Get Runes – 2
The same evening Iris mentioned the word rune, we rode our horses to the ridge where the newly discovered dungeon was located. The party is Iris and I, Rize and Erika. It was four people.
Claudia stayed in the castle, saying that there must be one person to protect the city.
After riding horses for about an hour, we arrived at the entrance of a cave exposed between the collapsed hillsides.
Iris tied her horse to a nearby tree and used a scroll to block the monster from recognizing the inside. As she approached the entrance of the cave, she drew out her sword.
“Although the rune’s wavelength has been discovered, no internal exploration has been conducted. because that’s what we have to do Keep your guard down, for you never know what might be inside.”
Rize and Erika also pulled out their own weapons. Rize’s was a double dagger with blue jewels like the color of her eyes, and Erika’s was a Japanese sword with intricate patterns on the sword.
It’s not because of the mod, it’s the original NPC’s weapon.
‘It’s a Japanese company, so what?’
Although the actual background of Brunet 4 was Western, there were no users who would complain about Japanese swords appearing in games made in Japan by Japanese companies.
In the first place, throughout all the 1st to 4th episodes of the Bn series, the ‘Do’-type weapons weren’t very good, so they weren’t even controversial.
In the user-created tier table, at least one or two of them were somewhere in the middle of Tier 3, and most of them were stuck in Tier 5, a position that was no different from a junk level.
“I will enter first.”
Holding her longsword firmly in one hand, Iris stepped forward, thrusting in the torch she was holding in her other hand. Rize followed after him. Third was me, and last was Erica.
As if the distinction between public and private was clear enough, Rize shut her mouth like a lie as soon as she entered the room. It was to the point where I felt like a completely different person.
The size of the cave as a whole seemed to be bigger than I’ve seen in the game. Well, considering how big the boss here was in terms of setup, the size of the boss room would of course have to be huge as well.
‘I’m already hungry for back goals.’
The thought of arguing with him for a long time already made the back of my neck hurt. I let out a deep sigh and walked after Rize.
“… … .”
In the cave, only the rustling of the armor resonated. It was because all three of them, Iris, Lise, and Erika, were thoroughly armed with full silver plate armor.
Now I feel a bit like a knight. Under the armor, there was still no underwear, only white sleeveless and dolphin pants, but I decided not to mind that.
Of course, I was wearing leather pants and cloth clothes as usual. I tried on the armor once just in case, but I couldn’t help it because I couldn’t roll.
It doesn’t mean you have to roll much more uncomfortably, it just means you can’t roll with your head forward, like when the weight of your armor exceeds your character’s usable weight.
I also tried it several times to see if it made sense, but my body didn’t fall flat on the ground, it really just staggered for a moment.
I couldn’t even run. Claudia laughed when she saw me messing around and said she needed to improve her stamina, but I couldn’t help but laugh because I knew why.
so i just took it off.
‘I’d rather go around naked than give up rolling.’
It was clear which of the two had priority.
“Pause for a moment.”
Iris stopped walking. A wide pupil opened in front of him. I recognized where this place was at a glance. This was the passage leading to the boss of this dungeon.
“The space is too large. Rize, stick by my side. Newbies, stand next to Erika. They move in pairs.”
Rize stepped forward and stood next to Iris, and Erika settled down next to me. Elements were leaking little by little from the weapons in each hand, as if they were really sharp.
Compared to the three of them, who did not relax and cautiously stepped forward because they did not know what was going to happen, I only pretended to be cautious of my surroundings while walking.
The mobs that appeared here were nothing special. Besides, even if I didn’t step out, the knight commanders would beat them all.
One boss here is enough to erode my sanity.
“Erika, where is the Rune reaction detected?”
Hearing Iris’ question, Erica looked down at the necklace she was wearing around her neck. It was a necklace with a hum of green light.
“It’s a long way underground from our location. Under the premise that the road is not twisted and connected in a straight line, it will take a little over an hour to arrive at this speed.”
“An hour in a straight line? That means you have to wait at least 2 hours to arrive. Five hours would just pass by round trip, right?”
“And if a monster appears in the middle, the time will increase even more.”
The words came out, Iris wrapped her sword blade in wind, Rize made ice flowers bloom on her double dagger, and Erika covered her weapon with flames all happened almost at the same time.
Something with rugged black and gray scales was coming here from a far passageway. Seeing that something, Rize and Erika gasped and hated it.
It was a centipede almost the size of a man.
Dozens of pairs of legs wriggled grossly, all covered with scales. The antennae on his face trembled incessantly. The hard upper on his back was also covered with scales.
Not even one. Five more guys who looked the same were approaching from behind.
“Ugh, I never imagined that a monster like that would appear. What the hell is this?”
“… … It’s a bit creepy. No, not a little, but a lot.”
Rize and Erica trembled and created elements in their swords. Ice covered Rize’s body, and Erika’s sword lit up the surroundings with flames.
‘I shouldn’t take them with me when I get the magic book later.’
Later on, you’ll even find a dungeon full of insects the size of a human being, instead of those centipede-like monsters.
It was famous for directly impacting the player, not the character. If it was terrible, the production company would have put an NPC in front of it and even warned them to leave because it was full of bugs.
However, very darkly, there was a magic book that I needed to obtain. If it wasn’t for the magic book, I wouldn’t even look at it.
“I will deal with it quickly. Rookie, you should stay calm in the back.”
After saying that, Iris, as if it wasn’t gross, wrapped her sword in a whirlwind and charged at the centipede. Rize and Erika too! They let out a groan and rushed at each wrapped in ice and flame.
ㅡPerseok!
And with one shot, he blew off the centipede’s head.
The centipede, whose head exploded, twisted its body around and wriggled its joints, then closed its legs and died. So did the other guys. The mere touch of a weapon blew his body apart and tore it apart.
“what?”
When it was arranged so easily compared to the hideous visual, a puzzled sound leaked from Rize’s mouth. He didn’t think he would die in one hit.
The cause was a fundamental difference in specifications. While this is a dungeon that opens at level 20, the captains of the Silver Dawn Knights are the bosses of the mid-to-late half.
Of course, it was possible to crush the trash mobs here with specs.
“You’re not surprised this time, newcomer.”
Iris, who had neatly cut the centipedes to pieces with a few strokes, turned her head towards me. I couldn’t see his expression because of the helmet, but I could guess what kind of face it was.
“Did you have any guesses about this dungeon?”
It was a voice full of hope. I replied without changing a single expression.
“I don’t know anything.”
“really?! no, wait. But why didn’t you tell me until now?!”
“I need your help later. Right now, being alone is enough.”
I looked around and found a large crack in the wall. I went in front of it and walked towards the center of the pupil until the stalactite was right next to it. From there, I took three steps to the right.
The three noticed that I didn’t know what the hell I was doing.
“Oh, you guys shouldn’t be there either. You should go and stand there.”
“… … ?”
They looked very bewildered, but as I said, the three of them retreated to the passageway where the centipede monster had just come out. He seemed to think that there was nothing to lose by listening to me.
After confirming that the knight commanders had retreated to the safe zone, I stabbed my stomach with a bloody sword. No one was surprised because Rize had already boasted about the bloody sword’s special ability.
In that state, the blood was sucked up to the limit and then the sword was pulled out. The hideous color of blood lingered on the blade.
“Newcomer, why are you suddenly using that? And why did you ask us to stand here?”
“Can’t you all be swept along too?”
“We shouldn’t be swept away together. Newcomer, what is that-”
ㅡKoo-goo-gu-gung!
Before Iris could finish her words, the floor of her pupils started collapsing with a roar. The floor on the aisle side where Iris, Erica, and Rize were located first sank left and right as if tearing.
The three of them were startled and tried to save me, but it had already been a long time since a gap had formed between us who looked several times the height of a person. Even if he was the leader of the knights, he couldn’t jump over that area without a help.
Besides, even at this moment, the rift between us was widening its size. The rate at which the floor collapsed gradually increased. The rift gradually came to me.
Iris exclaimed urgently.
“newcomer! Hopefully again… … !”
“It’s okay, it’s okay. because i won’t die Do you believe me?”
“It is not a matter of believing or sleeping! If there is something like this, tell me in advance-”
Before I could finish those words, the rest of my body that was barely holding on collapsed and my body began to fall. The silver armor of Rize, Iris, and Erika moved away in an instant.
“You just have to go all the way down the road! I’ll be waiting for you below!”
As I fell, I shouted as hard as I could. I’m not sure if I could hear the sound of the floor collapsing because it was so loud.
‘When I go back, I’ll hear why I didn’t tell you in advance.’
It was unavoidable.
This boss had to be caught by thoroughly performing the gimmick, so if there were several people, there was a high possibility that aggro would bounce around and take more time. If you’re not lucky, an accident may happen in the middle.
It was reluctant to take such a risk. Enlisting the help of the knight commanders is sufficient even if it is limited to the 4th phase after clearing all the gimmicks.
‘I have to prepare soon.’
I felt like I had been falling down for more than 10 seconds, finally confirming that I could see a puddle under my feet, and calmly prepared for a falling attack.