Chapter 247
Chapter 247
The swirl of blue light had appeared from nothing, and it combined to form a large oval shape . It floated around thirty centimeters off the floor and spanned two and a half meters in length .
Sungyoon’s party had been preparing to defend, while the group led by Plu-El had been moving to end them; all of them came to a stop .
‘That’s . . . ’
Aruwen’s eyes were as wide as they could be . Tiotudo and the other ambushers felt the same, but their shock couldn’t be compared to that felt by Aruwen .
‘How is that possible!’
That blue ball of light was what Aruwen and his tribe wanted the most . Aruwen wasn’t treated like royalty because he was unable to call up that ball of light . The commoner, Sungyoon, was unaware of the Gem"s abilities, and he had awakened it just a short while ago . Yet, he had done what Aruwen couldn"t .
Aruwen felt that this man was mocking him and his family for their powerlessness .
“Stop hiiiiiiiiim!”
His words didn"t sound like an order, but a scream of despair . Aruwen was taken up by frustration and jealousy as he pulled back on his bow .
Everyone came to their senses when they heard the scream . They quickly rushed toward Sungyoon’s party, but the water spell had pushed Sungyoon’s party out of their immediate reach .
“Jump into the light!”
Tim, Emily, and Grace, who had braced themselves to face the ambushers, heard Sungyoon’s voice . They looked at Sungyoon and then at the light . Their suspicion lasted only a moment, and they immediately moved into gear .
“You guys go first!”
Tim stood guard in front of the blue ball of light .
Emily had healed him, so his burns were gone . However, his s.h.i.+eld was still red from the heat, and he was close to his limits .
Sungyoon tapped Tim’s shoulder .
“You should go in first, Mr . Tim!”
“But…”
“We have no idea what’s on the other side! Please make sure it"s safe for us!”
Tim thought about it for a second before nodding . Then, without any fear, he threw himself into the blue light .
Sssssk!
Tim disappeared into the blue light, and this surprised Grace and Emily .
‘Is this what they call a portal?’
They had somewhat a.s.sumed what the blue light was based on Sungyoon’s att.i.tude, but when they saw Tim disappear, they were still shocked nonetheless . Emily followed her brother, and soon after that, Grace also disappeared into the portal .
The only one left was Sungyoon .
The ambushers desperately ran toward him, and their movements now contained a restlessness . Sungyoon felt a bit satisfied when seeing this, but he knew he couldn’t dawdle .
Kwahng!
Suddenly, Sungyoon put up his s.h.i.+eld and barely blocked an arrow . The impact blew his body back, and he rolled a good distance away from the blue spheroid . His body hurt all over from rolling on the ground, and the arrow had broken his arm again .
Instead of using his healing spell, Sungyoon used another spell .
Puh-ung!
Numerous stalagmites shot up from the ground in front of the blue spheroid . It was a spell that was only effective if one could catch the opponents by surprise, so none of the ambushers were critically injured .
However, this was all within Sungyoon"s expectations . He just needed to stall them for a brief moment, and the stalagmites had done their job .
Kwahng!
The ambushers overflowing with energy took out their frustration on the stalagmites and broke them apart . Then, they rushed forward to cut off Sungyoon’s head, but the only thing they saw was Sungyoon"s figure pa.s.sing through the blue spheroid with four wings spread behind him .
Shhhhhhooooom!
Aruwen shot an arrow toward the blue spheroid, but the spheroid disappeared before the arrow could reach it . The labyrinth descended into darkness again .
Puh-ung!
The arrow exploded after hitting an innocent water droplet in the back . Having lost their target, the ambushers looked devastated . Their gaze kept falling on the spot where the blue spheroid had disappeared .
“Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck!”
Boom! Boom!
Aruwen let out a heartrending scream as he stomped his foot . It was the only sound within this floor, which had suddenly got quiet .
***
Boom!
“Koo-huhk!”
After pa.s.sing through the blue ball of light, Sungyoon hit the ground . He rolled several times before coming to a stop . Even when he was pa.s.sing through the spheroid, he had the presence of mind to cut the magical energy to his Gem . That was the reason the blue spheroid had disappeared .
“Mr . Sungyoon!”
Sungyoon heard a voice and some footsteps approaching him . He opened his eyes to see his three comrades . When he confirmed everyone was fine, he finally relaxed .
“Oohk!”
With his worries gone away, Sungyoon felt the pain in his broken left arm .
“Are you hurt?”
Emily looked at the arm .
“I’m fine . It"s a simple fracture . ”
A fractured arm was a serious injury, but only to those incapable of using healing magic . Sungyoon placed a healing spell on his broken arm, and the pain instantly receded . After taking a stock of his body, he stood up .
‘Where are we?’
An unknown room surrounded them . The large room was shaped like a square box, and it had an area of about four thousand square feet . Its walls and ceiling were filled with all kinds of symbols . The door of the room was large too .
When their eyes fell on the center of the room, the party saw a sculpture that looked like the bloom of a large flower . From the trajectory of his fall, Sungyoon was sure that he had flown out somewhere near the sculpture .
“A blue spheroid appeared above it and disappeared after you arrived, Mr . Sungyoon . ”
Tim pointed toward the sculpture and explained it to Sungyoon .
“For now, I believe we"re safe . ”
“Yes . I don’t think there is anything dangerous in this room . ”
After responding to Sungyoon’s words, Grace then asked a question .
“Can you explain what happened?”
Sungyoon flippantly raised his Device and pointed at the Gem in question .
“I think it"s the ability of this Gem . ”
“Isn’t that the Gem you stole from the archer who ambushed us?”
Grace observed the Gem . Curiosity also surged inside Tim and Emily, and they also looked at Sungyoon"s Device .
“It was this Gem’s power that had helped you cut off the demonic monster’s arm, right?”
“I think so . ”
“This time, it created a portal . Does it have two abilities? Is that possible?”
Grace crossed her arms as she fell deep in her thoughts . If this was true, researchers would salivate at the prospect of getting their hands on this Gem .
“You"re not sure about it? You still can’t call up the information of its abilities?”
“That’s how it is . ”
Sungyoon shrugged .
“I just know that the blue light was a portal, and this Gem opened it . ”
“Can you use the Gem again?”
“I have no idea . ”
The more they learned about it, the more troublesome the Gem became . However, it had also saved their lives, so they couldn’t complain much .
“We can only exit this place now . ”
Grace looked toward the door . Like the walls and ceilings, many shapes had been engraved on the closed-shut door .
Emily gulped due to the fear of the unknown . She became nervous at the prospect of facing an unknown world outside .
“Let’s rest up for now . Even if we do go out, we should recover our powers before it . ”
Sungyoon advised them .
During their labyrinth run, the party had to suddenly fight a life and death battle with a Leviathan . And then, the ambushers had attacked them . Sungyoon"s party had jumped out of the frying pan into the fire .
They were tired, and their Gems and spell were at their limits . The overclocked Gems would break if they were pushed any further . With no knowledge of what waited for them outside, Sungyoon"s suggestion made a lot of sense, and everyone agreed with it .
***
Thankfully, nothing happened while the party rested .
Sungyoon always carried a lot of provisions in his storage Gem, so the party wasn’t inconvenienced from spending several days in the room . The only complaint they had was the lack of a restroom .
For the past several days, they had rested their bodies, and they were somewhat back to full capacity . If they ignored the fact that they were in an unknown place, they had spent a comfortable break .
Now, it was time for them to exit this unknown s.p.a.ce .
Koo-roo-roo-roong!
The door was quite heavy, and it created a tremor when the party slowly opened it . All of them carefully exited through the door . The first one to step outside was Tim . He swiveled his s.h.i.+eld from side to side as he looked at his surroundings .
“Ooh-ohhhhh!”
Tim’s mouth fell open at the sight . The others were a step behind him, and when they came out, they gave similar reactions . What greeted them was a large hallway that had a high ceiling . The hallway was so large and void that it looked grand .
The party carefully moved down the hallway, and the sounds of their footsteps echoed in the place . They saw a lot of dust covering everything which meant it had been long since this place was last used . Windows also existed inside the hallway, but they were located very high, at places well above a human’s height . Used torches spa.r.s.ely hung on the walls .
Sungyoon and the others continued down the seemingly endless hallway .
How long had they walked? They didn"t know, but Sungyoon stopped them a while later . Seeing him signaling with his hand, the party came to a stop .
In the quiet hallway, they heard an unfamiliar sound moving toward them .
Clack! Clack!
Sensing that the sound came from the direction they were heading toward, the party raised their weapons .
Clack!
“It"s a Skeleton . ”
Emily recognized the monster .
The Skeleton was a strong monster in a normal labyrinth, but it couldn’t do anything to Sungyoon’s party . They had destroyed many Skeletons . Moreover, the party saw that something was different about this Skeleton .
“It"s only bones?”
All the Skeletons they had fought until now were armed, but the one in front of them was bare .
“… Let’s try fighting it . ”
At Sungyoon"s words, the party got into their usual formation . Tim was the first to move . He bashed his s.h.i.+eld at the Skeleton in a violent manner .
Kwahng!
“Uh?”
Tim was surprised .
He had easily pushed back the Skeleton . No, the Skeleton had not been just pushed backward . It had crashed to the floor, and all its bones broke into pieces .
“Why is it so weak?”
This sight baffled Tim . The Skeleton disappeared and a tiny moonstone appeared in its place .
As the party moved ahead, they ran into several Skeletons . However, all of them turned out to be weak . To dispose of them, Tim just needed to bash them once with his s.h.i.+eld .
“It seems the difficulty level of this region is low . ”
Tim spoke as he kicked the broken bones .
The party had no idea for how long they had walked down the hallway when they arrived at a large lobby . The lobby led to the entrance of this building, and huge double doors greeted them .
The four of them looked at each other before nodding .
Ggeeeeeeek!
Sungyoon and Tim pushed the door open .
“This is…”
“Whoaaaaaaaaaaa!”
It shocked them .
When they exited the door, they saw something they would have never imagined seeing on the Moon . An unknown city stretched out in front of them .