episode_0043

Kwaaang—!

Leona, who received the troll’s vicious mace, was pushed back.

It was a scene that seemed dangerous at first glance, but Leona’s eyes, shining through blonde hair as brilliant as the sun, did not even flinch.

Clap-

Her plate armor sparkled, and then Leona raised her sword and shouted.

“Deal ready!!”

[Call of Radiance]

[Gives a status abnormality (provocation) to nearby enemies!]

[Defense increases by 30% for 1 minute!]

[Your stamina stat increases by 10 for 1 minute!]

“Cooo—!!”

The troll’s gaze, which was about to swing its mace at another party member, turned to Leona again, and she ran towards the troll again and thrust her shield at him.

Boom. The troll’s large mace fell through the air again, but did not hit Leona’s shield.

Pew view-! Phew!

In that brief moment, Raine’s arrow quickly pierced the tendon of the troll’s wrist, and the troll, who eventually missed the mace, raised his shield in panic… .

Whirling-! Suddenly! Suddenly!

The black shadow approached the troll’s back with movements as fast as an arrow, and severed both Achilles’ tendons, causing it to fall down without being able to maintain its balance.

“Sasha! Hyun Woo! Now is the time!”

Lane, who used the [Detect Weakness] skill to increase the damage the troll receives by 10%, shouted to the two people in the back.

“I’m ready!”

“Don’t rush this uncivilized man!”

“Eek… I’m not urging you again… .”

[Acid Fire]

A cloud of purple flames spewed out from Sasha’s staff, which soon finished casting, and along with it, bright light poured out from Hyunwoo Lee’s hand.

[Star Road]

The light penetrated into Sasha’s [Acid Fire], and then a cloud of flames that began to emit even more intense heat exploded at the troll.

Fuuu! Grumbling!!

The troll, who had not yet escaped from the state of provocation, stared only at Leona until the end, and his entire body burned. Only then did he come to his senses and roar and resist, but the battle was already over.

[Ashed Fire], which deals damage in dots rather than a single shot, has an option to reduce healing power by 60%.

In fact, once this attack is allowed, the troll’s advantage, its bizarre regenerative ability, becomes meaningless.

Pyubyubyubyu-! Kwasik!

The troll hunt came to an end with arrows hitting both the heads of the trolls, who were swinging their fists wildly in terrible pain.

“Good job everyone.”

“I’m glad Sasha has the healing reduction skill~ Indeed. Kanna-chan was cool too!”

At the sound of Rain’s lively voice, a shadow, Kanna Mizuki, appears and nods her head.

As Kanna brushed off the troll’s blood from her kunai, Hyunwoo Lee suddenly appeared in her field of vision.

He is looking around to see if anyone is injured.

He also asked Kanna if she was injured, but she responded by not responding.

“There are no injuries, so let’s move slowly. Rain?”

“Umm–over there. There’s a pleasant wind blowing over there.”

Lane’s role is [Pioneer]. The special stat is intuition, and the number of times they have failed when following her words so far has been counted on one hand, so all party members followed Lane’s guidance without much trouble.

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“It seems like there are more and more trees as we go… ?”

“I feel it too. It seems like my field of vision has become narrower than before… .”

“Don’t agree with what I say. Hannam. Because I feel bad.”

“Eh. sorry… .”

At first glance, you might think it was just a matter of mood, but Lane and Kanna, who have good eyesight, were already convinced.

The deeper you go, the denser the plants grow and the more traces of people passing by.

This is what the surroundings of NPC villages usually felt like, but it was a village located in the middle of a dense forest.

In the death game, ‘something new = something to be wary of’, so in a more serious voice, Lane told the party members to be careful.

“There is a village in a place like this… Are there any elves living there? .”

“Noisy. Don’t talk nonsense.”

“… Yes.”

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“Oh. I finally found it.”

After evolving Vivian into an adult, I rolled the [Guide] skill one more time and was finally able to find the dungeon.

Even if I asked for the nearest dungeon, I never thought it would take more than four hours. Have all the nearby dungeons been cleared?

pop-!

The familiar who completed the mission disappeared, and walked towards the entrance of the dungeon… .

‘Was there a dungeon like this?’

An entrance with a design that has never been depicted in the original work.

The completely white walls and floor, without any light or shade or shadow, are so foreign.

I wondered if it was a space that existed in reality, but looking at the system window that appeared in front of me, it seemed like it was definitely a dungeon.

[The unexpected quest has arrived.]

[Surprising Quest: Survive from the onslaught of enemies.]

[Achievement condition: Survive for limited time]

[Reward: 3000 EXP, exclusive item]

[Time limit: 2 hours]

“Huh? Survive? Why is the quest unexpected instead of clearing?—”

ah. no way.

-Tspat!

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It’s been a while since I felt dizzy.

Sure enough, when the flash subsided and we opened our eyes, we found ourselves in an enclosed space, not a maze.

It was surrounded by walls and ceilings made of similar materials to the entrance to the dungeon I saw earlier, and it seemed quite large.

The quest that suddenly appeared involves surviving a barrage of enemies for two hours.

It’s a mission with very simple and clear content, but I was a little scared because I didn’t know what the enemies that would appear were like.

Since we don’t have a priest in our party, it’s best to avoid injury as much as possible… .

Why didn’t this unique dungeon appear in the original work? After a moment of doubt, the air around me began to tremble.

“Mana… It’s spinning very fast, master.”

Ugh- Ugh-!

The cause of the tremors was the warp gate that immediately appeared. I guess monsters are going to pop out from there.

The number of gates is three. It seems like it might be worth doing more than you think? Just as I was thinking this, someone’s hand stuck out from the swaying gate.

Grrr! Hey!

Green skin and small kidneys. Even the crude dagger he was holding.

The owner of the hand was, of course, a goblin.

“… Something is leaking steam.”

“Well, that’s right… .”

I was very nervous as I didn’t know what would come out, but it was just a goblin?

Kkkk! Crrr—

Wild dogs and wild pigs followed behind, but they did not change the bitter cold atmosphere.

[Frost Blade]

Ssae-Ae-Aek-Seokeuk! Creep – Creep!

Catherine instantly clears out the miscellaneous mobs with a single wave of her hand, and then the gate wriggles again and spits out monsters. but… .

The monsters that popped out this time were goblins, wild dogs, and rabid pigs.

Even if you go only halfway through the maze, you will frown at the feast of monsters that do not appear.

Have they made something like a dungeon now?

If anything, the goblin cave seemed dozens of times more difficult.

what… It would be nice if I could break it easily… The Tower Apostle I knew would never make a mistake like this.

About ten minutes have passed since then, but the enemies that still appear are extremely weak monsters.

Is this really the end? While I was thinking about it, a system message came to mind.

[Successfully survived the first wave. The second wave begins in 10 seconds.]

I knew it would be like this. When I hit my forehead, my frontal lobe tingled.

It’s a system where the more you survive, the stronger the enemies become.

Ugh! Ugh!

The monsters that appeared in the second wave were orcs and ghosts, as expected.

“Cooo-! Kuruk!”

“Goooo—-”

I can still survive on my own… I’m so fucking scared of what will happen later. The two-hour battle was longer than I thought.

Stamina and mana management seemed to be the key.

“Then, shall we call your alter ego?”

“Huh? uh… uh! Is that good? [Yeojin Yeomong] Are you talking about it?”

“Yes, yes… .”

Vivian’s skill, [Aftershock Yeomong], summons a clone that shares 50% of the main body’s stats.

Once you summon an alter ego, you can reserve stamina and mana until the clone disappears.

Monsters that can’t even reach Yurina and fall like leaves in a cold wind with just Catherine’s control.

Vivian took advantage of the moment to cast [Aftershocks] and began gesturing in the air.

As if drawing a picture in the air, black ink flows out from her fingers and quickly draws a human figure of similar size to herself.

Soon, the figure was transformed into an image identical to Vivian’s, and as soon as it was completed, it flew towards the gate.

Wow! puck! Bub bub bub!

Like the main body, the clone, which did not yet have a weapon, faced the monsters with its bare fists. It showed a bit of struggle, perhaps because 50% of its stats were lost, but in the end, it succeeded in holding on until the end of the second wave.

[Successfully survived the second wave. The third wave begins in 10 seconds.]

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[Successfully survived the eighth wave. The ninth wave begins in 10 seconds.]

No, when will this fucking end?

“Kyaaaa–! Please buy and save me. Lord, I am the owner! Hehe! Seconds, tentacles! Sissi, I hate it~!!”

Vivian is dragged by Tentakis’ tentacles that pop out in the ninth wave.

I swallowed the breath that had reached my head and jumped in to save her.