Chapter 159 The Monkey King’s Palace (3) (1/2)
[The vestige of the Monkey King is wary of the intruders. It attempts a curse on the party.]
[‘Curse: Fear’ has been attempted.]
[It has failed.]
[‘Curse: Confusion’ has been attempted.]
[It has failed.]
[‘Curse: Addition’ has been attempted.]
…..
Messages that popped up the moment they entered the dungeon.
They all had dreary faces trying to endure the vestige of the powerful Monkey King.
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There wasn’t a limit on the attempts of curses, and if this kept up, they would be in real trouble.
Victoria waved her hand in the air. Then, a light appeared and slowly pushed away the dark energy crowding around them.
[Since the Monkey King has been sealed for over hundreds of years, his vestige is strong. Everyone focus.]
His strong existence had a mind of its own, and continued to contaminate its surroundings with its vestige.
His vestige could only be strong, since he was once a being that battled with the heavens.
And misfortune gave rise to larger misfortune.
The Monkey King’s vestige considered Yeon-woo’s party prey, and tried to pollute them with its color.
As much as the pathways to their consciousness were open, the vestige was trying to enter them.
If you didn’t have the ability to use a skill like Open Speaking, you would’ve died already.
Victoria managed to block the vestiges entrance using her magic.
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But from what Yeon-woo saw, it was only a temporary solution.
And that wasn’t the only problem.
[Is this the right way?]
[I think so. For now.]
Rebecca asked Victoria this several times and confirmed again and again.
Their movements were restricted because something might suddenly pop up.
Just like how they weren’t able to search anything from the outside, it was the same inside.
No matter how much they tossed their consciousness over, the vestige of the Monkey King blocked it.
Eventually they were in the same state as when they first entered the 5th mountain, with all their senses blocked off.
Thankfully, they knew the environment they were in, but this didn’t really help at all.
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Then, a ghostish sound came from inside. It might’ve been simply wind, but it was clear, like the vestige was crying.
Even if their hearing was closed, they felt as if they could really hear it.
Rebecca clenched her teeth. The same thoughts repeated in her head.
Could they really enter like that? They still had a while to arrive where the last signal Kindred had sent was coming from.
Even the entrance was this hard, just how hard would it be inside?
At first, she had been suspicious, but now she thought that it was weird for Kindred to have died. This place might be their graves as well.
Her god, Cernnunos, had told her to judge between situations where she should step up or step back. Rebecca’s judgement told her to step back.
But her feet didn’t move towards the entrance.
The inheritance of the Monkey King. The treasures that made a simple monkey into something great was inside there somewhere. The Magic Stick and the 72 Arts kept on popping up in her mind.
‘Fine. Let’s just try it. What could happen? Kindred was alone, but I’m different. If something happens…I can leave them, or use this escaping scroll.’
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And the skill that Cernnunos had given her was outstanding. God Wit. With this, she could leave anytime she was in danger.
No, she convinced herself she could pull herself out.
And it wasn’t just her who thought this, but also the others.
They all looked like moths flying in the light, knowing they were in danger.
***
Yeon-woo slowly moved and observed his party.
From the continued attack from the Martial King, Rebecca somehow resisted using her skill, and Victoria continued to put up her defenses with her magic.
But from what Yeon-woo saw, they were making a big mistake.
‘They won’t last long that way.’
He couldn’t tell the exact details, but Rebecca was using a significant amount of magic. And Victoria’s runes were almost running out.
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If they kept that up, by the time they got to the center of the dungeon, they would be exhausted.
On the other hand, Kahn was different.
He didn’t use a particular skill. Instead, he didn’t spread his consciousness wide and focused it around him to block off the vestige.
Since the person said to be weakest of the three was defending himself best, Yeon-woo laughed.
Victoria and Rebecca seemed to have forgotten the basics during their long training.
The strength of a god and comfortable rune magic. If they had only been researching these do, they wouldn’t have found any dangers.
Even though the basics were the most important.
‘But…..what was this guy trying to say?’
Yeon-woo looked at Kahn’s expression. He still couldn’t tell what he was thinking. And even when he said something, there was no reply. Like he was focusing hard on something.
Eventually, Yeon-woo turned away from Kahn. He would speak when it was time. It seemed like it wasn’t time yet.
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Instead, he spread out the territory of his Extrasensory Perception and looked at his environment.
Yeon-woo comparatively had it easier than his struggling party.