episode_0164

[Entered the A-rank gate ‘Crazy Dwarf’s Golem Laboratory’. ]

[ Upon clearing the gate, or 30 minutes after entry. You can exit through the entrance. ]

A rank gate.

Normally, A-rank hunters would never be allowed to enter alone.

Rules are rules, but they are also too dangerous.

Moreover, Park Ji-hoon is still officially a B-rank hunter.

In general, you should never come here alone.

Even in the case of this gate, it was not a separate information hunter entering and digging up information.

It was a gate with information because an A-rank engineering team from another guild came out and quickly ran away after deciding that it was impossible to clear.

It is a bit more difficult than most A-rank gates.

A B-rank hunter goes into a place like this alone?

It seemed like nothing more than an act of suicide.

But who is Park Ji-hoon?

If I said I would go alone, the association had no choice but to nod that they understood.

Anyway, Park Ji-hoon actually already has the highest S-rank stats in the world.

They said they sent away all the other familiars, but they knew full well that Shilpa, who was a former S-rank boss, could be dispatched in case of emergency, so honestly, the A-rank gate was not a threat to Park Ji-hoon.

Anyway, Park Ji-hoon entered the A-rank gate, the crazy dwarf’s golem laboratory.

As he entered the gate, what he saw was the entrance to a huge cave.

“Ohh.”

Perhaps because it was a dwarf’s laboratory, it felt like it was hidden in a cave.

‘Dwarf. Is it a female? ‘Is it pretty?’

In fact, the golem was also a golem, but since the name of the gate was the name, I was guessing that the crazy dwarf was the boss.

Dwarf.

Dwarves that appear in the media are usually tall and muscular.

And even women have bushy beards.

Even Park Ji-hoon, who is passionate about different races, is not excited about such female characters.

He was excited by the gap between the characteristics of a different race and their beautiful appearance by human standards, not by the appearance of the different race itself.

But what is the world beyond the gate?

This is a worldview in which even non-humanoid monsters evolve into higher species, becoming closer to humanoids and having beautiful appearances.

If so, wouldn’t you think that dwarves can do that too?

‘A sexy fairy with a rough personality but petite and thin lines.’

In terms of appearance, I thought it might be similar to Brianna, a small-sized goblin.

Of course, the skin won’t be green.

Anyway, Park Ji-hoon entered the cave with little expectations.

According to information from the engineering school received in advance, the monsters that appeared were mainly artificial-looking objects made of stone and metal.

Of course, since we only proceeded to the middle of the gate, we don’t know what kind of monsters will appear if we go further inside.

That’s why Park Ji-hoon came here.

Weeing─

A monster has appeared.

As expected, as reported, it is a metallic artifact in the shape of a regular octahedron.

They are quite large, about 70 to 80 cm each, and emit a red glow from the middle apex.

A total of 5 units.

According to reports, it attacks by shooting a laser from the red eye light in the middle or by summoning a magic circle around it and firing magic bullets.

‘Hextech robot…!’

Park Ji-hoon’s eyes sparkled.

Perhaps it was because he was also a man, and although he did not have the appearance of a beautiful woman… Still, for some reason, things like mecha and magic engineering made my heart race.

[Beep beep.]

At that time, the magic engineering robots that discovered Park Ji-hoon flew towards him with their red eyes flashing.

It feels like a security robot to eliminate intruders.

“Okay, come on, you bastards!”

Park Ji-hoon laughed excitedly at the thought of fighting against magic engineering robots and rushed towards them.

Then suddenly, a thought occurred to me.

‘what? But are these guys masculine or feminine?’

A fact I suddenly realized.

Since they are robots, there is naturally no distinction between male and female.

Since it is a simple robot, it is meaningless to distinguish whether it is female or male.

So… is alpha male activated?

For monsters like Chimera, whose gender is meaningless, I was able to distinguish whether they were female or male and activate them normally.

If it is a robot that is not a living thing at all and has no form…

[Face a female monster. ]

[Skill ‘Alpha Male’ is activated. ]

[Stats increase. ]

[ This effect lasts as long as the target remains alive during combat. ]

[The enemy temporarily stiffens and shrinks. ]

Fortunately, contrary to Park Ji-hoon’s worries, the alpha male functioned normally.

Even the stiffness and shrinkage seemed to be working well, as even the robots stopped and stuttered as if there was a system error.

‘No, but… they were female type…?’

Does he look like the 6th Apostle of EXGerion on the outside, and does the internal system have a female ego installed?

“Anyway, it’s a win!”

If it’s a female type, you can gain stats just by defeating it thanks to the female hunter’s effect.

It was a huge benefit for Park Ji-hoon.

Kwasik!

Park Ji-hoon quickly approached and cut down one of the stuttering guys with his sword, and the robot was cut in two by the sword, which was loaded with over 800 strength and close to 800 magical power.

Pow!

[The female monster has been defeated. ]

[ Strength increases permanently by 1. ]

It split in half and exploded, and the remaining four robots urgently attempted to attack him.

Jiying─ Piyung!

Too doo doo!

The two fire lasers from their red eyes that seem to melt everything if they touch them.

The rest created a magic circle from the four corners and shot magical bullets at Park Ji-hoon.

A laser that burns everything in a straight line and a magic bullet that flies in an unavoidable barrage.

Each one has lethal attack power.

Even ordinary A-rank hunters seemed unable to avoid or block this attack without any damage.

but.

Fababat—!

Park Ji-hoon avoided barrage and laser attacks with incredible speed, and quickly approached the robots.

And if you break it in two one after another like before.

[The female monster has been defeated. ]

[Agility permanently increases by 1. ]

[The female monster has been defeated. ]

[ Strength increases permanently by 1. ]

…

In an instant, the five magic engineering robots were organized.

“Hmm. It’s feminine.”

Park Ji-hoon, who was quietly watching the broken parts and magic stones lying around everywhere, smiled as if he was looking forward to it.

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Whoops— Boom!

[The female monster has been defeated. ]

[ Stamina permanently increases by 1. ]

About an hour has passed since I entered the gate.

As we entered the long cave, the same 6th Apostle monsters from before continued to appear.

Park Ji-hoon lightly defeated them and walked away.

The number of monsters killed so far is about 30.

After a while, we reach the halfway point where the previous party gave up and returned.

‘They said 10 of them suddenly jumped out and had a really hard time before running away.’

A section where the difficulty level increases rapidly.

Normally, I would start to get nervous around this point, but Park Ji-hoon had something completely different in mind.

‘The fact that so many of them suddenly pop out means there’s something behind them.’

An unknown area hidden behind 10 robots.

What could be there?

Park Ji-hoon began to look forward to whether there was something to look forward to.

[Beep beep.]

[Beepee─]

Before long, we arrived at a section where 10 monsters appeared.

Because it was a straight cave, the robots quickly spotted Park Ji-hoon approaching and flew towards him with their red eyes flashing.

‘I’m a little nervous.’

Since there were at most 5-6 units so far, I was able to overcome laser and barrage attacks without difficulty.

But now it’s twice that.

Of course, lasers and bullets come twice as often.

“Let’s be serious.”

Sereung─

Park Ji-hoon says so and infuses magic power into the sword.

And attribute transformation.

Fragile─

The magic power surrounding his sword began to glow with a light blue light, and soon changed into a form that crackled as if electricity was flowing.

“Of course, electric attacks are the best against robots.”

Of course, the magic engineering robot does not move with electric power, but with magical power, but I just wanted to show off.

And it’s not like it doesn’t have any merit at all; the magic characteristics of the lightning attribute are transference and paralysis.

It has the ability to numb and paralyze enemies it touches, and at the same time uses the surrounding magical power as a conductor to transmit lightning here and there.

In other words, magic engineering robots powered by magical power were literally no different from moving lightning rods.

Whether there are 10 or 20 of them, you can take them all out at once if the lightning is transmitted and they take splash damage.

Although it was just an attribute chosen for romance and romance, it was chosen as the optimal attribute to deal with as many as 10 magic engineering robots.

“Get behind me, you son of a bitch!”

Sigh- Kwazizig!

As I cut down the robot in front, lightning instantly struck in all directions.

Lightning with terrifying destructive power, created from a whopping 800 horsepower, spread towards the magic engineering robots.

Quick! Squeeze!

In one attack, all 10 robots were burned down.

“Whoa, it’s a bit tough.”

Park Ji-hoon, who had used up quite a bit of his magic power due to the sincere blow, let out a short sigh.

“Okay then… let’s go.”

Of course, he wasn’t that tired, so he went straight ahead.

This is an unknown territory that no one has ever seen.

But he had no fear or hesitation.

“Hehehe, it’s a feminine system. Then wouldn’t there be a robot that looks female?”

It was just anticipation.