◈ 196. [Free Exploration] Warning
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you, Mumyeong. How have you been?”
How do you calm Kelly Bay, who is furious?
I pretended to be friendly and approached the nameless.
‘This friend is a dungeon merchant NPC who sells all kinds of items in the dungeon!’
Last time, he gave away two pieces of SSR grade equipment. I’m judging in my heart that he’s an incredibly good guy.
If it sticks well, the bean curd may fall again!
Anonymous shrugged at my greetings.
“Daily life here in the Lake Kingdom is always the same. Kill monsters, light lanterns, and… … praying.”
Her expression was hard to see because of her scattered gray hair and her hood, but I could tell that her mouth was forming a bitter smile.
“Today I’m here to repair the equipment.”
“equipment?”
“My sword.”
Nameless gestured toward Kelly Bay’s forge.
“Because only Kelly Bay can fix my sword here.”
Looking there, Kelly Bay was banging an old sword with a sullen expression.
It was the worn-out longsword that Nameless always carried on his back.
Kkang-! Kkang-!
Every time the hammer fell on the blade, a dazzling light leaked out. It seems to be going through some kind of magical process.
“It’s been a while since we met, so let me give you one piece of advice. ash.”
Anonymous who turned his eyes away from the sword being repaired and faced me spat out slowly.
“Some of the nightmare corps commanders are targeting you.”
“Nightmare Corps Commander?”
“You must know that the Lake Kingdom is occupied by monsters.”
that’s not natural It’s a monster field everywhere. They fill the floor here, and when they overflow, they attack the Crossroads.
“There are countless types of monsters in the Lake Kingdom. And for each monster corps, there is an entity called the head-corporate.”
Anonymous glanced at the road that led to the other side of the base camp.
The other side of the road was covered in pitch darkness and nothing could be seen.
“The top 10 most powerful army of the monster army. Corps commanders up to 10th rank are called ‘Nightmare Corps Commanders’.”
You’re talking about the ten strongest bosses.
I calmly shrugged my shoulders.
“Is that what those friends are after me? But isn’t it natural that monsters are targeting humans?”
“yes. No wonder. But Ash, they are specifically trying to kill you.”
Nameless looked at my party members standing over there.
“You and your comrades have already defeated two of the nightmare corps commanders. No wonder they start to be wary of you.”
“… … .”
“Apart from Orlop, after defeating Selendion, you have no choice but to be noticed by the monsters.”
In short, the freaks put a mark on my head. ‘Wanted: Dead or Alive’ Well, a wanted bounty was issued like this.
“The deeper you head into the Lake Kingdom, the easier they will find your tracks and send pursuers. In the worst case, the corps commander may appear to kill you.”
I snorted and crossed my arms.
“They’re the ones we have to kill outside anyway, so wouldn’t it be nice to meet and fight in advance?”
“This is their home base.”
Anonymous shook his head slightly.
“Monsters are subject to various restrictions on their abilities outside the Lake Kingdom. But here you can use your full strength without any restrictions.”
… … If it appears as a boss in the defense stage, it’s worth getting reverse stat correction, but if you meet it in a dungeon, there’s nothing like that, are you saying?
“I overestimate the potential of you and your allies, Ash. More than anything else, it’s great that you haven’t given up so far.”
Anonymous warned in a mild but stern voice.
“But at the current level of your party, if you run into the nightmare corps commander in the darkness here… … It will be difficult to guarantee your life.”
“… … .”
Suddenly, I remembered the time when I ran into Selendion in the ‘Road of the Losers’ in the dungeon here.
Certainly, our party was almost annihilated by Celendion at that time.
He let us live because he’s a freak who wants to die himself, but there won’t be such luck next time.
If you run into the corps commander again in the dungeon, you will have to fight for your life.
And corps commanders without stage reverse correction will exert real nightmare power.
“Future exploration will be more difficult.”
I guess so. From dungeon depth 6 onwards, it is nicknamed the Demon World. Because each dungeon is difficult.
In a situation like this, you have to pay attention to the movements of the enemy corps leader… … .
The level of difficulty of something goes up endlessly, like adding content between hamburgers. On the patty, on the lettuce, on the cheese, on the sauce… … .
I’m going to burst my stomach like this!
Anonymous stared at me blankly.
“I won’t laugh at you if you don’t go further and retreat from this place. Few of them even came this far.”
“That won’t happen.”
I smiled.
“As long as I can see the road, I will never give up on the attack.”
Although difficult and terrible. The bow obviously exists.
so walk step by step. step by step. That’s all.
“… … .”
Anonymous also smiled faintly.
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“May your words be true, and I wish you and your comrades good fortune on the road ahead.”
Then Kelly Bay squealed from the other side.
“cotton! Repairs are over, take it!”
Nameless went there and took the sword, then nodded and put the longsword on his back.
“Good. Thank you as always, Kelly Bay.”
Nameless tried to pay, but Kelly Bey waved her hand and refused. Anonymous lowered her head slightly.
“And, Ash.”
As I was about to stride into the darkness on the other side of the base camp, an unknown person stopped for a moment and said:
“Don’t go here today.”
I blinked my eyes as I was thinking of resuming the next dungeon from today.
“uh? why?”
“little… … I’m going to clean it up. You’d better not come here today. then.”
Nameless smiled vaguely, then disappeared into the darkness. Soon, even the sound of her footsteps could not be heard.
“… … .”
I glanced over there, then turned to Kelly Bay and asked.
“What is that person really like?”
“ok? You don’t even know that, so you’re getting along?”
I don’t know what it is, but it tells me the way, scatters items, and gives advice.
It’s just that I’m grateful for the feeling that the old person in the game is giving newbies a hard time.
“I don’t know exactly either. The name is unknown. I don’t even know her face because she’s like that. Their birthplace and composition are all wrapped in a veil.”
Kelly Bay shrugged.
“I’m always killing monsters, and I’m going around with lights on at safe points. He said he had been doing it long before I first came here.”
Right after that, Kelly Bay said Oh! After making a noise, she added.
“But the other day, I heard another survivor of the Lake Kingdom calling that woman by a strange name.”
“What did you call me?”
“What did he say… … Did I say dethroned princess?”
I widened my eyes.
A deposed queen?
Could it be that she is the princess of the Lake Kingdom?
‘what… … wait for a sec.’
I suddenly remembered the final stage of <Protect the Empire>.
Round 742. Hell difficulty iron man mode.
In the last dungeon ‘Lake Kingdom’, while all the characters he had fostered were dying, the scene where Lucas, who survived alone, launched a final attack on the final boss stood out.
But the name of the final boss is obviously… … .
‘The lake princess who can’t sleep.’
I looked at the road where the nameless suddenly disappeared. The darkness is still, and the back of the disappeared name is no longer visible.
‘… … Couldn’t it be?’
I swallowed dry saliva.
Then Kelly Bay slapped my back with the palm of her hand. ouch! Why are you hitting me!
“This is the punishment for teasing my head, and this!”
match!
With another light blow, Kelly Bey held out a long staff.
“It’s a suit that I left to make the equipment and came back without looking for it, so I kept trimming it.”
It was a luxuriously refined staff, with a blood-red jewel embedded at the tip of its head. Even if you look at it, it looks inexhaustibly good.
As I opened my mouth and let out a sound like “wow”, Kelly Bay became grumpy and held the staff in my arms.
“Oh, don’t hurt the old man’s arm! Take it quickly!”
A magic wand made from Selendion’s magic core.
I checked the stats. Did you come up with a scam?!
[Lord of Crimson (SSR) Lv.55]
– Classification: Magic Wand
– Attack power: 149-151
– Durability: 10/10
– Intelligence +15 Magic +15
– Absorbs Essence every time you kill an enemy, storing up to 10.
– You can recover HP or MP by consuming stored essence. (10 percent per integer)
– If you consume 10 essences at once, you can use random blood magic once.
– ??? (opens based on the number of enemies killed with this weapon)
– ??? (opens based on the number of enemies killed with this weapon)
It complied with the basic kangdam, and the stat bonus was well attached. It’s a very good piece of equipment.
Besides, as befits a weapon made from the vampire lord’s magic core, it has an option to absorb the essence and use it as a resource when killing an enemy.
‘It’s possible to deal flexibly depending on the situation, I guess I’ll buy this depending on how I use it… … .’
I don’t know what kind of blood magic you can use, but if you’re a junior, you’ll be able to use it well.
If there is a problem, since this equipment is also a Nightmare Slayer like [Black Queen], ‘???’ The point is that it has options.
I glanced at Damian. Damian is immersed in the darkness of the [Black Queen] he carries on his back.
Damian and I met eyes. Damian hesitated for a moment, then he grinned at me.
“Keuk… … .”
“… … .”
Look at how innocent Damian’s big smile turned into that bluff-filled smile. It’s all because of that weapon.
‘Can you really overcome that and use it as your own strength… … ?’
Even Junior should stop using this weapon if the kill count goes up.
In any case, it can be extremely useful right now, so I should give it to you.
I called Junior and handed him my cane.
Junior accepted the wand wide-eyed. The young wizard’s mouth fell open.
“This, this… … It’s a really great piece of equipment, Your Highness? What is this horsepower… … It’s the first time I’ve seen anything like this in my life.”
“As you will recognize, it is an equipment made from Selendion’s magic core.”
Junior’s shoulders trembled. The hands holding her wand were clasped.
“This precious thing to me… … ?”
“It is a powerful but dangerous piece of equipment. Handle it with care.”
Recently, he was a junior who had been chewing only spinach and tomatoes and had a slight taste, but in front of this cane, he had a serious face for the first time in a long time.
Junior nodded heavily.
“Your Highness is the first person who has recognized my worth this far… … . thank you. So that Your Highness will not regret it, with the determination to renovate the bones… … !”
“No, stop the bone reshuffling.”
What’s wrong with your body? do not do that. Continue recovering HP with that staff while dealing damage comfortably from behind.
In addition to that, I put in a new equipment production request to Kelly Bay.
It was an equipment made with two Vampire General Magic Cores obtained in Stage 5. It is also SSR grade, so powerful equipment will come out.
In this way, I found some rough equipment, and what I had to do at the base camp was roughly organized.
“Mmm.”
I looked towards the dark side where the unknown disappeared – the dungeon of the next depth, and eventually turned to the other side.
It was in the direction of the dungeon I had previously cleared.
I’d listen to the advice of an unknown person, but I was thinking of going back like this and just scouting lightly around the dungeons I’d cleared before.
You’ll need to know what kind of monster army will attack in the next defense battle.
I shouted to the main party members who had already finished their preparations.
“Now then, it’s been a while everyone… … Would you like to loosen up?”
Lucas, Evangeline, Damian and Junior raised their torches and lanterns in unison.
So, enter the District 3 dungeon you broke earlier. As I entered the dungeon room, I shouted.
“What is the monster of this season?”
OK,
slap! slap!
something… … gurgling… … Jelly-like monsters started rolling towards us from the entrance of the dungeon.
Unknowingly, I was frightened and spat out.
“No, what is this, Shivaal-?!”
