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Chapter 72. The Golden Temple (4)
9.
“El Palm Party went to the paradise island?”
“The old man from the Peach Blossom Land told me.”
Helena’s expression hardened after receiving the report.
There were two reasons.
One is that I didn’t find information about the El Palm Party myself, but rather with the help of Murung.
Frankly, this was a humiliating experience.
Helena, that meant that the pursuit force she was so proud of couldn’t even properly track down El Palm Party’s footsteps.
“I think the destination is the Golden Temple.”
“I see.”
Another reason is that El Palm’s destination is the Golden Temple.
“You’re going to the worst stage.”
According to recent reports, the Golden Temple is now a place where no one knows what happened.
Needless to say, it was virtually impossible to track down the El Palm Party here.
‘Even if it’s Lady Mercedes’ request, I can’t let the adventurers die.’
Because we couldn’t afford to sacrifice our precious adventurers in such a dangerous place.
Of course, there were other worries that were bigger than that one.
‘And El Palm Party too.’
That El Palm Party is dangerous.
Apparently Mercedes was wary of El Palmar and was on high alert.
That couldn’t have been a good thing.
‘El Palm Party is the greatest adventurer of all.’
But regardless of the reason, the path El Palm Party has walked so far has been so great and noble that it would not be an exaggeration to call them heroes.
If it weren’t for the El Palm Party, Maple World would have been a nightmare beyond compare.
It was no exaggeration.
‘You saved the world.’
Because if you look at all the things that El Palm Party has done and solved so far, it’s ridiculous.
That’s why at this moment, Helena was worried about the El Palm Party.
“Even if it’s the worst stage, it’s El Palm Party, so it’s okay, right?”
In other words, Helena knew.
“I heard that the Lich that appeared in Magatia was wiped out by the El Palm party. El Palm, the 7th Circle wizard, seems to be using his powers properly, so I don’t think the Golden Temple is in danger.”
“If the El Palm Party has moved, their target is likely the Mystic Gate, not the Golden Temple. And if they challenge it, it will become an Indigo rank since El Palm is there.”
“Indigo grade?”
“Yes, Indigo grade. And Indigo grade is different from other grades.”
Indigo level fear.
“Have you ever tried to conquer the Indigo rank?”
The subordinates were surprised by that fact.
There has never been an adventurer who has officially conquered the Indigo rank. There are only rumors.
Of course, there was virtually no information about the Indigo rank. Information would only come from adventurers who had conquered it.
Helena said about him:
“There’s no need to hide it now. I’ve conquered four places.”
I did it quite a lot.
“But I couldn’t announce it at that time. Those who participated in that attack were not ordinary people.”
However, the reason why it was not made public was because those who participated in the Indigo-grade Mystic Gate conquest were important key figures of each force.
Those who must not die.
If it became known that such people had embarked on a dangerous Mystic Gate raid, public opinion could never have been positive.
So we proceeded secretly, and in the process, the Adventurer’s Association and Maple Union found out.
“A stage that has never appeared before will appear in Mystic Gate.”
There is a new place.
“Especially the secret room.”
“A secret room?”
“It’s a place where you deal with monsters coming from a space where everything is blocked.”
Helena, recalling it, spoke with a worried look in her eyes.
“If El Palm Party encounters a secret room at Indigo level, it will be hell.”
10.
“boss!”
den!
There, the wall opened like a door, and the moment the monster appeared, the El Palm party immediately entered the battle.
And shouted.
“This is so cool!”
A shout full of smiles.
That wasn’t crazy. That was sincere.
“There’s no need to go out of your way to find it!”
It was very difficult to deal with monsters swarming in a closed room, and to deal with monsters that were swarming endlessly.
It was something that even most adventurers had never experienced.
Because the hunting method of adventurers is based on running away when the hunt is no longer good enough.
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Also, I thought that avoiding and not engaging with many monsters was the best way.
And using terrain to hide oneself or to fight monsters was considered an ability.
But the El Palm Party was different.
“Come on, kids!”
They had experience dealing with monsters overflowing in places where there was no escape.
No, it is no exaggeration to say that he is not just a regular at it, but is already a top specialist in that field.
talent!
“You kids, if you block the entrance, we won’t be able to do anything!”
It was a funny thing for such an El Palm Party to deal with the blue goblins lining up at the entrance.
‘It was worth all the training.’
And all of this was El Palm’s intention.
El Palm knew that the ability to fight multiple monsters in a limited environment was essential for conquering the Indigo ranks, so he made his companions experience this over and over again.
It wasn’t easy, but the results were now showing before my eyes.
And that wasn’t all El Palm did.
‘There will be no problem next time either.’
El Palm Party where all the overflowing blue goblins are caught!
A new door appeared in front of them.
“It’s a portal?”
The door to the second floor.
El Palm Party walked towards the door without hesitation this time as well, and everyone faced each other.
The same secret room as before.
Ddddd!
The door opens just like before.
There was one difference.
Ddddd!
“One more opens!”
This time, there are two doors that are open.
“I’ll take one side.”
There, Devo and Kiri each blocked a door.
At the same time, everyone thought about it.
‘There will be three doors opening on the third floor.’
How this stage works.
It was a desperate situation.
This means that each additional entrance will triple the number of monsters entering!
What if a stronger monster comes in?
The moment one side collapses, something truly desperate will ensue.
‘Up to 6.’
Crucially, the Indigo grade existed up to six levels.
Being locked in a sealed room and fighting monsters coming from six doors? Just thinking about it would make my whole body freeze.
‘Uneasy.’
But that fact did not make El Palm Party nervous, but rather despair.
‘You just have to block them one by one.’
El Palm Party, because they all had enough power to block one door.
Of course, since there were five of us, the sixth door would be difficult, but we weren’t too worried about that either.
‘In the end, the sealed room is full of monsters, and they only fill the area around us.’
Because I was confident that I could hold on.
‘Just protect the boss.’
It’s enough time for El Palm to eliminate the monsters.
talent!
“It’s a red goblin!”
El Palm Party willingly held out against the red goblins rushing in from the two doors and charged into the third floor.
The third floor was as expected.
There are three doors.
“It’s a stone goblin.”
The monster that appeared this time was a stone goblin with a body that was incomparably stronger than that of the blue goblin and the red goblin.
It was a very troublesome monster.
“I’ll block one door.”
But this time, with Ralph volunteering to be the shield, it was easy to overcome this time too.
Everyone went up to the 4th floor without any problems, and a powerful stone goblin appeared on the 4th floor.
“It’s a monster that appears in an abandoned temple.”
Naturally, everyone could predict the monster that would appear on the 5th floor.
“Then the 5th floor is Ganeshi?”
That prediction soon came true.
When we entered the 5th floor, everyone faced each other.
Phew!
Ganesh, the elephant who walks on two legs and swings a giant polearm!
That Ganesh was a nightmarish monster.
It is no exaggeration to say that each and every one of them is a boss monster!
It was an elephant, after all. Its size and weight were incomparable to those of ordinary monsters.
A being that causes earthquakes just by lightly stomping its feet!
The power was at a level that even adventurers could not dare to fight against.
What was even more terrifying was that, while even an elephant was tough, Ganesh was able to handle the polearms in both hands very well.
Swinging a polearm with that great strength?
It’s not just capable of cutting down a beautiful tree, it’s also capable of cutting down a stone pillar in one fell swoop!
What was more troublesome was where Ganesh appeared.
A monster that appears in the very last room of an abandoned temple, which is essentially a sealed room with nowhere to escape.
So it was a nightmare.
Just meeting him in the vast forest is enough to take your breath away, but meeting him in a secret room?
This is crazy.
It was no different even though it was called El Palm Party.
It wasn’t easy.
“The door opens.
Ddddd!
“Five places!”
Moreover, there are five open doors!
Phew!
From each of the five gates, Ganesh appeared one by one, making his own cry.
Knock knock knock!
With huge vibrations!
But the fighting spirit of El Palm Party was not at all discouraged by that terrifying noise.
‘As expected.’
There was no reason to be scared since I already knew what kind of situation would unfold and what monsters would appear.
Anticipated danger is not danger, that’s what adventurers are for.
Because I already had a countermeasure prepared in my head.
And the El Palm Party perfectly implemented that countermeasure.
“Enter through the door!”
“yes!”
Without hesitation, I ran towards a door.
That doesn’t mean I went too deep into it.
Phew!
The moment I killed one Ganeshi, Kiri and Divo blocked the front and back of the door.
With this, we have a formation that essentially only needs to deal with monsters from two directions.
Moreover, Ganesh was a very large monster.
So huge that two of them could never fight shoulder to shoulder!
Phew!
That is, there are only two Ganeshas you can deal with at a time.
“Fire Arrow.”
And in the El Palm party, there was a firepower that no one could compare to called El Palm.
Of course, the result was as expected.
Phew!
The moment I killed the 100 Ganeshas, I couldn’t see any more Ganeshas.
Instead, the door opened.
6th floor, the door leading there.
Everyone stopped walking in front of that door.
It wasn’t that I was terrified.
As I said before, the known danger was not scary.
‘Beyond this is Ravana.’
And El Palm Party knew very well what the boss monster was here.
Of course, it wasn’t easy.
To be honest, the Ganesh we encountered on the 5th floor was a very burdensome presence for the El Palm Party.
Against that Ganesh, Divo’s polearm and Kiri’s sword were unable to inflict any proper damage.
The same was true for Miner’s Muscat. It took a lot of bullets to deal with Ganesh.
There was only one reason I was able to catch it.
‘The boss will do something about it.’
El Palm, that he is there.
This time it was the same.
No one knew what kind of crisis was coming. There was only faith.
“Boss, what’s the plan?”
Belief in El Palm.
Of course I knew it wouldn’t be easy.
That would be the case, as the magic El Palm could use in the secret room was extremely limited.
“I won’t be able to use powerful magic… … .”
Because he couldn’t dare use the powerful magic he had, such as meteor.
The same goes for poison magic. If Kiriyama doesn’t know, using poison magic in a closed room is like a death sentence to the rest of us!
And that wasn’t all.
All of El Palm’s spells were lethal.
Moreover, there was no distinction between good and bad in magic.
It means that a disaster will occur the moment El Palm’s companions are caught up in the magic he casts against Ravana.
“Ravana is a powerful monster. It requires powerful magic.”
However, it was impossible to achieve results with magic like El Palm and Fire Arrow against Ravana.
This is also something everyone knows.
That’s why everyone waited.
The answer provided by El Palm.
“therefore.”
And El Palm spoke about it.
“Just avoid it if you know how.”
