< Chapter 2 - Dungeon Book #3 >
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Dungeon Book.
Although there were quite a few different types, their ultimate purpose was the same.
‘The person who opens the book is transported to the dungeon.’
The dungeon you moved to was sometimes a virtual space like a virtual reality game, and sometimes a real dungeon, but in the big picture, it could be said to be a teleportation key.
Uder slowly opened his eyes.
What filled my eyes was not a pure white light, nor the sight of a narrow, dark confessional, but a black sky and a white floor – to be exact, a wide space covered with a pure white cloth.
‘You came to the right place.’
A dungeon book of unknown author and title hidden in the temple of Varuna, the god of the silver screen.
In Heroes Chronicles 2, the only person to have cleared this dungeon – no, the only one to have even entered it – was Outboxer009.
‘There’s a reason why it’s lasted for over 10 years.’
The world of Heroes Chronicles 2 continues to grow.
What this means is that AI using big data continues to expand its worldview.
The stories of each character, the various quests that arise because of them, the unexpected relationships between NPCs, etc.
Thanks to this, despite the fact that it is a game overflowing with rotten stuff like Outboxer 009 and Yellow Storm, Hero Chronicles 2 has not yet been a completely explained game.
‘There are probably still elements that I don’t know about.’
Of course, the fact that there was an ‘unknown’ area in this place where you couldn’t tell if it was Hero Chronicles 2 or the same world as Hero Chronicles 2 was closer to a disadvantage than a merit, so it wasn’t something to be overly happy about.
Anyway, what was important now was that Yuder himself had entered the dungeon.
‘What about the yellow storm?’
“Ugh, my head hurts. Is this some kind of teleportation sickness?”
Cordelia’s voice came from behind me, as if answering.
I turned around and saw Cordelia with her head wrapped and a pained expression on her face.
“Nobok, are you okay?”
“Ugh… I’m not okay. Are you okay?”
“Oh, it’s okay.”
“Why are you okay?”
“Why aren’t you okay?”
“I know.”
Cordelia shivered as she answered a little foolishly, perhaps due to motion sickness.
“Anyway, huh… This is the dungeon inside the dungeon book. From the looks of it… Is it more of a virtual dungeon?”
The biggest difference between a virtual dungeon and a real dungeon was the presence of death.
In the case of a virtual dungeon, dying inside the dungeon does not mean you really die. You feel the pain, but you are eventually banished from the book and not even injured.
Of course, there were penalties other than the pain.
‘Cannot be retried.’
Once exiled, one cannot return to the virtual dungeon.
‘It’s much better than dying.’
There were two reasons why Yuder chose Varuna’s Dungeon Book at this stage.
One was because the reward was good, as he had told Cordelia, and the other was to gain practical experience without risking his life.
‘Hero Chronicles 2 is ultimately a fighting game.’
The journey to stop the Great Summoning also had to involve battles.
“Phew.”
Yuder, who had gathered his thoughts once more, looked at Cordelia and soon a small smile appeared on his face.
“Wow… This is really real.”
It was a place I had been to countless times in games, but this was my first time in real life.
It was strangely amusing to see him looking around with his eyes wide open as if he was amazed.
‘Anyway, that’s that.’
Uther turned his gaze from Cordelia to his left hand and smiled with conversion once again.
“bingo.”
As planned, he was carrying a large bag in his left hand.
It was a bag that I deliberately grabbed right before opening the book.
‘Because I took all the items I was holding with me when I went to the dungeon book in the game.’
Yuder, smiling, opened the bag. Given the size of the bag, there were quite a variety of items inside.
“I should have brought my bag too.”
Cordelia said, lifting up the hem of her skirt slightly. It seemed that she had packed various items inside her skirt this time as well.
“What did you bring?”
“Just the basics.”
Cordelia answered Uther’s question, looked around again, pouting and saying.
“Don’t look back until I tell you.”
“Can I just sit with my back turned?”
“Then good.”
Cordelia smiled brightly after saying that, and Uther quickly turned around and started rummaging through the things in his bag again.
“But you know.”
“uh.”
“What is Tech riding?”
“magic?”
“magic.”
“For now, I’m going to go to the fire world.”
“Elemental?”
“Elemental.”
“Buffs or debuffs?”
“I have to go. But for now, the base is elemental. I need to have firepower.”
“What can I say, that’s a really Yellow Storm-like answer.”
A battle maniac who risks his life to take extreme damage.
Cordelia responded to Uther’s remark with a small smile.
“Well, it’s me. You can look back.”
“Then I won’t decline.”
Yuder turned around again, opened his eyes wide once, and then smiled again.
“This is how it should be, our Yellow Storm.”
Cordelia, who had just been wearing a dress with a wide skirt and lots of lace, was now wearing her own battle dress.
A tight-fitting blouse and leather pants, a dagger on her waist and a short magic staff that resembles a baton in her hand.
The shoes were leather boots, not dress shoes.
“Did you know you’d be here?”
“No, but since you were calling me, I thought something must have happened, so I brought it under my skirt.”
“Could you show me under that skirt later? I’m curious about the internal structure.”
“What is that crazy guy talking about?”
Even though he was swearing, Cordelia was smiling.
Uther also shrugged his shoulders and approached Cordelia with some of the things he had taken out of his bag.
“Okay, then put this on too.”
“huh?”
“No specifications.”
What Uder brought was a leather vest with chains attached, stiff leggings made of oiled leather, and wrist guards.
“I also have a helmet and a shield.”
This time too, the items were made of leather.
Uther smiled with satisfaction as he placed a helmet that looked like old-fashioned aviator goggles on Cordelia’s head, and Cordelia narrowed her eyes as she looked back at the round leather shield that she happened to be holding in her hand.
“Outboxer.”
“huh?”
“If my eyes are not deceiving, isn’t this the only armor set in the bag?”
“Is that right?”
“But why are you putting this on me?”
“That’s because you’re in the front line.”
“Arrows?”
“Yeah, line up.”
“The front line when fighting?”
“That line.”
“You’re a warrior and I’m a wizard?”
“Hey, why are you like this? I’m a man with a concussion. How can I stand in the front ranks now? I should stand in the back ranks.”
“You got the Sun Necklace.”
“Will it be cured in ten days? Even if it is, there is something you are overlooking.”
“Is it there?”
“Even if you take out the nine syllables, Yuder is still weak.”
Not only are the limbs and waist thin, but the weight is also light.
My muscle mass might even be less than Cordelia’s.
“How conscientious you are. You even give me a unique armor to wear when I go to battle.”
Uther smiled brightly, and Cordelia also smiled brightly and said.
“Fuck.”
“Yes, yes. If I can just get the nine syllables right, I’ll hug you, throw myself at you, climb over walls, and stand in the front lines.”
Uther smiled again and gave a thumbs up, and Cordelia gave the middle finger.
“Fuck, dude. Okay, let’s say I’m going to be in the front line. Then what are you going to do in the back line?”
“I have to write this.”
Uder walked back to his bag and took out the bundle of papers he had packed inside.
“Magic circle?”
“I made it with guys that can be used at our level.”
From the beginning, it was Yuder who experimented with various magic circles to see if Bellastine’s magic circle really worked.
“Look.”
“Here it is. Take a look at it slowly.”
On the paper, which was slightly larger than the palm of one’s hand, were drawn quite complex designs.
‘crazy.’
Cordelia, looking back at the magic circles, couldn’t help but let out a sigh of admiration.
The number of magic circles that Yuder held out was thirty in total.
There were 1-star magic spells drawn, and the reason Cordelia was cursing was simple.
‘You’ve memorized all this?’
Bellastine’s magic circle was amazing, but that was a really special magic circle.
But the magic circles in front of me now weren’t that great.
Of course, it was that simple and easy to memorize, but even so, did he actually memorize all these numbers?
“that······.”
“that?”
“No, nothing.”
Cordelia felt like asking how much of the other things she had memorized, but decided to hold back.
‘I’m sure you’ve memorized it all.’
And then they’ll tease you and say you can’t memorize it.
“Yellow storm?”
“Hmm, good. This should be usable. There are also various types of magic circles.”
“Okay, so give me some magic power.”
“uh?”
“No, you have to inject magic power into the magic circle to use it.”
“What about your magic power?”
“Hey, here we go again. I’m at a loss for words······.”
“Fuck, bad guys, dogs.”
“Woof, woof.”
Last but not least was Uther, and this time Cordelia growled like a dog.
And about an hour later.
Cordelia finished infusing magic into the magic circle by drinking the magic potion she brought like water and fell to the floor with a thud.
“Haa··· haa······.”
It’s going to spread before it even starts.
But it wasn’t the time to just spread out.
“Time speed, how much… Phew, okay?”
“For now, 20x in the game.”
When Cordelia asked, panting, Uther answered refreshingly and gathered the magic circles.
20 times.
That is, 20 minutes inside the dungeon book meant 1 minute outside.
“Even if it’s a secret confession, Maia and Dahlia will get worried if it goes on for more than 30 minutes. So let’s end it before then.”
“Wait, 30 minutes? How long does it take to clear this place?”
“Well, well. At our current level, including enough rest time, roughly eight or eight hours?”
“Crazy. What’s inside?”
“As I already explained, it’s a skill book with B-rank martial arts and magic. Of course, it’s going to be a struggle, right?”
Cordelia rolled her eyes at the straightforward answer, but then closed them tightly and let out a sigh.
“Just try the magic there.”
“No way.”
After answering leisurely, Uder sat down in front of Cordelia and unfolded a large piece of paper.
It was a dungeon map drawn in advance according to memory.
“I’ve memorized the path, but you should know it too. You should also tell us about the monsters that will come out inside… Why?”
“No, nothing.”
If a guy can memorize Bellastine’s magic circle, what can’t he memorize?
Cordelia, who was inwardly amazed again, began to talk in earnest with Yuder about conquering dungeons.
And how much time has passed?
After finishing their brief discussion, Uther and Cordelia stood side by side in front of a large, arched door.
If the place we are now is a safe zone, then beyond that is a dangerous zone where monsters appear.
Uther took a deep breath and looked back at Cordelia, and Cordelia also looked at Uther.
“Shall we begin?”
“Let’s get started.”
Guide to Baruna’s Dungeon Book.
The two walked side by side.
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