The Player Who Returned From The Apocalypse

Chapter 43

hearthstone.

It is the new energy of the present age and the driving force that allows hunters to catch monsters.

If you enter a gate or dungeon and catch a monster, you will unconditionally drop a mana stone that matches that level, which was traded at a fairly high price.

So, what about Slenderman, the owner of the dungeon we caught this time?

Normally, it would be grade A.

However, the mana stones that came from him were special.

Unlike ordinary manastones, the color was black and the shape was also unusually smooth and spherical.

[ Dungeon Manastone

A manastone containing the soul of the dungeon owner.

If the conditions are met, it can be revived.

Restrictions on use: Requires sacrifice of double-headed dog’s teeth, sonic turtle shell, magic long sword, and D-class manastones.

Efficacy: Resurrection and taming of the owner of the Manastone ]

Obviously, a magic stone is a magic stone.

However, unlike ordinary manastones, the effects were clearly marked.

It is none other than the resurrection of the master of the Manastone and the timing.

‘And the manastone’s owner must be the Slenderman I hunted.’

Seong-jin lay down at home and re-evaluated Ma-seok and thought.

The Slender Man I killed this time was a monster with A-grade magic in the subject that appeared in the D-grade dungeon.

There were not many hunters who could deal with this guy.

Even if it’s not a special environment called a dungeon.

Currently, there are almost no S-class hunters in this era.

From the time the Awakened character just started appearing until the end of the future, there was no one who Awakened to the S rank from the beginning.

Therefore, in order to become an S grade, you must clear the Trial (S).

You have to survive in a dungeon infested with Grade A boss monsters. In addition, the experience required to level up increases exponentially as the rank goes up.

Perhaps there was a possibility that there was no S-class hunter in this era.

In such a reality, taming an A-grade monster would definitely be useful.

‘It’s timing… .’

It is a skill that feels repulsive.

It was the same before Return, but it didn’t fit well with the monster.

Hero titles have the effect of removing restrictions on titles.

Therefore, Seongjin had the experience of learning most of the skills and applied them to fight, but rarely used this taming skill.

If you wanted to use it, you could do it, but it was difficult to raise the skill level, and it was because of his personal opinion.

Monsters are monsters.

The thought that one day, as a hunter, he is the enemy he must kill.

“Thanks to him, he often fought with tamers.”

The tamers said that monsters are also life, so respect them, and they also said that they have a will.

I didn’t believe it at the time.

I thought that the tamed monster was nothing more than a puppet.

He thought it was just a tool.

… No, he tried to think so.

Because I didn’t like fighting with them.

‘Even now, that thought has not changed much.’

Still, it was too wasteful to have these items and not use them.

Use what is available.

Seongjin thought so and got up from his seat.

Then, he laid down the Manastone and took out the necessary items written in the item information from the inventory.

It was an all-in-one item.

This time, the material items that came out while catching the monsters in the dungeon, the store items he was using, and a large amount of D-grade manastones were all.

It seemed as if only those who cleared the dungeon should use this item.

Also, drop items cannot be obtained from the store, and you have to catch a specific monster, but where else would you see that rare boss monster other than a dungeon?

“Well, it’s me, it’s good to have less trouble.”

He took out all the items and arranged them around the dungeon manastone.

And like most of the items, it was used with magic.

suuk-

As the magic power was rapidly sucked in, a black tentacle-like protruding from the dungeon manastone grabbed nearby items and pulled them in their direction.

“Eat well.”

Eat well too.

Its own magical power as well as nearby items are slowly absorbed into its body.

How it was brought in from such a small size, I wondered if even a subspace was connected.

After absorbing all the items, the dungeon manastone stopped eating the magic it gave.

“Is this the end?”

It was my first time using the item, so I had no idea how it worked.

You can’t touch it right away.

Once I tried the emotion.

It was to check how the item was working now.

“….”

The system did not respond.

If it is an item, information about the item comes out in front of you just by thinking that you are appreciating it.

I tried a few more times just in case I didn’t know, but it didn’t work.

‘That’s right.’

This means that it is no longer an item.

“Hey. Open your eyes.”

squeak. As soon as the words were finished, the magic stone, or what was the magic stone, moved.

After trembling for a while, a mark with overlapping circles and X patterns appeared, and then a small mouth appeared, revealing sharp teeth.

Then, move as if looking left and right for a moment, and then look through Seongjin. looked at

No, it would be correct to say that she felt that way.

First of all, he doesn’t have eyes.

“…Magic properties confirmed. 99% agreement. Confirmation complete.”

With a small mumble, he began to speak like a machine.

And after a while, he introduced himself.

“Hello, Master. I am your faithful servant, Slenderman.”

[ Skill Timing has been learned. ][You have tamed the dungeon-type monster Slenderman. ]

***

Sungjin lifted the resurrected Slenderman.

He looked completely different from the first time I saw him.

Originally, he was a monster in the form of a bizarre person.

But how did you become such a small spherical body?

‘Is something wrong?’

Just in case, Seongjin used magic detection to read the man’s magic.

I was worried that I might have gotten weaker or that I might start again as a child.

Fortunately, the magic power was great.

As before, grade A was enough to take pictures with ease.

‘By the way, the character is strange?’

It wasn’t originally his dark magic.

It wasn’t this or that, it was a complex magical power just like himself.

He felt as if he was contemplating himself.

“Did you copy my magic?”

“Yes. Master. We are analyzing and producing the energy required for resurrection while it is being supplied. Also, we have identified the master through this.”

Indeed, I was wondering how to tam this guy who was resurrected from an item, but it seems to be differentiated through the supplied magical power.

‘By the way, it looks like a completely different monster… .’

Conversation has also changed.

Besides, looking back, this guy was murdered by himself.

But being so obedient, it felt like another monster.

“You don’t have a grudge against me?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“I killed you. Don’t you remember?”

“Sorry. All records of the previous owner have been deleted.”

“The record has been deleted? Does that mean there is no previous memory?”

“Actually, you can say that some memories have disappeared.”

Hearing that answer, Sungjin sighed inwardly.

It was a really sad thing to say.

There aren’t that many monsters that can talk.

In particular, Slender Man was a monster who was the owner of the dungeon.

I was expecting him to teach me a lot of information, but I was disappointed.

“What do you know? Do you know anything about dungeons?”

He asked because he didn’t know.

That was the question I was most curious about right now.

What is a dungeon and why is it different from a gate?

To this, Slenderman answered without hesitation.

“Yes. I know. It is a gate made by a dungeon-type monster like me. Once used, we cannot get out until we die, but the owner will get some of the experience of the beings who die there. Do you want to install a dungeon?”

“Wait what? You can set up a dungeon?”

“Yes. Yes. That’s what I am.”

a shocking fact.

No wonder there were monsters that could create the dungeon itself.

And there was something to be said for this fact.

“Yes, the previous owner seems to have installed a dungeon.”

“I can’t give you a definitive answer because I don’t remember, but if you killed me in a dungeon, I would.”

Sungjin frowned upon hearing that answer.

According to what he just said, the author, his owner, was talking about installing a dungeon to earn experience.

“Is it impossible to pursue the owner who installed the dungeon?”

“It is impossible to pursue. Dungeons are the basic gates, and there is a possibility that they exist in a different world instead of this world. However, the magical powers of beings like us are similar to those of their masters, so you can tell them apart.”

Untraceable.

Literally.

They didn’t know anything about dungeons.

It was probably a dungeon installed in another world, as Slenderman said.

‘Damn it. After all, it’s a story about missing the head.’

I thought it was an hour off. Sungjin then asked a question.

“How do I make a dungeon break?”

“Occurs when there are no people in the dungeon. This period becomes longer as the level increases.”

“A-grade dungeon?”

“Three years.”

3 years.

It was the same as when the dungeon break first occurred.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

It can be said that the A-grade dungeon that was left unattended was the cause of the break.

‘I can overcome other dungeons, but grade A was out of the question.’

The cog wheels mesh and rotate.

First Dungeon Break.

As a result, A-grade boss monsters overflowed.

Dungeons that do not enter due to confusion, dungeon breaks that occur in series

At the time of the end, the circumstances in which the monsters took over the earth passed in an instant.

‘Then the main things I have to turn to are dungeons with few people going in and out.’

I have no intention of removing the dungeons at all.

Because Hunters need dungeons to level up.

You just need to clear a moderately unpopular dungeon.

‘For this, we need a list of people entering the dungeon… .’

My head hurts with what I have to do next.

You don’t have to do it right now.

If there is still time and the future has not changed much, the dungeon that should be prioritized is A-grade dungeon.

It is necessary to reduce the number of users here as there are few users.

“And when a dungeon break occurs, we…”

“Oh, I’m not curious about that, so that’s fine.”

Because I had no intention of using this guy as a dungeon anyway.

I didn’t want the small amount of experience that I received by catching a few D-class people, and I didn’t want the dungeon to increase.

‘Besides, I can only guess.’

He himself sees Slenderman for the first time.

It can be roughly inferred from that.

“I would like to ask for an escort of one person, is it possible?”

“I don’t need a favor. Please give me an order.”

“okay.”

Sungjin quietly opened the door.

It’s midnight now.

It’s time for everyone to fall asleep.

Sungjin entered the master bedroom through the living room.

And there, his father, Kim Jeong-ho, was sleeping.

“Guard this one. Thoroughly.”

“I see. Master.”

Degurur- Slenderman rolled his body and approached Kim Jung-ho.

And he slipped into his body.

After a while, Kim Jung-ho said with his eyes wide open.

“I will definitely protect this body.”

In the voice of Slenderman.