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First, I packed the equipment to enter the dungeon. From simple food to items for emergencies, the weight of the luggage was quite considerable.
I was following the round compass on the handle of the key, and the end of the compass was pointing to the end of the mountain.
It would be nice to have a trail, but this is a path where people don't go. Just by looking at the rough road and slope, Da-eun said with a tired expression.
I've been doing physical training these days, but climbing such a mountain road is not easy. Especially with heavy luggage like now.
It was impossible to reduce the weight here because of the subspace bag.
"I have to search the mountain...."
I asked if I could carry some more luggage, but Da-eun shook her head and vehemently refused, so I had no choice but to start climbing the mountain.
I cut through the rough rocky slopes and overgrown bushes with a knife, and went up silently.
At first, there was some conversation, but as time went on, the only thing I could hear now was each other's breathing.
I felt like I had been walking for hours, but I still couldn't see the entrance to the hidden dungeon.
'How much further do I have to go?'
I was holding the compass, so I was in the front.
Da-eun was in the center to prepare for any possible danger, and Min-ji was standing at the end.
"Da-eun, are you okay?"
Min-ji didn't seem tired at all, not even a drop of sweat, but Da-eun looked a little tired.
"I'm... I'm okay. This is nothing!"
"If you're tired, I'll carry the luggage."
"Ah... no, I'm okay."
I forcibly took the luggage from Da-eun, who kept refusing.
"Da-eun, do you need water?"
"Ah, Min-ji-ya.. Thank you."
Da-eun, who received cold ice water from Min-ji, began to gulp down the water. She must have been thirsty from the continuous mountain climbing.
"Then shall we take a break?"
"Yeah. Da-eun doesn't look good, so let's take a break for now."
"I'm sorry... because of me."
"It's okay. We have to do it while resting."
So we sat down in a suitable place and looked around.
It was a landscape that felt strongly disorganized, perhaps because it was a place where people's footsteps did not reach.
__Beuseureok.
"Did you hear that just now?"
"Yeah."
Min-ji put down her bag and put on the gauntlet on her waist.
"Oh, it's a monster."
In the case of such remote areas, it was often the case that there were monsters like this because it was difficult for Hunters to come. It became quite dangerous to enter the mountains like this if you were not an Awakened.
What was walking towards us was a monster in the shape of a bear.
It resembled a bear, but its eyes were red, and it had protrusions on its body.
"It's a monster I've never seen before."
"Kuaaaaaa!!!!"
"Let's take care of it first."
As I was about to take the lead and deal with it, Min-ji raised her hand and stopped me.
"I'm going to take care of it... so stay still."
Min-ji confidently stepped forward and took a familiar stance.
She stepped forward with her front foot, put her body weight on it, and turned her back foot to add centrifugal force.
At the same time, she stretched out her right hand forward and threw a punch.
A large amount of Mana gathered at her fingertips is fired forward at once.
'It's a nuke punch.'
__Pueoeong!!!!!!!!!
With a loud explosion, the fallen leaves around her scattered in all directions. And Min-ji, standing in the center, was lightly dusting off her hands.
In front of Min-ji, a bear with a large hole in its chest was collapsing.
A precise strike that blew away the heart, her Mana control ability has noticeably increased compared to before.
"Wow.. Min-ji-ya! You're so cool!!"
Min-ji has also become stronger.
For some reason, I felt a little intimidated. After a while, we started climbing the mountain again.
After a while, we finally found a place that reacted to the key.
"Is it here?"
When I brought the key close, an opaque door appeared. Is this the entrance to the hidden dungeon?
"Is it okay for us to go in together...?"
"You have to take that risk to get stronger."
To be honest, it's not without risk, but I have the Lord ability, so it'll work out somehow.
[Save point saved.]
"Okay.. let's go in."
Min-ji, who I thought would stop me, seemed highly motivated.
When I went inside, it was like the inside of an inn that I would see in the Middle Ages.
Round chairs and tables, wooden floors and walls, Min-ji and Da-eun, who came in later, also appeared in the air.
I feel a little dizzy because it's my first time here.
"Welcome. Adventurer-nim! Bbibik!"
"Adventurer...?"
When I turned my head, a strangely ì긴 robot was walking towards us.
A robot with a round feeling, a long body and a round head with a hologram that looked like an emoticon floating on it.
The emoticon changed to a smiling face, and a cute voice flowed out.
"I'm Helper Taro! Bbibik!"
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As the saying goes that dungeons are other dimensions, special rules were applied inside this dungeon.
As in a common RPG game, HP and MP values were displayed at the bottom from the moment I touched the robot.
"You can leave anytime?"
"You can leave through here if you have a token! Bbibik!
Is the token referring to this key? When I lifted the key, Taro reacted.
"How do you leave?"
"Please tell me! Bbibik!"
"Can you come back in after you leave?"
"Yes! Bbibik!"
Then it seemed like I wouldn't be trapped in the dungeon.
"Then it won't be dangerous~! Let's proceed!"
I was embarrassed by the scenery I saw for the first time, but is it the result of training?
Both of them are adapting quickly. They had experienced all sorts of things inside the Academy, so they seemed to be just moving on.
Da-eun tried magic in the air several times, but failed. I wondered if I couldn't do it either, so I tried it, but I couldn't use anti-magic ability.
Also, when I tried to strengthen the sword, my MP was dropping, so I stopped for now.
"You are beginners! Please choose a job! Bbibik!"
"Beginner?"
"It's like I've entered a game~!"
As Da-eun said, game rules seem to be applied. But, from the perspective of someone who has never played a game, I didn't have a good sense of it.
I worked day and night to make a living, so I had little experience playing these games.
However, since the Hunter theory has taken many terms from game terms, there was no difficulty in understanding it.
"You're telling me to choose a job?"
"Each job has specialized abilities! Bbibik!"
"Da-eun-ah.. I'm not the only one seeing this, right?"
"I see something strange in front of me too...."
Hologram windows that I was familiar with through the Machina system appeared in front of me. The UI design looked a little different from the Machina system.
"Hmm.. Warrior, Thief, Archer, Mage.."
"Should we choose different ones?"
"I don't know.... Kim Si-woo, do you know?"
"Well...."
We exchanged opinions about the jobs we would each choose.
After some time, we decided on our respective jobs. Da-eun chose Mage, Min-ji chose Warrior. I chose Thief.
"Thief? If you usually use a sword, wouldn't Warrior be better?"
"It says there's a bonus for disarming traps. I think it's good for one person to do it."
"That's true...."
"Kya!"
When I pressed the job change button, light started to shine from each of our bodies. Da-eun screamed at the sudden light, but it didn't seem dangerous.
"Hehe...."
"Then please receive the basic equipment! Bbibik!"
"Equipment?"
I already brought the equipment, but suddenly armor and weapons appeared in the air.
"Attack power...?"
[Basic Dagger]
[Durability: +1]
[Attack Power: +10]
"The equipment shows values.... Do Si-woo and Min-ji see it too?"
"The equipment we're holding doesn't have values."
I was going to use the basic equipment, but it seemed like I had to use the equipment provided here.
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"The chest area is a bit stuffy...."
Da-eun, wearing a robe with a light purple color, muttered. It was a robe with nothing but a belt on the outside without any decorations.
The problem was that Da-eun's chest was bigger than the robe, so I felt strangely drawn to it even though it was nothing special.
In addition, the huge wooden staff that exceeded Da-eun's height was impressive.
"Isn't there anything bigger than this?"
Min-ji, wearing ordinary clothes and leather armor, revealed her appearance.
She was wearing the appearance of a warrior, but if there was anything special, it would be her chest area.
The armor seemed very tight, perhaps because it was compressing her large chest.
"There isn't! Bbibik!"
"Haa.... This is annoying."
I was wearing leather clothing. This kind of clothing seems essential due to the job characteristics that require me to hide my body.
"The clothes are all like that."
"I know...."
I think they're subtly scanning my body, but it's just my imagination, right?
"Let's proceed for now."
We put on our equipment and went outside. Except for something that looked like the entrance to an underground labyrinth, there were only trees around.
"Are we going down here?"
"I'll go first.... I have a shield too...."
Min-ji raised her shield and started to take the lead.
"Wait a minute, Min-ji-ya...."
The way she was holding the sword looked awkward, so I briefly corrected her posture.
It looked very awkward at first, but it quickly improved after I adjusted her posture a few times.
Da-eun was smiling happily at the sight.
"Just.... go down...."
Min-ji muttered and went down the stairs first.
When I went down the stairs, a large space made of stone appeared.
Along with a ceiling that looked over 10m high, lights that emitted light were attached to the walls at regular intervals.
"It's similar to the place I saw in the 4-person group evaluation last time."
"More like a temple than a cave? It feels closer to a temple!"
Da-eun, who had entered a new space, began to look around with an interesting expression.
"Shall we go forward for now?"
"Yeah!"
"Okay."
As I walked forward along the stone wall, a slime appeared.
The water droplet-shaped guy was íµíµê±°ë¦¬ë©° running towards us.
"That's.... a slime, right~?"
"Both of you, come behind me."
Min-ji, who walked forward, hit the shield with her sword, and the slime's aggro was drawn to Min-ji.
"Min-ji-ya. Is that also a skill?"
"Yeah, it's a taunt skill.. It seems to work for now. I don't think that robot was talking nonsense."
The slime was right in front of Min-ji while I was distracted for a moment.
'Well, that's nothing special.'
I could catch it, but if they want to adapt to this place, it would be better for them to hunt directly, so I decided to stand by in the back for now.
Min-ji put her shield in front of her and took a step forward, swinging her sword in time with the jumping.
It would be difficult to match that timing when using a sword for the first time, but she succeeded in attacking at once, perhaps because of the sense she had gained from combat training.
"Ppikkuk!"
The slime that had been knocked down by Min-ji's attack fell down.
"One shot...?"
Min-ji felt the heavy feeling that came through the tip of the sword, and began to look back and forth between her sword and the slime.
'I know. That feeling.'
That unique feeling that only those who have swung a sword can feel.
"Uh.. Min-ji-ya! There's something dropped over there!"
"Huh? Where?"
Loot was dropped on the fallen slime.
Now the full-scale exploration begins.