Chapter 14 – Twins and Dungeons (10)
“I couldn’t believe it was the last time I saw them.”
“Seeing the twin sisters every morning was one of the downsides of life…”
“I’m also sorry that Mr. Finn is gone. He was a really nice person who always donated part of the money he earned from adventure activities to the orphanage.”
The adventurers guarding the passage of the dungeon did not play poker, which they used to enjoy whenever they had a chance, and were only talking about their friends who had disappeared from the dungeon.
“Did you say that the only time you can’t come back after 24 hours in a dungeon is when you die in it or enter a layer with a boss? Then, isn’t there a possibility that you are fighting the boss for a long time?”
“It’s already been five hours since Finn’s party was supposed to come back. In that amount of time, either way would have been decided. But still not coming back…”
The adventurer couldn’t speak any more and closed his mouth.
There was no one who knew what the next words would be, so when everyone was quietly mourning Merim and the other adventurers, looking at the passage of the dungeon,
A person who appeared in the forest and could not be expressed other than the word “Suspicious” Was running very fast.
“… What else is that guy?”
The figure of the person who was rapidly approaching the adventurers was wearing a grayish-brown cloak covering his entire body and wearing a worn-out helmet, as if expressing the word suspicious with his whole body.
“What is that… Are you going to bring the cape trimmer too? I heard that ostentatious vagrants sometimes act like that.”
“Hey, freeze! Stop!!”
At least the words seemed to communicate, and the intruder who was running stopped in front of the adventurers.
The other side looked at it and looked at it, and they were dressed in dubious outfits, so the adventurers raised their weapons and threatened the intruders.
“I don’t know if you know it, but this is the entrance to the dungeon managed by the Barmela Guild. If you want to enter, give me a wooden shield with the guild’s seal on it.
Instead of answering, the intruder took out a sign that seemed to have been written down in advance and showed it to the adventurers.
[Let me go inside. If you let me go quietly, I won’t do anything to you guys.]
“…”
All the adventurers were dumbfounded and couldn’t even say anything, but they started to get angry.
“I’m dumbfounded, so I won… Lee Fuck …”
Normally, this kind of guy would simply scare them away and kick them out, but now they’re in a situation where they’ve lost friends they’ve known for a long time in the same guild, so they’re not in a good mood.
“I was still in a bad mood, but it happened just fine.”
“If you don’t want to be beaten to death from now on, you’ll have to do anything.”
Rather, it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were looking for a target to vent their anger on, and now they have a suitable target to express their anger in front of them.
Even if it wasn’t killing him, he thought of beating him so badly that he couldn’t recognize the face behind the helmet.
“For now, I’ll take off the damn helmet first. How did that bastard come to be… “
The moment the adventurer who strode towards the intruder stretched out his hand to remove the helmet he was wearing,
—-Haa…
The intruder let out a deep sigh and grabbed the hand that was about to take off his helmet and pulled it up with a feeling of pulling a very light object.
“Uh?”
The adventurer, as if he had forgotten his weight, spun in the air – and then turned vertically, his head hit the ground first, and he fell and lost consciousness.
“You bastard!”
This time, two adventurers standing on either side charged at the intruder brandishing their weapons.
The intruder evades the attack with fluid movements like flowing water, spreads his palms and pushes the chest of the opponent on both sides, and with that alone the opponent falls to the ground.
In a short time of less than 10 seconds, the intruder subdued as many as three armed humans with his bare hands with the minimum necessary action.
The series of actions were so fast and so natural without any superfluities that they paradoxically looked slow.
The other two, who watched the scene from the sidelines, did not attack. They desperately understood that it was useless to attack the intruder, whether they had weapons or not.
“…”
‘I’m sorry. Juniors.’
The intruder… No, Roden, who was wearing a helmet, walked straight to the entrance of the dungeon as if nothing had happened and threw himself towards it.
ㅡPazuzuzuk-!
The unique tingling sensation felt when crossing the boundary of another dimension tickles Roden’s whole body.
‘I’m still not used to this feeling.’
As soon as he arrived at the dungeon of the Masti dimension, Roden looked around him and ran towards the tallest tree in the vicinity, and climbed to the top in an instant.
After securing his view as wide as possible, Roden opened his eyes wide and began to carefully check the shapes of the mushroom people one by one.
Shortly after, when the number of mushroom people who completed the verification work exceeded 30.
‘… Found!’
Roden was able to find a mushroom man with the characteristics he was looking for, slightly smaller than the others, but very subtly different in shape and color.
Commonly known in the world, the condition to move on to the next level of the dungeon is to catch a certain number of monsters in the current level.
Only then will the entrance to the next level be revealed… Most adventurers believe that.
It’s not completely wrong information, but the reality is completely different.
The real condition for moving on to the next depth of the dungeon is to deal with the entity designated as the so-called ‘gatekeeper’, mixed among the monsters in the depth.
Roden, who has single-handedly defeated countless dungeons, is able to grasp the subtle differences between some dungeon gatekeeper monsters and normal monsters thanks to her past experiences.
Anyway, as soon as Roden found the gatekeeper, he broke off a branch that he had been eyeing for a while, just the right thickness and length for a wooden sword.
‘Hmm… Since we came all the way here, shall we take this too?’
Finally, after picking up a large-sized apple head and putting it in his inventory, he jumped off the tree and started running towards the target.
Roden narrowed the distance with the gatekeeper monster in the blink of an eye as he passed between the mushroom people who were wandering around the meadow, and swung a branch like a sword to cut off the guy’s head.
ㅡBy the way-!
Less than 5 minutes after entering the dungeon, Loden found the entrance to the next level and jumped into the crack.
* * *
At first, after losing one person due to the monster’s advance, the battle that started around Finn, who belatedly commanded the rest, was unfavorable in many ways.
Unlike Finn and the other adventurers, who were already exhausted from the long search, the monster was in excellent condition.
Even if an arm is cut off, a body is stabbed deeply, or a bone is broken, the monster’s sustaining power, which can quickly regenerate, and the physical ability to destroy his head and weapon with his bare body combined, resulted in defeat over a two-hour fight.
And now… ．
“Ahi hee hee!! Toy! Toy! Toy! Toy! What a joke!!!”
ㅡ Kwajik! Kwajik! Kwajik!
The monster, who was laughing in a fit of madness, grabbed the adventurer’s head, whose whole body was completely twisted, and was busy smashing it against the wall several times.
When the act was repeated for the eighth time, the head of the adventurer who could not stand it any longer was completely crushed, and the pure white wall was painted red with hideous paint named brain, blood, and flesh.
“Ah… And I broke it again. Now there are only half of the toys left… If you don’t save as much as possible…”
The monster murmured and giggled as if savoring the blood stains on his hands.
Finn, whose legs were broken, could no longer get up.
With both arms broken, Altaf could no longer hold a weapon.
Merim, whose staff was broken, could no longer use magic.
Marill’s sword, which broke one arm at the same time as the buckler, is also split in half.
“Uhuhu, which toy shall we play with next… ? I want to play with the female side soon.”
The monster began to approach Merim and the others with leisurely steps, and to be more precise, he was approaching her twin sister.
“Shut up… !”
“Pi, Mr. Pin…”
Recognizing that the monster was aiming for the twin sisters this time, Finn blocked them in front of them by crawling with both arms.
“Captain! Don’t overdo it! Even the captain was injured… !!”
“As the head of the party… Before that, it’s a role I should play as an elder. So, everyone, hide behind me. Come on!!”
“Ah, okay. Captain!”
In contrast to such fins, Altaf hides as far back as possible.
The natures of the two men revealed in extreme situations were polar opposites.
ㅡ clap clap clap!! Clap clap clap!!!
The monster, who was watching them with his arms crossed, applauded with exaggerated movements.
“You, uh, you are great too!! Such a tearful colleague~!!! It’s so impressive that it seems like it’s going to change your mind?! How about this guys? I’ll let just one get out alive.”
“I-really?!”
At the word that only one person will be spared, Altaf’s complexion brightened as he harbored anticipation.
“Mmmm~ From now on, I’m going to count to three, so nominate the person you want me to save.
When the count was over, Altaf pointed at himself with his dangling arm, Merim at Marill, Marill at Merim, and finally Finn… I just stayed still.
“Oh my, why did this man give up?”
“Anyway… Isn’t that a blatant lie… ．Please stop playing with people’s minds like this.”
“Ahahaha!!! Have you all been caught?”
The monster, who laughed heartily in an exaggerated posture holding his stomach, completely covered his laughter and relaxed slightly.
“Well, it’s fine anyway. From now on, the game I’m going to play is tag. The first one I reach will play with it until it dies, so take care of yourself and run away.”
While the monster was approaching, Finn stood quietly in front of his twin sister as if resignedly, and the twin sisters hugged each other.
“He… ，Hey!!”
… Lastly, Altaf, with his arms dangling, distanced himself from his comrades while keeping as much distance as possible from the approaching monster.
Buck buck buck buck
Buck buck buck buck
Buck buck buck buck
Buck buck buck buck
Buck buck buck buck
The smirking monster narrowed the distance as much as Altaf widened it with a leisurely step.
“Sir Baal!! Why… !! Why are you following me?!”
“Isn’t chasing after someone running away more fun? … Oh, but don’t you think about staying still? If you do, I will kill you in a painful way using the most horrific method imaginable.”
“Eww… ，Aaaaa!!!!”
“Uhuhuhu, do your best to run away… Until the death.”
The chase started by the monster continued until Altaf was completely mentally exhausted and unable to move.
