I Never Run Out of Mana - Chapter 72

Chapter 72

72 . The Land Where None Have Stepped On (2)

The dungeon I entered was like a track field covered in a layer of snow .

The walls and ceiling too . It was almost as if someone painted everything in pure white .

It was to the point where it was hard to believe that any monsters were in here .

I couldn’t even tell where it ended .

Since the walls and floor wasn’t distinctly separated, I wouldn’t be able to tell that this was the entrance without touching the wall behind me .

-CRASH!

-BOOM! BOOM!

I spammed fire attribute magic such as Explosion and Meteor around the entrance .

It served the same purpose as the bread crumbs in Hansel and Gretel .

Soot and blackened dirt were left at the entrance because I really did think I could possibly lose my way in this dungeon .

The current situation was that I had zero intel on this level 34 portal .

Firstly, I headed towards the 9 o’clock bearing relative to the entrance in order to check the strength of the monsters .

Since it was highly dangerous to run forward recklessly and aggro a bunch of monsters to herd them before taking them down without a plan, I planned to check the strength of the monsters before coming up with a course of action .

Casting the instant cast Explosion around me, I continued forward .

It was also to confirm one end of this dungeon, where a wall would be .

-BOOM!

“Hm? Did I already reach it?”

It didn’t even take 3 minutes before Explosion is burning on the wall in front of me .

Despite being only a short distance and time, I wondered how come I didn’t see a single monster .

I guess the level 18 dungeon was similar with the griffon and poison naga, only 20 monsters or so appearing inside the dungeon .

My suspicion lasted only a moment, and I continued to head deeper into the dungeon .

****

Towards 12 o’clock . Then turning to 3 o’clock .

Like that, I went full circle back to the marked entrance after covering a square piece of the dungeon .

Despite going in a circle for 15 minutes, not only did I not see a single monster, but I couldn’t even hear their howling either .

I felt like something was off .

“Perhaps… . . ”

The worry I felt made me wonder if it was possible for the monsters to be stealthed .

Because of that, I’ve been casting single fire magic continuously until now .

All the stealth skills used by the Awakened become undone when hit by attacks or the duration runs out .

The monsters up to now haven’t used any stealth skills, but I didn’t know what could happen here .

I casted Eye of Insight .

“I had my doubts, but it’s true . ”

The center of the dungeon .

A lot of red dots were there .

Eye of Insight showed stealthed targets, but when used on monsters, it also showed their weaknesses .

All those red spots that I could see must be their weaknesses displayed to me .

And since they were stealthed, their form would become visible to me as well .

I ran forward to the center where they were gathered .

In the center, monsters were moving in pairs of 2 to 3 .

They didn’t move in any predictable patterns, resembling feathers swaying in the wind .

I looked at them carefully .

“What should I call them…?”

Keeping a sufficient amount of distance, the form I gazed upon was something so vague that it was hard to describe with words .

It didn’t have a solid form, and it was hard to call it a lifeform of any kind .

If I have to put it into words, something that looks similar to the oval portal I’ve entered through?

Yeah . They looked like sky blue pastel colored portals, floating in the air .

I couldn’t feel any threatening pressure from them .

On top of that, they seemed to go along with the dungeon’s background so well that I felt like they were ornaments .

The red dots were on the center of their bodies .

It was the weakness that the Eye of Insight was showing me .

If I focused my attacks on that location, I should be able to take them down faster .

“Shall I see how well you fight?”

I casted Lightning Spray towards 3 monsters separated from the main group .

-ZAAP!

Lightning Spray hit dead center .

The enormous amount of electricity not only hit them, but was flowing through them .

However, it didn’t seem that it took much damage .

Afterwards, they began to head towards me .

However, they moved at speeds far slower than what anyone could have imagined .

They flew towards me at the speed of a trolley .

Every time they moved, they gave off a static like sound that would get on one’s nerves .

Looking at how they moved, I couldn’t help but laugh .

“I’m not sure who made you, but they must’ve dozed off when they did . ”

They had finally arrived near me .

Then .

-ZAAP!

“What the!”

My Mana Shield shook violently .

A massive amount of electricity had poured towards me .

It was the exact same Lightning Spray that I had casted moments ago .

Also, its form was that of a level 200 Lightning Spray .

“It copies the attack it receives?”

Unless they copied an attack that was beyond ranking, it wouldn’t go through Mana Shield .

To understand more about them, I began to follow up with stronger attack skills .

I used Explosion and Holy Missile once each on them .

-BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The result was the same .

They fired back the attack they received .

“You passed up to A ranking single fire attacks . How about this one?”

The surround area was covered in a transparent fire .

Perfect for disposing corpses… I mean, a high damage spell called Fire Shock .

The egotistical lizardmen that possessed immunity towards physical damage and even a little magical resistance had received massive amounts of damage by Fire Shock .

However, not only did they received it with their whole body, but they were absorbing it, making some kind of screeching scream .

“KEERIIICK!”

“Oho? Looks like this one hurt? And their size shrunk a bit . ”

Their height, which was similar to mine, seemed to shrink by a bit .

It seemed that the more damage they took, the smaller they became .

“So they aren’t able to reflect attacks beyond A ranking AoE attack ski-…”

-WOOSH!

As if making fun of me and ignoring my words, massive amounts of fire poured down on me .

“Aren’t they a taunting bunch? I don’t think I’ll be satisfied until I crush them . Time to stop playing around . It’s time for total annihilation!”

-CRASH!

-BOOM!

My strongest attack skill, Meteor Call . I spammed it down on them .

The pure white dungeon was covered in black flames .

Everywhere, chunks of the intense flames were scattered about .

“KE-KE-KEERICK . ”

Once again, they emitted a sound similar to that of mice .

Around 6 to 7 Meteors later, their sizes shrunk to that of peas .

My guess was that the next Meteor would be the last one I needed to cast before they were annihilated .

-CRASH!

Just as I predicted, they returned 3 times the amount of presents I gave them .

My Mana Shield shook more than any attack I’ve received with it so far .

Mana Shield depleted mana instead of health equivalent to the damage taken .

It was okay because my mana was infinite, but if it wasn’t, even Yoon Jong-sun would be annihilated on the spot if he was to receive this kind of attack .

The damage from the level 200 Meteor Call that hasn’t existed in this world before was absolutely insane after all .

Then .

[Experience 2,000,000 obtained . ]

[Experience 2,000,000 obtained . ]

[Experience 2,000,000 obtained . ]

“Wait . Why are there so many zeroes? One, ten, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand…… . Millions?”

“Wait a min . How many are there?”

Roughly 30 red dots were present .

Each gave out 2,000,000 experience?

60,000,000 experience if I get all the monsters in the dungeon?

I remembered the saying ‘The dungeon is large and the experience is amazing . ’

Currently my level was 315 .

Like a snowball rolled atop of a hill adding up as it went down, the experience pool I required to level had reached to the point of requiring 230,000,000 .

However, each time I defeat all the monsters in here, I gain 60,000,000 .

Thus, I would be able to level up once by clearing this dungeon 4 times .

“Guess I’m not sleeping today . ”

****

I defeated all the monsters inside and exited .

All of them were gathered in the center .

When I cleared the dungeon, an exit had appeared in the center of the dungeon .

I saw Jong Ho and Ho Jin sitting in front of the portal, letting out smoke from their cigars .

Seeing me appear, Jong Ho fanned away the smoke with his hand and spoke .

“Came out faster than I expected . ”

“What . Why do you sound like you weren’t worried at all?”

“Huh! What are you saying . I was definitely worried . ”

“Doesn’t sound like it . ”

“Hey! I was very worried for the monsters inside . The monster butcherer had entered, so how could I not be worried for them?”

“Hohoho . I was also hoping that you wouldn’t be covered in too much blood as well when you came out . ”

“I didn’t do that . Not at all! Also, the dungeon here is a lot cleaner than I thought . ”

“Really?”

“Yes . Not a drop of blood even after hitting the monsters until they are annihilated . And of course, they still drop bloodstones . ”

“Oho… How are the monsters? Do you think they’ve become a lot stronger?”

“Hm… I think it’ll be best if you two come in first and see for yourselves . ”

Taking a step backwards, Ho Jin spoke .

“… Do I have to go as well?”

“Of course mister, you have to come as well!”

“Then… let me make one phone call to someone at home… Ahh!”

I pulled Jong Ho and Ho Jin by their hands .

Since the portal was cleared already, the shape was changed to that of a dungeon entrance .

However, I could enter it right away since there was no intercom or a fingerprint scanner I’d have to go through .

It was equivalent to a theme park that didn’t require an entry ticket .

Just like that, the three of us entered .

****

“Is this okay like this?”

“My words… . . ”

“Did you level up a lot?”

“After 27 years, I have reached level 100 . ”

“Oh! I just hit level 100 as well . ”

In just 3 hours, both mid-level 80s had reached level 100 .

Despite the experience being split between three people, each clear gave 20,000,000 .

20,000,000 experience every 10 min . It was an amount that was hard to believe even for me, so I was wondering how these two felt .

Looking at how these two were staring blankly into space as if they had lost all awareness, I had a feeling that I understood a little bit .

“Hey . Min-Cheol . You told us to stay put so I’m doing that but I have to ask . I only see the explosive Meteors and I don’t see anything, but why are we obtaining a ridiculous amount of experience?”

“Same here . I can’t see the monsters . ”

“The monsters here are stealthed . Even if I use Eye of Insight, hyung and mister aren’t able to see them . ”

“A monster that uses stealth? But it looks like you’re the only one attacking . Aren’t these monsters weak?”

“Ah, that’s probably because you can only see the Meteor . They perfectly copy the skills I use and return the attack . Even the skill level is copied . ”

“Wow… If I get closer to spectate, I don’t think I could stand up due to my fear . ”

“Right . Mister! You said that you would call your wife?”

“Ah . Nope . No news is good news . ”

“Pfft . Since you already came out all the way here with me, collect some rewards before you go . ”

“I’m always thankful . But Min-Cheol, I don’t think I can pass this up . ”

“I-I will also be in your care for a bit . ”

“Now you two sound like real people! Let’s go!”

Just like that, a crazy leveling spree unlike anything in the world began .