Infinite Competitive Dungeon Society - Chapter 235

Chapter 235

Chapter 235 . Guardian (5)

[It’s dangerous, don’t go . ]

Daisy spoke in a straightforward manner .

[Kang Shin will die . ]

“I asked you to explain the situation to me, not curse me . ”

[Let me come . Else, I’ll go alone . ]

“Won’t you arrive in a different place if you go?”

[So let’s go together . ]

Daisy stubbornly insisted, but I had no plans of taking anyone with me . I believed that it was best to go with just Lin . Anyone else would just slow us down . Though, that might not necessarily be the case with Daisy…

“A very powerful member of the administrative guild is coming with me, so you don’t have to worry about my safety . ”

[Book Walker, strong . And many . ]

“Right, that’s what I wanted, to know the situation . ”

[… Book Walker, also called Slaughter Scholars . ]

“Yeah, what’s so special about them?”

[Take me too . ]

“No . ”

Daisy was insistent . I sighed and looked back at Lin .

“Can we bring another person?”

“What? Of course not . ”

“Why?”

“We won’t gain anything by having more people . I’ll be doing the fighting, so we don’t need anyone else . ”

His confidence irked me slightly, but I also knew he wasn’t just boasting . However, I had an idea .

“Her name is Daisy . She’s from the Sylon continent, so wouldn’t it be helpful to have her guide us?”

“Sylon continent? There’s still an explorer other than Hydelcyon from that continent? … What’s her level?”

I seemed to have caught Lin’s attention . I quickly asked Daisy .

“Daisy, what level are you?”

[83 . ]

“She’s level 83 . She’s also a Beyond explorer . ”

“Beyond…? There were more people like you in your guild? Fine, at least she won’t hold us back . ”

Lin made it sound like there would be more people who would want to come with me . When I notified Daisy that she could join us with a bitter smile, Hwaya frighteningly spoke out .

[Let me come too!]

I then explained that we wouldn’t gain anything by letting her come . Of course, I took time to say this carefully so her feelings wouldn’t be hurt . Although Hwaya refused to accept my explanation and appealed her strength, we really couldn’t take Hwaya with us as well . There was also the fact that Hwaya’s level had gone down after she moved from the Second Dungeon to the First Dungeon .

“Just wait . I’ll come back safely, I promise . ”

[I became a Dimensional Mercenary just so I could go with you in cases like this…]

“I’m not going as a Dimensional Mercenary this time . My Dimensional Travel is on cooldown, so I can’t even use it . Next time, we can take a Dimensional Mercenary mission together, okay?”

[Huu, okay… I’ll get mad if you come back hurt, got it?]

“Don’t worry . ”

While I pacified Hwaya, Daisy had arrived in Fairy Garden . She seemed to be full of spirit, as she seemed to give off more vigor than usual .

“Leaving Hwaya behind, very difficult . ”

“Yeah, good job . ”

“She said, if I make a move on Kang Shin, she’ll kill me . But, what does making a move mean?”

“You don’t have to know . ”

“… Since she’s here, let’s go . We have to find Sipua as quickly as possible and put her back in her place . ”

Lin seemed a bit surprised when he saw Daisy, but he soon calmed down and urged us .

“But Lin, since there are two teams from each of the four guilds, are there eight teams going?”

“That’s right . Why?”

“… I’m just making sure . There’s no way to specify Sipua’s location?”

“That’s right . We’ll be able to sense her if we get close enough, so we can only split up the continent into eight regions and search . That’s the easiest way to do it . ”

“In a world that’s being ruled by a world’s enemy, huh…”

“Yep . ”

It was a seriously annoying and dangerous mission .

“If not decided, pick a location . Sion Empire, most likely . ”

“You mean…”

“Lodert Hydelcyon, probably there… Most likely dead . Sion Empire is the most dangerous . ”

“That’s great . I love danger . ”

Lin retorted with a grin and started walking . It seemed he was going to choose the region we would search for as Daisy recommended . Daisy stared at Lin walking away, then faced me and asked .

“Kang Shin… As I thought, you like men?”

“No! What do you mean, ‘as I thought’!?”

“You two seem close . ”

“Please, don’t say that…”

“Am I, third wheeling?”

“No! Thank you for coming!”

The dungeon had stopped . From the First Dungeon, all the way to the Fourth, all operations other than the Residential Area ceased . Although we had to return everything to the way it was as quickly as possible, we couldn’t rush into another world . As such, it took another thirty minutes for the eight teams to choose the region they were going to .

“Shin-nim, please be safe . ”

“Don’t worry . ”

“The only thing I can do at times like this is giving Shin-nim a blessing… Hehe, come here . Hurry . ”

“You have no plans to hide your real intentions, do you?”

Since it seemed she wouldn’t let me go if I didn’t let her have her way, I obediently received Loretta’s blessing . Even though I had already found out that she didn’t need to kiss me to give me the blessing, she still did so while acting as if I had never found out .

Furthermore, although I was the only one she kissed, the blessing was also applied to Lin and Daisy . I could hear Lin muttering Loretta being a scammer, but Loretta silenced him with a mana bullet .

[You received Queen Elf’s, High-Rank Blessing . For the next 4 days, you receive the following effects: You are protected against all low rank and mid-rank status effects . You can maintain your consciousness for 5 minutes after falling in a half-dead state . Your luck increases by 100 . All members of the Faerie race will see you favorably . Your health and magic power recovery rate increase greatly, and you will not get exhausted easily . When attacking, your chance of landing critical hits increases . ]

“I’ll see you later then . Lin, for each scratch on Shin-nim’s body, it’ll be one Last Bullet . ”

“Are you trying to kill me, Noonim?”

The team consisting of Sikatra and Philoen left ahead of us, and we also used Dimensional Travel afterward . It wasn’t my Dimensional Travel skill, but a Dimensional Travel similar to the portal that linked the dungeon to other worlds .

“I’m off, Loka . ”

“Be safe, nyan . The baby will be waiting for Daddy to come back!”

“You’re only two months pregnant…”

Noting the somewhat heartwarming interaction between Loka and Lin, I jumped into the portal along with Lin and Daisy .

The scenery then changed into a complete wasteland .

“Huu…”

No matter where I looked, there wasn’t a single building or creature . Lin waved his hand through the air as though the sandstorm was annoying him and put a cigarette in his mouth . His casual movements shocked me greatly, but it seemed he didn’t think it was unusual .

“Let’s start after I finish this smoke . ”

Daisy heard Lin’s mumbling and tilted her head .

“Book Walker, coming soon . They’re sensitive to change . ”

“Are any of them around here strong enough to threaten me?”

“Not at all . Iana is enough . ”

Daisy opened her inventory and took out a boar clad in steel . Although it was dozens of meters long when I first fought it, it had shrunk to only three meters . Now, it could only barely fit a person on its back .

“Iana, strong . ”

“Yeah, yeah . ”

While I was nodding to Daisy’s praising of her undead again, the so-called Book Walkers began to appear . I imagined literal walking books, but that wasn’t how they looked . In fact, they looked no different than regular humans .

“We haven’t seen them before . ”

“There are still humans left . ”

“We must add them to our database . ”

Lin chomped on the cigarette he was smoking and muttered .

“Hey, blow them away . Just their way of talking annoys me . ”

“Book Walkers are researchers . They study their opponents, record them in their books, find their weaknesses, and attack . To win against them… You have to kill them swiftly with various methods without giving them information . The moment they record on their books, all Book Walkers gain resistance . ”

“That means you…”

“Undead I used once won’t work well next time . Abilities I used before won’t work well either . But . ”

Iana abruptly charged towards the Book Walkers, and steel thorns enveloped in a black aura shot out from his body to attack them . The Book Walkers seemed surprised and took something out, but Iana reached them in an instant and skewered them before they could do anything . Daisy nodded her head in satisfaction and spoke .

“Don’t give them, time to research . Then, undead is reusable . Or, with overwhelming power, research is futile . ”

“So it doesn’t matter as long as we’re powerful? They aren’t that different than normal monsters then . ”

“Information sharing, annoying . High caste, stronger . ”

“That’s why we were told to avoid them…? Fine, whatever . What about those books?”

At the spot which Lin pointed to were three fancy leather books which were what the Book Walkers had taken out .

“Burn them, as quickly as possible . ”

The moment Daisy’s words left her mouth, Lin threw the cigarette his was smoking . When the cigarette landed on the Book Walkers’ corpses, they started to burn along with their books . I couldn’t help but feel awed at Lin’s terrifying flames . At that moment, Daisy approached me .

“What’s up, Daisy?”

“I have to say something, to Kang Shin . ”

Her large red eyes were staring at me intently .

“If possible, Kang Shin shouldn’t use your power . ”

“What?”

“That’s why I came . ”

Daisy’s tone was extremely serious . Her eyes were fixed on me and refused to leave .

“If you use abilities, they’ll get recorded . They will gain resistance, to them . This is the same, for the world’s enemy . ”

“Ah…”

“Kang Shin said one day, you’ll come back and save this place . So for now, save your strength . ”

“So that’s why you wanted to come with us so much so that you can prevent them from learning about my abilities . You’re planning on using your abilities instead…?”

“Un . ”

Daisy nodded . Her trust for my potential had even surprised me . While I was thinking as such, Daisy made a small smile and added . This was the first time I saw her smile, at least towards me .

“Of course, I trust you . ”

“I thought I was protecting myself from being read…”

“I didn’t read, with my Evil Eyes . ”

“What?”

“Kang Shin is, easy to read . Even without Evil Eyes . ”

Shame!! However, what she added afterward made me flinch .

“That’s why I like you . ”

“… Hm?”

“Oi, don’t flirt with another woman in front of me . I’ll shoot you . ”

Lin who had finished incinerating the corpses and books scowled as he walked back to us . Daisy tilted her head and asked .

“Flirt? With another woman? Who, with who…?”

Yes, Daisy, please remain innocent!