Admission is a waste of time (76)
Lesson 17. How to clear the Trick Room – 1
“I decided to call it ‘Gwaeyeonggong (怪影功)’.”
Ban Yu-won walked lightly under the dark night sky where not even the moon had risen, muttering.
The black shadows rippling beneath his feet held an ominous magic.
A monster in itself, with sharp claws hidden within a vague presence that seems to exist but not exist.
“There are no leopards or weasels? They’re not even beasts.”
Dokgo Yeon read the essence of his martial arts from the energy he radiated and responded in a ridiculous tone.
Ban Yu-won simply shrugs his shoulders in response.
“In the process of organizing my mind, I eliminated all the useless things while taking advantage of the stealthiness of the shadows and the ferocity of the beast, and only one strange monster remained.”
The depth of the newly born martial arts concept, Goeyeonggong, is 100, which is 3 less than the depth of Jamyeongbo (38) and Assassination (65).
However, the depth of the dance itself that encompasses it jumped from around 420 to 500, and since Goeyeonggong was a higher level concept like Hyeonsingong, it became so powerful that it was pitiful to compare it to concepts like Jamyeongbo or Assassination.
‘Of course it’s not perfect yet, but on the other hand, it means there’s still room for improvement.’
The Goeyounggong is just the beginning.
Ban Yu-won, who realized the harmony between the flow of internal energy (spirit) and the supernatural (physical) energy, had an ambitious dream of creating his own martial art based on the Hyunshin-gong as Dokgo Yeon had previously told him.
I gained some confidence while creating the Gobyunggong.
Of course, he had no illusions that he really had exceptional talent for creating martial arts.
‘It’s all thanks to the foundation I laid with Hyeonsin Gong. It’s because I gained insight into my inner strength and body through Hyeonsin Gong that such bold actions became possible.’
Although there were many sources here and there, such as the Dokgo Yeon’s escort’s Dokmunmu Gong and the concept of the Shadow Weasel, in the end, Goeyeonggong was also born on the foundation of Hyeonsin Gong.
The martial art of Hyeonshin-gong was truly an Eevee-like martial art that could develop in a variety of ways depending on the practitioner’s growth direction.
Ban Yu-won was a little suspicious that even the creepy martial arts that Dokgo Yeon was using, which radiated the aura of death, might be based on Hyeonsingong.
“Dokgoyeon, I have something I want to ask you seriously… … .”
“Shh. We’re almost at the wall.”
Just when Ban Yu-won was about to ask her a question, unable to contain his doubts, Dokgo Yeon coldly cut him off.
Before I knew it, her entire body was covered in darkness and no longer visible.
Ban Yu-won also began to use Goeyeonggong in earnest, vowing to ask about it later.
A feeling as if one’s body is sinking into the shadows.
It has transformed into a shadowy monster that hides in the darkness and preys on the nape of its neck.
– That’s quite something. I want to tell my escort about it.
-I’m sorry, but I really don’t want to meet that person.
He learned his own martial arts on his own and even modified it to suit his taste, so wouldn’t he try to tear Ban Yu-won to pieces the moment he sees him?
Dokgo Yeon smiled slightly and turned his gaze away as he looked at Ban Yu-won, who was becoming serious.
―But there’s no one standing guard… … at all? What on earth was the strict guard duty during the day?
-What? There really isn’t any.
Ban Yu-won was so dumbfounded that he followed Dokgo Yeon around the castle wall.
There should have been a couple of guards standing there, but it was just quiet.
The two jumped over the wall without hesitation and entered the city.
Just like the walls, the interior of the city was extremely quiet.
―I waited until midnight to move, but… … I didn’t expect there to be even a patrol.
-Could it be magic?
―If the enemy were to perform such large-scale magic, it wouldn’t be easy to deal with them.
The two of them, conversing through telepathy (this is not language magic. After creating the Gobyeokgong, they were able to naturally use telepathy) go deeper and deeper into the city.
The city was a mixture of half stone and half wooden buildings, and you could guess the era’s setting by looking at the structure of the buildings.
If we take the Earth as a standard, I think Europe would have been like this 500-600 years ago.
‘Perhaps this is the image of some other dimension where civilization has developed to this level, transferred here?’
At that moment, while Ban Yu-won’s thoughts continued, Dokgo Yeon, who sensed something unusual, sent him a message.
-Something started moving secretly.
-Isn’t that exactly us… … Ugh!
Even though he was in a state of chaos, Dokgoyeon, who had found Ban Yu-won’s forehead like a ghost, led him up to the roof of a nearby building.
-see.
-Wow, that’s really suspicious.
Inyoung, with her hood pulled down low, was walking briskly down the alley.
He kept looking around as if he was on guard against something, but he didn’t seem to have enough skill to spot Dokgoyeon and Ban Yuwon.
With this, it seemed that the ’23 Room Monster Group Theory’ that Dokgo Yeon had been thinking about could be discarded.
“Lord, please help me find the culprit today… … .”
The voice flowing out from under the hood was carried by the night wind and reached Ban Yu-won’s ears.
It was the voice of a young man, neither an angel nor a girl.
-The culprit. Are you looking for the culprit of an incident that occurred in the city? Why at this hour of the night?
-Let’s watch a little longer.
The man, who had been moving carefully, suddenly stopped in front of a fairly large stone building.
As the two men watched, he knelt on the floor, folded his hands in front of his chest, and prayed.
“Lord, answer me.”
A small voice, as if sobbing.
Ban Yu-won guessed that it was a magical spear.
“Is the killer in here?”
‘……huh?’
It was a moment when Ban Yu-won’s eyes lit up.
But regardless of what he thought or not, the magic was successfully manifested.
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A pure white cross appeared in the air, stuck on top of a building, and then disappeared.
The man looked at it and despaired.
“Ah, I can’t find it again… … !”
“… … .”
A man rises from his seat in despair.
It seemed as if he had little magical power left, and he was out of breath as he walked back into the alley he had come from.
Ban Yu-won looked at that lonely back… … and made an extremely bitter expression.
-What’s wrong, Ban Yu-won?
―This seems like a game I know. But I’m not sure yet. Let’s wait a minute.
―Game… … amusement… … ? This situation?
Fortunately, we didn’t have to wait thousands of years.
In just a few minutes, signs of movement could be heard within the city.
A very rough, ferocious, and unorganized spirit.
A blood-smelling horde was marching through the city.
-Let’s go.
-okay.
At that moment, Dokgo Yeon and Ban Yu-won were about to fly after exchanging phone calls.
A new rule of the Trick Room appeared before their eyes as if it had been waiting for them.
―Those who have not made a contract with the constellation may not act within the city at night.
“Huh?!”
“… … !”
At the same time that their vision became blurry, a terrible force occurred and they were hurled high into the sky.
Dokgoyeon found his balance in the air and Ban Yuwon briefly summoned Release to board, but he was unable to re-enter the city.
“It’s completely blocked. … … I feel a shallow energy similar to the power of the constellations.”
Dokgoyeon, who had been knocking on the transparent barrier blocking their view several times, clicked his tongue and said,
The wall was a hemispherical shape that completely surrounded the entire small town, making it impossible to find any gaps, and even the inside of the city could not be seen due to the thick fog that was rising.
“I guess sneaking in at night was against the rules. I thought it would be okay… … .”
Ban Yu-won sighed and replied.
Was it because my level of infiltration was high that I was able to hold out for a few minutes without being kicked out?
But when a full-scale ‘change’ occurred in the city, I was caught in the act because I was too hasty to chase it.
“Sorry, it’s my fault. If you had just left me alone, I could have gathered enough information.”
“Ban Yu-won, don’t talk nonsense. I allowed you to come with me because I thought your hiding skills were just as good as mine. That’s why both of our abilities were lacking. Heh!”
Dokgo Yeon spoke firmly, knocking on the barrier a few more times before sighing faintly and landing on the floor.
Ban Yu-won piloted the release and landed next to her, saying:
“I appreciate it if you say so.”
“You don’t have to worry about it, I didn’t take your feelings into consideration.”
Dokgoyeon looked around the small town, which was covered in fog and covered in a hazy mist, and his cross-shaped pupils flashed.
“When the sun rises, let’s try again from the front. At least I know one more trick.”
“You said it was a constellation.”
Ban Yu-won’s eyes lit up as he listened to Dokgo Yeon’s words.
Dokgo Yeon nodded and continued speaking.
“Those who have not made a pact with the constellations cannot act at night. This does not require the climber to make a pact with the constellations… … .”
“It’s a hint that the things that move at night are connected to the constellations.”
A city where citizens reject outsiders, a city that falls into an unnatural silence as soon as night falls.
And those who move secretly in the sleeping city.
The theme of Room 23 could be seen as testing how climbers cope in a space where the coercive power of the constellations is at work, rather than simply a trick.
Ban Yu-won couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
‘As expected, the tower and the constellations were in a mutually beneficial relationship. It’s nothing new.’
I thought about the various phenomena occurring inside the tower, including the Holy Fire, related to the constellations.
I wonder if it’s not just the constellations that use the towers, but the towers that use the constellations as well.
As expected, upon reaching Room 23, they discovered that the tower was openly testing climbers using the constellations.
But aside from that insight, there’s something I’ve come to realize about what’s happening in Room 23.
‘The atmosphere of the city during the day and at night is completely different. While ordinary citizens cannot act, only a few people move… … There are those with special means of finding murderers. Murderers move in groups.’
“Isn’t this a total mafia (werewolf) game?!”
“That game story again. Tell me more.”
“therefore…….”
Ban Yu-won briefly explained to Dokgo Yeon about the werewolf game he knew.
Night is the time of the murderers (contractors of the constellations), they run wild and prey on the citizens, creating innocent victims and then pretending not to know and crawling back into the darkness.
When citizens wake up during the day, they only know that there has been a new victim, but they do not know who the killer is.
But still, they must find the killer and hang him.
Before all the citizens living in the city are killed by murderers.
“Of course, there are those with the ability to fight against murderers (contractors from other constellations), but as we saw earlier in the city, there are some… … .”
“It was an absurdly crude ability that could only tell whether there was a murderer in a randomly designated space or not.”
“Yes. If the killer can be found and eliminated quickly, the civilian side will have an advantage. In many ways, it’s a well-balanced game.”
Ban Yu-won smiled faintly as he recalled the memory of playing Mafia with his friends during a high school field trip.
As I have said many times, Ban Yoo-won’s eloquence is beyond the reach of ordinary people, so when they play mafia games, his team always wins.
Because this went on for so long, it became a rule to start a game later on by killing all the anti-communists, whether they were mafia or civilians!
‘It still makes me mad to think about it. Those bastards would’ve been screwed if they went back to Earth.’
Dokgo Yeon looked a little tired as she watched him smile with a murderous smile.
“There’s such a game, your world… … The more I learn about it, the creepier it gets. I thought you’d never killed a single person before you came here, so I’m a little surprised.”
“No, crazy.”
Don’t look at me like I’m looking at a survivor of some death game!
“It’s a game, a game. It’s not like you’re actually killing people, it’s just a game where you set some rules and a bunch of people get together and pretend to have fun.”
“That’s even stranger. More than that… … So are you saying that we should go into the city tomorrow, side with the citizens, find the murderer, and kill him?”
“yes.”
Ban Yu-won nodded his head while thinking.
‘I think this can be resolved with my authority.’
-That’s what I told you.
Selon, who had read his thoughts, spoke in a sour tone.
-Besides, you, are you now starting to recognize the contract holders of the constellations?
‘Probably, unless the opponent is significantly more capable than me.’
Ban Yu-won’s fundamental understanding of constellations deepened as he received support from both constellations.
Above all, doesn’t it have a stigmata level 5?
Unless the opponent is someone as strong as Dokgo Yeon, it won’t be difficult to recognize the stigmata inside his body.
Even if there are some ambiguities in the distinction between good and evil in Mandok-an, if we find those who have the concept of stigmata and cross-check them, we will be able to completely find a group of murderers!
“Umm… … .”
But when Dokgo Yeon heard that story, he made a worried expression.
“……no.”
He glanced at Ban Yu-won’s calm face and said as if he had made up his mind about something.
“Of course, you could finish it off in an instant with your abilities. But then the other party members’ crisis response skills wouldn’t improve. We can’t just rely on you.”
“But if we finish it quickly and cleanly, we will be able to taste the fruits of Eden in Room 30.”
“… … Let’s try anyway. I think it’ll be okay once.”
“Okay, I understand.”
For about 5 seconds.
Dokgo Yeon looked as if she was seriously conflicted and shocked by the words that she might not be able to eat the fruit of Eden, but for the sake of her honor, she decided to ignore them.
