chapter 7
Chapter 007 Grade B Gate (1)
After returning from the market, I linked the character card that had been postponed due to the birth of Gilliant.
*Support Skill[5/5]▼
┗Class C appraisal (fixed)
┗E-class stealth (17 hours)
┗Class A Imperial Knights’ Spearmanship (24 hours)
┗S-rank Douglas’ shield technique (12 hours)
┗S-class charge (12 hours)
For A-class Adelina, the ‘Imperial Knights Spearmanship’ skill was linked, and for S-class Douglas, the ‘Shield Art’ and ‘Charge’ skills were linked.
They said that the higher the grade, the more skills you get, and from the S grade, the two skills seemed to be linked.
[Is that a new ability?]
“Yeah, it happened while regressing for some reason.”
[Maybe it’s the influence of my dragon heart.]
“what?”
Gilliant’s remark surprised me and asked.
[It is not impossible. Our world is also characterized by systems, and we dragons are transcendental beings. If I had my Dragon Heart around when you died and it reacted, it’s quite possible.]
When I heard it, it made sense.
The party said so, but there was nothing I couldn’t believe.
“Thanks to you, I got some benefits.”
[Ahem. Then be nice to me.]
“By the way, the higher the grade, the less time you can use?”
Looking at the decreasing interval by grade, it seemed that it would be the same as 48 hours from F to B grade.
There was no skill whose time had expired yet, so it seemed like we had to wait and see how it would be applied afterwards.
[It’s a strange ability. be the link master Are you borrowing the skills of the characters?]
“Yeah, that’s how it’s explained.”
[If it’s the same system as ours, there must be 4 skills that can be registered, right?]
“Oh, right. Do they look the same?”
To add a new skill when the four were full, one of the existing skills had to be deleted and added.
[Are you free to take out and put in support skills as well?]
“Yes, you are free. Did you see the exact same thing?”
But even so, no one used [auxiliary skills] by freely inserting and removing them.
It wasn’t easy to get skill cards either.
What was interesting was how we learned the secret about the [Subskill].
There was a chaebol who was greedy saying that he would buy all the skill cards released on the market and register them when he had money left over.
In the end, it was a happening that I knew that I could only learn four and released the rest back to the market.
Thanks to that, I learned that [auxiliary skills] can be ‘replaced’ and ‘deleted’ freely, and it was an opportunity to buy unlocked skills at a low price.
[Huh, what a stupid person.]
“Have you ever tried something like that? Thanks to everyone who knows how to use it. He is a grateful person.”
As I remembered, there are still about three months left for this to happen, so I’ll have to wait and buy the skills my team needs when they’re released on the market.
I also had to think about increasing the team little by little.
It is because there is a limit to being alone to handle all the things that will happen in the future.
*
When I arrived in Paju, where there was a gate to challenge, the sun was setting.
“It will be midnight when I leave after it is over, right?”
Soo-yeon and Min-yeong looked at me and asked if they were worried about time.
“Can you finish it really quickly?”
“Yeah, it won’t take that long.”
unless there are other variables.
It’s because I’ve prepared everything for that.
When I went near the gate, there were soldiers with rifles guarding the barricade.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
“How did you get here? This is an off-limits area for civilians.”
“Registration Hunter. I want to challenge the gate.”
When I showed the Hunter registration card to the private, the sergeant next to me told me to wait and ran toward the barracks.
“hello. I’m in charge here. You were the one from yesterday, right?”
The one who came out of the barracks soon was a soldier of the lieutenant rank.
His name tag had the name Lee Kyu-chan written on it.
He asked me as if he knew about my performance yesterday.
“Yes, I am correct if you are talking about closing the gate yesterday.”
“Are the two of you going in with me?”
“Yes, I am Hunter Seol Min-young.”
“I am Hunter Oh Soo-yeon.”
When Min-young and Su-yeon also showed their hunter IDs, Lieutenant Gyu-chan Lee nodded and opened the barricade.
“Come in. The gate is this way.”
Since it was already a request from all hunters in the country, anyone who had been issued a hunter registration certificate could take on the challenge.
However, everyone just gave up.
Everyone was aware that it was not an easy challenge.
In the beginning, there were not one or two teams that entered without any information with only courage and enthusiasm and were wiped out.
The gate was wide open at the place where Lieutenant Lee Gyu-chan guided us.
The gates, which were shaped like vertical ovals, also had grades, and like the others, they could be distinguished by color.
“Rated B. Would it be possible for the three of you?”
Lieutenant Gyu-chan Lee looked at us and asked with a worried expression.
As he said, a green aura was spreading around the gate.
“Enough.”
I smiled at the worried man and moved to the gate.
[Here?]
‘Is this a place you know?’
Gilliant inside the necklace pretended to know.
The surrounding area was a tunnel made of solid earth walls.
[Isn’t it the nest of tunnel spiders?]
‘As expected, this is your world, right?’
[Yes. These are the only spiders that live in groups, but their weakness is…]
‘Fire attribute and light attribute.’
[How are you?]
‘This is the place I cleared before returning.’
[Ah, so that’s right.]
Min-young and Su-yeon also came inside.
After confirming that the children had entered, I put the elements of light in the flasks I had prepared in advance and handed them one by one.
This is one of the questions that I still have questions about even before the return, but it was so amazing that I could handle light like this in the first place.
It’s a situation that we can never understand with our scientific common sense.
So maybe it’s magic.
“Hey, what are you doing here? Are you underground?”
“eww. Isn’t that a kind of worm?”
When the light shone, things that looked like plant roots were visible here and there like underground, and monsters called worms were also occasionally visible on one side.
[You don’t have to worry about Worm. Because these guys are stock.]
‘That’s why there was no adult worm.’
[Yes, because they are all eaten before they grow.]
Everyone was wary of the existence of worms even before the return, but they had never met an adult worm.
It was fortunate that the worms were not a threat at all before they became adults.
When adult worms crossed over from the gate and attacked the city center, the entire subway was paralyzed, and even after the attack was stopped, people had to suffer inconvenience for a long time because of the damage.
“Hold that up and follow me. Usually these burrowers don’t like the light, so that’ll help.”
“Minyoung, when did he become so smart?”
“He did well in his studies. It’s because I’m clumsy sometimes.”
“…”
[Does he like you? Do you hate it?]
‘I’m curious sometimes, but I’m trying not to care.’
*
After going deep into the tunnel, a clearing came out.
As in memory, the space was as wide as a soccer field and the ceiling was high.
There were other burrows dug all around.
There were five large spider eggs gathered all over the clearing.
And the ceiling was covered with incredibly dense spider webs.
“egg? What the hell are you doing here?”
“Could it be, is that a spider web?”
I haven’t told them that it’s a spider yet.
If you had told me, I probably wouldn’t have followed you.
And you would have been suspicious.
how do you know that
Kiek!
In the middle of the day!
Soon, an unpleasant sound was heard and the guys appeared one by one.
“Large, giant spider.”
“… … crazy. What kind of spider is that big?”
Eight black eyes and legs, a body the size of an SUV, sharp jaws and antennae that move to find trespassers.
Those guys were flocking to the ceiling, caves, and everything.
“Listen, both of you. You can succeed if you follow my words.”
“I will absolutely follow you, so hurry up and give me that method.”
Soo-yeon told me to speak quickly, with the momentum to grab me by the collar. Min-young, who particularly dislikes insects and bugs, was frozen with her mouth open.
“First of all, get him to come to his senses. Then divide these flasks into eight directions and throw them. You are holding the other two.”
“you?”
“It’s okay because I can handle the light element.”
That was the reason I bought 10 flasks.
The rest of the flask was filled with the element of light and handed to Soo-yeon.
“After that?”
“It probably won’t come easily because of the light, but if there are guys approaching, attack the leg joints first. The outer skin is hard, so that’s the weak point. And Min-yeong tells me to prepare for possible poisoning.”
“Is there Dokdo?”
“Yeah, so be careful not to get bitten by their jaws.”
“Because it’s a spider, you can also handle spider webs, right?”
“Of course, you should be most careful. Fortunately, they only put spider webs on the ceiling. You can move freely on the ground.”
That was the most fortunate.
Of course, when the fight starts, they will try to hit us by shooting a web, but we just had to see it and dodge it.
“But you, why do you know so much about them?”
“I have fought before.”
“okay? Then, is there anything I can do to support the battle?”
Soo-yeon also hated these guys, but not as much as Min-young, and she adapted well.
He was definitely talented towards Hunter.
Your skills will improve with future experience.
“I’m going to do a fire attribute attack. nothing to support Take care of Minyoung. Because I have no fighting skills.”
“okay. be careful.”
After making Suyeon aware of the points to be aware of, I headed towards them.
The guys who were wary of us for a moment started to go crazy when I stepped forward.
Snuggle Geek!
Kiek!
[It’s good that the food came in voluntarily.]
‘I don’t need to interpret it.’
[joy. If you don’t need help, stay silent.]
‘It’s pouting.’
Standing in front of them, I prepared to deal with the elements of fire and light.
Hwareuk!
Flash!
Flames soared in each hand, and a sphere was formed from which strong light flowed.
‘Could you share mana?’
[Bare mouth?]
‘I’ll give you jewels when it’s over.’
[Feel free to use it.]
Yesterday’s enemy became such a reliable ally.
I really don’t know what the world is like.
Having been provided with enough mana, I ran straight to the spiders.
As long as Gilliant was there, there seemed to be no concern about lack of mana, a weakness of Elementalists.