Possessed in a Game That Is Full of Mods chapter 76

Abyssal Dungeon – 1

“I’m going to Rune Dungeon today, do you want to go with me?”

The clatter of plates and spoons colliding stopped. Silence fell over the restaurant. Four pairs of eyes with different colors were directed at me.

Iris, Claudia, Lize, and Erica were all staring this way with dazed faces. Suddenly, the bread in Rize’s hand rolled down onto the table.

“… … Is it a rune dungeon? What are you talking about all of a sudden, Delta?”

The first person to come to his senses was Rize. She didn’t mind at all that the bread she had just dropped rolled around on Iris’ front plate.

“I went out for a bit this morning. I decided then.”

“That’s not what it meant.”

Ha, Rize sighed. Iris answered.

“delta. This is not an empire, but a holy kingdom. Basically, rune dungeons are—”

“Permission. Directly to the Heretic Questioner.”

“… … .”

He said he had received permission directly from the Heretic Questioner, so he seemed to have nothing more to say. In terms of power, the positions that are directly below the Pope are the Heretic Inquisitor and the Heretic Questioner.

“Looking at the expression, it seems that there was no thought from the beginning that we would not follow. right?”

“That is the correct answer, Commander of the Knights of Claudia. You are quick-witted.”

“Delta-san, is it your hobby to surprise us? You could have told me that beforehand.”

I responded with a smile. Seeing my smile, Erika shook her head with an expression that said, “Ohhh.”

It was decided only 30 minutes ago, so I didn’t have time to tell you in advance. I was in the middle of preparing a meal when I returned here after talking with Selene.

“Let me tell you in more detail.”

With a click, Iris put down the spoon. The rest of the knight commanders seemed to have lost their thoughts of continuing their meal.

It was as I expected.

“Are you finished with your preparations?”

Selene and the combat nuns under her command, who had arrived at the promised place, welcomed the knight commanders. All were fully armed.

Daggers were tied to the belt around her waist, and the rapier in her hand was very strong. Seongbok, which tightly tightens the body, was also much neater.

At first glance, the expression seemed as if it was as emotionless as usual, but on the other hand, it was clear that he was nervous.

But nobody blamed it. The Heretic Questioner also had a harder face than usual, and the Knight Commanders also had a very strong energy in each movement.

There was only one Delta acting normally here. Delta, as always, was fiddling with the weapon that was hanging from her waist with a relaxed look.

“You are still the same, Delta.”

Seeing that, Iris spoke with a wry smile. I can’t show you what kind of expression it is because of the helmet on my head anyway.

“me? why me?”

“Everyone here is frozen, but you alone have a normal face.”

“Well, that’s right. You guys also look stiffer than usual.”

“You were Delta who said that the dungeon we are going to subjugate from now on is a very dangerous place. If you say that with your own mouth, the danger must be greater than you can imagine. Aren’t you nervous?”

This was the dungeon where the Holy Kingdom sent punitive forces several times, but eventually failed to acquire runes, and dozens of poor paladins and battle nuns were sacrificed.

Due to its danger, it is a place where the Heretic Judge and the Heretic Questioner special orders close the area and even order paladins to protect it. To be honest, I didn’t realize much until I came here.

Because the face of the person who said it was very calm.

“uh… … Not really?”

Even now, nothing has changed. Delta’s words and actions were the same as they were this morning. Calm down. It was the word that could best describe the current Delta.

At some point, all eyes were focused on Iris and Delta.

“Why?”

“That’s where I asked to come. If the person who invited me to come is nervous, what will happen to you who followed me?”

Delta smiled slightly as he said that. As soon as I saw the smile that appeared on his face, I felt like my tension was slowly released. At least it was for Iris.

It was that smile. A smile that casually turns impossible things that everyone else thought nonsense into possible.

Iris made up her mind. Since the person himself was saying that, all he had to do was believe in Delta again. Didn’t you hear all the plans that man made this morning?

Even if the plan could be called madness.

“I get it.”

Iris gave a short answer and turned around. The pitch turned sideways. Selene, who had been overhearing the conversation between the two just before, slowly straightened her posture.

“Are you going inside now?”

“Yes. I will give the order to depart immediately.”

Selene gestured to the paladins standing in front of the white light. The Paladins took a short attention posture and took the tip of the spear to the light.

The part that touched the tip of the spear began to become disheveled. Soon after, the contact area gradually warped and thinned, leaving a gap large enough for one person to enter.

The knight commanders snooped over the space beyond. As if it hadn’t been sealed off the surrounding space for no reason, everything the eye could see was stained dark.

“The moon will watch over you.”

The divine catalyst emitted light. Dark silver holy power began to circulate around Selene herself, the battle nuns under her command, the knight commanders, and Delta’s body.

“Please be extra careful from now on. Near the dungeon-”

“Then should I go in first?”

“… … Yes?”

Before Selene could warn the knight commanders, Delta burst in and strode through the gap in the divine barrier.

“My dear guest! You mustn’t enter without permission.”

“It’s okay, there won’t be any trouble.”

Chin, Claudia put a hand on that shoulder. Contrary to Selene and the battle nuns under her command, who looked extremely flustered, the knight commanders took an attitude of knowing that.

The reason was, of course, that he had heard of Delta’s plan in advance. If he hadn’t, he would have been even more embarrassed than Selene.

Selene followed Delta, unable to erase her trembling feelings, followed by the knight commanders, and finally the combat nuns headed inside the shield.

“… … It’s terrible.”

Those were the first words Lize uttered after entering. And it was something everyone here could agree on.

The whole area was stained with black liquid.

Not all the grass and trees were completely dry and twisted, but they were covered with an unknown black liquid and had lost most of their original color, so they were in a state that was no different from being dried and twisted.

Even the sunlight that was beating down on me felt a bit gloomy. Rize, who felt bad for some reason, ran her hand over the armor.

“Did the distinguished guest say that your name is Iris?”

Selene approached Iris, who was frowning and looking around. I turned my head. Selene glanced at the back of Delta walking in front of her.

“Yes. What happened?”

“What is he doing right now, or do you have any idea?”

Delta was walking forward alone, muttering numbers. If someone who did not know the inside story saw it, they would have enough doubts.

Of course, Iris knew why Delta was doing that. It was a fact known not only to Iris but also to all the knight commanders.

A condition added along with a request that Delta, who boasted that he could conquer this rune dungeon by himself and that it would be over in less than 30 minutes at the longest, was absolutely necessary.

He said that he had to enter the dungeon first, and that he should never talk to or interfere with anything he did after entering the dungeon.

This was also the reason why Rize, who should normally have been clinging to Delta and talking to her, was quiet. He told me not to disturb him himself, but how dare he?

“I do not know. But they’ll all have their own thoughts, so it’s best not to disturb them.”

Iris shook her head, remembering the words that only we could know about. Selene quietly withdrew as if she had guessed something.

But Iris was also curious. Delta clearly said that timing is the most important thing.

I circulated mana throughout my body to raise my hearing, and I overheard the murmur.

“66… … 67… … 68… … .”

Delta was counting.

The numbers were going up one by one at regular intervals, so it must have been counting the time. Then, it was a repetition of the action of glancing around for a moment, nodding his head alone, and then moving forward.

Actually, Iris wasn’t the only one who was curious. Numerous gazes passed behind him.

“This is a place called Abyss Dungeon. There are runes down there.”

Because Delta’s actions drew so much attention, I watched it closely and arrived at the Rune Dungeon in no time. The black that covered all sides became much darker.

A large pit stretched out in front of them. True to its name, the abyss, it was a pit the depth of which could not even be guessed. I thought I would need hundreds of people to enclose the rim.

“… … Are you going to ride it down?”

“Yes. You got it right.”

Erica pointed to the bridge that ran between them. No, I doubted whether I could even call that a bridge in the first place.

The floor looked very slippery and there were no handrails, let alone handrails. I thought it would be more stable than that even if I made a wooden bridge by roughly weaving the planks together.

At least the surface isn’t smooth.

“Be careful. Those are pretty slippery. Never run, you must walk unconditionally.”

“I don’t think so.”

Erica hated it. Legs that are slightly slanted diagonally and point downwards. That was the only way down the dungeon.

At the end of the bridge, there was a cave-like gap wide enough for one person to fit in, and the bridges were intricately intertwined to fill the bottom of the pit.

“Wow, even if it twists just a little bit, it will slide right away, right?”

Claudia put her foot on the bridge and stepped back with her tongue sticking out. I only put it on for a while, but the soles were already slippery. Claudia rubbed the bottom of the sabaton on the ground.

“Now, you can go down here until you reach the lowest floor while defeating the monsters. I’m sure you know how to cross from bridge to bridge.”

“… … Even monsters have to be killed?”

At Rize’s question, Selene quietly pointed her finger down. About 30 meters below it, undead armed with spears and shields were wandering over the bridge.

Even a guy with a bow was seen nearby. Whether it was a spear or a bow, if it was hit incorrectly, it was certain that it would slip and fall endlessly to the floor.

“It’s not what you see. There are also monsters hiding in places where you can’t see them because they are covered by the bridge, and you have to go down to find out where they are.”

“Can’t you kill them with a ranged weapon?”

“I tried it a long time ago, but the moment I passed a certain distance, it disappeared as if evaporating somewhere. I’m thinking maybe it’s the power of the dungeon itself.”

Erica shut her mouth as if speechless. In the end, it meant that the only way left was to go down those slippery bridges one by one and face the monsters directly.

“… … It’s so boring. I’d bet it’s hard to believe who designed it.”

“I agree with you, Rize. That’s why it’s dangerous here, and… … .”

Iris’ words stopped. Those silver eyes were looking up at the bridge. To be precise, it was facing the back of Delta walking on the bridge.

Delta walked over the bridge casually, crossed well between them, jumped over three bridges in an instant, and landed on the fourth. Then he looked down from above.

It’s like he’s trying to jump down there.

‘Come to think of it… … .’

At this moment, all the knight commanders were thinking the same thing. The easiest and fastest way to clear Rune Dungeon, as Delta said.

Stage 1. Jump down.

“I don’t think that jumping down was real, not a metaphor—”

“I’ll be back!”

Before Claudia could finish her astonishment, Delta threw herself under the bridge.