Episode 122
Episode 122: Near Wollong Mountain
“this way… … No, over there! “Yeah, I think it’s over there.”
“Really?”
“This time, I’m sure. “It was definitely around here, but it’s somehow strange.”
“Hmm… … .”
“Hey, hey!”
“No, I didn’t make the noise because of the director.”
“Wizard? But, is this really okay?”
“You got 10 million won, right? Is it not enough?”
“That’s a transportation fee, not the price of my life?! No, if you got paid more, you wouldn’t have to worry!? “Since when did you become such a harsh and cold wizard?”
“no. Better just keep worrying. Oh my, I’m worried too. “I’m going to die, I’m going to die.”
“Oh, no, it’s right this way! “This is the right one!”
“what… … It’s okay to get lost in Tanhyeon because it’s inevitable, Director. “The topography of this neighborhood changes often.”
“Please, save me!”
“No, I won’t kill you!”
“Wizard, do you know what? “There’s a saying our knights say among themselves.”
“know.”
“huh? How does the wizard know that? What is it? “What is it?”
“If you see a tree you don’t know in Tanhyeon, give up and go back.”
“Wow, how did you know?”
iced coffee… … head hurts.
How did this dream team come together?
I’m sitting in the backseat of Jang Hyeon-deok’s cool Call van.
Jang Hyeon-deok is sitting in the driver’s seat. This is natural.
But the one sitting next to him, in the passenger seat, was Koo Jin-cheol.
There wasn’t a single place that looked healthy, perhaps because Chae Taewon had put a lot of care into it.
Gu Jin-cheol has a bandage wrapped around his head, an eyepatch over one eye, and a cast on his left arm.
To be clear, once Cheong-ho is found, this absurd situation of having Gu Jin-cheol and Jang Hyeon-deok together will not happen again.
In particular, I will never see Gu Jin-cheol again after today.
“You said Director Koo Jin-cheol, right? Is this right here? “There’s nothing that looks like a road anymore?”
“Oh, Ma, that’s right. “Why don’t you go a little further in there?”
“Is that going through a tree?”
“Oh, no, next to that… … .”
“Is there a stone over there?”
[feeze]
Quaaaaaaaaa!
“Let’s take a look. “Given the terrain, there might be something up ahead.”
“… … “If you’re going to use magic, can’t you do something like level the road?”
“You have to file a complaint with Paju City Hall about that.”
Deddudedddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd… … .
Now that I was driving on a place that wasn’t even a road, the car started to vibrate tremendously. Not only does my back hurt, but my neck and head also hurt.
“It seems Tanhyeon is no longer considered Paju City. “How can this be?”
“Am I the mayor of Paju? “Why are you questioning me like that?”
“Oh, my goodness. Kwak!”
Jang Hyeon-deok, who spoke intently while ignoring the vibrations rising to the tip of his head, ended up chewing his tongue.
It is only natural that Jang Hyeon-deok appears sensitive. He was the one who dragged me into Tanhyeon last time, but at that time, he did so while being possessed by the [King in Yellow Clothes].
From then on, I was afraid of various things, perhaps because of the trauma I experienced that day… … Oh, is it because of me that you have a fear of ghosts? The aftereffects of seeing a ghost and going mad on the way to the starving mansion still linger.
“You’re a wizard, so you live in a theme park, so this is a really no joke neighborhood.”
“I know. I have already experienced how amazing Tanhyeon is. “The driver who brought me here at that time was a very nice person.”
“Oh my, I’m kind of cool.”
Jang Hyeon-deok is a good friend who always teaches me valuable lessons. Look again this time. Haven’t we learned the good lesson that sarcasm doesn’t work when the other person’s intelligence is below a certain level?
“ah! There it is, there it is! “That’s right!”
Gu Jin-cheol suddenly shouts energetically.
Have we finally arrived?
Originally, this place was not Tanhyeon. Should I say it is the outskirts of Tanhyeon?
Geomsan-dong, Paju-si.
This is where Wollong Mountain can be seen to the side. On the map, it might be the range marked as Wollong Mountain.
However, the strange phenomenon occurring in Paju does not move according to administrative districts determined by humans. Like the last time I visited Tanhyeon, you may drive for several tens of minutes without much trouble, and there are places that are extremely dangerous even though they are outside the administrative district of Tanhyeon.
“This area wasn’t originally classified as ‘Tanhyeon’, right?”
The danger zone in Tanhyeon is gradually expanding. The distinction is simple. The appearance of bizarre plants that cannot exist in nature. That is a sign.
Plants are affected first, followed by animals and people. It is not Tanhyeon-myeon, but an area that Paju people strongly refer to as ‘Tanhyeon.’
People affected by that area experience strange changes in their mind and body. If you’re lucky, you may develop a special ability thanks to it, but most of the time, you just become a madman. There is a 1 in 100 chance that it could become a monster.
Even in games, events that cause ‘tanhyeon’ often occur in this area. Depending on the situation, the entire Paju could become a ‘tanhyeon’, or something even more amazing could happen, so in some ways, it is not an incredibly great event.
‘But it usually happens after there are appropriate omens and events?’
This is just a guess, but wouldn’t Cheongho be involved in the background of the Wollongsan area becoming ‘Tanhyeon’?
“Anyway, if you’re going to build a secret base, build it in the south. Why did you build it right in front of North Korea?”
“Well, that’s… … .”
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“ah. No, I didn’t say this to the director.”
Of course, it’s not Gu Jin-cheol’s fault, and although it’s funny, it’s not Cheong-ho’s fault either.
The location of Cheongho’s secret warehouse is completely random.
It’s not roughly one of these levels, it’s really completely random. Since it’s usually hidden in such a crappy place, you can never find it just by knowing roughly where it is.
‘That’s why you definitely need a guide to get to that place.’
Excluding Cheongho, the executive who knows the location of that place is the most important person among the dozens of executives belonging to the Cheongho faction.
So, only one of the eight directors gathered in the conference room knows, and who knows is again random.
‘Oh, I really like random.’
There is a game context, and one of the key contents is the scene where Cheong-ho’s secret warehouse is robbed in a confrontation scenario with Cheong-ho. But how do you persuade one of the eight directors, who each have different personalities and tastes? This is because it was designed as a fun element.
Anyway, my role as a guide for this episode is… … As everyone can guess, it is Gu Jin-cheol.
‘I guess that’s what I had intuited from the moment I saw his outstretched attitude in the conference room.’
Anyway, this is one of the reasons why Gu Jin-cheol must live.
“I guess I can’t go any further from here?”
“Shall we break it some more?”
“No, if it goes beyond this, the wheel may fall off or it may tip over if done incorrectly. “The slope is too steep, and the ground is too soft.”
“Hmm… … .”
Should I start walking from here? My heart is heavy as I hike on a slope where my feet feel so soft.
“I can’t help it. “Why not go up on foot?”
“Then wizard, please be careful.”
“what?”
“yes?”
“What are you talking about? “You should go too.”
“Me?”
“Are you going to stay here?”
“yes?”
After all, you should have asked Chae Tae-won to drive instead of Jang Hyeon-deok?
No, no matter how remote it is, it is Tanhyeon. I came all the way here because I am Jang Hyeon-deok, no one else has the ability to drive around here.
Only then did Jang Hyeon-deok realize what it meant and screamed.
“W-what are you talking about! “What on earth can I do by getting out of the car!?”
“I’m starting to get annoyed so stop wasting time. “Can you survive here alone, protecting yourself?”
Jang Hyeon-deok looked around with a pale expression for a moment.
Bizarre plants, bizarre bugs, bizarre birds, bizarre air, bizarre atmosphere… … .
“Well, the wizard went to the barrier… … ?”
“Wouldn’t it be safer to have the wizard by your side?”
This is Tanhyeon. It is impossible to completely protect even those isolated at a long distance.
“Uh, then… … .”
“Stop it, man!”
Sigh!
Jang Hyeon-deok was finally able to pack up his belongings after being hit by one.
When Jang Hyeon-deok manipulates something next to the driver’s seat, a hidden gun pops out.
“They say even elementary school students carry guns in Paju, but do you know how to shoot them?”
“Uh, anyway, I should pack something.”
“Do whatever you want.”
Actually, it would be easy to just tell him to go back, but this time, I can’t tell Jang Hyeon-deok to go back.
There is too much baggage to pack and return.
“Then, Director, please prepare as well.”
“All right.”
This is the end of the necessary section as Gu Jin-cheol goes along with it.
Is it to smoothly resolve the dispute with Jeokdu, the cultists associated with several of Koo Jin-cheol’s businesses, or the relationship with Helistik?
It’s really absurd, but the difficulty of progress is ridiculously different whether Gu Jin-cheol is alive or not.
In any case, you have committed a crime, and you do not necessarily have to pay for it with flogging or death.
Koo Jin-cheol will pay for his crimes through correctional labor.
“Okay, let’s go. Oh, and Jang Hyeon-deok, if you die, I will dispose of your car as I please.”
“No, we have to protect him well so he doesn’t die!”
“Be strong and endure well.”
Tanhyeon’s unique, or it would be misleading to say so. Tanhyeon, where I lived, is a happy and beautiful neighborhood.
However, the polluted ‘Tanhyeon’ of [Cthulhu World] is an ominous forest filled with unique bizarre plants and strange phenomena.
As soon as I got out of the car, I got nervous.
[System: The ‘Enhanced Vigilance’ trait is activated.]
Tsutsutsu, Tsutsutsu, the unpleasant sound of insects coming from somewhere. Click, click, click, the sound of something hitting. Ssssssuk, ssssssuk, ssssssuk. Is that the sound made by leaves shaking in the wind?
Honestly, boundaries are meaningless. This is because this entire place is a dangerous area.
The trees that have spread their roots and grown in this place are dangerous, the bugs that grow and eat the trees are dangerous, the bugs that you can see over there are dangerous, the birds that fly far away are dangerous, and the animals that wander in the forest are dangerous.
And the air they emit in this place is dangerous.
“It could be dangerous for everyone to stay away from me, so never leave my surroundings.”
I summoned my magical powers, set up a protective circle around me, and advanced ahead.
As Jang Hyeon-deok said, it was a dangerous slope where the car could overturn, but the soil on the bottom was strangely loose, as if something had gone wrong with the ground. With every step he took, his feet sank a few inches.
“Aaaah!”
No one did anything, but Jang Hyeon-deok suddenly rolled on the floor.
‘Aaaahhh wizard!’ While wondering what to do, I quickly rolled several meters down the slope.
“Oh, should I kill you?”
No, that guy has higher strength and health than me. Why is he doing that?
“Ask Achilles. “No, don’t hurt me, just ask.”
Toupabababaak!!
A pitch-black shadow jumping out at incredible speed.
Gikkigigeek, pagjagjak, baddeudeuk!!
It has a silhouette similar to a large dog, but the only thing that looks like a dog is the silhouette.
Tobababaak!!
“Ugh!! Monster! “Monster!”
“No, that’s not a monster.”
Although it is a monster.
A monster with a body made of tree branches, sticks, pieces of glass, rice bowls, dumbbells, pieces of iron, etc., covered with a skin made by plaiting the skins of various animals. So, it is a kind of spirit golem.
The base itself was made based on the cores of several of the taxidermy animals that attacked us at Jangmyeonsan Mountain. Well, honestly, it doesn’t look good.
‘Because my sewing skills are not that good.’
As the suture surfaces created by joining the leather open, additional arms sprout out, made by forcibly connecting dozens of tree branches.
Gigikigeek!!
Achilles picked up Jang Hyeon-deok with his arm and dragged him.
Let’s go together.
“Good job.”
What a mess. Jang Hyeon-deok was now in a miserable state, covered in dirt, rotten leaves, and strange-looking corpses of insects.
I guess it won’t work.
“First of all, Achilles is next to Jang Hyeon-deok.”
Giggeek, Giggeek.
“Where on earth was this?”
“It was a little hard to see, so it was in my bag.”
“Oh, the duffel bag that the junk was in? “Were you in there?”
“No, this is the duffel bag.”
My appearance alone is so heinous that it would lead to an immediate investigation, but if you take the ghost golems with you without permission, the investigation will not end there. Yang Seo-ho of the Foreigners Management Office will be dispatched with a mobile strike force.
So, after much thought, I created this evil spirit golem, Achilles. I adjusted its appearance so that it could be disguised as a duffel bag normally filled with miscellaneous items.
“You carry around a surprise box, and you are a great magician.”
“Now you call me random things. Achilles, bite that idiot.”
“Aaaah!”
Achilles really? I just looked at him with that expression.
After passing a few more signs that only Gu Jin-cheol could recognize, we were able to arrive at our destination.
A large iron gate suddenly appeared on the mountainside.
A secret place hidden by Cheongho. It’s a nuclear bomb shelter.
“What does it say?”
On the thick iron door, which was rusting bright red, was an ominous sentence written in sticky black liquid. Strange writing that looks as if it was drawn by hand rather than written with a tool. The contents… … .
“If you don’t open it, a million people will die. If you open it, one person will die.”
fantasy,
