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Chapter 927 A Poisoned Chalice, Two. =========================================================================

…what is this polite and polite knock?

For a moment, I doubted my eyes. I thought I was mistaken.

knock, knock

However, even if you close your eyes and open them, the reality is the same. Far from hitting the shield as hard as possible, that big shadow fist showed signs of decency.

Open it.

“Huh?”

It’s okay. Open it. He wants to come in. Look around.

You want to come in?’

Even Hwajeong said something strange.

When I looked around, my eyes naturally wrinkled. The silhouette, which had filled the empty field, had stopped approaching before long before it knew it. More precisely, I was surrounded by a shield around me. Furthermore, with a slight distance. Would it be my mistake if I were to wait calmly rather than surrounded?

It was then. While I was confused, Ko suddenly moved. I was slowly walking with a look of something possessed.

“Playing Ko!”

I reached for it somehow, but I ended up walking out of the shield.

But as soon as Ko escaped, something surprising happened.

I remember the shadow zone in my head as a very, very terrible target area. Of course, there must be a place that is not difficult to keep the Zero Code, but the Shadow Zone was an unusually cruel place among the individuals. It is because not only the visible shadow figure, but also the land on which the foot was set was always concerned. If I did something wrong, my ankle would fall off because of the shadow that grazed me without knowing it.

“There you go, there you go.

But what the hell is that sight in front of you?

If you look at it as it is, Ko gently sweeps it with his hand and touches it, and the shadow hands are twisting from side to side as if it is itchy. It’s like seeing a cat wag its tail because it’s good that its owner pats it. As I know how ruthless that shadow is, I can’t help but be dumbfounded.

…Wait. Shadow?

“Go Yeon-joo. Are you okay?”

“What? Yes. It’s actually cute.”

No, don’t talk like it’s natural. I’m so relaxed by myself.

Ko Yeon-joo continues, saying, “Maybe my earnest heart has been conveyed.”

“Oh, it’s just a familiar atmosphere.”

“Familiarity?”

“Yes, I feel strangely attracted. It’s very intense. Anyway, why don’t you come out now, Soohyun? I don’t think they’re that dangerous.”

“…….”

At the same time, the red-flowing shield slowly began to fade. I didn’t do it, but unfortunately I ran out of mana and was lifted by force majeure.

Despite the disappearance of the guardian fortress, the shadow that came nearby showed no movement. No, it doesn’t seem to be interested in us in the first place. It’s only following around the high notes and waving like a wave.

“I’m happy.”

At that time, Han So-young, who was staring, quietly opened her mouth. He’s happy. It was something that I thought was a little out of the blue.

“Joy, pleasure, welcome, joy. I can feel a lot of positive emotions being drawn to the shadow queen.”

However, as soon as I heard what followed, I had no choice but to change my mind. Because I felt like I was talking about objective information that I took as a super-sense. Also, from emphasizing the shadow queen, Han So-young probably made a similar guess as me. I remembered the inscription of the tombstone that Vivien interpreted.

‘Only qualified people can receive the welcome of the promise.’

“There are four and one things that infinite power awaits.”

“The one who lives in the shadow.”

‘The road to it will open naturally.’

by any chance

Perhaps, the qualified user referred to by the tombstone is a high performer? It may be a comfortable fit, but isn’t there something in common that shadows are a factor? In addition, Ko died long before he attacked the temple of promise during the first episode. Therefore, the past and the present cannot be compared to each other. I’m not sure yet, but I think the odds are high in the circumstances.

This is not the only one. Nam Daeun and Han Soyoung. Queen of Sword and Queen of Iron Blood. Come to think of it, the same goes for those two. There is a subtle twist in the name and title with the second and third ground. And the two women also failed to step on the temple of promise. Nam Daeun disappeared without any sound at some point, and Han So-young….

Come on, let’s not think about this. I don’t want to get traumatized.

If there’s only one thing that’s bothering me, it’s Mar. The fourth target area is the Holy Land.

Suddenly, a woman called the Holy Queen passed through my mind. If my guess is right, I think Yoo Hyun-ah is one of the qualified people here.I don’t think so now. I cut off his neck myself and killed him.

It was then. As I was organizing my complicated thoughts one by one, I could feel something heavy supporting my hips. Then, the sensation of a sharp pull on the navel came at the moment. At the same time, I was surprised and about to turn my eyes to a short scream, but the scene I was looking at suddenly begins to soar into the air like an arrow.

After a while, when I stopped shaking, I realized that my legs were swinging in the air. The view is also located at an altitude that is much higher than usual height. I looked down to see what was going on, and there was a shadow giant over ten meters tall from the ground.

I wasn’t the only one who was like this. Nam Da-eun, Han So-young, and Mardo were each screaming on the shoulders of a shadow giant. And Ko burst into laughter sitting on the top of the head of a shadow giant whose head was bigger than the new figure.

“Oh my gosh. What’s wrong with you?” Why don’t you show me the sky? Or where are you going to take me?

What? You’re taking her?

“!”

The moment I thought that, the shadow giant that lifted me started to move without warning. It does not stride to fit its size, but it slides as it does on a slide. The speed of the air being pushed away is quite fast enough to cool down the face. I didn’t expect to take the Blue Dragon train here.

I still looked forward, trying to calm my pounding heart. In fact, I still can’t believe it. I was determined to take some damage all the way here, so I still feel puzzled.

Hmm. Come to think of it, did you say the road opens naturally?

“Oh.”

Then suddenly I felt like I knew where we were headed.

It was in the direction of the temple of promise.

*

Meanwhile, at the same time.

When Kim Soo-hyun and four women disappeared, the expedition to the North Continent was in trouble. In particular, there was a great deal of fuss between the Commercial and Istanbul Low Clan. It’s inevitable. How can you stay still when you’ve lost three famous users, as well as Clan Lord?

Lee Yu-jung, who is impatient, even made a fuss to break down such a tent right away. However, Kim Soo-hyun’s full-fledged attack did not budge. But how can Lee Yu-jung break it?

Although they cried and made a fuss, there were many people who comforted them, such as those who had thick bones on the expedition, and those who waited for a while or didn’t know what had happened yet.

So as the stormy uproar subsided, only Hamill Road was reading the situation coolly. Of course, Kim Yoo-hyun also made a big sign when Kim Soo-hyun disappeared. However, since I heard something earlier, I was not in a hurry to open up many possibilities.

It’s weird. Why are only five people missing?’

Did he think something was unclear? Kim Yu-hyun visited Vivien and asked him to read the contents written on the tombstone one more time. Then he thought quietly, reflecting on each phrase he heard.

“Queen of Shadows, Queen of Swords, Queen of Iron Blood, and….’

In fact, the guess focused on the fact that the five people disappeared was close to the answer. The fact that he knows, the inscription of the tombstone, the sudden appearance of a pillar, and the process of five users disappearing one by one.

In other words, he quickly realized that there was a link between this series of flows. Kim Soo-hyun realized it late because she was strongly bound by experience in the first episode, but Kim Yu-hyun was able to get the hang of it more quickly because she could be seen in a relatively objective situation.

“Huh? Doesn’t it seem a little brighter around here?”

“Oh, is that so? No, it’s true. Suddenly the fog….”

The story that came at that moment hit Kim Yu-hyun’s ear. Kim Yu-hyun’s eyes, who looked around casually, brushed Lee Chae. It wasn’t that it wasn’t, but the fog, which was full of it, gradually faded and the surrounding view was becoming clear.

Is this the cause of the phenomenon? Looking back, this place looks like a vast meadow, or wasteland…- No?

It was the moment I thought so. Kim Yu-hyun shuddered as if she had been struck by lightning. Then he swooped around like a crazy person, and rushed his hand into his arms. A communication bead was held in a hand that was rolled and held tighter than necessary.

“…Ha.”

But the next moment, Kim Yu-hyun let out a sigh without realizing it. This is because no matter how much mana you put in, the beads did not react. It is as steady as pouring water into a bottomless jar. What this phenomenon meant was one. It was clear that that law enforcement system blocked the connection with Kim Soo-hyun’s communication beads.

Of course, it is not possible to conclude that Kim Soo-hyun is dead just because of this.

But the problem was somewhere else.

No matter what anyone says, the most powerful member of the expedition to the North continent is the Military Clan. From the recent attacks on the three, three, and four regions of the Steel Mountains a few years ago to the battle of the East Continent. There is no place where the martial arts were not active. And the person at the center is Kim Soo-hyun.

I heard so.

Right now, right here.

User Kim Soo-hyun does not exist.

In addition, not only Kim Soo-hyun but also Ko Yeon-joo, Nam Da-eun, Mar, and Han So-young left. From a strategic point of view, ‘I see. Five people have disappeared.’ I can’t simply think of it. Especially if it’s Kim Soo-hyun, not anyone else.

Until a while ago, Kim Yu-hyun was worried but had some expectations inside. Maybe we can skip the temple expedition of a promise that will never be easy.

However, it was not something to be happy about. Who knows how long it will take for Kim Soo-hyun to return with the zero code, even if it is as speculated.

At the moment when I thought about it up to here, Kim Yu-hyun was momentarily seized with fear.

‘Maybe…’

Because Kim Soohyun did that.

‘We’re now…’

The enemy may come later than us, but they may have arrived similarly.

Are you in a very dangerous situation?

…or, he could be here first and waiting.

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