Fell in the Highest Difficulty Dungeon 52

Chapter 52 – District 1 (T2) (25)

8. District 1 (2 tracks) (25)

‘Oops, it’s saksin…’

My whole body ached. My eyes were dry, my mouth was stuffy, and there was a musty smell coming from somewhere. And the most important problem was that the whole body did not budge, as if it had been pressed by scissors.

“Yes…”

‘Holy-Lee.’

Just in time, the voice of the cause was directly plugged into my ear.

‘Did we sleep in this position?’

Kaya was lying on top of me and hugging my neck, but she tossed and turned slightly, perhaps uncomfortable. The funny thing about her was that even though she was sleeping, she didn’t come down from the top of my body.

‘It’s difficult.’

It wasn’t because it was heavy.

After all this, I felt like I was going to covet her again because of her excitement from the morning.

“Kaya. Kaya.”

“…”

“You have to get up.”

She was still sleeping, breathing loudly. I unknowingly slapped her on the butt while thinking that her breasts would hurt.

And. It’s cold.

“Huh!?”

“Puhhhhh.”

“… Leader!”

No matter how many times I hear it, that shocking sound is laughable. Kaya, who couldn’t hold back her laughter and giggled, woke up from her slumber and complained slightly. Then she looked at herself, and then she hurried back and covered the blanket with a blanket. Yes, it was a narrow tent, so it was there.

“I’ll be there, so fix it up and come out.”

“Ah… Even if you don’t.”

“Because it is.”

‘It’s because I think I can’t stand it if I stay here.’

She was quite embarrassed, but once she put it on and went out. She checked her condition by doing simple stretches near a campfire.

[Mentality]
Shay: -33 (lethargic)
Kaya: 0 (obsession)
Eugene: -30 (Indomitable)

[Health]
Shay 13/17
Kaya 14/14
Eugene 17/17

“This… It’s beyond imagination.”

His stamina was as expected, but his mentality was higher than expected. It was important to simply take a break without worrying about the horrors of the dungeon, but it seemed that the effect on the mentality of the person concerned was also taken into account. There was no other way to explain this phenomenon.

‘In The Long Terror, there were cases in which the spirit-broken hero refused to rest or eat and was unable to recover… Wasn’t it a wrong choice to take care of both Kaya and Shay, even if it was overdoing it?’

Of course, in Shay’s case, my desires were mixed in the middle, but didn’t it go well in the end? If you have this much mentality, unless you are unlucky enough to walk forward and fall backwards and break your nose, you will not die from mental collapse.

‘If Shay’s mentality hadn’t recovered, she was thinking of turning it into a third row.’

If that was the case, she would have no choice but to speed up with the tenacity of the crusader in the third row and heal with the light of justice. In the end, the strength of the warriors’ army would have dropped, and if the clearing was delayed that much, the probability of survival would have decreased. Even if the stochastic turn waste is second to none.

“It’s good, it’s good.”

“Ahhhhh… What? Captain?”

“Ah. Did you sleep well?”

“Lol…”

Shay came out of the tent, scratching her head, and smiled shyly. Even I, who asked out of habit, was dumbfounded myself.

‘Kaya moans.’

She decided not to think about it any longer. Still, she might not have slept at all, and the fatigue and lethargy clinging to her face were considerably gone.

In the first place, at the point of moving and speaking on her own, she was completely different from Shay before the break yesterday.

“Captain.”

“Uh?”

“Sister Kaya… Did you take good care of me?”

“Uh, what. Yes?”

“Captain, are you good at dealing with women? Lol.”

“No way.”

If nothing else, I could affirm Shay’s words just now.

“Kaya was the first woman to develop a relationship with, and you were the second.”

“… Yes?”

Let’s exclude the monster named mother. Then I was not wrong.

“Do not lie.”

“Since yesterday, they keep telling lies. It’s true. Shall we swear again?”

“… No. It was just something I said.”

“Uh huh. Do you dare to doubt the captain?”

“Puha. What is that?”

After exchanging puns with Shay for a while, Kaya came out. Momentary stillness came. She was very awkward.

‘Um, I think I’ve already lost interest.’

It was scary, but it was an opportunity. She also had a good reason to wipe herself.

“Do you want me to clean up?”

“Yes, chief.”
“Yes, chief.”

I quickly went inside the tent and listened to the entrance.

**

“…”
“…”

Kaya and Shay sat facing each other across the bonfire as if they had made an appointment.

‘What should I say?’

Shay tapped the lumps of charcoal for no reason. She couldn’t help but think that Kaya knew everything about Hendrick. She also knew what had happened between Hendrick and Kaya, which made it all the more difficult for her to say.

“Shay.”

“Yes, sister.”

“I’m sorry.”
“Sorry… Yes?”

Shay heard her unexpected words and jerked her head. Kaya and her eyes met.

“Uh, why is your sister apologizing?”

“First of all, it is true that I was greatly influenced by the horrors of Nana and Shayna dungeons. Yes?”

“… That’s right. Shame on you.”

“It’s a shame, but it’s already happened. I’m belatedly confessing, but after Shay officially joined the corps of warriors, she was enveloped in personal feelings the whole time.”

“Personal, emotions.”

“Yes. It was an ugly feeling for her as a priest, and especially for a nun who held her will of charity in her heart.”

Jealousy, envy, and monopoly.

“It was my own overkill. I was a stupid, ungrateful, brutish woman.”

“Uh…”

“Shay.”

“Yes?”

“I bought the captain…”

“Buy… ?”

“Buy…”

Kaya, who clenched and opened her fists and wiped them on her clothes, was distracted.

“I know I shouldn’t be like this. Love the captain… It seems to do. She couldn’t tell the difference between public and private affairs and was jealous of Shay. She was jealous of Shay’s bravery, performance, and talent. Even though she knew Shay was suffering, she tried to keep the captain private. This is why I apologize to Shay.”

“… Love.”

Kaya’s face was a little more relaxed than before. Shay, on the other hand, is a bit complicated.

“It feels like my heart is clearing up a little when I admit it without suppressing myself. Shay, what does she think?”

“Yes? What?”

“The boss.”

Kaya landed a left uppercut right after the right hook. But she, Shay, was not silent this time.

“A unique but important captain, and… I think he is an irreplaceable man.”

“… An irreplaceable man.”

“Yes. An irreplaceable man.”

Kaya and Shay’s eyes met. Neither backed down.

**

After all preparations, our warriors got out of 1-9. The hallway was dark as always, but somehow it felt slightly brighter, probably because I had just come out of the resting place. First of all, Shay and Kaya didn’t seem to be in bad shape either.

‘I’m curious. I’m fucking curious.’

However, the fact that a subtle air current was created between the two colleagues was probably not entirely my fault.

‘Now, let’s throw away our thoughts. 1-10, let’s just think about the boss.’

I caught the soft feeling in advance. The comrades walking ahead look fine now, but I didn’t know when they would break like yesterday.

[Double-edged Ax of Terror]
– Target: Berserker, Looter
– Increases maximum attack power by 3
– Decrease defense by 1
– Grants ‘confusion’ to monsters hit with attacks with a certain probability

‘Shit. It’s for sale.’

I belatedly checked the artifacts I had not been able to confirm because I was distracted. In the beginning, the maximum attack power was increased by 3, so if you use a berserker or a plunderer, it was a usable artifact until the middle. At the low difficulty level, which is harder to break by my standards, there were times when I played as a hero like a 4 berserk warrior or a 4 plunderer, because I was spoiled.

‘It was so much fun to mess with one of them when the four of us mess around.’

There was no such thing now, and when I returned, it was straight to the store.

‘Still, since it’s an artifact that came out of an elite monster, it’s going to be a bit pricey… How much did the boss clear reward and area clear reward go up?’

As the difficulty level increases, so does the reward.

It wasn’t like drinking kimchi soup already, but wouldn’t a reasonable expectation raise hope and courage?

“Leader.”

“… Uh?”

“When we go back, it wouldn’t hurt to move to a larger room.”

“That’s right. Do you know how much I noticed the last time I slept in the bed by myself?”

“Huh?”

Kaya, Shay. You.

“I couldn’t tell you because the conditions weren’t good at the time, but when I go back, I want to serve the dishes I made.”

“I want you to go shopping for clothes with me. Not drab clothes, cool clothes.”

“…”

“Leader. We know what worries us. In fact, even now, the horrific scene is constantly replaying in my head. A terrible future that I don’t want to imagine will unfold… No matter how hard I try, no matter how hard I struggle, it won’t change. I hear whispers like that too. Although less than yesterday.”

“Me too.”

“But.”

Kaya raised her mace. Shay also raised the Claymore. Perhaps thanks to the maintenance at the resting place, the two weapons were clean and radiant.

“Even if I gave in once. I won’t give in twice. An anchor called the captain.”

“As long as there is a lighthouse called Captain.”

“Even if you take the wrong road along the way, you will arrive at the final destination correctly.”

Jerebuck-
Whoa-!

My footsteps stopped. And the weapons of the two pointed to the front.

… There was a door much larger than the others, a door much darker and oozing a creepy vibe.

“I definitely want to defeat the monster on the other side of the door and repay the captain. In many ways.”

“Me too. In many ways.”

After speaking the same words, the two looked at each other for a moment, but quickly turned their heads to the front.

What. These guys now

Are you comforting me, telling me not to worry too much? You guys who suffered and suffered so much?

“Haha… Haha!”

“Leader?”
“Captain?”

“No, nothing. Haha… !”

Unfounded confidence, unfounded hopes arose. It was just a useless thing in the lucky game, but…

“Good. Good. Whatever it is, let’s do it. I mean go back.”

“… Yes!”
“Yes! Captain!”

“Let’s go.”

This time, I didn’t let Shay push alone. She clung to Kaya and she pushed the three of them together. Then the huge door creaked and pushed inward little by little.

Whoop-!

Soon, the door was fully opened.

We didn’t go in right away. It was because, unlike other rooms where the monster was seen with a message upon entering, the inside of the door was completely dark.

‘Ha, I remember it when I wake up.’

It was fortunate that he overcame and resisted well, but how angry he was because of the visions he saw then. The darkness inside the door definitely reminded me of that time.

“Captain, this is it.”

“There’s a guy who’s a little stronger than the others in here, I think the curtains were drawn to show something.”

So I deliberately said it more lightly.

Don’t even think about doing stupid things, you fear-forsaken bastard.

After meeting Kaya and Shay’s eyes once, I was the first to step into the darkness where I couldn’t see the road.

If this was a longer terror now, the moment I went inside the door, it would be the timing for the boss appearance cutscene to appear along with the loading. So what about now?

—-.

“What the fuck!”

Changed vision. And a sharp, grotesque sound that pierced the eardrum.

The unidentified sound gradually became clear as time passed.

– Give in.

An intimidating voice that made me fall to my knees.

– Those who do not.

And finally, the identity of the voice also began to be revealed.

– You will be crushed by fear and become a handful of blood.

‘This bastard… !’

Familiar speech. And what kind of monster wouldn’t be, a very fucking-looking one!

[Area 1 boss monster, 〈 Horror Hand 〉 has appeared.]

It was the appearance of a physical par boss with grotesquely large and ugly hands.