Chapter 7
After preparing a hiking backpack, a few high-calorie foods such as a flashlight and chocolate, comfortable sneakers, and clothes that worked well in winter, I got into a taxi.
“Mr. Bukhansan.”
Bukhansan. The door was opened there.
Of course, the door is not one. If Min Sik got the horse test class, the guy’s head would be Mount Halla, not Bukhan.
If not, I can’t come back in a few days.
Even if the door is open, the monster does not pop out immediately. I do not know why, but the monsters appeared sequentially.
Slowly from the weak.
We only speculated that some ‘law’ was applied.
‘No matter how weak the monster, the flesh of a human being is ripped lightly.’
I intended to go inside the door.
Only then can you gain the power of Ancient One.
The real abyss did not go into, compared to the house was only to the shoebox.
Along the way there is a broken altar.
One of them was the Altar of Ancient One.
‘The way to restore the altar is to solve a given trial.’
The trials are different for each altar. I know where the Altar of Ancient One is, but I do not know what trials there are.
However, even those who had gained the power of Ancient One had solved trials without any ability. Then it would not have been impossible.
After moving about 30 minutes, a large mountain peak came into view.
Bukhansan. It was a weekday and an early time, so there were few people.
“Thank you. Here it is. ”
I got the cash and got off the taxi.
A cool spring breeze shook around.
No one would think that this place full of blue smell would be the entrance to hell.
I tied the laces of the shoes properly, I began to climb the mountain.
‘You’ve changed a lot.’
I looked around with a feeling of walking.
Despair always shouts around ‘moon’. I couldn’t see the blue after washing my eyes. All the mountains, the land, the sea were polluted, and the living things were extinguished.
This environment was rather strange to me.
‘Still. So far. ”
Two years. At that time, you can accomplish a lot. I can change it.
Minsik was really grateful to me to walk the path of the hero.
Anyway, heroes need a law.
Heroes who would lead and lead the people had to exist in all ages.
I just hate to assume that role again.
‘The door keeps moving.’
Inside the Bukhansan mountain, the door changes its position every moment.
It had just opened, and would have been parasitic to small animals.
When you hunt the animal, a real door appears for a while. Just enter the door before it is transferred to another animal.
‘This is why you can’t find the door easily.’
But it is up to two years.
The moon is fixed two years after monsters begin to appear in earnest.
It is like a gate, revealing a great darkness, spitting out a queuing monster in the abyss.
At that time, even if you want to enter, you can not easily enter the door.
I went off the road and went deep into the mountains.
The slingshot was then removed from the bag.
‘There are no weapons as good as a slingshot to hunt small animals.’
One of the best weapons to kill with less power is a slingshot.
Cheap and easy to obtain. If you can get a slingshot dedicated iron ball instead of stones, you will be able to act as an archer.
The slingshot I found was a type that could fix 9.52mm diameter steel balls.
With this trick, you can pierce your bones and smash bones with this slingshot without much effort.
As an exercise, I tried to pull a ball into a slingshot.
The goal was the twig! Fell.
“Your skills are not rusty.”
I was a horse prosecutor, but I could not get a weapon. The first thing I used was a slingshot. It was a bit scared to play melee, and the bow took too long to be an archery player.
A goblin could also hunt with a slingshot.
The short range is flawed, but it’s a matter of quickness.
I practiced a few more times with Jahwa-chan and moved again.
‘Moon’ was most likely possessed by a small animal.
In addition, as the door grows, it moves to larger animals except humans as time goes by. It usually stops metastasis after two to three years and is completely completed and rooted in a specific place.
The paths to the gates are all different.
The place where the monster is, the place where the treasure is, the place where the lava falls.
The “moon” in Bukhansan was where several broken altars existed.
In order to find the “moon,” he had to find the door and the small animals that were possessed.
Fortunately, it is not a bird. Occasionally there were doors associated with birds, but the doors found around Bukhansan were clearly fixed.
‘Moon and gracious animals cause mutations.’
It is not difficult to find. Once discovered, it can be specified immediately.
I’ve learned how to track animals.
‘There is no Hassan before searching.’
I ate heart hardly.
I was also famous for the past. Once bite never let go.
Because of that persistence, he killed the Demon Lord, and he was able to push Alletaia almost to the brink of destruction.
The same time.
Before finding the door, he never intended to go down.
I started chasing traces of small animals around the lush surroundings.
Two days of mountain surveys yielded some information.
First. There is a lot of wild animals in the Bukhansan area.
Second. Small animal types include rabbits, squirrels, badgers, raccoons, snow hats, and hedgehogs.
third. There are many poisonous animals that have been torn by long nails.
Fourth. There are many traps recently installed.
The first and second were natural in the green mountains, but the third and fourth take.
‘Is it just for hunting animals? Or not? ”
The traps were all over the mountain. In particular, there has been an overwhelming number of installations in recent months.
It is said that there are some hunters who have entered a leaf or illegally.
Or … you do not know. Still, I did not abandon the possibility that the believers of Alletteia may have returned.
So I was looking for them with as much trace as possible.
If they are aiming for a “moon,” they should be prepared to engage.
Fortunately I had a slingshot.
Not long after the awakening, there will be a sufficient battle.
But what if they have shotguns or air guns?
‘It’s going to hurt you.’
Now there was a limit to this body.
Ingenuity to avoid bullets is also possible to support the body.
Slingshots can kill about 20m at most. The range of shotguns is twice that.
Still no odds.
They did not know my existence.
On the contrary, I know they are somewhere in this mountain.
The odds were enough when a surprise attack was performed.
I erased the traces that I passed, and chased after them as much as possible.
It was not that difficult.
They did not erase the traces because they never thought that someone would follow them.
It took me half a day more to discover.
Three people gathered in a small tent and were cooking ramen with a burner.
A man between three and fourteen years old.
It was strange faces. At least he is not a senior executive of Alletteia.
There was no “fanaticism” characteristic of Alletteia.
I lurked behind the tree shade and overheard their story.
“Oh, crazy. brother! How long should I be in the mountains? ”
“until you find the Golden Booth! If you catch him, you can quickly sit on the money cushion. ”
“So do you really have him? I’ve been searching for a whole month and haven’t seen my tail, not my torso. ”
“You saw the picture. I’ve never seen so beautiful in the world. The golden fur is just shining. ”
“Okay. If you listen one more time, it won’t stick to your ears. ”
Two people had a heated conversation while one put chopsticks on the ramen dish.
“Brothers. Do not fight, listen. Hold it down. Does it make any progress?
The bearded shameful man, who appears to be the largest brother, spit out.
“So let’s suffer a few more days. He must be near the Insubong. ”
“Finally, believe it.”
The conversation has entered a lull.
They quickly started inhaling ramen.
And I was smiling behind him.
Unexpected income. Good to chase the trail.
‘Golden Snow Mora!’
Not believers of Alletteia.
However, they may be related to ‘moon’.
Animals with ‘moon’ cause mutations. The first thing that can be seen with the naked eye is size and color. Others are agile and strong.
The corpses of the beasts all over the mountain. I noticed that I was killed by long nails. Listening to it, it was very likely that the ‘golden snow cap’ was the culprit.
‘Golden is the color of the door with the altar of Ancient One.’
This is why I was listening to their stories seriously.
Animals with ‘moon’ vary in color depending on the type of door, and have one of six colors.
Golden, orange, purple, blue, white, black.
Golden is the gate leading to the ancient ruins, orange is the door of something special, purple is the place of powerful monsters or false gods, and blue is the place of the heterogeneity.
Most are just white.
The doors with colors were very few.
There was no golden or orange in particular.
And finally, black leads deep into the abyss. It is a door that must never enter. None of those who actually came back came alive. Beings like Daemon Lord were probably beyond the black door.
But it’s a bit questionable.
‘Too many dead carcasses.’
No matter how mutated it is, it is clear. Many of the bodies buried all over the mountains, which had the power of a beast, are unexplained.
He buried a hunted target in the ground, but he could not fool my eyes.
It was a tremendous killing desire. I did not attack the human beings.
At first, I thought it was like a wild boar.
So I was wondering and I was investigating to expand the scope, I heard.
Isn’t it a common mutation?
If so, it might have been fortunate to meet them.
The animal that caused the abnormal mutation is a monster. It’s hard to handle by yourself.
‘The golden booth is near the Insubong.’
Still, the biggest income was location specificity.
The Insubong was a peak of granite rock.
If it’s near, it’s within my expected range. There was also doubt around the Insubong, which made them convinced.
Although there is a risk of anomalies.
I nodded and stared at the three people eating ramen.
‘I’m sorry, but you should be a bait.’