Chapter 160

ETH 160

“I have something I have to do you see . ”

“Ah . Come to think of it, why did you come all the way here from Korea?”

He sure asked quickly .

“You should know that a new island called Yellow Sea appeared as well . I’m doing a private investigation of the cause . ”

It was beating around the bush but a part of the truth was mixed in . I actually didn’t know ‘why’ the Yellow Sea appeared after all . The Delta System had gotten into my hands and that was interfering with the existing system .

However, it seems the original system does not welcome that .

I am saying this while personifying but it’s true that it feels like that . Delta deleted the originally existing dungeons and added superior items and was even trying to obtain information on the original system .

The fact that beings I didn’t know about were at war could be inferred just looking at the things that have happened until now .

Also, it was chance to get closer to find out about the things happening behind looking for ruins .

This was the reason I was looking for ruins despite the fact it didn’t earn me much money .

Wouldn’t it be possible for me to meet that Master of Delta guy someday if I keep tracking it down?

For now, it was all my speculation until now but I could feel myself getting closer the more I grow .

After parting with team Die Hard I immediately bought another van . It was impossible to repair a completely destroyed van so it couldn’t be helped .

With this the credit that reached 900 EP fell to the 500s .

With the ones bought for team 1 and team 2 each amounted to 300 EP and other miscellaneous things were bought so it became like that .

After driving for a long time we finally arrived at the South coastline . The ocean that was spread out made it impossible to travel by ship because of the pieces of ice and glaciers .

“So it’s that place . ”

Edward pointed at the cave protected by a huge statue below the cliff on the other side .

The size of the stone statue was about 5 meters and thinking about how they were all going to move at once my head already started hurting .

“I didn’t know this . I think I don’t like fighting at the base . ”

“You? Are you really saying that?”

Edward frowned . Is it hard for him to believe since he has been beaten up by me I wonder .

“No matter how easy of a battle it is, variables exist after all . Always putting your life on the line is a really exhausting thing . ”

“From what I know, there’s no one that battles easier than you . For now, that Dancing Sword or whatever seems like something that shouldn’t exist . ”

“That’s true . ”

I felt a bit embarrassed after saying it myself .

I had quite a few difficult battles but it was also true that I often used the Dancing Sword to sweep them as if cleaning .

For now, we got off the van and went down the cliff . The Dancing Sword was truly convenient in various ways . To be able to move regardless of terrain . If I didn’t have this I would have had to crawl down the cliff or something .

Or I had to buy the Angel Shoes from the Delta Store but thinking about how the price of level 6 items were 500 EP it really wasn’t easy to buy one .

The two giant stone statues were huge bears . I’m guessing they are different depending on the region . My guess is that it’s a monster that is the variant of a polar bear .

I carefully went towards the stone statue .

There was no tremors from the stone statue unexpectedly .

“What did you do last time?”

“It started moving once I put a hand on it . ”

“Then does it stay still as long as you don’t put a hand on it?”

I tried going inside the ruin just to be sure . The stone statue didn’t move .

It seems you just had to not touch it . Since there was a high chance of a level 10 monster appearing I was planning on touching it once it appeared . Since a level 10 Aura Blade dropped from the Black Tiger wouldn’t these guys give something as well?

Either way, it wasn’t easy to see a level 10 monster like this so I couldn’t miss this chance .

I ignored the stone statues and went into the ruin . A warm feeling could be felt in the ruin unlike the outside .

There was a circular large hall with dozens of stone statues lined up along the wall .

It was similar to the Yellow Sea over all but there were some differences .

From the tunnel connected to the hall dozens of monsters holding weapons started running towards me .

There were things that looked familiar and things that I saw for the first time .

If there was a similarity it was that they were all at least level 5 . I took out the Dancing Sword and started cutting them down indiscriminately .

“Kueek!”

“Kiek!”

“Kyaa!”

A merman with the head of a fish and human legs stabbed at me with a trident . Even while startled by the monster I swung the Bloody Sword to cut off its arm .

A scorpion’s tail made of ice came towards me . It was a strike that would make me freeze due to the ice poison on it . As I cut off its tail a transparent liquid spouted out and collapsed on the ground .

[+500]

[+600]

As I frantically cut down the monsters swarming in from all around, reward points, items, and ores kept coming in . The wide area was full of hundreds of monsters at some point and I was completely surrounded .

Even so, it wasn’t like I felt threatened or something .

Instead, the crowded monsters collided with each other unable to attack properly .

Every time the Dancing Sword drew a circle the front line of monsters all got killed . Ten or so monsters died with each attack and items would come in each time . The ones killed until now numbered 100 . It wasn’t a situation that exhausted me either so I felt like I could do this kind of battle all day .

Edward who was looking at that scene from midair opened his mouth as he clicked his tongue .

“Who said they didn’t like battles? At least don’t laugh . ”

I only just realized there was a smile on my face .

I fixed my expression and opened my mouth .

“Shut up man . I’m not being happy about the battle but because of earning money . ”

It was just that my mind was feeling productive looking at the ores and items piling up in real time . There’s no way I would like a battle with my life on the line right .

As the battle about 30 minutes ended, the area returned to its original appearance as if nothing had happened .

It was because all of the monster corpses were Rapid Returned . Not a single bloodstain or piece of corpse was left behind and all disappeared .

Edward looked around at the surroundings and sighed .

“At least leave one . There’s not even one for me to suck blood from . ”

“Sorry . I forgot about it . I will leave one next time . ”

I thought that Rapid Return was good but it seems there was a drawback as well . Either way, it wasn’t difficult to leave one or two so it wasn’t much of a problem .

After the battle ended, I destroyed all the stone statues .

Strengthening Stones and ores showered down . There were level 7 and even level 8 Strengthening Stones . Overall, it was higher in level than the ones from the forest region .

The appearance of monsters and high quality ores .

It was similar to the ruin in the forest region but slightly different at the same time . I thought that it might be a bit dangerous but I ignored it for now . In the end, I wouldn’t know until I actually experience it .

“This way . ”

“Do you know where you’re going?”

“I went this way last time as well . ”

“That sure is a logical reasoning . ”

Edward let out a laugh . However, since he didn’t have any other alternative he had no choice but to follow behind me .

Passing the area from before we went to the tunnel on the right . If the structure was the same as what I remember we would be able to arrive at the place with the stairs without getting lost .

I proceeded carefully just in case monsters appeared again .

Most dangerous would be blocked by the level 10 armor on me but you never knew where and when danger would appear .

After moving like that for 10 minutes a straight long hallway appeared . Stone statues were lined up on the left and right .

Edward lightly whistled .

“This place is also filled with stone statues I see . ”

“It’s okay for getting allowance . ”

For now, I sent the Dancing Sword with Aura Blade on it .

The blunt sword with white light passed by the statues at a fast speed .

It was more like exploding than cutting .

The Dancing Sword with Aura Blade destroyed the close to 100 stone statues in mere moments .

The items from the broken statues immediately went into the item list . The fact that I didn’t have to pick them up one by one was incredibly convenient .

I was thinking about whether I should get a skill slot and buy Psychokinesis you see .

By the way, Psychokinesis is a skill that allows movement of an object below 100 kilograms .

A regular person could be held as well so it was a skill that had many uses .

On top of that it allowed the user to levitate oneself . It meant that it was possible to fly although it was incredibly slow .

Of course, the place Psychokinesis is used the most is getting a TV remote that’s far away .

Because Psychokinesis itself didn’t have many uses in battle it was mostly used by hunters that had a surplus of money and was only used as a skill to make their lives easier .

Passing the empty hallway like that we had come back to the area we were at before .

“It seems it’s not this path . ”

“I was planning on exploring every single area so it doesn’t matter . ”

I sluggishly went to another path .

It wasn’t like there was a time limit and it would be able to get through it in one or two hours so there was no need to rush .

After going through all the paths I returned to the area .

This made me a bit flustered . There was no path to the altar .

“Did I miss something……?”

No matter how I think about it I didn’t miss a path . All paths were inspected .

Edward opened his mouth .

“Maybe there’s a hidden path somewhere?”

“It’s not like it’s not impossible but…… . ”

The ruin the Mystic Dungeon indicated was definitely here . That meant that the place the original system’s data can be gotten is somewhere here . Also, I’m thinking that it’s in a similar manner to the ruin in the forest region .

The problem was that it couldn’t be seen .

If there was a hidden path as Edward said, it wasn’t an easy talk to find it .

If it could be found just by looking for it there’s no way it would be hidden .

“Isn’t there some sort of hint . ”

“Well…… If you’re frustrated how about you take care of the things outside first?”

He was talking about the two bears outside . I thought it wasn’t a bad idea .

We went of the ruin like that . The ruin at the bottom of the cliff had two bear stone statues at the entrance . The road from the ocean was blocked so it was a discrete location that wouldn’t be found easily .

In other words, there’s no way someone would come here even by chance .

But there was such a person . A person wearing a black suit at that .

“Hey, hisashiburi . ” (Kyle: ‘Hisashiburi’ means long time no see in Japanese . )