Chapter 1231: Warangwarang (3)
Halla Mountain's Seongpanak Course
At the moment when about 20 students from Class 0 of the 3rd year out of the 300 who had chosen the course deserted, and the device stopped receiving satellite information, ominous signs of volcanic eruption appeared.
Amidst the signs of volcanic activity, a corrupted darkness began to approach.
There were no students with eyes like Cheon Dong-ha’s in this area, and no one immediately recognized that this was the corrupted darkness recorded in the myth of the Great River, but instinctively, everyone knew they had to avoid it.
The volcano suddenly becoming active was already shocking enough, and with communication cut off and an unknown force descending upon them, panic spread as students began to show fear.
"I’m not the only one thinking of Christmas Eve, right?"
"If we hadn't had Teacher Yong blocking it with spatial magic back then, we would've probably gotten hit by some strange snow!"
The students of Eun-gwang High School couldn't help but view the volcanic eruption as more than just a natural phenomenon.
Like the corrupted snow that blanketed the school on Christmas Eve, they began to believe that both the eruption and the ominous darkness were part of someone’s plot, increasing the confusion.
They speculated that the massacre that failed last time might have been the work of someone determined to succeed this time. The students who had taken the Gwan-eumsa course, headed for the summit more quickly, were likely in even more danger. The area below the trail was darker, and the Class 0 students who had begun descending first were probably attacked, and so on.
Negative assumptions spread quickly, especially since many of the students in this group were less confident in their physical abilities compared to those who had chosen the Gwan-eumsa course. It wasn’t long before they were on the brink of panic.
“If someone’s trying to force the volcano to erupt, Jun-yeol would stop them. If it were Dong-ha, he’d probably be able to find a way through the darkness. And with Teacher Je-gal Jae-geol here, do you think the Class 0 kids would just fall so easily?”