Chapter 120 - Guild Growth – 5 (1/2)
Guild Growth – 5
It was only a little while ago when I traveled around the world with those two artifacts to rescue the dwarves, so, strictly speaking, this was not my first time going abroad. At first, it was odd to imagine me in a place other than Korea, but when I finally left, it didn’t bother me at all. It was the same in Japan and China as it had been when we arrived in France after twenty days had passed. Countless crowds, facing a huge threat.
“Woah, I’m nervous. They all look so different than us.”
“They look kind of like me.”
“You’re not a human though.” Lee Chan-yu looked back at me after responding to Mireina.
“Are you okay, captain? I hadn’t flown on an airplane even before becoming a fallen…not that we came here by plane either.”
“What wouldn’t be okay?” Although I responded casually, I was clearly agitated. I faintly realized the reason as to why I was, but I pretended not to as I hid us with the power of Reaper.
“Go. If you don’t want to attract any attention, stick near me.”
“Hm!” Mireina shouted happily and clung to me. She expressed her affection toward me without any hesitation, which undeniably felt good. But my heart wasn’t looking at her, and she knew it.
“Don’t grab me too tightly.”
“I just stuck to you because you told me to!”
“Captain, we’re getting close. Can you feel it too?” I looked up at his words, feeling extraordinary mana even though I couldn’t confirm it with sight. In addition to the energy I felt, I could also sense many abilities surrounding the dungeon. It made sense now why so many people had been crowded together.
Bordeaux was famous for its wine in France. Since the monsters began to run wild, few farms and breweries had been able to maintain themselves in such an environment, and the price of wine had surged. However, without an accident, a huge dungeon had formed right near the farm that boasted the largest scale in the region. France had put in a lot of resources to protect this region right next to such a big dungeon.
I personally didn’t care much for wine myself. Rain usually served me whiskey or brandy, and before I died, I usually just drank soju or beer.
“Maybe L would like some?”
“Please refrain from speaking about her out loud, captain. Mireina looks like she’ll cry blood.” I patted Mireina on the shoulder to comfort her.
“Quickly find a good man. Oh, but don’t forget about our goal to annihilate the Elakatra.”
“Aren’t you going to comfort me?!”
“Fate is a big shot now, so I think two wives might be okay!”
“I don’t think it is.” I stopped moving, sensing a flow of mana surrounding a huge tree in the middle of the farm.
“They’re weak.” Lee Chan-yu, who was usually humble by nature, said something that didn’t fit him. I kept quiet to see what I could sense, but soon smiled and affirmed his words.
“For more than a month we didn’t sleep and smashed nearly one-hundred and fifty dungeons, but the humans aren’t strong enough by themselves.” Erkindra continued to monitor the dungeons in Korea while we worked abroad to conquer only strong dungeons that emitted a terrible energy, where many high-ranking monsters were concentrated. Since the difficulty had been so great, the growth of Lee Chan-yu and Mireina had gone by a lot quicker than it had in Korea.
“Let’s enter.”
“Yeah.” We entered while concealing our appearance. The people around us were unable to notice us right in front of them. The monsters inside the dungeon were strong enough to possess the title of the best. Entities that were stronger than the Slime Dungeon boss rushed around us to try and kill Mireina and Lee Chan-yu. The spirit of the giant tree, monsters of the earth, a bird that fired light like a laser, and a grapevine monster too large to eat all came to fight us.
“There are monsters like this.”
“Wow, that grape is so big. I’d be full with just one!” I wondered if the dungeon had a similar environment to the vineyard from the beginning, or if the monsters mutated to suit their environment. It was like the dungeon was turning into a vineyard itself.
[Groooah!]
“I hit it!”