You Will Be Blessed If You Do Good Deeds¿ - Chapter 80

Lee Pyeong-hwa regained consciousness when murmurs of conversation reached her ears.
âHahaha. This is really messed up, huh?â
âIf you think itâs messed up, then itâs really messed up.â

âSmall talk?â
The conversation seemed surprisingly friendly.
Lee Pyeong-hwaâs mind began to clear slowly.

âItâs not something to brush off as a joke. This is seriously a mess. How did something like this happen during basic training?â
âItâs fine. Thereâve been a lot of accidents like this lately.â
âI donât think someone caught up in all these accidents should be saying that. Anyway, having something like this happen in the military is a huge deal. Itâs a completely closed-off organization.â

âSo, covering it up wouldnât be that hard, huh?â
âThatâs true, but the situation right now⦠sigh, I donât know. Weâll think about it when we get back.â
In her hazy consciousness, Lee Pyeong-hwa slowly recognized the voices.

The voices belonged to Jeong Da-on and Han Jae-young.
Jeong Da-on, who had been living with Lee Pyeong-hwa in the same dormitory for the past three weeks.
And Han Jae-young, one of the strongest magicians in South Korea.

âBut why am I hearing their voices?â
Something about the situation felt off.
âDid I leave the news on before going to sleep... Ugh!â

No, that wasnât it.
Lee Pyeong-hwa suddenly jerked up in alarm.
She had just remembered the situation before she passed out.
But thenâ¦

âAhh!â
âYou shouldnât jump up like that.â
Han Jae-youngâs advice came too late.

Her whole body ached, as if it had been beaten. It hurt more than when sheâd been hit by her terrible teacher while preparing for the competition.
âWhat... is this...?â
She was in so much pain that tears almost came out, but Han Jae-young approached and handed her a potion.

âDrink this. Itâs a painkiller potion.â
âT-thank you.â
âDonât drink too much. Save it.â

Following his advice, Lee Pyeong-hwa took a sip of the potion.
The effect was immediate.
The dull pain that had been assaulting her body subsided significantly.

Only then did Lee Pyeong-hwa feel like she could speak.
âWhat the hell is going on?â
Lee Pyeong-hwa still couldnât understand what was happening.

âWhy are only the three of us here?â
At Lee Pyeong-hwaâs question, Han Jae-young and Jeong Da-on exchanged glances.
It seemed like they were silently passing off the difficult question to each other.

While the two were locked in that silent stare-down, Lee Pyeong-hwa looked around the surroundings.
The scenery was nearly identical to the wasteland she had seen before passing out.
The only difference was that after Han Jae-young and Jeong Da-on picked a spot and set up a campfire, they had laid Lee Pyeong-hwa down in a sleeping bag.

âAre we⦠still in the dungeon? I definitely saw the systemâs escape message.â
ââ¦Hm, donât be shocked, just listen.â
It seemed like Han Jae-young had lost their silent battle.

Jeong Da-on spoke.
Lee Pyeong-hwa met Jeong Da-onâs black eyes, which shimmered like glass marbles.
There was something rare in those eyesâsome trace of discomfort.

âDo you remember when Lee Seung-hee caused the magic overflow?â
Jeong Da-on explained.
Earth and dungeons are fundamentally different dimensions, so the connections between them are unstable.

Even entering a dungeon or returning from one can be unpredictable.
âPlanes are most dangerous when they take off and land, right? Itâs like that.â
Of course, if the systemâs safety protocols are followed, users can usually return to Earth after clearing the dungeon.

But in this case, the problem came from the magic overflow that occurred when the system tried to summon the users back.
Due to Lee Seung-heeâs magic overflow, the connection was severed during the process of summoning users back to Earth.
Originally, the system should have protected the users and sent them back to Earth.

But, the magic overflow caused a malfunction.
The exploded magic hit the dimensional wall.
And as the dimensional wall was breached, the system failed to recover certain users.

It was like an airplaneâs wing exploding and veering off course.
âBy âcertain users,â you mean...â
âThe system summons the weakest users first when recalling them.â

Han Jae-young forced a smile.
âThe strongest individuals in the group were left behind. Thatâs the three of us here.â
âW-what do we do now?â

âAs of now, thereâs no solution.â
Han Jae-young shrugged his shoulders.
âThis dungeon is outside the systemâs domain. Just because we clear the dungeon doesnât mean the system will come to collect us.â

In other words, the three of them had been abandoned in a dimension completely disconnected from Earth.
âThen... weâre stuck here like this?â
âItâs not entirely hopeless. The system operates on the principle of protecting its users, so itâs likely searching for us. And our souls and bodies also have the natural tendency to return to the dimension they belong to.â

â...But the issue is how long it will take for the system to find us.â
âThatâs true. In fact, there are more cases like this than you might think. Have you ever heard of dimensional castaways?â
âUhâ¦â

Lee Pyeong-hwa retrieved that term from the hazy memories.
âThose are the hunters who disappear without a trace in a dungeon and then suddenly return to Earth after a long time?â
âYes, thatâs what dimensional castaways are. Sometimes they return after a few years, but the important thing is that they always return to their original home.â

âHey.â
Jeong Da-on nudged Han Jae-young with her elbow.
âSay that in a more positive way.â

âHmm, I know a person who took six years to get back to Earth, and during that time, he had a kid with a really pretty girl in another dimensionâ¦â
âDo you not know what âpositiveâ means?â
ââ¦I mean, we can get back, but it could take up to six years.â

Saying that made Lee Pyeong-hwa feel even more deflated.
Of course, she had known that it would be dangerous since she had awakened, or at least since she guessed she was an Awakened one.
But she never expected to fall into such a terrible situation in basic training, just a few months after awakening.

âDonât worry too much. Thatâs the worst-case scenario, and it wonât take that long.â
Jeong Da-on said, her expression indifferent, as if she didnât fully grasp the seriousness of the situation.
âHow can you be so sure?â

âThe magic overflow wasnât that large-scale. If the deviation wasnât that great, we wouldnât have drifted too far from the original dimension.â
âThatâs a bit of an overly positive assumption.â
âNo, but hold on a second.â

Lee Pyeong-hwa had been trying to accept the situation as Jeong Da-on and Han Jae-young explained it, but suddenly a new question popped into her mind.
âWait⦠even if there was a magic overflow, Lee Seung-hee wasnât that strong of a hunter. How could she have had enough magic to affect the dimensional wall?â
At that question, Jeong Da-on and Han Jae-young exchanged glances.

âYouâre sharp. A detectiveâs instinct?â
âYou explain this.â
âItâs better if a friend of the same age explains it.â

Jeong Da-on glared at Han Jae-young for a moment, then sighed deeply and spoke.
ââ¦Youâre right, Lee Pyeong-hwa. This was an accident that shouldnât have happened.â
âThenâ¦â

Jeong Da-on spoke slowly.
âSo, this wasnât an accident, but an incident.â
âAn incident? What do you mean by that?â

âMagic overflow can happen among rookie magicians, but this time, there was an intentional external interference.â
âTo be more precise, Lee Seung-hee touched something she shouldnât have.â
Han Jae-young took something out of the air, almost like a leaf, perhaps from his inventory.

It had a strange fragrance, despite looking like an ordinary leaf.
âThis is a herb called an âawakening agentâ among hunters. It temporarily boosts magic. If refined, it can become a magic potionâ¦â

âIf the unrefined illegal potion is used, impurities will accumulate in the magic circuit.â

âWhich means, if you take a lot of this drug and use magic, the magic circuit, filled with impurities, will inevitably explode.â
The shocking revelation made Lee Pyeong-hwa stutter in disbelief.
âSo, Lee Seung-hee...â

âYes. The autopsy showed traces of this drug being taken in large amounts.â
The words fell nonchalantly.
Lee Pyeong-hwa doubted her own ears.

âWhat... what did you just say?â
A corpse.
An autopsy.

She couldnât process what she had just heard.
The meaning behind it wasâ¦
âAre you saying Seung-hee is dead?!â

âYes.â
Han Jae-young nodded gravely.
âWhen the system malfunctioned⦠Lee Seung-hee, the recruit, died from an overdose of magic. I managed to recover part of her body, but⦠thereâs nothing I can return to her family.â

Lee Pyeong-hwa felt her mind go blank.
She couldnât believe it.
Lee Seung-hee was dead?

On top of the already confusing situation, illegal drugs were thrown into the mix.
But now, Seung-hee was dead?
Though it hadnât been long since Lee Pyeong-hwa found out, they had gone through tough training together. Lee Pyeong-hwa had taken care of Seung-hee quite a bit.

The coward who couldnât even leave early because her father was so strict... sheâs dead?
Just like that?
âSo, hereâs the thingâ¦â

Han Jae-young, still not fully recovered from the shock, asked Lee Pyeong-hwa.
âDid Lee Seung-hee have any close friends?â
âHuh?â

âIâm saying, it looks like she took a lot of illegal potions in the past week. If thatâs the case, someone mustâve given them to her.â
âWhat do you mean by that...?â
âDonât you have an idea since you lived in the same dormitory, Lee Pyeong-hwa? I asked this person, but they didnât know anything.â

âSorry about that.â
Jeong Da-on said, not looking the least bit apologetic.
Lee Pyeong-hwa urgently asked.

âWait. Are you saying someone deliberately gave Seung-hee that drug?â
âOf course. This isnât something an amateur hunter can just pick up. Someone must have urged her.â
My god.

So much information came at once that it was hard to process.
Not only had Lee Seung-hee died, but her death wasnât an accidentâit was murder.
Unbelievable.

So now, Han Jae-young thinks thereâs a perpetrator among the dormmates?
In the midst of her confusion, Lee Pyeong-hwa stammered.
âSeung-hee... she wasnât close to many people in the dorm.â

The stress of not being able to cast magic properly.
Because of that, Seung-hee couldnât keep up with regular training.
She made mistakes in drill training, causing delays in training or receiving extra punishment. Honestly, she had become someone her peers avoided.

If Lee Pyeong-hwa hadnât taken care of her, Seung-hee might have ended up being a neglected soldier.
Of course, that didnât matter now.
âSo, the only people she was close to were... me and Choi Ji-soo.â

Saying that made Lee Pyeong-hwa feel ashamed.
Choi Ji-soo, who had always taken care of Seung-hee, who couldnât keep up with magic training.
Now, that name was being brought up as a suspect.

None of this made sense.
And as she watched Lee Pyeong-hwaâs expression change, Han Jae-young nodded.
âAlright... I understand. For now, letâs head back. Weâll talk more later.â

âThen what do we do now?â
âOur priority is to examine this dungeon. The good thing is, we have two very powerful magicians with us.â
At those words, Lee Pyeong-hwa involuntarily glanced at Jeong Da-on.

Even though she was praised by the best magician in South Korea, Jeong Da-on still spoke with an indifferent face.
âTwo? Itâs just one.â