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Songpa-gu Dungeon
Songpa-gu, Seoul.
Seoul Songpa-20210406-0103 Dungeon entrance.
Initial report grade D.
“Are you sure you’re really D-class?”
“sure.”
“Something like a Minotaur suddenly pops out, right?”
“That’s right.”
Lee Mi-seon checked the tablet handed to her by the hunter standing nearby and handed it over to Hong Seok-young.
“Insect-type monsters appear, but they are not toxic and are small in size. Even hidden spaces cannot be detected.”
“hmm… .”
“Of course, there are no monsters worthy of a name.”
Hong Seok-young, who quickly glanced at the dungeon exploration report on his tablet, nodded.
“Do you know that dungeons are being re-rated?”
“Ah, did you finally decide to do that? In fact, it should have been that way a long time ago. How uncomfortable was it when working with foreign hunters? Korean dungeon ratings are unreliable. Aren’t they deceiving? .”
Lee Mi-seon shook her head.
“You will be caught in a very big way.”
“What about you?”
“Me?”
Lee Mi-seon opened her eyes round.
“Hunter Hong, this is Lee Mi-seon. Lee Mi-seon from Da-yeon and Da-seon. “You can earn well even if you don’t do such dirty things.”
“Did I underestimate you too much?”
“sure. “Please apologize quickly.”
“I’m sorry.”
The two people who were giggling and exchanging words soon gathered up their equipment with stiff faces.
The number of people entering the dungeon is unusually small. It was possible because it was a D-grade dungeon and my companion was Hong Seok-young.
Da-seon’s hunters, selected by Lee Mi-sun, also finished preparing to enter the dungeon.
The dungeon gate is made entirely of light. Dotted lights gather together like fireflies. The lights floating around in groups gathered together as if they were being pulled by someone, and then were released again to swim in the air.
Lee Mi-seon took out the tape recorder.
“Hmm. May 24, 2021. Seoul Songpa-20210406-0103 Dungeon. A total of five people entered. Guild Daseon’s Lee Mi-seon, Ji Yu-geon, Kang So-yoon, and Choi Dae-hyeon. Hong Seok-young, an independent hunter outside the guild. The current time is 13:00 sharp. “Entering the dungeon.”
The five hunters threw themselves into the gate without hesitation.
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“… … .”
“… … .”
“… … .”
“… … .”
“… “Would you like to say something, Hunter Hong?”
“What can I say?”
Hong Seok-young scratched his head and looked around. A night sky full of stars. The plains spread out below. I can see a forest in the distance, but… .
“It’s a peaceful dungeon.”
Even the wind that blows at the right time is refreshing.
Hong Seok-young shook his head.
“I guess it’s grade D. “You can’t feel this kind of relaxation even if you’re only C grade.”
When you look at the sky, it is night, but inside the dungeon it is as bright as day.
If it weren’t for that sense of incongruity, I might have thought it was somewhere sparsely populated. Grass grazing my ankles and unknown flowers blooming in between. Hong Seok-young doesn’t know much about flowers, but he could bet that those flowers would not be found anywhere else on earth.
I looked at the sky again. There is no moon. Of course, there is no sun. I couldn’t tell where the light that filled the dungeon was coming from, and I couldn’t even tell if the stars in the sky were real.
The sky full of stars itself is a common feature observed in any dungeon in the world. Several archmages tried to reveal the secret, but they all failed. Some even said that it was nothing more than an illusion inside the dungeon.
Hong Seok-young looked around. There were no monsters on the plains that affected my senses.
“Where was the monster found?”
“In that forest.”
This dungeon is too large to be inhabited by palm-sized insect-type monsters.
“What is the number of objects?”
“I haven’t figured out everything, but it’s not a lot.”
“hmm… . Then what about eggs? “It’s an insect type, so you can lay eggs anywhere.”
“No, that too… .”
Lee Mi-seon shook her head.
“Guys, have you ever seen eggs?”
“no. “I’ve never seen it before, Master.”
“I couldn’t find it the last time I went in.”
Hong Seok-young smoothed his chin.
“Then what about food? “Even though there aren’t many of them, they still have to eat and survive.”
The hunters in Da-seon exchanged glances and then opened their mouths.
“Well, our guild has a dungeon exploration manual.”
“know. “Who do you think made that?”
“Uh, ah, yes! Excuse me. We investigated the monster’s habits according to the manual. From what I understand, first of all, their diet is herbivorous… .”
“Herbivorous?”
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Most monsters are carnivorous. Herbivorous monsters are not non-existent, but they are so rare that I had no choice but to speak out sharply.
Daseon’s hunter flinched for a moment, but continued his explanation.
“I could immediately see that it was gnawing on the leaves. It didn’t react to the meat I took. “It wasn’t that he wasn’t curious, but he didn’t eat it.”
Hunters took turns telling what they had researched about the monster.
“I also have curiosity about humans. He just hovered around but didn’t attack. “It was the same even if they killed their own people right in front of their eyes.”
“Bodily fluids are also harmless to the human body. “It’s not acidic like you often see with insect-type monsters.”
“The outer skin is not hard, so it can be easily cut.”
“Oh, by the way, it didn’t react to blood either.”
Hong Seok-young quietly listened to the hunters’ reports and looked at Lee Mi-seon. Lee Mi-seon somehow looked proud.
Hong Seok-young, seeing that face, twitched his lips.
“What is that expression? Please praise me quickly. “Don’t procrastinate.”
“I don’t want to do it because I’m being asked to do it.”
“But there are no shortcomings, right?”
“… … .”
“Admit it, Hunter Hong.”
“Ah, we arrived at the forest. Now, shall we take a look at how accurate Master Lee Mi-seon’s hunters are?”
“Admit it! “My kids are perfect!”
It was dry and cool from the gate until we passed through the plains. However, the moment we entered the forest, the climate changed to hot and humid.
Even though they entered the forest noisily, as reported by the hunters, the monsters did not pay much attention to humans. After snooping around for a moment, he quickly disappeared into the bushes as Hong Seok-young approached.
Sussseu… .
Lee Mi-seon trembled.
“Wow, if it weren’t for this incident, I would never have entered this dungeon.”
“Do you hate bugs?”
“I really hate it!!”
Mi-seon Lee spotted a monster passing between her legs and screamed.
Hong Seok-young quickly looked around. Monsters do not show aggression despite this noise.
Grade D. Peaceful. Why did the Ark care about this dungeon?
“I hate everything that has more legs than me!”
Did the child listen and record it properly? Could it be contaminated information?
“But look at that! There are not just a lot of legs, there are a lot of them! “It’s even big!”
“It’s as big as the palm of your hand.”
“I don’t even like bugs the size of my little fingernail!”
“Hmm.”
Hong Seok-young struck a passing monster with his spear.
Kwasik.
Bright green fluid came out. When I slightly twisted and lifted the spear, the pierced corpse of the monster followed.
Hong Seok-young presented it to Lee Mi-seon as is.
“Hooey.”
“Aaaah!!! Get it away!!! “Get rid of it!!!”
In this respect, she is a well-bred young lady.
However, the hunters around Lee Mi-seon also faltered and stepped back.
You might not like it.
Hong Seok-young scratched his head and swung his spear toward a place where there were no people. As the monster’s body fell, its bodily fluids splashed everywhere. To be honest, he didn’t like the sight of a centipede the size of his palm lying dead on its stomach.
“Okay. Let’s check it quickly and then head out. Which direction is the dungeon core? “I looked at the report earlier and it said I was exposed.”
“It’s in the middle of the forest. It’s not buried in the ground… Access is also easy. “There are no monsters guarding the core.”
“It really is a D-grade dungeon.”
Except for the fact that it is large.
As Hong Seok-young went to the dungeon core, he checked carefully to see if there was anything the hunters had missed. No matter how low your level is, you must not let your guard down in the dungeon.
However, even with those harsh eyes, there was nothing unusual.
At least until it gets close to the core.
“The number of monsters has increased, wow!”
“Hey, hunters have to maintain their composure.”
“There is no hunter without weaknesses!”
To prevent centipedes from occasionally falling from the trees, one of the hunters took out an umbrella from his bag and placed it over Lee Mi-seon’s head.
Hong Seok-young shook his head.
As we got closer to the dungeon core, we started to hear a buzzing sound. As the name suggests, the dungeon core is the power source that maintains the dungeon. If you destroy the core, the dungeon will also collapse, so conquering the dungeon begins with identifying the location of the core.
There are some dungeons that are left unexplored on purpose because of the resources found in them. However, even for such things, the location of the nucleus must be known in advance. It can be closed if necessary.
Since it is directly related to the maintenance of the dungeon, the core is always hidden. Monsters also seem to be aware of the importance of the core, so they usually build nests centered around the core. The fact that the number of monsters in this dungeon increases as you get closer to the core is probably due to that instinct.
“for a moment.”
“… yes?”
Hong Seok-young stopped the group and narrowed his eyes.
The thick smell of grass and the resonant sound of the humming dungeon core. The sound of a centipede crawling shaking the bushes.
Coming out from between them… Rotten mine.
Hong Seok-young moved his hands quickly. It was a hand signal commonly used among hunters.
quietly.
Get rid of any traces.
Follow me.
Lee Mi-seon and the hunters followed Hong Seok-young without any questions. There is no one in the dungeon that can be trusted more than Hong Seok-young.
And the smell Hong Seok-young smelled could soon be smelled by others as well.
Hong Seok-young moved cautiously. There’s no telling what might be there. A disgusting smell was coming from the direction of the dungeon core.
“her.”
And when its identity was revealed, Hong Seok-young clicked his tongue, making a sound that could not have been exclamation.
Tree branches and bushes are broken in a mess. Dried blood is splattered everywhere. The same goes for the floor. There is no need for great reasoning skills. It is a sign that someone was dragged away and then resisted.
The blood stains continued to the core of the dungeon. A sparkling light like a dungeon gate is wriggling in the air. Hong Seok-young looked at the dungeon core for a moment and then looked down.
Right below the dungeon core.
There is a body.
He is a young man wearing a black suit.
“When was the last time you came in?”
“It was four days ago.”
“I’m asking just in case, but there wasn’t anything like this back then, right?”
“There wasn’t one!”
Hong Seok-young rubbed the blood stains around him with his toes. I also touched her corpse with the tip of her spear.
He died not long ago.
Hong Seok-young was impressed.
“When I understand these guys’ appetites… Did they throw some fresh meat at you?”
“You mean a monster? yes. “I know that.”
“There was a reason it didn’t react to the meat.”
Hong Seok-young carefully turned the body over with a spear. He usually didn’t disturb anything to preserve the site, but this time he had no choice.
The overturned corpse finally showed its face. The eyes that were not closed and the mouth that was open seemed to want to say something to Hong Seok-young.
However, instead of seeing the face of the corpse, Hong Seok-young saw the body.
“Ugh… .”
Mi-seon Lee hastily covered her mouth.
“These things like rotten meat.”
The place where the intestines should be is empty. With an expressionless face, Hong Seok-young ripped off the monsters that were eating the insides of her corpse.
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