98 – Dark Forest (3)
[Hey, but I haven’t seen that dark forest walkthrough]
[Why is that strategy a problem?]
[That dungeon is just a normal level 40 dungeon if you look at the general section?]
[But that dungeon is true]
[This is a dungeon where a group of black magicians hid monsters made by them]
[So, grab the level 40 monsters and go to the boss room]
[Suddenly, a level 70 boss monster pops out]
[This is a structure in which people who went to see that strategy are bound to be screwed]
[By the way, if there is a lot of level difference before entering the boss room, the warning message will not appear?]
[The black magicians have set a trap, so if you go near the boss room, you are automatically kidnapped hahahaha]
[Because of the barrier, you can’t escape until you catch him]
[It’s just a forced character funeral]
[Wow;]
[It’s dizzying]
[Then you can never catch that level 40?]
[I’m level 54, can you catch me if I go?]
[I am a game tier challenger ㅇㅇ]
[ㅇㅇㅋ I can catch it, so let’s go]
[LOL I will never go there]
[Oh, but I can’t catch it?]
[It’s not just a con issue]
[If you are below level 70]
[So if you don’t awaken for the first time at level 70]
[If the opponent is protected by strong power, the deal itself won’t work]
[Because the predator is a crazy bastard]
[If you haven’t awakened, you won’t be able to catch him even if the pro gamer grandpa comes]
[Aren’t pro gamer grandpas a generation that can’t play games?]
[duch]
***
“Sniff? Sniff? Oooh!”
“Ugh- what does this smell like?”
“Uh-“
The first thing that greeted the Ceylon party, who were magically taken to another place, was the terrible stench.
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“here is…”
Huivien covered her nose and mouth with a handkerchief and looked around.
It was a cave.
With their backs to the entrance of the cave, they were looking into the interior of a huge, dark cave.
The stench of rotten meat vibrates, and the air is damp.
They felt as if they were in the mouth of a monster.
The entrance to the cave seemed open at first glance, but in reality it was blocked by a transparent film of mana.
-Tung
-Tung
“Is it a barrier again?”
The Archer of the Hollow Party, Irene, who struck the membrane of the mana with her fist, muttered with a disgusted face.
“Now, now. Everyone calm down. Barriers are rare in dungeons, so they’re friendly traps, you know?”
He was a hollow who lost his spirits when the young people were excited, but revived when the young people were flustered.
It was a moment to show the power of age.
After Harlow calmed down the party, he spoke to Dorn.
“Dorn, how long will it take to break the barrier?”
“…”
“Dorn? Dorn?”
Dorn froze with his hand on the barrier.
Howard reached over and grabbed him by the shoulders, turning his body toward him.
“Oooh…!”
At that moment, Dorn fell to the floor and began to vomit.
“Dorn!? What’s going on!?”
“…”
Elysia, who watched the scene, also hurriedly approached and put her hand on the barrier.
OK-
“…”
Huh Eok.
Huh Eok.
Huh Eok.
Huh Eok.
Suddenly, he becomes contemplative and begins to breathe frantically.
“Elysia!?”
Daltasian hurriedly approached her and rubbed her back.
“Elysia, what’s going on!?”
“Daltasian-”
Elysia looked up and stared at Daltasian.
Her face was stained with despair beyond the fear of death.
“What should we do…”
At that time, Dorn, who had stopped vomiting, stood up.
Speak as it is with bodily fluids on its lips.
“Ha, Mr. Hollower…?”
“What’s wrong! Wake up and say it clearly!”
Dorn pointed at the barrier with his hand and said.
“That is not a barrier created by a wizard.”
“what?”
“Huh, the warlock. It’s a barrier opened by the warlock.”
Harlow saw Dorn and immediately recognized him.
why he was pissed
It was because I felt an uncontrollable fear.
“A warlock? What the hell is that? But! It’s not the first time we’ve seen a warlock-“
Warlocks who deal with unknown and sinister powers were certainly to be feared.
However, the Hollower Party already had experience dealing with warlocks.
That’s a whopping 6-star black magician.
To them, the warlock was at least an evil with substance, not an irresistible unknown.
After dealing with and subjugating a 6-star warlock, you are so terrified that the owner of the barrier is a warlock?
A man named Dorn may look weak on the outside, but inside he was a skilled adventurer.
As an adventurer, he crossed countless dead lines.
It was he who could unleash complicated spells calmly even in situations where his life was at stake.
“hahahaha…”
Dorn was acting as if he had already given up his life.
“What the hell, what the hell happened…!”
Hallo, who felt that it was not serious, asked Dorn in a desperate tone.
“I can’t fathom…”
“what?”
“I can’t fathom the level of that barrier. The black magician who opened that barrier is a 7-star being…”
“…!”
7 stars.
An evil being like a warlock has reached the level of a hero.
To think that they had even been caught in the trap of the black magician.
It was an unbelievably shocking fact.
The embarrassment that could not be hidden was revealed in the expression of Harlow, who did not want to panic even to calm his colleagues.
“Huh, a black magician who has reached the level of a hero… hahahaha, that’s unreasonable. Even the gods are so cruel. To give such a wicked person such talent. Yes. I understand why you were scared. . But Dorn. Dorn!”
Hollower shook Dorn’s shoulder vigorously.
made him look at himself.
“Don’t give up. You can do it.”
“…”
“I can! Dorn! He will-“
Harlow pointed at the party with his arms outstretched.
“Isn’t this a lot! Not only us, but the Daltasian party- There’s the Leolian family’s Hwivien lady, and Ceylon-kun, who ranked first in the academy entrance exam this time! , Won’t you feel the ideal in the Leolian family and send support? We can do it! We can survive! No, we can win!”
The difference between 6 and 7 stars is a piece of paper, and there is a huge gap between them.
Even those who reached the 6-star level at a young age did not gain that decisive realization, and there were many cases where they ended their lives with the 6-star level.
It was the same with Harlow.
It was a long time ago that he reached the level of 6 stars.
However, he was still stuck at the level of 6 stars.
To him, the realm of 7 stars, the realm of heroes recorded in history, felt far away.
Even so.
Harlow felt the potential.
No, what Hollower was feeling right now was not a possibility.
It was greed.
He stopped seeking enlightenment at some point.
The only way left for Hollow, who had not attained enlightenment despite all means, was to risk his life and push himself into an extreme situation.
But he had family members to be responsible for, and he had colleagues.
Adventurers are said to be a tribe with nothing, but the story changes when you become a 6th-level adventurer or a top-level adventurer.
You can’t go up to the 6th grade by yourself.
I have to make my people.
This means that there will soon be a family member to be responsible for.
Hollower couldn’t risk dying and leaving them behind.
I couldn’t even risk death with them.
For example, Harlow had no justification.
That is the justification for risking one’s life to pursue the 7-star realm.
But now.
The cause was given to Harlow.
black magician.
The evil being will never spare those caught in its trap.
Therefore, Hollower had to risk his life to fight against the warlock in order to save his comrades.
I had to risk my life and push myself in extreme situations.
With the full help of colleagues!
‘This time…’
I will attain enlightenment.
So, I will protect them all.
Feeling his heart beating wildly and his blood heating up for the first time in a while, Hollower spoke resolutely to Dorn.
“Dorn, I promise. I won’t let anyone in this room die…!”
Hollower’s strong determination was passed on to Dorn.
“…”
Then Dorn lowered his gaze and began to weep.
“sorry…”
“What are you sorry for! You don’t have to be sorry, Dorn. No, you shouldn’t be sorry. I need your help-“
“That’s not…”
“…what?”
“The owner of that barrier said that he was a person at the 7 star level… it was a lie…”
“what?”
After Hollower panicked for a while, huh! burst out laughing
“No, it’s this friend. Even if you lie, what kind of lies-“
“I once told you that I felt a wall after trying to break the barrier opened by a 7-star wizard…”
Dorn raised his head again and looked at the Hollower.
He seemed to be smiling even though he was crying.
he said with a twisted smile.
“Even then it wasn’t like this… The 7 star was my wish… But no matter how much I think about it…”
“…”
Harlow did not understand Dorne’s words.
No, I didn’t want to understand.
If you understand what he said, then everything really ends.
Dorn was talking.
The black magician who opened that barrier-
The black magician who brought the party here-
A person who goes beyond the realm of heroes that will be recorded in history and gazes at the scenery of the outside world.
“…Come on, everybody. Get ready for battle! I said, but we-“
Hollower, who refused to understand Dorn’s words to the end, raised his voice to encourage his comrades.
“…”
“…”
They weren’t deaf.
I was right next to them listening to their stories.
“No, no way…”
Irene was mumbling out of her mind.
“…”
The halberd, the weapon of Derek, a barbarian who considered dying while fighting bravely to be the highest honor, fell to the floor.
“It’s black…”
Like Dorn, Elysia, who directly felt the realm of a warlock, sat on the floor as if something had been damaged and sobbed endlessly.
“f*ck… if you’re going to do this, don’t save money, just wear women like other assholes…”
Bolton muttered, clutching at his bald head.
Had they, like the Hollows, refused to understand Dorn’s words, they might have stood with arms.
But unlike Hollow, they immediately understood Dorn’s words.
He was now in the jaws of a monster staring at the alien realm.
The monster would be able to take its own life easier than stepping on an ant and bursting it.
Resistance was pointless.
So, life was meaningless.
They laid the will to live.
“Everyone, wake up!”
In the meantime, Huivien shouted.
okay.
What could be done with the daughter of a great family?
Sensing a glimmer of hope, they turned their gaze to Huivien.
And then immediately blame yourself.
The youngest person here? It was Huivien.
Who lacks the most practical experience here? It was Huivien.
If there was anyone who felt the most fear of this emperor, it would definitely be Hwi Vien.
“Boo, Boo, sure- my mother–“
Even in such a frightened state, Huivien was diligently thinking of words to encourage others.
As a member of the great family, she would know the power of warlocks and the seriousness of the situation better than anyone else here.
“…”
Derek grabbed the dropped weapon and stood up.
“f*ck, I can’t look like this…”
Resignation became denial.
They abandoned their objective point of view and denied reality.
It was the worst choice, but even so, it was much better than the previous state where everything was put down.
“Ceylon… don’t worry, I’m sure my mother-… Ceylon?”
It was at that time that Huivien looked around in confusion.
-mom? Are you mom?
A child’s voice came from inside the cave.
“A child-“
Elysia, who was about to run to save her child, was stopped by Daltasian.
“Daltasian, you heard it! There’s a child over there! Get him-“
Elysia appealed and looked at Daltasian.
At that moment, her expression hardened.
“Daltasian…?”
“Huh-uh-huh-huh-huh-huh-“
Could it be that my heart will explode?
Daltasian was breathing like crazy to the extent that he could think of such a thing.
His eyes dilated to their limits, and his pupils to their limits.
“All of us, battle, prepare for battle…!”
Then Hollower shouted in a trembling voice.
-Mom~? what? Aren’t you mom? this smell? Aren’t you mom? who is this?
The child’s voice gets closer and closer.
The sound of a child’s footsteps gets closer and closer.
– iron puck
– iron puck
Maybe there’s mud on the soles of your feet?
No, something was different.
It wasn’t the sound of muddy feet hitting the stone floor.
“This…”
Bolton had heard something like this before.
where was it
Oh yeah. butcher shop.
A friend who runs a butcher shop.
It must have sounded like this when that friend one day let go of a chunk of meat and dropped it on the floor.
– Are they your mom’s friends?
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Soon, in the darkness of the cave, the child-
No, a being with the voice of a child appeared.
it was an article.
A knight wearing armor.
However, the armor was not made of steel.
It was made up of countless lives, including humans.
Perhaps.
-Derleuk
-seueueueu
– Crackle
-Thumping! Thrilling!
The numerous eyes, nose, mouth, ears, blood vessels, internal organs, and muscles protruding from the armor were functioning as if they were alive.
Wouldn’t that kind of existence come out if countless humans were squeezed into an armor-shaped frame with the power of a giant and forcibly stamped out?
It was an existence that induces such inhuman imagination.
Therefore, by its very existence, it brings the people around it down one step from the position of being a human being.
-Are these friends you can eat?
The disgusting being spoke in the voice of an innocent child.
At that moment, all the exposed body parts were replaced by lips.
Lips parted.
Flesh and bloody teeth are exposed everywhere.
The teeth start to crackle as if they were musical instruments.
“Eh-mi f*ck!!! What the f*ck is that freaky bastard!!!!!!”
Bolton screamed without resistance.
With that as a signal, Elysia drew out her power without the slightest hesitation.
She used all of the mana stones and artifacts she had accumulated throughout her life as an adventurer to use her magic.
A huge flame sphere was created that far exceeded her level of looking at a 4-star level.
Next to him, Dorn also gave everything he had – creating a huge spear containing the power of weakening.
Irene hung arrows on the string, each of which corresponds to an artifact.
-Wheeying!
In an instant, a gust of wind raged inside the sealed cave.
Gusts gather in one place and form the shape of a horse.
At the request of the head of the Leolian family, his close friend, the spirit king of wind-
It was Xie, a high-ranking wind spirit who always stood by her daughter.
Xie stomped her feet with a gurgling noise, then charged at it.
With that as a signal, the strongest blows each of them had prepared hit it at the same time.
All of those forces intertwined to create an explosion.
A shockwave hit them that made their upper bodies bend.
“Have you done it!?”
Amidst the shock wave, Bolton covered his face with his arms and barely opened his eyes.
– Tick tock tock
A voice that gave goosebumps just to hear answered Bolton’s question.
The mouths that sprouted all over ‘it’ were chatting their teeth ravenously.
-It’s delicious~ It’s delicious~ It’s delicious~
‘It’ was excited and sang in a child’s voice.
“…what?”
The blow of their whole body, which contained everything, became a meal for ‘it’.
Xie was caught by ‘it’ and struggled.
-I don’t like anything else~ This one is delicious~ What’s your name~? Ah~ this taste! It’s time
– Hee hee hee hee!!!
– Ha ha ha, the name is strange. Shie~ Shie is delicious~ Thank you Shie~~~ Because Shie is delicious~ Shie is my friend now~
The pitch of ‘it’ went up and down.
The mouth of ‘it’ thus revealed – countless types of teeth were embedded in the cave of meat.
‘It’ opened its mouth bizarrely and forced Xie into its own mouth.
Shie was a spirit, so she didn’t shed blood.
– Damn it
Instead, blood pours from ‘it’s’ mouth, which is tearing as it squeezes words into its mouth.
– Hee hee hee hee!!!
Half of it had been swallowed, and now only the hind legs were left, Xie struggled violently.
-Baby go go go go~
‘It’ quivered happily in sync with the struggle, as if it were a play.
Soon, the poem disappeared without a trace.
‘It’ rubbed his belly with satisfaction.
– I’m full at the time ~ I’m amazing at the time ~
Those who were stunned by the shocking sight, had hope for a moment at the words of ‘it’.
I wondered if the ‘it’ that was full would save me.
-…
Then, ‘it’ stops the hand rubbing its belly and muttered.
-Where did you go? hungry.
“You f*cking pig, you ate a whole horse by yourself!!!”
The maddened Bolton burst into laughter.
“No, no…! Let me go!!!”
Irene clung to the barrier and scratched with her fingernails.
– iron puck
Regardless, ‘it’ comes.
– iron puck
– iron puck
“eww…”
Derek, the fearless barbarian warrior, stepped back.
“…”
at that time.
Daltasian muttered something softly.
Harlow regarded it as a kind of prayer.
Daltasian’s expression as he murmured those words was so reverent.
“Daltasian, what does the god you believe in say?”
Harlower asked in a trembling voice.
Daltasian answered in a trembling voice.
“…When the darkness tries to invade the light, he said to support the light as a shadow.”
– iron puck
– iron puck
The distance between them and ‘it’ was about ten steps.
Kwak.
Daltasian’s grip on the sword screamed.
“Daltasians!?”
Daltasian jumped out of his seat and ran towards ‘it’.
-What’s your name~?
‘It’ ripped open its mouth with its hands as hard as it could.
It was the moment when Daltasian was about to be swallowed by ‘it”s bizarrely wide mouth.
‘It’ rose in the air.
no. hung up
– Oops! Wow! Wow! stuffy! Strange! Let go! Keck! Keck!
‘It’ scratched his neck with his hand.
No one noticed, but something had been strangling ‘it’ from earlier.
It is a line made by twisting darkness instead of steel-
It was what some call a wire.
Their eyes naturally followed the dark wire that entangled ‘it’.
Darkness was pouring out like smoke from the crevices of the unusual mask’s eyes.
He grabbed a darkness deeper than the darkness in the deepest part of the cave and wrapped it around his body like a robe.
Its body was gigantic, as if all the darkness of the world had been squeezed into the robe.
The assailant was grabbing ‘it’ through a wire wrapped around his hand.
dump.
Seeing the assailant, Daltasian collapsed in his seat as if his legs had lost strength.
So he knelt down and muttered to the assailant.
“Oh Lord Hara…”
Ah, so it was a guide that only work up until the boss room.