MEMORIZE Chapter 821

00821 “… “I can’t admit it.” ————————————————– ———————-=

As I passed through the door, a space similar in size to the room I had just passed appeared. It was a place similar to a void. The walls and ceiling were made of dirt, not stone, and on the other side was the same iron door.

However, on either side of the door were giant stone statues of lions that were over 4 meters tall, and the clan members seemed to be suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder and as soon as they saw them, they ran over and destroyed the statues. Even if you break it finely, it turns into powder. I wanted to say that it was a decoration and not a moving stone statue, but I just laughed.

Eventually, after a thorough exploration of the room. I told them to camp here today because it was difficult and because I was tired after consuming a lot of my magical energy.

The clan members also did not decline. I was happy to finally get some rest and quickly set up camp. There were no other traps to be seen in the room, and although there were holes in the corners and the ceiling, there was nothing special as I had seen hundreds of them on my way here.

We quickly finished eating the food we had brought, and everyone except those on guard duty went into their sleeping bags to get a good night’s sleep. I stood first along with Kim Han-byeol, Won Won, and Yu-jeong Lee. Although there were no trees or branches around, we made a bonfire using firewood that we had prepared in advance.

I stared endlessly at the flickering flames, with only the sounds of crackling, sparks, and snoring to be heard. Let’s look back on today’s expedition one by one.

My clan members probably thought that I had chosen the path randomly, but that wasn’t the case. After coming down to the second floor, I entered the leftmost door and marched slowly moving to the right. Then, there is a space where a magic trap appears, and the room you pass through and come out of is the true primary destination. Because this was a place where I could hope for that ‘fluke’.

Of course, there is some risk that must be taken. no. It may or may not be true. I am not confident. A fluke means a case where something happens unexpectedly. Looking at the crunching noise I heard on the way and the holes here and there, I think the possibility is high.

“Hwaaaam. I’m feeling sleepy. “Do I really have to be on guard for this?”

While I was lost in thought, I suddenly heard a yawning sound. Across from me, I saw Kim Han-byul covering her mouth with her hand and just taking a breath. When my eyes meet his, he quickly shakes his head with an embarrassed look on his face. Looking at it, it doesn’t seem to be him. To the right, Lee Yu-jeong was tapping her mouth. There is a theory that yawning is contagious, but it seems to be true.

“Why do you think that?”

“huh? Oh, that’s right. “It may be the first floor, but I didn’t even see a monster on this floor, right?”

“You can’t be confident, can you?”

“Yes. Actually, I heard strange noises a few times. But I can’t see him, and I can’t even catch his presence. “What kind of people are they?”

Lee Yu-jeong, who had been lowering her head as if acknowledging it, suddenly asked as if she was curious.

“well. “For some reason, it reminds me of the time when we were targeting this area of ​​the Steel Mountains.”

The answer came from Hanbyeol Kim.

“oh. “That could be possible.”

“It was worse for them. “I couldn’t even hear it, let alone see it, and it even took on human form.”

“it’s a shame. “I should have met the guy who looked like you back then.”

“That’s the same for me too. no. Didn’t you get eaten at that time? then… .”

Kim Han-byeol, who accepted it with enthusiasm, suddenly took out a jewel and threw it and caught it repeatedly. He didn’t give up for a reason. “I got caught. So, what are you going to do?” He said and started performing tricks with the dagger.

Eventually, I felt strange seeing the two of them smiling brightly at the same time. Until just last year, it was easy to growl and ignore each other, but when did the relationship improve this much? In the past, it seemed like a cat pulling out its sharp claws and scratching with all its might, but now it looks like cute kittens getting to know each other and exchanging pats one at a time. okay. How nice it looks like this.

“… “Maybe this area has already been occupied.”

While I was watching happily, someone suddenly spoke in a whisper.

“Occupied? To whom?”

“I do not know.”

In response to Lee Yu-jeong’s question, Gwon Geun-won, who was quietly sitting next to him, spoke sharply. His eyes stared blankly into the bonfire, and then he slowly raised his head.

“However, it is expected that not only intelligence but also senses will be quite outstanding.”

“why?”

“Every time I try to analyze the battlefield, I immediately notice it and it goes out of bounds.”

“Hmm. So are you saying that they are the owners of this place full of traps?”

“It is too early to tell, but it is likely. We analyzed and synthesized the shape and location of the burrows we often see, and concluded that they are similar to insect burrows. therefore… .”

“… … ?”

Geunwon, who was silent for a moment, began to draw a line in the dirt on the floor with his small index finger. It’s not like playing with dirt, it’s like drawing something. Lee Yu-jeong took a quick peek with her curious face and suddenly burst into laughter.

“pooh! what’s this! Source: You really can’t draw! Puhahaha!”

Geunwon, who was in the middle of a deep concentration, suddenly trembled.

“Anyway, me too once.”

As he quickly stood up, Geunwon quickly covered the picture with his hand. It’s covered so well by the fern-like hand that you can’t really see the picture at all. He lowered his head alternately to the left and to the right, but the result was the same. The hand position changes slightly each time you tilt, probably to calculate and obscure the angle visible to the other person. Hehehe. Does this mean it comes out like this?

I pretended to look to the left, then tilted my head to the right, then momentarily tilted my head to the left again. Nevertheless, Geunwon managed to defend himself and suddenly raised his head and stared at me. As those emotionless eyes stared at me, I felt like I had done something wrong. The source soothed his mouth.

“… “I’m angry.”

no. Why are you looking at me with resentment? The one who laughed was Lee Yu-jeong.

“Hey, you were wrong~.”

“Oppa, you’re really doing this too.”

What the hell. At times like this, it’s a perfect fit again.

I cleared my throat, sat down, and took out the record from my pocket. It was a record related to the ‘bottomless pit of death’.

“There is some very interesting information written in this record.”

“and. Changing the topic… . huh. Sorry brother. I did it wrong. “Keep talking.”

“… As anyone who has seen it knows, this is a serious record. “A diary written by a general who occupied the capital of an enemy country.”

“I read it halfway through. “That general, his personality seemed a little strange?”

Kim Han-byeol pretended to know and I nodded my head in agreement.

“yes. In the end, I gave up the chase, but I didn’t actually give up. “I gathered all the monsters around and forced them into this place.”

Suddenly, Hanbyeol Kim frowned. Perhaps he was thinking of the Death Knights he encountered on the first basement floor, but it seems he has contracted a suspicious disease again. Well, if you think about it, it’s a reasonable suspicion.

Yujeong Lee opened her mouth.

“You have a hot personality. “So you expected those monsters to kill those hiding in the hideout?”

“I guess so, right? But that doesn’t mean that anyone just grabbed it and put it in there. We only selected those who could survive in such a harsh place for a long time. For example, the undead I saw on the first basement floor… .”

“… “Undead?”

“Well, I don’t know the rest. “Because the record was cut off there.”

I folded the record and shrugged my shoulders. Lee Yu-jeong looked at me with puzzled eyes. Kim Han-byeol also looks as if he has lost his temper. It seems like he was hoping that he would be able to find out the identity of the monster, but he couldn’t tell him that. It’s not that I don’t know, but if I say something that isn’t in the records, I might be suspected.

“Anyway, this place is no longer a ruin, but may have turned into a den of monsters. “It means to always be alert.”

In the end, this is what I really wanted to say.

Soon, silence suddenly came. While everyone was silent, only Geun Geun lightly lifted his chin. It seems that there is probably a part that matches his calculations.

“What are you talking about so interestingly?”

At that time, I heard a sleepy voice behind me. When I look behind her, I see Nam Da-eun looking down with a bright smile on her face. As she talked, she lost track of time.

“Is it already shift time?”

As I slowly got up, I saw Im Hanna slowly approaching from behind, and Jeong Ha-yeon shaking Jin Su-hyeon, telling her to get up quickly. I relaxed my eyes and deliberately rubbed them. Nam Da-eun smiles brightly.

“Are you feeling very sleepy?”

“just… . “I’m a little tired.”

“You should sleep first… .”

“To do that. “I was tired when I woke up in the middle of the night, so I deliberately went first.”

“oh. “Isn’t that an abuse of power?”

“Soohyun can abuse her power. “What did you struggle with the most today?”

Lim Hanna suddenly joined Nam Da-eun and intervened.

“is it? Actually, if it wasn’t for my brother, he wouldn’t have come this far.”

“that’s right.”

The two women exchanged words with each other and burst into laughter. I watched quietly and walked away without saying anything. Then the laughter stopped and people said, “Huh?” or “Perhaps I made a mistake…” ?” I heard the sound of my back, but I quietly went into my sleeping bag.

After a while, the whispering sound disappeared and silence came again. I gently closed my eyes and placed my ears on the floor. I exhaled evenly, trying to pretend to be in a deep sleep, but focused all my attention on my hearing.

and,

“… … .”

How much time has passed?

square… .

“… … !”

I tried to open my eyes, but barely stopped and glanced at the ground.

Crunchy, crunchy… !

Crunchy, crunchy… !

It was very, very subtle, but it was definitely felt. The sound of something scratching the dark, damp ground.

… come.

*

After the first guard went in, the second guard sat around the campfire. Already 30 minutes have passed since my shift changed. Jin Soo-hyeon was nodding off, Jeong Ha-yeon was looking at holes in the ceiling and corners to set up magic formations, and Nam Da-eun and Im Hanna were chatting while glancing at where the sleeping bags were.

“Hannah. Did you see Suhyun’s expression earlier?”

“I saw it… . The expression on his face wasn’t that strange. Rather, his behavior was strange.”

“Did I make a mistake?” .”

“I don’t know. Maybe I was tired and wanted to sleep quickly. But Da-eun, why do you call Su-hyeon her brother? Aren’t we the same age? And you speak informally to me.”

Nam Da-eun giggles at Im Hanna’s light protest.

“that… .”

It was that moment.

grasp!

Suddenly, there was a sound of something exploding, and dirt flew in all directions. Flying dirt hit their faces, and it was almost at the same time that the two women hurriedly stood up.

However, less than a second later, a long figure broke through the dirt and soared high into the sky. Is it at least 4 or 5 meters long? The entire body is covered with a shiny, jet-black carapace, and there are thin hairs or tentacles hanging on the left and right sides of the body. Although the feet are short, they are so numerous that they are reminiscent of centipedes.

It truly happened in a split second. Among the monsters that shot up to the ceiling, two of them poured down like a waterfall with the same force they had risen and hit the area around the bonfire. And the remaining three attack the area near the tent, each wrapping around a sleeping bag.

“monster… !”

Nam Da-eun shouted loudly and ducked to the side. As the monster grazed his body and swung his sword at the same time, ice light flashed.

Wow! There was definitely a feeling that something was being cut. However, Nam Da-eun’s eyes soon became wide. A cross-section of about 2 meters long was clearly cut off, and she fell to the ground and wriggled, but her upper part, including her head, just passed through the ground and disappeared. Just like when she first appeared.

The same was true for Jin Soo-hyun. He must have woken up before he knew it and was kneeling on his left knee with his sword drawn. There was dirt on his clothes, so he probably rolled on the floor reflexively. There was also a severed tail and two new holes around Jin Soo-hyeon.

All of this happened in just 6 seconds.

“What happen!”

While the sleeping bag members were quickly waking up, Jeong Ha-yeon, who had been carefully setting up the magic camp, hurriedly ran over. But it had already happened. Jeong Ha-yeon followed Im Hanna, who was staring blankly at one place, and her eyes soon grew to the size of a flower lantern. Tuk! The cane he was holding in his hand fell and rolled helplessly on the floor.

because,

“Oh my god… .”

There were 6 new holes around the tent that I had not seen before. And a total of 3 sleeping bags were missing.

“number… . hyeon… ?”

Among them was Kim Soo-hyun’s sleeping bag.

fantasy,