Acquired the EX-class attribute ‘Transcendence Copy’

71 – Trap

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The bluish water flowing from the broken glass bottle evaporates in the heat of the cave. The insulated bottle containing glacial crystals is a specially crafted item. It was a sight that made me feel the fact that I couldn’t pick up the flowing water and contain it.

“Ah… !”

Ellie let out a scream like a scream.

As she stared at the broken glass bottle with her empty eyes, there was none of her usual composure. Her blood drained from her face as Ellie dropped her to her knees.

“Uh, so what? ?”

Her John approaches her like that.

“Don’t worry too much. Mr. Cain had her extra water, so she should join them.”

“Yeah, that’s right… ?”

“There is usually only one boss room in a dungeon. Even if you are separated from the group, there is a high probability that you will meet in the boss room.”

John’s words were valid. The nervous feeling of walking on shards of broken glass calms down a little. However, John’s optimistic outlook did not dispel all existing anxiety.

Time limit. Ellie, who had just taken the glacial crystal, had only one hour left.

If she doesn’t meet the other party inside, she will slowly wither to death in this steaming heat.

‘It will be okay…. It will be fine….’

Ellie repeated her mother’s words in her mind. Despair in her hope brings ruin, but hope in despair brings future. Now, in the depths of despair, was the time to desperately think of hope.

“Then, move quickly.”

John took the lead. Seeing John’s majestic backing made him feel a little more at ease. The man standing in front of her was the head of the academy, the supernova of the royal capital who surprised everyone.

‘Yes, I can trust and rely on Yohan-kun.’

It was an idea that I could do because I saw the skills he showed with my own two eyes. Ellie vigorously followed after him.

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Approximately an hour passed after falling into the Hidden Area. A terrain that is not much different from the one depicted in the game unfolds in front of you.

The road to the boss room was smooth. The occasional monsters and traps were dealt with without difficulty. Monsters that knew their weaknesses or traps that knew their location weren’t that much of a threat.

‘The other side must be doing well too.’

There is Cain over there. In-game, even if thrown into any dungeon, there is a 70% chance of returning alive. In the community, he is called the dungeon king rather than the mercenary king.

With him, I don’t think there’s anything to worry about over there. Even if it’s not Cain, it’s a combination of Sierra and Lire. It is safe to assume that the possibility of causing combat power issues is nil.

The problem here is Ms. Ellie, who has lost the ‘Glacier Crystal’. Looking at the flushed cheeks, it seems that he has already reached his limit.

The hidden area of the volcanic area consumes more cold energy than the normal area. In other words, you need to take ‘Glacier Crystals’ more often. There should be no problem with the other side with quite a bit of extra, but this side is different.

“Miss Ellie.”

“……”

“Miss Ellie!”

“Oh, four! Did you call!?”

Feels like walking while dozing off.

The suffocating heat of the steamer makes the mind confused. It seems that he has suffered from an abnormal condition called ‘heat stroke’. If symptoms continue like this, you may faint.

“Here, eat.”

I gave my water to Ellie.

“That, that’s Yohan-kun’s.”

“Quickly. I still have a few sips left.”

“Yeah, but….”

You can get a glimpse of how hard he is struggling just by looking at his flushed face, but he refuses the water. Well, I expected it to turn out like this. Even in the original game, Ellie is tsun-tsuk that doesn’t match this timing.

I know the option of force-feeding Ellie.

“This is not just giving.”

“Yes… ? Unless you just give….”

“Life is give and take. It’s Sierra’s motto, but I’ll have to borrow it here. In exchange for this water of life, Miss Eli must give me something precious.”

“Cow, precious thing… ? No way… ?”

Your face seems to be more red than before. What are you thinking?

“That means my wife..”

“It’s 1 gold.”

“Go, gold! That’s right!? Gold, right!?”

Miss Ellie cools her burning face to the limit by fanning her hand with both hands.

I don’t think the heat will go away with something like that. Quickly, bring some water.

“What? Did you really think that even Miss Ellie would ask for it?”

“Oh no!!!! Of course no! Ha ha! Yohan, you joke so well! It’s a bad joke. These days, if you make a joke like that, you’ll get hooked! Ahahahahaha!”

Thanks to the excessive laughter to hide the embarrassment, it seems that the usual Ellie has returned.

“Well, then I’ll take a small amount by buying it for 1 gold…” .”

“One sip of water costs 1 gold. Maybe I’m a business genius?”

“I see. Recently, we are looking for people at our top, and if you apply now, we will pass the documents right away as a friend chance.”

Ellie takes her water bottle and wets her dry lips.

“Oh! This, no way, an indirect key..”

You obviously drank water, but how come your face seems to be more red?

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“Haa…. It’s kind of fine. I feel the heat go away.”

The effect of the glacial crystal was clear. Ellie’s body ailments immediately disappeared.

“By the way, there is only one sip of water left. You will also need John. If this….”

The water left in the bottle is the same as the time we have left.

“Depending on your point of view, one sip is left. This is our hope.”

“I see…. No, that’s right! I learned a thing from Yohan-kun!”

Ellie raised her hand and said cheerfully. The dead atmosphere from earlier is nowhere to be found. Yes, this is Elijahnet done right.

“Keep going!!!”

—

Her confident steps didn’t last long. The dungeon was much longer than expected. The surprise attack of the monsters appearing in between was also difficult. If Yohan wasn’t by her side, she would have already buried her bones several times in this dungeon.

“John-kun…. Are you really okay?”

Ellie looked at John and asked. There are no glacial crystals. Drank it all John gave himself up to the last sip of water.

Eli firmly refused, but John suggested that the two of them drink half each. John took a sip first, and Eli drank the rest. Ellie noticed that the water in her bottle was no different from when she last saw it. John was considerate of himself.

“Not yet…. It’s worth it.”

As John struggled to walk, he said so. His footsteps, which had been advancing, suddenly stopped abruptly.

“John. What happened?”

“Look over there! It is the door!”

John pointed forward and shouted. As John said, what appeared in front of the two was a huge door. On my way here, I passed a door similar to this a few times. If this was different from the previous doors, it was the size. This gate was nearly four times as tall as the others.

“It’s a huge iron door. It looks like it has a pattern engraved on it.”

The pattern adorning the huge iron gate was a picture of a monster. The shape of an angular golem made of stacked blocks is imprinted on the door. It is a composition looking down at the person who arrives at the door. No matter how you look at it, it is not an ordinary door. Eli and John looked at each other almost simultaneously.

“”Boss Room!?””

And they shout almost simultaneously.

“Looks right. It is the same form as described in the ancient documents.”

John said, looking around the door. It is a door that says ‘I am special!’ From the exterior. Even Ellie, who had no information about the dungeon, could easily figure out that this door was the passage leading to the boss room.

“Wait! Look over there Yohan, there is a passage in the other direction than the one we came from.”

“I see. If so, it must mean that the other party is likely to come from over there.”

“Did we arrive first?”

There is no sign of the door being opened. If such a large door had been opened, traces of it would have been left somewhere. In other words, the other party did not enter behind this door first. Of course, since this is a dungeon, common sense deductions may not be correct.

“We are going to Sierra…. Wouldn’t that be dangerous?”

Battles inevitably consume stamina. John is already at his limit. He hadn’t had a drink of water in well over an hour. If you don’t do it wrong, you may die fighting.

“For now, let’s wait here. Mr John. Are you feeling well? Oh no, don’t answer. Make yourself as comfortable as possible. I will protect you.”

“Thank you. Miss Ellie.”

“Don’t tell me. Also, the person to be thankful for is me, not Yohan. Because of me…. That’s what happened to John.”

John wouldn’t have gotten this far if he hadn’t made the stupid mistake of breaking a glacial crystal. He made a mistake so great that he drove his comrade to the limb. In order to correct stupid mistakes, you have to do well in the future.

“First of all, we can meet up with the party to get water replenished, then go into the boss room together and hunt the boss, right?”

Looking at the drawing on the iron gate, the boss seems to be a golem type. The purpose of John’s coming here was to win the favor of Professor Sylvie by obtaining the core of the magma golem.

‘Yes. Your mother said All is well if it ends well.’

I’m not sure when the party will come, but there are three people over there. It won’t take very long.

“Huh? Mr. John! Look at that!”

As Ellie looked around, she saw a glass bottle in front of her eyes. Surprisingly, it was a glacial crystal glass bottle.

“It’s a glacier crystal! Oh my god. This is off here What is it? Could it be that other parties came and went and spilled it!?”

“Wait a minute, Ms. Ellie. That..”

Ellie caught the fallen bottle. At that moment, she saw a flash of light leaking out of the bottle.

“Wow!?”

A vicious trap in the hidden area of the ‘Volcanic Zone’.

Ellie stepped on that trap properly.