Chapter 10 - Day 3, 3rd Floor Surprise (2/2)
I felt good.
[The Lime Tribe’s Medicine. Consumption item. Rank E.]
[Drugs made by the lime goblins for first aid. Due to the poor supply and demand in the dungeon, the lime goblins’ drugs are one or two steps lower than generic goblin drugs.
[Once the medicine is taken, there is a slight homeostasis and stabilizing effect. 1~3 HP will be recovered every second for 1 minute.]
I was saved.
[Current Balance: 129/129]
Although I had low expectations, being able to fully recover my HP was a tremendous advantage. It could be thought of as having four more lives. If so, what about the pills? With higher expectations than before, I carefully unwrapped a pill and placed it in my mouth.
...This. Sweet? It felt like I was eating a sweet potato soup without the stickiness. The sweetness that spread to my head quickly made me feel disoriented.
[An unbearable sleepiness has come rus.h.i.+ng in.]
Yes, sleepy. But I shouldn’t sleep… I closed my eyes.
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[Niks Candy. Consumption item. Rank D.]
[The specialty of the Mandel area alchemists. Once chewed, you will be overcome by a sleepiness that can’t be resisted. It is only 10 minutes of sleep but the efficiency is better than any sleep you would normally have.]
[There will be 10 minutes of forced sleep. Once you wake up, you can get the same effect as sleeping for 8 hours.]
It was better than I thought. When I read the description, it said that I only lost consciousness for 10 minutes but that wasn’t what my body was saying. It felt like I had been sleeping for 8~16 hours.
The areas where the needles. .h.i.t me were now completely fine. If that was the case, could I use this in reality? It was practical. It was a miracle medicine that could almost double my day. ...How many more things could I get from the next floor?
Before I went down the stairs, I looked at the stairs in the narrow pa.s.sage. Yoo Su-jeong had gone down these stairs. Then the stairs where An Su-hyun’s body was.
Yoo Su-jeong had run away from me. I couldn’t give up going down the other stairs just to chase her. Her judgment was right. I would go down the unique staircase. There were many more rewards waiting below.
One day we would meet again on the floors below. Could I kill a person? No, it might not be an important problem. I didn’t want to be like An Su-hyun. If I hesitated then I would die before achieving what I wanted. I needed to obtain everything I could get my hands on. Even though the goal was clear, the means was the problem.
I stepped on the stairs. I would clear the way with my own hands.
[3rd floor cleared.]
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I opened my eyes in my room… No, it wasn’t.
[4th floor. Arrived.]
[A penalty has been applied to the unique stairs. Returning from the dungeon has been put on hold. You skipped one day and will immediately start on the next floor.]
“What?”
”What the!?”
I wasn’t the only one who yelled out. I turned my head and locked gazes with another pair of eyes. The place where I was standing now was a room lit up with lights, just like the hallway.
There was a man was in front of a staircase, his body covered in scratches. His age and height seemed to be similar to mine, but his shoulders were wide and his arms were long. At first glance, I could see that he had a well-disciplined body.
There were thick gloves on both hands.
“...”
His eyes were examining me. At first glance, he gave off a strong impression. A so-called ‘gangster image.’ He looked like a person who was never far from violence.
”What are you looking at, you motherf.u.c.ker.”
I looked weaker than him. He approached me while swearing. Activate. Limiter Release. I raised my gloved hands. Bring it on, I’ll smash you.
”What is this?”
As there was a third cry, both of our heads turned in surprise. There was another staircase.
The person was a middle-aged man that was at least 190 cm tall. Tattoos were exposed on his thick forearms. His meaty hands were holding a knife. He looked this way and frowned as he realized the atmosphere.
He looked a little nervous. Three beasts. Everyone was silent as we didn’t dare rush carelessly. A suffocating tension filled the room.
However, all three of us were looking at one point in the room. There was one last staircase remaining.
That’s right. The room was square. There was one staircase at each of the four corners. Soon, the fourth beast would be coming down the stairs. Like the other three, the person who came down from the third floor would be a beast.
It was the reason why everyone was vigilant. Seconds pa.s.sed that felt like a long time. The shape of a person appeared on the stairs.
“Eh? This... Kyaaak?!”
As the fourth person made a surprised scream, the other two beasts’ eyes widened. A girl in her late teens had showed up. She was wearing the school uniform of a high school in my area.
“Ah, ah, ah... h.e.l.lo...”
As the weakest creature spoke in a quivering voice, the other two somewhat relaxed. I didn’t do such a stupid thing. Although it was just a guess, I felt sure she was the most dangerous predator.
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