Acquired the EX-class attribute ‘Transcendence Copy’

70 – Explore

“This is the hidden area~! Are you in a cave?”

As soon as you pass through the portal, the surrounding environment changes dramatically. When I played it as a game, I thought it was a game omission, but this world was actually made that way. How the hell have you made the world?

What appeared in front of us was a cave. No, the expression “Appeared” Is not appropriate. We entered the cave.

The geology that makes up the walls of the cave is basalt, which is most common in the ‘volcanic zone’. It is a cave made of black stone with many holes. Shining stones, densely embedded in the ceiling at regular intervals, illuminated the path. Without it, I would have been in total darkness and couldn’t see right in front of me.

I thought that was also one of the games allowed, but it’s kind of strange that it really exists like that.

“Wow! Miss Sierra! Look at that! It’s a glowstone! It’s not quite as good as what we sell at Janet’s Top, but it sounds like a pretty good glowstone! Really amazing..”

Ellie realizes something strange a beat later and stops her mouth.

He noticed that Sierra, who was supposed to be spoken to, had disappeared.

“Eh!? Yo, John! It’s a big deal! Miss Sierra… Miss Sierra is gone!”

“Not just Miss Sierra.”

There is neither Lirre nor Cain. It’s just me and Ellie here.

It is not an extraordinary event. The gimmick of the ‘volcanic zone’ hidden area that appeared in the original game was activated.

In this hidden area, there are several paths leading to the boss room. If you enter the hidden area while in a party, the number of people is automatically divided.

The distribution of personnel is done in consideration of the average of the ability points, but if a combination with an extreme balance is formed, the attack will be overtaken by this one gimmick. For example, if you bring a 1-deal, 4-heal combination, commonly called a wheel combination, to this dungeon, the pot will be broken.

One of the reasons I chose Mercenary King Cain is that his even stat balance is very useful in situations like this. As long as Cain is there, there is no need to worry about that side. Sierra and Lire are both strong enough to play a part, so there’s no need to catch Cain’s feet.

“Eeh!? Really! Miss Lir and Mr. Cain are also gone! What is this Daejeon…. No way, a dungeon gimmick!?”

“I guess so. This…. There was no such content in the ancient documents.”

I’m not embarrassed at all, but I pretended to be embarrassed by scratching my cheek. Because I want to enjoy Ellie’s restless expression.

“John! We seem to be in trouble! Falling into the hidden area without a veteran mercenary… ! You will be found by others as a parched mummy!!!”

Originally, Ellie is prone to making a fuss, but this time she was particularly harsh. It’s just that it’s not a joke.

I fully understand Ellie’s feelings. This is a dungeon, especially the hidden area. Since two newbies fell where even veteran mercenaries were careful, I can’t help but feel uneasy.

In order to remain calm in this situation, she must not just be nervous, but her brain must be damaged and unable to think about worrying. Or, like me, you have perfect information.

“Ms. Ellie. Calm down. First, take a deep breath.”

“Fuhaa! Fuha! Fuha! Fuha!”

“How many of these do you see?”

“Five.”

“This? This? And this?”

“Seven, one, and thirteen. Oh, how did you just do that!?”

“Okay. You’ve come to your senses. Do not worry too much. There was a lot of information about the Hidden Area in the ancient documents. There seems to be a bit of information missing, but if you follow the book, you won’t risk anything.”

“Your finger just…”

“First of all, let’s go.”

“Yes!? Departing…. Mr John. Wouldn’t it be better to just wait for the party here?”

Under normal circumstances, Ellie is right. But she shouldn’t be forgotten. That this place is part of the ‘volcanic zone’.

“Ms. Ellie. Glacier crystals, how many are left?”

“Ah…. I’m about four sips….”

If you raise four, you have 4 hours left. No, less than that. This is because a lot of glacial tears are consumed during intense battles.

“If you wait here indefinitely, just like Miss Ellie said earlier, it will become a half-dried squid mummified.”

“I never said that, but…. I’m sure it will.”

“So, I have no choice but to find a way. According to the ancient documents, it seems that if you defeat the boss of this hidden area, the way out will appear.”

“Is the dungeon boss in the boss room?”

“Not all of them, but most of them. Probably the same here. Miss Ellie. It moves.”

“Four~! I like dried fish, but I have no intention of becoming one myself! Mr. John! Please take the lead!”

Ellie quickly found her usual lively expression. I took the lead. The nice thing about this hidden area is that you don’t have to find your way. There is only one road, so all you have to do is move forward. There is even an arrow mark on the wall in case you get lost.

“Something feels ominous. Kindly guide me to the mural… ! I feel the malice, as if pulling me into a trap. Yohan, what did you say in the ancient documents you read?”

“There was no talk of a trap. It says that the boss room will come along the way. However, as before, there are definitely parts that have not appeared in the ancient documents, so I think we should be careful.”

“Beep-!”

As soon as I said to be careful, a monster appeared. A bat with a human face They’ve been following us ever since.

“There are bats that big too! Something about it looks really bad. It looks like it won’t cost money!”

“It’s a vampire bat! Be careful!”

I took out my dagger. Bats charged us without giving us a chance.

“Beep-!”

“eee! Sudden dizziness… !”

The bat’s ultrasonic attack. The damage itself is weak, but it feeds the status abnormality called ‘confusion’.

‘Then….’

「Soul of the Butcher」 (Class A)

[Raising the senses, activating the ‘searching’ ability and the ‘living detection’ ability. While the ‘Search’ ability is active, you are immune to ‘Confusion’ and ‘Illusion’ status ailments. While the ‘live detection’ ability is active, the evasion rate is increased by 100%. In addition, you can use the ‘Giant Killing’ skill once during attribute activation. Attribute activation has a cooldown of 24 hours and consumes mana every second.

Activated the search ability. In an instant, spatial information about a hundred meters in all directions appeared in my head. It was as if a mini-map had appeared in one corner of the field of vision. It’s not just a mini-map, it’s a 3D mini-map.

‘It’s not very precise, but I can roughly grasp the location of the enemy.’

Enemies are marked with red dots, allies with blue dots. I am the green dot

“John! Careful..”

I pierced the dagger into the bat that was running towards me.

To lose balance with ultrasonic waves, then come closer and suck blood with sharp fangs.

It’s a vampire bat’s tactic. It’s a very simple tactic with many gaps, but the vampire bats cover the sloppiness of the tactic with an overwhelming number.

“”””Beep-!””””

“Hey! It’s not just one or two bats!!!”

It disgusts me to see bats the size of a human head clumped together like that. Is it the feeling of seeing a wheel that is crowded?

“Shadow Chain.”

Weave chains with shadows to ward off bats. Attached to the end of the chain is the ‘Dagger of Demons’

“Miss Ellie! Bow down!”

Shhh!

The chain with the dagger in it rotates like a whirlwind. Just like a runner who was in charge of guerrilla training in a playground in his childhood, the chain with an A-class item attached to the end radiated centrifugal force and vomited a tyrannical mana storm.

The power of the demon’s dagger is 30.

The power of over 50 shadow chains is added to this.

“”””Beep!!!””””

The pitiful screams of the vampire bats resounded through the cave.

—

Elizanette was a bright child. She had an understanding that, if she taught one, she could understand five, if not ten. This was not simply limited to the ability to bounce the abacus. Born to her merchant parents, she excelled in martial arts.

-If you are a young lady, you will be able to enter the academy without difficulty!

Originally, it was a martial art that started out as self-defense. After being praised by her mentor, who had spent a lot of money in her family, Ellie’s parents allowed her to attend her academy.

Her academy was not a very essential course for Ellie, who would inherit the top of her family. Of course, it is undeniable that the connections she gained at her academy will be of great help in the future, but while studying at her academy, building her practical skills and succeeding her top rank is also an option she can choose. It was one of the options available. Making connections with her is not something that can only be done within the academy.

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However, Ellie chose her academy. No, she had to choose. She had a ‘reason’ for her.

After entering the academy like that, Ellie quickly realized that she was a frog in the well. Even if she didn’t go up to monsters like Sarah Leoris or Arsha Sword Horn, there were so many brilliant geniuses in this academy. In the past, her teacher’s compliments made her feel like flattery.

Among those geniuses, the one who caught Eli’s eye was definitely John.

John Baker.

First of all, this man with a common name and a widely spread surname was unusual in appearance. The owner of a face that can’t be forgotten at once, he took the top position at the academy with the status of a commoner. Although he is a commoner, he went too easily to a realm that even he could not reach in terms of economic conditions.

He is a real genius, not a fake genius like himself.

That’s why he must be captured.

That was Johann Baker.

“Hmm. It’s just sorted out.”

John said, shaking his hands. It’s already the fourth encounter with the group of monsters.

“hahahaha…. How to say…. The tension just disappears.”

He said that with her uncharacteristic slumped smile.

This is definitely the Hidden Area, an unknown territory where even veteran mercenaries do not miss the tension. It is a pandemonium that freshmen like themselves have to be careful about even taking one step at a time. By the way, this nonsensical guy is walking around the dungeon like that.

“Thanks to the old documents. If you know which monsters will spawn and where, there is nothing to be afraid of.”

“Surely so. My mother always emphasized the importance of information, and I never thought I would experience it like this here.”

I can feel it right down to my bones. After all, is there no teacher who has only experience?

A large iron gate appeared in front of the two of them as they walked down a single road. This is the first change on a boring road.

“Ah! No way, is that the boss room!?”

“Iron gate? I don’t think there was anything like that in the ancient documents….”

“I’ll go once! Maybe, we’ve almost reached the exit…”

Ellie felt the heat on her floor as she moved her steps with a bright expression on her face. She felt the heat even though she had just taken a glacial crystal.

“Watch out!!!!”

I felt the shock on my back. It feels like someone is kicking and kicking from behind. Ellie’s body rolled on the floor. And at the same time, red flames gushed out from where she had just been.

Quaa!

The moment I saw the flames, a cold chill ran down my spine, inconsistent with the temperature here. If it was even a little late, it would have been engulfed in flames. In this situation without a healer, if you were caught up in that kind of flame, the result would be obvious.

“Miss Ellie! Are you okay!?”

“Yo.. John….”

My lips trembled and I couldn’t speak properly. The slight opening of the bladder was an unspeakable secret.

“If you look closely, there is a hole in the floor. Like this, it detects our weight…”

Quaa!

“It’s a trap that emits flames when you step on it. It was not in the ancient documents.”

It was only then that Ellie realized it again. This is not a playground. She admired Yohan’s overwhelming prowess, and for a moment she forgot where she came from.

A demonic realm where you can’t and shouldn’t let go of your mind even for a minute or a second.

She is right where she is.

“Are there any injuries?”

“Yes, yes…. It’s a bit far, but it’s okay.”

Ellie, who was checking her injuries, stopped talking as if she had an abnormal condition. The place where her swaying eyes were directed was at her waist. The bottle of ‘glacier crystal’, the life water of this ‘volcanic zone’, was broken.

“Mu, water!!!”

Of course there are spares. The problem was that Cain had that extra.