Episode 265 Discipline (2)
The road to Dungeon Dong.
At Han So-mi’s request, I was reenacting the short battle with Oh Se-hoon.
With a light gesture.
“The hammer just flew in like this, spinning.”
“Yeah, yeah! So?”
“So I barely managed to avoid it. But it didn’t just fly away, it circled around and flew back in again.”
“Oh—”
Han So-mi kept exclaiming in admiration.
Sehun Oh tends to leave most of the fighting to his subordinates rather than taking the lead himself.
That’s why Song Cheon-hye and Han So-mi, although they were quite active as leaders, never got to see him fight.
That night, for some reason, Sehun Oh challenged me and Gyuyoung Dang to a match, and all three of us couldn’t help but be extremely interested in his story.
“So? So?”
Not only Han So-mi, who kept nagging at the next story, but also Song Cheon-hye, who pretended not to hear but pricked up her ears, and even Shin Byeong-cheol, who always talked nonstop, just listened with his mouth shut.
My story continued.
“—I was barely able to tie it up with Senior Dang Gyu-yeong, but it suddenly disappeared.”
“Huh? Where did you go?”
“Pow, then it appeared above my head. It was wearing blink.”
“Blink! What next?”
Han So-mi’s eyes sparkled brightly.
I made a motion like bringing down a hammer.
“Then of course, there was a bang.”
“Boom!”
Han So-mi’s reactions were good, so it was fun to tell the story.
After sharing all my experiences, I feel like I’m getting pretty close to the dungeon.
Just as I was about to open my mouth again, Song Cheon-hye suddenly intervened in the conversation.
“Let me talk to you for a moment.”
“Or so.”
Song Cheon-hye nodded her chin, wondering if something was wrong, and spoke to Han So-mi.
“Go and wait a moment.”
“What are you talking about?”
“It’s a secret.”
“Secret story? I want to hear it too!”
“It’s important.”
“Important secret? Me too!!”
Rays of curiosity emanated from Han So-mi’s eyes.
Nevertheless, Song Cheon-hye shook her head firmly.
“Not this time.”
“Then later!”
“… … Look.”
However, judging by Song Cheon-hye’s ambiguous attitude, it was questionable whether she would tell him the story later.
After confirming that the backs of Han So-mi and Shin Byeong-cheol had moved somewhat further away, Song Cheon-hye surrounded Mana widely to block out any noise.
This is in consideration of the possibility that someone might eavesdrop.
Anyway, I thought he was ready to talk, so I asked.
“So, why?”
“… …Have you decided?”
“what?”
“Have you decided how you’re going to use your wish certificate?”
The wish ticket mentioned here is not the wish ticket (small) obtained through a mentoring bet, but the wish ticket (large) obtained through a magnifying glass bet.
Although the scope has not been set, you can almost demand anything Song Cheon-hye can do.
Even if it is a violation of school rules.
It is a huge source of anxiety for Song Cheon-hye, so she will want to get rid of it as soon as possible.
The mindset that it is better to sell first.
But I had no intention of giving him what he wanted.
“Do I really need to write it now?”
“What if I don’t use it now?”
“I was thinking of leaving it for a while.”
“… … How much?”
“Until about 3rd grade?”
As Song Cheon-hye’s future is bright, the value of the wish certificate will only increase.
Now that I’m a freshman, I’m just a member of the leadership team, but who knows what I’ll be like in my third year?
You could be in charge of the Topaz Tower, or you could be the president of the student council or vice president.
As your authority increases, the range of wishes you can request also expands, so there’s no reason to waste it now.
Song Cheon-hye’s voice began to tremble slightly, perhaps because of the unexpected answer.
“Where is that?”
“That’s what happened here.”
“… … Oh, that’s right. That has an expiration date. An expiration date.”
“The validity period is 3 years.”
“I never said anything like that?”
“No, you should have done it in advance. Before you bet.”
The original details were something that had been negotiated in advance before placing a bet.
Otherwise, the winner would decide everything.
Song Cheon-hye’s complexion gradually turned pale.
Then, finally, as if trying to be stubborn, he shouted in a trembling voice.
“Oh, I won’t! I, I think I’ll do it!? I’m in my third year, so-”
“It’s up to you what you want to do. We didn’t even sign a contract.”
“… … Really?”
“Yeah, if you don’t like it, then don’t do it. But… … wouldn’t Senior Kwak Seung-jae be disappointed if he hears this?”
“that……!”
The magnifying glass contest took place under the watchful eyes of Kwak Seung-jae.
After the outcome was decided, they kept hammering the nail in.
– Whatever Kim Ho requests with his wish certificate, it must be fulfilled.
Ignoring such a wish is the same as ignoring Kwak Seung-jae.
It was something that was absolutely impossible for Song Cheon-hye’s personality.
“… … !”
Song Cheon-hye trembled slightly on the spot, perhaps realizing that there was no way out.
I threw it there as if it was a passing remark.
“There is a way to get rid of it, though.”
“… … What is it?”
“Here we go again. With a wish ticket.”
“It expands to two on the ground?”
“Isn’t that obvious?”
Song Cheon-hye spoke in an extremely resolute tone.
“I don’t.”
“Are you really not going to do it?”
“Never, never.”
“Yeah, you’re an idiot if you get hit again. You’ve learned a lot now.”
“Ha, really.”
Song Cheon-hye turned her head away as if there was no point in talking any further.
However, the feeling of anxiety seemed to grow as he occasionally glanced in this direction.
On the other hand, from my perspective, nothing had changed, so I said it calmly.
“If you’re done talking, let’s go. I’ll wait for the kids.”
“… … That’s right.”
We quickened our pace and joined the group that had gone ahead.
“What are you talking about? What are you talking about?”
Song Cheon-hye took the lead and walked up the circular stairs, lightly ignoring Han So-mi’s beam of curiosity.
And on the way down, we started briefing them about what we were going to do.
“The first-year groups will clean the F-class dungeon.”
A list of dungeons printed out in the air.
Since they are not yet eligible for E-rank, they are all F-rank.
Recently cleared dungeons are also excluded, because when a dungeon is reset, Oobleck disappears along with it.
So the numbers were a bit sparse, but basically the number of F-class dungeons was so huge that the list went way down.
Shin Byeong-cheol already looked tired.
“Hey, this is too much. I don’t think I’ll be able to finish it all weekend.”
“If we clear them one by one, then yes. Our goal is to check if there is a Dark Oobleck in each dungeon.”
“After checking?”
“I will use this.”
Song Cheon-hye took out a bunch of magic scrolls from her inventory and showed them to me.
[Emergency Escape Scroll (F)]
A magic scroll that opens the exit regardless of whether you have cleared the dungeon or not when torn.
When I conquered Heuksabang, I just took the ingot box and used that.
Originally, it had to be purchased at the student store, but since the issue was so serious, it seems that support was provided by the academic department.
“Oh, that feels a little better.”
Shin Byeong-cheol looked a little relieved that he didn’t have to conquer all these dungeons.
Then he asks, as if another question suddenly occurred to him.
“… … But what if there’s Oobleck?”
“I have to catch it, of course.”
That’s why two leaders were included in the four-person party in the first place.
When you enter, it’s an F-class dungeon, but the moment Dark Oobleck pops out, it’s no longer an F-class.
Plus, to take him down with minimal damage, you’ll need to have a power difference that seems a bit excessive.
In the end, it was said that the battle could not be avoided, and Shin Byeong-cheol’s face turned pale again.
But now there was nothing he could do.
If you want to live, you have no choice but to participate diligently.
Soon we left the circular staircase and entered a passageway.
And after passing through countless dungeons waiting with their mouths open, we reached our first destination.
[No.886] [Mole Mine]
Shin Byeong-cheol stood in front of the teleportation portal and spoke in a determined tone.
“Huh… … I guess I’ll have to do some reconnaissance here. I’ll go in first.”
“Huh? Are we going to go in right away?”
When Han So-mi tilted her head and asked, Shin Byeong-cheol shouted softly.
“Oh! That’s what they say, that’s what they say! Count to 30 seconds and come in.”
And then he entered the dungeon, bluffing until the very end.
Less than a second after Shin Byeong-cheol disappeared, Song Cheon-hye stepped forward.
“There’s no time to fool around. Let’s get right into it.”
“But at least give him some face. Even if it’s just for 20 seconds.”
“… … 10 seconds. No more than that.”
Then, after counting exactly 10 seconds, he passed through the teleportation portal.
I looked at Han So-mi.
“Anyway, you don’t have any sense of empathy. Right?”
“Still, Cheonhye is kind!”
“That’s true. It’s because the child is inflexible. Should we go in too?”
“Okay! Let’s go!”
We passed through teleportation portals one after another.
The first thing that caught my eye was a long tunnel.
The lights were sparsely placed and the road branched off into several paths, making it difficult to see what was far away.
The floor was covered with tracks, and several mining devices, including mine carts, were visible.
‘This was a sweep dungeon.’
[Sweep] Rules.
The goal is to roam the mines and kill monsters such as giant moles, bats, and insects.
Although searching the complex and vast mines can be a bit tedious, the overall difficulty is on the easy side.
But what we saw next was,
“Hey hey hey hey! Help! Help!”
It was Shin Byeong-cheol who ran so hard that his feet were on fire.
And behind him, a black mass that was unclear whether liquid or solid was chasing him.
It’s Dark Oobleck.
While in Winterhalt Fortress it looked like a mix between an ice witch and a golem, it now resembles a giant mole.
This is because the form is determined by the monster eaten.
Of course, in addition to moles, it also had bat wings and insect forelegs.
‘You’ve given me a lot of everything.’
I exchanged glances with Song Cheon-hye.
“How did you get out right from the start?”
“It worked out well. I’ll handle it.”
Song Cheon-hye wore black gloves on both hands, and Han So-mi smiled brightly and quickly pulled out the sword on her waist.
In the midst of all this, Shin Byeong-cheol was running desperately and shouting.
“Hurry up, help me, help me! I’m getting caught! I’m getting caught!”
Soon the two leaders took a step forward, but I raised my hand to stop them.
“Just wait a minute.”
“… … ?”
Then he placed the sapling on the ground and stretched his hand forward.
[Ice Wall]
A thick wall of ice suddenly appeared between Shin Byeong-cheol and Dark Oobleck.
The bastard couldn’t handle the speed at which he was rushing and slammed his body into the ice wall.
– Kwung!
A loud noise echoed through the mine and dust fell in rustling clouds.
Even if the two leaders had participated in the battle, it wouldn’t have been easy to get the guy away from Shin Byeong-cheol.
Rather, if several people were entangled together, it would be more difficult to break them with the ice wall, so they were temporarily stopped.
‘Excellent performance.’
As expected of a B-rank, the creation speed is fast and the durability is quite high.
Even though Oobleck ran at full speed and hit it, it wasn’t even broken, let alone destroyed.
In the midst of all this, I felt someone staring at me and turned my head slightly, and saw Song Cheon-hye with a very daunting expression on her face.
“why?”
“……no.”
Song Cheon-hye pretends as if nothing happened.
But he was gently caressing my forehead with his hand.
The supporters eat it all
