Chapter 150 – Chapter 150
Dense moisture that makes your clothes and skin damp just by standing still.
In a space where square stone pillars are densely built, the floor is filled with water.
The ceiling is dark and high enough that you can’t see it, but it’s definitely not outdoors.
This place feels like a space created underground in an ancient city.
However, to say that, it does not seem like a long passage like the underground waterway I know.
Except for those pillars that block the view, it seems to be open on all sides.
“Can I step on this water?”
The water filling the floor is up to knee height.
There is no water in the area around the gate we passed through because the land is high, but we must pass through that water to move from place to place.
“Wait a minute. Let me check.”
In response to Na Hyun-hee’s question, a man from the military scooped up water and put it into a suspicious device.
Are you doing ingredient testing?
Results came in an instant.
“It doesn’t seem to be harmful to the human body. But it doesn’t seem clean enough to drink.”
Have you ever had such a machine?
There is definitely a difference in level from the equipment we rent from general companies.
The radar also seems to be more advanced.
I brought four prisoners as supporters for our team, but five supporters from the government were also assigned.
All of them are also awakened people, but their magical power level is F or E, which is a low level.
However, perhaps because he received professional training, he moved on his own before asking for what he needed.
I wish we had guys like this in our company.
Adding to this, there are more than 20 government agents included in our team.
“Our team is planning to enter in the direction of red with this as the center. Since it is difficult to determine the direction, we divided the area around the gate into 4 areas and marked each with a color. From diamond to blue, and from another team to yellow. It’s meant to be headed.”
“Then what about the other direction?”
“Because Park Yu-ri, who entered earlier, and the raid are heading in the red direction, if the search in these three directions fails, we will be the last to go. Usually, a rescue team is organized as a team, so we search this side first, but this time In the case of the same case, since there are three teams, we are supposed to search in multiple directions simultaneously.”
“That’s enough of an explanation. Are you leaving right away?”
“Yes. Once the special radar installation is complete… Oh, and the formation we have prepared…”
They acted according to the detailed plan they had prepared.
I listened to explanations from time to time while moving, and I realized how low-level the things I had been doing during my expeditions were.
The army is the army, so I thought it was.
However, their plan was rather passive.
As far as I know, even though there are two Transcendentalists, this is how it works.
That’s why I think they rate Park Yu-ri’s skills highly, while I and Na Hyun-hee’s skills are underestimated.
To put it mildly, it seemed like they were trying to carry out the operation without casualties, but on the other hand, they seemed to be ignoring me too much.
Well, these guys probably don’t even know my real skills and how many Transcendentalists we have on our team.
After walking for several tens of minutes through the floor full of water, the first thing that greeted us was a terrible stench.
The smell of rotting corpses.
“I see you ahead!”
Although he himself judged this place to be underground, it was not so dark that he could not see an inch ahead.
Especially for Awoken who can enhance their eyesight through magical power, it is not inconvenient to move.
“These are them.”
“I’m sure they’re the same guys that spilled out of the subway station during the last gate regurgitation.”
A man who seemed to be the leader among the supporters approached as if he had heard us muttering.
He is the one who talks the most since he explained the operation from earlier.
“I’m a programmer.”
“Frogman? These guys? Aren’t they far from frogs? More like reptiles than amphibians…”
“For now, we decided to name it that way.”
“So these guys are like that too?”
“Yes. Looks like we followed the direction well. Park Yu-ri and the raid appear to have taken them down.”
Even though it is a corpse submerged in water, it maintains its shape as if it had just died.
If it were a human, it would have been difficult to recognize the shape because it blows so resiliently…
I asked why, but they also didn’t know.
“It’s an unknown… Monster that can’t be understood in a word.”
“Sorry.”
It was uncomfortable to dip my legs in the water containing dozens of Frogman corpses.
I have nothing to say about women.
We decided to move quickly.
The endless square pillars kept me from losing my direction.
“It’s really endless. It seems like I’ve already walked for an hour… How did you build all these pillars?”
“Don’t think too deeply. If you start arguing about things like that, your head will go crazy. It’s a dungeon, so you have to.”
The same scenery over and over again.
Only the occasional corpse reminded us of our movement.
After moving for such a long time, we were able to arrive at a place.
In the meantime, I didn’t see a single living monster.
“This appears to be where we camped the first day.”
“It must have been only here. The place where there is no water on the floor… Even here is similar to the place where the gate used to be? It seems like it was made on purpose so that we could rest here.”
“It seems that there was no attack at night.”
“What are we going to do? Are we going to take a break here? Maybe it’s because we’re not dealing with monsters, but it’s still 2pm.”
“We’re leaving. We plan to change the standard of rest according to the level of your magic attribute consumption. It’s okay since you haven’t used it at all, right?”
“It’s hard… We’re not soldiers?”
In the end, we continued moving without stopping.
Because there is nothing wrong with what he said.
It’s not that the Awakener gets tired from walking a little longer, the problem is the guys who move the equipment, but are the soldiers soldiers… And, like those who received special training, they arrived at their next destination without falling behind.
That’s how their own forced march continued, and it was the third day since they passed through the gate without a major battle situation taking place.
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“From the trail, this direction is clear.”
“Yeah. Who said no?”
Stress was piled up.
Spending time in a humid place without seeing sunlight is almost hell.
The situation of not knowing when the monsters might attack also consumed our minds.
The soldiers were quite fine, probably accustomed to this kind of situation, but I don’t think there’s much difference between them.
“Judging from the number of corpses and the distribution of monsters we found along the way, it’s likely that the raid’s movement speed was noticeably slower than ours. We came all the way in a straight line, but they must have been searching and moving here and there. I’ve found it everywhere, so I’ll be able to find it soon, Transcendental Master.”
“But usually there are cases of over a month’s attack, right? Aren’t you still living and attacking?”
“As is the case with raid groups, in the case of Transcendentalist Park Yu-ri, they are not allowed to leave Seoul for more than 10 days. He is like a guardian deity protecting Seoul. He is fully aware of that. The person who needs it the most right now is…”
“You mean dead or betrayed?”
“… No matter how transcendental, please refrain from insulting Park Yu-ri.”
“Yeah, yeah… That was a slip of the tongue. I’m sorry.”
A sigh comes out.
For the first two days, I was able to relieve stress in bed, but on the third day, both me and the women, the desire disappeared.
It’s only natural that you don’t want to rub your skin in a damp environment.
There was also a situation where the body odor was gradually getting worse.
“Chief… How long do I have to stay here?”
“I don’t know either.”
Even if you go back right now, you have to repeat the same life for at least three days.
That fact is even more mind-boggling.
“Jung Hyuk!”
“Jung Hyuk!”
A voice calling me at the same time.
One is senior.
Another is Na Hyun-hee’s voice.
The monster found where the two women were pointing was not a Frogman.
At that time, it was a huge monster that appeared like a frogman in the middle of Seoul and destroyed the building.
A body that holds a Frogman’s egg.
He is so powerful that he was mistaken for a boss.
“What do you call him?”
“Frog Queen…”
“Well, you put the word ‘queen’ on a monster like that. With sense.”
“… Sorry.”
This man is apologizing to me more and more.
It’s hard to please the garbage transcendent.
Even if I want to treat them well, I get annoyed without even realizing it, perhaps because my nerves have become sensitive.
While I’m scratching my ass and pretending it’s no big deal, the government rescue guys are fidgeting.
It would be natural for them to be nervous even against an enemy that is only a level B-level dungeon boss.
Because it’s a matter of life.
I was sorry, so I shouted so as not to tremble with anxiety.
“Na Hyun-hee. Let’s see your skills.”
“Joe, fine.”
I torment her without raising her mana at all.
Na Hyeon-hee fawning to look good to me.
This is our relationship for the past 3 days.
She is also on the verge of exploding because of me, who doesn’t seem to do anything for her, but she doesn’t show any sign of defiance as she herself experienced that her magic power disappears when I touch her.
You must be under a lot of stress?
Bang-!
A huge Frog Queen spotted us and charged.
The body swelled up to the fullest as if it was full of eggs in the stomach.
It rushes with a much larger body than the one I saw on the subway.
“Haap-!”
Na Hyeon-hee also rushed at the same time she drew her sword.
It seems like the idea is to move the battle site away from where we are staying.
It’s such a natural movement that I can’t even evaluate it.
In an instant, the sword she held passed through the Frog Queen right through her.
“And…”
Exclamation bursts out here and there.
An impeccable, clean blow.
Can we expect that kind of appearance from Lee Sol Kim?
I’ve never seen Yuri Park’s fighting figure, but how much is she stronger than this woman?
I had several thoughts.
“Everybody quiet!!”
At that time, Na Hyun-hee shouted.
The Frog Queen was obviously knocked out.
I wanted to do that, but everyone shut up at her urgent cry, and silence came.
With a splash. With a splash.
“What?”
“Shut up. I can’t hear you!”
With a splash. Splash… Splash!
Suddenly, the loud sound of water approaching from all sides.
It wasn’t loud enough for a Frogman to make.
“Is it time to move slowly?”
The boring time is now over.
On the third day, something finally began to target us.
