Chapter 2 Is your previous life a heavenly demon?When you dive into a dungeon, a strange sensation runs through your body.
The world disappears, and a new world appears.
Awakened people sometimes say ‘login’ as if they have accessed the game.
This is because, like the game, you can see the Awakened’s ‘Status Window’ or ‘Skill Window’.
A dungeon is a created world with clear boundaries. A black wall like the aurora was the end of the dungeon.
Beyond the jungle, I could see a very high mountain in the distance.
‘crazy······!’
It was a mountain that looked like it was made entirely of corpses. It used to be a mountain of corpses, but I’m sure you’ll see something like that.
The smell of blood vibrated on the floor.
Some might think of this as a game, but everything you experience is real.
Even though monsters die like a game, we humans are real.
“The drone reconnaissance begins. Find the first team.”
Two teams of mercenaries united themselves. It is only natural that we will get used to working together.
Yoon Tae-sung and Yu-na were with the special task force.
“How about moving in three directions?”
said one mercenary commander.
“That would be nice. If it’s an unfamiliar team, it could actually be a hindrance.”
Another mercenary commander said.
Major Mu-seong Kim looked at Sisan (屍山) in the distance with a telescope.
Anyone can see that there was the center of the dungeon.
The place they dived was an empty lot, the back was blocked by a black barrier, and the front was a jungle.
“Let’s do that.”
PMC was not an acronym.
The dungeon management department was a public institution that managed the dungeon, but this place did not have absolute power.
Rather, PMC, supported by large corporations, had more power.
Because the high-ranking people of the dungeon management department are not people who dive into dungeons and fight, and it is more important to have good relationships with large companies as long as they live in reality.
In fact, the PMC had more experience in dungeons than the task force.
So the team was torn into three units.
It wasn’t too far apart though. I stayed at a reasonable distance and kept a distance where I could help when needed.
Yoon Tae-sung and Yu-na moved quietly following the task force.
It seemed that something was going to happen in the jungle, so everyone moved very carefully.
Apparently, the jungle was a very good terrain for a surprise attack.
But they are monsters, not humans.
Most of them are less intelligent than humans.
– Chur uh
– colloquial
A strange sound is heard.
widely!
Tata Tak!
“Shit! Zombies!”
The group that looked like monsters, moving their limbs like beasts on all fours, and running fast with the trees of the jungle as a footstool, were called zombies.
bang!
Tatang!
Quarr!
Whoops!
Bullets rained down on them like rain. In the meantime, several skills such as superpowers appeared.
A sphere of flame swept forward like a storm.
zombie!
People who see this for the first time may be startled and surprised, but Tae-Sung Yoon was very familiar with it.
If I were to pick the TOP 10 most seen monsters in the dungeon, it would definitely include zombies.
If you look at the mountain of corpses in front of you, you can expect a corpse that has been resurrected by black magic such as zombies or skeletons to some extent.
Of course, in the beginning, zombies were very strong monsters.
It is faster and stronger than humans, and it fights instinctively like an animal.
Monsters have magical powers, so it is difficult to kill them with ordinary bullets.
However, after researching the item and attaching a mana core to the gun, hunting zombies was not so difficult.
the problem is-
There were too many zombies.
Zombies climbed trees in the jungle and attacked from all directions.
swish!
Attacks by falling from top to bottom.
Tae-Sung Yoon is also a former Special Forces member.
After being discharged from the military, she lived in the dungeon as Yuina’s manager for 10 years.
His shots were very accurate.
With a bullet imbued with magical power, the zombie’s head was blown away with precision.
“Move!”
Someone fired a powerful flame with a flamethrower.
-Keeeeek!
The zombies shrieked and scattered everywhere. But that didn’t mean they ran away.
I’ve never seen a monster run away because the enemy is strong.
They move with certain characteristics, just like NPCs or monsters in the game.
Since the flames are the opposite of zombies, they only avoided it for a while, and then they rushed in again.
“Major, are there too many of them?”
“Shit! What are you going to do?”
There is nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.
Even if Tae-Sung Yoon thought about it, there was no other way. We have no choice but to move forward at the cost of making sacrifices.
“Everyone moves forward as fast as possible!”
Major Kim Moo-seong gave the order, and the task force quickly moved towards the mountain of corpses, counterattacking the zombie attack.
“Are you still?”
Yuna asked Yoon Tae-sung quietly.
“It’s a level 7 dungeon. I don’t even know what a boss monster is, but I need to save my energy.”
Monsters that appear now can be fought by special forces or mercenaries. However, boss monsters are absolutely impossible to deal with.
So, in the raid of the dungeon, a hunter was absolutely necessary.
‘I don’t know if the Nuclear bag will work.’
Nuclear bombs have tremendous power, but will they work for boss monsters?
I’ve tried it a few times in the US or China, but about half failed.
Whether it was due to the influence of magical powers or because of bad luck, it is impossible to know what actually happened inside.
‘Since it’s a 7th grade dungeon, the probability of failure is higher.’
Of course, using the Nuclear Bag was a last resort in case of failure to clear the dungeon.
“Hey, crazy! Shi, it’s a corpse golem!”
Almost arrived close to the mountain of corpses.
A corpse golem is a golem made from a corpse. The height was almost 3 meters.
I once came out as a boss monster in a level 5 dungeon, but it is very difficult to deal with. Because it’s really hard to kill.
A corpse golem was guarding the entrance to the cave.
‘It’s a mountain of corpses, it’s terrible.’
The mountain of corpses I saw right before my eyes was disgusting enough to make me nauseous.
It didn’t look like a corpse, it was actually a mountain made of corpses.
Blood drips down from the mountain.
– Whoa
– ah ah ah
Dozens of heads lodged in the body of the corpse golem screamed.
-Guoo…
A sphere of flame was created.
One fire attribute hunter uses fire magic.
A huge sphere engulfed the corpse golem.
Fire is the ultimate in zombies. It was the best attribute against the corpse golem.
However, the corpse golem did not die.
He continued to absorb dead corpses and blood from the mountain of corpses to recover his burning body, and finally began to attack.
Grenade, dozens of bullets and grenades, but it was not enough to kill a corpse golem.
One of the special forces soldiers disappeared in the fist of the corpse golem. He fell to the floor and turned into just a piece of meat.
‘You’re stronger than a level 5 boss!’
Although he was smaller, he was stronger because of the acid in his body.
Paah!
Someone quickly moved towards the corpse golem.
It was a hunter with a shield.
After that, a hunter with a sword followed.
The two hunters in the PMC got along well, as if they often work together as partners.
The man with the shield temporarily stopped the movement of the corpse golem due to the impact of the shield, and the man with the sword slashed the corpse golem with a sharp wind.
Black blood was dripping down, but there was no major damage.
“Move away, sweetheart.”
Awesome liquid!
Papa Papa Papak!
Dozens of ice cubes were lodged in the body of the corpse golem like an awl.
I wondered if the body of the corpse golem would turn to ice,
Tseung-
The corpse golem roared like a beast as it sounded like something was breaking.
– aa
flash!
A single lightning bolt pierced the corpse golem.
Lightning has no durability, but it has the strongest instantaneous destructive power. Moreover, Yuina was a level 6 hunter on a different level from them.
Passu… As black smoke rose, the corpse golem collapsed and died.
It turns into black dust and disappears.
In its place, a boulder the size of a fist that glowed with red light remained.
“Magical Stone?”
Magical stones are usually thought of as the driving force of the dungeon. The dungeon disappears when you kill the boss monster and obtain the magic crystal on the altar.
Mana core is the core of artifacts made by processing small pieces of magic crystals.
In the case of a golem, the mana core is the power source in some cases, so when the golem is destroyed, the mana core is sometimes released.
However, Yoon Tae-seong killed a guy who wasn’t even a boss, and it’s the first time I’ve ever seen a magician come out.
It means that it is an unusual situation, that is, it is abnormal.
Tae-Sung Yoon knew from experience that such a case would entail considerable risk.
Skillbooks or artifacts appear out of the blue.
High return, high risk.
The higher the reward, the higher the risk.
For this dungeon, the calculations are surprisingly accurate.
“We also have a stake, so let’s divide it into thirds later. call?”
Tae-Sung Yoon replied.
A hunter with the attribute of fire picked up the magic crystal from the floor and held it in his hand.
Considering the size, it was quite high grade.
They tried to enter the cave guarded by the corpse golem, but there was no need.
A strange creature scrambled out of the cave.
It was a being who had its whole body wrapped in black armor. Just by looking at it, he was never human, and when he looked at his eyes, it looked like there was nothing in the armor.
Yoon Tae-seong was the first monster he had ever seen.
The monster raised its hand while making a rattling noise.
Pointing with his finger was a hunter with a flame attribute.
-Who wants my stuff?
Although it wasn’t a word, it was the first monster that could communicate with humans.
Rather, it seemed to be the ability to convey a higher level of intention than human language ability.
‘Shit! After all, I did not receive this quest.’
Yoon Tae-seong touched the action cam on his shoulder with his hand.
His original job was to film Yuina’s activities with an action cam, edit it and upload it to You Tube.
People are very curious about what happens inside the dungeon.
This video made her a hero.
-You who covet my things, death will judge you!
“Uh huh?”
A strange energy began to flow from the magic stone that the man held in his hand. It gradually engulfed the man…
Scratch!
“Aww!”
A man with a knife cut off his arm.
His arms have already turned black like a corpse, and the magic stone devours something.
is vitality
“Crazy, what are you doing?”
“Girl? Who would have died if I hadn’t cut him off?”
The man kicked the magic stone far away. But it drew an arc and went into the armored man’s hand.
– Heh heh, are you a quick-witted guy?
It didn’t seem like it was just an ordinary magic stone.
‘Are you sure you’ve absorbed the life force of so many corpses?’
– Rise up, army of the dead!
As he raised his hand holding the magic stone high and shouted loudly, the corpses rose from the mountain of corpses.
zombie army.
Yoon Tae-sung accurately shot the magic stone in his hand and hit it.
At that moment, Yuina attacked him.
It was a skill of lightning that was incomparable to that when he attacked the corpse golem a while ago.
It was not a lightning strike, but a chain lightning attack.
Chain lightning and black armor collided, causing a roar, and the power of lightning spread in all directions, burning and killing dozens of zombies.
“That’s ours!”
I’m trying to hit the bat.
Anyone can see that the power of lightning that Yuina used was very strong.
Aiming for stun while defending the front with a shield, a man with a sword attacked from behind.
“huh!”
The Fire Wizard was a little faster. A sphere of blazing fire engulfed him.
Wrath!
The flame split in half.
The armored sword cut through the flames, and even the hunter with the sword was cut in half.
‘Crazy… no matter how much silver license…’
In other words, the opponent is too strong.
Even if it’s a 7th grade dungeon, is it that much of a difference from a 6th grade dungeon?
Sometimes this is the case.
Same grade, but exceptionally strong boss.
This was an irregular dungeon.
‘Damn management bastards! You already knew that it was an abnormal dungeon.’
So I must have brought a Nuclear bag.
If that’s the case, I’d just send one suicide commando.