Novel Will Be Taken Down on 17 May or Earlier Chapter 125 - Infinitely Deep Darkness (1)

The war of nerves between Union and Shining.

 

Although the tension was cut off by Hoyeol’s unexpected appearance.

 

Rox, the guild master of the Shining, didn’t feel too bad.

 

‘It makes me understand my place in many ways.’

 

He realized it once again.

 

He felt comfortable being an underdog forever.

 

Once he bit down, he wouldn’t let go.

 

The position of underdog showed his true nature the best.

 

In contrast, Dmitry was full of discontent.

 

“Lee Hoyeol, why are you doing this to me?”

 

This was too much!

 

The angry voice continued.

 

“The demon race must have disappeared too. There is nothing to worry about. I’m trying to raise my stock price for the first time in a while. Why did such a monster chase us into the crack where we play?!”

 

Twirl.

 

Camilla, who was twirling her hair with her fingers, snorted.

 

“Raising your stock price? You were trying to seduce a girl~”

 

“…What?”

 

“Why, did you make a promise? Are you going to say her name in an interview~?”

 

“Y-You, how did you know that…?”

 

“Is it because you’re jealous that you’re complaining to Hoyeol-ssi?”

 

“J-Jealous? Who? Me? Toward Lee Hoyeol? No, not at all.”

 

“Pfft–”

 

Even though Jessie left the group, things hadn’t improved between the two.

 

He knew there was no point in stopping them.

 

Instead of mediating them, Rox pointed to Hoyeol.

 

“He’s probably maintaining his sense of battle.”

 

“His sense of battle? Him? In a rupture like this?”

 

“He’s trying to use as many skills as possible, isn’t he?”

 

“…Is that so?”

 

“Open your eyes wide, Dmitry. Don’t just look at women~”

 

“Hey, you.”

 

[Thefern Fence].

 

Compared to Hoyeol’s estimated level, its recommended level was ridiculously low. However, it was the highest level of rupture currently created.

 

“Instead of blaming Lee Hoyeol, I should blame the small container.”

 

Now that the threat of demons had disappeared.

 

Like [Demon King’s Castle] or [Cracked Dimension Gap] rupture.

 

There was no rupture to contain Lee Hoyeol.

 

Rox thought so.

 

In contrast.

 

“It’s unpleasant.”

 

Feeling uncomfortable.

 

Liu Jinchun’s eyebrows twitched.

 

With the appearance of Hoyeol, all the topics shifted in Hoyeol’s direction.

 

“This isn’t the first time.”

 

Union’s achievement.

 

No, the achievements he made as the sovereign of Union.

 

Didn’t he beat Shining and take the top spot in the guild rankings?

 

Even if he received attention from the world beyond his home country, it wasn’t enough.

 

The interest in him didn’t last long.

 

“…Lee Hoyeol.”

 

Indeed.

 

Every time he accomplished something, Hoyeol was there.

 

During the [Mantra Mine] rupture, which he was sure he got the first clear of, Hoyeol was ahead of him. Not to mention the [Demon King’s Castle] rupture.

 

Only ten minutes or so.

 

Even before Liu Jinchun could leave the guild house.

 

The [Demon King’s Castle] rupture was cleared and disappeared.

 

Stare–

 

Liu Jinchun looked at Hoyeol.

 

Not from a player’s perspective.

 

But from his class, a sovereign’s perspective.

 

‘How on earth did you move the Mage Tower?’

 

If Hoyeol’s class was [sovereign] like Liu Jinchun’s was, it could make sense.

 

Hoyeol’s level was estimated to be at least 900.

 

If he was a 900-level sovereign.

 

Wielding the Mage Tower as he wished wouldn’t be a dream.

 

However, Liu Jinchun knew.

 

‘A sovereign can’t do that.’

 

A sovereign’s weapon was their servants.

 

It was neither magic nor sword.

 

But just look at Hoyeol over there.

 

“…What the hell?”

 

“He broke through that siege?”

 

“How many attack skills does he have? You’re verifying it, aren’t you?”

 

“What? Yes! I’m doing that, but it’s hard to keep up with that speed…”

 

Wasn’t he dealing with a large army by himself?

 

Liu Jinchun’s mind became confused.

 

In the past, he didn’t think much of Lee Hoyeol.

 

Individuals, after all, were only individuals.

 

Liu Jinchun knew his individual limitations.

 

But before he knew it, the Mage Tower accompanied Hoyeol in his movements.

 

Not to mention his close relationship with the king of the Yusra Kingdom, Hakuna. The Goddess Church, the Knights of Lionheart, and even the Shadow Mercenary Corps.

 

Now Liu Jinchun couldn’t help but admit it.

 

‘There’s Lee Hoyeol on top of Shining.’

 

The sky above the sky.

 

Wasn’t it what they called being the strongest among the strongs?

 

Now he could understand Rox’s attitude.

 

The reason why a man like Rox evaluated Lee Hoyeol so highly.

 

Liu Jinchun’s eyes burned.

 

‘I can’t believe I can’t even guess the class of such an opponent.’

 

Clench–

 

Liu Jinchun clenched his fist in frustration.

 

He shouted to the guild members.

 

“There is no time to stay still. Let’s go for the attack.”

 

Rumble–

 

“Tsk.”

 

Now that he was out of luck, it was going to rain now?

 

The sky of the rupture was darkening.

 

Soon, Hoyeol defeated all the scarecrows and collected his weapon.

 

It seemed he was going to leave now.

 

Liu Jinchun inadvertently felt relieved.

 

“…!”

 

…It was only a moment but he thought he was relieved to see Hoyeol leaving.

 

And he felt a sense of distortion with himself.

 

Indeed.

 

Rox and Liu Jinchun.

 

In the same situation, with Hoyeol in front of them.

 

Although the two people’s thoughts were completely different.

 

Soon, their thought became exactly the same.

 

“!”

 

In front of the two people.

 

No, right in front of every player who entered [Thefern Fence].

 

A message appeared.

 

[A dark spirit appears]

 

…A dark spirit?

 

At the same time, everyone’s eyes turned to one place.

 

Towards Hoyeol.

 

“…Don’t tell me, he came to Thefern Fence for this?”

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

Why was everyone making such serious expressions?

 

I was concerned.

 

…Did I look too ugly?

 

Anyway, to them, I was the chief mage just like Marcelo. It must have looked like a fight to the death with scarecrows that I couldn’t wipe out in one go.

 

However.

 

[A dark spirit appears.]

 

I swallowed my relief at the message that appeared.

 

I got surprised for no reason.

 

Like this, it was a relief.

 

‘By the way.’

 

Even if it exploded, it exploded too much.

 

Peiyan’s eyes looking at me were quite grim.

 

Peiyan spoke to me in a very wary voice.

 

“…It’s a dark spirit.”

 

A dark spirit.

 

Unfortunately, my knowledge of spiritology was still at a superficial level.

 

Of course, I didn’t know what a dark spirit was.

 

But I responded brazenly.

 

“I know.”

 

“…?”

 

This damn brazen face.

 

But again, it was not wrong.

 

I knew from the message that a dark spirit had ‘appeared’.

 

I wasn’t just rationalizing it.

 

Because I also noticed it.

 

No.

 

My body instinctively reacted first.

 

To be precise, the mana flowing through my body did.

 

‘Right mana’.

 

Yeah, I knew this sensation.

 

‘First meeting with Matis.’

 

It felt similar to that time.

 

if there was any difference.

 

At that time, if Matis’ magic tool had responded to my right mana.

 

Now, in the environment of the rupture, it was the dark spirit that was responding to my right mana.

 

“If you already know, I have nothing to say…”

 

Peiyan bit her lips and continued.

 

“As the senior of spirit school, I am entirely responsible for not thinking of this possibility. I will take action regarding this after the situation has been resolved.”

 

Taking responsibility was important.

 

But who was responsible for this?

 

Appropriate procedures were needed to determine it accurately.

 

I followed the procedure and asked Peiyan.

 

“I’ll take a look at the situation, Peiyan.”

 

“I will tell you as briefly as possible.”

 

Listening to Peiyan’s story…

 

It wasn’t anyone’s fault, we were just unlucky.

 

The problem was that the difficult conditions for the dark spirit to appear were met.

 

I spoke calmly.

 

“There is nothing you should be responsible for. Senior Peiyan.”

 

“…?”

 

Peiyan was silent for a moment.

 

It seemed she finally realized what I meant.

 

She asked me back.

 

“What do you mean by that?”

 

What do I mean?

 

It was simple.

 

That meant it was okay since no one was at fault.

 

Gooo–

 

The ‘right mana’ that my body responded to.

 

Just like when I manifested black magic.

 

I controlled the right mana that was overflowing.

 

‘It’s not a difficult thing.’

 

Befitting of its name.

 

Right mana was a completely different concept from mana.

 

The first meeting with Matis.

 

– ‘Black magic can be manifested even in the state of mana exhaustion.’

 

And after the first meeting.

 

I grasped the potential of using black magic.

 

Yeah, 『black magic』 was also one of the wells I had dug out.

 

Of course, black magic was a field whose concept had only recently been established.

 

But thanks to that, I had read all the books on black magic.

 

So I didn’t move a step.

 

“W-What is that?”

 

The sky darkened.

 

A black figure rose from the air under the sky.

 

Was that the dark spirit?

 

“I’m sure the message said it was a dark spirit!”

 

“Yes?! You want me to get closer and take a picture? No, I don’t know how you feel, but I’m really scared, okay? It’s getting bigger and bigger!”

 

“Everyone, check your status abnormality resistance first!”

 

Understanding the situation.

 

Players started to move around in a commotion.

 

Players who were quick to turn their heads were prepared for battle.

 

For example, Union and Shining.

 

It was not an overreaction.

 

[A dark spirit appears.]

 

Since the days when Arcana was just a game.

 

[Appearance message] existed.

 

There was a condition for the message to come up.

 

“If you look at the appearance message, it’s a named mob! Hyungnims and noonims.  From Union to Shining to Hoyeol to spirits to the appearance of named mobs. I thought I was extremely lucky today… Don’t tell me, today isn’t my funeral day, is it?”

 

As the Nettuber player said.

 

It was a message that appeared when monsters that exceeded the recommended level appeared in the area.

 

It was not for no reason that the senior of Mage Tower, Peiyan, had a grim look.

 

But I still didn’t move.

 

Was it because I was feeling confident after hunting the Thefern Scarecrow?

 

I didn’t know about Grandfel but I wasn’t that bad at knowing my place.

 

I stretched both my legs straight to the ground.

 

There was a separate reason I felt stiff from the waist to my neck.

 

– “Therefore, unless you possess the right mana, it is impossible to communicate with the dark spirit. And among the people I know, the only person who possesses that level of right mana is the senior mage of black magic, Matis-nim…”

 

Indeed.

 

Although Peiyan might not know.

 

I was a gemstone of black magic recognized by the senior mage of black magic, Matis Dean Carl.

 

Where that right mana come from…

 

I didn’t know, and I had no desire to know.

 

‘Whatever it is, let’s be thankful right now.’

 

Thanks to this, it seemed the battle with the dark spirit could be avoided.

 

I stopped in my tracks and stared at the dark spirit.

 

“Chief Lee Hoyeol! It’s better to widen your distance…!”

 

I heard Peiyan’s voice full of concern.

 

It was understandable that she was worried.

 

As Peiyan said.

 

‘Very little is known about the dark spirit.’

 

Furthermore, the dark spirit was a unique existence that appeared only when the conditions were met.

 

You could tell just by looking at the situation.

 

Ordinary people couldn’t even witness spirits in their natural state.

 

The dark spirit was revealing itself as if to show off.

 

‘It means we don’t know what kind of danger it is.’

 

But I was confident.

 

I was certain that I could communicate with this guy.

 

My right mana responding to it was the proof.

 

Moreover, I was well aware of the ‘nature’ of the right mana.

 

– “Black magic is simple.”

 

In the private tutoring masquerading as a conversation I had with Matis.

 

Matis had briefly explained the black magic.

 

– “As the darkness is being encroached in deeper darkness. Black magic also pursues more suitable mana. Like what you’re seeing right now.”

 

To explain that nature, Matis took out a magic tool.

 

A compass that responded to the right mana.

 

Spin–

 

The needle that was rotating between me and Matis eventually turned towards me.

 

…The emotions at that time were real.

 

It was as if my dark history had been recognized by the black magic, so I felt bitter.

 

I’m glad I didn’t show my feelings.

 

– “Among attribute magic, it can be said that its properties are similar to fire magic. I even had a conversation with Karimjeva about it. Therefore, I can’t tolerate his atrocities even more.”

 

Because of Karimjeva, it seemed only the senior mage of fire magic, Bensch William, seemed pitiful…

 

Anyway, there was a reason for my confidence.

 

Whether it was because of my dark history.

 

『He was the heir to a great family, but that family was ruined by the demons.

 

The only survivor of the family, Grandfel Claudie Arpheus Romeo, hereinafter referred to as Grandfel, walked the path of a demon hunter to take revenge on the demons.』

 

Or whether it was because of Grandfel’s devastating setting.

 

I possessed a level of right mana that surpassed that of Matis.

 

Then I opened my mouth to the dark spirit.

 

“Are you the dark spirit?”

 

If communication was impossible.

 

Like the deeper darkness that swallowed up another darkness.

 

All I had to was subdue the dark spirit.

 

I raised my right mana for that purpose.

 

Ssu–?

 

Did my words reach it?

 

I could feel the gaze of the black figure.

 

It wasn’t looking at me.

 

It was looking at the right mana I drew out.

 

The distance between me and that guy was getting closer.

 

“…Wait, is it okay to just watch?”

 

“Lee Hoyeol, what is he thinking?”

 

“Even if it’s Hoyeol-nim, the distance is too close…?!”

 

Only Haiel was unperturbed among those watching.

 

But the precarious situation didn’t last long.

 

I heard his voice in my ear.

 

“I obey you.”

 

…Wait, what?

 

I could understand the obedience.

 

As I said, I knew the nature of black magic.

 

But what?

 

“Infinitely Deep Darkness.”

 

I-Infinitely Deep Darkness!?

 

Making me embarrassedly falter,

 

What else is that weird term?

 

But I couldn’t show it.

 

There were more than one or two eyes watching.

 

“Infinitely Deep Darkness…!”

 

“The dark spirit obeys Hoyeol-nim!”

 

“As expected, he didn’t look for this shabby rupture for nothing.”

 

Indeed.

 

It was a miscellaneous spirit.

 

Even without a contract, not only the shape but also the voice.

 

Even players who lacked communion could perceive it.

 

Therefore.

 

“C-Chief Lee Hoyeol…?”

 

“T-The Chief communicated with the dark spirit…?”

 

“No way!”

 

Needless to say, I didn’t have to mention the reaction of the mages, including Peiyan.

 

…I felt like I was really going to die from embarrassment.

 

The moment I managed to compose myself.

 

The dark spirit made fun of me again.

 

“Infinitely Deep Darkness.”

 

No, how should I address this guy…!!

 

“Only you can unravel the Thefern Labyrinth.”

 

…What? Thefern Labyrinth?

 

Do I have to listen to this spirit until the end?

 

The moment I was startled by the unexpected comment.

 

A message came up before my eyes.

 

[Top 10 Wonders Quest: Thefern Labyrinth]