The ceiling of the subway station suddenly trembled.
Lee Suhye raised her head at the trembling ceiling and narrowed her eyes. Were they fighting still?
There was still some time before the 4th Fable came to an end. Normally, anyone who has obtained the required points would choose to maintain quiet and observe the situation. After all, It was only a few hours before the end of the 4th Fable. So it didn't make sense.
...Why would anyone choose to fight at this time? Don't tell there are still people that haven't obtained the required points? In that case, I guess that's understandable. But why choose to fight now? Wouldn't all that commotion attract unnecessary attention? If I remembered correctly, there was a huge monster roaming about?
She sighed and thought those people was foolish.
Although she only caught a glimpse of the creature resembling a Lovecraftian Monster that has been roaming about, she instinctively knew that nobody in Seoul would be able to defeat that thing. Perhaps even that 'person' would be powerless infront of such a creature.
...Speaking of the Devil, It seems she's about done here.
Lee Suhye turned her head towards a certain direction and saw a woman in a white coat cleaning her sword.
Soo Jinyoung.
Of course, one would immediately assume she was very young despite being 27 years old. But she was rather older than she appeared on the surface. If Lee Suhye learned the true age of Soo Jinyoung, she would be completely shocked. No, if she really learned her true age, she would not see tomorrow.
Lee Suhye looked around the subway station that was littered with blood and the bodies of fallen players.
She thought it was strange. The more she stayed with this woman, the more that strange feeling intensified.
...I don't understand. How could anyone be this strong? This is the Fourth Group she had eliminated but she doesn't look tired at all. And all these people were not even able to put up much of a fight. It was a complete massacre. Was she cheating somehow?
I don't think I would be able to defeat all that people on my own.
It was natural for her to think like this. She was a long ranged fighter. As such, she would in a complete disadvantage if she was surrounded by enemies.
But the same logic did not apply to Soo Jinyoung. It almost felt as though she was the one jumping them instead.
She sighed.
What was the point of her being here if she was not going to do anything? Maybe she should have gone back to the warehouse.
In the next moment, after she was done cleaning all the blood on her sword, Soo Jinyoung finally opened her mouth.
"As I thought, Song Jaewon is not here. Tch! Did that person send me on a wild goose chase?"
She clicked her tongue in irritation.
Lee Suhye cautiously approached Soo Jinyoung. The woman wearing a white coat seemed deep in thought as she kept mumbling something about 'Song Jaewon' under her breath. With a single glance, It was clear she held great resentment against that person. As such, It was only natural for one to wonder about her story.
Lee Suhye debated for a moment whether to speak up. After all, Soo Jinyoung's mood seemed far from pleasant, and she wasn't one to enjoy getting caught up in someone else's frustration.
But before she could decide, Soo Jinyoung's calculating eyes snapped up.
"You're still here?"
Lee Suhye froze for a second before forcing a casual shrug.
"Where else would I be? Besides, aren't you the one that said I could come? It's not like I could go anywhere especially with that thing moving around."
"..."
Her words were true. Maybe because of the recent battles that's happening on the outside, that 'thing' would probably be moving above their current location.
Therefore, going outside was no different from committing suicide.
"Tch. Tch."
Soo Jinyoung grunted and sheathed her sword. She stood up and looked around the blood strained Yangjae Subway Station.
Every object existed as a mere outline stretched in black. If an object possessed an intricate inner structure, it would be revealed in meticulous detail on a smaller scale.
It resembled a rough croquis on a white canvas to be precise, almost like an X-ray image.
The eyes that observed this peculiar world erased the surface appearance and revealed both form and substance.
It seemed to reflect the 'real' image that all objects originally had before its distortion. The lines that formed the basis of all things.
Soo Jinyoung referred to those lines as <Errors>
At first, Soo Jinyoung was overwhelmed by the world revealed by the Demon Dragon Eyes. But after multiple experimentation, she began to adapt to the world behind the 'Ilusions'.
How it worked was simple.
For instance, If a boulder was hit by a small knife, the knife wouldn't be able to cut the boulder in a normal scenario. But once the knife hit the black lines displayed on the boulder, the boulder would cut in half as if it was made of tofu.
The [Demon Dragon Eyes] also had a hidden effect but Soo Jinyoung becomes severely drained when she uses it so she can only use it once per day.
But she found it strange that the Demon Dragon Eyes which was an SSS-Class Skill did not work on Kim Jakga. In any case, she discarded that thought at the back of her head.
... Would you look at this? So there was something here after all.
Soo Jinyoung smiled as she noticed a wall filled with black lines. For an ordinary wall, didn't it posseses a great number of errors?
She unsheathed her sword and swung at the wall with great force.
The result?
Kwang!
The wall crumbled with an unnatural ease, as if it were nothing more than paper being sliced apart and dust filled the air. The dust settled down to reveal a hidden passageway that led somewhere underground.
Soo Jinyoung's eyes lit up as she saw the hidden passageway.
"This must be it."
It was a voice filled with certainty. The Demon Dragon Eyes pulsed and scanned deeper into the passageway. Her eyes narrowed as she noticed several black lines leading towards a certain direction like a trail.
Would I find that item if I follow that line? She thought.
Lee Suhye stepped forward hesitantly and peered down the dark corridor. The darkness seemed to be wriggling around like the jaws of a beast. Uncertainty settled into Lee Suhye's heart.
"Are you sure we should go down there?"
"Naturally. Is there anywhere else you want to go? Wait, don't tell me you're scared?"
"What? Of course not. How ridiculous. I'm just wondering why you feel the need to go down there?"
Soo Jinyoung did not answer. She simply stared at Lee Suhye clueless face.
Of course, somebody like Lee Suhye wouldn't know about the hidden pieces. If she did, Soo Jinyoung would have been concerned. In fact, she felt rather relieved that she did not know. After all, clueless people were much easier to manipulate than knowledgeable ones.
Soo Jinyoung shrugged. "As I said before, things will become more difficult after now. So I rather be prepared than to be caught off guard. There's something down there that I need to obtain."
"You're sure what you're looking for is down there?"
"Certainly."
"Well, if you say so."
Lee Suhye loaded her firearm with several rounds and followed after Soo Jinyoung who marched into the darkness without hesitation.
Without question, something was waiting for them at the end of the secret passage.