Chapter 39 – Episode 39- Hallucinatory Labyrinth (2)
“What the hell is this?”
I muttered as I looked at the scene unfolding before my eyes.
Empty vacant lot.
A vastly empty vacant lot.
I looked back at this place where the floor was made of black stones and the walls had a dull appearance that could have come out of a cave.
“Is this right?”
I blinked my eyes.
But it was still the same sight.
I had definitely entered a place called the ‘psychedelic labyrinth’, but the sights I saw were neither hallucinatory nor labyrinth.
They’re just running around in a very wide open space.
There were no outliers whatsoever.
“…?”
But when I saw a kid walking cautiously in the distance, I realized something was wrong.
As if he was holding on to something, he was walking with his hands in the air. The boy’s gaze was also shaking anxiously.
“Yes…?”
Surprisingly, it wasn’t just one or two of them.
When I widened my gaze, it was because everyone in this clearing was acting strangely.
Some take out their weapons and swing them in the air.
Some even run like crazy.
Some even roll around.
Everyone except me was acting strangely.
Moreover, they passed by as if they were invisible even though there was someone right next to them.
This word meant only one thing.
They weren’t weird, I was weird.
“No way.”
Suddenly, an idea came to my mind.
My constitution, which always plays a pivotal role whenever a strange incident occurs.
Couldn’t it be that I can’t see ‘hallucination’ in this hallucinatory labyrinth naturally thanks to that constitution?
It made a lot of sense.
Once upon a time, when Miho and her first met, Miho hypnotized me.
Because I was nothing
“So what?”
I had to experience the dungeon in the psychedelic labyrinth, but I can’t see anything.
I stood blankly at this absurd reality.
“… I do not know.”
Eventually, I sat down.
Wandering around for nothing, you might get hit by spells or weapons wielded by other kids.
I decided to just stay where I am.
I raised my head and looked at the top of the clearing.
Strangely, there was a white fog.
Before entering the hallucinatory labyrinth, I remembered what Mr. Pan had said to watch from above to make sure nothing happened.
Is Pan teacher looking at me from there?
“Oh yeah. Come down and point it out.”
I sighed and passed the time blankly in my seat.
Watching the classmates stupidly spitting magic into the air and tripping over something.
It was quite fun.
After looking around for a while, I saw a guy approaching me quickly.
“Swallow…! Swallow…! Swallow…!”
Bald, muscular, presbyopia.
A guy I could recognize at a glance was running towards me, running like crazy.
“Kim Cha-ryeok?”
I muttered his name and got up.
However, Kim Cha-ryeok seemed to be unable to see me and kept running towards me.
I was curious about the appearance of Kim Cha-ryeok, who seemed quite urgent, and approached him.
“Hey, what are you doing?”
Taking a few steps forward, I ask Kim Cha-ryeok a question.
Kim Cha-ryeok was frightened and stopped walking.
“Hanjun…?! Why are you jumping out of the wall!”
“Is this the wall?”
“Yes. Even now, the wall is hanging halfway over you!”
“Ohhh, that’s amazing.”
A few more steps forward.
Kim Cha-ryeok showed a relieved expression as if he was now out of the wall.
After a while, he glanced back and shouted at me.
“Escape, Hanjun! Run quickly!”
“Why.”
“Can’t you see that? Oops, it’s late…!”
Kim Cha-ryeok put on a hard expression, then he showed his back to me and ran forward.
Then he stretched out his fist.
“Huh!”
He twitched his back muscles to the point where he couldn’t even feel that he was human, and swung his fists several times.
It was clearly in the air, though it seemed like they were doing something stupid.
Judging by the way his body swayed, it seemed that he was fighting something that I couldn’t see.
“Aaaaa!”
Cha-ryeok Kim’s fist stretched out, and Cha-ryeok Kim’s body was pushed back in shock.
Even his clothes were torn, despite the dripping blood.
As if he would not back down, Charyeok Kim took one step forward and swung his fist again.
It was a sad scene.
If I had seen something in front of Kim Cha-ryeok, I would have thought so, but I, who couldn’t see anything, just silently watched the guy’s stupidity.
After a few minutes, all of Kim Cha-ryeok’s tops were torn and were almost in a state of rags.
But a small smile forms on his lips, and he doesn’t swing his fist anymore.
Kim Cha-ryeok seemed to have won the fight against something.
“Hanjun… Did you see it? I won.”
“Yeah, well done.”
I almost said that I couldn’t see anything for a moment, but I didn’t have the courage to say anything when I saw the guy’s proud expression.
“But Hanjun, how did you cross the wall earlier?”
“… It?”
“That’s right. Didn’t it come over the wall like a ghost?”
“……”
Eventually, having no choice but to tell the truth, I told him.
I can’t see the hallucination spread out in this clearing.
“Um…! Then you can’t see that behind me either?”
Charyeok Kim points his finger behind him.
“Uh, I can’t see anything.”
“It’s a pity, I wanted to show you that he’s a pretty ugly guy.”
Kim Cha-ryeok moved his hand behind him, and he took the action of lifting something.
The guy who wriggled his muscles and brought it all the way forward told me.
“Sorry, blood splattered.”
“… I don’t know what it is, but it’s embarrassing.”
The guy waving something over my face seemed to admit that I wasn’t hallucinating.
“Then, Hanjun. What are you going to do from now on?”
“I don’t know either.”
“Didn’t Mr. Pan say he was watching from above?”
I raised my head and looked at the ceiling surrounded by white mist.
“That’s true… But you don’t have any restrictions yet.”
“Hmm…! It’s amazing.”
Kim Cha-ryeok also looked at the ceiling.
When I asked him if he could see the white mist, he shook his head to see if he could see that too.
“I can’t even see the white fog. I can only see the black ceiling.”
“Okay?”
Gently, he raised his hand up and shook it.
However, the white fog only swayed without answering.
The moment I thought maybe the teacher was neglecting me.
Blood dripped beneath the white mist.
“Hanjun…?”
As I hardened my expression, Kim Cha-ryeok called me as if something was wrong.
I seriously looked at the blood dripping and asked Kim Cha-ryeok.
“Hey, can you come over here?”
I just moved to the place I called the wall.
Kim Cha-ryeok shook his head.
“I can’t. I’ve punched the wall countless times before, but it didn’t budge.
“Then stay still.”
“Hanjun, Hanjun?”
I left behind Charyeok Kim who called my name and took out the amulet that I had tucked away in his arms.
When Kim Ji-hye is in danger, she tells her to tear the amulet.
After tearing the amulet, I ran to where Seolhee Yoo was.
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The Pied Piper, Pan.
Today, as he manages the hallucinatory maze, he is looking down at the students from the top floor of the hallucinatory labyrinth.
“Hmm…”
Although there was a white fog, he could see every student’s figure in his eyes.
I looked at the phantasmagoria with the maze drawn on the right side and the students.
The plate to prevent unexpected events was faithfully fulfilling its role today.
“It’s strange.”
Pan muttered as he looked at a student.
Obviously, it was normal for first-year students to be embarrassed and nervous because it was their first time in this hallucinatory maze.
It was because that student, curiously, did not show any tension, looked around, and sat down on his spot.
If you wonder if the illusion circle is wrong, turn your head to the illusion circle where the student is located.
Instead of a magic circle, a protruding face greeted the board.
“Hi.”
“…!”
Bright red sunglasses and curved lips.
Confused by that appearance, he tried to move his body.
Suddenly, he felt the blade on his neck and slowly stiffened his body.
“Who… Who is it?”
No one was allowed to enter this place except himself.
They were strict in managing the phantasmagoric squad, so they obviously put in various security measures.
But putting all that aside, you asked this man who entered with a wary attitude.
The man smirked and, without saying a word, put his strength to the dagger that was placed on Pan’s neck.
Jureuk.
Bright red blood flowed out.
The man muttered.
“Oh, it’s strange. It’s a fucking monster looking down at the kids while being a teacher.”
“…You can’t believe you still haven’t escaped the ravages of war.”
“The harm is nothing. The war broke out thanks to someone in the first place.”
The man, who was humming as if he was enjoying this situation, stroked the horn on Pan’s head.
“It’s been a while. The Pied Piper clan used it well as a sacrifice in the past. Your blood has so much pure magical power.”
“… You!”
At those words, a certain shaman naturally came to mind, and Pan screamed.
However, the man swung his dagger as if it was no longer worth listening to.
Squeak-.
The dagger with worn teeth sliced through Pan’s neck too easily.
Red blood dripped and splashed on the man’s body.
Wearing a bright red leather jacket, he brushed it off without hesitation, taking the blood flowing from Pan’s neck.
As if he had collected enough blood, he threw the head of the plate at random and stared at the phantom circle drawn on the right.
“Is that it?”
I lowered my head and looked down.
He saw the youkai he was aiming for.
Seeing them advertise their location while spewing white frost made me laugh.
As he placed a circle on the illusion circle where the monster was located with his bloody hand, the man smiled as if he was satisfied.
“Okay then, let’s go now.”
The man threw a dark dagger upward.
Whirik-.
The dagger floated in the air.
Widely-.
Upon receiving the dagger, the man disappeared.
