Return To Player - Chapter 22

Unholy Farming (2)

The dungeons in this world, like other games, are important places to get items and equipment.

So most players hide information when they discover a dungeon.

Information about dungeons can be said to be very valuable.

Of course, that’s just a story between players.

Honest Life: Ugh, this is pissing me off. The play keeps getting twisted. Who is that guy that keeps interfering with my avatar?

Jester: Haha, serves you right.

Honest Life: The girl who has the ability to transform is your avatar, right? Is there anything you know about the guy?

Jester: I don’t know~!

Honest Life: Oh, so she is your avatar.

TGIF: Stop fighting guys, there is a pretty good dungeon here, but I’ll only accept the first three people. (T/N: TGIF is an acronym for ‘thank god it’s Friday’.)

Honest Life: I’m busy.

FreshBar: Where is it?

TGIF: An hour from Rome World Tower. [map display]

FreshbaR: Ah, that’s too far away from me.

‘Bingo.’

There was a lot of information coming and going in the Seoul area chat room.

Among them, information about dungeons were also readily available, and the location of the dungeon the men guarded earlier was also clearly indicated.

‘By the way, Honest Life seems pretty angry.’

That’s natural since he is the sponsor of Park Dong-Kwon.

The Jester is Minah’s supporter, so she should be having a lot of fun watching her avatar.

“This is it.”

“What is this? You didn’t even explain properly from before.”

Minah asked with a grumpy face.

Since I left the chat room open on one side, I had no time to deal with Minah.

“Of course, we are going to attack the dungeon.”

“Isn’t the dungeon entrance over there?”

“Didn’t I tell you? We just need to make an entrance.”

I grinned and put my hand on the asphalt floor.

Considering the location of the dungeon that was posted in the chat room, the dungeon must have spread far enough to this side.

“Exploration.”

The moment I said the name of a skill, mana flowed through my palm and was absorbed into the ground.

==
Exploration (B)
It explores a radius of 50 meters centered on the place where the user’s hand is placed.
==

It’s not that wide, but it’s an excellent skill that allows you to discover the structures of facilities and traps that exist within 50 meters.

‘Surely a platinum-grade reward.’

I think the reason I received this reward was because I took advantage of the building to kill the Sentinel.

The discharge of magical energy projected onto the ground read the information beneath the ground.

“Not here.”

“What’s not here?”

“Let’s move some more.”

The dungeon was definitely spread to below somewhere around here.

I wondered if there would be a boss room at this point, but it seems to be a much larger dungeon than expected.

“It’s here.”

As a result of using the ‘Exploration’ skill and moving a few more times, I was able to find the right place.

“What are we doing here? Please explain properly.”

“There is a boss room 20 meters down here.”

“Boss room? Are you referring to the dungeon they guarded earlier?”

“Yes.”

Usually, dungeon rewards can be obtained by defeating the boss or in a special room that opens after defeating the boss.

You can also get it from monsters that appear in dungeons, but it’s not much compared to the rewards you get from the boss room.

“And? Is that all?”

“That’s all.”

“You said it was 20 meters below us! What difference does knowing that do? Do you have a license as an excavator operator, Oppa? How are you going to dig 20 meters?”

After Minah asked that with a sarcastic face, she let out a deep sigh.

“What else do I have to say? In addition, I’m telling you in case you didn’t know, but dungeons are protected by special magical powers, so you can’t just go through the ground to get into them.”

“Did you hear that from your god?”

“Yeah. I just got a note.”

It seems that it was quite absurd.

In fact, even in the chat room, they were giggling and laughing at me.

I thought he was smart, but he said something absurd.

‘It’s usually like that.’

What Minah said is mostly true.

I wouldn’t have done this without the DLC shop.

“But what if I use this?”

“What, what is that? Where did you get it from?”

“Of course, I took it out of the inventory.”

“No, I’m not asking that.”

After the second main quest, all players were given something called ‘inventory’.

The inventory boasted ample space to take out such huge equipment at any time.

“Euup.”

I put the digging drill in my hand on the ground.

Of course, it’s not just any drill.

This is a DLC-only item.

==
Dungeon Destroyer’s Digging Drill:
Can penetrate the ground. Even the topography of dungeons can be changed, but a drill appropriate to the level of the dungeon is required.
==

It’s a digging drill that I bought for 2000 points!

This is a DLC-only item purchased using all 2000 points received as a platinum-level reward.

Even if it was more expensive, I would have bought it without thinking.

Please note that drills are sold separately.

The only thing sold in the DLC shop is a drill that uses iron, which is the lowest grade.

I guess I’ll have to make a better drill myself, but…

‘I have ‘Compressed Orichalcon’.’

I smirked at the drill’s blade, which glowed pale gold.

I don’t know what level the dungeon below this is, but there was no dungeon that couldn’t be drilled with the Orhalcon drill.

“Oh, oh. It looks like there’s something there.”

“Look carefully. We’re going straight to the boss’s room.”

Wheein!

I slowly brought the drill that was spinning hard to the ground.

Doo doo doo!

Minah’s eyes widened as if she was surprised to see the drill breaking through the ground.

“Wow… when do you think we will get to the dungeon?”

It’s not like I’m surprised by her admiration.

But it was much slower than I thought.

“An hour or two…maybe?”

“Then aren’t the people inside going to get to the boss first?”

“Dungeon raids take at least a week, so we don’t need to worry.”

Receiving free movement is limited to players who have cleared the second main quest, so it shouldn’t have been that long.

At most, it’s been a day or two after discovering the dungeon.

Even if I tried to attack in the meantime, I wouldn’t have made much progress.

“In the first place, are you sure a drill that’s going to dig into the ground is supposed to look like that”

“Don’t you know that anything is possible in games?”

After drilling for about an hour, it seemed to have dug in about 5 meters.

The problem was that my shoulders and back were not very sensible when I drilled that much.

“Hey, Lee Min-ah.”

“What.”

Minah, who was lying on the floor and reading a magazine, replied indifferently.

It must have been a magazine appropriately picked up from a nearby bookstore.

“Let’s switch.”

“Isn’t it impossible for Oppa to be having a hard time in the first place?”

“It has nothing to do with muscle strength because it is simply fatigue. Oh, let’s just shift for an hour.”

It felt like if I knocked any longer, my body would fly onto the floor.

“Okay. Instead, give me some of the dungeon rewards later.”

Minah jumped in through the hole I dug.

I warmed up while watching Minah drill, and when Minah said she couldn’t do it anymore, we switched again.

Five hours to repeat like that.

We were able to reach the top of the dungeon only when the sun had already set and the stars were twinkling in the sky.

“I don’t think I want to do this anymore”

“But you have to.”

There are many dungeons to go to.

Quadduk!

As the drill penetrated the ceiling of the dungeon, the ground split like a spider’s webs.

Kwak!

“Mommyyy!”

Minah screamed as the floor collapsed.

[You have arrived at the deepest part of the dungeon.]

“We got to the right spot.”

As soon as I landed on the floor, a notification sounded.

I looked around and properly put the drill back into my inventory.

Minah, who was looking around with a nervous face, pointed her finger at a praying mantis.

“Isn’t that over there the boss monster?”

“Right. That guy is the boss of this dungeon.”

The monsters around them were very wary of us since we had suddenly broken through the ceiling of the dungeon.

“Are you Mentis?”

“Ugh, I hate bugs.”

A monster in the shape of a giant praying mantis, Mentis.

There were Little Mentis around them with shining eyes.

“It’s still too much to say that it’s a boss.”

If it were a higher-grade dungeon, the Queen Mentis or King Mentis would have been the boss and Mentis would have been the subordinates.

“You take care of the babies.”

“Okay.”

It’s not as good as Jisoo, but Minah has some fighting power, so she should be able to keep the Little Mentises in check.

I put the ‘Compressed Orichalcon’ back on the spear like before.

==
Steel Spear (Orichalcum Coated) (F → C+)
Durability: F → B
Sharpness: F+ → C
Magic Conversion: F → C
Special Ability: None.
==

A steel spear coated with Orichalcum can pierce a Basilisk’s hide.

It should be able to pierce Mentis’ shell without any problems.

“Kieack!”

I avoided the sharp foreleg of Mentis, who screamed and rushed at me.

As Mentis has the same appearance as a praying mantis, their attack patterns are also similar.

Its attacks are fierce and sharp, and it boasts powerful attack power among insect-type monsters.

shhh! shhh!

If caught on that sharp arm, five or six people could be cut off at once.

Because of its large size and the famous boss buff, it will be difficult for first-time players to dodge Mentis’ onslaught.

‘Though, if you know what to do, it’d be easier to dodge than chewing gum.’

Conversely, its shells are weak, even among insect-type monsters.

In particular, its neck is too thin, so it’s easy to kill it in one shot if you aim properly.

“Just like this.”

Awesome!!

As the golden trail passed by, Mentis’ head was cut off at once.

“Wow. Very skillful. Isn’t that still an E-class monster?”

“Mentis’ are easy to kill if you know their weaknesses.”

When Mentis fell down, the Little Mentis’ fled outside, clattering.

[You have cleared the dungeon!]

[You are the first player to clear this dungeon!]

[An additional 1000 points will be awarded.]

[You have earned the title ‘I Don’t Want It If I’m Not First’.]

…What is wrong with the title name?

It is only after clearing the second main quest that these ‘titles’ will appear.

Titles earned before that time are added to the quest and given as a reward.

‘That’s why I was able to win multiple rewards.’

Anyway, the more you earn these ‘titles’, the better.

Since the number of titles increases what you can do?

“Then let’s check what you dropped.”

I moved closer to Mentis’ corpse, which was beginning to crumble.

“Oh, a magic stone.”

The items that Mentis dropped were an F-grade magic stone and a skill called Sharp Strike.

“Nothing great.”

The sharp blow was only an E-class skill.

“Are you done with this?”

“No way. This is only after catching the boss, there is a separate reward for clearing the dungeon.”

Usually, that’s from the room right behind where the boss was.

As expected, there was a staircase going down where Mentis was standing earlier.

When I went down the stairs, various items were piled up.

Since dungeons are usually attacked by a large number of people, there were a lot of items that could be obtained.

“Wow! Can we take all of this?”

“Yup, it’s fine. Take everything.”

“Leave it to me!”

Minah put various items in her inventory with a very excited face.

It took less than 30 minutes for us to pack all the items and get out of the dungeon.

Four days later, a group of over ten people arrived at the boss room entrance.

“Brothers, we have finally arrived. It is clear that we were probably the first of all players to clear the dungeon.”

“It’s time to say goodbye to these bugs. Let’s go! The first dungeon raid rewards are ours!”

“Yes!!”

Strolling across the mucus-covered floor, the men hurried to their feet.

How long have you been struggling to get here?

After killing all kinds of bug-type monsters and digging through dungeons that were dirty and gave off a terrible stench, we were finally able to come here.

Now, if we clear the dungeon here, we will receive a huge reward.

It must be clear since his ‘God’ said so.

“Eh?”

When I entered the boss’s room with a nervous face, for some reason I felt empty.

“What about the boss?”

“I don’t see it.”

There were traces of something, but nothing was really visible.

It was like an insect nest that was sprayed with insecticide.

“Older brother! There are stairs going down there!”

“Right! See if the boss is there!”

The panicked men also hurried down the stairs.

“What? What did you see?”

“No. It was really empty.”

But there was nothing there either.

There really was nothing.

It just feels like there was something in this room.

“Oh, God! How the hell did this happen!”

The man expressed his indignation and shouted at the sky, but somehow his ‘God’ didn’t answer.