Seoul Object Story
Chapter 216: The Labyrinth (10)

The monster that gave the challenger a test, the purple doll, was waiting for the challenger with her eyes closed.

After the girl with a magic sword that automatically blocked unexpected attacks passed through, the heavy door slowly began to open again.

Creaaaaaak-!

The challenger must have had considerable strength, as they were able to push the heavy door with a fairly light movement.

However, the moment she saw the challenger who entered the room, the purple doll felt something was seriously wrong.

A small height of about 1m.

Two swords as short as her height.

A gait that was completely unprepared for battle.

The challenger was full of elements that seemed very harmless, but the moment she met the eyes that emit yellow light between the gaps on the helmets, an unknown emotion began to appear on the purple doll’s heart.

It felt as if it was seeing death itself.

The emotion she felt for the first time was what humans commonly call ‘fear’.

As soon as the challenger’s gaze left it, the purple doll desperately scratched the wall to escape, even though she knew it would be useless. But in the end, there was no escape, and the moment the challenger clenched her fist, the doll’s body shattered into pieces.

Although it was not the correct way to pass the set trial, the purple doll felt a deep sense of relief. After all,  it no longer had to face that scary monster.

As time passed, the doll’s shattered body and mirrors were being put back together. The last trial was over, and a new trial was being prepared.

The moment she returned to the perfect trial room, the door began to open again.

Creaaak-!

However, the sound of the heavy door that was slowly opening was mixed with the sound of ominous footsteps.

Plop-! Plop-!

A carefree and happy hop.

Then, the nightmare began again.

Over and over, over and over, over and over.

Until the devil in the challenger’s skin was satisfied.

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The purple doll which had creepy eyes sprouting all over its body rushed forward, swinging its sharp claws. Unlike before, there was no longer any fear in its movements, only desperate determination.

The Black Reaper armor automatic hunting mode stepped back while showering the doll with elegant sword strikes. The battle, which span across the boss room as if it were a well-choreographed dance, ended with me ‘accidentally’ discovering a mirror in the corner of the boss room and destroying it.

When the mirror shattered, the purple doll walked to the spot where it had appeared with a tired gait and collapsed. Then, with its eyes closed and its head bowed, it slowly began to turn to dust and disappear.

The doll had no expression, but its dispersing appearance gave off a ‘dejected.’ feeling.

In the meantime, I stood still in the center of the boss room, which had become an ordinary stone room, and checked the checklist.

<Gray Reaper’s First Boss Room Scenario.>

1. Gray Reaper enters the boss room for the first time and discovers a boss that is standing still. <Clear.>

2. Gray Reaper looks around the mysterious room and belatedly discovers a boss that moves when it takes its eyes off it. <Clear.>

3. Eventually, it opens all its eyes, and Gray Reaper has a spectacular battle with a boss that moves even when it doesn’t take its eyes off it. <Clear.>

4. During the fierce battle, it accidentally destroys a mirror it found and ends the boss battle. <Clear.>

Perfect!

I was satisfied that I got to experience such a wonderful boss battle with a doll that was shouting ‘Get me out of here!’ with its whole body.

At first, I was really disappointed. After all, the first boss battle in the labyrinth that I had really looked forward to ended because the boss was running away as if encountering something so scary.

At that time, I thought about calling the Garden of The Mini Reaper and wiping them all out. However, right before I summoned the garden, I realized.

I could just go back and do it again.

It’s like save scumming when playing a game,

Even though it was Object boss which couldn’t be reasoned with, sincerity was the way to go. I put my heart into it and hit it, hit it, hit it, hit it, and eventually the purple doll understood how I felt.

Since labyrinth experience was important, I knew that it would understand.

By the way, the killing condition of that boss Object was a bit different. Every time I broke the mirror, it seemed like It would die, but It just turned to dust and lost its form, but it didn’t die.

That’s because I could see the destruction conditions with my eyes.

The destruction conditions of the purple doll and the purple room were <Destruction of the 1st floor boss core.>.

The mirror that reflected the doll wasn’t the core.

Since the purple doll was also a harmful doll, it would feel better if I break it, right?

I used my ‘Shining Antenna’ that could find the main body of an Object to find the core buried deep in the boss room, broke it, and started going down the stairs.

Hehehehe, it was a really fulfilling 1st floor boss fight!

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The middle-aged man who the girl called Dog Meat Uncle was wandering around the first floor of the labyrinth.

‘Dog Meat Uncle!’

He felt like he could still hear the girl’s bright voice shouting in the evening when the sun was setting after she returned from the labyrinth. The nickname ‘Dog Meat Uncle’ was given to him because of the story he told her to persuade her who insisted on entering the labyrinth to go home, but the man liked the nickname.

It seemed like a fitting nickname for someone who had given up on going down the labyrinth because he was afraid of the power he gained from the labyrinth.

However, no matter how much he wandered around, he couldn’t find any trace of the girl.

The man had handed the girl the map he had meticulously drawn up when he was still actively diving the labyrinth as if it were something sold at a general store, so there shouldn’t be any problem, but now it was an emergency.

The green burning torch was a strange phenomenon that even the man had never seen before. Moreover, the swallow which had a blade on its leg was also a problem.

With such a dangerous monster placed on the first floor of the labyrinth, it was clear that something had changed. And it was in a way that was disadvantageous to adventurers exploring the labyrinth.

Corpses that had been brutally torn to pieces by swallows.

A strangely empty campsite with only items.

A swallow’s corpse that had been torn to pieces by a sharp sword.

There were many suspicious traces, but there was no trace of the girl he was looking for.

Just where is she?

Then, he discovered a shocking trace.

Pieces of a sturdy bag made with strong leather.

It was torn pieces of a bag that had been deliberately made to look shabby to prevent greedy people from approaching. The very same bag he had sold cheaply to the girl, pretending it was nothing but a shabby bag.

I think she encountered a wolf here.

He looked up at the ceiling and saw that it was a room that was marked as a dangerous place on the map the man had given her.

Why did she come to a place like this? Did she lose the map?

Fortunately, the girl didn’t seem to be hurt.

The only thing on his mind was the corpse of the wolf that had been brutally torn to pieces.

It seemed that a new and dangerous monster had been added in addition to the swallow.

The man picked the pieces of the bag and put them in his pocket, then took out the map and checked it.

I checked all the rooms, but… she’s not there.

So, there was only one place left, the boss room.

It was the worst situation.

The Dog Meat Uncle slowly pushed the door to the boss room with a dark expression. When the door was finally opened, an unexpected sight unfolded before the man’s eyes. A view that looked like an ordinary stone room of the labyrinth.

On top of that, as if he had cleared the boss room, he could see the stairs leading down to the second floor.

Thinking that the boss was playing tricks on him, the man carefully looked around and entered the boss room. Then, he saw a doll with a distorted face in the middle of the room.

The doll looked like it was filled with resentment, as if it was shouting, ‘You tricked me!’

“Is this really the boss? How did this happen?”

The man was so shocked that he didn’t realize that he was muttering his thoughts out loud.

The boss of the labyrinth would keep regenerating no matter how many times they were killed, so why did this happen?

The green torch of the labyrinth, and the boss who was permanently dead.

His knowledge about the labyrinth was collapsing.

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Having successfully completed the first floor of the labyrinth, I began to slowly descend to the second floor of the labyrinth.

As I stepped on each step of the labyrinth stairs, I felt the space distort. Then, the moment I arrived at the base of the stairs, I was transported to a completely different space, just like what happened when I entered the labyrinth.

An incredible cold air rushed in through the gaps on my helmet. Moreover, I could see snowflakes soaring into the sky.

It was an extremely harsh and strange environment, but I had no time to care about it.

!!!!

After all, I could feel a mini reaper in a state of confusion some distance away from me.

I could feel it expressing its will that It could not properly express in words.

Mom!

The Black Reapers were also extremely surprised, and they were screaming at me to go save their brother quickly.

They made a lot of small hands inside their helmets and slapped my face.

Stop!

I shouted out, telling them to stop with my will and started running towards the confused Mini Reaper.

As I ran across the snowy plains, the screams I could hear from far away became clearer.

Kieeeekkk-!

It was a scream that was caused by terrible pain.

What I found at the place I hurriedly arrived at was a giant Black Reaper holding a human inside its body while torturing spiders.

Long arms and sharp teeth.

Eyes that looked like they had been roughly torn and pierced.

Legs that had taken root as if they had melted.

And white burning firewood.

The Black Reaper, which looked like a corpse inside the immutable ball, was extracting pain from its enemy..

It could eat emotions from the Object!

It was a Black Reaper that could do things that even I couldn’t do.

But I wasn’t particularly jealous.

That’s because just looking at the shape of the emotions flowing in, it seemed like it would taste terrible.

Even at a glance, the negative emotions were just hundreds of times more unpleasant while the positive emotions were thousands of times more delicious.

It was so tasteless that the Black Reaper couldn’t even speak properly, losing its mind.

How bad was it for the body that the body of the Black Reaper that ate the emotion of the Object swelled up.

It must be an inflammatory reaction of the Object-Mini Reaper.

That’s dirty. Don’t eat it!

As I expressed my will, the Black Reaper turned its head and started to look at me.

The Black Reaper, who looked confused, didn’t recognize me and started to attack me with its large arms outstretched.

Waahhh! Sinful bastard!

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The battle between the Sinful Reaper and the Armor Reaper was more intense than I thought.

The Armor Reaper dodged the blows with its large hands and graceful movements.

The Sinful Reaper blocked the Armor Reaper’s twin swords with its remaining hand.

Both of them had too much defense compared to their attack power, so they couldn’t land a solid hit.

While watching the battle, I was thinking very hard.

What should I do with that traitor?

It would be fine if I tore it apart with space cutting, but I didn’t want to use such a vicious thing on the children.

Among the abilities I had, there was no way to use it as a love spell.

As expected, there was no other answer than controlling space.

Purge!

As I released my will, the Black Reaper armor shot out in all directions like a scene from a mecha movie.

As I threw the Black Reaper armor and landed on the floor, the Sinful Reaper tried to strike me down with its large fist.

But at that moment, I grabbed the space with both hands and tied it.

Because of that, the Sinful Reaper who had been running wild was frozen in place at that moment as if time had stopped.

It would be hard for the Black Reaper who had no space abilities to escape from it.

Then, I slowly twisted the space and slowly lowered the black reaper’s head to my eye level.

And then I pushed my will toward the black reaper.

I am your mother!

I released such will and started to push the firewood filled with positive emotions to it.

!

“Biiiii!”

Then, the Sinful Reaper realized who I was and started to let out a loud noise and a will that felt as if it was surprised. It was  spewing out emotions like ‘This can’t be happening!’ or ‘No!’ as cracks started to appear all over its body.

As I pushed more and more firewood to it, and the large Sinful Reaper’s body shook as if it was going to break apart. And then, together with white flames, the Sinful Reaper exploded.

The explosion of the white firewood, which had no physical power, scattered like snow, falling down and slowly digging into the ground before disappearing.

And at the center of that explosion.

At the epicenter where the white firewood fell like snow, a girl who had lost consciousness and a Black Reaper were lying down, hugging each other tightly.

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