Chapter 31 (1/2)

Chapter 31 –Day 7, 7th Floor A Different Cla.s.s

Another night. Day. Then night again. Just before the end of the next day, I was able to be certain.

”Kao to&h.e.l.lip;” I spoke.

[Text Decryption. Lv 4. 566/800]

[Tellan (Reading, Writing) Lv 3.312/400]

I could already read Tellan at a reasonable level. I learned hundreds of words from the introduction and mastered some essential verbs and adjectives. But, I wasn't the only one to memorize the language.

”Uo mek ru gike ger bu.” The words flowed seamlessly from Yoon Ji-hee's mouth, just like the original spoken language. I couldn't know for sure since I didn't know the words, but it was clear that Yoon Ji-hee was speaking Tellan very naturally.

Yoon Ji-hee mastered the method of p.r.o.nunciation that was written in the introduction, so she was several steps ahead of me. As her p.r.o.nunciation became more natural, it became harder to hear what she was saying.

Maybe it would be the same if I met someone who spoke the actual Tellan language. It was just like how people who learned English from books couldn't talk to Americans.

”Excuse me. Are you even saying it properly? Will you tell say if it isn't correct?” Su-jin grumbled.

”Cor&h.e.l.lip; It is correct.”Yoon Ji-hee responded to the grumbling Yang Su-jin. It was worth it. Even if she was shown the books, Yang Su-jin couldn't understand the structure of the verbs properly. Actually, this wasn't a matter of making fun of Yang Su-jin.

I had checked Yoon Ji-hee's intelligence related stats. Obviously, some of her stats were lower than Yang Su-jin's, who had eaten Yoo Su-jeong. But the thing I paid attention to was the speed at which her talents were rising.

My Text Decryption was now at Level 4. Tellan reading and writing was at Level 3.

But Yoon Ji-hee's Text Decryption was at Level 2. Her Tellan reading and writing? Surprisingly, it was Level 5 and on the verge of becoming Level 6. I didn't understand why her Text Decryption was lower, but she had spent longer reading the introduction to the language.

This was also true of Yang Su-jin. Apart from mixing poisons and wielding her dagger, Yang Su-jin read the English book I brought, but her talent lagged behind my rise on the fifth floor. It seemed like I had a talent for talent acquisition.

Even the process of getting the talent was funny, because it reflected the quality that I had. Fortunately, it wasn't that important. There was another way to get talents here, by 'eating' a person who had talent in this field. I wouldn't think too deeply about it right now.

”Go.” I ordered when it became dark. I dragged the two people onto the streets. We didn't walk down the dim paths but in the centre of the street lights. I could hear Yang Su-jin nervously swallowing her saliva.

We only walked for a few minutes. ”Kyaaak!” Yoon Ji-hee screamed. A golem stood before us. Although Yang Su-jin stiffened, she didn't take any action. I placed my hand on Yoon Ji-hee's shoulder to calm her down.

She looked at me with terrified eyes.

I laughed as, ”Tecka nop ka seb qu?” The golem asked this question.

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It was a good feeling. ”Now we definitely have over 30 people, Oppa.” Yoon Sang-ah spoke happily but Yoon Sang-min wasn't pleased. It was because the previous words were still ringing in his ears.

He was told to shut his mouth. He was hiding stupidity behind his image. Those were the words.

An arrow that suddenly flew at him. It was the feeling of someone penetrating his weak point that he hadn't even be aware of. He didn't know how that man, Hee-chul, knew about the matter. But&h.e.l.lip; It was the truth. Unlike the image on the surface, Yoon Sang-min's grandfather only gave him a 'medium' evaluation.

He received a worse evaluation than his younger sibling Yoon Sang-ah, so it was natural for him to feel bad. The only ones lower were his five year old brother, who didn't enter the dungeon, and Yoon Ji-hee.

The other two above him&h.e.l.lip; Yoon Sang-min couldn't beat them. It had been like that since childhood, so he had to admit it. They were 'real.' They weren't fakes reigning over mediocre people. One of his female cousins came to mind. She was the one who told his grandfather about the existence of the dungeon.

Yoon Sang-min had arrived earlier than the other grandchildren and was the only witness. He saw the evidence she used to convince their grandfather. It was two days before the end of the fifth floor.

She had a relaxed and interested expression. He realized it again after a few years. She was a special existence. Life was unfair. He couldn't reach the sky, while they had already transcended the sky. The other two people above him.

”&h.e.l.lip;But&h.e.l.lip; It will be different from now on.”

”Eh? What did you say? Oppa?”

“Never mind. Jin-tae?”

”He is controlling the guard. It uses a club, so a little bit of practice is needed to manipulate it.” Yoon Sang-min nodded. His key was Kim Jin-tae. He was a good friend of Kim Sung-tae and someone who followed Kim Sung-tae since childhood.

No, a friend who was a hound. After clearing the 'special dungeon' on the fourth floor, he got a technique called 'Doll Possession.' Although it put him into a comatose state, he could control a golem or doll of a certain rank. He used it to control a golem and then joined forces with the others to hunt the golems.

It wasn't a method without sacrifices. There was one person who was seriously injured in the fight against the golems, and once a third golem was added to the fight, one person had to be left as bait while the others retreated.

However, this loss of personnel could be compensated from the fifth floor. The other groups couldn't catch the locusts or golems and tore their tickets one by one, so it wasn't hard to obtain them.

”Sang-min hyung.” Kim Sung-tae came up with 12 tickets. They were the tickets of the group members who joined this time.