#33
The day came around again when Sehyeon went to the tower. Due to an injury, Se-hyeon was also left out of the Maseok team, but due to people raising issues about fairness, Kim Gap-jun had no choice but to re-form the team and insert Se-hyun.
A lot had happened in the meantime. Not only did Group 4, the next group after Se-hyeon, go to the tower the next day and return with half of them dead, but the Kural people who came to fill in for the dead residents have already taken control of the atmosphere in the village and formed a faction. Kwak Jeong-han explained that the tyranny of monopolizing the village is getting worse day by day.
Of course, all of this was possible because of the Archduke, who knowingly or unknowingly was supporting him behind the scenes. The Archduke will probably not stop his tyranny until all the players are dead and the population is filled with Kural tribes.
Among them, those who were quick-witted were already making their own positions by sticking to the Kural tribe and groveling. Yes, it was better if I could live like that. The problem is that the warlike mentality of the Kural people will never allow it.
There was no doubt that the Kural people would use people as they wanted, and as soon as the tribe prospered, they would throw them out or kill them.
“By any chance, the people I’m going with today are also from the Kural tribe…? .”
Seeing what those damn Kural people were doing, I thought that Gapjun Kim must have had a hard time. It is true that Kim Gap-Jun was given that kind of archduke and race, but compared to the Kural people, Kim Gap-Jun was at the level of an angel.
Sehyun patted his shoulder and stood up. Now it seemed like the time had come for him to go. Thanks to the Kural people who sleep a lot in the morning, the departure was set for noon. As the sun slowly rose, it was time to go.
Squeak-
As I opened the door and came out, I saw silhouettes of people gathered in front of the village entrance. It seemed that Sehyun was the last one. Sehyun massaged the back of her neck and headed towards the village entrance with a grin on her face. All the gazes pouring in were sharp.
“I’m afraid they’re a lower race, so they can’t even tell time.”
“I’m telling you this because you really don’t seem to know, but that’s also low level. “Don’t go anywhere and say things like that, it’s just a slap in the face.”
“What?! Packing your ears?! “No, this guy!”
Sehyun is still massaging the back of his neck, no. He yawned and spoke. At those words, the two Kurals twisted their noses and burst out in anger. Well, it was just a gorilla.
The two remaining people were anxious as they watched the Kural tribe. In fact, they were not people, but because they had the perception that they were people, Sehyeon referred to all the people here as people.
Even those with horse heads, those who looked like lumped stones, those with wooden skin, and those with furry fur, to Sehyun, they were all just people.
“I don’t think you have time. Let’s just hurry up, right?”
Sehyeon passed the Kural tribe and took the lead and spoke. As someone thought they weren’t a race with a strong desire to win, the Kural tribe quickly passed Sehyeon and started walking in front of them.
“We are the Kural people, a great fighting race. “I have no intention of helping the uncivilized races, so survive on your own.”
“Yeah, whatever.”
Unlike Se-hyeon, who answered half-heartedly, the two men following Se-hyeon trembled at those words. It appears to be a combat type, but this seems to be the first time it has been deployed to the Magic Stone Team. I was already starting to worry about whether I would be able to overcome my fear.
‘I have three noses, so what…? .’
As I walked with a sigh, I arrived in front of the tower through the portal. Perhaps because the Kural tribe had just been deployed, the tower had already been conquered up to the 4th floor. The thought of going to the 4th floor, even though there were some beginners, was crushed by the door opening without warning.
“Kural tribe… ! It’s the 4th floor! Well, we are going to Maseokjo for the first time today, so we asked the village chief for the first floor… !”
“Cho, didn’t you say in front of the village chief that you would go to the first floor…? !”
“Why should we behave at the level of lower races? We are the Kural people, a great fighting race. “I have no intention of showing favor to those who fall behind.”
“Or should I kill you guys right here?”
The men who were protesting for their lives turned white and stepped back when they saw the Kural people snarling with their noses wrinkled. There is no chance for those who are at most LV.1 to survive on the 4th floor. On the first floor alone, so many people were sacrificed because they could not overcome the fear.
“Get in quickly! “You better go in there too.”
The Kural tribe, who grabbed the trembling men by the scruff of their necks and pushed them through the dark door, also cast a sharp look at Sehyun. There was no use running away after coming this far, so Sehyeon sighed and walked into the tower’s dungeon.
The dungeon raid began with the cries of men struggling. This time it was a straight cave with a low ceiling. The width is approximately 10 meters. All I could see was darkness flowing in a long tunnel-like space.
Geek-
“Hi!”
Every time a strange sound rang out from the end of the cave, the men started a fight. Sehyun was equally scared. The air that hit my skin was acrid, so it seemed like there was poison in the air. If you take it for a long time, you will probably suffer from paralysis or hallucinations. It was a den of poisonous insects that often appeared in early dungeons.
“My legs are numb… . My legs are numb and I can’t walk, please help me… .”
“I can’t breathe…” Cough! Breathing… “I’m stuck.”
After walking for about 20 minutes, two men collapsed on the floor, coughing. Sehyun also felt the same way. The difference with them is that they are at most level 2. Compared to him, the Kural tribe seemed unconcerned.
“Do you want to die?”
“They’re worse than livestock, tsk.”
Judging by the concentration of poison, it is now time for the poisonous insects to come out. Poisonous bugs are monsters that eat poison as their main food, and they only active inside the burrow by multiplying poisonous spores inside the burrow. Therefore, they did not live near the entrance, but mostly lived in groups inside deep burrows.
There were so many different types that it was impossible to list them.
“Please save me… . “I can’t go any further!”
“Can’t go? “How long are we going to have to look at you trembling in the background and just devouring food?”
“If you’re not going to pay for the meal, just leave it alone.”
The Kural tribe grabbed the backs of the men who were sitting down and shaking and started dragging them away. Sehyeon watched the scene with his fist clenched.
When the men who were being dragged around were poisoned and their faces turned pale, the first poisonous bug colony appeared. The monsters, a giant hybrid of spiders and ants, gathered in the mold growing on the wall and ingested poison, and were so blinded by their appetite that they were unaware of the presence of the intruders.
“Five, six… “There are about twelve of them.”
“Let’s deal with it quickly before it gets poisoned.”
“You too, take up your weapons quickly! “Everyone, let’s start an all-out attack!”
The Kural tribe took out an ax and a hammer and shouted loudly. Sehyeon also immediately took out his bow. What the rest of the men took out were swords and spears.
“Aim for the tail.”
It was the Kural people who struck first. Accordingly, Sehyeon also hung an arrow and pulled the bowstring. With a bang, the arrow fired pierced the poisonous insect’s brain, and a war-like struggle began. The Kural tribe’s axes and hammers struck the poisonous beetle’s huge body.
“Hehe… !”
“Me too… I can do it too… ! “You can do it!”
The men next to Se-hyeon were trembling and breathing heavily with their faces pale and blue. When Se-hyeon pulled the third arrow, they rushed at the monsters, letting out a yell that was close to a scream.
It was right after that that Sehyeon felt strange.
Strange.
There were twelve poisonous beetles, but now there are eight left. Even if you exclude the two killed by Sehyun, the killing speed was too slow. The poisonous bug was a monster so weak that it could be killed in one hit if you aimed well at its vital points. It was suspicious that they were dragging their feet on these guys like this. Moreover, there are monsters crowded together in one place.
Sehyeon stopped attacking for a moment and looked for the Kural tribe among the monsters. He was seen swinging a weapon, but what he was doing was hidden by the monsters’ size. Sehyun took a few steps to the side to check what the monsters were doing.
“!”
Below the monsters, a poisonous insect on the verge of death was struggling with its legs cut off and being eaten by its fellow creatures. The entire body of the wriggling poisonous insect was covered in poison. The people who made the poisonous bugs that way were none other than the Kural people.
Sehyeon’s expression became blank. When I shifted my gaze and saw the Kural people, they were cleverly hiding among the poisonous bugs, catching other poisonous bugs and cutting off their limbs.
The moment he saw that, Sehyun was shocked as if he had been hit on the head with a blunt object. A chill ran through my whole body. If things were left that way, everyone here would have died.
“What are you doing now?”
Sehyeon quickly pulled the bowstring and shot the head of the poisonous insect writhing on the floor, killing it with one blow. When it disappeared into black smoke, only the magic stone was left behind. However, as soon as the poisonous bug disappeared, a new victim fell to the ground again.
The body of the poisonous insect with its limbs cut off was covered in a lot of poison, which was soaked on the floor. Another poisonous bug heading towards the wall smelled the smell and started eating its poisoned compatriots again. Eating speed became too fast.
