Chapter 161 – Chapter 8 – Seo Eun-Ha (2)
When I open my closed eyes, I see a completely changed world.
If you think about the feeling, I think it’s more similar to Chaerin’s time than the last Seol-ah’s time.
[Prove your oath by correcting the remaining twist on the target.]
[Distortion of space: You will be trapped with the target in the dungeon created through the target’s trauma. Take the target and clear the dungeon.]
“Also.”
“Oh, this is…”
Just like Chaerin’s time, it was a twist of space that could only be accessed by clearing the dungeon.
The difference from that time was that the galaxy was attached to me from the start.
This part is much better than last time…
‘If possible, I’d like this dungeon to be based on an actual dungeon like the last one.’
Even though the difficulty of the last dungeon was high, I was able to clear it somehow because I had relevant information.
I thought that if it was a completely original dungeon with a similar difficulty level, I would have a lot of trouble.
Just in case you didn’t know, I checked all the data for the dungeons with high difficulty at dawn, so if you used real dungeons as a motif, you’d be able to figure it out right away.
“Dungeon?”
“Uh, you have to clear this place so that the oath of the womb proceeds normally.”
Again, the shape of the dungeon itself is in the form of a labyrinth.
Judging from the sound of monsters being heard from the starting room, the probability of encountering monsters seemed high.
Isn’t it a place where you just progress through hunting rather than puzzles?
“Oh, hold on.”
Eunha sprinkled her magical energy to gauge the level of the dungeon, and frowned as if something was strange.
The floor was a stone theme that seemed ordinary, and it showed its durability even when attacked by S-class hunters.
However, I didn’t feel the reaction force that bounced off due to the magical power.
As long as it shows such hardness, it should be considered a mythical dungeon, but even in a mythical dungeon, magic exists according to the difficulty.
“There is no magical power in the dungeon, but it is hard with the characteristics of a mythical dungeon…”
“Extra difficulty?”
This is a form of headache as it is, so I frowned.
Extra difficulty was a level of difficulty that increased the level of the dungeon according to the specs of the participants.
It is famous for its difficulty feature that only occasionally appears in Mythic Dungeons.
Adjusting the difficulty level sounds like consideration, but in reality, the problem was that no matter how strong you became, you couldn’t clear the dungeon if you couldn’t achieve what it required.
So, in reality, there were a lot of cases where even an S-rank hunter couldn’t solve the extra difficulty dungeon, leading to a break.
And now, we only noticed it because S-class came in by chance, but originally, it caused great confusion because of the variable difficulty depending on the people who discovered the dungeon for the first time or the raiders.
There was even a study showing that the dungeons were more free-spirited than ordinary mythical dungeons, making them difficult to attack, so they were treated as a huge headache in this industry.
Therefore, it was basic to proceed with the extra-difficulty dungeon, assuming the worst case scenario.
The level of the monsters could have been stronger than expected, so we moved forward while fighting very carefully.
Contrary to what he was worried about, however, the monsters were quite ready to deal with.
“Ah, this is enough. Eunha, are you okay?”
“Yeah. This is a bit easy, isn’t it?”
I don’t know if I was too scared because it was an extra difficulty.
After adequately assessing the situation, he sent Eunha to the back row, leaving only me in the front row.
It was because I decided that it would be more efficient if I fought properly in the front line and Eunha supported me from behind.
Of course, I have little experience in clearing dungeons, but I still have more experience in the front row than in the back row, so this form would be the most ideal.
“Oh, Mr. Sorry.”
“It’s okay. He has little combat experience in the first place.”
“Because you shouldn’t be so complacent while attacking the extra difficulty level.”
Hunter entered the dungeon and fought in real combat, but he had no intention of making such an excuse.
It’s just because I’m lacking, I’m hurting the party, and that’s something I should apologize for.
No matter how difficult the situation is to gain experience, there must be a way if you look for it…
I thought that I had been living a very carefree life until now.
“Thank you.”
I started to think that if Chae-rin went to the dungeon without Eun-ha for no reason, she wouldn’t be pouring out complaints.
The gap between Eunha watching from behind and not watching is really frightening.
In fact, it was okay to run into monsters without fear of getting hurt, so this in itself made a significant difference in combat power.
“Your fights are similar to Chaerin’s.”
“It’s probably because he learned his movements.”
Considering the instantaneous firepower, there is nothing as suitable as Chaerin’s wings, so I started using them mirroring them.
Of course, I learned by memorizing how the original user, Chaerin, handles it.
Of course, that wasn’t the only characteristic I used in combat.
For example, if you create a magic tool by mirroring Seol-ah’s characteristics, it will give you a great advantage in terms of freedom and performance in battle.
‘Damn it.’
As I continued to think, I came up with a thought about Seol-ah that I hadn’t thought of on purpose.
Is Seol-ah okay now?
If I had known it would turn out like this, I should have treated Seol-ah better.
No, even if I hadn’t asked for help from Seol-ah when dealing with Dakimakura in the first place…
A bad feeling of self-blame begins to eat into your head.
Even though Seol-ah was doing it, it took a day for her to start late.
Even if I hadn’t made a fuss out of excitement at the time, if I had calmed down right away and asked Eun-ha to calm down, I might have been able to move on through the day quickly.
“Babe?”
“Uh, huh?”
“Are you okay? I’m sweating.”
“Yes.”
Eunhyuk Park What are you doing?
Are you thinking about other things while clearing the extra difficulty, which is not a simple difficulty right now?
Are you crazy?
Are you going to hurt Seol-ah and even Eun-ha?
“Sorry, I’ll come to my senses.”
“Oh, I didn’t mean it that way. It just looked really bad.”
Even Eunha’s expression hardened a lot when she said that.
I wanted to hear what she was thinking through ‘I totally sympathize with you’, but in the middle of resolving her twist, there was a restriction that I couldn’t set it as a subject of my own characteristics.
In the meantime, you don’t even have the courage to ask yourself, so you’re trying to read people’s minds to check?
It’s really the worst today.
“Eunha, if there is any problem, tell me.”
“Huh? That, that’s…”
“There is, too.”
Well, even from Eunha’s point of view, I don’t think there are just one or two things I need to fix right now.
Of course, no major problems have arisen, but it might have been dangerous if it continued like this.
I was going to tell him to tell me because I will fix it, but at that moment, Eunha’s expression changed strangely and unexpected words came out.
“No, it seems like I’m only holding on to my ankles because I’m not a combat type.”
“What? What does that mean?”
In fact, you’re carrying everything I troll.
Do you think it would have been the end without Eunha in the first place?
I’m fighting in front, but to be honest, I’m going to fall far short of Chaerin, who usually matches Eunha.
And I think I’m saying that because I can recover, but the reason why this recovery ability is so efficient in the first place is because it mirrors you.
“If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have been able to fight properly while recovering from the injury I had earlier?”
“If I had wiped them out with firepower in the first place, they wouldn’t have even been hurt.”
That’s a novel self-reproach that I hadn’t even thought of.
Come to think of it, this is a strange kid who blamed himself for not being able to tank even one attack in the back row.
Anyway, I pinched her cheek, thinking that I really couldn’t dry it.
“Don’t talk nonsense, right? Without you, I wouldn’t have come this far and would have died.”
“But…”
“I asked you to come here in the first place. You are helping me, so why are you blaming yourself?”
Rather, if I have to blame myself, it is right for me to do it.
Of course, I was planning to have a child with Eunha someday, but it was because of me that everything was rushed and uneasy.
Well, now that I think about it, it’s because of me that Eunha has such anxiety.
Even Eunha felt that way because of the anxiety of not being able to save Seolah.
Yeah, in the end, it’s all because I, a fool, hurt Seol-ah.
“Eww…”
My head feels like it will break.
A multitude of thoughts rushing in and out tormenting me.
Wouldn’t it be right for me to give up everything and give up everything right now?
Doesn’t the fact that I step forward damage the galaxy?
“It’s really going crazy.”
Vomiting came pouring out of the eerie thoughts running through my head.
What I had just momentarily thought was the worst idea of giving up even moving forward.
Even thinking about it made me feel so disgusted with myself.
Feelings of hatred filling my head cover me, and in the end, I can’t properly focus on combat, leading to a dangerous situation.
And the chain of self-hatred that bites me again from the hate for that mistake strikes me.
Steps moving forward begin to feel as heavy as a thousand pounds.
“Rather, I should die…”
“What?”
However, that thought was instantly erased by a single word muttered by Eunha.
When I came to my senses after a long time, I wondered what the hell we were doing.
A little while ago, I thought it was normal for Eunha to blame herself because I was distracted, but recently, Eunha has improved a lot in that area.
It’s not like there was an incident like mine, so why are you blaming yourself like that?
In the first place, since I’ve been thinking of myself as a part of the galaxy lately, that kind of self-blame should have decreased a lot?
And now that I think about it, there were a lot of things I blamed myself for that made no sense.
“Fuck, this can’t be…”
It was not an incident that occurred in Korea, but there was one incident that made the whole world buzz.
It is a case in which famous American S-class hunters died after challenging a certain dungeon that was evaluated as low-level difficulty.
It was an accident that occurred at a time when humanity still lacked understanding of the extra difficulty level.
In the end, the number of hunters who were put in to attack the gate, who did not know how to attack at all, was staggering.
After putting all the different grades into the test, a huge number of hunters went out regardless of the grade.
For a while, it was said that the status of the American Hunter world was going down for a while, but…
‘Rather, while establishing a strategy for extra difficulty, I benefited from monopolizing that information until it spread.’
Anyway, even after all the information has been released, he is the one who is treated as the most vicious of the extra difficulty gates that have been attacked.
Because it was such a famous case, related information was open to the extent that no one knew about it.
So I, a fool, immediately recall.
‘Wow, the dungeon effect is amazing?’
The special feature of this dungeon was the passive effect hidden in normal difficulty.
The intruder gradually loses his self-esteem to the extreme.
It was a dungeon characterized by a strong sense of self-loathing as time passed.
In particular, it was a terrible dungeon for the hunters at the time, who were living lives filled with regrets about not being able to save someone, that regret consumed them and drove them to suicide.
Even though this dungeon’s characteristics cannot be defended with mental barrier-type characteristics or drugs, it is said that even after finding out the characteristics of the dungeon, a solution could not be found.
So, if you think normally, it’s a situation where you think there’s no solution, but…
‘There is a way to stop it.’
Of course, this is not a proven strategy that someone tried at the time.
Even doing this doesn’t completely solve the problem.
However, I used one trait, believing that it would be much better than it is now.
