Chapter 14 – Chapter 14
“There’s a monster at the entrance?”
I told Daeman Lee what I had speculated about.
When you enter the dungeon, there will be monsters around the gate.
Lee Dae-man, who heard my story, seemed to be thinking about something for a while.
Even the stupidest Awakener could be said to be a veteran with that level of experience.
I hope you read my intent.
Let’s trust him
If I had said that much, I wouldn’t have said anything about taking us in.
Or at least he’ll go in first and check things out, then he’ll come out and call us or something.
“Hmm. I’m going in first. You guys come in 10 seconds later.”
No, you stupid bastard
Didn’t you hear that people’s arms were cut off?
We’re not Awoken you bastards.
“I’m sorry, but we really won’t be of any help.”
“I know. But that’s up to you. Just do what I tell you to do. Then you won’t hear anything like that.”
What are you going to do, man?
Are you thinking of using it as a meat shield?
What the hell are we doing?
“Then go first. Follow me right away! Don’t run away.”
Did that bastard read my thoughts?
I felt like I was going to die of concern for the reporters camped out behind me.
If I get out of here, I’ll be all over the internet.
They may ask you to resign because you disgraced the company.
We are no different from ordinary people, but the media and others look at us with colored glasses.
Employees of support companies like me are treated as people who have to take the lead in entering the dungeon, no matter how dangerous it is, just for the fact that I have the qualifications to enter the dungeon.
We are not soldiers.
If you’re as strong as an Awakener, you won’t feel unfair.
Is this moment like pride and honor? It was like standing at the crossroads of life or death.
People are watching us from behind.
Senpai and I need to get inside the gate quickly…
“Hey!! The results are out.”
A voice like a savior came.
I was able to use that as an excuse to buy time.
“Muh, what’s going on. Civil servant teacher!”
A middle-aged civil servant ran toward us.
He grabbed something and ran out of the building.
What he was holding in his hand looked like a tablet PC.
“Wait, this way. It’s not information that can be announced yet… Ah, this should be enough. Actually, the results of the fingerprint identification just came out. I need to get the blood DNA test results…”
Hearing that sound, I hated going inside even more.
The senior next to him seemed to be thinking the same thing, but he had a desperate expression on his face.
The Awoken is dead.
The fact that only one arm flew over the gate meant that he had died right in front of the gate’s nose.
There was no way I could ever want to go to a place like that.
“Official official.”
“I am the Mars Gate Manager.”
“Then manager. When did the replacement rescue team arrive?”
“That’s why, of course, a saturation dungeon has appeared in Gyeongju right now, and all the personnel have gone there, so it’s difficult to ask for it. I told you to mobilize my personal connections and do it yourself for the E-class dungeon… But first, I asked a few large companies to cooperate. It’s been done. In particular, the diamond guild will send a rescue team…”
The military rescue team can’t come?
Ruined.
Even if the Diamond Guild sets up its own rescue team, it will take another hour to get here.
The fact that only Lee Dae-man from the company came alone meant that the rescue team had not prepared for the dispatch in advance.
It was at this timing that a saturation dungeon appeared.
The nation’s top priority was to prevent saturation dungeons.
A saturation dungeon literally means that the dungeon is saturated.
A gate that has not been captured by humans for a long time.
Or, if the overgrown monsters run amok inside, there are cases where the monsters ride the gate and attack in reverse.
This is also called the backflow of the gate, and in Korea, there have been similar cases about 3 times in the past, and all monsters have been successfully subdued.
Compared to other countries, it did relatively well.
Even so, the megacities were destroyed and resulted in many casualties.
The fact that they blocked it well is that it is so compared to other countries.
It’s just the self-defense of the incompetent government that couldn’t find the gate in advance.
It was the paradox of a country with a small territory and a very high population density.
Conversely, too many saturation dungeons were found in countries with vast territories.
Population among those countries. In particular, some countries with extremely low numbers of awakened people were suffering greatly.
Because of this, the Republic of Korea dispatched Awakeners to such countries, and they reaped good profits from it.
Currently, a large company is carrying out the international dispatch business for the Awakened.
“Ha…”
I only let out a devastated sigh.
The old man was only looking at me.
It was as if he wanted me to declare that I would not go into the dungeon first.
“What are you doing? Come on, don’t come in!”
While we were just keeping an eye on each other, we suddenly heard Lee Dae-man’s voice.
Both me and my senior were shocked.
My heart is beating.
“D, let’s go in.”
This stupid senior replied to Lee Dae-man as if he was scared.
The camera flash started to go off behind him again.
In the current situation, my senior and I are a community of destiny anyway.
Eventually, I had no choice but to step inside the gate.
Holy shit.
Still, since only Lee Dae-man, who entered and came out of the dungeon, was still intact, the monsters near the entrance must have already been cleaned up or disappeared.
My senior and I entered the gate at the speed of a turtle, delaying standing in front of each other.
**
Arrived at the gate.
Sand Garden, an E-level difficulty dungeon.
It is known as a place where the land covered with sand spreads like a desert.
‘Here?’
There was no sand anywhere in sight.
It was a field of flowers all over.
The foul smell of blood mingled with the thick scent of flowers.
Nausea came up.
I looked down at my feet, but I couldn’t see the dirt floor because of the lush petals, stems, and leaves.
It was to the point where I doubted if this was the dungeon I knew.
Was the information I remembered wrong?
That wasn’t the only thing I couldn’t find here.
Everywhere I looked, there was no human sign.
I heard that it was a dungeon in which 3 Awakened teams participated, but why can’t I see anyone?
It’s normal that at least the tent for accommodation should have been confirmed.
Did you install it deeper?
Or are they all already dead…
“I don’t have time for that. Glasses. You’re left behind my back. You’re right. Don’t take your eyes off the monster detection radar. That fucking monster must be hiding around here.”
The senior, embarrassed by Lee Dae-man’s order, gripped the radar tightly.
On the other hand, the moment I listened to his story, I realized that a shitty situation was unfolding.
Are you still around here?
Didn’t you deal with it?
It seemed that Lee Taiwan had already encountered the enemy.
Then, at least, it means that the monster side is weaker than Lee Dae-man.
If so, I would have taken it out.
Suddenly, thinking that the man in front of me was holding my lifeline made me feel uncomfortable.
There were more problems.
If the monster is an intelligent body.
And if you realize that me and my senior are weak tofu bodies, the monster will surely attack us first.
I moved the radar around to avoid dying somehow.
No matter how small it is, you must first find the traces of the monster.
It was the only defense I could take now to survive.
“Have you seen Lee Dae-man? Please share some information. Shape, size, speed.”
“I didn’t even look closely. I just blocked the attack with my shield and cut off the stem. It’s a plant-type monster. In other words, I don’t know where it’s hiding in this flower field. I didn’t see the main body, so there’s nothing more to say. “
Plant enemies.
The flower field in front of you is not just a simple flower field.
The whole area is covered with flowers of a giant plant that I have never seen before, reaching up to my waist and even my chest.
What if a monster’s stem cuts through these plants and stabs me out of sight, similar to how it attacked Itai Bay?
Gulp.
I started to get short of breath from the tension.
Have to live
I was just starting to feel like living, but I couldn’t die like this.
Fuck it It didn’t come in either.
“Shh.”
Only Lee Dae-man, who was ahead, stopped.
He held his breath and activated his hearing.
The envious Awakeners use the mana in their bodies to gain hearing and vision. And you can activate your sense of smell.
Well, I’ve heard that they’re twice as human at best, but anyway, you can’t even gossip around them.
But that ability is now our lifeline.
Although this is an E-class dungeon, judging from the series of circumstances, the monster’s strength will far exceed the E difficulty level.
Can I fight alone?
Is the magic attribute of the B class enough?
While lost in thought, Lee Dae-man seemed to have found something, and his hands holding the sword and shield were full of power.
“Hide well behind if you want to live.”
My senior and I just nodded our heads without answering.
I turned the radar in the direction Lee Dae-man was heading.
“Huh? 30 meters ahead!”
“I know!”
He kicked off the ground and sprang forward.
I’ve seen videos of higher awakening people on the internet, but seeing them in person, they were incredibly fast.
It was like a hero from a movie or animation.
The fluttering petals and leaves were enough for the production.
“Whoa… That’s cool.”
“Wake up Kang Jeong-hyeok! We might die.”
“I know, sir.”
I caught the image of a man named Lee Dae-man in my eyes.
I was determined not to miss any of his movements.
When I was young, I dreamed of becoming an Awakener and wiping out monsters when I grew up, so I used to look up videos every day and break tree branches and wield them.
When Lee Dae-man cut the huge flowers that looked no different from those around him with his sword, the hidden monster appeared with a scream that pierced his ears.
As expected, it took the form of a giant plant.
It was huge enough to swallow a person with a single leaf, but I couldn’t understand where it was hiding with that size.
The multi-pronged stems moved as if they were alive.
It seemed that the main attack method was that stem.
Cagan-
Lee Dae-man lightly blocked his stalk attack with his shield.
The sound of metal crashing was heard.
“Do you think you know who I am?”
Lee Dae-man talked well alone.
As if his snout was the source of his strength.
But he was strong.
The monster was never comparable to Lee Dae-man.
As Lee Dae-man swung his sword, Jinnok’s stems were powerlessly cut off.
Looking at the metal sound heard whenever the sword and stem collided, it would not have been easy to cut.
“You’re right, Jeonghyeok. That person is really strong.”
Senior Kim was also in admiration.
He had only dealt with rookie Awakeners like me, so he wouldn’t have seen anything like this.
Lee Dae-man’s battle scene was more splendid than anything with the petals in the background, and it was so fast and strong that it was difficult to recognize.
“I envy you. Awoken.”
“Do you too? I’ve been like that since the old days. Strength is strength, and women follow you one after another and make good money. There’s nothing missing.”
“Senior, what would you do if you could become an Awakener right now?”
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
“Tell me. What would you do if God appeared and promised to awaken you?”
“You call that a question? I’ll have to lick that bastard’s ass or toes.”
After hearing that answer, I thought that my ability wasn’t bad either.
I’m envious of the Awoken, but I also got this strange ability that I don’t know the meaning of.
Let’s stop envying others.
Let’s just think about living here.
It seemed that Lee Dae-man had finished the monster while our idle conversation continued.
His whole body was covered in plant sap and pollen, and he came over here while sneezing.
Only then could I be relieved that I was barely alive.
But that was a stupid delusion.
Who ever said there was only one enemy?
“You stupid bastards! Run fast!”
Daeman Lee saw us and shouted.
Only then did my senior and I realize that a sound was coming from behind us.
