episode_0010

Episode.10 Betrayal?

My eyes adjusted to the darkness and I began to see little by little.

Still, you can’t see it far away.

Anyway, this is my subjective opinion after spending 3 hours in the dungeon with Harin…

When I touched the dungeon wall, the cold stone seemed to be wet.

Then this place…

‘.. cave?’

Is this another cave after the last snowy mountain?

I felt like I had a sense of déjà vu.

The intense fight of that day began to come back to mind.

“Harin.”

“Yes. Why are you calling me?”

Strangely enough, Harin seemed to remain calm.

It was hard to see because it was dark, but for some reason, his face seemed a little flushed.

‘Is it because of my mood…?’

As expected, the active S class is something different.

‘I’ve experienced being isolated in a dungeon several times…’

“No.. it’s nothing.”

“You… But it’s nice that we’re dating in a dungeon like this… Don’t we have to kill the boss and leave now?”

“Um… the gate is already closed, so you can get out if you kill the boss?”

In Black Gate, the boss turned into a gate…

Blue Gate is not like that.

If you defeat the boss of the Blue Gate, you must go back to the original gate.

But for us now, the gate is gone and we have to be thrown back into the real world for it to be normal.

But in a situation where only the gate is gone and we are isolated in the dungeon, will the gate appear again if we catch the boss?

‘.. As a current D-class hunter, I don’t think that’s the case at all…’

“Yes?.. What?… The gate… is closed?..”

“Yes.. the gate already disappeared a few minutes ago. It seems like it’s been about 3 hours since we entered this dungeon, but was it really that time-consuming at the gate?”

‘But now that I think about it, did you leave the gate with 3 hours left to a rookie like me?’

How does the gate processing team really get things done?

A gate processing team that prides itself on handling such crappy work would not have been able to protect Eunbyeol’s family.

“The gate is closing… Are you… are you kidding me?”

“I wish it was a joke too… but unfortunately it is not a joke.”

“This is my first time doing something like this… Why didn’t you tell me sooner?”

“That’s right.. It was only a few minutes ago that it closed? I told you this much quickly… and I thought you already knew.”

“I can’t see!”

Harin screamed at me.

‘But.. it’s not that I can’t see, it’s that I don’t have eyes..’

If I say this, I might get a glorious punch from the only S-class healer, so I think I’ll have to keep this thought quiet until I die.

“Uh.. But didn’t Harin say you have a good sense of it.. When the gate disappears.. Pot! And there was a sound.”

“… Well, that’s… Phew…”

Harin took a deep breath.

“My mind was so full of thoughts of going on a date with you that I couldn’t even pay attention to it..”

“Is this… not a date, but for work?”

Harin covered her face with both hands and twisted her body as if she was embarrassed.

“But Harin, what department are you in?”

Obviously, if Harin was from the association, she would have work to do, but since time was being wasted like this, my position of bringing Harin along made me feel sorry for her.

“Oh, I don’t have a separate department.”

“Then…”

“I… um… I don’t know how to explain it.”

She thought for a while and then started speaking again.

“I don’t have a specific department, and I work as a doctor in the association, and then I go to raid parties that need help for a while and help them… I guess I feel like a mercenary?… Or is it a medical service on-site? ”

“Doctor?… No…”

He is the only S-class healer, but the place he uses it is very ambiguous.

Is it because the association all has their own thoughts and writes like that?

“But I’m not sure because I’ve never fought with a high-level healer… Is it true that healers have almost no combat ability even if they are high-level?”

“Yes.”

“But do you know how to use buffs and such?”

“You are asking the obvious.”

“Ah… I’m sorry… Of course, if you’re an S-class healer, you know how to use it…”

“I can’t use it.”

“.. What?”

“Are you… a fool? The buffer position is responsible for the buff.”

“No, but usually the buffer heals and applies buffs, right?”

“No. Buffers can only apply buffs. On the other hand, healers cannot use buffs and can only heal.”

“Well, I see..”

“…… Well, there are exceptions..”

“Huh? what? It was so small I couldn’t hear it.”

“No. It’s nothing.”

Um… So, the S-class that I thought was reliable right next to me is… a healer with absolutely no combat skills…

Still, her healing abilities are trustworthy.

“Hmm.. If I want to get out of here, I have to go around here again.”

“But.. how? You’ve already been wandering around here for 3 hours.”

“It will be different now…. This time, I will find the way. After all, I am more familiar with darkness than you.”

“Harin..”

“I have always walked in a dark world. In this situation, I don’t know if I should be thankful that I couldn’t see.”

I nodded without saying a word and then paused.

“Yes.. I understand.”

This behavior did not seem to be good for Harin, who was blind.

– Tup!

“Ah..”

“Now. Let’s go now!”

Harin held my hand and led me.

The space between Harin’s and his hands became the warmest space in this space.

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– slap – slap

We seem to have entered quite deep inside the dungeon, which is presumed to be a cave.

It seemed like the road was going uphill.

My hand… hasn’t let go yet.

When I tried to put it in the middle, Harin grabbed my hand even harder.

She held her hand so tightly that I also held it tightly to endure the pain.

‘Anyway, is it because of the feeling that the more I go in, the more water there seems to be?’

This place is different from the place I wandered around for 3 hours.

I felt like my body was losing strength at the thought of all the shoveling I had been doing.

Harin, who was leading the way while holding my hand tightly, suddenly stopped and called out to me.

“You… look ahead.”

“Hmm… It’s still dark so I can’t see very well?”

“Ah.. I said something wrong. Look at the floor.”

“Floor?”

I looked down at the floor at Harin’s words.

… Was this the cause of the fishy iron smell I was smelling earlier?

For some reason, I thought the deeper I went, the more water there was…

It wasn’t water.

This liquid flowing on the floor is not water.

“You… this smell… is… blood?”

“Yes… I checked it with my naked eyes… but this red liquid and this repulsive smell… seem to be blood… But… why? ”

The more I went in, the more I smelled the smell of blood.

I had a feeling of an upcoming battle and looked for the sword on my back to take out my weapon.

But no matter how much I waved my hand, I couldn’t catch the sword.

I kept groping my back, but I couldn’t get my sword in my hand.

at that time. I felt a tingling sensation and it felt like something was passing through my head.

‘My sword… broke that day and I decided to get another weapon… but you came to the dungeon without even bringing a weapon…”

A real soldier made the mistake of not carrying a gun on the battlefield.

I guess that means I trusted the S-class person next to me too much…

‘What if the enemy comes out..?”

When I was having serious concerns, Harin gave me the answer as to why the blood was so overflowing and running down the floor.

“You… I think the only place where this much blood can come out is the boss’s body… If you’re going to hit the dungeon boss, I think now is your chance.”

Harin spoke under her breath in a low voice.

This is probably to avoid waking up the boss, who is presumed to be dying.

“Uh.. but..”

I was about to say that I didn’t bring a weapon.

‘it will work out somehow..’

In the current situation, I was thankful that Harin was blind.

… I really get help many times.

We entered further into the dungeon.

Then, the boss lying in the corner… a huge snake, bleeding.

Seeing that he was still breathing, it seemed like he was barely holding on to his life.

Nearby there were other snakes with bitten bodies.

Is there some internal conflict between these guys?

I happened to notice a sharp stone under my feet.

I picked it up, quickly ran up to the giant snake, and hit its head hard a couple of times as it was breathing heavily.

The guy went down without much resistance, and I was able to receive the reward for killing the monster.

– Tiring!

[The leader of the snakes (Lv.22) has been defeated.]

[The snake leader was defeated and the level increased from 17 to 20.]

[The level of basic swordsmanship has increased from Lv.3 to Lv.4.]

[The level of 3 consecutive attacks has increased from Lv.3 to Lv.4.]

[The level of the King’s Insight has increased from Lv.1 to Lv.2.]

.. If I don’t close the gap by more than 10 levels, won’t I get additional rewards?

As I was disappointed, I placed my hand on the snake’s corpse and used an additional technique.

‘Inheritance of ability activated.’

– Tiring!

[Abilities are inherited from the monster’s corpse.]

[Inheritable Abilities]

1. Snake Stance

2. Soul protection

3. Apply poison

4. Peel off the skin

I chose number 2.

I thought something would be most helpful.

‘Choose number 2 to protect your soul.’

[You have acquired Soul Protection (S).]

I made a good choice this time… Rather, the one that seemed the best among the options really stood out.”

“hehe. Hehe. Are you okay?”

“Ah.. I didn’t have a hard time.”

Harin ran towards me and worried about me first even though she was out of breath.

First, I need to open the system and check the abilities I have gained.

‘system.’

– Tiring!

‘My Info.’

[Check your information.]

[information]

Name: Han Si-woo (21)

Level: 20

Position: Dealer

Status possessed: 3

-Current stats-

Strength: 6

Agility: 3

Intelligence: 2

Luck: 6

-Technology Possessed-

Attenuation-nerf (EX) LV.1 (Max)

[If you use a command after making physical contact with a person with abilities of the same race, the target’s abilities are reduced by two levels.]

P. System Blessing (EX) LV.1 (Max)

[Helping holder Han Si-woo grow. You can obtain various rewards as you grow.]

Inheritance of Ability (S) LV.1 (Max)

[You can inherit abilities from the corpse of the creature you killed. (You can select one.)]

King’s Insight (S) LV.2

[You can obtain more information. (The amount of information you can obtain increases as the level increases.)]

Soul Protection (S) LV.1

[Nullifies the effects of abilities that cause mental damage. (Cooldown: 24 hours. / Only prevents harmful effects .)]

Invisibility (A) LV.1

[Makes the body transparent when not in combat. However, the duration is proportional to the intelligence level. (Intelligence stat x 5 minutes)]

P.Basic Swordsmanship (D) LV.4

[You can handle your sword more sharply.]

3 consecutive attacks (D) LV.4

[Attack 3 times quickly.]

P.Drugman’s Grace (D) LV.2

[Increases the duration of the drug’s beneficial effects by 10 times.]

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“You… I will heal you…”

Harin put her hand on my body to heal me as I was looking at the system.

“Ah.. I wasn’t hurt. Thank you….”

– Tiring!

[The harmful mental damage received from the effect of the skill, Soul Protection (S) has been nullified.]

what?

Didn’t you just say that it would heal you?

‘What kind of bullshit is this now?’