Chapter 17 Academy Underground Dungeon (2)

“……”

“……”

Contained in the academy’s cafe, we sat in entrance of one another with espresso positioned in entrance of us.

Within the suffocating silence, we remained seated.

There have been issues we would have liked to say, however our mouths simply wouldn’t transfer.

…Really, I didn’t count on to have a dialog along with her instantly.

However I wished to recruit Kang Juyeon as a teammate to go to the academy’s underground dungeon, So I got here to speak to her.

Though I by no means thought that after the primary try, we’d find yourself sitting right here, in a position to speak like this.

Understanding her persona, which is much more aloof and pragmatic to lower-tier Holders, I believed it could be difficult to have a dialog along with her so simply.

Nonetheless, for some cause, Kang Juyeon casually agreed to spare a while for me.

Within the unique story, it took Park Jin-woo ten makes an attempt earlier than lastly succeeding in having a dialog along with her, so it felt considerably exceptional that I succeeded on the primary strive.

Anyway, that’s the scenario proper now.

It was a suffocating cafe time.

“Uh…”

“…Oh, go forward and converse.”

Ah, right here we go once more.

Lastly managing to open our mouths,

We hear one another’s inside monologues.

The second cause why we couldn’t proceed the dialog easily was the desk subsequent to us.

Moon Ga-eun, sporting a crushed hat, was stealing glances at us.

Furthermore, with a face filled with anticipation, she would begin muttering to herself every time I stated one thing.

…Does she actually suppose we are able to’t see her doing that?

I sighed inwardly and spoke.

“First, let me introduce myself. I’m Do Jae-hyun from the Intermediate Class. It’s possible you’ll not know, however we had a category collectively earlier, and in addition once we captured the monster earlier than…”

“I do know.”

“…Huh?”

“I do know, Do Jae-hyun.”

Does she know me?

Why?

Come to think about it, it was unusual.

Park Jin-woo struggled by way of eleven makes an attempt earlier than lastly succeeding in having a dialog, however right here I’m, having a dialog along with her in a restaurant from the get-go.

Perhaps the encounter we had in the course of the earlier monster incident left a powerful impression.

…Actually, it appeared like I used to be simply getting overwhelmed up.

If that was spectacular in its personal proper, then I assume it was spectacular.

Anyway, if she is aware of me, it makes the dialog a lot smoother.

I shortly disregarded my shock and continued.

“Properly then, let’s reduce to the chase.”

It was lastly time to speak about the primary subject.

“What I’m about to inform you is one thing that should be stored strictly confidential, even when one thing occurs. Can I belief you to maintain it a secret?”

“……”

The content material relating to the academy’s underground dungeon should stay a secret.

It’s one thing that should not leak elsewhere.

With that in thoughts, my request was strict and demanding.

Kang Juyeon nodded slowly, her robust satisfaction as an elite Holder floor. Regardless of the scenario or who the opposite individual is, she would by no means enable her satisfaction to be compromised.

I requested her from the begin to preserve the key, and she or he most likely wouldn’t break it regardless of the content material.

The scenario resolved considerably easily, and I took out the ready studies.

“Would you want to try this?”

It was an exploration report on the academy’s underground dungeon.

It contained a short description of the dungeon’s construction, preliminary look of monsters, and just a little little bit of technique data.

Kang Juyeon’s expression grew to become refined as she learn the report.

It appeared like she understood every little thing instantly.

Her eyes confirmed a glimmer of pleasure.

I lowered my voice and continued.

“To sum it up, it’s a particular dungeon positioned someplace throughout the Academy. It’s an undiscovered dungeon that has by no means been revealed earlier than.”

Kang Juyeon rigorously examined the report.

The report was compiled by Professor Tak Gained-ho, who made a brief inspection and wrote the doc, so there was nonetheless quite a lot of lacking data. Nonetheless, it was information for individuals who needed to undertake a totally new exploration.

I didn’t beat across the bush and acquired straight to the purpose.

“Let me be direct. Kang Juyeon, I hope you’ll be part of me in exploring that dungeon. By probability, I now have a cause to discover it, however truthfully, my skills are missing.”

Undiscovered dungeons are a haven of considerable rewards for high-grade Holders, however should you can’t deal with them, you’ll find yourself simply depressing.

I used to be nonetheless missing the facility to beat the underground dungeon alone.

For this expedition, Kang Juyeon was important.

“Dungeon exploration?”

I puzzled if they could really feel burdened by the truth that it was a secret exploration, however it appeared that so long as it didn’t contain political points, they have been advantageous with it.

Earlier than setting out for the exploration, I double-checked the holder data:

<Holder Data>

◎Title: Do Jae-hyun

◎Gender: Male (20)

◎Stats: –

◎ [Strength: 24]

◎ [Magic: 6]

◎ [Speed: 22]

◎ [Recovery: 2]

◎ [Toughness: 17]

◎ [Willpower: 14]

◎Resistance: –

: [Poison: 1]

◎Possessed Runes: –

: Epic

◎ [Rune Hunter Lv.Max]

◎ [Effort of the Seeker Lv.Max]

:Uncommon

◎ [Lizard’s Scales Lv.6]

◎ [Venom Lv.0]

◎ [Water Sword Technique Lv.1]

◎ [Wave Sword Technique Lv.2]

: Regular

◎ [Sword Lv.6]

◎ [Dagger Lv.4]

◎ [Cooking Lv.3]

◎ [Combat Lv.2]

◎ [Sprint Lv.2]

◎ [Magic Control Lv.2]

◎ [Bow Lv.1]

◎ [Axe Lv.1]

◎ [Spear Lv.1]

◎ [Blunt Lv.1]

◎ [Shield Lv.1]

◎Possessed Abilities: –

◎ [Quarter Knives]: (Dagger)

◎ [Poison Claw]: (Venom)

◎ [Combo]: (Sword)

◎ [Hardening]: (Lizard’s Scales)

◎Final Talent: –

–

The stats had clearly grow to be stable after surpassing 20, and the expansion of varied rune ranges caught my consideration. I couldn’t assist however marvel how my Restoration and Magic stats had elevated, however the development from the coaching impact of [Effort of the Seeker] rune was random, so it appeared like they’d go up one after the other.

Particularly among the many runes, those associated to the sword that I had been diligently investing in not too long ago had notably improved. [Sword] was already at stage 6, and [Wave Sword Technique] had reached stage 2.

Professor Tak Gained-ho’s Spartan-style coaching had proved fairly efficient.

With these stats, I might haven’t any drawback dealing with the early-stage monsters, primarily C-grade Lizardmen, that normally appeared within the academy’s underground dungeon. I used to be assured that I may act because the frontline bruiser.

On the day we set out for the expedition, the three of us (me, Kang Juyeon, and Moon Ga-eun) stood in entrance of the key entrance to the underground passage, as talked about within the report.

Moon Ga-eun regarded round with fascination, seemingly excited in regards to the secret dungeon. She turned to Kang Juyeon and stated, “Wow, a secret dungeon! I’m so nervous, proper, Juyeon?”

“…Not likely.”

Having met a number of occasions earlier than for the technique, Kang Juyeon and Moon Ga-eun’s nonchalant conversations had grow to be acquainted to me.

Getting into the dungeon was easy. In a particular place generally known as the doorway, a specific medium was hidden. By infusing magic into that medium, one may enter the dungeon instantly.

The medium for this dungeon was someplace on the wall of the underground passage.

I explored the wall little by little to search out the precise location, after which turned again to take a look at the 2.

“I’m going to activate it.”

Oops! I forgot to say the magic half.

However it appeared like they roughly understood, as each of them nodded.

And on the similar time, they positioned their fingers on my shoulders.

With this, once I infused magic, all three of us would be capable to enter the dungeon collectively.

And…

[You have entered the dungeon.]

[The eerie energy and heavy air in the dungeon slightly decrease the Holder’s speed.]

After falling into this world and turning into a Holder, I entered a dungeon for the primary time.