Chapter 212 – Chapter 212. S-Class Dungeon Boss Monster Arachne.
Ironically, Korea is a hunter powerhouse.
It’s not because many high-level awakeners were born in this small piece of land, nor are there exceptionally many dungeons to mine resources.
Well, miraculously, it wasn’t because S-class Awakeners were carrying it, nor was it because there was a huge guild.
Just a few roughly powerful awakeners, a few guilds at the primacy level to fit the land mass. If you line up the rankings of hunters, it is difficult for Korean hunters to even enter the 3 digits.
In the first place, even in the case of Hari, who is now one of the best hunters in Korea, she is just a kid when she goes out on a global scale.
In particular, when compared to China and Japan, the gap becomes even more severe.
It’s simply luck to become an Awakener, and there are few people who can run that gacha.
Nevertheless, Korea is a hunter powerhouse.
That’s enough to have public confidence in international conferences.
Then why is this country with few bullets a hunter powerhouse?
Just got lucky.
Thanks to a dungeon that fell from the sky one day.
Because of that one dungeon, Korea’s research and knowledge on dungeons and gates has risen to a level comparable to that of the United States, and it has been able to become a hunter powerhouse thanks to the resources that literally spout out there.
A powerhouse with overwhelming future knowledge and technology, not a powerhouse with combat power.
The resources mined in the dungeon are exported, and the technology to process them is the highest in the world, and the understanding of the concept of awakening and dungeon itself was high in the first place.
That’s why the ‘public confidence’ of the remarks is high.
It was Korea that officially took the gate 2D theory, which had been accepted as a rumor, as an official, and also learned the truth about the secrets of various dungeons.
It was also Korea that first developed an artificial gate by researching gates.
It was also Korea that developed a detector that detects the Awakener’s ability.
There were many countries that screamed loudly that it made sense that there was another world, but whether you believe it or not, Korea didn’t matter anyway.
Because the Korean side was just conveying the information they heard.
If you twist it, would you know?
“Arachne-nim said so!”
Then the leaders of other countries also kept their mouths shut.
Because it was the only person from the outside world who was not a person on Earth.
Commonly known as Aficial.
Arachne Fiscal.
Then who is that Arachne?
The owner of the so-called ‘Spider’s Den’.
It is a treasure and hwasubun of Korea.
His official name is the owner of the S-class boss dungeon, ‘Arachne’s Cradle’.
One day, thanks to this dungeon that literally fell from the sky, Korea benefited tremendously.
Like an S-class dungeon, the abundant resources were enormous, but
Arachne, the owner of the dungeon, was the real treasure.
A mild-tempered, intelligent creature capable of conversation.
It’s also an S-class boss monster.
It is the only boss monster in the world that can cross the earth freely through dungeons, and is also the only boss monster that is friendly to humans.
The person himself laughed as if it was nothing special, saying that there would be more conversations with the beings in the dungeon in the future.
Even now, more than ten years after the Awakener was created, there was no other dungeon like Arachne.
The United States, where the S-class gate occurred, thought that an opportunity like Korea had come and sent an envoy with the purpose of friendship, but after Texas was half-destroyed, it was accepted as an established theory that Arachne was an exception.
And at the same time, as the dungeons settled down, the creatures of the dungeons that crawled out of the dungeons were also our friends.
“Um… ‘Us’ in the first place. It’s strange to say we are, but by your standards, we’re strangers anyway. Shall we say?”
We don’t mind killing.
Arachne’s interview was delivered with a smile.
The fine voice that was screened around the world affirmed the interviewer’s question.
“There was an opinion that the creatures in the dungeon should be respected and the slaughter should be stopped! Even if you can’t come out of the dungeon, there was an opinion that you would go and kill it. What do you think?”
“It’s bullshit. Are we intruders?”
The explanation continued with a roar of laughter.
“They open the door to other people’s world and infiltrate it, but they are blocked by the system called the dungeon and can’t come over. So, over time, you break through that barrier. It’s not that they don’t come over, they’re just kids who are anxious to come over and kill them all?”
If you get stung by your conscience, think of it as a cockroach.
The interviewer asked, seeing Arachne lightly treating herself as a cockroach.
“You said you were an intruder… Then, does Arachne-sama have the same purpose?”
“Uh… I asked for no comment on this in Korea.
So if I’m going to talk about it with a little bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of If you’re weak even by my standards, it’s natural to die. It’s common sense that you know and we know. It’s crazy to ask a burglar who walks into your house to be your friend. If you stop the kids who want to die, they die together. I recommend running away.”
The interview ended with the closing remark, “I love Korea.”
Lee Sang-jun, who came as the representative of the Korean Hunter Association, shouted triumphantly from the conference hall.
“Additionally, since you have no intention of leaving Korea, please stop pushing things that bother you!”
It still made Sang-jun’s hair stand on end to see the expressions of the presidents of Japan, China, the United States, and France, who were grinding their teeth while listening to it.
It’s only one dungeon
Because that changed everything.
Resources are resources, knowledge is knowledge, a place that is no different from a utopia with everything.
Not just nationally, but internationally, it was tantamount to Saudi Arabia in the oil age.
At the same time, he and Arachne were strategically superior weapons worth more than nuclear bombs.
Possessing a nuclear bomb makes it a difficult weapon for a country to touch.
Even more so, he is able to talk and has a gentle appearance, but anyway, the ‘boss monster’ of an S-class super-large dungeon?
It’s a disaster.
There were only a few known facts about ‘her’, who is officially known as being able to enter and exit the dungeon’s barriers without any restrictions, as Korea treats them as Top Secret.
It was self-evident that she loved Korea quite a bit.
South Korea’s armed forces are still weak.
However, if you touch that country, how much will Arachne tolerate?
All countries have given up on giving answers to unanswered questions.
Check the rage threshold of the S-class boss monster? Why?
What scares Arachne more than nuclear bombs is that they can be launched if they get mad.
Without any rules or restrictions.
Thanks to this, Korea was able to stably establish itself as a hunter powerhouse.
Sang-jun was the first person to discover and contact Arachne.
Sang-jun, who was recognized for his contribution, went to Arachne every year to bring congratulations and condolences.
Arachne, who was quick-witted, pushed Sang-joon away in the first place.
Lee Sang-jun, the team leader in charge of Arachne of the Korea Hunter Association.
Just as the office of the president of a corporation operates separately from the corporate system.
Sang-jun, who became the team leader of the special team newly established to take charge of Arachne, had a separate and independent position.
The actual right to speak is directly below the president of the association.
In relation to Arachne, he had stronger authority than the president of the association.
However, Sang-jun did not receive any checks.
He was quick-witted and never crossed a line.
The appearance of being detached without being greedy for power.
His frugal living habits compared to what he had and his respectful appearance to those below him made everyone who knew him say that he had amazing self-control.
“Hello-“
“Hello Sangjun~”
Even now.
It’s been over ten years since I knew Arachne,
Every time he stood in front of the dungeon door, there was something Lee Sang-jun repeated to himself.
‘Let’s not cross the line. Let’s not cross the line. Let’s not cross the line.’
Why did Arachne come here?
The reason why I stayed here and waited for Odokani.
It wasn’t because Korea was special or because Lee Sang-jun was special.
I was just lucky. That was all.
Lee Sang-jun remembered his first meeting with Arachne as much as the days when he laughed at the presidents of each country’s associations.
A super-large dungeon that I entered through a tip from a grave robber.
To be precise, he was discovered while doing business with crystals that were pouring in indefinitely there.
At that time, an ordinary civil servant, the impression he had when he first saw Arachne was simple.
‘Beautiful.’
The naked woman looked back at herself, gracefully spreading her spider-like wings with sharp blades like an elaborate mechanism.
There seemed to be a soft light emanating from her brown hair.
Below that, immaculate legs without a single hem and—
Tight-!
She seems to have closed her eyes at that moment.
Lee Sang-jun could say that it was the best choice in his life.
Squeak-
She was approaching as if flying.
She tilted her head and asked herself.
“Why are you closing your eyes?”
“Because you are… Taking off your clothes.”
Long-winded and lax explanations that followed.
It was funny that he had to explain this himself, but Sang-joon, sweating profusely, preached the values of humanity as best he could without opening his eyes.
“Aha…”
A low, sweet voice resounded in the dungeon boss room.
Then she laughed with the sound of her clothes fluttering.
“Are you okay with this?”
A suit that looked like it had been stripped of the suit he had been wearing.
The eight wings attached to its back flutter.
She nodded slowly, looking at her bulging chest.
“Yes…”
“Then can I ask you a favor?”
She held her hand and her eyes twinkled.
“If you are an employee of the Association, are you working with the two people who came today?”
“Yes…”
“Will you not call me?”
The report of a boss monster that could talk was enough to turn the association upside down.
In addition to Sangjun, two hunters who work in collaboration with the association have already done preliminary research, and quite a few grave robbers have already come and gone.
Sang-jun, who is considered a strong hunter in his own association, only made an official contact with him on a special mission.
The two hunters who came in after me laughed awkwardly.
“Hey Arachne-sama-“
Squeak-
The necks of the hunters who were cut off in an instant on both sides.
Sang-jun looked at the mechanical spider legs with a blank expression as blood splattered and shrieked.
The two B+ class hunters ran away at once without even being able to resist.
She lightly brushed off her blood from her leg and opened her mouth with a calm expression unlike before.
“There were exactly 38 people who came to see me before you.”
“And no one but you told me that wearing clothes is a culture and that it’s a virtue not to show a woman’s naked body.”
“I didn’t mind seeing me laughing and getting excited because I thought it was full of charm as a woman…”
“I want everyone to come here.”
Dump-
As soon as Sang-jun, whose legs were weak, crawled behind her, she gently looked down at her Sang-joon.
“It’s impossible… It’s too difficult-“
Words uttered instinctively.
Not only was it impossible to accurately investigate who actually came and went, but she couldn’t drive herself to death herself.
She even said she herself was only a mediocre civil servant.
She struggled to explain that she was working for the country and was not in a position to meet such a demand, when she slowly stepped forward and reached out her hand to Sang-jun.
“Shall I… Catch it?”
“If you’re going to kill me, I’ve already killed you.”
She coolly raises Sang-joon.
She turns lightly and asks as if nothing happened.
“Are these clothes enough to walk around?”
“Uh… Yes.”
She was easily blinded by her destructive figure, but it must have been a neat suit.
Sang-jun nodded her head, and at the same time shrik-, her vision changed rapidly.
“What?”
The outside of the dungeon that you escaped from before you knew it.
Sang-jun’s eyes widened when he saw her coolly stretched out in her dungeon.
It was common sense that the boss of a dungeon couldn’t cross the gate.
She waved her hand after leaving the dungeon casually.
“From now on, it has nothing to do with you.”
After that, all personnel who had contact with Arachne prior to placing them died.
From ordinary grave robbers whose identities were identified to A-class hunters. Entire.
Returning from her light slaughter, she sat on her throne made of stone and pointed at Sang-joon.
“From now on, you take full responsibility for me.”
From then on, Sangjun became Arachne’s exclusive agent.
Greetings that both the Association and Arachne are satisfied with.
Sang-jun, who has been supporting her for more than ten years, has been able to know quite a bit about her.
Not only the information that needs to be passed on as a state secret, but even the stories about Arachne.
Although Arachne was a boss monster, it was extremely human and better than humans in almost every way.
She hasn’t killed a single person since her first massacre, and she’s even tolerated her slight slip of the tongue.
Enough to call himself a cockroach even during an interview.
The closer she was to her special team, the more comfortable she was with her presence.
“What about wisdom?”
“I’m going to play games, over there – Jihye!”
“Sister! …Could it be Sang-jun’s brother, Ohm?”
“Yes…”
“I heard you tell me in advance! The owner of the dungeon!”
“I forgot… I did.”
Sang-jun got up and saw his successor patting Arachne on the shoulder and grabbed her throbbing head.
“Please- Wisdom…”
Wisdom and Arachne are eating chicken with her mat spread out.
Arachne took a bite of the chicken leg she held out with both of her hands.
Well-
“It is delicious.”
“…Yes. What brand is this? Is it wisdom?”
“I fried it!”
“…? Yes?”
“I haven’t eaten this yet except you and wisdom! If you bring all the team members later, I’ll treat you!”
Seeing Arachne smiling brightly, Sangjun couldn’t help but laugh at him as well.
Even after a dedicated team was set up and operated to reduce the number of encounters, Arachne treated Sang-jun very special, and still expressed gratitude for the way Sang-jun continued to take care of her without forgetting him.
The only male member of the dedicated team.
He didn’t mind at all even if someone said that he had made Arachne’s team of women to meet Arachne alone.
It was one of the few requests she made herself.
Sangjun knew her better than anyone else.
So he took it lightly even with the opinions of neighboring countries.
She’s here just because she’s lucky.
Arachne treats Sang-jun like a friend, but that’s because he never crosses the line.
Unlike other people, without any black feelings, with a neat and tidy relationship.
“I will eat well. Arachne.”
“Ongya-“
I handed over the gift she brought and dipped the chicken in the sauce she gave me and ate it.
‘It’s delicious.’
Soon, she catches her eye as she is looking at her wisdom and fashion magazines.
The clothes created by her magic change quickly and create thousands of custom designs based on her own body.
She was very interested in her clothes and had a great sense of humor.
Just like the famous legend.
A character who appears in ancient Greek and Roman mythology who suddenly fell into the world of modern Earth. Arachne.
The reason why Odokani continues to remain in this dungeon where there is no one who knows her, no friends who welcome her, even though she can go outside.
Hearing that, Sang-jun was worried and said that even if he became a traitor to the country, he might not be here seriously. Or he might have persuaded me to wait outside to give him a new identity.
Although she shook her head lightly and politely declined with her thank you, so I haven’t spoken to her since.
“Sangjun is really quick-witted.”
“I don’t want to die…”
“Haha- Why did I kill Sang-jun? Go carefully~”
She sees herself off with a clear smile and sits alone in her Odokani chair, looking up at the high ceiling of the empty dungeon.
A quiet dungeon boss room.
In that place, like an abandoned palace, she would have been left alone again.
Seeing this, Sangjun muttered involuntarily.
“I hope you find it.”
The ‘person’ who changed her own life.
Already to herself, Arachne was a better person than the power-mad people out there.
Then there is the man she has been waiting to find all her life.
Sang-jun hoped that she would find that person.
The day Arachne’s wish comes true, she will retire.
The only human-friendly boss. Arachne.
She was waiting for her own ‘master’.
