Chapter 128: 128

Stomp, stomp—

It had been about 5 minutes since people started following Su-hyeun . Nothing appeared so far . It was a situation where nobody knew where and what things would appear all a sudden . If they moved without caution and got caught in a trap, it could cause trouble .

“Wait a minute! There is something!” Mirald, who was following Su-hyeun, found out something strange and shouted at him .

At that moment, a bright white light flashed in front of Su-hyeun .

Slash—!

Rip—!

A giant earthworm that soared from the ground was cut in half, and blood splashed everywhere . Su-hyeun cut the body of the monster as soon as he drew the sword out .

He spoke casually, shaking the blood from the sword . “Let’s keep moving . ”

“…Okay . ”

Similar things happened after that . Other people tried to warn Su-hyeun about traps or monsters to get more achievement points, but it was useless . Su-hyeun’s reaction was always faster than the other four .

They tried to grasp the situation . More monsters and traps appeared, but Su-hyeun, who was leading the way, easily removed all of them . It was obvious that he would advance to the finals . Now, there was only one seat left .

A common thought that came to everyone’s mind . At that time, a familiar voice was heard in the heads of the three people .

—Hey . I would like to suggest something . If you agree with that, please nod your head after listening .

Three people were startled and looked at Mirald .

—Don’t look at me . He will notice .

Stomp, stomp—

Their gait, which had been disturbed for a moment, went back to normal . Su-hyeun, who was walking ahead, glanced at the back once and started moving again . Mirald felt relieved and continued her talking .

—…So, what do you think?

The three people worried for a moment but nodded one by one . It was not a bad offer . Anyway, nothing was foul in this test, except murder .

***

Crack, crack—

The ground turned upside down and a giant earthworm soared . It was an earthworm with many large and small mouths all over its body . It was over ten meters and gushed out severe poisonous fluid from its body .

“Watch out! It’s a meat-eating earthworm!” Mirald shouted the name of the monster as if she had seen it before . “The clear fluid on its body is extremely poisonous . The teeth are hard enough to chew even steel . ”

“How should we attack it?” one awakener asked .

“It is weak to fire . The skin is not tough, either… . ”

Whiz—

While Mirald was talking, Su-hyeun stormed out and went inside of the mouth of the meat-eating earthworm . Everybody was surprised at what just happened . That time, the body of the meat-eating earthworm began to shiver .

Rip—!

Drip, drip—!

Kiyaaaak—!

Its body was cut from the inside and burnt down . The meat-eating earthworm screamed . Screaming didn’t go on for long . Soon, its body was cut in half . The dead worm fell on the ground . The other four, who had escaped to the top of the trees, were speechless . They never thought Su-hyeun would go inside of the giant worm and attack it from there .

“A-are you okay?” Mirald approached Su-hyeun and asked .

Even though everything was a hallucination, if Su-hyeun was poisoned by the meat-eating earthworm, he might be eliminated from the test .

“Yes . I am fine . ”

“How could you possibly be okay from the poison of the meat-eating earthworm?”

“I guess a hallucination is just a hallucination . That great Johnny Brad could not incarnate the poison of the monster I assume,” one awakener behind of Mirald said, snorting . Then, he muttered that the contest was very crude . He bobbed his head to Su-hyeun and continued to say, “If you are done, let’s move again . Obviously, you will pass the test as soon as you find the exit . ”

His tone was very sarcastic as if he was asking Su-hyeun if he was satisfied to get all achievement points by himself . Other parties’ faces were not much different from him . Su-hyeun looked around their faces and nodded his head . The party started moving again . Su-hyeun touched the wall .

He glanced back . Other people were touching the wall like him . At this distance, they would have also located the exit . The level of traps and monsters was not so high . The level might be difficult for only one S-Rank awakener, but it was almost too easy for five of them . As Su-hyeun had guessed from the beginning, the goal of this test was not to escape the maze .

As his thoughts got deeper, he stopped his steps and said, “It’s a trap . ”

Hiss, hiss—

Numerous snakes crawled down the walls of the maze . It was the same on the ground . From red to purple, tens of thousands of slender snakes appeared .

Su-hyeun looked down at his feet and asked, “What does this mean?”

The black teeth that sore up from the ground bit Su-hyeun’s ankle . The teeth were hard and sharp enough to dig into his ankle . It bit tighter as if it was not going to miss his foot . Su-hyeun stared at the man behind who summoned these black teeth .

“Well . If you are done guiding, you can leave the stage,” the man grinned and said .

Su-hyeun could not remember his name . He had seen it when they were summoned here for the first time . But it was not that important of a name, so he didn’t care to remember .

“Guiding…” Su-hyeun murmured .

He looked around all four of them . They were also S-Rank awakeners, who were famous in their countries . They did not look to be that great, but that was only for Su-hyeun’s position . They all went through all sorts of hardships on their owns .

“Are you saying one less person will make things easier for you to pass the test?” Su-hyeun asked .

“Don’t be too resentful . We are not going to kill you or anything . We just ask you to be eliminated in the preliminary round . So, just yield to us . ”

Yield . It was a good word . Yielding was virtuous and good . Su-hyeun looked at the camera, which would be watching them from somewhere . And only then, he noticed the skill of Mirald who was following from the most distance .

“Another hallucination that covers the hallucinations… I guess there was a talented person in this place . ”

“You noticed that well,” Mirald said .

At this moment, the cameras that showing the five of them would send a completely different scene because of the hallucinations created by Mirald . It was not comparable to Johnny Brad’s hallucination skill, which encompassed the entire huge stadium, but her hallucinations were also quite brilliant . It was limited to a narrow space, but it was not easy to create another hallucination that covered Johnny Brad’s hallucinations .

“It does not look good, you know . Four against one,” said Mirald .

“So, you do know it is a shameful work . ”

“Whatever . Soon, the camera will take a shot of your elimination by the snake in this area . ” She continued to speak in a softer voice . “I am truly sorry . But you have to understand . We can’t help it . The world is like this . ”

“Yeah . So, why were you so greedy? If you worked together with us in the first place…”

The four people surrounded Su-hyeun and spoke as if they were sorry and as if it was all Su-hyeun’s fault . Su-hyeun distorted his face .

He said, “It is funny that you guys can use the word ‘understand’ and ‘yield’ in this situation . ”

“Don’t be displeased so much—”

“There are two things you guys wrong about,” Su-hyeun said .

Swish—

Crunch—

Su-hyeun lifted his feet and hit the black teeth that were chewing on his ankles on the ground . The teeth shattered and scattered on the floor . The man who summoned the teeth frowned . That wasn’t a skill that could be easily broken like that .

“First, you guys see the traps and monsters in this space as just simple hallucinations . Especially,” Su-hyeun looked at Mirald and said, “you . You use hallucination skills . How could you not penetrate it? It is hilarious . ”

“I know more than you do . ”

“Well . That’s just your thinking . ”

“Why are you so confident—”

“Second . ” Su-hyeun cut Mirlad off and said, “You guys assumed that I would be weaker than you . ”

Crack—

The third eye, which had been hidden over Su-hyeun’s forehead, opened . The yellow eye looked bizarre as if it was not a human’s eye . But the four of them were not surprised . Awakeners had all kinds of skills . That kind of body change was not a big deal among them .

But something was indeed strange . Mirald, who was facing Su-hyeun’s eyes, felt a strange ominous feeling . So did the other three . Soon, they were able to confirm the identity of the ominous feeling .

Hiss, hiss—

Hiss, hiss—

The snakes had not been moving since they had appeared; it was as if they stopped thinking . But now, they turned their back on Su-hyeun and stared at them . It looked like they were protecting Su-hyeun . People got chills . They never saw snakes or monsters follow the order of a human . It was something impossible .

One man’s name popped into Mirald’s head . He was the man who created this huge hallucination space .

“This is unfair! How Johnny Brad can help you?” she shouted .

“Wow . You are seriously stupid,” said Su-hyeun .

Stomp—

Looking around the snakes around him, Su-hyeun said, “Johnny Brad is a great awakener . I never imagined that he would embody such details in his monsters . I doubted it at first . I never thought it would work . ”

“What the hell are you talking about?”

“Even if I tell you, you won’t understand since you are too stupid . The other three behind you are the same . ”

[Third Eye – Predator]

It was Su-hyeun’s trait . Predator was a skill that overwhelmed monsters far below his level . It required a lot of magic to use . So, it was usually better to just cut off the enemy than use this skill . But this was a different situation .

The opponents were tens of thousands of snakes of various kinds . The trait of Predator was from Ouroboros . Ouroboros was a demonic beast, known as the god of snakes . The trait of Ouroboros had a greater effect on snakes . Johnny Brad had even applied this nature to his hallucinations .

On the other hand, unlike Su-hyeun, the other four people did not believe in the details and the level of difficulty of these hallucinations . They had been watching Su-hyeun, who had been killing monsters so easily . So, they did not take these hallucinations seriously . And that disbelief ended with this problem . They underestimated Su-hyeun .

“You guys told me I needed to yield and understand, right?”

Su-hyeun looked at the other S-Rank awakeners who were aiming their weapons at him . Su-hyeun had been thinking this mission was too easy . But now, it became more interesting .

“So, I want you to understand my actions as well from now on . ”