Chapter 29 – District 1 (T2)(2)
8. Zone 1 (2 tracks) (2)
We woke up early in the morning, which can be called dawn, and faithfully kept my word, ‘don’t think about the next challenge.’ It wasn’t much, but I used all the money I had and filled up the necessities.
Accommodation equipment such as tents to be used at rest areas. Combat consumables such as snack food, antidote, holy water, bandages, and torch oil. Other maintenance items such as sharpeners, mops, water, extra clothes, etc.
I headed to the entrance of the dungeon, packing an amount that I would never have been able to pack if the luggage bag provided by default had not been equipped with space expansion and fixing abilities.
“Heung heung~ Heung heung~ Heung heung heung~”
The morning in Salem was quite chilly, but not quiet. I thought we came out fairly early, but we weren’t the only warriors heading to the dungeon.
“At least four…”
“Because we are three stronger than four, and will become a stronger four in the future. Let’s do what we can.”
“… Yes.”
I liked the fact that there was no need to compete to see who entered first. After all, going through the entrance leads to different dungeons.
‘Is the difficulty of the dungeon that way is medium or easy? Or is it difficult? Maybe it’s easy since he doesn’t seem that nervous.’
It was unknown. Do other people choose the difficulty level like gamers to enter, or is it randomly assigned without such a thing, does the dungeon reset only apply to me, or does it go up one level at a time starting from easy difficulty? Summarizing the information going around, the difficulty seems to be the same until at least one area is cleared, but no one knew the principle.
The queue was shortened, and soon it was our warriors’ turn. Shay, who had been humming his signature song three minutes before, became quiet. Kaya, who had experienced the dungeon once, was fiddling with the handle of his mace as if she was already getting nervous.
I was nervous as well. But there was no need to be overly scared before the start.
Is zone 1. It was a game in the past, but anyway, it’s an area I’ve broken through thousands of times. Even if I failed in the final clear, no matter how trashy I started, I somehow managed to clear area 1.
The level of difficulty has increased compared to that time, but the level of my hero’s squad is also at the 1st group level. The area after 1-3, I was a little scared of how that place would have changed, but there was nothing I could do about it.
“You don’t have to be too nervous from now on.”
Instead of answering, I lightly tapped the shoulders of my colleagues who nodded seriously, and I appropriately shook off my own tension.
“Let’s go.”
To finish District 1 in onet (2t).
**
Upon entering the dungeon entrance, darkness like a blank black loading screen covered the world for a moment, and soon 1-0, the first safe zone, appeared. Shay, who was new to the dungeon, seemed nervous, but was constantly looking around as if the inside of the dungeon she had never seen was strange.
‘I remember the last time I came. Write it.’
Suddenly, the reality of being possessed by the world in The Long Terror Game, and that too, was frightened by the fact that it had fallen to the highest level and tried to escape from reality. At that time, Kaya’s blunt words held me back to reality.
“Leader.”
“Okay.”
Just that one word.
The words themselves have not changed, but the emotions contained in them have changed. I know that it is a word that implies a relationship filled with positive emotions, including trust, rather than a business-like, rigid and calculated relationship.
That is why I am her captain, and the captain is the one who leads.
“As I said before, let’s never let our guard down and move on. It’s a one-way street until the first room appears.”
Shay was in row 1, Kaya was in row 2, and I was in row 3. Maybe if the level goes up and the probability of scouting or detecting traps increases, I was just okay because they were all level 1 now. There was almost no difference in the probability of who stood in front, and it was better to maintain the same standard formation in order to prepare for an unexpected attack (monster attack).
‘What we lack right now is utility and 2% less damage. Of course, Thun (Treasure Hunter, Treasure Hunter) would be good.’
I thought I would clear District 1 and recruit a skillful Thun for the remaining one. It was kimchi soup this time, but I forced myself to drink it.
I had to think like this, so I could definitely strengthen my will to break through District 1.
“So far, there is nothing wrong with it.”
“Because it’s just the beginning.”
[Brightness: 94]
Just seeing the decrease in the brightness level, which I didn’t have to worry about in dungeons, made me realize that the fear in the dungeon was definitely flowing out.
After walking for about 5 minutes like last time, we arrived in front of the first room.
“There is a 100% chance that this front is a rook. Think of it as warming up.”
Even though I said that to ease the tension of my colleagues, I was checking our location, specifications, condition, and items once again.
Ki-Ik-
The first visit is open.
[Layman 1]
[Layman 2]
“Embrace your fear!”
“You stupid mortals!”
It’s a small thing, but the moment I confirmed the layman who had increased to two, the door was slammed shut.
[Speed check]
**
[Layman 1 has died.]
[Layman 2 has died.]
[Reward: 3 silver coins]
1-1 is a room that can be broken by bringing any junk class. It meant that she could somehow break it unless she brought a naturally-born gatekeeper like an elven battle nun alone. It was a room that could not be broken, that is, a warm-up level room to see what the newly selected warriors were like. So it was only natural that the monsters were weak and the rewards were weak. No matter how lucky you were, it wasn’t enough to place unmanageable enemies from the first room in the first area.
But the idea cracked.
The weakest, and in the national rule of 1-1 where only one comes out.
Two came out.
So it didn’t have to be hit, so I had to do a short stall (intentional delay) to recover my physical strength from 1-1.
Atmosphere?
Shayna, who was new to dungeons, and Kaya, who was second now, had no idea what dungeons were originally like.
On the outside, I was in a mess as I walked forward without saying anything.
[The fear that flows from the deepest depths of the dungeon aims at the small cracks in the courage of the warriors.]
[Shay mentality -3]
[Eugene mentality -5]
[Kaya mentality -4]
‘Damn it.’
I don’t know if it was a coincidence or if it actually reflected my mental state, but my mentality was black. She saw the body of Shayna Kaya, who was walking in front of her, flinch. It was brief, but the impact of fear on their hearts was clear.
But it’s okay.
It was just the beginning, and the black mentality was insignificant. This is how close it is. A few critical hits will heal it.
“Aagh!”
“Shay!”
[Shay is caught in a trap.]
[Trap deals 2 damage to Shay.]
[Remaining HP 15/17]
[Shay Mentality –8]
It was a typical iron skewer trap. A creepy trap that pops out from underneath if you step on it and mercilessly stabs the soles of your feet, Achilles tendon, or calves.
It was fortunate that I didn’t get ‘bleeding’, but seeing Shay caught in a trap while I was trying to rationalize myself, I wondered if this dungeon bastard was reading my thoughts and feeding me shit.
“Okay, it’s okay. I was surprised, but I wasn’t seriously hurt.”
“Stay still.”
“Yes…”
It’s not a resting place and she’s not even in a bleeding condition, but Shay is injured.
Uh, stamina level 2. I’ll go into battle later and recover.
I got rid of that thought.
Kneeling on one knee in her cold aisle, she carefully removed Shay’s left boot. The inside of her boot was covered in blood. She had ugly scars running through her white, stocky calves.
I got hurt that looked so painful just by looking at it, but I didn’t want to look bad with her [15/17 Stamina] Message.
“Kaya.”
“Yes.”
While I was wiping the blood off her boots, Kaya said nothing, wiping a rag around her wound and carefully wrapping her wound with her bandage.
“…”
If she recovers her physical strength with a skill, the wound should be completely gone to the point where I feel like an idiot for worrying about it. That’s something Shay knows.
But sometimes you have a condition, so you treat it carefully, and sometimes you just ignore it because you have lost your stamina?
At least by my standards, he wasn’t a human baby.
‘… Fuck, when I think about it, I spit while lying down.’
Still, I was a gamer beyond the 4th wall back then, so extenuating the norm.
I calmly accepted Shay’s strange gaze and directed her forward again. Fortunately, this time, there was no additional mental damage or additional traps.
Second room.
Last time, an elite monster popped up in 1-2. And in 1-2, the warriors team almost collapsed.
‘Even if the Fearless Warrior appears again, it will be different this time.’
If that vomit-looking bastard screams fear again, I’ll make my ax upgraded to the next level, Kaya’s mace, and Shay’s claymore’s food.
I thought so and opened the door.
“Fear! Fear! The horror is coming.
[Encountered with an elite monster, 〈 Dread Prophet 〉]
‘No, I didn’t mean that I wanted her to come out again!’
It was unbelievably bad luck. It was an unbelievable probability. Would you feel like this if your speed roll kept rolling by 1?
For an elite monster to appear twice in a row in 1-2 was that absurd.
But if there is something different from then.
“씨발거지새끼가술처먹고토한것보다쓰레기같이생긴주제에어디서그역한입을놀려구역질나게.”
It is that there is a seizure-abusive language maker that did not exist at that time, and that it did not suffer from the ‘intimidation’ that it had before.
Shay’s ‘seizure’… Might not be worse than you think?
“Horror Ohhhhh!!!”
“Shut up, the filth of the world.”
At least, the guardian knights at the altar were called heretical, but that was treated as filth. It must be because of his mood, but the fearless warrior seemed to be taken aback when we didn’t panic.
[Speed check]
Shay: 4
Kaya: 4
Eugene: 7
Dread Prophet: 4
[Eugene’s turn comes first.]
[The Prophet of Terror]
Max HP: 65
Attack Power: 6~7
Defense: 2
Speed: 4
‘Fortunately, the specifications are the same.’
In the first place, this guy specialized in mentality attacks rather than physical specs. He was under pressure to get rid of it quickly, but at least the fear of being beaten by this guy was less.
“You will search before the stigma cools off. It’s a fucking baby. “
[Find a wanted criminal]
[Eugene brands the Horror Prophet as a wanted criminal.]
[Eugene deals 1 damage to the Dreadseer.]
[Remaining HP 64/65]
[Stigma lasts for 3 turns.]
[As long as the stigma is maintained, all physical damage is amplified by 25%.]
The stigma was affixed smoothly. The problem was the next turn.
[The speed of Shay, Kaya and Dread Prophet is the same.]
Of course, it’s good to win in a roll, but I thought that even if he took a turn, there would be no big obstacle to the general trend. It’s not like that monster launches a huge attack from the first turn, and both Shay and Kaya have the ability to increase their speed.
[Speed roll]
Shay: 4
Kaya: 3
Dread Prophet: 5
[The Dread Prophet’s turn will precede Shay’s and Kaya’s.]
No, this isn’t a lot.
‘… Should I just clear my head?’
(To the bad side) In front of the reality that comes true as I thought, I sighed in despair.
“Fear oh oh oh-!”
Soon, the fearless warrior, whose turn had come, began to emit a ghastly voice.
[You should be in awe]
“Welcome!”
[The fear prophet’s cry shakes the minds of the warriors.]
[Shay Mentality –9]
[Kaya Mentality –11]
[Eugene mentality -10]
[Shay remaining HP 14/17]
[Kaya remaining HP 13/14]
[Eugene remaining HP 14/15]
It cried out in terror, forcibly thrusting it into us.
Fuck that
