Episode 27
The last day of the 5th floor mission.
After today, I will leave the world of this novel.
Although this was a fictional world, it was a much more realistic place than the world of the tower we were in.
A four-day period where we could feel our original lives even for a moment. I thought that maybe it was the tower’s last generosity to us.
Like the Indian summer that comes briefly before the cold winter begins.
Of course, that didn’t mean I expected today’s quest to be easy.
“Everyone get on the bus!”
“yes!”
If my guess is correct, today will be the main part of the four-day itinerary.
Cadets traveled on buses assigned to each group.
Dungeon practice.
Today was the required course that cadets must take every year at the academy.
The seat next to me on the bus is Oh Yun-nam.
I don’t know if it was because he was the main character or because of his mood, but I felt a strange aura next to him just by his presence.
The reason I worked hard to be in the same group as this guy was because it was the most risky, but I wanted to get the highest reward.
The problem is Articles 9 and 12.
Like our group 4, they enter a dungeon where accidents will occur.
I don’t even know what kind of danger lurks there.
Because it wasn’t described at all in the novel.
“Do you think it was a coincidence?”
I asked Oh Yun-nam.
Three of the E-class dungeons purchased for practice at the academy are experiencing a surge at the same time today.
Dungeon flooding is not something that does not occur at all, but it is definitely unusual for it to occur simultaneously.
It can’t be a coincidence.
“well. “That was a problem I thought about in every episode, but I couldn’t reveal the reason.”
“So you just passed on it?”
“Because it’s beyond my capabilities.”
I don’t know who the author of this novel was, but it was a messy setting.
I don’t know if this part was just written roughly, or if it was a piece of cake left to be retrieved that was buried until the end, but it was an incomprehensible part.
It would be uncomfortable to dismiss it as a coincidence. That might be true in reality, but it makes no sense to write a novel like this.
If you wanted to use it as a device to make the main character stand out, there is no need for dungeon runaways to occur in as many as three locations.
“It’s beyond my ability.”
I suddenly became curious about this part, which remains a blank part of the novel.
This is how the gaps were filled and probability was secured in reality, not in a novel.
“But does it matter?”
Oh Yun-nam asked me a question.
As expected, it was the character’s limitations that were revealed again.
The protagonist is probably a being set up to run towards only one sense of purpose.
“I don’t know if it’s important, but it’s interesting.”
If possible, I wanted to dig into this part.
It may end in vain, but there may be unexpected gains.
Suddenly I feel regretful. The fact is that there is no strategy book on the 5th floor.
I took in the scenery outside the window of a moving bus.
I feel like I will soon miss the world where people live.
* * *
[Quest has been created.]
[Each person, clear the assigned dungeon for dungeon practice.]
The quest is this simple?
This was an unexpected development for me.
I thought there was more to it than just dungeon practice.
Of the 12 groups, if we exclude the 3 groups where dungeon runaways occur, most of them will end very smoothly.
And yet, it just follows the story in the novel without any corrections?
If so, it is too lax for a quest given to us by the tower.
“Hmm.”
First, I walked through the dungeon alone.
For the dungeon practice evaluation, I turned off the action camera I was wearing.
It doesn’t matter if you give away the evaluation results.
What is important to us now is the dungeon rush phenomenon that will occur after clearing the dungeon.
Until I cleared it, I planned to hunt normally like other cadets.
Anyway, only ordinary orcs are coming out now.
But just one thing.
There is something that bothers me.
“Are you going to keep following me?”
When I looked back, Ko Yong-woo paused for a moment.
“As expected, you knew.”
“I keep following you, so there’s no way you wouldn’t know.”
The only colleague in our group who came from the top.
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And among our colleagues, he is the only minor.
I don’t feel at all out of place in my current cadet attire.
“As expected, you are amazing.”
“There is a lot to be great about.”
Ko Yong-woo smiled awkwardly at my words.
So far, I haven’t had a chance to talk to this guy at length.
I can see that he’s still having a hard time with me.
It’s probably because they voted for me during the previous death mission.
Other people treat me casually now, but a child is still a child.
“You must have been amazing even before the apocalypse came, right?”
“what?”
I was speechless due to the unexpected question.
Before the end comes… … .
I was just an ordinary man in his late 20s.
I was single, didn’t earn much, had no family, and didn’t have many friends.
Now that I think about it, it wasn’t normal.
What made me special at the top was just a coincidence.
I got the chance to meet Silver Goblin.
If it weren’t for what happened that day, I’m not sure I would be alive today.
Suddenly, I became curious about the identity of the Silver Goblin.
What is that guy? And is there any chance to see it again inside this tower?
As many thoughts came rushing in, Ko Yong-woo said something.
“I was sorry. then.”
This guy was just looking for an opportunity to apologize.
He seems like a soft guy.
It is not a personality that is advantageous for surviving in the tower.
The job characteristics given are also far from those related to combat.
“There’s nothing to be sorry about. And if a similar situation comes again, you will have to make the same choice.”
“Why?”
“Because the situation we are in is no joke. “It means that your first priority is your own survival.”
Yongwoo Yongwoo was unable to respond to anything I said.
I was just jealous of this guy’s untainted innocence.
“And my brother was an ordinary person in society. “In fact, you might have lived a more interesting life.”
“Me?”
“okay. “You are an explorer.”
The job given to Go Yong-woo at the tower is explorer.
I remember looking at it with interest when I first saw this child’s status window.
“I was very interested in archeology. “She was also active in that club.”
“It was like that somehow.”
“My dream was to become an archaeologist, but I ended up becoming an explorer.”
Ko Yong-woo smiled innocently.
It’s a really f*ucking tower.
This young guy’s pure passion turned into poison inside the tower.
Ko Yong-woo’s skill is
It may be useful for a party size, but to survive on your own, you must also have combat-related abilities.
This is true even if we only look at those who survived in our group.
Most of them have abilities that are advantageous in battle.
Only Ko Yong-woo was disappointed.
“It may be safe to follow me now, but you also need to develop the ability to survive on your own.”
Protecting someone entirely because they are young and weak is not a good idea in the long run.
It’s not like I can take care of you all the way up the tower.
“I know. I didn’t follow you to rely on you. “There are two reasons why I chased after my brother today.”
huh?
It looks bolder than I thought.
“One would be an apology for what happened in the past.”
“yes. Another thing… … I feel a strange energy in this dungeon. “I wanted to let my brother know that.”
It’s a strange energy.
If such a thing really exists, it is normal for me to feel it first.
Even if the explorer job has the
“Is that energy something that a monster emits?”
“no. Something is different. “I think it will become clear if we get closer.”
“Then, let’s go together first.”
I don’t know what it is, but I think I need to check.
By the way, is Oh Yun-nam doing well now?
I asked them not to slaughter the monsters too quickly.
I wanted to take a close look inside this dungeon before clearing it.
I was wondering if I could find a clue as to why dungeon crashes occur in three dungeons at the same time.
That was the reason why I couldn’t ignore what Yongwoo Ko told me.
* * *
Chwiiik!
“Haaaab!”
Go Yong-woo’s battle appearance definitely had an unsettling aspect to it.
The stats were not that high, but the fact that there were no skills that could be used in battle was too great.
Kueeeeek!
The orc’s head was cut off by my indomitable sword.
If I hadn’t covered Yong-woo Yong-woo from behind, it would have been dangerous this time too.
“Thank you, brother!”
“Always stay focused!”
“yep!”
Actually, it wasn’t a question of concentration.
Other times, you might be doing your best.
Low stats, lack of combat skills.
These things are fatal.
“Yongwoo, first of all, I need to increase my agility rather than other stats.”
If Kim Se-yong is a strength enthusiast, Yong-woo Ko has invested too much in physical strength.
It seems that they thought that increasing the pain would be advantageous for survival, but they were completely wrong.
Since it is a non-combat class, its combat sense is already low, and since its evasion ability is low, it is useless to take too much stamina.
“Yes, got it! Since it’s what your brother is telling you, it’s definitely true, right?”
But I don’t want you to treat me like some kind of cult leader.
“So don’t waste your gold and spend it now.”
Looking at the status window, I see that I have 1200 gold, but at this level, it is nothing but dust.
“How did you know I had gold in stock?”
“You know it when you see it.”
I urged once more.
It is too inefficient to pile it up like dust.
In the end, he invested all 1000 gold into agility.
But where should I use the remaining 200 gold?
“Did you use it all?”
“… … yes!”
“Yongwoo, just tell me everything. Just by looking at it, I think I have about 200 left.”
“Wow, creepy!”
In the end, Yongwoo Yoo did as I said and poured all his gold into agility.
Although the stats are still insufficient, this will increase your chances of survival.
“Actually, I was thinking of saving up gold to buy some weapons.”
“For the time being, use the old long sword you received in the tutorial. “Stats come first to you.”
“yes.”
I liked that he answered right away without saying a word.
The two of us followed Ko Yong-woo’s
Honestly, I still don’t know.
I couldn’t feel the unusual energy that Ko Yong-woo was talking about at all.
“brother! “I think it’s finally all there.”
“They’re all here?”
“yes!”
Meanwhile, Ko Yong-woo began to feel the walls of the dungeon.
The guy’s mood suddenly changed.
His perfectly focused appearance made him look like a completely different person from when he was fighting.
“Do you think something is leaking from here?”
Go Yong-woo pointed in a circle with his finger on the wall.
It probably refers to the unusual energy that was pointed out from afar.
If true, it is a truly terrifying ability.
Because my absolute senses are still unable to detect anything.
To be honest, in terms of appearance, it feels completely ordinary, indistinguishable from the rest of the wall.
“Get out of the way, Yongwoo.”
However, Ko Yong-woo’s skills do not exist for nothing.
This damn game system wouldn’t have created skills that had no use.
I swung my indomitable sword at the wall pointed by Go Yong-woo.
Percussion!
Only the feeling of the hard wall was transmitted through the sword to my entire arm.
Of course, I wasn’t planning on giving it a try.
Percussion!
Still no change occurred.
The numbness in my arm felt stronger than before.
Now I have a very slight doubt.
Because the world in this novel also has holes in its setting.
The same goes for the three dungeons that will cause a dungeon surge today.
If you’re going to cause a runaway, just cause the main character, why cause the other two that won’t even be described?
Percussion!
The wall is still solid.
But on that solid wall.
Crackling!
Jijijijik!
An unknown ripple effect began to occur.
[The labyrinth has been discovered.]
[Would you like to enter?]
-Continued in episode 28-
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