Chapter 796 – Stormy Island (1)
「S-class dungeon. Stormy Island.”
The dungeon that the four-person party, consisting of one S-class hunter and three A±class hunters, entered was a dungeon in an island-like area with rain and thunderstorms.
“Mr. Seongcheol! There are a bunch of skeletons on the right!”
“Confirmed!”
As soon as I heard Sihee’s words and turned my gaze to the right, dozens of skeletons approached. The sight of him crawling out of a shipwreck wearing a pirate hat seemed a bit artificial, but even though it looked like that, it was a special monster among skeletons.
Although they looked weak on the outside, they were all A-class monsters, so despite their unexpected appearance, their swordsmanship skills were considered quite good.
If there were only one or two that were crawling around, we could practice swordsmanship and have a bit of a serious swordsmanship sparring, but with all the monsters coming, there wouldn’t be time for that.
‘I think it would be good to use energy to apply sword energy expression to the sword and only one attribute magic.’
It seemed like the flame sword wouldn’t even be able to maintain its shape properly in this rain, so it was difficult to use the wind magic obtained from Cha Yu-ri in an environment with such strong winds.
The ice sword would probably be frozen by raindrops before it could be swung, and the plant magic… Honestly, there didn’t seem to be much point in attaching something like that to a sword.
I thought about this and that, but I actually thought about what kind of magic I would use from the beginning. When dealing with these undead monsters, the best spell has always been decided.
I cast a ‘purification’ spell on the blade of the Damascus steel greatsword, enclosing it with holy magic, and swung it at the monsters.
-Kagakak!
‘Kkeuk, keeruk…’ .’
-Knock! Let’s go!
‘Crrrr!’ . Well…’
I clashed my blade, which was surrounded by the sword spirit, with my own blade, but there was no way the monster could defeat my weapon, which was made by Areum and was also clad with the sword spirit.
Rather, the shipwrecked skeleton that was cut up with a sword split into dozens of bone fragments as soon as it was cut by the great sword with a purification spell and was purified as is.
It was a great achievement to be able to use sword techniques in earnest thanks to Eunyoung’s older sister’s training. Maybe moving to the next step isn’t too far away.
‘I think I’ll be able to handle the exam in just a little bit longer.’
At her current growth rate, it seemed like she would be able to reach Eunyoung’s level before too long.
Eunyoung said that when she started using the sword in earnest, she was able to handle the sword in about 3 years. Having lived with the great swordsman for about two years, I too will probably be able to overcome one of my barriers as a swordsman in the near future.
-Rumble, boom!
A flash of light appeared before my eyes and then disappeared, and immediately the sound of thunder, one beat late, struck my ears. As befits the name Stormy Island, it was a hunting environment where rain, wind and thunder coexisted, so there was nothing we could do.
There was a possibility that lightning may have struck even nearby, but in any case, you don’t have to worry about being suddenly hit by lightning or something like that and falling down.
First, the first defense was that the lightning rod that Do Ye-hee created with her earth magic was preventing lightning from reaching us, and the several layers of protection magic that Lulucia had placed around it were used to prevent us from suddenly dying from electric shock. It was the first preventive measure.
“Sihee! “Flying from the northwest sky!”
“Confirmed, Mr. Seongcheol!”
At the same time as she answered, five arcane arrows were released from her bow and shot toward the northwest sky, flying one by one at the flock of storm hawks that were approaching us.
-Phew! Pooh wow!
‘Puiyoooook… !’
A flock of storm hawks approaching from the sky were hit by arrows and fell down with a short scream.
Perhaps because each arrow is filled with arcane magic, the arrows move in a straight line without shaking even in windy and rainy environments, and their power is sufficient to kill A-class monsters with a single shot.
No matter how low his energy was, when we first met, he seemed to be struggling even against the B-class monster Treralodon. In many ways, it was a moment where he could feel the years of knowing Sihee and her growth.
“Ugh, I didn’t expect you to come to a place like this to hunt…”
Saying those words, Do Ye-hee, who opened the path with the mud golem and dealt with the monsters in front, muttered something self-mocking.
The sight of Do Ye-hee wearing a rain-soaked dress during a storm was strangely obscene. Even though I knew it wasn’t the right time to see something like this, I couldn’t help but notice the black underwear line underneath her tight dress.
“Really, if it weren’t for me, how on earth would you have navigated this Storm Island? “This is absolutely not an environment where one front line and two back lines can break through!”
“If it weren’t for you, Do Yehee, of course I wouldn’t have come to Stormy Island. Because you are here, I can enter the S-class dungeon and proceed with the path.”
“… Ah.”
“Thank you. Thanks to you, I was able to enter this dungeon to conquer it. Even women like you are useful in many ways these days.”
“… If I had known it would come to a place like this, it would have been better to just go back. Terrible…”
However, since it was Ye-hee who faithfully pioneered a path with a mud golem, there was definitely no one like her in her words and actions.
If she hadn’t been Do Ye-hee, she wouldn’t have gone on her expedition to Stormy Island as she had told her. Probably, as originally planned, the party went on a moderate hunt in an A+ level dungeon before returning.
However, since Do Ye-hee was helpful in many ways in pioneering the route, it was natural for the foundation to want to attack Stormy Island, which is notorious in many ways.
In the first place, the only days I could go to work at the foundation were when Sihee or Lulucia went to work at the foundation. In times like this, it’s not such a bad idea to enter a dungeon that can only be used by the Foundation.
Above all, training that pushes your body to its limits while depleting your body and mental strength is bound to increase your sense of accomplishment several times over once you have done it.
“Mr. Seongcheol! Something is coming from the left! From the left!!”
“Sihee~! Please intercept in the air~!!”
“Lucia! Cast the waterproofing spell on the mud golem again! If things continue like this, it will collapse right in front of you!!”
… I’m not sure if other people feel that way too.
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About an hour of moving forward through rain, lightning, forests, and monsters.
The three exhausted people, each complaining of fatigue through their bodies and facial expressions, entered a cave in the middle of the island and took a break from the wind and rain for a while.
-Drop, drop.
“Ha, you’re completely wet… If I had known that I would come here like this, I would have come dressed in less precious clothes…”
As soon as she entered the cave, Do Ye-hee blocked the entrance with earth magic and then complained. Water droplets on clothes dripping and bouncing on the floor.
Looking at that miserable situation, I couldn’t bear to say anything, so I thought I would just do it. Not only was her entire body wet from the rain, wearing a tight-fitting dress, but she was moving a mud golem at the front and covered in piles of dirt from the storm several times. Even if it were empty words, it couldn’t be said that she was very good. .
“Isn’t it natural for things to get this messy once you enter the dungeon?”
“I have no intention of arguing with you in this situation, Sihee.”
“You know that there is no one more foolish than someone who thinks about not getting dirty while living as a hunter, right? “Are you sure you don’t really feel it because you deal with the magic of covering yourself with dirt every day?”
“Don’t treat me like you, who roll in the mud every time I go on a mission because I lack basic skills. “Isn’t maintaining one’s appearance elegant while living the life of a hunter a basic characteristic of a young lady from the Dokyung group?”
“It looks like you can act like that and still talk nonsense like the girl from Dokyung Group has.”
“Take the twig off your hair and tell me. If you want to show off by getting her a new hairpin, at least teach her how to tie her hair.”
“Ah, ah~! Sihee~! Yay,~!! It’s okay, you shouldn’t fight~!!”
It’s been less than half a day since I saw the three of them gathered together, but it was already enough time to find out how these three were doing on a daily basis.
In this party, Lulucia is a bit like Han Min-ah from Azure Shield. Of course, compared to Minah, she was a little less perceptive, but she was doing a good job of setting the mood.
“Hmph!”
“… Indeed.”
Even after yelling like that, the two people seemed to know that the point at which Lulucia intervened was the time to end the argument.
Still, I wonder if things have become gentler compared to the old days when people would slam their heads into the mud or alternately slap each other without listening to their words.
