chapter 19
19 – 019. Two Opportunities (1)
To retrieve my first chance, I headed to the dungeon located at the foot of Mt. Seorak.
There are three types of dungeons: closed type, erosion type, and alien type.
First of all, a closed dungeon is the most common dungeon among dungeons. It is a case where there is a closed dungeon like a cave beyond the gate.
Like other hunters, if you defeat the ‘master monster’ in the deepest part of the dungeon, the dungeon will disappear.
Next, the erosion-type dungeon is a case where a certain range around the gate is eroded by the dungeon and turns into a dungeon. Beyond the gate in the middle of the dungeon, there is a master monster as well, and if you defeat it, the erosion will be released and the surrounding environment will return to its original state.
Lastly, the other world type dungeon. This type of dungeon is a case where a completely different world is connected beyond the gate, and it was the least frequent dungeon. There are only two cases in Korea, and since there is no way to close the gate, troops and hunters are always resident around the gate, hunting the monsters that come out.
The dungeon I aimed for today was a closed dungeon. However, it was a little different from an ordinary closed dungeon.
Dungeon identification code GW-CL-1785-C.
This C-grade closed dungeon, commonly called Seorak Dungeon, was a dungeon that did not disappear even though the owner monster was hunted two years ago.
At first, there was a lot of buzz about it as a new type of dungeon, but that’s all there is to it.
In dungeons, monsters still naturally occur, but their frequency has decreased significantly, perhaps because the master monster died. As a result of the experiment, it was confirmed that Crysis also did not occur.
As a result, people’s interest in Seorak Dungeon naturally cooled. Now, it is practically neglected, and at most, the association staff conducts an internal inspection once a month.
Sometimes it is used as a class material for nearby academies, but it is a dungeon that front-line hunters don’t even pay attention to. That was the current address of Seorak Dungeon.
‘I have arrived.’
A vacant lot artificially prepared on the mountainside.
Looking at the blue gate shimmering sadly in the middle of it, I checked the equipment I had received from Min Chaeryeong.
An exo-muscle suit that corrects overall movement and increases muscle strength.
A D-type defensive coat coated with more compressed protective elements than a standard-type coat.
A dagger made from the claws of Antares, an A-class monster, and a Gauss Rifle that can fire armor-piercing bullets for large monsters.
As I looked at the equipment that cost hundreds to hundreds of millions of dollars each, I put my tongue on her tongue.
‘If even one is broken, it will be removed from the salary, so I guess I’ll have to be careful.’
It was burdensome to wear expensive equipment all over my body, but if I didn’t do this, it would be impossible to enter a C-class dungeon with my current specs.
– Woo woo woo woo.
After checking the equipment and entering the gate, the surrounding scenery changed in an instant.
The dungeon was in the form of a large cave. The sunlight did not come in at all, but the blue crystals embedded in the cave gave off bright light, so the view was not dark at all.
“Wow.”
Mysterious scenery as if insisting, “This is the cave of a fantasy world!”
Remembering that the world I was in was a fantasy far from the original world, I walked slowly into the cave.
“Kerreuk?”
How long did you go in, the moment you turned the corner of the cave, your eyes met a small green monster.
‘Is it a goblin?’
A body about the size of a child, thin but covered in muscle. In his hand was a crudely made club.
“Kiaag!”
The goblin screamed and charged at me. I pulled the trigger without hesitation.
-To-do-doong!
With suppressed gunfire, three 7mm armor-piercing bullets were lodged in his body. The goblin collapsed on the floor, splattered with red blood, and groaned and died.
Usually in the world of hunter water, modern weapons come out as useless, but that was not the case in . E-class monsters like goblins were strangely sci-fi like science weapons, and it was a role that was helpless in front of them.
However, that is only for E-class or D-class weak monsters.
Even if it was a C-class monster, it would be strong enough to easily chew up armor-piercing bullets used at the infantry level, so superhuman hunters were indispensable in this world.
– How tall are you?
For example, like the ‘armored lizard’ in front of me right now.
The armored lizard is a C-class monster the size of a large dog whose entire body is covered with a thick metal carapace. As its name suggests, its carapace was so hard that even a moderate amount of bullets could not scratch it.
It was up to the hunter, a superman armed with a strong body and superpowers, to deal with such monsters.
-Pabababababat!
The armored lizard lowered his posture and lunged at me. Contrary to the sluggish-looking body, its movements were very swift.
A gun is useless against him. I immediately pulled out the dagger from my waistband.
It is impossible for me, an E-class superhuman, to face a C-class monster in close combat.
However, through Min Chaeryeong, it was worth a try if there were hyeonjil items wrapped around the body.
-Pot!
An armored lizard lunged at me with its sharp teeth.
-Kwajik!
In the next moment, his gaping snout bit my left arm.
“Keuuugh!”
A pain as if the arm was twisted. However, his teeth couldn’t penetrate the protection of the D-Type Defensive Coat, which sold for 250 million won.
“Long live the real world, you bastard!”
Crying out in anger, I stabbed the dagger into his eyeball.
– Kiyiyiik!!!
“Kuuu!!”
He let out a cry of pain and grabbed my arm even tighter. I also whipped the dagger I stabbed in and turned his head into mush. A groaning sound of flesh being crushed echoed through the cave.
– Kii Ik…
Not long after, his body sagged. After pulling out the dagger, I immediately checked the condition of my left arm.
“What the f*ck.”
Defensive coat and EXO muscle. Even though it was protected by two layers, the left arm had black bruises along the teeth marks. If I had been naked, I wouldn’t have been able to hold on even a bit and my arm would have been ripped off.
‘This is harder than I thought.’
It was fortunate that there was only one, but if there were two or more, it wouldn’t have ended with only bloody bruises.
If I only used talisman, I could easily defeat any number of them, but I didn’t want to use them as much as possible. Talisman is a special move concept with heavy recoil. It was impossible to overdo it without knowing how many monsters might appear.
‘Still, what can I catch with this body?’
An E-class nerd caught a C-class monster. Good is good, so I decided to think positively. After checking the equipment, I headed back inside the cave.
After that, I encountered two more goblins, two giant bats, and an armored lizard. Fortunately, there was no such thing as meeting a group of armored lizards. Thanks to this, I was able to reach my destination without serious injuries.
A wide cavity in the middle of the cave.
Looking into the corner of the common area, there was a half-collapsed stone altar.
Beyond this altar is a side road leading to a hidden room.
In all hunter waters, the hidden room of a cave-shaped dungeon is traditionally dormant. This was a rule proven through countless hunter water web novels that had been announced.
For example, a witch’s hideout that controls the soul, a weapon that can change its shape at will, a mysterious heart secretly developed by a warlock, or a book of change that allows you to deal with the shadow corps.
There were dozens of examples that immediately came to mind, and the age of superhumans was no exception to that rule.
Seorak Dungeon was the background of the dungeon practice episode in the beginning of the original work.
While fighting the monster, the wall of the cave where the altar was located accidentally collapsed, and the main character entered the side road revealed through it alone and found an artifact in the form of a bracelet in a hidden room in the dungeon.
If you look up to that point, it might be an ordinary episode of discovering a miracle, but how could the Heavenly Demon of Pleasure write such clichéd content?
As soon as the main character came out with the bracelet, an unlikable male named ‘Jin-cheol’ stopped the main character by advocating the principles of dungeon practice.
Soon Jin-cheol took the bracelet the protagonist found and submitted it to the professor. It is an artifact that he and the main character discovered during practice.
‘At that time, the comment window was very chaotic.’
What is Jincheol or what is that troll bastard saying?
I can’t wait to get off because of him. Kill me now
Even if you kill them, kill them very horribly and brutally.
Readers clamored for the troll character who suddenly appeared on the mound without even turning on the blinker, but the unlikable male character continued to appear whenever he could be forgotten, steadily building up a stack of unlikability.
And at the end of that, he turned to the dawn to live during the dawn raid episode of winter vacation.
In the first place, the character itself was a character that only pursued its own interests and comfort, so it was a natural reaction.
I wonder if the fortunate thing is that the protagonist was able to kill him without hesitation afterward thanks to him voluntarily converting to the villain organization.
‘I would still be alive in this world. Should I kill them beforehand?’
When he was a student, he didn’t cause anything special except for unlikable things, but after he converted to the Dawning Corps, everything bothered the main character. Killing isn’t bad if you can kill it.
But on the other hand, thanks to that character, I was able to take this opportunity without hesitation. If this was a chance for the main character to eat, the aftertaste would have been unpleasant.
‘I’ve already stolen Talisman, but I can’t steal other opportunities.’
I decided to think about the truth later, and I took about twenty steps back from the altar and took a posture.
-Shu oh oh oh.
I took off the glove on my right hand and activated Talisman. Soon, a warm sensation ran up his right arm and began to fill his heart.
In the original story, the wall of the cave collapsed with a blow that triggered the main character’s talisman. Coincidentally, that talisman was with me now, so I should be able to break down the wall in the same way.
“Keuugh!”
He clenched his teeth at the pain that seemed to stir his intestines, and he threw out his fist while holding the mana compressed to the limit in his right hand.
-Quaaa!!!
The next moment, black smoke erupted with a roar and hit the cave wall.
-Quarrr!
Everywhere vibrated. Dust rose and stalactites hanging from the ceiling fell. Leaning down and protecting my head with my arms, I canceled my ability and erased the smoke that filled my eyes.
The cave walls were shattered by the explosion at close range. The power of the explosion was so powerful that a huge crack stretched from the floor to the ceiling of the cave.
And in the middle of the crack, there was a side road barely enough for two people to pass through.
‘Bingo.’
That side road must be the same side road that appeared in the original story. Without hesitation, I entered the side road.
“Kuhm.”
I swallowed dry saliva at the taste of the fishy blood rising up my throat.
As in the last time, the recoil came, but the intensity was less than before. Considering that the power of the explosion was also weaker than before, it must have succeeded in controlling the power unconsciously.
I walked down the side road with my wobbly legs. A smile was naturally drawn on his lips at the presence of a talent that he would soon hold in his hand.
The bracelet on the other side of this alley is a first-class artifact later called the ‘morning star’s breath’. .
The basic effect is also effective, but the activation effect is excellent enough to be active even in the second half of the original work. The original author, Fishal, said that if the main character had this bracelet, the development of the original story would have changed a lot.
‘I don’t know anything else, but I must eat the morning star’s breathing. Certainly.’
How long did it take? Finally, the side road ended and a small space covered with huge crystals appeared.
The whole area was filled with light emitted from crystals. I squinted at the sudden brightening of my vision and looked around.
In the middle of it, on top of the crystal altar is a beautiful angel with white wings hanging down…….
“Huh?”
For a moment, I blinked, wondering if I had seen it wrong.
But the angel sitting on the altar was still there. It wasn’t a mirage or anything.
An angel meets eyes. The angel who was looking at me with a puzzled expression quietly hid the object he was holding behind his back.
A silver bracelet studded with red jewels.
The moment I saw that, the smile on my lips disappeared.
“What the f*ck.”
When I woke up, my lips were already moving on their own.
“What are you?”