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nChapter 56 – Out Of The Way! An Unwelcome Guest Of The Dungeon Comes. (3)

nThe inside of the dungeon was quiet.

nIt was enough to make me question if this was a level 28 dungeon.

nAccording to the intel, there were supposed to be thousands of monsters appearing.

nBut from what I could tell, it didn’t seem that way.

nIt was as if the dungeon was already cleared.

nThe interior was similar to the manticore dungeon.

nThe difference was that instead of being a wide desert field, there was a winding desert road.

nThe width of the road was about 30m or so.

nThe floor was covered with finely ground sand, while the each side of the road stood wrinkly tress, their shells making a wall.

n“Looks similar to a place I know, yet oddly different to it too.”

nFinishing my monologue, I casted Mana Shield and shot forward.

nEven after running for 2 minutes, I didn’t encounter a single monster or any of their cries.

nI didn’t let it bother me, and continued forward.

nBecause it was normal as usual.

nIt was then.

n“KWAACK”

n“KRURU!”

nThe road was covered with my footprints.

nHundreds of monsters came out onto the road that I passed, howling and screaming all kinds of noise.

nDust Lizardmen, monsters with different sets of equipment and armor appeared.

nMonsters that only do melee attacks.

nEach swinging their weapons and surrounding their targets.

nAll of them possessed strength equivalent to a level 100 warrior. Quite troublesome to handle.

nThey looked similar to lizards.

n1.5m in size.

nThey proudly showed off their reflective scales.

nThese scales were so tough that most magic could not even leave a scratch on them.

nNot only were they immune to physical attacks, but they had a flat 20% magic damage resistance.

nThey were breaking the shifting magic and physical resistance pattern the dungeons had every 3 levels.

nKicking up a cloud of dust, they stomped their feet on the ground furiously.

nHowever, Meteor Call had already finished casting in my hand.

nBoth Meteor and Iceberg had already hit level 159.

nThanks to these guys, these skills will become stronger.

nA 10% reduction in cast time as well the cooldown.

nTo the mass of mobs that were staring at me, I casted Eye of the Storm to group up the mobs that were still spread apart.

nUtility skill Eye of the Storm pulled in all lifeforms in the area together.

nThe level 100 skill didn’t even cause the mobs to budge.

nThose strong gusts, they stood still as if it was a breeze from a fan.

n“Guess they’re high ranking?”

nBoth Heal Canceling and Lower Resist were the same.

nDebuff skills did not work either.

nThe marks on the chests that appeared if the skills hit were nowhere to be found, after all.

nResistance was a major factor, but monster level and ranking were to be reckoned with as well.

n“I’m curious as to see what will happen.”

n“Take this!”

nThe size of the Meteor was enough to block out the sky.

nWith one swift movement of my hand, it collided against them.

nThe entire dungeon shook from the destructive force.

nThe massive shockwave from the noise rang throughout the dungeon.

nThe flames from the meteor was enough to consume even the very sands it blew into the air.

nThe hot winds from the destruction came towards me.

nThe remains of the meteor covered where the lizardmen used to be.

nThe flames continued to burn fiercely, and a message followed.

n20,000,000 experience obtained.

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nLevel up.

n“Shit!”

nI had barely taken care of half the monsters.

nI had leveled up from 1

/5th of my experience bar being full instantly.

nEach monster offered 20 million points worth of experience.

nAnd the numbers of monsters were not just hundreds, but nearly a thousand.

nI heard that people leveled up all the way to 500 from this dungeon alone, but I didn’t know it would be this good.

nEven high level Awakened have to form up 5 man parties to get in, so they only get 4 million worth of experience per kill.

nBut I was keeping 20 million experience to myself.

nLeveling in the level 18 dungeon, I was able to level up 12 times faster than the average Awakened.

nBut now I was running the level 28 dungeon that only one person was able to solo run in the entire world before.

nPerhaps 20 times? Over even greater than that seemed possible.

nI was overcome with goosebumps after confirming the sheer amount of experience I’ve obtained from them.

nI was only surprised for a short moment though.

n-crack

nMy Mana Shield was shaking with great intensity.

nI was at least 30m away from them.

nHowever, in a blink of an eye, they had caught up and were attack me.

nIf it was another shield, it would’ve come apart and the attacks would’ve reached me.

nIf these mobs had this much destructive force, they had to be taken care of immediately.

nThe reason why about half of them were able to survive was surprising though.

nThey had come together to form a defensive formation, blocking the damage of the Meteor Call.

nThat’s why they were able to retaliate.

n“KYAA!”

nTheir sharp beak like mouth had drool spilling out of them.

nWhen the drool landed on the ground, smoke was formed, the scent of sulfur thick.

nIt was obvious that it was highly acidic.

n“Don’t spit at me!”

n-CRACK!

nA huge iceberg started to form, enough to swallow up the dungeon that was nearly 40m wide.

nThe ice broke apart and reformed nonstop.

nEven as their bodies were being crushed and torn apart, the lizardmen continued to resist.

nAll the monsters I’ve met so far had been instantly taken out from the sheer amount of damage the Iceberg did, but these monsters…

nI was able to reconfirm just how strong these monsters were.

nIceberg’s skill level rose.

n“Is it finally level 160?”

nThe cool down and cast time had become 1 minute each.

nI was able to cast this destructive spell every 2 minute.

nI used Holy Missile and Explosion to get rid of the stragglers.

nThe sand was painted in blood, the red matching the glow of the Bloodstones.

nI collected all the stones and stood up.

nI had to take down more lizardmen, after all.

nBehind me, I could hear strange noises.

n-crunch. -crunch.

n“Ah! Right. The janitors.”

nI turned around quickly to make sure I didn’t miss this strange scene.

nBugs the size of my fist appeared, eating away at the corpses of the Lizardmen.

nAlmost like how thousands of locusts eat away at the crops, they came in droves, attaching themselves onto the corpses like waves.

nCovered in black, it didn’t even make a minute before everything but the armor and weapons of the lizardmen to remain.

nEven dragging away the bones, they hid themselves into the sands once more.

n“A lot more disgusting than I thought…”

n* * * *

nThe dungeon’s road seemed to be without an end.

nI was curious what kind of ability Choi So-Hyeon had to be able to clear this dungeon by himself.

nAfter taking down the boss, the exit gate appeared.

nI was very thankful for one thing.

nOther dungeons had the exit open up in the center of the dungeon.

nTo move all the way to the center in this enormous room was a task in itself.

nThankfully the gate appeared at the end of the dungeon.

n“Wew. With just one run, I already leveled up once and have 77% of my gauge filled.”

nIt was a high class dungeon far beyond my expectations.

nBefore I left through the gate, I casted my Mass Stealth Jutsu.

n-sha sha sha sha

nCasting it above my head, the air shimmered and swayed, like a disturbance on a surface of a pond.

nIncluding me and everything that came in contact with me were hidden from view.

nIf I didn’t have Eye of Insight, I wouldn’t know what I was holding onto.

n“All right. Shall I exit?”

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nIt was already 5 pm.

nMaybe it was due to the dungeon being so bright, but the outside felt darker than usual.

nI didn’t have time to waste. I had to hunt some more.

nI was about to use the ID scanner when…

n‘Who are these people?’

nThe level 28 dungeon was famous for its rare visitors.

nIt was to be expected, as there were not many who could clear this dungeon as it was only possible to clear with a party.

nHowever, the dungeon had roughly 40 people surrounding it at this very moment.

nAbout 20 of them were equipped with armor and weapons.

nThe rest had clean uniforms, using hand gestures to communicate between one another.

nI couldn’t help but wonder what kind of a combination was this.

nIt was because I saw a granny staring directly at the entrance of the dungeon.

n‘Seems like either the radical faction or the association.’

nHowever, I could tell they were from the association.

nIt was because one of the people in the group was Se-Jin Kim.

nI was focused on the grandma once more.

nYoon Jong-sun also had the look of a retired grandpa.

nMost rankers had quite the age on them.

nThat grandma looking at this direction must also be very high leveled.

nI felt that she was a cleric.

nBecause to see hidden targets, you needed Eye of Insight.

nMy monologue ended there.

nThe person next to the grandma spoke.

n“Honored lady. It’s about time that he would be exiting. Please give us the signal if you see him.”

n“Yes. Understood. He doesn’t appear to be out yet, though.”

n“Not yet? Do you see anything?”

n“Don’t worry. My Eye of Insight is nearly level 100.”

n“Of course. I trust you.”

n‘What are you saying with me right in front of you?’

nThe bag on my shoulder.

nIn my hand I held my ID and the finger imitation.

nI was sure that the cleric ranker could not see me.

n‘Glad I Awakened my stealth skill. The essence wasn’t a waste.’

nShould I just leave out of their sight?

nNo way. If I do that, they’d be 100% suspicious of my existence and dig deeper to find me.

nJust in case the stones in my bag made a noise, I carefully moved my ID to the machine.

nIt was to make them think that the scanner was broken.

nI was carrying out my plan to confuse them right before their eyes.

n“Beep. Please present your fingerprint.”

nUnlike how it was when I entered the dungeon, the sound from the machine felt much louder than before.

nHearing that noise, all 40 of them began to talk amongst themselves.

nThen the man standing next to the elderly spoke.

n“Lady! Is there anything at all?”

n“Yes. I think you made a mistake today Mr. Kim. As you know, there isn’t stealth that I cannot detect. There is no one at the entrance.”

n“No. Impossible! Please check it again. Lady!”

nHo Jin, filled with frustration, looked about despite not being able to see.

nThen the elder spoke.

n“I’m sure that the machine is faulty. Then shall we end it here?”

n“Yes! Of course. Sorry for taking up your time despite your busy schedule, lady.”

n“Ohoho. It’s enough that I get to see a young’un such as yourself, filled with energy and rearing to go. Please take care of the rest.”

n“Yes! Thank you for your hard work.”

nThe elder finished talking and was heading to the car.

nKim Ho Jin couldn’t help but wear his suspicions on his face.

nHe continued to stare at the entrance of the dungeon.

nOur eyes finally met.

nHe was staring at the dungeon, and I was staring into his eyes.

nAfter a long while, he called his subordinates.

n“Did you check the ID?”

n“Yes, dept. head.”

n“Yeah, who is it?”

n“Yoon Hyun-se. Awakened date is year 01, month 03. Busan is his where his residency is.”

n“First check the list of missing. Send a team over to check if the machine has a problem.”

n“Yes. Understood.”

n“If you find him, contact me immediately.”

n“Yes!”

n“Please present your fingerprint.”

nWhile Kim Ho Jin was busy giving orders, the voice of the machine crackled out once more.

n-beep

nWithout hesitation, I brought the fake finger towards it.

nThe dungeon entrance formed.

nI didn’t know who this ID belonged to, but once they found out the owner, it would be impossible to use it again.

n‘Hm…’

nSending a text message to someone, I entered the dungeon once more.

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