I Became the Weakest Summoned of the Genius Summoner

429 – Master of the Hidden Dungeon

– Crrrr…

The Dragon Turtle had devastated the area and was looking around, looking for me.

‘I’m in flight mode, so you won’t be able to find me anymore.’

No matter how much I searched, I couldn’t detect anything, so it raised its head towards the sky and roared again, probably because it thought I had died from its attack.

Kwaang!

When the dragon turtle put its raised front leg on the ground, the ground shook as if there had been an earthquake.

‘Ugh…What a feeling of weight.’

And then, one by one, the parasitic relatives that had been hiding on the creature’s back emerged from between the cracks in its shell.

It seems like you have to roast the inside of the turtle to catch them, but the turtle and its parasitic blood relatives were no match for either.

‘Huh? What?!’

Even when some of the parasitic relatives that crawled out chanted a spell, the dragon turtle’s body recovered rapidly.

Of course, the parasitic kin who had memorized the spell had its body oxidized and scattered like dust, but with over 300 parasites still remaining, there was no way to do anything about it.

‘He’s a real goal hitter. Is there any way that I can catch a guy who is stronger and has more vitality than the Lizardman right now? Phew-‘

I tried to gauge the treatment by slowly reducing my stamina, but I think I’ll have to give up on this.

‘Still, I haven’t gained anything.’

– Experience points increase significantly!

– Your level has risen!

The level that had not risen like that has risen.

If the experience level increases significantly even though it is not killed, how powerful is it?

After distributing the stats I gained from leveling up, I flew into the sky again and moved in the opposite direction of the Dragon Turtle.

If I remember correctly, there is no one stronger than that guy in this dungeon.

But since there couldn’t be just that guy, I expanded my mood as much as possible and moved around very nervously.

It must have taken about 10 minutes like that.

‘Uh… Um, what are those?!’

In the distance, a huge flock of about 70 birds were flying towards me.

It’s too big to be called a bird, and it’s a weapon that’s too exotic for a bird to hold.

That guy was also a monster I knew.

‘You’re a Gryphon Knight?!’

Should we rename it Sand Griffon Knight?

I’ve never heard of those guys coming out of the desert terrain… How on earth did this world come to be?

It has the lower body of a lion and the head and wings of a falcon, but it differs from a typical griffon in that its forepaws are human-like, and especially the brown lance held in its hand. That was the biggest problem.

‘Isn’t it true that even among A-class monsters, the ability to attack with a lance is within your fingertips?’

There were exactly 75 of them, and they were clearly flying with a purpose.

As a single entity, they are evaluated as A-class to upper-middle class, but I thought that with that number, they could even surpass the Dragon Turtle I met earlier.

I stopped moving in the state of [Illusion of Dark Assimilation], Blurring my presence, and decided to watch the situation unfold for a while.

Even though they came close to where I was, they didn’t react in any way.

‘As expected… You didn’t come for me.’

Then, there is one goal.

It must be the Dragon Turtle that I just fought with.

‘······ If two forces fight, they will not easily lean to one side…’

I was greedy because I thought it would be successful if I took advantage of the opportunity to launch a surprise attack and catch even one person.

However, the ‘Sand Griffon Knight’, which was flying past me in the direction where the Dragon Turtle was, suddenly turned its head towards where I was.

‘?! What? Could it be that they got caught?!’

Was it really impossible to deceive the eyes of an A-class monster?

Magic power had not yet recovered to 1,000, so using [Meteor] Was impossible, and their flight speed was far ahead of mine, so the picture of massacre through self-destruction was naturally drawn.

As I quickly made up my mind, I felt an unknown, creepy energy coming from behind me.

‘Hmm?!’

I quickly soared high into the sky and escaped the mysterious energy.

Woooooung─

‘What is that again?’

From where I left my seat, something started to stir.

A translucent sphere that looks like it contains stars in the night sky.

It began to suck everything around like a black hole, and even swallowed up a group of Gryphon Knights who hesitated for a moment after feeling a strange energy.

A mysterious sphere that sucked in every single griffon left.

“Oh my gosh—!”

‘Huh?’

The sphere that swallowed the Gryphon Knight bounced around, and suddenly a belching sound came out.

Then, a shape began to form from the sphere, and soon a dwarf about a meter tall wearing a brown cone-shaped hat appeared.

‘······.’

The moment I saw its appearance, I couldn’t help but freeze.

‘Archaeologist in the desert gone crazy’······.

Called ‘Thought Scholar’ for short, it was a monster that could be encountered with a very rare probability in a desert dungeon, or rather, a guardian of the hidden dungeon.

Although the probability of meeting a Mimic is much higher, it was definitely not something you could see even if you tried to meet it.

The top A-level hunters would have been delighted the moment they saw him, but not me.

‘Is it possible to commit suicide together?’

For a unique monster like that guy, it wouldn’t be a loss at all to give up one of his lives and die together.

However, the ‘thinking scholar’ was looking up at me with an expression that seemed to indicate that he was clearly seeing my inner thoughts.

Creepy──

‘Fuck… Donggwijin is too much to do. In the first place, the level was different. ‘Isn’t energy a joke?’

It seemed like I could catch a glimpse of the aura that I felt from ‘Gold Mimic Tania’.

A strong intuition that it seems impossible to approach.

She also had the feeling that if she moved even a little, her body would split into several pieces.

Jigsi-

The guy staring at me.

What should I do?

‘If you’re going to die anyway…’

My spirit was activated and I looked at him.

Then, the figure of the thinking scholar was drawn more clearly.

Its skin was scattering in the air like sand, and its pointed arms were like lizard scales. The eyes, which were completely black with no pupils, gave a heavy and gloomy feeling, as if they were looking into the depths of my abyss.

‘Ugh…’

I was pushed aside by his momentum in less than 10 seconds.

‘Can’t you just look at it once?’

Honestly, that was how I felt.

The ‘Thought Scholar’ is a huge guy who kidnaps desert monsters and manages ancient ruins buried in the sand, and considering the unusual difficulty level of this dungeon, I felt like if I went in, I would be killed right away without even being able to pick up a bone.

“P-Pipipipi-Phihihihi!!”

But when he looked at me, he held his stomach and laughed for a long time.

It’s as if it’s been a while since I’ve seen something interesting here.

For a moment, the guy’s eyes turned even blacker, and he thought that he would eventually be captured and killed, but the guy suddenly disappeared. With that unknown sphere.

‘Go…Me? You went, right? Phew…’

In less than an hour, I met three types of beings that I had no control over.

‘Ah, I want to get stronger quickly.’

I’m still getting stronger, but I desperately want power.

‘The idea was good, and it was successful.’

The idea of heading to another dungeon through a small gate inside the dungeon wasn’t a bad idea, but this dungeon was too difficult for me to get through right now.

‘I’ll have to act like a dead rat. Damn it.’

I grumbled and set off again.

I wanted to give my head a little more rest, but since I don’t know where something will pop out, I think it’s better to move.

‘It wasn’t a grade A dungeon where dragon turtles were the dominant species. It’s not a dungeon connected to our world, but a completely different world.’

I was lost in thought and moved around for about an hour, but all I could catch in the waves of my senses was sand, sand, sand.

‘Did the thought scholar stop the seed of the monster?’

I gathered a little courage and picked up the pace again.

I was able to detect the damn ‘Sand Griffon Knight’ every time, but perhaps their detection ability wasn’t that good, so they just passed me by as my presence had faded.

While moving for a while, I discovered that there was a fairly large empty space underneath the huge sand mountain.

In the desert, you can often see empty places like that, so I tried to pass by without thinking about it, but as the distance got closer, I felt something different.

‘Oh… Is this…?!’

I hurriedly ran to the bottom of the sand mountain and activated [Tunnel Destroyer].

Papa Papa Papa Papak-

‘It’s a mineral. There’s still a lot left to mine!’

I frantically dug through the sand, entered the empty space, and reached a fairly wide passage.

‘Even the maintained passageway! It’s a proper mine!’

I looked around with joy in my heart.

‘Hmm… I feel like I’ve seen this passage before.’

The straight passages, as if drawn with a protractor, are spread out like an anthill.

I have also seen this passage in the ‘Living Statue of Strength’ dungeon.

The village where a group of werecrocs lived, the passage leading there was like this.

And I think I saw something similar once before…

‘Ah, now I remember. Isn’t this almost the same as the passage where I found Cardinite before?’

There was a mine discovered in the ‘Lesser Direwolf’ dungeon, where a group of kobolds came out along the passage and exchanged conversation with ‘Dungyi’.

The passage they moved through at that time was like this.

‘There is no place that the kobolds haven’t reached. I thought it was a shabby monster, but the more I get to know it, the more talented it is.’

When you think of a mine, dwarves come to mind, but now it has reached a point where kobolds come to mind as well.

Anyway, I entered a cavity the size of half a basketball court, and found a large amount of ‘cardinite’ in it that had not yet been mined.

‘Khahaha! What a windfall this is!’

Cardinite was known as a rare mineral that could produce high-quality equipment, but its real value was when fighting against the Orc army.

The blood of the Orcs led by the Orc Corps Commander has an unusually high ability to corrode weapons, and equipment made of cardinite, which has exceptionally good corrosion resistance, will definitely be of great help when fighting against them.

‘Phew – I’m going to run out of time mining this today. If you mine ore as elaborately as Ttung, it will take time. Should I just do it like this?’

[Beginner Miner]

– Mineral mining speed increases by 20% within the mine.

Achievements achieved in the early days.

By linking this with the [Tunnel Destroyer], The surrounding area where the ore is buried is removed and all is put into the inventory.

‘Let’s tell Ddung to do the mining. Salary Lupine bastard. I need to get some work done.’

After thinking about it, I busily moved my body and started working.

I proceeded cautiously, fearing that other monsters might hear the sound of work and react, but as I couldn’t find the time, the work began to become more and more extreme.

Kwaang—! Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!

Rather than mining, the mine is destroyed at almost the level of an explosion, and minerals are collected ravenously.

Kugugung──!

‘Wow… Is it a dragon turtle?’

Did I work too loudly?

I felt something heavy moving leisurely on the ground.

-Booooo—!

I, who had become ice, desperately hoped that it would just pass by, but fortunately, it roared a few times and moved in a different direction.

Since it looks similar but has a distinctly different cry, I suspect it is a variant of the dragon turtle.

The amount was so large that at least 30 times more of the cardinite I first dug up was buried there, and time was limited, so I guess I was anxious.

I continued mining while adjusting the speed a bit, and eventually I was able to put more than 95% of the cardinite buried in the mine into my inventory until Yeonhee unsummoned me.

[Intermediate Miner]

– Mineral mining speed increases by 35% within the mine.

‘Oh, I got an achievement too. That’s good!’

Although my pride was a little crushed after being begged off by powerful monsters, this was a satisfactory enough result.