Maxed Out Leveling Novel

Chapter 113

40. Boundary Collapse (3)

Somewhere southeast of Wonju, near Mt. Chiak.

A car came into this desolate neighborhood, where there was only one small one-story building.

As the car stopped in the parking lot, a man and a woman got out of the back seat. The woman spoke to the driver through the slightly opened driver’s window.

“For now, please gather information while waiting here. If something urgent happens, they come right in and deliver it.”

“all right.”

Lee Ji-hye, who instructed secretary Oh Dong-hwan, immediately entered the branch building. Cha Shin Hyeon followed.

“Are you here, vice guild chief!”

The hunters who were waiting inside greeted them with a high-pitched voice. Lee Ji-hye said while nodding her head roughly.

“I listen to the story as I go. Team Leader Seo, Team Leader Yoo.”

“Yes!”

Among the hunters who were present, Seo Ji-woong and Ji-woong Yoo, who had been cured after receiving intensive treatment, answered vigorously.

“Follow the two officers. The rest border the entrance. Three tails may come out this way, so we must not be vigilant.”

“all right!”

“Then let’s go.”

Soon, four people entered the dungeon.

“This is it.”

Even though his skills are the worst, Yoo Ji-woong took the lead and guided them as he was the manager. As for guidance, it was all about walking in the direction of the crack.

While moving, Lee Ji-hye urged Yoo Ji-woong.

“Please explain in detail.”

“I was patrolling the dungeon as usual… … .”

A patrol as usual. Then suddenly a strong earthquake struck. When I woke up, the boundary of the dungeon had disappeared. After that, the chase with the Sammiho and the encounter with the team of Seo Ji-woong.

Lee Ji-hye, who heard the story, turned to Seo Ji-woong this time.

“How about Chief Seo?”

“We also felt a big earthquake while hunting the three tailed tigers. My teammates and I, of course, were so amazing that I couldn’t even get my head around it.”

“… Are you out of your mind?”

“Yes. I feel like I’m losing consciousness… … .”

“Yeah, I felt the same way.”

Lee Ji-hye frowned at the words of Yoo Ji-woong, who stood by her side, helping her.

It’s Yoo Ji-woong, and he’s not even a middle-class hunter. Even so, even Seo Ji-woong, who is looking at level 30, is losing consciousness because of the earthquake? I didn’t hit my head in a rockfall, can I?

“If the vibrations were that strong, it would not have been strange if a landslide occurred in the dungeon where Team Leader Seo was. No matter how low the mountain is.”

“There was no such thing.”

“is that so. After all, what about?”

Although she was insane, she said, she continued hunting for the Sammi, as no one was seriously injured and could not find anything strange.

Seo Ji-woong explained that he was surprised by the earthquake and found Yoo Ji-woong and his party being attacked while chasing a group of three-tailed tigers running frantically.

“It must have been no ordinary earthquake.”

Cha Shin Hyeon, who was listening quietly, muttered softly.

“I think it would be better to view it as a phenomenon that occurred in the process of merging dungeons and dungeons. Even if it’s not physical, if space and space mesh together like gears, an impact is bound to occur.”“It makes sense. Originally, a dungeon was an unrealistic space, so it is not strange if something unrealistic happens.”

However, it was by no means pleasant that such a situation occurred.

As Lee Ji-hye and Cha Shin Hyeon immersed in each other’s thoughts, silence naturally came. Ji-woong and Ji-woong kept their mouths shut to avoid disturbing their thoughts.

After traveling for a while, the group finally reached the border.

“Ummm.”

“This is true.”

I’ve heard of it, but seeing it is even more bizarre. Cha Shin Hyeon and Lee Ji-hye drooled at the appearance that could not be naturally.

There is nothing strange if a flat land comes out and grass grows from there, but it looks like two spaces were cut and pasted without any intermediate process.

“Let’s see if this is the other way around.”

“It is. Can’t we just go along this line?”

“okay. Shall I go over there?”

“Yes. Then I will go over there.”

Without lengthy words, the two of them can communicate easily. Lee Ji-hye spoke briefly to Ji-woong, who was stupid and did not understand what he was saying.

“Wait here.”

“Yes?”

There was no further explanation.

Along the border between the two dungeons, Cha Shin Hyeon and Lee Ji-hye were scattered in opposite directions. The two of them disappeared as if they had been turned off.

“What?”

At the moment when Mr. Yoo and Mr. Seo were both astonished, Lee Ji-hye was already running as if flying to a distant place. Cha Shin Hyeon can’t even see when he moved again.

“Oh, it’s so fast… … .”

It felt like I was possessed by a ghost, but I had no choice but to wait. The two of them stood awkwardly and had an awkward time.

Cha Shin Hyeon and Lee Ji-hye returned to their original positions in less than five minutes.

The two people encountered exchanged observation results.

“The walls are not completely gone. From the point where this boundary line ends, the wall exists again.”

“The same goes for me.”

“So, after all, the only part where the two dungeons are connected is that there are no walls.”

“For some reason, the dungeons collided with each other, and the walls in the areas where they collided were broken and connected to each other. Isn’t that what it feels like?”

“If a dungeon is something that can bump into each other. Or maybe it was originally attached and only divided by a wall, but the wall was broken by an earthquake.”

I made some guesses, but couldn’t come up with an answer. If it is a god who can contemplate the world from the outside, I don’t know, how can a human living in the world understand all the changes?

However, even if the cause was unknown, it was possible to predict what kind of impact the result would have.

“I’m in trouble.”

“That’s it.”

The fact that two different dungeons were merged into one was the biggest problem.

The place named Chiaksan 4th Dungeon in Taegeuk, managed by the Seo Ji-woong team, is a 6-hazard dungeon where Sammiho haunts.

The Chiaksan tutorial dungeon managed by Yoo Ji-woong’s team is a risk 1 dungeon featuring dungeon rabbits.

The difference in risk of 5 is stark. Wasn’t Yoo Ji-woong, who could easily catch more than a hundred rabbits alone, nearly killed without defeating ten foxes?

In other words, if you encounter a monster in a higher-risk dungeon in a single dungeon, you will not see good results.

If it was before, it wasn’t a big deal. All you need is team Seo Ji-woong, who can hunt three tailed tigers and play with rabbits. Or, for the rabbit opponent – that is, in charge of the chores – put in team Yoo Ji-woong together.

“Dungeon Break of a damn bastard… … .”

But now, the world is a world where new monsters can come out of the dungeon.

Very easily, for example, what if a group of three tailed tigers crawl out of the entrance of Yuji-woong? Yoo Ji-woong’s team cannot block more than a certain number of three tails.

Does that mean that Seo Ji-woong’s team is split in half and placed at the two entrances? When the power is cut in half, it is difficult for Seo Ji-woong’s team to stop the Sammi. Even if Yoo Ji-woong’s team helped, it didn’t help much.

In other words, if there are two entrances, the number of defense forces must be increased that much. I don’t know where the monsters will come from.

Hopefully, the number of three tailed ships will not double, so as a result, the number to be dealt with will be the same, but even so, it was clear that more manpower would be needed than before.

“Won’t it be okay if we actively preemptively subdue it?”

“Let’s reduce the number before the dungeon comes out, shall we?”

“Yes. Even if you accept some inconvenience, you can reduce the risk if you go and clean it up frequently. I can’t be 100% prepared.”

“I would, but… It will definitely be less effective.”

No one will be happy that the frequency of subjugation increases, but mobilizing manpower is also a problem. When a weak dungeon and a strong dungeon are connected, the hunters who were in charge of the weak dungeon cannot be used alone. It must be attached to strong hunters.

Cha Shin Hyeon grumbled as she let out a disappointing laugh.

“No, I told you what was going to happen today in less than two hours. You really don’t give me time to relax.”

“It would be great if the dungeon integration only happened here, but it won’t.”

Lee Ji-hye sighed in a melancholy voice.

“Isn’t this dungeon where the dungeon break first started? Now, this is the first dungeon combination here. At this point, I think we can put up a signboard and use it as a tourist attraction.”

Cha Shin Hyeon, sarcastic, looked back at the two Ji-woongs and asked.

“Did anything strange happen in the dungeon recently? Even small things are good.”

“I, we really… … .”

“We too.”

Yoo Ji-woong said, stuttering a little. In fact, if there was a minor change because I didn’t patrol very hard, I might not have noticed it, but I can’t say it directly in front of the deputy guild leader.

Seo Ji-woong also shook his head, not sure if there was anything special to say. Then he added something later.

“Um, to be honest, it is said that a new monster was discovered for the first time three days ago. Because this has already been reported.”

“Come to think of it, a few days ago, I heard that a dungeon break occurred even in a medium-risk dungeon. Maybe this is the first case or something like that?”

“I don’t know how many times it is, but it’s not the first. The dungeon in Jinju was the first.”

Lee Ji-hye answered Cha Shin Hyeon’s question.

“I don’t think there’s any meaning to being the first. Let’s say they have something in common… Is it just that it’s a dungeon on the same mountain?”

“For now, though… … .”

Lee Ji-hye, who had blurred her end, sent the following sentence in her full tone.

-I think that’s surprisingly important.”

-what?

Cha Shin Hyeon also answered in full tone, wondering if it was something she didn’t want to tell Ji-woong.

-The tutorial dungeon and the 4th dungeon are not really far apart. Considering the location of the entrance, it is considered a neighborhood.

-therefore.

-If the dungeons that are close to the entrance on Earth are merged, it can be similar even if other integration cases occur. If it continues to merge with the dungeon next to it and grows in size… … .

-Are you going to merge all the dungeons into one later?

Cha Shin Hyeon grinned.

– You will be able to enter through the entrance in Busan and come out through the entrance in Seoul. Isn’t this a complete warp?

-… The size of the dungeon will remain the same, so you will have to travel hundreds of kilometers within the dungeon.- Oh, yes.

– It’s not something you’d think so easily. If that were the case, there would be hundreds of monsters and hundreds of entrances in the extra-large dungeon, so how do you defend yourself?

It wasn’t an unreasonable downpour. She understood her concerns, but Cha Shin Hyeon took it easy.

-Well, it’s definitely going to be difficult, but… Don’t be too pessimistic already. The only thing that happened now was that the two dungeons in Chiaksan were merged.

-still… … .

-Consolidation continues, or a dungeon that has already been consolidated is merged with another. It’s not too late to worry when such a case occurs. No need to worry anymore… Wait a minute.

Cha Shin Hyeon’s eyes narrowed gently.

-… How are you anxious?

-Yes?

-Your secretary is in.

Cha Shin Hyeon, who sensed the energy of Oh Dong-hwan over a distance of several kilometers, spoke briefly.

He remembered Lee Ji-hye’s instructions to come into the dungeon and report if something serious happened.

“Two minutes.”

Cha Shin Hyeon sang the two Ji-woongs.

“I’m going to go first because something has to happen, so please return to the guild building immediately.”

“Oh, yes. all right.”

The two nodded awkwardly.

“let’s go.”

Receiving Cha Shin Hyeon’s glance, Lee Ji-hye nodded her head.

Pot!

Soon, the new models of the two were erased on the spot.

They were running on the road they had come at a high speed and soon found Dong-Hwan Oh. Two people jumped down in front of him, who was running hard.

“Aww, that’s a surprise!”

Oh Dong-hwan hastily stopped.

“I’m going to fall. Where are you going in such a hurry?”

“ Shin Hyeon sensed that you came in. What’s going on?”

“Oh, yes. It’s urgent.”

Oh Dong-hwan, who had recovered his mind, spoke quickly.

“I just got a call from the general manager of Jeju.”

“From Kim Ha-geun?”

“Yes. In Jeju Island, there was a phenomenon where dungeons were merged together like here.”

“Is it that urgent? It sounds like something you can go out and hear.”

Lee Ji-hye tilted her head.

“that is… … .”