◈ 196. [Free Exploration] Warning
“I haven’t seen it in a while. How have you been?”
How do you calm Kelly Bay, who is furious?
I pretended to be friendly and approached the nameless.
‘This friend is a dungeon merchant NPC who sells all kinds of items in the dungeon!’
Last time, he gave away two pieces of SSR grade equipment. I’m judging in my heart that he’s an incredibly good guy.
If it sticks well, the bean curd may fall again!
Anonymous shrugged at my greetings.
“Daily life here in the Lake Kingdom is always the same. Kill monsters, light lanterns, and… … praying.”
Her expression was hard to see because of her scattered gray hair and her hood, but I could tell that her lips were forming a bitter smile.
“Today I’m here to repair the equipment.”
“equipment?”
“My sword.”
Nameless gestured toward Kelly Bay’s forge.
“Because only Kelly Bay can fix my sword here.”
I looked over there and saw Kelly Bey banging an old sword with a sullen look on her face.
It was the worn-out longsword that Nameless always carried on his back.
Kkang-! Kkang-!
Every time the hammer fell on the blade, a dazzling light leaked out. It seems to be going through some kind of magical process.
“Since it’s been a while since we met, let me give you one piece of advice. ash.”
Anonymous who turned his eyes away from the sword being repaired and faced me spat out slowly.
“Some of the nightmare corps commanders are targeting you.”
“Nightmare Corps Commander?”
“You must know that the Lake Kingdom is occupied by monsters.”
that’s not natural It’s a monster field everywhere. They fill the floor here, and when they overflow, they attack the Crossroads.
“There are countless types of monsters in the Lake Kingdom. And for each monster corps, there is an entity called the head-corporate.”
Anonymous glanced at the road that led to the other side of the base camp.
The other side of the road was covered in pitch darkness and nothing could be seen.
“The top 10 most powerful army of the monster army. Corps commanders up to 10th rank are called ‘Nightmare Corps Commanders’.”
You’re talking about the ten strongest bosses.
I calmly shrugged my shoulders.
“Is that what those friends are after me? But isn’t it natural that monsters are targeting humans?”
“yes. No wonder. But the Ash guys are specifically trying to kill you.”
Nameless looked at my party members standing over there.
“You and your comrades have already defeated two of the nightmare corps commanders. No wonder they start to be wary of you.”
“… .”
“Apart from Orlop, after defeating Selendion, you had no choice but to stand out in the eyes of the monsters.”
In short, the freaks put a mark on my head. ‘Wanted: Dead or Alive’ Well, a bounty was issued like this.
“The deeper you go into the Lake Kingdom, the easier they will find your tracks and send pursuers. In the worst case, the corps commander may appear to kill you.”
I snorted and crossed my arms.
“They’re the ones we have to kill outside anyway, so wouldn’t it be okay to meet and fight in advance?”
“This is their home base.”
Anonymous shook his head slightly.
“Monsters are subject to various restrictions on their abilities outside the Lake Kingdom. But here you can use your full strength without any restrictions.”
… If it appears as a boss in the defense stage, it’s worth getting reverse stat correction to catch it, but if you meet it in a dungeon, there’s nothing like that, are you saying?
“I overestimate the potential of you and your allies, Ash. Above all, the fact that I have not given up until now is a feat.”
Anonymous warned in a mild but stern voice.
“But at the current level of your party, if you run into the nightmare corps commander in the darkness here… It will be difficult to guarantee your life.”
“… .”
Suddenly, I remembered the time when I ran into Selendion in the ‘Road of the Losers’ in the dungeon here.
Certainly, our party was almost annihilated by Celendion at that time.
He let us live because he’s a freak who wants to die himself, but there won’t be such luck next time.
If you run into the corps commander again in the dungeon, you have to fight for your life.
And corps commanders without stage reverse correction will exert real nightmare power.
“Future exploration will be more difficult.”
I guess so. From dungeon depth 6 onwards, it is nicknamed the Demon World. Because each dungeon is difficult.
In a situation like this, you have to pay attention to the movements of the enemy corps leader… … .
The level of difficulty of something goes up endlessly, like adding content between hamburgers. On the patty, on the lettuce, on the cheese, on the sauce… … .
I’m going to burst my stomach like this!
Anonymous stared at me blankly.
“I won’t laugh at you if you don’t go further and retreat from this place. Few of them even came this far.”
“That won’t happen.”
I smiled.
“As long as I can see the way, I will never give up on the attack.”
Although difficult and terrible. The bow obviously exists.
so walk step by step. step by step. That’s all.
“… .”
Anonymous also smiled faintly.
“I hope your words are true and I wish you and your comrades good fortune on the road ahead.”
Then Kelly Bay squealed from the other side.
“cotton! The repair is over, take it!”
Moo-myeong went there and took the sword, then nodded and put the long sword on his back.
“Good. Thank you as always, Kelly Bay.”
Nameless tried to pay, but Kelly Bey waved her hand and refused. Anonymous shook his head slightly.
“And Ash.”
As I was about to walk into the darkness on the other side of the base camp, I stopped for a moment and said an unknown person.
“Don’t go here today.”
I blinked my eyes as I was thinking of resuming the next dungeon from today.
“uh? why?”
“little… I’m going to clean it up. You’d better not come here today. then.”
Anonymous smiled vaguely and disappeared into the darkness. Soon, even the sound of her footsteps could not be heard.
“… .”
I glanced over there, then turned to Kelly Bay and asked.
“What the hell is that person?”
“ok? You don’t even know that, so you’re getting along?”
I don’t know what it is, but it tells me the way, scatters items, and gives advice.
It’s just that I’m grateful for the feeling that the old person in the game is giving newbies a hard time.
“I don’t know exactly either. The name is unknown. I don’t even know her face because she’s like that. Their birthplace and composition are all wrapped in a veil.”
Kelly Bay shrugged.
“He’s always killing monsters and lighting up safe bases. He said he had been doing it long before I first came here.”
Right after that, Kelly Bay said Ah! He groaned and added.
“But the other day, I heard another survivor of the Lake Kingdom calling that woman by a strange name.”
“What did you call me?”
“What did he say… Did you say dethroned princess?”
I widened my eyes.
A deposed queen?
Could it be that she is the princess of the Lake Kingdom?
‘what… wait for a sec.’
I suddenly remembered the final stage of < Protect the Empire >.
Round 742. Hell difficulty iron man mode.
The scene where Lucas, who survived alone while all the characters he had fostered in the final dungeon, ‘Lake Kingdom’ were dying, caught my eye.
But the name of the final boss is obviously… … .
‘The lake princess who can’t sleep.’
I looked at the road where the nameless suddenly disappeared. The darkness is still, and the back of the disappeared name is no longer visible.
‘… Surely not?’
I swallowed dry saliva.
Then Kelly Bay slapped my back with the palm of her hand. ouch! Why are you hitting me!
“This is the punishment for teasing my head and this!”
match!
With another light blow, Kelly Bey held out a long staff.
“It’s a suit that I left to make the equipment and came back without looking for it, so I kept trimming it.”
It was a luxuriously refined staff, and at the tip of its head was studded with blood-red jewels. Even if you look at it, it looks inexhaustibly good.
As I opened my mouth and let out a sound like “wow”, Kelly Bay became grumpy and held the staff in my arms.
“Oh, old man, don’t hurt your arm! Take it quickly!”
A magic wand made from Selendion’s magic core.
I checked the stats. Did you come up with a scam?!
[Lord of Crimson (SSR) Lv.55]
– Classification: Magic Staff
– Attack Power: 149-151
– Durability: 10/10
– Intelligence +15 Magic +15
– Whenever an enemy is killed, it absorbs essence and stores up to 10 .
– You can recover HP or MP by consuming stored essence. (10% per Essence)
– If you consume 10 Essences at once, you can use random blood magic once.
– ??? (Open according to the number of enemies killed with this weapon)
– ??? (Open according to the number of enemies killed with this weapon)
It complied with the basic damage and the stat bonus was thick. It’s a very good piece of equipment.
In addition, as a weapon made from the vampire lord’s magic core, it has an option to absorb the essence and use it as a resource when killing an enemy.
‘It is possible to deal flexibly depending on the situation. … .’
I don’t know what kind of blood magic you can use, but if you’re a junior, you’ll be able to use it well.
If there is a problem, like [Black Queen], this equipment is also a Nightmare Slayer, so the ‘???’ The point is that it has options.
I glanced at Damian. Damian is immersed in the darkness of the [Black Queen] he carries on his back.
Damian and I met eyes. Damian hesitated for a moment, then smiled at me.
“Keuk… .”
“… .”
Look at how innocent Damian’s big smile turned into that bluff-filled smile. It’s all because of that weapon.
‘Can you really overcome that and use it as your own strength… … ?’
Junior should also stop using this weapon if the kill count goes up.
Anyway, it’s extremely useful right now, so I’ll give it to you.
I called Junior and handed him my cane.
Junior accepted the wand wide-eyed. The young wizard’s mouth fell open.
“This is… It’s a really great piece of equipment, Your Highness? What is this horsepower… … It’s the first time I’ve seen anything like this in my life.”
“As you will recognize, it is an equipment made from Selendion’s magic core.”
Junior’s shoulders trembled. The two hands holding the cane were tightly clasped.
“This precious thing to me… ?”
“It is a powerful but dangerous piece of equipment. Handle it with care.”
Recently, he was a junior who only chewed tomatoes and spinach and had a slight taste, but in front of this cane, he had a serious face for the first time in a long time.
Junior nodded his head broadly.
“Your Highness is the first person who has recognized my worth this far… … . thank you. With the determination to renovate your bones so that Your Highness will not regret it… … !”
“No, stop making bone changes.”
What’s wrong with your body? do not do that. Continue recovering HP with that staff while dealing damage comfortably from behind.
In addition to that, I put in a new equipment production request to Kelly Bay.
It was an equipment made with two Vampire General Magic Cores obtained in Stage 5. It is also SSR grade, so powerful equipment will come out.
In this way, I found some equipment, and the things I had to do at the base camp were roughly organized.
“Mmm.”
I looked towards the dark side where the unknown disappeared – the dungeon of the next depth, and eventually turned to the other side.
It was in the direction of the dungeon I had previously cleared.
I would listen to the advice of an unknown person, but I was thinking of going back like this and lightly roaming the dungeons I had cleared before and scouting.
You’ll need to know what kind of monster army will attack in the next defense battle.
I yelled at the main party members who had already finished their preparations.
“Now, everyone, it’s been a while… Would you like to loosen up?”
Lucas, Evangeline, Damian and Junior raised their torches and lanterns in unison.
So, enter the District 3 dungeon you broke earlier. I shouted as I entered the beginning of the dungeon room.
“What is the monster of this season?”
Then
splat! splat!
something… gurgling… … Jelly-like monsters started rolling towards us from the entrance of the dungeon.
Unknowingly, I was frightened and spat out.
“No, what is this again?”
