episode_0046

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Quaaaang!

After the last skeleton exploded, a musty smell like gunpowder filled my nose.

I looked around.

Many of the skeletons and fishmen had disappeared, leaving the room empty.

The suppression I got from the queen mother was really a fraud.

Who would have thought that it would cause all living things within a certain range to become so frightened that they commit suicide.

‘That’s amazing.’

However, the more creatures there are, the more mana must be consumed, making it difficult to use it often.

‘I need to manage my mana well from now on.’

Suddenly, I saw a small ball stuck in a gap in the floor.

‘hmm?’

I picked it up and looked at it, and it turned out to be a charm bead.

‘Did it come from a skeleton?’

I got something I never expected.

It seems that the probability of finding a charm orb has increased because a thousand people have died in this room.

I smiled and put the charm bead in my pocket.

I’ll have to go to Kinzen later and ask him to process it.

‘But is there any charm to skeletons?’

I looked away while thinking deeply.

I saw Aquinas and his group resting in a corner.

A total of 6 people.

A perfect combination of wizards, thieves, archers, paladins, and priests, including Aquinas.

They were sitting on the floor, catching their breath.

Some people were seen lying flat on their backs, probably because they had been very tired.

‘Are they going to keep hiding…? ‘

Tap, tap, tap.

I approached Aquinas calmly.

Then Aquinas, who was exhausted, quickly changed his expression and stood up.

“Oh, I was in such a hurry today that I came unprepared and ended up like this! Actually, we are off on the weekends!”

“Who says what? I didn’t ask.”

“You thought to yourself that it was definitely sloppy! I’m right!”

Oh, my ears hurt.

Why is he so grumpy?

“No. I came to ask if you wanted to keep going. Are you going to return or keep going?”

“Let’s keep going! Did you really think we would end up like this?”

“Then let’s take a break and go together.”

I smiled.

“We’re the only ones left, so we have to help each other.”

After a while.

We encountered six cave entrances in a place called the Room of Choice.

“If I go in wrong, I end up in the wrong place?”

“Hmph, I don’t think you’ll get scammed if you use a trick like this.”

Aquinas looked at his fellow thief with a confident face.

“Detect which is the right path.”

“Yes, Captain.”

The thief picked up rocks and threw them one by one, starting from the leftmost cave.

He put his ear to the floor and listened carefully to the sound of the stone rolling, then took out a beautiful new white feather from his pocket and measured the slight changes in the wind blowing from inside.

At the same time, the party’s wizard also summoned small spirits covered in cloth and flew them into each cave one by one.

After a while, only one of them came back alive.

“My judgment is… ”

“My detection results… ”

The thief and the wizard consulted with each other and then told Aquinas the results.

“The cave on the far right is the correct path.”

“Okay, let’s go.”

“Wait a moment.”

“… … ?”

“I should take a look too.”

You can’t blindly trust and follow them.

Just as the name of the room is the room of choice, elimination is determined with one choice.

If I went in wrong, I might end up facing the same ending, so I had to think carefully before making my moves.

I immediately used the hero’s ability.

As my vision blurred, my surroundings turned gray.

I looked into each of the six cave entrances and examined them carefully.

In addition, I feel that is manifesting itself.

A warrior who receives God’s protection has better luck than others.

Because God guides us.

The probability of making a wrong choice is greatly reduced.

Since ancient times, the Hero is an all-weather weapon born to eliminate demon lords and monsters.

Its basic abilities are specialized only in exterminating monsters.

Even if you are trapped in a dungeon maze like now, you can easily escape with your sixth sense and luck.

‘found.’

Deep in the cave.

In the distance, a yellow structure appeared indicating that this was the next room.

“The second cave from the left is the path.”

“What?”

Aquinas snorted and approached.

“You don’t trust us?”

“The cave on the far right you detected is a trap. There is a path there, but it does not lead to the last room of the dungeon.”

“I am confident that I have the best skill in finding my way. What does it mean to say that this is not the way for people who make a living with their detection skills?”

The male thief looked at him as if he were dumbfounded, and then the female wizard added a word.

“Our choices have never been wrong. Above all, I doubt whether Naru’s decision was based on pure judgment.”

It seems as if I am tackling Aquinas for no reason because I have a sense of competition with him.

“It’s pure judgment. Or what else.”

A laugh escaped me.

Are you conscious of Aquinas?

I’ve never thought about something like that before, but I get misunderstood all over my life.

“Anyway, I’m going this way. You can either follow me or go that way.”

I walked alone.

Aquinas shouted from behind.

“We can each go and prove it separately!”

A confident voice.

I waved goodbye and waved.

“Shall we make a bet to buy each other food?”

“Good! The person who went down the wrong path is the one who buys food!”

“Okay. Oh, one more thing. Do everything you are told that day.”

“Oh my, this is ridiculous. Who knows how to be scared? In addition to buying them food and doing everything they ask that day, I also offer to volunteer by following the winner’s adventures for a month!”

“It sounds fun. Okay, let’s do that.”

I grinned and entered the second cave from the left.

But as I went, my head tilted.

“It’s kind of childish. How did you end up betting with that girl? I tried mixing words a few times.”

We weren’t that close and didn’t know each other very well.

It wasn’t a bad relationship…

Since when did we become competitors and enemies?

I scratched my head, thinking it was strange.

“Anyway, if you win the bet, I will invite you to our academy as a special instructor and treat you well. I guess I could just buy you dinner as a reward for your trouble. It was good. That’s a great idea.”

After some time, as I exited the long passage, I saw a light.

In the end, my choice was right.

The stone door leading to the next room was tightly closed.

As I got closer, it opened of its own accord with a heavy sound.

Inside, a monster woman who resembled the Indian god Shiva was waiting.

Skin color is dark blue.

The six arms attached to its body held sharp swords.

And voluptuous breasts with two nipples clearly visible.

The size of her breasts was top-notch.

“Are you alone?”

I asked and there was no answer.

“I’m single too.”

When I said something similar to a movie line, it suddenly screamed and attacked me fiercely.

He’s like a monster who doesn’t know humor.

The six blades flying irregularly from all directions were very threatening.

Strong and fast.

However, it is easy to deal with at least one monster.

I quickly dodged the swing of the blade and summoned the hero’s sword, Lanser.

In the palm of my hand, divine light began to rapidly gather and take shape.

Soon, a long and colorful long sword appeared.

I grabbed the handle tightly and fought back.

‘When I hold the sword, my strength surges even more.’

A warrior’s instinct is to have a seizure at the sight of a monster.

In some ways, the instinct to want to destroy something is probably stronger in heroes than in monsters.

Just seeing a monster makes me pathologically want to kill it.

“I will destroy the dungeon, starting with you!”

Cheaeng!

The six blades and the warrior’s sword clashed.

***

Two hours have already passed since Naru went through the dungeon alone.

“I can’t believe it… .”

April was looking up at the crystal ball blankly.

Naru had defeated the six-armed female monster earlier and was continuing his strategy smoothly.

It was amazing.

Is it possible to explore a dangerous dungeon alone?

And without any injuries?

Without a priest?

It didn’t make sense.

She wasn’t the only one who thought this.

All the fishmen in the square were looking up at the crystal ball in fascination, exclaiming in exclamation.

“Jo, if you go a little further, you’ll be where Ilar went.”

“No one has ever gone further than that. That guy might probably end there… ”

“I don’t know anything else, but just getting to that point is amazing.”

Naru, bound by crystal, was moving to the next room, solving the room’s tasks again.

He didn’t look tired and didn’t even have any trouble breathing.

The fish-men, who had previously ignored humans, were astonished and began to be in awe of a human for the first time.

“I want to applaud you just for going that far. At first I thought he was nothing special, but he was really surprising.”

“What was buried in the beginning was all a plan. He’s a smart guy.”

“However, from what I remember, the next room is the water room. Those male humans can’t breathe underwater like us. Won’t I get eliminated there?”

“I don’t have any fellow wizards who can cast the water breathing spell. he is alone At least you will be eliminated.”

It was then.

A portal suddenly opened on the main stage of the square, and people walked out of it.

Everyone’s eyes turned to them.

“Hmm?”

Aquinas, who came out of the portal with his colleagues, looked happy when he found a large crowd of people gathered in the square.

‘Has the news spread already? ‘That’s fast.’

Aquinas solemnly cleared his throat and shrugged his shoulders.

‘I guess they’re here to congratulate me, so I should accept it.’

She had just returned with her colleagues after defeating the monster in the last room of the dungeon.

I wouldn’t have guessed that the news that the dungeon has been completed has already spread.

‘You’re good at things.’

I will confidently accept congratulations for overcoming a difficult ordeal.

“I, Aquinas and my colleagues did it!”

Aquinas held up the bronze statue he was holding in his hand.

Loot from the last room.

It was a bronze statue of the full body of Ilar, the master of Micah.

“I proudly declare this to the world! Our Aquinas team succeeded in conquering a dungeon that no one has been able to achieve!”

Hehe, now it’s time to hear enthusiastic cheers and applause.

Aquinas held the bronze statue high and looked forward to the audience’s reaction with a satisfied expression.

however…

Even after a while, there is no reaction.

She looked at the audience with a puzzled look.

“What is he?”

“Surely you don’t know?”

“I guess you really don’t know?”

Everyone was just muttering with shocked expressions on their faces.

someone shouted.

“Hey! The path you took was not the path to the real ending! You came out after seeing a fake ending that the dungeon creator created like a trap! Hahaha!”

“What… ? The route we took was not the official route… ?”

Only then did Aquinas understand the situation and his face turned bright red.

As she began to hear ridicule one by one from those around her, she was offended and hurriedly ran down the stage, kicking the floor.

“Irritating!”

Meanwhile, Naru, reflected in the crystal ball, was slowly entering the water room.