The Dungeon Monsters Keep Offering Sacrifices

Chapter 6

EP.6 Monster Draw

The previous day, I fell into a deep sleep, unable to withstand fatigue.

When I woke up from bed, something had changed. My condition was at its best.

“Why do I feel so refreshed?”

It felt like I could leap out of bed as if I had slept deeply.

“Gasp.”

Shortly after, I realized that something incredible had happened to me.

“Finally…!”

It was an unbelievably incredible event.

“I have a status window!!”

I ran around the room, expressing my joy with my whole body.

Even though I had awakened, I didn’t have a status window before.

Without a status window, I couldn’t learn skills.

Naturally, I couldn’t gain experience points even if I hunted monsters.

People called me a half-assed hunter, awakened but with no growth potential, not even as strong as an ordinary person.

I was just a little bit stronger than an average person.

That was it.

How bitter I had been all this time.

Even those who awakened later than me quickly grew stronger, and I felt disheartened.

Why couldn’t I do it like them?

It was an unfair feeling.

Even though I graduated from the Hunter Academy, I worked as a porter instead of a hunter.

Among porters, I received the lowest treatment.

It was the same on the El Dorad continent in this other world. In the end, I gained nothing and returned.

Well, that was probably my current position.

Anyway, those minor things were not important.

The status window.

The fact that it had appeared was significant.

It meant that I now had the potential to grow in the future.

Of course, gaining a status window didn’t immediately solve all my problems.

If that were the case, other porters would have entered dungeons and become hunters a long time ago.

< Lee Kang Hyun >

[Attributes]

– None –

[Basic Information]

Health: F-

Attack: F-

Defense: F-

Magic: F-

[Skills]

– None –

Naturally, my displayed ability scores on the status window were at the lowest possible level.

There were no attributes or skills listed, and every entry had an F, with a minus sign next to each F.

Still, I was happy.

No matter how you rolled the dice, I was a hunter with the potential to grow, unlike the hunters whose growth had stopped.

I didn’t even need to see to know who was better among the hunters with a chance to grow and me.

For me, it was just the beginning now.

‘Now that I have the status window, I should get a proper magic examination.’

While I was on the El Dorad continent, I didn’t receive any contact about the magic examination because I was unreachable.

Although I had gained the status window, I planned to hide the fact that I had been to the El Dorad continent.

I didn’t think anyone would suspect the reason behind me suddenly getting a status window.

“And then, let’s find porter work again.”

Now that I had the status window, it would be much easier than before.

Since the subject came up, I decided to check the inventory skill.

I logged into the Hunter Market website, where various hunter items and skills were sold.

However, the prices were a problem as expected.

– Inventory 1 slot: 10 million won (sold out) –

“A single inventory slot costs 10 million won…”

A mere one-slot inventory, capable of storing only one type of item, cost 10 million won.

Moreover, it was sold out.

Of course, it was better than nothing.

Compared to a porter who simply carried items with a backpack and picked up one item at a time, a porter with a one-slot inventory that could constantly hold one type of item had a higher market value.

In any case, my expression was not pleasant. It seemed that I was not an extraordinary individual, even with the status window I had obtained by chance.

Anyway, even if it wasn’t sold out, I couldn’t buy it right now, and I didn’t urgently need the inventory.

As the name suggests, it would be helpful for porter work, but that wasn’t my ultimate goal.

I never intended to end my life as a porter.

Porter was simply a means to make money and earn experience points, my goal was to become a hunter who hunted monsters directly.

Since I didn’t have to buy it right away, I closed the Hunter Market website.

My gaze naturally turned to the game.

‘Come to think of it, didn’t I receive an alert yesterday…?’

I remembered something about an offering.

“Oh! It’s a bug!”

I recalled.

The alert about the Servant offering something to me.

The altar system that had appeared when I expanded the dungeon size yesterday.

I initially thought the altar system was a nuisance.

The dungeon’s concealed effect prevented intruders, and most importantly, Celia, the dungeon’s only monster, couldn’t leave.

Gradually, these penalties would be lifted, but not now.

And my expectation that intruders couldn’t come had proven to be wrong.

“What kind of bug made it through the pay-to-win system?”

I logged into the game to check the alert list.

– Yuel’s abilities have been absorbed. –

The alert ended here.

“Abilities have been absorbed?”

I clicked on several tabs, but there didn’t seem to be any noticeable changes. Even Celia, whom I had set as a Servant, didn’t seem to have increased her abilities.

“Hmm.”

It seemed that the offering named Yuel was just a small fry. Perhaps because it was a small fry, the increase in abilities was so minimal that I couldn’t see any significant changes.

Well, it was unlikely that a powerful creature would attack in the early stages.

The problem was that even with the concealed effect, these creatures could invade the dungeon at any time.

Since this game had been released not too long ago, there might be many minor bugs.

In that case, there was one thing I had to do.

I had to proceed with setting traps and placing monsters, which I had postponed earlier.

“After all, monsters are the highlight of the dungeon.”

The basic role of guarding the dungeon was performed by monster soldiers.

That was the case with dungeons that appeared on Earth and dungeons on the El Dorad continent.

This game was based on the El Dorad continent, so there shouldn’t be much difference.

I immediately entered the store and clicked on the [Monster Draw] tab.

– Dungeon monster draw! (1 time 550 gems) –

– Dungeon monster draw! (10 times 5000 gems) –

It required 550 gems to draw one monster. I had seen gold before, but gems were a currency I had never seen.

“How do you get gems? Can you buy them with real money?”

Since I didn’t know the price of gems, I couldn’t gauge whether drawing was expensive or cheap.

I looked around the store to see if you could buy gems.

– 100 gems: 1,100 won –

– 500 gems: 5,500 won –

– 1,000 gems: 11,000 won –

– 2,000 gems: 22,000 won –

– 5,000 gems: 55,000 won –

– Bonus: For the first purchase of gems, you’ll receive double the gems! –

“Wow, why is it so expensive?”

Drawing once required 550 gems, and 10 times was 5000 gems.

But 5000 gems were worth 55,000 won.

Furthermore, there were no additional benefits for drawing multiple times.

It wasn’t like they would guarantee a high-grade monster if you drew a certain number of times.

It was just that the 10 times draw was slightly more cost-effective than drawing once… maybe.

“The prices are insane.”

Or maybe the game developers were crazy about money.

Either way, I felt good right now.

There happened to be a double gem bonus, so I didn’t hesitate to buy 5000 gems.

“Now that I have the status window, this kind of expenditure is nothing.”

It wasn’t a big burden.

– Payment successful. –

– 5,000 gems will be delivered by mail. –

– Bonus for the first purchase of gems! An additional 5,000 gems will be delivered by mail. –

In the mail, there were a total of 10,000 gems combined.

“Let’s do 20 gacha pulls!”

As soon as I received the 10,000 gems, I started the gacha.

– Pulled a Skeleton Soldier (★). –

– Pulled a Skeleton Archer Apprentice (★). –

– Pulled a Skeleton Soldier (★). –

– Pulled a Skeleton Mage Trainee (★). –

– Pulled a Skeleton Soldier (★). –

My expression contorted as I pulled monsters five times.

“Why are there only skeletons?”

Moreover, all of them were 1-star.

From their appearance, there was no hope.

The Skeleton Soldier was holding a rusty sword that looked like it could break at any moment.

The archer had a bow made of ordinary wood that wasn’t a decent piece of equipment by any means.

“And this mage has just a wooden stick.”

Could they even use magic with this?

The only hopeful thing was that I had only pulled five times.

I touched the screen to proceed with the pulls.

– Pulled a Skeleton Archer Apprentice (★). –

– Pulled a Skeleton Archer Apprentice (★). –

– Pulled a Skeleton Soldier (★). –

– Pulled a Skeleton Mage Trainee (★). –

– Pulled a Skeleton Soldier (★). –

Oh, for goodness’ sake.

Did this place only have skeletons as monsters? And if it’s an archer, it’s an archer, and if it’s a mage, it’s a mage.

What’s with all these trainees and apprentices?

They must want me to combine them to increase the difficulty.

I had originally planned to do another 10 pulls right after the first 10.

But looking at this situation, I felt like doing them consecutively might not be a good idea.

I touched the monster window immediately and looked at the monster list.

[List of Owned Monsters]

Skeleton Soldier (★) x5

Skeleton Archer Apprentice (★) x3

Skeleton Mage Trainee (★) x2

< Skeleton Soldier >

Grade: ★

[Basic Information]

Health: F

Attack: F

Defense: F-

Magic: F-

[Skills]

– None –

It was a really simple composition.

< Skeleton Archer Apprentice >

Grade: ★

[Basic Information]

Health: F-

Attack: F

Defense: F-

Magic: F-

[Skills]

– None –

This one was the same.

< Skeleton Mage Trainee >

Grade: ★

[Basic Information]

Health: F-

Attack: F+

Defense: F-

Magic: F-

[Skills]

– None –

Oh, heavens. Is this really a game?

It was disastrous.

While the three types of skeletons had slightly different stats, it was still a miserable situation.

Sure, their abilities were higher than mine, but isn’t this supposed to be a game?

I spent 55,000 won, and all I got were these guys?

My mood dropped in real-time.

The only fortunate thing in this misfortune was that the monsters also had a fusion system like my Servant.

– To fuse Skeleton Soldiers (★), you need two Skeleton Soldiers (★). –

It was a system where you could consume two of the same monsters to perform fusion.

Luckily, I had five Skeleton Soldiers and three Archers.

I went ahead and fused them separately.

– Fusing Skeleton Soldier (★). –

– Consuming two Skeleton Soldiers (★). –

– Fusion successful! Skeleton Soldier (★) has evolved into Skeleton Warrior (★★). –

< Skeleton Warrior >

Grade: ★★

[Basic Information]

Health: E

Attack: E

Defense: E-

Magic: E-

[Skills]

– None –

Oh… There was a slight change after fusion.

Next, I fused the 1-star Archer Apprentice, which became a 2-star Skeleton Archer.

[List of Owned Monsters]

Skeleton Soldier (★) x2

Skeleton Warrior (★★) x1

Skeleton Archer (★★) x1

Skeleton Magic Trainee (★) x2

Just like my Servant, and judging by the monster pulls, it seemed like the basic mechanism of this game was growth through fusion.

“But getting only skeletons is crossing the line.”

I had just spent 5,000 gems on a 10-pull.

I still had 5,000 gems left.

Normally, I would have immediately done another 10-pull.

However, after seeing only skeletons in the previous pulls, I lost the desire to continue.

“Could there be a bug even in the pulls?”

I wondered if maybe the type of monsters that appear changes weekly, so I clicked on announcements, but there was no such notice.

It seemed like it would be better to do additional pulls later.

There was no point in wasting gems if I kept getting these guys.

“Well then, I need to arrange them…”

The important thing was to place these guys in the dungeon.

Even with the same monster composition, proper placement would likely increase efficiency depending on the terrain.

But my dungeon was shaped like a long cave, and it was narrow.

There was no place to protect.

Even if I placed monsters, wouldn’t it be useless?

“Can’t I change the internal structure?”

Even if I couldn’t change it entirely, it would be nice to create wide open spaces at intervals, like squares.

I went to the dungeon management tab and looked for the internal structure option.

But…

– This function has not been opened yet. –

Why are there so many things I can’t do in this game?

“Tsk.”

I clicked the screen, shaking my head.

[Completely Delegate to the Servant]

Well, my Servant would probably manage the dungeon better than I would.

I planned to leave it entirely up to the Servant to decide how to use the monsters I pulled from the gacha.

Additionally, in the settings, I allowed the Servant to handle all dungeon-related tasks autonomously, and then I closed the game.

It would be difficult to log in for a while.

With the addition of the status screen, I also needed to undergo a magic examination and find a porter job, so I would have busy days ahead.

At least if I left it like this, it would grow on its own like an idle game.

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