42 Episode 42 - Daedongyeojido, Part II (1/2)
Chapter 15. Daedongyeojido, Part II
Translator: Khan
Editor: RED
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The destructive power created Kim Tae-hoon's fist was enormous yet horrifying. The wall crumbled like a cookie. Splatter! The parts of the wall fell to the floor like a piece of a cookie.
'Ah!'However, Jang Sung-hoon was not surprised by Kim Tae-hoon's fist. All he could see was a ball of translucent vinyl through the broken wall.
Tap tap!Kim Tae-hoon took the plastic bag out of the wall and immediately handed it to Jang Sung-hoon. Jang Sung-hoon accepted it carefully and began to release the plastic. After the plastic was removed from the skin, a luxurious blue roll of silk appeared.
'It's not a common silk.'The silk itself looked like a very high-quality product. The texture was the same. Jang Sung-hoon's touch revealed that the silk was not a relic, but quality silk that was not cheap. Yet it was nothing compared to what was hiding inside the silk.
”… this is so ridiculous.”
A book was revealed within the silk. It was an old book, which could be looked to a normal person as an ordinary book.
'How could this be here?' The letters written on the cover of the book in black ink were enough to make Jang Sung-hoon's mind go dark.
Daedongyeojido 大東輿地圖
”… it's Daedongyeojido.”
Daedongyeojido.
What kind of explanation was needed?
It was the most precious thing Gosanja Kim Jeong-ho had seen in his whole life, and it was also a heritage for future generations. For them to explain and evaluate it would just be ridiculous.
”It's different from the Daedongyeojido that I know.”
”This is the wood-block printed version. To be exact, the Daedongyeojido was made of wood blocks. The Daedongyeojido we see in the textbooks was combined from each wood-block printed version made of wood-block like a puzzle. And this is… probably an unpublished wood-block printed version,” Jang Sung-hoon explained.
At that moment, he recalled the rumor that a wood-block printed version of Daedongyeojido that was not released to the world was floating around. ”I heard a rumor, but I thought it was fake…”
But honestly, when he heard the rumor, he thought it was false. Those kinds of rumors were everywhere, and if it were a wood-block printed version of Daedongyeojido, it would not be just a thing floating around by just rumors. If it were real, very big hands would have moved to take it.
But the rumor was true. And the owner was Baek Sung-taek! 'So he kept it in the wall. Yeah, it's worth keeping it in the wall. A thief can't trust a safe.'
Jang Sung-hoon, who held Daedongyeojido in his hand, asked in return, ”How did you know it was in the wall?”
His Eyes of the Black Snake only saw something in detail, but there was no such ability as seeing through.
It meant that he did not have the ability to see through the wall. However, Kim Tae-hoon, as if it were perfectly natural, punched the wall without any hesitation.
”That's the only part of the wall that has a different texture.”
”Different texture? Did you see it with your Eyes?”
Instead of answering, Kim Tae-hoon's eyes turned black again. With the Eyes of Black Snake, he looked at the wood-block printed version of Daedongyeojido which Jang Sung-hoon held in his hands.
==[Daedongyeojido]
- Relic Grade: Grade 4
- Relic Value: Special
- Relic Effect: The location of monsters are displayed on the map.]==
Jang Sung-hoon also immediately took out his smartphone and confirmed the ability of Daedongyeojido.
Jang Sung-hoon, who had confirmed its ability, began to flip the pages of the book carefully, with his surprised look.
Flip-flip! With the sound of turning over the pages, he scanned the great map of Daedongyeojido, which was divided into pieces.
At the same time, he began to combine the pieces of the map mentally. It was one of his talents.
A person who was not capable could not make counterfeit goods. He had to be able to make counterfeit goods that could deceive others; when he saw the original art, he could recall it perfectly later and then recreate the same in reality.
It was not difficult for Jang Sung-hoon to complete the integrated map in his mind while looking at the broken pieces of the map.
Flip! As soon as Jang Sung-hoon saw the last page, the map was completed in his mind.
”This map is a kind of map nucleus.” He quickly figured out its characteristics.
”A map nucleus?” Kim Tae-hoon put his head a little to one side. The game term was not familiar to him.
Jang Sung-hoon began to explain for him. His fingers began to scan the wood-block printed version of Daedongyeojido again.
Soon his hand stopped, and he showed the page to Kim Tae-hoon. A lot of red and orange lights were clustered on the map which was broken to pieces.
”This is the map of the place that is now Bucheon.”
”These lights…”
”... mark the monsters.”
”In detail.”
”It marks the monsters around, starting with the owner of the map. It's like a radar. It can show small things close by, but those far away can only show big ones. The small ones here mean the weak monsters, and the big ones mean the powerful monsters.”
One question came to mind when Kim Tae-hoon heard this. ”What's the highest level of monsters we've ever seen?”
”There is a dark blue light on Mt. Halla and Mt. Baekdu in Jeju Island.”
Dark blue meant that there was a monster of the same grade as the dragon at the beginning and the end of the Korean Peninsula.
That was not good news.