Regress and Eat

‘Thinking of items that would be money, is this the first thing that came to mind because of a previous life? ’

I laughed bitterly thinking about it.

At the last moment, unlike my colleagues who were all SSS grades, I faced ageing alone and couldn't see [Flame of Energy].

There was no potential for combustion.

“What this is · · · ·. ”

I briefly explained the effectiveness of the item to Hibiki and Nate.

From the moment this flame hits your core, the reversal of aging begins and you can regain youth, which persists until the potential Mana wears off.

"Instead of being young and retaining enormous physical abilities like a class B or higher hunter, you just have to rejuvenate. Changing between growth and rejuvenation as hunters through Mana activation. We don't need it."

Hibiki tilts his head.

“So it only works on Awakeners. Older people who want this are getting up and not going to dungeons. ”

As expected, you understand at once.

“That's right."

“But you can't just sell Awakening Stone to anyone, can you? to prevent the awakening of people who can't hunt. Are there so many Awakened Elders in the world? ”

The physical condition of the awakening phase affects even after awakening.

Strictly speaking, a 90-something old man can't break 100 meters in five seconds like a 20-something hunter.

Therefore, most countries are in control of the distribution of Awakening Stone.

Most of them.

“Not all countries control Awakening Stone as rigorously as Korea. All the powerful and wealthy people who went to the Middle East or Africa were awakened. You'll be exempt from the National Emergency Hunter if you have a lot of money. ”

I don't have to worry about being recruited anyway, so I wake up with peace of mind.

After completing the explanation, I brought [Flame of Energy] to the Dark Red Tree Branch I had stored earlier.

Then the flame that holds the stone is caught in the branches and there is nothing left in the broken rock.

“Come on, we'll go around a few more places like this. ”

Hibiki sighed very shallow as I told her to fly again.

*

Hibiki hunts the fire Lizard for about two hours, and Nate practices manna control on the rocks.

When the stone is broken and a new flame emerges, it is carried on to the branch that was holding it.

Then, at first, the flame, which was smaller than the fist, later grew as big as the three heads combined.

“Well · · · I also don't think they can be subordinates. ”

Unlike the Trolls, Fire Lizard is unable to zombieize.

It seems that my whole body is burning.

I knew it from my previous experience, but I encouraged Nate to try it on purpose.

It's also important to experience it with your body as you bump into it.

Far from the corpse of Fire Lizard, Nate looks at me lighting a branch and asks.

“Will it ever go away? ”

“Don't worry. Never go away. ”

I think we've gathered enough.

“At least 50 of the elderly will rejuvenate at this size. ”

Of course I'm not the promoter. I'm going to sell it to a full-length generator instead of meeting all 50 end customizers. He's a wholesaler. If he is, he will find the best customer to covet the product.

Of course, they won't release this quantity to the market at once. Metallurgy, looking at livelihoods, raising prices in line with demand.

‘Now is the optimal condition to sell, as it will be found in other country dungeons in just two years' time, resulting in more volume. ’

After inserting the flaming branch into the boxy artifact, I sealed it and fed it to 'Snake 2’.

“Come on, let's go back. ”

Nate's eyes widen.

“Huh? You're not attacking? ”

“We're not here to attack. Enough sparks. ”

The prerequisite for this dungeon is to exterminate all the monsters within the perimeter.

"This is a Class C dungeon, so extra rewards won't change, but the density of the monster formations is too low to take up much time. It's not like there's no big guild beading."

Hibiki nods as if he understood.

“That's why you're telling me you're paying for all three dungeons in one day? Literally just a stone. You're not attacking? ”

I shake my index finger to the left and to the right.

“Don't be so neat. The next dungeon will be an ambush. ”

Hunter nods, guarding the door as we exit the gate.

“You must really be here for the field trip. ”

You can't imagine us coming back in two hours to finish farming the item.

“Now that the procedure is a procedure, I will inspect your belongings. ”

Procedure to verify that the country has items or dungeon creatures such as manna cores, Awakenings, etc. controlled by the state.

“Yes, this is exactly what you had when you entered the room. Thank you for your cooperation. ”

I had already eaten up the Mana Core, and he couldn't have guessed that the [Flame of Energy] I gathered hard had been swallowed up by the snake wrapped around my wrist for a moment.

*

The next dungeon was on the foundation.

The Gate Keepers Hunter guarding the entrance was a slightly neurotic man.

He entrusted it to us.

“As you may have heard, you should never go up the mountain. That's a no-go zone! even if you have an SS rating. ”

“Yes, I understand. ”

“But · · · Are you sure you want to be three? It's a five-man S-rank dungeon. ”

The man finally couldn't hide his anxiety from his eyes.

At least, I got the SS rating, so I let the gate in. You wouldn't be able to enter if you got the wrong rank.

With one ear to his words, we entered the second dungeon today.

Weeing!

A system message pops up.

Dungeon Information

1. Level: S

2. Maximum number of entrants: 5

3. Clear Conditions: Combine letters to complete the revelation

4. Time to evolution: 9 years 16 days 7 hours 44 minutes

5. Status: Stable

After going to the dungeon, the first thing I saw was a sky full of clouds. A field full of unknown grass. In the center was an altar made of food from a foreign world, and a tall, wooded mountain in the distance.

I explained.

“This is the Apocalypse Dungeon. ”

Nate asks.

“What's that? ”

“Some kind of treasure hunt dungeon. Inside the boundary, there is a metal sculpture of a biphasic character, and collecting it together at the altar completes the book of revelations that comes to mind. Most of the time, where and when a grade dungeon appears and when it explodes. Not only does the combination that needs to be made in a few days cycle keep changing, but it also repeats the letter fragments disappearing and appearing elsewhere, making it a difficult dungeon for a typical hunter. ”

It was not long before mankind relied on the Apocalyptic Dungeon.

The prophet Angelica shared more accurate and detailed prophecies with humanity than the prophecy of Revelation.

Of course, it was actually a prophecy of a manipulated and imprisoned Han Seon by Angelica.

Hibiki frowns as if he didn't understand.

“A dungeon break in advance? · · · The system must have designed all of these, right? ”

“That's right."

I think about it for a moment and then I talk to him.

“I don't know what that means. If building a dungeon is a system, and the collapse is the system's intention, why not help us in the same way as the Revelation, and prevent the dungeon from opening and exploding at all? ”

It's one of the topics that we've been thinking about a lot in our previous lives.

Is the system that harasses humanity in this way truly cruel?

Or is it intelligent life that uses us for unknown purposes, with other intentions?

I thought about it, but I didn't know the answer.

Though I think I've got a clue in this life.

‘When Seo Jin-wook woke up, they were · · manna molded on the altar of trials. It was not a mechanical message You said it was a spirit being served by someone. ’

I let go of the thoughts I had in my head for a moment and told Hibiki.

“It's only clear that whatever the purpose of the system is, it has no intention of exterminating humanity at all. The Apocalypse proves it. Of course, we don't know yet whether this will ultimately benefit humanity or not. ”

In my previous life, I ended up with a thread.

So, what will happen in this lifetime when the variable Angelica is gone?

Rather than pondering and refining, I was just trying to make sure the same thing didn't happen again.

That's the goal of this life.

I took a step.

“Let's go.”

Nate asked.

“Where to?”

I insisted as if I were asking a natural question.

I flexed my finger to point.

“Over there.”

There was a high mountain where the gatekeeper told him not to go.

*

“Sew!”

It was like an oak field in the mountains.

I let the two of you resolve this without deliberately interfering in battle.

Hibiki's spell freezes, burns, fries and carves the orcs.

Nate took a step back from the battle in the previous dungeon as well.

“Ewwww! ”

“Ugh · · ·! ”

Zombies rushing and biting at a faster rate than the Orcs provoke monsters without pity. This is a completely different movement from the dungeon zombie, as seen fighting the Trolls.

In addition, the body was much tougher than the dizzy monsters and the movement was flexible. Protruding from all over the limb, this blade boasted more efficiency than any artifact of the type of sword.

“Cough!”

It was overwhelmingly disadvantageous to the Orcs, of course.

But like most monsters seen in the dungeons, they rush to their deaths as if retreat had never existed in their minds.

“Ouch! It's over! ”

The last Orc has finally fallen.

Two people huffing among the bodies of bloody Orcs.

Hibiki takes the Mana potion and Nate, who is relatively low on Mana consumption, takes a familiar move to the next level.

When he activated his unique skill, his body became red Mana.

[footsteps on guard]

You see a handful of Mana coming out of your core.

It seeps into the corpses of fallen Orcs everywhere.

Ugh!

“Ugh · · ·! ”

“Woo!”

The Orcs became zombies, about half of them dead.

Whew!

The wind blows and all the Orc zombies vanish into Nate's shadow.

Now that he has increased the number of 'subordinates’, he will have almost no use for his‘ friends’ who suffered together in the laboratory in battle.

Like you did in your past life.

“Hmm.”

Nate looks carefully at the remains on the ground, not zombies.

“I also don't think I can make you a subordinate if your body is too damaged. ”

The common thing about the remains is that the whole head flew away or was severely damaged, such that it was hard to recognize the shape and torn and burned.

Nate tried his skill one more time in front of a charred Orc, but there was no reaction.

“I see.”

I was aware of this, but nodded and agreed.

While you two were resting, I absorbed the recovered Mana Core.

Nate rolls his eyes at the scene of the sudden fading sensuously placed on his finger.

“It's amazing how many times I've seen it. ”

Hibiki takes a breath.

“I thought you said you needed to collect text pieces like treasure hunters to clear? ”

“That's right."

“Then why are we still · · · · ·. ”

The question is, why are you climbing this mountain without finding any pieces?

“You'll soon find out why. ”

Hibiki was still speaking with her eyes fixed on the Orc carcass.

“By the way, the higher you go up the mountain, the weirder the status of the · · · monsters seems. ”

Sharp.

“At the mountain entrance, I was just running blindly, but increasingly, I think I'm being chased by something? ”

I corrected her words.

“I'm not being chased, I'm actually bored with fear. ”

“Fear? Of what? ”

Just for a moment.

I heard something fly in my ears from a distance.

The sound of very heavy wings.

“Not for you. ”

After a while, Nate heard it, and after a while, Hibiki seemed to notice it.

“What is this noise? ”

The answer to the question was the protagonist of the sound on my behalf.

“Kuaaaaaa!”

An enormous roar.

The air trembles and the ground cries. The forest grows noisy in no time. All the flying beasts that were hiding among the branches flew up in unison. Orcs scream loudly at the mountainous heights that have not yet been climbed.

Hibiki frowns and covers her ears, and Nate opens his eyes wide to hear the sound.

Whee!

As we sweep through our faces, the harsh wind begins to blow.

The origin is the top of the mountain.

What had changed was not just the flow of air.

Suddenly, the shadow that covers the top of the mountain gradually descends to where we are.

“That · · · ·. ”

Flying from that distant summit, it was enormous, as if ignoring perspective.

However, it is not a misconception of the eye, but because the opponent's body is large enough to look like that.

And then, one more roar.

“Kuaaaaaa!”

And then a moment.

A cloudy, cloudy sky is blocked by a dark darkness.

The body of a giant creature that flew over us covered everything.

“Kuaaaaaa!”

I think my ears are going to tear.

I frowned.

“Loud and clear. ”

I remembered the system message if I was close enough.

- [Successor's Eye] defends against [Dragon Peer] 's mental interference!

However, Nate and Hibiki were determined to be directly affected by the effects.

Everyone's gaze is towards the monsters that cover the sky.

Hibiki's lips open.

“D-Dragons! ”

In the meantime, Hibiki notices something strange.

“This is Class S! Then why dragons? ”

The ability to talk even in the effects of [Dragon Pier] means that you are that strong.

Meanwhile, Nate stares up at the dragon with his mouth wide open and stunned.

That response is also different from fear.

‘They're not both completely fine, but there's no need to worry about panic. ’

I replied to Hibiki. Conversations like this can also help you escape the peer's effects.

“Class S because you can attack a dungeon without defeating it. It's a kind of trap placed in this dungeon. ”

The original tactic of this dungeon was to complete the book of Revelation by collecting the pieces of text flying around the field as quietly as possible, being careful not to wake up that dragon.

In other words, if you do not pay enough attention or make too much noise, you encounter the dragon.

Perhaps, defeating that dragon was not the consideration of the architect of this dungeon in the first place.

‘In other words, I didn't leave it here to wake up. Originally.’

Back then.

The black dragon that floated in the sky sent a 'shooting down' Telepathy.

- Human? It's been a long time! My collection is growing like this again!

Nate and Hibiki's face distorted.

It would have been first exposed to this form of violent telepathy.

However, it was nothing from my perspective that I was accustomed to the behavior of the · · · recent machete.

- You won't be lonely with so many of them in the first place!

A great enchantment appeared before the body of the Black Dragon.

As we've seen in the records, they're trying to capture us alive instead of killing the great mob.

But...

I didn't wait for the spell to be completed.

Whew!

Suddenly [Stardust Wing] unfolds.

Six wings made of light particles.

I flew upright and dug into the heart of the dragon like a backward meteor.

Even before the speed was easy to deal with.

Weeing!

I was surrounded by my black purple sword.

‘It would have been a lot simpler if I had brought a machete. ’

[Artha's Sword!]

Paaaahhhh!

A giant dragon overwhelmed by its size as it gets closer.

I stared at a part of the giant.

You don't have to hunt just because you're not a monster you let hunt! ’

The purple sword that wrapped around the sword spread out and wrapped around my entire body, and I became a gale of wind and swarmed towards the heart of the dragon.