Chapter 1000 – 1000. Yggdrasil (7)
As the labyrinth was the final ordeal, several events occurred within a short period of time.
A quest to make a soul stone and offer it to the altar.
And boss-level monsters that interfere with the quest.
A bizarre stone statue discovered during exploration.
A monster that suddenly moves and starts attacking
And the appearance of Seong Su-ho fighting such a monster.
Among the many events, what Midwinter did…
Wow!
“Come to your senses!!”
“Wha!?”
There wasn’t a single one.
It was only then that Midwin came to his senses and raised his arms at Seongsu-ho’s shout.
‘Me… I need help too…’
She clearly made up her mind.
However, in the middle of winter, his arms were constantly shaking.
‘Ji… Calm down! ‘He’s just a monster!’
It was because of the bizarre smile and disgusting shape of the monster.
“Khehehehe! Amazing! Cool! It’s annoying! It hurts!”
The appearance of the monster filled the spirit of midwinter with a strong fear that I had never felt in my life.
Before she knew it, the fear in her mind had flowed through her veins and settled into her heart.
Then, her heart began to forcefully pump, spreading her fear throughout her body.
Not just her arms, but her waist, hips, thighs, calves… My whole body was consumed by fear and I began to tremble.
‘Me… I have to help too.’
It was the moment I took a step forward, consumed by fear.
“I’ll join you!”
Namgung Yuha started fighting monsters with Seong Su-ho.
“Ugh! Sorry! “I can’t cut it at my level!”
“Are you okay! Just get as much attention as possible!”
However, even Namgung Yuha, who was recognized for her skills, could not cut off the monster’s body.
Midwinter felt fear once again at that sight.
‘Wouldn’t it actually be a hindrance if I got involved?’
Even in the middle of the winter, she acknowledged that Namgung Yuha’s skills were superior to hers.
A monster that overwhelms the existence recognized as such.
Midwinter shook her head and cried out in her head, trying to come to her senses.
‘Well, you still have to help! If you don’t do anything…’
The moment I made that decision and was about to rush in, I suddenly heard Min Ha-yeon’s shout from next to me.
“Sorry! We will join you too!!”
As soon as Min Ha-yeon shouted, Thanatos’ soldiers were summoned, and the soldiers began to rush towards the monster.
But…
“What’s the matter!? Fight quickly!”
“Insert the summons! “I think this guy has the ability to steal summons!”
“Ah! Ah, okay!!”
Even Midwinter knew how strong Min Ha-yeon’s summons were.
Those summoned beasts had become ineffective.
“How did you know? How did know? How!?”
By a monster…
Midwinter’s lips trembled as she looked at the monster.
‘My… ‘It’s not someone I can deal with.’
Midwinter’s specialty is the fairy tale spirit.
And the folktale spirit was a summoned beast.
But you shouldn’t use summoned beasts?
Even the last means of helping Seong Su-ho was blocked.
‘What can I do… Doesn’t exist… ?’
It was a moment when I felt so helpless.
Seong Su-ho shouted to the other members.
“Wake! Now all you have to do is collect two soul stones, and you’re done! Even if we stick together like this, it will never end!”
“… Okay!”
Min Ha-yeon immediately spoke to her members around her.
“Let’s go! Let’s collect soul stones quickly!”
“Uh, yes!”
At Min Ha-yeon’s words, Midwinter nodded and made a promise.
‘Okay! Let’s do what I can right now!’
Midwinter thought so and was about to leave to collect soul powder and soul fragments with Min Ha-yeon.
“Khehehehe! Where are you going? Let’s be ourselves together!!”
“!?”
The space was distorted along with the monster’s voice.
And then the distorted space unfolded, and the place that appeared was…
“Uh? Female… “Where am I?”
It was not a hall that was a mess of battle, but a hallway filled with silence.
Fortunately, I was able to find out what the situation was through the message.
〈The maze has rearranged the locations of participants. (20 minutes until next relocation.)〉
“… “It’s all scattered.”
After understanding the situation, Midwinter began to carefully look around.
Darkness.
And a wall with colorful patterns.
That was it.
A strong chill runs through my skin, and at the same time…
“Me… What should I do?”
He began to cry out of strong fear.
Just because Midwinter was the youngest didn’t mean she grew up like a flower in a greenhouse.
Although the distress I experienced as a child became a particularly big trauma, I was able to grow by experiencing great things even after that.
But after what happened today, she could feel it.
“Uh… How to? Uh… ? Me… I’m scared…”
The shipwreck trauma she experienced in the past felt like a child’s play to her.
Even all the crises she had experienced since coming to Yggdrasil felt like nothing compared to the monster she had seen earlier.
“How to… Scared… It’s scary…”
Midwinter cried and leaned her staggering body against the wall.
She slipped and sat down on the floor.
Then she took out an item from her pocket.
Small cube.
Midwinter held the cube carefully and cried.
“Hurry… Please. Please come quickly…”
Right now, in the middle of winter, there was only one person that came to mind.
Seong Su-ho.
And his voice began to echo in my head as if Seong Su-ho was next to me.
(I will come and rescue you as quickly as possible.)
His voice echoed repeatedly in my head.
“Hurry… And…”
He clearly knew that it was an auditory hallucination.
However, due to the auditory hallucination, Midwinter’s mind gradually began to calm down.
In the middle of winter, when I heard hallucinations like that…
(Are you okay?)
“… Huh?”
Seong Su-ho’s voice was heard.
Midwinter looked at the place where the voice came from with a puzzled expression.
Cube.
A voice came from inside the cube I was covering with both hands.
(I’m on my way there? I’m waiting.)
“Oh, okay!”
That was the end of the conversation.
A short conversation.
But just from that conversation, midwinter…
“Hehe… You really came.”
I was able to completely eliminate the fear that was crawling all over my body.
Even though I hadn’t seen Seong Su-ho yet, all my worries were blown away just by his voice.
My body, which had been shaking just a moment ago, calmed down, and even the chill went away.
Rather, I became more energetic and my condition improved.
“How long can I wait?” .”
It was a moment when I stood up with such vitality and hummed.
“Ah, I found it!”
“Huh!?”
A man’s voice was heard.
Midwinter quickly turned his head and looked toward where the voice came from.
Seong Su-ho was standing calmly and smiling at himself.
“Already!?”
It was the moment when Midwinter shouted like that and was about to run to Seong Su-ho.
“It looks like I fell nearby too. “I never thought we would meet by chance like this.”
“… ?”
As soon as Midwinter heard Seong Su-ho’s words, his body immediately stopped.
It was strange.
‘… Coincidence?’
Seong Su-ho said just now that he would come to visit us through Cube, so he told us to wait.
But suddenly the expression “Coincidence” Was used.
When Midwinter took a step behind her, sensing something strange, Seongsu-ho smiled and took a step forward.
“What’s the matter? Come here quickly. “We need to find the kids together.”
“…”
As Midwinter took a step behind her, she noticed something strange again.
A smile and composure that does not suit a serious situation.
Seong Su-ho is usually quite relaxed, but…
‘No. Something’s strange…’
Even in this situation, I didn’t take my time.
No, rather, Seong Su-ho was the one who was running around as if he was going to fly, remembering situations where other members were getting hurt.
Clearly, what I saw in front of me was Seongsuho…
“Why do you keep going backwards?”
It seemed like Midwinter’s instincts were calling out to her to run away from Seongsuho in front of her.
When Midwinter saw Seongsu-ho taking a step towards her, she took a step back and asked.
“However… “How did you know my location?”
It was a question I asked without much thought.
But the answer to that question is…
“How do you know? I happened to be nearby, and I came because I heard your voice.”
“…”
Midwinter’s guess was turned into certainty.
Seong Su-ho, who just told me to wait at the cube.
That Seongsu Lake and the Seongsu Lake in front of you…
‘Oh, no… Different…’
I was able to realize that she was a completely different being.
The fear that had been completely erased by Seong Su-ho’s voice earlier began to flow through my body again.
His arms began to tremble, his shoulders slumped, his back became weak, and his legs began to feel numb.
And her chin began to tremble, and her lips began to dry.
‘Do… I have to run away…’
But in the middle of winter, fear consumed her legs and all she could do was take a step back.
Seong Su-ho, who saw Midwinter like that, kept her smile and took a step towards Midwinter.
“What’s the matter? Let’s go together quickly.”
“…”
A rat facing a snake.
It was similar to the current situation in the middle of winter.
‘Ruler… If you stimulate it… No…’
My instincts in the middle of winter were crying out not to provoke me.
Midwinter took all her strength and she took a step back.
And seeing that midwinter scene, Seong Su-ho took another step forward with a smile.
“What’s the matter? Let’s go together quickly.”
“…”
Lines that do not change at all despite repeated actions.
‘How to. How to. How…’
Midwinter continued to retreat behind her, trembling.
And it was the moment to take a step back.
Seong Su-ho looks at the midwinter and feels bright… No, he smiled creepyly.
“Okay, let’s go together.”
“Uh… ?”
The lines have changed.
And…
‘… Is it dark?’
I could feel that the surroundings were dark.
This was a place where it might be dark outside the field of vision, but the surroundings were bright.
However, the place where Midwinter was standing felt particularly dark.
As if there was something on the ceiling…
Midwinter shook his chin and turned his head.
And the scene that caught her eye was…
“Khehehehehe… Let’s go together~~”
“Hehe…”
Her mouth was so huge that she could chew up dozens of people at once.
A scene that makes you feel nauseous just by looking at it.
But to Midwinter, that scene went beyond nausea or disgust…
“Buy… Save me…”
It was a scene so scary that fear engulfed both mind and body.
Kwadang!
“Hey! Buy, save…”
Midwinter’s legs gave out, and she hit her butt on the floor.
A situation where you can’t get up because your legs are weak.
Midwinter sat down on the floor and began to writhe and pull her body back.
“Buy… Save me…”
As Midwinter tried to pull her body out from behind her…
“Let’s go together.”
“Hey!”
Seong Su-ho, who was on the other side of her, began to approach her.
And behind Seong Su-ho, who came through the darkness…
“Uuuuup…”
There was a disgusting fleshy stem attached that caused nausea.
The stem hanging behind Seongsuho passed through the ceiling…
“Khehehehehe~”
It was connected to the head of the monster.
From behind, a monster was approaching with its mouth open, and from the front, Seong Su-ho was approaching, clinging to the monster.
As Midwinter looked at those two beings, what Seong Su-ho said came to mind.
(If there is a problem, I will come pick you up right away. Until then, take care of yourself as much as possible.)
Seong Su-ho said to hold on as long as possible.
But I couldn’t bear the fear in the middle of winter.
‘Sorry… I’m so scared…’
She closed her eyes tightly and gave up on life.
I just didn’t have the strength to struggle.
As Midwinter relaxed her body as if she had fainted…
Hehe… It’s not fun~~”
I could feel the monster’s wide-open mouth getting closer.
And…
“It won’t taste good! But I’m hungry! Let’s eat!!”
The monster’s cry was heard right next to me.
The voice was so terrifying that Midwinter covered her ears with all her might.
She heard something shouting, but she couldn’t bring herself to take her ears off.
And not long after…
Kwaduk!
The sound of flesh being torn was heard.
‘… ‘What is it?’
At first, the pain was so great that I thought I couldn’t feel the pain at all.
But I couldn’t bring myself to open my eyes.
Kwa-duk, kwa-sik! Pakak!
It definitely didn’t sound like someone was chewing someone up.
Or, from the perspective of the chewer, I wondered if the transmission of sound would change.
But…
‘What? Me…’
The hand covering his ear was clearly normal.
Midwinter’s spirit felt a curiosity that surpassed fear, and that curiosity opened her eyes.
She covered her ears and opened her eyes.
She thought she would see darkness in the mouth of a monster, but in her eyes…
“… Huh?”
A scene of someone looking down at oneself was shown with a bright halo.
Because of the halo, he could not see anyone looking down at him.
A person covered in darkness like a shadow.
The person wrapped his arms around his back and helped him up.
“Wha!?”
As she stood up hesitantly, I removed her hand that was covering her ear.
What caught my eye in the middle of winter like that was…
“Whoa… “I’m glad it’s not too late.”
Seong Su-ho… It was Seong Su-ho who was truly relieved.
