If we didnt wait for the monsters to evaporate after every kill and just went on to the next room, we would definitely save a lot of ti. Items and ores wouldnt disappear unless the dungeon reset itself so there was no danger of losing anything either.
The more I thought about it, the more I liked the idea.
Ok then. From now on, unless there is anyone with injuries, well be going straight from one room to the next. Manager Kim. Please keep track of your spell reset ti. We want to make sure that no matter how fast we move, we slow down enough for your spell to work each ti.
Dont worry. The sleep spell works again after 5 minutes so there shouldnt be any real issues.
Thats good.
Jung Sooah started to grab the ores to put into her backpack.
The next room had 20 goblins.
What the hell? Why are there so many monsters in here?
Manager Kim started mumbling.
Arent those goblins level 1 monsters? They look familiar.
Jung Sooah asked. I nodded my head.
Youre right. From their size and the look of them, they are definitely level 1 goblins.
Im asking because I havent been in too many level 2 dungeonsbut does this happen often?
This is a first for too. It could be that since the level 1 dungeons disappeared, all those monsters ended up in other level dungeonsbut in greater than usual numbers.
Is that good or bad?
Its good. Because level 1 monsters drop ores too. And our governnt is experiencing a shortage right now.
I drew my sword. 20 goblins. If even just half of them dropped ores, that would an we would end up with 10. Not only was this good for our economybut I needed ores right now.
Manager Kim.
Ok. Leave it to . Ill put to sleep at least 10 of them.
When Manager Kim cast his spell, a golden glow arose.
Five of them had fallen asleep.
Ha?
Well. Even that is a good amount. Mr. Cho Youngoo, please help with the attack. Sooah.
Yeah?
Hold onto this.
I threw the longsword I had been holding in my right hand.
Huh? Why
You need a weapon to at least defend yourself with. You rember how to use a sword right?
How about you?
This one sword is enough for .
I grabbed the bloodysword in my right hand. I could heard Jung Sooah mumbling behind .
So damn hot
..oh my god. Stop.
I could hear Manager Kim snickering.
Shit. I could feel my face turning red.
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I swiped up at the goblin running toward and tossed his body over my shoulder. Helt guy was assisting to my left and swinging out with his sword too. Jung Sooah and Cho Youngoo were standing behind us, blocking the exit, and Han Joonseok and glasses girl were shooting arrows out from behind all of us.
Ping! Ping!
Two of the goblins were struck by an arrow each on their foreheads and fell to the ground. Han Joonseok had improved his archery skills, but I was even more surprised by how much glasses girl had improved her aim.
At that mont, two goblins ran to attack at the sa ti. One ca from above and the other right in front of .
How dare you.
I grabbed the one in front of by the neck and threw it up into the air.
It crashed into the other one coming from above and both fell to the ground.
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What? They died with just that?
I never imagined I had gotten this strong. But I could now see just how much I had improved after eting a level 1 monster again. Damn.
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WIth one hit, another goblin crumbled as easily as tofu.
Helt guy was also killing goblins left and right as if it were the easiest thing.
The goblins, with their short reach, were not able to do anything against the long blade of the rubicon sword.
Thats a damn good sword.
If you need it, Ill give it to you.
Thats not what I ant. Well, its as good as mine anyway at this point.
What
Lets talk later.
Well, I was the one who brought it up. But there was no reason for to explain anything to him, right?
I stabbed a goblin through the eye with my bloodysword.
It didnt take us even 3 minutes to kill all 20 level 1 goblins. In fact the not even one goblin made it past us to where Cho Youngoo and Sooah were standing.
WowSunbehOppa. Youre amazing. Really.
Isnt it about ti for you to work on fixing that bad habit of complinting every few seconds? Youre not that kind of a porter anymore.
Ah. But Im being serious right now.
Anyway. Just hand over the sword.
Werent you gifting this to ?
I just let you borrow it in case you might get hurt.
Pft. And for a second I felt a flutter of happiness there.
Sooah handed the sword back to . I guess if you ca right down to it, handing over a sword like this to her wasnt sothing that was all that difficult. And if I considered the value she brought to the party, it was not a bad trade.
But if people start getting sothing for free, then they start to rely on the giver. Though she was a valuable mber of my party, I also didnt want her to rely on too much.
What I needed was a team mber. Not a follower.
Nothing in life is free. If you keep wanting free things, youll start losing hair.
Sh. Manager Kim might hear you.
Im not bald ok. I just have fine hair.
Manager Kim turned a bright red as he mumbled quietly.
Lets hurry onto the next room. Is that ok Mr. Jong Sawon?
No problem.
He did look a bit tired, but not enough where it would hinder his fighting.
We imdiately set out for the next room in the dungeon.
Then to the next room. And then to the next room.
It had taken us about a total of 1 hour and 20 minutes to clear 7 rooms. We did rest a bit in between, but none of us had sustained any injuries.
The dungeon remained dark. That ant the dungeon didnt clearan irregular would be appearing.
We had been taking a break when I spoke aloud to my party mbers.
Everyone stay on alert. Looks like were not done yet.
Again?
What do you an again?
Helt guy asked Manager Kim.
The monster youve been waiting for just might appear. Be prepared.
Noyou an an irregular?
Yes. But we dont know what it is that might appear.
I started to move my shoulders up and down to keep it ward up. If it was like what usually happened, it would appear near the dungeon exitbut you never knew. Since the dungeon was in a straight line, it didnt matter too much where it appeared.
Scrappppe!
It was then we heard a scraping sound along the ground sowhere.
This was ominous. A thought that this would not be an easy monster popped up in my head.
Everyone get ready for battle. Sothing is heading our way.
Whats that sound?
Cho Youngoo covered his ears as he asked.
Scrape scrape scrappee!
This wasnt the sound of a particularly large monster. It sounded more like a monster that was dragging or pushing sothing along. Glasses girl started to shiver.
Thisthisis this
Shit!
We looked to where the sound ca from. The sound that, at first, seed quite a distance away was now getting all the closer.
Click click click click!
This was the sound of many legs tapping along the ground. Just the sound was enough to induce goosebumps along your skin. They were the sound of bugs legs.
I knew then what it was. It was a monster most hunters dreaded eting.
A level 3 monster The Great Roach.
So. It was a giant bug.
From the sound of it, it wasnt even just one or two. To think that the irregular this ti would be this monster.
Shit.
All the things I had brought in preparation for an irregular would prove to be of no use this ti around. What we needed to go up against these monsters was sothing flammable to light upand a lot of it. If we didnt have at least 20 liters of flammable liquid, it was no use.
We had no choice but to try and kill them one at a ti.
SunbehOppa! What is it?
What do you an?! Theyre bugs!
Kyaa!
Dont make girly noises and stand back!
Jong Sawon and I moved up to the front. I dont know if the two of us would be able to hold them back, but we needed to at least try.
The first Great Roach finally reared its ugly head.
It was probably about 1 ter in length. It had a hard outer shell that was probably as strong as hunter grade armor, and its attack was based on grabbing a hold of its opponent and biting chunks out of them with its sharp pincer teeth. A regular roachs bite is 5 tis stronger than a humans. I didnt want to even imagine the damage this thing could do.
So why are they level 3 monsters?
Because they never appear alone.
Click click click click!
Behind the first roach were about 20 or more click clicking their way toward us.
AhI really hate them. I feel like Ill see them in my nightmares.
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