82 – Return (Modify)
One year passed, two years passed, three years passed. Choi Ji-seong, Han Cheol-woo, Yoo Seong-won, Go Soo-young, Uyuna, Ha Yeon-si, and Mo Ye-ji gathered together again.
It was school opening day three years ago, but now it’s graduation day. Still no news from Ymir.
“… Would be dead.”
Choi Ji-seong said sobbing. He still felt very guilty.
“Um….”
Han Cheol-woo did not dare to refute his words. If it was 3 years in the real world, it would have exceeded 50 or 60 years in terms of the time inside the dungeon.
There will not be enough food, so death is the only answer. If Ymir were still in the dungeon, he would surely be dead. Han Cheol-woo did not know of Ymir’s photosynthesis skill.
“You should be alive….”
Go Soo-yeong thought there was a chance that Ymir might be alive, but it wasn’t great. It is a place where there are no trials, but ironically, it is a place where it is more difficult to overcome than any trials. As she remembered the events of that time, her shoulders twitched for no reason.
The bread at that time was really good….
After she came out of the dungeon, she bought bread and tried it several times, but at that time, she couldn’t taste it. That’s why the desperate situations at the time are still memorable.
“It will be alive.”
Mo Yeji didn’t think Ymir was dead. She has observed and watched Ymir a lot. Ymir is not a person who will die in such a place.
“But it’s already been over three years…. She entered during the first year vacation, and now it is the fourth year graduation ceremony.”
Yoo Seong-won judged objectively based on himself. If she is herself, she can’t survive 50 or 60 years in a place like that. Even if she survives, she will die of old age. He didn’t know the specifics of that dungeon. Aging of the body does not occur in potential dungeons.
“Maybe… Did he go to sleep because of those incidents?”
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Cheolwoo Han couldn’t understand why Ymir was the only one left in the dungeon. So he was thinking the other way sometimes. The information about Ymir spread by Kang Yoo-han was naturally buried. This is because the ripple effect was weakened because the person involved in the incident was missing.
“That can’t be. We didn’t know about the incident until the opening day, too.”
Ha Yeon-si said.
“That’s true, but… It’s strange.”
“Stop talking gloomy. It’s not like this, why don’t you visit it once?”
“To that dungeon?”
“Yes.”
The entrance to the dungeon has disappeared, but the island where the dungeon was located still exists.
“That sounds like a good idea. Let’s all go.”
All the children nodded at Choi Ji-seong’s words.
* * *
Yu Daye continued to observe the dungeon. Ymir was left alone in the dungeon. He didn’t respond. Like a tree, like a rock, he sat still, basking in the sunlight. He seems to be saving energy.
“It’s already been four years.”
A year has passed since the children left the island. In the meantime, Yudaye continued to observe Ymir periodically.
At first, I talked, acted, moved, or attempted something alone, but these days I just close my eyes and meditate.
Perhaps he learned a different way of training.
Maybe it’s just killing time.
Yu Daye hoped that he would come out as soon as possible.
* * *
Decades have passed since Choi Ji-sung finally disappeared. Perhaps over a hundred years have passed. Time is relative, so the speed you feel is different depending on the senses you experience. Judging by the experience, it seems that hundreds of years have passed.
Perhaps because of the uniqueness of the dungeon, he did not age or grow old. But in the meantime, I thought a lot and had a lot of delusions.
I spent my time practicing or meditating. I did everything I could. No matter how diligently I moved, my talents became level 1, and photosynthesis skills and other skills learned with essence all became level 1 or A.
Concerning the condition of limiting my potential, I decided that if I developed all my talents, I would be able to leave the dungeon.
And everything grew to its peak. However, the dungeon is still silent.
Perhaps, maybe, something like an error.
The world I know is the world in the novel. There may be errors in the settings. I get goosebumps when I suddenly think of that.
Do I have to die without being able to get out of here for the rest of my life?
If you measure your fighting power now, it will exceed 100,000. Maybe over 200,000. No, maybe 300,000 or 400,000 or 500,000 or 1 million.
After growing all talents, attributes, and skills, there was no response, so I also used the enhancement ability in the reward shop. I reinforced this and that and everything.
There were times when enhancement failed, but in general, all essential abilities were successfully enhanced.
I outperformed normal hunters.
But ironically, despite being that strong, I still can’t get out of this dungeon.
“When the hell can I go out?”
If the enhancement fails, the ability itself disappears. So I left Ganghwa and turned my attention to the other side. While I was here, I gained a lot of points through growth achievements. With those points, I purchased attributes and abilities from the shop and grew those abilities again through training.
While doing so, one day, something unexpected happened.
[The contribution system is open.]
The contribution system is a system that opens after an event that can make a great contribution to the world occurs. Upgraded version of the contribution system. To be precise, this is the point at which the existence of ‘darkness’ in the outer zone began its activities.
And this means that three years have passed in reality.
Crazy, 3 years….
According to the time here, it would be 60 years, maybe 7 or 80 years. It makes sense that I was stuck here alone for a long time.
I don’t understand….
But as if I didn’t need my understanding, time flew by. I longed for my potential to reach its limit in the dungeon.
And after a lot more time, I finally felt fulfilled.
* * *
As soon as Yu Daye got up, he washed his face and got ready to go out. To do what she did periodically for five years, she left the house.
I used to visit the dungeon almost every morning until my 4th year, but lately I’ve been visiting it once a week.
It is boring to observe a subject sitting still like a living Buddha. Therefore, the fact that her patience lasted for four years was in itself a great thing.
If she hadn’t been a regressor of all rounds, she wouldn’t have observed Ymir so diligently.
‘Five years in real time… If you convert it to dungeon time, it’s about 100 years.’
Yudaye thought as he flew to the island. It is enough time for a person with willpower as wide as the sea to dry up like a desert. It is a great thing to just endure without committing suicide for such a long time. Yu Daye predicted Ymir’s fighting ability to last 100 years in the Potential Dungeon.
‘He must be stronger than me.’
You must be stronger than yourself. That’s how you win.
After arriving on the island, she observed the inside of the dungeon as usual. But Ymir is nowhere to be seen.
“Ugh! No way!”
In that moment, she realized.
It’s finally here!
But another problem arose.
“Uh uh….”
It’s true that he came out of the dungeon, but where did he go?
Yudaye realized. Now, even with her abilities, it is impossible to determine Ymir’s location. That’s how strong it is.
* * *
I came out of the dungeon. The entrance to the dungeon was nowhere to be seen. In the midst of that sudden change, I saw the sky and shed tears of joy. I didn’t want to cry, but the tears came out on their own. I suddenly remembered the movie Papillon.
What happened to the academy….
A long time ago, memories of the academy filled up in my memory. Surprisingly, the memory was vivid. It seems that the memories he experienced right before entering the dungeon were the ones he experienced at the academy. I remembered all the children’s names.
I wiped my tears and flew. The ability to fly is one of the abilities developed in the dungeon. It crossed the sea and arrived inland. I smiled at the people passing by, but people’s eyes were cold. I realized later that my clothes were very worn out.
You look like a beggar.
The last clothes I bought were from a point shop many years ago. Even these clothes are old and worn out, so they look like beggars.
Without money, I bought new clothes at the point store and changed in the restroom at a nearby park. Tears welled up in my eyes as I grabbed the man passing by and spoke to him. I asked him with red eyes and got an unexpected answer.
“What day is it today? Wednesday.”
I asked what year it was, and out of the blue he said the day.
“What year? Why?”
The man shrugged his shoulders and replied, and I couldn’t help but be surprised by his answer.
“Five years have passed….”
I was wondering when I saw that the contribution system was opened, but it seems that three to two years have passed.
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