Chapter 13 : Entering the 2nd Floor (2)

[Hey GreenUgly, come take a look]

A post made by someone on the BossMob Gallery.

ㄴ GreenUgly: Fck, don’t call me by that name.

ㄴ You reacted right away, didn’t you? Hahahahahaha

ㄴ Actually, you like it too, don’t you?

ㄴ GreenUgly: I said stop!!!!!!!!

Leaving the master of the 2nd floor, who was screaming about his nickname, the BossMob Gallery began to liven up again.

• So, what’s the 2nd floor’s hidden piece?

• You need that to graduate, whether you like it or not.

Their only interest was in graduation.

Graduating and finding one’s identity is far more valuable than being ejected and perishing outside.

That’s why they decided to support the newbie.

• GreenUgly: Actually, I don’t know either. Yeah…
  
  ㄴ Don’t lie hahaha

• ㄴ GreenUgly: For real;;

• ㄴ Actually, it hasn’t been long since I respawned on this floor, so I don’t know what’s what either.

The one thing that the bosses, who were supposedly masters of the tower, hadn’t anticipated.

For the lower floors, because the difficulty was so incredibly easy–

The respawn rate of boss mobs was extremely fast.

Title: ??? Does that even make sense?
Nickname: PaperLover*

• How long have you been on BossMob Gallery?

ㄴ GreenUgly: As for me, it’s been about three months now.

ㄴ Damn, you’re really fresh;;;

ㄴ Fck, this one’s a newbie too.

ㄴ But wait, you don’t even know your own hidden piece or graduation conditions?

ㄴ Is that it?

ㄴ Hold on, this is a problem.

Title: It’s understandable that he doesn’t know. Yeah.

• If he knew that much, he wouldn’t have respawned on a lower floor in the first place hahaha

• The clearing speed for the lower floors is really fast,

• So the conditions for the hidden piece are usually simple (as far as I know).

• Thanks to that, graduations happen frequently there, so I heard the boss mob changes every time.

ㄴ Is this for real?

ㄴ But it’s not like you have to die just because you can’t get the 2nd floor hidden piece.

ㄴ PaperLover*) That’s true, but;;

ㄴ Ah, but now that I think about it, new floaters or trolls are always from the lower floors.

ㄴ Ah, lower floors, is it you again?

Title: Hahaha, really not helpful at all.

• On the lower floor,

• Doesn’t know his own hidden piece,

• And is just disgustingly ugly. Yeah.

• This b*stard is just a natural-born goblin itself.

ㄴ GreenUgly: Seriously, fck, why is everyone doing this to me?

ㄴ You should have done better, hahaha.

ㄴ This is a golden opportunity to get the newbie’s attention, and because of you, fck, it’s about to fly away.

ㄴ Seriously, I was just about to try and coax him into cooperating, and you’re blocking it from the very start.

ㄴ Aww, the lower floor reputation, hahaha.

Title: Hey, fck, stop whining and

• Clench your sshole tight and try to remember!!!
  

• Don’t you have any memories from a past life surfacing?
  

• Even if your racial stats make you a green skin who only cares about the dmbass hierarchy,

• There must be at least something, right;;

ㄴ If that were the case, he wouldn’t be getting cursed out like this, hahaha.

ㄴ Actually, there’s no reason to get so worked up over just the 2nd floor.

ㄴ It’s just a bit unsettling.

ㄴ That’s true, hahaha.

ㄴ But teasing him is fun, hahahaha.

ㄴ These b*stards are just dopamine addicts, hahaha.

ㄴ GreenUgly: Fck….

Title: Anyway

Nickname: PaperLover*

• So there are no conditions that come to mind right now, right?

• Then we’ll pass on the 2nd floor hidden piece for now.

• Any bosses remember any other hidden pieces from the next floors?

• If so, let’s keep the discussion going with that.

• Go go.

Title: Fck, look at the state of this gallery discussion, hahaha.

-I wonder if this is the BossMob Gallery I used to know.

Boss mobs personally gathering information for just one human.

I’m so ashamed.

Let’s all just get honorably ejected. Yeah;

ㄴ What’s with this b*stard again?

ㄴ If you just stayed quiet, you’d at least get halfway there…

ㄴ Is it right to write something like this in the current atmosphere?

ㄴ Do you just want to get beaten up by the moderator?

ㄴ Who cares,

ㄴ Bosses who want to quickly curry favor and build up for graduation, hit like, hahaha.

ㄴ Seriously, hahahahahaha.

The gallery’s activity, which the still-newbie Kim Dooyoon hadn’t yet checked.

Their own operation was just about to begin.

Han Jihyuk was the first to step forward and call out to Dooyoon.

“Yes!”

Dooyoon reacted immediately, thrusting his shield forward and rushing into attack range.

-Klang! Kaang!

The angered goblins pounded on Han Jihyuk’s shield.

Beyond the irritating noise, the still-ugly faces of the monsters were visible.

-Kwajik!

As a greeting, Dooyoon slammed his shield into the forehead of the one at the very front.

“Ggeok…!”

A goblin warrior tumbled, scattering dark red blood.

After confirming it twitched but couldn’t get back up, Dooyoon immediately turned his gaze to the next target.

‘Acidic digestive fluid is a no-go.’

‘It might be useful in a one-on-one fight, but in team play, there’s a risk of harming allies too.’

‘That’s why he chose this.’

Alright!”

At Dooyoon’s call, Han Jihyuk pushed hard against a goblin, creating distance.

“Kkereuk?!”

The goblin, suddenly left alone, looked at Dooyoon in bewilderment.

“What are you looking at, you ugly b*stard.”

Dooyoon immediately swung his sword and plunged it into the goblin’s nape.

He still lacked the skill to slash or stab properly.

That’s why he chose the method that could deliver the most force in a short time.

[Title: Goblins are too weak, even compared to humans.]

[-So don’t try any fancy tricks, just slam it into their nape! Okay?]

[Like splitting firewood.]

Using the information he saw in the gallery, he killed one goblin.

He retrieved his sword from the goblin, which was coughing up blood foam as its posture collapsed.

The sword was pulled out with the sound of breaking bones.

Still-warm blood dripped, drip, drip, from the tip of the sword.

The unfamiliar smell of blood stimulated his nostrils, but it was surprisingly bearable.

‘Is this also thanks to the mental training?’

‘Or perhaps the rough work on site had made him accustomed to it.’

‘Carelessness immediately led to major accidents, and he had seen many workers experience serious incidents during construction.’

Dooyoon lightly swung his sword to shake off the blood, then immediately ran towards Han Jihyuk.

Two goblins dealt with.

Two still remained.

Han Jihyuk was marking one of them, and the other one was.

-Hwarreuk!

[Fireball].

The flame Cha Yoonha shot surged towards the goblin archer.

Dooyoon didn’t bother to look at the scene beyond.

Instead, maintaining his running speed, he put his strength into a kick aimed at the ribs of the goblin scraping Han Jihyuk’s shield.

-Udeudeuk!

“Kkwek!”

The breathless goblin sprawled out.

It didn’t get up again.

“Hoo.”

“Nice. Your movements have gotten even better than before, huh?”

“I know, right! At this rate, I’ll catch up in no time?!”

“Ahyeon-ah. Stay focused.”

“Ah, yes.”

As Jung Ahyeon was about to pick up the tempo, Jo Harin subtly gave her a look.

Dooyoon, who was watching Jung Ahyeon immediately back down, checked on Han Jihyuk, who had been fending off goblins until just a moment ago.

“Are you okay, Hyungnim?”

“Of course, man. No matter what, this much is a piece of cake.”

“Probably even if 100 of them came at you, it wouldn’t be enough, right?”

“100 is a bit much.”

“It’s not?”

“That’s just gross.”

“Ah, agreed.”

Jo Harin, who was convinced all too easily.

The hunters, having finished the battle in top condition, immediately began to move towards the boss room.

“We have to walk for about two hours from here.”

“Understood.”

“We’ll keep encountering them on the way. So don’t lose focus.”

He nodded at Jo Harin’s advice.

He wanted to extract information in real-time through the gallery if possible, but.

Right now, his fellow hunters’ instructions were the top priority.

Reality.

Dooyoon wanted to be sure about what he needed to prioritize first.

“Dooyoon-ah.”

“Yes.”

“That skill, ‘Assistant’. Did you use it this time too?”

“Yes. It told me about the goblins’ weaknesses and how to fight them.”

“Good.”

Han Jihyuk replied with a positive tone.

If Dooyoon had acquired methods to deal with monsters separately, it would allow the other hunters to focus more on supporting him.

It meant they could choose to proceed with only one: either training or support.

“Let’s keep pushing forward like this.”

The hunter team, including Dooyoon and Han Jihyuk, continued to advance towards the boss room.

Of course, they also continued to hunt the goblins that popped out from time to time.

Rather, once he got used to it in the first battle, the goblins that appeared later were even easier to hunt.

However, only Dooyoon was unaware.

Of the strange gazes from the four hunters directed at his back.

While Dooyoon was skillfully dealing with the goblins, and with one last one remaining, he looked at Jo Harin who was behind him.

Her reaction was no different from Han Jihyuk’s.

‘Even though it was his first time coming to the 2nd floor after passing the 1st, a new and unfamiliar experience.’

‘Dooyoon was acting as if he were completely at home here, like it was his own living room.’

‘Could this really be called combat support?’

‘Dooyoon was, before they knew it, becoming surprisingly quick at adapting and coordinating with the hunters.’

“Kke-ek!”

The goblin with the old sword embedded in its nape cried out pitifully.

But the hunter paid it no mind, repeatedly slamming the sword down again and again.

-Kwajik! Kwajik!

Finally, he succeeded in separating the goblin’s head from its body.

“Hoo-ooh!”

Followed by a sigh of relief.

‘This is driving me crazy.’

‘What kind of adaptability is that?’

Impressions of Dooyoon’s performance naturally bloomed in the hunters’ minds.

Even if the slimes on the 1st floor didn’t look like living creatures.

The goblins, breathing and harboring malice, were different.

It might not be equivalent to murder, but of course, if such acts were repeated, it was natural for a significant mental shock to accumulate.

“Dooyoon-ssi.”

“Yes?”

“By any chance, do you feel a headache, or like you’re about to burst out laughing, or anything like that?”

“Huh? Yes. I’m perfectly fine.”

However, if there was one thing they overlooked.

It was that Dooyoon had also somewhat adapted to those stares, as if they were looking at a ghost.

As if it were perfectly natural for things to turn out this way, they had arrived in front of the ‘Boss Room’ before they knew it.

“Let’s rest for a moment, then go in right away.”

The other hunters’ condition was optimal.

They were used to navigating the tower in the first place, and the 2nd-floor monsters were far too low-level compared to them.

It was truly a one-sided slaughter.

It even reached a point where Han Jihyuk and Kim Dooyoon, who were at the forefront, also seemed perfectly fine.

‘I should turn it on again for a bit now.’

As a short break was given, Dooyoon distanced himself a little from them and opened the gallery.

[Title: In front of the 2nd floor boss room]

[- Goblins are really weak hahaha]

[But I’ll stay focused and see it through to the end!]

[ㄴ Oh, already?]

[ㄴ Isn’t that slow?]

[ㄴ How would we know; we’re boss mobs, you know?]

[ㄴ Ah, right, we’re boss mobs, aren’t we?]

[ㄴ ?? What’s with this b*stard again?]

[ㄴ Now they’re even having an identity crisis, hahahahahaha.]

[ㄴ It’s my first time seeing a hunter’s perspective, so I don’t have a feel for it.]

[ㄴ RipenedWine*) Hoee…! Newbie-jang is amazing-desu…!]

[ㄴ Actually, for all of us, this is our first time with a newbie. Yeah;;]

[ㄴ BossMob Gallery’s collective first love, shivers.]

[ㄴ BossMob Gallery is divided into before and after the newbie’s arrival.]

[ㄴ At this point, isn’t it a religion?]

[ㄴ Seriously, hahaha.]

“What the.”

Dooyoon, dizzied by the gallery’s characteristic barrage of incoherent jokes, looked for other posts.

His main purpose was, of course, to talk to the master of the boss room, GreenUgly.

‘Hidden piece.’

He wondered if the hint Dooyoon was looking for would be here.

He had heard from Han Jihyuk that for a hunter, there was no greater reward.

A bigger reward! More growth!

Dooyoon embraced a bundle of expectations and avidly read through the gallery.

But what came back was.

[Title: Newbie, you’ll probably just have to clear the 2nd floor as is]

“Ah.”

It was disappointing news, enough to make him sigh involuntarily.

[- For lower floors like the 2nd floor, the difficulty is so easy that it seems other hunters have already ‘monopolized’ everything and left.

Yeah…]

[The current 2nd-floor boss bstard is also a fcking scrb who hasn’t been in this tower for long, so he knows nothing.]

[Let’s just skip the 2nd floor for EXP.]

[ㄴ …But you still love us, right?]

[ㄴ GreenUgly: Sry…]

[ㄴ Hey, fck, bow your head lower.]

[ㄴ GreenUgly: (Image of a goblin doing a grand bow)]

[ㄴ Sigh, fck, the lower-floor bosses are so sinful.]

[ㄴ Newbie, hold your breath and just come up to the mid-floors. Yeah; We’ll definitely treat you well.]

‘It can’t be helped.’

‘It would be nice if it were here, but it doesn’t matter if it’s not.’

‘Just clearing the floor safely is already a decent success.’

‘Clear it first, then.’

Dooyoon steeled his resolve and stood up from his spot.

“Dooyoon-ah. Ready?”

“Yes, Hyungnim.”

The hunters, having confirmed they were ready, headed towards the boss room.

[Entering the ‘Boss Room’.]

[Boss: Defeat the Goblin Warlord to clear the floor!]

A physique a whole head taller than any goblin seen so far.

Finally, the goblins’ warlord revealed itself before the hunters.

“Kereureuk!!”

‘Nice to meet you.’

‘The owner of that disgustingly ugly meme I only saw in the gallery.’

‘A real-life fan meeting with ‘GreenUgly’ was now taking place.’