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After eating and resting, we resumed our dungeon raid.

After going through the endless rush of monsters and the complicatedly twisted passages…

After about 4 hours, the warrior party reached the innermost part of the dungeon.

— Gooo….

A stone chamber where the body of an ancient elf queen lies dormant.

Standing guard in front of it is the undead elf swordsman, , carrying seven swords.

“………”

“…………..”

The warrior party members stopped in their tracks due to the strange and indescribable pressure.

I nodded slightly and then slowly raised my hand.

“If you’ve properly learned what I’ve told you, this boss won’t be a tough fight. Then…. start the battle.”

— Pak, papat…!!

As soon as the instructions were given.

Zion fired three arrows in succession, and at the same time, Hyunwoo, Julia, and Krimhilt rushed towards Jiain.

— Kaaang…!!

After drawing out two long swords and striking down the flying arrows.

Jiain revealed a murderous look in her eyes.

“How dare you… defile His Majesty’s tomb with your ugly feet…. I can’t forgive you… you wicked sinners…! I will tear you apart without leaving a single piece of flesh…. and chew and swallow you up!!”

— Ta-tat… bang…!!

Jiain moves at a fast pace and displays tricky swordsmanship.

The three vanguards surrounded the boss at an appropriate distance, and while one was taking damage, the other two were gradually attacking the boss.

Before starting this boss fight, I only taught my party two patterns.

This is because, from my experience during my adventures with these idiots in the past, I have learned that no matter how detailed the detailed strategy is, they don’t listen properly and when they get hit later, they blame me.

Anyway, it’s not like your stats are such that you’ll die from a few small attacks…

— Crunch…!!

“Ughh …

Ji-ah-in is rolling on the floor after being hit by Hyunwoo and Julia’s attack.

It’s about time the first pattern appears.

“All of you sinners… I’ll behead you…!!”

Jiain pulled out the greatsword on his back, letting out a murderous voice.

Hyunwoo, Julia, and Krimhilt rushed in and tried to continue beating him up, but…

“– !!”

After drawing the party members’ attention with a pre-determined pattern warning, I observed the creature’s pattern.

If Zian lowers his sword from right to left, it becomes an odd row.

As you move from left to right, a wide-area slash will fly over the even rows of panels.

The floor panels of the odd rows are made of white stone, and the floor panels of the even rows are made of gray stone, so it is not difficult to tell them apart….

It is an extremely dangerous pattern that can result in instant death damage if you make a mistake.

The direction of the blade is…..

Is it the left?

“ !!”

As I gave the order, the party members who had stopped in their tracks and prepared all hurriedly moved to their seats on the gray panel.

“Uh…. Huh? Gray? So….”

“………..”

You must have been thinking of something else while I was explaining.

Krimhilt was confused, but only after seeing Hyunwoo and Julia move did she move onto the gray panel…

— Paaah…!!

A fierce sword wind swept past, scraping her buttocks.

“Gyaaah!! Ouch, it hurts…!!”

“…………”

Oh, shit. That bitch is really…

It’s a good thing I wasn’t hit by the bullet.

“…..Krimhilt is self-healing, the other two are focusing on covering for a while.”

After the pattern ends, the battle resumes.

Even Krimhilt, who had recovered, returned to the front lines. The warrior party members continued to push Ziain.

— Thud, thud…!!

“Oh my gosh….!!”

It must have hurt quite a bit to get hit on the butt.

Krimhilt swung her mace imbued with divine power with a fierce momentum, and the boss rolled on the floor in a miserable state before struggling to get up.

“That…. ugh…. ugh…..”

— Pot, papat….!!

The next moment.

The four short swords that were sheathed in the scabbard at Jia Yin’s waist were pulled out of the hilts and floated into the air.

….is this a tantrum pattern?

“ . Power pattern comparison.”

The final pattern that activates when Jiain’s health falls below 10%.

He uses his swordsmanship to manipulate four short swords and focuses his attacks on the opponent who has inflicted the most damage on him.

Since he is equipped with the Holy Sword, which has the highest attack power among allies and a special effect on the undead, it is judged that Hyunwoo is likely to be the target.

I informed the guy of that fact and trained him to prepare in advance.

but…

— Paat….!!

The person Jiain was rushing at was– Yulia.

“………..!!”

Damn it….!!

Hyunwoo, that idiot, after hearing my story, he got really scared and… was just carelessly putting in the deal…!

–Shirilik…! Pot, pot, pot, pot…! Caaang…!!

“Tch….!!”

but.

Julia responded to the bastard’s patterns with unexpected calmness.

In fact, the four short swords are only flashy on the outside, but in reality, they attack the target’s right arm – left arm – right leg – left leg in sequence, so if you stay alert and concentrate, it is not difficult to dodge.

The problem is the attack of the main body of Zia that flies in mixed in with that attack….

Should we really say that this is the skill befitting a prosecutor who has been given the title of ?

Julia remained defensive, dodging or parrying all of his attacks, while I quickly opened my mouth to command the attack.

“Resume attack!!”

“Ugh….. Euaaaahhhh!! !!”

“ !!”

“ !!”

— Tukaak…! Paaang…! Crack, crack…!!

Jiain, who gives up defense and evasion and focuses solely on one-point attacks.

The warrior party’s full-power attack was directed at that guy’s back…

“That… Uhhh… That… Ugh…..”

Not long after.

The guy fell to the floor completely exhausted…

It turned into ashes.

“Gasp, ugh….”

“Haa, haa, haa……”

“This, you won?”

“Did you get it…?”

“………”

Maybe it’s because it’s the first victory I’ve tasted in months.

The warrior party members exchanged glances and expressions of disbelief.

— Kururururururung…..

The door to the stone chamber opened with a heavy noise, as if a wedge was being driven in…

Only then did they realize it was real, and the warrior party members cheered, hugged each other, cried, and clapped, expressing their intense emotions of victory.

“I won! I won!!”

“Dungeon clear…! Damn, how long has it been awhile!!”

“Goddessniiim!! Thank youu …

“…………”

(If someone saw us, they’d think we were a newbie party clearing a dungeon for the first time in their lives)

‘Well… That must mean the trauma from the consecutive failed requests was huge. Isn’t the most frustrating situation when something that was going well suddenly stops working?’

(Hmm…..)

‘and….’

(hmm?)

‘Once you quit, the cigarettes you start smoking are the sweetest… and it’s hard to quit again…’

About ten minutes later.

The warrior party members who had calmed down to a certain extent moved into the stone chamber with me and retrieved the dungeon clear reward.

I would say that it is a dungeon created with the concept of an elven royal tomb.

Inside the stone chamber, just like in the original, there was an incredible amount of valuables piled up.

From gold coins and jewels to various magical weapons, accessories, and artifacts.

If you convert all of it into money, it would probably be more than two thousand gold.

“Wow… How much is all this…? I’m going crazy counting it….”

“When I go back this time, I’ll buy some things I couldn’t buy because I was saving up. I’ll go to Noblesse Restaurant for the first time in a while and eat out a bit…”

“I want to buy some cream~ clothes and shoes. And some cosmetics and perfume….”

Perhaps it was because he had been living in poverty due to a series of failed requests.

The warrior party members giggled as they stuffed gold coins and jewels into their backpacks…

I waited for them to enjoy themselves enough, and then opened my mouth when the collection of goods was almost finished.

“Then, as promised, I will take 50% of the total compensation. I have recorded all the items, so don’t even think about stealing them.”

“……….!!”

“…………..”

Party members hesitantly turned their gazes toward me.

Julia nodded with a calm expression, but…

Zion and Krimhilt seemed to be dissatisfied, and muttered with crumpled expressions.

But it’s obvious that I wouldn’t have been able to clear this dungeon without my abilities.

No one ever said it out loud or showed it through action.

Except for one person.

“No…. Wait a minute. Wait a minute.”

It seems that the conclusion was reached that for that idiot, keeping his mouth shut in this situation would be a loss to his dignity as a warrior and party leader.

“What is it?”

“Let’s think about it rationally. Isn’t 50% too much?”

“………..”

“What have you done while clearing the dungeon? You just followed us around comfortably, giving us verbal orders? Someone who hasn’t fought a single battle takes 50% of the dungeon rewards… Go ask the Adventurer’s Guild. They’ll tell you 100 out of 100 that it’s unfair. ”

“So?”

“I’ve compromised a lot, so I’ll give you up to 25%. So I’m asking you to compromise around that amount.”

“………..”

“You have experienced the power of our party, haven’t you? If you continue to adventure with us, you will continue to gain enormous wealth and glory that will be so great that the rewards here will be inconceivable. And…”

“……….”

Hyunwoo tells the story with an expression on his face as if he is intoxicated by his own words.

Seriously…. It’s not that I didn’t know….

You’re more of a fool than I expected.

“Thank you for your consideration, but please don’t decline.”

“…..Huh?”

“I don’t need a penny. You guys can split it among yourself.”

“……..Huh, huh?”

Is it because the reaction is so different from what I expected?

Hyunwoo stuttered with a puzzled expression, and I turned around and walked away leisurely.

“Don’t ever let that face show itself in front of me again. I don’t want to do stupid things like going on adventures with fools.”

“Ah…. No, wait… Wait!! That’s not it…..”

Hyunwoo tries to continue talking.

Someone rushed past him and knelt before me.

“Please wait a moment, Mr. Hire!! Please…. Wait a moment!!”

Julia.

She continued speaking, bowing her head so deeply that her forehead touched the floor.

“I apologize for my rudeness, warrior! I will pay you 50% of the compensation as I promised at the beginning!! So… please, calm down!!”

“Julia…? What are you talking about? Why are you…..”

“–You please keep your mouth shut!!”

“……….!!”

“After all that hardship, you still don’t understand? If this person doesn’t lend us his strength, we’ll go back to being a group of surplus people who can’t even properly solve B-rank requests!!”

“Ugh……..!!”

Hyunwoo tries to say something with a tearful expression.

But did he realize that the other party members around him were sympathizing with Julia through their expressions and gazes?

The bastard started shaking his fists with his mouth shut tight.

Khuhhh…..

What a truly remarkable expression….

Well, this won’t even satisfy 0.1% of my desire for revenge.

“Princess.”

“Yes… Ma, please speak…..”

“I feel a little hurt, so I don’t think I can just let it go.”

“……….”

“Either that idiot apologizes himself, or you, the princess, kiss my shoes. Then I’ll consider it.”

Julia flinched and trembled.

Hyunwoo grabbed the handle of the sword and let out a loud voice.

” To get back like this ….. ◦ ◦ ◦

“–Choi Hyunwoo!!!!”

Julia’s shrill voice rang out once again.

That idiot must have an instinctive feeling that he won’t apologize to me even if it means dying.

Julia pleaded with Hyunwoo in a tearful voice.

“Please… Please… Shut up… Just now… Please…..”

“Ugh….. Chew…. what the……”

Hyunwoo put the knife away with an expression that looked like he was going crazy.

and….

Julia crawled towards my feet.

“You, Julia…..you…..”

Ignoring Hyunwoo who was crying with a trembling voice.

She covered the instep with her lips.

“Khuh …

Desperately suppressing the laughter that was about to burst out.

After enjoying the feeling of the princess’s lips for a moment, I nodded quietly.

“Okay, let’s just let it slide this once. Not twice.”

“Yes…. Thank you for your consideration.”