◈ 209. [Free exploration] Slime’s room
Elise returned to the ecliptic this afternoon.
It seems that the necessary investigations for the Winter Silver Merchants have been completed. The next time they come, they will come with the manpower to build the upper branch.
“And please accept this.”
Elise opened her sword tube, took out a dagger and handed it to me.
“Because you seem a little short of emergency means to protect yourself.”
[Spirit Crasher (SR) Lv.1]
– Classification: Dagger
– Attack Power: 0
– Durability: 1/1
– Strikes the target’s soul and stuns it. The stun time is up to 5 seconds and is reduced according to the target’s magic stat.
– This equipment is for single use only.
[Spirit Crasher]!
Although consumable, it is a dagger that definitely stuns enemies. You gave me such a precious thing. I quickly received it and put it in my arms.
“Thank you, Elise. I will put it to good use.”
“It was nothing.”
Elise smiled meaningfully.
“Then I hope you enjoy your brief freedom. majesty.”
“huh?”
short freedom? What else do you mean?
However, Elise did not explain and left my mansion and left the Crossroads that way.
What do you mean?
***
Have a good rest for the day.
The next day I summoned the main party members. It was about going to the dungeon right away.
‘We need to accelerate the leveling.’
Most of the main party members haven’t reached level 50 yet.
Hurry up to level 50, finish your 3rd job change, and awaken your ultimate.
The difference in performance between a character with an ultimate skill and a character without it is the level of heaven and earth.
Since we are leaving for the dungeon, we instructed everyone to gather after preparing, and after lunchtime, all the party members were summoned.
Lucas, Evangeline, and I still haven’t fully recovered from minor injuries, but thanks to intensive care at the temple, we’re in good shape. Junior seems to be fine as well, perhaps because he rested well.
And Damian… … .
Smooth.
“… .”
smooth smooth… .
Now, a black aura is dripping from all over my body… … .
He is staggering as if he is holding a horse gun in his arms as if it were gold and silver treasure with a blank face, perhaps because he did not sleep well. oh my.
I made a request to the other party members.
“Can you see how bad Damian is? If you look carefully and think that the child is very tasty, take that gun away. Then you’ll be fine.”
Everyone nodded. OK
“Then let’s go! depart!”
***
[Now Loading… Teleporting.]
[Tip – The ‘Defense Tower’ summon scroll will definitely drop as the dungeon exploration progresses. The summoning scroll of the ‘boss monster’ drops randomly when the boss monster is defeated.]
Oh, for some reason, the tip article gives the necessary advice for the current situation.
The only summons in the ‘Defense Tower’ category that can be summoned now are ‘Automatic Defense Turrets’.
The defense tower in the next tech tree can be obtained by clearing one of the dungeons in Area 5.
‘I have to start clearing the District 5 dungeon from today.’
It’s been delayed a lot since then. Let’s accelerate from today.
When I thought about it, my eyes lit up.
***
Flash!
After passing through the teleport gate, it was a familiar base camp.
Even in the lake kingdom swallowed up in darkness, the base camp here was toxic bright. Fireworks burning brightly in all directions were dispelling the darkness.
‘Let’s see the stone dungeons today… … .’
As soon as I arrived at the base camp, I was trying to figure out a route to go around first among the dungeons in District 5
. … !
Suddenly the ground shook violently. The whole city shuddered and vibrated. Me and the party members were frightened and grabbed the surroundings.
“What is an earthquake?!”
Was there an event like this in the game?!
“It is not an earthquake.”
The one who answered my bewildered cry was Kellibey, the blacksmith dwarf who sat nonchalantly in the center of the base camp.
Big! Kelly Bay grinned as she swallowed the drink from the bottle with a groan.
“It’s just that the ‘serpent of the world’ is moving.”
I frowned.
“A world snake? that… .”
“Jormungand.”
Kelly Bay, wiping the alcohol from her mouth with the back of her hand, spat out the monster’s name.
“This time, the monster that ‘floods’ is him.”
“I beg your pardon?!”
Frightened, I immediately turned on the system window.
Even though he hadn’t met any monsters yet and had only entered the dungeon, information about the next stage’s enemies was emerging.
[Enemy Information – STAGE 9]
– Lv.? ??? : 1 body
– Until the start : 10 days
“Isn’t this crazy for real?!”
Only one enemy is displayed in the enemy information window in Stage 9.
There are many monster corps whose fighting power is biased towards the boss monster, but there is only one monster corps where only one entity exists.
Jormungand.
The largest snake in the world.
A super-giant monster that honestly pushes into the crossroads alone without any subordinates – this bastard is the enemy, corps, and boss of this stage!
‘Why is he floating in the first year? He only appears in the second year at the earliest!’
It’s absurd that Jormungandr appeared on Stage 9, but what’s even more absurd is… … Now, I was not surprised by this increase in difficulty.
The difficulty of this game was already tasted. Even if it gets a little more difficult now, I’m willing to pass it on. Shibeol… … .
“… No, but why is your father-in-law smiling like that?”
“huh?”
A huge snake was crawling all over the Lake Kingdom, making a tremendous vibration, and Kelly Bay was laughing at what was so good and drinking as if it were a celebratory drink.
“Well, when the season comes when that snake crawls… .”
Kelly Bay pulled the bucket she had placed behind her and showed the contents.
“Because I can collect a lot of scales!”
Inside the bucket, silver scales scattered sharp light like metal shards.
“How can you not be happy when this precious thing is scattered all over the place for free!”
“… .”
But we must fight to the death with that precious scaly creature.
When I was depressed, Kelly Bay looked apologetic and spoke cautiously.
“Don’t be too sweet. I’ll make you a suit of armor with this.”
“really… ?”
“When did I ever cheat you with equipment? I’ll pick out a nice suit for you.”
I immediately pointed to Evangeline and demanded more.
“Then make me a part that can be added to his shield.”
“Just peel it all off and eat it.”
Gabbling, Kelly Bay gulped down the bottle. I laughed out loud. Even though he grumbled, he did everything, old man Lee.
“… .”
At that time, I felt a gentle gaze. Looking back, it was Evangeline.
Evangeline seemed slightly moved, but somehow… … It’s like ‘I knew it’… … He was looking at me with a strange smile. What is it?
“To think that you only took care of my shield, hehehe… … .”
huh? That’s right, since you’re the main tank, when you pack your armor, of course you have to pack it first, right?
“I knew the heart of a senior who gave for me. uh uh uh uh… … .”
“uh? what’s up… … .”
Evangeline’s condition was a little bad, but I passed it on, thinking that the taste from last time would be maintained.
Anyway, getting equipment made from Jormungandr scales is good news, but there is more bad news than that.
‘For now, all my plans to go to the District 5 dungeon have collapsed.’
Normally, the monsters that would flock to the defense would gather in each dungeon and hunt them to gain experience.
Since Jormungandr is a single entity with only one body… … There are no monsters in the dungeon.
There is no prey to hunt, so all dungeons are forcibly closed.
‘This will block the item farming plan, but it will also make experience farming impossible.’
How do you get experience without monsters?
It puts a huge setback in my leveling plan. At this rate, it’s hard to even maintain the feeling of fighting against monsters, let alone reaching level 50.
‘Fortunately, there’s not really a way.’
I reached into my bosom and pulled out a round key from my inventory.
[Slime room key].
It is an entry item that allows you to enter the event dungeon with an item received as a reward after the end of Stage 8.
It is similar to catching the golden goblin in the golden room event dungeon in the past.
The slime room is the most featureless dungeon among the event dungeons.
It’s a pure EXP farming dungeon where you can’t even get items. It might be useful in this situation.
I went to see ‘Cutting Coco,’ the NPC in charge of teleporting at the base camp.
Coco, who was manufacturing suspicious-looking reagents in her witch’s workshop, was delighted when she saw me.
“Uh hee hee new! You found me after a long time! Is there a door I can open?”
I silently handed over the [slime room key].
Coco Granny nodded and immediately opened the portal. The spinning magic door opened in front of us.
“This key can open the door three times, so I guess I can go in and out two more times.”
“Thank you, Grandma Coco.”
After expressing my gratitude, I turned to the party members and began to explain.
The monster to be dealt with in this defense battle is an incredibly gigantic snake.
And since there is only one snake, there are no monsters in this dungeon this season.
Even the plan to go into the slime room and do leveling as a last resort.
Everyone in the party silently nodded.
All of the main party members are already following me enough to carry out my orders without a single doubt.
“This slime room dungeon has a structure where you have to defeat several slime waves once you enter. Are you all ready?”
“Yes sir!”
“Let’s finish quickly and go back to rest, Your Highness.”
The fast-paced Lucas and the laid-back Junior answered in turn,
“Kkeuk… . All the slimes are hatched in one shot… … .”
Damien spat out a mixture of bravado even in a submerged voice, probably tired.
Lastly, Evangeline
sucks.
He came over and grabbed my hand.
Then, with his greasy eyes, he whispered a small whisper to me.
“Senior… I will protect you.”
“uh?”
“No matter what adversity and hardship may come, I will be by your side and be your shield to protect you.”
“Uh… yes thank you… … .”
“Whoop whoop whoop!”
… Hey, why are you like this? did you eat something wrong?
I didn’t know why, so I glanced at the party members and said,
‘I don’t know either.’
‘ Lucas shrugged.
Junior seemed to know something, saying ‘Oh, was that the other day?’, but in the end he didn’t say anything. no what!
Anyway, our party entered the magic door one after another.
The other members went inside first, and I was about to go in last, but Grandma Coco, who had been watching, suddenly opened her mouth.
“I want to be careful.”
“yes?”
I blinked my eyes at the sudden words. Grandma Coco covered her mouth and let out a grim laugh.
“Do you know what the darkness in the Lake Kingdom dungeon is made of?”
The darkness of this dungeon?
Are you talking about that unique slimy, bulky darkness?
“The Demon King refined the nightmares of the people of the Lake Kingdom to create an army of monsters, and the remaining refined emotions gathered to create the darkness of this place. Regrets and guilt… … Those negative feelings.”
Under the wide-brimmed hat, the witch’s eyes were as white as fluorescent lights.
“Your sniper friend is also engulfed in that darkness. And darkness attracts other darkness.”
“that is… Excuse me?”
“Simply put, the darkness in the dungeon will be drawn to your friend’s darkness.”
Coco laughed sinisterly.
“This base camp is an area where darkness cannot invade, but the darkness inside the dungeon… … The story is different.”
“… !”
“You’d better make up your mind. Holholhol.”
Holy shit.
“No, why are you telling me that now!”
I gritted my teeth and looked at the magic door. The door to the event dungeon is a one-way street and there is no way out until it is cleared.
‘Demian!’
An ominous feeling ran through my body. I gritted my teeth and threw myself into the magic door.
Flash!
The front of my eyes turned white.
***
[Now Loading… Teleporting.]
[Tip – The darkness of the dungeon has driven countless heroes crazy. Be sure to bring a light when exploring.]
