episode_0154

A quiet room.

The party members gathered and were only looking down at Delia’s buttocks.

It looked as if she had shat herself.

But poop doesn’t wriggle.

Something was struggling as if it was about to come out of her swollen pants.

“W-What is it?”

Jeong Yu-shin stuttered. Delia whispered something, but he couldn’t hear it properly. Something about a personality.

Barion took out charcoal from his backpack and wrote on the floor.

‘Delia’s negative imprint is probably.’

“Probably?”

‘It seems like a personality excretion imprint.’

“…”

Jeong Yu-shin’s legs lost strength, and he almost collapsed on the spot.

Personality excretion.

Is this even possible?

Even though there are many imprints in the world, such an absurd imprint appeared.

He regretted trying to fathom the darkness of the labyrinth.

“W-What should we do?”

‘We need to take her to the temple and heal her. Her body will be in a vegetative state. The escaped personality will try to return to its original place if the body becomes healthy.’

“You know a lot.”

‘I’ve seen it a few times when I was an apprentice priest. It was one of the imprints that female explorers hated the most.’

“So, who should take Delia’s ‘personality’?”

Karin and Barion stared at Jeong Yu-shin intently.

“…”

An awkward silence lingered among the party members.

“I think the leader should do this kind of thing.”

‘Agreed.’

“···I understand.”

He couldn’t say anything else. He was aware that he had put his party members in danger as a leader.

The party members also seemed eager to save Marie. However, he didn’t want to pass his fault on to others.

He approached and slightly lowered Delia’s pants. Fortunately, the crotch and inner thigh areas were in the form of leather pants, making them easy to take off.

He reached out and lowered Delia’s pants a little.

Something bulging over her gray panties soaked with sweat.

Jeong Yu-shin tried to block his nose but stopped.

There was no foul smell. Rather, there was only a faint lilac scent scattering through Delia’s thick sweat smell.

When he grabbed Delia’s panties.

Delia’s ‘personality’ under the panties flinched and wriggled.

“H-Huh… huh!!!”

Jeong Yu-shin was horrified and stepped back.

“…”

Calming his pounding heart, he pulled down Delia’s gray panties.

And the sight that was revealed. Jeong Yu-shin’s mouth dropped open.

“Wow… crazy.”

What should I say?

Golden slime was visible between her firm buttocks.

A snake?

No.

It was similar to a golden earthworm slime.

“B-Barion, what do we do now?”

A trembling voice flowed from Jeong Yu-shin’s mouth.

‘You need to extract the personality completely and then put it in a pouch. I’ll carry Delia’s body.’

“Do we really have to extract it?”

‘It’s evidence that the body has suffered severe damage. There is a possibility of recovery when they are separated, so it’s right to separate them.’

With trembling hands, he grabbed Delia’s ‘personality’ and slowly pulled it out.

“I-It’s not working well?”

‘Slowly. Gently.’

Jeong Yu-shin gently pulled on Delia’s ‘personality’ according to Barion’s instructions.

Pop.

A cute sound came from Delia’s anus, and the slime was pulled out.

“Hoot?!”

Cheeeek!!!

Delia’s body suddenly convulsed and spewed out water. It spewed out violently, so he thought something was wrong, but Barion didn’t even flinch.

He put the wriggling ‘personality’ slime into a leather pouch and collapsed on the spot.

There were many things to do, but it was impossible to come to his senses.

He was sure everything was over when he defeated the monster called Sweeper.

‘No.’

He shook his head.

First of all, everyone was safe.

Some of the Death’s Night clan members who were far away were now coming to their senses and waking up one by one.

He approached the Death’s Night clan members who were spacing out. When he first saw them, there were about 5 people, but now there were only 2 left.

“Hey.”

“Y-Yes, yes.”

One of the clan members barely came to his senses and looked up at Jeong Yu-shin.

It was a middle-aged man with half of his head bald. The human who shouted out the Sweeper’s weakness.

“You know what you guys have done, right?”

“···I know. It really was a trap, just like that priest with glasses said.”

“Are you talking like it’s someone else’s problem?”

“…”

“Tell me why I should spare you.”

“…”

The middle-aged man couldn’t say anything.

“Marie is an acquaintance of mine, so I’ll talk to her separately, but not you. Think carefully and open your mouth from now on.”

“T-That’s…”

The man stuttered and started talking.

About 10 minutes passed, and the man’s story ended.

“···That’s how we came to investigate with Priest Diego.”

“Don’t you feel sorry that our party got involved?”

“I’m sorry. But we were also in a hurry. We were mentally exhausted after several battles, and when you tried to stop us, we acted instinctively.”

“You were a long-tongued bastard.”

Jeong Yu-shin raised his hand. He felt like he would feel better if he slapped him on the cheek.

“H-Heek!”

As the man cowered, a boy in a black robe blocked his way.

“What?”

He didn’t jump to the conclusion that he was just a kid. He had realized that there were countless imprints in this crazy labyrinth city.

That meant there was a possibility of an imprint that could turn into a boy.

“It was Priest Diego who contacted us!”

“…”

The boy trembled but looked straight at Jeong Yu-shin.

“Have you ever lost someone precious? We just want to see our precious person one more time!”

A childish tone. A voice that couldn’t control his emotions.

He was a boy.

Still, he thought he knew why the Death’s Night clan members had gathered.

‘Are they all like this?’

The man with the bald head nodded as if he agreed.

Jeong Yu-shin sighed. He had exhausted his mental strength from the long battle and had seen the shocking imprint of his comrade.

Still, he had to say what he had to say.

“Friend. I haven’t lived in the labyrinth city for long, so I don’t know much. But I can be sure of this. Do you really think such a miraculous thing will happen on the 6th floor of the labyrinth? I don’t think so.”

“…”

The boy was silent.

Jeong Yu-shin felt a gaze and turned his head.

‘Barion.’

Judging from the way he was carefully observing him, he seemed worried.

Friends who were soft-hearted despite being covered in iron armor. Delia was like that, and so was Barion.

‘Is it a blessing to meet explorers with good character?’

He felt like soft-hearted friends were gathering around him a lot.

Jeong Yu-shin patted the boy’s shoulder. He thought he should say anything for now.

“I don’t know because I’ve never lost someone precious. Cheer up and live hard.”

The boy stared blankly at Jeong Yu-shin’s face. He thought he would say something, but he ended up being anticlimactic, and he lost all his energy.

Jeong Yu-shin pushed the boy away and faced the bald man again.

“Name?”

“It’s Bill. I don’t have a last name.”

“Bill.”

Jeong Yu-shin took out a rope and continued.

“Let’s talk after we get out of the labyrinth for now. You’ll die if you do anything stupid.”

“Y-Yes.”

Jeong Yu-shin tied the Death’s Night clan members with a rope and then cleaned up the surroundings.

He retrieved a necklace from Diego’s corpse, which was split in two.

He figured it wasn’t an ordinary artifact since it had blocked the Gale Sword created with the Sacred Weapon Imbue trait.

The Sweeper’s corpse was gone.

There were also no people buried in the flesh, suffering.

He finished cleaning up and got up from his seat.

Karin carried the unconscious Marie on her back.

Barion carried Delia’s body.

Jeong Yu-shin looked around at the party members.

“Let’s go.”

He led the people out of the room and walked down the hallway to the transfer stone at the end of the 6th floor.

When he turned around, he saw people exhausted from fatigue.

When he touched the transfer stone, two portals were created.

The red portal was to the next floor.

The blue portal was to the labyrinth city.

‘Is it up to the 6th floor?’

He thought he would go to at least the 8th or 9th floor.

He felt frustrated because events kept happening and blocking his way forward.

Jeong Yu-shin shook his head.

‘I need to take it easy.’

There’s no point in rushing. He had gained experience, so he didn’t think it would be harmful, but rather beneficial in the future.

He sent the people first and stepped into the portal last.

He felt a sense of floating for a moment.

Thud.

He landed on the labyrinth exit magic circle. He immediately felt a sense of liberation.

He had obtained an imprint.

A priest and a guard were running from afar.

But their appearances were a little different.

A woman flapping bat wings and a large ogre were flying.

He wouldn’t have recognized them if it weren’t for the priest’s robes and the guard’s insignia.

“Barbaroi, who are those people? Is there a problem?”

Jeong Yu-shin looked around at the party members and the Death’s Night clan members.

“These guys in black robes were doing something suspicious. So I brought them.”

“Is that so? We’ll interrogate them separately. What about that blonde female warrior?”

“She lost consciousness for a while. We’ve already treated her injuries.”

“I understand. It’s a busy time right now because explorers are flocking in, so we’ll contact you separately later.”

“How do you know where I live?”

The priest and the ogre made absurd expressions and frowned.

“Impious Barbaroi, wouldn’t it be stranger if we didn’t know you?”

‘That’s a bit unfair.’

What the hell have I done?

I’ve lived my life without any shame before heaven.

“Anyway, we’re busy right now, so we’ll contact you later. Then.”

After a brief conversation, the guards and the priest dragged the Death’s Night clan members away.

Jeong Yu-shin organized his backpack and headed to the Explorer’s Guild exchange office.

He approached the receptionist and completed the quest completion report.

Monster bone fragment collection complete.

He made up for the insufficient amount by picking up the bones of the Skeleton Soldiers around the room where the red orb was broken.

He obtained the magic stones by exchanging a little food with the labyrinth wanderer.

He collected enough of everything and solved it.

He received his reward and said to the guild member.

“I have something to report about the labyrinth anomaly.”

“Yes? Yes, yes.”

He continued to explain the red orb to the receptionist. Karin and Barion took over and made up for the missing parts.

The receptionist’s face turned pale and she trembled.

“Are you really sure it was a S-Sweeper?”

“Yes. The Death’s Night clan members will confirm it.”

“T-Thank you. I’ll report it to the higher-ups for now. We may request a revisit when additional investigation is needed, but is that okay?”

“No problem.”

He finished reporting and left the exchange office, and it was night.

It was time for many people to sleep, but not for ordinary explorers.

A starry night sky.

The main street was full of explorers. He walked against the crowd heading to the labyrinth entrance and arrived in the southern district.

Barion said he was going to the Great Earth Mother Order with Delia. If she took care of her body there and recovered to some extent, he would come to get Delia’s ‘personality’.

He parted ways with Barion and walked down the street again.

Marie woke up on the way to the inn.

“Ugh?”

“Are you awake?”

“Sca.”

Karin put Marie down.

Marie staggered and looked up at Jeong Yu-shin.

Jeong Yu-shin silently looked down at Marie.

‘What should I do?’

The reason he saved Marie was because of Tarman and Ann.

The people who take over the inn’s work in his place.

They wake up every dawn to prepare fresh ingredients and prepare food.

They have been enduring hard labor every day without fail and without complaining.

He didn’t want to hurt those people’s feelings.

‘I can’t do that.’

Jeong Yu-shin raised his head and looked at the sky for a moment.

“Let’s go to the inn for now. Let’s meet Tarman and Ann and talk.”

“Yes…”

When they entered the inn, Ann and Tarman were cleaning up.

“Huh?!”

Tarman looked at Marie and made a surprised expression.

“Marie?!”

Ann, who was in the kitchen, ran out in a hurry.

“Marie?!”

Tarman looked down at Marie with a confused expression.

“W-What the hell is going on…?”

“Stop what you’re doing and sit down.”

He sat Tarman and Ann at the table and explained what happened in the labyrinth.

When the story ended, Ann jumped up and knelt in front of Jeong Yu-shin. As expected, she was quick-witted.

“Sca-nim. I’m sorry. If you forgive Marie, I will work without pay for 10 or 20 years.”

Tarman immediately got up and knelt in front of Jeong Yu-shin.

“Sca-nim! Please forgive her!”

Marie also knelt in front of Jeong Yu-shin.

Jeong Yu-shin closed his eyes and crossed his arms.

Instead of darkness, the four great saints were visible in the distance.

They were smiling and clapping their hands.

‘Yeah.’

If they’ve done this much, shouldn’t I call them the five great saints?

He emptied his mind during the battle and realized the truth, so he is Buddha.

He died and came back to life, so he is Jesus.

He realized that he didn’t know anything with this incident, so he is Utatata Tuttai Socrates.

He realized the essence of humanity before he turned thirty and did good deeds. Even Confucius would open his arms and hug him.

“Both of you get up.”

Ann and Tarman didn’t budge.

Jeong Yu-shin sighed deeply.

“I’m okay. The party members are fine too.”

Still, he realized that a fundamental problem remained. That Marie was alone.

Apparently, Ann and Tarman didn’t have many opportunities to see Marie often because they were busy. So Marie, who was left alone, suppressed her sense of loss and came this far.

“Honestly, I don’t know what kind of punishment the Great Earth Mother Order will give you. But, I’m going to step aside.”

Ann and Tarman, and Marie, raised their heads.

“Sca-nim!”

“Thank you!”

Tarman’s face was covered in tears.

‘Awkward.’

Jeong Yu-shin scratched his cheek and looked at Marie.

I need to make this clear.

“Marie, there is no next time.”

“···Thank you.”

Marie cried and bowed.

Jeong Yu-shin pondered for a while and opened his mouth.

“You guys look like you need a vacation.”

“Yes?”

Everyone’s eyes widened as if they had heard something out of the blue.

“Work is important, but is it as important as people? I think you need some time to rest and spend time together.”

“…”

“I’ll ask the owner of the monster dismantling shop and Snout to take care of the inn, so feel free to rest. See Dean too.”

“Is it really okay?”

“Of course. Let’s rest a bit and live.”

‘I’m so tired.’

Jeong Yu-shin stroked his eyes once and got up from his seat.

Karin followed him up and said.

“Aren’t you being too soft?”

“So you don’t like it?”

“No. I really like it.”

Jeong Yu-shin chuckled and stroked Karin’s head.

“Wow. Karin, what’s that grease?”

“Hey! It’s because I haven’t washed my hair for over a week!”

Karin blushed and quickly went into her room.

Jeong Yu-shin also went into his room, organized his luggage, wiped his body with a wet towel, and then collapsed on the bedside.

“Squeak!!!”

A familiar sound came from under the blanket.

“Rin?”

Jeong Yu-shin got up from the bed and lifted the blanket.

Rin was flattened and crumpled with her limbs stretched out.

“Rin, you little rascal. Weren’t you following Ingrid-nim?”

“Squeak squeak!!!”

‘What the hell is going on?’

Is it right to see it as I left it to her?

Jeong Yu-shin tickled Rin’s belly, who was angry, and put her down.

“Rin, look at this.”

“Squeak?”

Rin organized her white fur and looked up at Jeong Yu-shin.

He rummaged through the leather pouch and took out Delia’s ‘personality’.

The golden slime wriggling like an earthworm slowly climbed up the pouch.

“Squeak?!”

Jeong Yu-shin held out Delia’s ‘personality’, which smelled fragrant, to Rin.

“Rin, say hello. It’s a new friend.”

“Squeak? Squeak squeak?!”

Rin seemed confused and grabbed her head and shook it.

“Say hello.”

Rin stood on two feet and faced the slime, bending her waist a little. Her gaze was still fixed on Delia’s personality.

“Let’s just sleep for now. I’m too tired.”

He put Delia’s personality back in the pouch and lay down on the bed. Rin crawled into his shirt, probably because she was scared.

He closed his eyes, feeling Rin’s pounding heartbeat.

He had a lot to do tomorrow.

He had to check the imprint he got from the labyrinth.

He had to meet Mion at the Great Earth Mother Order and consult about Marie.

He had to repair the broken equipment too.

“Haa. I want to go on vacation too.”

A quiet room.

Jeong Yu-shin’s sigh filled the room.