episode_0265

Jeong Yu-shin sat down and looked around at the men.

A bizarre expression. As if they had seen a ghost.

Anyway.

Was it the Baisis Clan?

‘How curious.’

All the people who came to him were human. There were no Ainus. This was the first time he had seen such a consistent composition.

No.

There was a possibility that they were wearing human skin due to imprinting.

Jeong Yu-shin opened his mouth.

“Hagis, what brings you here?”

“···It’s Johannes. Geez.”

Johannes stopped talking, scooped up the bathwater with both hands, and washed his face.

‘What the hell.’

Goosebumps rose all over his body.

This mixed-blood Barbaroi guy.

Understanding the situation in a short amount of time.

Exploiting the loophole that various imprints existed.

Acting boldly without even changing his facial expression.

What was even more absurd was.

‘This bastard.’

He hadn’t even made the slightest effort for the acting.

There was no sincerity, and the purpose of the acting was unknown.

‘So the rumors that he’s not right in the head were true.’

Johannes, having organized his thoughts, massaged the back of his neck and opened his mouth.

“Skaya.”

“Why?”

“Can’t you stop with that justice crusader act?”

Doubt flickered in Jeong Yu-shin’s eyes.

Justice crusader?

“What are you talking about?”

“Stop turning down the slave business. Let’s just live our own lives and not interfere with each other. Let’s go our separate ways.”

“…”

Jeong Yu-shin closed his mouth and nodded his head. A gesture to say more.

Johannes clicked his tongue inwardly and opened his mouth.

“The Eastern District Clan has conceded a lot. The duel the other day, too. Because of you, our money supply is drying up, and it’s getting hard to make a living.”

“Do healthy labor. Pick up loot from the labyrinth and sell it.”

At Jeong Yu-shin’s answer, Johannes sighed deeply. Seeing him say only things that didn’t make money made him feel irritated.

“Geez. Skaya, my friend, do we look like idiots to you? Do you think we came here to listen to your sermon? Don’t get me wrong. We’re being this polite because you’re associated with high-ranking people. I heard you even joined some kind of hero party this time? Please mind your own business.”

Johannes continued.

“Let’s not do this. Can’t you just be quiet like the other Barbaroi and not shake things up?”

Jeong Yu-shin nodded and looked at the big guy sitting nearby. He was grinning.

A person is having a serious conversation.

Did he eat something wrong?

“Friend, is it funny?”

At Jeong Yu-shin’s question, the big guy’s face hardened.

Jeong Yu-shin gestured.

“Come here.”

Instead of answering, the big guy looked at Johannes.

Johannes nodded silently. Tacit permission.

The big guy came closer and sat down.

Jeong Yu-shin raised his hand and slapped the big guy’s cheek.

SMACK!!!

The man’s head plunged into the water.

The man, his cheek reddened, immediately raised his head and glared at Jeong Yu-shin.

“You bastard!”

“A person is having a conversation… Control your expression.”

At Jeong Yu-shin’s words, several tattooed men jumped up from their seats in anger.

Johannes waved his hand with an annoyed expression.

“Everyone sit down. Why are you all making such a fuss over one slap?”

Jeong Yu-shin glared at the big guy and then turned his gaze towards Johannes.

“Did you come here to test my temper? Tell me your business straight. Did you come to brag about doing illegal things to me?”

“Skaya, I just explained it all to you. Stop interfering with the Eastern District business. If you keep coming out like this, we’ll have no choice. We’ll have to have a fight to the death. Can you really handle the Eastern Clan?”

“…”

Jeong Yu-shin and Johannes engaged in a silent staring contest.

After a while.

Jeong Yu-shin bowed his head slightly.

“Yes, I understand. How could I, a nobody, stop the activities of the Baisis Clan, ranked 8th in the Eastern District? I’ll just stay out of the way.”

“Kekeke.”

“Heuheu.”

Smirks appeared on the faces of the big guys.

“Shut up!!!”

Johannes shouted angrily and glared at his subordinates.

“…”

The subordinates closed their mouths and blinked their eyes.

Johannes turned his head and glared at Jeong Yu-shin.

Is this guy crazy?

His tone had changed to polite, but his eyes gleamed with a subtle murderous intent.

There was no way he would just let it go.

The Clan Leader made the wrong choice.

Persuasion and threats won’t stop this guy. They had to show him their strength.

Johannes scooped up the bathwater with both hands.

“Skaya, I only came to give you a warning today.”

Instantly.

The water trapped in his palms disappeared.

And water poured down on Jeong Yu-shin’s head.

“Cool your head.”

“···What kind of ability is that?”

“Imprint ability: Teleportation. It’s an ability that can move spaces or send objects to a desired location.”

“How terrifying.”

Johannes sighed inwardly once again.

Was he immediately figuring out what kind of attacks he could use with this ability?

He really wasn’t an easy guy.

“In addition, I have the Magic Consumption Reduction Imprint and the Power Ring Imprint.”

“Power Ring?”

“It’s an imprint that amplifies power when you use magic. It can also be stacked.”

Jeong Yu-shin, who had been silent for a while, opened his mouth.

“···Imprint Linkage.”

Johannes nodded his head.

“That’s right. I named it ‘Teleporter’.”

Jeong Yu-shin’s expression crumpled.

‘Damn it. That’s a cheat-level imprint.’

He was reminded of the runeword items from a certain game with a lot of demons.

On top of that, his power also increased in stacks when he used magic?

He was sure it wouldn’t be an easy fight.

Johannes got up from his seat.

Skaya’s eyes hadn’t changed, but he was certain that he wouldn’t touch them for the time being since he had shown his strength.

‘But that’s only a matter of time.’

“Skaya, I’m still a mid-high level explorer, so let’s try to be more polite to each other in the future. Everyone, let’s go.”

“Yes!!!”

Johannes and his subordinates left the bathhouse.

Jeong Yu-shin remained alone, pondered for a while, and then got up from his seat.

The Baisis Clan, ranked 8th.

Was that the true power of a mid-high level explorer?

The potential of a single executive was incredibly immense.

The power of Imprint Linkage was felt once again.

However.

Johannes definitely had an arrogant side. To proudly brag about his abilities.

If he were Johannes, he would never reveal his abilities until right before killing someone.

‘Still, it won’t be easy.’

Jeong Yu-shin closed his eyes while soaking in the tub.

* * *

Two days later, in the evening.

Sebastian woke up.

The labyrinth trip had been decided, and a day later, the party gathered in the central plaza.

The destination was the swamp area.

The request was to eliminate the red orbs scattered throughout the swamp area.

Jeong Yu-shin looked around at the party members.

There wasn’t anything particularly noteworthy.

Luther was still staring at him with suspicious eyes.

Gibson had dark circles under his eyes.

Sebastian’s complexion was haggard.

Only Cyan looked fine.

Jeong Yu-shin shouted loudly.

“Did everyone get the Bracelets of Binding?!”

Cyan nodded.

“I bought them from the Explorer’s Guild.”

“Good!”

Cyan looked at the party members and then turned his body.

“We will depart.”

The party members passed through the streets and stood on top of the magic circle.

Flash!

They passed through a brilliant swirl of light and landed on the floor of the labyrinth.

Sebastian mumbled something and chanted a spell.

[Light Ball]

A weaker swirl of light than usual appeared in the air. The number was also much smaller. It was the effect of the Magic Nullification Imprint.

“Uwaaaaaaaack!!!”

Gibson, unable to bear the dizziness, ended up causing an accident.

He bent over and immediately poured vomit onto the floor.

“Hoo. I’m sorry. I was dizzy, so I couldn’t help it.”

Gibson wiped the vomit from his mouth and mumbled with an embarrassed face.

No one answered.

Cyan tried to say something, but soon gave up and focused on the mission.

“Gibson, where are we?”

“J-Just wait a moment.”

Gibson, feeling that Cyan’s voice had become colder, took out the map with trembling hands.

“Ah, we’ve fallen quite far from the transfer stone.”

“I understand. Gibson, please lead the way.”

“Yes.”

Gibson staggered and went forward into the dark cave.

* * *

This time, their luck wasn’t good.

It had been about 11 days before they arrived on the 10th floor.

Gibson had also confused the map, and they had fallen far from the transfer stone.

There weren’t many people on the 10th floor.

Cyan set up camp near the village.

“We will camp here for one night and then depart.”

The party members made a campfire and laid out their sleeping bags.

“…”

In the uncomfortable silence.

They each sat in their places and ate jerky and biscuits.

Gibson kept looking at the tavern in the village.

Luther glanced at Skaya even while looking at the campfire.

‘Hoo.’

Luther sighed inwardly.

A few days before entering the labyrinth.

He had stopped by the Eastern District and ended up losing his virginity to that succubus.

‘If I don’t go to hell, who will?’

This was the only way to find out about the suspicious Barbaroi’s past.

However.

His initial resolve changed after sleeping with the succubus.

He couldn’t come to his senses from the terrifying pleasure and shook his hips like a dog.

He ejaculated in less than a few seconds.

The succubus lying beneath him smiled and stroked his cheek.

‘Our priest was a virgin?’

‘Keuk! This, this lewd demon!’

Luther was filled with stubbornness and shook his hips several times, but the succubus only wore a playful smile.

In the end, Luther felt endless pleasure and fainted.

Luther’s expression momentarily distorted.

The fact that he, who served Lux Aeterna, had fallen for the temptation of a mere demon and gone astray was agonizing.

What was even more difficult was.

He kept thinking about the succubus. Her soft body and large breasts kept swirling in his head.

‘Stop it!’

Luther steeled his resolve.

Anyway.

He had obtained a little bit of information about the Barbaroi.

‘Butcher.’

The man who had gained a terrifying nickname for dismembering the slave hunters alive in the Eastern District.

He heard that after witnessing the deaths of his party members’ families, he had recklessly gone to the Eastern District and turned it upside down.

There were no suspicious aspects. Because his actions were so idiotic.

Luther glanced at Cyan.

A few days before entering the labyrinth.

Not long after Sebastian had woken up.

He had told the Hero about the information he had found out.

‘I see. But why did Skaya invade the Eastern District?’

‘I heard that they had messed with a party member’s family. From what I heard, the Eastern District’s underworld guys had cut off all of the family’s heads, put them in a box, and sent it to Skaya…’

‘How gruesome.’

‘Yes.’

‘For now, let’s keep watching him.’

The Hero had a look on his face that suggested he had something in mind. Luther felt relieved after seeing that look.

Cyan glanced at Skaya across the campfire.

He had found out a part of Skaya’s past.

He didn’t know how Priest Luther had found out. He had just requested with a pained expression that he not ask any questions.

‘Skaya is a kind person.’

Priest Mion’s words flashed through his head.

He felt like he knew why she had said those words.

Because he had fought against the underworld to avenge the families of his party members who had been brutally murdered. And he had done it single-handedly.

‘If I ask him about it later, will he answer me?’

He felt uncomfortable bringing up a painful past, but he was also curious.

If he snuggled in this man’s arms and acted cute once again, would he be able to hear about his past?

Cyan blushed and shook his head.

To be having lewd thoughts even after coming to the labyrinth.

‘I’m disqualified as a Hero.’

Sebastian looked around at the party members with dead eyes.

The numbers hadn’t changed.

Cyan was still 1.

Gibson was 299.

Luther was 1.

The Barbaroi was 11.

An unbelievable reality.

He had woken up, but it still felt like he was dreaming. Whenever he saw Cyan, a sharp pain pricked at his heart.

‘Just who did I sleep with?’

No matter how hard he racked his brain, everyone was suspicious.

The Barbaroi making advances on Cyan.

Luther going to find Cyan every night.

Gibson’s behavior becoming increasingly less formal.

Everyone’s actions bothered him.

Sebastian gritted his teeth.

He didn’t know who had sex with Cyan, but if their tail was long, they would eventually get caught.

‘I will find out no matter what.’

The party members closed their eyes with their own thoughts in mind.

A few hours later.

Around the time the campfire had gone out.

The party members woke up.

“…”

They ate their meals in silence, packed their bags, and then headed towards the transfer stone.

Cyan placed his hand on the transfer stone.

Hoo-ah.

A red portal and a blue portal were created.

Cyan looked back.

For some reason, the party members felt unfamiliar.

Only Skaya felt familiar.

Cyan parted his lips, but turned his head and stepped into the red portal.

The party members also followed and stepped into the portal.

12 days after entering the labyrinth.

Cyan’s party stepped into the swamp area on the 11th floor.