episode_0038

Feeling as if your body is floating somewhere.

When I open my eyes, a very different landscape unfolds before me than before.

A dark cave filled with darkness.

[You have entered Kalashu’s Trial.]

The message that came to mind makes me realize that I am in a completely different world.

“Tch, it’s darker than I thought.”

Shin Yu-jeong, who entered earlier, clicks her tongue and grumbles.

It’s definitely dark.

It’s not that you can’t see it at all, but if you’re not careful, you could be hit by an unexpected blow.

It is a bad environment for the vanguard in many ways.

“Write this.”

Jian Yoon, who entered last, handed us a bracelet.

“It’s a bracelet with built-in light magic. Three hours will be enough.”

“Oh, thank you…” .”

When Shin Yu-jeong smiled and was about to hand it over, he stretched out his hand and blocked the two people’s path.

Then the guy frowns and glares at me.

“Hey, what are you doing?”

“It’s enough without that.”

She immediately drew in the magic power around her and created a sphere the size of her palm in front of her eyes.

Enter your starter word here.

“Light.”

The sphere, which was floating in front of the guy and emitting soft light, suddenly exploded with light.

“evil!”

Oh, I forgot.

Light is a more efficient magic than you can imagine, so even if you add a little more, the light becomes stronger.

“Hey, Mr. Lee… !”

I stretched out my hand straight towards the guy who was running towards me with tears streaming down my face.

“S-sorry! “It was definitely not intentional.”

As soon as I apologize, the guy stops walking.

“… be careful. “I know there won’t be any soup next time.”

“okay.”

I guess it was uncomfortable for him to get so angry at me in the face of a strong competitor named Yoon Ji-an, but he let me go easier than I thought.

“Well, wouldn’t it be better to use a bracelet anyway…?” .”

Ji-an Yoon, who was behind him, spoke vaguely.

I shook my head and declined her offer.

“Now that you have entered the dungeon, Mr. Jian, you must watch closely.”

“If that’s what Kim Do-jin means… , All right.”

As Yoon Ji-an turns around, a happy smile appears on her lips.

He probably likes my mindset of rejecting his own help.

I adjusted the position of the light sphere above Shin Yu-jeong’s head.

“Can you see clearly this way?”

“uh… , that’s right.”

This is why wizards are in the spotlight.

In the current situation, if you don’t have a wizard, you have to use a bracelet with built-in light magic like the one given by Yun Jian, or if you don’t have one, you have to make a torch, but both have disadvantages.

The former has the disadvantage of consuming a small magic stone each time you use it, in addition to the cost of purchasing the bracelet, and the latter has the disadvantage of requiring you to hold a torch in your hand, which limits your actions.

But if you have a wizard, all these things can be solved.

As I said, light magic is a very efficient magic, so it doesn’t cause any harm even if you leave it on throughout the dungeon.

“Hey, Kim Do-jin.”

Shin Yu-jeong points at herself with her thumb with a rather serious expression.

“I will reliably protect you from the front, so use whatever magic you want. Did you understand?”

On the other hand, they say that you should believe in yourself and work hard, but just by looking at their eyes, you can see that this is not the case.

I guess I want to see with my own eyes how good I am at using magic.

It’s full of people trying to judge me back and forth.

“Okay, thank you.”

“Thank you, between us.”

They secretly say that this is between us.

What is our relationship?

Isn’t it the worst relationship that we had with Bread Shuttle and Iljin for 3 years and then became involved in society?

“Then I’ll take the lead, so keep a reasonable distance and follow me.”

“huh.”

Shin Yu-jeong tightly grasped the shield he was lightly holding with his left hand, and Woosue pulled out the sword he was wearing at his waist.

It is a short sword that is not very long.

I thought he was pretty good just by looking at his body, but looking at his sword, I think I should raise my opinion of him.

As a vanguard and tank, Shin Yu-jeong is likely to be face-to-face with monsters most of the time during battle.

In such a situation, a short sword is much more convenient than a needlessly long long sword.

By quickly stabbing and slashing, you will be able to take your opponent’s mind out.

Of course, you’ll have to change weapons when you encounter a large monster, but there’s nothing like that when dealing with something small like a goblin.

Kiiii… !

A crude cry is heard from beyond the winding cave.

A noise that at first glance resembles a child’s voice, but also sounds like phlegm.

“It’s in front.”

The intensity and direction of the light coming from the light source fixed above Shin Yu-jeong’s head were adjusted forward.

The winding cave path and the guy appeared at the same time.

Short height between 90cm and 130cm and dark green skin.

A manly head with long, protruding ears, a hooked nose that droops down, and jagged teeth.

A goblin with a shabby piece of leather wrapped around its waist is frightened by the sudden beam of light and is scurrying around with its eyes covered.

I immediately drew in my magic power and created a sphere.

A blazing red sphere.

“Fire Missile.”

I was puzzled at first.

Why did they use the word missile for a sphere the size of a child’s fist?

Director Park Cheol-soo said that in the past, the word missile meant a projectile.

That has now become the name of a modern weapon.

So, the word fire missile means a projectile with flame properties.

Oh, that doesn’t mean it’s weak.

“Kim Do-jin! Calmly prepare for magic… .”

A red sphere passed by Shin Yu-jeong, who was running forward and giving me orders, and hit the goblin’s body.

That moment.

Pow-!

A small explosion occurred and the goblin’s body was engulfed in flames.

“Keyit… .”

The guy who was knocked down by the force of the explosion wriggled for a moment and then fell limp.

“I think he’s dead… ?”

When I said that to Shin Yu-jeong, who was running, her face became filled with astonishment.

When I turn around, Yoon Ji-an also has a similar expression.

What, why are you doing this to just basic magic?

* * *

Yun Ji-an thought.

‘How was my first real fight?’

I remember it being a cave that had a similar feel to it now.

I think it was a dungeon with various types of goblins.

‘worst.’

The memories that came to mind were so bad that I wanted to shove them deep into my brain and lock them so that no one, including myself, could open them.

It wasn’t just because he was ugly.

All of the classmates who experienced their first real battle together were amazing.

Monsters are like that.

An unknown entity that is still full of unknowns and imprints the fear of death in humans.

The warrior’s body naturally stiffens, and the magician’s magic is so twisted that he cannot even draw a magic circle properly.

It took her an hour just to be able to move around the goblin, and after cutting the goblin’s body to death, she lay in bed for a full day before waking up.

I was praised by my professors for being so fast, and I heard my classmates say it was amazing.

It was definitely like that.

‘What is that guy…? ?’

What happened to the brain of a human named Kim Do-jin that he could create magic and blow up a goblin’s body without the slightest trembling?

That wasn’t the only surprising thing.

“Fire missile.”

A red burning sphere is created as soon as he shouts the starter word.

Every time it flies away, the goblins who were excitedly running towards it fall to their deaths.

The lineman who rescued him was completely absorbed in the middle and was no longer ready to run.

She looked at the checklist handed to her by the association.

‘Casting speed.’

The average casting time for basic attribute magic is 5 to 10 seconds for a beginner wizard.

Considering it’s a real game, I was told to add about 20%, so it’s about 6 to 12 seconds.

How was Kim Do-jin?

“… “2 seconds.”

As a rough estimate, it seems to be 2 seconds, but in reality it seems to be 1 second plus a few decimal seconds.

‘Does this make sense…? ?’

Director Park Cheol-soo praised him for his amazing casting speed, but he never thought it would be this amazing.

While she was surprised, another goblin rushed at her.

Two this time.

Since the number of spheres he could create at once was only one, he thought that Shin Yu-jeong would have to block his way this time, but even that was just unfounded.

“Ice missile, fire missile.”

He succeeded with two spells in quick succession.

Even with different properties.

Awesome!

Pow!

Thanks to this, one died of being covered in ice, and the other died of being engulfed in flames.

She looked at another item on her checklist.

‘How many properties do we use?’

It’s meaningless.

Kim Do-jin now considers goblins as trivial opponents.

Maybe that’s why I’m bored, so I make up for the fun by playing with colors.

“This time, Earth Needle.”

A needle made of hard stone pierces the goblin’s vital parts.

“Already on the third attribute… .”

All of his aptitudes were recognized through the crystal ball.

If you think for a moment with a goblin in front of you, you must be choosing which attribute to use this time.

She checked the last item on her checklist.

‘Time it takes to conquer the dungeon.’

Kalash’s Trial is a small dungeon.

The average time from the entrance to the final boss room is approximately one and a half to two hours.

So what about Kim Do-jin?

The current location is roughly in the middle.

The time it took to get from the entrance to here was just… .

“17 minutes 32 seconds… .”

Even that was a slow walk, but if I had walked properly, it would have been 5 minutes shorter.

He is breaking through everything now.

This means that we are moving forward by overwhelmingly crushing all the standards that the people in the association have written down as being great.

She thought as she looked at Kim Do-jin, who had an infinitely bored expression, unlike when she entered the dungeon.

‘He must be caught.’

Even if you lose everyone else, you must hold on to Kim Do-jin.