episode_0424

The 99th floor of the Academy Dungeon. When I returned to the entrance, I got irritated and hit the wall with my mace.

Even with my mace filled with anger, the wall did not break.

I got irritated when I saw a small blemish appear on the wall and then disappear right away, so I started pounding on the wall like a crazy bitch and ended up lying on the floor, exhausted.

‘…grandfather. What time is it now?’

‘How much of that time was here?’

‘Are you saying I’ve been messing around here for four hours…’

As I looked up at the dungeon’s ceiling, I bit my lip and covered my face with my hands.

I was so annoyed that I couldn’t bear it.

The gimmick itself that exists on the 99th floor of the Academy Dungeon has already been figured out for a long time.

There are a total of four paths at the entrance to the 99th floor, and at the end of every path there is another dungeon.

And in order to open the way to the 100th floor, you must defeat the bosses in all four dungeons almost at once.

The reason why the expression “almost” is used is because it allows for a certain margin of error.

According to what I have checked while working so far, it seems that an error of about 1 minute is allowed.

You’ll see it coming back to the entrance a minute after defeating a boss.

This type of gimmick is commonly found in RPG games that have raids.

In other words, it’s a gimmick that can’t be incorporated into a single game.

There is only one player, so how can you catch two distant bosses at once?

In reality, this gimmick did not exist in Soul Academy.

Even if there are NPCs that can be used as party members, you can’t have them hunt the dungeon boss on their own.

Of course, now that there are no game restrictions, it would not be surprising if a gimmick like this appeared.

As long as there is good cooperation between party members, it is possible to attack as many as you want.

This means that I cannot attack someone who cannot cooperate among party members.

‘If you knew this would happen, you shouldn’t have limited yourself by saying you would attack it alone.’

I, who had been stomping my feet resenting my past self, sighed and slowly got up.

Having figured out the gimmick of the 99th floor a long time ago, I tried everything with the belief that there must be another way.

Since the ideology that exists in the Academy Dungeon is that anyone should be able to attack this place, I believed that they would have provided some method to the friendless idiot.

But my struggles were meaningless.

Every time we reduced the number of items one by one, the conclusion was that we couldn’t move on unless it was four people.

no. The professors who created this dungeon were really so toxic that they blocked all kinds of variables.

Not long ago, you tried to provoke the dungeon boss and take him out, right?

But as soon as you cross the dungeon entrance, the dungeon boss dies?

It was so absurd at the time that I could only laugh.

If it were a normal person, wouldn’t they have complained and slapped me right away for not being able to conquer the damn dungeon?

ah. Of course not me.

If I were a normal person, there’s no way I would have stuck with a game like Soul Academy for years.

After numerous failures, a mistake arose, and I decided to attack it by any means necessary.

– Lady Aln. In 5 minutes it will be time for the dungeon doors to close.

After hearing the academy’s notification voice, I took out a notebook from my inventory and wrote down the information I had just learned.

About how much damage the boss on the fourth path took and fell.

And about the boss’s HP, which I estimated based on what I’ve tried so far.

What are you planning to do?

It’s simple.

In any case, all you have to do is defeat all four bosses at once.

Doesn’t it make no difference whether a boss dies slowly or is defeated by a single blow?

‘I guess so.’

I don’t think this is a normal strategy either.

If you collect clues from below and come up again, you may find another way to attack on your own.

But it doesn’t matter anymore.

Since Ogi is stuck, I will somehow break through the dungeon in my own way!

After finishing organizing things in my notebook, I ran down the back alley as soon as I got out of the academy dungeon.

There were a few things I needed to get right away.

*

Arthur and his party continued their strategy until the entrance to the Academy Dungeon closed and succeeded in reaching the 99th floor, where Lucy had arrived.

Since there was no time to attack the place, all they could do was take a look at the various elements there and return, but there was still heat in their eyes.

Because Lucy Alln was still hovering over the 99th floor.

They went ahead through various restrictions, but were overtaken by Lucy Alln’s ability, and now they are back to a tie.

As soon as the dungeon door opened tomorrow morning, Arthur and his group gathered together and had a meeting to attack the dungeon.

“The biggest clue for us now is that Lucy Aln was unable to conquer the dungeon.”

Joey and Fabi nod their heads at Arthur’s words.

Lucy is a person who knows everything about dungeons.

It is highly unlikely that she would be caught there because she did not know the gimmick of the Academy Dungeon.

Even though she entered the dungeon alone, Lucy reached the 99th floor in one day.

Clearly, the reason Lucy was caught on the 99th floor was because there was something she couldn’t solve on her own.

“First of all, the biggest possibility is if there is something that requires magical knowledge.”

“Hmm? Didn’t Lucy Alln know a lot about magic?”

When Arthur expressed his doubts, Joey shook his head with a smile.

“I thought so too, but it wasn’t so.”

Joey, who had recently gone to a magic class with Lucy, realized that he had been mistaken.

Lucy’s expression was loose, and there was a clear look of bewilderment on her face.

Although she could suggest a path for a wizard, she did not know much about magic.

Even though I told him this anecdote, Arthur still tilted his head.

“What’s strange?”

“But that’s it. Lucy Alln: She always got excellent grades on magic-related tests when she was in her first year.”

Joey tilted his head when Arthur said that he remembered it because he was right below Lucy Aln.

It was definitely strange. If you don’t know much about magic, how can you do well on the test?

“I will ask Lady Aln directly about that later. Even if we talk about it now, it won’t make any sense.”

Faby dismissed the two people’s doubts, talked about leaving all possibilities open, and then expressed his opinion.

“First of all, the highest possibility is if it is a structure that cannot be conquered alone.”

“I also agree with your differing opinions. Unless it’s such an unreasonable thing, I don’t think he’ll be stopped.”

The structure of the dungeon that Arthur immediately saw also added strength to Faby’s opinion.

A road divided into four branches and an underground area at the end of it.

Several devices can be found as you pass through the basement, which are easy enough to conquer on your own.

The path changes every time you move the device.

It’s hard to give an easy answer because we haven’t done a few tests yet, but Arthur thought there was a high probability that what Faby said was right.

but.

“But then it doesn’t fit the ideology of the academy dungeon.”

The purpose of the academy’s dungeons is that any student should be able to clear them.

It’s inevitable that he lacks strength, but he can’t use magic. I can’t use divinity. Just because you can’t lift the curse doesn’t mean you can’t attack it.

“It won’t be any different just because it’s this time.”

“Ah.”

At the time when Arthur was frowning, Joey exclaimed next to him.

“Did you find out something? Joy?”

“It’s not about conquering dungeons. I think I know what the dungeon studies professors think.”

“What does that mean?”

“3Prince. Think about it. Is there anyone other than Lady Aln who wants to see the end of the Soul Academy dungeon alone?”

“Nothing. Who would think such a crazy idea?”

It is true that those who enter Soul Academy are the kingdom’s elite.

However, the difficulty of Soul Academy’s dungeons is also tailored to the elite, so individual skill is of little significance.

The reality is that even Arthur himself would shake his head when asked if he could climb the mountain from start to finish on his own, so with the exception of Lucy Alln, no one would attempt such an attempt.

After thinking that far, Arthur understood what Joey was trying to say.

“Is it because the professors intended that you can’t go over the 99th floor by yourself?”

“Yes. Last time, Lady Aln showed me a cool dungeon. This time, the professors at the academy prepared something fun for Lady Arlen.”

The only person worthy of climbing up to the 99th floor alone is Lucy Alln.

So, the professors at the academy have prepared something for Lucy Alln, and Lucy Alln has not figured it out yet and is wandering around the 99th floor.

“…is it something tailored to the exception of Lucy Alln?”

Arthur shook his head, thinking that he didn’t know what was waiting for him, but that it must be very terrible.

“If this guess is correct, we can assume that the 99th floor of the academy is the type that requires personnel.”

“Yes. Based on that, we reduce the number of cases.”

While the three people were having a heated discussion, except Frey, who seemed to be bored with the story and was sleeping face down on his desk.

Lucy Alln, who visited the back alleys of Academy Street, told Alsatin’s subordinates what needed to be rescued right away.

“…Are you trying to commit some kind of terrorist attack?”

Alsatin’s subordinate looked at the list and made a voice as if he was tired of it.