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Surrounded by Darkness (BL)

[ Surrounded by Darkness - A Solo Leveling Fan-Fiction ] Witness... The Story of Sung Jin-Woo, his relationships with family, friends, and a certain inspector from the Korean Hunter Association's Surveillance Department. Explore... Jin-Woo's New Shadows & Powers A New Successor of Monarch of Destruction A New Ending with More Action & Much More... --- Notice - It's an AU Version of Solo Leveling with a Better Ending and Some Fans Demand Service, It's a Good Story If You Ignore or Manage with BL. Please Don't Comment on That Topic, Everyone has their Own Likes and Dislikes. Hope You Enjoy the Story. --- Tag- #BL --- Weekly Upload - 6 Chapters [ 3 On Saturday & 3 On Sunday] - Not Uploading RightNow NOTE - BE PATIENT, YOU WILL LOVE IT LATER. Significant changes in canon after Episode 5! --- Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the Original Novel or Characters. All credits go to the respective Authors. The Cover art is not mine. - Solo Leveling (I Alone Level Up) by 추공 (Chugong) - Solo Leveling: Surrounded by Darkness (Fanfic) by Draska - Solo Leveling: Surrounded by Darkness (Fanfic) - Translated & Edited by RedX43 ---

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Chapter 5

- It's... a runic text.

Words that could not be found anywhere on Earth. Language not created by man.

Can only be found in dungeons; only hunters who had "awakened" the magic profession could decipher them.

These hunters did not learn this alphabet. They had never seen it before their eyes. And yet, the first time around, any magician looking at this inhuman alphabet could decipher it.

It was one of the many mysteries brought by gates appearing out of nowhere on earth.

- Let me take a look. - Mr. Song tilted his head up. - Commandments of the Temple of Carthenon. First, honor your master. Secondly, praise your master.

With a deeply upset expression, Jin-Woo listened to the contents of the board read by Mr. Song.

I hope that there will be an explanation for it. The more unknown, unexpected things he noticed here, in this place, the more he was getting nervous for some reason.

However, someone suddenly pulled his arm, interrupting his listening.

When he looked back, he noticed Ju-Hee and her deathly pale complexion.

At the same time as she pointed at something in front of him, Mr. Song read the third and final commandment.

- Thirdly, witness your faith.

- Her eyes moved. She looked at us... - Ju-Hee whispered in fear.

Surprised and confused, Jin-Woo looked at the huge motionless statue sitting on the throne.

- What? You must have seen something coming.

After these words, an unexpected chill ran down Jin-Woo's spine. As if someone had poured ice water on him.

He had a strange feeling... That in this quiet and peaceful place, everything had suddenly become... still.

As if time had stopped. Suddenly there was such a deadly calm that the air became colder. Although it wasn't very warm here before.

- The unfortunate people who do not fulfill the commandments will not leave the temple alive. - Mr. Song read, becoming more and more worried.

After his last words, as if something wanted to emphasize them, the door to the temple slammed shut with a loud, terrifying creaking of rusty hinges.

The door closed with such great force that the two old knockers jumped up and then fell down, hitting the door and making more noise.

The previously prevailing atmosphere of anxiety in the group turned into pure fear.

The hunter who had been the first to oppose the continued exploration of the dungeon by raising his hand and voting to return, now began spitting curses as he took large steps towards the door.

- It was a mistake to come here. Keep doing this crap but without me. I am off.

- Boss, treasure, and whatever else you can think of! Take it all to hell!

The hunter looked at Song with an expression of reluctance and reproach before he turned his head and placed his hands on the door, wanting to push and open it.

However, as if sensing something was wrong, Mr. Song screamed.

- Don't touch the door!

But it was too late.

The hunter's head flew up and then fell to the ground with a thud, and on the previously clean door, there was a large stain of splattered scarlet blood, contrasting greatly with the navy blue paint.

The hunters began to scream and moan in terror at the sight.

The stone statue that had crushed the hunter's head with its steel club returned to its original place next to the door as if nothing important had happened, even though its body was completely covered in fresh blood.

- It's moved!

- Impossible!

- We have to fight this thing!

- Does this mean that every statue here moves?!

However, unlike the others here, Jin-Woo knew the truth.

Their troubles were just beginning.

The eyes of the great statue were on them, the healer had told him so.

If what she said was true...

A chill quickly ran down his spine.

Jin-Woo forced his stiff neck to turn around so he could look back.

- Holy crap.

The stone statue of the god was looking straight at him.

***

Jin-Woo didn't know how long their stay in this hellish place had passed.

However, only six of the seventeen hunters remained. Two of them were seriously injured.

Jin-Woo lost his left leg up to the knee and Mr. Song lost his left arm above the elbow.

The key to their survival, or at least prolonging their lives, turned out to be the commandments read by Mr. Song earlier.

The large statue sitting on the throne was not a king as Jin-Woo had wrongly assumed before the whole massacre.

He was a god.

This temple had certain rules.

These rules were read by Mr. Song from the stone tablet.

First, honor your master. Secondly, praise your master. Third, witness your faith.

Thanks to Jin-Woo, they managed to learn this pattern and fulfill the first two commandments of this place.

Unfortunately, this cost many hunters their lives.

Any mistake, wrong decision, or even a movement of the body could cost them their lives. It's been said many times already this convinced them.

Finally, with one movement of his hand, the great statue of God pulled the strange altar out of the ground. Its tip was the seal that Mr. Song had been looking at before all this carnage.

They didn't know what to do now. There was no chance of outside reinforcements arriving before those statues got to them. Today has been exactly a week since this gate appeared.

And that could mean disaster. The guilds were not interested in this gate because it had a poor D rank. A guild rally would be unprofitable considering the earnings that could be obtained from this category.

The association waited unwisely until the last minute, also downplaying the matter.

However...

Each gate opened after seven days.

Then any monster from a given gate could go to their world.

The hunters' main goal was to defeat the boss of the dungeon before the seven days were over.

And if they deceive now, these terrifying stone monsters will be able to move on to Seoul. Each of these statues was terrifyingly unrealistically strong.

This room seemed to them to be at least category B or maybe even A.

This meant that if these monsters appeared in Seoul before one of the three largest guilds in the country based in the capital appeared, these dowries could kill a lot of people.

Without much choice, all six of them approached the altar, watching with their hearts the behavior of the god's statue. However, it wasn't moving yet, which meant they weren't doing anything wrong for now.

As the six of them approached the altar, small flames ignited around it. There were six of them.

There were as many hunters at the altar.

These flames were the usual color.

Then many more blue flames appeared in a larger circle around them.

The same color as on the walls. Jin-Woo hurriedly counted their number. There were exactly 36 of them.

The next thing was the door opening. They simply burst open on their own as both types of flames appeared around them.

While everyone took their eyes off the stone statues and stared at the door in disbelief, the statues began to move again.

At first, none of the six knew why the statues started moving like that.

Only when Jin-Woo looked from one side did the statues stop, as if reacting to his gaze.

Surprised by this, he looked in another direction and realized that the statues on this side had stopped, and on the other side he was no longer looking at them, they were moving again.

The statues started walking towards them when they weren't looking at them.

Each of the six hunters looked at the door at the same time when it suddenly opened.

That's why the statues moved on them.

Jin-Woo shouted to the others not to take their eyes off the statues. They had to watch them all the time.

Suddenly the blue flames began to disappear. One after the other. At similar intervals.

Jin-Woo, still looking at the statues, raised his wrist, looking at his watch out of the corner of his eye.

One blue flame went out at an interval of one minute.

It was quite likely that one of the main points of the third law was to remain in the altar until all 36 blue flames were extinguished.

In other words, as long as everyone keeps a close eye on the statues, they will be safe. It's quite possible that no one had to die on this last task.

Wanting to get a more accurate estimate of the remaining time, Jin-Woo began counting the number of blue flames again.

There are still thirty left.

They only had to last thirty more minutes!

Unfortunately, Jin-Woo made a huge mistake just then.

As he counted the number of blue flames, his eyes briefly left the statues he was about to observe.

They started moving again.

The man standing on the opposite side saw this and screamed and ran towards the door without looking back. He just couldn't stand it anymore, mentally, what was happening.

As soon as he left the altar, one of the red flames disappeared.

Jin-Woo shouted after the man.

However, he ran like crazy and escaped through the open door, unstoppable by any of the statues.

- What the hell?! This guy just made it out alive?!