Maxed Out Leveling Novel

Chapter 52

19. Frog in the Well (2)

The reason people get lost in a maze is because they don’t have the talent to see the complicated roads at a glance.

Although it may take some time to solve the maze-finding game drawn on paper, it is possible to understand the overall shape at a glance.

It was the same with the Wolf Bat dungeon.

Although the topography of the cave is complicated, it is not difficult to find a way if you can picture the overall shape in your head. What’s more, it’s even more so if you’re going back the way you came.

Cha Shin Hyeon’s wide-open senses stretched and stretched indefinitely.

It is input one after another as if the surrounding terrain was scanned in the head.

After passing through the collapsed section of several hundred meters, through the passage that still retains its shape, and beyond…

‘Caught.’

Specters caught from afar.

One, two, three… … eleven in total.

When the enemy’s location was identified, Cha Shin Hyeon immediately took the self-defense force.

The wall disappears and the rocks are falling again.

“100 million?!”

Before the Samdado guild members could scream properly, Cha Shin Hyeon lightly stretched his fist toward the sky.

Crisp!

It didn’t sound good either. The wind blows all the rocks that had fallen from above, turning them into powder at once.

Cha Shin Hyeon lightly floated through the hole.

It is a ceiling that boasted a height of more than 15 meters from the beginning. It collapsed and crushed the passage, but a new space was created above the volume of the fallen rock.

It is much more economical to go through this newly created space than to remove all the rocks in the way or leave them floating in the air.

Looking down, Cha Shin Hyeon said briefly.

“Come out on your own.”

The small dwarfs of Samdado will deal with them later.

It’s my fate, whether they die while wandering in search of a way, or they die when the second collapse comes and they die. Even if you escape the dungeon safely, the ending won’t make any difference.

Soon his new form disappeared as if it had been turned off.

* * *

Gaolin glanced at the locator, which still had a signal.

“Can you do this?”

Considering the power of the bombs installed, it is normal for those inside the square to be swept away by the explosive energy and become rags. Even if you don’t take into account the fact that it’s being spread on hundreds of tons of rocks.

In fact, the signal was cut off from the location tracker installed inside Jinbeop and the tracker installed at a nearby fork in the road.

But is the tracker installed in the Samdado guild member’s bag working? It was something I didn’t understand.

“If I had to get it right… … It was not swept away by the explosive force in a direct hit, and while the rocks were falling, they were lucky enough to get stuck between the rocks, so maybe they are still maintaining their shape.”

The subordinate, who eagerly rolled his head, crawled in reply.

“Do you think that makes sense?”

“But if you don’t think like that, it doesn’t make sense. To see it as a signal error, it should have been completely destroyed.

“Ummm.”

Gaolin drooled.

There is some truth to what the subordinates say. No, he’s probably right.

However, it’s not like I’m playing Tetris, and it’s an absurd probability that the tracking device was exquisitely caught in a rock crevice.

But the surprise is not over yet.

“Lord, lord!”

The subordinate immediately called for Gaolin.

“The tracking device has moved!”

“what?”

It didn’t move much. tens of meters at most.

The object tracking device is not that precise, so errors could occur, and that was within the error range.

But why is the signal that had been caught a while ago suddenly an error and output that it has moved several tens of meters?

If something strange happens once, it can be dismissed as a coincidence, but twice is a different story.

“I can’t. I’ll have to check it out.”

Gaolin made a decision.It was neater to come and check it out rather than leaving a feeling of discomfort.

“The three of us pack up their gear and go out first, and the seven follow me.”

“all right.”

Once a decision was made, his men followed suit.

Gao Lin, as well as his seven subordinates, performed hard work. It was a place I often went in and out of to install Jinbeop, so all the roads were well known. At high speed they ran down the aisle.

Did it run for about 10 minutes?

Gaolin, who was running ahead, suddenly shouted.

“stop!”

Gaolin applied the brakes first, and the subordinates who did not know English also reduced their speed at once.

Subordinates with lower skills than the captain realized why such an order had been given only after they stopped.

On the other side of the passage, something was approaching at a terrifying speed. By the time he was caught by the sense of how fast he was, he had already reached his nose.

Soon, someone stopped in front of them.

“You, you?”

Gaolin was startled.

A man who remembered the impression he wore after seeing it several times in photos.

Cha Shin Hyeon appeared in front of him.

“What, how….”

Everyone was confused when a target that should have been torn apart by the explosion and crushed by rocks appeared without a single hair cut.

Like that or not, Cha Shin Hyeon, who looked around the party with indifferent eyes, murmured.

“Why only eight?”

Cha Shin Hyeon’s gaze fell on him as Gaolin, not her mother tongue, understood the other person’s words a beat late.

“You are the captain. Where are the three of you?”

“Bar, I went out first.”

Even though there was no reason to answer, the obsession to speak dominated Gaolin. By the time he felt something strange and bit his mouth, he had already said it.

“Right. I get it.”

Cha Shin Hyeon, nodding lightly, passed between them. Everyone sent Cha Shin Hyeon to me as if they were possessed by something.

“uh?”

Gao Lin shook his head violently.

It was only then that I came to my senses as Cha Shin Hyeon disappeared from view.

“What, what, what!”

I don’t know what happened a while ago.

“Wasn’t it just Cha Shin Hyeon?”

“Yeah, yes.”

The subordinate also responded with a bewildered look.

“Why are you okay? Why are you calm even when you see us? How can we be eleven?”

There was a thought flashing through Gaolin’s mind. he shouted

“I guess it’s betrayal!”

“Yes?”

“What if Samdado changed their minds at the end? So what if you didn’t let Cha Shin Hyeon into the trap? Then I can’t explain why it’s okay. He would have confided about us, so he would know the numbers!”

Then, even knowing that it was a trap, the courageous victim who entered the camp with a bag containing a locator leaves a question, but Gaolin has no time to pay attention to the trivial (?) details.

“It’s a big deal. You must not let him go!”

Even if it was a misunderstanding, it was Gaolin who misunderstood, but at least one thing was right. Whatever the circumstances, the real problem was this one.

You must eliminate Cha Shin Hyeon from within the dungeon so that no trace remains. If Cha Shin Hyeon goes out and makes contact with the outside world, everything goes to nothing.

“I’m chasing you!”

“Yes!”

The eight hurriedly ran back the way they had come.

However, they could not catch up with Cha Shin Hyeon until they left the dungeon.

* * *

Cha Shin Hyeon came out of the dungeon and immediately took out his cell phone.

‘10:39.’

After checking the time, he called Tamra’s guild leader, Kim Ha-geun.

“What!”

“Who are you?”

The three of Gaolin’s men who were out first were surprised to see Cha Shin Hyeon. They were so natural that they could not understand the situation in an instant.

‘I think the Chinese are right.’

There was a time when I picked up somewhere that the words I spit out without realizing it were my mother tongue when I was surprised. I did not know the meaning, but because of the unique pronunciation, I could immediately recognize that it was Chinese.

– This is Kim Ha-geun.

Just then, the other person answered the phone.

– Mr. Cha Shin Hyeon?

“Yes, I fold.”

– Wasn’t Samda the day you decided to go to the guild and dungeon today?

“It was. I have a very big problem.”

-Yes? Have you ever taken a dive in Samdado?

“Well, he was trying to immerse me. Not in the water, but in the ground.”

Cha Shin Hyeon sneered.

After a few words and give and take, Gaolin’s men seemed to have reached an agreement.

I don’t know if I recognized Cha Shin Hyeon’s face belatedly, or if I came to the natural conclusion that I should keep his mouth shut even though I don’t know who it is.

Anyway, the three of them drew their swords and carefully surrounded Cha Shin Hyeon.

Cha Shin Hyeon did not respond.

-… … What do you mean?

“Do you know where this dungeon is?”

-I know.

“Please come as soon as possible. right now. I’m very annoyed because I’ve been attacked.”

-······Yes?

“Can I hear you?”

Cha Shin Hyeon took his phone from his ear and turned on his speaker.

“Kill!”

“Ha ha!”

Just in time, the enemies rushed in with good timing.

Cha Shin Hyeon swung his hand forward, not holding his cell phone.

Whoops!

Thunder roared loudly through the air. It’s the BGM I put in on purpose.

Of course, it worked well. Thunder comes after thunder. The two were swept away by the waves of aerodynamics.

“Aww!”

Scream is a universal language.

The voices of the two men were broadcast live through the speakerphone very loudly.

“Cuckoo!”

The guy who was aiming for Cha Shin Hyeon’s back was bounced off the ground by an intangible force before he could even get close. Still, his body was smashed and he was much better than his colleagues who were wriggling.

“Now, did you hear me?”

Cha Shin Hyeon said, holding his phone close to his face.

– Hey, what the hell is this…

“There is still no solid evidence that Tamra did not intervene. It would be best if you come as soon as possible to clear my doubts.”

– I’ll go right away!

“Yes. then.”

After leaving behind Kim Ha-geun’s urgent cry, Cha Shin Hyeon hung up the phone.

He waved his hand as he walked over to the man who was in good condition. The man, who had been lying down, bizarrely floated into the air like a doll hanging from a string.

Cha Shin Hyeon asked a question while forcing her eye level to be comfortable for conversation.

“Do you speak Korean?”

“Joe, I know a little bit.”

There was no option not to answer.

Cha Shin Hyeon coerced him with words and words, and the coerced man told the truth regardless of his will.

When he first attained enlightenment while dealing with a bulldog monkey, he didn’t like playing with his opponent’s mind, so he wondered how much he could actually use.But, ironically, once you acquire the ability, the situation arises immediately.

They’re going to kill anyway, so it’s convenient because you don’t have to worry about side effects. What’s the difference between torture to get the information you need, or manipulating your mind by force? The latter can be practiced and even better.

“Anyway, your boss will come out right away in a little while, so I don’t need to ask too much.”

Cha Shin Hyeon, who observed the man for a moment, spoke again.

“Are all eleven people in your gang?”

“The number of people who came to Jeju Island is like that.”

“Three here, eight inside. Anyone else involved?”

“I don’t know for sure, except for my group. All I know is that Samda also cooperated with the guild.”

“I get it.”

I’ll have to check with the boss more, but for now, I thought it wouldn’t be a big deal if we just bury the guys in the dungeon.

“Do you know about Moorim?”

“Yes? I do not know.”

“Ask again. Do you know anything about martial arts?”

“Yes. I am learning.”

“Did your boss tell you?”

“That’s right. It is an ancient martial art that has been secretly passed down and taught me.”

“You say it so shamelessly.”

Cha Shin Hyeon snorted.

The captain he encountered as he came was learning how to use the Cheonjo Muwon Deep Gong.

In other words, he, like himself, Lee Ji-hye, and Park Tae-hoon, came from a returnee from Moorim.

Well, it was the easiest story to teach martial arts without revealing about Moorim. Isn’t the material known as the secret of the past practically useful even in martial arts?

“What is your Hunter level?”

“It’s 41.”

“There, martial arts is about the beginning of the peak. If you are at Hunter level 40 and your martial arts level is 30 or higher… … Even a high-ranking hunter might be able to deal with it. Are the other nine people similar to you?”

“Yes.”

Except for the captain, there were as many as 10 people who approached the ranks of high-ranking hunters.

Considering that there were only eight high-ranking hunters in Korea, excluding those from Moorim, it was an incredible power.

“by the way.”

Cha Shin Hyeon’s eyes narrowed slightly.

“How many years have you been learning martial arts?”

“A little over five years.”

“But how did you get to the climax already? The way to grow coriander in such a short time is very limited as far as I know.”

And usually attributes are associated with the Sado (邪道).

Most of the methods Cha Shin Hyeon knew were not pleasant at all.

“that······.”

It was when the man was just about to talk.

People came out one after another from the entrance of the dungeon.

It was Gao Lin and his men who finally caught up with Cha Shin Hyeon – I don’t know if I should say I caught up with this one.

“Ah, someone just arrived to tell you.”

Cha Shin Hyeon waved his hand without delay.

The man who had faithfully acted as a companion for all that time was immediately abandoned and thrown away.

“How dare you, my men!”

Gaolin, who looked around and quickly grasped the situation, burst out in anger.

“You mean you didn’t even run away!”

As he lost three of his high-ranking hunter-class subordinates, he was about to burst out in anger.

Of course, the one who should be more angry is Cha Shin Hyeon, who of course almost died in an explosion.

“That’s a great example of a red flag.”

With a low laugh, Cha Shin Hyeon stepped forward.

He also contacted Tamra, and through simple interrogation, he found out that all he had to do was catch these guys. He took care of everything that had to be dealt with rationally.

Feeling sentimental after a long time, Cha Shin Hyeon mumbled softly.

“You mustn’t put it into words.”