Chapter 35 (1/2)
To Hall Plain! (1/4)
Hall Plain was divided into four different continents The East, West, North and Southern continents were established areas which are under the control of various Players and Residents (Existing citizens of Hall Plain) Yet, coions, there was still a vast tract of lands that was left unexplored Only a day’s travel away froers
To deal with the anxiety of travelling through the unknown dangers, expeditions were sent to explore and occupy the wilderness These expeditions created safe passageways to travel between continents and towns but fears persisted as the wilderness blanketed the whole regions
Ah-hyun and the rest of the party were assigned to the Northern continent as the starting point Players who earned their qualifications in the Rite of Passage were first suest city of each continent With a total of 5 <starting inns=””>, this es that happened simultaneously
By Angel’s decisions, An-hyun and the party were the first to arrived in Hall Plain They woke up from the Inn and went down to the first floor as they were instructed Seeing the chairs and tables littered around the place, they sat down and waited for other Players to ee
There wasn’t anything special about the inn, this was a place built just for people to rest and to wait for others There were a door and s on the far side, looking outside through the s, An-hyun decided against leaving the Inn There was nothing out there except for pure blue barrier that completely surrounded the Inn This made the Inn feel separated from the outside world
The inn was silent as other Players had yet to arrive An-hyun paced around the s before cautiously sitting on one of the empty chairs There were fa and Kim Han-byeol… Not a as shared between them Rather, they couldn’t
Stealing a glance at his sister, An-Hyun saw that she was shaking and her teeth were chattering insatiably An-hyun knew exactly what she was going through, the reuilt He hih his body The source of this deep apprehension was that Kim Su-hyun was dead The support they desperately needed disappearing
An-hyun’swas patient and cal spoke with his silent countenance, An-hyun felt his confidence rising Not even a week had passed since they hadhad left a deep impression on them all
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Hyung, who had send them off with a wave and a sround Laid low by thatAll this ti presence that allowed him to step forward He had unconsciously leant tooprovided
An-hyun couldn’t bear to look at Yu-jung and Han-byeol, knowing that Hyung had sacrificed his life to save his sister But he gathered his courage and lifted his head, he wanted to see how they were
Yu-jung had flopped on the table She had buried her head in her arms the moment she ca occasionally, trying to hide showing her weakness from the others
An-sol was still the sa bitterly, tears leaked from her eyes and dripped to the floor There were still ently consoled An-sol while setting up the basic settings Only Han-byeol ed to maintain her cold expression An-hyun couldn’t fatho the surrounding
No one opened their lips and the silence reigned in the quiet Inn Only faint weeping was intermittently heard Time passed and raucous could be heard inside the Inn The sound ofleaked out from the second floor The party could hear unfamiliar voices when the door of the second floor opened Fronises that it e But a silent idea betrayed his line of thought
‘That could be Hyung He could have escaped Then…’
An-hyun quickly leapt up from his seat At the sudden noise, everyone focused their eyes on An-hyun Even Yu-jung lifted her eyes and looked at hian to speak excitedly
“Hyung, that could be Hyung”
“ What are you talking about?” Yu-jung retorted in a hoarse voice
An-hyun quickly pointed toward the stairs leading to the second floor “We can’t be the only people that survived There’s definitely other survivors that were transferred back Hyung ht be one of them…”
Hearing An-hyun’s explanation, Yu-jung quickly rose herself and ran toward the stairs An-sol chased after her, having come to the same conclusion Only Han-byeol looked on apathetically, unwilling to believe in a fool's hope
Humans were such pitiful animals Inclined to self-justification over and over They had all seen Kim Su-hyun collapsed before the oodbye But they all had hope, that maybe, just maybe…
“If it’s Hyung, he can do it Right? He must have escaped”
“Ye… yeah Oppa isn’t a person ould go quietly He will slam open that door like he did in the City and climb down stairs Yup Exactly like that”
With a shaky voice, An-hyun and Yu-jung looked toward each other, trying to convince themselves Before they could rush up to the second floor, they heard the door opening Like ic, they stop in their tracks and turn their site upwards Their hearts thu madly
The door soon opened and the person was… regrettably not Kim Su-hyun They were merely people that the party haddown the stairs and the person leading thenition
“Oh You guys are here already Good to see that you are all alive”
“Huh? Wu Jung-min Who the hell is… Ah~ It’s those kids frooing to the Warp Gate?”
“ Chun Seun-Hyun Shut up”
The three guys chatted ast themselves as they came down to the first floor The woman who had lost her sister, Won Hye-Su, followed behind the depressed
But An-hyun and the rest had no desire to pay attention to suchdown the stairs was a -ethis, Seon Yu-un led Won Hye-Su to one of the tables and sat down Only Chun Seun-Hyun was gru about in discontent
“Feh! There is no need to look gloomy because of us We are all in the sager”
“ Uh”
“Ah Okay I aed a lot since then”
“ It doesn’t matter”
“Re, really? I see… That’s good then Haha… ha…”
Yu-jung’s reply turned Chun Seun-Hyun more fretful He was puzzled as she seean to cal
“Come to think of it, you are one person short Where is the young man with the crossbow?”
Only silence -ining what could have happened There was only one reason that guy wasn’t here, it e
“Perhaps… did it get hio to the Warp Gate but looks like he was too stubborn to listen Then how did all of you survive…”
“He’s not dead!”
“He’s still alive!”
Yu-jung and An-sol shrieked their denial The at-min pushed on and turned to An-hyun
“Did you perhapsone”