Chapter 109

Translator: Penny

Chapter 109

Han Yuseong looked at the magician, Sarah Lefebvre.

Still wearing that awfully menacing red demon-shaped mask.

'Come to think of it.'

This was only the second time he'd seen a player who was a magician.

Even after experiencing quite a few Exchange Meetings.

That's how rare magicians were.

Even more so among those from 21st-century Earth.

The magician player he met at the Exchange Meeting last time was fighting their own battles far away, so there was no chance to learn anything about magicians.

Han Yuseong, still wearing his mask, looked at Sarah and asked what he was curious about.

"Magic, can you use it?"

Sarah nodded slowly.

Han Yuseong expanded his Energy Sense.

He roughly knew the location of the Monsters beyond the wall they were ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠currently in.

"One on the left. One Monster on the right. I'll kill the one on the left, so take care of the one on the right."

Before Sarah could even answer, Han Yuseong moved.

Two monstrous birds came into view.

Han Yuseong threw himself forward without hesitation.

He slashed his sword vertically.

A white Long-range slash bisected the left monstrous bird, slammed into the end of the wall, and vanished.

Han Yuseong didn't stop moving.

He slashed another Long-range slash diagonally.

Kieeehk!

He intentionally didn't hit with the second slash.

He set the stage to observe Sarah's magic.

"Use magic."

Han Yuseong's modulated voice reached Sarah's ears.

There wasn't any particular reason.

He was just curious about the magic that a Hard Difficulty player would unleash.

Sarah extended her staff forward.

Azure haze gathered around the staff.

"Strike it down!"

A cyan lightning bolt erupted from the staff Sarah swung.

Because Han Yuseong's attack, the Long-range slash, had twisted the right monstrous bird's movements.

Kwa-roo-roo-roong!

The lightning was able to pierce the monstrous bird's body.

Kkeueee-ah-eh-ehk!

The monstrous bird screamed and twisted its entire body, but it seemed it had no intention of collapsing from just one lightning strike.

The monstrous bird, which had been plummeting to the ground, rotated its body once in mid-air and began to glide again.

Jjeo-jeo-jeo-jeok!

Violently scattering lightning in the air.

It was to the point where it could be called a Thunderbird rather than a monstrous bird.

Now, with a certain amount of experience, Han Yuseong could intuitively tell what type of Monster the one in front of him was.

'Is it the type of Monster that can convert attribute attacks into its own?'

Han Yuseong glanced at Sarah next to him.

Sarah had a look on her face as if she had realized what he had, but knowing and being able to react were different matters.

Combat sense wasn't just applicable to swordsmanship.

The monstrous bird's huge brown wings flapped.

The air tore apart with a roar.

Blue lightning surged towards Sarah.

The lightning writhed like a living snake, targeting Sarah from all directions.

Han Yuseong thought that Sarah would be paralyzed and incapacitated, unable to respond.

But she was moving her staff swiftly.

Golden light burst from the circular magic circle drawn in the air.

Deu-deu-deu-deu!

The ground vibrated.

A barrier made of stone pillars and earth shot up.

The moment the lightning touched the barrier and stone pillars, it evaporated.

It was quite a proper judgment.

Sarah's movements didn't stop even after that.

Seu-seu-seuk-!

She quickly drew Spellcasting in the air with her staff.

Rank 3 magic [Wave of salvation] pushed the monstrous bird's body away.

The monstrous bird crashed into the wall, but didn't suffer any real damage.

Sarah realized that too and immediately deployed the next magic.

She slashed the monstrous bird diagonally with Rank 3 magic [Distorted flame].

After a total of three consecutive magic deployments, Sarah killed the monstrous bird.

'Oh.'

Han Yuseong let out a low exclamation inwardly.

So this is what a Hard Difficulty player is like.

Han Yuseong slightly revised the evaluation he had given to Sarah Lefebvre, whose Climber Gallery participation name on the 28th Stage was Ram.

Someone strong if she gets her act together.

"Let's just kill everything except the boss for now and then think. That'll be easier on your mind too."

Han Yuseong felt that acting with gravitas wasn't as ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠difficult as he thought.

It seemed like it was because he had seen quite a few people acting with gravitas in the Martial Arts World.

In the end, the two of them annihilated the Monsters in the areas excluding the boss room, just like Han Yuseong had said earlier.

Han Yuseong and Sarah sat in a cross-legged position with a bit of distance between them.

There was a rather large gap between the two.

"Ram."

At Han Yuseong's words, Ram slowly shook her head.

"...Don't call me Ram, call me Sarah. It's my real name."

"Alright."

Han Yuseong paused for a moment before continuing.

"I have a few questions, can I ask them?"

A different light flashed in Sarah's blue eyes.

"...Did you change your tone a bit? Or is it just that the translation became a bit smoother, so it sounds that way?"

"I got rid of some unnecessary concept acting. Just like you told me your real name."

"Ah, I see."

Sarah nodded slowly.

"Yes, ask me what you're curious about."

"What's your level?"

To judge Sarah's skills, the probability of Sarah being behind or lower in level compared to other Hard Difficulty players seemed very low.

That's why he was throwing out the question.

"...You're asking a very direct question."

Sarah seemed to be contemplating, but soon opened her mouth again.

"I'm level 38."

Han Yuseong nodded.

Judging from the way she spoke, it didn't seem like a low level on average.

"But I ate two or three Elixirs, so I'm a few stages higher thanks to that."

It was a level that didn't greatly deviate from Han Yuseong's expectations.

"What's your Rank?"

"Rank 4."

The Rank was also within his expected range.

"Can I ask some questions too? Me too."

Han Yuseong opened his mouth.

"I'll answer if it's a question I can answer."

"You're a Hard Difficulty player on the same 28th floor, right?"

"I'm curious why you're asking."

"Because you're too strong. You are."

Han Yuseong felt a bit awkward.

"There can't be a difficulty above Hard..."

He felt even more awkward at Sarah's mutterings.

Han Yuseong still didn't feel the need to reveal it now.

And anyway, it would be revealed by the 30th floor.

Sarah Lefebvre said that, but she didn't even expect that there would be a difficulty above Hard, 'Pandemonium'.

Instead, she recalled one person.

'Unidentified….'

Even for Climbers before the 30th floor, where information is severely lacking, the existence of 'Unidentified' is something they can't help but know from the name that appears in the ranking window.

Also, she knew from the letters that came down from the Hard Difficulty seniors on the 1st of every month that Unidentified was confusing even the players above the 30th floor.

Sarah slowly opened her mouth.

"Don't worry. I have no intention of divulging information about the benefactor who saved my life."

Sarah, who had risen to her feet, pointed to the huge door.

"Shall we finish this soon?"

Sarah suddenly pointed in front of her.

Han Yuseong seemed to know what Sarah was pointing at.

"I'm getting tired of the kids teasing me in the chat window."

[Magical Girl Yuriko: Kekekek!! Blood Demon Emperor King and Ram! You're too slow!]#Clear

[Lee Sehun: Lol, slow, slow. Speed up a bit.]#Clear

"I agree."

Han Yuseong walked with Sarah.

And opened the boss room.

Geu-geu-geu-geung-

As soon as the boss room door opened.

Jjeo-eo-eo-eo-eo-eong!!

A sonic wave erupted with a roar.

It was a tangible form of wave in his vision.

Han Yuseong saw the shadow cast beside him.

Sarah was swinging her staff.

A circular magic Spellcasting was completed.

And red radiance burst out in front of Han Yuseong and Sarah.

[Ariadne's Shield]

The huge shield, spread out in a shape similar to a spider web, completely blocked the sonic wave at its source.

That spider web was covering even in front of Han Yuseong.

The spider web shield covered Han Yuseong's body without any gaps, but paradoxically, it didn't properly reach Sarah Lefebvre's left shoulder.

A stream of blood flowed down from where the blade sonic wave had grazed.

"You don't have to worry about me."

Han Yuseong handed Sarah a recovery potion he took out of his Inventory.

Sarah, who received the potion, scratched her blonde hair.

"Wouldn't I be too rude if I only blocked in front of me? Thank you."

Han Yuseong, who smiled faintly at Sarah's words, stomped on the ground and moved forward.

Sarah watched Han Yuseong's Sword Path.

The Qi Wave, spread wide horizontally, cut through the boss Monster, [Ferocious light bird Bernpierd], and passed by.

Bernpierd scattered countless feathers and fell forward.

Certainly, it was a Sword Path she had never seen before. At least, it was perfect in her eyes.

Unlike herself, who had to link many magics against a type that wasn't even a boss Monster, he killed the Ferocious light bird with a single strike.

Sarah was now completely convinced.

The person in front of her.

The person using the nickname Blood Demon Emperor King was indeed the famous 'Unidentified'.

The Dungeon was cleared like that.

Sarah thought for a moment and then opened her mouth again.

"Have you ever added anyone as a friend?"

"No."

"I'm greedy. For the first slot in your friend list."

Han Yuseong pondered the past for a moment.

There was someone who had tried to add him as a friend.

But in the end, he couldn't.

Han Yuseong had thought about what a friend in this world meant.

Not now, but in the Time-Delayed Prison on the 27th floor, where he had time to kill even if he killed time.

'Maybe I put too much unnecessary meaning into it.'

If the first friend addition he had originally intended had gone as planned.

It would have been a meaningful thing.

But it failed.

And now he decided not to put much meaning into it.

To accumulating names in the friend window of this world.

And Sarah wasn't such a strange person that she couldn't ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠put her name on the friend window.

Just now, she didn't pathetically cling to life and tried to step forward as much as possible.

That's why Han Yuseong reached out his hand.

"Let's do it, friends."

Sarah blankly grasped Han Yuseong's hand.

"Yes."

He heard that you could set the difficulty to 'Unidentified' so that the person who received the friend request couldn't see it.

So he set it to Unidentified.

Even that would be revealed soon anyway.

He didn't want to explain about 'Pandemonium' now.

After entering the 30th floor.

At that time, he was planning to make the Climber Gallery noisy with stories about the difficulty anyway.

Sarah checked the newly created name in the friend window.

"Han…Yuseong."

Han Yuseong also checked the name listed at the very top of the friend window.

[Sarah Lefebvre / Hard Difficulty]

Sarah looked at the red mask.

"You have many secrets. You do."

She must be talking about the fact that he had set the difficulty to Unidentified.

"Hard. Same as you."

"...Is that so?"

"It's a good habit to be suspicious."

Han Yuseong put away his weapon.

"Then, let's do an Exchange Meeting together sometime."

"Yes."

It was a phrase he said knowing that it was being used like the Korean's "Let's have a meal sometime" through the Transcendence Gallery seniors.

"Really."

Han Yuseong nodded once at Sarah's words, and his body disappeared like a phantom.

He had returned to his own Dungeon.