Chapter 3 – Episode 3
I am in no position to be grateful for this situation.
A valuable skill for Awakeners to manage. It was so easy to use a skill that could only be used twice.
No, wasting it…
If I had known in advance, I should have ripped it off and dried it right away.
“I’m glad you’re well.”
Lee Dong-geul smiling brightly.
It should never be like this again.
Use the recovery skill only in case of emergency in the dungeon.
For some reason, the closed mouth hardly came off.
Rather, Kim I-sol stepped forward before me.
“It’s stupid. Hey, what if I use a skill in a place like this? That’s for anyone.”
Kim I-sol scolded the mobile writing.
To anyone
It was a reference to me, but it was not wrong.
Lee Dong-geul’s bright expression was rapidly shrinking.
As my gaze was still fixed on Donggeul, the difference was visible at a glance.
She was a strange woman who was cute and round and made me want to protect her.
I cleared my throat a few times and cleaned up the clutter.
If I took the side of Lee Dong-geul in this situation, it seemed that the work would only get bigger.
“Then… Next time, you shouldn’t use it like this. You should use it in a more emergency situation. Healers are especially valuable.”
“Yes… I’m sorry.”
“Joy.”
Even if this child puts his abilities aside, at least he seems to be able to listen to me well.
On the other hand, Isol Kim was a woman with a personality like a stinging jellyfish.
If these two were together, Lee Dong-geul seemed to be scolded by Kim I-sol every time.
I guess I need some management.
I finally turned my gaze to the long-awaited Awoken.
He is the only man
Since he is a male Awakener, the humiliating memories of last night rise.
Fuck…
As I undid the bandage on my right hand, I asked the guy named Jang Yong.
“Your name is foreign, right? Mr. Jang Yong.”
“Your brother.”
Something was stirring.
Should I say it’s good because I’m not an Awakener?
“Jang Yong-san, isn’t there a main weapon written on it?”
“Oh, yes. He handles everything well.”
“Yes?”
“There is no special weapon that cannot be handled.”
I couldn’t understand what he was saying.
Because there was no way a person who was good at everything would come to our company.
There must have been a flaw somewhere.
“Still, the best way to deal with it… No, which way did you awaken?”
“It’s a tanker.”
“But why is the file…”
“Only the awakening was done as a tanker, and practice was done with melee skills.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know. I just followed the academy’s way.”
Awarded.
But I thought so.
I could have asked more like this, but it didn’t seem necessary.
Anyway, I go into the dungeon in the afternoon.
If I ask now, I might get a false answer, and from my point of view, there is no way to check right away.
I’d have to check it with my own eyes in the dungeon anyway.
A few more cautions were delivered and the first meeting was over.
Now, after a quick lunch, it’s time to head for the F-class dungeon that we’ve applied for in advance.
“Um… Can I have the cake?”
Suddenly, Lee Dong-geul asked with bright eyes.
She had been ordering two slices of cake before I arrived.
There were traces of the cake she had already eaten on the table.
Not even a child…
I couldn’t help but nod my head.
She told her that her hand was also treated and what…
I was annoyed at the thought of an unopened strawberry cake that I kept in the refrigerator at home.
“I’ll be entering the dungeon early in the afternoon, so let’s have a meal beforehand.”
“What? What time is it?”
“Are you not hungry…”
I tried to go out to eat at the cafe, but I didn’t seem to have any appetite except for the mobile text.
Offer to stop eating and eat a piece of cake.
Did everyone want to eat it after seeing Lee Dong-geul eating cake?
Either that or not.
It’s a situation where I can’t go out to eat alone.
I didn’t even have the slightest desire to shove the cake down my throat.
Also, I couldn’t just watch them eat cake, so I went outside for a while and stopped at a convenience store.
Bought cigarettes
The taste of the tobacco smoked after almost a year was sweeter than most cakes.
He crouched down and waited for the equipment carrier to move with him.
All the while, my eyes were on her right hand, which had been bandaged over and over again.
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“Yes. Cool Supporting Company.”
“I’ll check again. There are 4 awakened people who will enter. Are there 3 normal people?”
“Yep!”
“The schedule for 2 days and 1 night. Confirmed. If you do not return by 9:00 PM tomorrow, we will file a missing person report. Please keep that in mind and come one by one to verify your eyes and fingerprints.”
Permission to enter was easily dropped.
No, the permission was already given, and the confirmation process was just in progress.
1:00 pm.
We arrived in front of the dungeon gate located in Soyosan Mountain.
Most of the dungeon gates that have been stabilized after such raids are directly managed by the state.
Of course, some dungeons that made money were owned by large corporations.
Anyway, small businesses like us can’t enter without permission.
But well, in the case of legitimate companies like us, whether small or large, most of them are allowed to enter if they apply.
There’s no reason to refuse.
Above all, as a country that needs to grow the Awakened, it was as if we were doing the work for them.
Our party is four fledgling awakeners and I.
And there are two employees of the company.
If it is a higher dungeon, the number of people will increase significantly, but we are a chick kindergarten.
For educational purposes, entering the lowest difficulty dungeon was enough.
There is also a cost reduction dimension.
Even so, two employees of the transport company are attached.
The job of a carrier is, of course, the transportation of goods.
Dozens of minutes like a game. Or, since the dungeon raid never ends within a few hours, the necessary equipment and items are diverse and in large quantities.
Humans, of course, have to eat, buy, and sleep.
In particular, comfortable sleep is one of the most important factors in recovering an Awakener’s mana.
This itinerary is set for 2 days and 1 night.
Higher dungeons often require you to stay inside for a longer period of time, so this kind of experience is a must to get used to this kind of life.
All personnel, including the Awakeners, changed into C-class mana suits before entering.
The same goes for me and the company’s employees.
A so-called mana coating equipment that blocks attacks from monsters that appear inside the dungeon.
It was the lowest C-class equipment, but if it was a monster in an F-class dungeon, it would be able to block attacks without dying at least 3 times.
This, too, was rented from an equipment carrier, and it is an expensive item costing hundreds of millions of won per suit.
Even the weapons carried by the Awoken are more expensive.
Since these are all rental items, make sure that these equipment are not damaged.
Getting it safely back to the carrier is part of my role.
“Have you dealt with goblins?”
“Okay.”
“Yes…”
Was it too obvious a question?
At the academy, they use artificially cultured goblins to conduct practical classes.
“You don’t have to worry. The monster that appears here is called ‘Red Ghost’, but since goblins are also called green ghosts, you can see them as a similar species. Compared to goblins, they are all red and slightly larger. There is no difference.”
In detail, there were more differences such as eating habits, but it is not a situation that requires such information.
And even if I didn’t have to say it, the academy would have been familiar with this information.
In the first place, most of the sources of the information I received were from those sources.
It was just for the purpose of reminding those who would have been nervous about information about the enemy.
“Then, please use the fixed formation. Please refrain from jumping out. Unlike the academy, there are not multiple healers on standby, so you’ll die if you don’t.”
It was his first time, so he was still nervous.
The reason why they chose this dungeon as their first dungeon is in a similar vein.
A familiar monster. Even if you’re a little nervous, you won’t be in big danger.
I checked the front using a special radar borrowed from the company.
With only this radar, the location of monsters can be identified up to several tens of meters away.
“I see two of them 40 meters ahead. Let’s start as we said before.”
Zhang Yong put forward his sword and shield and slowly moved forward.
Kim Isol followed suit.
The red ghosts were preparing for battle after grasping our appearance in advance from several tens of meters away.
“The Red Gui has increased to four.”
Hong Gui, who was further away, joined the battle line.
Standing at the very back of the Awakeners, the only thing I can confirm is this far.
In the future, it’s up to them to figure it out.
“Dong-geul Lee. You must not use the skill until I signal.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Still, it’s an awakened person.
When I saw her personality, I was afraid that she would tremble in fear, but that was my oversight.
Perhaps because he had faced enough goblins at the academy, he was nervous but not trembling in fear.
While I watch the battle of the Awoken.
Transport company employees were setting up a tent several tens of meters behind.
Usually, it is installed after moving to the place where the monsters are organized, but this was not possible with this companion.
If it’s not in the safest place possible, the Awoken as well as us will be at risk.
Stories of a fledgling Awakener falling asleep while standing guard were commonplace in the industry.
And nothing puts the expeditionary force in danger as much as that.
“Brother. I knocked them all down!”
I heard Jang Yong’s voice.
I moved slowly following the voice.
When I went nearby, I could smell the disgusting smell of blood from the corpse of the Red Ghost.
The bodies of the four fallen Hong-Gwis were slashed with knife marks.
I plug my nose,
“Please bury them. Their corpses are useless.”
I handed Jang Yong the metal shovel I was carrying behind my back.
This is also mana-coated equipment.
Using a shovel, Zhang Yong buried Hong Gui’s body.
Like an Awakener, it took less than a minute.
Even though it was annoying, it was unavoidable.
If left as it is, the smell of rotting corpses will intensify, and I won’t be able to stay in this dungeon any longer.
This dungeon was especially true because it was a dungeon in the form of a closed underground cave.
I double-checked the battle footage filmed by cameras attached to the bodies of the Awoken.
This is also my job.
While I was checking the video, Isol Kim was talking loudly.
“Huh. Hong-gwi wasn’t a big deal.”
Kim I-sol brushed off the flesh and blood of her red ear that had adhered to her sword, and she let out a confident voice.
In the video I checked, I saw a scene where she defeated three red ghosts by herself.
Her head started to hurt.
In a word, inefficient.
It was my impression of watching the battle video.
I was at a loss as to what to say first.
“Hey, Kim Isol.”
“Why.”
“You shouldn’t do it like this. You should be mindful of the connection with the party.”
“What connection? I was able to defeat them all by myself. Check out the video!”
I took care of my heart as much as I could and talked nicely.
“This party has the added purpose of testing you to see if you can head for an E-level or higher difficulty dungeon, as well as for your educational purposes.”
“What is it?”
“I’m saying that you shouldn’t act like this. Because of Kim Yi-sol, you couldn’t check Baek Hwa-yeon’s skills behind you. Individual skills are important, but the connection with the party is more important.”
Kim I-sol’s expression distorted as she listened to my words.
Are you unable to hide your feelings at all, or are you deliberately not doing so?
I scratched my face with her fingers as the cold sweat tickled my cheeks.
As if not to lose, she started talking again.
“Connection is also compatible and skill level must be at a certain level! Healer will be finished with one heal from now on, and that archer does not say a word, so what connection?”
“Still, it shouldn’t be like this. And not only the linkage, but also Kim Isol’s fighting style is inefficient. No matter how F-class dungeon, just swinging around like that is a waste of mana.”
If it was a monster of the size of Hong-Gwi, it would have been correct to cut it down to the bone with a single knife.
The Awakener’s sword has that much power.
Cutting the whole body like that would only make the smell worse.
How about the mana consumed for each swing?
Even if you don’t see their mana amount, it’s a video.
It’s obvious that he’s at the bottom of the awakening, but he doesn’t know that.
I don’t know that in the first place, so I’m here.
Hearing my point, Isol Kim rolled her eyes at me.
But no words to refute seemed to come to mind.
The time when I try to give one more word of advice in an adult manner.
She opened her mouth, which had been kept tightly shut.
“For ordinary people without magical powers.”
The moment I heard those words, I couldn’t help but show the emotions I had endured on my face.
In addition to what happened yesterday, the stress that had accumulated so far exploded.
I finally uttered a word.
“The subject of the junk of the Awakening Academy that can’t even be sponsored.”
This guy’s mouth hit another accident.
