Chapter 105 – Dungeons
When her Sung-il suddenly mentioned her ‘trump card’, Lee Ah-hyun frowned, and Seong-il replied to her.
“Don’t misunderstand. I didn’t hide it on purpose. It’s still an unfinished (?) Skill, so the rebound is great when used, so it’s still impossible to use it in real combat. I mean, it seems…”
“Hmm… I can’t show you right now…?”
Seong-il responded to her words with a playful expression.
“You’re stronger than me~ Sometimes you can accept at least one penalty like this, right?”
“Ha… Well… If you think so.”
At Seong-il’s words, Lee Ah-hyun put on a slightly puzzled expression, but she soon managed her expression and shrugged her shoulders and answered him.
“Anyway… Let’s stop here for today. I’ll notify you of the Dalian location via chat.”
“Okay~ see you tomorrow~”
Seong-il, who broke up with her, returned to her house and thought about the battle that took place today.
‘Huh… I’m too inexperienced. Of course, I do my best to practice the Bankruptcy Rights for about 2 to 4 hours a day without rest… In particular, in order to learn how to respond promptly when an unexpected variable emerges, like when I faced Lee Ah-hyun today, I am in a situation where I am in dire need of actual combat experience…!’
Thinking so, Seong-il laid down on her bed and continued to think about her while staring at the ceiling.
‘It’s ambiguous, it’s ambiguous… These days, I’m only training martial arts to die because I’ve tasted the bankruptcy priesthood… But rather than subduing an opponent, the sword technique is more efficient to kill…? Even for that reason, I have to train Taegeukgeomgyeol in earnest…’
‘The problem is that no matter what the title is, killing is unconditionally illegal in the world of 『Magic World and Detective』, Which I am currently focusing on. It’s more profitable to clear the crab…’
‘It’s difficult, it’s difficult… As a result, Taegeukgeomgyeol training continues to be neglected… In addition, according to Eunwol, if you use an ordinary sword in a situation where your swordsmanship training is declining and you misregulate your internal energy, an ordinary sword will not be able to withstand the internal energy and will be destroyed in an instant. I heard that this is going to fly… To make up for that, I wonder if I have to find 『Recruit Igi』 Somewhere. Hmm…’
Seong-il pondered for a long time about the problem he was facing. That’s why he held his head for a long time and decided.
‘Ah…! Then, focus on bankruptcy and clear the dungeon! 『Magic World and Detective』 Let’s clear the world!! After that, let’s go into a game world with a moderate level of difficulty, get a good sword, and practice Taegeuk sword fighting…!’
Seong-il outlined a plan for how to become stronger in the future. He went to bed thinking about how to make the plan concretely.
Next day.
Seong-il met with his teammates and had intense training with them on formation, tactics, and special combination, and while exhausted, he thought while drinking a drink at a vending machine near the training room.
‘Fuck… It’s hard to fall behind… As soon as I became a Revenge Awakener, I can see why two teams contacted me…’
After completing his first team training, Seong-il keenly felt the importance of being in charge of the front line. Then he gulped down his drink and continued his thoughts.
‘This… Isn’t it perfect to ruin the team if the avant-garde is in charge of a foolish or untalented guy? After using it a few times, it seems that the body enhancement ability, which has no answer, can only be used as a porter…? At least, if I don’t have an answer, I’ll even use it as a porter + a sensor agent… The others…’
‘I think I know very keenly why people with physical enhancement skills are being dragged into dungeons while ridiculing them as half combat agents…’
Seong-Il, who trained in team training and took on all sorts of nasty roles in the avant-garde. In a simulated battleground, he had to pass the time by blocking the imaginary enemies rushing towards the team’s dealers and supporters with his whole body. In the process, Seong-il, who spent a lot of energy, came to realize the importance of the avant-garde, so he began to worry about entering the first dungeon tomorrow.
‘Fuck… Then you won’t have an accident tomorrow because of me, right? If the avant-garde panics and goes, the dealers will just die…’
Seong-il, who had been worried for a long time, shook his head and denied his concern.
‘No, since the main vanguard for the time being is Lee Ah-hyun anyway… Well… It’ll be okay…!’
After worrying so much, he returned to team training and after intense training, returned home and prepared for the next day’s dungeon exploration.
The next morning.
Seong-il nervously moved with his teammates to a level 9 dungeon that had been around for a day or two weeks.
In front of the dungeon they moved to, the Psionic Security Bureau officials and police, who seemed to have come from the government, were strictly controlling the surroundings. When a team member approached such officials, they asked, blocking Seong-il’s party.
“Stop!! This is a dangerous area. Civilians are restricted from entering.”
“We are first year students of the Hunter Department. We came to explore the dangers of the 9th grade dungeon and destroy the core.”
Lee Ah-hyun speaks confidently toward such a security bureau employee. At the same time, she brought up her previously prepared documents, handed them over to her staff, and responded.
After examining the documents carefully for a long time, he nodded his head and replied to the party.
“Ah. Hunter qualifications and affiliation confirmation have been completed. You may enter.”
“Is there anything special about it?”
“No. As you know, dungeons that have been created for less than a month are in their ‘infant stage’, so neither the attack mechanism nor the defense mechanism has been fully developed. Probably, it seems to be a situation where there are only minimal threats like normal early dungeons. Go to destroy the core like other 9th grade dungeons, but if there are threatening unusual things, you can immediately switch to an exploration mission and escape.”
Lee Ah-hyun, who nodded her head at his words, replied her thanks.
“Yes. Thank you for the detailed information. Then we will take a position…”
“Struggling!”
Leaving the Security Bureau staff behind, the group began moving closer to the dungeon with the orange barrier.
‘This is a dungeon…’
An ominous sphere the size of a two-story building with an orange film of energy flowing over it. When Seong-il looked nervous in front of such a sphere, Seung-jin, who had come to his side before he knew it, began to say reassuring words to Seong-il.
“Don’t worry. As you may have heard just now, the 9th grade dungeon is a dungeon that is less than a month old, so it’s a place that poses no great threat to us or the general public. So if you’re not careful, it’s no big deal.”
“Yes? Yes…”
Seong-il came to his senses at the thought of promotion. He started to get closer to the dungeon, following Ah-yeon, who was in charge of the front line with him.
Approaching the dungeon like that, they used exploration tools to find the wall with the lowest energy density, and then projected the powerful telekinesis of Seungjin, transforming part of the wall into a mess. Soon after, the energy density of the walls of the dungeon was noticeably lowered.
“Okay…! I think I’ve penetrated enough of the barrier now.”
Team members nodding their heads at the word of promotion. After forming the formation promised the day before, they started entering with Ahyeon and Seongil at the fore.
‘At las…! Entering the first dungeon…!’
Seong-il broke through the wavering energy barrier. Then, his eyes turned blue, and after giving a strong shock, the world around him began to change.
‘…Uh? This feeling…!?’
Seong-il begins to enter the dungeon with a feeling and pain he knows very well. He completed his dungeon entry, puzzled by the very familiar feel.
It feels similar to when you enter the game using 『Game Master』.
Sensing that strange sensation, an old medieval city in a unique form unfolded in front of Seongil’s eyes as he entered the dungeon.
“And…”
“From the outside, it looked like a sphere the size of a two-story villa at best, but the inside is very spacious…”
Seeing Seongil’s comment, Seungjin nodded and answered his words.
“Yes. I don’t know why, but even if it’s not a dungeon, it’s as big as a school playground. But it’s not that big. It’s the most basic type of dungeon with almost no variations.”
“Heh… I see.”
“The 7th grade dungeon I went to with my 3rd and 4th graders was really scary.”
“What style was it?”
“There? It was a fantasy world.”
“I beg your pardon..!?”
“I’ll tell you later, let’s focus on exploration.”
“Yes!”
By the time they walked along for such a long time, they saw two bizarre beings, half machines and half energy, in front of them from afar.
“…Is that an energy walker?”
The alien’s minion that we learned about in school class.
Made with psionic energy as a base, they are known as a kind of workers who make up dungeons as beings with machines attached to their bodies.
Oh Yu-ju nodded and replied to Seong-il’s self-talk.
“Right. By the way, you usually encounter a few basic defenders before meeting them, but there are no defenders here? If so, this is a normal dungeon. You can easily destroy the core? You’re lucky.”
“Is that so…?”
“Yeah. It’s nothing special apart from how scary it looks. That’s it…”
“There..?”
“Because their presence usually means that we have arrived near the core. This dungeon itself is not activated, and it also means that it is not even operational yet.”
“Aha..”
Leader Lee Ah-hyun cautioned us while we were chatting in loud voices.
“Stop chatting. They say they’re no big deal, but they’re definitely things that can threaten our lives. Let’s take positions and prepare for an attack.”
“Okay.”
Forming a battle line, Seong-il’s group kept their mouths shut and silently began approaching as carefully as possible without the energy walker noticing, using cover as much as possible.
As they approached about 100 meters, Ahyeon quietly gave orders to Seungjin and Yuju in sign language, and they silently prepared to attack.
A flash of light gathered when Seungjin quietly put his hands together on his chest. As the power begins to gather, the energy walker suddenly turns towards the promotion and emits an ominous light.
“Goes…!”
Lee Ah-hyun starts to rush toward them without hesitation. At her rush, Seong-il silently follows and starts attacking.
‘My goal is their mechanical parts. I think they said they couldn’t attack properly if they concentrated on attacking that place…?’
Seong-il remembers the enemy’s weakness and actively strikes the machine part of the walker.
Caan!! Kaang..!!
Certainly, in terms of an RTS game, he was nothing more than a worker, so Walker couldn’t keep his senses from Seongil’s physical restraints and just swung his mechanical hand wildly into the air.
‘It’s nothing, right?’
Seong-il, who laughed at such an enemy, beats the body of the mechanical part with his fist, which aroused his inner strength, and keeps in check.
As he and Ah-Hyun continue their endless checks on the two walkers, a promotion shouted from behind him.
“I’m ready. Get back!”
At the same time as he said that, the two quickly moved backwards and distanced themselves from the walker.
Then, in order to help the two of them retreat, Oh Yu-joo uses her special skill to slow down the walkers, and the walkers’ movements noticeably slow down.
A circular orb of blazing light protrudes toward those walkers.
Quaang!!
When the powerful energy orbs, a mixture of lightning and mental power, bombarded the walkers, the walkers scattered screams of terrible mental waves all over the place, and the energy sources scattered and disappeared.
Coo…!
And the pieces of metal that make up part of the walker’s body as it falls helplessly to the floor.
As the first battle in the dungeon ended so easily, Seong-il feels exhausted and calls out to his teammates.
“What… Are you worried for nothing? Is this all it is…?”
Seung-il replies with a sneering sneer at Seong-il’s words.
“What can you say… This is just a dungeon with nothing in it. Basically, there are no guards, of course, and the dungeon isn’t ‘mutated’ yet.”
“…What happens when it changes?”
“It’s simple, and it often turns into an unknown and bizarre world, such as a fantasy or future world.
“Aha…”
“In addition, this is a poor dungeon that, from my point of view, ranks within the top five of the dungeons I’ve been to. So don’t think strangely~”
“Yes..!”
