In the Name of God - Chapter 107.2
Before Kwon Jeong-han could even say anything, Lee Sunho drew his sleek longsword. Then, before he could be stopped, he lightly swung it diagonally in front of him. With that, the tightly closed elevator doors were cleanly severed following the trajectory of the sword, falling into the empty space behind.
“What are you doing?! Weapon use is forbidden in the market!”
Startled, Kwon Jeong-han quickly looked around, but other people seemed too busy moving to notice the sight.
Lee Sunho silently put the sword back into the scabbard on his back.
Click—
Hearing that sound, Kwon Jeong-han opened his eyes wide at a sudden thought. His gaze moved toward the spot where the elevator doors had been severed.
‘There was no sound.’
Prestige Market was a building consisting of 5 floors above ground, and the place where they were currently standing was the 3rd floor.
If so, the cleanly cut elevator door pieces should have naturally made a sound as they crashed into something while falling. However, astonishingly, not a single sound was heard.
Only then, feeling the anomaly, Kwon Jeong-han realized that even the spot where the rope moving the elevator up and down should be visible was completely filled with jet-black darkness.
The occurrence of this abnormality was right after Seong Do-yoon rode the elevator down alone using the mysterious black card key.
The powerful vibration that shook the market building, and even the pitch-black darkness seen right now.
It was far too artificial to be a coincidence.
The moment he realized that, the back of his neck throbbed sharply. Kwon Jeong-han instinctively realized that all of this stinging pain was connected to Seong Do-yoon.
In short, Seong Do-yoon was in danger.
‘By the way, why…’
Kwon Jeong-han’s gaze, filled with doubt, turned toward Lee Sunho. His face had turned cold as if wearing an expressionless mask.
However, Kwon Jeong-han’s innate intuition could faintly read the emotions hidden behind that mask of Lee Sunho.
‘Why does it feel like he was waiting for this situation?’
Before the question could be resolved.
Grab—
“Huh?”
Lee Sunho’s hand grabbed Kwon Jeong-han by the collar.
“Let us go.”
He had no intention of waiting for Kwon Jeong-han’s answer.
Grabbing Kwon Jeong-han by the collar, Lee Sunho threw his body into the empty elevator space all at once.
“What? Wait a minute—! Argh!”
Leaving behind Kwon Jeong-han’s surprised scream, the two began falling rapidly into the pitch-black darkness.
***
Meanwhile,
Completely unaware of the situation above, I could feel nothing other than the very fine vibration of space moving, let alone an earthquake.
Even though it was long past the time for my eyes to get used to the darkness, nothing could be made out, it felt as if I had already penetrated the building’s foundation and descended hundreds of meters deeper underground.
‘How far down am I going?’
According to the information gathered beforehand, Prestige Market consisted entirely of a 5-story building above ground. I knew that not even a parking lot was constructed underground, so for that information to be correct, the depth that allowed such an endless descent right now could not be explained at all.
I naturally placed my hand on my holster.
Knowing that Prestige Market was built on top of a completely sealed dungeon, I could not regard the current situation as a mere coincidence or illusion.
Just then.
Ding—
Along with a clear chime, the subtle vibration stopped. As if finally arriving at the bottom, it descended no further.
Before long, the front split vertically and spread open to the left and right, casting a soft light.
Even though the darkness opened and light flowed in, everything within sight was entirely black.
An infinite space where neither ceiling nor walls could be seen.
In the middle of that vast darkness whose end could not be gauged, a single antique lantern was burning lonely atop a solitary wooden table. Only that light was illuminating my feet like the sole signpost I could rely on in this massive darkness.
Parting the thick curtain of darkness where the lantern’s light could not reach, someone stepped out.
“Welcome.”
It was the very elderly man who had handed me the black card key in the 3rd floor lounge earlier.
“It is an honor to meet you like this.”
Wearing a benevolent smile, he bowed his waist to me with polite movements.
Before I even had time to be surprised by the elderly man whose demeanor was quite different from when we met on the 3rd floor, he met my gaze with eyes soaked in various emotions.
“Our sole god, Lord □□□.”
As if even daring to meet my eyes was overwhelming, an overflowing reverence dripped from his voice as he called my name.
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