Chapter 110 – Eat Well (1)
Midterm exams have begun.
Duration is 5 days.
The first day was all theory exams, so I passed easily.
“Did you do well on the test?”
Im Na-eun, who came out of the exam at the same time as me, asked.
“Mmm, well.”
I knew everything about it, and I wrote down the answers meticulously, but I don’t know the result.
If you live as a hunter for a long time, you will become more comfortable with tricks that are different from the standard ones.
Since there are so many things like that, I have to write what I learned, but I keep adding my own personal style to it.
In the end, my score will be slightly different depending on how the professor accepts it.
“You did well… Goa.”
“Yeshehe.”
You don’t have to ask, I can tell just by looking at his face.
Everyone else is crying, but if you’re smiling brightly by yourself, you’re one of the two.
I don’t care about the test in the first place, or I don’t have to worry about it because I’ve taken it so well.
Due to Naeun’s personality, the former is absolutely impossible, so it must be the latter.
“Let’s go eat lunch. I will live!”
How happy I live until lunch.
Normally, we would have been happy to have lunch together….
“Sorry. I have something urgent to do today, so I have to go quickly.”
“Ah… , Okay? Then there’s nothing you can do….”
Im Na-eun with a sullen expression.
I tapped her on the shoulder and responded in her apologetic tone.
“Sorry. Instead, I will buy you lunch tomorrow.”
“Yes, is that a promise?”
“Okay.”
Lim Na-eun’s expression brightens only after she puts her pinky finger on it.
I immediately broke up with her and got into her taxi, which was lined up in front of her school gate.
“Mister, the East Seoul Terminal.”
“Yes.”
The reason for heading to Dong Seoul Terminal is obvious.
It’s because what I’m going to see today is outside of Seoul, not Seoul.
I immediately took a taxi to Dong Seoul Bus Terminal and bought a bus ticket.
The destination is Taebaek, Gangwon-do.
The purpose is to find something hidden there.
After filling my stomach with three lines of gimbap, I got on the bus on time.
It took two hours to get to the Taebaek Intercity Bus Terminal.
I felt that the times had advanced a lot.
“Two hours to Taebaek, the world has gotten better.”
It was thanks to the fact that the speed of the express bus, which uses magic stones as its power source, was much faster than the normal bus.
I took a waiting taxi and headed somewhere else.
Finally, we arrived at the entrance of Taebaeksan Mountain.
This is where the purpose of coming here is hidden.
“Oh wow, that must be a lot of trouble.”
A rough day is expected.
Since I only remember the approximate location, there is a high possibility of getting lost a little.
It would be nice if that didn’t happen, but I packed some simple food because I might be having dinner in the mountains.
Bring beef jerky and water.
After getting ready, I set foot on the mountain road straight away.
Occasionally encountered hikers pass by while glancing at them.
From head to toe, it must be because the outfit is far from mountain climbing.
I walked along the hiking trail moderately, and after confirming that there were no people around, I turned right away.
It is not a set hiking trail, but rather a path full of wild energy.
“Where was it… , Is it this way?”
Using the vague memories of the past as guideposts, I head further upward, stepping on the rustling leaves.
Every step, every step, encounters difficulties.
“Write… , Isn’t this here?”
Time has passed for quite a while, and even the seasons are different, so it is hard to keep track.
“I don’t think I came to the wrong place at all….”
My living senses, even faintly, let me know that I hadn’t been greatly disoriented.
However, it’s just that far, so from now on, I feel like I’m going to have to go through some hardships while looking around.
I marked the place where I vaguely remembered it with magic, and looked around with that place as the center.
If it’s a place you don’t want to be at all, come back, and if you think you’ll remember a little bit, leave a mark.
Then, the evening arrived.
“Write… , It’s a bit risky.”
If time delays a little longer, I may not be able to return to Seoul today….
“I was too hasty.”
I don’t think I acted a little hastily.
If you think about it calmly, even after the midterm exam….
“Oh, then you’re late.”
At least five days have to pass before the midterm exams are over, but then it’s too late.
At that time, it will already fall into someone else’s hands.
“Eat some rice first….”
I filled my stomach moderately with beef jerky and water I brought from the bottom of the mountain.
The price is filthy expensive, but the taste is really cheap.
After a good rest, we started the search again.
Because of the early darkness and cold, light magic secures peripheral vision, and warming magic replenishes body heat.
Could it have been more than an hour?
I finally found a clue.
Clues that only I can discover in this world.
“Uh.”
At a certain point, the flow of magical power is rapidly changing.
Magical powers that should flow freely in all directions are flowing in the same direction.
I walked in that direction.
Little by little, as the distance got closer, the flowing magical power gradually accelerated.
After walking another 5 minutes, we arrived in the middle of an ordinary hill.
Magical power permeates through the ground under a large tree.
“… I finally found it.”
A small mark remains on a tree that looks no different from the trees around it.
A small square mark near the base.
He used his magic toward the bottom of the ground where mana flows.
「Dig.」
Ground magic that creates a hole in the ground in a certain radius.
The ground covered with fallen leaves is hollowed out.
Eventually, a large rock appeared.
Old memories come flooding back.
To make sure no one found it, I threw a huge rock over there that I searched around for.
“That… , Uhm.”
I’m worried about how to break it.
In the old days, it would have been shattered with just one punch.
“… I can’t help it.”
I have no choice but to do a little nogada.
Using the magic of the earth, he created a tool.
「Earth Hammer.」
A hammer in the form of a rugged rock made of rocks is held in your hand.
Maybe it’s because I made it exclusively for myself, the handle fits snugly in my hand.
“Two!”
After spreading the magical energy widely to block out as much as possible so that the sound does not leak out, saliva is applied to the palm of the hand to further enhance the grip.
Then, if you use your whole body to strike it down vigorously… !
Quaang!
The hammer in his hand digs into the rock with the power of his muscles full of elasticity reminiscent of a spring.
Damn!
A long crack was drawn around the hollow.
If that’s enough, I’ll just have to hit it a few more times.
Swing the hammer once more
Quaggagak!
Kwajik!
About ten frantic swings of the hammer finally shattered the rock.
Throw large debris out of the pit to clear the passage.
At last a crypt appeared to which one could crawl.
At the end of crawling with my body bent as much as possible….
“Found.”
There are small cracks.
That crack leading to the dungeon.
Dungeons are created everywhere, regardless of time and place.
Most dungeons are found by detecting precursors through magic concentration meters installed around them, but sometimes dungeons with low magical power levels do not get caught in the meter.
This is where it is.
Commonly referred to as “Unidentified dungeons” That were not reported because the size of the crack was small and did not reach the standard value for triggering the alarm on the measuring instrument.
Originally, unidentified dungeons should be immediately reported to the Association at the time of discovery, but….
“Can a trivial law stand in front of huge profits?”
Each of the large guilds secretly had three or four unidentified dungeons.
The reason, of course… , Because it helps the guild in many ways.
You can support your growth by entrusting the attack to your affiliated hunters, and since the by-products from this are traded through the black market, you don’t pay taxes.
Of course, our guild also has several unidentified dungeons like this.
Actually, sneaking behind the scenes isn’t my taste, so I told them several times to just report it, but it didn’t work.
A guild is not a place run by the guild leader alone.
This is one of the unidentified dungeons owned by our guild.
Even a top-secret place that only a few executives, including me, know about.
The name is ‘Dalmaji Cave’.
The monsters that appear are enhanced objects such as Orcs and Goblins that have been ‘encroached on by the moonlight’.
Those with modifiers like that are 1.5 times stronger than normal monsters.
It’s not really a place to make a lot of money.
Monsters are 1.5 times stronger, but the by-products you get from them are no different from normal monsters.
In other words, it takes more power, but it’s like a place where you get what you get.
Even so, there are reasons for not reporting this dungeon and leaving it as an unidentified dungeon.
And that was also the reason that brought me here.
Get your hands on the rift and move into the dungeon.
[You have entered the Moonlight Cave.]
I put away the message that popped up in front of my eyes and got up from my seat to check the scenery around me.
Soft light leaks from the dark walls.
This is one of the reasons why it is called Dalmaji Cave.
The moonlight from the boss room permeates the entire cave, giving off a soft moonlight.
“The monster… , There is none.”
The dungeon is reconstructed after a certain period of time after killing the boss monster in the boss room.
Not seeing a single monster in the cave means that all normal monsters have been dealt with and only the boss has been left.
It’s a very good thing for me.
It means that if you just walk around and pick off the boss’s head, it’s over.
Go along the winding road.
Even though I was walking at a fairly fast pace, it took me 30 minutes to reach the door leading to the boss room.
“Long, long….”
If there were monsters all over the place, it might have taken two or three times longer.
Before opening the door, I briefly thought about the boss monster coming out of this place.
“What came out….”
It was already 10 years ago, so I can’t remember, but I think he was a rather nasty guy.
“… You’ll know when you go in, well.”
I don’t know exactly what kind of guy it was, but I definitely remember one.
That he was a guy whose rank wasn’t that high.
So you don’t have to worry too much.
With a light heart, I pushed the huge door as hard as I could to open it.
Groovy….
The door opens with a loud sound, revealing an interior filled with subtle moonlight.
“Yes?”
Huge joint.
The boss who should be there is nowhere to be seen.
“… What.”
Suddenly, an ominous thought runs through my mind.
Maybe they attacked the dungeon one step ahead and took it.
“Please, please, please.”
Repeatedly repeating the word ‘please’, he crosses the cavity.
At the far end of the cavity, there is a small area where moonlight filled with silvery magic pours down endlessly.
And there… , A single flower is in bloom.
For 99 years and 360 days, nourished by the moonlight, a single pale yellow flower is just a step away from opening its bud.
“Whew!”
A sigh of relief leaked out as soon as I confirmed the existence of the flower.
Fortunately, they didn’t seem to have taken it away first.
What.
Isn’t that more strange then?
“There are flowers, but why is there no boss….”
Right then.
An intense chuckle came from overhead.
Kiyi!
Ominous sound.
He hurriedly turns around and raises his head.
Something falls from the ceiling in a straight line toward me, and comes into my field of vision.
“Ah, I remembered.”
I remember seeing your face now.
“Moonlight Holding.”
Just like the pale yellow flowers that bloomed beautifully, a huge spider that grew up eating the moonlight incessantly here.
His sharp feet rushed towards us.
