29 – 029 – Viktor, looking for a party. # 2
029 – Viktor, looking for a party. # 2
When I opened my eyes, the whole world was a field of white snow.
“Is this a dungeon? It seems like a lie that I was in the park just now!”
“Melvin, be quiet. I don’t know what kind of enemies there might be. But, it is amazing.”
The duo of Melvin and Dearmid did not hide their strange feelings.
Even for the excellent students of class A-1, the ‘other world’ in this dungeon seemed to be a strange sight.
Even Mega, who talks a lot, never lost her admiration.
“This is the dungeon created by the gods… . A training ground for heroes who give trials and raise them… . I thought there would be a place like this Viktor, how did you find out about this?”
Yeah, I figured it out by doing a lot of bragging rights.
This “Snow Mountain Labyrinth” is a secret dungeon that is not related to any quests or sub-quests.
In order to enter this place, you have to read several books in the student library and combine the hints on each page?
It’s been a while since I’ve been able to organize tree wiki and all, but when I’ve only played 100 hours or so, there was none of that.
Of course, I couldn’t tell the truth about this story, and I had to tell a proper lie.
“It was one of the pieces of information I acquired when I was in the student council. Don’t ask too much more than that. Because it’s foreign. The important thing is that there is nothing wrong with us here.”
Victor doesn’t lie.
At least that’s how it’s known, so everyone didn’t seem to doubt my story.
No, in the first place, I was overwhelmed by the scenery of the snowy mountain, so I don’t seem to have the time to do that.
I am thrilled no matter what.
It was quite refreshing to think that the synthesis of hints and times that I had been looking for so long was actually present in front of my eyes.
Still, it’s okay if you’re just admiring it.
“I’ll pass on the warnings first.”
The dungeon 「Snow Mountain Labyrinth」 itself is not that difficult.
The monsters that appeared were only comparatively weak ones like Snow Rabbit and Ice Fang.
However, the difficult point of this dungeon was the environment of the dungeon itself.
As the name suggests, this is a dungeon built according to the concept of ‘a labyrinth in a snowy mountain’.
cold.
“It’s colder than I thought.”
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Just standing at the entrance is really incredibly cold.
Even this Viktor had his teeth chattering little by little, so there was nothing to say about the others.
“Oh, it’s cold. It’s not even my hometown, but it’s the first time since November of last year that it’s been this cold! Spring has not come here yet!”
“You guys are wearing pants too. I am a skirt.”
Everyone is clamoring for being cold.
Of course, this kind of cold was expected.
Here I took a red water bottle from my bosom.
“All of you, drink this.”
When heading to the cold zone of Ludens.
If you don’t devise countermeasures such as cold weather equipment, you will be caught in a ‘cold wave’ state that deals 1 damage per second.
A character caught in a cold wave state is sometimes frozen and meaninglessly skips a turn.
So, a good thing to make was a fever potion.
If you eat a fever potion, your body will heat up and you will be able to withstand the severe cold.
Of course, ingredients for a real fever potion are still hard to find, so I made a potion by diluting the [Spring Sauce] I had prepared in advance with water.
Commonly known as the Spring Potion.
Spicy sauce diluent that does not increase attack value but does not decrease HP.
The effect is simple.
When you eat it, your body heats up and sweats profusely.
It was an idea I came up with after seeing Victorica who ate “Spring Sauce Bulgogi”.
Victoria was sweating profusely.
“Everybody drink this and you’ll feel better.”
“Kuah, it is very spicy! But the heat is sure to rise from the body, no, rather hot! How hot it is!”
Has Melvin finished drinking already?
When Melvin shouted that it was hot, Deermid and Megaira, who were staring suspiciously at the red liquid, also put their mouths to the water bottle and drank in gulps.
“… spicy.”
“Ouch, it’s spicy!”
The reactions are also diverse.
But the effect seemed to be the same for all.
“It won’t be cold anymore.”
If you can overcome the cold, it’s like you’ve cleared more than half of this dungeon.
* * *
Melvin and Dearmid said after holding each white rabbit in their hands.
“It’s more boring than I thought. It’s just snow hares. Still, these guys are delicious when grilled. I ate it often when I was in my hometown!”
“The cold was the biggest problem. Viktor, to prepare for all of this. You’re a more meticulous guy than I thought. That spring sauce, when I mixed it with water, it didn’t have this effect.”
It’s been an hour since I entered the dungeon.
“Once you stop. Because this is the entrance.”
Standing at the entrance of a large cave located halfway up the mountain, I decided to start a bonfire.
This inside is a complex labyrinth structure enough to be called a ‘labyrinth’.
If you don’t tell them in advance, you may get lost.
Then the effect of the [Spring Potion] I made crudely would decrease, and the dungeon, which only appeared insignificant with these snow rabbits, would become a coffin of ice again.
“One thing to note. It means don’t fall away from me.”
End with that.
Even beginners can understand this.
So we entered the cave.
After walking for about a minute in the straight cave, the cave full of stalactites and icicles disappeared and a labyrinth full of ice walls appeared in front of us.
Deermid touching the ice wall with a white gloved hand.
“Is it a maze… . Reminds me of the Labyrinth of Daedalus. Isn’t there a cow-headed monster here too?”
Megaira asked him.
“Isn’t that a made-up story? A mythical monster with the head of a cow and the body of a human.”
I’m just answering lightly.
“The bull of Minos is in a labyrinth other than here.”
“… another labyrinth? Are you saying there really is? such a monster? A monster that splits rocks with an ax and cuts people to pieces?”
Of course there is.
I’m still not at the level you guys will see, though.
Even if you don’t have to be nervous, you’ll be able to meet someday, so I decided not to explain. I have to recall the mini-map drawn in my head.
First of all, three squares to the right—.
It was a time when I was recovering with that feeling.
Grrr-.
“Are you out already?”
There was a loud growl of something. The monster that resides in this labyrinth.
it’s an ice cube
“Even though they are tier 3 monsters, they have the effect of frostbite when bitten, so be careful.”
“Finally, there’s someone worth fighting for! Come on!”
Melvin made a loud noise and lunged at him. Ice Fang was a beast in the form of a wolf that seemed to be 2m tall, but Melvin was also huge.
As the two get tangled up in the maze, the narrow passage seems to be full.
“Melvin, hold on tight. Dearmid, you take care of it while Melvin is holding on to Ice Fang.”
“Victor, do you naturally give orders?”
“Dearmid! This guy runs wild, so he can’t stand it for long!”
Dearmid reached out into the air as Melvin grabbed the giant wolf’s waist. Then, two ordinary-looking iron swords spontaneously appeared in his hands.
Is that Diarmid’s ‘weapon summoning’ skill?
“Yeonhwan Island!”
As he swung his two twin swords as if they were crossing each other in an X, the white wolf Ice Fang screamed and died.
As expected, Deermid has good attack power.
You did a good job bringing them both.
Melvin laughs at the fallen wolf.
“Isn’t this guy on the high capture score? You are one step closer to the heroic path!”
“Rather than that, look at this.”
After defeating Ice Fang, Dearmid inspected the floor where the wolf’s blood splattered.
A floor of ice as transparent as glass.
However, if you look closely, there is something like a strange pattern underneath.
“This pattern of the blazing sun, the coat of arms of the old royal family. There is a building under the ice wall. Now I see that the ice is thickly frozen on top of the building.”
Truly an honor student, Deermid.
If you pretend, you pretend and find out.
It was Megaira who reacted greatly to this story.
“The coat of arms of the old royal family? So, you mean there might be a crown hidden here somewhere? With just that in hand, Lord Enio will become the owner of the vacant throne… .”
Then, he sighs and shuts his mouth.
If there is a crown here, then everyone in this place has realized that there may be contenders to get their hands on it.
However, because he talked too much about it, Melvin took the topic seriously.
“Crown! If I get it, can I become a king too! Then you can get the dice allowed to the king and become a player of this Ludens, yes!”
“Melvin, you only dozed off in class, so strangely you know that so quickly.”
“My friend Dearmid, it is a crown and dice! It’s worse not to know! The last turn that the old king Gilgamesh gave up. If you finish that, you can ascend to heaven and become a god!”
What Melvin just said is the goal of this game D&A and the potential long-awaited goal of all Ludens students.
On the side of the horse being moved.
To be a die-thrower.
Unfortunately, the crown everyone was looking for did not exist in this dungeon. We are under no obligation to explain it, we just move on.
“Goes.”
* * *
Megaira said.
“Victor, you. You really know the way, right? It looks like you’ve been going round and round in the same place since a while ago?”
“Your eyes are strange.”
You’re definitely on the right track.
However, it has been about an hour since I entered this labyrinth.
Everyone looked pretty tired, perhaps because of the tiredness the place itself evoked.
Rather than standing still, it would be better to light a bonfire and drink the spring potion again.
Hwareuk.
After the fire was lit, we sat around it and decided to take a short break.
“Deermid, shall we roast the rabbit we caught earlier?”
“Not bad.”
When Melvin and Dearmid started roasting rabbits. Megaira, who was watching the sizzling rabbit, spoke to me.
“I would like to ask you if this is the case. You, why the hell did you break up?”
“Are you curious about that?”
“You were an orphan. Aren’t you a body that has received an indelible favor from the Arklight family? It’s a debt that I can’t pay off even if I pay it all my life. That’s why you abandoned your master.”
“Is that why you hate me? Because you too are in debt to Black Star.”
“yes. I will never abandon Enio. Even if I end up in danger.”
“But you were manipulated by Enrique and tried to attack Enio. The one who kept it is the me you hate. Is that why you are separated from Enio?”
“Ugh… .”
It’s good to see the reaction.
Although it was said that Megara had been manipulated, it was clear that he was greatly shocked that he tried to attack Enio.
‘Because I’m not enough… .’ Something that might hold the same guilt.
That’s why they want to prove their usefulness again by clearing the dungeon.
Actually, Enio wouldn’t think Megaira was useless.
In the eyes of such a faithful guy, Viktor must be no more and no less than a dog that bit the owner who fed and raised him.
It’s understandable that you hate me.
But that’s Viktor’s position, and I’m Ha Seung-ri.
I have no debt to the Arkwright family, so I have nothing to worry about.
Even if you look at my situation like that.
The reason why Viktor became an orphan in the first place was because of Aklight’s head, Cain Arklight.
Of course, that is a story that has not been revealed until now, which is only the beginning of the first semester.
Neither Victoria, who was her fiancé, nor Enio, who was good at espionage, must have known about it yet.
Viktor won’t turn into a lingering monster, so nothing will be revealed unless I brag about it.
* * *
“My lady, what you asked for. Here you are.”
“Nice job, Tisiphone. Then you can go. Also, it’s not the lady, but at this academy, I just call you Enio.”
“It can’t be.”
Tisiphone, the eldest of the triplets, disappeared into the shadows again.
What Tisiphone put on the desk in Enio’s luxurious single room was old papers.
It was a paper envelope with a pattern of dazzling starlight on it.
‘It’s a top-secret document of the Arkwright family. Even if it was Tisiphone, it would have been difficult to find.’
Thinking of his friend’s hard work, Enio broke the seal on the briefcase.
Papers falling down.
Picking up one of them, Enio’s red eyes opened wide for a moment, then gradually trembled slightly.
“This… .”