Return To Level Up

Chapter 22

Ha-jin Kang calmly walked through her mind, organizing her memories before returning.

In the meantime, I took notes of important matters in as much detail as possible and kept them in a subspace.

This was a job that Ha-jin Kang did whenever he had spare time.

The more memories before regression, the better. A lot will change in the end because Ha-jin Kang is making a crack in the flow of history, but the information was important nonetheless.

Behind such Kang Ha-jin, two women and a man were carefully following.

It was Kim Ji-hye, her colleague Lee Ji-young, and Dong-hoon Dong, whom they protected.

There were four other colleagues working with Kim Ji-hye, but they were now protecting Dong-hoon’s family.

“that······.”

Ji-hye Kim was a little closer to Ha-jin Kang and spoke to her.

She said, “May I know which dungeon you are going to? I’ve never heard of going into a dungeon with such a small number of people…”

It depends on the dungeon, but at least 10 to 100 people often enter the dungeon together.

Because it is such a dangerous place, considering safety, a large number of people are gradually cleaning up the dungeon and making it a suitable hunting ground.

However, from what Kim Ji-hye heard, the dungeon she is going to now was an neglected dungeon that had hardly been attempted yet.

In this case, there were so many monsters in the dungeon, a large-scale awakening was needed.

But now there were only four of us going there. Besides, not one of them was a Battle Awakener.

Yoo Dong-hoon was included because he had to raise his level to make better Awakened-only weapons.

So, in reality, I have to protect three people, no, Yoo Dong-hoon, so I am challenging the dungeon with less power.

“It’s all here. The apartment complex you see over there is the destination.”

“Is there a dungeon in that apartment?”

Kim Ji-hye’s eyes widened. But the surprise was short-lived, and she quickly subsided. You never know when and where a dungeon will appear. What’s weird about it being an apartment?

‘Maybe there are more dungeons in that place.’

Ha-jin Kang took them and entered the apartment with the number 302 written on it. Then he got on the elevator and got off the 12th floor.

1209 was their destination.

There was no one guarding the door. It was just locked.

Originally, there were several gangs monitoring the apartment in this area, but now there are none.

Just as Ji-hye Kim was about to ask what she was going to do, Ha-jin Kang put her smartphone on her door lock.

Beep beep! Tiririck!

Kim Ji-hye stared blankly at Kang Ha-jin’s back as she opened the unlocked door.

There was nobody in the house. And there was no dungeon.

“First, open the door and check the dungeon first.”

At Ha-jin Kang’s words, everyone went into the house and opened the doors one by one.

The dungeon was in the main room.

“This is a dungeon on the Taesan side, so there is no information inside the dungeon. I’ll come in and check it out for a while, so please wait a minute.”

Ha-jin Kang said that and went into the dungeon without even having time to stop.

“Ah······!”

Jihye Kim swallowed her words to shout not to do that. She couldn’t hide her nervous expression.

It was the same with Lee Ji-young. She was also of a lower level than Jihye Kim, but she knew everything she knew.

He knew very well how dangerous it would be to go into a dungeon like that.

“How long has this dungeon been left unattended?”

Lee Ji-young asked that question and looked around her. It was no more or less than a place to store dungeons, so there was no way the house was managed.

Looking at the condition of the house, you can guess how long it had been left unattended.

“I think I left it unattended for at least a year? Do you think your sister is like that too?”

Jihye Kim nodded her head with her firm expression on her face.

As she was so restless, she waited for a while, and Ha-jin Kang jumped out of the dungeon again.

“Wait, are you okay?”

Kang Ha-jin nodded her head indifferent to Kim Ji-hye’s question and said,

“It’s not a difficult dungeon. The downside is that the monster population is a bit small, but they are all strong, so it will be quite helpful for leveling up.”

“What kind of monster lives in the dungeon?”

“It’s a knife frog.”

“A sword frog?”

It was the first monster I had ever heard of.

“Once the entrance is safe, go in and check it with your own eyes. Don’t rush in.”

“Yeah.”

Hajin Kang entered the dungeon again. This time the rest of the people followed.

After crossing the portal, the world became brighter.

It was in the middle of a huge field. I thought it would be a swampy area because it was a frog, but the humidity was surprisingly low.

There didn’t even seem to be any water nearby.

“There is no need to lure them as they are playing separately anyway. You just walk around and catch what catches your eye.”

Kang Ha-jin said so and moved his steps. Then Kim Ji-hye and Lee Ji-young followed Yoo Dong-hoon.

Yoo Dong-hoon had no combat-related skills, so he had to be in the most protective position while on the move.

Kim Ji-hye was a healer, and Lee Ji-young was a swordsman as her main weapon.

After moving at a fast pace for about 3 minutes, I saw a monster in the distance.

it was a frog It was a frog that was a frog, only the face and body were frogs, and the limbs were similar to those of humans. And he was holding a long sword.

Everyone who saw it could clearly understand why the monster was called the sword frog.

“The frog is holding a sword…”

Yoo Dong-hoon mumbled with a ridiculous expression. But the rest of the people with dungeon hunting experience said so.

When you go in and out of the dungeon, you really see all sorts of things. There was nothing strange about having a frog-shaped human.

“By the way, where did that sword come from?”

Kang Ha-jin answered Kim Ji-hye’s question.

“It’s not a knife, it’s a bone.”

“Yes? Bones?”

“The bone in the hand grew out of shape and became like a sword.”

At that, everyone opened their eyes wide and looked closely at the sword frog’s hand. But no matter how I looked, I couldn’t figure it out. He really looked like he was holding a sword.

Then the knife frog found the party and ran towards them.

Everyone was amazed at how fast it was. Except for strong Hajin.

Ha-jin Kang naturally blocked the movement of the sword frog and raised a small shield that he did not know when he took it.

Zeng!

The sword frog’s sword was blocked by Kang Ha-jin’s shield. The size of the shield was only about two palms side by side. Thanks to this, the field of vision was secured enough, and the sword frog was able to block the attack with much more precision.

Zeng! Zeng! Zeng! Zeng! Zeng!

The sword frog’s attack was quick and accurate. And he was very straightforward and honest.

So it was easy to shed an attack, and it was easy to create gaps.

Zeng! Whoops!

Hajin Kang’s sword stabbed the sword frog’s neck, which had slightly lost his balance. He stabbed a little to the side rather than the front of the neck, and a knife frog died in one shot.

“As you can see, the weakness is the straight and honest attack and this scar on the neck.”

Ha-jin Kang said while pointing his finger at the neck of the fallen sword frog. A lot of traces disappeared because the sword was accurately embedded in the scar, but I could still confirm that there was a scar there.

Everyone stared blankly at the scene.

Kang Ha-jin even confirmed the knife of the knife frog. Bones protruded from his palms and grew like swords. If you just removed it, it was exactly like a knife with a handle.

It was really strange to see the bones grow in this way.

“First of all, this knife is the most expensive.”

Hajin Kang tore off the bone knife. Breaking the bone, it came off easier than I thought.

“And the mana stones are in your heart or your head, so check them out.”

Hajin Kang did not dare to check this sword frog’s manastone. He could tell just by looking at him that he didn’t have a magic stone.

Everyone listened intently to Kang Ha-jin’s explanation.

Ha-jin Kang handed the shield in her hand to Ji-hye Kim. Kim Ji-hye received it with a bewildered expression.

“You have a level, so you can do a good job blocking the attack,” she said. Ji-young attacks while Ji-hye blocks.”

“Yeah?”

Ji-hye Kim and Ji-young Lee looked at Ha-jin Kang with startled eyes. How did you two deal with that monster?

But Kang Ha-jin did not blink an eye.

“At that level, you can definitely do it.”

Of course it would be dangerous. But once they entered the dungeon, it was natural to be dangerous.

“Follow me, Dong-Hoon Yoo. You only need to level up, so don’t forget to keep a reasonable distance. You must be within two meters.”

2 meters is too close, but it must be so in order for Hajin Kang to benefit from hunting.

After Kang Ha-jin took Yoo Dong-hoon and left, Kim Ji-hye and Lee Ji-young looked at each other with puzzled expressions.

“What?”

“What? We came here because we wanted to. And you never know when an opportunity like this will come again.”

At that, Lee Ji-young shut her mouth tightly and nodded her head.

“I will. I’ll level up and flatten their noses.”

The two took a deep breath and then moved in the opposite direction to the direction that Ha-jin Kang and Dong-hoon Lee were facing.

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Zeng! Zeng! Zeng! Zeng!

Jihye Kim clenched her teeth and struck her flying sword with her shield. She used all her concentration to stop her sword.

Her certainly honest and straight-forward attack was her sword frog’s weakness. If it had been a little more anomalous, it would probably have been difficult to stop.

While Kim Ji-hye blocked her, Lee Ji-young was looking for her chance to flirt, and she suddenly drew her sword.

Kwajik!

She’d have to hit her right at the neck, but it wasn’t possible to hit that sophisticated yet. Once the opportunity came, I stabbed another part.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

The knife frog became more and more violent as the number of injuries increased. The attack was fast and strong, but the trajectory was still clearly visible, so it could be stopped if you were focused.

As the studio went back and forth a few more times, Jihye Kim slightly twisted her shield and blocked it.

Zeng!

The sword frog staggered slightly. And Lee Ji-young did not miss that opportunity.

Whoops!

Precisely her knife was lodged in the scar on her neck.

The two sat down in front of the fallen sword frog and took a deep breath.

“I’ve already caught seven.”

“Yeah. At first I wondered what to do, but after doing this, I get used to it. The level goes up well.”

I caught only seven, but my level went up by 3. It was also effective to hunt with the two of them.

The two of us were resting like that, and I saw someone approaching from afar.

“uh? Who is coming over there?”

“Mr. Dong-Hoon Yoo?”

The person approaching was Dong-Hoon Dong. He was running hard. The two’s eyes changed.

“What happened?”

The two jumped up from their seats and ran towards Dong-Hoon Dong, who was running towards them.

“What happened?”

“Ah… I was told to bring you two…”

“Yes?”

Looking at Donghoon’s expression, it seemed that it wasn’t a big deal, it was really just an errand.

“Did you come all the way here by yourself, knowing what was going to happen when you came?”

“That’s… we cleaned up the rest of the monsters. There is only the boss left, so he tells me to wait nearby.”

“Yeah? Already?”

“How many birds did you catch?”

Yoo Dong-hoon replied with an awkward smile.

“It was 132.”

“Yeah?”

Their eyes widened as if they were about to tear apart.

They stood there for a while as if nailed to the spot, staring blankly behind Yoo Dong-hoon and in the direction where Ha-jin Kang might be.