Demon King

The third floor of the Black Palace District 7 was different in many ways from the first and second floors.

The size? Of course, it's enormous. As you can see in the notification window of the quest to catch 100,000 monsters, the 3rd floor has an area that is not comparable to the 2nd floor. I could draw a map in my head, but it was impossible from the 3rd floor.

Not only that, the number of rooms at the end of a trap or passageway has increased. In that room, waiting for us were treasure chests that would appear in old novels.

It bothers me that the majority of them are mimics.

“Only a smith can make a weapon from top to bottom so he doesn't open his mouth until he realizes it's Mimic before he opens it. ”

“Because you're weak. ”

“Tsk.”

I already knew that, but Lee Chan Yook was strong. After restoring all of my health and injuries, I used my Awakening and Recovery abilities to fight the mid-level monsters. To achieve evolution.

“At least I know that no one has ever succeeded in evolution. But if it can be done for monsters, it can be done for foreigners. I'll be your first. ”

“I'm the first. ”

“Damn it.”

The combat style between us was a good fit. He was a fearless inflator who believed in speed and resilience and rushed into the multitude, and I used fairy tales in front of me to eliminate a group of monsters from the outside, one by one.

C.

That's why it was possible for the so-called golden combo, in which I took a critical hit while he charged in and drew attention.

But there were two problems.

First, my abilities, among other things, ambush skills, were significantly higher compared to the mid-level monsters on the 3rd floor, and compared to frivolous milk. After killing the monsters with a surprise attack, they wouldn't allow the attack until they hid themselves again, so there was no need to distract them when killing the herd.

C.

Secondly, the Earth's powers now have the concept of a guild or a party, allowing them to swarm and hunt monsters to share experience points and gold appropriately.

However, the problem was the guild and the skills needed to form the party.

Yeah, that's the pitchfork.

Because I can't put it under the supervision of the company, the so-called "peer" relationship between the two of us does not apply. So no matter who contributed to killing the monster, the person who killed the monster got everything from it.

I thought about how to take Lee Chan Yuk for a while, but I was also physically impossible as well as opposed to Lee Chan Yu. It was impossible for a person with a higher level of skill to belong to a lower person.

If he and I were able to be tied down by Tong Sol skills, more would have been possible, but at the end of the day that was impossible.

After all, all I could do was get him to act within my detection range, that's all.

Lee Chon Yuk had the ability to withstand the third floor, unless the number of monsters became too large.

Therefore, Lee Chon Yuk only comes into contact with him at a dangerous moment, otherwise he will deal with the monsters in his own place.

That's how the two of us explored the third floor of the vast black palace. I thought that would be enough, and the first few days certainly looked that way.

But it wasn't.

[Level Up!]

“Lee Chan Yuk, you told me you could be strong. ”

“I'm getting stronger, too. But the commander is too fast! ”

I was in a hurry, and Lee Chan Yuk was tired of hitting me like that.

Of course, we had different beginnings and different environments. He would have lived as desperately as I did. But at least I got ahead of him in the dungeon hunting.

When my level reached 75, he was everywhere on level 65. When I first met him, I didn't really have much difference in level, so I would say it was a huge difference.

Of course, the killing of the Phoenix Hunters was also heavily involved in my level escalating, but there was still a big difference. Thinking about why, I was able to find a reason in the area other than myself and his hunting skills.

It was a sleep.

I have predatory skills. High level of dysfunctional resistance. Until now, I have never slept with my Goblin body open.

Of course, I roamed around all that time hunting monsters. It was natural to level up faster than others who slept, and compared to Lee Chon Yuk.

But let's think, is it only predatory and abnormal tolerance that eliminates or alleviates fatigue that leads to sleep cravings?

No, there's only one thing that works better than that. It is a level up.

I couldn't tell him not to sleep like me because he didn't have a prey, but he would also be able to equally enjoy the effect of leveling up all the fatigue.

If you use this well, and if you hunt more monsters and level them up during that time, won't you be able to withstand sleeping once every two weeks even if it's not me?

When I said that to him, he became dazed and asked me again.

“Is that possible? ”

“At least you know physical fatigue solves everything. ”

“But... But sleeping isn't just a problem. ”

“It's a simple matter. ”

I insist. Lee Chan Yuk stares at me dazed, his expression distorted as if he had realized something. It was a face that reminded me of El's reaction the other day. As a beautiful girl and a werewolf, the gap was significant.

“Commander, what the hell have you been...? ”

“Don't pity me. Because you will be with us. ”

“... Is it really possible? ”

“Of course.”

I was the only one who could eat. Even if I couldn't level up, I could overcome physical fatigue just by eating monsters as much as I could.

Lee Chan might be able to do it. If I can't, I'll level up once every three days. And three days was a date that would last long enough, given that werewolves were a powerful intermediate monster.

“All this time, you've been sleeping because you have a habit of being human. We're not human. Monsters that stay awake for three or four days are healthy, and their stamina is at their own level, so they live in a strange world where they all recover.

So it's okay. "

“…… I have to be prepared. ”

We were fighting monsters deep in the dungeon, but we were also fighting time. Fear of when the strongmen might enter the dungeon led us to an obsession that we must become strong at all times.

In doing so, he confirmed with his own body that he could survive without sleeping, and obtained abnormal resistance. Since then, his level up speed has also accelerated.

“The body is not sleepy, but the sensation that the mind wants to sleep. God damn it.”

“You'll get used to it in a month or so. Just level up in time. ”

“...... I don't want to turn the commander into an enemy. I can't believe that poison was once human. ”

I smiled thinly at his words. Incidentally, that's what I've been thinking about lately.

3F is big. Moreover, the quest demands a lot. Like when you were staying at 1F or 2F, you could not complete the quest in a day or two or make great progress.

All I had to do was kill 100,000 common monsters and 20,000 top species. Even if I could hunt one at a time, it would take more than 83 days.

Of course, I don't only hunt one in a minute, but if I include the time to go looking for monsters, that's enough.

At first, I was old enough to work hard to hunt intermediate monsters, but as I got more and more familiar with intermediate monsters appearing on the third floor, I began to change my mind.

‘We're running out of time. ’

The thought hardened even more by seeing Lee Chon Yoo, who began to get stronger quickly after giving up his sleep. There is a considerable difference in power between me and Chon Yuk, but due to the limit of the number of monsters in one space, the same number of monsters will be caught during the same time. This is an undamaged

Go, go, go!

With my abilities, it is possible to kill at least one in five seconds, not one in a minute. Do I have to stay on the third floor for three months because of the time I spend looking for monsters?

I never could. Such a waste of time will ensnare us later!

If so, what should we do?

I came to only one conclusion after a brief thought.

It was a mass appearance.

I counseled Lee Chan Yuk about it, and Lee Chan Yuk suddenly appeared weak as soon as he reached level 70 and became quite strong on his own.

“I've never heard of artificially causing mass appearances.... Targeting intermediate monsters! ”

“But not like this. You have to be stronger faster. Lee Chan Yuk, aren't you prepared? ”

“Profit... do it!" ”

The only way to cause mass destruction is to defeat a lot of monsters quickly. And Lee Chan Yuk finally had one skill that best suited him.

War Cri. a skill possessed by wolf breeds, especially werewolves. It is a skill that awakens loyalty to allies and enemies.

However, this skill is said to be absolutely forbidden in dungeons. For some reason, it's definitely good to provoke an ally, but even bigger is the effect of summoning an enemy.

To some extent, Warcraft summons all the monsters within a few hundred meters to a beginner level. Werewolf rankers call this skill ‘Suicide’.

However, Lee Chan Yuk had reached a very moderate level.

It couldn't have been the skill I wanted.

The farther away the scream spreads, the more monsters will gather. Killing all those monsters will result in mass spawning resulting in more monsters.

The third floor is wide, so there is no such thing as a single mass spawning of monster seeds. That's why monsters outside the Mass Movement area will reappear when you hear the commotion, and if you kill a lot of them, it will also cause mass emissions.

It continues until it is no longer possible to mass emerge. It will be able to deal with all the monsters on the third floor in one place.

This makes it possible to kill tens of thousands at a time.

“Perfect.”

“Perfect, then. Do you want me to squeeze the coffin? ”

At the time of meeting, it was Lee Chon Yuk who was in a very serious atmosphere, but now I thought he was joking quite well. Clearly, he was supposed to be this humorous and warm man.

I also liked this side better than more dull and boring people like me. I knocked him on the shoulder with a bloody smile, and he changed his teeth.

“I'm not joking, you bastard! ”

That has been the trigger. The shout of Lee Chon Yuk became an intermediate seven-level Warcraft and spread far inside the dungeon on the third floor.

The monsters around you had already been defeated or killed, so no reaction came immediately. I prepared calmly, activating my advanced level 4 detection to its fullest, and soon felt a slight earthquake.

Knock, knock. Two-two-two-two.

The vibrations of increasingly violent dungeons. The dark heart beats with him. He was the first to notice. From now on, there will be a huge number of monsters.

“Holy shit, that's huge. Commander, if I die... ”

“Chanyuk, don't even think about dying. ”

If we don't kill them, they'll die, which is exactly what we need to do.

But we don't need to think about death. We must not think of death.

“We're going to kill them all. Survive, be strong. No one can ignore us. Don't let anyone get to us. ”

“… ha, damn it. This is so stupid. You're starting to amuse me. ”

Hundreds and thousands of monsters are gathering from all over.

I hold the shadow of blood still with my left hand, and I begin to think of a way to fight them all at once. Lee Chan Yuk double-checks his defense gear, gripping his teeth and pulling out his fingernails.

The battle has begun. A battle that will make us stronger.

Chapter 18. 3F Breakthrough 1 End

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