044. Dungeon raid (3)
Originally, I was going to stay calm until I reached the center of the dungeon.
At the beginning of the dungeon, I listened to Lee Cheol-won’s order and tried to find out how he fought.
I thought it would be worth it to experience the attack method of a fairly experienced D-class hunter.
‘But I never thought the progress would be this slow.’
Unlike Cheolwon Lee, I don’t have much time left.
「Remaining time – 68 hours 38 minutes」
A hologram that floated in the corner of my field of view tells me the remaining time until I return to the Tower of Trials.
If this remaining time is said to be ample, it might be sufficient…
‘It’s not just about clearing dungeons, so I can’t spend all my time here.’
As I returned with points, the remaining time was very valuable.
You can also contact the Hunter Association or Guild and collect information about the current situation.
As part of building a personal relationship, the act of contacting Lee Ha-yeon was also considered.
As such, I decided that it would be better to use the remaining time as efficiently as possible.
‘So I had no choice but to move like this.’
It was obvious what would happen after that if I was stumped even in this situation.
Standing in the lead, I looked at the center of the cave and opened my mouth.
“For now, let’s briefly change the monster hunting method inside the dungeon.”
“If you change the hunting method, how will it be…
”
“…Kuhm I get it.”
Lee Cheol-won thought about it for a while, but soon agreed to my words.
Persuasion wasn’t that difficult as the movements I just showed were certainly sharp.
“The by-products of the monsters… I will take care of them for now.”
As soon as those words were finished, I stood in the lead and approached the Lizardman’s corpse.
Originally, it was to collect the monster’s magic stone, which was not even thought of in the tower.
At that time, not only was he in a hurry to survive, but he heard that he couldn’t get magic stones from the monsters in the tower.
However, if it was a monster that appeared in a real dungeon, it would surely have a magic stone.
‘It’s the first time I’ve actually tried it, but…’
I was fully familiar with the relevant knowledge, so I moved the sword without hesitation.
Poududeuk!
Her skin cracked, and at the same time, a purple jewel-like magic stone shyly appeared near her heart.
Indeed, it seems that it was not in vain that I had constantly watched and studied related videos before.
At once, I reached into the body and pulled out the magic stone.
‘It was easier than I thought.’
Soon, I roughly wiped the blood from my hands onto the assassin’s cloak.
This is because if you accidentally get buried while holding the handle of the sword, it may interfere with future battles.
The assassin’s cape will be messy for a while, but it’s enough to make it neat again.
The item I bought for that purpose was the stone of cleanliness.
Afterwards, I properly wiped the blood off the magic stone and slowly raised my will.
and.
「Magic Stone」
「Grade: D-」
「A magic stone containing turbid magic collected from the heart of a lizard man.」 「
Depending on the usage, it can be of great help in metallurgy and alchemy.
」 ‘
Then, the ‘Eye of Truth’ skill was activated, and a hologram containing the magic stone information came to mind.
I tried it once to see if I could activate it without saying the starter word, but it worked better than I thought.
Of course, it would be difficult to use in battle because you have to raise your will.
Hey, originally, it was said that a fairly high proficiency was required to activate a skill with will…
But there was some income.
‘If I can activate the instantaneous acceleration similarly, I’ll have to train it.’
If you can use an active skill without saying it, that would be a huge advantage.
Later, when I returned to the Tower of Trials, I decided to train and read the magic stone information.
Magic stones that were not recognized as items were generally expected to have information on them.
But…
‘Well, but there’s nothing special about it.’
What I figured out with the Eye of Truth skill was only a somewhat expected explanation.
There was nothing particularly special about it, so I quickly lost interest.
Soon, I stopped the skill activation and turned off the hologram with the explanation written on it.
Took.
I opened my mouth after putting the magic stone in the bag I was wearing.
“For now, I will carry this. Later, during the magic stone settlement, count the number and settle again.”
“…Ah yes. By the way, is this your second visit to the dungeon?”
“No, it’s not really like that…”
“…Well, what should I say, it looks very skillful.”
Lee Cheol-won said that with a confused expression, but he was not impressed.
He also fought to the death in the Tower of Trials and learned knowledge related to Hunters for several years.
He was so skilled that it was strange that he couldn’t use it in real combat, so it was understandable.
‘Well, I was actually in the Tower of Trials, which was like a dungeon.’
But I didn’t mean to say it lightly, so I replied briefly.
“I just tried it, and it just went surprisingly well.”
“…”
“Really.”
“Ah yes…”
Lee Cheol-won looked suspicious, but said nothing more.
It must have been because there was no experience in the information registered with the Hunter Association, and it was not important now.
Well, maybe it was because of other thoughts, but…
‘It doesn’t matter if you think differently.’
It didn’t matter what he was thinking, as long as he didn’t ask persistently about this and that.
「You have absorbed the Lizardman’s command.」 「Skill
proficiency increases by
0.7%.」
As I got up from my seat and absorbed the Lizardman’s command, I narrowed my eyes.
I came to Earth to prepare for the ordeal on the 8th floor, but it is because the growth efficiency is not as good as I thought.
Of course, you can raise your stats to some extent with your own characteristics, but…
‘Skill proficiency or unique characteristic proficiency can’t be raised that much.’
In fact, even when in the Tower of Trials, raising the proficiency was quite difficult.
However, fighting in the weaker D-class dungeon, it was only natural that the proficiency level did not rise significantly.
but.
‘What’s lacking can be made up with quantity.’
If only I could hunt all the countless monsters lurking in the dungeon…
I might be able to raise the proficiency of the newly changed unique traits a bit more.
“Now we move again.”
I looked inside the cave with eager eyes.
It was the start of a full-scale monster hunt.
***
Hooked!
“You have absorbed the Lizardman’s spirit.”
“Skill increases by 0.7%.”
“Three.”
Kwadeuk! hooked! Chow!
“You absorbed the Lizardman’s spirit.”
“Skill increases by 0.7%.”
“Six.”
Squaw! Kwaaang! Whoa!
“You have absorbed the Lizardman’s spirit.”
“Skill increases by 0.7%.”
“Nine.”
Chow-!
Han Seong-yoon’s calm muttering, as if doing simple work, resonates in the cave.
And…
‘What is this again?’
Watching it, Lee Cheol-won felt like he was dreaming.
Obviously, when I looked up on the official website of the Hunter Association, he must have been a novice hunter with no experience…
‘What kind of fighting level is this…!’
Han Seong-yoon was fighting well enough to be considered strange.
One Lizardman dies with each move.
Lee Cheol-won had no choice but to watch the battle blankly from behind.
There is no careful fighting, and there is no harmony of skills that mixes skills.
Even so, Han Seong-yoon definitely killed the opponent.
Mechanically swinging the sword once, the enemy’s head fell to the ground before he knew it.
Watching the battle, Cheolwon Lee stuck out his tongue.
‘Completely… the class is different.’
The level was completely different from the way lower hunters fight.
Monsters with inherent weapon skills deal with low-level hunters carefully.
This is because the skill that raises the level of battle is a weapon skill, so if done wrong, even the hunter can die.
However, Han Seong-yoon quickly dealt with Lizard Man as if that factor didn’t matter.
It was a quick attack that made me wonder if simple repetitive work would be boring.
“Wow…”
Originally, Cheolwon Lee had no intention of conquering all of this dungeon.
No, to be precise, he thought he couldn’t completely clear this dungeon.
Although Lee Cheol-won is a D-class hunter, he is also a low-level hunter.
It was assumed that if there were a few more people, the duo would just play in the center.
I didn’t even ask for any special reward.
Because of that judgment, he said he would hand over most of the special items to Han Sung-yoon.
However, Han Seong-yoon’s fight changed Lee Cheol-won’s thoughts.
‘This might be possible…!’
It is different if there is Han Seong-yoon, who has a fighting sense that can be called a massacre.
A situation where you might be able to kill the dungeon boss and gain the right to occupy the gate.
Of course, if that happened, the right to occupy the gate would have to be given to Han Seong-yoon, but that didn’t matter.
You’ll be able to get a lot of money just with the rewards you get at the end of the dungeon.
While trembling with such anticipation, I felt awe at the same time.
If he had just become a Hunter at this level, he wondered how much stronger he would become in the future.
‘It could be that I’m watching the battle of talented people who will shake the hunter industry…?’
Lee Cheol-won’s intuition, which had been wandering through various dungeons for a long time, was telling.
A new supernova has been born in the hunter industry.
***
“Huh…”
Dip-tuk.
As he sliced the Lizard Man, the blood on his sword dripped onto the floor.
“…”
Looking back slowly, I felt that I had caught a lot in my own way.
Lizard Man’s corpses are scattered on the floor, forming a puddle of blood.
‘I was embarrassed because I had more enemies than I thought, but… Pretty good.’
I was satisfied because I was able to raise the proficiency of the unique characteristics.
The only problem is that I haven’t been able to check my newly acquired abilities that much.
‘The surroundings were too small to check the ability of summoning the dead.’
Lee Cheol-won, who was behind him, couldn’t help it because it was a space where he couldn’t swing his spear recklessly.
If I raise the dead here, I thought it would be inconvenient, so I postponed checking.
The ‘forced breakthrough’ obtained by synthesizing skills before was also similar.
There was no opponent using the restraint skill, so it was impossible to confirm the forced breakthrough.
The monsters that appeared were all Lizardmen who were good at close combat, so it was inevitable.
But from now on, it seems to be a little different.
“Boss Room Gate…!”
Lee Cheol-won, who was behind him, shuddered as he looked at the red portal.
Boss Room.
A space with a core that maintains and organizes the dungeon appeared.
“…I never thought it would be, but I thought it was a D-class dungeon that had to be handled solo.”
It was.
The reason Cheol-Won Lee couldn’t get involved in the hunt even though he’d killed many monsters so far…
was because the dungeon was designed in a way suitable for solo play.
‘I never thought the space wouldn’t expand even if I passed the center.’
Thanks to that, I had to deal with all the monsters…
but I didn’t have much to complain about.
It was because I was able to catch them all alone and dominate the spirits with necromancy.
However, Lee Cheol-won looked at my complexion as if he liked it but felt apologetic.
“I’m so sorry. I didn’t know the space wouldn’t expand. Even if the settlement ratio is adjusted later and further reduced, I don’t think there will be anything to say.”
Lee Cheol-won said that with a wry smile as if it was absurd even thinking about it.
“No, thanks. It doesn’t matter if you pay half and half.”
“Rather, that makes me feel uncomfortable…”
“Of course, not just that, but if I can have all the rewards I’ll get from the boss room, I’ll pay half and half.”
In fact, it was Lee Cheol-won who obtained permission to enter the emergency gate.
Although the battle itself could not participate due to the narrowness of the space, it was enough to qualify for a settlement.
On the contrary, I was able to grow a little more thanks to not participating in the battle.
There was a part of my conscience that was slightly stabbed to eat alone and move on.
Well, honestly, if it wasn’t for the permission to enter the gate, I might have gone over it, thinking I was going to do it alone.
“If that’s enough, I’ll give you all the boss room rewards.”
Lee Cheol-won pondered for a moment, then answered my words carefully.
“That’s it. I will enter the boss room from now on, is that okay?”
“Of course, I’m okay with not doing anything, but… Shouldn’t Hunter Han Seong-yoon take a break?”
“I don’t think it’s really necessary, so that’s fine.”
“…That’s right.”
As if he had seen a strange species, Lee Cheol-won narrowed his eyes and looked at me
.
Not all at once, but at most two in a straight line, so it was hard to get tired.
‘It would have been more difficult if I had just rushed into passing techniques like the Orcs.’
As there was no such joint attack, the consumption of stamina was quite shallow.
also.
‘Even if I’m tired, it’s a waste of time, so I can’t rest.’
I had to get all the benefits that could be obtained quickly.
so.
“Then let’s go into the boss room now.”
Now is the time to finish the dungeon raid.
