Academy Munchkin Grew Up To Become a Genius

Episode 12 Hidden Piece (2)

Inside the dark cave.

-Click!

When the security guards each turned on their flashlights, the dark inside of the dungeon became brighter and structures hidden in the dark came into view.

“Oh….”

A relief in the shape of Haitai carved on the cave wall.

Various strings tied to tree roots on the ceiling.

They were seals used to confine ghosts.

Beyond this, all kinds of miscellaneous spirits were probably clamoring, harboring resentment that had been trapped for hundreds of years.

Mr. Ko blinked his big eyes and looked around at each of the structures.

“Hey… I also have quite a bit of experience conquering dungeons, but this eerie style is new to me.”

Then, naturally, he came next to Kang Seo-jun and started talking.

“I said the monsters here are ghost-type, right? When can I start being cautious?”

Kang Seo-jun answered by looking straight ahead at her without making eye contact with her.

“The area where there are no strings or embossed hats is the territory of miscellaneous demons. However, since we have a flashlight, they will not be able to approach us easily. Just be careful that the shadow does not touch the darkness. They will come riding on the shadow. It could be possible.”

“Aha….”

Hearing that ghosts could come riding on the shadows, Goosei got goosebumps and slightly shrugged his shoulders.

“But this dungeon. To me, it looks like a dungeon that hasn’t been conquered yet. How do you know the dungeon structure so well?”

-Sigh.

When Assistant Manager Go asked such a question, Seo Eun-ha pricked up her ears and, pretending to be natural, came next to Kang Seo-jun and walked side by side.

Every time he walked, his arms would get in the way.

“Hey… Security team leader. It’s too close.”

“This is my formation. There is nothing I can do to protect it.”

It’s not security, it’s surveillance….

As he walked side by side with two women on either side, it was not difficult for Kang Seo-jun, whose legs were twisted, to walk.

I can’t waddle like this….

It’s easy to walk if you balance with your arms….

While thinking about that, I also wondered how I should answer Assistant Manager Go’s question.

I don’t really care that the security guards are suspicious of me right now, but I still shouldn’t look too suspicious.

Especially for Seo Eun-ha, if she gets more suspicious here, something might happen before she even gets to the boss room.

So, the moment you wonder if there is an answer that can give them even a little bit of trust,

“Millions…?”

Kang Seo-Jun’s bent legs were caught in his feet due to the narrowed stride radius.

The body lost balance and quickly tilted to the right.

Kang Seo-Jun flailed his arms, trying to grab something.

-Tuck!

“Ugh…!”

Kang Seo-jun’s hand, which was swinging in the air, was caught on the back of Seo Eun-ha’s neck.

-Whoop!

“Huh!?”

Before Seo Eun-ha could even react, her body floated in the air.

It wasn’t my intention at all, but it was a great turn of events.

“Kya!?”

Soon, Seo Eun-ha fell to the floor, and Kang Seo-jun fell on top of her, crushing her.

-Boom!

– Cheolpudeok!

“Whoops…!”

“A billion…!”

A sharp stone struck her back, and a heavy man fell on top of her. No matter how much of an A-level hunter Seo Eun-ha was, she couldn’t help but gasp.

“Ugh, huh…! Rain, get out of the way!”

Seo Eun-ha managed to catch her breath and pushed Kang Seo-jun hard to her side.

“Oh my…!”

Kang Seo-jun struggled and rolled several times to the side.

When a commotion was heard from behind, Jin Se-rin and the bodyguards who were ahead turned around.

“What is it?”

“What’s going on?”

The assistant manager answered with a serious expression.

“Lord, I thought I was going to die!”

“Yes?”

“What?”

At those words, not only Jin Se-rin and her bodyguards, but also Seo Eun-ha’s expressions became confused.

The assistant manager pointed to the wall.

“This is it.”

There was a pitch-black arrow stuck on the wall that Assistant Manager Go pointed to.

“As soon as Kang Seo-jun grabbed the team leader, it flew over his head.”

“What, what…?”

Seo Eun-ha made an expression of disbelief.

I never felt anything in my senses that I had reached the level of A-level, so where did that arrow suddenly come from?

A bodyguard approached at a slow pace and examined the arrow stuck in the wall.

“No. Is this made of ink iron?”

“Ink iron?”

Ink iron.

It was a special steel favored by assassins as it was easy to hide mana and presence.

Memorization tools made of ink iron are especially famous for leaving no trace of even a breeze when fired.

“Plus, he’s a guy with a fairly high level of purity. It wouldn’t have been easy for you to recognize this…”

Even if the ink iron was of high purity, it was understandable that Seo Eun-ha, who had reached the A-level level, could not sense it.

But….

How did this man notice Mukcheol, which even his A-level senses could not detect? .

The bodyguard holding the ink iron arrow looked at Kang Seo-jun with a puzzled gaze.

“Sister. Are you okay?”

Jin Se-rin supported Seo Eun-ha.

“Yes, yes…”

Seo Eun-ha was dumbfounded.

‘Then you just saved me… ?’

I ended up receiving unexpectedly great help from a man I was suspicious of.

But that wasn’t the only thing that was confusing.

‘You couldn’t even react while you fell….’

Since her time as an academy cadet, she was someone who did not easily allow anyone to upset her.

But the moment I thought I had been caught by that man, he was already pinned to the ground.

Not only was the speed fast, but the pulling angle and force control were so strange that I even thought that even if I had reacted to the speed, I wouldn’t have been able to hold on.

‘What on earth is that technology just now…? .’

Seo Eun-ha looked at Kang Seo-jun with confused eyes.

Kang Seo-jun was holding his side and struggling to get up.

“Ugh….”

The expression on his face was also distorted in pain, as if his ribs were broken.

The pain was probably due to Seo Eun-ha pushing him roughly.

His complexion was noticeably pale.

Seeing that, Seo Eun-ha was embarrassed and quickly apologized.

“I’m sorry…! Stop being embarrassed…”

“Big! Ha… That’s it…”

Kang Seo-jun frowned at his pain, but said in a tone that it was no big deal and waved his hand.

“Let’s hurry up and get on with our work.”

For him, it was best for him to finish his work quickly and relieve his fatigue, even if only for a moment.

‘If my luck stat wasn’t 50, I would have been screwed.’

The trap just now is a random encounter trap.

No matter how well-versed Kang Seo-jun was in all the information about the dungeon, he couldn’t even know in advance about the randomly placed traps.

Of course, I was mindful of the fact that there were random encounter traps, and during the briefing, I warned people to be careful of sudden traps, but since traps rarely appeared from the beginning, Kang Seo-jun himself was complacent.

If it weren’t for 50 Luck, one of them would have been seriously injured.

If that were the case, we would have retreated right away without even having to conquer the dungeon or anything.

In that case, the Jin Se-rin event would have ended in failure, and the quest penalty would have been incurred, resulting in enormous losses.

Even though I rolled around on the ground and got covered in dust, I was fortunate that the situation didn’t go to ruin.

“Then let’s keep moving.”

After reorganizing the formation that had been disrupted by the brief commotion, the group began to move again.

However, the day has become more tense than before.

There were miscellaneous ghosts that jumped at me like flying insects, riding in the shadows, at every corner of the street, but monsters such as C-class ones were torn apart like pieces of tissue by their cold weapons.

As we moved forward diligently, performing our respective roles, the group soon arrived in front of the boss room.

Once I reached the boss room, I was able to take a breather.

There were no traps or monsters appearing in front of the boss room.

Kang Seo-jun said as he relaxed.

“This is the boss room.”

The security guards also breathed a sigh of relief.

“You arrived earlier than expected.”

In fact, if I had come to Jeongseokdae, I would have had to walk 3 to 4 times longer than this.

The reason the dungeon felt short was because Kang Seo-jun led them through a shortcut.

“A great guide.”

“No matter how you look at it, it’s a dungeon that has never been touched by anyone. How can you find your way around so well?”

The security guards who had extensive experience in clearing dungeons knew that this was Kang Seo-jun’s work.

“But how do I open this door?”

Assistant Manager Go pointed to the door of the boss room.

A huge stone gate that seems to be over 10 times the height of a person.

In front of him, a brass-colored cube the size of a watermelon was floating in the air.

A security guard approached the mysterious cube.

“I guess I have to solve this puzzle, right? But this… Is an ancient language cube!?”

“An ancient fish cube?”

“What? Ha. Oh my. No luck.”

“What? It’s been a while since I received my dungeon allowance. Do I have to go back?”

Ancient fish cube.

Among the puzzles that appear in dungeons, this puzzle is famous for its vicious difficulty in solving.

The difficulty level of the Ancient Fish Cube was completely different from the 3X3 color-matching cube puzzles available on the market.

Even elementary school students can easily solve it if they know the formula, but the Ancient Language Cube is a cube for which there is no such thing as a formula.

Not only is it divided into 15×15 blocks, but the solving method is not simply matching colors.

I had to create paragraphs suitable for all sides using the letters engraved in each column.

A hellish puzzle that requires not only knowledge of ancient languages, but also a deep understanding of the cube principle and the quickness of your brain.

Therefore, dungeons where ancient language cubes appear could only be conquered if accompanied by an expert who studies only ancient language cubes.

Of course, there was no one among the security team who could solve the ancient fish cube, and everyone just exchanged empty looks as if they had wasted their day.

“Ah…”

The one who looked especially disappointed was Jin Se-rin.

The life in her eyes was fading quickly.

At that time, Kang Seo-jun limped forward.

“Please wait 3 minutes.”

“Huh? What are you doing?”

“I’m going to solve the cube.”

As soon as Kang Seo-jun finished speaking, he started turning the cube around.

-Okay! Sigh! Sigh!

“Uh, huh?”

“Well, if you touch that carelessly!”

“Once that gets messed up, even experts can’t do it…!”

Kang Seo-jun turned the cube quickly, ignoring the fuss from the security guards.

The 15X15 cube rotated rapidly without stopping.

“Don’t you have to stop me?”

“Now, wait a minute. Do you think I’m loosening it? If I turn it wrong, it won’t work that well.”

“What? You’re solving it?”

“Is it too fast for that? Even experts can’t run that fast!”

Naturally, Seojun Kang also had no knowledge of ancient languages or understanding of the cube principle.

His brain did not have any quick wits. His intelligence level is only 8.

No matter how much Seojun Kang was, he couldn’t even memorize the order of the 15X15 cube.

Nevertheless, Kang Seo-jun’s hands manipulated the cube without hesitation.

[The Eye of Providence interprets the puzzle.]

Because the eyes of Providence were telling him the correct answer.

Numerous techniques flashed in Kang Seo-jun’s eyes.

He quickly moved his eyes and hands to solve the cube.

2 Minutes.

Kang Seo-jun completely solved the ancient language cube faster than the 3 minutes he said.

-Slap! Peeing!

The sound of a mana device being activated echoed, as if a lock was being unlocked.

-Wow. Gooooo….

The cube seemed to vibrate, and then the huge stone door that had been tightly closed slowly opened to the left and right.

“You solved it…?”

“Not even four or three minutes…?”

“No way…! The world record is in the 40 minute range…?”

The security guards looked at each other with expressions of astonishment.

“What the hell is that person…”

Seo Eun-ha also looked at Kang Seo-jun with a face not much different from that of the bodyguards.

“Ah…”

On the other hand, Jin Se-rin was looking at Kang Seo-jun with a blank expression.

Then, very slowly, a smile spread across her face.

There is something fundamentally different about this person from the trainers I have met so far.

A strange feeling of anticipation from that intuition spread into Jin Se-rin’s heart.