chapter 452
452 – Mosquitoes Are Everywhere
Jiyiing──
The moment I reached out to the border, the translucent entrance to a huge temple appeared.
“”Waa!!””
“It really happened!!”
The colleagues’ eyes widened and they cheered loudly, and Yeonhee summoned Geomryong and hurried to prepare to enter the temple.
– Would you like to enter the hidden dungeon ‘Arena’s Temple of Light’?
‘···Huh? Hidden dungeon? Didn’t you say that last time?’
As I cleared the boss, it was clear that something had changed.
Being upgraded to a hidden dungeon means that a variant of ‘Blood Mosquito’ may appear again.
‘··· I thought it was just a temple exploration, but if it’s like this…’
If you are with your colleagues, the regular ‘Blood Mosquito’ will not be a big threat.
However, because there were changes to the dungeon itself, it was necessary to take a conservative approach. In particular, the variant lurking at the end was dangerous even considering the existence of ‘Castle’.
‘It can’t happen. I’ll have to go in first and check the situation.’
If it was a place where you could only attack the beginning of the dungeon and then escape right away, it was worth considering going in with your colleagues.
“Tick, tick, tick.”
“Huh?”
Yeonhee heard my signal and ran straight to tell me the situation.
“Ilwol said he would go in first, see the situation, and give a signal.”
“It’s a hidden dungeon… I’m sure an extremely strong guy will appear as the boss.”
“If he’s someone that even Il-Wol can’t handle, he might be in danger as soon as he gets in, right?”
“That’s right.”
Although this situation is quite surprising, it is inevitable.
This is because other summons except me cannot enter the dungeon alone. I don’t know why, but that was the reality.
There is no reason to mess around.
‘Enter.’
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Wow ─
The second time I entered the Temple of Light.
‘The beginning isn’t much different.’
The complex patterns, unknown letters, and beautiful goddess statues were still the same.
The extremely sacred energy became a little more intense than last time.
– A temple of light purified by mysterious beings who came under the guidance of ‘Arena’, the god of light and justice.
However, the pain and cries of the priests deep within the temple were enough to bring back the dark beings.
Defeat the dirty monsters and purify the Temple of Light once again!
‘To the mysterious beings… Are you talking about me and Skull?’
It felt a little strange to be included in the story of the Hidden Dungeon, so I spent a moment scratching my helmet and looking around.
At that time.
– The protection of the goddess who protects light and loves justice repels evil spirits!
‘?! What? Haven’t I been released from restrictions?’
Will I experience a decline in my abilities again?
– Identify amazing beings with affinity for light properties beyond the limits of their species.
– All abilities increase by 5.
‘Phew… I was surprised to think my abilities were being reduced again.’
Rather, there was a change that slightly increased my abilities, so I felt more relaxed.
‘First of all, check…’
I reached out my hand again towards the small gate that appeared as I entered the dungeon.
– Would you like to exit the hidden dungeon ‘Arena’s Temple of Light’?
‘Great! It’s a dungeon with the same entrance and exit.’
Recently, I only had to go to different entrances, so I had no choice but to call it luck.
Since I confirmed the most important thing, I moved forward a little further and pushed my senses to the end of the dungeon.
‘Why are there so many…’
The wave of sensation that penetrated countless horrible mosquito babies reached the end and began to grope a strange being.
‘······ This… Is going to be difficult.’
It wasn’t the variant I saw last time.
A much more powerful variant of Mosquito glares at me, shaking off the intangible sensation that is groping him.
‘It won’t be easy even if we join forces with the kids. This guy is so sensitive that he can sense sensations. This is not an opponent you can defeat without any damage.’
A red-haired elf I met briefly before suddenly came to mind.
He easily sensed my feelings and brushed them off.
The good news is that the variants remain in place. The point was that they didn’t come running right away.
‘Why isn’t it moving?’
When I looked closely, I saw that its huge head was connected to a line extending from the ceiling, and that it was absorbing a huge amount of magical power through that line.
Should we call her the queen of ‘Blood Mosquito’?
The guy was constantly spitting eggs out of his tail.
‘··· I keep getting strength from somewhere. I guess I should be glad that I wasted it on laying eggs.’
There seemed to be no reason to remove oneself from the egg-laying position. Unless you get too close, it will stay that way.
After making a decision, I injected strong will into the intangible string connected to Yeonhui.
And after a while.
“Silwol?”
“Tick, tick, tick.”
Yeonhee and her colleagues entered inside one by one.
Like me, everyone was busy looking at the temple.
And unlike me when I first entered, none of the five people had any decrease or increase in their abilities.
‘I have no feelings towards humans themselves.’
In any case, he is a god who is classified as having a good disposition, so you don’t have to worry about anything else.
Of course, considering what he did to me, the traditionally known tendency seems meaningless.
“Huh… I couldn’t believe they didn’t give me any achievements. I was expecting it!”
It seems like Joo-a hoped to get some great achievement as soon as she entered the temple, but she had a habit like a tree frog of not giving achievements when she expected them.
I signaled to Yeonhee by extending two fingers.
This is because there was one piece of information I was planning to tell you once you entered the temple.
“Oh, and the number of abilities that Il-Wol can share has now increased to two. Please select one more!”
“Eh?! Really?”
“Awesome…”
“Tick, tick, tick.”
I only shared one ability with my colleagues out of concern that their growth would slow down, but starting today, there will be no need to do so for the time being.
“Oh my god… Won’t Il-wol end up sharing all of their abilities later?”
“Then it would be awesome.”
‘I don’t think it would be that difficult.’
If you’re lucky, you might be able to get one more during your next job change.
It didn’t take long to think about what additional abilities to share.
We started with magic power as the basics, and added one of wisdom and strength.
“Ttea – Ilwol’s magic power is over 1600? Are you crazy, really?”
Haha- 689 strength? I can’t help but laugh.”
“Oh, wait a minute. My body… “
“Huh… My ability level has increased rapidly…”
Colleagues who slump down in their seats as soon as they share their abilities with me.
This was the result of a more active physical response due to the rapidly increased ability level.
“Hehe… Jo, let’s start in a bit… Haeyoung…”
Arin’s facial expression as she was breathing heavily was something I had never seen before.
‘But it’s a lot better than before. I couldn’t come to my senses at that time.’
After taking an unexpected break, we started moving right away.
But after a while, I had no choice but to stop.
Sasasak- Sasak-
“Concentrate. There are a ton of powerful monsters coming… At least hundreds just by the sound of their footsteps.”
Arin’s ears perk up and flutter busily.
In a closed space like this, her ability to listen is a huge advantage.
‘The numbers have definitely increased, and the grade has also gone up a lot. You can even see some in the early stages of a variant with different wing colors. Now it’s hard to see even a single C-level monster.’
I don’t understand why so many of these things are gathered in a place like this where there is no food, but you shouldn’t try to understand a space that has been turned into a dungeon in the first place.
‘It was rather good. It has been confirmed that variants are not necessarily boss-level.’
Ilseom’s information that it is difficult to encounter variants does not seem to be correct at this point.
‘Approximately one out of ten appears to be a mutant. At this level, there is no need to worry about Kilbad’s supply of materials.’
“It is said that their snouts are specialized for single-point attacks, so they can easily pierce most defenses. The best thing to do is not to be hit by attacks in the first place.”
Arin, who had heard a lot of information about this dungeon, gave me one more caution. In fact, she thought it was a promise to herself as a melee warrior.
As I stepped forward, her colleagues followed her suit.
Did it move about a hundred meters like that?
Para la la rock──
“Oh, it’s coming!!”
Dozens of blood mosquitoes began to nimbly crawl out through the cracks in the ceiling.
Kwajajajak-
Then Noh Hayun immediately created a blizzard towards the ceiling, and the guys’ entire bodies froze and began to fall to the ground one by one.
Pugh—!
Kwasik—!
The mosquitoes that fell to the ground in a frozen state were injured, losing several of their legs, and Arin and Joo attacked, aiming for the gap, so they were able to achieve the first kill surprisingly easily.
‘Arin’s attack is fierce. JooA’s attack power also increased significantly.’
“People are flocking from the aisles too!!”
The passage was blocked by Yeonhee’s summons.
It’s a bit of a narrow space to summon Castle, the strongest summon.
[Krrrr···]
Kwaa—─!!
A ferocious breath spread out from the mouth of the summoned Geomryongi along the passage.
A group of mosquitoes scattering into black ashes.
There is satisfaction in Geomryong’s eyes as he looks at it.
However, the passage that was briefly cleared was soon filled with the sound of their footsteps.
“Stay inside for a moment.”
After canceling the summoning of Geomryong, whose breath was on cooldown, Yeonhee took out the three alpha-level summons, the remaining flying-type summons, and even the direwolf.
[Skull Bomb]
Kwaang──!!
The start of the battle was announced with a skull bomb, the explosion range of which was greatly expanded compared to the initial one.
‘You won’t die from a low-grade bomb. At least we should use bombs of the same class.’
The wings have surprisingly strong defense, so it seems like it will take quite some time to completely defeat them.
“I’ll stop it!”
“Yes! Just don’t let me get surrounded!”
For a first engagement, it was not easy.
Not only did a group of over a hundred animals attack at once, but there were also times when the comrades were unable to adapt to the combat power that far exceeded expectations.
Its long snout, which was long enough to pierce two or three people at once, was a threat in itself, and there was actually a guy who could de-summon two ‘wanggui’ by impaling them on the snout like grilled skewers.
“Embodize it!!”
Specter ‘Embodiment’ with the morale characteristic of being immune to physical attacks.
He had always performed well in battle and had grown up with us, but now he had risen to the level of a C-class lieutenant.
And the guys we’re dealing with now are guys without any special skills.
There was no better environment for Chehwa, so he ran wild from the start.
Thanks to Chehwa’s work on the front lines, I gradually began to feel more able to breathe.
“aa—♪”
Eunyoung’s singing voice and Spirit Ran’s agility buff create synergy, and our party’s reaction speed has increased by one level.
Jua’s rock barrier blocks the passage at the right time, preventing us from being surrounded.
[Flame Slash]
Seogeo-eok—!
– ‘Blood Mosquito’s Blood Jade’ 393/500
Thanks to ‘Skull’, the quest to collect blood gems is already starting to come to an end.
In addition, we catch the variants that are often seen and fill in Kilbard’s recipe step by step.
Sasasasasak─
“More are coming!”
“You cockroaches!”
‘There are too many numbers. Let’s try to balance it out with a new minion.’