Chapter 140 – District 2 (19)
16. District 2 (19)
“Kuh… Kill… !”
“What are you, don’t kill me. We decide.”
“Fear… !”
“Ah, it’s just that.”
[The chief follower has died.]
I didn’t eat as much as the unlimited refillable ribs, but it was a very rewarding stall. Stalling was only done until the duration of the overlapping Melody of Vitality was over, so the misfortune of the brightness becoming 0 did not occur. As soon as the battle was over, Brightness was immediately re-uploaded, so there was no problem. It was said that a person who has torn meat is good at tearing it, and a person who has tried stalling is good at it.
[Health]
Shay: 24/24
Kaya: 20/20
Eugene: 20/20
Illumina: 15/15
[Mentality]
Shay: -22
Kaya: -1
Eugene: -12
Illumina: -41
Eliminate Illumina’s Exquisite Penalty! All full blood! In addition, the mentality situation is also very compliant!
Food is a bit tight, but considering that we broke through 2-7, it was a very good situation.
There are only three rooms left to break through District 2.
Even though I skipped two rooms in the middle, considering that the rest area, shop, and fear chest room have never appeared, there is a possibility that a non-combat room will appear in one of the other two rooms except for the boss room 2-10 There were enough.
‘I’m in good condition, and there’s no reason to stay here. Good. Very good.’
There was nothing to get tired of. Rather, Kaya and Shay even looked happy. It was because he filled his weapon with all the negative emotions, including the anger he had been harboring, until he beat the chief disciple one way and another and even smiled brightly. Her face is probable, even though she killed the believer to the point of cruelty, and her face and weapon are covered in blood, they are both pretty and beautiful… You don’t know how lucky they are to be on the same side. Illumina actually hid behind my back as if she was scared.
“Let’s start again.”
“Yes, Captain!”
“Yes! Captain!”
How am I?
I don’t have a mirror so I’m not sure… Maybe they’re laughing at each other?
**
The road from 2-7 to 2-8 was actually smoother than when I went from 2-0 to 2-1. Should I say the difference between how you feel when you look at piles of unsolved homework and how you feel when you start to see the bottom? It was all the more so because it felt like I had solved the most difficult things in advance except for the most difficult homework. I only killed three elite monsters.
‘What if another elite monster appears in 2-8 or 2-9? That really makes no sense Excluding the boss room, there are 9 rooms, and 4 of them are beyond the limit.’
While playing The Long Terror, there were no such cases at all, even though it is more legendary, I really counted them in my hand.
“Kuk!”
“Shay!”
“Oops, did you get a poison needle? When did you get stuck? Lol.”
“Five more got stuck.”
“Ouch!”
“Ah.”
“Kaya!”
“Um… My finger was almost cut off, but other than a bit of bleeding, I don’t think I’ll be able to move.”
“Is this some bleeding? Are you squirming at all?!”
“Keugh.”
On the way, the two people in the front line got caught in a pretty dangerous trap, but they were still in good shape, or maybe it was because they relieved their stress while stalling. In a word, the atmosphere was high.
‘It’s a dungeon where you don’t know when you’ll plummet again, but there’s no need to rush it.’
That’s how we arrived at 2-8 with no problems except for some damage to health and mentality. Perhaps, I thought that there might have been more traps or negative events in the two rooms we skipped and the passageways between them than I thought.
“I will open it.”
“Okay. Let’s go.”
“Eutcha!”
It opened the door for 2-8, slightly larger than 2-7 and significantly larger than 2-1.
“Ah. A guest has arrived.”
“Shop… !”
[You have entered the Dark Merchant’s canteen.]
**
We bought some food from the store and left right away. The gold coins he had weren’t that many, and there were items that caught his eye, but they were unusually expensive. However, the fact that the shop opened was the same as breaking through a room with a hole. Except for the boss room, there is only one room left.
On the way to 2-9, another intense headache came. But this time, the time was short. There were only two rooms left, and the remaining area was narrow as well.
“Shay!”
“Your sister. Here you go!”
“Captain, this is the map.”
Staggering to his feet, he accepted the paper and pen that Kaya held out to him. He scribbled with a pen. There was no need to ponder.
You only need to draw one rhombus with 2-8 and 2-10 as the north and south vertices. The east and west vertices were of course 2-9. The problem is that unlike the previous scouting, it is difficult to distinguish which path is darker.
It was purely up to the senses which way to go.
“Shay.”
“Uh… Again?”
“Okay.”
As soon as she saw the map I drew, Shay, who realized my intention just by calling me, hesitated a little this time. But all of her, except her Shay, were looking at her. I won’t deny it. Maybe my eyes were mixed with anticipation. Kaya and Illumina seemed to be the same… Shay shrank her neck, as if our gaze was burdensome, but she soon pushed her chest out and she took the lead again.
“Are you really going to choose only with my intuition? Don’t you want to say something else later?”
“Well then.”
I believe in the feeling that led me to the secret room where 5 artifacts were buried in half portal half resting place!
Shay took a deep breath and she suddenly set her claymore in front of me.
“Suck!”
And then… Just as she was, she removed her hand from her grip.
“Huh?”
After standing upright for a moment, Claymore soon leaned in one direction and, in an instant, plummeted to the ground.
“I’ll go this way!”
“Uh, uh…”
Shay, who quickly picked up the claymore, chose the right side. No way, she didn’t know that she would choose a path like this, but what can I say about what she’s already entrusted to me. It was more likely than rolling an eraser or a hexagonal ballpoint pen to print the answer to a multiple-choice question. At least this one has only two views.
That’s how we entered the right path marked by Shay’s Claymore, and we were attacked once in the middle, but it wasn’t a very difficult opponent, so we quickly defeated it and reached 2-9.
“Sueup- Whoa… Going!”
2-9. The last room before the boss room.
Indeed, before facing the boss, it depended on whether our physical condition would be a rag or the best in this room.
Instead of answering, he nodded and put strength in his hand holding the axe.
‘Whether it’s a normal monster or an elite monster… No, it would be nice if the elite didn’t show up. Anyway, I’ll screw it all up.’
The moment when the grander door opened and I followed Shay to the inside.
[You have entered the rest area.]
[At the resting place, the effect of the dungeon is very small.]
[The efficiency of eating and resting increases in the rest area.]
“Captain! It’s a resting place! It’s a resting place!”
“Captain, this must be Raella-nim’s care! It means to smash the chief’s head in perfect condition and return!”
“Good, huh?”
“Nice to say! I’ve said it many times, but the monster in the last room is more terrible than anything you can imagine? You are so lucky that the roost appeared right before you deal with it!”
“Shay is right, Illumina. Imagine if we didn’t catch a break right after the self-proclaimed artist monster we met in the second room. What do you think it was like?”
“Just imagining it is terrifying…”
What greeted us was the ‘first’ resting place in District 2.
“This… It is a plate that becomes.”
“Yes?”
“No. Nothing. Let’s go. I need to pitch a tent.”
“Yes!”
**
Tadak- Tadadak-
The sound of a bonfire burning was nice to hear at any time, and it was languid and atmospheric. Now that I was leisurely brushing myself, forgetting food, brushing my teeth, and drinking warm water, my body felt very good. It was incomparable to when I went around District 1 or when I arrived at the secret room in this district. His stamina was already full, and his mentality hadn’t been cut that much, except for Illumina, so it was safe to say that he was taking a break in a very pure sense.
“It’s like a dream.”
“What?”
“Just… This situation now.”
“Okay?”
“Yes. When I came to my senses, I felt like I was here. I’m sure I was sternly trained by Kaya before entering this place, I almost died from being pierced by something like a hook in the second room, and I even cut a rope for the first time in my life because of the gatekeeper who looked like a stone statue in the third room… Other than that, everything I’ve experienced since entering here is extreme and vivid, such as the bizarre traps, the terrible horror cults, and the atmosphere of the spooky dungeon. It must be an experience that can never be experienced outside of a dungeon.”
Hororok-
My stomach got warm.
“But, like Kaya and Shay, this dungeon went very well compared to the last one.”
“I can’t deny it. What should I say last time… Uh. It was much worse. There were many near-death situations, and everyone was in a bad state of mind. Except for the fact that I am a little tired and injured, I am in almost the same condition as when I first came in. In extreme terms, it is the difference between heaven and earth.”
“Is it because of luck?”
“It is a harmony of luck, money, and people. If we hadn’t upgraded our equipment and skills. If we haven’t recruited you. If we weren’t so lucky. If only one of the three was missing, I wouldn’t have gotten to this point so easily. Even if I had reached it, I would not have been able to come safely.”
“Luck, money and people…”
Illumina put down her cup and started scribbling something on her. She glanced up and saw letters and notes written in Jung-gu heating. It seemed to her that she was writing a ‘story’.
I wondered what we would look like from the perspective of a skillful bard like her. How it will be described, what melody will be applied. Still, asking now didn’t seem like the right time. Not only was her story unfinished, but I felt like seeing it would affect the story in some way.
I was curious and interested, but it was right to listen to the contents after it was completed.
‘So that… She will stay with us until the end and complete the story.’
One of the proverbs that are handed down to lucky players.
Beware of voodoo.
Our story, which Illumina is weaving, will be left as Pandora’s box. For later enjoyment, not to make unnecessary jinxes.
Centered around the bonfire, Kaya silently prayed, Shay trimmed the claymore, Illumina scribbled a pen, and I sipped warm water… It was a time of silence that was so comfortable and peaceful that I couldn’t believe I was facing the boss room.
Shay, who was sitting across from me, broke her silence by removing her hand from her claymore.
“Captain.”
“Uh?”
“The next room, I mean.”
“Uh.”
“Can we do it? Like last time… You won’t be knocked down by an outrageous attack, right?”
“…”
“Because I’m much stronger than I was back then, because I’m in a much better shape, because Illumina and her older sister… I’m sure you’ll win safely this time too, right?”
That’s flagging, Shay.
Even Kaya, who opened her closed eyes, and Illumina, whose hand stopped, were looking at me.
I thought of the District 2 bosses for a moment. It is also unclear which one will emerge.
Even the bosses in District 2 are all like fuckers, but…
“Then.”
He smiled though.
Okay. Throw all your insecurities away from me.
“Of course. Now it’s just the second zone. Are we going to break through to the end and survive together?”
I planted a bigger flag. To the point where the flag she raised was completely covered.