#189
189. Advent Dungeon (1)
After returning from the event site, we were given a few days of rest.
Since key ingredients were obtained from the event, Amkena would also need time.
Amkena was preparing to expand the waiting room and build a new airship. A hangar facility was built next to the dimensional rift, and production workers led by mechanics were building the skeleton of the airship.
I had other things to do.
It’s called a break, but there were things I couldn’t put off any longer.
engrave.
It is the third ability of a hero that can be awakened from 4 stars, obtained in Advent Dungeon.
“… … .」
An item synthesizer in the Magic Hall.
Katio was reciting an incantation with his eyes closed.
Every time magic energy rose from Katio’s body, the magic circle shone dazzlingly as if responding.
[right! you! light! Knock! under! ah! not!]
Issel tap dances next to her in a cheerleader outfit.
‘… … I’m going to die of noise.’
I moved my hand as I clicked my tongue.
[Start item synthesis!]
[Optional Materials – Intermediate Advent Stone, Dragon’s Blood, Sharp Black Dragon Scales, Heaven’s Edge, Forest Queen’s Blood, Traces of the Dead, Black Mushroom, Dragon’s Eye]
[Complete Item – Unknown]
[Probability of Success – Unknown]
[Synthesis Method – Manual]
I put the prepared ingredients into the magic jar.
Katio waved his hand, and a purple flash came from the jar.
This was also one of the reasons why magicians were favored. Magicians are usually excellent enchanters. When placed in a Synthesizer, they receive significant bonuses to attribute and combination.
[Choose a puzzle difficulty level. The higher it is, the higher the reward!]
When I clicked start synthesis, the difficulty selection window popped up.
No need to think. I chose the lowest level of Super Hell difficulty.
[Kyaa! also!]
“Be quiet. I need to concentrate.”
[Ah Okay.]
It won’t make much of a difference if you do it roughly, but there’s one thing at a time.
I started solving puzzles that floated on the screen.
[★!Super Success!★]
[‘Han(★★★★)’ has created ‘Intermediate Advent Stone (Black Dragon Soul)’!]
A finished item popped out of the jar.
I picked up a stone that was shining black. Dragon scales sprouted from the surface of the Advent Stone.
It wasn’t a very good visual, but it means that it was a success.
‘It came out right.’
The combination difficulty was high, so it would have been breathtaking without Katio.
Also, I did a good job of forcing him to come. After putting the Advent Stone in my chest, I said to Katio, who was sweating profusely.
“Good work. It was helpful.”
“Whew… I thought you were going to die. By the way, who are you? What you just made…”
“You’ll find out later.”
I put my hand on Katio’s shoulder and left the magic hall.
The current time is 1:45 in the morning. Amkena was disconnected, and it was around the time everyone was asleep except for a few heroes.
I deliberately chose this time.
It must be a pretty difficult scene to show.
I passed the darkened plaza and headed to the second floor of the waiting room.
To the place where the gap of time and space is located.
“Aren’t you worried about the future?”
[Geez. I’ve definitely done log manipulation. I will never doubt!]
Isel followed me.
I went down the stairs, touching the Advent Stone in my arms.
‘It’s a little difficult if the master knows.’
This will be the most suspicious case I’ve ever had.
I’ve put in a few safeguards in advance, but doubts will be hard to avoid. I have no choice but to hope that Amkena will go over it. Because good is good
[Since Loki is the sub-master, it’s easier to hand over authority. After a while, you might be able to do it without me.]
“That would be nice.”
It would be too cumbersome to ask Isel one by one.
We arrived at the plaza on the second floor. The door to the space-time gap was already wide open.
I took out the Advent Stone from my bosom.
To obtain an imprint, you have to go through a fairly complicated process. First of all, there had to be an Advent Stone that was not easy to obtain, and the Advent Dungeon that was opened through that Advent Stone had to be cleared. Of course, if he died during the attack process, it would be the end.
I moved the control window of the master that Isel had taken over.
[Master, Advent Dungeon is open!]
[Tips/ Advent Dungeon is a special stage that can be opened with special events or Advent Stones. You can imprint your hero.]
done.
I walked through the gap of time and space.
Isel waved his hand from behind and saw him off.
[Loki, don’t die! You must definitely come back!]
“of course.”
rattle.
Upon entering the circular room, the door was closed.
Three large mirrors stood tall like tombstones.
Each symbolizes the main dungeon, daily dungeon, and exploration dungeon.
However, now one more has been added here.
[Prove your strength!]
[Advent Dungeon: Difficulty – ???]
Advent Dungeon.
It’s not the main dungeon, but rather the difficulty might be more difficult.
Because there are so many heroes who died trying to get an imprint.
“Yurnet, are you ready?”
I put my hand over my ear and said.
<End. Can be summoned at any time.>
“You can’t make mistakes. If you make a mistake, you will go to the goal.”
<Of course.>
A light laugh was heard.
I took the intermediate Advent Stone and approached the mirror that said Advent Dungeon.
[※caution!]
[If you die in Advent Dungeon, you cannot resurrect.]
[Engraving has a chance of failure. Heroes that fail to imprint fall into a ‘contaminated’ state.]
I deleted the system message that popped up in my sight.
‘Cause I know anyway
[※caution!]
[The higher the grade, the more difficult the difficulty.]
[Choose easy difficulty at first!]
I put an intermediate advent stone into the mirror.
The surface of the mirror that swallowed the Advent Stone began to sway black.
[Conditions for opening Advent Dungeon have been met]
[Intermediate Advent Dungeon (Hall of the Black Dragon – Party recommended) is open.]
[You have 10 seconds left to enter.]
I exhaled.
Hall of the Black Dragon. It seems to have worked well. If you donated non-attribute Advent Stones, the stage will open randomly, but you can enter the desired location by inserting the combined Advent Stones.
now… … .
All you have to do is win.
[Durudung!]
[Advent Dungeon opens!]
flash
A black flash emanating from the mirror enveloped me.
After the light went out, I opened my eyes.
A circular arena covered with sand.
A man in a black coat stood there.
[Homemaker of Halgion]
[Ricardo von Halgiraf Lv.???]
The man’s eyes turned to me.
I’ve seen this guy before. I wasn’t used to this place either.
It was a place where a fierce battle was fought not long ago.
This was the field of the 20th floor stage.
“……Hehehe.”
The man covered his face and laughed.
“The fact that I was summoned… means that they want to eat me.”
“I know.”
I drew my sword.
Advent Dungeon.
Here, the hero devours the monster, making its abilities his own.
That was the imprint.
“I want to rest, but I can’t.”
“It’s common for each other.”
“is it.”
The man laughed bitterly.
“It will be different from back then.”
Black scales began to sprout from the man’s skin.
Kwajik. Huge arms and legs protruded through his skin. His limbs flexed wildly and his body swelled up like a balloon.
Before long, the blood fog dissipated, and the figure of the creature was revealed.
[Danger!]
[Black Dragon Halgiraf Lv.64]
Steel claws and huge wings. Glossy scales densely cover its body.
The curved pupils turned towards me.
The guy’s mouth opened.
“Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
A roar that shook the air.
In an instant, the black dragon’s body disappeared.
I instinctively drew my sword and swung it.
Kang!
[This monster is physically immune!]
The sword that hit the scales slipped helplessly.
Also, the properties haven’t changed.
I moved my sword while jumping backwards.
The Kaga Gaga River! The black scales thrown by him rubbed against the sword and sparked.
[Corrupted Shadow Lv. 31] X 15
A shadow rose from the scales buried in the sand.
Physical and magic immunity, throwing scales, and summoning Jol.
These were the three patterns I was used to.
“Kwaaaang!”
A wall of sand soared as his claws pierced the floor.
I brushed off his nails and retreated to the outside of the field.
Much faster and stronger than before.
I threw away the sword. It was physically immune anyway, so this sword was useless.
He put his hand out into the air.
“send.”
<Injects.>
When I raised my hand, a translucent sword appeared.
it’s barisa One of the Niflheim collections, it was a weapon with physical penetrating properties.
As the number of floors increases, weapon summoning becomes less efficient.
Although there was no Bifrost, it wasn’t impossible to summon a weapon.
Then you should write it down. saved for this time.
“Oh ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
The black dragon roared and leaped several meters high.
On the ground, its shadow burrowed towards me. I grabbed Barisada loosely and cut it up in a semicircle.
[Physical Penetration!]
Denggung.
“Kiaaaaagh!”
“It’s cracking.”
Kwajik.
I trampled on the front foot of the creature that spurted out black blood and fluttered.
Pattern identification was over a long time ago, but did you think you wouldn’t be able to catch it alone?
As long as the physical immunity problem is solved, it’s no big deal.
I smirked and burrowed into his arms.
squeak.
after about 15 minutes.
A black dragon lay face down on the sand.
The thick blood from his body formed a puddle on the floor.
I brushed the blood soaked from my sword onto the sand.
It wasn’t particularly difficult.
He was a guy who had already fought once, and now I’m stronger than I was before.
It wasn’t even worth using Exceed.
[Stage cleared!]
[You have cleared the Intermediate Advent Dungeon.]
[You have obtained the special stamp ‘Black Dragon Blood (C+)’. The imprint can be given to the hero who has challenged the dungeon.]
[Available Hero – ‘Han(★★★★)’]
Woo woo woo.
Black light was floating above the black dragon’s corpse.
I moved the control window and looked at the engraving.
[Black Dragon Blood (C+, Lv.1)]
[Pure blood that proves the dragon lineage that has come down from the beginning. It has been almost diluted through countless generations.]
[Effect: physical defense + 10%, magic defense + 10%]
[Unique Skill: Dragon Rin (Duration: 1 second)]
There is nothing special about the imposition effect.
One thing to note is the special skill Yongrin. Although there is no description of the skill, it was not difficult to guess what effect it had.
Immune to all physical and magical damage for 1 second. Performance and duration will rise as the level of the imprint skill increases.
It is an ordinary skill when viewed alone, but the story is different when considering synergy with other skills.
Because I have special skills that take damage back when using skills.
‘If you use the sword soul in the dragon state… … .’
You can use the skill without any hesitation.
Now you can get out of the self-destruct situation.
A pitch-black orb is spinning around me.
Reach out and the engraving ceremony will begin.
My first imprint is determined by Black Dragon Blood.
‘… … of course.’
That doesn’t work.
I smiled and passed the black dragon’s corpse.
Are you satisfied with just a C-class engraving?
Then there would be no point in living and suffering in the dimensional city.
It is said that imprints can be evolved through growth, but this is not enough.
<Master.>
“…”
<More than that is for nothing.>
Yurnet seems to have noticed what I’m about to do.
You said you were going to challenge the Advent Dungeon, but you didn’t tell me about it.
“Prepare the summoning of the last weapon.”
<Master! It’s still time for the 2nd Advent… … .>
“request.”
I closed my eyes.
35th floor.
The scene at that time came to mind clearly.
Going through it again was a specification even if I died.
If so, I had to take this risk.
<… … Are you serious?>
“okay.”
<Okay.>
Yurnet, who had been silent, sent an answer.
good.
I took out the finest Advent Stone from my bosom.
He knew what to do from Isel.
bring it
a stronger imprint.
I won’t even say goodbye to this.
[alarm!]
[Advent Dungeon is over. Please press the ‘Exit’ button.]
“X.”
I threw the iridescent stone at the black dragon’s corpse.
A black hand rose from the pool of blood next to the corpse and swallowed the stone.
[Warning!]
[Advent Dungeon’s difficulty has been changed to ‘superlative’!]
shit.
The sky started to part.
