MEMORIZE

"Hmm."

When the man's words are over, the cool air around him feels even colder. I breathed out my breath calmly. The man's words were quite intriguing.

I lowered the crystal ball that I held close to, and pushed it forward so that everyone could hear well. The Clan members, especially the children, moved their eyes along the crystal ball, even breathing heavily.

(Please listen to me, I hope you're turning around right now. By the way...I think they'll find me soon, given that the atmosphere has been subdued. So I'm going to continue the story right away. First of all, I'm Jung Sung-woong, a fourth-year user of Yeowool Clan.

The man's way of speaking seemed difficult as death approached.

It was not long before he began to tell what he had been through.

(It all started after entering the Hallucination Gorge.)

I listened to the man calmly. His subsequent story details what happened in the Hallucination Gorge. There wasn't much to the first story. I just walked into the canyon and found the remains in two days. And the expedition that confidently entered the ruins....

(The scene that we had to face when we first stepped into the ruins was a myriad of bodies.) As soon as I saw the half-decaying bodies lying all over the place, I knew something was wrong. I should have turned my foot then. But I'm blinded by the ruins....)

"Huh? Something's not right.’

I was listening to the man over and over again. From what he said, I felt a strange sense of incompatibility, which I don't know yet. Once the canyon city was discovered, there was nothing wrong. However, the overall development itself was subtly out of focus. At first, I felt that the words that seemed logical even after suffering such severe wounds were becoming incoherent as time went by.

(There was no shortage to say it was a city. But one strange thing is that it's been a long time and yet it's a pretty normal city. I felt like time had stopped…And as soon as we entered the city, we were surprised. There were dozens of people waiting for us inside the city. With their weapons pulled out. I'll tell you right away. They were the vagabonds.)

The man stopped talking and started coughing again. Once I coughed up, a handful of blood burst out of my mouth, and I managed not to ask the crystal ball. When I felt the mana in the crystal ball with a little force on my hand, I could feel that there was not much residual mana left. In other words, the playback time is almost over.

Whether death is getting harder as time approaches, the man, who had been suffering for a while, managed to open his mouth with a dying voice.

(I don't think I'm allowed much time. I'm sorry for rambling. I'm in a hurry. Anyway, you'll remember the other day when the Golden Lion Clan led the plan to exterminate the vagabonds. Most of them are said to have fled west, but some seem to have fled the other way. In my opinion, I was hiding in a hallucination canyon that was relatively out of reach of users..)

"A vagabond? You didn't find their bodies, you were alive?’

I frowned slightly at the man's words.

(We didn't dare to fight. Back then, I had no choice but to run away. In the process, most of my colleagues fell for it. I was in the back...I'm ashamed, but I ran without looking back, so I managed to escape. No, I thought he ran away. Haha... but it turned out that I was punished for abandoning my colleague.)

The man gave a self-help smile and sighed for a long time. Then he continued with his voice as if it was the last time.

Although it's only a few days away.Rather than being caught and killed by the vagabonds, I would rather take my own life. However, I wanted to leave as many traces as possible rather than die like this. If you are looking at this crystal ball, please quickly inform the city's representative Clan of this fact. Then I wish you a safe life back here. Good Luck.)

It was the last time he said that, but soon the screen of Sujeong-gu went off with a "pod" sound.

I sighed for a long time and turned my head away from the crystal ball that gave off its natural glowing glow. Then, everyone could see the faces of Clan members in the dark shade.

"A vagabond… I don't think this is normal. Suhyun. What are you going to do?"

When I quietly put the crystal ball in my arms and shut my mouth, Ko tilted her head and talked to me.

The Clan members didn't say anything. But when they heard me, they all looked back at each other and seemed to want to go back. Ko Yeon-joo opened her mouth in an earnest tone, wondering if she had noticed what I wanted to push ahead with.

"Don't you honestly feel a little reluctant when the vagabonds are around? I think that crystal ball will be enough evidence. So why don't we go back now?”

"User Ko, let me ask you a question."

"Tell me."

"Can you find traces of the expedition around you?"

It was a sudden question, but Ko calmly looked around. Then he answered, shaking his head.

"Yes, there are certain signs of entry and exit. It's a little too much mixed up.”

"So can I know if this user has been subjected to mental magic?"

"What? All of a sudden?I don't know about that."

"I see."

I bent over and looked closely at the flowers floating around. Then, soon I could find a flower that I knew well. Picked up one of them and then I lifted it up for everyone to see.

"This is a flower called Hyde Flower. If you carry a small amount, it removes the smell and if you have a large amount, it has a mysterious effect that reduces the scale to a certain extent. Why is this here?”

"Well, wasn't it to protect the crystal ball from monsters wandering around? It's one of the ways missing users leave dying messages, so I don't think there's anything weird about it. Well, it's not a common method."

"Yeah, but don't you think it's weird?"

"What's wrong?”

At first glance, the man was quite a man of taste. However, he is too calm and calm for a user who is about to die. Of course, there were some users of that nature, but the problem was the way he proceeded the story.

In short, his story was more nuanced to explain something by force than the nuances of "Save me" or "Help me."

The vagrants in my memory were found dead in the ruins. But the man says they're still alive.

The man said he managed to escape. But did the vagrants miss him so easily? And you said you ran away without looking back, how did you know other colleagues were caught or beaten?

He was chased on the run, and eventually suffered a life-threatening injury. Under such circumstances, he searched for Haydn Flower and left a crystal ball to protect his body.

Did the vagabonds ever find this man's body? Wouldn't he have looked into this man's arms at least once?

And what the hell was the first communication I heard to get?

In the first place...

The Delusional Plateau, Hallucination Gorge, is not a place where you can move so freely. And it's hard to believe he's been beaten by dozens of vagabonds. I can't be confident if I don't have compassion....’

Doubts go from one after another, and many thoughts are complicated.

"I'm going to push ahead with the original plan. The Memorial enters the Hallucination Gorge."

I explained to the party in as much detail as I could, citing some of the questions I felt that I could talk about. And finally, he confirmed that there were remains, leading the story to try a little more to solve these questions.

Fortunately, some nodded to see if they could agree with me, but the darkness was not improving. I sighed at the response and finally decided to pull out the last resort.

"There seem to be a lot of people who don't want to. Then let's do this. As I said before, my idea is to continue exploring. If there are many opinions to listen to each other's opinions and go back, I will turn around. Then, please tell us your opinions from now on. Start with user high performance."

"I want to go back. Honestly, even if there are dozens of vagabonds, I don't think I'd lose if Su-hyun and I were there. But if there's someone similar to us over there, the story will be different. I'm sorry, but I think a crystal ball is enough to secure simple evidence."

Ko replied immediately. As they turned their eyes to the other direction, Clan members, who had been hesitant, began to raise their opinions one by one.

"Brother, I wish I could go back. I agree with you, but with that crystal ball, you can say that your goal has been achieved. I'm sorry to disagree."

"Well."

Ahn Hyun also expressed his opposition. There seemed to be more people who accepted Sujeong-gu's story as true than I thought, and more people seemed to not to overdo it.

There's a lot of really good stuff here..’

It was a moment when I felt bitter, wondering if I should really go back like this. At that time, Kim Han-byeol, who was quietly expressing his thoughts, opened his eyes quietly.

"I'll say yes."

"Huh?"

"I hope we can continue our expedition like this. I've listened to the man...What should I say? I felt a bit weird. It's hard to tell you in detail, but I think it's worth exploring a little more, as my brother said."

"Okay. So it's two to two?"

I looked at Kim Han-byeol with a surprising look and answered with a more relieved look. Lee Yoo-jung, who was next to her, seemed to hesitate for a moment while watching my reaction, and soon bit her lips tightly. It was then.

"I agree with my brother."

"Three for."

"You, you, too? Ugh... I don't know. I'll just follow what you say. Honestly, I don't know what's what, but I haven't lost anything listening to you. It doesn't go in very much, and I think it'll be okay if it's a little more traceable."

"Four for."

When Ansol agreed, he quickly requested the reason why he had hesitated until then. With four pros and two cons, the issue has already been decided. But there was still one left, so I turned to Clan One, who had yet to comment.

"I've already come to a conclusion, but I'll have to hear it. Hangyul, what do you want to do?”

"Well, me? Well, I don't know."

"Then give up?"

"Yes, I'll give up. I don't even know how to explore it yet.”

Baek Hangyeol abstained. It wasn't bad. I looked at two people who expressed opposition. Ko Yeon-joo had a look on her face that she thought I had a point in the first place and didn't care if she went or not. However, Ahn seemed to look down and read my mind. I think it was the first time that he opposed my opinion.

When we get back, we'll need the Clan to settle down. Make rules and...I've been leading by myself all this whole time.’

I roughly swept the flowers over the man's body. Soon after the body was covered to a certain extent, he opened his mouth with a confirmed tone.

"Four for, two against, and one abstention. As a result of the vote, we will proceed with the exploration. I know what you're worried about. I don't mean to overdo it either. If there's a situation that we can't handle, we'll turn our feet around then."

Once I gave them room to put their lives first, I could see their heavy faces lightened a little.

Before long, I took a step in the direction where the traces remained traces. The Clan members quickly built a dust storm again behind me. The Clan members were mostly preparing for battle, even though the monsters hadn't come out yet. Everyone seems to be nervous after the crystal ball.

Staring still at them, I immediately signaled my departure.

*

I accelerated the march on purpose. For now, I was going to ease the atmosphere of anxiety, but to do so, I needed to quickly get out of this strange atmosphere.

As the body moved away from where it was, the shady and sticky atmosphere gradually faded. However, the unpleasant feeling has not disappeared. Subtle air was flowing in instead of what to say about the space that was out of the preceding energy.

"Suhyun, wait a minute."

While walking in the lead, Ko requested a stop to the march from behind. Interim suspension by other users was the first time since I led the manual. When I turned around wondering what was going on, I could see Ansol's face turning white.

"Ahn Sol, what's wrong with you? What's going on?"

"Sigh….Sigh…I'm sorry."

"Are you having a hard time?"

"Oh, no. No, it's not that's...Strangely, I've been feeling stuffy for a while. Yeah, it's all right. I can stand it."

'Maybe we're almost there.'

I thought about feeding him Jung Sim-dan, but when Ansol said it was still okay, I decided to resume the march now. Instead, Ahn Hyun, who was at the forefront, was sent to Ansol's side so that she could whisper her reaction. So we began to climb the mountain path again, and we moved out of the gentle terrain and into the steep terrain again.

It's been about half an hour. Something strange, metaphysical energy came as if it were weighing heavily on the whole body, and soon felt light.

"Positive Mindset" (Rank : A Plus) is invoked.』

"Rank: EX" is invoked in the potential battlefield.』

I hurriedly raised my hand to announce the suspension of the march and quickly looked around. I was at the forefront at the momentarily. This means that a stronger field effect has been triggered based on the line that just crossed.

And at the same time, I could feel someone flop down from behind.

"Tongue, brother! Ansol...!”

"Yes, Hangyeol. Give me your bag."

I couldn't see well with my head stuck on the floor, but I could feel that she was struggling. Mountain of despair, plateau of delusion, canyon of hallucination. The effect of these three fields was a rat poison for Ansol, who had a trauma.

Without delay, I was handed over the bag that Baek Han-gyeol was holding, and then I took out the box containing the heart and soul that I had kept inside. And when Ahn Sol, who was shaking all over the body, fell on the floor, forced to open his mouth, Ahn Hyun's worried voice was heard next to him.

"Tongue, brother. What happened?"

"Hey, don't move forward. We're almost there. Maybe because Ansol was sensitive, he felt it a little early."

"What? What do you mean?"

"I mean, if we get over here....”

I put a golden shinning heart in Ansol's mouth. Then the round ring that touched her tongue melted away in the saliva.

Soon after, after confirming that Ansol's trembling body was gradually subsiding, I calmly rose up and continued.

"…I'm arriving at the delusional plateau."

============================ Review of the work ============================

Hello, I'm Ro Yu Jin.

I barely made it on time. Some other writers say that once you quit the series, you want to take a break. I had dinner with my friends to celebrate the end of the exam and started writing late, but my body kept asking me to rest. Haha. Fortunately, I was able to finish writing whether the Red Bull effect I had this morning remained.

Yes! The exam is over, and the delusional plateau part is over. To tell you a part of the subhead of the next part, the Hallucination Gorge goes in. Hahaha. (The delusional plateau runs from the next episode, but as the text says, it's a day's distance to the Hallucination Gorge.) Both of them will appear in the next chapter, and if we connect them a little faster, we will be able to get inside.)

There are people who didn't get the details right yet, but there are people who got it similar. Hahaha. Then I'll leave you for today. I'm happy that the exam is over, and I'm so happy that I can sleep well after a long time.

PS. Ripple will be revived from the next episode! Olleh!

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