How a Black-Haired Barbarian Survived the Labyrinth in Another World-Chapter 30: The Explorer’s Fate

The first floor of the Great Labyrinth.

Hwaruk.

A torch blazed in the darkness.

Karin looked around with the torch in her hand.

The party members each took out their weapons and stood guard around the area.

Karin said.

“We’ve teleported far from the second floor. Let’s go.”

“Understood. Let’s go.”

The paladin took the lead, followed by Karin and Roynel. Finally, Ahiman and Jeong Yu-shin took their places in the rear.

The party walked through the dark cave with a familiar, fast pace without hesitation.

They moved at a brisk pace for about two hours.

“Enemies. Five hobgoblins.”

“Kueeek.”

“Kekeke.”

The goblins’ ominous sounds and Karin’s warning echoed through the cave.

“Understood.”

The paladin charged, holding the Zweihander on his shoulder with both hands.

Karin followed behind the paladin, and Roynel loaded his longbow with arrows.

The paladin swung his greatsword horizontally.

Hooowung!

“Keeeek!!”

The greatsword tore through the torsos of three hobgoblins at once.

Phew.

Blood splattered on the helmet, but the paladin paid no attention.

Karin jumped out and swung her dagger.

The hobgoblin’s neck flew into the air with a light swing of the dagger.

The remaining hobgoblin turned and ran away, but it was too late. Roynel’s arrow pierced the hobgoblin’s back.

Jeong Yushin, who had been watching, nodded indifferently.

‘You have to do this much to become a lieutenant explorer.’

“Let’s go.”

The paladin didn’t even think about wiping the blood off and just started walking.

He started walking again.

About 4 hours had passed.

Sweat dripped down Jung Yu-shin’s forehead.

‘Wow. Seriously. This is no joke.’

I felt like I was going to die from exhaustion. It felt like I was carrying 4 military gear at once. I kept raising my head that was going down.

I gritted my teeth and walked.

I received 1 gold coin and 50 silver coins as compensation.

I couldn’t show how tired I was.

Maybe it was because of the labyrinth closure order that had lasted for a week, but there were a lot of hobgoblins that attacked.

The battle was the only time Jung Yu-shin could stop and rest.

Choo-a-aak!

The hobgoblin blood painted the cave walls on the greatsword that the paladin swung.

A sword fight engraved with law and order.

Even while resting, Jung Yu-shin watched the battle of the paladins with shining eyes.

After the short battle, he moved again, passing the corpses of the hobgoblins.

He did not pick up the ears.

Jung Yu-shin felt regretful and looked back at the corpses of the hobgoblins several times, but the party did not stop.

Karin's party walked without stopping and reached the end of the first floor.

A large tombstone appeared in the center of the hall.

"Whew."

Jung Yu-shin's body was drenched in sweat. His legs were shaking and a sweet smell was coming from his mouth.

He was barely standing on the floor of the cave.

However, he did not fall.

If his body had not been strengthened by leveling up, he would not have been able to endure it.

"Let's rest here for a moment."

Paladin Gil-seon said.

‘As expected of a knight.’

Jung Yu-shin glanced at Gil-seon.

Karin crossed her arms and said.

“Let’s rest on the first floor? Are you tired already? You haven’t been in the labyrinth for a while, so you’re not adjusting well?”

“...”

Karin snickered and looked back at Jung Yu-shin.

“Scar, do you want to rest?”

Karin’s eyes pierced Jung Yu-shin sharply.

‘You have to pay for what you’ve earned.’

“I can keep going.”

Jung Yu-shin answered calmly.

“That’s right? Do you think I hired a porter because I have too much money?”

Gil-seon silently approached the tombstone and placed his hand on it.

Ss ... The mystic Ahiman entered one by one. Finally, Jung Yushin fixed his luggage and stepped into the portal.

They arrived on the second floor.

Nothing had changed.

Karin and his party walked again, and hobgoblins and black slimes attacked.

Gilsian, Karin, and Roynel were the main force to repel the monsters.

Ahiman and Jung Yushin just watched from behind.

The party continued on.

It felt like they had walked for half a day without stopping.

They found a shelter just before Jung Yushin's mouth started to foam.

"Let's rest here today."

Karin said.

A small cave between the cracks in the cave walls.

The party went inside.

Jung Yushin unpacked his luggage and distributed it to the party members.

And he moved his creaking body, spread out a blanket to block the entrance to the shelter, and fixed a torch in the center of the shelter.

Gil Si-eon took off his helmet.

Jung Yu-shin's eyes widened.

It was a silver-haired Su-in.

Judging from the thin facial line, it was a woman.

Judging from the sweaty, drooping ears, it was a dog Su-in.

'The voice was definitely murky.'

Looking closely, there was a knife mark on Gil Si-eon's neck.

'That's right.'

Jung Yu-shin turned his head in agreement.

His body was too tired to pay any more attention.

He untied the walker's strap.

The soreness on his soles seemed to be a blister.

He rubbed his legs and relaxed his body.

He drank water and chewed on jerky.

Seeing Jung Yu-shin munching, the group also took out food from their backpacks one by one and started eating.

After a quiet meal, it was time to set a night watch.

“There’s an alarm magic, so there’s no need to set a night watch.”

Ahiman said.

Gilsian frowned.

“I think it’d be better to just set a night watch.”

“Stand alone. I need to get some sleep.”

Ahiman replied.

“Don’t fight. Gilsian, are you going to do this every time? Accept it.”

Gilsian closed his mouth at Karin’s nagging.

Ahiman closed his eyes and muttered.

Jeong Yushin’s eyes lit up.

Is it a mystic’s magic?

What kind of magic is it?

Curious, he listened to Ahiman’s chanting.

“Great 𐒗𐒚𐒥𐒚𐒠𐒞𐒏, who walks through the stars and the universe, I wish for your faithful servant to dwell in the sanctuary of 𐒥𐨀𐨩𐩓𐆉𐅗𐆃, so watch over this place under 𐆅𐆉𐅯 and 𐠖𐠫𐠱.”

The light of the torch dimmed for a moment.

A strange darkness and silence fell over the shelter.

‘What is it?’

The fluff on the nape of Jeong Yu-shin’s neck rose.

A strange shadow passed before his eyes.

And.

He felt it with his body.

A distant place.

In the cosmic graveyard beyond the universe.

The gaze of something walking among dead stars.

My body was shaking out of control and my teeth were chattering.

Beyond the dim torchlight.

Strange and blasphemous things were dancing in the shadows cast on the shelter walls.

I had a feeling.

I had to look at people to stay sane.

I had to turn my gaze away from the things beyond my perception and look at something smaller and more familiar.

I barely managed to turn my neck and look around.

Gilseon was holding the hilt of his sword tightly and glaring at Ahiman.

Karin and Roynel were closing their eyes as if they were used to it.

[Abyss Realm]

When Ahiman's chanting ended, his presence disappeared.

No.

He was still faintly there. Right here.

Jung Yu-shin's hands were trembling slightly.

Something was making a squeaking sound in his head.

What on earth was happening?

I thought it was an alarm spell.

Was it a mistake?

‘Was it a black magician?’

Ahiman opened his closed eyes.

His entire pupil was dyed pitch black.

“Barbaroi.”

Ahiman smirked at Jeong Yushin.

“What is it?”

“I just called.”

‘This kid is making me nervous.’

His fingers twitched.

His mind was filled with murderous thoughts because he had witnessed magic that was beyond his perception.

Jeong Yushin took off his helmet and brushed his black hair back.

On the other hand, Gilsian pushed down his helmet and said.

“Barbaroi. That’s Ahiman’s prank. Don’t worry about it.”

Karin said with a smile.

“Gilsian had the same expression when he first got hit.”

Roynel added with a faint smile.

“Barbaro is amazing. Gilseon pulled out his sword and was furious, saying he would kill me.”

Ahiman chuckled.

Only Jung Yushin couldn’t laugh.

‘Why is the atmosphere suddenly so warm?’

Jung Yushin, exhausted, leaned against the wall.

“Yes, yes. I’ll catch him.”

He wrapped his robe around his body and closed his eyes.

He heard the party members muttering something, but it didn’t reach his ears.

He was too tired.

“Scar, wake up.”

Someone shook Jung Yushin’s shoulder.

When Jung Yushin opened his eyes, Karin was standing a little ways away.

“Oh, did I sleep too long?”

“Yeah. He slept like he was dead. Want me to put the sword away?”

Jung Yushin looked down at his hand.

The sword was still in his hand.

I couldn’t even remember when I caught it.

Thinking about it carefully, I think I caught it before I went to bed yesterday.

The party members were all up and eating breakfast.

Jung Yu-shin got up, cleaned up, and stretched.

His legs and thigh muscles were stiff as if they were filled with rocks.

His feet were swollen and his back and shoulders were sore.

But he didn’t show it.

After stretching his body enough, he drank some water and chewed on the remaining jerky.

Jung Yu-shin received the party’s luggage and put it on his back.

Maybe it was because of his mood, but he could bear it.

He replaced the torch and prepared to leave.

Karin said as she held up the torch.

“Let’s go.”

Karin and her party moved forward without hesitation through the darkness.

One day. Two days. Three days.

Nothing had changed. Karin and her party continued to kill monsters and Jung Yu-shin continued to carry the luggage.

I passed the 2nd floor and broke through the 3rd floor.

I reached the 4th floor.

I only had one more floor to go, and it was the 5th floor.

The end of the surface layer.

If I just broke through the 5th floor, I would shed my novice explorer shell.

But my anxiety was greater than my heart pounding.

Karin said last time.

A new monster appeared in the labyrinth. But I had only seen hobgoblins and black slimes in the past few days.

‘Should I go further?’

Karin, who was walking with a torch, stopped. Jeong Yu-shin stopped thinking.

Karin sniffed and perked up her ears.

“A lot of hobgoblins. Two hobgoblin warriors. One hobgoblin shaman.”

“There are a lot.”

“Prepare for battle. Ahiman, prepare.”

“Got it.”

As he waited in formation, he heard the laughter of the hobgoblins beyond the darkness.

“Kekeke.”

“Kekeke.”

Jung Yu-shin swallowed dryly. The fight with the hobgoblin warrior was still vivid.

Even if he had faced just one, he fought like a demon risking his life, but two?

Even though he tried not to be nervous, his body tensed up on its own.

They came.

The swarming hobgoblins were revealed under the torchlight.

The hobgoblin warrior had tied something to his shield.

Jung Yu-shin clicked his tongue after confirming what was tied to his shield.

A naked woman.

He couldn’t tell if she was dead or alive.

The hobgoblins screamed and rushed at him.

“Ahiman!!”

Karin shouted.

“𐒗𐒚𐒥𐒚𐒠𐒞𐒏!!”

A huge portal opened above Ahiman’s head and a bundle of tentacles burst out.

The tentacles, emitting ominous energy, slashed through the hobgoblin horde and grabbed the hobgoblin warlock.

Kwak!

The warlock, caught in the tentacles, screamed and twisted his body this way and that.

But he failed to escape.

Crunch.

The sound of bones breaking echoed through the cave as the bundle of tentacles gripped the warlock’s body.

But it didn’t end there.

The bundle of tentacles dragged the warlock right in front of the party.

“Gueek.”

The warlock, whose bones were shattered, vomited blood from his mouth.

Chooaaaak!

Gilsian's sword split the hobgoblin sorcerer's body exactly in half.

"Let's go!!"

Karin shouted.

The hobgoblin warrior charged with his shield in front.

Roynel's arrow flew with a loud noise.

Ppeuuuuuk!!

"Keuuuuk!!"

The arrow pierced the hobgoblin warrior's head and pierced the hobgoblins behind him like a skewer, barely stopping.

Overwhelming power.

Jung Yu-shin's eyes widened and his mouth fell open.

'Is this a lieutenant explorer?'

The [N O V E L I G H T] remaining hobgoblin warrior hesitated in confusion and held out his 'human' shield.

Gilsian quickly stepped back next to the hobgoblin.

The shield's blind spot.

Gilsian swung his greatsword there.

From below to above.

Poohaaaak!!

The greatsword blew off the thick arm of the Hobgoblin Warrior.

“Keeeeeek!!”

Thud!!

The arm that had been flying for a long time fell to the cave floor.

Blood poured out like a fountain from the severed part.

“Hwaap!!”

Karin jumped high and landed on the shoulder of the Hobgoblin Warrior.

Shaak!

The two crossed daggers glowed and the Hobgoblin Warrior’s neck fell to the floor with a thud.

Poohaaaaak!!

Blood spurted out like a fountain from the severed neck section.

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Karin jumped again and landed on the ground.

Not a single drop of blood was on her body.

Both Hobgoblin Warriors were dead.

The rest were just ragtag groups.

The rest was just a one-sided massacre.

They cut, broke, and killed.

The hobgoblins screamed and groaned, and blood and death cries slammed into the cave walls and spread far away.

The battle was over quickly.

Not a single one of them ran away. They were all killed by Roynel’s arrows that pierced their heads and hearts.

Gilsian approached the two women tied to shields.

Jung Yushin approached and examined them as well.

He recognized one of them.

It was Alon.

The dwarven woman he had met in the new explorer class.

Gilsian took off his gauntlets and put his finger to Alon’s nose.

After a while.

Gilsian shook his head.

He wasn’t breathing.

‘I see.’

He’s dead.

They weren’t that close.

Still, having spent a week learning and joking in the same class, Jung Yushin felt bitter about Alon’s death.

“You knew him?”

Gil-seon asked Jung Yu-shin.

“Yes. We were classmates in the new explorer class.”

“Don’t be discouraged or sad. It’s the fate of explorers.”

“It’s not that bad.”

Jung Yu-shin drew the line.

It’s just bitter.

Alon’s half-closed eyes stopped in midair.

Jung Yu-shin approached and closed Alon’s eyes