65 – Dungeon Conquest – 5
– It was a perfect screening without unnecessity.
– I fulfilled my duty as the gatekeeper.
– The required number part has been updated.
The moment he catches a breath next to Alpha, who has now become a headless lizard.
A message that couldn’t help but be happy was created with a swish.
Update the requested number part. It’s what you need most of all right now.
I managed to finish the waiting time of the required number by reading through the students’ evaluation.
A question mark appeared instead of a number in the unexpectedly requested number.
After that, no matter how much I judge and do it again, and even if I act as the gatekeeper again and again.
The question mark part disappeared and the number did not appear.
‘Did the question mark finally disappear?’
◎ Blocked number
: 97 ( 97 / ??? )
… is it the same? No matter how you look at it, it’s just the same.
The only thing that has changed is that the number has increased by one more… No, wait.
Could it be that the number that was 96 yesterday has been updated to 97?
‘No, really. That’s not it. Shiva, please. It can’t really be that.’
It is a message that has never popped up while acting as a gatekeeper.
If that’s a good rating review, it should have appeared at least once.
Clearly there is something else. I thought it wouldn’t end there.
However, the more I went on, the stronger I felt that it would be right for me.
“Ehh.”
I forgot the life quote again.
They said it was the law to be betrayed because you had expectations.
They said that if you don’t expect anything, you won’t be betrayed.
I sat down again and looked around.
Once the boss was captured, the dungeon would have been recognized as clear.
And by now, the student battle should be over.
“Examiner!”
As I expected, Hana Kang showed up in less than two minutes.
Behind her, although not in a good condition, fortunately, I saw students walking on their own feet.
“I think so.”
He raises his hand and greets Hana Kang, who is running towards him.
“Are you crazy?!”
Something poofed behind that strong one! and ran
Kang Ha-na, who was running so fast, said ‘Eh?’ I was about to stop.
For a moment I thought it was a monster. I thought I was being taken by surprise.
The one who suddenly runs in front of me and has the momentum to grab me by the collar… .
“Da, Dasom student! Why are you like this!”
“Are you crazy! No matter how good your skills are, if you disappear without saying anything! What if you just go there without a single person to help you right away! What would you do if you got hurt!”
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Judasom, who was always playful and always had a smile on his face.
And now she’s getting angry with her straight face.
“I, Dasom student. sorry. But this is unavoidable… .”
“Then you get seriously injured. Do you know how miserable the therapists are every time that happens?!”
I could see it in that moment. The urgency in Judasom’s eyes.
Those were eyes that only someone who had ever ‘lost something’ could see.
It must have been Judasom who healed and saved so many people.
In fact, he was still holding in his hands someone he had not been able to save.
“… From now on, don’t do that. never.”
After saying that, Judasom takes a few steps back.
Then he looked at my body and let out a sigh of relief.
Feeling the faint trembling between those sighs, I pretended not to know.
“Hmmm.”
Hana Kang, who had been paying attention to Judasom, now intervenes in the conversation.
“Dasom is right. I was surprised to see that the judge disappeared during the battle. I even looked around the floor, wondering if he might have collapsed somewhere.”
“Didn’t you think you would have run away alone?”
Then Hana Kang said, ‘No way!’ and kick it
I tried joking around, but it’s kind of like when you get a serious reaction like that.
“How are the students?”
“There were some injured, but Dasomi treated them all together with the other assistants.”
“That’s fortunate. It was a bit risky during the battle, but.”
Taking a quick look at the students, it is clear that they are having a hard time.
Can’t you say that the tiredness that I couldn’t erase was sticking to my face.
“Me, Judge.”
Hana Kang, who had been watching, cautiously opened her mouth.
“This monster is a boss monster, right?”
“Yes. It was Alpha. Is it the Lizard Man King? Anyway.”
“Perhaps… The boss, and the Lizardmen I fought earlier… .”
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Just like them, the question of whether you were much stronger than expected.
There, I erased my smile and put on a serious expression.
“Yes. This guy, too, was completely different from what was known.”
“Also… Those instances weren’t the only ones unusual!”
Hana Kang clenched her fists as if she knew this would happen.
To be precise, rather than calling them unusual, it is more correct to see them as the ones who have changed.
And this change will happen more and more and more and more.
Although this is a phenomenon that only appeared on monsters and bosses in the second half.
In the future, if more time passes, all monsters will change as they are now.
To become stronger, faster, and more ferocious.
There, only those with the ability to adapt now survive.
If you don’t, it’s all going to disappear, just like the first gate incident.
“then… If it wasn’t for the judges, maybe the 3rd squad. It means it could have been a big deal.”
“to?”
“It is. Think about it. In the middle of the battle already in the middle of the day, the boss monster that is much stronger than usual is aiming for the back. If so, maybe… Ugh!”
Hana Kang shuddered as if the thought of it was terrifying.
I wonder if that’s the same for other students, ‘Yes.’ he kept whispering.
“Thank you, Judge. Thanks to that, I can focus on the battle and not become dangerous again.”
“Nope. This was what we were supposed to do. And he acted on his own, rather… .”
“That was the best option at the time. Dasom will understand. right?”
Kang Hana’s words put me in a strange mood, and I only scratched my cheeks.
That alone is embarrassing, but the sparkling eyes of the students suddenly focus on me.
I felt like I was getting some strange attention, so I quickly changed the topic.
“Anyway, the dungeon has been cleared, so let’s leave quickly. I have to tell you what happened today, and more than anything, I’m worried about what kind of situation the 1st and 2nd squads would have faced.”
“ah! I see. There’s no guarantee that it’s only here… .”
Surprised, Judasom started yelling at me to get out quickly.
I’m not usually a character like that, but apparently that guy had a story.
*
“What, why did you come out so late!”
“what. What’s wrong with you guys?”
I left the dungeon in a hurry, worrying about the 1st and 2nd squads.
What we faced was the students of the 1st and 2nd squads who looked so normal.
Seeing the 3rd squad students completely messed up, the reactions were absurd.
But what’s more absurd is probably the students here.
“Hey, are you okay?”
“what. Dungeon? Except for the swamp area being a little annoying, everything was fine?”
“no no! monster! Lizard Man!”
“What are they? Why. Were there many archers and shamans?”
“no! So! Weren’t there guys on your side who were stronger than the original individual!”
At the question of the students of the 3rd squad, the students of the 1st and 2nd squads shake their heads.
Even the boss monster Alpha was just the same as the original one.
“what’s the matter. What have you guys been up to?”
After being bombarded with questions from this side, it seems that the two squads also sensed something strange.
“What happened? there was!! On our side, the Lizardmen suddenly became very strong!”
“I thought I was really going to die. no, what He hit me once and I thought my arm would fall off.”
“Aren’t you neglecting your training? It seems to me, however.”
“Oh really! I’m not kidding. It was really serious.”
The first thing I felt serious was the Platinum ranks who served as commanders of each squad.
They listened to the students’ conversation and turned their gaze to me.
With a look in his eyes asking if that was real, not just a joke.
“The stories of the 3rd squad students are all true. Our monsters were different from the existing entities.”
“uh… really?”
“But our side was just the same as usual… .”
That’s right, it’s still before the monster cataclysm takes place in earnest.
kind of overkill. While going through that period, the 3rd squad was unlucky.
‘The problem is, there’s no guarantee that only this dungeon was like that.’
I think I should go back to the academy soon.
Hopefully nothing similar has happened between other teams.
“Are you done?”
The talented person who greeted me earlier smiled and waved.
Like his appearance, and the other supernatural powers, it didn’t feel like he had suffered at all.
Like the 1st and 2nd squads, they didn’t seem to have suffered a cataclysm.
“You worked hard, Judge. By the way… Why is Squad 3 like that?”
“that is… .”
Can I be honest, but I was worried for a while.
If I said it for nothing, maybe it would cause confusion.
But soon a decision could be made.
Shouldn’t they also be aware of the current situation so that they can deal with it?
“I, actually… .”
And there, all of a sudden, the memory was cut off.
*
“What exactly happened?”
Another Platinum-ranked student who came close to Hana Kang.
Hana Kang caught her breath and told her what had happened in the dungeon.
Even when I first encountered the monster, it was the same as the existing object.
The Lizardmen he encountered in the second half were completely different from the others.
It is said that even after being hit by his own magic, he was able to withstand enough.
“… Does that make sense?”
“It won’t work. Nope, I really did. So the other students and me too. And the judges… .”
Hana Kang’s words did not come to an end.
I thought I heard a roar, but I was caught in an explosion.
Still, like the Platinum rank, both strong and fellow students.
At the last moment, each of them succeeded in casting defense magic.
Something that happened unexpectedly, no one expected.
However, Ha Na Kang and Platinum level students responded very quickly.
“Prepare for battle!”
After all the dungeon subjugation has been completed, there is only one type of situation that will cause this situation.
It was the appearance of villains whose activities have increased dramatically in recent years.