Chapter 27 – 4 star  Dungeon (2)

“Is that a portal?”

The color was different, but the portal made by the Dimensional Guardian had the same appearance .  No .  The size is a bit smaller…

Suddenly, Sunggoo kneeled down in front of Woojin .

“I’m sorry, hyung-nim . ”

“Huh?  Why?”

“This is my fault . When I bought my car yesterday, I became too excited .  I was lax in my preliminary research of the Dungeons . ”

Woojin smirked .

“It’s all right .  Get up . ”

At Woojin’s generosity, Sunggoo stood up with a touched expression on his face .   He threw away the excited feeling from his heart, then he put a tight reign over his feelings using his nervousness .

‘I’ve lost my mind . ’

Suggoo looked back on the past two days, and he had to admit he had been too excited . Sunggoo normally attacked only 1 star Dungeons . The first time he raided a 2 star Dungeon he had almost died . He had acted like he had forgotten about that incident .

If it wasn’t for Woojin, he would have died on that day .  Moreover, he wouldn’t even be able to enter a 4 star Dungeon or even a 3 star Dungeon .  For Sunggoo, a 4 star Dungeon was basically a death trap .

Even though he was coming to such a place, he hadn’t done the proper research . He came here with light feet as if he was going to a picnic… .  He had gone crazy .  He really had lost his mind .

Moreover, the little amount of research he had done wasn’t for this Dungeon .  It was for the previous Dungeon .  When they moved to a different Dungeon, he should have done more research, and he should come up with another plan .  He had been in too much of a rush .

“Now that I think about it this situation is a bit weird .  Even though they said this was a favor, it hadn’t felt like they were pushing us to enter . ”

“I guess . ”

Woojin also thought for a moment .  Woojin didn’t worry about the past events since it was a useless thing to do .

“Either they planned on **** me over or they have a very high opinion of me . ”

Woojin started thinking about the future instead of the past .

Portal .
Should he go in or not?

He had searched all over the subway station, but he didn’t find the Return Stone .  His path was already chosen . He was going to choose the path with no worries .

“Let’s go in . ”

“Yes, sir . Hyung-nim . ”

Even if it is hell, he would follow Woojin .  Sunggooo decided on the spot .  He didn’t care about the Guilds .  Woojin was his guiding light . He was his rescue rope .

Jeeeeeeeeng .

Woojin passed through portal . He didn’t feel the strain he had felt when he returned to earth from Planet Alphen . The view in front of his eyes turned dizzy . Then his visual field cleared .

It felt different from moving to a different dimension . It felt like he had passed through a sticky liquid . It was unpleasant and it made him feel dizzy .
However, there weren’t anything wrong with his body .

“Huh?”

Woojin was surprised at the scene he saw in front of his eyes . A jungle with thick brushes and large trees was sprawled out in front of him .

“Hy…hyung-nim . ”

At Sunggoo’s shocked expression, Woojin turned to see a naked Sunggoo .  At Sunggoo’s appearance, he raised his hand, and it seemed he wasn’t wearing anything either .

“It basically means only the body can go through the dimensional shift . ”

They were basically thrown naked into the jungle . Woojin opened his Achievement Store, and he started to shop for clothes . Fortunately, basic clothes with no option cost less than 4 points . It was being sold at a cheap price .

“Hmm hmmm . ”

As if Sunggoo was a little bit embarassed, he let out a fake cough .
Sunggoo’s gaze secretly dropped down towards the lower half of Woojin’s body .

‘Of course, hyung-nim is great . ’ (TLN: he used a double entendre in Korean( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°))

It felt like he had lost, but he didn’t care .  Of course, the hyung-nim he admired was huge .

“Here . Wear this . ”
“Uh? Where did those clothes…”

For a brief moment, Sunggoo’s eyes had been looking elsewhere as his heart was being stolen . (TLN: there is no romantic connotation here)  Woojin tossed him some clothes, and Sunggoo was surprise when he saw it .
Of course, he had a large package( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), and he could make make clothes out of nothing .

Woojin put his plain clothes on then he carefully observed his surrounding . The portal was located on top of a stone altar, and there was a wide open space around it . The radius was about 5 meters .
He looked North, South, West and East . However, the only thing he could see was trees .

“I guess we entered into the real 4 star Dungeon . ”

Woojin grinned .
After he finished putting on his clothes, Sunggoo looked towards Woojin with a nervous expression . He had to be on his toes . Even a small mistake will get him killed .

“I’m going to prepare for a moment . Keep a lookout . ”

Sunggoo immediately started to look around his surrounding .
Woojin opened his Achievement Store then he started getting ready for everything that could be thrown at him . He was level 10 . He had his transfer bonus, so he would be rated higher than a normal level 10 . However, this was a 4 star Dungeon, so even he might be in danger .

Necromancer’s characteristics allowed one to deal with numerous low level enemies with no problem . However, a Necromancer would have a hard time with a single powerful enemy .

He didn’t know which monsters would jump out at him, so he had to make preparations beforehand . Fortunately, he had hunted like a madman at the Rakwi spawn site . He had taken a loss in how much bloodstones dropped, but his Achievement Points had steadily stacked up . So he had a lot in spare .

Woojin bought all the small magic he would need for everyday life . Then he purchased several Warrior class skills .

<Warrior’s Sense>

One could feel how strong one’s opponent is .

<Warrior’s Rage>

Don’t make the Warrior angry . His anger allows him to use an unbelievable amount of power .
Once he rages, his enemies will be slaughtered .
Strength, Agility, Stamina stats are increased by 50% .

Duration Time : 30 sec Reuse Cool-down time: 60 min

<Jump>

The Warrior from time to time shows an unbelievable jumping ability .

Energy Consumption : 1

<Charge>

A Warrior’s charge is reckless .
Anywhere he wants to be, he is already there .

Energy Consumption : 1

<Strike>

Warrior’s powerful blow .
+100% attack is added to the basic attack .

Energy Consumption : 1

Warrior’s Sense and Rage were passive skills . Moreover, he purchased Jump, Charge, and Strike, which were active skills . All of them were Class skills one could learn at level 10 . If one wasn’t a Warrior then one wouldn’t be able to learn it .

‘All right . That should be enough . Now the leftover Stat… . ’

<Stat>
Strength : 30 Agility : 30 Stamina : 30 Intelligence : 30
Magic : 25 Vitality : 0 Recovery : 10 Healing : 10
Control : 34
Unassigned Points : 0

Woojin had stacked 20 unassigned points as he leveled up to level 10 . He put the points into Magic and Control . Then he bought several potions from the Achievement Store . He might run out of magic during a battle .

‘If I want to work on my Stat, then I’ll have to increase my inventory . ’

He decided to raise his Stat through research . He needed various ingredients to make his drugs . Woojin’s inventory was only 3 shelves . He bought 3 Dimensional bags with 3 shelves each .
The purchased Dimensional bag immediately expanded his Inventory into a space of 12 Shelves .

<You cannot purchase any more . >

If he wanted to expand his Inventory again then he had to buy different types of bag . It seemed the purchase limit for the same type of bag was three .

‘The 6 shelve bag costs 10,000 points . ’

The price was too burdensome for him right now . He had to see the recipe then he would know which ingredient items he needed to gather . Therefore, he bought all the reasonably priced recipes .

‘I guess this much battle preparation should be enough?’

In the first place, Necromancers use their summoned beings to fight their battle . They didn’t put much importance on equipment . Their Skills were more important .
He had a lot more Bonus Points left, but he decided to save it . If the difficulty of the battles were too high, then the Bonus Points would be invaluable . It was basically Woojin’s hidden trump card .

Woojin used the rest of his points to purchase small items . He put it into his Inventory, then he stood up . Woojin thought about summoning his steel staff, and it popped out into being in his grasp .

“Let’s go . ”

“Yes, hyung-nim . By the way…”

“What?”

“Is hyung-him able to use the sub-dimension?”

Woojin suddenly produced clothes from thin air, and he had also taken out a staff . This was why he asked the question . If it wasn’t a sub-dimension, then he had no explanation on how Woojin was able to do this .

“Yes . ”

“Huk!”

The sub-dimension artifacts were very expensive . Woojin wasn’t using an artifact, so it meant he was using magic . One had to be Rank B to use the sub-Dimension magic .

There weren’t that many Rank B Roused in Korea .

“Hy…hyung-nim . You are incredible . I admire you . ”

“Stop playing around, and hide your life signature . ”

“Yes, sir!”

Woojin took deliberate steps forward . From now on, they would be in the real 4 star Dungeon . The Detection Skill he had steadily raised was level 3 . Now it was possible for him to detect a monster’s life signature from a distance .

“There are three of them in the front . I don’t know what they are . ”

“What…what should we do?”

“You hit them . When those **** start attacking, just escape towards me or you’ll be summoned back as a Skeleton Soldier . ”

“Hee-ehk . ”

Sunggoo had a vivid image of his body exploding and a Skeleton Soldier being summoned through him . Even if he died, he didn’t want to die like that .

“You dork . Stop being so afraid . I’m just telling you to be on your toes . ”

Nervousness was like a poison in battle . However, the day you don’t feel nervous on the battle field is probably the day you will die . This was more poignant in a battle with monsters .

Whether you become the hunter or the hunted, it wasn’t like the faces of a coin where it is one side or the other .

Are you going to melt and become the water or freeze to become an ice…

Woojin always looked relaxed, but his senses were wide open and it was on edge .
“Let it fly . ”

Hwarooo-rook .

At Wooin’s command, Sunggoo threw his fireball . His ability wasn’t a bad one . If one compared one’s long range magic, Sunggoo’s fireball was stronger than any long distance magic Woojin possessed .

Puk!

The fireball made impact, and it let out sparks to the surrounding .

“Uh?”

There was a problem he hadn’t had to worry about in the subway stations . A forest fire started to spread, and it accompanied a…

“Kwahhhhh!”

As it let out a terrible cry, an alligator shaped monster named Krocodile showed up . It charged towards them like a soldier crawling underneath wires in training .

Boom, Boom .

It busily moved its short legs quickly as it wiggled its body from side to side . It possessed prodigious strength and it broke all the small trees in the way of its charge .
It was as large as a bull .
Its saw like teeth was as large as a kitchen knife .
‘I’m **** . ’

At the incredible sense of danger, Sunggoo couldn’t even think about running away . At that moment, Woojin walked in front of him .

<Crocodile lv 31>

‘I guess this is the Warrior’s Sense . ’

Shooook!

In a flash, Woojin charged forward as he plowed through the brushes . He looked like an Olympic sprinter . No . The movement technique in Muhyup novels would probably look like this .

Kwa-jeek!

It opened its mouth in a threatening manner . Woojin’s jumped 3 meter in the air to avoid it . Sunggoo’s mouth dropped open .
How could a person move like that?

As he was falling, Woojin grabbed the steel staff with both hands, and he accurately planted it on the Krocodile’s head .

The series of moves were so perfect that Sunggoo couldn’t help but admire it . If Woojin was a gymnast, he would have given him a perfect score .
Sunggo saw Woojin’s movement, and it was beautiful .

Also… .

“Ah . Its leather is really tough . ”

Puh-uhk, puk!

“Ggoooroook!”

He was rough, and violent .

*

*In front of Gwachun City Hall Station’s 11th exit . *

Minchan and Haemin continued to stare at Dungeon’s barrier with a stunned expression on their face . The barrier hadn’t dissipated, so it meant there were people still alive inside .

“Ha . How long will they last?”

“Wouldn’t they be able to at least defeat a Krocodile?”

“They’ll probably able to kill it . ”

“How about if they meet 3 of them? Wouldn’t it be too difficult for them?”

“…… . ”

Krocodile was a difficult monster to kill . Most physical attacks couldn’t damage the tough leather, and it also had a pretty good resistance to magic .
Maybe if one had a sharp spear-like weapon, then one could probably attack the inside of its mouth, which was its weak point . However, 4 star Dungeons didn’t allow one to bring outside items .

Only the Roused and the items from the other world could move through the portal . The items in the survival kit were manufactured from ingredients brought back from the other side .

“Mmmm . They are fighting barehanded, so even one Krocodile might be too hard . ”

“Even if they are able to kill the monsters, food and water is a problem . ”

Also, monsters weren’t the only danger present . Even if there were no monsters, one was dropped bare-naked in the middle of an amazon forest . The probability of a human surviving there dropped sharply .

“Uh-whew . ”

Minchan and Haemin could only let out a sigh when they felt the guilt about getting innocent people killed .

*

Sizzle sizzle .

Sunggoo ate the well-cooked skewer of meat, and his eyes turned round .

“Hyung-nim . This taste is to die for!”

“Alligators taste great if you tenderize the meat . ”

“You are amazing, hyung-nim!”

In Sunggoo’s eye, Woojin was basically a god-like figure .
He didn’t know when he had the time to pack everything, but he took out a sharp cooking knife from inside the sub-dimension . He also took out pots, and other cooking utensils . Woojin cut the meat, and he pierced it with wooden skewers . A little bit of salt was sprinkled before they cooked it over the fire, and the taste was fantastic .

Woojin’s omniscience was endless .
He took out an oak cask, and he even poured out some beer .

He brought alcohol to a Dungeon!

“Dude . Try this out . Krocodile skewers go great as side-dish with the beer . ”

“Kyahh . This is so delicious . ”

Suggoo raised both his thumbs . The beer had a much deeper taste than the imported beers . Sunggoo wasn’t proficient at tasting alcohol, but even he fell in love with it . Woojin was in a good mood when he was able to taste the Planet Alphen’s beer he had purchased from the Achievement store .
He thought he would never be able to enjoy this taste again .

“Eat a lot . This place is large, and we have to search all of it . ”

“Yes, hyung-nim . ”

They didn’t have any information regarding the Return Stone, so they had to search the entire jungle . However, Woojin was in a good mood since a single Krocodile gave 30 Achievement points .
It was 10 times the point he made from killing the Rakwis .

‘I guess I’ll level up a little bit . ’

Woojin grinned as he thought about the vast jungle .