episode_0011

Approximately 50 minutes have passed since we started conquering the first floor of the tower.

Our current location was on the second basement level.

‘Just need to go a little further.’

Just arrive at the first floor.

However, even with only a short distance left, I could not suppress the feeling of anxiety that kept rising.

‘What if my brother is wrong?’

‘You should be fighting well.’

‘Please don’t go down from the 21st floor any further.’

Now, I quickly went up to the first basement floor, ignoring the shadows that were creeping at me at a slow pace.

In front of this was supposed to be the gatekeeper of the ‘abandoned underground parking lot’ on the first floor of the tower.

It reminded me of something I once read about the gatekeeper of an underground parking lot that I saw in a huge library on the third floor of the tower containing knowledge from all over the world.

-..So he will devour all living things that try to ascend to the earth. But don’t worry too much. The underground first floor of the abandoned underground parking lot can only use about half of its original power due to the (record-expunged) light that cannot be extinguished just below the ground.

commonly known as gatekeeper

Even if I can only use a quarter of my original strength, I should be able to easily defeat the gatekeeper after a little struggle.

I left the basement level and looked back.

“It’s finally the basement level.”

The cameraman smiles at me and looks relieved.

It’s abominable.

Because of that guy, I had to keep taking breaks.

If it weren’t for that guy, we would have been able to attack this place much faster.

If I had the same mind, I would have wanted to leave him behind, but as I thought about the future, I couldn’t leave the cameraman behind.

‘hurry..’

“I can feel an ominous energy ahead. Everyone, be careful. If you are especially in an emergency, immediately distance yourself.”

Actually, I don’t feel that kind of energy.

I said it in a way that I felt roughly. Anyway, the gatekeeper was probably hiding his energy until we passed through the center of the underground parking lot, so it was too much for me to feel the gatekeeper’s energy right now.

Still, I have memories of the past.

In my past memories that no longer exist, I always met the gatekeeper on the first basement floor.

And I have never once been defeated by that gatekeeper.

**

Everyone started to get nervous when they heard that Soo-yeon had an ominous energy.

Lee Soo-ah, who has healed people several times so far and boosted their energy,

Even Park Hye-rin, who took over Soo-yeon’s shadow, couldn’t hide her tension.

Since it came from the mouth of Soo-yeon, who shows overwhelming power, the trustworthiness is bound to be enormous.

So they walked down the first basement floor.

I can’t even hear the sound of breathing.

Tap, tap, tap.

We moved forward, the only sound breaking the silence.

‘What.. Nothing special?’

The cameraman, who was excited about getting a behind-the-scenes scoop and returning to Earth to get promoted, loses interest.

If you had already achieved this level, you would have been promoted, but human greed has no end. The more provocative the video, the more people will watch it, so you can rise to higher and higher heights.

More than half has already passed.

The basement level was simple, so the cameraman lost his appetite as he looked at the exit leading to the ground level in front of him, but it was still good.

It was initially an expedition planned for 2-3 days, but it ended in just one day.

And that in just one hour.

Jeong Soo-yeon and Park Hye-rin were so powerful that they did not suffer much damage.

‘I need to go out and buy all of Comet’s stocks before the video is released.’

Thinking like that, the cameraman instinctively turned the camera back when they were about a fifth of the way to the exit of the basement level.

There, I saw Lee Seol-hee following at some distance, and even Seol-hee was mesmerized when she saw the black curtain of a huge cube appear behind her.

After a while.

Clink!

One side of the black cube shattered, and the man thrown out of it flew right in front of Suyeon.

Cheonhwi was wearing tattered leather armor that was torn to pieces, the shield on his back could not be seen as if it had been broken or left behind, and he was holding a softly shining long sword with both hands and spitting out blood that could not be wiped away from his mouth.

“Tsk.. This is following me.”

As if reacting to Cheonhwi’s words, he spat out a handful of blood that had accumulated in his mouth.

The creature inside the huge, pitch-black cube responded with a strange cry.

Kirururuk!

Inside the cube that was gradually fading away as if burning, a ‘gatekeeper’ appeared, who appeared to be about 3 meters tall, with the upper part of the knee sticking out sharply, and a sharp-looking head with thorns protruding from behind one elbow, like above the knee.

*

” and Shooting Star are the best.”

He swung the shooting star, which looked like a huge circular mace, and tore apart the approaching unidentified shadows.

The shadows that were running at the large thorns attached to the huge circular iron ball were torn apart one after another without doing anything.

‘The equipment is the best!’

Feeling like I had become a skilled monster hunter, I continued walking toward the bottom of the Shinina underground parking lot.

But that was 15 minutes ago.

The behavior of the shadows began to change on the 25th underground floor, where it became increasingly dark.

As soon as they saw me, the things that had been running at me ignorantly started following me.

Whenever I tried to stop to take a break, it would rush towards me as if to tell me not to rest.

I thought that the 25th underground floor was quite dangerous, so I went up to the entrance to the 24th underground floor, tearing away all the shadows that followed me with a shooting star.

It was blocked.

Goosebumps appear all over my body.

When did something like this stop, or is it always like this?

A translucent membrane blocked me from going up to the 24th floor.

No matter how hard I hit it with a shooting star, the translucent membrane did not break.

It was then.

Beyond the 24th floor underground, dozens of black shadows began running towards us.

‘crazy..’

Without looking back, I started descending further to survive.

29th floor underground.

There are still black shadows that can be torn apart by a single shooting star.

Behind me, dozens of shadows were already following me at a certain distance, matching my speed.

Still, I couldn’t go back.

Because they didn’t increase the distance even if I went backwards.

If you just walk backwards, you will have to fight dozens of them at the same time.

33rd floor underground

Among the shadows that were torn apart at once, sometimes they withstand a single blow.

I don’t know how much time has passed to get here.

I could never rest because of the group of black shadows that kept chasing me from behind.

35th floor underground. It was fortunate that his eyes had adapted to the darkness, otherwise he would have died immediately.

The visible distance was only about 15 to 20 meters, and beyond that the darkness had engulfed the underground parking lot and it was no longer visible.

I just hoped that the shadows that were driving me somewhere wouldn’t push me into a corner.

38th floor underground. The shadows, realizing that I am tired, hit me like a wheel fight.

Shooting Star, which I swung without thinking at first, became skilled as I swung it for survival.

The 39th floor underground, I can’t breathe. I can’t even see what’s right in front of me.

I was exhausted both mentally and physically and it felt like 4 to 5 hours had already passed since I came here.

Because I couldn’t breathe well, I really paused for a moment.

It was to catch my breath.

at that time

Kieeek!

Hundreds of shadow monsters ran towards me, making strange noises, and latched onto my back.

I felt someone grab the shield on my back, as if he was trying to catch me, so I quickly took off the shield I was wearing and shook the Shooting Star backwards.

A shooting star filled with faint but clearly visible blue magic flowing from my body struck Hased’s shield.

Dang!

I had to close my eyes from the sound that resonated so cleanly and the dazzling light that burst out.

The light created by Shooting Star and Hased’s shield instantly covered the underground parking lot.

Hundreds of shadows hanging on or near the shield melted and disappeared as soon as they touched the light.

However, Hased’s shield was already dented and torn in several places due to the impact of the Shooting Star and the shadows.

The 10 or so shadows that did not rush in burst into laughter when they saw this scene.

As if the goal was to destroy the shield from the beginning.

It was the most human-looking shadow that appeared from the 35th floor underground.

Unlike the shadows, which only knew how to emit strange screams, those 10 entities seemed to think like people, and at times, they even seemed to give orders to other shadows.

It’s cruel.

As they gradually resembled the human form, their vitality became stronger and their intelligence increased.

Since I wasn’t confident that I would win the fight against them, I went down to the 40th floor underground, praying that this next floor would be the last.

40th floor underground.

Darkness where you can’t even see an inch ahead.

As if my eyes were using magical power to force themselves to adapt, I began to see little by little, and I was forcing myself to take a deep breath, even through my mouth.

The shooting star was held tightly with both hands so that it could be swung as soon as it sensed the monster’s presence.

I walked slowly forward.

Before I know it, my eyes have adapted to the darkness where I can’t see an inch in front of me.

The corpses of the 10 shadows that had laughed at me earlier were lying there.

‘uh..?’

Shadow corpses with their hands, feet, legs, and torsos torn off.

I would have been relieved if it hadn’t been for the movement of something that I saw a moment later.

Someone picked up the shadow corpse with a huge hand.

The giant hand placed the corpse on its long, alien-like head, opened its mouth, took the corpse into its mouth, and began chewing it.

Wow..