Episode 215 No.294 Rainbow Lake (4)
Because the lake originally had a large surface area, a clean place appeared before we walked for a while.
Dang Gyu-yeong looked around and asked.
“How is it here?”
“I am fine.”
If you keep walking, you might find a better spot, but Dang Gyu-yeong looks moderately satisfied.
I’m not really picky about these things, so I figured it would be like that.
Dang Gyu-yeong takes out the items he prepared from his inventory.
Shadow hands rise from beneath your feet to assist you.
First, a large camping stove appears, firewood is poured into it, and a magic tool is taken out to light the fire.
– Hururuk.
Next, set up a grill on the stove and take out various snacks from the icebox.
As I watched the beef, sausages, and shrimp being cooked, Dang Gyu-yeong unfolded two folding chairs and tapped one of them.
“Young monarch, sit here.”
“This is real camping.”
The setting may be humble, but for an overnight camping trip, the gear and materials were clearly well-prepared.
“You said it was simple?”
“It’s simple, yet authentic.”
Dang Gyu-young smiled brightly.
“I’m interested in this kind of thing.”
“I thought you might like something quiet.”
The setting may be humble, but for an overnight camping trip, the gear and materials were clearly well-prepared.
Dang Gyu-young smiled brightly.
Looking back, that’s what it was.
Dang Gyu-yeong seemed happy even when they were walking around the noisy downtown area together, but he seemed truly at ease when they were walking around the empty school in the middle of the night or sitting side by side on a bench, sipping canned coffee.
Somehow I thought I knew the reason.
“I live a bit of a busy life.”
Although things have gotten a lot better recently, the workload given to club presidents is still considerable.
In addition, you will need to complete your third-year academic schedule and also have time to personally develop your skills.
‘Actually, the last one is the most difficult.’
Shadow casters are a fairly rare class.
Although there are precedents, it is almost at a level where you have to pioneer on your own.
In other words, if you want to get to the middle, you have to work twice as hard as others.
Dang Gyu-young is busy living for various reasons.
“I guess you want to rest comfortably when you rest.”
“As expected, it’s true. It’s really comfortable to talk to Kim Ho-rang.”
Dang Gyu-yeong took a can of drink out of the icebox and handed it to me, then took one himself.
But instead of opening the can right away, he opened his mouth while keeping his eyes fixed on the lake.
“What is my dream?”
“well.”
“Guess.”
I thought for a moment and then answered.
“In the flow of conversation, it might be something like camping or traveling.”
“That’s right, I travel often.”
“It’s not an easy dream.”
The situation is relatively better because we are at school.
The world in this game is not a safe place to travel and wander around with peace of mind.
It’s definitely not a place to enjoy a leisurely camping atmosphere.
Monsters are swarming everywhere and villains are active in secret.
And their level is so dangerous that they range from C-class to A-class, and sometimes even S-class.
Dang Gyu-yeong said he knew that too and opened the can as if it was nothing.
– Chiik.
“… … It’s difficult, that’s why it’s a dream. But won’t it come true someday?”
Dang Gyu-yeong tilted the can and then something occurred to him.
“Hey, if you do that, your dream will be more difficult!”
“It’s difficult for me too.”
The goal of the EX-class reincarnation quest is to prevent the destruction of the world.
It’s short for ‘world peace’.
And in this neighborhood, world peace is as difficult a dream as world conquest.
I smiled and said the same thing Dang Gyu-yeong said.
“But won’t it come true someday?”
“… … Anyway, I need to know your confidence. I need to work hard to help you.”
When world peace comes, there will be more places to go and play.
Dang Gyu-yeong picked up a canned drink.
“Shall we have a toast?”
“Let’s do it.”
Dang Gyu-yeong thought for a moment about what to say in his toast, then smiled and held out the can.
“Cheers to world peace.”
“Cheers to camping dreams.”
– Boom,
The cans lightly clashed against each other.
* * *
As we ate, drank, and chatted, two hours passed by in a flash.
Dang Gyu-yeong checked the time first and then got up from his seat.
“Let’s start organizing things slowly.”
“yes.”
But in reality, there wasn’t much for me to do.
The shadow hands moved quickly to clean up, and put all the tools and iceboxes they had brought into Dang Gyu-yeong’s inventory.
‘That’s really convenient.’
Shadow magic had a secretly practical side.
After quickly finishing cleaning up, we headed back the way we came and headed to the place where we had fought the Kim Gap-du fish.
It was an open space, so it was easy to welcome him.
As I stood there and looked out at the lake, the ice had broken into many pieces and was floating around.
It had its own charm before it got messy, but Ice Cap is such a harmful entity.
– Bubbling,
Soon, bubbles rose violently from the lake and an electric current flowed through it with a crackling sound.
With that, the bastard’s next attribute is also decided.
‘Brainstorm.’
Although I had not learned any brain power skills, I had prepared for this moment.
[Simryok (E)]*2
An item that causes lightning to settle in the user’s heart for a certain period of time, converting all attributes into lightning.
The duration is proportional to the item’s grade.
‘E-rank takes about 1 minute.’
It’s at a level where you can finish it by using one medium or large magic spell.
If you finish it in one go, you can save one Shimryo-ok, but considering the remaining health of the Elemental Fish and the health recovered by diving, the possibility of that happening is very low.
‘I guess I’ll have to use both.’
In that case, it would be more efficient for Dang Gyu-yeong and I to use them consecutively.
It would be nice if it ended in one hit, or if not, you could immediately chain together the next attack.
For this reason, I gave one Simryo-ok to Dang Gyu-yeong.
“Here it is.”
“Hey, do you still have this?”
“I saved it for today.”
“What was the Simryeook penalty?”
“Your heart may stop.”
Dang Gyu-yeong flinched slightly, then narrowed his eyes and looked at me.
“… … You want me to write that?”
“I’m not telling you to just use it.”
[Use ‘Buyeo’.]
[Grants ‘Elemental Resistance (S)’ to the target.]
[Rank of granted ‘Elemental Resistance’: B]
[Duration 00:14:58]
[Reuse Wait Time 00:34:58]
Dang Gyu-young’s eyes widened slightly when he checked the notification message.
“Elemental resistance? Young monarch! What is this!”
“This is my capital.”
“He already had a lot of fraud skills, and he even had fraud traits.”
That’s why I keep going around using Inferno Fist!
I put my index finger up to my lips.
“You know it’s a secret, right?”
“Why do the secrets between you and me keep piling up?”
“So you don’t like it?”
“No, okay.”
Dang Gyu-young smiled bashfully, saying that the more secrets you share, the better.
There was no need to worry about penalties since elemental resistance was granted.
Let’s immediately break the heart jade in our hands,
– Kwarung!
The lightning inside was released and took hold in Dang Gyu-yeong’s heart.
Then, one by one, shadow butterflies began to fly up, but unlike usual, they were filled with crackling electricity.
As Dang Gyu-yeong was increasing the number of butterflies, the lake that was bubbling with bubbles suddenly rose up.
– Swaaaah—!
The third elemental fish to appear.
This time the scales are a color somewhere between yellow and golden.
Dang Gyu-yeong, who saw that, smiled playfully and whispered in my ear.
“Tell me. You want to be honest.”
“My mouth is twitching.”
“Just scream coolly. There’s no replay either.”
“……great.”
I took a deep breath and opened my mouth.
“Lightning cap!”
“Pfft fft fft!”
Dang Gyu-yeong slapped my shoulder hard.
“—!”
Lightning Gapdu didn’t seem to like his new nickname.
Although the effects of the three consecutive Hyun-eum-ok-maji still lingered, and he was considerably weakened, his hostility towards us was still present.
– Phage crackling,
Soon, the electricity gathered above the guy’s head, growing in size, and then shooting out at Dang Gyu-yeong as a bolt of lightning.
Dang Gyu-yeong instinctively tried to avoid it, but then something occurred to him and he stopped dead in his tracks.
And then I got hit head-on by lightning.
– Crackle crackle!
“… … It’s amazing.”
However, Dang Gyu-yeong is still fine without any damage.
I tested the performance of elemental resistance.
When I first got it, I got hit by a breath that didn’t need to hit me, but it seems like everyone’s thoughts are similar.
Meanwhile, the butterflies were fluttering busily and getting closer to him.
As soon as they reach overhead, they all drop lightning bolts at once.
Dozens of lightning bolts struck.
– Kwarrung! Kwarrung!
“—!”
Lightning’s armor let out a new scream.
However, as expected, it didn’t end in one go and it seemed to be barely hanging on.
“I can’t catch that.”
“I’ll finish it.”
As I exerted strength in my hand, the Shimryeo-ok shattered and a bolt of lightning struck my heart.
– Kwarung!
A tingling sensation spreads from my chest to my whole body.
I tried to slightly raise my mana, and instead of mana, a faint electric current crackled.
I got down on one knee and planted my deep roots in the ground.
And then he stretched his empty hands forward.
[Use ‘amplify’.]
[‘Spiral Explosion’ grade increases (C+->A+)]
– Chijijijijik!
A faint electric current was mixed in each and every gust of wind that gathered from all directions.
The current and wind gathered around the elemental fish soon formed a huge whirlpool.
The tornado became smaller and smaller, eventually causing a massive explosion of electricity.
– Crackle crackle!
A bright flash of light enveloped my vision.
After a while, when the explosion died down and visibility returned to normal, the Kim Gap-du fish had disappeared without a trace.
He was already in a critical condition, but he couldn’t survive the spiral explosion that added A+ to the ground.
– Gulp,
Then, as if to announce that the dungeon had been cleared, the area shook and the exit opened.
There were several boxes in front of it.
[Multicolor Scale Box]*2
[Rainbow Lake Random Box (D)]*1
“Are the multicolored scales a defensive material?”
“Yes, it’s defensive.”
Like the Elemental Fish, its attributes change frequently, and it boasts very high defense unless it attacks with that attribute.
As it is such an excellent material, the price is also quite expensive.
Dang Gyu-yeong looked satisfied, perhaps because he liked the expensive part.
“Really? Then let’s take them one by one.”
“What do you want to do with the random box?”
Since Dang Gyu-yeong’s share in this dungeon was quite large, he could have just handed it over if he wanted.
Thanks to that, I was able to copy poison resistance from the crow tailor and prepare to go camping for a few hours.
However, Dang Gyu-yeong thought about it for a while and then made a suggestion.
“Should I open it and decide?”
“Okay.”
First, open it and choose one of the two depending on the contents.
In no time, Dang Gyu-yeong opened the random box with a carelessness almost like that of a calligrapher.
– Flash!
[Random Rank Up]*2
“Well, it’s not bad.”
“Are you going half and half again?”
“No, just take it all.”
Dang Gyu-yeong coolly gave in to me, saying that he had never tried to rank up with this.
Since the overall level of skills and traits is higher than mine, the probability of success may be lower.
‘It doesn’t stick that well.’
If I were a lucky charm swindler calligrapher, I would have used it and pasted it on right away, but since I am neither a lucky charm nor a swindler, I decided to save it for now.
After quickly distributing, we walked towards the teleportation portal.
But Dang Gyu-yeong paused again and turned his head towards me.
“… … Now that I think about it, it’s strange. It was such a bothersome dungeon, but I didn’t realize how much time had passed since I came in with you.”
“Let’s hang out together often.”
“Will you make it fun again next time?”
“I’ll try.”
“Huh, okay.”
We looked at each other and laughed.
And I finished crossing the teleportation portal that I had stopped crossing.
