Chapter 54 – Chapter 01: Elf Heavenly Horse
In fact, the entry-level dungeon was described as having a level of difficulty that a person with beginner-level abilities could easily conquer alone.
However, it is a story about someone who has reached the highest level, even at the level of beginners.
If a person at beginner level were unlucky enough to get caught in a top level dungeon, he could die.
Of course, since they don’t know much about the world, it’s not entirely impossible for a beginner level person to conquer a top level dungeon.
Therefore, Eugene did not necessarily divide the dungeons into beginner, intermediate, advanced, and top levels, but classified them into beginner-level dungeons and beginner-level dungeons.
‘Well, the classification is just something I roughly took and added to match the appropriate difficulty level that appeared in the game.’
Since it is questionable whether there are levels like in the original in the first place, it is said that they are just dividing the difficulty level in a way that is easy for them to understand.
“Well, the important thing is that since it is an entry-level dungeon, there is no problem even if the dungeon breaks.”
A dungeon where the Demon King’s army uses it as a dimension gate, making it impossible to even enter the demon world, and is literally nothing other than the weak enemies within the dungeon being released to the outside.
Therefore, it was a dungeon where the system would automatically clear out the released enemies over time even if Eugene did not attack it.
‘Nevertheless, the reason I’m targeting it is to test my skills.’
In other words, Eugene is attacking this dungeon to check his current skills in preparation for the academy entrance exam to be held tomorrow, and to retrieve the dungeon core since even though it is an entry-level dungeon, the dungeon core is a dungeon core.
‘Even if you’re an entry-level player, a dungeon core level magic stone will be quite helpful when you reach the level of a superhuman.’
In other words, conquering this dungeon was like a task Eugene gave himself.
By conquering this dungeon, you will prove that your body has been trained to the level of a superhuman, and as a bonus, you will also recover a dungeon core that will be helpful in reaching the level of a superhuman.
‘In a way, it could be said that the purpose of this dungeon’s existence is being used frugally.’
Like the main character, hunting enemies and conquering dungeons did not increase your level.
However, as the concentration of essence in the atmosphere inside the dungeon is high, Unirut’s conversion speed is accelerated, so the battle in this dungeon is definitely making Eugene grow faster, albeit slightly.
By attacking here, you can even retrieve elixirs that will help you increase your rank, so wouldn’t you say that you are fully accomplishing the purpose of leveling?
‘In the first place, the protagonist who works at the academy would never come to this dungeon.’
It would be safe to say that there are no cases where the main character who takes the standard route uses the hidden dungeons of Laina Forest, except for the route of becoming a disciple of the Heavenly Demon.
Therefore, as it does not take away from the main character’s skills, Eugene decides to use this dungeon as a stepping stone to improve his skills and reach the next level.
“Okay, let’s go.”
It is said that after organizing his thoughts, he put aside his complicated feelings about Yeonhwa and headed down the last stairs after finishing his meal to face the dungeon boss.
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‘This boss was definitely a gimmick type boss, right?’
In dungeons, there was something called a dungeon gimmick. If the enormous essence in the atmosphere were condensed in the form of a dungeon core, it could be said that the dungeon of Orbital World was created by that dungeon core.
At this time, while the dungeon is being created, the thoughts of surrounding intelligent life forms are mixed in, resulting in a special type of rule applied to the dungeon. This is called a dungeon gimmick.
‘This is a phenomenon that can usually be found in large dungeons that are classified as pro-reflation dungeons, such as the dungeon that exists in the basement of the Academy…’
There were cases where dungeon gimmicks appeared even in dungeons that were inherently special.
For example, when a wizard’s hidden laboratory is accidentally transformed into a dungeon, the wizard’s thoughts remaining in the laboratory may reside in the transformed dungeon.
‘And the dungeon gimmick that is applied to the dungeon has absolute power against those of difficulty level or lower.’
In other words, the entry-level dungeon was said to be able to force its absolute rules on those with power below the level of entry.
Conversely, it was also said that it was possible for someone with the status of a superhuman to ignore the rules of the dungeon by canceling them out with their own power.
In this case, it was a dungeon gimmick and it was possible to just press it with force, so the fact that the dungeon gimmick worked was a funny story in itself.
“In a way, the dungeon gimmick is a type of power that is born from nature.”
The power in nature that is born from the gigantic body of the dungeon and the fundamental image of thought.
Therefore, it is possible to offset it with force, but as long as this is not possible, it is a phenomenon that has no choice but to be absolutely affected.
‘And in the case of this dungeon, there are no gimmicks on other floors of the dungeon, but only on the boss floor where you face boss monsters.’
So obviously… , I was able to find out the reason while researching various things to find the location of this dungeon…
“… “I don’t remember.”
… It wasn’t that great of a dungeon to begin with, and I couldn’t remember a single thing because I had erased the memories I had stored in my mind thinking that I only needed to remember the strategy and location.
At least I remember that the dungeon boss was a human’s pet and that he was a dick…
‘… Hey, all you have to do is remember the gimmick strategy, okay?’
Unfortunately, for Eugene, the sad story behind Boss Enemy’s pet was of no interest at all.
I think even Eugene was in a very sad situation when he was playing the game, but since it was beyond the monitor, he could sympathize with the other person’s situation…
In a situation like now where I have to fight for my life face to face, there is nothing more idiotic than empathizing with the other person’s situation.
“… “Look at how big he is.”
Therefore, Eugene went down the stairs, thinking about Boss Enemy’s gimmick a few times, and soon a huge arena appeared.
In the center of the arena, I was able to come face to face with a gigantic monkey that appeared to be 10 meters tall, sitting with its face buried in its knees.
“Krrrr…”
At the same time, the moment Eugene stands in the center of the huge arena, Boss Enemy detects his presence and slowly begins to stand up with a growling sound.
And that giant monkey, like the other monkeys I had encountered so far in this dungeon, had both arms in the shape of awls.
‘The leash… , There is.’
The sight of Boss Enemy standing up and getting into a fighting stance as if it were natural was as big as a small building moving.
An ordinary person would have been overwhelmed and nervous by its size, but Eugene, who had fought bloody battles with monsters even larger than that, looked calm and confirmed the most important gimmick element of Boss Enemy.
“Crrrr possible!!!!!!!”
I’m so sorry!!!
And the moment it was confirmed that Eugene was wearing a huge leash with a chain that was cut in the middle, the giant ape let out a roar with all its might.
‘Thunderstorm…’
At the same time as the roar, sparks of blue light begin to run through the monkey’s entire body.
After confirming this, Eugene confirmed that, just like in the original work, the giant monkey had a shield made of thunderbolts all over its body, and took a stance by lifting the cannon blade.
‘Then let’s go somewhere…’
“Krarak!!”
Fuuuuuk!! It’s a joke!!
The moment Eugene took his stance, the awl monkey immediately jumped up into the sky with its gigantic size, as if any conversation between Enemy and humans was useless.
Immediately after that, when Eugene was struck at the spot where he was standing, Eugene nimbly dodged the attack by piercing his awl-shaped arm by throwing his body forward.
‘Would you like to check?’
He didn’t even pay attention to the attack from the awl monkey that was attacking him from behind, hitting the spot where he was standing just moments ago.
Even though lightning flowed through the awl stuck in the ground and formed a blanket over the area, he just moved as if it was none of his business.
Eugene immediately steps on the monkey’s knee and jumps up to the monkey’s eyes.
“Sigh!”
Then he immediately swung the cannon blade horizontally towards the eyes of the awl monkey…
It’s a joke!!
“Tsk!”
“Crack!!”
… Even though the cannon blade he wielded accurately cut off both of the monkey’s eyes, the monkey did not suffer a single wound.
Instead, a faint lightning flashed across the monkey’s eyes, and a weak spark was flying from the cannon blade’s sword body, as if the lightning had passed through the cannon blade before he knew it.
He twisted his body slightly in the air as the monkey headbutted Eugene, who clicked his tongue at that fact as if he had expected it.
“Sigh!”
Puzzle! Puck!
Then, he kicks the monkey’s forehead that is facing him with exquisite force, tumbles backwards, and lands wide of the distance.
“Cararalalak!!!!!”
‘… Even if it is a weak body part like the eyes, it cannot cause damage unless the lightning shield is disarmed.’
When Eugene landed like that, the awl monkey, which had merely swung its head in the air, screamed and expressed its anger.
Eugene looked at the scene, calmly adjusted his posture, confirmed what he knew, and slowly started to start the engine.
“In that case, I guess we have to follow the strategy and destroy that leash first.”
A protective shield of lightning that protects the monkey. That was the gimmick of this dungeon.
The setting was that the dungeon supplied power centered around the leash worn around the monkey’s neck, and the resulting lightning shield was impossible to pierce with force unless one reached the level of a superhuman.
Therefore, in the original work, by gathering all kinds of information, you found out that the gimmick’s weak point was the leash, and then you had to destroy the leash to cut off the power supplied to the monkey in the dungeon to properly inflict damage.
‘Until then, I can’t cause any damage with my current strength.’
Even though it was a protective shield, there was a case where the protective shield itself gained physical power through some kind of brain transfer.
In other words, since the shield itself is a lightning bolt, it is possible to use the shield as a weapon.
In fact, Eugene’s shoe, which had stepped on the monkey’s knee and forehead, was sending out small sparks and was trying to penetrate his body.
‘Even if you attack before destroying the leash, you will receive dot damage from this boss and cannot deal any damage.’
