Admission is a waste of time (109)
Lesson 23. Even if it’s a lie – 4
There are two patterns to the rules of Trick Room.
The first one applies to all elements that make up a room.
Second, the scope of application is limited.
For example, in Room 23, the rule that you shouldn’t attack innocent people obviously didn’t apply to a group of murderers.
However, the rule that those who did not make a contract with the constellation could not act within the city at night was applied to everyone.
I would like to ask why there are rules if the candy vendor is going to do whatever he wants.
Ultimately, the purpose of the Trick Room rules is to make climbing difficult and worthwhile.
Above all, the fact that the scope of application of the rule has changed could be a hint in itself.
‘It’s an extreme example, but anyone who could break the rule of not attacking innocent people was a criminal. This room is probably the same. You can’t attack first unless you’re attacked. If this condition were applied to everyone, it would be a truly peaceful world.’
Moreover, the second condition given in this room was similar to the first condition.
Anyone who attacks them first will at least be charged with assault.
That is, a sinner. He can be beaten without mercy.
‘However, we can’t attack and kill the criminal as soon as we find him like before.’
Does it seem like the rules of the Trick Room change with their actions?
Light rolled his feet while Ban Yu-won was seriously contemplating such things.
“Does that matter now? What’s important is that it’s connected to room 24. What are we going to do? It’s a 4-way connection.”
“I see. Considering the nonsense you did in Room 23, I think you can expect compensation for Room 30.”
“Ah, this is annoying.”
Dokgoyeon looked up at the city walls that had come within a stone’s throw of him, his voice gloomy.
The strictness of the security is incomparable to that of a small city with 23 rooms.
Although they did not fire their arrows or anything as soon as they saw the group, they were all prepared to attack them at any time.
There were two gates, the large one was locked and the small one next to it was left open to allow people to come and go.
“Come this way.”
The guard who noticed them waved at them.
As if they had made a promise, the group approached the guards with Ban Yu-won at the front.
“We didn’t do any inspections or anything like that, but these days, the cult members are running wild, so we can’t do anything about it. Where are you from?”
“I’m coming from a small town.”
When Ban Yu-won mentioned the name of the small city, the guard’s face turned pale.
“What, the city where the gods descended? Pillars of light and darkness rose up. They say that this situation started to get serious after that… … What was the situation like there?”
“It wasn’t that bad… … but how did the rumors spread?”
According to the guards, two pillars that rose in a small town two weeks ago became a hot topic.
It is said that humans who were afraid of divine punishment stopped urinating in the small towns after that.
If something big had happened, there should have been people who fled from the small town, but there was no such person.
So, officially, the small town is being treated as having disappeared.
“You would certainly think so. In reality, it was quite the opposite.”
“contrary?”
“Of course. At that time, a group of cultists were secretly operating in the small town with the power of the constellation, and it was I… … .”
“you?”
“Yes.”
And Ban Yu-won nodded with an expression of utmost sincerity.
And then he just started joking without even saying anything.
“It was I who punished him. I did it in the name of the Holy One.”
As he said that, Ban Yu-won floated a sphere of light over his palm.
Although it was the photon magic he had just learned, the principle of activation was not that different from the elemental magic he had been diligently practicing, so using the magic itself was not that difficult.
“What?! No, that can’t be! Then what about that pillar of light?!”
Is it true that magic that manipulates light is extremely rare?
The guard’s gaze turned upside down in an instant.
Okay, so now it’s clear that the Wings of Justice characters aren’t actively involved in this city.
And now that that’s confirmed, it’s Ban Yoo-won’s turn from now on!
“That’s right. Of course, I borrowed too much of his power, so I’ve been recovering from the aftereffects for a while… … That’s why I’d like to hear more about what’s been going on these days.”
“Huh… …! That means you’ll help me solve the case here too, no! Instead of doing this here, please come inside! You and your companions!”
The guard urgently called his colleagues inside, handed over the work, and then bowed and personally guided them into the walls.
Ban Yu-won followed behind with a kind smile, as if he were a saint, and looked back at the group with an expression that said, “Have you seen this?”
“This guy is really ridiculous… … . He’s a man who would act as the leader of the Murim Alliance even though he’s a beggar… … .”
“My conscience is prickling. Why do I have to feel guilty when half of the people are lying?”
“That’s probably light.”
“… … Ruchel, why did you stop talking? Huh? Ruchel?”
The party received the utmost hospitality.
Even the knight who appeared after receiving the report confirmed that Ban Yu-won’s light magic was not a scam, and the already good accommodation was upgraded even further!
“Ah, I think I can live here for a while.”
“No.”
At the knight’s mansion.
Dokgoyeon responded bluntly to Ban Yuwon, who was patting his stomach with a satisfied expression after being treated to a sumptuous meal.
“Don’t forget that this is only a part of the tower and a testing area. It’s not a place where you can just settle down.”
“I know, I know. That’s why I just ate.”
“Huh? Food?”
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Light blinked at those words, leaning back in his chair with a languid expression on his face, perhaps because the food here suited his taste better than the Academy’s student cafeteria, having overeaten.
“Why the food? It was delicious.”
“You dullard, you ate your food without even knowing it was poisoned?”
“poison?”
“That was poisonous too.”
Light became sad.
In fact, because of his contract with the Holy Sword, he had a constitution that nullified most poisons.
Thanks to that, he was able to eat the poisoned rice without even noticing.
“Ban, wasn’t this a place where you could relax?”
“There is no such space in the world.”
“I can rest comfortably anywhere as long as I’m by Yuwon’s side… … ♡”
“Beast, stop making such quick appeals every chance you get.”
Ban Yu-won let out a sigh and activated the magic of the language of solution, completely eliminating the poison that had entered the party’s bodies.
In fact, strong people like Dokgo Yeon and Ruchel have such strong resistance that it may not have been necessary for them to come forward… … But they were eliminated because they don’t know what kind of aftereffects it might leave behind.
“You all knew?! Were you just eating like an idiot without me knowing? Why? Why did you just eat it?”
Of course, the moment Ban Yu-won confirmed that the food they received was poisoned, he weakened it.
To be exact, it is the word ‘Maeng’ selected from the string ‘Maengdok’ (猛毒) and absorbed.
Then why didn’t they remove all the poison but leave some behind?
that…….
“Because we had to take the first strike. Poison is an excellent offensive tool.”
Ban Yu-won sighed and replied, then got up and looked outside.
In fact, it was extremely suspicious when he left the table, telling us to eat leisurely among our group.
It seems they were afraid that they would be poisoned too.
The important thing now is to determine who is the enemy and who is the ally, and for now, the knight was definitely the enemy.
Because in Ban Yu-won’s reading room, the guy looked completely dyed black.
“So he was the one who ordered the poison to be added.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know. He could be a cultist following the Claws of the Dark Forest, or he could be someone who was ordered by the Wings of Justice to kill us. But that doesn’t really matter.”
“It doesn’t matter?!”
“Okay. Anyway, it’s certain that we were attacked by that guy.”
As expected, Light still didn’t understand the true nature of this trick room.
Fundamentally, it is no different from Room 23.
“Light, let’s say an incident occurred here. Then what’s important?”
“Well, well. The reason why the incident happened… … ?”
“The answer is the culprit. There’s no need for any method or anything else. All we need to do is catch the culprit. And the next most important thing is the person who caught the culprit.”
“Ban, don’t you often hear that you have twisted thoughts… …?”
“Stay still. Here, take the popcorn. … …Kuhak!”
Ban Yu-won took out some popcorn from his inventory, handed it to his group, opened the door, and went outside.
As the eyes of the soldiers standing guard inside the mansion were focused on him, Ban Yu-won, who had been fine, suddenly started vomiting blood that looked like red paint!
“Why are you doing that!”
“Poison, who put poison in the food! It’s clearly a cult… …!”
“This can’t be happening, get treatment quickly!”
“Who cooked the food today?”
“Ha, hahaha… … You’re the one who’s being sociable!”
“what?”
At the right time, the article came forward.
The bastard was holding a thick sword that was good for cutting off people’s heads, and was glaring at Ban Yu-won.
Surprisingly, the bastard’s greatsword was emitting a brilliant light.
Light enchantment! He was a swordsman.
“I was able to imitate him fairly well, but I was unable to match his true power. His words were right. You are an evil that must be erased from this place!”
“What the heck, Light?!”
“Surely not our knight!”
The knight aimed his glowing white greatsword at Ban Yu-won.
At that very moment, Ban Yu-won, who had stumbled, was hit in the shoulder by the knight’s sword and fell to his knees.
“Huh!”
“You will have a hard time even standing. To make sure you are killed, I mixed in some basilisk venom, which is said to be able to kill even an ogre with a single drop.”
“What a coward, one who follows the light, yet drinks poison… …!”
Ban Yu-won thought as he screamed.
‘I tried it out of curiosity, but it seems like the rules don’t apply to them.’
―The moment I ordered you to take the poison, it was already the same as attacking you directly.
‘I was hoping, though. Anyway, if this is the case, I guess we can say that the second rule does not apply to all of the [Wings] and [Claws] contractors.’
The soldiers looked confused as they watched the staggering Banyuwon.
Could it be that the knights they trusted and followed would attack someone who had made a contract with the Constellation of Light?
Aren’t you even handling that light yourself!
The not-so-smart soldiers gave up on judging who was good and who was evil.
Of course, I had faith in the knight whom I had known for quite some time, but I couldn’t make a rash judgment or act because the impact of the huge pillar of light that had risen in the small town two weeks ago was also great.
So the conclusion is to wait until someone dies.
In these cases, the winning side is usually just.
“This is the judgment of light! Die!”
“The true light is-!”
Okay, now I know more or less what I need to know.
At that moment, the knight raised his greatsword and aimed for Ban Yu-won’s head.
“This is it!”
Ban Yu-won, who had been kneeling, gained momentum and jumped, stabbing his sword into the knight’s empty neck!
“K, haak?!”
The knight who missed his greatsword stepped back with a deflating sound.
There was a huge hole in the bastard’s neck.
Ban Yu-won stood tall and shouted, lifting the longsword of the beheader covered in a clean and beautiful light.
“He healed me and gave me the strength to punish the cultists who dare to claim His light! I will purify this city with His light!”
“Social, social, social… …!”
The knight knelt down.
A black light started to spread from his wounded throat, gradually covering his entire body.
It was very similar to the deaths of cultists discovered so far.
Ban Yu-won was truly grateful that the magic he had acquired was photon magic.
“Ohhhhhhhhh!”
“I can’t believe it, the knight was a cultist… …!”
“The Warrior of Light has killed the cultist who was hiding in disguise!”
The soldiers, who were inwardly shocked by the knight’s death, cheered even louder to drown out their confusion.
And Ban Yu-won, who silently sheds light and adds to the soldiers’ trust.
The Rebellion members who were still in the room opened their eyes wide as they saw Ban Yoo-won’s appearance from behind.
“So how long do I have to do this?”
“Light, there is a saying, ‘He who ties the knot will untie it.’”
“What does that mean?”
“It means let the person who started the job handle it.”
indeed.
Is this the deep meaning behind Ban Yoo-won giving me popcorn?
Light nodded and decided to quietly eat some popcorn.
I don’t know for sure, but the constellation guys underestimated Ban Yu-won too much.
Ban Yu-won, who had poured oil on the fire started by the constellations, soon escalated the situation beyond control and ran wild under the rules of the Trick Room.
So when the connection reached Room 27, Ban Yu-won and his party were visiting the palace of an ancient kingdom.
Are you sure he is’t graduate from k-drama major?