Chapter 132 – 132. Catacombs Area 2 (2)

I entered the 4th floor of the catacombs full of traps.

As expected, the atmosphere is similar to the 3rd floor. However, if the 3rd floor was really just a graveyard, the 4th floor looked more like an old temple than a graveyard.

“There are a lot of unidentifiable statues… Do you know what they are?”

[I’m not sure what it is. Doesn’t it seem like the tail is alive and moving?]

“Actually, I asked because I felt that way too.”

It seemed as if his eyes would open and move at any moment. I don’t know why, but it feels like that.

I felt that way even more, perhaps because I had seen so many similar scenes in movies and other visual media.

‘A statue in a place like this. Is it a golem that moves when touched? ‘I guess that’s a trap too, right?’

I waited with some anticipation, but no matter how long I waited, the statues did not come to life, so I decided to keep going for now.

If it moves, you can just go and destroy it.

[For a moment. Trap ahead.]

“Oh. Thank you.”

Agaf has occasionally announced the existence of traps. Thanks to this, he was able to not trigger any traps for 30 minutes after entering the 4th floor.

“But why isn’t anything coming out? “I can’t even feel it..”

[That’s right. There are no ghosts. It is empty.]

“Hmm.. That’s strange..”

No matter how much I tried to detect the presence, there was no sense of energy. There was no hostile gaze detected by the faded eyes.

“It’s strange.”

[Isn’t it better if nothing comes out?]

“No. You idiot. “You can’t get magic stones.”

[Ah. I see.]

A magic gem is a magic gem, and you have to crawl out to get something. If it’s like this, it’s quite difficult. There’s no reason to go down through the third floor, which is so difficult.

‘Isn’t something coming out?’

It was said that weapons and armor could be obtained in the Immortal Cemetery area. So, I came in with high expectations. All I’ve gotten so far is some smelly ectoplasm and dozens of lesser magic stones.

‘Well, the 1st and 2nd floors had almost all been cleaned up by the group, so it’s natural that there wasn’t much there, but… ‘

In the infinite labyrinth, monsters respawn every week. This means that the low-level sections such as the first and second floors had already been almost completely cleaned by the group.

‘To be honest, the items dropped by the skeletons on the first and second floors were trash…’

There was nothing useful. Because they were all rusty and toothless gear. It wasn’t even an item. It was useless other than just inserting it into the transaction counter and withdrawing coins.

“Something isn’t showing up.”

After wandering around the empty temple for about 2 hours, I found the stairs leading to the final 5th floor.

“No, really, nothing comes out?”

[…

“Something is wrong with this. Why are there no monsters in the labyrinth? “This is strange.”

[Somehow, I may have been attacking in the wrong way.]

“Wrong way?”

[Okay… Let’s find something strange.]

Before going down to the 5th floor, I thought about it with Agaf for a while. No, that’s right, there’s a reason to come in if you get something, but if you don’t get anything like this, there’s no reason to come here.

It would be better if I just came in alone every Monday, cleaned up, and left. Why would you send your companions down here?

“Hmm.. That’s strange..”

[…

“Ah!! I understand!!”

[Do you understand?]

“Okay. It’s a bit funny, but… “

We have just avoided all the traps we have encountered so far.

[So, what you’re saying is that now we have to deliberately set off a trap… Is this what you’re saying?]

“Okay. That’s it.”

Agaf’s performance was so outstanding that we passed all of the 40 or so traps we found while wandering around the fourth floor.

From what I can see, there are no problems other than that. The problem is that you didn’t touch the trap.

“If it weren’t for you, I would have fallen into at least half of the traps. But I avoided them all. So in the end, the only thing that is unique is that ‘I didn’t fall into the trap.'”

[Indeed… After listening to it, it seems to be true. The problem occurred because my performance was too good.]

“Then, let’s go see where we fall into a trap.”

[It’s crazy, though. If that is more advantageous…]

I turned away again. I checked my watch and it was 4 am.

It’s time to leave, but it’ll be okay because the simple labyrinth won’t disappear if you wander around here for another hour.

‘And the way out will be faster… ‘

Mapping from the 1st to 4th floors has been completed by Agap. In short, it means that you can now move between floors in the shortest distance.

If you run, you might be able to cover the distance in 10 minutes.

“Please help me draw the map later.”

[If you leave your body to me, I can draw it for you. Among the owners I caught and ate was a labyrinth explorer. I am confident in making maps.]

“I don’t like it.”

[Tch.]

Then, if your body is taken away, you’ll be really screwed, so you can’t give it up willingly.

No matter how useful Agap is, it is ultimately a relationship between tool and owner. We didn’t become close enough to even give up our bodies.

“Then let’s study traps.”

[It’s a trap that activates when you touch the rope.]

“I’ll try cutting the rope with a knife.”

I decided to try touching the trap set in the hallway. It was a booby trap that felt like it was made of tripwire, something you often see in movies.

-Ting!

When I struck it with the Demon Demon’s long sword, the string broke and the sound of something operating was heard.

-Kugugu Palace…

“W-what!!”

[The wall opens!]

At that moment, the wall of the straight hallway moved and the mummies hiding inside began to pop out.

Actually, I’m not sure if I can call it a mummy, but since it’s wrapped in bandages, I guess I can just call it a mummy.

“Imotep!”

[What is that?]

“There is no time to explain!”

I was excited about the monsters I had met for the first time in a while, so I swung my sword sharply at Mira, who was standing at the forefront.

“Guuuuu—!!!!”

-Pick up and stand!!!!!

Mira’s neck she was cut off by the sword she swung before she could even ask how she was doing, along with the feeling that she had cut a bag of sand with her sword.

Just like that, her head spun around and she fell to the ground, and Mira’s body her, which had lost her head, did not fall.

[Explodes!!!]

“Oh my gosh!!!!!”

The expanding body of a mummy.

In an instant, her body swelled, the bandages burst, and the sand, unknown toxic gas, and iron balls flew out in all directions.

“Aaaaah!!!!”

-Kwagwagwagwang!!!!!!!

I quickly deployed my magic shield and blocked the bouncing iron balls.

Fortunately, the explosive power wasn’t that great, so the metal balls didn’t fly with the force of a shotgun, but if I had been hit without knowing how to handle it, I would have probably ended up in a near-death state.

The bigger problem was that if even one exploded, they would all be caught in the explosion and explode in succession.

-Bang!!! Kwakwang!!! Pugh!!!

It was so fucking bad. Moreover, it is a monstrous trap that even locks the door when it explodes.

Of course, you can just smash the door and get out, but if you suddenly encounter a trap, your judgment will be impaired and there is a high chance that you will just die while trapped in the hallway.

“Cough, cough.. Fuck.. Poison gas..”

[Quickly put on your gas mask.]

“Uh.. Collock..”

Lastly, the green gas emitted from their bodies is extremely dangerous. Fortunately, I have an anti-contamination gas mask and a decontamination agent, otherwise I would have died from the poisonous gas right away.

-Kkiik..

“The door is finally opening.”

[It’s a terrible trap. Isn’t this just a trap set up to kill you?]

“That’s right. Cough..”

This was a kind of double trap.

The first is making the mummy pop out, and the second is making it explode when you kill it. If you attack without knowing how to act, it will be the end.

And the reason why the mummy explodes is a trap. If the exploding function was the mummy’s original skill or ability, it should be learned as a skill when killing it, but no notification window appeared.

That means it’s a function that someone added arbitrarily.

Perhaps it was the gravedigger. This trap area was created because the gravekeeper’s trap was selected as a penalty feature in the labyrinth.

Anyway, thanks to you, I got to see the monster.

“Oh oh!! Intermediate Magic Stone!! A whopping six!!”

[I almost died a little while ago… But I’m dying…]

“I probably wouldn’t have died anyway because I had a high physical ability.”

[…Is that so?]

I diligently picked up the intermediate magic stones scattered on the ground and put them in my bag. I feel good. This alone gives us a reason to touch the trap.

‘This can be resolved by killing one guy, breaking the door, and running away.’

The poison gas disappears within 3 minutes, so you can re-enter after that and pick up the magic stone. It’s perfect. Ayun will be able to easily destroy the trap like me. If it were Hyuna, she might freeze everything and prevent the explosion.

“Oh, there it is again?”

[It’s the same trap.]

“Good!”

Afterwards, it was discovered that all booby traps made of tripwire were the same type of trap.

They were all installed at the entrance or in the middle of a relatively narrow hallway, and when touched, they broke, the wall opened, and at least 6 to 10 mummies popped out.

‘Even if you kill just one, they search in succession, so it’s rather a mess.’

One of the three types of traps discovered was clearly identified. Let’s call it the Tripwire Mummy Trap. A mummy trap planted by a gravedigger to explode a corpse.

“Then what’s next… “

Next was a trap that activated when you stepped on the footrest.

“I’ll step on it.”

[For some reason… Walking around with you makes me feel like I’m hanging out with a mentally ill person…]

“Hey! I’m not stepping on a trap because I want to! Your colleagues could be in danger! And it’s nice to get a magic gem. Right?”

[… That’s right. Everything you said is correct.]

Maybe it was because if I died, he would die as well, but he seemed very displeased with me looking for traps and touching them, but what can I do?

Agaf, what are you going to do if you get dissatisfied? I felt like a fight would definitely break out if I said this to the subject of being a parasite, so I just quietly stepped on the platform.

-Geek Geek

“…?”

[What? Is it broken?]

“I know. It’s broken… Ugh!!! One on top!”

-Cheolpuk!!!!

I’m really glad they’re using presence detection. Thanks to this, I was able to immediately avoid objects falling from above my head.

-Wiggle…

What fell from the ceiling was a liquid monster made up of the flesh and bones of living things.

“S-slime..?”

[It’s meat slime. The mummy from earlier, and this slime as well… They are not the type of undead that generally occurs naturally. Is there a separate necromancer?]

“Really?”

[Okay. If it were just naturally occurring undead, it wouldn’t be in an activated state like a mummy, and natural slime wouldn’t have that kind of impractical appearance. In the first place, there is no way a slime that melts and eats corpses would stuff them into its body.]

“Indeed..”

The gravedigger was a necromancer. This is new information.

“For now… “

I swung my sword at the slime.

It attacked me by spewing out or stabbing bone fragments from its body, but since I was holding a long sword, my attack radius was much wider, so I was able to kill it without difficulty.

“As long as you don’t fall into a trap, it’s easy to kill.”

[If you don’t bloom, you die instantly]

If it had stuck to my head, I would have died with bone fragments stuck in my face and head. Maybe he just suffocated and died.

No, in the first place, the situation itself of having such a smelly lump of corpse stuck to your face is terrible.

“Magical aptitude…”

I didn’t want to touch it, so I rummaged around with my long sword and a magic stone popped out. Moreover, the hand bones of the skeleton, which had not yet been decomposed, were also sticking out… And there was even a ring on the finger.

“Warrior’s old ring.. Wow.”

The item came out. The Warrior’s Old Ring is a one-time use accessory unless quality maintenance is applied, so it is an accessory that drops relatively frequently… But the more the better.

If you collect about 100 of them, you can just use them and throw them away without having to waste quality maintenance slots on the warrior’s old ring.

Anyway, after shaking off the slime, I took the ring and magic stone and put them in my bag.

After that, I touched all the scaffolding traps.

“This time a ghost came out.”

[80% meat slime and 20% ghosts popping out.]

“Oh. “I remembered.”

[So this is the last trap..?]

“Huh. “I guess that’s the last one, right?”

[Frostbite… I guess not this. Is it a Living Armor series?]

“It might just be a golem. Anyway, activate it.?”

The last trap is a trap that is activated when you touch the magic circle that is finely carved on the floor. It is not hard to see, but it is a trap that is activated immediately if you step on it or touch it even slightly.

-Kugugung…

“As expected.”

The statues that seemed like they were moving that I saw when I entered the 4th floor actually started moving.

Soon, the pieces of stone stuck to the surface of the statue fell away, and the shiny armor protruding from within came alive and came towards me.

[It is living armor.]

“So you’re saying it’s empty inside? How can I kill you?”

[You can perform an exorcism ritual or destroy the magic circle engraved on the helmet. Then, the trapped soul will be released and stop moving.]

“Okay.”

Soon, Living Armor came sloppily and swung his sword at me.

-Wheeik!!

“Sssssha!!!”

I jumped back and dodged it. There are three moving Living Armors in total.

To be honest, he wasn’t my opponent whose physical capabilities were pumped up 6 times.

“Ew!!!”

If you attack with the Demon Demon’s long sword, the Living Armor will be shattered. Then you won’t be able to use the armor. That’s such a shame.

-Boom!!!!

So I used a body headbutt.

Their attack may not be known to others, but for me, it was very slow, and thanks to that, I was able to attack the armor by thrusting it with my shoulder first before swinging the sword.

-Cudangtang!!!

[I will stand up again.]

“Before that, let’s kill those two as well.”

I collected the scattered parts and destroyed all three before they could stand up again.

He then turned the helmet over and rubbed the blood engraved text inside with his thumb. Then the living armor stopped moving and was scattered in its disassembled state.

-Legally.

[Did you get rid of it?]

“Hey!! “That line isn’t right!!”

[Huh.? Why?]

“Well… It’s troublesome to explain, so just ban that line from now on.”

If you ask them if they killed them, they come back to life as if they were dead.

“Whoa.. There’s no magic stone?”

[Right. All that remains…]

“It’s just equipment.”

These were the first monsters that did not spit out magic stones. It’s a magic gemstone that even drops skulls…

“Let’s see..”

The armor was in relatively good condition, but the items were not. The same was true for weapons. It’s a bit disappointing.

“Huh?”

No, it was almost a shame.

[Rusted and worn-out shield: This is an old shield. When fed with a certain amount of magic stones, it returns to its original state.] [Durability 12/100]

“Fuck…”

This is an explanation that you often see somewhere.

“It’s the same as a rusty old sword…”

This… I feel like I can make a final shield.