45. Priest Trap 1
“Didn’t you hear me?”
Upon hearing this, Lakramati strongly protested. He approached Kang Seung-hyun in a flash of anger.
“I don’t know of a guy like you who has run out of divine power! The road on the left is full of dark magic! But you want to jump into the black magic on purpose?”
Lakramati grabbed Kang Seung-hyun by the collar.
“Are you crazy, you bastard? Are you a black magician?”
“Leave and talk!”
“Calm down! Listen first…”
Everyone stopped Lakramati with a surprised face.
“Not even worth listening to! What are you doing listening to someone who doesn’t even feel dark magic?”
“…”
The other party members couldn’t even refute this.
One is an excellent healer who handles divine power well.
One is a poor healer who runs out of divine power.
It is already decided who to listen to.
“If you want to go to such a disgusting place…”
Lacramati pushed Kang Seung-hyeon away and strode down the right path.
“Go alone!”
With that, he left without looking back.
“I… I also… don’t want to go the left path…”
Priest Sahita also headed for the right path. She hurriedly ran after Lakramati.
When all the healers and priests in the party went to the right,
“I want to go to the right too.”
The wizard also took the right path.
“There’s nothing I can do about it now that it’s like this.”
The leader, Ergan, also took the right path.
Before taking the right road, he said,
“Are you sure you want to go left? If you change your mind even now, Lacramati will keep me quiet.”
asked Kang Seung-hyun.
“Thank you from the heart, but it’s okay.”
However, Kang Seung-hyun politely refused.
“…I’ll wait in front of the boss room. I hope you arrive safely.”
Ergan cared about his separated comrades until the very end. He is truly an example of a great leader.
‘But even if I go the right way, I can’t reach the boss room.’
– “It seems that all the people who will go have gone.”
As Ergan and his party left, Kang Seung-hyun spoke to the rest.
“The rest of you intend to follow me, right?”
“of course. I don’t know what it is, but the teacher is all right!”
Kim Ho-jeong did not take the right path.
“It is better to trust one Mr. Kang than to trust 100 citizens of the Azul Continent.”
This is a very reasonable conclusion.
“I don’t know, but I think there must be a reason.”
Tina Putane also stayed here.
‘Because Ruth introduced me.’
Tina thought that if she had to trust just one person here, it would be Kang Seung-hyun. Because he was a healer praised by his cousin Ruth Taker, not by anyone else.
“Thank you for saying that.”
I expected it so far. Kim Ho-jung would of course follow, and Tina Putin also had an introduction from Ruth, so she thought she would trust her.
“Then there are four of us, including myself.”
But there was one more unexpected person.
Ergan Party’s Isle. He did not follow his companions and remained here.
“Are you going to the left, too?”
“yes.”
“why?”
Here, it’s normal to follow your colleagues when you think about common sense. However, it is said that there is a reason why it remains.
“I was thinking of going the right way too… but I was curious about the reason.”
Why did Kang Seung-hyun choose the left path? Ail said he stayed because he was curious about it.
‘He’s laughing.’
Of course it’s a lie.
Common sense tells us that no one will ever abandon a teammate for that reason. There must be another reason.
‘But apart from that, you must be curious as to why I stayed here.’
It seems to be true that you are curious about the reason. It would be a lie to say that I stayed because of that reason.
“Is there a monster on the right road?”
“Or is the road to the left a shortcut…?”
Not only I, but Kim Ho-jung and Tina were also the same. Both of them look like they’re going crazy, wondering why Kang Seung-hyun chose the left path.
“I have a lot of time, so I’ll explain calmly.”
According to Kang Seung-hyun’s idea, the right path is definitely a trap.
“Like Mr. Lakramati said, I cannot feel the dark magic. Well, if I can feel it, it must be really powerful black magic.”
In other words, the black magic felt from the left side is strong, but it is not at a level that is threatening enough for ordinary people to feel.
“At most, there are dozens of mid-level demons or undead waiting.”
“Is that too frightening?”
Certainly, by the standards of Azul Continent, it might be a bit tough. However, it was doable for dimension movers.
“I can catch that much with Kim Ho-jung.”
“How strong we are~ Trust us and leave it to us.”
“Do you have any divine skills?”
“Even if you don’t have it, I’ll catch it.”
I caught a rare undead monster without a divine skill, but I couldn’t catch a normal monster.
“The important thing here is that among the monsters in the ruins, there are those who use dark magic.”
“A guy who handles black magic?”
“If subordinate monsters use dark magic, there is a high possibility that the boss will also use dark magic.”
This can be seen just by looking at the decay of the ruins. The boss monster in this dungeon is a black magician who uses black magic or handles black magic.
“Yes. The creatures in the dungeon are created by the boss monster…”
Aile smiled and agreed with Kang Seung-hyeon’s words.
“Then, who should be most wary of a boss with dark magic?”
“A priest or healer with divine power.”
Tina responded quickly.
“Because the counter of black magic is divine power.”
“that’s right. They must be the ones who use divine skills.”
Healers and priests who use divine skills. From the point of view of the black magician, it is the most annoying existence.
“Particularly annoying is the priest who specializes in divine skills.”
Priests are specialized in catching demons and undead. From the perspective of the black magician boss, he is an adventurer who should be treated as the number one priority.
“So if I were the boss of the dungeon, I would have set a trap.”
If I have to deal with adventurers, it’s easier to deal with them before reaching the boss room.
Kang Seung-hyun turned his eyes to the fork in the road.
“Of course, that crossroads is a trap.”
On the left is the road where you can feel the dark magic. The right side is the road where no dark magic is felt.
Ordinary adventurers can’t notice it. Only skilled healers and priests can know this fact.
“The priest will think the left side is a trap. Usually, the right path without dark magic is considered safe.”
So the priests will think like this.
‘The road on the left is a trap for ordinary adventurers!’
Of course, it will lead people to the right path.
“The truth is quite the opposite. It’s just disguised to look safe.”
Because this trap isn’t aimed at ordinary adventurers. The real target is different.
“This trap is aimed at not ordinary adventurers who cannot feel dark magic…”
Those who will notice the dark magic on the left path and head to the right path.
“A person with high divine power.”
In other words, it was a trap aimed at the priest. Normal adventurers have a 50% chance of getting caught, but priests have a 100% chance of getting caught.
“Actually, Mr. Lakramati and Priest Sahita took the right path without hesitation.”
“What should I do?”
Kang Seung-hyeon tried to warn him about it, but the two didn’t listen and just left.
“I’m not kind enough to catch and explain to people who don’t want to listen.”
I just give back what I received. If you look into it later, it’s the fault of the guy who didn’t listen.
“Because of that, those who took the right path won’t be able to reach the boss room.”
In the end, going left is the correct answer. Adventurers’ goal is to defeat the boss monster.
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“Seunghyun Kang is really amazing. The road that seemed safe was actually a trap.”
Aile clapped his hands and said. Said I hadn’t even thought of that.
Of course it’s obviously a lie.
“Then what is the right path for everyone else?”
On the left side of the road, there is something emitting dark magic.
Then on the right road?
“It’s obvious.”
“Aaaaaaaa!!!!!”
Just then, a scream came from the road to the right.
“It’s the voice of Priest Sahita!”
Kang Seung-hyun stood up from his seat and said.
“A real trap for the priest’s life.”
– A few minutes ago.
Ergan’s party left Kang Seung-hyeon’s party behind and took the right path.
“Nothing happened.”
“There are no monsters…”
“What is that bastard really?”
Others didn’t care much. He just laughed at Kang Seung-hyeon, who took the left path.
‘…why?’
But Ergan was lost in thought.
The reason why Kang Seung-hyeon and others took the left path was because A-Il also stayed there.
At first, I thought I was following him, but suddenly I realized that there was no Ail nearby.
‘I’ll be familiar with them.’
Is there some reason?
Ergan was walking while looking forward.
Tick.
titty tick.
“What is this sound?”
“It’s a magic circle!”
Wizard Shuire pointed to the floor and shouted. It was also a form of magic that was canceled when certain conditions were met.
“This form is usually used to seal something…?”
At the same time, powerful black magic began to emanate from the magic circle. The black magic emanating from the magic circle turned into black thorns and surged up.
PABABABAK!!!
“Avoid!”
Before the black thorn pierced Sahita, Ergan pushed her away.
Woowook!!!
Instead of piercing Sahita’s whole body, the black thorns stopped piercing through her legs.
“Aaaaaaaaa!!!!”
Sahita screamed in pain. A huge amount of blood gushed out, so much so that I thought that my leg had been cut off.
Fu-wook!
“Keuuuuuu!!!”
At the same time, Lakramati was also stabbed by a black thorn rising from the magic circle. I quickly dodged, but this one also seems to have been stabbed in the arm.
“Lacramati!”
“Damn it… what the hell is this…”
He twisted his face and grabbed his arm. Blood spurted out, but not fatal.
“First, after curing priest Sahiti…”
Lakramati stretched out her intact arm and cast a spell.
“Chi Healing Light.”
That was the moment he used heel on Sahiti.
“Aagh!! aww!! it hurts!!”
Sahiti cried out in pain.
“Aaah!!”
At the same time, Lakramati screamed in pain. It was because the moment I used the heel, I felt a lot of pain.
“I can’t stand it…”
Lacramati hurriedly stopped heel and examined her wounds. The skin pierced by the black thorn was stained black, and black lumps were spreading around the wound.
“what’s the matter?”
“I was cursed…!”
A curse-type skill that is a type of black magic.
If you use a heal on a cursed person, the wound will not be healed, but will be nullified with great pain.
“This isn’t just a thorn… It’s a Curse Spear!”
Curse Spear.
It is a black magic that invokes a curse by pouring powerful black magic on the person who is stabbed.
Moreover, it does not end with simply casting a curse. Curse Spear deals the same damage as a real spear.
“Uh ah… ah…”
Sahita, whose leg was actually pierced, was getting weaker and weaker. If left alone, it will bleed to death.
“We need to treat Sahita’s wounds quickly. If this happens…”
“Can’t you break the curse of Lacramati?”
“Only the priest can lift the curse!”
The problem is that the only priest in the party is mortally wounded.
A healer is needed to heal the fallen priest, but the healer can’t heal because of the curse. Literally, a situation where you can neither do this nor that.
“outside! There’s a healer out there! Seunghyun Kang!”
At that time, he shouted as if he remembered Shuire. Even though he lacked divine power, Kang Seung-hyun was also a healer.
“That guy is a healer too! You can catch up if you chase quickly…”
“Hey! didn’t you hear me? It’s no use even if he comes!”
Lakramati and Sahita are also cursed. The wound cannot be healed unless the curse on the body is lifted.
“I wonder if I have a strong divine skill or holy water!”
It was the moment when Lakramati cried out like that.
“Is there?”
Kang Seung-hyun, a wild healer, appeared as if he had been waiting.
