Chapter 114
As instructors led the way to the north corner of the academy, Senior Instructor Hou Jinchang glanced back at Chun Yeowun who was following them .
‘This is really amazing . ’
Hou Jingchang was astounded . In these three years, he also trained hard and achieved the end stage of being a grandmaster level warrior . As an instructor, he did not want to feel ashamed against these fast-growing cadets . However, Yeowun had grown much stronger than him now .
‘Is it the blood?’
The Chun family ruled the cult for hundreds of years . Hou Jinchang became curious as to what kind of change Chun Yeowun would bring to the cult . Soon, they reached the ragged building .
Demon Seal Cave .
The building looked like it was going to crumble down at any moment .
‘You will pass the fifth test easily at your level, Master . ’
Ko Wanghur, who had passed the fifth test, advised him as such . They said that the cave had many traps and tricks that required a high sense of energy to pass . This was why it required one to be at the established grandmaster level .
‘The cave is a bit scary inside . ’
Mun Ku said there were no light sources after entering . It was required to pass through the cave by only relying on the sense of energy .
”But I heard a weird crying sound inside . ”
“Huh? Mun Ku, you heard it too?”
“…I heard it too . ”
Bakgi also exclaimed, “What?!”
‘Was it not my imagination?!’
Ko Wanghur and Mun Ku also flinched in shock . Three of them claimed that they heard a mysterious cry the entire time they took the test . It gave them chills, but they couldn’t feel anything as they passed through the cave, so they thought the sound was their imagination .
“This is the entrance . ”
Hou Jinchang opened the ragged door . Cold air began to blow from inside, proving that the cave was larger than expected . When Yeowun walked in, there was a staircase that led into the basement . It was very dark further in .
One of the instructors then pushed the wooden pillar next to the stairs, and the sound of something moving was heard from below . Yeowun heard that there was machinery installed below already, so he just nodded . Hou Jinchang explained, “The fifth test only requires you to pass through it . You have to pass through various traps just by relying on your senses . There is an exit on the east end . We will wait for two hours there . ”
“So, there is a time limit to this?”
“It will only take maybe an hour to two hours . But if you can’t come out within the timeframe, we will stop the machines and enter to see if you got into an accident . ”
The accidents killed three cadets already . These traps were very dangerous . Instructors then checked Yeowun’s body to see if he had any tools to start a fire .
“Are you bringing that blade inside?”
“Yes, sir . ”
No light sources were allowed, but weapons were okay since they were needed to defend against machinated traps .
“Let’s check it . ”
Yeowun handed the blade over . It was the blade created by Ou Sunong . Hou Jinchang took up the blade . The blade had writing engraved that said ‘Butterfly Dance’ as it was requested by Yeowun .
“Good blade . ”
It wasn’t created with cold steel, but it was quite sharp . It was very close to Submeng’s Crazy Blade . Hou Jinchang handed it back to Yeowun and pointed at the staircase .
“Then you should start . ”
“Yes, sir . ”
“I wish you luck . ”
Hou Jinchang wished him luck, but he wasn’t worried . The traps were meant for grandmaster level warriors, so it was a piece of cake for a superior warrior like Chun Yeowun . Yeowun then walked down the staircase . As the instructors walked out and closed the door, everything turned pitch dark . He was supposed to use his senses to check where it was open and where it was closed, but he didn’t need to rely on that .
‘Nano, activate night vision mode . ’
[Activating night vision mode . ]
With Nano’s voice, Yeowun’s eyes adapted to the darkness, and he could clearly see the staircase . It was a very old stone staircase that was severely worn out .
‘It’s pretty far down . ’
Yeowun kept on walking down . As he walked down, the air grew more chilly . After he walked down the height of a four-story building, there was an end . He saw the entrance to the cave .
‘What is this smell?’
Yeowun caught the disgusting smell at the entrance . It smelled like oil and blood, but a lot of other things were mixed in that and it was hard to recognize what smell it was .
‘Let’s go in . ’
As he walked into the corridor, he felt a slight breeze . It seemed like this way led to the exit . If one used their senses, the wind guided the way to the exit . And when he went in, the wall of the cave was smooth, indicating that it was created artificially .
‘Well, they even installed traps here . ’
Yeowun did not need to waste time . He saw exit clearly in his eyes, so he just needed to go there . Yeowun then used a running skill to run through .
“Huh?”
But when he took his step off from the ground, the wall trembled and sharp spears were thrown at Yeowun . He swung his hand, and all the spears broke down before they reached him .
‘So, this was how . ’
A wrong step and one could trigger a trap . Yeowun then sighed and changed his plan to walk slowly out . And after a few steps, another trap was triggered again . The stone that he stepped on was pushed down and the entire ceiling from about ten steps in all directions dropped down on him .
“Oh!”
Yeowun then quickly ran through to get away . He would have been squashed by the ceiling if he had been late . With such a trap in such darkness, it was easy to see why even grandmaster level warriors were killed by these . It was still dangerous even when Yeowun could clearly everything . Yeowun then walked carefully . After looking, he was able to identify the trap triggers . Most of them were made to trigger when taking the wrong steps .
‘I just need to be careful of those . ’
As Yeowun had help from the night vision, he was able to avoid stepping on those triggers . And after moving through a bit, Yeowun realized something was off . He wasn’t worried about getting lost since he was moving toward the breeze, but there were more directions in this cave . There were other open areas that were connected to others . Without the breeze, one could get lost by going the other way .
‘It feels like I’ve seen this place somewhere…’
It was his first time here, but he felt like he’d seen this somewhere . After thinking about the reason while he moved, he then finally came to a conclusion .
“Wait . Nano, do you remember the map you saved from collecting those shiny stones in the prison cave?”
[Yes, Master . It is saved in the data . ]
‘Show me . ’
[Yes, Master . ]
With Nano’s voice, Yeowun saw the augmented reality drawing the map that was saved . It was the map that was at the back of those shiny stones that had breathing skills written on the front .
“It was here!”
Yeowun was astonished . The map was the map of this Demon Seal Cave . It matched exactly with the route he took to walk down here .
‘Nano, what do you think?’
[The shape of the current cave matches that of the map . We are currently located at this point on the map . ]
The map then showed a red dot, indicating the location of Yeowun’s current position .
“Oh . That’s cool . ”
From looking at the map, it seemed like it was easy to move to the location where the map was pointing to . He was in the middle of the fifth test, but he was curious . It was the map that was written at the back of the shiny stones left by Father Chun Ma . It was likely that something was hidden there .
‘I have enough time . ’
Only a few minutes had passed . Yeowun decided to check the map .
‘I have to go back . ’
The location was the far right tunnel at the first location . But with a map, it was easy to move through complicated tunnel easily . And it was after a while he walked through the cave .
“Huh?”
He heard the faint sound of an animal growling from somewhere . It was too clear to think of it as his imagination . It seemed like it was the sound that Mun Ku and Ko Wanghur had heard .
‘I don’t feel anything though . ’
He couldn’t feel any movement . Yeowun then focused back on the map and moved .
‘So many traps even when it’s not a way out . ’
He kept on moving through, and there were now more traps installed on the way than on the way to the exit . After walking past the traps carefully, Yeowun was finally at the location indicated on the map .
“This…”
The place was blocked off by a large blue wall . And there was giant writing on it that covered the entire blue stone wall .
“Seal?”
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