Chapter 543 – IF I Am Alone in Another World 29
A sword technique created by mankind’s greatest genius, encompassing all sword techniques of the time.
An elemental art that can only be used by those who have not lost their childhood innocence, and now only a few high-elves among elves can use it.
A genius among geniuses. It is a magic that even if a criminal spends his entire life to enter, he can only scratch the surface.
The party, made up of experts with three skills, passed the dungeon with great difficulty. The three people seemed to form a trinity with three skills, and were thus perfect.
“Whoa…”
-In, gaaaaan…
38 layers. Dojin, who stuck his sword into the neck of a giant who was over 5 meters tall, swung his sword and cut off his head completely.
The monster that lost its head and became a giant turned into powder and disappeared, and Dojin took a breath as he watched the magic stone fall at his feet.
“─You two, are you okay?”
“Are you okay. Leader.”
“… I’m fine too.”
Dojin frowned as he looked at the two people who were not seriously injured. It was a fierce battle. This was the case with most of the monsters I had encountered so far, but I couldn’t lose focus even for a second because even one attack was enough to take me on a direct train to death.
Maintaining extreme concentration for a long time caused considerable fatigue. I only encountered one, but this meant that if I was surrounded by two or three, I could die.
“It seems like it’s reaching its limit.”
Dojin was convinced that this was the end point of the current party. To go further, he had to hire more party members or achieve growth.
Considering that most adventurers who come and go from the 40th floor already have a fixed party, and that in most cases that party does not break up until retirement, the former was virtually impossible.
The latter was a very difficult and arduous task, but it was not impossible. After all, it was the only way. No matter how long it took, this was the only way.
“Should we stop here today?”
Dojin looked at Orion and Rise and asked. He said he could still move more. The hellish training that went on every day since he started walking gave him the mental strength to move until his body stopped.
However, that was a peculiarity that only applied to Dojin himself. I shouldn’t have assumed that the two of them would be the same.
This was a dungeon, a place where adventurers who died in vain appeared every day. Inattention is death, and pride is suicide.
“─No.”
“You mean. “What do you think of me?”
However-.
When Dojin received harsh training from his father.
Orion protected the elves for over hundreds of years.
Raije observed and studied the world and refined himself
Although the mental strength of the two people was not that of Dojin, they were not at a level where they could easily be broken.
“I can still do it.”
“This is a lot compared to staying up all night for more than a week doing experiments.”
A tense battle where one’s life is at stake cannot break the life they have lived and the history they have built.
Dojin smiled as she looked at the two people confidently holding their weapons.
‘I chose a good colleague.’
I’m lucky.
I am so lucky.
Otherwise, how could something like this happen?
“Even if I die, I won’t know.”
I protect you.
Even if it means dying.
However, Dojin swallowed those words.
“A leader is a leader. “If you feel like you’re going to die, tell me.”
“If you don’t think it will work, hide behind us.”
They also did not fall behind Dojin.
So the three people wandered around the dungeon again.
The end of hunting all day long.
Do-jin heard the sound of something solid inside him being shattered.
* * *
“Wow, wow…”
“How much is all that?”
“Gulp-.”
Magic stones piled up on the table. The adventurers who saw its size and quantity exclaimed in exclamation. The desire, admiration, and jealousy they send. All kinds of emotions are swirling as I look at the group standing in front of the magic stone.
A drug called attention hits you. There weren’t many races that could resist this addiction.
It was not for nothing that the Adventurer’s Guild was responsible for currency exchange only on the first floor. High-ranking adventurers feel the pleasure of standing above adventurers who are lower than them, and lower-ranking adventurers look at the higher-ranking adventurers and envy that they want to be like them.
The adventurer’s guild controls upper and lower level adventurers at the same time.
Of course, those who were now standing in front of the magic stone were among the few who could resist that attention.
“It looks like you’ve ascended to a new level today!”
“I feel like my skills have slowly improved.”
“We thought so too! Oh, of course, today’s settlement amount is less than yesterday…”
Pion answered in a dying voice, as if he had done something wrong. But this was something that could not be helped. The level of the monster rises steeply as you climb the stairs, but the settlement amount does not follow that.
‘The monsters on the 10th floor are several times stronger than the monsters on the 1st floor, but the actual settlement amount is not the same…’
An adventurer who can hunt level 10 monsters can slaughter level 1 monsters. Compared to the 10th floor, where you had to risk your life to hunt down one monster at a time, the monsters on the 1st floor could be slaughtered without a problem as long as you were not careful.
Among adventurers, there were actually adventurers who only worked at classes much lower than their skill level and wasted money. There were more than I expected.
But Dojin did not live like that.
Because his goal is not money, but the deepest part of the dungeon.
“It’s enough to earn one day and live one day. What do you think?”
“… “I think it’s a bit much to write about in one day.”
“That’s what they say.”
Dojin distributed the settlement money with his colleagues as usual and parted ways. Today was my alone time. A time when neither Orion nor Rise would disturb him.
If Sayoung had been there, I would have dragged him away and had sex with him in some lodging.
‘Sayeong… ‘Do you really have no intention of returning?’
It’s been almost two months since she left her party. In the meantime, the party grew more and more.
Before we know it, we have reached a class that is further advanced than when Sayoung was around, and the gap will continue to widen.
If Sayoung were to return—this moment was the Maginot Line. If more time passes than this, even if she says she wants to come back, she won’t be able to.
‘It’s unfortunate. Finding a warrior of that caliber is not easy…’
Dojin, who was walking down the street while thinking about Sayoung, stopped for a moment and looked around. Do-jin found an alley with few people and quickly ran towards it.
For a moment, he ran into the alley, and then the sound of rushing footsteps followed him.
Dojin, who stopped in an unmaintained vacant lot, opened his mouth as he looked at the pursuer who was following him.
“Is it a robbery? “Did you come after me after seeing me taking money from the guild?”
“…”
“It’s not too late to go back now. I don’t carry cash. “All the money is stored in the guild warehouse.”
As if to prove his words, he takes out his pockets and shakes them clean. All that was inside was a few coins for staying and eating for the day.
However, the opponent did not back down even after seeing the empty pockets. It meant that money was not the goal. Dojin straightened the hilt of his sword while looking at his opponent wearing a hood.
‘I don’t think I’ve done anything to offend anyone?’
I’m used to being attacked. The only difference was that the opponent was holding a gun, not a knife.
And in the opinion of Do-jin, who survived numerous guns aimed at him, the opponent in front of him was no threat.
The same was true even if it was a fantasy with multiple beings transcending humans.
“If you have business, come at me. If not, get out of the way.”
Slurring-.
The opponent drew his sword without saying a word. Dojin, who saw that, followed suit and drew his sword as if he had no choice.
It was my first time encountering a robber in fantasy. It was fortunate that cutting off a limb didn’t cause any major problems. There is a church, so if you throw it there—.
“Oh-?”
Whirring!
The sword flew fiercely.
Swordsmanship that seems like something you’ve seen somewhere before. Do-jin looked intently at the sword flying towards him and swung it towards him.
The opponent continued to fire blows like a snake.
The sword flies.
Block it.
Aim for a critical point using the rebound of the blocked sword.
It flows out.
The moment you try to let it go, it aims at your body with the blade.
Avoid.
Do-jin, who was repeating this in succession, sensed something and slowly backed away. He spun around in a circle to avoid getting stuck in the wall.
“Profit-!”
The robe-wearing opponent must have been displeased with the retreat and let out a loud noise. And in the next moment, the sword curved in a trajectory that Dojin had never imagined.
The curved surface of the sword hit the back of my hand and I dropped the sword. The moment he was disarmed, the opponent ran fiercely, knocked Dojin down, climbed on top of him, and pointed his sword at him.
“… Why did you lose the sword so easily?”
“That’s-.”
“Don’t you feel embarrassed as a prosecutor? It is the soul of a black swordsman. No matter what happens, you can’t miss it─.”
“That’s right, because it’s Sayoung.”
“… Huh?”
Sayoung, who was sitting on top of him, let out a dumb sound. Do-jin smiled happily as he looked at Sa-young’s face visible through the robe.
“How on earth am I…?” …”
“How dare you? Because your swordsmanship was memorable. “I recognized it right away the moment I saw it.”
“… A topic you can understand at a glance. “Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Because I thought there might be a reason why you did this.”
If she points a sword at me, there must be a reason. I didn’t know if it was a sincere sparring or an attack simply caused by hatred and jealousy of humans.
She was sure it wouldn’t be the latter.
If so, let’s accept it. Because a prosecutor speaks with his sword.
“So? What’s going on?”
“… I saw you inserting other vanguards into your party. Check how low the standard has fallen by including such pathetic people.”
“Ah, that was because I received a request from the guild.”
“… !?”
Dojin explained why he formed a party with the knights. Upon hearing that explanation, Sayoung’s face turns red.
After a while, Sayoung bowed her head and apologized carefully.
“… “I’m sorry.”
“No. I should have been careful too. No matter how much I asked, I left a warrior like you and accepted other knights into the party…”
“No. It’s all my fault. This is all…”
It’s because she can’t keep up with your growth.
Sayoung recited like that.
“It might sound strange to say it this way, but…”
“I don’t know?”
“After I do it with you- that… I feel like I’m getting stronger. So-.”
Do-jin scratched his cheek as he looked at Sa-young riding on top of him and struggling to speak. And then I realized that she didn’t know her own identity.
It is also true that the other person who accepts her own seed can escape the laws of this world.
Dojin carefully revealed the fact.
“Uh… “I also have something to tell you.”
“… “What is it?”
“If you have sex with me, you can become stronger.”
“… “What?”
Absurd.
But she had no choice but to believe it as Sayoung knew that she had actually become stronger than she could believe.
The first feeling that comes to mind is disappointment. And anger.
“Why are you telling me that now, you idiot?”
That’s how Sayoung returned to the party.