Chapter 76 – Love (4)

Even the sword is wielded with a black sword. Demon Sword Crow. True to its name, this black sword is very difficult to follow, even for those who wield it.

A black sword crosses the darkness. And then, it is swallowed by the monster’s skin.

Crack-!

Even though he cut the skin of a stone-hard monster, the sword did not have a scratch. Incredibly strong strength. And a sharp warning that even the owner who held it in his hand could cut it.

‘It’s literally a demonic sword.’

Woo woo-.

Even now when I hold it in my hand, I can feel the sword trembling. Maybe I like the one in my hand.

He was so confident in his swordsmanship. If the sword had an ego, he would have admired what he had created by now.

I glanced back. The monsters shed on purpose were aiming for the party. Eunha was blocking the front, Orion was shooting his bow at a vital point, and Ryze was shooting magic at the gap revealed.

It was fine. So much

‘It can’t be like this.’

What they were doing was hunting. It was training, it was work.
It didn’t work. Leveling up is an ordeal that dungeons give to mankind. The reward of a miracle is given only to those who have overcome adversity.
It was impossible to level up with something so easy.

‘I see.’

Only then did I get a sense of the significance of this dungeon’s existence. I could also understand why it gets harder as you go up. Because there are no easy hardships.

At the same time, I also realized why the number of great people who achieved that level decreased as the level went up.

It was leveling up to demonstrate great power enough to be called a miracle. To the point where it was taken for granted that a knight who had been training all his life would be beaten by an adventurer who had just leveled up.

For such people to go through trials, it had to be more and more difficult.

‘Then.’

I looked back at the group. A group of people who are catching their breath after hunting. I looked at them and carefully extinguished the torch.

* * *

And the darkness comes. Complete darkness covers all sides. In the suffocating darkness, Raize felt his lungs oppress.

I wasn’t in the mood. Something was actually squeezing her body her.

‘Ugh-!’

Shadow monster. Live in darkness In other words, this situation now was their main stage.

‘Magic—!’

Magic is indeed a higher science, and all phenomena called magic are the remnants of that higher science.

Of course, a lot of concentration was required to use magic, and even simple magic could not be used easily in such an extreme situation.

‘Su, breath…….’

Ryze felt his breath suffocate her under the growing pressure. The mouth does not open The body does not move.

Can’t use magic Die.

‘No.’

Reaching her limit, she moved her magical powers to her. Her enchantment of her, grasping her master’s will, awakened her abilities immediately.

Then, lightning struck the dungeon.

Kurreung—!

Light and noise spread so intense that the dungeon’s blackout curtain, which consumed all light and sound, instantly disappeared.

In this way, she was able to shake off the monster that was holding her back. Now free, she quickly raised her staff and chanted.

“Fire!”

Huge sparks shot out from the tip of her wand. At the same time, the darkness receded, and dozens of monsters hiding within appeared.

‘What about the other kids?’

When Raize turned her head to check, all the other children except for Orion were already fighting.

She quickly summoned her fiery arrows and fired them at the demon holding Orion. Heat and light, all of which were in conflict with the shadow monsters.

Kiek-! Letting out an unpleasant scream, the monster retreated. Freed from her subjugation her, Orion immediately shot her arrow in gratitude to her.

Thud! Thud!

I heard huge footsteps in the distance. It was a sound so strong that it could be heard even through the blackout. And that meant that it was that big of a monster.

Soon after, a huge golem appeared through the darkness.

“Dojin!”
“Leader!”

Raise and Orion called Dojin at the same time. The ability of the two could not deal with that huge stone monster.

Do-jin, who was diligently cutting down the shadow monster, understood the words and ran towards the golem.

In an instant, Do-jin, completely out of sight of the party, jumped at the golem and lowered his sword. Demon Sword Crow’s ability is too good to be excessive.

Even at the stone level, he couldn’t handle the anticipation. In an instant, the golem that was broken in half and lost its balance was completely killed, and Do-jin returned to Do-ro.

In the meantime, the party dealt with all the shadow monsters. Raise, who was still keeping the light on, looked at Dojin and asked.

“What, what happened? Why did you suddenly turn off the light?”

Rize recalled the monster’s surprise attack and Dojin’s carelessness. If so, I could understand.

However, the words that came out of Dojin’s mouth were absurd.

“Did you just turn it off?”

“…… What? Why?”

“I just turned it off.”

“—What is that!”

Raise was frightened and preached why he shouldn’t turn off the lights in the dungeon. It was funny that she taught Do-jin, since her adventurer career her was much shorter than Do-jin’s, but in terms of her knowledge of her dungeon her, she knew far more than Do-jin.

Dojin nodded his head after hearing the information I knew. But that wasn’t the point.

“So it’s not dangerous.”

The reason why adventurers climb dungeons is very simple. To level up.

To explain the process in a little more depth, it was to go through the adversity that broke me and spread my wings even bigger.

“What bullshit is that!”
“At this rate, we will never be able to go above the 30th floor.”
“After the guild’s investigation, you can go up!”
“No. I can’t go up.”

Dojin shook her head. The guild organized an investigation team to investigate the anomaly that occurred on the 30th floor, but they wouldn’t be able to figure out anything.

The abnormal phenomenon on the 30th floor was caused by the awakening of the ruler who reacted to Dojin, and the same thing will continue to happen unless the ruler dies.

In a way that is so persistent and terrible that now, having failed once, I can’t get out of it in the same way as before.

So he couldn’t go up to the 30th floor, where the ruler still lurked. At least until you’re confident of defeating the ruler.

‘I don’t know how strong it will be.’

The ruler of the 10th floor had barely been defeated by the combined efforts of close to ten cheaters. Then who is the ruler of the 30th floor? A simple calculation would require at least a multiple of three.

And there was no such skill holder in this world. If so, what should I do? You can grow An adventurer to fight against him.

“…… I’m only talking about it here, but it’s probably because of me that this happened on the 30th floor. So when I go up to the 30th floor, the same thing will happen.”

“…… Why do you think so?”

“I can’t tell.”

“…… Can’t you say Is it not possible?”

“Yes.”

Based on the conclusions that he agonized over with Eunha overnight and squeezed out, Dojin disclosed some information. Information that will not cause any problems just because others know right away.

Raise and Orion would be very curious about the reason, but there was no way to know if Dojin didn’t open his mouth.

“…… Yes, what if you say so There must be a good reason for everything.”

“Thank you for understanding.”

“Leader, why…… Can you never tell me?”

“Absolutely not, once you reach level 3… I’ll let you know at that time.”

It was something that could not be hidden forever anyway. Do-jin was planning to conduct a boss raid with them. But that wasn’t it now.

“If you’re evasive like that then, I’ll stick a stick through your ass.”
“Ugh, that’s scary.”
“If you understand, explain why you turned off the lights.”
“Because adversity is necessary in order to level up.”
“Adversity?”
“Yes, adversity.”

Adversity meant a grievous ordeal that could not be easily resolved, and thus could lead to death. The secret to leveling up was there.

When I said that to Deokgu, she teased me saying that she was a Saiyan. So far, his senses his have never been wrong.

“I can’t see, and I can barely hear. Whether it’s a human or an elf, it’s a harsh environment… On that subject, monsters crawl around in the dark as if they were at home.”

It was a terrible space. It was a terribly difficult situation.

“Then, wouldn’t there be that kind of growth when that was solved?”

Raise didn’t like Dojin’s words very much. It was not logical, it was leaps and bounds, and the basis was poor.

But at the same time, he thought it was worth experimenting with. In fact, she also felt that she couldn’t grow up with a very simple act of killing only monsters.

Same as magic He squeezes his brain, changes his life, and studies. After hundreds of failures like that, I squeeze one success.

“…… From now on, say it off. If you don’t want to be hit by magic.”

“Ahaha, okay. I will.”

Orion, who heard Dojin’s words, thought that he had heard his words his a lot somewhere. The elf’s memory isn’t too bad, but the amount of memories he’s accumulated over the decades is so great that he can’t recall them right away.

And not long after, she remembered what her instructor had told her during her trainee days.

──This training will be hard enough to kill you, but you won’t die.
—And everything that doesn’t kill you, in the end, makes you stronger.

Hopefully, that statement will apply here as well. No, if not, Dojin might have heard something similar.

To whom?
Not to mention.
Orion’s eyes shine. She glered at her dojin.

* * *

Dojin’s intuition was correct. The risk brought about that kind of growth. Dojin thought that while looking at Raise and Eunha, who had grown stronger in that short period of time.

‘The problem is… It’s Orion.’

She didn’t get into trouble easily. Paradoxically, she was so strong that she was denied the opportunity to become stronger.

There was a reason why the high-level adventurers of the adventurer’s guild and the level holders of the armies raised by each country were similar.

‘This is not a game that gives a penalty for a deceased person….’

Orion is strong. That’s why it’s hard for her to be in danger. It is difficult for her to face adversity, so she has to face more difficult trials.

Of course, the stronger the opponent, the more vague it becomes to surpass him. Even though elementary school students can beat middle school students, it is very difficult for high school students to beat amateur players.

‘I can’t do anything right now… It goes over.’

Dojin looked at Raize and Eunha. Normally, she would have been wary of her surroundings of her, but she was already gasping for breath.

It was a practical effect. He never knows when or where an enemy may appear, so he must always be on the lookout, which puts tension in his muscles.

Tensioning your muscles is harder than you think. Since he keeps doing that unconsciously, his stamina is bound to run out quickly.

“That’s all for today.”

“Huh…… Tiring. Pick me up.”

“You use it because you’re a wizard and your stamina is so poor. Wake up right now Otherwise, I will leave it here.”

“Really, a real piece of trash….”

Raise let out a pained sound and stood up. However, Dojin was adamant in this area. As far as he could see, she could still move.

“Eunha are you? It’s ok?”

“…… Yes, no problem.”

“Wait a minute, why are you treating Eunha like that when you treat me coldly?”

“Eunha is the type of person who doesn’t speak until she collapses from exhaustion, and Rize, you are the type of person who says you’re rational and wants to be carried on your back by others.”

“…… I won’t deny it.”

He said so, but Do-jin eventually came out of the dungeon with Rize, who had spread in the middle. After recovering his leg while descending the dungeon, Rajee walked on his own and returned to the Mage Tower…….

“Eunha, go first.”
“…… Yes.”

After sending her galaxy to her mansion, her first, Do-jin, who was left alone with Orion, looked at her.

“Why are you like that, leader? Anything to say?”

“Oh, I have something to ask you.”

“Ask me anything. If you’re curious, even my three sizes…….”

“Then I will ask.”

“Oh… From above.”

“If you betray the Great Forest, what kind of punishment will there be?”

“Hundred….”

Orion, who was about to tell me his size, stopped. Eyes as cold as the moonlight in the sky glared at Dojin.