Get Runes – 5
“… … What does this look like, Erica?”
“It’s fine. A centipede-shaped rock… … Are you?”
Step by step, Iris and Erica approached the centipede-shaped rock. The part that was crushed by the pillar was completely smashed, and the condition of the other part was not particularly normal.
Rize had been examining the edge of the rock a long time ago. Then, when the spot he was examining collapsed without even being touched, he flinched in surprise.
“Or it must be a rock-shaped monster. Do you think these oddly shaped rocks could form naturally?”
“Impossible. Even if it is carved with stone, it would be impossible to carve the surface with such precision. If there were a sculptor who could perfectly carve out a huge piece of rock like this, he wouldn’t have the time to come here because he’s being called among nobles.”
“I am of the same opinion.”
Iris took off her helmet. Silver hair fell down the back of her back.
“Then, the meaning of this rock must have been fixed.”
“no way… … .”
“okay. every rumor The corpse of a rock-like monster. No, to be precise, it should be a part of a corpse. There are traces of being cut off after being crushed by a pillar.”
“The part that remains here is terrifyingly large, but it must have been bigger than this originally.”
“okay. It will be at least a dozen times I guess it’s about the same height as the castle we live in.”
“Could this be the cause of the vibration?”
Silver eyes skimmed the pillars of the centipede-shaped rocks.
The bottom part was smashed and it looked like it was tipped forward. The cross section is still very sharp, and it hasn’t been long since it was broken, judging by the fact that there are stone fragments here and there.
It seems that the impact was continuously applied to one place and it could not withstand it and was smashed, but there was no sign of being hit by a weapon.
“I can’t be sure, but it probably is. I don’t know why, but it looks like this guy kept crashing into the pillar. Because of that, the pillar broke and it became like this. The vibrations we felt must have been caused by the centipede crashing into the pillar.”
“The traces left on the wall must have been like that. Now, it feels like the front and rear fit together little by little.”
Erica recalled the wide pupils she had passed about ten minutes ago. It was a place where all the bedrock on the floor had been overturned, and the walls had cracks in places or even collapsed.
At the time, I didn’t know why there were such traces of destruction in the basement, but if this centipede was a landscape created by crashing into walls and pillars, it could all be explained.
“I saw it right. It can be explained by the fact that this centipede was the cause of all the abnormal phenomena we felt.”
Iris stroked the surface of the rock. Because of the gauntlet worn on the hand, the tactile sensation was not conveyed, but the sound of the metal colliding with it and the hardness of the surface were indisputable pieces of stone.
If it had been a little less sophisticated, if it hadn’t looked like a centipede to the looks of it, Iris would surely have been regarded as just a rock.
“Where did the rest go? Maybe dead?”
The centipede’s body was severed where it was crushed by a large rock pillar. Iris lightly leaped and jumped over the pillar. Erica followed right behind.
On the other side of the pillar was the cross-section of a centipede that had been horribly torn apart. It was as if something had been used to forcibly tear the joint apart.
“I don’t think he died. Look here. The nodes are unnaturally cut off. It must have been crushed after being crushed by a pillar of rock. Either this guy severed himself to escape, or the impact was so great that he was cut off. The front part probably escaped intact.”
“Not very good news.”
“The question is whether our attack will work. If it’s a normal rock, you can break it with just a little more force, but if it’s a monster, it’s sure to be several times harder than an ordinary rock.”
Erica stared blankly at the cross section of the centipede-shaped rock that had been roughly torn away. The question of who the hell could have done this ran through my mind for a moment.
It was literally for a while. It was obvious who would have done this.
“Well, I can roughly guess who did this.”
“Yes, this is—”
“This is what our good newcomer did. Isn’t it obvious?”
Rize jumped over the pillar in place and stood on top of it. Then he came down to the other side where Erica and Iris were.
“… … Yes.”
Iris nodded lightly in affirmation. That was what he was trying to say. Who would have done such a thing here if it wasn’t for that daring newcomer?
A dungeon is not a place you can come to like taking a walk.
“He said he would be waiting for me downstairs, so I thought he would stay calm, but it seems that he has already made a big deal. You don’t even know what other people are thinking.”
“If it’s nagging, please do it to your heart’s content after joining the rookie, sister. because it won’t dry Iris, we had better hurry.”
“I get it. Let’s move as quickly as possible.”
A helmet was placed over his head, covering his silver eyes and silver hair. Rize had already been walking forward. Iris and Erica followed suit.
The distant thumping sound began to be heard again.
ㅡ Kwajik!
Pointy stalactites fell on top of the head of the rocky centipede that went crazy after crashing its head into the wall.
The stalactite that hit the head of the rock centipede was shattered, and the person who smashed the stone with his head also twisted the joints of the exoskeleton as hard as he could, expressing pain with his whole body.
That was the gimmick of Phase 3. It’s the same as in phase 1 until you hit your head against the wall, but you had to come to the location of the stalactite on the ceiling, not just hit it anywhere.
That way it will fall on top of the rock centipede’s head, just like before. If you do that 20 times, you clear it.
For reference, this was just the 19th. Now, if you do it one more time, the 3rd phase is over, and you move on to the 4th phase, which can be called a real boss battle.
The rock centipede, which had been glowing on its own for a long time, sprang up. Then, gnawing at the ground with its mandibles, it burrowed into the rocks and disappeared.
Because he gnawed off the tip of his body that had been covered by a pillar, he disappeared faster than in phase 2. Several of the legs that were barely hanging on to the body could not overcome the shock and fell.
Even after they were separated from the body, they wriggled on their own for a long time.
‘It’s time for the knight commanders to arrive soon.’
I thought for a moment about where the three I left up there might be by now. I’m not sure because this never happened in the game, but I thought I might have reached somewhere underground.
It was, of course, a wild guess. Since I’m not a computer, and the dungeon itself was much bigger than in the game, it was impossible to calculate it accurately.
It wasn’t until about a minute after I sat down and waited that the rock centipede jumped out. Even at a glance, there was a large crack in the face.
20 times into the wall, 20 times into the pillar, 19 times into the wall, and 19 times from stalactites, so of course, the head must be smashed.
I just calmly waited without taking any action. I evaded a thrown rock by rolling, and avoided an attack that randomly rubbed my body in all directions by running away.
The guy prepared a charge pattern, crackling his lower jaw as if the medicine was right up. As soon as I saw it, I finally felt overwhelmed. I finally said goodbye to this filthy bastard.
I won’t break phase 4 anyway. If I leave it to the three knight commanders, they will take care of it, so why should I move?
‘It’s a bit of a waste of clear experience.’
You just have to earn experience anyway. The experience gained by catching the gimmick boss in the early stages can be enough to cover the amount of time spent wandering around for a few days.
Besides, the captains of the knights are absolutely not capable of being killed by a rock centipede.
I settled down in front of the wall where the last stalactite had risen beforehand. The rock centipede approached, slowly gaining speed. I stood still in front of the wall and did the same thing I had been doing.
ㅡCooong!
And the same thing I’ve seen so far happened. The rock centipede rammed its head into the wall, went mad on its own, and stalactites fell on top of it.
Kwajik! The stalactite that slammed into the head of the rock centipede with a clatter sounded, and this time, it almost split his head in half. Fragments of the smashed head flew in all directions.
The rocky centipede, whose head had been blown off, struggled so much that it was incomparable to what it had been before. I had retreated over the wall beforehand. It’s because you don’t want to get hit by shrapnel unluckily.
‘It’s just over.’
In that state, he continued to stretch. It was a boss fight that was tiring in many ways. I really didn’t want to do it twice.
It didn’t even think of digging into the rock and struggled through the nearest crack before disappearing. The gap that seemed too big for even my body to enter has widened more than three times.
If you follow that, the 4th phase will start where the rune is, but there was no need to follow it now. I just need to wait here for Iris, Rize, and Erica and go together.
I sat down where I had the best view of the road and started waiting for the three of them.
‘What should I say?’
Thinking in my head how to say something to convince me of what I had done.