Chapter 25

Muhyuk, having discovered the entrance, turned off the light.

Darkness lurked all around.

He stepped into a place where even deeper darkness existed.

Whoosh.

His body descended rapidly.

Upon landing, a message appeared.

[You have discovered a level 30 Normal Dungeon.]

[Experience gain (50 percent) and item acquisition rate (20 percent) increase inside the Dungeon.]

He had already recovered all his MP while wandering around looking for this place, so he could summon Skeletons right away, but he didn’t.

He needed to conserve it, even a little.

MP was precious.

And just in case, he switched the video recording to on.

Even if not now, if he released this video for a fee when the Dungeon was revealed later, he would earn a decent side income.

He slowly moved forward.

It was wider from side to side than a Unique Dungeon.

Even though it could be dangerous if many monsters appeared, he wasn’t concerned.

He couldn’t help it. Muhyuk also had nine summons.

That was more than enough to block the way.

He didn’t know what would come out, though.

He knew the location of the Dungeon, but he didn’t know what kind of monsters would appear.

Most users kept such details secret.

They only said that they had cleared a Dungeon somewhere.

They had obtained some item. Only that kind of story spread.

Nevertheless, his steps were full of energy.

Had he finally passed the entrance of the Dungeon?

In the distance, he could see the shape of something.

It seemed quite large…

As the distance narrowed, the shape became clearer.

An Orc?

As he got closer, he saw it was holding a greatsword.

It wasn’t a level 27 Lizardman.

A Lizardman Knight…!

It was a level 30 monster.

It certainly had some difficulty.

And that was right from the start.

“Summon.”

He summoned Skeletons.

A total of nine appeared.

First, he ordered Sword Bone to Charge.

Kireek!

And Bow Bone to attack.

Then Bone Arrows split the sky.

Paang!

Passing over the skull of the charging Sword Bone, it rushed towards the Lizardman Knight’s chest.

But it was not a great warrior who would be hit by such an obvious attack.

Swinging the greatsword in its hand, it deflected the three incoming Bone Arrows.

Its level was lower than the Steel Ant.

But it had high intelligence.

Moreover, it was a humanoid monster, so it was quite tricky.

Sword Bone 1, 2, 3, defend.

Sword Bone 4, 5, 6 behind Sword Bone 1, 2, 3.

Sword Bone 4, 5, 6, attack in place.

Bow Bone 1, 2, 3, rapid fire.

Simultaneously with the commands, Muhyuk also transformed his staff into a bow and nocked an arrow on the string.

His accuracy was still low, but he gradually got a feel for it as he continued to use it.

Now, if he shot ten times, the arrow would hit the monster’s body more than five times.

This was possible because the target was not something small like a bullseye.

Paang!

The arrow flew and struck the creature’s chest.

[Deals 120 damage.]

With the Bone Bow’s rapid fire and Sword Bone’s attacks following in succession, even a Lizardman Knight would be confused.

What…?

Muhyuk was the same level, but his stats were higher.

His attack power was also excellent.

He took away 120 HP with one arrow.

The Skeleton’s damage was also not low.

The average attack power of the sword was 28.

The Strength stat was also at least 10.

So the total damage was roughly 60.

Even considering the Lizardman Knight’s defense, about 30 damage was being inflicted.

Since there were nine such Skeletons, the total would be at least 270.

It was taking away HP more than twice as fast as Muhyuk attacking alone.

Kuluk, kululuk…!

Thanks to that, the Lizardman Knight’s entire body was instantly dyed silver.

It was endlessly bleeding.

Only then did he realize.

Ah, I’m level 30 now.

Besides, unlike before, I have nine summons.

And even an Archer.

He chuckled.

He never thought it would feel this easy.

He stopped thinking there.

Muhyuk kicked off the ground.

After transforming the bow into a staff, he pressed the skull on the head.

Click.

A blade popped out from the end of the staff.

Muhyuk extended the staff near the Lizardman Knight.

Stab.

The blade pierced deeply into the creature’s abdomen.

[Critical hit!]

[Deals 238 damage.]

It was a clear finish.

Thud.

He used the Corpse Dissection skill on the fallen Lizardman Knight.

[Performing Corpse Dissection.]

[Progress 10 percent…]

[Corpse Dissection complete.]

[Obtained Lizardman Knight’s Bone (x2) and Tough Tendon (x1).]

Lizardman’s bone, huh.

A smile naturally formed. He really liked the characteristics of the bone.

[Lizardman Knight’s Bone]

Characteristics: Strength, Stamina

The smile quickly disappeared.

It was true that the Lizardman Knight had become easier, but this was only the beginning of the Dungeon.

Next, two Lizardman Knights appeared.

He won without difficulty.

Then three appeared.

He managed to win this time as well, but Muhyuk frowned when four appeared.

Was it going to keep increasing by one?

Eventually, he had to step up seriously.

He stood in the front with the Sword Bones and faced them.

Muhyuk was level 30.

His stats were far superior to that. The Lizardman Knights were no match for him.

Even more so with the help of the Skeletons.

Even if there were four of them.

“Hoo.”

He won this time as well.

He dissected the corpses of the four Lizardman Knights.

[Performing Corpse Dissection.]

[Progress 5 percent. Progress 15 percent…]

[Corpse Dissection complete.]

[Obtained Lizardman Knight’s Bone (x1) and Tough Tendon (x2).]

Up to five would be manageable.

But what if more than that came out?

It was highly likely to become quite difficult.

It was a Normal Dungeon.

The difficulty was unlikely to be that high.

The difficulty was determined according to the number of users entering, so five would be the limit.

Anything more than that was too much to even think about.

Let’s go a little further.

He walked forward again for a few minutes.

In the distance, a shape could be seen.

One…?

Only then did a smile appear on Muhyuk’s face.

It was because he had figured out the Pattern.

It would increase up to four and then return to one again.

This was a Pattern often used in Normal Dungeons.

After repeating it a few times, it would be cleared.

Sword Bone, Bow Bone, auto-attack.

The Skeletons ran forward.

Kireek, kireek!

The single Lizardman Knight was enough for just the summons, so he quietly watched the fighting scene.

This was the taste of a Necromancer.

He only needed to give commands in his mind.

And watch.

What was the most interesting sight in the world? Wasn’t it watching a fire or a fight?

He could watch a realistic fight unfold before his eyes, and if he won, he would even gain experience, so it couldn’t be better.

Kireek!

The battle didn’t last long.

It was a Skeleton victory.

After checking the accumulated experience, he reverse-summoned them.

After filling his MP, he moved forward again.

Two, three, and then four.

After that, it returned to the beginning again, and one appeared.

It was repeating.

Before he knew it, he had repeated it ten times.

His current experience was 85 percent.

He only needed to raise it by 15 percent to level up.

Hmm, it needs to end before that.

This was the last of the four sections of the ten repetitions.

Four Lizardman Knights appeared, and Muhyuk joined forces with the Skeletons to face them.

As before, he was able to subdue them without difficulty.

He reverse-summoned them, took a short break, filled all his MP, and headed forward.

Far away.

The shape of a monster could be seen like a dot.

Was it starting with one again?

He was thinking that as he closed the distance.

“Hmm?”

It wasn’t the shape of one.

Five…!

Moreover, the one in the center was two heads taller than the other Lizardman Knights. Its size also seemed to be 1.5 times larger.

The four Lizardman Knights he had faced so far, and the ones currently on its left and right, looked like children.

He felt it instinctively.

This was the last section.

Threat? Of course, he felt it.

Tension was also flowing.

But that was why the game was more fun.

“Hoo…”

He nocked an arrow on the string and waited.

Until it was within range.

Bow Bone, attack.

Muhyuk also released the string.

Paang!

The arrow was blocked by their greatswords.

Bow Bone, rapid fire.

After giving the command, Muhyuk kicked off the ground.

Pabat.

He closed the distance with the Lizardman Knights at a terrifying speed.

He aimed for the gaps between the creatures swinging their greatswords to block the Bone Arrows.

The body of the Skull Staff struck the side of the Orc greatsword wielder located on the far left.

With a dull sound, the creature staggered. Then the Lizardman Knight with two heads, located in the center, approached.

Muhyuk hurriedly retreated.

The arrows that flew over his head targeted the giant Lizardman Knight, but it ignored them and continued to chase Muhyuk.

Sword Bone, Charge.

The moment he gave the command, the six Sword Bones that had rushed forward collided with the creature.

“Hoo.”

Muhyuk, who had landed, passed by the side of the giant Lizardman Knight.

It was strong.

So this was the end.

He intended to deal with the other annoying guys first.

They would hold out, right?

Muhyuk glanced at the Sword Bone and then refocused on the ordinary Lizardman Knights.

One of the Lizardman Knights, who had already approached, swung its greatsword.

He dodged by crouching down and extended the Skull Staff.

The protruding blade pierced the Lizardman Knight’s chest.

As a critical hit landed and the creature flinched, a Bone Arrow that had flown in pierced its eye.

[Critical hit!]

[Consecutive Critical!]

[Deals additional damage (30).]

Additional damage due to the consecutive critical hit appeared.

It was the same value as the level.

He felt a subtle thrill because it hadn’t appeared often until now.

If another critical hit landed here, the additional damage would double.

But landing three critical hits was very difficult.

Still, he tried.

He jumped and aimed for the creature’s remaining eye.

Kwoooo!

He couldn’t hit it properly because it was going crazy.

Muhyuk frowned and twisted his body. He extended the body of the staff forward.

It was to block the greatsword of another Lizardman Knight that had already approached.

Clang!

With a metallic sound, his body was pushed back.

He crashed into the wall.

It was okay.

With this, he didn’t have to worry about the back anymore.

Muhyuk looked at the four Lizardman Knights who had closed the distance.

One of them, with an arrow in its eye, was especially exuding a violent aura.

If he could only hit that guy’s eye…

Just one shot.

Muhyuk looked at the wary creatures and raised his staff.

Transformation.

The staff changed in an instant.

He nocked an arrow on the string and fired.

The accuracy increased because the distance was short.

Because it was a sudden attack, the reaction of the injured Lizardman Knight was also slow.

The arrow pierced its good eye.

Kwoooo!

With this, both eyes were injured.

It wouldn’t be able to see anything.

It would feel such terrible pain that it would have no choice but to go crazy and swing its greatsword.

It slashed the side of a Lizardman Knight that was nearby.

Krurrr?

At that, the three startled Lizardman Knights retreated.

Pabat.

Muhyuk closed the distance with them.

Now was the chance.

Muhyuk’s staff began to be swung indiscriminately.

The Lizardman Knight’s HP quickly decreased as the damage from the staff’s attack power and high Strength stat was directly inflicted.

He circled around the raging Lizardman Knight, maintaining a perfect distance from the other creatures.

He identified and preemptively blocked their movements.

This was possible because the Lizardman Knights’ Agility was relatively low.

[Deals 118 damage.]

[Deals 115 damage.]

[Deals 121 damage.]

One of them fell.

“Hoo.”

He turned his head to check the giant Lizardman Knight. One of the Sword Bones had been reverse-summoned.

The remaining five Sword Bones were holding out, but they were being pushed back unilaterally.

It was going to be close.

Bow Bone, rapid fire at the nearest one.

He attached one Bow Bone to the giant Lizardman Knight.

Still, he couldn’t rest assured.

He took out the Poison of Slowing from his inventory.