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＜ 20. In the name of my father (2) ＞
Andrea checked her status card after a long time .
[ Name: Andrea ]
[ Class: Shadow Apostle ]
[ Level : 95]
[ Max Mana : 4]
[ Strength : 245 + 101]
[ Magic Power : 221]
[ Resistance : 204 – 5]
[ Luck : 201]
[ Quirky: None ]
Arpan’s main body gave another spoil different from when he hunted the alter ego. A round soul shard that glows green. Andrea arbitrarily named the artifact ‘Arpan’s Essence’ .
‘ Arpan’s Essence’ was absorbed by Andrea as soon as it was acquired, and it showed amazing efficacy. Maximum mana increased by 1, and all stats rose by over 100 .
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Now, even if Andrea couldn’t do it, he had the ability to take a picture on the 150th floor. Now, it has become a specification that can be chewed up and pressed with a dill. I had to suffer from muscle pain for a while, whether it was a side effect of gaining too much power at once .
‘[ Legend] Arpan’s Iron Cage (Equipment Card): The iron cage used by Arpan, who guides the Infinite Dungeon. There is a powerful force that is hard to guess the source. (All stats + 50, magic power + 100, maximum mana + 2, 10% chance to summon the giant’s hand when using a card )’
Equipped with the legendary equipment, Arpan’s Iron Cage, Emilia’s specifications also increased dramatically. There’s not much special effect to see, but ‘Arpan’s Iron Cage’ was one of the best fraudulent equipment in the game thanks to its maximum mana of 2 and total stats of 300 .
In addition, Arpan’s Horn, which can be sold for a large amount of gold. The profits earned from defeating Arpan were incomparable to any battles so far .
But it was also a loss .
“…”
“…”
A heavy silence hung over the group. It was a silence that was different from before.
Even the Mimic, who had never kept her mouth shut, only watched to see if she sensed a disturbing atmosphere, but didn’t say anything .
In the end, Emilia, thinking that she couldn’t let this atmosphere continue, opened her mouth with difficulty .
“ Andrea… Is there really no way to turn a one-time card into something that can be used permanently …?”
Even if it wasn’t so, Andrea had already been alone in her thoughts for a long time after the battle. I was going through my memories of playing the game in the outside world, rummaging through all the tricks, bugs, and information about all the artifacts and items .
It wasn’t that there was no way to delay Marco’s disappearance. Acquiring an artifact that duplicates the card or going through an event can at least increase the chances of summoning Marco several times. However, it was only a stopgap, not a complete solution to the problem .
In over
5000 hours of playtime, I’ve never had a one-time card turned into a permanent one. That was impossible with any relics or tricks .
‘… Even if I borrow Calisis-sama’s power, it will be difficult .’
Although Arpan has been annihilated, the dungeon is still the domain of administrators. It would have been difficult for Khalysis, who had to meet difficult conditions just to descend once, to touch this issue directly .
In the end, in order to solve this problem, I had no choice but to rely on uncertain possibilities .
After Jung-hyeon entered the dungeon, this world sometimes showed a different look from the knowledge he knew. If so, perhaps an artifact was added or an event was created that allowed one-time cards to be used permanently .
It’s an infinitely low probability, but I had no choice but to have that hope .
Andrea turned her heavy, downcast gaze to look at Emilia .
“ First of all, I don’t know anything about it… but I don’t know everything about dungeons either. There may be events or artifacts that I don’t know about. Right now… I have no choice but to pin my hopes on it .”
“… what if there is no such thing ?”
As I turned my head to where the voices had come from, I met Trisha’s eyes. She couldn’t control her confused emotions and her lips were trembling .
Andrea took a deep breath in and out, then opened her mouth in a slightly trembling voice .
“ Then… you shouldn’t use the card that summons Marco until you reach the end of the dungeon .”
Considering that a curse card with no effect went into the deck, it wasn’t such a big penalty. Right now, ‘Curse of the Necronomicon’ was such a card .
However, Trisha asked again in an aggressive tone, as if the answer was not satisfactory .
“ What would you do if you had to summon Marco? What if you met a tough opponent and you were overpowered, and it became a situation where only me or Emilia couldn’t overcome it ?”
“ Miss Trisha !”
Emilia dissuaded Tricia. Trisha’s words were a pretty extreme assumption. In Emilia’s opinion, it felt nothing but words to blame Andrea .
Andrea thought differently. Trisha had a point. Because dungeons are always places where extreme things often happen .
“ The best thing to do is to prevent that from happening, but in case that doesn’t happen, I’ll have to put in place other measures. And . . .”
Andrea bowed her head towards Tricia .
“ I’m sorry, Trisha. If I was going to fight Arpan, I should have considered the aftermath, but I was hasty .”
“…”
Marco is a valuable companion to everyone, but nothing compares to his relationship with Trisha. The person I missed for over ten years. She had so many things she wanted to say and hear from Marco .
I had suppressed all those urges thinking of Marco… but from now on I can only see him once. It wasn’t unreasonable that the emotions flared up .
However, Trisha realized too belatedly after hearing Andrea’s apology. That he was blaming the object of his love .
The culprit behind all of this was the manager and Arpan who created the damn dungeon. Not Andrea, who did her best to fight them off .
Tricia also bowed her head toward Andrea .
“… no. I’m so sorry, Andrea. It’s not your fault. You… are always doing your best to protect the people around you .”
“…”
“… Previously, Arfan said that everything you wished for is dormant in this dungeon. If you kill the administrator and see the end of this dungeon… is it possible to take Marco out of the card and join us ?”
It was something you never knew until you experienced it. It might just be a fake word that Arpan has concocted to seduce the challengers .
However, Andrea responded to Tricia’s words with the most confident tone .
” I’m sure it will, I’m sure .”
Contrary to the tone, the words were close to the wind .
*
A three-pronged road appeared. Emilia took out a map to see where each path led .
“ Huh ?”
Emilia tilted her head. Emilia stared at the map as if something was strange. Then, he urgently called Andrea .
“ Ah, Andrea, this shouldn’t be a fork in the road… but a fork in the road has appeared. What happened ?”
Andrea was handed a map. As Emilia had said, there was only one way to the 81st floor. It’s normal to go all the way to the 83rd floor on that same road …
‘ Could this be… that event ?’
Just as Andrea was about to explain, a narration was heard over the wall .
‘ Twisted road. A dungeon is a fickle space, so sometimes the paths going at will get mixed up. But don’t worry, challenger. Because the roads won’t be mixed up to the farthest floor that you can’t handle …’
It was an unfriendly explanation that could be understood roughly, but there was a sense of evasiveness about the details. Trisha and Emilia couldn’t understand exactly what had happened. Andrea added an extra explanation for them .
“ To put it simply, the path from the 81st floor to the 89th floor appears randomly. Looking at the map, there are only three roads that go from the 86th floor to the 87th floor, so this is probably where we are now .”
Even after hearing Andrea’s explanation, Trisha still couldn’t shake off her puzzled look .
“ Huh? But when you enter the fork in the road, the roads diverge, right? If we go to one place from here now, how will the road lead ?”
“… Since the roads appear completely randomly, which fork in the road becomes meaningless. Still, the fact that you have to go through nine floors to reach the 90th floor is still the same .”
Trisha, who finally understood what he meant, let out a short moan. Even if you think about it roughly, it was not a very good event because you were deprived of the choice of where to go .
“ Dungeon, damn it .”
” Why do you say all the right things …”
A mimic who suddenly puts in a choo-im-sae after standing still. Trisha let out a big laugh .
Even Andrea was not happy with this event. If you reach the 85th floor quickly, you will be able to head to the hidden room on the 80th floor, but in the worst case, you might reach the 85th floor right before you enter the 90th floor .
‘… but well, it’s not an event that has a fatal adverse effect’
It was much better than having to skip the 85th floor altogether because of the ‘ portal’ event. Andrea, holding a map and thinking about it, decided to take a course in the middle .
“ One is an event room and the other two are elite monsters, so it would be better to kill the elite monsters than to watch a serious event and then get into a twisted situation .”
After hearing Andrea’s explanation, Trisha and Emilia nodded in agreement. The party moved their feet following Andrea who went ahead .
The 86th floor reached in this way was a scorching mess full of red flames .
It was a basin surrounded on all sides by mountains of rock, and from time to time fierce flames erupted from cracks in the stones. Looking at the haze shimmering over the heat, it was enough to make my mind dizzy for a moment .
Wiping the sweat welling up, Trisha complained .
“ Damn it, it reminds me of where the hell hounds used to be. I thought there would be no place that hot anymore.”
At least there was lava at the bottom of the cliff, but it was even more difficult to hold on here because the flames were gushing right next to it. Mimic also stuck out his tongue for a long time and panted like a dog, probably because of the heat .
Looking ahead, I saw a towering stone pillar. A golden armor floating above it with a brilliant light .
I felt a sense of deja vu. When Trisha saw it, she was able to guess what kind of elite monsters would appear here .
“ Andrea, I can’t believe that these are elite monsters …”
” Yeah, that’s what you’re thinking right now .”
Andrea knew what was going to happen before she saw the armor, but .
The ground beneath the stone pillar cracked open, and a pillar of fire soared with explosive momentum. The flames that covered the armor in an instant did not dissipate and disappear, but instead began to burn more aggressively. Shining flames mixed with the reflected light of the armor .
At last, the living flame covered in armor took its full form .
“ Kurrr ….”
It was a fire spirit, an elite monster that boasted the strongest fighting power and the worst difficulty among the spirits .
At the same time as the fire spirit descended under the stone pillar, red burning marbles appeared all over the rocky mountain. There are dozens of marbles that are incomparably more numerous than in the time of the spirit of thunder .
Tricia’s expression became stunned. She remembered the strategy of destroying it and causing damage when fighting the spirit of thunder in the past .
“ Andrea, are you sure you have to destroy all of that ?”
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Normally it was. Even characters without long-distance attacks had to break the marbles while avoiding the flames rising from the rocky mountain and the spirit’s attack at the same time. A vicious strategy of difficulty suitable for the strongest spirits .
But Andrea shook her head excitedly .
“ No, you don’t have to. Emilia and I are waiting for you here, Trisha .”
After saying that, Andrea calmly walked towards the fire spirit. Emilia offered to give her a resistance buff just in case, but Andrea declined even that .
He soon had a fire elemental in his sights. The fire spirit exhaled gray smoke from its mouth and glared at Andrea .
“ Kurrr ….”
Seeing it up close, it was clear that he was intimidated. It was twice as big as the Thunder Spirit, with strong flames and sturdy armor. Appearance enough to scare away challengers who haven’t farmed properly .
However, Andrea still had an infinitely carefree face .
Andrea roughly drew a card. It didn’t matter much if it didn’t come out, but the shadow imprint came out. Still, it’s a little bit like not using the one that came out already, so I used the shadow imprint. Andrea clenched her fists and slid back her arms burning with black flames .
When fighting a monster in a dungeon, the most important thing is to figure out how to attack that monster. Furthermore, if you had ascended to level 25, the strength of monsters would change qualitatively, so the importance of attacking could not be emphasized enough .
But there are no absolutes in this world. Occasionally, challengers with very high specs compared to normal levels could choose another option instead of attacking. that’s right …
Pressing down with an overwhelming deal .
Andrea quickly thrust out her fist, which had been bent back .
Kwa-ang !!!!
Kwakwagwang !
“ Kkeok, kwareuk !!!”
A fire spirit who fell for a long time and ended up crashing into a rocky mountain .
The armor was shattered in half at once, and half of the elemental body that should have been immune to physical damage was blown away. The fire spirit vomited acrid smoke without even understanding what had happened to it .
‘[ Legend] Grip of the Fall (Equipment Card): The gauntlet used by the first apostle of the Shadow God to tear and slay the demon of light. It contains countless overlapping blessings of the Shadow God. (Muscle strength increases by the amount of magic power, the effect of the shadow divine card is greatly enhanced, special effects occur when using the shadow imprint )’
Andrea’s strength, which was the sum of her magical powers due to the
‘ Narrak’s Grip’, is now well over 500. At that point, ignoring physical damage immunity wasn’t that difficult .
Andrea smiled and slowly approached the fire spirit to feed the last hit .
＜ 20. In the name of the father (2) ＞ end