Before entering Eun-gwang High School, Ma Jin-seung's life was very simple.

He was born as a player in a dangerous era with other worlds and enemies, so he became strong.

The idea of ​​'becoming strong' was ingrained in Ma Jin-seung's simple thinking, and he acted accordingly.

Ma Jin-seung did his best to become strong, and before entering Eun-gwang High School, he was considered the strongest middle school student in the area.

Ma Jin-seung's simplicity began to crumble after competing with middle school students from all over the country for the Eun-gwang High School entrance exam.

'There's such a big difference between the top and second place! And why is my Gwang-rim like this!'

Ma Jin-seung safely entered Eun-gwang High School, but his ranking was not even close to the middle, and the gap between the top place Cheon Dong-ha and the second place Yeom Jun-yeol was huge.

In addition, the Gwang-rim he finally obtained was not satisfying at all.

Even if Ma Jin-seung, who had a loud voice, shouted for a hundred days, only a few pieces of grass rose.

However, Ma Jin-seung simply thought, ‘Fight a strong rival, win, and become stronger!’ and annoyed Yeom Jun-yeol.

However, Ma Jin-seung did not have enough strength to carry out his simplicity.

As his trustworthy seniors died on Christmas Eve and Eun Kwang-go became more and more strange, Ma Jin-seung gradually began to have complicated thoughts.

‘If Dong-ha and Ham Geun-hyeong hadn’t been here, I would have suffered even more... ... .’

Ma Jin-seung, who didn’t know how to use tricks but had a sense of justice, was a good target for Choi Pyeon-deuk’s gang.

Ma Jin-seung often raised his voice while protecting Andain, who was being treated unfairly, and ended up getting punished together with her.

The only good thing was that Ma Jin-seung’s voice was so loud that he quickly gathered attention and contacted Cheon Dong-ha and Ham Geun-hyeong.

As a result of Ma Jin-seung’s unusually complicated thoughts, he simply concluded, ‘I have to become stronger!’ and annoyed Yeom Jun-yeol even more when he stopped studying abroad and returned.

Because Ma Jin-seung was simple-minded, he lacked introspection and did not properly know what kind of power his Gwangrim had.

At least until this moment.

“Did Jin-seung call all of this?”

“Is this the Gwangrim that called the withered grass?”

Ma Jin-seung’s Gwangrim had the power to surprise Cheon Dong-ha and Yeom Jun-yeol.

Ma Jin-seung called the grassland, the wall of grass, and the ceiling in Ninety-Nine Valley where heavy rain was pouring down.

Cheon Dong-ha analyzed the players who were presumed to be assassins, their locations, objectives, and tactics, and quickly briefed them on the impact of the death of Yeom Jun-yeol, who was presumed to be the target, but Ma Jin-seung did not understand even half of it.

However, he understood that the opponent was targeting Yeom Jun-yeol, who was weakened by the rain, and that it would be a big problem if Yeom Jun-yeol died.

‘Why did Gwangrim activate so well?’

Ma Jinseung still didn’t understand the principle of Gwangrim activation properly.

If Ma Jinseung had thought at this point, ‘I’m getting strong enough to defeat an assassin!’, nothing would have happened.

However, Ma Jinseung had understood the power of Yeom Junyeol and Cheon Dongha while he was at Eun Gwang High School, and he knew that it was impossible for him to become as strong as them right away.

So Ma Jinseung changed the thought of ‘I’m getting stronger!’ that always dominated his simple thought circuit to ‘I’m protecting them from the rain!’

As a result of using his power to protect someone, Ma Jinseung’s Gwangrim, ‘The Shout Calling the Grassland’, was properly activated for the first time.

In response to Ma Jinseung’s shout, grass sprouted from the ground filled with wisdom and moisture, and walls and ceilings made of vines were created thanks to Ma Jinseung’s wish to protect his friend from the rain.

“This power is great, but it won’t be able to stop the supernatural powers of the players that Dong-ha found.”

When Yeom Jun-yeol touched the wall of grass with his hand, the wall collapsed with a rustling sound.

The wall of grass was able to block the rain and hide his appearance, but its durability wasn’t that great.

Ma Jin-seung was dispirited, but he couldn’t refute those words.

Gwang-rim, who had properly activated it for the first time, didn’t have enough power to reverse this situation.

However, Cheon Dong-ha seemed to think differently.

“Considering the amount of supernatural power that Jin-seung had just consumed and the scale of the distorted space, there is a possibility.”

“What possibility?”

“The possibility of escaping Jun-yeol from this space.”

Ma Jin-seung was delighted at Cheon Dong-ha’s words, saying, “That possibility has come about!” but Yeom Jun-yeol didn’t hide his impatience and said.

“Don’t say it as if I’m the only one who’s going to escape.”

“Did that sound like that?”

Instead of giving a definite answer, Cheon Dong-ha spoke coldly.

It was a similar tone to the one he used with Ma Jin-seung, who was watching the sun set while trapped in the fire prison that Yeom Jun-yeol had made.

“They’re after you. If you stay close, we’ll be in danger. Use Jin-seung’s power to open an escape route. Go.”

“Dong-ha...!”

Yeom Jun-yeol sighed, unable to refute the words that it would be more dangerous if we stayed together.

Cheon Dong-ha added a few more logical words to persuade him, and Yeom Jun-yeol gave in.

Cheon Dong-ha drew an escape route in the air with his supernatural powers and said his final greeting.

“Be careful. Make sure you survive.”

Unlike the cold eyes he had used to persuade Yeom Jun-yeol and discuss the strategy, his last words were affectionate.

Ma Jin-seung was busy rebuilding the wall of grass that the assassins were destroying a few steps away, and making a maze as Cheon Dong-ha had instructed, so he couldn’t even say hello to Yeom Jun-yeol.

Instead, he waved his hand to cheer, but Yeom Jun-yeol had already turned his back and disappeared into the maze of grass.

When Yeom Jun-yeol had completely moved away, Cheon Dong-ha spoke softly.

“They won’t leave any witnesses. They might catch us and use us as bait to lure Jun-yeol out.”

“What? Didn’t you say that Jun-yeol would be safe if he went far away and we held out until Ji-won arrived?”

“He won’t come. We prepared like this, so there’s no way we wouldn’t have been prepared. There’s a chance that it’s a trick. The earlier Ji-won arrives, the more cautious we should be.”

Ma Jin-seung couldn’t think of complicated thoughts, but he wasn’t lacking in intelligence.

Ma Jin-seung guessed that he would soon die.

It was scary, but he wasn’t scared when he thought of his seniors who had fought on the front lines to protect them and gone first.

He felt courage when he thought of all the things his seniors had done for their juniors.

‘Dong-ha is manipulating the device, right? Communication is not working... ... Ah, you’re leaving a record for the next person!’

Just as Ma Jin-seung had guessed, Cheon Dong-ha was leaving what he had found out for Joo Soo-hyuk.

After finishing his input, Cheon Dong-ha buried the device in the ground to prevent it from breaking.

When communication resumes, the device buried underground will automatically send a message including the coordinates where it was buried.

Ma Jin-seung thought about sending a message to someone else and handed his device to Cheon Dong-ha.

“Dong-ha, take this. If you don’t have a device, you’ll look for it with your eyes wide open! I won’t even care. Even if you notice, I’ll buy you time!”

The devices given out by the school had the same design, so he couldn’t tell the difference.

Cheon Dong-ha accepted the device that Ma Jin-seung handed him.

Cheon Dong-ha’s hands trembled a little.

“Jin-seung, I’m sorry.”

“Huh?”

Ma Jin-seung couldn’t understand why Cheon Dong-ha was apologizing.

Cheon Dong-ha was also fighting for his life like Ma Jin-seung.

Also, if Ma Jin-seung was alone, he would not have been able to think of a way to save Yeom Jun-yeol.

Cheon Dong-ha pushed his glasses away, put his fingertips on his eyes for a moment, and then said.

“Jin-seung, from now on, remember everything I showed you, and use Gwanglim in the positions I instruct.”

“Got it!”

Cheon Dong-ha gave clear and definite instructions, just like he would when giving instructions to his members as the leader of the leadership.

Cheon Dong-ha mainly requested that they use Gwanglim, but there were times when he had to use a consumable item with a flame effect to imitate Yeom Jun-yeol beyond the wall of grass to confuse the enemy.

It was harsh for Ma Jin-seung, who had just learned how to use Gwanglim, but strangely, using the ability wave and moving his body felt lighter and more comfortable than usual.

‘I’m fighting really well right now!’

Ma Jin-seung felt as if he had become an exceptional player.

However, no matter how well the two fought and played perfectly, their limits were approaching.

The assassins, who realized that Ma Jin-seung had created a maze of grass, wanted to kill Ma Jin-seung before Yeom Jun-yeol.

Cheon Dong-ha also went to the front lines to fight and used his eyes to support Ma Jin-seung, but it was impossible to win against the many assassins who were trained to kill people.

However, because the two fought well, the assassins had no choice but to use a desperate trick.

‘That’s... ... .’

Ma Jin-seung clearly witnessed the last power the assassin used.

At that moment, Cheon Dong-ha, whose vision was blocked by blood pouring from both eyes, could not see properly.

Ma Jin-seung collapsed on the meadow he had called with his strength exhausted.

The two thought of Yeom Jun-yeol for the last time.

However, what they had risked their lives to achieve was not achieved in the end.

Yeom Jun-yeol left the two behind and moved.

Even though there was a labyrinth of moving grass, he insisted that he had to hide his presence and move, but it wasn’t easy.

Although Yeom Jun-yeol was multi-talented, he wasn’t used to hiding his presence.

This was because many family members felt anxious if they didn’t sense Yeom Jun-yeol’s energy.

‘It’s not the family’s fault. No one would have thought that this day would come.’

Yeom Jun-yeol, who was much stronger than other children his age and always had bodyguards by his side, didn’t necessarily need to hide himself.

Yeom Jun-yeol had a lot to learn, so he couldn’t help but postpone his training to hide his presence.

Cheon Dong-ha must have known this «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» fact, because he could sense that he was carrying out a diversionary operation from afar.

He was trying to deceive the enemy by using ineffective fire items in terms of power and ability.

‘But it would be more dangerous if I stayed. If they knew that I escaped, they’d start chasing me again! ‘We have to get out quickly, even for the sake of the two of us!’

Cheon Dong-ha used Gwanglim to scan all the distorted spaces and found an escape route.

Ma Jin-seung first opened Gwanglim to open a maze leading to the escape route.

It was quite a distance, but Cheon Dong-ha was confident that Yeom Jun-yeol would be able to escape, and Ma Jin-seung foolishly agreed.

‘If we escape, let’s check the communication first, and if not, let’s join up with Gyeong-gu. The volcano is now stable, so let’s use the strength of the other children..

‘I have to borrow it.’

Yeom Jun-yeol continued his thoughts, comparing Kwak Kyung-gu’s descent route with the location of the ninety-nine valleys.

He finally got close to the escape route.

The moment he escaped the distorted space, Yeom Jun-yeol realized something was wrong.

The sea was close by.

It didn’t make sense to arrive at the coast right after leaving the ninety-nine valleys.

‘Could it be that the space was distorted twice? I couldn’t observe it from inside, but if the space that seemed to be the escape route was connected to another place, it could explain the current situation.’

Yeom Jun-yeol’s thoughts were quickly interrupted.

After the sea, something caught his eye.

It was Yongduam Rock, which he had only seen in pictures but had never seen in person.

The legend of Yongsal, a rock where a dragon trying to ascend to heaven was hit by an arrow and fell, soon turning into stone, was right in front of him.

And on the other side of the rock, dozens of archers were aiming arrows at Yeom Jun-yeol with their bows loaded.