Inside An Adult Game As A Former Hero chapter 33

EP.33 Don’t work with adventurers, please.

“Hey, isn’t that monster’s nest still far away?”

It was about an hour after we started climbing the mountain. Her little boy named Chris began to whimper as he shrugged his shoulders.

Xenia read through him.

“Chris, haven’t we just left? Be patient with this.”

“You have to know where to stand or not. You didn’t even tell us where that monster’s nest is.”

“I will tell you later. That’s why you got that much down payment. Isn’t it?”

“It is, but…”

Chris’ momentum waned a bit. Taking advantage of that time, man… Kurba said.

“No, Zenia. As your son said, this is important. We don’t know where the monster’s nest is, of course, because we don’t even know the identity of the monster. If left unchecked, this can be life-threatening.”

“Ah… is that so…?”

Kurba talking with arms crossed pretending to be cool.

Seeing this, Xenia’s reaction was not very good.

No matter how young she looks, she is the mother of a son in her mid-teens.

They is said that she has been an adventurer before having children, so her career as an adventurer must have been more than Kurba, but not too few.

But there’s no way a guy with less experience than her could look good when he undermines her authority in front of her son.

Of course, Kurba had no intention of offending her.

He must have been thinking of attacking them step by step by winning the favor of the people around him.

“Right? Am I right? Look mama I’m right!”

As he thought, he won the child’s liking.

“…I see. Mother was wrong.”

However, it lowered the affection of Xenia, who was really important.

‘But, well, it was time to talk slowly.’

When gathering adventurers, there was no justification for dungeon exploration.

If that’s the case, it’s going to attract a lot of attention.

There will be a guy who tries to steal the location of the dungeon by selling it or threatening you.

Whatever it was, it was annoying.

So, he took out the cause of subjugating the monster nest instead.

And now that we have climbed the mountain for quite some time away from the city, he wonder if he can tell them the real purpose of him.

He told the real purpose of bringing them.

“What?! Dungeon?!”

“Wow, great. A dungeon?”

“…Really?”

The reactions were different, but they had the same thing in common.

“After all… that’s why the down payment is so…”

In the case of Xenia, she even understood. She also doubted Kurba, though, and there’s no way she wouldn’t have doubted him. Because it was a slightly suspicious request for anyone to see.

The big down payment just kept their mouth shut.

Anyway, the three of them followed him up the mountain with a brighter expression than before.

So we climbed a few more hours and arrived at a pond surrounded by peach trees.

“Eh? Where is the dungeon here?”

“Wait, man.”

I took off my clothes with my armor.

“Oh?! Come on, why are you taking off your clothes all of a sudden?”

Xenia covered her eyes and turned her head.

“There is a device that opens a dungeon under this lake.”

“Ah, that’s right.”

“…Why is mommy’s face red?”

“Hey, boy! When did mom say blush!”

Xenia and Chris quarreled like any other hat.

“…”

Kurba was looking at me with hostile eyes.

Hey, I see why. If you twist, you will be born handsome.

And even if I sleeps, I’m fine, right?

Damn I’m in a similar female state right now.

After light gymnastics, I threw myself into the lake. It was a clear lake, so I could see the fish swimming in the pond.

Among the fish, there was also a guy the size of my forearm, and he seemed to recognize me as a big prey and opened his mouth to stick out his sharp teeth.

‘Is this bastard?’

I grabbed the head and tail of the fish that dared to be cannibalized and bit the nape of the neck.

It’s tougher than I thought, so my jaw hurts, but I couldn’t save the guy who dared to go backwards in the food chain.

After that, I scoured the bottom of the lake, scolding the naughty fish trying to go backwards in the food chain.

‘Found.’

I found a chain with a round ring hidden between the rocks.

I grabbed the ring and pulled it.

Kugugung-

With a loud sound, the structure of the lake began to change.

The miracle of Moses unfolded in the middle of the lake.

The bottom rises, creating a staircase from above to the bottom of the lake.

I swam to the middle of the lake and came out of the water. As I went up the stairs, I could see the three persons looking at the lake with their mouths wide open.

After putting on my clothes and gear, I gestured to them.

“Are you going to be surprised? Aren’t we going to the dungeon?”

Then the three of them came to their senses and followed me.

As I went down the stairs and continued walking, the stone lake wall split on both sides.

A large stone gate appeared.

-Prove your qualifications.

The three adventurers panicked at the sudden sound. I cut my palm with a dagger, soaked it in enough blood, and brought it to the stone gate.

– Qualified man. Allow entry.

The stone door opened with a rattling sound as he proved their qualifications. As the four of us entered, the stone gate closed immediately. The sound of water pouring down through the stone gate was heard.

“…How do we get out of this?’

Xenia asked in a worried voice. I chuckled.

“You haven’t found the treasure yet, are you worried about going out?”

“Ah… that’s right, but…”

“I don’t know how to get out, so don’t worry and just focus on the dungeon for now. And as I’ve said before, I’m going to make it clear again here. Treasures from the dungeon will be distributed evenly. However, the treasure from the 30th basement floor is mine. Do you all agree?”

“…Isn’t the lowest level treasure the best?”

“…”

“Ah Okay! I just did it. So don’t look at me like that!”

He stared at him slightly, and Chris’ dissatisfied expression was corrected.

It seems like that guy, I will have to beat him secretly like a mouse and set the ranks later. His actions are no different from middle school students who fight whenever they make eye contact.

‘… Just to get everyone in the ranks right?’

I used to do that when I worked with tough mercenaries back in the day.

I glanced at the party members.

A young-looking mother who cares about her son’s bangs and a son who hates such a mother.

The uncle who squints at the young-looking mother.

Well. I don’t really need to.

“…let’s go.”

Pulling out my torch, I went into the dark cave.

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The 1st to 5th floors of the dungeon are made up of caves. Goblins live here, and even goblins are not ordinary goblins.

A hobgoblin, a goblin shaman, a goblin knight, etc.

All kinds of mutant goblins roam around.

Among them, the goblin knight seems a bit inconsistent, but…

“Damn! Why are they better armed than me for a goblin theme?!”

These guys wore full plate armor like real knights.

Thanks to this, Chris had to go through the infamous experience of getting a soul match with a goblin.

When I saw it, a lot of things came to mind.

‘The goblin knight I saw in the game was level 15. Chris’ level was 16.’

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Goblin knights or anything else, they are just mobs in the game.

A miscellaneous mob that dies in 3~5 times in the case of a player’s or allies’ normal attack and 1-2 times in the case of a skill.

However, Chris was fighting such a mob in equal measure. Even though he is one level ahead.

‘After all, is an npc an npc…’

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Growth potential is limited.

You might think that Chris is simply a weakness, but that’s too optimistic about the situation.

You have to look at it objectively.

Now that it’s the top floor of the dungeon, weak monsters like goblins appear, but the quality changes as you go down.

Levels 15-20 monsters appear on floors 5-10.

Level 20-25 monsters are on the 10th to 15th floors.

Levels 25-30 are on the 15th to 20th floors.

In this way, the level of the monsters gradually rises, and when we reach the bottom floor, the monsters in their 40s appear.

On the other hand, the level of adventurers by my side right now is 23, 16, and 21.

In order to reach the 30th floor underground, you have to grow them eventually.

Of course, I have no intention of putting them in great danger.

Because I plan to catch dangerous monsters and bosses alone.

They only need to grow to the extent that they do not die easily on the lower floors.

‘…Is it possible?’

I honestly don’t know. Just try it. Even if you fail, you have two more chances.

Besides, even if we fail this time, there are many ways to keep those three mouths shut until I clear the dungeon.

“Huh? there and there. Isn’t that the place Cloud was talking about?”

Xenia pointed to the goblin camp with a leather fence and a large totem.

This is the boss zone on the 5th basement floor.

“It seems right. Xenia has good eyes.”

“I have always had confidence in my eyesight. According to Mr. Cloud, the strongest goblin will come out of that place… What should we do? Are we going to be ambushed while reconnaissance?”

“No. You don’t have to. You wait here.”

Leaving behind Xenia with her wide-eyed eyes, he ran towards the Goblin Camp.

Shush.

Arrows shot by goblin archers split the wind. The visual acuity of the body follows the agility ability. And his agility wasn’t so low that he couldn’t dodge the goblin’s arrows.

The pouring arrows didn’t even hit his skin.

He ignored the bewildered goblin archers and passed by. Then the seven goblins stood in his way. Hops, knights, shamans, etc. were mixed.

There was no problem.

He used skills he had learned in cities he had visited before.

[Strike]

It is a skill that pours out five attacks at random enemies.

As the sword drew a silver light, the heads of five goblins fell. The two goblins were startled and tried to pull themselves out, but to no avail.

Because they have no option to run away.

This is not a turn-based battle.

[Strike]

The heads of two goblins floated in the air.

Everything that stood in the way was cut down. Stepping on the blood-stained floor, he entered the tent in the center of the camp.

There, a goblin of a different size from the goblins he had seen until now was sitting on a chair that looked like a throne.

The size of an orc or more and less than an ogre.

This monster-like monster that is no longer called a goblin is the king of goblins.

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Goblin Lord.

“Are you finally here?”

It wasn’t ready to fight when I got into the tent. He leaned back on his chair and he just looked down at me.

“Late. It’s too late.”

The Goblin Lord murmured.

It was an unintelligible sound.

“What do you mean I am late?”

“I’m talking about the time you got here. It took too long.”

“It took a long time? We arrived here less than a day after entering the dungeon.”

“500 years.”

From Goblin Lord’s mouth, heavy years that couldn’t even be rubbed in one day came out.

“I waited 500 years. May someone like you arrive here.”

“…You waited a long time.”

Lord nodded.

“It was long. Enough time for the mighty warrior to weaken. His steel body became soft, and the spirit that contained his fervent passion was weakened.”

Weakened la…

That’s right.

The Goblin Lord is a boss mob that appears in the early and mid-part of ‘The Heroes’.

That means you’ll be around level 30.

There is no way such a monster could emerge as the first boss of the dungeon.

In order to achieve balance, of course, we have no choice but to add the weakened setting.

“Therefore? After waiting for a long time, is it time to enjoy the fight that we’ve been waiting for in a long time?”

Lord shook his head this time.

“It’s not that little human. I’m tired, so I’m telling you to stop.”

“…How come I hear you asking me to kill you?”

“That’s right. Come on, kill me.”

“I don’t understand. I know you want to die Just looking at it makes my mind wander. But you won’t even resist? Usually at times like this, don’t you fight with all your might because it’s the last fight in your life?”

“What is the meaning of fighting with a weakened body as it weakens?”

Lord said with a smirk.

“In the past, I was strong. I won a duel with the orc warchief and used his neck as a totem. I led my clan to war, and even the proud elves fell to their knees. Even now, when I close my eyes, those memories come back vividly.”

With his eyes closed, Goblin Lord made an ecstatic expression as if he was looking for an old memory. He soon opened his eyes again and he realized reality and smiled bitterly.

“If I fight with a body like this, those memories will only be tainted. So please don’t be, little human. Kill me. Free me from this cursed place.”

He brought the silver sword to Goblin Lord’s heart.

“You don’t talk or think like a goblin.”

“Because I am a clan head and transcend my clan.”

“Name?”

“Name? What are you going to do when you hear the name of a goblin that will soon die? Are you going to remember me?”

“Maybe? For a while?”

“Thank you so much for that. My name is Goobread. Little man, what is your name?”

“Cloud.”

“That’s a cool name. Warrior, Cloud, I hope that my name will be remembered. So, I, Goblin King Gubred, bless you on your way.”

“Yes, thank you, Goblin King Gubread. You’ve worked hard all this time, and now you can rest.”

The silver sword pierced Gubread’s heart. Although the pain must have been considerable, Goobred did not moan a single groan.

He left with a relaxed smile.

“…There is a real sense of disparity.”

In the game, when I saw Ping Tseng and Isabelle, he got a heart in his eyes and said, ‘Pretty female! mating! copulate!’ he’s the guy who shouted.

“Is it because there are no women?”

Would the reaction have been different if Xenia had been brought in?

With such doubts, he turned his back on Gubread’s body.

He did not absorb his soul into the glyph.

You say you spent 500 years in a place like this.

Let you rest

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Goblin King Gubred’s Blessing

-All growth stats +1