nose, mouth, and even his body were torn and bleeding because of the runaway mana.

“I almost died.”

The system’s warnings were not in vain.
If it had been delayed a little longer, he would have been unable to withstand the runaway mana and his body would have exploded.

Some of the letters that seemed to be unknown words were changed to Hangul.

[Appraisal rate 20%]
[The caster’s rating is insufficient. For accurate appraisal, all stats must be S-class or higher, and charisma stats must be SSS-class or higher.]

Just by appraisal, they asked for ridiculous stats.

I looked up and looked at the ceiling.

“This…”

Certainly, the ceiling, which had been an unknown constellation just a moment ago, had turned into the eyes I had seen in my fantasy.
An unknown pupil painted on the wall.
That people worshiped as gods.

I read the appraised information.

[Eye of the Beholder – Expected Rating: ?]
[??]
[Watcher ? ? ? ? I started to get interested.]
[This is a portal that can be used by followers of the Beholder.]
[?]

Most of the information was hidden from view.
One thing I can know
It is a portal that can only be used by the Followers of the Watcher.

That was enough.

It is unbelievable that Chungha noona disappeared inside.

‘Chungha noona…’

It meant that he had become a disciple of eyes that gave goosebumps just by looking at them.

“Then, aren’t the eroders I’ve seen so far simply eroded by demons…? …”

I remembered the hunters who were eroded by the dungeon magic.
Some became madmen and became villains, while others lost their sanity and became elite monsters in the dungeon.
Those who use powers that make you terrifying just by looking at them.

Are you saying that all of them became followers of a tribe called Watchers?

There was too little information to be sure.
More info was needed.
Let’s try to touch the ceiling whose pattern has changed with the eyes again.

[There is a risk of erosion. Emotions are prohibited.]

The system itself rejected the emotion.

Eventually, giving up my emotions, I came down from the ceiling and approached the sword saint who was sitting on the floor.
Could it be because of the shocking appearance of Baek Chung-ha?
His face looked several years older.

“Are you okay, old man?”
“I am fine. Are you really okay?”

The Sword Master, who was sitting on the floor, asked me with a worried look.

It was only natural that he had no choice but to bleed from his nose, eyes, and mouth as well as his whole body.

“It’s okay. If you apply medicine to this extent, it will be better.”

I took out the medical kit I had in my backpack.
First of all, I drank the potion made by the Saint Guild.
Then, after receiving the blessing of her saint, her ointment, brought over from Europe, was applied to her wounds.
The trauma seemed to heal at once.

“What the hell are you doing on the ceiling? The mana of the whole body is completely entangled. Only the body is fine, but the inside is a mess.”
“It’s hard to tell. I did some research to save Chungha noona.”
“… Did you find anything?”
“Yes.”
“Tell me. What did you see?”
“I think he became a follower of the Watcher.”
“Let’s watch? What is it?”
“I don’t know either. However, it seems possible that the monster who seemed to be Cheongha’s sister disappeared through the ceiling because she is a follower of the Watcher.”
“Then, if you become that believer…”
“My guess is that the hunters who are eroded by demons are called followers of the watcher.”
“Did the system tell you?”
“Yes.”

Magi erosion.
At that one word, the Sword Saint’s body trembled.
A being that can’t even die.
A monster who has lost his reason and lost his memory and only pursues destruction.
Even if they had reason, most of the hunters who suffered demonic erosion became villains and enjoyed killing.
That means being the target of the hunters’ slaughter order.

It was as if the swordsman had been told that he might have to kill his own granddaughter with his own hands.

“Heh, heh heh heh. This is won… I thought I’d found them all. Heh heh heh.”

The Sword Master sat down with a dejected smile.

“Any other clues? Is it a way to restore the eroded tooth to its original state…”
“Sorry.”
“That means there is none. No need to be sorry i’m sorry for everything Isn’t it information that you found with such difficulty that you made your body that far?”

Swordsman looked at the ceiling where she disappeared without a word.
What do you think?
His eyes were wet.

“I also killed a number of people who were eroded by demonic energy, so I wonder if that karma is returning.”
“Old man.”
“It’s really difficult. I guessed it when I disappeared into that constellation hanging from the ceiling. That the child has ceased to be a normal human being.”
“Maybe there is a way to get it back.”
“You are really strong. Even in this situation, you are trying to find a solution. Well, maybe that’s why he was able to vow revenge against Daesung.”

The swordsman rose from his seat.

“Okay. As you said, there might be a way, so let’s try our best. First of all, let’s slowly investigate the constellations drawn on the ceiling. There’s a clue…”

For a moment.
Constellations on the ceiling?
Apparently, after the appraisal, the constellation disappeared and a strange pupil pattern was drawn.

I followed the Sword Saint and looked at the ceiling.
In my eyes, I saw a pattern with eerie pupils embossed on it, not a constellation.
And beyond those eyes.

…

A monster that looked like Cheongha was glaring at us.

“Cheongha… Sister?”
“Is there a Cheongha on the ceiling?”

When the Sword Master asked in surprise, the monster disappeared from my sight.
At that moment, the eyes drawn on the ceiling disappeared together.

“The constellation has disappeared.”

The swordsman asked me.

“Hey, do you see something?”
“I guess so.”

[Eye of the Beholder – Expected Rating: ?]
[??]
[Watcher ? ? ? ? I started to get interested.]
[This is a portal that can be used by followers of the Beholder.]
[?]

The information I found out with emotion seemed to have an effect.
The moment he appraised the ceiling, it was no different than peeking into the secrets of this dungeon.
After that, I saw something I hadn’t seen before.
It’s as if you’ve finally qualified.

If only I could capture Chungha noona and appraise her current condition.
If only we could find out why she was eroded and get more information about the Watchers.

“Maybe he found a way to make Chungha noona the way she was.”
“… Are you serious?”
“Yes.”

It will take a lot of determination.
Maybe I’m looking more into the abyss than I just saw.

“Could it be that that method is the same method that caused you to end up like this?”

I asked, pointing to my physical state, where the swordsman was stained with blood and the flow of mana was a mess.

“I cannot tell you that.”
“It’s a problem that mana is tangled, but many of your mana gates are damaged. If she receives a severe external shock in this state, her life may be in danger.”

Know.
That my body is not in a normal state right now.
His body was in such a bad state that his body trembled just by standing still.
But I didn’t want to lose someone I knew in front of my eyes again.

“You can. Sword Master.”
“… Are you serious?”
“Yes.”
“I can’t do anything about the mana gate that has become so tattered. If you try to unravel that tangled mana, your body could collapse.”
“I know my condition better than anyone.”

The swordsman stared at me quietly.

“I have done everything to find her granddaughter. I was determined to give my life if I could save Chungha. Even now, I thought I could do anything to save Chungha.”

The old man’s eyes turned to me.
Several emotions intertwined.

“However, if that is the only way to lose the young talent you consider your disciple…”

Was struggling

He may be thinking of hope.
A small hope that we can get Chungha back to normal.
But at the same time, he was thinking of the risks associated with treatment.

I died from a runaway while treating her.

The swordsman frowned and continued.
It was a change in facial expression that was not usually easily seen.

“One granddaughter is enough to lose. I don’t want to lose you either.”
“Trust me. I am sincere.”

Maybe it could be saved
I saw that possibility.
Of course, I knew that the process was never easy.

‘I have no intention of collapsing.’

I will never collapse until I take revenge on Daesung and Shin Seo-ah who betrayed me.

“Tell me later. But I am still against it.”
“All right. First of all, finding Chungha noona is more urgent.”
“Don’t move.”

I could tell
That she’s still somewhere in this dungeon.