Chapter 491 – Outbound Earth (31)

A dungeon is a kind of breakwater that gathers the magic that has spread throughout the earth into one place and prevents people from being corrupted by that magic.

If it hadn’t been for the dungeon, the magical energy gathered in it would have turned animals, plants, and people into monsters.

Do-jin scattered dungeons all over the earth to prevent such a situation, and made monsters by combining magical powers to meaningfully consume the collected magical power.

Just like the gods of the other world did, the magic power spread across the planet called Earth was gnawed away bit by bit.

─Gureureung… ?

However, despite the fact that hundreds of dungeons were created, it was very difficult to retrieve all the magical energy spread across the earth.

That’s why some humans have awakened superpowers and supernatural powers. From the point of view of the monsters who escaped from being trapped in a stuffy space called a dungeon, the earth also meant that the earth was a treasure trove of blessings overflowing with mana.

“…Monster?”
“Crazy, the monster has escaped!”
“What are the hunters doing inside!”

The guards standing guard in front of the dungeon immediately rang the emergency bell and fired bullets at the monster. While the 7.62mm warhead, which can turn any living creature into pieces of rags in an instant, flew towards the monster in dozens of rounds per second, the monsters that had just escaped from the dungeon simply accepted everything without any resistance.

Literally everything.

——Ku, aaa—!

The monsters that absorbed super-dense magic that they couldn’t feel inside the dungeon simply jumped over the wall and looked at the soldiers attacking them.

Seeing that the bullets did not work, the sentries were already running far away.

– Crook.

From the point of view of an orc, a race of fighters, turning their back and running away was the worst thing a coward could do.

At the same time, it was also the look the Orcs liked the most.

It was because chasing and killing soldiers fleeing in terror was the best pastime.

—Ku- Kruka!

Accepting the magic of the earth and jumping over the wall, the orc quickly ran out and caught up with the fleeing soldiers. And he caught and tore.

As if tearing paper, the orc holding the human upper and lower halves lightly torn in half used his corpse as a weapon and wielded it at random.

As the soldiers hit by the corpse were bent, broken, and smashed, the orc, whose corpse had been destroyed, tossed the corpse he was holding and picked up a new corpse that was scattered on the floor.

What, the thing that was scattered all over the place was a corpse. There is no shortage of weapons—.

Kwaaang-!

“Monster killing complete!”

A 120mm shell installed at the base penetrates the orc’s abdomen. They couldn’t stand the anti-ship guns that exceeded their ranks and could even deal with ships.

However, despite hunting the monster, the soldiers’ expressions showed no signs of improving.

—Kurrrr…
─Kya-Cheruba!
─Is this place-?

It was because countless monsters were pouring out in front of them.

If there were dozens of troops killed by just one monster, how many people would die if that many monsters spread?

After making a rough calculation in his head, the soldier pursed his lips, tired of the expression on his face.

“Oh God…”

There was nothing they could do except pray to God. Just like that, one dungeon base was destroyed and hundreds of thousands of monsters spread in all directions.

These things were happening simultaneously in dozens of countries around the world.

* * *

-Awaken the fantasia that slaughters people-!
“Awaken! Awaken!”
─Support foreign countries suffering from dungeons!
“Support! Support!”

Hearing the loud sound of loudspeakers outside the building, Deok-gu quietly looked down at the demonstrators through the window.

His eyes read the Akashic Records.
And after a while, I called the secretary’s office using the extension phone.

[Yes, this is the secretary’s office.]
“Rep. Kim Hyung-seop, send out the scandal.”
[All right.]

After contacting him, Deok-gu sat down in front of the computer again and started sorting out the people he needed to deal with.

Numerous people were entangled in this incident, enough to make us realize once again that the most terrifying power of human beings is networking.

What Deokgu had to do was to divide the number of people who needed to be dealt with and those who did not.

“The security guard who helped the guys who kidnapped me escape the building… Take care of it.”

At this time, personal emotions were restrained as much as possible. This is because if personal feelings or empathy were included, there was a possibility that the person who should be punished would change to someone who did not.

For example, should a criminal who gets his hands dirty for his dying mother be punished or not?

For example, should a murderer who casually kill people for hundreds of millions of won be punished or not?

Ordinary people don’t realize that the two people in the example are the same person. There are also people who give different judgments to the same person.

Personal feelings tended to distract rational judgment in this way.

“Ha- that’s annoying. I want to kill them all…”

Deok-gu sighed as he felt that his head was getting dizzy as he judged tens of thousands of people one by one. Do judges who judge criminals feel this way?

Deok-gu, who had been staring blankly at the ceiling, carefully got up and left the chairman’s room.

It was something he didn’t need to deal with urgently anyway. Deok-gu, who went straight to the underground parking lot by taking the elevator dedicated to the chairman, rode out of the building in a supercar.

I lightly pass the protesters who filled the front of the building and run on the road that is blocked from this time.

While running for a long time, Deokgu found a very familiar building and stopped.

‘Dungeon Base… Did this happen in Korea?’

Numerous soldiers stood guard in front of the base. The lack of discipline commonly seen in military bases could not be found here.

Unlike military bases that are invisible to others, this place was open to people 24 hours a day. If you showed a lack of discipline, you would get complaints from people right away.

‘Shall we go once?’

Deok-gu, who had never been to a dungeon on Earth, thought of taking a look around and turned his steering wheel to the base.

As he headed towards the base entrance, a soldier naturally approached him and saluted him.

“How did you get here?”
“I’m going to look around the dungeon.”
“Please submit your ID, park inside, take down your visitor pass, and come back.”

Seeing the sentry open the door obediently, Deokgu tilted his head and went inside. There were sparsely parked supercars in a fairly spacious parking lot.

After roughly parking, Deokgu trudged back to the entrance where he had submitted his ID.

Seeing Deokgu walking, the soldier asked him cautiously with a slightly puzzled look on his face.

“I… Aren’t you a Hunter?”
“It’s not.”
“I’m sorry, but can you go out again? People without a hunter’s license are not allowed to enter the base.”
“Qualifications? Wait a minute. That’s for sure—”

Saying so, Deok-gu put his hand into his sub-space and began to search for the license he had previously received.

To be precise, it was an entry pass. Seeing Deok-gu sticking his hand in the air and staggering, the soldier opened his eyes wide and immediately reversed what he had said.

“Oh, no! You may go in!”
“Do you want to show your license?”
“That, because the ability is actually the same as qualification…”

The fact that hunter licenses are very easy for talented people, and the soldier who realized that Deokgu was not a criminal or a villain through his ID card sent Deokgu inside.

He didn’t see the license, but he decided that it would be better to be scolded by an officer later than to be hated by a competent person and cause a fuss.

After hearing that, Deokgu nodded saying he understood and headed towards the entrance of the dungeon guarded by soldiers.

“I-don’t you borrow weapons?”
“I do not need.”

At the soldier’s request to borrow a rifle, Deokgu waved his hand and stood in front of a huge fissure that shone with blue light.

‘This is the dungeon that Dojin made…’

This was the first time I came to the Earth Mountain Dungeon because I didn’t think of going to a dungeon on Earth that I hadn’t visited often in another world.

Deokgu carefully placed his hand over the crack, thinking about what was going on inside.

After a while, the surroundings change wildly. Deokgu exclaimed a little in admiration at the appearance of the dungeon, which made him feel nostalgic.

“Do-jin made this guy exactly the same as in our early days.”

Recalling the early days of the dungeon, where nothing could be seen beyond a certain distance, Deokgu slowly walked forward.

After how much time had passed, monsters that seemed to smell humans appeared one by one. Goblins with hideous weapons in their hands. Deokgu smiled as he watched those goblins.

“It’s a memory.”

At that time, I couldn’t beat even these goblins, so I ran away… There was no need to be afraid now. Feelings are new in this situation. Deokgu waved his hand lightly as he watched the goblins rushing at him.

After a while, the flames from the ring he was wearing start wiping out all the goblins.

Watching the goblins disappear completely without a single ashes left, Deokgu went further inward. He didn’t pick up the magic stone that fell on the floor. How much do you have to pick it up…

“Hmm- Elbe made it again.”

Deokgu, who was going inside, found an elevator that went deep into the dungeon and let out a laugh.

Everything else is the same as in the beginning, so why is this a later version? Is it because of convenience?

Deok-gu, who tilted his head to activate the elevator, realized that there was no button he could press, and started kicking his tongue.

“Eh, tsk tsk. Let’s make this kind of sensible.”

In the end, Deokgu climbed the stairs and ran through the dungeon in an instant. The monsters that appeared were a bit different from those in another world, but wielding the overflowing power against the weak monsters was a great stress reliever.

Deok-gu, who often hears it and thinks to relieve stress, gets a bullet from somewhere and hits his barrier-! He felt the blow and turned his head.

“What…”
─Hu-wook-?

The orc holding the rifle looked at Deokgu with a puzzled expression. Deokgu, who saw the orc holding a gun, also made an absurd expression.

Did Do-jin put a gun in the hands of the monsters here? No way. If he had done that, no one would have been able to break through this dungeon.

So, what is that rifle? After thinking, Deokgu quickly waved his hand at the orc.

Fuu-! The rifle in the orc’s hand exploded, and while the orc hit by the shrapnel grabbed my face and suffered, Deokgu completely roasted the orc’s head.

The smell of burning pigs came up, and soon after, the orc completely disappeared and changed its appearance to a magic stone.

Deok-gu, who approached the place where the orc died to check where he had picked up the gun, stopped when he saw a man lying there.

‘Ah, from this person…’

Deokgu, who was about to say that, let out a sigh as he saw the weak moaning woman. Then she poured a potion into her mouth.

As befits Noah’s special potion, the woman who fainted quickly opened her eyes and raised her body. As soon as she got up, she whipped her limbs in all directions, and the woman realized that there were no monsters around her, and she stared blankly into space.

“Uh huh?”
“Are you okay?”
“Who is that…?”
“It’s okay.”

When Deok-gu, who had saved the woman, got up and tried to leave her seat, the woman grabbed Deok-gu by the crotch of his pants.

When Deokgu, who turned her head slightly, looked down at her, her woman looked up at her Deokgu with her trembling eyes.

“Didn’t you see my gun…?”
“I don’t know.”
“Oh, no. If I don’t have that, how can I get down there…”
“Shall we go together?”
“…Please.”

Deokgu let out a sigh and shook her woman’s hand.
Yeah well, maybe this is related too.
He took her and left her dungeon.

Despite saving her life at best, the loss of her gun brought her to tears over the reparation.