Chapter 297: Seventy-Fifth Floor, The Old Man and the Spirits (3)
[Resolve the old man’s regrets. Time remaining: 11 hours 43 minutes.]
It didn’t take long for Hyun to return from the hut. Maybe ten seconds at most?
“Success!” he exclaimed out of sheer relief.
Although looking at him now, he seemed like he had always been confident that it would work. Or perhaps he simply liked to prepare for every possibility.
Watching him approach, I hesitated for a moment. I wanted to ask him about my suspicions, but doing it now didn’t feel correct.
I still don’t feel confident about my suspicions.
Despite that, I was confident about one thing, but even that led to multiple possibilities.
Since my suspicions could be confirmed by just using the Spirit Stone, there was no point in testing the waters now. Asking prematurely could even affect the outcome of the trial. Confirming things later would be better.
I waited in silence while Hyun made his way back.
His face betrayed his tension as he cleared his throat. “Well then, let’s begin. Please step onto the array.”
He gestured toward the magic circle he had summoned me with, with a tilt of his head. Or perhaps it was a shamanic sigil, given his craft.
Either way, I was a little surprised. I had assumed it was designed solely for summoning, but apparently, it could serve as a gate to the past as well.