Chapter 223 – I Found You Bastard
‘It’s definitely tough.’
After clearing the first Baekdu Mountain outer dungeon.
I realized painfully that the S-class dungeons I’ve cleared so far are really easy.
The monster’s HP, combat sense, skill utilization, etc. Were all on a different level.
Even the overwhelming majesty that seemed to tell us that this is a true monster.
‘To think that the children who are about the same distance as Amande are at the level of low-level monsters.’
Teamwork was really important here, where the troll kings were treated as inferior.
There were too many situations that could lead to death if left unchecked.
Of course, I was still fine, but moving as a team was another matter.
‘It’s fun, but there are some uncomfortable things.’
I wouldn’t know if I had battled while playing a party from the beginning.
Since I was possessed, I’ve been playing solo, so I’m not used to team battles.
In fact, perhaps because of that influence, I was alone when everyone else was gathering in groups of threes and fives to rest.
However, the atmosphere was not so friendly.
‘I don’t think I’m being bullied, but what is it?’
When I had such a question, I felt a sense of popularity.
“You’re doing well, though.”
Lee Min-joon spoke to me as if he could see through my heart.
After clearing the dungeon, everyone took a team member in the yard to take a break.
The team leader really thought that nobody was doing it.
“You look at me favorably, thank you. Thanks to the seniors, I get a lot of help.”
“We didn’t help each other, but it’s not fair to say that it’s a senior. There are such old people among hunters, but there’s no need for Hunter Baek Taeyang to do that.”
“Since I actually received help, you are right, senior.”
“Haha, I don’t know what to do when the white-taeyang Hunter called me senior.”
Lee Min-joon evoked the atmosphere by bringing up various stories as if he was really sincere.
But why are you ventilating the atmosphere?
‘Is something bad happening?’
Don’t you ask how the normal situation was and check the situation before going? Why are you doing this
When he had such a question, Lee Min-joon continued his words with a very serious expression.
“…So now you can relax a bit. White Sun Hunter.”
“Yes?”
“It’s understandable that you’re nervous as it’s the first time you’ve experienced Mount Baekdu.
That I was sowing life?
Surprised by the unexpected words, I hurriedly gathered my energy.
“Sigh…”
“Whoa…”
“Huh…”
As soon as I put my life into it, I heard several sounds of breathing that had been blocked.
This was true not only for my team, but for everyone near me.
“I’m really sorry.”
A quick apology was the best in this case.
It wasn’t intentional, but it was the same as disturbing everyone anyway.
I immediately got up from my seat and bowed my head.
It was right to arrange this.
“No. It’s not on purpose, and there’s no need to do this. Just be careful next time.”
Lee Min-jun smiled kindly, tapped me on the shoulder a couple of times, and left.
‘I still have a lot to learn.’
Mt. Baekdu was a really tough place.
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‘It’s a monster.’
As soon as he paid attention to Baek Taeyang and turned his head, Lee Min-jun let out a deep sigh.
I breathed slowly and deeply so as not to hear any sound as much as possible, calming my mind and body as much as possible.
‘The roots in the dungeon are too threatening to live.’
When they entered the dungeon together, Lee Min-joon put Baek Tae-yang at the forefront to see his skills.
And I was thinking of emphasizing teamwork by pulling it back when it’s dangerous.
Because of the vigor and liveliness that Baek Tae-yang shows, he couldn’t approach his side recklessly.
“Are you really a freshman?”
“For a kid like that to call us senior… It’s so scary and burdensome.”
“I thought I was still on active duty… But the real thing was different.”
As soon as I returned to my seat, I heard the sound of the team members suffering.
They did not hate or blame Baek Tae-yang.
Celestial.
It is not the feelings of respect and envy that you feel when you encounter a being that is too different.
Fear.
Only fear fills your brain and you assume the worst.
“By any chance, Baektaeyang will destroy us…”
“Up to that point, anything beyond that would cross the line.”
“Sorry.”
“He’s not guilty of anything, he’s just strong.”
It’s just too strong.
Baek Taeyang’s first encounter with a monster in the dungeon was nothing like analysis.
‘Grab the club tightly and strike a cool blow.’
The strength to simply climb on top of a troll’s head, which would have been around 5m tall, and crush the bone pain.
After that, bold judgment and violence to pull out the heads of monsters around him.
It was an unbelievable fighting sense for being the same person.
‘No matter how outskirts it is, it’s a one-kill low-level monster.’
Of course, it wasn’t impossible.
In fact, there were as many Hunters as there were stars in the sky who gave one kill to low-level monsters outside.
It’s just that I couldn’t do that at the young age of twenty.
“It’s unique.”
Unrivaled.
Nothing suited Baek Taeyang better than these words.
And such a person needs to be treated appropriately.
“Change position.”
“How do you mean?”
“Baek Taeyang is at the forefront, we all stand behind him and fully support him.”
Also known as the Pyramid Position.
Also called a bus, it is a very easy strategy to support one overwhelmingly strong player.
The most important thing in this strategy is to have one overwhelmingly strong opponent.
“…”
This is the part where you have to let go of your pride.
Despite being on the same active duty, giving up activities in the dungeon and concentrating on supporting them.
It was no different from a disgrace to the Hunters, who had lived their whole lives weighing life and money.
In fact, there were people who rejected this strategy and left the party.
‘Because money isn’t everything.’
What those who got rich were looking for was fame, not more money.
Such a reputation for purifying the outskirts of Mt. Baekdu and going up to the middle of it.
Those things were more desperate for them.
It’s because the first-class Hunters are such a tribe.
“I’ll do it.”
“The decision is quick.”
“Because that would be the best way.”
However, Lee Min-joon’s hunter team had long since put down that pride.
Prioritizing the lives of team members over individual reputation.
That was true teamwork.
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After Lee Min-joon said to change the strategy to a pyramid position.
The speed of clearing the Baekdusan Dungeon has become very fast.
According to him, the clearing speed is 1.5 times faster than usual.
‘Well, I can’t feel it.’
This was my first time, so I didn’t feel the speed or anything like that.
It just feels tense and dangerous.
In particular, the boss monster was on a different level from the monsters I had met so far.
From a distance, it was no different from a low-level monster, but when you got close to it, it was about three times the size.
It regenerates casually even if its arm is cut off, and moves for several minutes even if its neck is cut off.
There were too many beings that deviated from common sense and logic.
‘It’s fortunate that I’m in the lead.’
If the person who originally intended to be a tank did it, there were several moments where he would have died instantly.
Traps that explode the entire room as soon as you step on them are basic, and there are also monsters with time bombs installed on their bodies.
It is a space where it would not be strange to die at any time in the blink of an eye.
That place was Mt. Baekdu.
“Is this the second?”
“Yes, I’m going to go to the middle of the hill for the last time.”
As he said that, Lee Min-jun gave me a slight wink.
The man was wondering what a wink, but since he was talking on a private jet, he could tell it was some kind of sign.
‘Because Kim Min-soo is halfway up.’
If you go halfway and clear the dungeon one more time, you should find Kim Min-soo right away.
With such a resolution, I went up the middle of the hill with Kang Tae-min.
“It feels like it’s just starting.”
“That’s right.”
As Kang Tae-min said, the middle part gave off the feeling of a place announcing a full-fledged start.
Transshipment buildings and camps that are not seen in large numbers of people and outlying areas.
Even a space to share opinions with people gathered in threes and fives.
If you can’t come up here after tasting from the outskirts, this is the perfect space to listen to the sound of chaff.
“It can be said that whether or not you can climb the middle of the mountain has purified Mt. Baekdu.”
The outskirts are too weak compared to the middle of the hill, and if you’re lucky, you’ll even get an A or B rank.
I nodded my head at Lee Min-jun’s explanation.
‘It’s complicated.’
Clearing the dungeons and gates that occur in Mt. Baekdu did not completely purify them.
It only temporarily becomes safe for a while, but after a while, it turns into a monster’s den again.
This phenomenon gradually decreases from the middle chin, because the middle chin is the main part.
Just as water flows from top to bottom, Mt. Baekdu continues to create dungeons and gates by sending them down.
So, if I cut my waist, I could really be purified.
‘So the middle chin is the main thing… Huh?’
As I listened to Lee Min-joon and organized my thoughts, something very familiar caught my eye.
A black mask that shows off the shadyness and middle 2 disease that dares to hang around the female hunter.
And even the worst fashion sense of wearing a buckle with a big logo because I want to show off a luxury tee somehow.
It’s the only one in the world that does that.
‘Kim Min Soo.’
It was only him.
