Back at the guild, Yeoreum and her team sorted through the files they had retrieved from the dungeon. The documents were dense with complex terminology, but Yeoreum did her best to sift through them.

"...It seems Gyeoul underwent some sort of human experimentation."

"Yeah..."

They had managed to uncover only a few details: that Gyeoul had been subjected to experiments related to "mana" by someone and, after the experiments failed, had been discarded and buried underground. Even this limited knowledge was enough to shatter Yeoreum’s spirit.

"Gyeoul… she doesn’t even know why she was buried underground."

At the time, Gyeoul …