Chapter 49
Chapter 49
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 49
Chapter Title: Dungeon Rampage (3)
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Buff potion, stats boosted by the First Wing of Pride, and the Infinite stat raised with my spare points were more than enough to let me escape the goblins.
If I just kept stalling like this and let the remaining time tick away, I might be able to start a fresh fight. But for now, I wanted to try something else.
I checked the item I'd found earlier, pulling it from my inventory once more.
Self-Proclaimed Greatest Goblin Beauty's Potent PheromonesGrade:Advanced | Rank:SS The pinnacle of beauty in the vast Goblin Kingdom was born with an enchanting allure and scent that captivated both males and females alike. A goblin that caught her scent once lost its reason and rushed to her side. Twice, and it went mad with frenzy. Thrice, and its very sense of self crumbled under the enchantment. She wielded this power to ascend to queenship, ruling the kingdom as a tyrant until her dying breath. This vessel holds but a fragment of her might.
Ability
Designate up to 3 targets to bestow the Beauty's Enchanting Pheromones for 1 hour (Goblins will invariably suffer the Enchanted status ailment).
Compared to that lengthy description, it felt like an awfully ambiguous item. It wouldn't let me use goblins to kill my enemies or anything—at best, it just made them fall head over heels in lust.
Of course, the level of enchantment was far beyond anything you'd call "moderate."
One word etched on this item was enough to make my eyes gleam.
Invariably. Didn't that mean even those lost to madness would fall under the enchantment?
So, there was one thing to test here.
Would the enchantment take priority? Or would the simple command from the horn flute override it?
Would goblins consumed by madness choose lust, or would they heed a mere human's order?
I had no idea. I'd prefer the former, but if it didn't work, it wasn't a big loss.
'I can just keep running until time's up, then pick them off one by one once the command ends.'
As the First Wing of Pride's duration neared its end, human voices finally reached my ears.
"Damn it! I can hear goblin cries nearby!"
"Still some left? We took out seven already."
"If we don't kill them all at once, they ignore orders and nearly kill us. Let's wipe them out in one go this time, please! I'm scared!"
"Quiet. We'll assess first, then move if it keeps up."
Found them. These cockroach bastards.
I transformed my Shapechanger into a stealth item and activated stealth. Unless they were the upgraded goblins with higher grade and rank, those weaklings weaker than me couldn't possibly detect Advanced-A rank stealth.
'Can only apply pheromones to three people.'
So, one had to die first. I moved swiftly, spotting the four huddled together resting.
'Kill the scheming bastard first—the one who annoys me most.'
I pulled a spear from my inventory.
The final dungeon clear reward I'd claimed after spare points and skills. The most powerful weapon in my arsenal right now!
As stealth's duration ticked down, I kicked off the ground and hurled the spear with all my might.
Puuk!
Seok-un, lost in thought alone, couldn't even scream before the spear pierced his chest, killing him instantly.
Everyone froze, staring at the scene. An incomprehensible situation. A spear had suddenly materialized from thin air and impaled Seok-un's chest.
Hot, fishy blood sprayed across their faces, but in their panic, they did nothing, pouring all their focus into processing what had happened.
And that gap was the perfect opening I wanted. As stealth dropped, I pulled out the pheromones and sprayed them on the three survivors.
Only after inhaling the pheromone liquid did they realize what was happening, but it was too late.
I yanked the spear from his chest, snagged the horn flute from his hand into my inventory, and bolted, evading both them and the goblins.
"Fuck! Brother Seong-un!"
"Damn it! How? He had a stealth skill?"
"KyaAaAaAh!!"
Oh dear, no time to make a racket like that.
I didn't go far. From a nearby tree, I watched the chaos unfold while sipping a potion.
As the First Wing of Pride faded, the goblins emerged. Twelve of them bursting from the bushes. The moment I saw their faces and expressions, I couldn't help but grin.
"Bingo."
They were no longer monsters rampaging in madness.
Their eyes were still unfocused, their faces flushed with excitement. But unlike before, what gripped them now wasn't madness—it was enchantment.
The enchantment of the goblin woman who had ruled an entire kingdom.
"Insane. If it were a human..."
It could rival the legendary beauties of history, those called nation-topplers or peerless stunners.
The goblins staggered toward the three humans, entranced, minds shattered.
Mouths agape, drool dripping, they didn't even bother hiding their bulging groins.
Even the two female goblins were no different.
Their gazes were sticky, greedy, desperate. And their objects of desire were none other than the trio.
"Fuck."
Kim Woo-rim could only curse as he grasped the situation.
"You goddamn bastard. This can't be real."
He regretted ever taking this commission. Blinded by a rare skillbook, he'd poked someone he shouldn't have.
"Ahh... Disgusting!"
Lee Ji-ah, the woman, felt even more revulsion from those stares than the two men. But cursing and yelling changed nothing.
Two choices left: fight them head-on, or endure until this hellish lust vanished.
Watching it all, I couldn't help but clap.
'If it were just moderate enchantment, I could've made them obey orders.'
This went beyond mere enchantment. Lose reason once, go mad twice, self collapse thrice.
Of course, the pheromones weren't that potent. But the goblins' eyes were crazier than when gripped by madness.
A goblin-exclusive absolute catastrophe.
The fact such an item existed, and was only Advanced grade, was even more astonishing.
"Just a fragment of its power, I guess."
If it were the real deal, those goblins might've already collapsed into self-oblivion.
The three assassins chose to flee, desperate to escape this horny goblin hell as fast as possible.
They scattered in all directions. Not some noble sacrifice to save a comrade—just no thought for the fellow commission-takers they'd met today.
They just wanted out of that filth ASAP.
"Perfect."
Exactly the scenario I desired. My goal was to kill them all, then the goblins, and clear the dungeon.
The scheming Seok-un was already dead. Scattered like this, I could pick them off one by one.
They were the goblins' prime targets for the next hour anyway.
I stood, swapping my Shapechanger to boots and slipping them on.
The movement speed buff potion was still active. The First Wing of Pride was gone, but the item's effect boosted my agility even further, accelerating me.
Spear in hand from inventory, I headed after Kim Woo-rim first.
The distance closed in seconds. Spotting him barely evading five tailing goblins, I started picking off the pursuers from behind.
Killing enchanted goblins ignoring their own peril was easy.
I targeted vitals in a flash, and with a level-up message, Kim Woo-rim collapsed gasping, thinking he'd survived.
"What're you doing?"
"Huff... huff... huff... fuck...!"
His last words. The massive spear pierced his gut; he vomited blood and died.
"Next, Lee Ji-ah."
I cut through the forest. How far did I go?
A scream echoed from afar. Lee Ji-ah, moments from goblin grasp, came into view.
I considered letting the goblins have her but decided it wasted time. I cleanly wiped them out.
"Farewell. In your next life, skip being an assassin."
"You... you crazy fuck! Kill me, and Star Cloud Guild won't let it slide! If you kill me...!"
That was it. Spouting empty threats.
Rampage dungeons vanish explosively after clear conditions are met, ejecting survivors. Research proves it's the result of overexerted power.
No one would know if they died to goblins or me.
That's why they'd prepared for this—though now it backfired.
Only Ma Dong-won remained, the burly tank I'd one-shot before.
I crossed the forest leisurely, then at the sight of him, shielded my eyes and skewered him along with the female goblin mounted atop.
I hurriedly erased the gruesome sight from memory, retrieved the spear, wiped the blood, and stored it.
Now, done.
Swapped Shapechanger from boots to sword, then deliberately inflicted minor wounds on myself.
To make it look like a brutal dungeon. Dangerous enough to kill four.
Task complete, I summoned solar power and slaughtered the goblins still grinding on corpses, enchanted to the end.
Level-up messages followed, then the dungeon clear.
Forced Ejection from Dungeon!