Episode 37 The plate is set (3)
“Wait a while?”
“Why is there a castle?”
A dark and gloomy roar appeared before the eyes of the powerful. Everything except the area where the castle was visible was covered in darkness.
“It’s a castle-shaped dungeon!”
“First, take a look around. There might be something else.”
The talented people looked around the castle, but could not see anything other than the castle.
The entrance to the castle was in four directions: north, south, east, west, and west, and a statue of the devil was erected in front of the entrance.
“We will go to the north gate.”
Song Ji-hoon of Gwangdomun opened his mouth to Baek Woo-jin, who was crossing his arms behind him.
“as you please.”
At Baek Woo-jin’s leisurely answer, a tendon rose on Song Ji-hoon’s forehead. I didn’t like that relaxed attitude from the first time I saw it. I wanted to break it right away.
“Shall we make a bet?”
Song Ji-hoon, who was about to enter the entrance, spread both hands and attracted everyone’s attention.
“How about handing over the weapon you brought to the person who catches the boss of this dungeon?”
“Weapons?”
Seo Jin-hwan of the Phoenix Guild asked back as if it were absurd.
“To be honest, we’re here to step on each other. Let’s do this on a grand scale. Whoever catches the boss gets everything. how is it?”
“Hmm…”
“Good.”
As Seo Jin-hwan was thinking, Kang Hoon of the Hero Guild lifted his spear and nodded.
“I’ll be the boss while you guys are crawling around.”
“If I leave here, I will have to beat up the talented person.”
Seo Jin-hwan also nodded and showed his sword.
“How about there?”
“I won’t do it.”
Jeok Yeon-hwa, who received Song Ji-hoon’s gaze, waved her hand as if she was not interested. He smiled and looked at Baek Woo-jin one last time.
“Singeombaekga. Of course you’ll come in, right?”
“as you please.”
“Ugh!”
Song Ji-hoon frowned at the same answer as before.
“good. I understand that you accept it. “Don’t say anything else later.”
Baek Woo-jin smiled thinly and showed the sword.
“Like I said, we’re going through the north gate. “If you want to join me, you can follow me as much as you want!”
He took Song Ji-hoon’s escort and subordinates and entered through the north gate.
“We are going east.”
“Then I’ll go west.”
The Phoenix Guild entered the east and the Hero Guild entered the west. Once the large guild had decided on a direction, all of the remaining people went south.
This is because I thought that if I followed behind them, a fight might break out.
“We’re going too.”
“yes!”
Jeok Yeon-hwa headed towards the southern gate and looked back.
“Aren’t you going in?”
“Let’s take a look.”
“I know that you are strong, but if you take your time like that, you will get seriously injured. Not only our enemy guild, but all the Gwangdomun Phoenix heroes are strong and traditional guilds.”
“Are you worried about me?”
“That’s not it…”
Jeok Yeon-hwa stuttered in embarrassment.
“Because I will take you down. “Don’t let other people do it for you!”
Jeok Yeon-hwa turned around and headed toward the south gate.
“be careful.”
Jeok Yeon-hwa’s head turned like a propeller at Baek Woo-jin’s words from behind her. I had doubts about whether what that person said was really true.
“You too.”
Jeok Yeon-hwa entered the south gate with an awkward expression on her face. Now the only person left outside the castle was Baek Woo-jin.
“young master. Would you mind making a bet?”
“okay. “Get ready to auction off those weapons later.”
After hearing Baek Woo-jin’s confident words, Moon Ju-young felt at ease.
-Congratulations on the free weapon.
‘I was trying to mess with his mentality, but it came out like that. This is why big guys can’t do it.’
There is only one bet. Their weapons were no different from those already in hand.
“Then let’s leave. Where would you like to go?”
“I have something to do before that.”
Toad-duk-duk.
Stone dust began to fall from the demon statue in front of the entrance where the enemy warriors had just entered.
bang!
Stone dust fell and the entire statue collapsed.
“Kiaaaaaaa!”
Where the statue was broken, a monster appeared with sharp fingernails and claws like spears and a pair of huge wings.
“That monster!”
“It’s a gargoyle.”
“Gargoyle!”
Gargoyles first appeared in this world, but their appearance and characteristics were so unique that they were difficult to recognize.
“Kiaaa!”
A red glow appeared in the gargoyle’s eyes. It raised its claws and flew towards Baek Woo-jin, who was in front of him.
Wow!
Baek Woo-jin used his powerful sword skills to split the gargoyle that was charging at him.
“Kii…”
The gargoyle was cut in half before it could fully spread its wings and fell.
“The monster in this dungeon was a gargoyle.”
“I think so.”
-I think so. Even though I knew everything,
I muttered as if the darkness was absurd.
-Which of the four places will you go?
‘It’s not all going. ‘I’m going somewhere else.’
Baek Woo-jin took Moon Ju-young and headed between the south and west gates.
Kyaaaang!
Baek Woo-jin broke the third window.
-crazy! Go to the window?
“Master Tao! “There is a door. Would you like to go through the window?”
“okay. Follow me.”
“Why are you suddenly there…”
“The Baek family can’t chase after others. “I have to take a different path from others.”
Baek Woo-jin chuckled and climbed through the window. As soon as I entered, the environment changed as if I had entered a dungeon entrance. It felt like I had crossed a dimensional gate.
-What are you doing?
‘The characteristic of dungeons with gargoyles is that they have a maze effect.’
-Um…
‘If you break the window in the old castle, you will enter one of the many places in this castle.’
It’s not just the Gargoyle Dungeon. If you enter a window in a dungeon with a maze, you will fall into a random place.
-Then…
‘Okay, if you’re lucky, you can go straight to the boss. If you’re unlucky, you can go underground and get away.’
-You crazy guy! Is it luck again? Oh really!
‘Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to be near the boss.’
The place where Baek Woo-jin came in seemed to be in the middle. There were no people or gargoyles in sight.
‘The unfortunate thing about this method is that you can’t go out again. Just take one picture and you’re done.’
-Well, if you keep going out and coming back in repeatedly, you’ll just search until you get to the boss.
While Baek Woo-jin was looking around inside, Moon Ju-young came in with an awkward expression.
“It feels like I moved through a dimensional gate.”
“okay. “I think this place is a maze.”
“uh? Then…”
“Take it out.”
“All right!”
Moon Joo-young nodded and took out a transparent bead. White smoke, like a cloud, was flowing from inside the bead.
“I will use it.”
“okay.”
When Moon Joo-young rubbed the bead, the smoke inside the bead turned into a very thin thread and flowed out.
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
The thread that came out of the bead stretched out like a beam of light in the direction of the path. The smoke split at every intersection and dispersed throughout the castle.
“Did you know something like this would happen?”
“Is that possible?”
“But how did you prepare the smoke ball?”
“It’s a new dungeon. “You don’t know what’s going to happen, so it’s right to be prepared for everything.”
“Ah…”
Surprise appeared in Moon Joo-young’s eyes. Not only was he talented in swordsmanship, but he was also excellent at understanding situations and preparing for them. The more I looked at him, the more I admired him.
“That’s amazing!”
“It’s no big deal.”
-Hey, is it okay for you to pretend to know everything? Yeah, you like it?
‘Oh, okay’
Baek Woo-jin chuckled and looked at the darkness that seemed to be grumpy about something.
‘Are you curious about that bead?’
-Hmm, well, I know roughly…
‘It’s a magic tool that uses the smoke inside the bead to find the way into the maze. When all the smoke has dispersed, a complete map of the maze will appear on the bead.’
-Then this maze…
‘Okay. That means the maze is of no use to me.’
**
“Damn it!”
Song Ji-hoon swung his fist and broke the wall. The solid wall was cut cleanly away. There were thin knife marks on the collapsed wall.
“This is where you came from!”
“I passed by this place 30 minutes ago.”
“The monster is a gargoyle and the terrain is a maze. This is a fucking dungeon!”
Song Ji-hoon clenched his molars and stamped his feet on the ground to vent his anger.
“What are the remaining directions?”
“It’s on the left.”
“Whoa…”
Song Ji-hoon let out an annoyed sigh and took the lead on the left path.
“Everyone stop.”
A stone statue of a knight and a gargoyle appeared in front of Song Ji-hoon’s party.
“It’s a gargoyle!”
“You annoying guys!”
Song Ji-hoon dealt with the gargoyles and realized that it was difficult to destroy the stone gargoyles.
It was easier to deal with the gargoyle after the statue was removed than to kill it while it was still in stone form.
“Go ahead and prepare!”
Song Ji-hoon passed the road first and waited for the gargoyle statue to change. But there was no movement from the statue.
“It seems fake.”
“This is such a waste of time. let’s go.”
That was when Song Ji-hoon let out a rough sigh and turned his head. The statue of the knight opposite the gargoyle statue broke and a gargoyle appeared inside.
“Kiaaaaaaa!”
As soon as the gargoyle appeared, it spread its wings and rushed towards Song Ji-hoon.
“dare!”
Song Ji-hoon reacted to the gargoyle flying towards him, drew out his sword, and quickly swung it.
“Kyaak!”
However, the gargoyle used the high ceiling to avoid Song Ji-hoon’s sword, then descended and stabbed with its claws.
“Oh no!”
When Song Ji-hoon tried to step back, the gargoyle’s claws lengthened.
Sigh!
Just before the gargoyle’s claws pierced Song Ji-hoon’s chest, his guard cut down the gargoyle.
“Uhm….”
“I’m sorry. I thought you would get hurt…”
“Damn it!”
Song Ji-hoon stood up, swearing. He glared at the dead gargoyle with an annoyed expression.
“Now that this has come to an end, you guys must step up.”
Song Ji-hoon gritted his teeth and looked at the guards.
“yes?”
“Now you guys take the lead and find the way and deal with the monsters!”
“But the mission I was sent to….”
“It’s a damn mission! My Myeongnyundo was caught, and that damned Baek Woo-jin needs to be suppressed too! “I will catch the boss, but until then, you open the way!”
“Oh, I understand.”
Song Ji-hoon’s escorts began to take the lead with confused expressions.
‘This isn’t right…’
Although the guards did not receive the mission directly, Munju would not have expected it to be this way. Taking the lead was no different from committing fraud.
‘It’s completely different.’
In their minds, they pictured Baek Woo-jin, who alone overwhelmed the crowd.
This didn’t just happen at the North Gate. A similar thing was happening at the Phoenix Hero Guild, which entered through the west and east gates.
**
Quang!
The gargoyle’s head exploded, and a small fist sparkled inside.
“miss. The structure of this dungeon and the monsters seem a bit dangerous. It will still be difficult for you. “I will take the lead.”
“Then it means nothing! “Even if it’s late, I’ll fight my way out.”
Jeok Yeon-hwa came here to see for herself how strong Baek Woo-jin had become rather than to attack the dungeon, but she had no intention of just passing through this dungeon.
“Lady…”
At Jeok Yeon-hwa’s confident answer, her guard Shin Seung-hee felt his heart heat up. He felt once again that the young warrior in front of him would become big someday.
“Hmm…”
Jeok Yeon-hwa kept looking back even as she moved forward. As if waiting for someone.
“miss. Are you waiting for Baek Woo-jin?”
“You can’t wait! What are you talking about? You might just get ambushed from behind! “See it!”
“okay.”
Shin Seung-hee nodded with a knowing expression.
“Oh, it’s real!”
**
Beep!
After the smoke ball made a sound, various lines appeared on the transparent ball.
“Now that the map is complete. let’s go.”
“I will take the lead.”
“What are you talking about? “You stay in the back.”
“yes?”
“Please stay still until the other guards attack me, because I will finish everything today.”
“Oh, I understand.”
Baek Woo-jin checked the direction of the smoke ball and ran toward the boss. His fast-moving steps stopped. This is because a gargoyle statue and a knight statue appeared in front.
Whoops!
Baek Woo-jin swung his sword at the two stone statues. I hit it with aura, but only small scratches were left on the statue. You will need to use at least Black King Bullet to destroy the statue.
The gargoyle’s ability to turn into a stone statue is strong due to the energy of evil, and the regular stone statue is made of black stone, making it strong.
You can’t tell them apart from the outside, and you need to be at least a level 5 Auror to break it. This was the difficult part of this dungeon.
“Let’s just pass by.”
“yes!”
When Baek Woo-jin and Moon Ju-young passed by at the same time, the two stone statues broke and a gargoyle popped out.
Sigh!
Baek Woo-jin used a sword technique as if he had been waiting and cut down the gargoyle. One of them flew into the air to avoid it, but as if it had expected it, it leapt and cut down the gargoyle in the air.
The Gargoyle’s falling attack, which is cast after aerobatics, is threatening, but there is a slight delay. Baek Woo-jin cut down the gargoyle during the delay.
“It’s a threatening but tricky monster.”
“I thought of an easy way to catch those guys. Follow me.”
“yes?”
Baek Woo-jin smiled meaningfully and moved again.
‘There is a way?’
Moon Ju-young also knows because he has hit a stone statue. It is nearly impossible to reach the boss by destroying the gargoyle statue at Baek Woo-jin’s level.
However, if you ignore the statue, you will be attacked by a gargoyle from behind. I was very interested in what he was thinking.
“There are two stone statues ahead.”
“Looking good.”
“yes!”
Moon Joo-young stayed behind Baek Woo-jin to prepare for any possible threats.
Rumbling.
Baek Woo-jin suddenly sprayed some liquid on his sword and struck the statue.
Okay!
The sword Baek Woo-jin swung failed to destroy the first statue and bounced off.
Sigh!
However, on the second statue, a white line was drawn along with a cool cutting sound. The lines on the stone statue split and a white light burst out.
“Kiaaaaaaa!”
The gargoyle in stone form screamed as it was cut in half. The gargoyle lost its breath with its skin melting white.
“What about that liquid…”
Baek Woo-jin showed the bottle he was holding to Moon Ju-young, who was astonished.
“I told you there was a way.”
