Dungeon Monsters Keep Offering Sacrifices

20 – Discomfort, rising doubts

The flame that burned with terrifying force died out.

The adventurer who sacrificed himself disappeared, leaving behind nothing but ashes.

Celia was quietly watching the altar.

Churr.

Denver suddenly came around her.

He fell under Celia’s charm, and ever since he became a ghoul due to her death knight, he has always been around her.

Celia, who had been watching her altar, turned her head to Denver.

“It’s a shame. Mr. Denver.”

“Chur?”

What is disappointing?

Denver tilted his head slightly.

“If I hadn’t become a ghoul, Mr. Denver would have been in that honorable position.”

Celia smiled brightly.

“Chooooo.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Denver started making noise and moving in another direction.

Celia took her eyes off Denver’s appearance and looked at her altar again.

“You finally presented a worthy sacrifice to your master.”

The adventurer presented to the master this time had abilities of his own.

Originally, I wanted to sacrifice everyone who broke into the dungeon, but everyone except one person had already died.

It is a sacred altar.

Those who were burned to death by lightning and whose hearts were pierced could not dare to offer them as sacrifices to their master.

Their bodies were thrown to the goblins like adventurers killed by arrows before.

It was an excellent way to dispose of corpses since goblins had to consume meat anyway.

“By the way, I was right.”

Celia, who had been looking at her altar for a while, opened her mouth. As she was making her offering a moment ago, she felt that her guess was correct.

“Restrictions have disappeared.”

The master brought me into this dungeon.

But for some reason, I couldn’t get out of the dungeon.

Now, that too has become a thing of the past.

When I made the offering this time, the restrictions disappeared.

However, just because the restrictions disappeared, it did not mean that one could escape the dungeon and go very far.

I still didn’t have enough strength. But this alone was a huge improvement.

“Now I can show you results that will satisfy my master.”

Celia also vaguely felt it.

She knows that her master is currently unable to fully interfere with this world for some reason. She

And she realized that the more sacrifices she made, the more powerful her master’s power became.

As she offered her sacrifice today, she became confident in her previous guesses and was able to decide on her future direction.

The mere fact that you can leave the dungeon opens up a variety of options.

If necessary, you can now go outside, there is no need to wait inside the dungeon.

“Someday, I will be able to have an audience with my master, right?”

Celia turned her head behind her.

There was a Death Knight and a Goblin Lord standing there.

“We need more offerings. Until the day when our noble master regains his strength, we must first pave the way.”

That’s what we must do as a species.

“Let us welcome the day when the Lord comes.”

Celia was excited.

On the day the Lord comes, this continent will be saved.

Until then, there will probably be a lot of work to do.

First, the first plan was decided.

“Take turns searching the surrounding area.”

Right now, we need to reduce variables even a little.

“We will clean up the nearby dungeons first. “Spread the master’s will.”

At Celia’s command, the Death Knight and Goblin Lord moved simultaneously.

* · * *

“Mr. Kang Hyeon. What’s good today? “Are you still smiling?”

Have you shown that you like it too much?

A porter I worked with spoke to me.

“Oh, it’s no big deal. hahahaha.”

“It’s bland.”

She answered with an awkward smile and then left.

I remained alone and still smiled.

Why do I smile?

It is only natural.

When I woke up in the morning, I developed a characteristic.

The fact that the status window was created was a big hit, but this time it was a special feature.

It was even class A.

‘Mana response.’

It was a characteristic that significantly increased mana affinity.

Because of his high affinity, he was able to feel and read mana better than anyone else.

‘This is what it means to feel mana.’

When I first woke up in the morning, I felt something strange.

At first, I thought it was simply because I was tired.

However, I realized that it was due to the mana present in the air.

I was called a half-hunter because there was no status window.

I graduated last from Hunter Academy and was ignored by my classmates.

Now he has become a hunter with Class A characteristics.

Of course, this alone could not be considered a success.

It allows you to feel mana well, but using it is a different matter.

Still, it cannot be denied that the starting point is different from others.

‘Well, it’s too late for me to say that.’

Strictly speaking, I was standing far behind the starting point.

But not now.

Now there is a possibility to fly.

I gained the ability to overtake those who were running ahead of me.

“Okay, this is where we end for today. If you want to stay and run (over time), please gather here. “Hurry!”

While I was lost in thought, one of the managers shouted to the remaining porters.

‘It’s overtime.’

I plan to quit my life as a porter soon.

I was planning to stop by a nearby cafe to think about it.

‘Let’s go quickly.’

I turned towards the exit.

“Huh?”

On the way to the exit, I saw a bulletin board with information on wanted criminals.

They were hunters, the so-called villains.

The villains were diverse.

The largest proportion of them were those who committed murder in the dungeon.

A dungeon is a space blocked from the outside.

That’s why the villains were able to run rampant even more.

What surprised me was no different.

This is because among the many villains, one particularly stood out.

It wasn’t a person I knew, but the name caught my eye.

“Kim Min-jun… ?”

I’ve heard this a lot somewhere.

I flipped through my memories for a moment and then.

“Ah!”

It was a game.

He was the one who invaded my dungeon in the game.

I remembered it because a Korean name appeared in a game set on the continent of Eldorad.

“I never thought they would even set it up to be summoned….”

It was a game where not only people from the El Dorad continent but also people from Earth appeared, perhaps because they paid attention to the historical background.

“Now that I think about it, you said it was offered as a sacrifice, right?”

In the alarm in the game, it was said that Kim Min-jun was offered as a sacrifice.

Of course, a game is just a game, and Minjun Kim on the bulletin board was just a villain.

“By the way, that villain also possesses mana sensitivity.”

It was written on the bulletin board that Kim Min-jun, the villain, also had mana sensitivity like me.

“There are so many coincidences.”

At that moment, I felt something unknown.

“Huh?”

What can I say? Should I say it’s a feeling of discomfort?

As my heart pounded, the mana around me trembled.

‘Why are you doing this all of a sudden?’

It felt strange, but I decided to ignore it for now.

I turned around again and walked towards a nearby cafe.

* · * *

When I arrived at the cafe, I ordered coffee and thought about a few things.

Why did these abilities appear in me?

I understood the status window.

If you think it showed up late, you’re probably right.

But the characteristics were so unexpected.

In particular, the only way to acquire Class A traits was by acquiring them innately upon awakening, or acquired them through drums or energy.

Not only the A-level characteristics, but most of the characteristics and skills of all grades could be obtained that way in the first place.

For this reason, the prices of skill books were high, and the inventory of skill books had dried up to the point where they could not be obtained even at a high price.

“I can’t even think about it.”

Actually, I didn’t get any opportunity.

‘What do you think? All you have to do is develop the characteristics.’

I thought about it for a moment and then put it away.

It was a problem that would not lead to a conclusion no matter how much we thought about it.

Then I reflexively started the game.

When I think about it, I felt like things were going well after I started playing this game.

“But what on earth was this?”

I checked again the alarm that went off at dawn.

– Absorbed the abilities of the sacrifice ‘Kim Min-jun’.

The alarm ended there.

Last time, I absorbed someone’s abilities.

Just like then, nothing changed this time either.

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“Why on earth was this system created?”

Even after absorbing the ability, nothing changed in-game.

Is there something I don’t know?

No matter how many times I clicked on the screen, nothing new appeared.

“… ….”

Excited.

My heart raced again.

The sense of discomfort I felt earlier enveloped my body once again.

The surrounding mana trembled as if some force was at work.

‘What should I call this feeling?’

Oh, yes.

A strange feeling, as if the Mana Sensitivity trait is not mine?

‘Is it because I’m not used to it yet?’

Unfamiliar characteristics.

I feel like it’s not mine.

“… ….”

Then, a thought suddenly occurred to me about a possibility.

“No way…” ?”

Oh, I guess that’s not true.

Soon I shook my head.

Perhaps the worst thought that passed through your mind unconsciously.

I may have wanted to deny that small guess.

“What are you worried about on this happy day? “Let’s play a game.”

Today was a day when a characteristic emerged.

That is also a class A trait.

It was a level trait that every hunter wanted to have.

I got that.

It wasn’t right to struggle with other thoughts on such a happy day.

To shake off unnecessary worries, I started focusing on the game.

As I was touching the screen, I suddenly saw some content.

[Dungeon Support & Dispatch]

It was roughly something like providing supplies to other dungeons or dispatching monsters to help them.

Last time, I didn’t pay much attention because I didn’t have many monsters, but now it’s different.

No matter who is removed from the dungeon, there are two monsters of 5 stars or higher remaining.

I immediately clicked [Dungeon Support & Dispatch].

When I clicked, a map of the Elorad continent appeared.

A list of dungeons asking for help began to appear in red letters above them.

“Shall we look at this first?”

I clicked on the dungeon at the very top.

I chose it because it was at the top and had the greatest reward.

But.

“?”

When I clicked on the dungeon, I saw a name that seemed familiar.

‘Baal Zerit… ?’

5 Stars and vampires.

It was an unforgettable combination and name.

‘Ah, this guy!’

It was when I first started the game and set up my adjutant. I was happy to get 5 stars in the adjutant drawing, but that guy rejected me.

Thanks to you, instead of starting with 5 stars, I started with 3 stars.

– Would you like to support this dungeon?

Am I crazy?

I immediately clicked ‘No’.

No matter how good I feel today, you can’t help me.

After I refused, I started looking for another dungeon.

This time, I chose an area that was at least close to my dungeon for the reward.

“Goblin Dungeon?”

I guess this place will be okay though?

According to the detailed description of the dungeon, the owner of this place was a goblin shaman.

Since the 2-star monster is the master, there won’t be much difficulty, right?

– Would you like to support this dungeon?

This time, I clicked ‘Yes’.

‘Would it be better to dispatch troops rather than provide resources?’

The owner of the dungeon is 2 stars.

Even if we sent the resources, it was obvious that we wouldn’t be able to utilize them.

Who should I send?

After thinking for a moment, I turned my gaze to one side.

‘Since he is the same goblin, I should send him there.’

I chose Goblin Lord.

But suddenly a warning alarm appeared.

– Due to the nature of Goblin Lord life in groups, a penalty is imposed when performing alone.

-If a Goblin Lord does not have a group under his command, he will be penalized 3 ranks below his current rank.

The alarm was about a penalty against Goblin Lord.

‘What? ‘I’m falling 3 levels here?’

Goblin Lord’s current rating is 5 stars.

However, if you take out the 3rd grade, it would instantly become a 2-star monster.

‘Huh….’

Goblin Lord, you bastard.

Is there a setting like this?

Performance is not as good as expected?

“The Goblin Lord’s weakness was eliminating the surrounding goblins.”

I was so dumbfounded that the thought came out of my mouth.

In fact, once the group disappeared, the Goblin Lord was nothing.

I had no choice but to put the Goblin Lord back.

“Hmm.”

After thinking for a while.

Yes, you are the only one I can trust.

I chose you, Celia.

Celia was a lieutenant, but she was a 6-star monster.

I was a little concerned that she was emptying her dungeon, but it wouldn’t be a big problem.

‘If something happens, the Death Knight and Goblin Lord will take care of it.’

I immediately dispatched Celia to the dungeon where support was requested.

* · * *

Celia was doing her work in her adjutant’s office.

She was thinking about what she would plan for the future.

Then she suddenly felt strange.

It felt like her body was floating in the air.

At the same time, the surrounding space became distorted.

“This…” .”

It was a space movement magic.

“You always surprise me.”

Celia said she had never felt this power when she was sealed in the cult’s basement.

Therefore, she simply entrusted herself to her space.

The scenery that had been the adjutant’s office a little while ago suddenly took on a different appearance.

It was a different dungeon from the master’s original dungeon. She

She at the same time she knew what to do.

“I will carry out your orders, master.”

The master gave an order.

It was an order to support this dungeon.

Celia slowly looked around.

I could see the center of the dungeon, and the goblin sitting there.

Unlike other goblins, this goblin carried a wooden stick with a skull on it.

Anyone could see that he was the owner of the dungeon.

The goblin, the owner of the dungeon, was also delighted when he found Celia.

“Keoheop, you came to help us. I am the goblin shaman who owns this dungeon… , Huh?”

The goblin shaman who was speaking stopped.

Something was strange.

“Huh?”

This couldn’t have happened.

The goblin shaman immediately jumped down from his chair and began to bow to the ground.

“Such a great being, what happened to this point?” ?”

The goblin shaman had clearly requested the dispatch of troops through the Demon World Chamber of Commerce.

Because I didn’t have much money, I thought that cheap undead like skeletons would come.

I definitely thought so….

“A tremendous being has arrived! Wow.”

The goblin shaman was in confusion.