Moon's Labyrinths

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 shield 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 assumed what the blue light was based on Sungyoon’s attitude, 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 shield 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 passing 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 passing through the blue ball of light, Sungyoon hit the ground . He rolled several times before coming to a stop . Even when he was passing 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 space .

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 shield 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 sparsely 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 shield 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 shield .

“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 .