Chapter 11 – First Dungeons (2)
5. First dungeon (2)
“Can I ask you one more question?”
“Don’t be.”
“Do you have any reason not to come out yourself?”
The man who was slaughtering beer again smiled as if he had never looked so serious. It seemed a bit bittersweet.
“Well, there are various circumstances… Haha. Guild members cannot go outside Salem. If you want to leave, you must leave the guild and you cannot rejoin for the next 10 years.”
“Isn’t the dungeon in Salem?”
“That’s probably the case until the entrance to the dungeon, isn’t the dungeon a different world? Even if countless heroes enter the dungeon, meeting other heroes in the dungeon is one of the few times in Salem’s history. Is not it? Well, that’s why I was drinking all the time. In fact, it’s a risk that I personally placed the order without working like this, but that’s my problem.”
So much-
Hearing Kaya’s footsteps toward the place of the request, he remembered the conversation with the client.
My one-handed ax and Kaya’s mace were stronger, and the load was thicker. Even shiny gold coins were jingling in the coin bag.
Kaya’s vow as a nun was so sincere and heavy.
“Kaya. I’m asking because it’s before I go in, can I hear the reason?”
Kaya’s steps faltered slightly. But she wasn’t silent.
“… The captain told me that going to the dungeon is destiny, and the warriors who share destiny are also a community of destiny. So I risked my poor fate. Now, strictly speaking, it’s not going to a dungeon, but it’s a process of building a stepping stone for a better dungeon, so this is also the road to destiny… I thought.”
“Uh-uh, is that so?”
“… Yes. I’m glad I was helpful.”
Kaya smiled for a moment. She disappeared right away and I almost missed it, but she clearly laughed. For that moment, even her crude heavy armor and ferocious mace couldn’t cover her smile.
[Relationship diagram]
Kaya: 2
What the heck, when did this come up again?
“Thank you for saying that, Kaya. Um, but I’m sorry, I didn’t ask you…”
Why did you draw a circle on my palm?
Upon hearing my words, Kaya’s ears turned twice as red as when I held her hand at her bar.
“Hmm, hmm! Well, there is a reason for that too!”
Kaya shouted, turning her head the other way. Just looking at her, she seemed perplexed.
‘He has a very cute side. It’s an onion.’
I pretended not to see and asked again.
“Reason?”
“Yes! There were two reasons. The first is that the reward for this quest was good compared to the conditions, and the second is… Because maybe my skills can be improved.”
No what is this
Did I make a funny face?
Kaya smiled momentarily again. Her pleasant bass fills her devastation.
“As you know, I am a combat nun. He wields a mace using the body he has trained and the divine power bestowed by Raella.”
No, she doesn’t even have to wield it…
It sounded like the air was being crushed. If I had a power struggle with Kaya, wouldn’t I lose?
“The Goddess presides over her kindness and generosity, and tries to love all creatures equally as much as possible. However, if he does something useful to the world and prays to the Goddess, he is also the one who recognizes the effort. It may not be as much as going to the dungeon, but if I show the Goddess’ kindness to the beings that eat away at this world, wouldn’t my powers become stronger… I thought so.”
Kaya’s face, which speaks of the goddess’s kindness (physical), was that of a faithful nun itself, but her mace boasted a ferocity that would crush the face of heresy at any moment.
Whatever Kaya’s feelings are, the important thing is that her skill level may rise. It was cheap compared to the cost of purchasing skills or upgrading equipment, but it was relatively inexpensive, and being able to level up without a separate upgrade was another good sign.
‘It remains to be seen if it’s because of the nun’s characteristics or if it’s all like that.’
In any case, it was welcome. There was bound to be a risk for two level 1 players everywhere, so wouldn’t it be better to go to a place where the rewards are better than you can handle and prepare for the second challenge?
After walking for another 30 minutes, the ‘border’, where the color of the ground changes at a glance, caught my eye. I didn’t openly say, “I’m in a dungeon,” Like the entrance to this dungeon, but both Kay and I instinctively realized that the moment we crossed this line, we would enter another space like a dungeon.
“Are you ready, Kaya?”
“Of course, Captain.”
Me and Kaya put her foot down at the same time.
**
[You entered Instant Dungeon 〈 Between Heresy and Forbidden 〉.]
[Experience gained decreases in Instant Dungeons.]
[You can retreat in the Instant Dungeon.]
The name of the quest was [Collection of Evidence of Heresy Worship and Forbidden Magic], But the name changed after entering the dungeon. You might say that changing the name is no big deal, but originally in The Long Terror, a hint could have been hidden in one trivial thing. Whether that hint is useful or not, important or minor.
‘There doesn’t seem to be anything that’s bothering me.’
There were no indungeons in The Long Terror, but it wasn’t like there wasn’t anything similar. Rather than being an indungeon, there were various quests that were perceived as workshops for low-level warriors to run round and round. Compensation was received according to difficulty level when completing quests linked to randomly appearing events such as an accident at the Changgwan in Salem or the assassination of the mayor of Salem and the operation of various guilds being suspended.
In the dungeon, the main warriors, called the 1st Army, are broken, and small guard procurement and 2nd Army training are filled with quests in Salem.
The words were grandiose, but in actual play, it was a factor that did not matter much. In fact, the first group of warriors who chose a hero one by one, selected a skill and skill target, and prayed every turn, was 99, and the rest of the warriors were 1. An exclamation mark appears in the corner of the screen in the middle, and it ends with a few clicks of a button… That kind of feeling.
I linked indungeons and quests, and in my heart, I thought that indungeons might be similar to quests, such a happy circuit was slightly burning on one side of my brain.
“Where did you crawl in here?!”
“What the fuck! Where the hell!”
[You have encountered a worshiper.]
[Due to an unexpected encounter, the speed of all warriors in the speed check is reduced by 3.]
[Speed check]
[Eugene: 4]
[Kaya: 1]
[Worshipers: 4]
[The speed of Eugene and the worshiper is the same.]
[Speed roll]
[Eugene: 3]
[Worshipers: 4]
[The worshiper’s turn will precede Eugene’s turn.]
[Admirer]
Max HP: 22
Attack Power: 4~5
Defense: 1
Speed: 4
‘The specifications are roughly the level of the previous difficulty 1-1 layman. Maybe it’s because it’s my first mob, so it’s not that hard.’
In a word, it was said that it was a common mob, considering that it was a surprise. But don’t be careless. I took a stance and prepared for the mob’s attack.
“Punish the hypocrites!”
[I dare hope]
[The worshiper vehemently condemns Eugene.]
[Someone looks at Eugene.]
[Eugene suffers from a status abnormality of ‘powerlessness’ (1 turn).]
[Eugene cannot perform any offensive or defensive actions while the status ailment persists.]
“What a beggar!”
The moment the worshiper pointed at me with his skinny index finger, a terrible sensation as if a centipede was crawling passed through my body… It was so unbelievable that I hated doing anything. He couldn’t throw a stun grenade or run over and chop his head off with an axe. Every time I tried to do something, it felt like the centipede would run all over my body again.
[I am filled with fear at the terrible experience I have experienced for the first time in my life.]
[Eugene mentality -8]
[Eugene passes the turn.]
[Eugene has recovered from the abnormal condition ‘powerless’.]
As soon as I passed the turn, my anger at that guy welled up.
“That fuck, you gave me an insult! Kaya!”
“Huh!”
[Everything according to God’s will]
[Destructive blow!]
[Kaya deals 18 damage to a layman.]
[Remaining HP 4/22]
“Quaaaaagh! Oh God!!!”
“Shut up! How dare you be a heretic!”
[The sight of resolutely pulverizing the enemy weakens fear for an instant.]
[Eugene mentality +3]
Kaya’s mace turned the worshiper’s face into mush in one fell swoop. She shrugged her shoulders as if she was resentful of not being able to kill her in one shot, then asked me if I was okay. This time, she didn’t go looking for God with a dying expression.
“It’s okay. Thank you. For taking care of me.”
“… Fortunately, the.”
Kaya swung her arm around her, brushing the flesh off her mace. Has she just grown up? Or is it because she upgraded her weapon? Anyway, it was very helpful.
“Aaaaa!”
[Slicing the scapegoat]
[The worshiper did 1 damage to Eugene.]
[Remaining HP 14/15]
“Kuk.”
“Leader!”
“Are you okay! It’s just a little scratch!”
Her face was crushed like beans on a millstone, and his left upper arm was unluckily scraped by a knife wielded at random by an admirer. My defense was 4 and his attack was 4-5, so there was a 50% chance of getting unlucky damage.
“Get lost!”
[Crush the head]
[Eugene deals 10 damage to the worshiper.]
[Remaining Stamina -6/22]
My simple yet clear attack skill has lived up to its name. Literally split the worshiper’s head in half.
I quickly jumped back to avoid the brain and looked through his clothes, but it was dog hair. It was my first junk mob, so I didn’t expect much, but I hoped that the experience level would have risen slightly.
“Leader.”
“Are you okay. Really.”
Seeing my wounds, Kaya approached me with a firm expression, but she wasn’t in combat right now. Since this isn’t a game at all, wouldn’t it be possible to use skills even during non-combat? I thought of that, of course.
Conclusion is impossible.
The system was as strict as this part. I don’t know the principle.
Moving our steps again, we looked around a little more thoroughly and moved on. So far, there were no forks or rooms, so I just kept going in a straight line, so maybe that’s why I didn’t see anything that could be called evidence.
“Leader.”
“Uh? Did you find anything?”
“Well, it doesn’t fit, but wasn’t taking the heretic’s head among the conditions for receiving the reward?”
“… Ah.”
He covered his head.
I swung the ax because of the rising anger, and it completely smashed the evidence. Well, Kaya, who crushed her face, had room for extenuating circumstances, but in my case, there was no answer. It’s an indungeon that I challenged for money, and I smashed a gold coin. I had nothing to say.
“I am not blaming the captain. First of all, it’s like that to recall memories…”
“Sorry! I’ll take one gold coin from my share later.”
Kaya, who said that there was no need for that and that it was okay, was made quiet with the authority of the captain. And I looked around more intently. I couldn’t stand it unless I did something.
I felt quite annoyed when I encountered trash mobs two more times and went through a similar process with similar results. I didn’t get hurt, but I didn’t get anything, because I was unlucky enough to experience that terrible stare one more time.
Unlike this dungeon, staying still didn’t seem to speed up my mentality, so after confirming that there were no traps, I sat down and took out the food.
When she satiated her hunger in time, her physical strength recovered slightly, and a change occurred when Kaya took a short break until she finished her postprandial prayer.
Swoop-
“Kaya!”
“Leader!”
Unknown smoke began to spread through the straight aisle.
