episode_0226

As soon as you enter the dungeon, a fever hits you.

The environment is extremely hot, like a den of fire lizards with intense flames all over their bodies.

This environment is also one of the factors that slows down the dungeon completion time.

It’s so hot that if you move even a little, you start to sweat and get tired quickly.

Among them… .

“Huh, oh oh… !”

It creates a situation that is no different from hell for tankers with heavy metal all over their bodies.

I can’t do it.

「Chilling Touch.」

I push cold air shaped like my hand into the tank’s armor.

“Uh-huh… ?!”

no… , I understand, but that kind of sound is a bit much.

“Are you okay now?”

“yes? Ah, yes! Thank you… ?”

“What is this?”

Together with the party members who have recovered some of their stamina, we move deeper.

The archer with the highest vision among us gives a hand signal to stop.

“Four fire lizards 50 meters ahead.”

Their presence can be clearly seen beyond the darkness that has fallen.

After focusing my mind on them, I immediately raised my magic power.

In a cave full of heat, I gather the magic power that is rippling with water.

「Ice Spear.」

Pap-duk!

Four spears made by freezing the magic power that had been collected.

It fires one shot at each of the four signs it senses.

Wedge!

Four spears made of ice fly away, completely erasing the heat filling the surrounding area.

Soon the sound of four blows is heard.

Puff, puff, puff!

Kieee… !

Kishishish!

Even the deathly screams of a fire lizard whose throat was pierced by an ice spear.

The archer, who was watching this with his own eyes, swallowed dry saliva and parted his lips.

“… “Situation over.”

The party members weren’t that surprised, perhaps because the same situation had already happened several times.

“that… “Let’s collect the by-products right away.”

Except for the healer and me, two melee dealers and an archer head to the place where the fire lizard’s body is.

What to collect is the mane on the nape of the fire lizard’s neck.

It has excellent fire resistance and is used for a variety of purposes, such as being used as a material for making armor or for the research of wizards, so it is sold at a fairly high price.

How much was it per 100g of mane?

The price varies slightly depending on demand, but I think it was around 300,000 won.

If we roughly calculate the profit from this dungeon… .

“excuse me… “Wizard?”

While I was busy calculating, the healer who kept glancing in this direction spoke to me.

It looks like there’s something you’re curious about.

“that… , I have a question, may I ask… .”

“Please speak.”

A healer with a faint smile on her lips.

“As far as I know, I heard that the use of ice magic is very limited in places with strong fire energy like here… .”

“I guess so, right?”

Fire, water, wind, earth, etc.

Magical power is composed of particles of various elements that make up this world.

The composition of such magic particles varies slightly in each location.

For example, what about a cave like here where hot winds blow from all directions?

It goes without saying, but this place has the most fire elemental particles.

That’s why the environment here is so hot in the first place.

The second most abundant are elemental particles of the earth.

This is also natural since the surrounding area is made up of hard rocks and soil.

Conversely, the fewest are the elemental particles of water.

Isn’t it common sense that water dries up in places where hot winds blow?

Magic is a law that uses one’s own magic as power to extract the necessary elemental particles from the magic flowing around one’s body, thereby realizing supernatural phenomena.

If there are fewer water elemental particles around, more magic power is consumed as the element must be drawn from a wider area, and the success rate of the magic drops significantly.

“But hey… , Wizard Dojin Kim doesn’t look like he’s having any difficulties at all.”

The healer seemed to be surprised at how easily I could use ice magic under these adverse conditions.

From the beginning of the dungeon, I kept looking at this direction with a burden, and was this what I wanted to ask?

When I paused for a moment, the healer waved his hand with a surprised look on his face.

“Ho, I apologize if this was a presumptuous question.”

“No, it’s not like that… .”

I can hardly get used to the current reaction.

I guessed that if I paused for a little while, I felt bad, and started to shrink, Won.

“You can just think of it as because I’m a little more unique than others.”

“Oh, right… “I see.”

Actually, that’s why.

This body is very sensitive to magic power, so even with a much smaller amount of magic power than others, it can attract elemental particles from an incomparably wide range.

So, you can easily use ice magic even in this environment.

Oh, if you’re asking if there’s no risk, that’s not the case.

Since there are significantly fewer water elemental particles, I am using a little more magical power than usual to compensate for this.

Of course, compared to others, it’s just a blip.

As the story progressed, the party members who had left to capture returned.

“Then let’s go again!”

If you want to clear the dungeon in two and a half hours, you have to work harder.

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It’s been about two hours since I started conquering the dungeon.

We finally reached the end of the fire lizard den.

Now all that’s left is to attack the boss.

The boss here is a giant fire lizard that is roughly ten times the size of a fire lizard.

The name is Salamandra.

A difficult boss that can’t do any significant damage with most ice magic thanks to its strong flames that can’t be compared to the fire lizard.

“excuse me… , wizard. This time, you’re joining us… .”

The tank also seems to be concerned about this and gives me a suggestion.

To ease his burden, I shake my head with a cheerful smile.

“Don’t worry, Tanker.”

Could it be that I use ordinary magic on special monsters?

“Because we have a secret trick.”

“ah… , I see.”

The tanker nodded with a slightly hesitant expression.

You have an unreliable face.

“If my trump card fails, I will join forces with others.”

The tanker straightens his slightly frowned face after hearing the added comment.

“Then let’s go.”

Immediately open the door to the boss room.

A huge flame can be seen through the crack in the door that gradually opens. No, it is a monitor lizard wearing a huge flame.

Cralalalalala-!

The roar that resonates throughout the wide space pierces my ears.

A deadly roar that would have been drowned out by publicity if it had been heard by a low-level hunter.

Let’s pull out our secret trick before he goes on a rampage.

When I put my hand inside the robe wrapped around my body and waved it, something soft stuck to my finger as if it had been waiting for me.

Yes.

The secret number I have prepared is my pet… , No, it’s a pet slime.

Of course, Kkamseul itself is not a secret weapon.

“Hey, transform into a handle.”

The shape of the kamsuli on my palm gradually changes, and the texture also changes.

From a squishy lump of slime to something extremely solid.

Holding the changed person in my hand, I reach out of my robe.

The healer and archer who saw this tilted their heads.

“handle… ?”

The changed form of Kkamsuli is a sword hilt.

I plan to cut down that fire lizard with this.

What can you do with something that only has a handle?

Hold on to your worries.

The blade will be made from now on.

“Whoa… .”

It unleashes a large amount of magical power into the surroundings that cannot even be compared to before.

At the same time, all the weak water elemental particles are collected from a distance that cannot be seen with the naked eye, concentrated in one place, and then frozen.

Pead deud deuk!

Pap-duk!

The volume of water increases exponentially as it freezes.

Press this forcefully again and again, making a loud noise and smoothing out the ice that keeps popping out.

Now, if you stretch this out in the form of a thin sword body on the handle you are holding in your hand… .

Damn it!

A cold feeling swirls around the surroundings along with a completely different sound than before.

Whoa!

It spread so far that it alarmed the Salamandra, which was stamping its feet and ready for battle.

Crumbling!

A powerful roar to shake off the sudden ominous feeling.

At the same time, a strong flame spews out from its snout.

Fuwaaa!

The sword is swung towards a fierce flame that looks as if it will end in just a burn if it hits you.

The cold snow from the north wind that swirls along the sword’s path not only engulfs its flames, but also freezes its fiery snout.

Crack… , Kahak!

This guy can’t even roar because its snout is frozen.

I went straight towards him and struck my sword once again.

It is not a simple blow.

Boris, the hero of national salvation who saved Russia from crisis several times.

It captures the action of the time when hundreds of Russian mafia who rebelled to take over the government were frozen with a single blow.

“Snow Bringer.”

A frigid wind that cannot even be compared to before blows around the Salamandra’s huge body.

Damn it!

A guy trapped in huge ice.

The attack did not end here.

The blade-like wind that flew in one after another broke the huge ice into small pieces.

Along with the massive body of Salamandra trapped inside.

Coo! Coo!

Chunks of ice containing corpses fall to the ground.

Looking at it, I can’t help but admire it.

“scent… , At this level, you’ll be at least level A, right?”

At this level, it is safe to view it as a special move that an A-class hunter keeps secret.

Even though it consumed a lot of magical power, you are satisfied with its outstanding power.

“joy… , It’s extremely crude.』

“… … ?”

An unknown voice rings out.

Surprisingly, the source of the voice traced back was a transparent blade extending from the sword handle.

『Are you going to dare say that you used me with this much power, you brat?』

“Uh, um.”

It seems like something strange has happened.