the rules of the temple

Locking eyes with the giant statue, Sung Jinwoo's entire body tensed up in an instant, he broke out in a cold sweat, and recalled a lot of scenes in his mind.

"If those statues can move, that means..."

Sung Jinwoo was not the only one, the leader thought this as he looked towards the statue at this moment.

"Everybody to the floor!!"

A loud voice made everyone react, Sung Jinwoo was taken from the memories of him in which he was on the verge of death, the leader looked at the statue's eyes for a second, his senses told him that he had to obey that voice. .

Seeing the leader and Sung Jinwoo crouch down at this moment, everyone did so without falling behind, although they didn't really know what was going on.

Burst!* Swisssh*

Just a second or two after crouching down, a light flashed in the eyes of the great statue.

Before knowing what happened, the statue shot two beams from its eyes, sweeping across the entire place where the hunters were just now, disintegrating everything in its path, leaving a large line of destruction where its vision passed.

"...!!"

Seeing the scene behind them, the hunters had cold sweat running down their backs, if they didn't follow the Song leader just now, not even his ashes would have been left.

"Thank you for your warning, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid we'd all be dead by now."

Crouching in front, the Song leader looked towards the altar and said in English to the person not far away, that is Har.

Unlike the original story, now there have been no losses, no one died, and the Song leader did not lose his arm.

"Don't thank me, you should just pay more attention."

At the altar, Har responded to the raid leader with a complex expression.

Sung Jinwoo was supposed to give this warning, but by then it would be a bit late and there would be losses, so Har decided to report this earlier.

It's for his own convenience, he knows that in order to get out of here some people are needed, the more the better.

But he's worried about something else, this is supposed to be a test for Sung Jinwoo, the future shadow monarch, if he intervenes too much, wouldn't he be killed by the administrator?

Har couldn't help but swallow in fear thinking of this, he knows that the administrator is the real head of this temple, all the statues are controlled by him as he watches from the side.

This guy is really strong, the S ranks are nothing more than insects in front of him, as a system administrator, all of Sung Jinwoo's future growth is due to him, then Sung Jinwoo would use this power to defeat him, a bit ironic to say the least.

Har was very doubtful, maybe if he lets Sung Jinwoo go in the end, the administrator will kill him, he doesn't need to make a move, these statues are enough to overwhelm him, besides, he might even show up again with another test for Sung Jinwoo or something.

Har was sorry, if he knew he would be in this situation, he would never use the Gate rune even if he was offered all the Kolog seeds in the game, he would first obtain a bunch of fairies, the power of the 4 divine beasts, the ancient arrows, the divine annihilator and the arc of light, at that moment, it would be enough to pat the administrator a little to send him to hell.

"Mr. Link, how did you find out about this?"

Har was pulled out of his thoughts by the Song leader, he asked this with a questioning look, this elf was on the ground even before the statues began to move, so he suspected that he knew what would happen.

The whole place was silent, the hunters waited for the elf's words while paying attention to the big statue, his eyes still looking in his direction and shining with a dim light.

"Didn't you wonder what those commandments are for?"

Har said pointing to the angel with the stone tablet that carries the commandments, he doesn't want conflicts here, if things go wrong it means everyone's death, so it's best to excuse yourself with the commandments while explaining how to get out of here .

"The commandments?"

They all knocked over the angel with the stone tablet unconsciously, but they didn't understand, what does that have to do with it, but Sung Jinwoo seemed to have an idea when he thought about the commandments.

"Listen, those must be the rules to complete this dungeon, the first commandment says: worship the lord, this is the first test, that commandment must be the way to survive now."

When they heard this, some hunters didn't believe him, maybe because it was an elf who said it.

"Nonsense, if you plan to stay here then die on your own."

At that moment, one of the hunters who didn't believe Har stood up, it was the fast young man who tried to hit Har at the beginning.

"With my speed, I'll be through the gate in an instant."

The young man focused his energy on his legs, his muscles swelled and an energy seemed to emanate from him.

swosssh*

Just as he said, his speed increased drastically after accumulating energy, he shot out like lightning and ran halfway to the gate in an instant, however, he had already been targeted by the giant statue.

Burst!* Swisssssh*

A light shone in the statue's eyes and shot two beams that converged in the young man's direction.

The beam passed from the floor to the ceiling, leaving a wide crack in its path.

Tap Tap*

At the place where the young man was running, his entire body was disintegrated into ashes, only his feet were left intact and fell to the ground.

"K-kyaaaaaaah!!!"

"Oh god, what do we do, we will be killed!!"

The hunters panicked even more, trembling with fear and muttering that they should have stayed in their homes.

"Mr. Link, do you have any idea what we should do?"

Faced with this situation, the raid leader could only turn to the only one with an idea of ​​what was happening so far, however, Sung Jinwoo came forward to say his guess.

"Like Mr. Link said, worship god, I think I know what can be."

Faced with these kinds of situations, his sense of danger and his survival instincts are above average, even he becomes even more courageous, he seems like a different person.

"Young Sung, you…"

Seeing Sung Jinwoo slowly get to his feet, the Song leader was surprised and thought that he was just looking for death, however, his words were stopped when he noticed Sung Jinwoo's determined look.

"That's not the look of someone jumping to their death, I hope you succeed."

Sung Jinwoo nodded and straightened his body slowly while explaining the idea to him.

"The first commandment, to worship god, literally means-"

Sung Jinwoo's words suddenly stopped, because right now…

burst*

The light came on in the eyes of the statue, it immediately looked in the direction of Sung Jinwoo and was about to shoot him, but he already seemed to expect this and immediately crouched down.

Sung Jinwoo got down on his knees and seemed to be praying to the statue, then the light in the statue's eyes dimmed and he returned to his original position.

"It literally means, kneel before god, as I thought, Mr. Song, the statue doesn't shoot when someone moves, but reacts from a certain height, that's why it doesn't attack us while crouching."

Sung Jinwoo said with a serious expression, sweat running down his face non-stop, just now he just risked his life to prove this.

Seeing this, the Song leader finally understood, with the elf's words and this explanation from Sung Jinwoo, everything indicates that they can survive this dungeon by following the commandments.

"Everyone, bow down and worship the statue!!"

The Song leader told the others, gradually the hunters obeyed for the sake of their lives, even Har joined them.

Everyone looked at the statue expectantly, hoping to see some change that would show that they had done the right thing.

Just a few seconds later, the gleam in the statue's eyes disappeared, this made the hunters very happy, but their joy did not last long.

Whoa~*

With a sound of rocks colliding, the statue's expression changed for the first time since they entered, his pupils turning red this time, a wide and terrifying smile formed on his face with the movement of the rocks that make up his face. .

"Wha-what happens now?"

"Why are you smiling?"

While these hunters were paying attention to this, Har understood what it meant, the first test is complete, now comes the second.

Raaaaaa!!!*

With a thunderous sound, a scene that made the hunters pale with fear could be seen, that giant statue...actually stood up.

"Impossible, impossible!!"

"Should we fight him?!"

They all stood up and began to walk away terrified.

"Young Sung, do you have any ideas?"

The raid leader looked at Sung Jinwoo, but he was still thinking.

"The second commandment, praise God..."

With this said, the hunters began to argue among themselves, and someone from the group reacted and stepped forward.

"If it's praise, I think I can do it, I used to go to church a while back."

As they were doing this, Har had already looked around among the dozens of statues, he knows how to survive this test.

Looking at the religious boy who stepped in front of the statue, Har had a complicated expression for a moment.

'Tch, he just walks to the death of him.'

Sung Jinwoo still didn't realize this, he must be deciphering the hidden meaning of the second commandment, but thanks to having read the original story he already knows all this.

"Stand back, praising god means praising the statue!!"

Before starting to sing what he learned in the church, the religious young man heard that elf shout, following his words unconsciously from him, the young man stopped and backed away, as soon as he did...

Baaam!!*

The statue gave a strong stomp on the place where the young man was previously, the ground trembled and vibrations spread throughout the place.

"A-aaaah"

Pale with fear, the young man continued to slowly back away, just now he almost lost his life, if it weren't for the elf...

But then, the statue smiled even more and began to walk towards them.

"No!"

"He's coming this way, run for your lives!!"

As everyone scattered, Har gave instructions to keep them from running to their deaths from him.

"To praise this god statue, you can't use normal praise, this place has its own rules!!"

Har was running towards a statue with an instrument as he yelled at the top of his lungs.

As soon as he arrived, the statue began to play the instrument with a beautiful melody.

"Go to the statues with instruments!!"

Har yelled at the others, seeing his situation, the hunters trusted him and immediately searched for statues with instruments.

There were dozens and dozens of statues here, but most of them had weapons, if they got close to those statues they would be killed.

Sung Jinwoo trusted Har's words, mostly because he had thought the same thing at the last moment, so he charged Lee Juhee and ran in the direction of a statue with an instrument.

Even though Har had changed the plot and many tragedies had been averted, Lee Juhee's situation is psychological and beyond his reach.

This girl is too afraid of danger, that's why, despite being a B rank awakened healer, she only goes to low level dungeons. he has stopped shaking from the start and can barely stand.

Gradually all the hunters got to safety under the statues with instruments, noticing that the big statue ignored them, they collapsed on the ground and began to cry like little children, they have never appreciated their lives as much as at this moment, however, not everyone is as lucky.

"Hey, why doesn't she start playing?"

Accompanying Lee Juhee, Sung Jinwoo finally came to a statue with an instrument, but unlike the others, this one she didn't play.

Baam!!*

The statue, with a terrifying smile, turned its head unnaturally and fixed its eyes on this place, Sung Jinwoo thought for a second what a difference it was with them and the others, she understood immediately.

'It doesn't work if there are two of us.'

Bam!!*

The statue began to walk in his direction, despite the distance, with its large size it would reach it with a few steps.

Sung Jinwoo's face was instantly filled with shock, she must find another statue, quickly.

Under Lee Juhee's crying, Sung Jinwoo left her and continued to be chased by the giant statue while he searched for an instrument statue.

At a statue not far away, Har looked at Sung Jinwoo with a shocked expression.

'No, don't come here!!'

-End of this chapter-