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Chapter 32. Pharaoh (2)
3.
There were many reasons why adventurers were excited about Mystic Gate.
One of them was that you could gauge the difficulty level before entering the Mystic Gate.
The number of possible entries indicates the level of difficulty.
At the same time, the difficulty level raised the price of adventure.
“With the advent of the Mystic Gate, the price of skilled adventurers has skyrocketed. Why? It’s simple. They are like the Joker in poker, allowing you to ignore the difficulty level.”
Because skilled adventurers are truly a sure-win card.
In reality, the average survival rate of adventurers in Mystic Gate was low, but the survival rate of skilled adventurers was extremely high.
It’s so strange to die.
Of course, there were occasional deaths, but usually they were reckless adventures, adventures to raise one’s reputation.
Of course, there was no one who disliked adventuring through Mystic Gate with a skilled adventurer.
Unless it’s your competition.
But now it was different.
“Thunderbolt!”
Phagec!
Rick, the adventurers including Pir were not pleased with the overwhelming sight Rick was showing.
‘What the heck is going on?’
It’s so out of standard.
It was literal.
‘Over 300 mummy dogs all by yourself?’
Against the terrifying monster, the Mummy Dog, which was difficult to catch even once, Leek showed a true slaughter.
‘Was Thunderbolt that kind of magic?’
Leek was able to freely use lightning magic, which was considered to be the most difficult magic attribute to handle, and not just any magic.
‘Can a wizard do that alone?’
Even in the process, Leak didn’t receive any help from his colleagues.
The wizard casts and uses magic with the support and help of his fellow adventurers, but he slaughters monsters alone, ignoring the truth of those adventurers.
It is natural for the viewer to feel astonishment rather than admiration.
‘That’s amazing.’
Among those shocked people was Leek himself.
No, in a way, the one who was most shocked at this moment was none other than Leek himself.
‘I didn’t know something like this was possible.’
Leek, he knew his talents well.
He could manipulate lightning.
Of course, it wasn’t absolute.
To use an analogy, it was like this.
Most people can’t even last 10 seconds on a wild horse, but some people can.
But being able to ride and handling it properly are two separate things.
‘The Ring of Zeus, a tremendous item.’
But the ring of Zeus made that separate thing possible.
That’s why Leek was surprised.
Because the moment he started to properly handle lightning, the abilities he was capable of were in a realm that even he could not have imagined.
Of course, there was one exception.
‘also.’
El Palm, he wasn’t the least bit surprised by what Leeke was showing now.
There was no reason to be surprised.
‘That’s a brainwashing answer.’
Because I felt Leek’s power, his power with the Ring of Zeus, with my whole body and bones.
Anyway, that’s the case with El Palm.
“oh my god.”
All of El Palm’s colleagues, including Debo, were shocked.
Moreover, he was more shocked than others.
“Hey, I think you’re handling it better than our leader?”
“Geumnuni, what are you talking about? Our boss is better!”
“What the hell is wrong with that? If you have eyes, you can tell. The Thunder Bolt that Leek uses moves like a snake. Compared to that, our leader’s Thunder Bolt feels like an earthworm.”
“Hey! Where are you talking nonsense? The boss is the best!”
“Then you want to bet money? Who will do better?”
El Palm, at least when it comes to lightning attribute magic, Leek has shown himself to be much better than him.
“Okay, let’s go! Walk!”
“really?”
“Yeah, I bet on Leak! You bet on Golden Eyes, Boss!”
“are you kidding?”
Even Devo admitted that Leak was better.
That was a big deal.
At the El Palm party, trust and faith in El Palm are higher than anyone else’s.
Crucially, the El Palm party knew El Palm’s capabilities better than anyone.
Still, it is admitted that it is better than El Palm.
“Damn, I hope it’s a joke.”
Of course, this was not a very welcome development for the El Palm Party.
“Boss, why on earth did you give me something like that?”
The one who turned Leek, who was already famous, into an even bigger monster was none other than El Palm.
El Palm answered that question.
“I will write better than you do.”
That wasn’t a wrong statement.
“Thanks to that, I’m actually able to easily conquer Mystic Gate without fighting.”
Thanks to his efforts, the Mystic Gate conquest is now proceeding very smoothly.
In the case of El Palm Party, they didn’t even fight a single battle!
Moreover, El Palm knew.
‘Leak will continue to fight in order to adapt.’
That Leek would not shy away from a fight.
“No, but doesn’t it make sense to just give it to them?”
Of course, El Palm’s colleagues were not easily convinced.
El Palm also could not provide detailed information.
“if.”
At that point, Debo cautiously asked a question.
“Can I get it back?”
“It’s a bit weird to get something back after giving it.”
And at El Palm’s answer, everyone’s expressions, including Divo’s, hardened once again.
At that point, El Palm spoke softly.
“I don’t know if there’s a special reason.”
El Palm’s eyes narrowed as he said those words.
But no one understood the meaning of those eyes.
Also, I couldn’t afford that.
“Continue your adventure! Everyone, keep in mind! This is the Mystic Gate, pointed out by none other than the phantom thief Phantom! You never know what kind of danger may lie ahead!”
Pir, at his command, everyone continued their adventure with tension in their hands.
But there was no significant crisis.
Phagec!
Leak, in front of his performance, everyone could reach it so easily.
“This is the gate to the second floor.”
4.
There was a phrase that always came up when talking about adventurers.
“So who is the strongest among the adventurers? The wizard? Or the warrior? Or the thief?”
There was no answer.
“Not a pirate? Think of Captain Kairin! Nothing can escape death from her gun!”
“Nonsense. If you only look at the power, it’s the Great Sage Heinz! He can use all magic!”
“Everyone is talking nonsense. So who is protecting Empress Signus the most right now? It’s none other than Knight Commander Mikhail!”
But there was nothing else to talk about, so when this story started, people would usually spend the whole day talking about it.
Then that story came out.
“I’ve always wondered, who is the strongest wizard among wizards?”
“Now? Of course it’s Heinz, right?”
“No, not that. Among the fire attribute and the ice attribute, which one is the strongest?”
What attribute makes the strongest wizard?
Actually, the answer to that question came quickly.
“It goes without saying that it’s lightning.”
It was an obvious answer.
In the case of fire, ice, and poison attributes, it wasn’t as difficult to defend against as you might think.
But the lightning properties were different.
Just touching it causes fatal damage.
For that reason, the treatment of lightning attribute wizards was much higher than that of other wizards of the same level.
“Thunderbolt.”
Phagec!
Leak was now proving that fact.
Phagec!
He was slaughtering monsters with the overwhelming power of lightning magic.
“Somehow, it seems like things get sharper as time goes by.”
What was even more surprising was that such leaks’ skills did not decline over time, but rather improved.
“A genius is a genius.”
Even Debo and his colleagues at El Palm now acknowledged the sight.
“Thanks to you, I can go comfortably.”
“It’s not just comfortable, there’s nothing to do?”
It was clearly the right choice in terms of power for the Ring of Zeus to fall into the hands of El Palm and not Leek.
It was thanks to that.
“It’s the gate!”
The adventurers were able to discover the exit to the third floor.
“Nobody died!”
Without a single victim.
It was a wonderful result.
Even for the most experienced adventurers, if 100 people entered the Mystic Gate, about 10 of them would die before reaching the third floor.
No, it was generally considered a great achievement if about 10 people died.
Moreover, the environment that the adventurers who came here now faced was by no means an easy one.
What the adventurers immediately encountered on the first floor was a pack of mummy dogs that looked like hunting dogs from hell.
But no one died before reaching the third floor?
“As expected of the Lightning Master!”
Even the result was solely due to the ability of one adventurer.
No one was shocked by that fact anymore.
There was only one emotion that was held.
‘With Leak, this Mystic Gate will be no problem.’
Confidence in success!
And the excitement about that certainty was stronger than ever.
It was natural.
‘This will clear the Phantom Thief’s mission.’
The reward for this Mystic Gate is none other than the thief Phantom, a hero from hundreds of years ago who has now disappeared.
Whatever the reward, it will be one that will last a lifetime, no, one that will remain in the history of Maple World adventurers.
Pirrago was no exception.
Even he, the most cold-blooded adventurer, had no doubts at this moment.
‘The attack is sure to succeed.’
Everyone was confident of success.
There is only one exception.
‘too easy.’
El Palm, he wasn’t sure of success at this moment.
‘For something prepared by the thief Phantom.’
El Palm had never seen the Phantom Thief.
But I’ve heard a lot about him.
I knew what kind of person he was.
And as the last adventurer, he also knew well what kind of end the phantom thief Phantom met in the chaotic era when monsters burst out from the Mystic Gate.
‘He plans better than anyone else.’
The thief Phantom that El Palm knew was not the type to do anything sloppily.
Although his actions were playful, everything he did was planned and prepared in perfect detail.
‘This is definitely a test.’
Considering the personality of the thief Phantom, this Mystic Gate was likely a test.
A test to see if he can truly grant your request.
Of course, the level that the phantom thief Phantom demands is bound to be far beyond expectations.
Crucially, El Palm knew.
‘The thief Phantom has special eyes.’
One of the greatest abilities that allowed Phantom Thief to become one of the six heroes was his ability to see through the true nature of things.
With those eyes, the phantom thief could see.
‘What boss monsters are in Mystic Gate?’
Something that no one can see.
That is, the phantom thief knew.
What kind of monsters are there here?
It means that you should not dare to be confident of success.
El Palm’s prediction soon became reality.
“Move to the 3rd floor.”
Following Pir’s instructions, all the adventurers headed towards the third floor without any hesitation.
Those who passed by like that could see it.
“jungle?”
A jungle literally overgrown with bushes.
“Not bad.”
Most adventurers smiled at the appearance of the jungle.
Compared to environments like deserts, snowfields, and swamps, the jungle was a laughable stage.
“This will be easy.”
Devo was no exception.
“Isn’t that right, boss? Huh?”
However, El Palm, which Divo turned his head to look at, was different.
It’s not like he was frowning or had a hardened expression.
El Palm’s expression was not much different from usual.
There was one other thing.
‘Boss’s eyes?’
The look in his eyes is more subdued than before.
Debo knew better than anyone what that meant.
‘There is something.’
That the tension needs to be tightened.
Besides El Palm, there was one more person who noticed something here.
“Mr. Pir?”
Hero Tracker Pir, the smile and composure he had before exiting the second floor was nowhere to be seen on his face.
“Everyone, pay attention.”
Instead, he spoke with a stiff expression.
“There is a Pharaoh Snake here.”
fantasy,
