Chapter 36 – Dungeon Revolution (1)

Early moning. Even before the sun rose, I woke up as a habit left in my body, washed my face lightly, left the mansion and ran around the city.

There was a track where you could run lightly inside the mansion, but it was best to run on the wide boulevard.

Some people who woke up early in the morning looked at me with strange eyes, and a guard passing by stopped me for a while to get me checked.

After a morning canter, I returned to the mansion sweating and listened to the singing from the backyard.

A sound I would not have heard if it had not been for the time when the morning sun broke the blackout, dew and birds were singing.

Unknowingly, I move my feet to the backyard. In the backyard, Kahi, who had not been seen for a long time, was singing passionately.

“─♬.”

Listening to that song made me think that idol trainees are trainees. She could also see how she was able to get a job at her bar so quickly when she fell into this world.

She was a muse He was a Prometheus who came to deliver his songs to his to a backward world, and a siren who would enchant and destroy all who listened to him.

“…….”

In the middle of singing, she stopped singing when she noticed that there were uninvited guests. After a while, her eyes met her. Kahi glanced at me for a moment and went inside the mansion without saying a word.

After hearing the verbal abuse and moving into this mansion, she still shunned me.

Watching the woman show one-sided hostility, I often wondered if I should apologize first.

‘Why me?’

But his petty pride would n’t allow him. Unless someone’s ego is crushed first, we will continue to run parallel lines.

* * *

“No, what is this…….”
“Awesome.”
“Yes…”

A week after hunting down the ruler of the dungeon, we confirmed that our savings were running out, so we came to the dungeon to earn money.

And I was shocked to see the long procession in front of the dungeon.

“Wait in line! Line!”
“Don’t cut in line!”
“Hey man, did you cut in line? Submit your guild card.”

At the entrance of the dungeon, annoyed adventurers were waiting in line.

The adventurers who hadn’t lined up were huddled together in a makeshift tent near the dungeon and talking about something.

“Warrior! Someone who needs a strong warrior!”
“I am a 1st dan martial artist! I have a proof!”
“A genius who has mastered beginner magic is always on standby…….”

‘What is that?’

In a good way, they were like job seekers who asserted their value in the job market, and in a bad way, there was no market version.

To put it in a Deokgu way, it was like players seeking party members in an MMORPG.

Of course, things I hadn’t seen before. I have no idea what the hell has changed in the last few days that has caused this to happen.

“First… Shall we go in?”

I headed towards the entrance of the dungeon with my children. I ignored all the lines. Indeed, the manager who saw us immediately rushed at us.

“Wait! You must not cut in line. Please submit your guild card.”

“Yes, here.”

At the manager’s words, I held out my guild card. A silver-plated high-level adventurer’s card.

Upon seeing the card, the manager immediately straightened his posture and lowered his head.

“Are you a high-level adventurer? Excuse me. I’ll see you right away.”

“Ah, yes.”

He led us straight into the dungeon. Perhaps this is rare, the adventurers in line looked at us.

It wasn’t the eyes filled with envy and jealousy. Quite the opposite. Eyes filled with emotions such as longing, awe, and envy.

The manager directed us to the front of the direct elevator on the 10th floor. The two soldiers guarding the elevator checked our adventurer cards and let us through.

The speed of the elevator coming and going was quite fast, so we were able to go up to the 10th floor without waiting.

Unlike the first floor, which was full of people, the 10th floor was somewhat empty. However, there were also a few people here.

After confirming that no one was around, Seoyoon asked me with an admiring expression.

“How did you know?”

“What?”

“That he will send us right away.”

“Didn’t you know?”

“What?”

“I didn’t know.”

I’m not an omnipotent god, and I didn’t know that the dungeon had changed like this, so how could I know how they would come out?

There was only oneself. The confidence that they can’t harm us no matter what we do.

Hearing those words, Seoyoon put on a ridiculous expression.

“Hey. What percentage of adventurers do you think have experienced leveling up at least once?”

“Well… Wouldn’t it be fifty percent?”

“One percent.”

“…… One percent?”

At my words, Seoyoon finished her calculations in her head for a moment. The top 1 percent are not people to be ignored in any field.

“No, why? Dungeons make money easily.”

“It’s a problem because it makes money easily.”

“Why is that a problem?”

“Don’t you remember the first time we went upstairs? Whether you catch a goblin or a king turtle, it’s a one shot anyway, so the profit actually went down.”

“I remember. So I realized that the third floor is the best place to make money.”

“Is Hanyoung unique, or is he originally normal?”

I said that and went up to the 11th floor. In the area where the supernatural phenomenon of the dungeon is not under my control.

Soon after, the blackout traps us. I am not used to it, so a peaceful darkness comes.

“After hunting for a long time, I developed my skills…… Even if you go up to the 2nd or 3rd floor. Profits do not go up, they hit the bottom.”

In that sense, the second floor was quite vicious. Because the King Turtle has a hard shell that can’t be compared to a goblin.

I was able to hunt five or six goblins in the time it took to hunt one King Turtle on the second floor.

What if you ignore the second floor and skip it? It’s the same as those who went up to the third floor without growing properly. Hunting only gets more and more difficult.

“So, the guys who came up to the 10th floor weren’t the ones who came up looking for money.”

“…… Then what are the kids up here for?”

“They are adventurers who came to find their dreams.”

In the past, I didn’t understand why adventurers monopolized and hid information after leveling up, but after I leveled up, I fully understood it.

Hiding or not hiding information, but those who level up level up. Guys who aim for a few small gold coins will never rise above.

It wasn’t money that made it to the top, it was only adventurers who were hungry for dreams and challenges.

“Of course, the amount of time required to do so will vary depending on one’s innate talent or origin…… Basically, people who have leveled up are attackers who will continue to attack dungeons. Unlike the other adventurers who filled the 10th floor down there.”

“So… Unlike other adventurers who only look at money, we are people who attack dungeons, so the guild treats us, you mean?”

“I got it right.”

Saying that, I drew my sword. Thump. The nightmare of the 11th floor approaches. Huge bear. A bear with red fur raises itself.

“Who would want to fight a monster like this.”

Hold the sword The sword was not originally designed to fight these monsters. Therefore, I have never learned how to use a sword to hunt animals.

So what is needed now is not swordsmanship. Against beasts driven by instinct, all you need is pure wisdom or brawn.

“Whoa…….”

Exhale. Steam is released from pores throughout the body. Like a thermal power plant, it creates hot heat inside the body.

Heat is energy Energy is vitality, and it can soon become the strength to overwhelm monsters.

“Kwaaaaang!”

Scarlet Bear rises to her feet and inflates her body. Instinctive behavior that inhibits the opponent.

Of course, there are many gaps in that instinctive behavior. It’s all the more so because it’s a petite beast that believes in my physicality.

The heat generated inside the body is transferred to the sword as it is. In an instant, the heated sword heated up red.

In this darkness, the glowing red sword draws considerable attention. Even an intellectless beast is the same.

Scarlet Bear senses something is wrong and swings her arm her, but the blow from above her is too late.

Fire Dragon One Island.

A dragon cuts through the belly of the beast and passes by. Not a single drop of blood flowed from the cracked skin.

After a while, the manastone falls on the spot where Scarlet Bear fell. While I was intoxicated by my cool appearance for a while, Seoyoon, who was watching me, helped me with a word.

“Clumsy.”

“…… What?”

“It takes an unnecessarily long time, and what is Hwaryong Ilseom? Kid?”

“No, did I say it out of my mouth…… ?”

While I was twitching my lips in shame and feeling ashamed, another Scarlet Bear appeared. However, the response was delayed due to shame.

“Like this.”

Seoyoon did not miss that gap. She gestures lightly and her huge square block of ice falls. Scarlet Bear, crushed by the overwhelming mass, was slammed to the ground.

On top of the head of the beast that was lying on it, a 1-ton ice spear struck Scarlet Bear’s head at high speed.

Kung, kung, after taking a few shots at the head, it dies and disappears, leaving only the magic stone.

It was a fast and efficient hunting method that was incomparable to me.

“You can do it like this.”

As she said that, she looked at me as if she was pathetic. I remembered that face. She used her powers her anyway, so it was clear that she would invite me to her room her tonight.

She then vowed to avenge her.

* * *

The dungeon change changed a lot. Wizards who had been confined to their alcoves and only looked at magic books were made to move, and rangers who were active only in the forest and military were made to search for dungeons with bows.

So paradoxically, the dungeon became even safer. Previous dungeons were ruthless and lawless ecosystems of darkness.

Once you enter, no one can see you until you get out, and there is always darkness around you, and you don’t know when a monster will pop out of that darkness…… Isn’t it a great place to use for crime?

But what about dungeons now? There are adventurers everywhere. The field of view is wide, so it is good to prevent attacks, and since there are many eyes, there is no risk of party members stabbing you and running away.

If the dungeons up until now had placed importance on credit and trust, now they have placed importance on skill.

The masters of the night, who were reluctant to go to the dungeon because they had no reliable companions, appear one by one, and a farmer who has just come up from the countryside easily finds a party and throws himself into the dungeon.

As the industrial revolution made many workers lose their jobs, and made them at the same time.

The Dungeon Revolution was like that too.