Seoul Object Story

The man who had been called ‘dog meat uncle’ by the girl was dreaming. He was clearly aware that it was a dream, but he never wanted to wake up from it. It took place on the day he gave up going down the labyrinth.

It was right before he said that he wouldn’t go down the labyrinth any longer.

That moment was a dream that would last forever. Time had stopped so he could now grab the opportunity to change the future, he could say, ‘Let’s continue going through the labyrinth together!’

It was the 43rd floor of the labyrinth, in a forest covered with coniferous trees. It was a day when heavy rain was falling so it was difficult to see ahead. However, the rain pouring down like the sky was punctured had stopped as if time had stopped.

He saw himself standing in front of his colleagues, with a serious expression on his face, about to open his mouth. If he had gone into that body like this, it would probably have been a dream where time would flow again. After all, It was a past he wanted to change.

After he said he didn’t want to go down the labyrinth again, his comrades who had left him on the 43rd floor and went down never came back. However, the man still could not bring himself to say, ‘Let’s continue through the labyrinth together!’

After all, he was scared.

But at the same time, he also didn’t have the courage to wake up from the dream.

After all, it was a past he wanted to change.

He did not have the courage to change his past choices, nor did he have the courage to affirm his choices and wake up from the dream. Thus, it was destined to remain frozen in time forever.

Even if it was a dream, even if he knew the terrible future, he could not say that he would go down the labyrinth with his comrades. From the man’s perspective, who had realized the structure of the labyrinth, he could no longer choose to go down.

It was a realization that was close to foresight.

The labyrinth granted superhuman strength to those who broke through it. It granted more strength as they advanced further. It granted the adventurers what they had always wanted.

Incredible strength, great looks, magic, and swordsmanship, powerful items.

If they kept going in and out of the labyrinth, it would be theirs forever.

But there’s no such thing as a free lunch.

Humans who gained the power from the labyrinth became more and more strange.

Arrogance and sense of superiority?

No, it wasn’t that normal strangeness.

They became a real madman.

Insane mentality with endless hatred for humans and rambling without context.

The moment that mentality exceeded a certain level, the labyrinth consumed them. Those people never returned from the labyrinth.

However, even though most people knew about that, they couldn’t stop going down the labyrinth. After all, ‘strong power’ was addictive.

The dog meat uncle was the only one who stopped going down the labyrinth after passing the 30th floor.

The difficulty of the labyrinth was easy to clear as long as someone carefully progressed step by step like a game.

However, people went crazy after they gained power.

When he thought about those two things, the purpose of the labyrinth became clear.

The labyrinth was transforming humans into something else. It was selecting those who could maintain their sanity after they were transformed.

Because of that, the man could not go any further. The reason was because he had already lost himself. He could no longer remember what he had been doing while living in Japan, or what kind of person he had been.

But ironically, the foresight he had gained after losing himself led him to the realization of the structure of the labyrinth.

He stood still and thought for a long time, but the heavy rain, like tears shed by the sky, did not move at all.

It was a frozen dream where no sound could be heard, yet the sound of the heavy rain hitting the trees and the earth was still stuck in his ears.

Several years passed, but the image of this coniferous forest was still vividly etched in his eyes like a painting.

The man could do nothing, just standing in place, unable to choose anything.