Chapter 210
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As Seong walked through the dark forest, his senses became sharper. Every small noise sounded amplified, and the fear of something lurking in the shadows heightened.
When fear reaches its peak, people can even hear the sound of their own heartbeat from the depths of their being, sometimes even mistaking imagined noises as real.
But this forest was different.
That didn’t happen to Seong.
It wasn’t just because he was calm and composed by nature.
While the limited visibility in the darkness sharpened his perception, something was missing—
There was no sound.
"Strange."
This was, without a doubt, a forest.
A dense woodland where thick trees blocked out the sky and shadows lurked in every corner.
Even though it was underground—