Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 64
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64. 4th floor (2)
-But first, you need to know where the forbidden area is.
It was like being dropped into the Land of the Dead without a map, and I had no idea which direction to go.
We needed a landmark to indicate where we were.
You will be able to find hidden treasures centered around that milestone.
‘What are some things that stand out here?’
-Like a lonely castle, or a place with a church in a village that has turned into ruins. There are many other places as well.
“Hmm.”
Hyunseong looked around while stroking his jawbone.
All you can see is a dry horizon.
I didn’t see the place Seol-ah had mentioned.
‘How about here?’
Hyunseong points to the dry forest they just escaped from.
However, Seol-ah rang the sword bell as if to say no.
-There are quite a few places like this.
‘It’s not a landmark, is it?’
-yes.
He clenched his jaw as if he was disappointed.
While I was talking to Seol-ah like that, Han Ji-hyun approached me.
“What are you thinking about?”
“No, I just thought that this is what the 4th floor was like.”
She avoided answering by whining.
Then, suddenly, the thought crossed my mind that if this sister was the one who was conquering the 4th floor, she might know the place Seol-ah had mentioned.
“Aren’t there any famous places around here?”
“Yes. The 4th floor is so big that there are so many that it’s hard to say anything.”
“For example?”
“Well, there’s a place called the Dry Forest, and there’s the Desolate Graveyard…”
“Aren’t there any places where Awakened people don’t go or where there are few?”
Since they don’t want their identities to be revealed, it would be best to avoid hunting grounds with many Awakened people.
Han Ji-hyun shook her head at her own question.
“There’s no way such a place exists.”
If it was a place they found themselves, then it might not be different, but in known hunting grounds, there were bound to be many Awakened ones.
At that moment, a voice cut in from the side.
“The castle you can’t go to is also famous.”
“That place isn’t famous as a hunting ground.”
“That’s true.”
“A castle you can’t go to?”
When Hyunseong showed interest in the unusual name, Hanjisu opened her mouth with sparkling eyes.
“It’s also called the Mirage Castle. You can see the castle, but no matter how far you walk towards it, you can’t get there.”
The distance to the castle doesn’t get any shorter at all and stays the same, or it was in front but has now moved in a different direction.
It was called an unreachable castle because it was impossible to reach it in that way.
“So it’s not a suitable place as a hunting ground.”
Although monsters appear occasionally, they only appear in places where there were monsters.
In that way, they could not arrive and only wasted time, so in the end, the castle became a famous place that the Awakened people did not go to.
“It certainly looks like a fun place.”
It didn’t seem like a bad idea to just pass by and take a look later.
As I was muttering like that and trying to ask somewhere else, I heard Seol-ah’s voice.
-Let’s go there.
‘Why do you know?’
-No, that’s not it. I think I know what that mirage is.
‘What is it?’
-Have you seen something similar on the second floor?
‘Something similar?’
-That’s the conclusion.
“ah.”
A barrier that was placed over the Orc Village.
Seol-ah seemed to think that there was a barrier there too.
-That’s a barrier that’s several levels higher than the one in the Orc Village.
‘But if there’s a barrier, I won’t be able to enter, right?’
Should I just use the stupid, smashing method again this time?
However, Seol-ah rang the sword bell as if to say no.
-That also depends on the barrier. If I do well, I might be able to solve it.
‘Really? Then…’
There was no reason not to go.
So the destination of the group was decided to be a castle that they could not go to.
However, I couldn’t go right away.
“We didn’t register the coordinates there… Were there any coordinates we registered nearby? Was it here?”
“Isn’t this about it?”
The sisters were talking while looking at each other’s smartphones.
A map appeared on the smartphone screen.
“What is that?”
“It’s a map app. Individuals have to register themselves though.”
“Don’t you have a map to the labyrinth?”
How can you say that the world has advanced so much and yet we still don’t have maps?
I thought it had been made a long time ago.
However, I couldn’t help but be convinced by her answer that I heard afterwards.
“There are no details. That’s information, so you have to pay for it.”
If you have a good hunting ground, you will be able to level up faster than other Awakened players just by that.
Information that could get you ahead of others was as important as money.
The case of the Maseok mine was similar.
Since the magic stones are not cheap and there is a risk of them being looted, their locations cannot be revealed openly.
“So each Awakened Person creates their own personal map?”
“Yes, as time passes and information accumulates, there is a lot of information known on the Internet up to the 3rd floor, but from the 4th floor onwards, there is a lot of limited information.”
I think I finally understand why there wasn’t much information about the 4th floor on the Internet.
Hyunseong let out an exclamation of admiration, his teeth chattering.
“There is something like this.”
-You’ve put a lot of thought into it.
Just as smartphones have become a necessity for modern people, they have also become a necessity for the awakened.
-But who only watches YouTube?
‘It is also used to check the location of disciples.’
Besides, who was the most entertaining sword to watch on YouTube?
I was dumbfounded when the guy who kept nagging me to hurry up and watch the next video said something like that.
“What’s the name of that map app?”
“There are many… but how do you have a smartphone?”
Han Ji-hyun is flustered after seeing the smartphone on Hyun-seong’s wrist.
The sight of a skeleton holding a smartphone is so unrealistic that I don’t know what to say.
“Because someone helped me.”
“… This is what most awakened people use.”
A simple and straightforward name: Labyrinth Map.
Hyunseong downloads it and starts fiddling with it.
“Registration is a bit difficult. How do I do it?”
“Yes, here we do it like this-”
Han Ji-soo kindly explains things one by one.
Seol-ah, who was watching from the side, blurted out a word.
-She’s like a granddaughter teaching her grandfather the latest civilization.
‘It’s noisy.’
After receiving some help and registering the map, a blank map with nothing on it appeared on the screen.
“From here on, you will mark your location and register it.”
“I just arrived at the 4th floor, so you can just write down up to the 3rd floor.”
“hmm…”
A sign that marks the Witch’s Forest and the Steel Forge in the locations he remembers.
“If there are places to mark on the third floor, are these two?”
“Have you been to the Witch’s Forest?!”
“Blacksmith? There’s a blacksmith on the third floor?!”
Han Ji-soo and Han Ji-hyun’s eyes widened.
The two tilted their heads, wondering why they were so surprised.
“The Witch’s Forest and the Forest Blacksmith are the two most famous places on the third floor.”
“okay?”
“But you only went to those two places… Did you go all the way inside? Did you meet a witch? What kind of person is she?”
“Are you by any chance close to the blacksmith?! Then, could you please take a look at my gauntlet?”
The sisters asked with sparkling eyes.
To other Awakened beings, those two seemed like extremely difficult people to meet.
However, one side was a place that everyone wanted to go to, and the other side was a place that no one wanted to go to.
Hyunseong and his party chatted like that and headed towards the castle they couldn’t go to.
* * *
“Profit!”
“Whoosh!”
Orcs wielding swords, with a rough snort.
Although it looked crude, what they were using was the Black Wolf Sword Technique.
Sa Gong-hyeon, who had been quietly watching the scene, sighed softly and muttered to himself.
“Now I guess they’ll give me some credit.”
After Hyunseong left, he tried to teach the Black Wolf Sword Technique to the orc as he had said.
However, there was a pretty big problem in teaching the Black Wolf Sword to the orcs.
“Chwiik, why are you imitating a wolf? We are stronger than wolves!”
“Swinging your sword around uselessly only drains your strength!”
“Why don’t you just swing it!”
How should we teach orcs who speak like this?
Sa Gong-hyeon, who had been worrying over and over again, had no choice but to take special measures.
“Everyone, come at me!”
“Profit…!”
“Strong!”
The goal was to defeat all the orcs.
The law of the orcs is survival of the fittest.
Because it was something familiar to Sa Gong-Hyeon, who was in the martial arts world.
“I am stronger than you. Follow my words.”
As I spoke, emphasizing each word, the orcs soon became convinced and began to learn the Black Wolf Sword Technique.
Once they started learning, the orcs practiced martial arts more diligently than anyone else.
‘It may not be very practical, but it is honest.’
If they were humans, there would be one or two who would try to read the mood and use tricks, but I didn’t see a single orc like that.
Besides, the physical talent itself is good, so you can achieve a certain level of achievement in just a few months.
If it continues to grow like this, it will become the cornerstone of a new Cheonmasingyo in the future.
‘furthermore…’
Pointing to the orcs, he also came to his own realization.
As I explained it in detail to the orcs who didn’t understand it properly, I began to notice things I hadn’t noticed when I first learned it.
There was a part that I had overlooked while learning the new Black Wolf Sword Technique, thinking it was completely the same.
It was while teaching the orcs the subtle differences in that area that I discovered.
‘As expected…, the Heavenly Demon is different.’
Not only did he anticipate what he was missing, he even gave me a way to realize it.
All of this is the arrangement of the Supreme Heavenly Demon.
A shiver ran through my whole body.
‘As expected, he is… different.’
It is not a lie that the record says that he was the closest to the Heavenly Horse among all the Heavenly Horses of all time.
In this way, deep in Sa-gong-hyeon’s heart, respect and loyalty towards Hyeon-seong grew.
Of course, if you ask Hyunseong, he’ll ask what he’s talking about.
At that moment, a vibration rang in Sa-gong-hyeon’s pocket.
A smartphone that rings twice and calms down.
“Is this an order?”
Whenever there was something to convey to the teachers of the Heavenly Demon Sect in the Labyrinth, a group text message like this would come.
If it rings twice, it means you are giving orders to the teachers in the labyrinth.
He thought he had already left, but since he didn’t notify me, he probably still thinks he is a teacher.
‘I have no intention of carrying out the order, but…’
I wondered what was going on and took out my smartphone to check.
“…?!”
Sa Gong-Hyeon’s eyes widened after seeing the contents.
[If you find a skeleton outside of the first floor while exploring the labyrinth, report it to the church immediately.]
[Features: Uses martial arts and speaks.]
The skeleton that was speaking in the command was obviously Hyunseong’s story to anyone who saw it.
What on earth did you do that you have to mobilize all the teachers in the labyrinth to find Hyeonseong?
As he was thinking like that, Sa Gong-hyeon suddenly remembered what he had said.
-If it’s the 3rd floor… I might be able to meet the cult leader.
“… Hey, no way.”
Even if I had actually met the cult leader, I would not have supported him.
Because you yourself know best how persistent the Cheonmasingyo is.
But then another text arrived.
“… … What on earth are you doing on the third floor, Cheonma-nim?”
[Caution: The skeleton is related to the owner of the Witch’s Forest, so do not touch it right away.]