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Bent over with a hunched back, Han Se-ah had to dig the tunnel at such a low height that the hefty Naga had to press his belly against the ground due to the low height of the tunnel.
Viewers comnted on how uncomfortable it looked, with various chats such as 'This is hard on the eyes,' and 'Seeing his backside makes uncomfortable.'
However, as the tunnel unexpectedly extended for a considerable length, one by one, they began praising Han Se-ah for conserving her mana.
Just when Han Se-ah's mana supply was nearly depleted, the tunnel abruptly widened.
-This stench, it's awful, I can sll it...
Hmm, this definitely seems like a tunnel leading to the source.
Whether it was intentionally designed or a coincidence, an artificial passage appeared at the end of the tunnel, just long enough for a interdiate-level mage like Han Se-ah to manage with her conserved mana.
The entrance she created with Earth Control resembled a beast's den, but the expanded pathway was smoothly walled and supported ingeniously by tree roots, much like support beams in a mine, clearly indicating it was not a natural formation.
If the 30th floor felt like a laboratory or a workshop, this place felt like an underground base created by earth spirits or dwarves.
Of course, the overpowering sll of poison coming from deep within the tunnel fiercely contradicted those fairy tale-like notions.
-I'll stand in front, okay?
"Sure, go ahead."
The black-scaled Naga, whose upper body was now covered in dirt, easily dusted it off, appearing neat again.
This alone demonstrated the spaciousness and artificial nature of the tunnel.
The party mbers, sensing the widened tunnel as the start of a real exploration, swallowed nervously, heightening the tension.
The large back of the black Naga, followed by , instilled a sense of confidence in the group, sharpening their focus.
However, the sharpness gradually dulled as the long, winding tunnel continued without end.
It's surprisingly long, isn't it?
...It's not just long. There's a very slight downward slope that keeps going. The tunnel is also subtly curving to the left. We are slowly spiraling downwards, deeper into the ground.
-Archer, your senses are very sharp...
Grace's observation was proven right by the continuously extending tunnel.
With no monsters appearing, only the foul sll filling the air, viewers began to stir, chatting among themselves.
The topics varied from the party mbers' postures emphasized while entering the tunnel to conversations about the Black Naga warrior covered in dark scales.
Perhaps sothing big, black, and burly held a charm for Korean netizens*.
The black Naga warrior, deed too lengthy a na, was soon affectionately nicknad 'Heuknaga-gun*' (Black Naga) in the chat, almost making laugh.
I'm not usually one to laugh easily, but this is entertaining.
-Human warrior... Are you having fun?
I didnt expect to find it so soon. Last ti, it took almost a month just to find a passage like this.
-Looking forward to it?
anwhile, the Black Naga warrior, who eerily sensed my mood, threw a question at while I was trying to suppress my giggles as we walked down the monotonous dirt path.
How could I possibly explain to him that the idle viewers had started poorly photoshopping his picture, creating a multitude of badly done 'Heuknaga-gun' images on the forum?
Thanks to that, even our player Han Se-ah, couldnt suppress her laughter and was forced into a grin-and-bear-it situation.
"Hrmm... Digging through a suspicious tunnel and suddenly bursting into laughter could make people think I'm poisoned or possessed!"
-Just turn off the stream, but can't resist the money LOL
-It's like they're telepathically in sync, you morons
-Ah, dont be too cute, Se-ah, youre a true worker, earning foreign currency
- Yankees are crazy about chs, thats why shes earning so much foreign currency
The chat started with photoshopped images of 'Heuknaga-gun' and moved to videos of foreign strears cheering on Han Se-ah's 30th-floor golem riding video, titled '18 cha Porn'.
And beyond that, videos unrelated to Han Se-ah, showcasing strears in Heroes Chronicle performing all sorts of funny and embarrassing monts.
There were strears who showed slapstick during battles, accidentally pulling off goblin leather panties, a strear who got a 3-day suspension for encountering a working prostitute in an alley while mapping the city, and even Kim Seok-hyun, riding a golem only for the unrepaired knee joint to snap and collapse.
That man always manages to do sothing bizarre.
Sigh
In any case, various embarrassing monts were being gloriously immortalized as video donations, attacking Han Se-ah.
And the impact was reaching as well.
With many viewers, there were plenty of videos, and the tunnel was long.
And as a professional strear, Han Se-ah had no reason to stop this flow by turning off video donations.
Though a few nonsensical videos were mixed in, and many were unknown to , there were definitely so that could make soone laugh without any prior knowledge.
You can't help but laugh at the sight of soone attempting to ta a horned rabbit, only to get horn-stabbed in the lower body and end up rolling on the ground, shrieking like a roe deer.
It seems that the number of people doing crazy things is increasing over ti.
-Did you notice?
Up ahead, theres sothing in a large opening.
Thankfully, the appearance of the opening at the exact mont I masked my laughter with a cough allowed to pretend I had sensed an enemy.
Following the lengthy tunnel downwards, we finally encountered a large opening.
Inside, as we had anticipated, there was sothing like a monster production factory.
Densely intertwined tree roots supporting the ceiling and walls, and a huge mass of flesh connected to them, pulsating like a heartbeat.
Excluding the repulsive pink color and pulsations, it almost resembled a root vegetable, like a potato.
And from these round masses of flesh, splitting open like eggs, erged
-...By my na as a warrior, Manaashi. I swear! I will crush these creatures alive!!!
Black-scaled Naga warriors, though clearly smaller than Manaashi who guided us.
If Manaashi, standing straight with a trident, appeared to be about 2.5 ters tall, these Naga warriors lined up were roughly 2.1 ters in height.
If you include the length of their tails stretched out on the ground, the difference could be almost 1 ter.
Enraged at the sight of their kin being replicated, Manaashi was ready with his trident, channeling mana.
Black scales glittered in the darkness, and the elongated trident, nearly 2 ters long, was visibly rippling with dark blue mana.
...Go ahead and rampage. We have to break through here anyway.
-Thank you, warrior!
Since I'd likely cause the ceiling to collapse if I struck, I allowed Manaashi to charge like releasing a dog off its leash.
He thanked , his posture resembling that of a knight readying a lance charge.
Perhaps due to his monk-warrior-like deanor, he was more polite than expected, considering he discovered this space himself.
Expressing his gratitude to , Manaashi let out a loud war cry without any intention of stealth.
With the dark blue mana rising from his trident, he charged across the field like a cavalryman.
Crack, THUDDDD-
His serpentine lower body thrashed about violently, moving with such intensity that it seed like heavy construction machinery on a work site, leaving a trail of destruction.
In a blink, he was already at the far end of the field, attacking a black figure.
He's incredibly fast.
I lost sight of him in an instant
Indeed, he was of a higher caliber, Manaashi startled our group of interdiate adventurers, leaving us staring blankly at the dark blue aura flaring up in the distance.
If he had been an enemy, he might have even broken through Irenes protective holy magic.
From the 40th floor onwards, it seed like a proclamation that it was no longer the realm of interdiates.
After all, progressing to the 40th floor with just innate 3 and 4 abilities without effort was a bit too much.
As we roughly expected, if the 100th floor is indeed the top, we'll have to start risking our lives in battle from the 40th floor onwards.
It seems likely that we'll need to gain an additional star before reaching the 50th floor.
-Aaaah! The flow! The cycle! Return to the earth!
When we face the 40th-floor boss monster, I wonder if I should step back and let the party handle it, to emphasize the need to level up.
The title of being world number one wasn't really important to .
My goal is to have Han Se-ah clear this world, not necessarily as the world's number one.
In the midst of such contemplation, Manaashi was frenziedly swinging his trident like a saw blade of a grinder.
The mass-produced Naga warriors seed to be barely hanging between interdiate and senior levels.
They looked like they were just shy of emitting mana, so if they killed so people and got stronger, they might reach the senior level.
The clich of monsters evolving by killing humans also seed fitting here.
But even if they were on the verge, interdiates are still interdiates, and they faced an opponent who had already reached the matured stage of a senior, wildly emitting aura and devastating the surroundings.
It was natural that, just like the doppelgangers couldn't penetrate my defenses, these Naga warriors couldn't break through his black scales and dark blue aura.
Do we even need to step in?
Well, I'm not sure. Look over there, this opening isnt the end.
While Manaashi was busy destroying the opening alone with his trident, Grace found a passage that continued downward.
Several more levels down... that seems like the way, doesn't it?
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*bruh
*Heuknaga-gun -> more google... so -gun() is similiar to Mr. but more informal and is often used for soone younger or in a more affectionate, casual way. its is a way to create an informal and endearing nickna. kinda like saying chappy instead of chapter? lolol
and according to a forum: heuk is (black). heuk hyung or heuk nuna is a slang that so korean use to call black people. I don't know what black people would think of it, but I think the expression is kind of racist.
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Author continuing to say so questionable things in his chapters... before his reading list went private I took a look and was very scared...
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