Chapter 245
Sinking to the ground, Jin-woo shakily began to organize his thoughts.
It was a monster that dragged me hereThat means this is a dungeon, and the one in front of me is a boss monster.'
Jin-woo stared at the dragon king.
However, he quickly lowers his head in response to the powerful aura emanating from that terrifying and stern face.
I can't take on that thing alone, no way, no way!
Then there's only one option left.
To hold out until the others arrive.
Okay, plan B!
"Yes, you are. Why would you do such a thing so close to our Dragon Palace jurisdiction?"
The voice was so stern that it vibrated the water around it but Jin-woo first thought was what the deed' was.
What were we doing on the beach, just playing in the waves when Young Hoham made them like a wave pool?
"You don't mean pounding the sea, do you?"
"Yes. Although it may be the outer shell of the territory, it is our Dragon Palace's territory, and for what reason did you commit such a deed!"
Jin-woo's mind froze white at the increasingly heated atmosphere and once again, his mind raced.
The opponent was the Dragon King. Surrounding him were sea monsters dressed like humans.
Surely, it was a scene he had heard of before.
No way?'
Jin-woo remembered that dungeons based on myths and old stories are sometimes created both abroad and in Korea, and he immediately started writing a new scenario in his head.
And so a new story was born.
Jin-woo's arms spread out exaggeratedly and a thin voice spoke through his slightly open mouth.
"If the dragon king, the mother of the sea, the ruler of the East Sea, the source of all things, is ill, how can we, as a people, stand idly by?"
Jin-woo tongue teased as if in rhyme.
The sealed demonic talent finally spread its wings.
"Alas, conflicting hearts, what a sad state of affairs, but I disloyally pummeled the sea only to find a medicine to cure the dragon king's illness, so please forgive me with a heart as merciful as the Pacific Ocean!"
Jin-woo's booming voice echoed across the throne room, and silence fell.
The corners of Jin-woo's mouth curled up in thought.
Huh, I did it.
His performance was perfect.
Not only had he been training to skip school since middle school, but he had also been shouting with all the emotion he could muster, and his opponent had no choice but to fall for it.
And finally.
" small fish."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The fruit of his labor was
"This king says he doesn't have a sore spot."
"Eh?"
collapsed.
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"It seems to have gotten a lot quieter since the magic storm a while ago."
Settling down in what appeared to be an empty room, we were currently holding our breath, waiting for Se-ahs mapping to be completed.
"That's a good thing. In my experience, anything that makes a civilization out at sea likes to show off."
Young Hoham crosses his arms in silence.
"From what I've noticed in all the seas I've sailed, these guys have some peculiar characteristics." LaTest novels at novelhall.com
There were three characteristics of the creatures he spoke of.
They "must" have a king.Killing foreign captives is a big deal to them.An unusual individual among them has a higher intelligence than humans.
"That's why it's good that it's so quiet now, so we can keep it that way."
"I'm done with the map."
At Se-ah's exclamation, the others all turn to look at the massive castle in front of them.
It looks like a scaled-down version of the dragon palace we saw when we first arrived here.
"Unfortunately, the mana content of the surrounding waters is too high, so I was unable to pinpoint Jin-woo's location."
Despite her words, the detail of her map was beyond my imagination.
"No, I think this should be enough."
Thinking about the proportions of the model in front of me and the dragon palace we've seen, I quickly plot a route, calculating the distance from our location to the center of the castle.
"The left path would be too exposed to the guys inside, and the middle path would be too open, so they'd be able to see us from above. That doesn't mean we should go right."
"Right doesn't lead to the castle, so we can't take it."
"Yeah, I guess we'll have to choose between the left and the middle."
So how can we sneak in without being seen, I think to myself.
"Let's go down."
"Huh? That strange one is your teacher?"
He looked at him like he couldn't believe it.
But then Young Hoham's head nodded slowly, as if he understood.
"Alas, he's definitely the best in the world at scattering all kinds of magic, so that's why he's using so much magic. Alright, then Kang Hyun should save Jin-woo and show this Ham something, right?"
We finally reached the end of the bridge.
He suddenly lowered his body and started to angle his fist, and asked Kang Hyun behind him.
"This angle. How's it?"
"Nope. It's all empty space."
"Okay. One punch."
-Whoop!
He took a deep breath and pulled his fist back.
Young-jae, Se-ah, and Choi Yeon didn't seem to know what he was doing, but I, seeing it in the game, grabbed Se-ah and Choi Yeon by the collar as soon as the motion started and yanked them back.
"You're going to get hurt."
"Eh? What's that?"
"This is going to be fun!"
And then, finally, Young Hoham shot forward.
"Marlin!!!"
The water around him begins to curl around his fist.
A mass weapon, created by his powers, looks like a giant drill.
It shoots out.
Kwagaga-ga-ga-gak!!!
Bright sunlight shines through the hole drilled in a straight line along the angle of his fist.
Yes, it was a clean piercing'.
It's been a while since I've seen him, but he's just as powerful as ever.
If my memory serves me correctly, the path up there leads to the center of the castle, the highest point of it all.
"Degazight!"
With a powerful shout, he swims up the hole.
At the same time, the water around us swallowed us up and pushed us straight up the hole.
In an instant, as if we were railgun bullets, we passed through many rooms and reached our destination.
There was
"Brother Youngho?! Boss?! You came to save me!"
Holding a dragon dagger in each hand and his entire body covered in gaping wounds, Jin-woo was looking at us with tears in his eyes.
"Jin-woo you."
"I really thought you were going to find me!!!"
The fact that Jin-woo was there was more surprising than the fact that he looked like that.
The place we'd arrived at, what appeared to be the "battlefield," was littered with countless monsters, many of them slashed with swords.
There seemed to be some pretty strong ones in the mix, but it's hard to believe that Jin-woo took care of them all by himself.
Speaking of unusual.
My eyes naturally went to his right hand.
[Name: Dagger of Thought (Dragon)]
[Rank: Unique]
[Type: Dagger]
[Description: A dagger imbued with the thought of a dragon, causing a Fear effect against monsters and a Corruption Curse against those it slashes]
The dagger, which was given to Antonio by me in the past, emits a fearsome violet light.
At the same time, the surrounding landscape begins to explain itself.
It seems that the dagger from Fafnir has come into play after all.
For a creature that lives by the sea, the Curse of Corruption is a perfect match.
"You've done well. Now go back and rest."
"Yes!"
Jin-woo relaxed as soon as he came in behind us.
Somehow, we've accomplished our goal. Now that we had him, our next step was simple.
Since Jin-woo had lived up to our expectations, we should return the favor.
"Young Hoham."
"Yeah, Eugene."
"Let's get this over with and go get some sashimi."
"Sashimi? Sounds good!"
It was time to hunt the Dragon King'.