Chapter 42 – District 1 (T2) (15)
8. District 1 (2 tracks) (15)
“A guest is a guest, but it’s quite dangerous, isn’t it?”
“Whoa… Nothing dangerous will happen. At least not here.”
“That is fortunate. There is a difference between a guest and a grandson by one point.”
For once, I breathed a sigh of relief. Because the worst has been avoided right now.
The Dark Merchant’s canteen, also known as the Shop, was one of several event rooms. As if the horror box room in 1-3 was one of the event rooms.
These guys were very vicious guys who bought our goods at 50% of Salem’s prices and sold them at 150%. Must. No enuri. No injuries, of course. What is it if those who get 50% more from Salem’s waterfront, which is already insulting, are not vicious guys?
However, the regrettable thing was always the warriors.
– If twisted… You know?
– Fuck you fucking money bugs! Get lost!
– Bye bye.
Seriously, I wonder if the meme of a shop owner circulated on the bulletin board of The Long Terror community as a symbol of viciousness.
Anyway, unless you have really urgent supplies or something you coveted, you rarely buy anything else from the store.
Make a fuss? There were options like that.
As long as you don’t want to see the end of the petty warriors being defeated by the shopkeeper, not the boss, it’s a forbidden option that you never touch.
‘For now… I’ll have to pay the entrance fee.’
Before I even looked at the stuff, I really, barely used it in game… It reminded me of the ‘admission fee’ function, which was rarely used only in really urgent situations.
“Entrance. Two.”
At the sudden words, the shop owner only slightly moved one eyebrow, but without saying anything, he held out his palm to this side.
“No. 1, 1 gold coin per person.”
“Nimi.”
I took out two of the gold coins I got from killing the monsters and threw them into my palm. My stomach hurt. At the shopkeeper’s gaze, I pointed my eyes at his colleagues.
“Entrance complete. Anytime you want to see something else.”
Instead of answering, he just nodded his head. Gin is all gone.
“Leader…”
“Captain…”
“First, rest for a while. Here. Drink water too If you get hungry while drinking, you forget your food.”
I bought time by paying the entrance fee. In addition to the goods, the unidentified shop owner provided an intangible service called ‘entry’, a service that blocked the energy of the dungeon as much as you paid for it. In other words, I paid 2 gold coins earlier to avoid the decline in mentality that would attack Shay and Kaya.
More simply put, money buys grace time.
I didn’t know how that was possible, but it gave me a break for now anyway. I saved it because I still had time to spare.
Far from earning money, I only consumed it, and nothing improved, but I crossed a room and maintained the status quo.
Of course, it was fucking daunting. I couldn’t compare it to when the sergeant bastard asked me to close my eyes after I was assigned to the new unit, and then she said that it was your future.
“Kaya. Shay. Pay attention. Listen carefully.”
“…”
There was no answer. I don’t even have the mind to answer. Even if they didn’t pass out or fall asleep, they had above-average mental strength.
“There are three more left. With just three hits, you can break through a section of the dungeon and return to Salem. And we’ve broken through 6 so far, before breaking through 7.”
He wet his parched lips with water.
“I don’t know what will come out. I said this so seriously and spleen, but the resting place will appear right in the next room, and the shop may appear again in the next room. Or, brutally, only elites can come out three times in a row.”
It was an extreme example, but since it was the dungeon of The Long Terror, it was laughable that it couldn’t be ruled out at all.
“The most important thing in this situation is…”
Pajijik-!
“Are you fucking kidding me? How many minutes have passed!”
[A shady aura of fear hovers around the warriors.]
[The effect of Kaya’s entrance is destroyed.]
[The effect of Shay’s entrance is destroyed.]
[Eugene mentality -4]
The shopkeeper just shrugged his shoulders with a knowing smile. Grinding my teeth, I dedicated two more gold coins.
“You. You guys will admit it too. If you’re picky, you think you’ll cross the line. That is very dangerous You don’t remember, do you?”
The two nodded blankly. I barely held my breath.
“I have two options.”
Among the two fingers extended in a V, the middle finger was folded and said.
“I will buy food with the money I have earned so far, eat it all for recovery, and then stand in line. I’m trying to reduce the odds of you guys being attacked even a little bit.”
“That.”
“Listen to it.”
I blocked Kaya’s words. It was obvious that she didn’t even listen to what she had to say. She won’t do that, she’ll say she’ll do it instead. I folded my index finger and spoke of an extreme plan to force the second option, in fact the first option.
“The moment the entrance effect expires, we leave this place right away. Nothing, just as it is.”
For a moment, Kaya blinked her eyes as if she didn’t understand. I struggled for a while on how to say this.
‘Anyway, once or twice…’
The most important issue.
Whether you choose option 1 or option 2.
On the way to 1-8, there is a very, very high probability that Shay’s mentality sitting there blankly will break through -100.
In short.
Now, before facing a hopeless future, when I was sane, I exchanged thoughts and made up my mind for the last time.
Before entering the store, it was an extremely tense, heart-pounding, dispirited situation, but… Strangely, I regained my composure.
Maybe, in a corner of my heart, I didn’t even know that it could already be like this.
‘Isn’t it a state of familiarity or liberation rather than calmness?’
Do you know anything else Will it succeed in awakening rather than going crazy with a low probability?
Kaya glanced at her Shay, then shook her head.
“As you wish… Please do.”
“The money we have now is the money we earned from fighting together, can I decide it myself?”
“Anyway, it seems there is no other option.”
There is nothing but that.
Kaya’s voice also strangely calmed down. Her voice and mood were so different from what they were just a few minutes ago that they were terrifyingly foreign.
‘I can’t help it.’
Best judgment and sometimes the number of gambles that exceed it.
However, the dungeon’s force majeure against it.
The battle between the corps of warriors and the first section of the dungeon had been driven to the brink of knocking down our corps of warriors.
‘Okay. I don’t know if the shop didn’t come out, but since the shop is out… Let’s buy food.’
Having made my decision, I quickly approached the store owner and accepted the catalog. Just in case, I looked around to see if there were other usable items besides food, or items to create variables, but there were none.
After buying as much food as possible at a disgusting overpriced price, he continued to swallow without chewing properly.
[Eugene’s HP is restored by 1.]
[Eugene recovers 2 HP.]
[Eugene’s HP is restored by 1.]
As a result, my physical strength recovered to 13, and I was broke again. There was only enough food for the three of them to eat at one time.
The inside became bloated, but the anxiety that once brushed against it could fall into death again is gone.
‘Whatever… Let’s survive You have to survive to return, recover, and challenge the next area.’
On the other hand, among the countless editions, there are cases in which the clear angle seems to have been wiped out due to absurd mistakes or gimmicks. There was also a game where I thought I had hit it and played it roughly, but then got lucky and broke it.
If I had been a longer terror newbie, if I hadn’t had numerous clear experiences and many times more failures than that. I might have panicked too.
‘3 out of 4 people have the experience of clearing even when they are crazy. Even at a high level.’
Pajijik-!
[A shady aura of fear hovers around the warriors.]
[The effect of Kaya’s entrance is destroyed.]
[The effect of Shay’s entrance is destroyed.]
[Eugene mentality -4]
The effect of the second entry has just disappeared. The short break is over. From now on, it was really a time attack.
“Kaya! Get Shay! I lead.”
“Yes. Captain.”
There was no need to greet the store owner.
The captain, whose specs were lowered because he fell into a state of near death, and two time bombs whose wicks were almost burned out of the store.
**
Doo-Kung-Do-Kung-
My heart beats wildly, and I walk.
When the right foot steps forward, extend the left arm back, and when the left foot steps forward, extend the right arm back. Move your limbs like that and walk while looking at the back of the head of the person in front of you.
Cold. Cold. It’s bleak.
However, the inside of the armor was filled with sweat. Sweat pooled, and my heart shivered with the cold.
I want to leave this place right now. But the oath to God has tied me here like an anchor.
I want to pray to the goddess. So I want to ask. Why does a world like this exist in your world? If you are truly the goddess of light and justice, how can there be a space where justice is dead without a handful of light?
My hands hurt. Your cheeks are hot. Mouth is sore
The sword was too heavy. It was a sword that I usually carried casually, but it was too long and cumbersome. What if the sword is this long and heavy? In a place like this, I can’t control my heart properly.
Give up. Accept.
Accept. Give up.
Give up. Accept.
Accept. Give up. Give up. Accept. Accept. Give up. Give up. Accept. Give up. Accept. Give up. Give up. Give up. Accept. Give up. Patience. Give up… Patience?
Patience.
How long do I have to be patient How much more patience do you have to have? How can I be more patient here.
Patience.
You say you want the dungeon to end, but you give up without even seeing the boss in the first area?
Give up.
There won’t be one or two people like me. Even so, the dungeon failed to clear for a long time, and heresy could not be eradicated.
Give up.
In fact, I was just an ordinary crusader with high ideals. Could it be that the gap between dreams and reality is so great that the crotch is torn? So, wouldn’t it be right to accept the reality that it is impossible?
Give up.
It hurts. Both body and mind. Head too. So painful.
Give up.
Captain. I decided to follow the captain to the end, but I. She must have been a more fragile and useless woman than I thought.
Give up.
It’s hard.
Give up.
Scared.
Give up.
I’m afraid.
Give up. I’m afraid. Give up. I’m afraid.
Give up. I’m afraid. Give up. I’m afraid. Give up. I’m afraid. Give up. I’m afraid. Give up. I’m afraid. Give up. I’m afraid. Give up. I’m afraid. Give up. I’m afraid. Give up. I’m afraid. Give up. I’m afraid. Give up. I’m afraid. Give up. I’m afraid. Give up. I’m afraid. Give up. I’m afraid. Give up. I’m afraid. Give up. I’m afraid. Give up. I’m afraid. Give up. I’m afraid. Give up. I’m afraid.
Afraid afraid afraid afraid afraid afraid afraid afraid afraid afraid afraid afraid afraid afraid afraid afraid afraid
Dooku-!
Ah.
Ah.
Am I alive?
Lol…
Lol…
… …
Goddess. Give me strength Goddess. Please tell me the way Goddess. Please tell us. Goddess. Goddess. Goddess.
Goddess…
[The fear is trying to subdue the spirits of the brave warriors.]
[Shay mentality -4]
[Kaya mentality -5]
[Eugene mentality -3]
Dooku-!
[Shay’s mentality has exceeded -100.]
[Terror overtakes Shay.]
[Shay resists the encroachment of fear.]
Suaaagh-!
“Goddess…”
————–!
[Shay failed to resist.]
[Shay is overcome with fear.]
[Shay suffers from insanity ‘lethargy’.]
