Otherworld Constellation Gallery
Chapter 50.
Before Yu Ju-han entered the dungeon, Several shadows were hiding behind a building, just barely poking their heads out and intently staring at something.
“Is this… really safe?”
At Kwak Man-ho’s question, his right-hand man nodded.
“Yes. At this distance, even someone with an intelligence of 10 won’t notice us.”
Kwak Man-ho nodded while keeping his gaze fixed, and slightly shifted the direction of his question.
“Is that them?”
At those words, one of the guys crouching in the back row inadvertently moved his lips.
“Well… seeing as there are two women and one man, it seems correct…”
When Kwak Man-ho stared at him steadily, that subordinate flinched and lowered his voice.
“Their armor is a bit unusual… there definitely wasn’t anything like that before…”
“More importantly, what are they mumbling about?”
“They’re too far away to hear clearly.”
That’s when it happened.
From a distance, something faintly glowing appeared in the hand of the man they were watching.
The object quickly shattered, and at the same time, a purple aura rose around him.
“…WHOA, what is that?”
“It must be his ability. We’re seeing all sorts of strange things.”
“What should we do, boss?”
“What do you think? Go now and we’re dead meat. Just look at the way they’re geared.”
He turned his head while pursing his lips.
“So should we retreat?”
“No. We need to know where they’re based. Even the fiercest tiger has to sleep sometime. That’s when we’ll strike.”
While they were talking, the three of them entered a building within the ruins.
“They went in there?”
“Go check if that’s their hideout.”
“…What? Me?”
As the subordinate’s eyes widened, the right-hand man intervened.
“If we get any closer, we might be discovered.”
“You stupid bastards.”
Kwak Man-ho scowled and snapped.
“What if that guy was just a civilian? You gonna stab first and think later? If you get caught, just act like a clueless survivor and walk out naturally.”
With those words, he gave the subordinate’s back a light push.
The guy who was pushed had no choice but to gulp down his saliva and slowly move toward the building.
A few minutes later, he cautiously returned.
“There was nothing there… Couldn’t see the kids either. It’s strange.”
“Are you saying we’ve all been possessed by something?”
Kwak Man-ho moved personally, with a frustrated expression. And carefully approached the building and peeked inside.
Indeed, there was nothing. Not just empty, even the dust remained undisturbed.
“…What the hell. There really is nothing.”
When the other subordinates tried to rush over belatedly, the right-hand man suddenly raised his hand and shouted.
“You brainless idiots, what are you doing all moving together! What if they’re hiding?”
He frowned severely and turned to Kwak Man-ho.
“Boss, I’ll go check.”
The right-hand man quietly and quickly approached the dungeon alone. And at that moment, he felt something.
“Uh… Boss. I think there’s a dungeon here?”
Kwak Man-ho squinted his eyes and tilted his head.
“What? I can’t see anything.”
“…It seems you need high intelligence to detect it.”
At those words, Kwak Man-ho quietly glared at his right-hand man.
He always tries to solve everything with intelligence. That personality is problematic, but helpful in situations like this.
“…Anyway, they’re strange folks.”
He took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth. Without lighting it, he muttered.
‘So it’s a dungeon…’
His eyes sink coldly.
“Let’s wait. Those kids will definitely come out. We’ll confirm then.”
***
[The party leader’s rank has risen!]
[The number of members you can invite to your party has increased by one.]
[The party leader’s rank has risen!]
[The number of members you can invite to your party has increased by one.]
While goblins continued to pour out, the party size had already reached 10 people.
‘Who were the guys who set this to 5 members from day one?’
It’s understandable why monsters like Pimuk appeared.
I didn’t stop hunting goblins even while thinking that. One swing of the sword takes down three, one rotation takes five.
Blood splatters, moans are heard, and the floor is already slick with goblin bodily fluids like undercooked pancakes.
‘Skill levels don’t increase as easily as I thought.’
No, there’s no sign of them increasing at all. Even though a sigh escapes my lips, my hands are incredibly busy. Just in case a skill level might increase.
Even if that’s not the case, this is all money.
The respawn area is literally like an ‘endless vending machine.’ Press a button and a goblin pops out, cut the goblin and gold drops—that’s the structure.
[Title: First Hunter, stop it already, You madman.] Seriously, just stop leveling up. All the beginner dungeons are built the same. No need to be greedy.
ㄴ Nope, I’m going to mine this gold vein until I die~hahaha.
ㄴ Praying he dies with all that gold piled up, day 3.
ㄴ What a cruel bastard hahaha, been praying since day one hahaha.
Other beginner dungeons are similar to this? That makes me want to stop at an appropriate point, but I hesitate.
‘Who knows when I’ll find another dungeon.’
Take advantage while you can. That’s my survival method. But what’s really important wasn’t that.
Gold is important, but the real value comes from achievement rewards.
Achievement rewards let you obtain ‘runestones’ or ‘items’ that cannot be simply converted to gold. So once I’ve had enough, I should move on to another area.
‘Let’s wrap this up and move on.’
There was only one goblin left.
Killing it would start everything over again, but that won’t happen now.
At that moment, I heard the sound of a bowstring being drawn from behind.
“Don’t shoot.”
“What?”
“I’m thinking of stopping now and going up.”
“Really?”
Tulip’s face brightens with excitement.
“Yeah. I’ll hold onto this one. You collect your arrows.”
“What?”
“Collect all the arrows you’ve shot so far. Were you planning to just leave them behind?”
Tulip looked at me with an expression of shock.
“All of the arrows I’ve shot so far?”
“Why are you asking again as if it’s surprising?”
“But… if we kill just two more, we could buy three quivers of arrows?”
“That would be a loss of gold equivalent to two kills.”
“We’ve killed so many… surely that much…”
I spoke seriously while holding onto the goblin.
“If you can collect them without buying new ones, shouldn’t you collect them?”
[Title: First time seeing someone forced to collect arrows in a dungeon] Isn’t he a crazy bastard?hahaha Crossing the line hahaha.
ㄴ Holding a goblin while making someone collect arrows is seriously creepy.
ㄴ True madness.
ㄴ At that point, wouldn’t it be more efficient to just respawn more goblins and kill a few more before going up…
ㄴ Don’t question First Hunter’s judgment.
ㄴ Somebody sponsor her please.
ㄴ If you sponsor her, she’ll take that AND still have to collect arrows hahaha.
ㄴ That’s how you become rich.
ㄴ For real haha I actually like him more for it haha.
ㄴ I secretly donated to her because I felt bad, without First Hunter knowing .
ㄴ You too?hahaha.
ㄴ Hey, you too?hahaha.
It seems Tulip is receiving Sponsorships thanks to me. Since Tulip is the one who needs money more anyway, that’s not bad.
Right at that moment, Kang Ha-rin stepped forward with sparkling eyes.
“Tulip, you take a rest. I’ll collect them.”
“Ah, sister, no. I’ll do it…”
“Let’s collect them together. It’ll be faster that way.”
Tulip and Ha-rin both stare at me.
“What are you doing? Collect them. Or I’ll collect them myself, and you two can hold onto this guy?”
I gestured toward the goblin with my chin. Its mouth was still dripping fluids, and sharp teeth protruded in a not-at-all cute way.
“……”
They both simultaneously turned their gaze to the floor. And immediately began to thoroughly search the ground.
***
“I’ve collected them all!”
Tulip lifted her head with a jerk and waved her hands full of arrows.
The arrowheads were slippery with goblin fluids, and something slimy was sticking to the feathers. But she still had a bright smile on her face as if she was proud.
“Now we’re going up, right?”
“No. Not yet.”
“But I collected all the arrows?”
“I know. But you’re exhausted. While it’s relatively safe like now, drink a regenerative potion.”
Despite my words, Tulip hesitates for a moment.
“But we’ve been saving gold by collecting arrows…?”
“Because we saved, I’m letting you drink one.”
I added while still holding onto the goblin.
“And it’s dangerous to go up when you’re tired. Who knows what we’ll encounter next.”
“Are you really allowing this?”
“What, did you think I’d only give permission when you’re at death’s door?”
Kang Ha-rin and Tulip nodded simultaneously.
Sincerely, As if it were completely natural.
“……”
I let out a small sigh and turned my attention back to Tulip.
“Anyway, drink it. Since you don’t have any significant wounds right now, it shouldn’t hurt too much. But still be tense when you drink it. The Regenerative potion has a different reaction every time you drink it.”
Tulip bit her lip firmly and nodded. Then she opened the cork stopper and drank the liquid.
At that moment, I carefully observed her expression.
The trembling of her pupils, the depth of her breath, the trembling of her fingertips… to not miss the moment when a reaction comes.
But there wasn’t the slightest wrinkle on her face.
“My body feels so refreshed!”
Tulip stretched out her body.
As if it were a lie that she had been tired with drooping shoulders just moments ago, she smiled brightly with a clean face.
“I feel completely energized! I want to go up quickly!”
“…Didn’t it hurt?”
“What? No! Not at all!”
Fuck, why am I the only one who feels pain every time. When I drink it, pain rushes through my body as if a bulldozer is plowing through my insides, but she feels like she’s basking in sunshine while stretching.
‘Is it that I get pain but am lucky?’
Is it something like the law of total luck?
“That’s good. Let’s move.”
“Aren’t you going to drink, mister?”
“Yeah. I’m fine. I don’t need to drink yet. I had you drink first so you could get used to the regenerative potion in advance.”
When Tulip heard those words, her eyes wavered slightly.
“I’m touched. The stingy mister did this for me…”
“Well, for you is fine, but don’t call me stingy.”
“Thank you, even though you’re so tight-fisted…”
“Hey, that’s the same thing.”
At those words, Tulip smiles faintly.
Kang Ha-rin was also smiling softly. In that brief laughter was evidence that we were still living as humans even in this world.
‘More importantly, above there… I have a bad feeling…’
But I’m not planning to back out after coming this far.
We’ve killed Pimuk, so there’s nothing to fear.
“Let’s go.”
“Yes!”
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