Dungeon of Remnants (2)

We arrived at the dungeon that Seo Mun-yeop had used as a private secret place.

At this place, traces of the explosion of the self-destruction of the underground man, whom Seo Mun-yeop had cleared, remained.

Pietro glanced over the dungeon and said,

"The lifespan of the mana stone in the core that will support the dungeon is almost over."

"okay?"

"About 41 years left. It seems that the function of the core, which automatically receives aura from the earth, is broken because the underground man named Sutam was shocked when he self-destructed."

"Well, it doesn't matter because I'm not coming back now."

It was a personal healing place that I had been using for a long time, but I had no regrets. Because it's no longer a place that only you know.

The two arrived at the place where Sutam left a trace of movement.

Of course, in Seo Moon-yeop's eyes, it's just empty space.

But Pietro was observing, staring into space.

Was it just a few seconds?

"I get it."

Pietro finished his analysis.

"Is it really that fast?"

Seo Moon-yeop asked in surprise.

"It's easy for me."

Pietro replied calmly. Pietro, a former high priest who shows the dignity of the greatest genius of the underground civilization.

Seo Mun-yeop's mouth was itching because he was a bit nasty, but he refrained.

"I must move. Take out the Hearthstone."

"Can't we do it without the Returning Stone?"

"You cannot move together. It is possible to send you first and then I go, but you never know what will happen."

It meant that an auxiliary device like a hearthstone was needed to move through space.

"Be careful. I'm sure it won't be long before you use it."

Seo Moon-yeop handed over the Hearthstone and gave advice. Then

"It's no big deal."

Holding a hearthstone in one hand, Pietro made a small magic circle with the other.

Dig!

The aura leaking out of the magic circle started messing with the hearthstone.

Pietro, who had finished the work before long, spoke.

"I increased it to 20 times."

"omg!"

Seo Moon-yeop was surprised.

Pietro's expression was insignificant.

"In terms of humans, it's about the size of a fist axe. It can't be difficult."

The Hearthstone was almost the only item that was successfully crafted by humans, who had little technology to handle Auras during the Underground War.

Now it's enough to make things that react to auras and make simple movements, but it was natural to see them at a primitive level from the point of view of the underground civilization.

Anyway, seeing Pietro's talent, Seo Moon-yeop asked just in case.

"Are you saying Do you know how to make cores?"

"All you need is a magic stone. The key is what kind of core it is for, but there has never been a core that couldn't be made."

arrogance that comes from nature. However, since it was all true, Pietro was even less fortunate.

"Then can you make a core for a motorcycle?"

"You mean a vehicle with such a crude structure? possible. It doesn't make that damn noise and it can go up many times faster."

"omg! make it! I'll get you the magic stone."

"I don't see why I should."

Pietro was cold.

Seo Mun-yeop gnashed his teeth, but he had no means to strike Pietro, so he promised a later date.

Anyway, I used the Hearthstone as a catalyst to move in space.

Wow!

The two eventually arrived at an unfamiliar underground space.

It was a very small cave.

It was only 1m wide, so they couldn't move side by side, and the road was winding, so you never know what might come out the other side of the corner.

"What are all these places?"

Seo Mun-yeop grumbled, taking a flashlight out of his backpack and shining it in front of him.

"It's the halfway point."

said Pietro.

"The halfway point? Is it like a rest stop?"

"similar."

"Is such a thing necessary when moving to a distant place?"

"no."

Pietro shook his head.

"We pass through here so as not to leave any traces of movement. The core here is creating an aura force field that hinders tracking."

"Then you can't track me?"

"It can't completely erase traces of movement. It only interferes with tracking or exploration."

Pietro led the way through the cave.

As they walked, Pietro continued.

"The best way to avoid being pursued is to set a trap here and kill outsiders."

At those words, Seo Mun-yeop took out his shield and spear.

"Then what should I do now?"

Pietro answered Seo Moon-yeop's question.

"Find and remove traps, find cores, and modify them so that they do not cause an aura force field. After that, just follow the traces of movement."

"okay. What type of trap?"

"It mainly hides monsters. There are also traps that make multiple paths and collapse the entire space if you enter the wrong path."

"The latter is more troublesome."

"No problem. I can detect it in advance."

how long did it take

A body was found on the road.

It was a jijeoman.

Pietro recognized the basement man.

"It's the Queen's duty. He died here."

"So that means there's a trap here, right?"

"Yes."

Seo Mun-yeop gripped the shield and spear.

It was then.

charrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Charleureuk!

Skeletons hung on chains descended from the high ceiling of the cave.

Seo Mun-yeop quickly glanced over and counted the numbers.

21 in total.

They were heavily armed with black armor, but strangely, I couldn't figure out why each one was hanging on a chain.

The answer was given by Pietro.

"The order is being injected with the aura through the chains. It won't be destroyed by breaking the skull."

"You mean you can break the chains?"

"Yes. The chains are also protected."

"okay."

Seo Mun-yeop took the lead and started fighting the skeletons.

A skeleton that dies if its chains are broken.

However, the chain is protected and cannot be easily broken.

"You can just hit it to break it!"

Wow! Kwajik!

Seo Moon-yeop broke the skeleton's right arm with his spear, and then smashed his left shoulder with his shield.

Skeletons from both sides stabbed their spears.

Whirik!

I turned 180 degrees and avoided both spears.

Then he jumped at the skeleton on the right and pierced his spine with his spear, breaking it. It was a blow that accurately pierced a small gap unprotected by the armor.

The spine part connected to the chain was smashed and the skeleton collapsed.

"Okay, I got it."

After that, the speed at which the skeleton was broken really increased.

None of the skeletons' attacks hit Seo Moon-yeop.

What he said he caught on to was the spearmanship used by the skeletons.

It was confirmed that one of the several spearmanships that Seo Mun-yeop had experienced a long time ago was entered into the skeletons.

Since he knew what kind of spearmanship he was using, dealing with him was a piece of cake.

"Hey, I have a question!"

He shouted while destroying the skeletons.

"In the past, there were people like the Emperor of Maninling, but why don't you guys use weapons like this now?"

"It's because our dependence on Aurors has intensified."

It became a weakness and was defeated by humans. It was a result that I never imagined that humans would be able to handle Auras.

after a few minutes.

Seo Moon-yeop killed all 21 skeletons without even using weapon spiritualization. It was a clean battle with no scratches on the body.

"The trap is like this, where is the core?"

"It's on the ceiling."

Pietro reached out for the high ceiling.

Quadduk!!

A round core planted in the ceiling protruded and gently descended to Pietro's hand.

Pietro created a small magic circle just like when he remodeled the Hearthstone, and then started manipulating the core.

It took a little longer this time.

"done."

Pietro sent the remodeled core back to its original position so that it would not cause an Aura force field.

"Any signs of movement?"

"Here are some."

While Seo Moon-yeop was grooming his weapon, Pietro analyzed the movement traces.

"done."

Pietro quickly finished the analysis this time as well.

"But why is it so easy?"

"Perhaps it was because I didn't think there would be any interfering forces. Normally, humans couldn't even enter the underground, and the queen was only looking for and rescuing the wandering inhabitants."

"Ah, yes."

In the end, they did not expect that the former high priest would take the side of humans and pursue them.

As the first high-ranking priest plotting some kind of conspiracy, it must have been very unfair.

Seo Mun-yeop asked before moving to space following the trail.

"There must be another high-ranking priest besides the first one, right?"

"I will."

When the final dungeon collapsed, Pietro had predicted that only 3 high-ranking priests would survive.

And one of them was killed the other day.

Two are left.

"There must be other priests, and probably a lot of monsters, right?"

"I will."

"Then you must be determined."

Right now, I fought simply by warming up, but I didn't know if I would have to transform into a weapon spirit immediately after entering the destination.

In fact, the senior priests were also great.

Among the 3 levels of underground people, the highest being that corresponds to black.

It was a strong enemy that the 7 heroes had to fight together even during the Underground War.

Of course, now, Seo Mun-yeop could have thought it was no big deal because he was fortunate enough to reach the spiritual level and obtain power from a completely different dimension.

Hadn't Pietro easily killed the third high-ranking priest the other day?

But if you fight properly, you never know what will happen.

Weapon Spiritualization can be maintained for up to 43 minutes, unlike normal Spiritualization.

However, if the fight does not end within 43 minutes, the outcome will be unknown.

"We have to decide early."

"know."

"It would be better for me to deal with the monsters and you to deal with the priests, right?"

"Yes."

The nemesis of the priests who depended on the aura was Pietro.

Pietro, whose skills in dealing with auras had peaked to the point of seeming omnipotent, could easily deal with the priests.

On the other hand, Seo Moon-yeop was a master at hunting monsters.

After making that promise, the two moved in space.

Dig!

***

Dig!

The two arrived in the middle of the place.

Seo Mun-yeop quickly looked around and grasped the terrain.

It was a dark temple.

There was an altar in the center, and several chairs were placed around the altar.

And on the outer wall surrounding the entire temple, there were countless caves that were probably used as living spaces.

Fireballs made of aura floated here and there, emitting a dreary blue light.

First of all, in front of the altar in the center of the temple, there was a colossal monster.

"What is that monster? A species I've never seen before?"

There was no such thing as a monster that Seo Mun-yeop, who had conquered more dungeons than anyone else, had not seen.

said Pietro.

"I do not know either. That is not the monster I made during my reign."

A monster with a huge body that could easily be 20m.

It reminded me of a western dragon.

At first glance, it was a huge snake with a hard shell like an ironclad, a serpen, but it had eight heads.

It also had 10 legs attached to its torso, reminiscent of a centipede.

Its body was 5 times larger and thicker than a normal serpen.

The highlight is the wings on the back.

It looked like a bat's wings, but it was huge.

I doubted that I could fly with that enormous body, but it was clear that it would be several times more dangerous if a monster like that flew.

Seo Mun-yeop's expression hardened.

"Couldn't that be the monster from the prophecy?"

"no."

Pietro affirmed.

"There is no life response. It's still an unfinished monster. Seeing that the basic base is a serpen, the first one looks like a new monster."

"Ah, yes."

Come to think of it, the analysis didn't work. It meant he wasn't alive.

While Seo Moon-yeop was relieved, Pietro continued to speak.

"But it is strange. To create a monster of that level, you have to spend almost all of your energy for a long time, so why is a guy with a separate purpose obsessed with making that monster?"

"There is one more strange thing."

Seo Mun-yeop pointed to the temple.

"It's as if this temple serves that monster."

It was.

The unfinished monster standing in front of the altar looked like a religious idol.