Chapter 131 – 131. Abyss
131. Abyss
– Beauji: Abyss.
Abyss, in Korean, abyss.
… So where the fuck is that?
– Beauji: I don’t know either. I just followed Shadow.
– Me: What is Shadow?
– Byuji: The guy next to me. Code name is Shadow.
It’s like fucking shit.
Were you envious of heroes coming up with hero names? Just use your real name and write something like a code name on the subject of a villain, damn it.
– Beauji: To put it roughly, should I say it’s the basement of the basement of Sillim-dong? It’s such a place
– Me: Is it like an underground shopping mall?
Is it the underground mall you went to last time? Then it was understandable that the distance was dark. Even in broad daylight, sunlight wouldn’t reach the basement.
Of course, the place where ViewG is now looks more like an underground city than an underground shopping mall, but it’s wide enough to fit an amusement park, so it’s not strange that there’s a city there.
No, is it strange? Still, it’s a little strange that the buildings are rising underground.
– Beauji: No, it’s a little different from that side.
– Me: What’s different?
– Byuji: Um… I mean. Do you know how Sillim-dong got fucked?
– Me: What do you see me as?
Even an idiot like Lee Ji-hyun knows about Sillim-dong. It was the only place in Korea where non-standard dungeons appeared.
‘Is not it.’
When I thought about it, I thought that such an idiot might not know. There are people in the world who don’t even know that Britain is an island. There may be people who don’t know that there was a dungeon in Sillim-dong.
– Beauji: In the aftermath, Sillim-dong went bankrupt.
An open non-standard dungeon that appeared in Sillim-dong, ‘Demon Castle’. In the 1990s, the dungeon that suddenly appeared in Korea, which was just beginning to adapt to the cataclysm, engulfed Sillim-dong and announced its existence to the world.
One of the biggest characteristics of open dungeons is that there is no entrance to the dungeon. To be precise, the entire interior of the dungeon was transferred to the real world.
The moment the dungeon appeared, Sillim-dong was swallowed up by Dungeon: Demon Castle, and reality and the inside of the dungeon were fused, and the topography itself was completely changed.
Commercial houses and apartments collapsed, and a black spire was erected on top of them. The ground collapsed and the giant demon castle filled the place.
And even now, when the dungeon was attacked and disappeared, the aftermath of Dungeon: The Demon Castle did not disappear, and the space replaced by the demon castle remained as an empty cavity.
– Beauji: But the underground mall is only inside the Devil’s Castle.
A large space underground shopping center in the basement of Sillim-dong. It is a huge space created when the ground, which was originally filled with soil and stones, was replaced with the Demon Castle. Now that the castle is gone, villains and criminals have occupied the large space and are using it well.
The amusement park I went to with ViewG the other day was also located in an underground shopping mall, and besides the amusement park, the basement of Sillim-dong was filled with all sorts of shady and strange things.
– Byuji: But there seems to be another underground space under the demon castle. And they called that place Abyss.
– Me: What, was there such a thing?
The space created in the basement of Sillim-dong is the space of the demon castle. And originally, if there was a hidden underground space in the castle itself, it was a story that there could have been an underground underground in Sillim-dong.
‘It must be something like Hidden Peace.’
There is a concept called Hidden Peace in dungeons. A generic term for things like gimmicks and items hidden in dungeons.
Even in open dungeons where the concept of regen does not exist, Hidden Peace will exist. Among the hidden peace of the castle, there seemed to be a hidden dungeon called a dungeon within a dungeon.
– Byuji: I heard it for the first time this time too. Shadow said that even in the Villain Union, only the executives knew about it.
– Me: Aside from that, why did you go there?
– Beauji: Waeggi, I told you the other day. I’m here to catch the monster. I heard there’s a high probability that he’s hiding here?
Checkpoints and security in Seoul are excellent. It was virtually impossible for people without proper status or villains to enter Seoul.
Since it is a place where money flows, foreign criminal organizations such as the Yakuza and the Mafia are quick to smuggle in, and people with itchy hands crawl in when they are bored because they want to terrorize Seoul, which is considered the safest city in the world.
There are times when people who have been pushed out of lawless areas in the upper part, North Korea, or China in the west flow into Seoul.
In a situation where all kinds of idiots were trying to get in, the security couldn’t be more difficult.
In addition, although it is the national rule for the government to do things roughly, there was not a single noise in that regard.
Because there are people who know better than anyone that the moment Seoul is pierced, the people are also fucked.
‘In short, Sillim-dong is the only place where monsters can hide.’
You cannot build a headquarters outside of Seoul. If you are in the countryside, you may not know, but in Seoul, it is absolutely impossible.
And there is only one place in Seoul where monsters can stay: Sillim-dong.
‘Wait for a sec.’
Come to think of it, weren’t there some of them that could transform into humanoids?
So aren’t those bastards just running around?
‘Well, I must have looked for it on my own, right?’
The fact that humanoid monsters exist was known due to the faceless angel incident. However, given that the fact did not become a hot topic, it would have been information that everyone who already knew.
If so, the government and the heroes would of course know about it, and they would have prepared countermeasures accordingly, so it seemed like there was no need to worry about that.
They’re smarter than me, so I’m sure they’ll do well.
I don’t know anything else, but I can trust it when it comes to security and safety.
– Me: So they say there are villains there?
– Byuji: Just guessing? In fact, the only place they can be is Sillim-dong, but the Villain Alliance is holding tight. But we don’t even know where the monsters are.
I don’t know if it was the old days, but Sillim-dong is on its way to normalization. It’s still a dangerous place, of course, but at least there were controls and rules. Civilians were also able to roam around safely as long as they avoided the dangerous area, and they also engaged in the tourism industry with the theme of villains.
And the subject of that control is the Villain Alliance. The entire Sillim 4-dong is in the hands of the Villain Alliance.
But what if the Bilyeon Union doesn’t know about the existence of monsters? Even in Sillim-dong, the possibility that the guys were coiled is very low.
After removing Sillim-dong, it seems that the last place left is Abyss.
The villains had come down to the Abyss to find monsters disturbing their territory.
– Me: Then did you come with the heroes?
– Byuji: Well, that’s right. Since we’re in a relationship, we’re acting separately.
It was an unexpected national-community collaboration.
It was also proof that the monsters were threatening. Villains are a necessary evil and can be left alone, but monsters couldn’t do that.
They can only survive by killing humans, so they cannot coexist with humans. They weren’t a necessary evil, they were predators that threatened humanity.
I watched Byuji and its surroundings with a diorama. Faint streetlights flicker on the dark streets.
On both sides of the street are decrepit buildings. A lot of cracked and broken buildings. Buildings that looked like apartments in the 1990s looked the same as if they were stereotypical. There was no difference except that the broken parts were different.
‘Something is creepy…’
There was no one on the street. It is a dreary street, as if a ghost is about to pop out from somewhere.
A hidden dungeon is also a dungeon, so there could be at least one monster, but there was none. Only the villains are walking.
‘Did I get attacked?’
Seeing that the structure was still there, it didn’t seem like that at all. Because open dungeons are dismantled the moment they are attacked.
‘I don’t know.’
No matter how hard I tried, I got nothing. It seems that Vueji also doesn’t know much about the Abyss.
There was no way it could come up even after searching on Hunter Net or the Internet. I’m proud to be a cyber specter, but I’ve never heard of a thing like the Abyss.
I searched for it in case I didn’t know, but it was only something that came out of a chewing game or an anime. There was no tangible information.
‘I’ll have to ask Yoo Ji-ah later.’
As an A-class sidekick, she might know something. I decided to ask Yujia later and turned her nerves off to Abyss.
– Me: But isn’t it dangerous?
– Beauji: Mol?
I was just a little worried.
Devil Castle is a non-standard dungeon that first appeared in Korea. It’s an old-fashioned dungeon that appeared almost 40 years ago, before the classification system was properly established, so it hears the sound of water rockets, but even by modern standards, it’s a top-notch dungeon that’s considered to be classified as an S-class dungeon.
It’s a hidden dungeon attached to such a place, so it must be quite difficult. Won’t you get hurt or something?
‘I’m anxious.’
[Sponsor [Returning Stone] To ‘Buyeji’.]
I handed Yeji a hearthstone. It was fortunate that I had a spare at the specialty store the other day.
– Beauji: What is this?
– Me: It’s connected to my house, so if it’s dangerous, use it right away and run away. Got it?
– Byuji: It’s helpful for some reason.
– Me: Are you sure?
He’s just a guy who doesn’t know how to thank you.
Anyway, I provided a safety device, so you won’t suddenly die, right?
I watched the view for a while and turned off the diorama.
