Infinite Competitive Dungeon Society - Chapter 208

Chapter 208

Chapter 208 . The Qualification of an Explorer (5)

The next day, Revival’s members returned to where they belonged . Leon returned to America, Sophie returned to Britain, and Michel returned to France . However, Sumire and Van said they would remain in Korea .

“I want to stay and help Unni more . Also, I want to more seriously learn martial arts from Shin-nim . ”

“But Sumire…”

“Take good care of me!”

Apparently, Sumire was living by herself as both her parents passed away . As such, there was no problem deciding where she would stay . As people from her country practically worshipped her, it seemed she was somewhat reluctant to go back .

As for Ilayda Van, I was genuinely surprised that she wanted to remain in Korea . After all, Turkey was certain to have problems where her power could be of help . At our reaction, she spoke as she nodded her head .

“When I left Turkey, I already told them that I would not be coming back . Since I’ll have to focus on climbing the dungeon, I won’t have time to deal with other affairs . ”

“Mmm . ”

“Please accept me . I’ll serve you faithfully . ’

“No, you don’t need to serve me at all…”

It was then decided that she would be living in our guild house mansion . We would need someone to stay here after all . After we saw Ilayda Van enter the dungeon after contacting Laz Michel, we each went back to our work . I, of course, had to continue what I left off yesterday – choosing new explorers .

Then, when I was looking at the documents Hwaya printed that included new applications since yesterday, someone sat down next to me . Thinking it was Elfa, I turned my head to the side . There, I saw Ludia .

“Ludia?”

“You know how you… picked a new healing ability user . ”

“Yeah, didn’t I tell you about it?”

“I was in the dungeon, so I didn’t hear you well . Um, you know Shin…”

A hint of uneasiness lingered on Ludia’s eyes . I looked at Hwaya . She shrugged, gesturing that she didn’t know what was going on .

“What’s up?”

“I’m doing my best . I’ll be Gold rank soon too . B-Because you said not to stick to you so much, I’m stopping myself from going in your room . Because you said not to fight, I’m not doing anything even with more girls joining in . So don’t throw me away, aak!”

After flicking her forehead once, I did it three more times . Ludia looked at me with teary eyes .

“You hit me!”

“I’ll hit you more if you keep saying stupid things . Throw you away? Do you think you’re trash? It’s better to have two healers than one . You at least know what 1 + 1 is right?”

“Then you won’t throw me awa… Ow!”

“What am I going to do with this girl . ”

I thought she had gotten better since she had stopped being reliant on me physically, but it seemed that wasn’t the case . As I sighed, Hwaya spoke instead of Ludia .

“Ludia’s just worried that she’s not being of help to you . ”

At Hwaya words, Ludia glared at her with malice .

“What do you know?”

“We like the same guy . Isn’t that enough to know each other?”

“I… I don’t like him! I just can’t live without Shin…”

“Yeah, yeah . If you want to say something, you can say it over a drink later . If you stay here, it’s going to hinder our work, so leave . ”

“Eeek, Hwaya Mastiford!”

Hwaya’s telekinetic magic slowly pushed Ludia out of the room . Ludia tried to use her power, but she soon suppressed it, seemingly afraid that she’d destroy the mansion . In the end, she was chased out as she screamed . Ye-Eun, Walker, Yua, Father, and others who were peeking in were also pushed out like bowling pins by Hwaya’s magic power . I didn’t know why they were watching us so curiously . To lighten up the awkward atmosphere, I purposely laughed aloud .

“Hahaha, it’s great that everyone’s so merry!”

“Go back to work, Guild Master . ”

“Yes, Ma’am . ”

That day, we chose four new explorers . They were all S+ ranks, and as we thought that they had potential, we made them all First Dungeon explorers .

Although we were slowly using up our appointments, with the four new explorers working hard, we would be able to recover them soon . It was also why we prioritized picking high ranked explorers .

Once we met them and had them sign the contracts, I finally found the time to enter the dungeon again . Beyond’s 14th floor . It was hell where Giant Ghouls and Skeleton Knights appeared together .

[Human… Your delicious smell is tickling my nose!]

[Cut him to shreds! Kill all living be— Kuhuk!]

The moment I ran into them, I crazily shot my crossbow bolts . Peika and Ruyue were floating around me . Sharana was currently infused into my body .

“Stop the Skeleton Knight! Prevent them from opening their mouths!”

[That’s easy!]

[Leave it to me, Shin!]

Ruyue’s freezing energy filled the area, while Peika’s lightning quickly ravaged our enemies . At the same time, I charged through all the enemies and shot my bolts crazily . The target was the Skeleton Knights’ skulls and the skeleton mounts’ legs! It would be my victory as long as I could stop their screams and charge .

[Humaaaaaaan!]

“Elemental Blade!”

[N-No! I got on aga… Uuuk!]

[Whee~]

Countless number of elementals flooded toward me, and I swung the spear blade that had extended beyond 10 meters, instantly severing the legs of the skeleton mounts running toward me . Critical hits broke out, and with Skull Breaker’s effect, the damage extended to their entire bodies . I didn’t even need to describe what happened to the Skeleton Knights riding on them .

[Guoooooooooo!]

At that moment, a Giant Ghoul roared and swung its claws, as if to protect the Skeleton Knight squadron that had lost its formation . I boldly jumped into the fray and shouted .

“Ruyue!”

[Winter Curtain!]

The Giant Ghoul’s claws were slowed by the numerous ice crystals fluttering in the air . I smirked and jumped on top of its arm . I compressed the Elemental Blade and instantly re-expended it to penetrate the Giant Ghoul’s head . However, an undead monster wouldn’t die from just having its head pierced .

“If you want to win against me, you’ll need to come by the hundreds!”

In the next moment, I jumped off the arm and slashed down with my spear . After splitting its head into two, the Elemental Blade continued down to its body, causing an explosion . Before Diehard could even activate, I had crushed it .

The Giant Ghoul’s corpse disappeared, and I could once again see the Skeleton Knights that had readied themselves to charge forward once again . Giant Ghouls as defense, Skeleton Knights as offense . It made sense .

“Unfortunately, that’s not enough! Wind King’s Rage!”

Before they could charge toward me, I charged toward them first . Though they raised their heads to use Undead Roar, Peika and Ruyue didn’t let that happen . Both ice and lightning were specialized in stopping the enemies’ movements . With the two of them working together, not even Skeleton Knights could anything about it .

“Haaaap!”

The first Skeleton Knight I ran into made a silent scream as it was sent flying . This was only the beginning . As they had been preparing to charge together, they were all grouped . Since I couldn’t use Wind King’s Rage for three hours once it was fully charged, I had to kill as many of them as I could .

“Come! I’ll crush you all!”

[You used Provoke! All enemies attack you uncontrollably!]

[Kuaaaaaaaa!]

[Kill him! Kill him!]

“Divine Speed!”

When they raised their weapons, I used Divine Speed . It went without saying that the faster I was, the more damage I dealt . One, two, three… Each time a Skeleton Knight was sent flying, the speed they flew and the distance they covered increased . All the skeleton mounts had already became dust .

This continued until not a single one of them remained with their feet on the ground . As I had been pushing them to a single spot, they were all piled on top of each other .

[Powerful… human…!]

[How? It’s only a single human…!]

“If I wasn’t strong, would I be here?”

There were over 40 Skeleton Knights clumped together . I could tell how many Skeleton Knights were filling up a single passageway . The power of wind and lightning gathered by Wind King’s Rage was ready to go berserk . I charged into the mountain of bones made of Skeleton Knights and let it explode .

“Hasta la vista!”

[Critical Hit!]

They were thoroughly annihilated .

“Huu, huu…”

They turned to particles of light and scattered into the air, brightening up the slightly dark passageway . I stabbed my spear into the ground to catch my breath . I had managed to finish them without being hit a single time .

“Huu… That was easier than I thought!”

[I did well, right?]

[Huhu, how was it, Master?]

“You guys are the best . ”

I smiled and complimented the two elementals that flew next to me . Without their help in stopping the Skeleton Knights from using Undead Roar, it would have been difficult for me to defeat them . However, I had an effective way of stopping them from using Undead Roar . With that, I had no problem getting through this area .

The key was preventing them from using Undead Roar and crushing the skeleton mounts’ legs . Just with these, their strength would practically be halved . Although the Giant Ghouls acting as their shields were annoying, Beyond’s 14th floor was more or less a breeze . I was looking forward to who was waiting for me on the 15th floor .

“Ghoul plus skeleton . Isn’t that just a ghoul with bones?”

I laughed, imagining a monster that easily tripped on its own bones . Of course, when I thought about the Thunder Power Knight that appeared on the 10th floor, I knew that probably wouldn’t be the case .

“Hopefully, another skill of that type drops . It feels a bit lacking to use Skill Synthesis with just two skills…”

I thought about the skills I received from Beyond’s 10th floor boss and the First Dungeon’s 60th Floor Master and smirked . I was a bit worried that I had gotten too addicted to Skill Synthesis, but I couldn’t help looking forward to the outcome . I raised the spear back up as I felt full of strength once more .

“Let’s go, guys! We’re going to breeze through it!”

I successfully broke through Beyond 14th floor in just two days . Just by being full of fighting spirit, a person could do so much! When I left Beyond and returned to Earth, marveling at the infinite potential of humans, Hwaya gave me a report .

“Two explorers… died . ”

Humans really did have infinite potential .