I’m Going to the Dungeon

Appropriate Ether stat: 2,500

Appropriate armor Transcendence level: Stage 3.

The appropriate specs to hunt smoothly in the Vampire Bear Habitat have been revealed.

Of course, this was based on a party, not solo play.

It wasn’t just the Vampire Bear Habitat. Information from other hunting grounds besides this place was being uploaded and revised in real time.

Naturally, this wasn’t data released by Deron. It was information that many users were writing with their deaths.

[Ether Growth]

Achieve Ether Grade 6 for equipment 0/3

Achieve Ether stat of 1,000 for character 3,200/1,000

I frowned while looking at the main quest. I was far ahead of the Ether stat required by the quest, but I hadn’t been able to grow my equipment’s Ether grade to Stage 6.

To grow the equipment’s grade from Stage 5 to Stage 6, an item called [Shining Transcendence Stone] was needed.

I was taking a short break, browsing various community sites.

As I skimmed through the top posts of Deron Online, I discovered a post that had received an overwhelming number of upvotes and comments.

[New Instance Dungeon Info Released] [67]

(Screenshot of Shining Transcendence Stone)

(Screenshot of Purified Moon Shard)

Both items came from the new dungeon [Sanctuary of the Fallen Moon].

About 2 come out per run? The dungeon itself isn’t difficult.

Seems like just a farming dungeon.

The story is also quite fun, so if you’re interested

Follow along while clearing the Temple of the Sun subquests.

The chain quests are a bit long, so it’ll be tough if you don’t have patience.

Everyone probably knows what the Shining Transcendence Stone is used for, so I won’t bother explaining.

The most noteworthy thing is the Purified Moon Shard.

[Purified Moon Shard]

A cleanly purified moon shard.

Can grant special power to Ether equipment that has reached its maximum slots.

※Bound Item

※Cannot be restored upon destruction

I thought it was strange that equipment wasn’t dropping in the dungeon, but it seems like this season we’ll just have to add options to the items themselves.

In other words, equipment options drop in the dungeon.

Below are the options I’ve granted to my equipment.

[Hound’s Fang]

Agility +350 Unique

Physical Attack Power 2400

Ether Grade 6

Dagger

Bound

Level Restriction 85

115% additional damage when attacking Ether monsters

[Movement Speed Increased by 10%]

[Attack Speed Increased by 15%]

[Maximum Damage Increased by 20%]

[Additional Damage Increased by 20%]

■30% chance to cast Moonlight Slash skill upon attack.

※Maximum slots have been reached.

[Comments]

[What the fuck, equipment doesn’t drop?]

ㄴ[Honestly, weren’t you expecting this since they were talking about equipment Transcendence or whatever?]

ㄴ[No fun in farming then;]

ㄴ[I think this is better, isn’t it good that you can pick and use only the options you want? Or am I the only one who thinks that?]

[What’s the Ether stat requirement to enter the dungeon?]

ㄴ[I think I entered around 1200. Seeing how easy it was back then, I don’t think it’s a high-difficulty dungeon.]

ㄴ[LOL, now the guys with high Ether stats are struggling because they can’t break through Transcendence, and it turns out it drops in the dungeon.]

[Can you only enter if you clear the quest?]

ㄴ[I think so. You can’t activate the entrance unless you clear the entry quest.]

[Was that item that just went up for auction yours?]

ㄴ[No, no. There was another party besides us that was in the final stages of the quest, it must have been them.]

[It’s not that equipment doesn’t drop. I confirmed that it does.]

ㄴ[Really? Was that the other party from earlier?]

ㄴ[No, no, it seems like it was another channel. We didn’t see you guys.]

ㄴ[What kind of equipment did they drop?]

ㄴ[Just an item without options. The grade was Unique though.]

ㄴ[LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]

ㄴ[Equipment for Transcendence LOLOLOLOLOLOL]

The moment I confirmed the information, I jumped up from my seat.

Helena, who had been lying down with her head on my thigh, was startled and rolled under a rock.

, “Yeon, Yeon-a…?”

“I found it!”

It was finally time to proceed to the next stage of the blocked main quest.

I grabbed Helena’s hand and headed to Solaris Capital City.

Inside the Solaris Temple within the capital city, a blue exclamation mark, signifying a subquest, was floating around.

“What, what did you find?”

“The next stage of Ether! And a special item that can further grow items!”

I showed Helena the post I had seen.

Helena, who had been examining the transparent window floating in the air for a while, nodded and opened her mouth.

“It was a dungeon. But is it okay? Everyone is moving in parties, so even if we clear the quest, it won’t be easy to go to the dungeon. Let’s just wait for the items to be released for sale, I’ll buy them for you.”

“No way!”

“Yeon-a. It’ll definitely be a waste of time. Just, just let me buy them for you. So let’s hunt in the field instead of the dungeon. Okay?”

“No!”

I shook my head at Helena’s words.

I found out where to get the next stage’s Transcendence Stone. I also confirmed the information that items that further grow equipment also drop.

“Helena. They say you can add another line of options to the item. How can you stand that? You know how good one more line of options is compared to others.”

“Th, that’s…”

“This can’t be traded. It’s an item you have to enter the dungeon to get yourself.”

“B, but… there’s only the two of us.”

I shook my head at Helena’s words.

Had she forgotten? I have loyal guild members. They were people who were so loyal to me that they would pretend to die if I told them to.

“Hehehe.”

“Ugh…”

I needed one trustworthy healer, one dealer, and a tank.

Yeon-[Chloe-nim.]

Chloe-[Yes?]

Yeon-[What’s your Ether stat?]

Chloe-[It’s just passed 1,500… Why do you ask…?]

Good. I’ve secured a healer.

I immediately sent a message to the tank.

Yeon-[Arthur!]

Arthur-[Hi. What’s up?]

Yeon-[How much did you raise your Ether stat?]

Arthur-[It’s just passed 2,000 now. What’s going on? Do you need me?]

Yeon-[Yeah, I need Arthur. Let’s be together.]

Arthur-[Yeon… Do all Koreans type like this in chat?]

I scratched my cheek at Arthur’s message.

Could there have been a problem in the middle of the translation process?

Yeon-[Was it weird?]

Arthur-[It’s not that… Okay. I’ll go since you need me. Can you give me the coordinates?]

Good.

I smiled and gave Arthur the coordinates.

There was no need to give them to Chloe. I was planning to bring her using the Summoning Order anyway.

I gathered two dealers, one tank, and one healer.

Now it was time to find one more dealer.

To be honest, there were more than enough people I could take as dealers.

That was the problem.

Yerin, Snow Mage, Hwarang, Iyap.

The least skilled among them was naturally Iyap.

So let’s take Iyap.

Covering the lack of skill with specs.

Yeon-[Iyap-nim. What’s your Ether stat right now?]

Iyap-[Ah, it’s just passed 1,800 right now.]

I nodded.

It was also the role of the guild master to lead the growth of lacking guild members.

Where else in this world would there be a guild leader with such an angelic heart like me?

He’s already a pitiful thief, and he’s also old.

I had to take care of him for sure.

“I’ve gathered everyone!”

“… Already?”

“Yeah. Everyone said they’d come here.”

I answered Helena’s words and took out the Summoning Order.

It’s not summoning the entire guild. I’m manipulating the settings so that the Summoning Order message only goes to specific people.

Helena’s anxious gaze reached me and then fell away.

I smiled at her and took out the Summoning Order.

Flash-!

Immediately after using the Summoning Order, two pillars of light fell around me.

Iyap, the thief, and Chloe, the healer, had arrived.

“Huh…? Guild Leader-nim, are you perhaps planning to run a dungeon?”

“It seems like that’s the composition…”

Those were the words of Iyap and Chloe.

I nodded with a confident expression.

“Did everyone check the information?”

“You mean that information? The one that was posted on the Deron Gallery.”

“Yes, that’s right!”

“I was planning to proceed with the quest today anyway, so it seems like it worked out well.”

I chatted with Iyap and Chloe while watching Helena’s reaction.

She had been staring at me with her mouth tightly shut since earlier, which was quite burdensome.

I know why she’s looking at me like that. She wants to enjoy the game alone with me, her close friend, but she probably doesn’t like that other people are joining in.

But it couldn’t be helped in order to go to the dungeon.

“Hey, Yeon-a.”

“Yeah?”

“Why is there four of us? What about the tank?”

“That’s right, Guild Leader-nim. Didn’t you call a tank? Should we call Dogric-nim?”

“No. I already called him.”

“Huh? But the ones who came with the Summoning Order earlier were…”

At that moment, before Iyap could finish speaking, a paladin began to approach from afar.

The halo shining behind him, the white cloak coming down from his shoulders, and the full plate mail covering his entire body were emitting a warm light like sunlight.

“Arthur!”

“Yeon-a!”

He finally came. My tank.

I spread out both hands and waved happily at Arthur.

At that moment, a very stinging gaze flew at the back of my head.

I could tell without looking. It was Helena’s gaze.

“Could it be that the tank is…?”

“Yes, that’s right. He’s a friend named Arthur. I met him on the first day of the server merge.”

Arthur, who had run over quickly, waved happily at Iyap and Chloe, who were unfamiliar faces he was seeing for the first time.

The two of them also seemed slightly impressed by Arthur’s appearance.

At that moment, Helena, who had carefully approached behind me, asked in a small, whispering voice.

“Yeon-a. The person you called as a tank was Arthur?”

“Yeah. Arthur’s good, right?”

“Th, that’s true, but…”

“You know it’s hard to find a tank as good as Arthur, right?”

“You don’t have any other feelings, do you? You just called him because you needed a tank, right?”

It was a question I couldn’t readily answer.

It’s true that I called him because I needed a tank, but…

“That’s right.”

Helena’s expression began to ease slightly at the answer that came out a little late.

She’s jealous after all. The feeling of not wanting to have her friend taken away. I know it well.

I also used to feel sulky whenever I saw Helena talking closely with someone at school.

It seemed like Helena was feeling a similar emotion.

“Did everyone not do the dungeon quest yet?”

I asked everyone just in case, but everyone nodded as expected.

There’s no way they would have done the quest. They would have blindly followed the main quest and then been stuck in the Dire Wolf hunting grounds.

“They say the quest is quite long. I’ll proceed quickly. Can everyone keep up with my speed?”

I won’t stop from now on.

The moment I confirmed that the party members were nodding, I turned around and started running.

“Everyone, follow me!”

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