Chapter 717 – 717 Yggdrasil (6)
-Warning! Multiple summoners have invaded the dungeon!-
A bright red hologram.
I looked around, thinking that what I saw was wrong.
But the belief that it would be my illusion…
“Number… It’s suho This warning…”
Hearing Min Ha-yeon’s trembling voice, I was able to realize that it was an illusion.
Min Ha-yeon, Han Bom, and the trio were all looking at me with bewildered eyes.
Their eyes proved that the warning I saw was not an illusion.
“Wait a minute.”
After calming everyone down, I distanced myself from the party members and started to think.
I heard that there are rare cases in which intruders appear in dungeons.
Most of the time, a mistake occurred when entering a dungeon.
If you enter by mistake like that, you just have to go back out.
In other words, it was just an occasional happening.
But I couldn’t treat this as a happening.
‘Looks like you have no intention of leaving?’
If an intruder occurs and the intruder leaves, a sign that the intruder has left appears, just like a warning message.
But right before our eyes…
-Warning! Multiple summoners have invaded the dungeon!-
The red warning window didn’t go away and just kept sending us a warning.
That means…
[… It doesn’t seem like a mistake.]
It could be regarded as having entered with malice.
It was hard to see it as unconditional malice with just this situation.
At the entrance to the dungeon, the manager sent from the Colosseum was accepting the entrance fee and letting people in.
In such a situation, there was no way that the Red Summoner’s position was easily granted.
But still don’t think about going out?
One of the two.
Are you an aspiring Red Summoner…
‘I’ll have to send a reconnaissance first.’
Either the sneaking Red Summoner…
I decided that I needed to confirm who the other party was.
After hearing my words, Kang Han Na asked me.
[Send Shiho right now…]
‘No. Shiho is fine.’
[?]
Shiho is a spirit, and it is true that it is useful for reconnaissance.
But this is Yggdrasil.
There are beings who can see the soul, and it is a world where even attacks are possible.
If the other person sees the soul like we do and has an item that can subdue the soul like the [Cerberus Eyeball] I have, it would be like putting Shiho in danger.
I thought of a being as suitable for reconnaissance as Shiho and capable of taking risks.
‘Souta.’
The former head of the Red Crescent Moon we met on the 2nd floor.
I summoned Souta using the [Soul Summoning Art].
As soon as I summoned it, Souta jumped out in front of me.
(Ugh! What, what!)
“It’s me. How are you?”
(Ah… What am I saying again…)
Souta grumbled and sighed.
However, Souta’s sigh was unusual.
When I first saw him, Souta wore a cape and exuded charisma despite his small body.
The guy who exudes charisma that doesn’t match his age…
“… What were you doing?”
She was wearing a sloppy cloth suit and holding a mop.
Like a janitor…
Souta hesitated at my question, then answered with a sigh.
(Che… I was cleaning.)
Not like a janitor, but a real janitor.
“What are you cleaning?”
(…As a punishment for instigating other souls, they told me to clean the inside of the castle for a while and reflect on it.)
“…”
The gravekeeper is nice. She was bothering herself managing the second floor, but she gave up on cleaning…
When I let out a blank laugh after hearing the circumstances, Souta opened her mouth as if grumbling.
(She’ll be scolded for running away while cleaning… What’s going on?)
“Ah, that…”
I briefly explained the current situation to Souta.
After entering the dungeon and catching the boss, the fact that an intruder suddenly appeared…
And he summoned them because he wanted them to know their identities…
After hearing my explanation, Souta listened earnestly to the end, then he began to frown.
(…Intruder?)
At first, I wanted to frown like that because I was bothered by what I was doing, but…
(There’s no way so many intruders came in by mistake. These must be the Red Crescent Moon guys, right?)
“Red crescent moon? Why are they with me?”
At the entrance to the dungeon, the manager checks the summoner and collects the entrance fee.
But how did the red crescent moon come in?
As I tilted my head in puzzlement, Souta continued his explanation.
(I don’t know about you… But there’s not just one dungeon entrance.)
All of the dungeons on the third floor have secret entrances, and those secret entrances…
(A labyrinth under the city… It is connected to the hideout of the organization I made in the past.)
He explained that it is connected to the hiding place of the red crescent moon.
And after hearing all the explanations, I…
“… Why me?”
I didn’t understand.
No matter how much I think about it, there seems to be no reason for the red crescent moon to hit me right now…
When I was so puzzled, Souta smiled and opened her mouth.
(Did you go to the Colosseum?)
“Uh? Went out.”
(And even win the ruler there?)
“Uh? How do you know that?”
I had never told Souta about the Colosseum.
I wondered if I had just guessed that based on my skills, but… It was a guess in a completely different direction than I thought.
(When I was the chief, I often received requests from the rulers here. That request was…)
Souta grinned at me.
(It was a request to eliminate competitors.)
“…”
I found out who the culprit was.
Domi Drake and Kenil.
And the red crescent moon that was requested by the two.
I scratched my forehead with an annoyed look on my face, and Souta began to float in the air with a hearty laugh.
(I’ll come back from scouting, so you’re waiting here.)
“Huh? Why?”
Souta has shown an unexpectedly motivated attitude.
I thought you would just leave because I was bothered by the explanation…
However, contrary to my thoughts, Souta smiled and showed enthusiasm.
And the reason he was motivated…
(Did you forget what I asked you before? If those guys are George, I’ll help out.)
“Aha…”
A guy who wants to destroy the organization he created.
Yes, the real goal was to kill the current chief who betrayed him.
However, in the end, it was necessary to shake the organization called the Red Crescent Moon in order to defeat the current leader.
Souta seemed to be rather enjoying the current situation.
(Once I spy on you, you wait here quietly.)
“Okay.”
Upon hearing my answer, Souta flew away in a spirited state.
After Souta left, I joined his colleagues again and explained his situation.
After hearing my explanation, Min Ha-yeon and Han Bom…
“Ha… Crazy guys…”
“It’s stinky. I’m tired…”
He started swearing at the two men who made the request.
Let’s pass the time cussing out Domi Drake and Kenel…
(I’m here.)
It wasn’t long before Souta returned.
Souta smiled and said the first words to us.
(For now… The red crescent moon is right, as I thought.)
Souta hides behind a wall in her ghostly state, listens to all their plans, and tells us through her mouth.
However, Souta also had doubts.
(Is it different from before?)
“A different way?”
(Yes. They said the purpose was to capture them alive.)
When Souta was present, he explained that he only received requests to kill unconditionally.
However, it was revealed through spying that the main purpose of this request was capture.
In fact, I could roughly understand why he wanted to capture him alive.
It must be that they want to somehow relieve their humiliation with our pain.
(For now, I’ll explain what the guys are decorating.)
The red crescent moon said that various abnormal status traps were currently placed in the dungeon path.
It’s so tight that it’s impossible to reach the entrance…
Hearing those words, Min Ha-yeon smiled and wrapped her arms around Han Bom’s back.
“We have a spring, so there is no problem with the condition at all?”
As Min Ha-yeon said, if the condition is abnormal, it should be able to solve it at the midsummer level.
If that’s more than a tolerable condition…
(It must be difficult with just one girl?)
“… Why?”
(Guys… I brought all the best traps in the organization as if I had bet everything on catching you guys.)
Top notch trap.
There could be status ailments that Hanbom couldn’t solve, and in the worst case, she could fall into her trap.
As Souta said, if they were determined and set traps, the situation would not have been so good.
“So what? I think it will be difficult to break through the force…”
It was the moment when everyone was worried and looked at me.
(Did you catch the troll?)
“Huh. Got it.”
I answered coolly.
We caught it using a gargoyle, but we’re right about catching it.
Currently, Park Jin-hee is keeping both gargoyles and trolls through the [Enshrinement] Skill.
(Among his drop items, was there a certain period of time immunity item? It would be better to use that.)
“No, there are no drop items.”
A fatal flaw in necromancy.
There was a downside to not being able to obtain drop items by catching a monster and turning that monster into a summoned beast.
Anyway, the items that come out of these dungeons… I wasn’t even interested…
At my words, Souta tilted her head and grunted as if she was puzzled.
(What are you talking about? It’s an unconditional drop item? Has something changed since I died?)
“That is…”
I sent a silent look to Park Jin-hee asking her to take out her troll.
“Yes!”
Park Jin-hee responded coolly to my command and took out her gargoyle and troll and showed them to Souta.
Seeing the two monsters, Souta…
(What is this!!)
“What is it, summoning water?”
I briefly explained to Souta the purpose of our visit to the dungeon today.
Explain that our purpose is to get Park Jin-hee a summons suitable for her legendary job…
After hearing that explanation, Souta…
(Does this make sense!? Even though trolls are supposed to be catchers, gargoyles aren’t the ones you set up to catch!)
“Eh?”
According to Souta, the gargoyle was just a hindrance in the middle.
After waking up in the middle, the role of finding and interfering with the summoner through the observer who wanders around the dungeon
It was the role of the gargoyles to keep interfering without dying.
“… Did I catch you?”
(Crazy…)
Now I know why the troll was punished by the gargoyle.
I’m not the one who was made to catch you in the first place…
This situation happened because it wasn’t even made with the assumption that the two monsters would fight each other.
(No, let’s put aside catching them. But… How on earth can you use a summoned beast? A boss monster?)
After listening to Souta’s words, it was only then that I realized that the situation was absurd.
Usually, in this case, only normal monsters can be caught as summons.
However, Park Jin-hee’s necromancer captured the dungeon’s boss monster.
(Crazy… Legendary job is so damn good. I envy you. I wish I was alive…)
However, apart from his envy, it did not seem to be of much help in overcoming the current situation.
A red crescent moon would be enough to subdue a troll.
The gargoyle is annoying, but it’s not particularly difficult for him to avoid the flame breath.
The biggest problem right now is not the level of force. The point was that he had to escape the dungeon while avoiding countless traps.
“Still, avoiding the trap won’t be easy…”
(…? What are you talking about? You can solve it now, right?)
What is he talking about again?
As if representing my thoughts, the rest of the members looked at Souta with the same expression as mine.
Souta smiled dejectedly and opened her mouth.
(This isn’t something for beginners… I’ve never fought a boss monster properly, so I guess I don’t know what it is.)
“?”
(Hey, use common sense.)
Souta smiled and pointed at the troll and gargoyle.
(Did you see the boss monster getting abnormal status?)
***
Unidentified beings with red jewels on their heads…
They just waited quietly in the dark without saying anything.
The Red Summoners who were silent as if they were worshiping the existence of silence…
One of them opened his mouth.
“When will you come?”
“…”
No one answered
But none of them were irritated or blunt with his questions.
Because everyone was thinking the same thing.
“If you wait, it will definitely come. Anyway, this is a road that I have no choice but to pass through.”
At the words of the man who seemed to lead the crowd, silence began to surround them like darkness again.
It was the moment of quietly waiting for Seong Soo-ho’s group.
Wow…
“… You showed up again.”
An observer appeared and began observing them.
A harmless looking monster that neither attacks nor threatens.
However, it had the effect of attracting the surrounding monsters just by looking at the monster.
“… Shall I handle it?”
“…”
The man who seemed to be the leader began to worry.
Seong Su-ho and his party have already wiped out all the monsters.
I set a trap and waited, but if Seong Su-ho and his party appeared while trying to get rid of the observer, it was them who were in trouble.
“The monsters have all been eliminated, so leave them alone. We just keep quiet…”
It was the moment when the leader was about to issue an order in the direction of ignoring the observer.
Kwaaaaang!!
The sound of something exploding began to resonate at the corner of the road where they were waiting.
Bang! Fain! Chijijijik!!
The leader turned his head and spoke quietly to the members.
“The sound of a trap triggering. We look at their condition and wait and see if we fall back or catch them…”
However, his words did not carry on to the end.
“Uh… Uhh…”
It was because all the members of the organization were looking behind the leader with an overbearing face.
“What’s the matter? What…”
The moment he looks back…
“W-why is that!?”
Through the smoke that seemed to fill the cave…
Kwaaaaa!! Ayeek!!
“Why are those two here!?”
Gargoyles and trolls, who should never be together, were running towards them without hesitation.
