Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 72
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72. Dungeon of Disaster
A community of awakened people where countless users visit every day.
Among the many articles flying around like a market street, one article caught the attention of the awakened people.
[Title: What’s going on these days?]
[Author: Skilljoa]
[Content: My friend is a member of the Cheonmasin Church, and he’s making a fuss right now about looking for a skeleton.]
-Skeleton?
-On the first floor?
-No, on the third floor.
-?? What are you talking about? Why are you looking for a skeleton on the 3rd floor?
-I asked because I didn’t understand either.
You’re looking for a monster that appears on the 1st floor on the 3rd floor.
What does this mean?
Naturally, it was dismissed as nonsense, and the comments quickly turned into chitchat.
-Did your friend join the Cheonmasin Church?
-ㅇㅇ I went in because they said they would teach me martial arts.
-What martial arts did you learn?
-I don’t really know either. I think it was called the Samjae Dobeop.
-Isn’t that the Samjae Sword Technique?
-It’s a magic trick. I heard it’s good.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ You entered Cheonma Shingyo to learn that?
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋWhat is the name of the martial artsㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋSamjjakㅋ Taoismㅋㅋㅋ
-Why are you laughing? Let me laugh too.
-If you don’t know, just laugh along.
[Title: I don’t know if the skeleton is real.]
[Author: Samdoryu]
[Content: It seems like they’re looking for someone. All the Cheonmasingyo kids who went up to the third floor are looking for someone.]
-Wow! Are you the guy who got his teeth broken in a sword fight with an ogre?!
-Oh that guyㅋㅋㅋ Is he real?ㅋㅋㅋ
-Is there a wound on your back?
[Title: I Met It Too.]
[Author: Bombay]
[Content: On my way down, I met some guys from the Cheonmasingyo Church and they asked me if I had seen them. I got annoyed and used my explosion skill on them.]
-No, why did you blow it away? Lol
-It seems like the Cheonmasingyo was wrong.
-If it were someone else, it would be the fault of the Cheonmasingyo, but if it’s what Bokyejwa said, we should also listen to the Cheonmasingyo’s position.
-The price for provoking the tyrant’s feelings is high.
-Your nickname means explosion is art?
-There are a lot of celebrities today.
There were not just one but several articles related to Hyunseong.
By then, people could not help but notice that the Cheonmasingyo was mobilizing a large number of people to search for someone.
[Title: I don’t know who it is]
[Author: Black Wolf]
[Content: I wonder what they did. If the Cheonma Sect is moving so openly.]
-I know.
-Unless something serious happens, they don’t move on such a large scale.
Although the attention of the Awakened has increased, there have been no sightings of skeletons anywhere.
and,
“… Tsk.”
The young leader who was watching this clicked his tongue briefly.
I came in to see if there was any useful information, but there was nothing.
In fact, the situation in the community was what they intended.
‘Where did it disappear to…’
We knew that Hyunseong had left the Witch’s Forest, but he erased all traces of her and then suddenly disappeared at some point.
Because of that, we invested a huge amount of manpower and searched up to the second floor, but not a single witness to the skeleton came forward.
‘Did you go to the 4th floor instead of the 2nd?’
But soon the young leader shook his head.
There was no way a mere skeleton could have gone where he himself had not yet been.
When I recalled that incident again, I couldn’t help but frown.
‘The more I think about it, the stranger it gets.’
The skeleton perfectly blocked the lightning he unleashed.
As if you knew.
The question of “how on earth” kept lingering in my mind.
‘Have you ever fought with your father?’
But that wasn’t a satisfactory answer either.
Anyway, I wanted to meet and fight one more time.
If he had fought with all his might from the beginning, he would have won.
While I was thinking like that,
“Are you the leader of the Cheonmasin Church?”
“…”
The young leader looked at him quietly as he heard the low-pitched voice.
If you look at the fact that he pointed out exactly who you were, you must have some business.
“Who are you?”
“I’m from the Labyrinth Association.”
“You can’t even see my face or anything to prove your identity, just words?”
“I’m sorry, but I have a story that I think will interest you, Your Majesty.”
“joy.”
The leader of the cult snorts as if he is not worth dealing with.
I haven’t done anything yet that would get me involved with the association.
Besides, even if he did, how could anyone trust such a suspicious guy?
The moment I thought that and tried to ignore it and pass by.
“The skeleton you met. Did he speak to you?”
“… … ”
None of the information they spread mentioned the skeleton talking.
But seeing him say such absurd things first, I guess he knows something.
That alone was enough to pique the interest of the sect’s followers.
“I see you’re interested. Would you like to talk to fellow humans?”
There seemed to be some humor in his smile.
* * *
Dalgrak. Dalgrak.
Every time Hyunseong moved his body as if he was stretching, he could hear his bones clicking together.
Next, Hyunseong pulls out Seol-ah and starts swinging his sword.
Shhh! Shhh! Shhh!
The sight of them growing into several in an instant left viewers in awe.
Hyunseong, who had been moving his body here and there, clicked his teeth as if he was satisfied.
“Okay, that’s fine.”
The broken bone healed perfectly.
If I had ignored Seoian’s advice and gone out to hunt monsters, wouldn’t my recovery have been a bit slower?
“As expected, you should listen to the doctor’s words.”
If I acted with superficial knowledge, wouldn’t I only prolong the period of pain?
The first thing Hyunseong did after recovering was to call his companions together.
Han Ji-soo asks if she can guess why Hyun-seong called.
“Are you going now?”
“Yeah, I guess it’s time to start hunting.”
We’ve come this far, so we can’t just do nothing, right?
At Hyunseong’s words, she looked slightly regretful.
“It’s a shame that I still have a lot to learn, but there’s nothing I can do about it.”
Magic isn’t something you can learn in a few days.
But that doesn’t mean I can stay here forever.
“Don’t worry about that, I’ll be staying here for the time being.”
“yes?”
“We will take action from here.”
Seol-ah said that this place used to be the capital of a prosperous kingdom.
It seemed like there was a dungeon nearby that had some pretty good stuff.
Since we can’t say that Seol-ah told them, let’s say that Seo-ian told them. Han Ji-hyun and Han Ji-soo’s eyes sparkled.
“There’s Gordon?!”
“Gordon?”
“Ah, it’s a fixed dungeon. That’s what the Awakened ones call it. It’s the opposite of an individual dungeon.”
While instant dungeons are created and disappear when cleared, fixed dungeons do not disappear even if you defeat the boss.
I thought it was just a different name, but when I heard their explanations, it seemed like there was a big difference.
“There are places that are easy but offer a lot of rewards, and places that are difficult but offer little rewards. Some places are so vague as to be dungeons that there is no boss at all.”
“There are some good ones from Indungeons, but they are only good for that level, and there are only a few that are jackpots.”
“But Gordon, although he has a lot of failures, sometimes he hits the jackpot.”
And one of those jackpots is-
“The magic stone mine is also Gordon in a sense.”
Indeed, I thought I knew why my sister had such an overwhelming reaction.
If there was a magic stone mine among the places that had not yet been discovered, it would be beyond jackpot.
I can live the rest of my life in luxury.
“You’re a god, sir, for telling me such things!”
Hyunseong saw that and thought that he should adjust his words later.
And, next to him, a sword with a desire for recognition was constantly striking its sword.
-I told you!
‘okay.’
Up until now, I’ve kept Seol-ah’s existence a secret from them, but shouldn’t I start telling them about it now?
Monsters talk, so it wouldn’t be all that surprising if they added a talking sword to the mix.
Hyunseong thought that he should tell Seol-ah about his existence when the time is right.
‘So where is the closest place from here?’
-If you go north, there is an old temple with a basement. It was there before the temple was built, but it was sealed when the temple was built.
Since the temple will no longer function properly, the dungeon’s seal will also be released.
‘What’s there that you sealed it?’
If it was sealed while building a temple, wouldn’t it be quite important?
-An ancient monster or something. If the seal is broken, a disaster will occur.
‘Aren’t most sealed repertoires like that?’
As we head to the temple after hearing information about the dungeon, monsters welcome us.
All kinds of undead appeared, but they were no match for the party.
And, a wall discovered while looking around the temple.
-This isn’t a wall, it’s a door. There are traces of a seal.
‘… How did you find this?’
If Seol-ah hadn’t been there, I wouldn’t have even thought of it as a door.
It’s so good that even if an Awakened person had hunted here for six years, they probably wouldn’t have recognized him.
The door that Seol-ah pointed to was a really, really thick door.
Even if you just set it up, it would be difficult for an ordinary person to even push it, let alone knock it down.
-The barrier varies depending on the purpose, but the seal is originally like this.
Seals were usually meant to keep what was inside from coming out.
Since they have no intention of opening it, they block it as foolishly as possible to keep it from coming out.
That was the seal.
“Let’s try pushing it first.”
Hyunseong pushing a giant stone gate with Rashi.
And not long after-
Gugguggggggggg!
Bam…!
The huge stone gate fell and shook the ground.
The stone gate had fallen straight into a huge pit.
I dropped the fire to check and it wasn’t that deep of a hole.
and,
“It seems like there’s no trace of people coming and going.”
“Wow, it’s really Gordon!”
“Whoa! Unnie, this is my first time seeing Gordon!”
“It’s not even India, we’re going to Gordon.”
“It was on my bucket list to come here before I retire.”
“… … Is that all?”
“I guess Gordon’s numbers are dwindling because he’s finished once he’s discovered.”
As time passes, Gordon will truly disappear from the labyrinth, and eventually even the concept of Gordon will disappear.
-Thanks to Ian putting up the barrier, I’ve benefited a lot.
“I know.”
The Awakened ones, who knew that this was a castle they could not enter, did not bother to come near it.
So naturally, fixed dungeons remained undiscovered.
“Then shall we go in?”
As I entered, I felt the cool air seeping into my bones.
When I entered the entrance, I thought it was so narrow that I wondered if Rashi would be able to swing his sword properly, but the passage was quite wide.
No need to worry even if Rashi swings his sword.
Hyunseong took a look around the inside of the dungeon and muttered.
‘This is just a cave.’
-There is no need to decorate it extravagantly when sealing.
‘but.’
How far inside did they go?
Shasha Shasha.
Knock knock knock.
A small sound that secretly digs into your ear.
Something was coming.
And it wasn’t just one or two, it was hundreds of sounds.
Hard.
It wasn’t the sound of one’s own teeth grinding, but the sound of something hard hitting a rock.
They emerged from the darkness.
and,
“Whoa?!”
Han Ji-hyun screams as soon as the enemy’s identity is confirmed.
The reason she was surprised was simple.
“Hey, cockroach?!”
Because the monster that revealed itself was a giant cockroach.