Deal (1)
While Hunters, who formed the defense line, were outside the gate struggling with the confusion, Nate, Hibiki, and I were inside the dungeon, butchering the monsters.
‘It’s about the time someone should have noticed and sent someone inside the dungeon to take a look; they’re slow. This is what happens when the government takes control of the dungeon operations.’
Due to these shortcomings, I knew Hunters would take control of the break response team in the future.
‘This is the most effective way to respond to breaks that the location and the time are known in advance.’Later, they will create a protocol as well. Logically, it would be much more efficient to catch monsters before they come to Earth than to kill them after they have crossed the gate. The sole reason the bureaucrats hesitated was due to nobody ever going beyond the red gate.
‘The entrant limit disappears as soon as it enters the break sequence. The message that indicates how many people are inside disappears as well.’
Therefore, the three of us waited nearby with stealth on and came inside as soon as the gate turned red. And the first thing we did in front of the plague giant, running rabid, was to make a trap. The traps I constantly repaired and created were still faithfully deterring the armies of monsters.
[Artha’s Sword Dance!]
Swift! Swish!
I drew the sword numerous times, front of the door that led to the Earth. As a result, the web-like mesh of sword energy was created. The net, which was woven with purple flashes, was still floating as it preserved the energy even after the sword stopped its movement. And when the giants reached there.
“Kyaaaaaaaa!”Pat!
The accumulated destructive power and kinetic energy burst out in an instant. The giant, which tried to advance through the net, rolled with its whole body diced up. Perhaps because they already had undead properties, they couldn’t be made subordinates of Nate, so we didn’t have time to kill them neatly. As a result, the corpses became a mess and scattered everywhere.
“Uhh….!”
“Uhhhhh….!”
Zombie orcs scavenged around the body fragments. Nate’s order was for them to go around the battlefield and retrieve Mana cores.
Crush!
Boom!
They approached the broken giant’s chopped-up body, smashed the ribs, and tore the heart membrane.
Thusk!
They pulled out the Mana core quickly. The cores were piled up in the rear, and I absorbed them with [Mana Drain] while going in and out of the battlefield.
Swish!
‘I can’t hear my thoughts. It’s busy, so busy!’
I was the one who had the widest movement range and was busily moving the most in this dungeon right now. I spread the [Stardust Wing] and flew around nonstop. While I bombarded those rushing from the front with sword energy bullets and reduce their mass, I repaired the sword energy net that acted as a trap, and if it seemed like I was running low on Mana, I returned after absorbing cores.
While I was constantly moving, the other two didn’t move outside of the black net. But of course, it was not like they were playing around.
“The trap over there is broken down! Crush them all!
Kuaaaaaaaaa!
Nate had almost complete control of the undead dragon. Unfortunately, it was impossible to pull out 100 percent of his previous life’s ability. In particular, he could not reenact magic at all. But instead…
Kuaaaaa!
The Black Dragon, spreading its wings like a predatory bird trying to snatch up prey, descended toward the herd of giants. The giants were storming through an opportunity of a layer of the purple net that has collapsed. The dragon, which was flying low in that direction, extended its front feet down like an aircraft preparing to land. Maintaining close proximity as if it’s about to touch the ground, the dragon scratched the giants at the speed of flight!
Po-Po-Po-pow!
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
Along the straight line drawn by the dragon, giants bounced from side to side as if to divide the sea. The sound of flesh being crushed quickly buried the scream. In the white waves that spread in pigtails, red streaks bloomed and mixed.
“Okay! That direction next!”
Instead of using magic, the dragon that had turned to an undead had a comparable… no, rather a strong body that reminded me of when it was still alive. It was the same as when humans and Orcs became zombified. Its performance transcended the normal idea of the undead, appearing as a dungeon monster.
‘Come to think of it, Nate’s Mana wouldn’t have been able to handle the undead dragon’s magic.’
Since the subordinate’s characteristics not having a core, it would have pulled all its needed Mana from the master. It wasn’t such a waste even if he couldn’t use its magic, as the dragon’s symbol remained.
Boosh!
The breath that is poured down towards the giants caused the gloomy sky to turn red instantly. Along the area where the flash crossed, the giants fell without leaving even a pile of ashes.
“Oh, the big guy just ran away! Hurry up and get him!”
Kuaaaaaaa!
While Nate’s controlled undead dragon plays a role in defending the rear and catching the running adult simultaneously, destroying those that had crossed the sword energy net.
‘If it’s about this much….’
As soon as I had a chance, I looked at the number of remaining giants and my colleagues’ performance. It’d only been an hour, and I could already see the end. Instead of letting the fast-moving giants disperse, the key was to use their instinct of rushing to the door to destroy them at once. It would have taken several days to track them down and catch every one of them if they had been allowed to roam around the world as in a previous life.
‘In the meantime, the number of casualties would have increased ridiculously. Since they sprayed spores just by breathing.’
That was the first reason I came all the way here in such a small number, instead of blocking the break outside, preventing a biohazard, which had killed tens of thousands of non-Awakened victims in the previous life.
And the second reason was about to appear in front of us.
“Huh?!”
After some time has passed.
“It’s over!”
Finally, we heard the message we had been waiting for!
– All monsters have been eliminated.
– The dungeon break will end.
– Be cautioned that the gate that connects to this dungeon closes automatically without using a key.
“Hurrah!” Nate joyfully yelled to the top of his lungs.
Hibiki, who was already on the verge of a Potion shock, collapsed on the floor. She, who always remained composed, must have been quite shaken, as she leaked an empty smile, this time, saying, ‘Haha… Ha…!”
‘They’ve done well.’
It was a battle close to the two’s limit. I had constantly observed and cared for them, but they’d faced a threat to their life several times. This experience must have been a stepping stone to a large growth for both of them.
And then.
– To all users who have contributed to preventing the dungeon break will be rewarded accordingly.
The gate would close by itself, and the boundaries had not been weakened, so the key to the dungeon was not given. All we could get was extra compensation. No matter how powerful the four major guilds may have been, the reason why they volunteer to make up the first line of defense was here.
‘Among the Break rewards, Hunter doesn’t have to choose from many options.’
The system selects the best option for them to receive within their contribution and gives it to the Hunter.
‘In other words, nobody loses!’
There was a reason why the price of the items worldwide fell exponentially after suppressing a dungeon break. Since all of them who participated would be given a definite reward based on their contribution, they become less rare.
– The user contribution ranking is No. 1 (contribution rate: 88%)
– Additional rewards are available according to your contribution. Do you want to accept it?
‘This is within my expected range.’
There was only one case in which an individual exceeded 50% of the break contribution rate in a past life. When a break occurred, it was not easy for individuals to make more than half of the contribution rate. As usual, about a thousand Hunters gather to build a defense line. But today, I ended up setting a new record, including all my past and present life.
“I will accept.”
I saw that each compensation appeared in front of Nate and Hibiki. But then.
“Huh?”
Nate asked me as he approached me, “What? Didn’t Jin-Wook get anything?”
I was not baffled by this situation. The phenomenon experienced by a Hunter, who barely passed 50 percent in his previous life, was just unfolding in front of me.
“I’ll take a while.”
The system message that only I hear had been changed to something abnormal from just a moment ago.
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