The Old Man Is So Good at Acting Like a Loser chapter 12

＜ 4. Worst choice (1) ＞

In conclusion, the right side was the worst choice.

It was from the stairs that I felt something strange. The air, which had been lukewarm and humid, was obviously getting warmer as it descended. When it almost came down, the temperature had changed to an almost tropical climate.

The plain landscape, which only had bricks, was becoming much more heterogeneous. At first, only a few plants grew through the cracks in the tiles, but the deeper you went, the more green a mess unfolded.

Vines growing greedily through bricks, tree roots gripping the floor, branches and leaves hanging down like undry hair.

The terrain of the dungeon was turning into a jungle.

Andrea could guess what was tucked away on the fifth floor.

‘If it’s a normal monster, it’s a green snake.’

The Green Snake was the weakest of snake-type monsters. It was as thick as an adult woman’s wrist and about 1 meter long. Its behavior was quite agile, but it wasn’t a monster that threatened Andrea at this time.

In reality, snake venom is divided into two types. A neurotoxin that paralyzes the nerves and a hemorrhagic toxin that destroys body tissues and causes internal bleeding. The latter is by far the most lethal to the body.

The snake that appears in ‘Dungeon of Infinity’ proves this fact. When bitten by a weak snake-type monster, you get a paralyzed state, and when bitten by a strong snake-type monster, you get a bleeding state.

Bleeding eats up a lot of stamina, but paralysis was a condition that had no problems other than being unable to move for a while.

The paralysis status effect applied by the Green Snake was very short-lived. Of course, Andrea had low resistance, so she had to be careful, but she didn’t have to worry about fatal injuries.

The real problem was when it was an elite monster that appeared.

‘If it’s an elite monster in the jungle terrain…’

In an instant, images of countless characters dying passed through my mind.

Disappearing like a ghost among the bushes, and the stamina gauge declining at once. A terrible guy who made it impossible to use the vines as a character’s grave.

I had no choice but to pray. The current Andrea could not stand up to that elite monster.

The door to the room was entangled with vines, making it difficult to see where the doorknob was. It was as if the passages and rooms were not blocked by walls, but by giant plants.

‘jungle. A place where deadly venomous snakes hid among the lush greenery, where sticky moisture groped like tentacles. Challenger, don’t let your guard down for a moment. If you don’t do it, you could end your life with mere weed manure…’

Suddenly, an ominous narration was heard. I didn’t appreciate it at all because there were no buffs and I already knew all the information. Andrea tried to ignore the voice and pulled the doorknob.

It was lush enough on the outside, but even worse on the inside. Because of the overgrown tropical plants, it was not easy to look ahead, let alone step.

The good news is that artificial lighting is pouring down from somewhere. The light was so strong that it was almost an illusion that the sun’s rays came all the way here. After all, if there was no light, tropical plants would not have grown so much.

Andrea held her breath and concentrated on observing her surroundings. Looking at it, the bushes were shaking slightly. The shaking was weak, but it was clearly moving towards Andrea.

Turn 1 has started.

I made a draw from the deck. The cards that came out are Leap, Strike, and Strike. It seemed that it was not easy to use the jump because of the overgrown bushes. However, the blow was also meaningless.

After thinking about it for a while, Andrea finally put the card in her pocket instead of using it.

Instead, he took out the polar dawn, held it, and aimed it forward. With the momentum to wield it as soon as something pops out. Power went into the hand holding the handle. My heart beat wildly.

Finally, something approaching through the bushes revealed its true identity.

Green scales that glow in the light. It was a green snake.

At the same time as the tension disappeared, the strength in her legs gave out, and Andrea almost collapsed. To be relieved to see a monster was not even funny.

I didn’t even know that sweat was still running down my forehead. Andrea let out a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat with her left hand. His forehead was still damp despite the sweat he had wiped.

Andrea wiped her forehead with her hand again. No, it still wasn’t wet. As I wiped away the sweat with my left hand, my forehead became damp. It was strange.

I felt a cold sensation slide down my spine. A strong intuition that something absurd had happened but hadn’t noticed it until now.

The Green Snake didn’t look like it was going to run right away. Andrea put the Polar Dawn against the wall and looked at her left hand.

Palms stained bright red.

Except for the thumb and index finger, all other fingers were amputated.

It was an illusion to think that he was not vigilant. Her hair turned white, but her body moved instinctively.

Andrea grabbed the polar dawn again and threw herself to the right in an almost rolling motion. Then he quickly got up and turned around to point the knife at him. The tip of the knife was trembling.

The one he didn’t want to face the most was in front of him.

As if taking off a veil, the assassin slowly appeared. The protective color that completely assimilated with the surroundings was released, and a thick green skin appeared.

A crescent-shaped scythe held in both hands with a stooped posture. And the face of an unfamiliar reptilian that is instinctively rejected.

The monster rolled its protruding eyeballs and stuck out its long tongue. Three fingers were placed neatly on the long tongue.

Andrea repeated the name of the monster in a small way, as if moaning.

“Cameleos…”

An elite monster with a chameleon’s head rolled up its tongue and swallowed Andrea’s fingers.

It was a fatal mistake. Just because there were normal monsters, there was no law that there would be no elite monsters. From the moment I saw the green snake, I let go of the tension without realizing it.

Cameleus glanced at Andrea with only his eyes turned to the side, then licked the bloodstains on the scythe with his tongue. After that, as if nothing had happened, I tried to walk towards the bush calmly.

‘You have to chase it. Don’t give him a chance to become invisible again.’

Chameleons were not monsters that hid in shy protective colors like normal chameleons.

When Cameleos used invisibility, he couldn’t see even the vague outlines. It was a monster that was almost impossible to detect once it became invisible.

Carmeleos was already able to end Andrea’s life while he was already caught off guard. Cutting off only his fingers was a provocation.

A provocation that makes the prey struggle in vain to inflict maximum pain.

Andrea rushed forward and brandished her sword. It was a hurried move, but the distance to the target was too far. It was a sword wielded with only one hand, so the power it contained was too weak.

Cameleos lightly slashed Andrea’s clumsy knife with a scythe. Then, while Andrea stumbled, he pushed her chest hard with her tail. Andrea lost her balance and fell over the bush.

After rolling his yellow eyes once, Cameleos slowly disappeared into the bush using invisibility.

There was no time to be discouraged. A green snake crawled towards Andrea who was lying on the floor. The moment the shaking got close enough, Andrea swung her sword at the bush.

Hiss!

Fortunately, the knife hit the target this time. The top of the green snake, cut in half, fell to the floor.

Andrea put the knife on the floor and tried to get up. However, Andrea couldn’t even hold the knife properly and fell helplessly. A sharp pain came from his left hand belatedly.

“Quaaa!”

I couldn’t stand the screams. It was such a terrible pain that I wanted to remove my hand right away. Blood rushed to his face and the back of his head stiffened. The pain from the joints of his left hand spread throughout his body like deadly poison.

What made things worse was the bleeding. Cries of blood spurted out and dripped onto the dirt floor, leaving dirty marks. My head spun for a moment and I felt dizzy.

‘I need to stop the bleeding right now. If more blood is shed here, it’s really over.’

But there was no such thing as a tourniquet. I had to come up with another solution. Even in the midst of such agony, blood flowed helplessly.

At that time, the polar dawn came into Andrea’s eyes.

‘Oh my God. I really hate to do it. But… But… there is no way.’

Andrea held the polar dawn in her right hand.

Then, instead of the blade, he began to tap the section where the finger was cut off with the blade.

The pain felt like my brain would split. I couldn’t even scream.

Andrea endured the pain, grinding her molars with the momentum to break them. Strands of blood stood in his eyes. I didn’t know that the 15% chance would feel so brutal.

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No matter how many times I hit it, Frost Bite was finally activated. Red ice formed and the section where the finger was cut froze. The fire was immediately put out.

Even so, the situation was too hopeless. Even simply disappearing out of sight, invisibility is a very tricky pattern. However, the ordeal added a very bad effect to it.

[Trial Stage 22: A new pattern is added to the elite monsters.]

‘While Cameleos uses Invisibility, the turn does not flow.’

Laughter came out of nowhere. I wonder if it was made to deal with this, a scam-like pattern that I can’t understand.

There were no cards in Andrea’s deck to draw. The turn was still 1 turn.

As long as she didn’t encounter elite monsters on the lower floors, Andrea was confident that she would somehow get through the 25th level of the ordeal. I just realized that was arrogance

If only this doesn’t happen, if it doesn’t, it’ll be worth it. That is an assumption that a dungeon explorer should never make.

Because the thing that I don’t want to happen is what the dungeon wants to give me the most.

Andrea’s mistake was that she overlooked that basic common sense.

The odds of winning were slim.

‘still···.’

Andrea struggled to get up. I decided to think that the fingers on my left hand weren’t there in the first place. There is nothing left to blame for what has already happened.

The important thing is to choose the best option in the current situation.

I recalled the experiences of dealing with Cameleos with various characters. Destroying the hunter character’s quiver and destroying all the arrows, taking the holy relic of the Crusader character and throwing it away…

The pattern was tricky, but the monster’s habits were clear.

An assassin who mocks a character who is weak because he can’t get any other cards. A sadistic person who enjoys the process of taking away hope one by one, even though he can inflict fatal wounds in one shot.

Andrea closed her eyes. I emptied my mind and focused on all my senses except sight.

The moist air filling the lungs, the faint sound of brushing the bushes, the next place the guy who cut off the fingers on his left hand should aim for…

right hand fingers.

Andrea intuitively swung the knife to the right.

I could clearly feel the tactile sensation of something cutting along the blade.

shhh!

When I opened my eyes, the figure of Cameleus was revealed on my right. Only the act of rolling the protruding eyeball remained the same, but a long, oblique knife mark remained on his face.

“It won’t work out the way you want, you damn reptile.”

In other words, odds are slim, at least not 0%. Andrea resolutely put strength into the hand holding the sword.

＜ 4. Worst Choice (1) ＞ End