chapter 352
352 – Preparing for an Audit
Upon seeing her collapsed, her colleagues gathered around and looked at her with worried eyes.
“Oh, what should I do…” “I guess it was really hard.”
“I maintained that giant golem for several hours. It’s not unreasonable.”
“You flinch every time you get attacked. I wonder if you share the pain or something?”
“Tick…”
“If not, I’m glad.”
My heart was complicated in many ways as I looked down at Yeonhee, who had fallen asleep.
It’s both amazing and sad.
I felt resentful at the world and why a 20-year-old girl had to go through all this trouble.
Yeonhee fell asleep soundly and woke up again after only 30 minutes.
“Why? Why don’t you lie down a little longer?”
Her colleagues advised her to take a break, but Yeonhee said she couldn’t cause trouble when her dungeon exploration wasn’t even over.
‘… Is it because Yeonhee’s level has risen a lot? Even though the rest time was short, I recovered quickly.’
While she was taking her rest, the byproducts of the monsters were cleaned up, and we could no longer see any monsters approaching us.
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Skull Bomb (Advanced)
– Made from an ogre’s skull, the bomb’s attack power has been greatly enhanced.
– Enemies damaged by the bomb are paralyzed for 0.3 seconds.
– Enemies damaged by bombs have their movement speed reduced by 25% for 10 seconds.
– Bomb attack power +75
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‘Wow… The bomb’s attack power is 30 higher than that of the toothy guy, isn’t it?’
I can use this in a job change quest that will happen soon.
‘Should I finish organizing the runes?’
The material for the skull bomb was bone, but the biggest harvest of this battle was also runes.
A giant’s rune that increases strength.
As runes of a higher grade than the rune being worn were dropped, they were replaced one by one during the battle. Thanks to this, the battle time was greatly shortened.
‘It’s only been shortened by five hours…’
Anyway, there are a total of 14 runes they dropped.
Considering the number of ogres slain, the drop rate was a very good day.
Of course, that kind of luck is probably thanks to that cat in Eunyoung’s arms.
Golgol- Golgol-
When I saw the guy dozing off with his belly exposed, I felt a little dizzy, wondering if I had protected him like that for five hours.
(··· Nyahang?!)
As if he sensed that I was glaring at him, he stood up and made eye contact with me.
(······ Tsueu-eup. Hmm- that golem’s arms are more cozy than I expected. I hope you tell your master that I will take good care of him in the future.)
‘… They think we are in the rental business…’
“That’s a great rune. You just dropped one out of every five, right?”
“I heard that high-level monsters have good rune drop rates!”
“But not to this extent.”
Among the 14 giant’s runes, 8 were of high grade and the remaining 6 were of high grade.
The maximum value that can be obtained from the advanced Giant’s Rune is 40, and the maximum value for the advanced rune soars to 60.
Runes also contribute significantly to the reason why the difference in specifications between lower-level hunters and lower-level hunters increases as you get higher level.
I took 6 out of 14 runes.
Even though one summoner took nearly half of the runes, no one raised any objection to me.
Rather, Arin insisted that Yeonhee, who was handling me, should take more runes.
“That doesn’t make sense. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have been able to win this battle.”
Of course, there was no way Yeonhee would receive that.
Even though she saw that I had taken six, she was the one who wondered if we had too many.
In the end, Yeonhee did not have any more runes and distributed two of the eight runes to the rest of her colleagues.
‘It would be nice to hear someone shouting like a bully…’
But I wasn’t particularly dissatisfied either.
Because all six runes I had were high-level, and the high-level was good.
Moreover, without the support of his colleagues, it would have taken much more time to mark the ogre.
‘Yeonhee is right. If we had just fought among ourselves, we might have stayed up all night.’
The gap between us and our colleagues still remained, but it was encouraging that it was not widening significantly.
Moreover, synergy is becoming more and more common in joint attacks.
‘Let’s see-‘
I put the runes I had removed for distribution back into subspace.
There are six giant runes that I usually wear.
They were all intermediate level, but the higher grade poison runes and thorn runes were used interchangeably only when necessary, so they were worn on a daily basis.
‘I skipped the upper level and went up two levels… My specifications went up tremendously.’
The lowest value of the six high-level runes I took was 43, and the highest was a whopping 57.
The total of the giant’s runes previously worn increased strength by 96, but this time, with the replacement of a large number of runes, strength increased by a whopping 203.
Strength: 564(+203)
Giant’s Rune (Advanced) Strength +57
Yeonhee spoke to me as I nodded in satisfaction while stroking the rune with the highest value.
“Ilwol, is there anything else wrong around you? Have you all withdrawn from the boss battle?”
Nod-
It’s well past 9 o’clock, the civil servants who managed the boss battle have long since left work, and now we are the only ones left in the dungeon.
At least there are no hunters left within the range of my senses, so the probability of that happening is high.
Because I drew more aggro than I intended, I ended up saving the lives of many hunters.
“The ogre ran into a place where a lot of summoned creatures were gathered, so everyone will know about Yeonhee’s actions.”
“Well… I didn’t do it alone.”
“That kind of interest will fade over time, so you don’t have to feel too pressured.”
“Yes…”
Noh Hayun has been exposed to the media a lot in the past, so he gave a speech to Yeonhee about what mindset he should have when dealing with fame.
“Ugh…”
After being tormented by Hayun for a while, Yeonhee asked while pressing her forehead.
“What should I do now? Since there are no people anyway, the boss fight is of course impossible. I have the option of getting out of the dungeon right now, or staying out in the open and clearing the boss fight first thing tomorrow.”
Yeonhee asked, tilting her head as if she was worried, and her colleagues pondered for a moment and then began to express their opinions.
“Even if it’s morning, the boss battle opens at 11 o’clock. Why not just go home?”
“Oh… It’s an hour even if I can’t get to the exit from here. I have to go home, sleep, and then go to work again, but isn’t that annoying? I vote for just sleeping on the street.”
Joo-ah wanted to leave, and Hayun wanted to stay.
Since I didn’t care about either one, I stared at Arin and Eunyoung.
The two people also had different opinions, so in the end, the choice was given to Yeonhee.
“I…Better get out.”
‘… To? I thought you were going to stay? Aren’t you asking because you want to stay?’
I wondered if I had misread the mood, so I looked at Yeonhee and saw that her eyes were on Arin.
‘Ah… I guess it’s because Arin was thinking of her younger siblings.’
During the week that Arin was trapped in Nargul’s dungeon, her younger siblings must have had a truly hellish time.
Like then, unscheduled sleepovers will stimulate fear again.
In the end, we gave up sleeping on the street and moved towards the exit.
‘It’ll be past 10 o’clock when I go out…’
Now, the number of uses of [Mimicking] Is reset at midnight, so I didn’t want to waste the opportunity.
Jerbeok-
“Ah, there’s a variant of the direwolf standing there.”
“It’s so big~”
In the distance, the silhouette of a huge figure was seen at the location where the boss battle was taking place.
Although I was blocked by the barrier and couldn’t come out, the being who was clearly the main character of the boss battle was clearly aware of me for some reason.
‘Do you want to fight with me? Wait a moment. ‘I’ll come by first thing tomorrow.’
The guy’s eyes twinkled as if he heard me.
We walked around the area where the boss fight was and arrived at the exit, passed straight through the gate, and quickly headed to our respective homes.
“Phew… I finished today safely. Hehe-“
As Yeonhee said, it ended safely.
There were moments when it was almost dangerous, but for those of us who have gone through many experiences, we have come to the point where we can regard these as regular events.
As I was flying home with Yeonhee in my arms, my heart was a little shaken by the gesture of her constantly digging into my arms of her.
‘He’s a crooked hero or something. Shall we catch it tomorrow?’
Vinci Seung, a shaman who hides in his own space and commits evil deeds.
It’s the day I decided to defeat him, but the soft touch of Yeonhee’s breasts is making me weak.
But I am a cold skeleton.
I endured it with superhuman patience.
“Chi…”
After Yeonhee arrived home, she pouted her lips after confirming that I was proceeding with the plan as I said yesterday.
‘It’s cute.’
When she saw that I had taken out the statue of Irmana, she asked.
“Is this the statue you received from Hayun?”
I told her that I traded her dagger for her her statue her on her way her her her her.
Of course, there was no need to mention that it was a strangely shaped dagger.
She didn’t really wonder why Hayun collected her daggers or why she gave her the statue of the goddess. Because he is such a unique person.
Yeonhee came over and touched the statue here and there, then spoke.
“Hmm… I can’t find any information. I’m sure she’s an item from the dungeon. Still, this girl is very pretty.”
“…”
Of course, I didn’t necessarily react to Yeonhee’s words. Even if my head is empty, I’m not yet a fool to fall into this trap.
Yeonhee looked at me for a moment and then went into the shower room.
‘Phew… But wasn’t the Goddess Statue unlocked when I touched it? ‘The explanation doesn’t even appear to Yeonhee?’
So, it means that only I and the Lizard unit with [Irmana’s Blessing] Can use this goddess statue.
Or, it might even be possible for other summoned beasts that followed the Lizardman into rituals.
‘Hmm – good. First, let’s start by offering a ceremony to Irmana. After that, we go to kill Vinci Monk.’
I decided to proceed with the ritual first in preparation for any accidents that might occur during the battle with the great villain.
Now that I am very familiar with this ritual, I was able to complete it in just 3 minutes.
‘I’m always expressing my gratitude in my heart, so no one will say anything about the ceremony being short.’
After practicing for over two months, the goddess came to take root deep in my heart.
‘It’s amazing when you think about it. I have lived as a shaman my whole life.’
It is a world where people realize that there is an absolute being called God, and even take it for granted that there are people who accept and exercise their power.
Nevertheless, I did not serve any god.
There were popular gods such as the moon god and the fire god. There are so many different ways to raise awareness.
Even Ham Eun-yeong, who raised demons, said that there was a god they served.
‘They didn’t tell me what kind of god it was.’
I wasn’t particularly curious, so I didn’t ask any more questions.
Anyway, in that respect, Yeonhee and I, who did not believe in God, were somewhat unique people.
Tak-
I went outside, placed the statue of Irmana on the floor, and sat down with a reverent heart.
Then, he tilted the imperial kettle and poured water from Lake Catherine on his head with sincere devotion.
It is a sacred ritual that goes beyond recognizing the existence of Irmana and announces that there is a being that honors, worships, and follows that existence, but if you look at the process itself, it was a really poor structure.
To the extent that I feel guilty towards the goddess, who makes these shabby believers feel closer to the goddess through the goddess statue.
‘Hmm… I never thought I would think this far.’
It was funny that he didn’t even say a word of gratitude to the great being who was clearly giving me a lot of strength.
‘I don’t know if you should care about me in the first place, but… Should I just give it a try just in case?’
How about raising awareness by carving the image of a great being out of stones gathered together in a dark space?
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