Chapter 63: Chapter 62: To the Fourth Floor, Part (1/2)
Chapter 63: Chapter 62: To the Fourth Floor, Part
Translator: HunterW
Editor: RED
Had the wheel landed on a -1, 0, 1 or a 2, I definitely would have been all bummed out, but the wheel landed on a 3. I was sure that I was going to get a 3 every day from now on, and now everything made me happy.
I even happily watched a nearby crown of griffons while lying on the ground for more than two hours.
”Gahahaha.” The occasional fit of laughter kept escaping from me, and I had to make sure that I didn't make too much noise.
The further I went in to Gangwon, the more I saw griffon crowns flying around. I had to be more careful. When the nearby crown flew off, I finally got up.
”I should take my time.” I kept my slow place, but I steadily made progress. Inje and Seorak Mountain weren't far off now.
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”Whew. I finally made it to Inje.” I arrived in the center of the city of Inje around nine PM. There were a lot of crumbling and ruined buildings around the city. I found a somewhat clean building and went inside. I took out some more bread and another beverage.
”I finally made it this far. I should be able to enter the dungeon tomorrow. It'd be nice if everything continued to go smoothly…” I laid down, staring up through a hole in the ceiling and watching the stars. As I wondered if I could safely enter the dungeon tomorrow, I fell fast asleep.
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I woke up the next morning at six. I made my final preparations as I read my map.
”I've got about twenty-five kilometers left.” I just had to follow the mountain trail straight to Seorak Peak. Now that there wasn't much distance left, my body tensed in anticipation. The only way to ease this tension was to enter the dungeon.
I took extra precautions as I left Inje and practically crawled my way to the mountain peak. After about five hours, I stopped by a large tree and huddled under it. At eleven AM every morning, this was going to be part of my daily routine. I waited quietly.
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[Day Three. Shaman Kos Stupid Selfish Prick Roulette Wheel will now appear.]
I touched the roulette wheel without feeling any sense of burden.
[Shaman Kos Stupid Selfish Prick Roulette Wheel will now turn.]
This time, I didn't watch the wheel spin. I closed my eyes and kept my composure.
[Day Three. You will receive Shaman Kos Roulette gift.
You have received three Stat points.
Total points: 9
The next roulette wheel will appear in 24 hours.]
I opened my eyes at the alert and stared at the message screen. I smirked.
”Time to go.”
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There was no longer a need to make a scene by laughing and crying. I would now gain 3 Stat points a day. I no longer needed to try to convince myself that it was normal. It was going to be as common as the sun rising and setting. It was going to be as natural as breathing.
I came up from under the tree and continued my snail's pace up the trail.
”Huh?” Not long after, I noticed signs of a fight. There were broken tree trunks and craters in the earth. The signs were pretty recent. The dirt in the craters was a different color than the dirt on the trail.
”What the Hell? Did someone else come up to the dungeon?” There was no other reason. They had to be beyond insane to try to hunt the twin-horned griffon and other griffons in griffon territory. Besides, if someone really did that here and not in the outer regions of Gangwon, then the sky would be black with griffon crowns fighting back.
”It's not a small party, either. It had to be at least fifty? No, there must have been at least a hundred people here fighting.” The damage around the trail was extensive.
”It can't be a raiding party, can it? No. They would have to come here secretly, not bringing this many people. Why would they be here, this deep in the twin-horned griffon's territory? They had to have been discovered pretty easily. The only reason that somewhat makes sense is if most of them were trying to hold the griffon boss back for a smaller group. But what sort of idiot or psycho would willingly incur the death penalty?” I couldn't figure out what had really happened just by looking at the scene. I thought for a moment if I should continue or turn back.
”Hmm…I should keep going. I got this far; it'd be a waste if I turned back now. And I'm curious as to what really happened here.” For some reason, I felt that the persons responsible for this scene were at the Seorak dungeon. There couldn't be another explanation.
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I carefully made my way through the craters that kept appearing farther up the trail, and headed straight for the dungeon without stopping. About five hours later, the entrance to the dungeon finally came into view. It felt good seeing the dungeon I had found four years ago again.
”What the Hell happened here?” The entrance of the dungeon was surrounded with crushed boulders and fallen trees. This scene looked worse than I saw coming up here. It was an absolute mess. Thirty meters around the entrance, the ground was completely flipped over. The fight must have been pretty damn fierce.
”Who did this? There can't be that many guilds that would be willing to lose so much and go straight in to raid the dungeon boss.” No matter how much I thought about it, the only guilds possible were the Sunbin, Ojin and Yung Gong Guilds. The other guilds were too weak to even think about trying something like this.
”It's not the Sunbin Guild. The Sunbin Guild isn't stupid enough to take this much loss over a dungeon. Is it the Yung Gong Guild?” It seemed more plausible that it would be that guild than the Ojin Guild.
”If it is the Yung Gong Guild… I wonder if I can mess with them if they're in the middle of the boss battle.” The signs of battle I saw on my way up the trail were fresh. I began to envision what I could do to make sure I royally screwed the Yung Gong Guild over.