＜ 22. Developer Meeting (1) ＞
More than half a day had passed before Emilia opened her eyes. At least, only consciousness returned, but he was still wondering whether this was a dream or reality.
“Emilia, Emilia, wake up!”
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Andrea clapped hard once in front of her eyes. Emilia trembled in surprise.
“What, what? huh? What happened…”
The moment she was about to ask what had happened, strange memories flooded into Emilia’s head. Full of strength and reversed personalities, shedding madness and mockingly slaying demons, throwing a mountain-like rock with both hands…
I definitely remember it, but I couldn’t believe it was something I had done. It felt as if someone had forcibly inserted a memory that never existed.
Suddenly, I looked up and saw a jaw-dropping sight. Quite a few craters are grandiose craters that can be said to be far away. she was in the middle of it.
Her voice trembled as she asked Andrea a question.
“Hey, did I make this?”
“No, Trisha fell and hit her head on the floor and this is what happened.”
“what?”
Tricia screams loudly when her name suddenly pops up. Andrea hurriedly corrected her words, not wanting sparks to fly.
“Of course I’m joking, and you’re right. But, well, there’s no need to panic. That’s how archangelization is supposed to be.”
“Hey, then Andrea. Just… that… My, did you hear everything I said when I became an archangel?”
“What words? ah! If you’re talking about things like ‘a bastard,’ or ‘You look so good with your tail uncovered’, of course I didn’t hear any of them. Aren’t we distracted by the constant avoidance?”
“Ah, Aww! Do not say!”
Emilia blushed bright red and covered her face with both hands. No matter how insane I was, it was so embarrassing to say such a thing.
Mimic quietly intervened and helped out with a word.
“Dog, that was crazy, wand man. Cow, honestly, I couldn’t tell who was the devil.”
“…Still, that word makes me feel a little offended.”
“Hey, I’m sorry…”
Mimic really frightened and ran aside, dangling the tattered cover. Emilia let out a deep sigh and raised her head.
“Anyway… everyone is not talking nonsense. Everyone gather here.”
Emilia used advanced healing on the injured party. Everyone had only given first aid with medicine, so as soon as I received healing, I felt that the pain went away and the wound healed as if it had been washed.
After recovering from an arrow injury, Trisha was able to come to her senses. After being healed, I tilted my head when I saw the mimic fixing the cover and box.
“But I was wondering if I should take him to a furniture repair shop… Does the healing magic work?”
“My, I am so great.”
“No, it’s just that it’s amazing, it’s not really a compliment…”
“My, to me, the human face of an archer is more mysterious.”
“…I know that healing works, so I can hit it without worrying about it breaking.”
Turning their backs on Tricia and Mimic, who were engaged in a fierce chase, Andrea looked at Emilia.
“Emilia, there’s no such thing as being sick… or having some lingering afterglow from when you changed, right?”
“yes I’m fine. I have a slight headache…but it doesn’t hurt too much because I think Betty is better. Hi-Hi.”
Andrea smiles calmly following the bright smile of Emilia. Although it is not yet known whether there is no effect at all, it is fortunate that the personality from when he became an archangel does not seem to remain.
‘But just in case, I’ll have to keep an eye on him for a while.’
Thinking so, Andrea told the party to collect the reward and get out of here.
Because Emilia not only changed the space, but also completely changed the terrain, the road to the exit was quite steep. A group of people climbing an unplanned mountain climb and descending along a steep valley.
In front of the portal were three ornate boxes decorated with platinum rims and jewels. This reward is the last reward you get before reaching the 100th floor. It was almost certain that a legend-grade card or artifact would come out.
However, the equipment Trisha got was beyond imagination.
‘[Divine] Shrine Ascaliph (equipment card): The bow used by Uranos, the god of Uranos, when he punished the monsters in the beginning (Strength + 300, Luck + 300, Critical Hit Rate + 100%, Critical Damage + 200%)’
When Trisha read the explanation, her eyes widened and she exclaimed.
“Wow, crazy! what’s this!”
The smooth white-painted bow, the top and bottom ends of which were cracked like thunderbolts, and a weak current flowed at the tip. The tension of the bowstring was so tight that it seemed that even if a giant pulled it, it wouldn’t budge, but as soon as he grasped the bowstring, an unknown force welled up and he was able to pull it with difficulty.
In fact, the bow called the final weapon of the pursuers, the divine shrine Ascaliph.
It was a weapon with an atrocious drop rate, even after playing the game for thousands of hours, without even knowing that such a weapon existed.
As difficult as it was to obtain, its performance was painful to say the least. If a pursuer who acquired this weapon knew the pattern, he could sweep away monsters with normal attacks without using a deck until at least the 200th floor.
Andrea suddenly recalled trying hundreds of times to get that weapon when playing as Trisha. But to get that thing at once, I couldn’t help but feel depressed.
‘As expected, the world is going to be a good guy…’
Still, it’s a shame that Tricia got it, and if I saw a completely unknown challenger get that, I’d probably be very upset.
Looking to the side, Emilia obtained a Legend-grade priest’s uniform that greatly increased her resistance and magical power. I thought it was a bit flashy, but the performance was good anyway, so there was no reason not to install it.
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Now it was Andrea’s turn to check her reward. Andrea carefully opens the box.
‘[ ] (cost): .’
“yes···?”
Andrea rubbed her eyes, wondering if she had seen it wrong, and looked at the card again. However, the appearance of the card was the same as the first time I checked it.
Rating, card name, cost, description. All cards were blank. Andrea let out a sigh involuntarily.
“No, what is this again…”
“What is it, Andrea?”
While fiddling with her new bow, Trisha came up to her and peeked out. Soon, she, like Andrea, had a puzzled face. The same was true of Emilia, who came late and saw the card.
At first, I wondered if the description was similar to a card covered by a question mark. However, that hypothesis was soon proven wrong. It’s possible to use it even when not in combat, and I’ve confirmed that it doesn’t have any effect.
After much thought, Trisha came up with another hypothesis.
“Isn’t it a card that can be used with less effect…? As you wish?”
“…There can be such nonsense.”
Then annihilation, 0 cost, all enemies die. Wouldn’t such a ridiculous card be made?
Still, just in case, I did what Trisha said. Andrea writes on a card with soot on her hand. But as expected, I couldn’t write any letters on the card.
When there was no progress in speculation, Andrea came to a cool conclusion.
“Um, I don’t know. You should just put it in your second deck.”
Unlike Trisha and Emilia, Andrea only had one deck, so it didn’t matter if she put useless cards in her second deck anyway. I wondered if I could find out what it was someday if I carried it with me.
‘No, I might find out sooner or later… sooner or later… I’ll be meeting ‘him’.’
To the place where the unquenchable flame has faded. not too late If Andrea’s guess is correct, it must have been right in front of her as soon as she came out the exit from this floor.
I got all the rewards. Andrea and her party headed towards the exit.
By the time the faint starlight flashed in the black sky and the floating rocks were sinking, Andrea and his party, who had slain the demons, safely escaped the 90th floor.
* * *
The waiting room was empty without the slightest sign of popularity.
Trisha thinks that somehow it seems a little wider than before. Looking at it, the seat that Arpan always sat on was also gone along with Arpan.
“Ugh, I’m relieved because that goddamn goat’s head isn’t there.”
Andrea smiles at Trisha’s candid remark.
After giving the blessing, Arpan’s role was only occasionally guiding him about dungeons or restoring his health after finishing the boss fight. Andrea knew all the information about the dungeon, and Emilia could do the recovery, so Arpan, who only knew how to be sarcastic, was of little use to them.
The party decided to rest comfortably in the waiting room. Andrea couldn’t do that.
“I’m going to go somewhere for a while. I have someone to meet.”
“Eh? Where can I go from here? And who are you meeting?”
“The person who should have been in the hidden room originally. The one who made this dungeon and manager.”
Tricia’s eyes widen when the name pops up.
“Do I really have to go alone? I want to see what he looks like, too.”
“what?”
Andrea hesitated as if embarrassed, then shook her head excitedly.
“Hmm… the note he left said to come alone for now. I’ll come back and tell you what we talked about.”
It was a lie. In fact, I refused because I had to openly talk with the developer that this world was a game.
Fortunately, Trisha stepped back with an expression that it was regrettable but it could not be helped. Andrea wiped her chest and moved towards Emilia.
“Emilia, can you lend me Arpan’s wand? I have something to write about.”
“yes? uh, yes.”
Andrea held Arpan’s staff in her hand and went in front of the incinerator where white flames swayed. The person who manages this place has already faced immortality, but the flames of the incinerator were still burning roaring regardless of him.
‘The unextinguished flame must be saying this.’
Then it was time to put out the flames.
Arpan’s staff hit the bricks at the top of the incinerator three times, and the flame that seemed to last forever faded. And behind it, a small passageway was revealed that you could barely pass through by bending down.
‘I was so excited when I first discovered this passage in the game. . . but there was nothing inside.’
Andrea put down Arpan’s staff. After that, I turned my back to the gaze of the party staring at me, and went inside.
The ceiling was high enough that I didn’t have to bend my back. Looking closely, it was a passage made of concrete, not brick. Looking at the modern architecture, it seemed that it was heading towards the developer.
‘I bet he didn’t run away because he was caught by the manager again this time.’
As I proceeded nervously, the end of the aisle appeared.
A wooden door that looks like it’s about to crumble. My heart trembled at the thought that there was someone behind this old door who could answer all my questions. Andrea took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
There was the sound of something collapsing inside. Then, along with the sound of footsteps approaching the door, a thin trembling voice was heard.
“Who, who are you?”
Andrea thought for a moment. Should I introduce myself as Park Jeong-hyun?
However, after all, he thought that he was just a clone, so he decided to just use the name he used in this world.
“This is Andrea.”
As soon as the words came out, the door burst open.
He was a man with a rather haggard look. Sunken cheeks, bony limbs, brown hair and beard messed up like a loofah. However, he was slightly taller than Andrea. On the contrary, it looked as if it would break at any moment.
The outfit is a black and red checkered shirt and dark jeans. Indeed, it was a very strange feeling to see modern costumes after a long time. I feel as if I have become a person who has returned to Earth from another world.
I had a lot to say, but when I saw him face to face, I couldn’t figure out what to say first.
Andrea calmly organized her thoughts and decided to check if she had come to the right place.
“Are you a developer?”
“…”
“Yes?”
The man nodded vigorously. Seeing that he did what could be said, he seemed to be a rather shy person.
Anyway, since I can’t always call myself a developer, it was time to ask for my name.
“What’s your name…”
However, the man suddenly took an unexpected action.
“sorry! sorry! sorry! sorry!”
After cutting off his words, the developer fell on the floor and bowed his head. I was so flustered that I even slammed my head on the floor.
“there······.”
“sorry! sorry!”
“No, that…”
“sorry! sorry!”
“Oh, stop and get up!”
Andrea forced the developer to stand up. His forehead was already swollen and bruised, and his eyes looked as if they would burst into tears any moment.
Andrea takes a deep breath and holds the developer’s shoulder.
“Hey. It’s not some kind of dinosaur, so it’s like you’re making an apple that way? I don’t know what I’m sorry about, but let’s go in and talk. I have so many things to say.”
The man nodded as if he had come to his senses. Then, as if to follow him, he made a small gesture and stepped inside with staggering steps.
‘Damn it, I’m not very good with conversation partners.’
Andrea followed the man, feeling that the conversation was not going to be easy.
Blank card? I hope he will get a photograph, to fill it.