Episode 107. Are you going to interrupt?
“Brother! This way!”
Demon Slash and the others found the location of Taemin’s party in an instant.
Kim Cheol-jung immediately led all his men to the intercession room.
“Brother. But it’s a little strange. Those people didn’t even touch the middle boss.”
“Huh? The room I went to is also the same as the Dark Priest. There are dozens of miscellaneous mobs still alive.
“So was the room I went to.”
“Me too.”
Kim Chul-joong thought a lot about the information he heard while crossing the aisle.
“Hmm…”
I couldn’t figure out why.
If I had to guess, it might have something to do with summoning Nightmare?
If the cook party was hunting for the last intercession, I thought about joining them and blocking the hidden boss summons.
There are three minutes left, but that’s plenty of time.
But not only did he not touch the intercessor, but the rest of the room is still alive?
“Well, you’ll understand when you go. What’s the plan?”
Taemin and his party also noticed the appearance of an uninvited guest.
“I’m having trouble with this. Another party showed up at this timing.”
“By the way, why do you need a sword for the mid-boss and the remaining monsters? Didn’t you say it was a sacrifice earlier?”
There are now about 3 minutes left until the Nightmare of Rest is summoned.
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Rachel, who was whining at first, finally calmed down after Taemin’s explanation, but Michael still seemed to have a lot of questions.
“Actually, the more sacrifices there are, the higher the number of monsters in the Nightmare drop dungeon. In the first place, four intercessors had to be alive to open Emmanuel’s coffin.”
“Ah, such a sword? But what does the number of monsters mean?”
“You mean to increase the number of monsters on purpose? To get more EXP?”
“Yes. That’s right. Our MooMoo is smart as expected.”
Among the Nightmares, the bosses’ nightmares have a reputation for being even more dangerous.
The reason is because the number of monsters appearing in the dungeon that arrives from Nightmare Drop increases exponentially as it absorbs the energy of surrounding monsters.
Of course, the difficulty increases as you do so.
However, Taemin, who knew this in advance, intended to use it in reverse to earn experience points.
Taemin stroked Mumu’s hair as if to compliment him and continued.
“Well, you’ll understand more easily if you see it for yourself.”
“That… Is that so?”
“Yes.”
“Mi, I’ll believe it.”
Taemin shrugged his shoulders, saying it was no big deal, but Rachel and Michael still looked uneasy.
It was a stark contrast to Melissa and Rin, who bothered to ask for their hair to be stroked as well.
“Are those people coming here?”
Lemon said in a wary voice.
The six-year-old uninvited guests were slowly approaching.
‘The problem is those people…’
The fact that the four mid-bosses come straight to you without even touching them must be because you were wary of the system message that appeared a while ago.
If you touch the middle boss for no reason and get attacked by the hidden boss during the battle, it will be dangerous in many ways.
‘Do you want cooperation in preparation for the boss? Otherwise…”
It was also time for Taemin to show his vigilance.
The leader of the opposing party spoke first.
“Oh, nice to meet you.”
It was a savory tone and a voice that revealed friendliness.
However, unlike the leader, the five people behind were strangely standing still, which made it rather suspicious.
“Hello.”
“Hey, it’s nice to see people from my hometown in a place like this.”
“hahahaha, nice to meet you too.”
Taemin couldn’t resist the hand that was extended to him.
It’s not polite to ask for a handshake first.
‘Isn’t there a healer?’
Shaking hands, I tried to figure out the strength of the other party.
Basically, encountering other parties in a dungeon is not a very pleasant situation.
Recently, the odds have become extremely slim because we are careful with each other, but Taemin is fully aware through experience that situations in which he has to deal with humans rather than monsters may arise.
Because of that, I couldn’t let go of my guard.
“My name is Cheoljoong Kim. Currently in Demon Slash…”
Kim Chul-joong, on the other hand, did not let go of Tae-min’s hand and kept talking nonstop.
He revealed that he belonged to Demon Slash from the beginning, and he subtly appealed that he had great wealth and high status.
He started to brag about useless stories about being the CEO of a company in the past, and the fact that he had been in and out of Abyss for a reasonable amount of money.
To sum up his speech in one word, it was that since I am so good and our guild is so great, you should join our guild too.
Stories of humiliation, which Taemin in the past might have done, popped up several times to see if he was the CEO of a company for nothing.
“I’m sorry, but we have one minute left.”
“Oh? Hidden Boss? My brother summoned it, right?”
“Yes…”
We never gave permission, but Taemin had become our younger brother before we knew it.
It was very burdensome, but I wasn’t saying anything particularly bad, so it was hard to show that I didn’t like it.
Kim Chul-joong, who suddenly became quiet, slowly scanned every aspect of Tae-min’s party.
“Are you going to hunt it? It looks a bit difficult with my brother’s party…?”
“hahahaha…”
It wasn’t a very wrong evaluation.
Although I was confident in the firepower of the current party, I lacked the experience to deal with the hidden boss, which boasts the highest level of difficulty in Nightmare Dungeon.
The opponent is too powerful to attack blindly without even trying to match hands and feet.
‘Still, it may not be so difficult to deal with…’
It would be a lot of hard work, but there was nothing I couldn’t deal with.
However, I just didn’t think that far because I have a different purpose now.
“Hmm… Can we help? Oh, don’t get me wrong. We’re just helping out and not greedy for loot. As you can see, we don’t even have a healer in our party right now.”
Kim Chul-joong finally revealed his true colors.
His goal is to earn Taemin’s favor from the beginning.
However, from Taemin’s point of view, he had no choice but to be more vigilant.
You cannot entrust your back to suspicious people who may be enemies or allies while dealing with the strongest boss.
“hahahaha. I understand being wary. Well then we’re in another room. And always feel free to call me if you need help.”
The nunchi fight has begun.
‘Should I just say it here?’
The purpose of Taemin’s party was not at Nightmare, but at an indungeon.
It would be embarrassing to say the truth and then get interrupted.
The opponent is only a 6-person party without a healer, but Taemin is going in and out of the Abyss where the entrance was cut, and it is a demon slash executive party that is known to be the strongest at the moment.
‘There is no need to make enemies for nothing.’
There are people I want to protect.
Actions that turn a giant guild into an enemy should be avoided as much as possible.
In the end, Taemin had no choice but to tell the other person the purpose of the party.
“Oh, that’s cool.”
Upon hearing Taemin’s story, Cheoljoong Kim and his party burst into admiration.
Because it was such a novel method.
Taemin’s method was groundbreaking for those who went through the nightmare dungeon with high difficulty and raised their level little by little.
Of course, it is not a method that anyone can try just because they know it.
If it wasn’t for buff cooking, who wouldn’t dare follow it if they didn’t have two lives?
I have to summon the strongest hidden boss at the beginning of level 60.
Kim Chul-joong, who caught his expression, opened his mouth.
“But, then, we shouldn’t hunt monsters or intercessors, and just watch the younger brother’s party go around?”
Taemin narrowed his forehead.
‘Are you going to disturb me?’
Taemin spoke as politely as possible, hiding his inner thoughts.
“If you do, we’d appreciate it. Is there anything we need to get from this dungeon?”
“That’s that, too, but as you know, we’re a bit expensive, right? It’s like being a demon slash executive, so I’m noticing that the busy guild members are wasting their time…”
Kim Chul-joong looked at the guild members standing behind him and made an apologetic expression, then shook his shoulders as if he was very troubled.
He then made a gesture towards Taemin as if his subordinates were paying attention.
It was a perfect performance.
Then he rolled his eyes.
In this way, he was going to pay off his debt to Taemin as much as possible.
First of all, it was important to keep the eyes together.
He was very good at rolling and rolling that snowball to make a huge snow ball.
However, an unexpected remark came out of Taemin.
“Then, I’ll yield to the boss. We have a purpose in the dungeon, so it doesn’t matter what we do to him after we’ve been dropped by the Nightmare. Besides, once Nightmare absorbs all the Intercession, the door to the existing boss room will open as well. You can also hunt the boss. Would you like to catch the boss too?”
Kim Chul-joong had nothing more to say.
Dealing with the two bosses without a healer was unreasonable even for a party that included you.
“That’s…”
“If you need to hunt Intercession, I’ll give you one. It’s a bit unfortunate, but I’ll only sacrifice three to Nightmare…”
Kim Chul-joong hurriedly shook his head.
Because things went a lot wrong with what I intended.
“No, no. There’s no need to do that. But brother. More than that, can you go around the room with that powerful hidden boss? Wouldn’t it be dangerous?”
“Don’t worry about that. The aisles have been cleared, and everything else has plans.”
“Is that so…?”
“Yes!”
“Ha ha ha, I see… Can you wait a minute? Let’s talk to the guild members for a while.”
“Sure.”
Kim Chul-joong took his party and moved the place as far as the sound could not be heard.
Lemon, who had been silent as he watched them walk away, opened his mouth.
“Can I trust them?”
“What if I don’t believe it? That doesn’t mean I can’t make the entire Daemon Slash enemy. I thought no one would come here because it’s not popular, but that’s my mistake. I’m sorry.”
“Why, mister? Those people suddenly appeared. How can anyone predict that?”
“That’s right. You’re not wrong, mister.”
Taemin looked at his colleagues and smiled lightly.
‘Hmm…But what are you really thinking? I hope it’s not really interfering.’
The demon slash party in the distance was exchanging conversations with serious faces.
Meanwhile, the count of 5 minutes became 0, and eventually.
[Time has expired.]
The time has come.
[Make sure all Dark Priests survived!]
[Caution!! A ‘Nightmare of Rest’ has been summoned to the Twisted Catacombs.]
Whiyuuu-
The pure white fog, which had calmly filled up to the ankles, raged like a storm.
The interior of the dungeon, which was otherwise dark, was completely covered with fog, making it impossible to distinguish even an inch ahead.
It was no longer possible to see the monsters that remained in the center of the room, as well as the members of the Demon Slash Guild that were tens of meters away.
“From now on, stick close to me! You guys too!”
“Yes!”
“Yes!”
“Melissa is here.”
“Me too.”
“Me too.”
Lyn got on Taemin’s shoulder without answering.
[Party member ‘Jeon Tae-min’ wears ‘Emmanuel’s Cursed Crown’.]
[Curse marks have been engraved on all party members.]
[The Nightmare of Rest has begun to keep an eye on you.]
The front of my eyes, which I couldn’t see an inch in front of me, began to see clearly.
It was part of the effect of the crown worn.
“Now, let’s go!”
There was an unexpected obstacle called demon slash, but Taemin wasn’t too worried.
‘If you’re going to get in the way, do it. I don’t think they even know about the hidden perks.’