103. Chapter 103
-Welcome to the challenge of the 4th floor.
-Subject: Passing through the cave
-Time limit: 10 hours
-While climbing the mountain, I ran into a colleague.
-Currently, you belong to the ‘Diablo Clan’. Companions encountered are randomly selected within the clan.
Colleagues I met while climbing the mountain. this is kind of a story
I don’t know why it’s structured like this, but when I climbed the tower, there were many cases where I gave out stories like this.
Right now, it’s just about meeting a colleague, but depending on the floor, various stories with a direct relationship to the ordeal are given out.
For example, asking someone to cooperate or gathering colleagues.
‘Perhaps this cave was the only passage to the top of the mountain.’
No matter how tough the cliff appeared, it seemed that he could climb straight to the top of the mountain, but as Seun knew, there was no turning point in this ordeal.
Even players with wings, depending on their race, will have to go through the cave on the fourth floor.
The question is, who will be the ally… … .
To be honest, I can solve the ordeal by myself, so I hope Park Jung-pil doesn’t get caught and make noise.
As soon as I stepped into the cave, the bright sun disappeared, and darkness came in an instant.
At the same time, I felt a presence next to me.
“Nice to meet you.”
“Old man.”
“I guess I’m pretty lucky too, considering you’re a randomly chosen colleague.”
The player who appeared next to Seun was none other than Diablo Clan’s blacksmith, Go Chang-seok.
Like the golden armor he gave to Kang Cheol before, he was also wearing full plate armor.
Hard-looking full body armor, a helmet with only the necessary holes drilled, and delicately crafted iron shoes.
In his hand was a battle hammer that looked similar to the one Seun used to take the stone bridge, but the surface was shining bright as if it had just been cleaned.
“hehehe, it’s a bit embarrassing to stare at you like that. I think someday I will have to fight on my own, so this is the equipment I prepared.”
“It suits you well. Wasn’t it difficult to come up?”
“I was a little worried, but it turned out to be more manageable than I thought. Rather, the hottest days were the hardest.”
Well, even if he didn’t have much combat experience, he worked as a blacksmith, and his strength and stamina must have been more than that of a decent player.
With that kind of body and that kind of equipment all over his body, it must have been difficult for a decent monster to even scratch his body.
If you get hit by that bloody battle hammer, the vital part or whatever would have been completely distorted.
“Anyway, it’s darker than I thought. If you go a little further, you won’t be able to see at all.”
A little light was still streaming in, probably because it was towards the entrance, but inside, the outline of the wall could not be seen at all.
It is said that Seunya is able to see through the ‘Night Owl’s Eye’, but it was a situation that other players would have had quite a bit of trouble with.
Sewoon nodded slightly and prepared a new magic.
– Opened the treasure house of greed.
[ Light ]
– As the most basic light magic of the White Tower, there are applications that light up the surrounding sight or obstruct the enemy’s vision depending on the output.
“Oh oh.”
A white halo of light emerged from Seun’s hand.
Like a 1-circle magic, it consumed almost no mana, and it was an efficient magic because you could use your hands freely if you designated the location.
The light floated above his head according to Seun’s mana operation and stopped a little further forward.
From now on, that light will illuminate the view from the front first.
“That magic is amazing every time I see it.”
“Let’s move forward.”
“You don’t even have to try to protect it. I can protect my body at least.”
Ko Chang-seok followed Se-jun, holding on to the battle hammer.
Well, the attacks of the monsters in the lower layer seemed hard to inflict even a small wound on him.
Even if I swing my nails with a surprise attack, the nails will break off instead of piercing the armor.
“I do have a torch. Shall we take one?”
“It’s more efficient than a torch, so I don’t think it’s necessary.”
“hehehe, it looks really convenient in many ways. I want to learn at least one.”
After going through the darkness and turning a sharp curve, I saw a torch.
Originally, the basis for this ordeal was to follow the wall and move to this point, then carry the torch and move.
Then, if the torch goes out, the difficulty of the ordeal goes up to the extreme.
That was also one of the reasons why the number of challengers on the second floor was set to two.
Carrying the torch alone would limit the progress of the ordeal too much.
“You are still quiet. Considering the two ordeals before me, I don’t think I’m going to go through this quietly either.”
“Chitsutsutsutsu-”
“They don’t look like nobles either.”
“hmm?”
“hey.”
A noise that can only be heard by Sewoon, who has stronger hearing than other players.
When Go Chang-seok was puzzled by Se-un’s reaction, he moved the light further forward and increased the brightness.
Then the smooth carapace of something glistened in the light.
“Ugh, gross.”
“You don’t like bugs?”
“It’s not like that, but if you put a millipede that big in front of you, everyone will react the same way. Except for you.”
An arthropod with dozens of legs exposed to light.
It is similar to a centipede, but unlike the flat centipede, it has a round shape based on a semicircular shell.
Millipedes on Earth may not be very aggressive insects, but… … .
“Chitsutsutsutsu-!”
“careful… … !”
hooked
not here
As soon as I found Seun, I inserted Durandal between his carapace as he quickly crawled across the floor, showing off his shiny legs.
No matter how thick the carapace is, there is only fragile soft tissue between them.
The head of a millipede over 2m in length was cut off.
Even though the head was gone, I kicked the wriggling body outward as if surprised.
“… … I was worried for nothing. I don’t need any help with this.”
“No, could you help me a little?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Because just one of them doesn’t seem to be all.”
“Chitsutsutsu-”
“Chitsutsutsutsu-”
With the ghastly sound of hundreds of legs crawling on the floor, dozens of monsters appeared.
The scene where the shiny carapaces glistened in the light was quite disgusting.
Despite this, Ko Chang-seok hated it, but put the helmet down on his face and held on to the battle hammer.
“I’ve been cleaning it up, but it’s going to get dirty again.”
“Chitsutsu-!”
The centipedes rushed forward with their hard shells.
Originally, their goal was light. That is, the player holding the torch.
Therefore, the structure in which the player in front had to protect the other player in order to protect the torch was normal.
However, Sewoon used magic instead of torches to illuminate his vision.
So, their attack was naturally directed at Sewoon, who stood at the forefront.
hooked
squeak-
The moment they came into Seun’s attack range, their heads were cut off before they had time to react.
There was no need to use martial arts.
It’s a solid shell, but even if the aim misses a little, Durandal easily penetrated the shell of the millipede.
I missed a few because there were so many of them, but that didn’t matter either.
Kwajik!
“Uh, I’ll have to work hard to wipe off this thick stuff.”
Every time Ko Chang-seok swung the hammer, the monster’s body exploded violently.
After attacking with torches, they are called quite tricky monsters because their hard shells do not work with any sharp blades, but in front of Seun and Ko Chang-seok, they were no different from ordinary bugs.
Meanwhile… … The stomach of one of the monsters in the back bulged and spat something out of its mouth.
Wow!
Yellow gas that spreads like mist as soon as it is spit out of the mouth.
A foul smell wafts from afar.
It was an attack he had experienced before returning, so he was well aware of its identity.
Not only does it smell awful, it’s an attack that makes it hard to open your eyes like tear gas and even stings your airways when you breathe in.
Because of this, Sewoon held out his other hand before the plane pushed any further.
– Depending on the tricks of the green tower, the speed of ‘breeze’ will increase.
A cool breeze blowing from behind pushed the yellow gas away.
Surprised by the sudden wind, the guy tried to blow up the stench once again, but Seun’s sword moved faster than that.
hooked
In the end, his stench stuck in his throat and he couldn’t get out, and the short battle ended with this.
“I want to wipe it right away. It will take quite a while to fix.”
“First of all, let’s finish the ordeal.”
“I know. I need to save as much time as possible so I can get more of that merit point.”
Ko Chang-seok looked at the sticky bodily fluids attached to the battle hammer with displeasure.
I know he cares about his equipment, but he can’t waste time cleaning his equipment every time he encounters a monster.
-Constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince’, worms savor the taste, saying that this deep and thick bodily fluid is excellent.
After using the Power of Gluttony, I started walking again.
Fortunately, the cave remained single for a while.
Various monsters, including the stink bug-like monster that just came out, attacked us by surprise, but they didn’t pose much of a threat.
As we continued forward, the first fork in the road appeared.
“Hmm, it’s a fork in the road… … . do you know the way I’m not very good at finding my way.”
Standing in the middle of the fork in the road, Sewoon closed his eyes and focused on his senses.
hearing, smell, touch, etc. The senses enhanced by various treasures catch all the slightest traces and changes in the surroundings.
“Perhaps this is the exit.”
“Oh, great. I can’t feel anything.”
Sewoon pointed to the right path.
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Judging by the slight difference in temperature or wind flow, the left side was blocked.
Goh Chang-seok happily tried to take the right path, but Sewoon stopped him.
“Let’s go the other way.”
“hmm? Why? I thought you would try to get out of the cave in the shortest amount of time.”
That’s right.
Acquisition of public value through high ranking was the point that Sewoon was aiming for.
However, as it has been so far, rankings are not simply determined by ‘speed’.
“Because there must be something over there.”
The hidden piece I found before returning.
I thought I could open the door that I couldn’t open then.