Chapter 102 – Pioneering (2)
Chapter 102 – Pioneering (2)
“This is a terrible dungeon.”
As I was watching, the words came out inadvertently. The dungeon that the dwarves are currently challenging, featuring giant spider monsters, didn’t look easy even to me.
It didn’t look like a complex dungeon, but it was a huge dungeon that belonged to a large or larger category.
In such a case, it is possible to attack only when professionally formed hunter teams take turns and fight steadily over a period of more than one month.
“—!”
Maybe they know. They, whom I watch with a drone, have reached a cavity that is presumed to be the beginning of the dungeon and have stopped.
From my point of view, the space is as wide as a small playground. There’s no way that space like that was created while making it, so it must have been created in the process of connecting it, just like the monster earthworm.
‘About 2 people were injured.’
The heavily armed Dwarves, as well as Serenian’s hero Pia, may have been together, so they fought a war against countless spiders, but did not suffer any major casualties.
Serenian’s thunderbolt was especially effective. Because the blue lightning crackled and spread in all directions, it was fatal to the enemies rushing in in a small space.
The spiders in that cave didn’t seem to have any resistance to lightning or fire.
“–. —.”
But you can’t be careless. The most terrifying thing about demon beasts is that they can develop abilities that are completely different from those of the base species.
In fact, Serenian’s face hardened as he explained the danger of the mutation to the Dwarves who were about to join him.
‘How far is today?’
They soon unpacked and began to fortify the cavity they had occupied. There are several natural passages leading to other places, so if enemies come from all sides, it is not an easy terrain to defend, but if you make a camp because the space is wide, there was no place like this.
I hovered the drone slightly upwards and watched as they hurriedly built basic defenses like a wooden fence.
Did you say it was a manlyu noble species? It’s not a perfect match, but their actions, accumulated through the experience of steadily conquering dungeons, were gradually becoming similar to those of the hunters.
‘Hmm?’
However, there was one difference among them. That is, their defense preparations did not end with simply building defense facilities and traps.
“—.”
Pia started doing something. She sat down in the middle of the joint, and she stuck her wand into the middle, then closed her eyes and muttered something as if incantation.
It was probably a type of sorcery used by sorcerers.
The blue light spreading across the floor from where she was sitting drew a pattern, passing the feet of the dwarves who were bewildered and spreading throughout the space.
[Guardian Spell/Wall]
“Can you tell me about this?”
I laughed and took my eyes off the controller. On top of the mountain they are now in, letters indicating what Pia used were floating.
“—, –.”
Perhaps the addition of Pia’s magic gave them a sense of stability, and the Dwarves entered the resting phase, taking turns with the reserve corps waiting outside.
Serenian, who seemed to be staying here with them for the time being, prepared to escape the dungeon.
‘Are mountains mysterious?’
In the meantime, as I moved the drone to watch them, I saw Aaron inspecting the walls of the dungeon with some dwarves.
They were trying several things, such as stroking the wall with their hands or scratching it with the weapons in their hands.
That artificially created mountain was made by kneading and hardening it in the way used in children’s fossil excavation kits. Of course, unlike ordinary mountains made up of various types of stones, soil, topsoil and bedrock, they are soft and can be easily dug or cut.
“–?”
“—.”
Aron nodded his head with a serious face when Serenian, who was watching him, said something.
What the hell were they talking about? The result was revealed that evening, when several dwarves took off their armor and picked up pickaxes and shovels.
“The dwarves intend to build their own village in this mountain. In the first place, that was the way they lived, and this mountain is made of good materials to develop in that way.”
“Is that so? However, as far as I know, the raid on the dungeon… Labyrinth is not over yet.”
“They said that it would be advantageous to advance while making fortresses and passages in the labyrinth, just like building a temporary fortress. I was speechless after hearing that.”
Climbing to the top of the mountain, Serenian looked down at the glittering lights and radioed me. And the news I heard through the radio was expected and shocking at the same time.
The dwarves had no intention of leaving the mountain alone. In the first place, they listened to their habits and selected materials to make the mountain so that they could do that, but they decided to change the environment from the dungeon raid stage.
Changing the environment of the dungeon was inefficient, but it was a reasonable method for those who wanted to make it their home.
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“They were very surprised. It’s not just the mountain with the labyrinth, but the other elements around here…All of which can’t be formed naturally. It’s as if someone made it artificially.”
“Is that so?”
“Tell me. Did the god of the sky create all of this earth? Are all the other lands given to us like this?”
Serenian asked me about the secrets of this world. And as soon as I heard that, I flinched and stuttered his words.
“Or perhaps there are other spirits besides the spirits of the sky? The dwarves mentioned the Earth Mother. The earth goddess they worshiped governs the earth and mountains.”
“Uh huh, maybe something like that?”
Embarrassed, I immediately thought of Choi Seon-woo, a miniature craftsman, and answered with a cold heart. After all, these pots for mountainous terrain were made by him. Not a goddess
“As expected.”
But as if she knew something from my sloppy answer, she rather nodded her head and ended her radio with that.
I was scratching my head wondering if I said something wrong, but now it’s impossible to pick it up.
***
“Come on, get moving. Aren’t the saved powers meant to be used at this time!”
“Bring more equipment!”
Late night when the sun went down. In the world inside the pot, where the dim light of the streetlight shining from the world outside the pot shines like moonlight, countless people continued their work, moving busily.
The Dwarves, carrying their tools, began construction and development in earnest. The development, which began with the entrance to the dungeon as well as the gravel area to be used as a workshop, led to a grand construction of overturning and shaving the mountain.
The first thing they did was uncover the entrance to the dungeon. The hole, which was a gap barely enough to squeeze a body into, has now become a wide hole after the work has been completed, revealing the inside completely.
“I never imagined they would develop a labyrinth full of monsters with their own hands.”
“It’s the ability they have.”
And there were people who worked hard with them and helped by carrying heavy goods. Fairy ants that lend their strength to the elves as well.
Urea borrowed some of their powers from the fairy ants in exchange for feeding them the corpses of the spiders she killed in the labyrinth, and she was now watching them work with Serenian.
The speed of the work was ridiculously fast, probably because there were even those who relied on the abilities of the dwarves. The foundation had already begun to be established, both inside and outside the dungeon.
“So is that true? That there are other gods under the sky god?”
“I can’t be sure.”
When there was silence for a while. As if Urea couldn’t hold back her curiosity, she asked Serenian insinuatingly. It was because Serenian told her what she had heard from Seonghyeon.
“If the priest who worships the sky god said that, he couldn’t be wrong.”
Yureah has already met Seunghyeon once. She is now untied, but it was her Seunghyeon who gave her the handcuffs that once placed around her wrists, limiting its power.
At that time, she had a mysterious aura or strength that he showed. The current Urea had no doubt that he was a heavenly priest.
“He has avoided direct reference to spirits. There must be a reason. So don’t try to dig it up. Does he want to be punished?”
“Sir…”
When Serenian crossed her arms and glanced at her, Urea flinched and averted her eyes.
She had already witnessed Heaven’s punishment several times, and from her point of view, she did not dare to go against it.
‘A new spirit?’
The problem is that there is someone who has been eavesdropping on their conversation.
Unbeknownst to Serenian, the tiny figure pricked his long, pointy ears as he headed home to sleep, tired from using his spell after spell.