Chapter 15

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Ancient ruins.

When a player approaches the site, your body is pushed back with a message saying you cannot enter the ancient ruins.

By an unknown force.

A large number of players tried to enter the ruins with high expectations.

But there was no result at all yet.

‘What on earth could it be?’

Jin Changho had been looking for a way to enter the rumored ancient ruins.

There will be a way to enter the ancient ruins once the hidden requirement is met.

Or maybe it has something to do with where the ancient ruins is located.

With such a thought, he did not neglect his search with the surrounding forest.

“Let’s give up and go to the next floor, everyone.”

Said a man beside him, who reeks and was breathing heavily.

It was Park Seoksan, a colleague of Jin Changho, who decided to try and enter the ancient ruins together.

Jin Changho laughed at his colleague who has been saying such things for a while.

“Ancient ruins. It looks unusual even from outside. I wonder what kind of items are inside… You don’t even have hope?”

“Hope? I want it. Something like that. Isn’t that only if we can enter the ancient ruins? We’ve already wasted more than a month on the 9th floor. Do you think we can do something that other rankers couldn’t either?”

“They failed because they’re simple minded people. I’m different.”

Park Seoksan’s face distorted when he heard Jin Changho.

“Hey, what’s so special about you? You’re no more special than the other players. If you were special in the first place, you wouldn’t be here.”

“Are you done talking?”

“Let’s just give up. Please.”

Jin Changho shook his head.

“One more week.”

“Crazy bastard.”

“Hey, wait.”

Jin Changho squinted and hid his body behind a tree.

“What’s wrong?”

“Shh! Be quiet.”

Jin Changho, who pulled his colleague to the side, peeked his head from the side of the tree.

“Oh? It’s a player.”

Jin Changho turned his head at his colleague’s words.

“He won’t be able to get in anyway. Besides you, there are some other players who have lingering feelings about this ancient ruins.”

“You never know. Maybe he knows how to get into the ancient ruins.”

“His equipment looks pretty good. Is there a good guild here?”

“Hmm…”

“Isn’t he a real rising star? I think we’re going to be the only ones in danger if we mess up.”

Jin Changho’s smile deepened at Park Seoksan’s words.

“Look at his face.”

“What?”

“Look at that face approaching the ancient ruins without knowing anything, as if so excited that he’ll be able to enter the ancient ruins right now.”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s one of two. He doesn’t know anything and is just visiting the ancient ruins, or he has some reliable information on how to enter the ancient ruins.”

“Is that so?”

Park Seoksan was half convinced by Jin Changho’s words.

“Well, it’s more likely it’s not. No one has managed to enter it yet.”

Their eyes were on a man walking exactly towards the ancient ruins.

But it was not only him.

Once in a while, those who had little or no information about the ancient ruins would approach it out of curiosity.

It was when Park Seoksan looked ahead suspiciously.

“Huh?”

“W-what?”

Jin Changho and Park Seoksan became shocked.

A man who has been walking all the way to ancient ruins.

He went straight into the entrance of the ancient ruins without any interruption or restraint.

“W-hat happened?”

“Run!”

Jin Changho rushed to the ancient ruins.

Running after the man, Jin Changho did not hesitate to step into the ancient ruins.

[Prerequisite not met. Unable to enter the ancient ruins.]

“Why aren’t you going in?”

“It’s blocked.”

“What about the guy who went in earlier?”

“He must have done something.”

“He wasn’t carrying anything suspicious, was he?”

Jin Changho started to frown.

“Let’s wait for him to come out.”

The intention behind such a remark was obvious.

Park Seoksan understood it at once and nodded his head.

“Oh…”

Yujnun was unsettled when he came into the ancient ruins.

He thought a hologram window would pop up, but it didn’t.

“As expected, the Hell difficulty tutorial was the prerequisite.’

It was a natural connection.

He had recalled a memory from the past.

‘About a month before the server closed down.’

There was a time when he and Joseph Enormous Papple chatted.

It was about the connection between the ancient ruins and the Hell tutorial.

‘It was pretty credible.’

Joseph Enormous Papple actually brought up the topic first.

‘No one has cleared the hell difficulty tutorial and the mysterious ancient ruins is all that is left.’

Yujun thought the words of Joseph Enormous Papple made some sense at the time.

So he made several characters and challenged the hell difficulty tutorial.

The result is, of course, failure.

The same was true for Joseph Enormous Papple

They also recommended ‘Only I Don’t Have A Cat’ who had the best control.

However, even he did not exceed Zone 2 of hell difficulty.

‘Thanks to the Joseph Enormous Papple, I’m able to get into the ancient ruins.’

It would be right to reward him later if possible.

The problem is, he doesn’t know if the ancient ruins have already been cleaned.

‘It says I was the first to clear the Hell difficulty tutorial. Then it’s highly likely that no one else has entered the ancient ruins.’

He looked all around.

The interior of the ruins is decorated with ancient sculptures, art objects and ornaments of unknown materials.

Tap. Tap.

The sound of his footsteps rang out loudly.

Yujun summoned Feranet.

Shiing-! 

A quick summoning.

Then Feranet appeared.

“You called!”

Feranet’s tone was becoming more polite.

It must be feeling the amount of grace it has received.

‘Must be the precious Blessing of the Undead that I gave, huh.’

Feranet’s eyes on Yujun sparkled.

Then it spoke with determination.

“Where is the enemy I have to fight?”

“Not yet.”

“Huh?”

“Wait a minute.”

It’s an ancient ruins, so there’s no way it only has treasures.

There’s a high probability that there will be a Guardian protecting the treasures.

He walked straight along the red carpet.

Feranet followed with a clattering sound.

Time passed.

The inside of the ancient ruins seemed wider than he thought.

He couldn’t see the end.

“There’s no monster… I don’t see any treasures.”

“Isn’t this a maze or something?”

“Such as, the same path is repeated.”

“Ah…?”

“If you see anything strange or unusual, tell me right away.”

“Okay.”

After that, he walked while looking around.

Then at one point, the red carpet reached a breaking point.

Yujun’s feet stopped suddenly.

A stone statue holding a spear.

A stone statue holding a sword in both hands.

A stone statue holding a cane.

A stone statue holding a sword and shield.

A stone statue holding a huge gauntlet.

A total of five statues were lined up in a row.

As soon as he saw it, he had an ominous premonition.

‘It feels like it’s going to come at me all of a sudden.’

He prepared for battle.

Feranet stepped forward.

“Just leave it to me!”

Feranet, who played a big role in the trials on the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th floor, shouted confidently.

Yujun smiled contentedly.

Keung. Keung.

With a strong vibration, the ancient ruins shook.

After some time, the vibration suddenly stopped.

Then the statues awoke.

– Found an intruder.

– Found an intruder.

– Found an intruder.

– Found an intruder.

– Found an intruder.

A mechanical sound emanated from the statues.

Such sounds spread from five places at the same time, giving Yujun goosebumps.

– Measuring intruders’ threat…

– Serious threat.

– Remove intruders.

The statues were like robots.

The five stone statues rushed at Yujun at once.

Feranet stepped in front of him.

First, magic flew from the stone statue with the cane.

Shwah! Shwah!

Feranet struck the giant’s ice magic with its giant sword.

After that, the stone statue with the gauntlet lifted its fist and swung hard.

Boom-!

Feranet easily escaped.

The enemy was not one.

Two swords flew at the same time, aiming for Feranet.

This time, Feranet could not easily avoid the attacks and was hit.

Boom!

Feranet was knocked far away.

Yujun rushed forward.

An opening in which the statue with the swords was defenseless.

Yujun cut off the statue’s neck with a simple movement.

Swish!

[Level has risen!]

[Level has risen!]

Because of the power of his sword, the neck of the stone statue was cleanly cut.

Yujun stepped back.

Bang!

A huge bolt shot where he was.

It looks like a tense battle, but in reality, it wasn’t at all.

The movements of the statues are not fast.

However, they are a threat due to their number and strength.

“How dare you! To do this to me!”

Feranet reappeared from behind and appeared fine.

– Remove intruders.

“Again, come on!”

Perhaps because of the one blow, Feranet’s shoulder was slightly bent.

However, his evasion was not hindered.

Bang! Bang!

With the four statues in front of them, Feranet did not allow a single attack.

Feranet regained its confidence.

“This is nothing!”

Yujun aimed for an opening in a stone statue behind Feranet.

This time, it is the statue with a cane.

Quickly approaching, Yujun swung his sword.

The statue extended its cane forward.

Its cane was cut off by Yujun’s sword.

He swung his sword once more.

The movement of the statue with the cane stopped.

The holographic window that his level has risen shown in his eyes.

‘Now there’s three left.’

The statue, which plays the role of a wizard, was immobilized.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Yujun quickly ended the fight by aiming at the backs of the stone statues, who had been distracted by Feranet.

Keung!

“Huu… Master.”

“What?”

“How was I?”

“Good job.”

“Eheh.”

Without Feranet, he would have struggled against the statues considerably.

Certainly, the battle was easy because of Feranet.

However, if there’s one flaw, it’s that Feranet is awkward at handling the sword.

‘If it keeps fighting, it’ll get better.’

He is not in a position to lecture anyone.

It’s just that he seems to fight well thanks to his item.

In any case, he has knocked down all the statues.

His level has also risen considerably.

‘Already 90? That’s really fast.’

Defeating five boss monsters gave a lot of experience.

“Master! There’s a path!”

Hearing Feranet’s words, he turned his head and saw that what was once a wall had disappeared.

“This couldn’t have been the end.”

In the first place, this is highly likely to be related to the second tutorial.

There was no message that the tutorial had even started.

Yujun and Feranet moved towards the new path.

It was not long before they saw an altar.

It was a mysterious altar with strange patterns on it.

All over the walls were etched with people who seemed to be worshiping something.

Feranet, who was looking around, spoke.

“It’s a very suspicious place.”

“And places like that usually have big rewards.”

Based on his five years of experience playing War of Gods, he knew.

If you overachieve and complete the contents, it was possible to get rewards that were different from the usual hunting of boss monsters.

It was when he got some close to the altar.

[Do you want to start the second tutorial?]

The long awaited message appeared.

Yujun grinned.

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