Just as Yoohyun thought he was right, let's chase the wolves' trail up and it won't take long to get to Aria's border. The group stares at the boundary as if it were a miracle.

It was a heterogeneous space.

The gloomy darkness fills everyone's vision. It was a landscape that was quite comparable to what was seen in the lush forest after a little look back.

I feel like I'm at the end of the world.

Here in the same place as the forest, but separate from each other.

Unlike Yoohyun and Lute, everyone else looked up and looked at the boundary line. The southern archipelago, staring at me for a while, mutters.

“· · · You really have to go in there? Isn't that dangerous? ”

It is quite different from what is heard at the training camp and what is seen in person. The instructor who said it would be surprising to see it now tries to understand. Just what you're looking at, your heart pounds.

Fear of the unknown overwhelmed the southern archipelago.

What the hell is there on the other side of the invisible darkness?

Just in case, I thought I'd look around, but so did the rest of the group. Everybody's frozen.

Yoohyun and Lute were the only ones with a blunt face.

Lute would have crossed this several times before, so I understand, but Yoohyun, who looks grave, couldn't understand. However, it was Yoohyun, so it felt natural.

I don't really imagine he's terrified.

“· · · I'm scared. ”

“Is this really okay? Just in time · · ·. ”

“ · · · · · · · · · ”

Yoohyun laughed after the group's reaction.

I'm still afraid of those who fought monsters like this. Yoohyun took a step forward because it was not something he would not understand.

“Now, wait a minute.

Everyone was terrified when Yoohyun reached out to the border as it was. When Yoohyun's hand touched the boundary line, the black tent swallowed it up like it was eating Yoohyun's hand. It just seems to melt like that.

But Yoohyun's expression was still grave. Rather, he turns his head and looks at the group and hands in. Yoohyun's body is getting swallowed up in the tent. When he regained consciousness, he was already encroached upon near his shoulder.

“Hey, what are you doing? I've suffered so much for one of these, and you're just gonna stand there stupid? Follow me quickly."

“Tongue, brother · · ·. Take a moment to relax a little. Ugh! Aah! ”

“Let's go in quickly. You don't know if monsters will attack? ”

Suddenly Lute pushes the back of the southern archer with a firm face.

Because of this, the southern archipelago was eaten in a black tent without any rebellion.

Lute laughed and looked at the women behind him as he heard the southern archers scream.

“What are you going to do? If it's going to be hard, I can push it. like Mr. Nam Gunmin. ”

Lute looked as if he enjoyed the situation. It gives me the creepy look in my eyes. A sigh bursts between the group.

“· · · Let's make it specification. At least I want to go on my own. ”

The first answer to that question was Song Ga-yeon. She frowns at Lute's smile and stands in front of the line as she steps forward. That's when she got down.

“· · · · · · · After. ”

Deep breaths. And she reaches out without worrying about the boundaries. She dips in half of the tent and goes inside to make sure she feels okay. There were two left. Only silence hovers.

“Now, what are you going to do with the other two? ”

“De, I'm going in. Seo-yeon, let's go in together. ”

“Ugh, yeah. ”

Lute glanced at her, and as they became restless, they shook hands with each other and entered the tent. Later, Lute hid himself along the two sides, and Yoohyun finally went inside.

All that was left was a footprint informing me that there was a group until just now.

*

As I tucked myself into the black tent, my eyes turned into a mist. It feels like it's just all over the fog, not the dark color. I wonder if I walked the land without salt for a while.

The fog disappears, and a dazzling vision welcomes you in front of your eyes.

Cold, heavy air hovers around. Yoohyun looks around and is convinced that he has come to the maze. This was a maze. Fortunately, I don't think I can fight monsters right away.

‘The future is unchanged. ’

The first sensation I felt when I stepped into the maze after I was in Aria was a kind of miss. This familiar air remained unchanged. The future or the past.

Perhaps, it will take decades to feel something change.

The history of the maze was unidentified, no matter how many thousand years later. The labyrinth would have been longer than that, since it had been 1,000 years since humans were expelled from the earth.

So, Yoohyun recalls the book Song Ga-yeon borrowed before.

[Legend of the Underground Maze Demon King]

It was a fairytale book. The content suggested that the composition of the sentence was also simple things for young children. Honestly, it might be stupid to expect to get information from there.

But I didn't think it was stupid. It was suggestive, but that's why it felt more meaningful.

Yoohyun wandered the maze for a long time. Enough to be called a demon.

The system. It still feels far away from the group.

Adventurers on the ground say:

The closer you get to the heart of the system, the more visitors you come to die.

That is not a curse.

Something unknown is blocking adventurers' access. Naturally, players also feel similar to adventurers. Intense power is what prevents evil from approaching.

What the hell is at the end of this maze? Funnily enough, Yoohyun was counting on that unknown possibility. Otherwise, honestly, the end of the future is determined.

Yoohyun's existence was too weak to fight that massive flow. Even though some stems could be broken, it was impossible to stop them all. Eventually, Yoohyun was also just one of the monsters in the maze that had been defeated by adventurers.

“Brother, what are you thinking? ”

Gil Yumi curls his head and asks if Yoohyun has been amazed for a while. Yoohyun can now see that she is waving her hand in front of her eyes to confirm her consciousness.

“It's just, it feels new. Should I say that now that I've come to the maze, I feel realistic? ”

“· · · and. You feel that way too. It's definitely a little weird here, isn't it? Look, it's so dark, there's plants. ”

Along with that, Gil Yumi circled around his body. The endless black passage only feels like a path to hell.

However, as she said, plants were growing in every corner of the aisle. They were all growing up in the light of the Spirit. Of course, there is no sun here.

Instead, there is something called the Spirit. Plants that grow in the maze grow through the light of the Spirit.

It is funny to hide the night and day in the maze, but it covers the night and day according to the sleep time of the Spirit. When the Spirit wakes up, it doesn't have to be as bright as the day, so it feels early in the morning.

Fortunately, on the ceiling of the maze, the spirits were shining. Lee Seo-yeon spills his admiration as he sees a pale color flowing out gently.

“It's beautiful. It's like a firefly! ”

“Can you catch that? I think I'll be comfortable at night if I take one. ”

“Yumi. Well, that's a little pitiful, isn't it? ”

“Why? That's not a creature anyway. Do you have any reason to feel sorry for that? ”

“Still · · ·. ”

Song Ga-yeon, who was listening to the two conversations, smiled a little. She also walked around a few times to see if the labyrinth looked amazing, and now she's caught up with Lee Seo-yeon and Gil Yumi.

“I want to catch the Spirit, but I can't. According to Gil Yumi, that's not life, it's light. It's impossible for us to drag a lump of light around like life, isn't it? ”

“· · · Hmm. Is that so? Too bad. ”

Gil Yumi tastes again. I really feel sorry for you. Obviously, if you can drag the unclean spirit around as she says, it will help you to explore the maze.

But the impossible is impossible.

‘Everything looks fine. ’

I don't think I need to worry too much because I'm having fun talking about it.

If there was any kind of trauma to the darkness, it was impossible to explore the maze.

Yoohyun lifts his head.

The Spirit is shining flawlessly from the ceiling, but the darkness was still the same.

There are monsters beyond that pale darkness.

You will fight against people who are completely different from what you have seen in Lorelai.

And maybe we'll meet some adventurers.

No matter what, my heart was cold. No tension.

But I'm not being cautious.

So, Yoohyun said in a cheap voice.

“Everybody, wake up. I don't know when monsters will come out. ”

This was a maze now.