Acquired the Scam Rune in the Academy

A Clue (3)

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[You have entered the dungeon.]

[You step into the ‘Abandoned Laboratory’. A damp aura and wandering spirits are transmitted through your skin. Some of your stats are randomly and significantly reduced.]

[The special power of the ‘KeenMind’ rune maintains the subject’s clear mind. It remains unshaken by any curse or abnormal state.]

As soon as I enter, dazzling information windows greet my eyes.

A debuff that randomly reduces one ability from the entrance.

I had prevented it in advance with the [Keen Mind] rune, so I didn’t know the exact figure, but seeing the expression ‘significant decrease’ written, it didn’t seem to be a trivial level.

Moreover, following the <Baraten Faction> from the previous <Wolfenser>, another unique name appeared.

It could be the name of this dungeon, or it could be the name of a specific area within the dungeon.

Whatever it was, it told us that where we had set foot was no ordinary dungeon.

Furthermore.

[This dungeon has already been prepared by the ‘Adaptors’! There’s a high probability that it’s structured in a completely different way from ordinary dungeons.]

[Those who haven’t received permission from the Adaptors become enemies of all targets within the dungeon!]

An ominous form of information window that I had never seen before while conquering dungeons blocked the front.

The ominousness became reality in less than 3 seconds.

“Master! Enemy attack!”

One of the clan members skilled in reconnaissance from the archer class shouts.

At the same time.

Kugugugu-

Shiiiii-!!

A large boulder with rising flames swooped down on us.

If what I’m seeing is correct, this is a fire attribute magic, specifically a meteor-type magic.

Not [Light Meteor] which drops multiple small fire rocks, but [Power Meteor] with its enormous size and blazing flames.

It was a magic often called the flower of fire attribute attack magic.

Moreover, the flames of [Power Meteor] were uniquely…

Dyed in a terribly dark black color.

It was a phenomenon indicating that the caster of this magic was not ordinary.

“Damn, everyone…!!”

“……!!”

Kwa, kwaaaaang-!!

An enormous amount of magical power and rapid dropping speed.

As if they had been waiting and preparing for this attack…

There was no time or leisure to deploy a wide-area defense.

The clan members gathered in one place had to defend themselves or attempt to avoid it on their own.

“Keuph….”

“The shield…!!”

Fortunately, our clan is a small elite group where all members have excellent skills.

Their reactions were not slow at all, and the subsequent handling was clean.

Among them, there were clan members who directly blocked the meteor with their shields.

Thanks to this, we were able to minimize ally damage despite the sudden attack.

“Damn it….”

But the fact that we took a hit didn’t change.

To think that a prepared magical attack would come flying from the entrance of the dungeon.

Even for an Adaptor’s dungeon, this was too disadvantageous a setup.

Even during <Transcendent’s Chamber: Fluvius>, a monster appeared from the entrance, but that was literally just a monster and not an attack accurately aimed at us like this.

In other words, those who just launched [Power Meteor] at us had considered us enemies from the start and prepared their attack.

“Master, over there!”

The clan member who first detected the attack pointed again.

Right in front of our field of vision.

A small hill that looked like a barren field.

On top of that…

Ururuuru-!

With a thunderous sound, a horde of beast-like creatures in the shape of horses was rushing towards us in droves.

Even the clan members couldn’t hide their bewilderment at that tremendous quantity.

“…Centaurs?”

“No! The upper body has the form of a lion!”

“Then is it a manticore? But there are no wings…!!”

“Damn- It seems to be a chimera without any information.”

Running with horse legs and having a considerably tall upper body, I naturally thought they were B-grade beasts, centaurs… But as they got closer, a different form became clearly visible.

Lower body of a horse, upper body of a lion.

No wings and a normal tail, so it’s not an A-grade beast manticore either.

Rather, its mobility and menace seemed to surpass the two aforementioned beasts.

It was a completely new form of beast.

‘…How strong are they?’

Looking at that sight, I bite my lips tightly.

Chimera-type beasts have occasionally appeared in other dungeons before, but the ones rushing towards us now are chimeras without any information.

They were likely ‘created’ by the Ludenark Sect.

Of course, we couldn’t determine their characteristics, abilities, or even their rank.

For now, we had to directly engage them to confirm their strength.

“Vice Master, take command!”

I turned my head to look at my master.

As if she had already anticipated that I would jump into the front lines, she nodded lightly.

“Don’t worry.”

Yoo Eun-seol’s strength isn’t simply that she’s an S-grade Holder.

Having spent time as an unaffiliated Holder rather than in a large clan, she has considerable experience in raid groups and parties, and in most cases, she was in charge of their command.

And above all…

She has a lot of combat experience with me, the Clan Master, so she knows me too well.

Yoo Eun-seol possesses all these strengths simultaneously.

That’s why she was calmly commanding the remaining clan members even in this urgent situation.

Recruiting her as a clan member and appointing her as Vice Master… Might have been the best choice since creating <Evil Hunter>.

‘Let’s go, Jiten.’

-I’ve been waiting, Master.

I summoned Jiten through [Contract’s Call].

Normally, I would have called Tyrbon, but now the battlefield was on land with enemies rushing in at once.

Jiten, who possessed a charge-type rune, was a much more effective choice.

Awoooo-!!

Koo, gugugugu-!!

Along with Jiten’s howl, [Wolf’s Sprint] unfolds.

He raced through the dungeon at tremendous speed, using all the speed he had.

The enemies surely possessed charge-type runes as well, but Jiten’s charge was completely overcoming the disadvantage of starting late.

Gugugugu-!!

The distance to the enemies closed in an instant.

Just before encountering them.

[Wyvern Spear] was already in my hand.

‘Accel Piercing.’

My signature preemptive strike technique strikes the Chimera horde.

Although I didn’t use [Greatest Racehorse Under Heaven] myself, the ‘mount’ had already used its own charge and gained acceleration.

[Accel Piercing] could be used anytime during a charge.

Kka, gagaga-!!

Paaaaht-!!

Kheuheuheung-!!!

The spear tip imbued with magical power tears through the enemies’ skin.

Chilling cries and intense air-ripping sounds.

And…

The enemies’ blood and flesh spraying everywhere.

The group of enemies that encountered us fell in an instant.

Jiten’s charge and my [Accel Piercing].

Even though this combo was a powerful attack, it was difficult for enemies to fall so easily like this.

So I sensed it.

‘These bastards are weak.’

Of course, that doesn’t mean they’re C-grade or lower monsters.

They’re weak compared to what we were worried about due to lack of information, but they were monsters with at least B-grade to A-grade magical power and presence.

Compared to the <Wolfenser> raid, they were slightly weaker than the Virgens.

If that was the case, it was a force we could overcome with the cooperation of the clan members behind us.

‘Jiten.’

-I understand.

Jiten had already predicted what I was thinking.

Though a werewolf, he has quite an excellent combat sense.

In the current situation where we recklessly rushed in alone, Jiten also knew well that we couldn’t sweep through the enemies by ourselves.

So I…

At the moment Jiten’s charge ended…

I jumped off his body and leaped into the sky.

[Contractor ‘Jiten’ has used ‘Emergency Escape’, a derivative skill of the ‘Contract’s Law’ rune.]

Nearly hundreds of Chimeras.

In a situation where they were all rushing towards us.

I flew up into the sky and escaped from there, while Jiten used the [Emergency Escape] skill and disappeared from the dungeon entirely.

A synergy created by understanding each other’s intentions.

From the beginning, we had no plans to face them.

And.

‘Contract’s Call.’

Once again.

I summoned another sleeping contractor.

Calling two contractors at once.

This was originally nearly impossible given my leadership stat, but thanks to [Harmony’s Order] borrowed from Professor Kang Dong-wook and the Association, such an unusual act became possible.

At least for actions related to contracts…

I was in a state where almost all restrictions had been removed.

-It’s been a while, Master.

‘Yeah. It really has been a long time.’

The summoned contractor was Tyrbon.

Since I had leaped into the sky in the first place, I needed a being that could fly to avoid falling.

I landed neatly on Tyrbon’s back in mid-air.

And immediately took out a flare from my magic bag and shot it into the sky.

<The current enemies are manageable enough.>

A flare to inform the clan members behind.

In fact, I had rushed into enemy lines so recklessly earlier for this very task.

And I immediately looked ahead and…

Asked Tyrbon, who had started flying.

‘You know what we need to do, right?’

-Human.

‘Yes. We need to find the human mixed in with the monsters.’

Tyrbon, who usually seems obsessed with magic stones, shows terrifying judgment in battle.

The place where both our gazes landed simultaneously was one.

The mage who cast [Power Meteor] upon dungeon entry.

Possibly a member of the Ludenark Sect.

We had to find him first.

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