Chapter 65 – The Ordeal (1)

Do-jin strikes the sword. His movements His are too light. The body of the shadow monster blocking the way is cut in half.

His sword his, which cut the monster in two, was retrieved in an instant and fired at another monster. Eunha and Ryze had no time to do anything.

The flames wrapped around the sword flew around, and a fire demon descended into the dungeon.

‘… My movements are better.’

Watching Do-jin from behind, Orion realized that his movements had become lighter compared to before.

The fact that the swordsman’s body became lighter meant that he became that much faster. Orion smiled lightly as he approached Dojin after the hunt.

“Did anything good happen to you? You look light.”

“Yes? Alas, no big deal. Just… I thought we’d see each other now.”

“Uh, um… Good for you.”

What that meant, Orion didn’t understand. But he pretended to understand. He tried to win his favor by acting like that.

Perhaps thanks to the elf’s good looks, it wasn’t that difficult to win a man’s favor. It was enough for him to smile often and talk to me first.

Sometimes talking, sometimes hunting monsters.

He moved forward while clearing the dungeon. Thus, he reached the threshold of the 30th floor.

Gulp, Orion swallowed and looked at the stairs leading up to the 30th floor. Among all races, there were not too many people who crossed this stairway.

Even among the great forest rangers, the elite of the elite. Very few have crossed this stratum.

If you go beyond this level, you can rise to the level 3 level of the ranks of the strong. Team leaders and squad leaders of a team of Rangers were on that level.

In other words, it meant that she could now become a squad leader level.

‘It would be nice if it went up a notch higher.’

Level 4, rising to the level of Master was really only possible for geniuses. Even in the great grove, only a few beings crossed the wall.

“Should I climb this or not….”

In front of that threshold, Dojin stopped and began to think. In my experience, every time I passed the 5th floor, it felt like the level of the monster went up one level.

In addition, if it was the 30th floor, I guess it was the floor where the dungeon ruler lived.

I’ve spent a lot of time coming up here, so going in could be dangerous.

Dojin looked back at the party and asked.

“What do you want to do?”
“Of course I have to go in!”

Orion shouted. You come all the way here and come back? I admit that it is dangerous because I do not know what kind of monster will appear.

However, adventure is originally such a risky act, and the existence of an adventurer is to overcome danger and move forward.

You cannot grow by avoiding danger.

“What about the others?”
“I will follow the opinions of others….”
“I’m almost running out of magic… If I go up now, I might not have enough magic power when I go back.”
“Is that so?”

One against, one for, one abstaining.

Orion gritted his teeth. Should I go back like this? It can’t be. She looked at Dojin with faint eyes. She hopes he’ll choose to go up.

Perhaps that prayer worked, Do-jin slowly drew his sword.

“See what the level of the 30th floor is like, and go back right away.”
“—Yes!”

She was overjoyed and took the lead. She had never had a trap on the stairs before, but her role as a scout was to prepare for any danger.

After she climbs the stairs, the moment she steps on the 30th floor. She got the feeling that something had changed in her. She felt as if a window that had been blocked up until now was wide open.

She is alert to her surroundings her, receiving the feeling of a growing vessel of her soul her. The Great Forest’s rangers remain vigilant under any circumstances.

Her ears continued to prick, detecting danger. No matter how many monsters in the dungeon, there is a life reaction.
She breathes, her heart beats, and her blood flows.
Even that slight sound, her ears did not miss.

“Ceiling!”
“Greek!”

The monster that was hiding in the darkness and crawling up the ceiling suddenly falls down. Three arrows were fired from her before the monster even fell to the ground.

The arrow that flew away hit the monster’s skin and bounced off. Orion, sighing, quickly stepped back behind her.

She traded hers, and her Do-jin stepped in front of her. He smiled as he looked at the monster in front of him.

It was a werewolf, commonly called a werewolf, a monster resembling a full-body beastman.

“It’s a werewolf!”
“So you are human!”

Do you speak Do-jin was slightly embarrassed and swung his sword as instinctively. The swordsmanship he was accustomed to naturally aimed at the Werewolf’s vitals.

However, the Werewolf, who had leather that even bounced off arrows, swung his hand at him without even thinking about avoiding the sword.

Claws that looked sharp enough to cut through rocks rushed in. Do-jin’s sword, which collided with his claws, bounced far away with sparks.

Dojin smiled lightly at the werewolf who bounced off his sword. Her memories of fighting Sa-Young before came to mind.

Death Sword.
Shadow cutting.

The snake beast, arcane swordsmanship, is reproduced in Dojin’s hand her. Whirik, the flying sword bent like a snake and aimed at the werewolf’s temple.

“Keugh!?”

Dojin’s sword could not cut the werewolf. It was stronger than expected. Especially because it is the strongest skull in the body.

However, time has already dragged on.

“Laize!”
“Lightning shooting!”

Intense lightning shoots out from Raize’s staff. Even a werewolf with sturdy leather and claws that could cut even rocks could not escape the lightning.

Chiiyiik, the werewolf that was electrocuted by the overcurrent stops moving. The fur all over his body was burning black, and the smell of burning meat began to spread widely.

Even so, the werewolf did not die.

‘This is pretty amazing.’

He whimpers and swings his sword towards the throat of a werewolf who is trying to move his body his somehow. Now weakened by his lightning strike his, his neck his could not deflect the sword.

Whoops-!

A fountain of blood gushes out. Do-jin looked at the werewolf, embarrassed by the fact. Traditionally, when a monster dies, it turns into a magic stone without leaving a corpse behind.

However, this werewolf even spewed blood. That could mean two things, either being decapitated but not dead, or not being an ordinary monster.

Fortunately, Do-jin’s thoughts were unfounded, and the Werewolf, which spewed fountains, soon turned into a magic stone and disappeared. However, the sticky blood that had already clung to her body did not disappear.

“Eww……What’s this.”

Dojin was annoyed at the thick blood and brushed off the blood. However, the blood that had already clung to his clothes and skin did not come off easily.

‘I’ll have to be careful when cutting my throat next time.’

When he retrieved the magic stone, thinking about what to improve, Orion pricked his ears and randomly turned his head in all directions.

“Uh…… Leader? I guess we’ll have to run….”

“Why?”

“Monsters everywhere…….”

“What?”

Dojin also heard that and was wary of his surroundings. Beyond the blackout curtain, where nothing could be seen, the eyes of the beast seemed to shine.

But fortunately.

“Bounce.”

The stairs were right behind it. Dojin’s party immediately turned around and evacuated down the stairs.

* * *

Dojin did not know.
What it means for the rulers of one class to come into the realm of another.

—It’s been a very, very long time.

A beast the size of a house opens its eyes. Just like the ruler of the 10th floor, a huge two-legged wolf created following the monsters of that floor raises itself.

He got up and was the first to grasp the situation. Why did you wake up? His transcendental perception his comprehended his surroundings his.

There were no challengers. Then? …… Rulers, rulers from other classes invaded their territory.

The divine people who built this tower from ancient times did not want one ruler to dominate all levels.

In preparation for such a time, He made the rulers hostile to each other… It was also the reason why he woke up when he should have slept forever waiting for the challenger.

──I can’t let them run away.

And, the ruler who just woke up didn’t want Dojin to get out of his realm and fall asleep again.

I wished to stay awake forever. It wasn’t that easy. However, he had to prevent Do-jin from escaping from the realm.

It was easy.

As usual, from the 11th floor to the 30th floor. It was very easy for him to change the shape of the realm as he dominated the ranks of masters heading into the realm of masters.

Unlike Do-jin, who gained control after dealing with the ruler, he was the ruler from the time he was created.

He stretches out his hand In the distance, you can see Do-jin running away. Killing is easy. However, it did not.

Sigh, take up space. And lightly bend it.

In front of the ruler who handles the 4th dimension, he could not escape by running in the 3rd dimension.

* * *

Whoop-!

The dungeon rang. Dojin tilted his head and was wary of his surroundings.

“…… Why are you like this all of a sudden?”
“Well, it’s my first time experiencing this….”

Orion frowned at the constant ringing noise. Hearing was paralyzed by the noise.

She had no choice but to cover her ears and ask for forgiveness.

“I have to go home because of the noise…….”
“Yes, I will do the boundary. I’m covering my ears now.”
“Thank you.”

While she was wearing earplugs, Dojin moved forward, wary of her surroundings her.

The vibrations and noises were getting stronger. It was uncommon. It was clear that something was going on inside the dungeon.

After walking for a long time, Dojin felt something strange.

‘I think it’s different from the way I came…….’

Even if you think that’s impossible, your instincts start to hum. His sense of direction and cognition sensed the change, even though he could not see ahead due to the blackout curtains on all sides.

Dojin opened the map and walked towards the nearest wall. However, no matter how much I walked, the wall did not come out.

This meant one thing. Lost.

‘No way, I followed the same way I came…….’

It’s the first level to climb today, but I’ve already been to the dungeon over a hundred times. There’s no way I could make such a rookie mistake.

In the end, Dojin stopped in place and looked back at the party.

“Leader? Why do you suddenly stop?”

“…… Lost.”

“Yes?”

“I lost my way.”

Orion, who had been covering his ears with earplugs, was to hear Dojin’s words shocked belatedly. Then I closed my eyes and remembered the road I had walked.

“…… It can’t be.”

It can’t be. Do-jin handed over the map, saying, “If you don’t believe me, take the lead.”

Contrasting the current location in her head, her with the location on the map, she jumped forward in an instant.

And before I could even go a few meters, I came face to face with a wall.
There were no walls on the map.

“No, what is this…… !”

No matter which direction I went, the wall appeared the same.
She was then able to admit it.
We are lost
Even in dungeons.