Chapter 42: Episode 42 – Daedongyeojido, Part II
Chapter 15. Daedongyeojido, Part II
Translator: Khan
Editor: RED
4.
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 And this is… probably an unpublished wood-block printed version,” Jang Sung-hoon explained.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.
It was a kind of evidence that this world had become so much more miserable than they had imagined.
But there was something else they had to worry about right now; an orange light and a red light were moving on the map!
That meant the monsters were moving!
“Take only what’s important.”
“Yes.”
5.
It was Brown Goblins, attacking the cleaners who were working the road cleared by Kim Tae-hoon. They were familiar monsters to the Mac Clan’s soldiers and Bang Hyun-wook.
“Everybody, get on the truck!”
A Brown Goblin itself was weak. An ordinary armed adult man could sufficiently deal with it.
Kieee!
The problem was that Brown Goblins moved under the command of a Hobgoblin, not individually. Moreover, the unique spell of the Hobgoblin took away the pain and fear from Brown Goblins.
The monsters who lost their pain and horror were terrifying over the imagination. The ferocious waves of the monster groups, numbering more than a hundred, destroyed the fighting spirit of those who faced them, before the fight.
“Awooo!”
In front of this scene, Bang Hyun-wook used the Howling power which he had acquired by eating the monster stone of a Black Wolf given by Kim Tae-hoon.
He dashed toward the Brown Goblins running at him, with the Howling. It was to earn some time and to express his confidence at the same time.
“I’ll kill you all!” At the shout, Bang Hyun-wook’s Energy churned. The Energy made his whole body grow stronger.
Except for Kim Tae-hoon, he had the highest stats in Strength and Health among the Awakeners. Therefore, being stronger than before would be a terrifying thing for the Brown Goblins that had to face him.
Moreover, he was wrapped by the leather armor of the Black Orc.
The leather of the Black Orc was not as strong as the leather of the Black Snake, but it was not the leather which the teeth or the nails of the Brown Goblins could do anything to. Therefore, the battlefield that Bang Hyun-wook threw himself into was like a free batting practice for him.
‘Free batting is that you set the ball and hit it with a bat, free.’
There only difference was that a Brown Goblin’s head was in place, instead of the ball.
Bang! So Bang Hyun-wook started to go crazy. Meanwhile, the Mac Clan’s soldiers in the truck also passed Bang Hyun-wook, and began to pull the trigger at the approaching Brown Goblins.
Tutu! Now their shots were controlled, not wasting bullets, and not pointing guns at allies. No one was as frightened as before and just fired blindly toward the Brown Goblins.
“Kieee!”
Of course, the Goblins that ran into controlled gunshots began to fall rapidly. Nevertheless, the rush of Brown Goblins gradually narrowed the distance to the truck. There was no stopping them. They seemed to be getting faster every time they stepped on a dead colleague.
Kieee! The same was true of the anger in their eyes. The death throes of their companions fanned their anger.
It was a featherless arrow from somewhere that reversed the situation.
Swish!
The movement of the arrow that appeared was similar to that of a skilled person sewing beads. The arrow began to move like it was sewing the heads of the Brown Goblins.
Bloosh! The running Brown Goblins began to fall to the ground like puppets with cut strings, some falling on them and others falling on them again, then a wall was made.
Kieeek!The remaining Goblins fell to the ground, piling onto the bodies of their fellows. It was total chaos. In this ridiculous situation, the survivors were surprised at this absurd jaw-dropping scene, but not for long.
“Wooooooow!”
There was no reason to doubt who created this ridiculous sight.
“Master! Master is here!”
The main character was like a savior to those here now. A real Messiah.
There was no one who would not be proud at the appearance of their savior.
“Master is here!”
“Kill them all!”
So now the eyes of those facing the Brown Goblins began to burn. The spirit they created reached the Hobgoblin, who was commanding the Brown Goblins far away.
Kirr kirrk!
The Hobgoblin shuddered at the spirit that crushed the madness it had created. It was its last act.
His shivering head fell to the ground. A well-prepared Sword had sliced through the Hobgoblin’s neck. At the same time, the pain and horror taken away were returned to the Brown Goblins.
Kiee! Kii, kiii! The Brown Goblins, again feeling pain and horror, began to run away speaking weak death throes.
Bang Hyun-wook looked at the Goblins who ran away silently, and he saw Kim Tae-hoon, who came back after finishing everything.
6.
Jang Sung-hoon carefully wrapped Daedongyeojido and the writing of Choosa Kim Jeong-hee with silk. However, he didn’t need to. When they became the relics, they gained new lives. There was no need to worry about them getting worn out. But he could not dare do otherwise.
‘I never thought I would get this treasure.’
To mistreat a relic which could be only described with the word ‘treasure’ dared not be done by those who devoted their passion and dreams to art.
Jang Sung-hoon prepared a bag to put the precious treasure in. The bag was also a bag containing important things that he always had to carry.
“Eh?”
For example, it had a crystal glass decorated with gold that contained red liquid.