Hoarding in Hell Novel

Chapter 70 Truncation Dungeon Expedition (2)

It was an embarrassing statement. Is Lee Ji-tae going to fall in this situation?

But Lee Ji-tae looked adamant.

“Yes? But…”

“Unless you know the situation on the Chuncheon side, you have to be prepared just in case. Didn’t there ever be a monster other than the rank in the truncated dungeon flood? Instead, we will leave the Obsidian team. Please proceed with the rest of the expedition as it is. It seems to be.”

Seo Tae-kyung replaced Lee Ji-tae.

There was a negative atmosphere among the Hunters. Seo Tae-kyung had nothing to say. But Lee Ji-tae was speaking with a solid reason.

“Chief Seo Tae-kyung is someone who has already gone on dozens of expeditions while managing the truncation dungeon. He may be better than me when it comes to truncation dungeons. If there is Priest Johann Hessner in addition to that, there will be no serious casualties. Ask the priest for advice, as he has experienced dungeon floods several times.”

Compared to Lee Ji-tae, he only looked low, and Seo Tae-kyung also belonged to a considerable middle class. Because the branch manager doesn’t belong to anyone.

Lee Ji-tae’s gaze turned to Hyunmoo.

“And Kang Hyunmoo is also on our side, right?”

Everyone’s eyes turned to Kang Hyunmoo. Considering what Kang Hyunmoo showed when the flood occurred, I had to be reassured above all else. Hyunmoo was puzzled by Lee Ji-tae’s sudden trust.

“Mr. Kang Hyunmoo, can I ask you a favor?”

“……”

Hyunmoo didn’t answer.

Of course, something unexpected happened, but it wasn’t difficult if it was a truncated dungeon.

But the problem was that he could be dragged to hell during the attack.

Can the expedition survive without Lee Ji-tae? Johan Hessner is there, but he’s not a healer, a dealer or a tank by class.

But.

“Let’s do something.”

Before the silence became awkward, Hyunmoo opened his mouth.

Fortunately, he had a strategy in case of an emergency. A sign of relief spread among the expedition members. However, Hyunmoo’s expression was not bright.

‘Still, if the situation was to the extent that Lee Ji-tae had a hard time, he wouldn’t be without a victim.’

Hyunmoo wondered if he should revise his strategy. Originally, he had no intention of becoming anyone’s nanny on this expedition.

Unlike in the Cheonggye Dungeon, everyone who participated here is a professional among pros. He thought it was right to protect his own life.

But it is different when you take on the role of manager. As long as they assumed responsibility, at least nominally, they were more likely to return to the loss of a reputation that had just begun to spread.

The original purpose is to save Johann Hessner and clear the dungeon.

But Hyunmoo decided to add one more thing.

‘I should make sure that no one dies as much as possible.’

***

Although it was a different start than expected, the participants were all professionals.

The virtue of a professional hunter was to act immediately in response to a situation, instead of feeling agitated or curious about it.

Taekyung Seo, a tanker, took the lead and found Ratman as soon as he entered the dungeon.

“Ratman in front!”

Even though the dizziness from entering the dungeon did not go away, Seo Tae-kyung immediately slashed Ratman with his shield.

Near the dungeon entrance, close to a hundred ratmen were already shining red eyes. However, Seo Tae-kyung’s roar that erupted soon caught the rat men’s movements.

It was enough time for the expedition members that followed to form a line.

“The goal of this expedition is not to gather or loot! Focus on going as fast as possible!”Seo Tae-kyung shouted as he felt the crews being filled one after another.

Everyone knows it, but habits are scary.

Most of the expedition was for the purpose of loot, so it was easy to overlook.

But this is a floating dungeon. It is also a dungeon in which Flood is in progress.

I didn’t know where or what was going to happen.

“Kill it!”

The young hunters of the Obsidian team screamed loudly and quickly hit the rigid ratmen and fell. In an instant, a hole was dug in the crowd of ratmen.

‘These are the rookies that Lee Ji-tae raises.’

The Obsidian team, like Red Butterfly Joe, were the next-generation rookies raised by Lee Ji-tae.

Although I brought them in with the idea of ​​providing as much experience as possible to young rookies, they themselves were already experienced enough to train in a 4-star dungeon.

‘The condition of the red butterfly looks good.’

I’ve heard that the enemy Butterfly’s level is below the average of the Obsidian team, but her bizarre craftsmanship based on her Auror abilities more than cover that.

I don’t know where I learned it from, but it was a fairly practical martial art that was specialized in combat against monsters.

‘To be honest, I was a little unfamiliar with the Almighty, but are they experts?’

Seo Tae-kyung seems to have made up her mind this time, and as she enters and exits the dungeon dozens of times, she has brought in the experts she has worked with.

Most of them were hunters with a history of wandering around the inside of the truncated dungeon like a mouse for dozens of days for the purpose of rescue or arrest rather than the expedition itself.

There was no flashiness, but like a single machine, they slaughtered the enemies in unison.

‘John… … Not to mention.’

If anything, it was Johann Hessner and his foreign bodyguards.

Dressed in black robes that barely exposed their eyes and silver armor, they surrounded Priest John and did not move.

When a ratman came in by chance, he swung his blunt hammer or mace to shatter them in an instant. Seeing them move in harmony at John’s command, it seemed like they had been working together for a long time.

The hunters all shone their own colors and defeated the ratmen, but there was no one who disturbed the ranks.

Just then, someone detonated a stationary flare. It was a tool to illuminate the surroundings by attaching it to a high place.

At the same time as securing visibility, it atrophied the ratmen who were accustomed to the darkness. Ratman, which had reached fifty or so, collapsed in no time.

There were a lot of monsters, but it was a smooth start.

‘I don’t think there’s any need to worry because I’m not there.’

Hyunmoo said he was worried about nothing.

After a while, the ratman’s corpses piled up, and there were no more ratmans around. Seo Tae-kyung confirmed that it was safe and shouted.

“inspection!”

It was a procedure to check for injuries and abnormalities after every battle. Everyone was holding their breath, but no one was seriously injured. Healers were able to heal in an instant.

After the battle, Hyunmoo looked around the inside of the truncation dungeon. It was a dungeon with an enclosed corridor with a low ceiling intricately twisted.

Traces of cutting off crystal moss and crude pieces stood out.

Suddenly, one of the hunters on the Almighty side noticed Hyunmoo. While everyone was covered in blood, Hyunmoo alone was clean.

“… Mr. Kang Hyunmoo? You are clean by yourself.”

“Ah, I’m curious about your skills.”

At the words that he was observing proudly, Hunter was at a loss for words.

Come to think of it, Hyunmoo didn’t bring out any weapons or equipment. Even if he was of a general grade, it was ridiculous from the point of view of the hunters who were equipped with all the cheap general items from gloves to boots and gaiters.

Of course, the appearance he showed at the time of the Flood was surprising, but on the contrary, his surprising power instilled distrust.

At the time, Seo Tae-kyung, who had been watching the scene right next to him, became contemplative and tried to stop his colleague. But Hunter finally said that.

“Mr. Kang Hyunmoo, please show us your skills. Everyone was making a lot of noise.”

The provocation was obvious, but Kang Hyunmoo grinned.

If the opponent is not the same, provocation cannot be provocation either. It just looks ridiculous when a child provokes an adult to try.

“Is that so?”

Hyunmoo started walking among the ratman’s corpses. People first watched what the hell Hyunmoo was doing.

Hyunmoo soon found what he was looking for among the corpses. It was a crudely made whistle.

“There is a group of rat men called teenagers, and they always carry a whistle like this. In case of danger, they call their colleagues.”

“…Yes? I’ve never heard of such a thing.”

It will be.

Because they don’t blow their whistle in the present.

Nevertheless, Hyunmoo clearly confirmed that they had a whistle during the Frustrated Dungeon Flood.

Even though he had a whistle, he didn’t seem to know how to use it.

‘But in Hell, they were the ones who used it terribly well.’

In other words, someone grabbed the whistle, but at the moment it is too stupid to use it.

It was Hyunmoo’s guess that those monsters will gradually regain their utility and original power as the difficulty increases.

That the intelligence is being manipulated artificially by some being.

Hyunmoo bit the whistle into his mouth. Before anyone could dry it, a long whistle sounded.

Silence came. John began to approach Hyunmoo with an angry expression, but soon he heard footsteps from the other side of the darkness.

Red-Eyes Army.

“Ready for battle!”

Seo Tae-kyung shouted like a foot. But Hyunmoo raised his hand.

“rest.”

Hyunmoo took a leap forward towards the countless ratmen who do not even know how many there are.

Seeing Hyunmoo disappeared alone through the darkness in an instant, the red butterfly screamed involuntarily.

The red eyes that were shining in the pitch black darkness flickered for a moment.

A mixture of screams and screams was heard. Seo Tae-kyung hurriedly tried to run to help Hyunmoo. But for a moment he felt his feet not fall.

There seemed to be something beyond the dark darkness that he couldn’t handle.

It didn’t take a few seconds for the ratmen’s screams and shouts to end. But Seo Tae-kyung felt like he had been standing for about an hour.

As the screams subsided, John broke the luminous lamp and threw it over the darkness. I saw the corpses of countless ratmen lying in the dark.

Strangely, there weren’t many guys with wounds.

But as the glow-in-the-dark light rolled in, the more gruesome, dismembered corpses of ratmen grew.

The blue light of the luminous lamp soon stopped at someone’s foot. At that moment, something fell to the floor. It was a werewolf’s head that had been so messed up that it was impossible to recognize its shape.

Hyunmoo picked up the glow lamp.

Everyone expected Hyunmoo’s blood-stained look. But Hyunmoo only had a little blood on his hand.

Hyunmoo was still strangely clean. His red-dyed hands and the bluish luminous light created a bizarre contrast.

Hyunmoo whispered softly.

“Do you think I’m dirty enough now?”

***The expedition, which began again, proceeded strangely quietly.

Hunter, who was particularly sarcastic to Hyunmoo, became as quiet as if he had even zipped her mouth. To be honest, Hyunmoo expected what his appearance would look like. It must have looked like an inhuman monster. He may be against the goal of gaining respect.

‘But I have no intention of becoming Lee Ji-tae Mk-2.’

One benevolent and worthy leader is enough. And that Lee Ji-tae didn’t help much can be seen from the hellish future.

What Hyunmoo was aiming for was a ruler respected with fear. Whether he sets a good example or is controlled by fear, he earns respect.

Since ancient times, people have worshiped an incomprehensible and terrifying object.

It might not be enough right now, but it was enough to leave an impression on me.

‘It would have been better without Lee Ji-tae.’

In the end, they had nowhere to turn emotionally. Seo Tae-kyung is unreliable and Johan is a foreigner who can’t even communicate.

The Obsidian team is nothing more than Lee Ji-tae’s puppies, so there’s no need to be swayed by it, but it was enough just to engrave yourself in everyone’s mind.

It doesn’t matter if it’s negative or positive.

Because that’s the first step.

“Let’s take a break here.”

Seo Tae-kyung stopped at some point. It was only half a day, but walking through the dark dungeon was tiring in itself.

Seo Tae-kyung knew exactly where her concentration began to drop.

The Obsidian team looked a little dissatisfied, but when they saw John quietly laying down their burdens, they obeyed.

They were following Johan, whom Lee Ji-tae had called as an advisor, rather than Seo Tae-kyung.

Seo Tae-kyung didn’t really care. Knowing his own fractions was one of his strengths.

“Mr. Kang Hyunmoo.”

Seo Tae-kyung approached Hyunmoo.

“If you feel something, can you tell me? I saw earlier that you were preparing before you could even see a monster.”

Hyunmoo nodded his head, pouring his caramel into his mouth.

“Ah, yes. Right now, about 150m away, a werewolf and a group of ratmen are ambushing us as we round the corner. And about 200m behind the back row, about 60 ratmans are chasing. Until the break is over. I don’t think they’ll attack, what are you going to do?”

“…if you don’t think they’re going to attack right away, that’s fine.”

He wasn’t flirting, he just wanted to tell him when the situation came up. In addition to that, there are thousands of ratmen caught by Hyunmoo’s senses, and if you tell them all of them, they will all get neurosis.

Difficulty: Compared to Hell, everything here was loud and clear.

“Do you think you can find a better way than that?”

At Hyunmoo’s question, Seo Tae-kyung turned into an embarrassed expression.

“The structure of the dungeon has changed a lot more than I thought. In the past, there were some patterns and if you followed them, you could find a clue to the boss room. Besides, the structure is constantly changing, so it will be difficult to finish it early.”

Hyunmoo checked the time. He didn’t have much left.

In the end, it seemed that he had to visit Hell once during the expedition. Hyunmoo struggled with what excuse he would use to leave when the time came.

Suddenly, Hyunmoo caught something in Seo Tae-kyung’s words.

“Is the structure constantly changing?”

“Yes. Trussed dungeons are changing dungeons. There are many types of fluid dungeons. These obsidian walls repeatedly collapse and reassemble to create a structure, but it’s not a large scale, but it’s better to remember the route…”

Then Taekyung Seo stopped talking. Hunters also jumped up from their seats. Suddenly, a rumble began to be heard from all directions. The hunters panicked at the sound of thousands of footsteps echoing through the wall.

“Is this a surprise?!”

“Nope.”

Hyunmoo answered briefly. The monsters were also bewildered. I sensed a sign of something.

The entire dungeon suddenly began to shake violently.