Infinite Competitive Dungeon Society - Chapter 231

Chapter 231

Chapter 231 . Guardian (1)

[Amazing! With just five people, you have defeated one of the enemies threatening the world! The Lava King’s soul has been completely annihilated by Agni’s flames . As a result, all flame type monsters invading Earth will have all abilities decreased by 10%! This is a monumental achievement!]

[You obtained the title, ‘Guardian’ . The dungeon is extremely satisfied by this result, and has decided to increase the support for Earth’s Guardians . When fighting on Earth, your abilities increase by 10%!, and you will receive even better rewards for completing Event Raids and Grand Raids!]

[You obtained 30 stat points and 10 skill points as rewards for completing a Grand Raid . ]

[Rewards will be distributed in order of contribution . ]

[Kang Shin-nim’s contribution is the highest . Choose your reward . ]

[1 . Lava King’s Egg (Legend)
2 . Flame Dragon Evil Eyes (Legend)
3 . Immortal Fire Dragon Whip (Legend)
4 . Fire Dragon Arl (Legend)1
5 . Guard Ring (Legend) . ]

The moment I heard the fanfare, my body went limp . I didn’t want to move even a single finger, and in truth, I barely had the strength to do so . Then, as Lotte put me down on the ground, Hwaya flew towards me .

“Shin!”

“Yeah, yeah, I’m okafdsah!?”

[Uwak, Witch! What are you doing!?]

Attacking me when I don’t have any strength to resist! Even if I wanted to say something, I couldn’t because her lips were completely blocking mine . I only resisted meekly as I made barely audible moaning sounds . Because of the pain and damage from Sacrifice and the fatigue that swept over after knowing that the battle ended, I couldn’t move even though Hwaya wasn’t restraining me strongly .

Hwaya only let go of me once 30 seconds had passed . After barely mustering enough strength to take a step back, I pointed at my lips an shouted . Because of the huge shock, my legs were shaking .

“%!#$*$ (What were you doing)!?”

“I was too happy… Sorry, but I’m happy with that . ”

“M-My tongue was twisted . ”

I staggered back with my face entirely reddened . I then bumped into someone . I turned around and saw Duca .

“Dear, how about you do it again with me?”

“Kyaaaaak!”

I leaped backwards . Duca, who was smacking her lips and approaching me, was then punished by Hecate’s whip . Both Daisy and her master were too reliable .

“Don’t scheme on another girl’s man!”

“Can’t I have some fun? Ow!”

“Mm, as I thought, I can be great friends with Daisy . Even the… god called by her Deific Manifestation is so helpful!”

Hwaya who had acquired a spot next to me nodded her head as she watched in satisfaction . I hoped she’d realize that she was just as scary as Duca .

Then, without me having to say anything, Lotte quickly flew next to me and protected me . Lotte was the only one who understood me! Of course, I wanted to believe that she just wanted to protect her master and had no ulterior motives .

“By the way, how did you kill him? No, how was he even alive?”

“It seems like it was a special magic, one that separated his body and soul . If I wasn’t using Agni’s power, I would have been done in too . ”

“Ah, so he took out his soul before his body was heavily damaged . ”

“Yep, and once he restored his body with lava, he could return his soul . Before he could do that, I incinerated his soul with Agni’s power . ”

That damned guy, doing all that when he was on the verge of death… He was even worse than me! Wait, was I spitting on my own face?

“Thanks Hwaya, you saved us . ”

“I got my reward so it’s fine… If you think it’s not enough, can I get it again? The remaining 4 . 8 points . This time, from you . ”

“No… Sorry . ”

It went by 2 . 1 points! Uuu, straightforward women were too scary . If I let my guard down even for a second, I felt like I would just fall . The all-knowing expression of Hwaya’s was even more worrisome .

Seeing me flustered, her grin shone even brighter .

“Shin, do you…”

“Let’s make an undead now . ”

It seemed like Hwaya was about to say something important, but Daisy, or rather Hecate, interrupted her . Hwaya glared at Hecate .

“Weren’t you going to cooperate!?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, child . That child isn’t your man, and I can’t let my poor Daisy be alone forever . You’re still young, so you should give up and find another wonderful man . ”

“You!”

After ruining the mood, Hecate danced towards the volcanic crater as she whistled . It was then that Ina ran into my arms .

“Daddy!”

“My Ina, was it scary?”

“Un . ”

Ina’s eyes were teary . It seemed she thought I would die . When I looked away from Hwaya to console Ina, Hwaya drooped her shoulders and spoke weakly . She had undoubtedly gave up saying what she was about to say .

“Argh, I’ll endure it…”

“Mommy, thanks for saving Daddy . ”

“If I don’t save my man, who would? You should stop crying too . ”

“Un . Next time, I’ll get stronger and protect Daddy and Mommy . ”

“Daddy will get stronger to protect Ina too . ”

“Un!”

Hugging Ina, it felt like my heart that was racing because of Hwaya and Duca was returning to its normal pace . I could finally relax . I patted Ina’s head and pondered .

Although romantic feelings made my heart pound, they also made me distracted and unfocused . On the other hand, when I was with Yua or Ina, I felt relaxed and was empowered by feelings of wanting to protect them . As I thought, for me right now, family was more important than romance .

… Though something felt off, I decided not to pay attention to it .

“Wow, even with his soul gone, he still has such a powerful regenerative ability . ”

Hecate gave an unreserved praise . When I approached the Lava King’s corpse that had fallen into the lava, his severed head had been mostly regenerated . Even without a soul, his body had a terrifying strength . Even though so much mana had been shaved off and stolen, the mana remaining in his body was absurdly great . It was even absorbing the mana inside the lava pit .

“If we don’t handle it soon, it will revive as an undead we can’t possibly control . Huhu, it’s great that Daisy called me . ”

“Is it impossible with Daisy’s power?”

“No, child . It’s just that there isn’t enough time . ”

“That’s the same thing . Hecate, hurry up . Then, we can go play somewhere! It’s been such a long time!”

“What, you want to enjoy women since you can’t get a guy? Behave yourself . Return your body to its owner and go back!”

“Chet . ”

Duca smacked her lips and gave up on tempting Hecate . I felt like I had caught a glimpse of the depth of the gods’ world, but I tried to ignore it and watched Hecate turn the Lava King into an undead .

“Uung, this guy is really overwhelming . With him out, none of the other undeads can be used . ”

A brilliant light shone from Hecate’s hands . Once all undead monsters went back into her inventory, she started the process of turning the Lava King into an undead .

All of her mana was sucked into the Lava King and lifted the Lava King’s body sleeping in the volcanic crater . His body slowly became blackish red, a sign that it was evolving into an undead .

In case something happened, I prepared myself to call Peruta . However, once I became confident that she would finish her work without any mishap, I looked at the other target that was itching for attention . It was, of course, the reward list .

“Hwaya finished him off, but I’m the 1st, huh . ”

“Without you, we couldn’t have won . ”

“We wouldn’t have won if any one of us was missing . especially you, Hwaya…”

“Yeah, but you were the won who damaged it the most and drove it to the verge of death . All I did was finish him off . Now, hurry up and choose your reward . ”

“Ehew . ”

In truth, there was only one thing for me to choose . The Lava King’s Egg! As I wanted to give it to Yua, I was a bit worried that it would become tied to me, but thankfully, that wasn’t the case . After putting the egg into my inventory, I made a sigh of relief .

“With this, my original goal is completed too . ”

“Shouldn’t you tame it yourself? I know you care about Yua, but…”

After seeing that I had chosen an egg, Hwaya raised an understandable question . I shook my head .

“I can’t tame a fourth monster yet . If I put skill points into it, I might regret it later . More importantly, I don’t have any Taming-related skills, so rather than raising a monster from an egg, it’s more appropriate for me to tame an already strong adult monster . On the other hand, Yua’s main class is Tamer, so she can tame many more monsters and have skills that help her tamed monsters get stronger . If Yua raises a powerful monster from its infancy, it’ll grow by leaps and bounds . ”

“If that’s what you say… Oh, this must be an orb!”

As expected, Hwaya was the second to choose a reward . What she choice was the Lava King’s Eyes, which even I was tempted to get . She leaped in joy, saying that she had found something to replace the orb she had lost . In the next instant, she screamed .

“Kyaaaak!”

“Hwaya! Are you okay!?”

Hwaya suddenly knelt and covered her face . I hurriedly squatted down and asked to be sure .

“Was it not an orb, but Evil Eyes!?”

“Kuuk, yeah… My eyes… What if it looks like a reptile’s now!?”

“Raise your head . It’ll be fine . ”

“No, it’s going to look weird . What should I do…”

“Don’t worry . ”

“Will you take responsibility?”

“Yeah, yeah, hurry up! If it’s now, we might be able to turn in back!”

“You promised . ”

I took Hwaya’s hands off her face and her face was revealed . Her eyes were shining in a deeper red than before . Almost like the Evil Eyes I possessed, countless particles of light were gathering in her eyes and forming a strange symbol .

Beautiful enchanting pupils . They were like Loretta’s with only a different color .

While I blanked out, Hwaya quickly stole my lips again and spoke with a grin .

“No takesies-backsies . ”

“You… I’m taking it back!”

“Really, I made it easy for you too . Still, you can’t take it back . ”

“You knew it, didn’t you!? That nothing would happen!”

“Well… Your Evil Eyes came from the Basilisk . ”

“Ah…!”

‘You fool! The Basilisk is a reptile too!’ I shook my head, realizing my own stupidity .

“We both have Evil Eyes now . Isn’t it fateful? Not that I believe in fate or anything . ”

“I don’t like that word either… but anyways, congratulations . ”

“Hmph, in that case, Child belongs to my Daisy . She already had Evil Eyes . ”

Hecate walked towards us . Behind her, the reborn Lava King was flying slowly . Although he didn’t give off as much pressure as when he was alive, the pressure was still massive . Without Overlord, I wasn’t confident in beating it one on one .

“Call it Laki . ”

“… You didn’t just shorten Lava King, right?”

“…”

“Daisy’s naming sense…”

Hecate dodged my gaze . I gave up on interrogating her further and looked at Laki who was flapping her wings in the air . His awe-inspiring majesty reminded me of the time we fought .

Perhaps because I nearly died several times, the whole fight felt like something that happened years ago . Although not even 10 minutes had passed, I was now looking eye to eye with Laki, who had become our ally .

I grinned and looked away .

The clear full moon poured a chilling blue light over us . With all the burns we were suffering, it couldn’t feel more satisfying . Feeling like the moon was blessing us, I spread my arms out . It’s so refreshing…!

“By the way, Dear, do you know your armor’s full of holes? Are you seducing me? I’ll fall for it gladly!”

“Ah, shit…!”

So that’s why it felt chilly!