Episode 26. heo gongrok (5)
Murim Alliance.
A collection of numerous political factions in the central plains.
Moorim University Hall, the largest educational institution of the sect, was located within the alliance, and various buildings such as the Million Library, Hanam’s largest library, which was burnt down, and Daeungjeon, where the Murim lord conducted political affairs, were located inside.
And although there was a difference in whether permission was required or not, all spaces were accessible to Murimmaeng warriors.
but.
There was only one place, a place that was absolutely forbidden.
absolute ban.
An artificial structure that is within the Moorim League, but is enveloped in fog all year round due to an unknown jinbeop.
No one told him about his identity because it was a top secret.
There are only rumors that people such as Maengju and Daewonro know how to enter, but there are always questions about who can actually come in and out.
That place was forbidden.
together,
There were those who now entered the ban.
they… … .
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“Hey, by the way, could someone notice that we’re gone?”
I asked as I went down the dark stairs.
“Didn’t I tell you? From the outside, we’re still in the 2.19 million library.”
“No, so does that make sense?”
“Why can’t you talk? Right above this stretches a mist that has persisted for hundreds of years.”
Indeed, it is.
Isn’t it impossible to spread the truth in a place called an absolute forbidden area?
According to the old Alabongdae, our illusions will remain there for five o’clock until someone approaches the entrance to the ban and touches it directly… … .
I wonder if this guy’s Jin really has a limit.
Anyway, our five-year-old continued to descend the cave-like stairs.
I don’t know how far down we went, but eventually we reached the end of the stairs.
Rumble-.
Even though there are no windows or anything in the basement, only the sound of thunder can be heard.
But we couldn’t pay attention to the sound.
The jet-black space where the light completely disappeared was so wide that it was hard to believe that it was underground. No matter how much we were Murim people, there was a limit to our eyesight.
That deep darkness was enough to arouse unknown fear.
“Is this really the Moorim Meng Ahn?”
Jang Ki-hoo looked around and said.
“Yeah, that’s right. Go, I think Jiangshi will be fine with me.”
Expectant Dream nodded and agreed.
I agreed with my heart, but for now, I went ahead. The direction is, of course, the forbidden side. Soon, a corridor about ten feet wide appeared, and at the end of the long corridor, a spiral staircase appeared again.
“What is this again? Wasn’t it enough to just go straight?”
“I don’t even know. What are you going to do?”
what the heck
“Do you want to come back here? I will go even if I can’t eat.”
Even though it was a stone stairway, it creaked because it was worn out and almost collapsed because it had not been repaired for a long time.
Every time I was worried that it might collapse.
Cobwebs drooping here and there, dust accumulated in every nook and cranny, and, crucially, bloodstains that seemed to have been burned black for so long and never to be erased were stamped everywhere like a brand.
“How is this… … .”
after a long time
“Isn’t it like a dungeon?”
Literally, all sorts of strange tools hung on either side of the winding staircase.
A really shady and unpleasant place.
During the decades of my previous life, I heard and heard all sorts of rumors.
Rumors and rumors that make no sense, such as sealing demons that were too difficult for the Moorim Meng to handle in the past, hiding absolute magical powers, burying demons or drugs that couldn’t be eliminated at once, or hiding beings from another world altogether.
I’ll finally check it out today… … .
It’s embarrassing.
After going down the stairs, a long and narrow underground passage came out again. This time, the direction was on one side, so there was no need to turn.
It was so dark that it was not easy to secure a view, but there was a very weak light coming through somewhere, so we walked back along the eerie underground passage.
At the end, there appeared an iron door covered with black stains that looked like bloodstains.
I wondered what if it was locked, but it wasn’t.
Chunk.
The iron door opened with a dull sound. Upon entering, a radial space appeared with passages extending all over the place. The iron door we entered is just one of the doors leading to this place.
“You came right.”
As Alabong University said,
This must be the forbidden underground.
Like the old Daeungjeon, there will be passages running in all directions centered here.
And one more indisputable fact.
prison cell.
It was the fact that this was a prison for confining sinners.
There was a large iron grate surrounded by a circle in the middle.
“It was real… … .”
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“The absolute forbidden station was an underground prison. I heard that it used to be Daeungjeon, so I thought it would be a treasure trove, but I’m disappointed.”
At Gifu’s light joke, I felt a little bit relaxed and walked towards what is presumed to be the main hall.
“let’s go. There will be an underground passage leading to the Daeungjeon over there.”
We went all the way through the iron grate in the middle. The iron bars the size of a beautiful wooden barrel erected on the right create a strange feeling of fear.
It’s probably because it’s dark, it’s so dark that a visceral fear has risen. Even if the sinner was locked up anyway, he would have died and disappeared hundreds of years ago.
As if I wasn’t the only one who felt like hell here, Gifu guy joked again as if nothing was wrong.
“Wow, it wouldn’t be strange if the Jiangshi jumped out, just like the real Daemong said. Isn’t that right, Yoosung?”
I raised my hand instead of answering.
At my gesture, everyone’s steps and movements stopped in unison.
“why?”
Why?
Instead of answering this time, I raised my opposite hand and placed it between my lips.
Silence descended upon him.
My head slowly turned toward the iron grate.
“uh!? Is there a fire in there?”
I replied to Soso’s words.
“It’s not fire.”
It was difficult to check properly because it was dark, but that was… … .
‘It’s human light.’
And there were other colored iron bars around the phosphorescence, other than the outer ones, obviously.
I approached the grate and took a closer look inside.
The space seemed very large.
If filled with people, hundreds of people can easily enter the space.
However, the iron bars were circular even though they were double.
So, this is… … that it is single.
I looked closely,
Certainly, there was ‘something’ on the inside. At first I only saw phosphorescence, then I was sure there was something translucent.
‘what… … !?’
Judging from the condition of the building and the facts I knew, this was a building that had been vacant for at least 100 years.
however… … .
There is a prison in Murimmaeng. Even on the ban.
An underground facility that is larger and deeper than the one exposed outside.
What is in the deepest part of the dungeon that is not even known to exist?
Even if you are not sure what it is, there is no doubt that someone whose existence should not even be known is imprisoned.
It was too far and dark, so I couldn’t make out the status window in detail.
Step by step, I carefully moved closer to the outer grate.
All the other guys cautiously follow me as if they sensed a strange atmosphere from me.
step by step… … .
A status window that grows slowly.
at that time.
“That, that, that, those eight trigrams, ah, isn’t it?”
Expectant Dream pointed his finger towards the bottom of the outer grate.
Alabongdae recognized me right away and grabbed my equidistance.
“It is true. Don’t get any closer.”
“That one?”
Looking at the unrecognizable paintings on the floor, I asked myself. At first glance, it just feels like tens of thousands of earthworms mixed together.
“Yes.”
Alabongdae removed the smile from his face and spoke again.
“It is a large complex complex that is dozens of times more complicated than the one when entering here.”
A dream of anticipation adds to it.
“There are many, many, many joints in the iron and iron bars. Ki, the organ is also enormous, and it will be installed.”
“Even though you can see all the way inside?”
“So it is.”
“… … .”
“The existence you see over there is an existence that can scatter all the energy of the complex.”
To that, I cautiously approached right in front of the unpainted picture.
‘He’ was in the middle of the facility, which was too large and grand to contain only one person. And I could see that the iron bars inside were not iron bars.
“… … bookshelf!?”
I don’t know what it was, but there was a bookshelf full of countless books surrounding ‘him’.
And then… … .
I could hear ‘his’ breathing.
Swoouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu… … .
If it had been this loud, I would have heard it earlier… … .
Seeing it for the first time now, all I can say is that I held it in and finally exhaled.
‘The Great Law of Guishik (龜息大法)… … Did this really exist?’
Martial arts that only appear in legends or storybooks.
A martial art that holds your breath for days and days.
I am suddenly curious.
How long did the author hold his breath in this place without light or warmth?
At least hundreds of years, if the rumors are all right.
woo woo… … .
He lowered his head and inhaled the shady, damp air. repeat it several times
Along with him, light emanated from the back of his body.
A very bright light. It was bright enough to feel like that of Buddha.
It was thanks to that.
I could see his face now.
Chains of unknown material were wrapped around the old, skinny body, and all sorts of weapons were stuck in each important muscle vein.
Spear, sword, wealth, sword, memorization, etc.
Even looking at the tiny sparks of blood, it seemed that something like a gold needle was blocking all the blood of the author. It looked like there were iron nails stuck in the joints.
everyman… … No, even if you are a master of the highest level, you must have already become a disabled person or a corpse to be normal.
Except for the head, the author did not see any part that could be called a body.
Besides, if he had been arrested for such a long time, he would have to have enormous lengths of hair, but unusually, only very short hairs covered his head, perhaps due to the influence of the Great Law.
A man imprisoned in a large iron bar, hit by dozens of layers of gin, countless organs, and countless weapons, sealed so that he could not even lift a finger.
“how… … who is this?”
Soso’s murmur.
Of course, I didn’t know either, but now I know a few things.
Lv. 1 [Filial piety]
251 years old.
The name of the author, that he is a fossil that has been aged for more than 200 years,
Lv. 1, 2, 3, … … .
251, 250, 249, … … .
Strength: 1, 2, 3, … … .
Stamina: 1, 2, 3, … … .
Agility: 1, 2, 3, … … .
Spirit: 1, 2, 3, … … .
Spirit: 1, 2, 3, … … .
that he is waking up.
Unknowingly, I stretched out both hands and quickly retreated away from the iron grate with everyone.
A gulp that swallows itself.
Chijijijijijik-!
“?!”
As if something had gone wrong with the story of ‘Moorim Online,’ my head was full of noise.
In the meantime, wrinkles were quickly removed from Hyogi-sim’s old skin, and his dull complexion turned into a red face.
and… … .
He slowly raised his head.
Charleuk!
The sound of dragging chains.
It was the sound he made as he reached for the iron bars.
That moment!
His new model appeared on the side of the iron bar and was already holding onto it. Just as Daemong said, there was a burning sound as if some organ related to fire was installed on the iron grate.
But filial piety paid no heed to, and he turned his head toward us through the darkness.
Two closed eyes visible from under black eyebrows.
Just the sight of those eyes that hadn’t even opened yet turned this way, and the atmosphere changed.
Overwhelmed.
He was overwhelming us all with one invisible look.
Charrrrrrrr!
As he lightly shook his head, the chains wrapped around his body cried out.
Chijik. tooth support.
With the sound of flesh burning, tiny streaks of light began to seep out from under his eyes. And as the eyes opened, the light grew wider and stronger.
Soon, his eyes were open, and a sharp light pierced even the abyss-like darkness of this place.
flash!
The light in my eyes that seemed to be cut, no, it dug into the hearts of all of us.
My whole body trembled like an aspen tree.
I was out of breath.
At the same time, one more question comes to mind.
why… … Did you lock it up here without killing ‘something like that’?
I dare to say.
If that thing goes out into the world, its existence alone will make the whole world hold its breath.
Lv. ??? [Filial piety]
20 years old
strength : ???
health : ???
Agility : ???
mental : ???
Power: ???
Faced with a being whose age is reversed, my mouth spat out a word without even realizing it.
“Heavenly Demon… … !?”
