Episode 122.
“If you had something like this, you should have told me earlier!?”
“I didn’t know either!?”
As soon as Jung Si-woo and Soo Ah-rin exchanged glances, as they were surprised by the existence of the Dungeon object transformation item, Merchant Fairy Luta didn’t forget her duty and shouted.
“I’ll sell it for only 7,500 beads from imitation monsters below Lv, 200 and 1,200 beads from Chimera above Lv, 200!”
“You son of a…”
She was pretentiously blabbering about caring for customers and all that. Still, she was only thinking about being fed with beads after all! However, he couldn’t help but buy this transformation scroll after hearing the explanations and advice about the god’s power from her. Even if he gritted his teeth, Jung Si-woo took out the beads and paid as asked. Luta shouted with an extremely radiant look.
“Tear it up right now! It will cause a change in the dungeon’s structure, which will unconditionally fix the shape of the Altar of Reward to the Altar of Synthesis!”
“Then? Do I just have to embody Metimoa’s power into the altar and use it?”
“That’s exactly what it is! The power of chaos held by Metimoa is an absolute power that intervenes in the synthesis of things! Whatever you synthesize, you’ll get the best results. The god’s power being instilled in it is a bonus!”
What to synthesize was already decided. It was the Front paw and the Giant’s Roar. The two artifacts had excellent options among those on hand. Still, since he recovered them from quite a low-level dungeon, they lacked destructive power and durability. Jung Si-woo was carefully handling them so that it wouldn’t break somehow by indwelling Mana, but if he hadn’t had the Dragon Sense, the two hammers would have been crushed long ago.
“There must be two more!”
“Two things? …Could it be?”
“That’s exactly what it is! They are the two things you just thought of!”
“You want me to make that kind of a hodgepodge?”
“Driving out creation out of chaos is Metimoa’s power! The power of Metimoa can recreate it perfectly, even if that may be another god’s power!”
Was it a matter that had been concluded from the beginning? Jung Si-woo sighed, tearing up the spell scroll as Luta said.
[A change occurred in the dungeon structure.]
“Yeah, let’s do what you’ve said. If I don’t like the result, I’ll just go and beat you up then.”
“I-I’m scared. Of course, you won’t be disappointed! Then I’m done talking and done with the deal, so I’ll head to the residential area first! Bye until we meet again!”
Oh, she ran away. However, as she said to see each other again in the residential area, at least she didn’t seem to doubt herself…Jung Si-woo had no choice but to be convinced. Next to him, Soo Ah-rin pouted.
“She’s indeed a very hectic fellow.”
[She appeared armed with endless friendliness to master.]
“It’s unsettling.”
Although it was an amazing encounter, they couldn’t be obsessed with it forever. Since she said it herself that Merchant Fairy appeared right before the Boss Fight, in other words, the boss room was just ahead of them.
“Come to think of it, we’ve fought with those who a god has blessed, but we’ve never fought anyone who carries a piece of a god in oneself.”
“Would it be similar to an incarnate of the thunder god?”
“It must be more disgusting.”
The Chimeras were disgusting. The higher the level, the more kinds of monsters they combined with, so the more disgusting the chimeras above Lv. 250 were. All the more, what if it was a Chimera that bore Metimoa’s power?
[I’m ready, Master.]
“Be on standby if you can. If I look like I’m in danger, join in then.”
[Understood.]
Caina’s power was close to cheating. It could be considered if it were a situation that one couldn’t be picky. Still, at the moment that Jung Si-woo’s experience and growth were important, so he didn’t want to take care of things easily with her help.
“Then let’s go.”
“Yup.”
After a five-minute leisurely walk past the point of encounter with Luta, they soon reached the iron gate blocking the huge cavity, recovering their stamina and Mana. The monster’s presence was eerily absent. Even sinister energy couldn’t be felt. Everyone was hiding behind the iron gate.
[Master.]
When Jung Si-woo was about to open the iron door, Caina whispered to him.
“If you look at the floor, there are signs that the iron door was opened.”
“…Indeed.”
The three-second rule, in which the boss maintained a non-first-attack mode, probably wouldn’t work. Whether the boss opened the door on his own or other monsters did, the dungeon door had already been opened once or more.
“This is a place where countless dungeons are integrated, which means that countless dungeon boss monsters are all clustered in the boss’ room…”
“There are even traces of other monsters entering the boss’ room. There must be a hybrid beyond imagination waiting there.”
Just imagining the boss’s appearance made him sick. He thought about fixing a meal in advance since he wouldn’t be able to eat after seeing such a monster, but he might heave it up.
“Ah-rin, I’ll ask for the shield, please. Se-ha, you back off for now.”
“Yes, Oppa.”
“Okay, Hyung-nim.”
Yong Se-ha acknowledged his lack and returned to mini mode. Shortly afterward, Soo Ah-rin’s sacred shields wrapped around Jung Si-woo and Caina. Her divine power was effective in dealing with Chimera as well as undead. The saying that the higher-level a party, the more a priest was necessary.
“Okay, opening.”
Jung Si-woo raised one finger and fired a Critical Bullet. The quick magic round penetrated the iron door neatly and smashed it with its enormous impact.
“…What is this again?”
However, a scenery unraveled that was opposite to what Jung Si-woo had imagined.
[Welcome, the owner of the Ant Cave.]
He wasn’t very tall. Of course, he was much larger than Jung Si-woo, with 2 meters and 50 centimeters in height and a rock-hard muscular build that would silence the average bodybuilder. Still, it was far from the monster Jung Si-woo had expected.
[Why are you surprised?]
“You look so normal.”
[I can roughly see what you think of the power of Metimoa-nim.]
At Jung Si-woo’s reply, he made a noise and laughed. A deformed horn soared overhead, bobbing along with the movement of his head.
[He is the most closely related to creation among the gods of Chaos. It would be a pity if you judged him only by his defects outside.]
“I’ve somehow heard that from somewhere before.”
Jung Si-woo replied blasé and lifted his hammer. What the thunder god Laia said came to mind. When Lee Seo-hee complained, looking at the players who couldn’t stand the load gave off by the god’s power and became a Lizardman, he said that the god’s power only moved him. Those that weren’t chosen ended up like that.
“But unfortunately, I don’t associate with those who discriminate people.”
[Yours bears no meaning. The only thing that matters is his choice. You were chosen and proved it. The rest is the execution by me.]
He raised his arms. A sharp black blade that popped out like wings extending from his elbow to his wrist flashed sharply.
[Execution!]
“Kheuk!?”
Shortly after, his body appeared in front of Jung Si-woo’s face. Jung Si-woo stretched out a hammer and managed to barely block the blade, which was swinging with the momentum to cut off his left arm. There was a loud, ominous cracking sound.
“You son of a…!”
[To have reacted to this- I thought I could take an arm.]
It’s the same trick as Caina. A ridiculous Mana operation of moving the Mana for the body to move along! But his speed was far superior to that of Caina. If Jung Si-woo hadn’t fought against Caina before, his arm would have been cut off.
[Master!]
“No, I’ll do it!”
[It’s all right if two come in at once.]
“Bullshit.”
The hammer disappeared from Jung Si-woo’s both hands. He had placed it in the inventory right away using the Swap Technique that he became familiar with. It was obvious, but he had judged that he couldn’t deal with it using a C++ grade hammer. But instead of the hammer, there was something else he held now: the thunder god’s Rage Rifle.
[Gun?]
“Blabber on!”
Instead of shooting it, Jung Si-woo swung it straight up. Surprisingly, the thunder god’s Rage Rifle where his Mana was injected drew a line in the air, filled with lightning, and cut off the Chimera’s horn!
[Keuk.]
Chimera, who quickly snatched the horn dropping to the floor, stepped back. It was truly mysterious as he absorbed the horn with his palm; it grew again.
[I thought you were only absurdly strong.]
“Blabber all you want.”
If he spread the distance, he would only be grateful. Jung Si-woo naturally pulled the trigger and fired the bullet. A magic bullet, composed of powerful lightning, drew a blue line in the air, but this time the Chimera avoided it.
[I’ll absorb your troublesome arms first.]
His feet stepped on the air; the leap came at that very moment. Furthermore, at that moment, his Mana scattered all around Jung Si-woo, making him unable to figure out where he would move next. He had found out that Jung Si-woo recognizes Mana and created a new countermeasure! But if there is one thing that he didn’t know, Jung Si-woo wasn’t only strong, but he also had a good head.
“Charge Shot!”
In that short moment, Jung Si-woo didn’t hesitate to invoke Rifle’s option. Charge Shot was a skill that pulled Mana around the caster and fired a bullet. However, there was some limitation to it, so it couldn’t quickly remove the Mana dwelling in the opponent’s body. It was truly quick enough to blink once. The time it took for him to kick off from the place he stood, where he scattered the Mana, and appear at one of the candidate sites following the Mana.
In that short moment, Jung Si-woo activated Charge Shot to absorb the Mana the punk scattered. He didn’t actually mean to invoke it as it took longer to shoot out a Charge Shot. He just wanted to know the difference. If it were only Mana that he scattered, he could absorb it quickly. However, the Mana scattered where he actually appeared couldn’t be absorbed as quickly as he directly controlled it. Even so, it was only a quite subtle difference…
“Heup!”
Jung Si-woo read the subtle difference. The Dragon Sense held that much power.
[Kak!?]
When Jung Si-woo canceled the Charge Shot and wielded the Rifle vigorously, the Chimera that appeared in the position with a demon-like accuracy was struck by a hard hit filled with his Mana and weighed down on the ground. This time again, the horn broke and bounced into the air, but before the Chimera retrieved it, Caina’s ejected saber scattered it into pieces.
[You attack, master. I’ll stop him from recovering.]
“Thank you, Caina.”
[You, you, bastard…]
The Chimera, who had never expected his counterattack, shivered and retreated. Although it was only a little, it was obvious that there was damage taken.
“If you have a colleague, you can call more.”
Jung Si-woo said with a smirk. Chimera trembled at the words and immediately charged back in. It was the prelude to the chaos that Metimoa loved so much.
Episode 122.
“If you had something like this, you should have told me earlier!?”
“I didn’t know either!?”
As soon as Jung Si-woo and Soo Ah-rin exchanged glances, as they were surprised by the existence of the Dungeon object transformation item, Merchant Fairy Luta didn’t forget her duty and shouted.
“I’ll sell it for only 7,500 beads from imitation monsters below Lv, 200 and 1,200 beads from Chimera above Lv, 200!”
“You son of a…”
She was pretentiously blabbering about caring for customers and all that. Still, she was only thinking about being fed with beads after all! However, he couldn’t help but buy this transformation scroll after hearing the explanations and advice about the god’s power from her. Even if he gritted his teeth, Jung Si-woo took out the beads and paid as asked. Luta shouted with an extremely radiant look.
“Tear it up right now! It will cause a change in the dungeon’s structure, which will unconditionally fix the shape of the Altar of Reward to the Altar of Synthesis!”
“Then? Do I just have to embody Metimoa’s power into the altar and use it?”
“That’s exactly what it is! The power of chaos held by Metimoa is an absolute power that intervenes in the synthesis of things! Whatever you synthesize, you’ll get the best results. The god’s power being instilled in it is a bonus!”
What to synthesize was already decided. It was the Front paw and the Giant’s Roar. The two artifacts had excellent options among those on hand. Still, since he recovered them from quite a low-level dungeon, they lacked destructive power and durability. Jung Si-woo was carefully handling them so that it wouldn’t break somehow by indwelling Mana, but if he hadn’t had the Dragon Sense, the two hammers would have been crushed long ago.
“There must be two more!”
“Two things? …Could it be?”
“That’s exactly what it is! They are the two things you just thought of!”
“You want me to make that kind of a hodgepodge?”
“Driving out creation out of chaos is Metimoa’s power! The power of Metimoa can recreate it perfectly, even if that may be another god’s power!”
Was it a matter that had been concluded from the beginning? Jung Si-woo sighed, tearing up the spell scroll as Luta said.
[A change occurred in the dungeon structure.]
“Yeah, let’s do what you’ve said. If I don’t like the result, I’ll just go and beat you up then.”
“I-I’m scared. Of course, you won’t be disappointed! Then I’m done talking and done with the deal, so I’ll head to the residential area first! Bye until we meet again!”
Oh, she ran away. However, as she said to see each other again in the residential area, at least she didn’t seem to doubt herself…Jung Si-woo had no choice but to be convinced. Next to him, Soo Ah-rin pouted.
“She’s indeed a very hectic fellow.”
[She appeared armed with endless friendliness to master.]
“It’s unsettling.”
Although it was an amazing encounter, they couldn’t be obsessed with it forever. Since she said it herself that Merchant Fairy appeared right before the Boss Fight, in other words, the boss room was just ahead of them.
“Come to think of it, we’ve fought with those who a god has blessed, but we’ve never fought anyone who carries a piece of a god in oneself.”
“Would it be similar to an incarnate of the thunder god?”
“It must be more disgusting.”
The Chimeras were disgusting. The higher the level, the more kinds of monsters they combined with, so the more disgusting the chimeras above Lv. 250 were. All the more, what if it was a Chimera that bore Metimoa’s power?
[I’m ready, Master.]
“Be on standby if you can. If I look like I’m in danger, join in then.”
[Understood.]
Caina’s power was close to cheating. It could be considered if it were a situation that one couldn’t be picky. Still, at the moment that Jung Si-woo’s experience and growth were important, so he didn’t want to take care of things easily with her help.
“Then let’s go.”
“Yup.”
After a five-minute leisurely walk past the point of encounter with Luta, they soon reached the iron gate blocking the huge cavity, recovering their stamina and Mana. The monster’s presence was eerily absent. Even sinister energy couldn’t be felt. Everyone was hiding behind the iron gate.
[Master.]
When Jung Si-woo was about to open the iron door, Caina whispered to him.
“If you look at the floor, there are signs that the iron door was opened.”
“…Indeed.”
The three-second rule, in which the boss maintained a non-first-attack mode, probably wouldn’t work. Whether the boss opened the door on his own or other monsters did, the dungeon door had already been opened once or more.
“This is a place where countless dungeons are integrated, which means that countless dungeon boss monsters are all clustered in the boss’ room…”
“There are even traces of other monsters entering the boss’ room. There must be a hybrid beyond imagination waiting there.”
Just imagining the boss’s appearance made him sick. He thought about fixing a meal in advance since he wouldn’t be able to eat after seeing such a monster, but he might heave it up.
“Ah-rin, I’ll ask for the shield, please. Se-ha, you back off for now.”
“Yes, Oppa.”
“Okay, Hyung-nim.”
Yong Se-ha acknowledged his lack and returned to mini mode. Shortly afterward, Soo Ah-rin’s sacred shields wrapped around Jung Si-woo and Caina. Her divine power was effective in dealing with Chimera as well as undead. The saying that the higher-level a party, the more a priest was necessary.
“Okay, opening.”
Jung Si-woo raised one finger and fired a Critical Bullet. The quick magic round penetrated the iron door neatly and smashed it with its enormous impact.
“…What is this again?”
However, a scenery unraveled that was opposite to what Jung Si-woo had imagined.
[Welcome, the owner of the Ant Cave.]
He wasn’t very tall. Of course, he was much larger than Jung Si-woo, with 2 meters and 50 centimeters in height and a rock-hard muscular build that would silence the average bodybuilder. Still, it was far from the monster Jung Si-woo had expected.
[Why are you surprised?]
“You look so normal.”
[I can roughly see what you think of the power of Metimoa-nim.]
At Jung Si-woo’s reply, he made a noise and laughed. A deformed horn soared overhead, bobbing along with the movement of his head.
[He is the most closely related to creation among the gods of Chaos. It would be a pity if you judged him only by his defects outside.]
“I’ve somehow heard that from somewhere before.”
Jung Si-woo replied blasé and lifted his hammer. What the thunder god Laia said came to mind. When Lee Seo-hee complained, looking at the players who couldn’t stand the load gave off by the god’s power and became a Lizardman, he said that the god’s power only moved him. Those that weren’t chosen ended up like that.
“But unfortunately, I don’t associate with those who discriminate people.”
[Yours bears no meaning. The only thing that matters is his choice. You were chosen and proved it. The rest is the execution by me.]
He raised his arms. A sharp black blade that popped out like wings extending from his elbow to his wrist flashed sharply.
[Execution!]
“Kheuk!?”
Shortly after, his body appeared in front of Jung Si-woo’s face. Jung Si-woo stretched out a hammer and managed to barely block the blade, which was swinging with the momentum to cut off his left arm. There was a loud, ominous cracking sound.
“You son of a…!”
[To have reacted to this- I thought I could take an arm.]
It’s the same trick as Caina. A ridiculous Mana operation of moving the Mana for the body to move along! But his speed was far superior to that of Caina. If Jung Si-woo hadn’t fought against Caina before, his arm would have been cut off.
[Master!]
“No, I’ll do it!”
[It’s all right if two come in at once.]
“Bullshit.”
The hammer disappeared from Jung Si-woo’s both hands. He had placed it in the inventory right away using the Swap Technique that he became familiar with. It was obvious, but he had judged that he couldn’t deal with it using a C++ grade hammer. But instead of the hammer, there was something else he held now: the thunder god’s Rage Rifle.
[Gun?]
“Blabber on!”
Instead of shooting it, Jung Si-woo swung it straight up. Surprisingly, the thunder god’s Rage Rifle where his Mana was injected drew a line in the air, filled with lightning, and cut off the Chimera’s horn!
[Keuk.]
Chimera, who quickly snatched the horn dropping to the floor, stepped back. It was truly mysterious as he absorbed the horn with his palm; it grew again.
[I thought you were only absurdly strong.]
“Blabber all you want.”
If he spread the distance, he would only be grateful. Jung Si-woo naturally pulled the trigger and fired the bullet. A magic bullet, composed of powerful lightning, drew a blue line in the air, but this time the Chimera avoided it.
[I’ll absorb your troublesome arms first.]
His feet stepped on the air; the leap came at that very moment. Furthermore, at that moment, his Mana scattered all around Jung Si-woo, making him unable to figure out where he would move next. He had found out that Jung Si-woo recognizes Mana and created a new countermeasure! But if there is one thing that he didn’t know, Jung Si-woo wasn’t only strong, but he also had a good head.
“Charge Shot!”
In that short moment, Jung Si-woo didn’t hesitate to invoke Rifle’s option. Charge Shot was a skill that pulled Mana around the caster and fired a bullet. However, there was some limitation to it, so it couldn’t quickly remove the Mana dwelling in the opponent’s body. It was truly quick enough to blink once. The time it took for him to kick off from the place he stood, where he scattered the Mana, and appear at one of the candidate sites following the Mana.
In that short moment, Jung Si-woo activated Charge Shot to absorb the Mana the punk scattered. He didn’t actually mean to invoke it as it took longer to shoot out a Charge Shot. He just wanted to know the difference. If it were only Mana that he scattered, he could absorb it quickly. However, the Mana scattered where he actually appeared couldn’t be absorbed as quickly as he directly controlled it. Even so, it was only a quite subtle difference…
“Heup!”
Jung Si-woo read the subtle difference. The Dragon Sense held that much power.
[Kak!?]
When Jung Si-woo canceled the Charge Shot and wielded the Rifle vigorously, the Chimera that appeared in the position with a demon-like accuracy was struck by a hard hit filled with his Mana and weighed down on the ground. This time again, the horn broke and bounced into the air, but before the Chimera retrieved it, Caina’s ejected saber scattered it into pieces.
[You attack, master. I’ll stop him from recovering.]
“Thank you, Caina.”
[You, you, bastard…]
The Chimera, who had never expected his counterattack, shivered and retreated. Although it was only a little, it was obvious that there was damage taken.
“If you have a colleague, you can call more.”
Jung Si-woo said with a smirk. Chimera trembled at the words and immediately charged back in. It was the prelude to the chaos that Metimoa loved so much.
