The five cadets remained still for a long time, only looking around themselves intermittently. Their bodies and consciousness seemingly frozen.
The mountain suddenly became flat.
And Kim Hajin disappeared.
To make things worse, another strange thing occurred. Almost as though time was being wound backwards, the scenery around them began to change rapidly.
The sun that was hanging in the middle of the sky disappeared as though it was falling down. Then, darkness was cast over them like a shadow. Such incomprehensible supernatural phenomenon evoked fear and panic, and the five cadets could only crowd together nervously.
"...Hiik."
Yoo Yeonha was especially in a poor state. Her eyes were wet with tears. As she was someone who couldn't even look at a poster of a horror movie, she was unable to endure such a frightening phenomenon.
"Let's... stay calm."
Kim Suho snapped out first, and Shin Jonghak then stepped up as though he was afraid of losing.
"Calm down. Since that Kim Hajon is a bit dull, he might have just gotten lost. Or maybe, he found something and sneaked away to claim it for himself. After all, we're on Wind Mountain."
"It's Kim Hajin, not Kim Hajon."
Wind Mountain was private property of the Jinsung group. Without their permission, no one was allowed to enter it, meaning it was likely that precious herbs were growing on it. Shin Jonghak theorized that Kim Hajin came across one by luck and sneaked away to take it.
"What? Then how do you explain this? Not only did the mountain suddenly become flat, the sun disappeared from the sky!"
Chae Nayun raised her hands and pointed around her.
They were surrounded by dense darkness and thick, overgrown weeds that seemed to be at least 80 centimeters tall.
"That's...."
When Shin Jonghak was at a loss for words...
Psss—
The sound of an animal moving through grass rang out.
Yoo Yeonha shrunk back like a frightened rabbit, while Kim Suho and Shin Jonghak pointed their weapons in that direction.
Ssss— Ssss—
Something was approaching them rustling through the leaves.
Gulp.
For three minutes, they waited nervously.
What finally appeared from the thick grass was...
"I thought it was a mountain beast. Who would have thought it was a bunch of kids?"
A man who seemed to be in his mid-forties.
He was wearing dark blue pants and a baggy dress shirt. To put it to words, he looked like a typical salaryman from the 70's and 80's.
"What are you kids doing here?"
He spoke with somewhat of an old accent. The cadets examined him silently.
The man also scrutinized them back, especially the female cadets.
"...Eh? Why aren't you talking?"
When the middle-aged man urged them, Shin Jonghak stepped up.
"Oy, you. Where is—"
Kim Suho quickly stopped Shin Jonghak's ill-mannered talking.
"Um, sir, where are we?"
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The Novel's Extra (101-200)
ActionOFFLINE PURPOSES ONLY! I OWN NOTHING! Waking up, Kim Hajin finds himself in a familiar world but an unfamiliar body. A world he created himself and a story he wrote, yet never finished. He had become his novel's extra, a filler character with no i...
