Chapter 40: (2): Season 1: Preparation

Chapter 40: (2): Season 1: Preparation

Myeong-hoon was satisfied.

Being with Hyun-seok meant earning a lot of achievement rewards. The biggest merit of achievement rewards was the bonus stats. Achievements were difficult to accomplish, so the rewards were sweet, of course.

Myeong-hoons current class was Hidden Exploration. He was a combat Slayer in Easy Mode, but with the emergence of a new class in Normal Mode, the Hidden Exploration class came into existence. He thought that classes diverged based on stats, but it didnt seem to be absolute.

However, Myeong-hoon was not the only one with the Exploration class.

Other slayers also started gaining the Exploration class. And as they entered Normal Mode, the value of the Exploration class continued to rise. Dungeons usually appeared in deep mountains rather than big cities. They appeared in places with few people. Monsters were the same. Except for rare exceptions like the troll that appeared in Gugok-dong or the Cyclops in Wonju, they mostly appeared in places with few human inhabitants.

And so far, Normal Mode dungeons didnt boast an extremely difficult level. A team of around 20 high-level slayers could clear it safely if they fought cautiously. Currently, across the country, two to three dungeons were being cleared every day. There was no significant increase in difficulty compared to Easy Mode. The only difference was the appearance of trolls and twin-headed trolls.

Myeong-hoon sat with his legs crossed, biting his index fingernail.

But this kind of dungeon cant be the end of Normal Mode.

It was still closer to the difficulty of Easy Mode than the difficulty of Normal Mode. While trolls and twin-headed trolls appeared, the majority of monsters inside were weaker than the original ones.

Its not that there are no difficult dungeons; we just havent found them.

If you increase healing a lot, you can gain higher-level skills. Currently, Myeong-hoons Exploration skill could potentially evolve into a higher-grade Exploration skill if he continued to invest in it. He considered these easy dungeons to be on the limit line that Explorations could find with their abilities.

Traveling with Hyun-seok, they had already achieved four achievements. Even when defeating the same troll, depending on how quickly and how many they defeated, the achievement system would activate. In the case of boss monsters like the Twin-Headed Troll, Hyun-seok would solo it while in a party. In that case, experience and achievement rewards would be shared, but only the person who directly attacked would be recognized, so achievements would be upgraded as if it were solo slaying.

Myeong-hoon called this the Party System Bug, but since there were no other guilds capable of this type of slaying besides the Inha Guild, this bug remained unknown to the public.

Party system bug It must be only applicable to the Inha Guild. Thats good.

Usually, when the Twin-Headed Troll was defeated in one blow, the dungeon would be cleared, and an easy achievement reward of +3 stats would be given. Myeong-hoon had invested his stats in the Exploration skill and eventually obtained the higher-grade Exploration skill, Advanced Exploration.

And then, he left for the provinces in search of dungeons. He contacted Hyun-seok again five days later.

But before receiving the call from Myeong-hoon, Hyun-seok heard a notification sound.

[Successful detection of a normal dungeon.]This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com

[The achievement for the first successful detection of a normal dungeon is recognized.]

Giljang, this time I really found it using the Exploration skill.

Whats this? Youre not being yourself. If youre not going in at all, then dont go in. Whats with you going in alone?

Were the first ones to find a dungeon like this through Trapping. We dont know whats inside, so its better for me to go in alone and gather information.

This wasnt a game dungeon. Death here meant real death. It was better to prioritize safety no matter what. Even if it seemed overly cautious and obsessed with safety, it was okay.

Theres a saying that two heads are better than one, but it wasnt always true. He thought that during the Cyclops slaying as well. But when he actually faced it, it was better for him to be alone. If Hyun-seok had soloed the Cyclops, it would have been much easier to defeat it. It wasnt necessary to block all its attacks; it was enough to avoid them. Even if he didnt know about the stun effect, if he had dodged and attacked, the strategy would have been much easier. But at that time, if Hyun-seok had given up defense, other slayers would have been in danger, so Hyun-seok had no choice but to fulfill his frontline role.

While fighting the Cyclops, I realized Its uncomfortable to carry the burden of others. When theres a significant difference in strength, its much better to be alone.

Excessive self-confidence was better left unspoken. But this case was different.

It seems like this is the real Normal Mode dungeon.

No wonder the Normal Mode dungeons were too easy. When he had stats that exceeded the standards of Normal Mode, he easily cleared the dungeons of Easy Mode. But this time, it was a Normal Mode dungeon, and Hyun-seok had stats that exceeded the standards of Normal Mode.

But this dungeon Myeong-hoon discovered it.

However, Myeong-hoon discovered this dungeon. Although Myeong-hoon was also a top-tier slayer, he wasnt a slayer who exceeded the standards of Normal Mode. The fact that such a slayer could discover it meant that it was a dungeon suitable for the level of Normal Mode. Hyun-seok realized that.

He received a different notification sound from before, which had clearly changed since last time.

Last time, when he entered a dungeon, it said:

[Would you like to enter the dungeon? Y/N]

[You are entering the dungeon for the first time in Normal Mode.]

But this time, a slightly different word was added.

[Would you like to enter the Normal dungeon? Y/N]

It wasnt just a dungeon, but a Normal dungeon. It felt like the true meaning of a Normal Mode dungeon. Hyun-seok chose Y.

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