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59 – 059. Dungeon Exploration (2)

After the guards are located at their designated locations. A one-and-a-half-minute dungeon exploration practice began.

The students were divided into 8 pre-made groups, and each selected a fork in the deepest part to explore.

As you can guess from the name, Group 8, to which Kang Ha-neul belonged, was advancing on the 8th route located on the far right. The people who formed her team with her were her leader, Ryu Tae-hyeon, and her twins, Ryu Jin and Ryu Seol. And it was Go Seong-jun.

“Ugh, why is it getting colder? Is everyone okay?”

As I made my way through the clogged labyrinth made of gray bricks, Ryu Xue trembled with her arms wrapped around her.

“It must be because of my mood. Even if it is an entry-level coat, it is sure to provide basic protection against the cold. Aren’t you just nervous?”

Ryu Seol shook his head at her brother Ryu Jin’s scolding.

“No. Are you really feeling chilly? No, should I say tickling? How can I explain this? Can’t you feel the sky?”

“Me? I’m not sure…….”

“I don’t know about the cold either. Are you really just nervous?”

“Really? It’s strange. It’s really cold…….”

Ryu Seol tilted his head at Kang Ha-neul and Go Seong-jun’s answer. He pouted and said, ‘It’s really cold…… People laughed at Ryu Seol muttering.

-Dubuck. Tboob. Tboob.

The footsteps of five people echoed across the hard brick floor.

“Stop.”

At that time, Ryu Tae-hyun, who was leading the group, stopped the group.

“Why is that?”

At Ryujin’s question, Ryu Taehyun looked back. Beyond the passage of the labyrinth where torches are hung at regular intervals. Looking at the place surrounded by hazy darkness, he said softly.

“I heard footsteps behind me. If you hear a metallic sound, it must be living armor. They are approaching this way.”

“I didn’t hear anything?”

“Then I must have faked it? Everyone get ready.”

Ryu Tae-hyun, who was in the lead, moved to the back and clenched his fists. The other four people gathered around him.

“But how did you emerge from the direction we came from?”

“They must have been hiding in the side road. Taehyung, can you tell me the exact number?”

“I’ll find out now.”

After answering that, Ryu Tae-hyeon closed his eyes and listened. At the same time, he activated his psychic powers.

His psychic body strengthening not only strengthens his physical abilities, but also strengthens his five senses. Ryu Tae-hyun, who raised his senses, heard a dizzying set of metallic sounds in his ears.

“…… Four. No, it’s five A distance of about two hundred meters.”

The eyes of the students moved quickly. Ryujin took a step forward and said.

“Me and Seol will attack first. Is that okay?”

“Please. Seongjun and I will take care of the guys who escaped from the attack of the two. Heaven takes care of your rear guard. Monsters can appear from any direction.”

“Yes.”

“Okay.”

“I like it! It’s finally real!”

– Limp. Limp. Limp.

Students took their positions at the sound of metal approaching them before they knew it.

Right after that, a group of rusty silver armor appeared from the darkness. It was a moving armor, a living armor that was a D-class monster.

-Stupid…….

The Living Armor that found the students stopped for a moment and then started to run all at once.

– Kung. Thud. Thump thump thump-!

Heavy armor can’t believe it’s fast. At the same time, brother and sister Ryujin and Ryuseol took a step forward.

“I go first.”

It was my older brother, Ryujin, who moved first. As he stood on the floor, he screamed, and the ground shook in an instant, and transparent groundwater began to spring up between the bricks at the bottom of the labyrinth.

-Quaaa!

Underground water gushing out from all sides, swirling in a spiral, hit the living armor. However, the amount was small and it was not enough to push them away who rushed with their heavy bodies.

“Seola!”

“Okay!”

At that time, a small sphere of ice was created in the hands of his younger brother, Liu Xue. She smiled triumphantly and threw her ice orb with all her might, assuming her exaggerated baseball stance.

“Freeze!”

-Kaddeuddeudeuk!

The moment the sphere touched the Living Armor, the groundwater that was swirling around them instantly froze.

The supernatural powers of the twins are And , Respectively.

Ryujin’s ability to control the flow of water was somewhat lacking in decisiveness against opponents with high defense and unable to create water on their own. Ryuseol’s freezing also required a medium to create ice, such as water, in order to use it properly.

A half ability that has clear disadvantages when viewed separately.

However, when the siblings use their abilities together, the two maximize each other’s potential.

-Kkaduk. Hard!

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Living Armors whose joints are frozen and noticeably slowed down. But luckily, the two armors that averted the catastrophe leap forward past the frozen comrades.

-Wooddeuk.

Ryu Tae-hyun released his fist while blocking the way. Only the talisman on that finger gave off a soft light.

“Huh!!!”

-Kwaaang!!

When his fists exploded, the waist of the Living Armor exploded like a watermelon. Fragments of broken armor scattered in all directions. Before the fragment even touched him, he moved to the second Living Armor and kicked it.

-Quaaang!

With a sound that could only be described as an explosion, the second armor exploded. It was a hit this time too.

-Paat!

He headed to the rest of the Living Armor without delay. Powerful fists poured down on them, who were frozen and their movements slowed down.

-Quaang!! Quaang!! Kwaaang!!!

Clean three impact sounds. The Living Armor, whose chest and waist were shattered by the blow with restrained movements, shuddered and soon stopped functioning.

“Wow… ….”

Seongjun Ko, who missed the timing to step out, let out an exclamation as he lowered the window he had been holding up. Surprisingly, the two twins were also the same.

Ryu Tae-hyun’s movements were not flashy, but they were substantial. The motion without any waste was even beautiful despite its monotony. They realized that the man in front of them was the provisional first place in the first year rankings.

Meanwhile, Kang Ha-neul, who was watching the scene from the rear, shook his head and released his psychic powers. The flame that floated in her hand melted into the air.

‘As expected, I don’t even have a turn to step out.’

It was expected when the team was formed with these members. It was because he knew that monsters in D-class dungeons would not be able to compete with Ryu Tae-hyeon.

“Wow, bloody, bloody. Very simply smashed it. I’m going to have a hard time when I retrieve the material later. Right brother?”

“It’s not something we can retrieve anyway, so what? We’re just practicing, and ownership of by-products in dungeons still belongs to the guild in charge, right?”

“That’s right. Shall we break some more to make it harder for them to retrieve?”

“hehehehe. You have a really twisted personality.”

At Ryu Seol’s joke, Ryu Jin and Go Seong-jun shook their heads, while Ryu Tae-hyeon was deep in thought among the fallen armor.

“Taehyun. What’s the matter?”

At Ryu Jin’s question, Ryu Tae-hyeon looked at him.

“Something was a little strange.”

“Strange? What?”

“Too many monsters. This is a dungeon that other guilds have already cleared. According to the professor, there are at most two monsters that appear at once, but isn’t it a bit strange that five of them popped out at the same time?”

“As you said, they must have been hiding in the side road. You said that the guild didn’t completely clean up the inside to use it for practice in the first place.”

“I see… ….”

Ryu Tae-hyeon let out a quiet voice with a face that he did not understand. True to Ryujin’s words, he thought he might be overreacting too much.

That moment.

– Pounding!

At the sensation of suddenly standing on edge, Ryu Tae-hyun patted his head and raised his head.

“Hey, guys. Something feels strange to me.”

Then, Liu Xue wrapped his arms around him and said with an anxious expression.

“Do you feel strange?”

“You said earlier that you felt cold. Something seems to be getting worse. It’s not cold, it’s stinging? It feels like someone is poking your skin with a needle.”

Ryu Tae-hyeon looked at Ryu Seol with nervous eyes. To be precise, he looked at the intangible aura, the flow of magic power, flowing around her. The flow of magical power that was vaguely visible in his eyes was passing through Ryu Seol’s body. The tingling sensation that Ryu Xue felt was due to that magical power.

It was surprising that Ryu Xue could even vaguely feel magical power, but that wasn’t what I was paying attention to now.

Ryu Tae-hyeon’s gaze slowly turned to the side. The source of the ferocious magic power was far beyond the darkness. A rough flow emanating from the depths of the dungeon was passing through their bodies sharply.

– Pounding!

Magic power in its natural state only stagnates in space and does not flow or sway in one direction. His sharpened senses alerted him to the unnatural flow of magical power.

-Kurrr… ….

The next moment, the entire labyrinth began to shake with a heavy roar.

“Huh?”

“What is this? Earthquake?”

The vibration that started weakly began to gradually increase in intensity. As the intensity of the vibration increased, the anxiety on Ryu Tae-hyun’s expression began to grow thicker.

“Guys.”

At Ryu Tae-hyeon’s call, the students turned to him. He looked confused, pondered for a moment, then spoke cautiously to them.

“I know this sounds strange, but I think you better get out of the dungeon right now.”

“What? What does that mean-“

-Quarrr!

The complaints did not follow. The next moment, the earthquake, which increased in intensity, began to crack the walls and floors of the labyrinth.

“Everyone run to the exit!!”

-Karrureung! Qurrr

At Ryu Tae-hyeon’s cry, all the students started running in the direction of the exit. No one objected. Behind them, the bricks that formed the ceiling of the labyrinth began to fall one by one.

“What! What! Why is the dungeon suddenly collapsing?! Could it be that they are already extinct?!”

“That can’t be! You said there was still a week left until the extinction date!”

“Then why is the dungeon suddenly collapsing?!”

“How do I know!!”

The shouts of the students were drowned out by the sound of the dungeon collapsing. Everywhere was full of falling dust and debris.

“Is everyone following along well?!”

Ryu Tae-hyun, who was running in the lead, shouted that and looked behind him. Ryu Jin and Ryu Seol were following him well. Ko Seong-jun was also running hard, dragging his long spear low.

However, there was no image of Kang Ha-neul there.

“Kang Haneul!!”

Ryu Tae-hyeon stopped his feet and started looking for the river sky. Soon he spotted the river sky jumping towards him from afar.

“Oops! Omg! Huh!”

Kang Ha-neul was running far behind them. In the previous battle, he was on the lookout for the rear, so it was inevitable that he would fall behind because his starting point was behind the other students. I was wearing an accelerator avatar to quickly close the distance, but my steps were twisted several times due to the continuous vibration.

“Sky!”

“Hey crazy! Where are you going?!”

Belatedly, Ryu Tae-hyeon ran towards the river sky, but it was already too late at that time.

-Kurrureurrureung!

The ceiling of the labyrinth collapsed with a loud roar. Coincidentally, the ceiling between Ryu Tae-hyeon and Kang Ha-neul.

“Kyaaa!!”

Kang Ha-neul’s screams were buried in Sato and stopped. Ryu Tae-hyeon rushed to the pile of bricks that blocked the passage.

“Kang Haneul!! Answer me!! Are you okay?!”

He exclaimed as he dug up the collapsed bricks. However, the ceiling and walls collapsed faster than he removed the bricks. The once collapsed labyrinth began to collapse in series. Rockfalls began to pile up around him.

“Kang Haneul!! Answer me!!”

“You idiot Ryu Tae-hyun! Is he determined to die now?!”

Ryujin, who had been chasing after him, urgently grabbed his shoulder.

“Sky is trapped inside! I need to get it out right now!!”

“It’s so clogged up, how can I get it out! Take care of yourself first!”

“But-“

“By the way, go to sleep! If you stay like this, you will be crushed too?!”

Ryu Tae-hyun, who was conflicted by Ryu Jin’s words, groaned loudly. As if he had no regrets left, Ryujin squeezed his shoulders once more.

“…… Okay. Let’s leave immediately.”

Ryu Tae-hyun, who had been thinking for a while, replied with a face that he was not happy with. Ryujin’s expression was dark as well. Mixed emotions appear on the faces of the two.

The two started running down the aisle again. Rockfalls falling everywhere. A huge crack on the floor. The confusion that appeared on their faces at the scenery gradually began to change to urgency.

-Kurleung. Kururrr…….

Soon, when they came out to the plaza at the entrance of the dungeon, the earthquake finally stopped. It took a while to catch my breath on my knees, and soon urgent voices began to be heard from all directions.

“Bring the first aid kit over here! Hurry!”

“Three groups of midwinter students! Are there no students in group 3 in the middle of winter?!”

“This is Bravo One. Bravo One here. Bravo Two, Three, Seven I hope they appear sequentially. Say it again Bravo Two, Three, and Seven appear sequentially…… Damn it!”

“Turn the radio to the students who lead each group!”

In the plaza, students who rushed out of the labyrinth like them were gathered in twos and threes. In the meantime, the guardsmen were running around.

“Are you okay?!”

A guard soon spotted the two and ran towards them.

“Ryu Tae-hyeon and Ryu Jin in group 8, right? Are you hurt anywhere?!”

“Yes. Both of us are fine. But… ….”

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Looking at the aisle they ran through, Ryujin chewed her lips. Taehyung Ryu stomped on the floor as if he was angry.

Guessing the situation from his trembling shoulders, the guard cautiously asked.

“Perhaps the student Kang Ha-neul in the same group…….”

“…… I am trapped inside.”

Ryu Tae-hyun answered with difficulty and looked at the entrance of the half-blocked passage.

The face was contorted with complex emotions.

***

At that time, the Gangwon-do branch of the Gate Management Bureau under the Hunter Association.

In the situation room lined with dozens of monitors, a shrill alarm sounded.

“A strong gate pulse occurs in Inje-gun! The type of erosion! Estimated scale A or higher!”

“What a f*ck! Is it grade A again?! How many times has this month been like this!”

At the call of the monitor agent, the branch manager rushed in front of him. Seeing the red dot of light in the middle of the map, he shouted.

“Get the exact coordinates right away and send an emergency call to the nearby guild! Evacuate nearby civilians! Contact your military unit and tell them to figure out the exact size of the dungeon!”

“Yes, I see…” …. Uh? What, the branch manager?”

“Why are you an asshole again!”

“I just got the coordinates of the pulse source, and this is the location of the dungeon to be destroyed that was conquered a week ago.”

“What is that! It’s not uncommon for gates to appear in a row in similar locations!”

“No, no!”

The monitor agent urgently shouted at the branch manager who was trying to ignore it.

“Not next to each other, but in exactly the same place! The coordinates of the occurrence point match perfectly!”

“…… What?”

At those words, the branch manager’s eyes, which had turned halfway around, turned back to the monitor. A look of uneasiness gradually began to appear on his face.

“Perfect match up to six digits after the decimal point! This, this can only be seen as a new dungeon within the dungeon!”

At the commotion, the eyes of the others around them all turned toward it. All of the Management Bureau employees were shocked at the unprecedented fact that another dungeon was created within a dungeon.

Even the branch manager standing in the middle of it.

“…… Such a punishment.”

His senses, having worked at the gate management office for nearly 30 years, sounded alarm bells.

“Report to headquarters. Right Now.”