Episode 89

If the boss is not defeated within time after the dungeon break occurs, the overlapping space will become a reality.

A dungeon that did not require a gate was bound to become a huge social headache.

Basically, manpower to control is needed, and the residents living nearby become like refugees.

Because of this, the association paid attention to prevent such a situation from occurring, and it was one of the reasons that the guild and hunters were given large rewards.

‘But this place was impregnable.’

The barrier surrounding this black obelisk was a barrier created by necromancy. No one was allowed inside without permission from the boss.

‘Even Johanna couldn’t release the barrier.’

Although Johanna is proficient in magic, necromancy is different. Before the appearance of Necrod, there was no human who had mastered necromancy.

In the end, I couldn’t attack the boss, so naturally the dungeon became a reality.

It was the birth of the dungeon, the ‘command tower of the Shisan Blood Sea’.

Fortunately, even the monsters inside the obelisk didn’t come out due to the barrier. Therefore, it was enough to clean up the monsters that occur in the nearby graveyard.

Based on that fact, the association designated the dungeon level 3, code yellow.

‘I didn’t know at the time.’

But it was a mistake.

At some point, the barrier was suddenly lifted and a group of undead spread out.

The undead invaded like a tsunami through the control line and even attacked civilians and called their corpses.

And before the association and guild could respond, they returned to the obelisk with the corpses.

‘It must have been the boss’ goal.’

He was careless because he did not feel the intelligence of the undead he had dealt with.

The victims were resurrected as undead, and the number of monsters increased rapidly.

In response, the association raised the crisis level and decided to code orange during normal times, and code red when the barrier was lifted.

Along with that, the surrounding area was designated as a closed area, and it became a ghost town where people do not live.

‘Nerod attacked such a dungeon alone.’

It was Necrod who attacked such a dungeon. Of course, it wasn’t for good intentions, but for his own ends.

Because of this, there is no record of what happened inside the obelisk.

However, Taemin Kang had no intention of leaving this dungeon alone.

‘It’s different now.’

The power he possesses now is stronger than when he defeated Nekrod before returning. Besides, isn’t it a situation where there is even a Pyosuho that can tear the barrier?

There was no reason to leave this dungeon as it is.

“Turn it off! Teacher… !

While Kang Tae-min was saving his memories, Pyo Soo-ho called out to him with a frown on his face.

The white aura on Pyosuho’s sword squeezed through the gap in the gray barrier.

“Okay… is!”

The gap in the barrier wasn’t that big. But it was enough for one person to pass.

‘It’s worth training.’

He didn’t bring Song Dae-beom to Pyo-su-ho’s sparring for nothing. Although the structure and technique were different, it was to gain experience in dismantling the magic circle.

Unlike creatures, the magic circle quickly restores damaged areas according to the will of the caster. Because of this, he repeatedly trained Pyosuho to identify the difficult point of restoration.

“You go back first. Another monster may appear.”

“Ah yes… !”

“Please!”

“be careful!”

The security guards made a request in a trembling voice and headed toward the outskirts. By now, the association and the guild in charge would have grasped the situation, so there shouldn’t be any major problems.

“Good work.”

“Yeep… ! enter… show! A bit hard to keep… !”

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Leaving the sweaty Pyo Soo-ho behind, Kang Tae-min went inside. Then, as if he had waited, Pyo Soo-ho followed as if he threw himself away.

“Puha… !”

“It will be restored soon.”

When the Pyosuho’s sword disappeared, the gray barrier became clean without a trace.

“Huh… You better hurry! Sir, let’s go!”

“Are you going with me?”

“of course! Waiting alone is a waste of time!”

“If you get hit, you won’t be able to get out again.”

Only the Pyosu Lake can open the barrier. Even if they rescued survivors, it would be useless if the Pyosuho was hit.

At those words, Pyo Soo-ho flinched, but then shook his head.

“So you have to go further! Wouldn’t it be safer together than alone!?”

“Yes, good judgment.”

Taemin Kang thought the same.

However, taking them by force and following them voluntarily were different.

“Geu-”

“Geug- Kreuk-”

Did they notice the intruder in the meantime? Strange cries began to be heard from all directions.

The sound of squeaking and crackling bones came together.

“Teacher… ! All the ceilings and floors here… !”

Pyo Soo-ho opened his mouth in fright. As he radiated a stronger aura to illuminate his surroundings, the scenery around him came into view.

‘Was this structure like this?’

Sea of blood, mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

The inside of the obelisk matched the name of the dungeon. The walls, floor, and even the ceiling were entangled with bones and flesh.

‘It must have been a better place for Nekrod.’

Just as the cog wheel maze was for Kang Tae-min, it must have been a place overflowing with available resources for Necrod.

However, right now, it was an environment where undead were spawning everywhere.

“Break through. Follow.”

“Okay, I see!”

Kang Tae-min put an aura on the etiquette injector. Along with him, he could see the approaching undead in his brightened field of vision.

‘It’s not just humans who became undead.’

The reanimated corpses were not just humans.

A thick skeleton and bloated body that looks like an Orc or Minotaur. Not only that, but there were also the corpses of beast-type monsters.

Kang Tae-min lifted the head of the beast running ahead. With a crackling sound, the skull exploded and the torso jumped out.

He hit the side with a full swing. Blood and flesh splattered with a thud.

That was the beginning.

“It comes from walls too!”

While Kang Tae-min turned the approaching guys from the front into porridge, Pyo Soo-ho stamped the ones that jumped out of the wall.

Unlike Kang Tae-min, he was knocked down by the undead Pyo Soo-ho’s blow.

“My mana! hot! control the body! suck! It looks like it removes magic!”

Pyo Soo-ho continued talking, eliminating the attackers with a single knife.

The undead are the dead who have been resurrected by necromancer. So, if the necromancer doesn’t function properly, it’s just a simple corpse.

‘I am their nemesis… !’

Pyo Soo-ho was confident.

No matter what undead monsters appear, they won’t be able to move in front of his aura.

Is it because of that certainty?

‘Oh… ?’

Pyo Soo-ho realized a step later that the body that had fallen behind was resurrected.

It wasn’t mere carelessness. The corpse had not only been attacked with auras, but also had its neck cleaned up.

However, the severed head was attached again, and he opened his mouth wide and tried to bite the leopard.

‘this… !’

The moment Pyo Soo-ho hurriedly raised his sword.

Something went even faster than that.

It was a bat with bumpy protrusions stuck in its gaping mouth.

“It’s like a barrier.”

The owner of the bat, Kang Tae-min, passed by Pyo Soo-ho and said.

Surprised, Pyo Soo-ho turned around to see that all the undead Kang Tae-min was dealing with had been terribly destroyed.

“There is a lot of fraud in this place. The interrupted mana flow always resumes.”

“ah… .”

“Cut it into pieces beyond recovery or smash it like I did.”

It was a fact he had learned from dealing with the undead summoned by Nekrod. Kang Tae-min pulled out the etiquette injector stuck in the monster’s mouth and took a picture of its torso.

“… sorry.”

“done.”

He calmly replied to Pyo Soo-ho’s apology.

“If you don’t know, just learn.”

The sticky blood clots on the etiquette injector fell with a thud.

“But if you forget what you learned, it will be a problem.”

Pyo Soo-ho swallowed dry saliva without realizing it. But soon, his eyes brightened and he lowered his back.

“… yes! I will do it before planting!”

“That’s it. Let’s hurry.”

It seems that Pyo Soo-ho can’t hear it.

‘There are still survivors.’

A faint scream was heard. In addition, the movement of the metal body felt from upstairs.

“If you find a survivor, you go to protect it.”

“All right! Then what about the teacher?”

To Pyo Soo-ho’s question, Kang Tae-min answered with an expression asking what he was asking.

“I will clean up the monsters.”

* * *

Meanwhile, the association’s headquarters.

“Shouldn’t it be better to aim for the government building?”

“Um, isn’t it a bit small?”

“Then how about assassinating a factor by pinpoint?”

“Ah, that would make it a bit difficult to negotiate a target for assassination.”

Pyo Ji-hoon and Bae Seung-ju were having a conversation with serious faces. A situation that would cause cognitive dissonance in a conversation that is inappropriate for the location and character if seen by a stranger.

But they also had good reasons.

“This really hurts my head.”

“Because we have to come up with a plausible terrorism plan, even if it is a lie.”

The two were in the midst of contemplating a fake terrorism plan to arrest Ubermensch.

Just then, the door burst open and an employee rushed into the conference room.

“Chief! It’s a dungeon break!”

“A dungeon break?”

Of course, there is a standard for the dungeon break report that comes directly to the head of the headquarters.

First of all, the crisis stage of the Code Orange class was basic.

Code green or yellow class can be solved sufficiently even in the lower line.

“How much is the damage?”

“That’s not a lot.”

“… what?”

Bae Seung-joo as well as Pyo Ji-hoon thought they had heard it wrong. However, the staff was quick to explain.

“Strangely, people in the area were evacuated in advance because the earthquake was reported before the situation occurred.”

“Earthquake… ?”

“Yes, but there were no signs of an earthquake after checking with the relevant ministries.”

“You will find out about that later. Guild response?”

“The standby team responded immediately. Due to the response of the hunters in the shopping mall, there were almost no casualties.”

Bae Seung-joo was relieved at those words.

But then why did the report come in so urgently?

“Is there anything else special?”

“Yes, that is. It is impossible to enter the shopping mall where the core of the overlapping space is located.”

“… is it impossible? Why?”

“According to reports from the field, it appears to be a barrier.”

Bae Seung-joo frowned at the explanation of the situation at the scene. But before he can make a decision.

“Wait, there… !”

Pyo Ji-hoon suddenly grabbed the employee’s shoulder.

‘It’s where Suho was… !’

While his son was buying something, a payment text message came to him. It was thanks to Pyo Ji-hoon’s willingness to give the card.

“Suho, is our Suho on the list of survivors?”

“Yes? Now, please wait a moment!”

“Is self-restraint on site?”

Bae Seung-joo asked in surprise while the employee hurriedly operated the terminal.

Pyo Ji-hoon shook his head with a contemplative face.

“Oh, not yet… .”

“No? Are you sure?!”

“Yes, yes! However, as I said earlier, the scale of damage is small, so it takes time to identify survivors… .”

The employee spoke as if to make an excuse, but Pyo Ji-hoon’s judgment had already ended.

“Chief, excuse me.”

“Ah, I see! I will seek help from Johanna!”

Pyo Ji-hoon left his words behind and immediately went outside.

‘It’s fine. Next to Suho is Teacher Kang.’

Kang Tae-min was not one to leave his students alone. Pyo Ji-hoon also acknowledged his ability, so there shouldn’t be a big problem.

‘Please, please be safe… !’

But the heart of the father who was worried about his son was different.

* * *

“Are you all right!?”

“Ahh… !”

At Pyo Soo-ho’s question, the female employee, who seemed half-conscious, groaned.

“Hey, stop now. Yeah? please… !”

“I don’t think there will be any more… .”

“Turn it off, turn it off… .”

Other survivors told Pyo Soo-ho. There were also people who wept beyond understanding.

They wanted to get out of here as soon as possible.

“Everyone, calm down. Those who are still… .”

But Pyo Soo-ho couldn’t do that. Haven’t you found a new survivor yet?

There might still be survivors upstairs.

‘But I can’t just send these people away.’

I sorted out the monsters on the way, but I didn’t know where they would pop up again.

Even if I could safely return to the exit, I would not be able to get out without his white aura, so it was meaningless if I didn’t go with him.

Isn’t that why they followed Pyo Ji-hoon despite their fears?

“Dead. dead… .”

“Yes?”

“I don’t know!? We bought it because we came all the way downstairs! By this point, they’d all be dead already!”

But even that seemed to be the limit. The survivors raised their voices while holding on to the Pyosuho.

“At this rate, we are all going to die… !”

“Right, right. Hurry up, hurry up and get me out!”

“Save me, please… please… .”

“Oops… 100 million… !”

People who bully, people who ejaculate, people who cry and can’t even speak properly.

But their will was one.

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Leaving this place right now.

‘Oh, what should I do… .’

Pyo Soo-ho was confused.

It was because he did not think that what they said was wrong.

However, it was not easy to determine whether the judgment was correct.

‘Father, what would you have done if you were my father?’

He has always lived as an upright and upright son. I have been working hard not to be a nuisance to my father. The name Sword Master couldn’t be faulted.

But what should I do now?

‘What if there are survivors left? But, what if there are deaths?’

His hair gradually turned white.

Right then.

“What are you doing?”

His distinctive calm voice awakened his spirit. Taemin Kang was approaching me holding a bat drenched in blood.

“Sir, sir! Let’s go back soon!”

“Yes, that’s right! hurry… !”

They also tried to urge Kang Tae-min. But it wasn’t a good decision.

“Everyone.”

It was a haunting voice.

The voices of the people who were excited by that low voice disappeared. I was speechless at the incomprehensible pressure.

“If you want to live, shut up.”

Kang Tae-min dismissed that and looked back at the firm Pyo Soo-ho.

“Do you see why you can’t draw conclusions?”

“… I don’t know, I don’t know.”

“Because I don’t want to take responsibility.”

Pyo Soo-ho’s eyes shook violently.

“With any decision comes responsibility. Be prepared to shoulder it.”

“I am… .”

“But aren’t you confident in your thoughts?”

Pyo Soo-ho did not respond.

It was a word that struck a chord.

“Because that’s not what you think. Think of it as the ‘Pyosuho’ rather than the ‘Son of the Sword Master’.”

“In my opinion… .”

“yes. And think that your judgment is not wrong and act. Confidence comes from a commitment to responsibility.”

“But… .”

Pyo Soo-ho’s lips swelled.

“Didn’t the teacher tell me I had no choice?”

“Are you going to stop thinking if you don’t have a choice? Didn’t I ask if I would follow you?”

The limitation of choice was not the limitation of thinking. Pyo Soo-ho realized that fact.

‘The teacher is there to correct my judgment.’

If you don’t know, just learn.

Didn’t Taemin Kang tell you?

When I thought about it, the burden eased.

“… I will go to the exit.”

Pyo Soo-ho concluded.

“Instead, teacher, find another survivor!”

He believed in Kang Tae-min’s ability. It’s enough to survive here alone.

“I’ll call in support right away!”

While he protects the remaining survivors, he calls in outside support.

Taemin Kang looked at him and nodded lightly.

“I agree. Then hurry up.”

He too had the same thought. Pyo Soo-ho said goodbye and went back the way he had brought the survivors.

‘It would be better not to know that there are no survivors.’

However, Kang Tae-min’s intention was different from Pyo Soo-ho’s intention.

He has already figured out that there are no survivors left on the other floors with his sensing ability.

‘I’ll have to finish it before reinforcements arrive.’

All that was left was to achieve its original purpose.

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