“I’m Kang Jin-Woo, the one who will guide you through the dungeon today. I will do my best to make sure that you’re safe.”
Every time he met a customer, Jin-Woo was kind.
Since it is necessary to clear the dungeon every year, it is more convenient to make regular customers.
“What is the best thing here?”
One of the customers asked,
“You can just go around the 45-level dungeon, right?”
“Mister, how many levels?”
Today there were three men.
Their impression was not good from the first meeting. The words were short, and the tone seemed to be demeaning.
Most of the time, customers were like this. People’s perception of the guide was not usually good. There is always a possibility that a monster will pop out once the maintenance period is over unless the dungeon is fully extinguished. If the management is inadequate, the protruding monster may attack the passerby. It was a common occurrence in the world, though, but of course, the accusations naturally headed for the company and its guides.
“It is level 56.”
Jin-Woo said.
“Oh ~ it’s pretty high.”
“Hey! Then you are right. “
“Heh giggle!”
Looking at them smiling, Jin-Woo thought it would be quite difficult today.
“Then, I will enter.”
He smiled as much as possible and took the lead.
* * *
Kwajik!
One of them shouted,
“Shhh!”
The man wearing eyeglasses was holding a stick and had hit him directly on the shoulder.
Suddenly, he felt extreme pain as if the bone had been broken.
“Mister, I’m lying in moderation. Do you think it will be for us?”
The yellow hair next to him, squatted and laughed.
“You said your level is 56? I am level 141, that kid over there is level 156, while the level of the guy from behind is level 170, at least three times higher than your level.”
Having levels is a skill, as you level up, your body develops, and when you reached Level 100, an additional skill window opens.
They have not used their abilities yet. In other words, it meant that they have not even exhausted their powers.
Nevertheless, it was not an opponent he could handle.
“Hey, let’s do it properly and go deal with the monsters.”
“Okay ~”
“Where do you plan to go after the request today?”
“Maybe in a club or something.”
“Khaha-! Good! Let’s go all out! A brother is going!”
The three men continue to walk while looking at the map they stole.
According to the map, they headed through the direction where the monsters remained.
“Damn it… … Damn it!”
Jin-Woo forcibly raised his body.
‘It was a request. Is this an assassin from a competitor?”
The assistant companies were increasing, and so the competition has also increased. As a result, there were times that some companies use illegal methods. Of course, the most important property for a guide company is a dungeon. When the dungeon disappears, the number of guests that can be attracted decreases.
Did he lose the place to operate?
‘I had to find another assistant company. ‘Some of the competitors around here are … … ‘
Jin-Woo thought to himself.
“Surely, I will lose my head soon.”
It was not the right time for him to think about it.
I need to go out and tell the boss.
‘The map was stolen, but it didn’t matter.’
He thought.
Anyway, the structure of the dungeon was retained in Jin-Woo’s mind.
Jin-Woo struggled to move his body.
He wasn’t quite as fast as I was injured.
“How long has it been?”
Courung-!
Suddenly the ground shook, cracks on the ground started to appear, and soil scraps fell from the ceiling of the dungeon.
“Oh no … surely …!”
He knew what these signs meant.
It was a sign that appeared when all monsters in the dungeon were cleared, and the mana stone was recovered.
In other words, it was a sound that popped-out when the dungeon disappeared.
“Oh shit… Damn it!”
He shouted in an angry voice.
The men had recovered the mana stone, meaning that it did not matter whether he dies or not here.
“Oh, no.”
Jin-Woo dragged his immobile leg.
The wall was forcibly moved.
‘I can’t die here.’
He thought.
Who will take care of his younger brother Sun-Woo when he dies?
A memory flashback came to his mind. He was holding his mother’s hand while she was dying with cancer; he made a promise to her that he will take care of his younger brother.”
‘It is my responsibility!’
‘I had to live.’
‘I want to live…’
‘There is still a lot that I want to try.’
Jin-Woo thought to himself.
Kururung-!
But the world continued to pull down until the end.
The ceiling collapsed and began to fall.
There was no hope anymore.
Crack-
At that moment, the wall that supported his body collapsed, and he fell.
“What… …?”
The only question came to his mind before he felt the pain of falling.
This is because a space appeared as the wall collapsed.
“Is there a place like this?”
“It is a dungeon that operated like my front yard.”
“I wanted to find out if there was a secret area.”
“But I couldn’t find it.”
There was no such place on the map provided by the company.
“That’s …a door?”
He said while looking at the door with eyes widely open.
There was an old wooden door in the space.
Kururung-!
The worries were not long.
It is not the right time and place to sit down and bargain.
“Let me in.”
Taking a gamble was a better option.
Jin-Woo opened the door and went inside.
Shortly after, the dungeon collapsed, and the secret space disappeared completely.
* * *
A bright light greeted him as he entered through the door.
He closed his eyes because the light was too strong, then slowly, he opened it.
“Here …?”
The first thing that caught his eye was the massive snow mountain.
Buildings were gathered underneath.
There was a village, and he could see people coming and going over the entrance.
“What happened?”
He asked himself as if he was forgotten everything.
He was really in doubt.
The dungeon already disappeared.
As he remembered, he was already dead. However, through the wooden door, a completely different place appeared.
“A hidden exit? Where was it?”
It was important to be alive anyway.
Jin-Woo walked to the village.
He thought of seeking some help.
There seemed to have guards at the entrance of the village.
But there was no deterrent. Jin-Woo tried to talk to someone, but he seemed to be invisible.
He then entered the village.
There are lines of shops from the entrance. All the people walking around were unique. There were humans; some looked like monsters, while others look-like aliens.
‘What the hell am I doing here?”
He silently asked himself.
Once it was clear to him, it was not the Earth. Jin-Woo looked around coolly. His experience as a guide was a big help for him.
The most important thing is not to panic in an unexpected situation. If the guide were to panic, then his clients were at risk.
That is why he tried to stay calm.
The effect was still present.
“Hey-!”
He heard a voice calling someone.
As he turned his head, an octopus man, who appeared to be the owner of the store, was staring at him.
He was quite heterogeneous, wearing a Japanese yukata, wrapped around with a bear’s band, an octopus leg, and a smoke.
“Me?”
Jin-Woo answered back
“Yeah, little boy, and if you block the front of the store like that, you will be in the way of your business.”
“Oh, sorry.”
He apologized and stepped aside.
“That…uh, but where are we?”
Jin-Woo asked the octopus man.
“Huh? Did you come from somewhere?”
The octopus man asked him back, wondering.
“Yes… I passed through the door of the dungeon, then when I opened my eyes, and I was already here.”
“Hmm-! Door? How does it look like?”
“It was an old wooden door.”
“Fooha! Did the old passage still remain?”
The octopus man burst into what was so funny.
“Haha… I am sorry, I laughed. This is just a village.”
“Just a village?”
“Yes, and if you qualify, you will know the name of this place.”
It was a strange feeling.
“I’m just asking what you’re doing here?”.
“this… this…”
The card on the board caught his eyes.
“Is that a skill card ?!”
He asked the octopus man.
“Yeah, is this your first time?”
Jin-Woo shook his head.
Skill cards exist on Earth.
The problem was that it was ignorantly rare.
There are two ways to get a skill card.
One is the bonus skill card you get when you level up. The section for obtaining bonus skill cards is at 100 level intervals after level 110. The highest-level player on the planet was 372, so he got a total of 4 skill cards through level up—one initially, one at level 110, level 210, and level 310.
The second way is to kill and acquire the card through monsters in a dungeon, which was very rare. A skill card in itself was exceptional, and the price was very high. Even the lowest general-level skill card was sold for tens of millions of won.
The most expensive ones had the Hero rating and were priced at close to 100 billion won.
A player can register only one skill initially. That is the reason why the skill cards were so expensive. Then, as a person’s level goes up, one skill window is added for each skill card section. Even at a low level, it was possible to register a hero-class card.
When a player registers a skill card, he can release the skill simply by shouting the skill name. For example, if you registered Fireball’s skill card, you could create a fire sphere by shouting fireball.
There were many different types of skill cards, and most of the strong players on Earth had high-level skills.
‘I also have skills … ….’
Jin-Woo’s skill is a linguist.
With passive skills, all languages were understood, and free conversation was possible.
It was a very comfortable ability in a peaceful world.
However, it did not help much in a world where they had to fight.
‘That skill card … ….’
It was laid on a board.
It is not one or two sheets.
Putting it all together, over one hundred pages were seen.
“Oh… Can I see it?”
“Sure. I was displaying it so.”
I lifted a skill card and turned it over.
[Skill: Dokgogu Sword]
[Rating: Legendary]
[Description: You can learn Dokgogu Sword, legendary swordsman.]