chapter 44
44 – Hidden Area
“There is no great harvest just by going far, and looking at the community… Um… There are already many people who hunt only from the entrance, right?”
‘Everything a person thinks is there.’
Kkadeudeuk, Kkadeuk-
“Aung- Our king is eating well hehehe. He digs well and makes magic stones. It’s so pretty.”
Wow- King!!
Hearing those words, Wang Wangi, who had been showing off his performance by pretending to scratch the floor of the studio, suddenly fell on the floor and began to put strength on his hips again.
Ki-ing-
Dorrr- Dreuk-
And he spat out 4 magic stones, and there were 2 low-level magic stones.
“Ohh~! The King is great! He is so handsome!”
Hee hee – kiing…
Wang Wangi, who looked a bit overpowered, gasped, and eventually his summons was canceled.
‘The production of magic stones is increasing.’
“Aww! You must have overdone it a little. You don’t have to go that far…”
Unlike the horse, he was carefully wiping the magic stone with a tissue and raising the corners of his mouth.
“These magic stones made by Wang Wangi are of high quality, so they pay more?”
‘What? Really?’
“I heard that the concentration of mana is high? The low class buys one for 20,000 won. I was surprised.”
‘I don’t have a lump in my stomach. They say it’s cheap once every two days, but they make money at 30,000 won a day, right? It’s a pity that I couldn’t pick up a lot of puppies from the gray summoning scroll.’
Besides, there was also a magic stone that kobolds sometimes handed over, so there was no such thing as infinite power.
“Ehgeung- I’m going to sleep.”
She chatted for a while, summoning her summoned beasts one by one, then went into her room when her magical energy ran out.
And the next day.
After being called out in front of the entrance of the Fire Monkey Dungeon, I stretched out my arms behind me while watching the hunters who were far fewer than usual.
The gathered hunters formed teams of twos and threes and started out on the road. We turned a little to the right to enter the forest, then turned sharply to the right again.
“Huh? Sunwolah, if you go there, it’s the entrance again.”
Turning her direction enough to notice her gilchi Yeon-hee, I raised her index finger and showed her.
(Sh- shh-)
At the same time, she also carefully bent her upper body, and she walked another minute or so until she arrived in front of an ordinary tree.
(Is there something here too?)
Yeonhee looked up at me with eyes filled with anticipation and whispered.
With a light nod of his head, he widened his senses to make sure there were no other hunters around, then started digging out a spot on the floor with his dagger.
Then Yeonhee also called Wang Wangi and started digging the floor together, and soon a wooden door appeared.
(Hiya, the real door…)
I immediately pushed the door down and closed it again when Yeonhee came down.
‘There’s something like a curtain at the entrance… Is it like a barrier?’
As I took the torch out of my inventory, a passageway that was large enough for three people to pass through together continued.
‘There’s really everything.’
We moved forward cautiously, and a lizardman led the way, holding a sturgeon to his chest.
Then I continued to walk along the straight aisle for about 5 minutes, and soon I heard people’s voices and hurriedly hid.
(Haa··· Haa···)
Perhaps because of the tension, Yeon-hee’s breathing became steep and rough, and I raised my arm and gestured to Yeon-hee to stay still, then entered the fairly wide cavity in a state of concealment.
And there were about 10 blue-eyed followers preparing for a ritual I had seen before.
“Hurry up! The Secretariat reopened the dungeon after protesting, but there is information that they are still walking around with search hunters.”
“Didn’t you set up a barrier that would not be discovered unless you were a hunter with senses anyway?”
“Don’t make any hasty predictions! Hunters with sensory values aren’t necessarily the only early hunters.”
“How many people like that…”
‘He’s needlessly cautious.’
And those who diligently placed body parts such as fire monkeys, goblins, and slime cores on a flat board, even put things that shouldn’t exist.
‘f*ck…’
Several heads of people whose hair was shaved clean were placed together.
Among those who were treated as dead a few days ago, there were about 10 missing people whose bodies were not even found, so I wondered if they were them.
‘Come to think of it, I heard there were a lot of other dead people with no heads… These trash?!’
I wanted to jump out and kill him right away because the heat ran out at the moment.
[Calm]
My head went cold and I looked at the situation again.
They had already started the ritual.
‘Total 11 people. Everyone is E-class, and one is at the end of E-class. As long as you play with that kid, the rest is no big deal. Let’s start with the lower part first.’
[Tainted Breath]
It was a fairly large place, so it seemed like it would take some time to spread the polluted breath obtained from the Ents. It won’t help much, but it’s better than nothing.
mana: 52/58
‘Addiction will quickly notice abnormalities in the body, so let’s set it to paralysis.’
After using Stealth and Contaminated Breath twice to consume 6 mana, I went back and returned to Yeon-hee, and communicated the situation with the finger signal that I had chosen whenever I had free time in the studio.
(One-eyed… 11 People? 1 Person is quite strong… Okay. I just need to subdue it for now, right?)
I shook my head vigorously and pretended to cut my neck sideways with my fingers.
‘I have to kill it for sure.’
Yeonhee realized the meaning and pressed her lips together.
(Let’s go.)
Nod-
She carefully stuck her head out to gaze at the inner space, and immediately began casting her spell. It was because, even if it was a little far away, it was possible to summon from a distance of about 10m if only the line of sight reached.
“Hmm- Why is my body suddenly like this…”
“Huh? You’re like that too? I’m a little weird too, but my body feels sore… Sup…”
“It’s hard to say that you only moved a few corpses.”
Except for the strongest one, who was on his knees and muttering, the rest didn’t look like they were taking part in the ceremony.
I had to attack before the abnormal status message popped up on those who were in the affected area of [Contaminated Breath].
As soon as I felt the summoning portal open, I immediately used stealth to run to the side of the strongest guy, and activate the maximum skill combo I could.
[Reckless Charge]
I quickly designated a guy who looked like a big shot and charged.
[Dagger Throw]
[Flame Bomb] X10
I threw the flame bullets I had previously stored above his head.
[Acid Spray]
And then, at the right timing, I sprayed the acid on his face.
Pupper pupper puppup!!
After the explosion, when the guy cradled his face and leaned his upper body, he slammed his torso into his shoulder.
Hee hee hee hee hee!!
Kwadangtangtang!
The rammed creature crashed into the plate on which it had been placed for the ritual, blowing away the still-blooded offerings in all directions, and I leaped into the air and stabbed the neck of the lying creature with a dagger.
[Kangta]
Pu-wook!
mana: 47/58
The dagger attack, whose piercing power was doubled by the Smite skill, pierced the guy’s neck and pierced it all the way to the floor.
Keah!!
Crackle crackle-!!
I forcefully rotated the dagger lodged in its neck, and the blood gushed like a fountain through the skin wrapped around the dagger.
Push-shoo-!!
But then.
Poo Woowook!!
A shadow sharpened like a sword from his cloak pierced my armor.
‘Chi-it- This bastard’s cloak works properly?!’
Stamina: 55/57
I stabbed my torso precisely and took a bone hit, but my current DEF reached 22, so I only took 2 damage.
– Defeated a powerful enemy!
– EXP greatly increases!
– You’ve killed the sinister group that threatens the safety of this world!
– The [Summoner’s Helper] Achievement is activated.
– Your stats will increase randomly.
Strength: 59 (+2)
– Acquire Magical Rune (lower grade).
– Your level has risen. Choose three stats to increase.
‘Huh? Why is this bastard raising 2? Is it because he’s a little stronger?’
“aaah!! What, what are these bastards!!”
Then the blue-eyed followers were thrown into great confusion by the lizardmen, kobolds, and rapidly flying arrows that suddenly appeared behind them.
Usually, the success or failure of a battle between hunters and monsters depends greatly on who takes the first attack.
And usually, hunters take the lead, which is why the sense of smell or sight is awakened, and the role of those with greatly improved abilities can be said to be great.
Since those familiar with such battles were ambushed on the contrary, there was no way a proper counterattack would come out.
The blue-eyed followers were helpless in the rush and wild attack of the Lizardmen.
Kwajijikㅡ!
Aagh!
Puff!
Kuuk!
However, when the shadows in the form of thorns were emitted from their cloaks, which had allowed them to attack in a hurry, and attacked the summoned beasts, they began to counterattack as if they came to their senses a little.
“Pa, fireball!”
Surprisingly, there was also a wizard among them.
Whewing ㅡ Bang!
However, the apple-sized fireball that was released hastily passed over Lizard Man’s head and landed on the empty floor, and when he put his hand forward to cast the magic again.
“f*ck! Par, fire-“
f*ck!
“Keah!!”
Yeonhee’s arrow hit the magician’s eye exactly.
‘That guy is the only wizard.’
The rest were melee, and once the cloak’s shadow attack was activated and entered the cooldown, they were helplessly overpowered by the rush of me and the Lizardmen.