“Is this really a whole colony?”
“It seems that an entire portion of the Socheon Battlefield was moved here and stayed intact. This Ant Dungeon really is an unknown space.”
The deeper they went into the dungeon, the more they started feeling like they were on a plateau rather than a cave. There were various passages, and the boundary lines between the different “rooms” were obvious, but otherwise, the dungeon was pretty much wide open.
“I like this place much better.”
However large the space was, the number of orcs they faced in an area was usually around two or three, but no more than five.
[Human!]
[Why the hell didn’t you give the signal if you knew there was an intruder?!]
“What are these guys doing? We haven’t exactly been fighting quietly!” Jung Si-woo said to himself and laughed.
Armored orcs had scouts and a signaling system like any army, but a single intruder didn’t seem to warrant a high alert. In many cases, Jung Si-woo dominated the battles with ease that every orc was dead before one could even think about sounding the alarm.
“Let’s go!”
[It’s coming from that tree!]
Jung Si-woo used his surroundings strategically as he navigates the dungeon. The trees and rocks provided good cover for him to ambush and confuse the orcs without risking injuries himself.
[Quhak!]
[No, now it’s coming from behind!]
When there were a lot of orcs to fight at once, he’d make sure to finish a couple of them quickly with mana-infused attacks. He was grateful for the growth of his passive and active skills, and especially the extra power that came along with the sledgehammer.
After rushing headfirst into the early battles, Jung Si-woo and Soo Ah-rin started to slow things down a bit. To make it through this dungeon, Jung Si-woo knew he couldn’t do it alone, and started to realize that those who resisted the urge to rush wildly into battle were smart. It made sense as there was no coming back from death.
“Ha!”
[Gaagh!]
[Simon, oh no!]
Tactics and skills were two different things, and it boils down to a combination of desire, effort, and wits to make it through dungeons with minimal injury.
[How dare you kill Simon!]
“Cook, you’ll be seeing Simon again soon!”
“That line makes you sound like a villain, Oppa!”
Jung Si-woo enjoyed trash-talking like a gangster as he easily dispatched the orcs one after another. His sledgehammer spun comfortably in his hand as it smashed through orc skulls. The hammer almost seemed to move on its own as its speed increased.
[That’s enough of this!]
“Ok then, let’s finish it!”
As Jung Si-woo caved-in the fourth orc’s rib cage, the fifth and last orc launched off his falling comrade’s head and up into a nearby tree. He raised his ax and leaped to attack.
Before the blow landed, Jung Si-woo quickly grabbed his hammer’s handle, lodged in an orc’s skull, and flung it.
[Huh?]
“Go away!”
The hammer stunned the orc as it hit him and knocked his weapon out of his hand. Jung Si-woo immediately rushed to the orc and gifted a massive uppercut to his jaw. At the moment of impact, he used mana and activated Stone Skin to amplify the attack.
“Next! Well?”
[Cool….]
Jung Si-woo was about to slam the orc to the ground when he noticed some strange green energy spreading over its face, starting from the chin. That scared him, so he kicked the orc away with his foot, and it fell to the ground, shaking and muttering.
[Poison…now using poison!]
“What?”
Jung Si-woo felt stupid for asking it, but the orc sputtered, shook, and died without responding. He was about to canvas the room and loot… Wait, poison?
“Oppa, your gloves…the gloves.”
“Oh, I see.”
Jung Si-woo looked down at the gloves he’s wearing. Good for both defense and offense, they had sharp hard thorns on the knuckles. He liked using them, and now it seemed like he had activated some new option.
[Bangworm’s Poison]
[Rank-D++]
[Attack power-250-500]
[Defense-250-450]
[Proficiency level-101/200]
[Option-Poisoning in proportion to weapon rank with a certain probability when attacking.]
[A pair of leather gloves completed by gathering the essence of poisonous centipedes. The leather is tough and hard, suitable for defending the hand, and the small, hard thorns in the knuckles are an added threat when attacking.]
“I have just over half my proficiency, right?”
“Options can unlock early or late, depending on the power they have. Actually, the sledgehammer hasn’t even unlocked its first option yet, am I right?”
His main weapon, the sledgehammer, had two options. There was an option to poison the enemy like the gloves, but that wasn’t activated yet. The first option hadn’t been unlocked, even though this skill level was over half.
“So, what happens if you fill all your proficiency levels?”
“Weapon skills can increase, and you can also use the altar of synthesis.”
“Man, there are so many kinds of altars…”
There was still time to max out the skill level, so he decided to go into his interface and listen to the explanation of the altar of synthesis. It was fun getting stronger and learning how to wield various powers, from flames to poisons.
“How long has it been since we entered the dungeon?”
“It’s been a little over a day. In the original Socheon Battlefield, you’re over halfway through the dungeon by the time you’re facing five orcs at a time. Oppa, your pace is too fast right now.”
At Soo Ah-rin’s words, Jung Si-woo checked the time. They had less than two days to clear the dungeon. He was drunk with the joy of battle and growth, always looking ahead and rushing. He had completely forgotten all sense of time.
Once he realized it, though, the exhaustion immediately hit him. Jung Si-woo leaned against a nearby tree and closed his eyes.
“Then let’s take an hour off.”
“Are you Iron Man?”
“You rest too.”
“Well, unlike my Oppa, once I fall asleep, I don’t know if I can wake up in just an hour.”
Soo Ah-rin pouted her lips and gently flew into his arms. Jung Si-woo held the sledgehammer in one hand and rested against the tree. Pretending to be tired, he tucked Soo Ah-rin into a safe place and shut his eyes.
“When are you going to come out?”
He felt the presence of an enemy nearby. Right after the battle was over, Jung Si-woo sensed the enemy waiting for him to take a break.
This was an intuition that Jung Si-woo was innate to him. It didn’t come from his game skills or mana. The enemy didn’t even know that Jung Si-woo noticed him. Jung Si-woo couldn’t afford to be careless.
“It’s like a ghost that will pounce on me once I let my guard down.”
He first noticed it a while ago. Room after room as he cleared the areas, something was moving with them. When Jung Si-woo concentrated, he could almost feel its eyes on the back of his head. If he didn’t have this sharp intuition, they would have been in trouble by now. Even Soo Ah-rin didn’t have a clue.
“I’m still not sure. Now you’re reading my breathing.”
This enemy was sharp. It was clear he was an elite monster, judging from the strong aura that couldn’t even be compared to the other orcs. And this one was even able to hide it somewhat.
But Jung Si-woo didn’t think it could win. If Yong Se-ha thought so, he would have left the dungeon right away, whether he died or not.
“Come…no, I’d rather you back off- oh whatever, you’re going to have to show up sometime.”
Jung Si-woo maintained a secret tension throughout his body, but Soo Ah-rin, who was completely unaware, was already asleep. Even though she was regaining her powers, it seemed strange that she was more tired than he was. As a supporter and healer, she moved in after Jung Si-woo did his work.
She got tired from fighting in dungeons, and now she had to pick and choose which battles she could help him with.
“But even after we beat this dungeon, there will be more work to do, so you have to do your best.”
No matter how sorry he felt for her, Jung Si-woo had no intention of taking a break after this dungeon. There were so many more dungeons that are waiting to be cleared and explored! So far, it seemed like there wasn’t a leader behind it all, but if there was, he couldn’t throw in the towel now!
Jung Si-woo’s breathing gradually matched with Soo Ah-rin’s, but it was only to pretend to sleep. If he were to fall asleep, it would be an instant game over. He had to do it slowly, like naturally falling into a comfortable sleep.
It moved. It was stealthy and fast and used the trees and bushes as cover like Jung Si-woo did with the orcs.
20 meters. 17 meters. 13 meters. 5 meters.
As soon as the orc was within 3 meters, there was an explosive bang.
[What?!]
The frightened orc stopped in its tracks and couldn’t figure out what happened. However, Jung Si-woo found the opportunity and hit the intruder with his mana-infused hammer.
[Ahhhhhh!]
It was about 20 centimeters taller than other orcs, and the emblem on its helmet suggested a higher rank than those they had encountered so far. But more importantly, there was a huge scorched dent in the orc’s chest plate.
[If you set this trap that I didn’t even notice, then you knew I was going to attack!]
“Well, of course, I already know everything!”
Even though Jung Si-woo hadn’t actually set a trap, he was willing to bluff if it would upset the orc and give him an advantage! Full of anger, Jung Si-woo struck the monster’s forearm, just as it was lifting its ax.
[Gaagh!]
“Haha!”
Was the elite truly elite? The orc was tenacious and raised the ax again despite the obvious damage to its arm. Jung Si-woo ducked to one side and deflected the ax. He quickly dropped the hammer and delivered an uppercut with his right fist.
[This is the “delicate” fist of a human…?!]
“Surprised you, didn’t I?”
Another uppercut right on the chin made the orc stagger. And it didn’t stop there. Still, within his arm’s reach, Jung Si-woo activated Battle Sprint and charged into the orc’s body, infusing mana into his own upper body for maximum impact.
[Kaaagh!]
It was hard to believe that someone who had just learned Slam and Grant managed to execute it so well. The elite orc fell to the ground, unable to withstand the damage to its body. It clenched its fist and somehow tried to rise and counterattack, but when it looked up, Jung Si-woo had his sledgehammer ready to greet it.
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The elite orc met the gaze of a little angel shimmering cleverly in the arms of Jung Si-woo and realized how he’d been defeated.
[How rotten.]
Jung Si-woo’s hammer then broke through his skull.
And so, it was at this point that Jung Si-woo finally managed to defeat over twenty elite orcs without dying.
“Is this really a whole colony?”
“It seems that an entire portion of the Socheon Battlefield was moved here and stayed intact. This Ant Dungeon really is an unknown space.”
The deeper they went into the dungeon, the more they started feeling like they were on a plateau rather than a cave. There were various passages, and the boundary lines between the different “rooms” were obvious, but otherwise, the dungeon was pretty much wide open.
“I like this place much better.”
However large the space was, the number of orcs they faced in an area was usually around two or three, but no more than five.
[Human!]
[Why the hell didn’t you give the signal if you knew there was an intruder?!]
“What are these guys doing? We haven’t exactly been fighting quietly!” Jung Si-woo said to himself and laughed.
Armored orcs had scouts and a signaling system like any army, but a single intruder didn’t seem to warrant a high alert. In many cases, Jung Si-woo dominated the battles with ease that every orc was dead before one could even think about sounding the alarm.
“Let’s go!”
[It’s coming from that tree!]
Jung Si-woo used his surroundings strategically as he navigates the dungeon. The trees and rocks provided good cover for him to ambush and confuse the orcs without risking injuries himself.
[Quhak!]
[No, now it’s coming from behind!]
When there were a lot of orcs to fight at once, he’d make sure to finish a couple of them quickly with mana-infused attacks. He was grateful for the growth of his passive and active skills, and especially the extra power that came along with the sledgehammer.
After rushing headfirst into the early battles, Jung Si-woo and Soo Ah-rin started to slow things down a bit. To make it through this dungeon, Jung Si-woo knew he couldn’t do it alone, and started to realize that those who resisted the urge to rush wildly into battle were smart. It made sense as there was no coming back from death.
“Ha!”
[Gaagh!]
[Simon, oh no!]
Tactics and skills were two different things, and it boils down to a combination of desire, effort, and wits to make it through dungeons with minimal injury.
[How dare you kill Simon!]
“Cook, you’ll be seeing Simon again soon!”
“That line makes you sound like a villain, Oppa!”
Jung Si-woo enjoyed trash-talking like a gangster as he easily dispatched the orcs one after another. His sledgehammer spun comfortably in his hand as it smashed through orc skulls. The hammer almost seemed to move on its own as its speed increased.
[That’s enough of this!]
“Ok then, let’s finish it!”
As Jung Si-woo caved-in the fourth orc’s rib cage, the fifth and last orc launched off his falling comrade’s head and up into a nearby tree. He raised his ax and leaped to attack.
Before the blow landed, Jung Si-woo quickly grabbed his hammer’s handle, lodged in an orc’s skull, and flung it.
[Huh?]
“Go away!”
The hammer stunned the orc as it hit him and knocked his weapon out of his hand. Jung Si-woo immediately rushed to the orc and gifted a massive uppercut to his jaw. At the moment of impact, he used mana and activated Stone Skin to amplify the attack.
“Next! Well?”
[Cool….]
Jung Si-woo was about to slam the orc to the ground when he noticed some strange green energy spreading over its face, starting from the chin. That scared him, so he kicked the orc away with his foot, and it fell to the ground, shaking and muttering.
[Poison…now using poison!]
“What?”
Jung Si-woo felt stupid for asking it, but the orc sputtered, shook, and died without responding. He was about to canvas the room and loot… Wait, poison?
“Oppa, your gloves…the gloves.”
“Oh, I see.”
Jung Si-woo looked down at the gloves he’s wearing. Good for both defense and offense, they had sharp hard thorns on the knuckles. He liked using them, and now it seemed like he had activated some new option.
[Bangworm’s Poison]
[Rank-D++]
[Attack power-250-500]
[Defense-250-450]
[Proficiency level-101/200]
[Option-Poisoning in proportion to weapon rank with a certain probability when attacking.]
[A pair of leather gloves completed by gathering the essence of poisonous centipedes. The leather is tough and hard, suitable for defending the hand, and the small, hard thorns in the knuckles are an added threat when attacking.]
“I have just over half my proficiency, right?”
“Options can unlock early or late, depending on the power they have. Actually, the sledgehammer hasn’t even unlocked its first option yet, am I right?”
His main weapon, the sledgehammer, had two options. There was an option to poison the enemy like the gloves, but that wasn’t activated yet. The first option hadn’t been unlocked, even though this skill level was over half.
“So, what happens if you fill all your proficiency levels?”
“Weapon skills can increase, and you can also use the altar of synthesis.”
“Man, there are so many kinds of altars…”
There was still time to max out the skill level, so he decided to go into his interface and listen to the explanation of the altar of synthesis. It was fun getting stronger and learning how to wield various powers, from flames to poisons.
“How long has it been since we entered the dungeon?”
“It’s been a little over a day. In the original Socheon Battlefield, you’re over halfway through the dungeon by the time you’re facing five orcs at a time. Oppa, your pace is too fast right now.”
At Soo Ah-rin’s words, Jung Si-woo checked the time. They had less than two days to clear the dungeon. He was drunk with the joy of battle and growth, always looking ahead and rushing. He had completely forgotten all sense of time.
Once he realized it, though, the exhaustion immediately hit him. Jung Si-woo leaned against a nearby tree and closed his eyes.
“Then let’s take an hour off.”
“Are you Iron Man?”
“You rest too.”
“Well, unlike my Oppa, once I fall asleep, I don’t know if I can wake up in just an hour.”
Soo Ah-rin pouted her lips and gently flew into his arms. Jung Si-woo held the sledgehammer in one hand and rested against the tree. Pretending to be tired, he tucked Soo Ah-rin into a safe place and shut his eyes.
“When are you going to come out?”
He felt the presence of an enemy nearby. Right after the battle was over, Jung Si-woo sensed the enemy waiting for him to take a break.
This was an intuition that Jung Si-woo was innate to him. It didn’t come from his game skills or mana. The enemy didn’t even know that Jung Si-woo noticed him. Jung Si-woo couldn’t afford to be careless.
“It’s like a ghost that will pounce on me once I let my guard down.”
He first noticed it a while ago. Room after room as he cleared the areas, something was moving with them. When Jung Si-woo concentrated, he could almost feel its eyes on the back of his head. If he didn’t have this sharp intuition, they would have been in trouble by now. Even Soo Ah-rin didn’t have a clue.
“I’m still not sure. Now you’re reading my breathing.”
This enemy was sharp. It was clear he was an elite monster, judging from the strong aura that couldn’t even be compared to the other orcs. And this one was even able to hide it somewhat.
But Jung Si-woo didn’t think it could win. If Yong Se-ha thought so, he would have left the dungeon right away, whether he died or not.
“Come…no, I’d rather you back off- oh whatever, you’re going to have to show up sometime.”
Jung Si-woo maintained a secret tension throughout his body, but Soo Ah-rin, who was completely unaware, was already asleep. Even though she was regaining her powers, it seemed strange that she was more tired than he was. As a supporter and healer, she moved in after Jung Si-woo did his work.
She got tired from fighting in dungeons, and now she had to pick and choose which battles she could help him with.
“But even after we beat this dungeon, there will be more work to do, so you have to do your best.”
No matter how sorry he felt for her, Jung Si-woo had no intention of taking a break after this dungeon. There were so many more dungeons that are waiting to be cleared and explored! So far, it seemed like there wasn’t a leader behind it all, but if there was, he couldn’t throw in the towel now!
Jung Si-woo’s breathing gradually matched with Soo Ah-rin’s, but it was only to pretend to sleep. If he were to fall asleep, it would be an instant game over. He had to do it slowly, like naturally falling into a comfortable sleep.
It moved. It was stealthy and fast and used the trees and bushes as cover like Jung Si-woo did with the orcs.
20 meters. 17 meters. 13 meters. 5 meters.
As soon as the orc was within 3 meters, there was an explosive bang.
[What?!]
The frightened orc stopped in its tracks and couldn’t figure out what happened. However, Jung Si-woo found the opportunity and hit the intruder with his mana-infused hammer.
[Ahhhhhh!]
It was about 20 centimeters taller than other orcs, and the emblem on its helmet suggested a higher rank than those they had encountered so far. But more importantly, there was a huge scorched dent in the orc’s chest plate.
[If you set this trap that I didn’t even notice, then you knew I was going to attack!]
“Well, of course, I already know everything!”
Even though Jung Si-woo hadn’t actually set a trap, he was willing to bluff if it would upset the orc and give him an advantage! Full of anger, Jung Si-woo struck the monster’s forearm, just as it was lifting its ax.
[Gaagh!]
“Haha!”
Was the elite truly elite? The orc was tenacious and raised the ax again despite the obvious damage to its arm. Jung Si-woo ducked to one side and deflected the ax. He quickly dropped the hammer and delivered an uppercut with his right fist.
[This is the “delicate” fist of a human…?!]
“Surprised you, didn’t I?”
Another uppercut right on the chin made the orc stagger. And it didn’t stop there. Still, within his arm’s reach, Jung Si-woo activated Battle Sprint and charged into the orc’s body, infusing mana into his own upper body for maximum impact.
[Kaaagh!]
It was hard to believe that someone who had just learned Slam and Grant managed to execute it so well. The elite orc fell to the ground, unable to withstand the damage to its body. It clenched its fist and somehow tried to rise and counterattack, but when it looked up, Jung Si-woo had his sledgehammer ready to greet it.
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The elite orc met the gaze of a little angel shimmering cleverly in the arms of Jung Si-woo and realized how he’d been defeated.
[How rotten.]
Jung Si-woo’s hammer then broke through his skull.
And so, it was at this point that Jung Si-woo finally managed to defeat over twenty elite orcs without dying.
