◈ Episode 69: Fix your speaking habits (2)
“therefore… … .”
Kim Joo-hyuk, who had been listening to the guide’s story for a while, spoke.
“Does this mean that disasters are made from the ‘names’ that the Labyrinth Master has collected?”
“That’s correct. “That bastard can’t do everything as he pleases like an omnipotent god just because he’s the master.”
“Then what about all the disasters that were created before I was reincarnated?”
“Of course, it was created through the power contained in someone’s ‘name’.”
“… … Well, I don’t know how on earth they create a labyrinth with a name, but I understand the structure itself.”
“Okay, that’s enough. Even if you understand the concept, it doesn’t really help with the current situation.”
“So, how do you steal my name?”
In response to Kim Joo-hyuk’s question, the guide smiled slightly and took out a ring on the old desk.
A ring with no special pattern engraved on it.
“With this.”
“… … “With this?”
When Kim Joo-hyuk pointed at the ring with a strange expression, the guide began to talk.
“You said you’ve been through it a few times, so you know what the labyrinth is like without me explaining it properly, right?”
“You probably blocked more than you think.”
“Good. So let’s get straight to the point. All you have to do is put on the ring and go in and kill the boss within the labyrinth.”
“… … “You’re not destroying the Labyrinth Stone?”
Unlike regular labyrinths, in the labyrinth created by disaster, there was exactly one object that could be called the boss of the labyrinth.
However, Kim Joo-hyuk has only dealt with the boss a few times while dealing with the labyrinth.
There were quite a few reasons, the first of which was that the boss was a lot trickier than I thought.
Second, even if you don’t specifically kill the boss, the labyrinth will disappear as long as you smash the labyrinth stone in the center of the labyrinth.
“that’s right. “Don’t destroy the labyrinth stone, but capture the boss inside the labyrinth.”
“… … Hmm, that’s a bit of a pain.”
Kim Joo-hyuk frowned and thought of the labyrinth bosses he had faced several times in the past.
Of course, naturally, they were not Kim Joo-hyuk’s opponents.
However, that was only because Kim Joo-hyuk had powers beyond the standard at the time, and objectively speaking, the boss monster that emerges from the labyrinth created by the disaster is quite strong.
“Hmm.”
After thinking about it for a while, Kim Joo-hyuk decided to listen to the whole story first and asked.
“So, all I have to do is kill the boss?”
“Yes, after that, just destroy the labyrinth stone and eliminate the labyrinth.”
“Then can your name be taken away?”
“To steal the name, all you have to do is wear the ring and kill the boss.”
In response to her answer, Kim Joo-hyuk nodded as if he understood and briefly touched his chin as if he was thinking for a moment before answering.
“however.”
“huh?”
“Can I hold this?”
“What are you talking about?”
When the guide expressed a question, Kim Joo-hyuk took one look at the ring and opened his mouth.
“If you think about it, isn’t this an attempt to spoil Lord Labyrinth and screw that bastard somehow?”
“yes?”
“But I heard that the Lord of the Labyrinth has many names.”
“That’s also true.”
“But you’re saying that the disaster that’s coming this time was created with just one name, right? “I don’t think I can ruin it by stealing just one piece from the Lord of the Labyrinth.”
Of course, if Kim Joo-hyuk had been looking straight ahead, he would not have raised any objection to the guide’s thoughts.
However, Kim Joo-hyuk sees beyond this and the next.
His goal was not to give the Lord of the Labyrinth a little trouble right now, but to destroy him, and if you think about it that way, it was a shame to touch the Lord of the Labyrinth when his strength was not yet complete.
Because that was like saying I was going to fight even though I wasn’t ready yet.
To Kim Joo-hyuk’s counterargument, who had such thoughts, the guide nodded and answered as if it were reasonable.
“Of course, what you say makes sense. “In reality, the Lord of the Labyrinth has more than a few names. There are a ton of them.”
“Then, even if you take care of just one, you can’t screw it up, right?”
“That’s right, you can’t f*ck up the Labyrinth Lord just by stealing one thing. Rather, the Lord of the Labyrinth probably doesn’t even know that her name was stolen?”
“… … “You think it may have been stolen?”
“That guy has so many names that he can’t even use them. “You won’t even know that one name has been lost due to a disaster.”
“… … “So what’s the difference between hitting a rock with an egg?”
When Kim Joo-hyuk tilted his head as if he didn’t understand, the guide smiled and answered.
“Of course it’s different. I think you’re misunderstanding something. Could it be possible that I expressed it by taking your name away?”
“… … “Wasn’t that it?”
“If that were really the case, I wouldn’t have even tried. And did I tell you? “Because you were reincarnated and a ‘constellation’ was created, there was an opportunity to f*ck you.”
Kim Joo-hyuk nodded as if he understood the guide’s confident smile.
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After that, Kim Joo-hyuk, who talked more about various things with the guide, soon said that it was time and left the shack, and returned to reality with Bom.
“ah.”
He frowned when he remembered that he had failed to tell her about the ‘call’, but then shook his head as if there was nothing he could do.
‘First of all, I heard everything I wanted to hear.’
Literally, Kim Joo-hyuk heard all the information he needed to hear.
He was able to hear from the guide, starting with the information about the disaster that would occur in a month’s time, the information that he had to deal with the boss in the labyrinth, and even the information about the inquiry that he had heard from the Dao King.
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“Huh.”
Kim Joo-hyuk smiled, recalling the conversation he had with the guide a little while ago.
To be precise, a conversation about ‘doors’.
“… … “It’s an arena.”
The guide told us that although the identity of the ‘door’ that Kim Joo-hyuk had described was not clear, it was probably an arena.
And even the reason the arena was created.
‘An arena was created for the purpose of competing with the constellations that had their names taken away and given alternate names, and to take away the names created there… … la.’
Of course, I don’t know why the Lord of the Labyrinth kept the arena open for only a day or two and then closed it, but in any case, the Lord of the Labyrinth was trying to fill her own stomach by recycling the guy who had once taken her name.
‘You f*cking disgusting bastard.’
Kim Joo-hyuk frowned.
At least, in his opinion, the Labyrinth Pillar he heard from the guide was something beyond the twins of the world.
so that.
‘It’s bound to end up in George.’
Kim Joo-hyuk once again made the promise he had made before and immediately turned his head to look at the clock in the training room.
‘Two o’clock?’
It’s just past two o’clock.
Kim Joo-hyuk, realizing that the conversation with the guide had been roughly two hours, took steps to leave the training room to have a late lunch.
“You are the daughter of the Seol family. So, follow the family tradition and inherit the power!”
“Don’t be damned! I don’t like it! When have you ever treated me like a daughter? Have you ever treated me like a daughter? “Why are you saying this now?”
“Are you going to ignore the Constellation’s orders?!”
“You and that proud constellation are biting and sucking, you idiot!!”
“?”
Kim Joo-hyuk, who was leaving the training room like that, was able to see a very strange situation.
The first thing I saw was Yan Lang with an arrogant frown on his face and swearing hard.
The next thing I saw was a woman with hair in the same tiger pattern as Yan Lang, screaming hard along with Yan Lang with a stern expression.
‘What kind of situation is this again?’
Kim Joo-hyuk tilted his head at that, but then looked away and walked away.
If you ask why, it’s because it didn’t seem necessary to intervene.
Kim Joo-hyuk, who knew from several experiences 300 years ago that interfering in other people’s family affairs is a shortcut to becoming annoying, tried to turn around and move.
“Ah, Joohyuk!”
As if he had suddenly turned his head, Yan Lang looked at Kim Joo-hyuk, who was passing by the training center, and spoke to him.
Kim Joo-hyuk looked at Yan Lang like that and tried to open his mouth.
“… … Are you Kim Joo-hyuk?”
He soon looked behind him as he heard a voice coming right after Yan Lang’s voice.
What you see is a woman looking in this direction with a stern expression, just like before.
Seeing a certain resemblance to Yan Lang, she stared at Kim Joo-hyuk and demanded an answer, and he responded with that look.
“That’s right.”
Just a half-hearted tone of voice without much sincerity.
The woman’s expression slightly hardened, perhaps because the sarcasm there was offended, but she soon opened her mouth.
“My name is Seol Yeon-hwa, the head of the Snow family and Yan Lang’s mother.”
“huh?”
“Why are you doing that?”
“no… … “Wasn’t Seolryeon your mother?”
When Kim Joo-hyuk tilted his head, recalling the image of Seol-ryeon he had seen before, Seol-yeon-hwa shook her head and said.
“Yen Lang’s mother is me. “Seolryun is my younger sister.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Don’t be damned! “Who is your daughter?”
Yanlang shouted, but Kim Joo-hyuk didn’t pay any attention to him and answered lightly.
Seol Yeon-hwa frowned as if she was bothered by her shouting, but then she looked straight at Kim Joo-hyuk and said.
“Let me just say one thing. Please let Yan Lang go.”
“Do you want me to let go of Yan Lang?”
“yes. “Right now, she has a very important matter to attend to within her family, and it seems like you are holding onto Yan Lang.”
Seol Yeon-hwa’s words.
Kim Joo-hyuk shrugged his shoulders and opened his mouth.
“Me? “I’ve never caught Yan Lang before?”
“… … “I heard you took Yan Lang as your disciple?”
“Well, that’s true.”
Kim Joo-hyuk instinctively knew that answering like this would be bothersome, but he had no intention of denying it.
‘Actually, when the Ventrick family was established, there was no need to raise Yanrang as a disciple… … .’
There were many reasons why he wanted to raise disciples, but the biggest reason was that he wanted to create a cash cow like before.
However, it was safe to say that Kim Joo-hyuk had no reason to raise any more disciples at the point when the Bentrick family was under his control.
However, Kim Joo-hyuk had no intention of throwing Yan Lang out.
Kim Joo-hyuk was not so trash that he abandoned his student because he thought he was no longer needed.
“I heard it from Seolryeon. He said you defeated Yan Lang.”
“So?”
“So, do you think you are qualified to take on the role of Yan Lang’s teacher?”
“what?”
Kim Joo-hyuk frowned slightly.
A clear expression of displeasure.
However, Seol Yeon-hwa lightly ignored Kim Joo-hyuk’s expression of displeasure and continued to say what she wanted to say.
“Yen Lang can find a better teacher than you.”
Seol Yeon-hwa’s voice is full of determination.
However, at those words, Kim Joo-hyuk lowered his frown and smiled faintly.
“… … “Isn’t it a bit funny for you to judge that?”
I answered like that.
“I beg your pardon?”
“I thought it was funny that a woman who literally came out of nowhere and didn’t even know where she was, was judging that.”
When Kim Joo-hyuk opened his mouth with a smile, Seol Yeon-hwa frowned openly and asked.
“So, are you now saying that you are better than the Snow Family Constellation?”
Anyone can see that this situation has angered the Snow family.
However, Kim Joo-hyuk looked at her like that and made a tired sneer.
“Then what are you going to do?”
That’s what he said.
