Episode 16
Chapter 4. First meeting
How far ahead of me did you get there?
I couldn’t confirm it, but the fact that he entered and conquered the 24th floor faster than me meant that there was a high possibility that he was a regressor.
‘Among the promising guys.’
1st place abyss
2nd place Daehyeop
3rd place strategist
4th place magician
5th Jinseon
The top five rankers came to mind first.
In addition, another person that comes to mind is Yasin.
‘All five people have heard of nominations in previous episodes.’
Unless he is a regressor.
I had that thought, but I had no choice but to deny it.
It was impossible for a newbie to follow us closely at this speed.
After looking at the rankers like that, I was able to roughly guess the current state of Yashin, who I needed to be most wary of.
In other words, Yashin has not yet reached a high enough level to be ranked.
Of course, even if he did, he wouldn’t be able to beat me now.
‘Anyway, I don’t know who the guy who is clearing it right now is.’
I don’t know why, but even though I cleared the 23rd floor, I couldn’t hear the main character’s name.
Crown Road sends a notification message to all floors with their name if someone clears that floor.
However, there was something quite suspicious about the fact that there was no such thing this time.
It was clear that he had used the abilities of a class I didn’t know about.
It’s as if he is reluctant to have his name revealed.
The moment I climbed the stairs, what I saw along with the open view was a jumbled space.
The space created by the spirit of all things was extremely bizarre, but I didn’t care and walked out.
The place I headed was the stairs in the center of the 23.5th floor.
The moment I desperately ran up the stairs, my pupils slowly began to dilate.
There was a man standing in front of the stairs.
A tree-shaped tattoo all over his body, long black hair, and closed eyes.
And he was dressed in red clothes.
“Ha, hahaha!”
A harsh laugh came from the corner of his mouth.
The moment I saw the man, I knew who he was.
“Hey, God!”
Just as I expected, he was standing there.
The moment I hung up and called his name, his gaze reached out to me through the tattoos on his face.
The moment I met those eyes, where the white and black were reversed, I felt an unknown sense of joy.
“As expected, you’re alive.”
The man who killed the emperor and betrayed the returnees who wanted to clear the Crown Road was here.
“You have no fear. I’m sure Lee Dan-ah heard about me, but I never thought he’d show up like this. “He even conquered the floor before me.”
A voice mixed with anger came out of my mouth.
The hand cracked due to the excessive force and the bone made a sound.
Because of this man, I failed the previous round of Crown Road, which I thought would succeed this time.
Therefore, my resentment towards this man who ruined everything was beyond my imagination.
“Let me correct one thing.”
Yasin, who had been listening in silence, opened his mouth.
“I wasn’t the one who attacked the previous floor.”
“Ha, what bullshit are you talking about? “So how are you going to explain why you’re here?”
“Just an explanation, is there really a reason for me to give it to you? Brain Emperor.”
As soon as the name of the past place name came out of Yasin’s mouth, my feet moved first.
The battle was already over when he proudly appeared before my eyes.
The surrounding sounds quiet down.
The Auror who entered the Astral Blade sleeping in the scabbard instantly grew in size, and my sword began to move at a speed that far exceeded general knowledge.
Pajik.
The sound of a small spark rang out.
Three meals
Lightning strike sword
The fastest kicking technique I can produce.
The moment the Samsik Torekkyokbaldo unfolded, the space shook.
The Star Celestial Blade had already returned to its original position, and only a small spark remained in the space where it had been cut.
Yashin’s eyes turned to me.
It’s as if they don’t even know they’ve been cut.
But soon.
My eyes slowly began to widen.
“you… … .”
“The main role this time is not me.”
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Yasin’s body was fine, only shining translucently.
My sword couldn’t cut him.
To be exact, he wasn’t cut by my sword.
My sword passed through his body as if it had never been there to begin with.
“What have you done?”
“Again, there is no reason for me to explain.”
Definitely a class I’ve never seen before.
I knew all classes up to A level, but the class I didn’t know was S level or higher.
Was the reason I didn’t move all this time because I wanted to get that class?
‘I’ve picked up something that’s a pain in the ass.’
The fact that he was using a class that had never been seen in previous episodes meant that he had prepared a lot along with me for this episode.
“One floor.”
At that moment, Yasin’s mouth opened.
“There’s a guy waiting for you above. “I just came to tell you that.”
As I frowned at the meaningless words, Yasin turned and started walking away.
Of course, not wanting to let go, I swung my sword at Yasin again, and my sword passed through Yasin again.
“f*ck.”
Profanity flowed from the corner of my mouth.
I couldn’t even catch him because I didn’t know what class he got.
“Go up the stairs. Emperor Noe, Ha Cheon-seong. Meet the person who is waiting for you. “It won’t be too late to chase after me after that.”
With that one word, Yashin disappeared.
My teeth chattered and my eyebrows furrowed as I lost sight of my enemy right in front of me.
“Rotten, rotten, rotten!”
Cooung.
A building collapsed due to my sword, which I swung in anger.
You can just ignore me because you appear in front of me so casually, say a word, and then disappear.
“I will kill you.”
There’s a guy waiting for me on the next floor?
I don’t know who that guy is.
“You will regret it.”
Yasin and him too.
* * *
After being toyed with by Yasin, I had no intention of wasting any more time and went straight up the stairs.
【I entered the ‘Dungeon Maker’ Stage on the 24th floor, which is managed by ‘Your Afterimage in Action’.】
【’Master of the 24th Floor’ and ‘Afterimage of You in Action’ sincerely welcome your entry.】
Dungeon Maker.
This is also my first time hearing about this floor.
As my eyes slowly opened and my vision cleared, I slowly looked around.
It was a forest beneath a cliff.
There was something like a small black slime in the forest, and the slime was moving around.
‘Clear conditions are.’
And as soon as I could think about it, letters appeared in front of my eyes.
【’Afterimage of you in action’ presents the conditions for clearing the 24th floor.】
【’Dungeon Maker’ Create the best dungeon with your own hands! This is a forest in the Parasta Empire. In this place visited by countless adventurers, a dungeon fluid has been created that will become your dungeon. You are the boss monster of that dungeon. Let’s become the best dungeon and do our best to be the boss monster.
―This is a hint. You cannot leave the dungeon. You will have to protect an adventurer called the Black Knight. (On the 24th floor, one day in reality passes every two weeks.)】
【Currently there are 2 participants.】
I frowned when I confirmed the presence of another participant besides me.
As Yasin said, there was someone who entered this floor before me.
‘If it’s what Yasin said.’
He said that it was not Yashin himself who cleared the 23rd floor first.
So, the person who broke through the 23rd floor first is here with me.
‘What are you doing?’
By the way, is it possible to be in the area leading to the next floor without clearing the floor?
My mind becomes complicated.
I was getting irritated.
However, continuing to be needlessly annoyed will not help you clear Crown Road.
‘No matter how much Yashin gets a class he’s never seen before.’
There is no way to beat me.
As I thought about that, I finally began to see my surroundings.
‘First of all, this guy.’
I don’t know who the Black Knight is, but I looked at the soot squirming in front of me.
The clear condition is to first grow this soot into a dungeon.
‘The clear conditions are ambiguous. And as a boss monster, fulfill your duties.’
Above all, there is no clear indication as to whether raising this guy in the dungeon is the end.
It seemed clear that the afterimage of you in action was intentional.
It seemed like a malicious guy was caught again.
“Hey, soot.”
When I called Sootdaeng, he hesitated.
As I was looking down, thinking that it was quite a disgusting sight, it crept up to my feet.
Tiring!
At that moment, a window appeared before my eyes.
[Dungeon Fluid (Soot)]
Lv.1
Speculation amount: 50
It’s a dungeon fluid.
If you swallow a corpse, which is a medium, it will immediately grow into a dungeon. The dungeon grants original memories to swallowed corpses. Even in the dungeon, you have to lead a daily life. Please be careful as the behavior varies depending on the body swallowed. Be careful in advance! If you are hunted in a dungeon, you can die!
Next, phrases like cautions appeared.
1. Since you are a boss monster, you cannot go further than 1m from the center of the dungeon.
2. Dungeons thrive on speculation.
‘Is it speculation, like an Auror?’
Then, another window appeared above the status window.
What is speculation?
It is an element that makes the dungeon grow and is the power that adventurers unleash when they fight in the dungeon. With speculation, you can summon monsters or decorate floors.
I think you can take it as a kind of cost.
I even read the rest of the explanation.
3. The fluid dungeon consumes 10 spirit per 1km when moving.
4. Monsters in the dungeon respawn 1 hour after death.
5. As the dungeon becomes stronger, the dungeon owner also resonates and becomes stronger.
6. Monsters born in dungeons no longer level up.
It seemed to be Soot’s status window.
‘It’s full-on raising mode.’
The taste of a corpse is even worse than that.
‘Anyway, where do I find the body?’
First, I had to find out if there were any living things around.
Mana began to form in my ears.
At that moment, the sound of a dog barking rang out.
It’s a monster just by looking at it.
Great.
“The Pied Piper.”
At that moment my voice turned into a whistling sound.
As the sound of the whistle spread, the sound of the dog died down and the sound of urgent footsteps rang out.
The first to come were the vicious dogs.
The dogs, who had deep wounds on their sides, ran towards me furiously, drooling, and I immediately raised the Star Heavenly Sword.
“You are welcome. “You are Soot’s first monster.”
“Kkegaeng!”
The vicious dogs were instantly cut off by my sword and were rolling around on the floor.
When I put soot on the ugly dog, it began to squirm and swallow the dogs.
Creak, creak.
At that moment, the sound of bones clashing against each other was heard.
A thin, white human bone.
And the monster wearing shabby clothes and holding a sword was a skeleton.
Glancing into the empty black eyes, I put a smile on my face and raised my sword.
“Welcome.”
The skeleton was smashed.
How long had it been since each piece of bone had been picked up? The sound of harsh wings echoed through the sky.
The moment I looked up, the sky darkened.
“… … “The effect is immediate.”
There was a dragon flying there that was thousands of times the size of my body.
【’Master of the 24th Floor’ and ‘Afterimage of You in Action’ are applauded.】
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Hopura of a storm.
The dragon, also known as the Light Dragon, was having a peaceful day today in Soer, the country he destroyed.
The dragon that destroyed the kingdom of King Soer, who offended him, was wondering if there would be another prey.
The one who will fill this boring life with vitality.
I wondered how long I had been thinking like that when I heard an unfamiliar whistling sound on the wind.
Hopura, which has hearing that is on a different level from that of ordinary creatures, could not possibly have missed the sound.
Hopura slowly stood up as if possessed.
Intrigued, Hopura raised his huge upper body and looked in the direction of the sound, and soon flew up, creating a huge wind.
fluttering.
With one movement of Hopura, all the surrounding birds fled.
Hopura, who was leisurely passing by, found a man at the end of the whistle.
‘Is it my taste?’
fantasy,
