Chapter 62
Chapter 62
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 62
Chapter Title: The Warrior Hears a Philosophical Question!
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When the Rabbit Raiders bought TS Potions, the burly men in the boss room were utterly shocked.
"Wh-what the hell did you buy those for?!"
"My God, I never thought there'd be people who'd actually buy that crap..."
Why on earth would a bunch of old grandpas buy something like that?!
I'd seen it in my merchandise catalog, sure, but demons couldn't use it anyway, and even if they could, I'd never touch the stuff, so I hadn't bothered reading the details.
The maknae seemed curious about the potion too, so we all flipped through the catalog to find the TS Potion entry.
"Ah, one of the effects is rejuvenation, huh?"
"But Big Bro, even if it does make you young again, giving up your gender..."
"Nope! It's PC, maknae!"
"PC...?"
Oh dear, living in this medieval era must've made me conservative again without realizing it.
What kind of mindset do you need to live comfortably in the information age of my past life?
You have to let go of everything, respect other people's tastes, and accept anything and everything in this world.
So, maknae!!
It's time to embrace political correctness!!
"Now that you mention it, natural slimes don't have genders either."
"That's right! Non-binary! The right to decide your gender identity belongs to you alone!"
And anyway, as men age, their estrogen levels naturally rise.
So even if those old knights turned into the kingdom's top beauties after drinking it, we'd have to understand and accept them. That's the proper attitude.
But after hearing all this, the maknae looked lost in thought, like some question had popped into his head.
What could he be pondering so deeply?
After a while, he finally spoke up.
"Big Bro."
"Yeah?"
"What happens if you turn into a TS and then date a guy?"
"Why would you—"
"I mean, if a guy turns into a girl and then dates a guy... doesn't that make him gay?"
"Huh?"
The maknae, asking such a philosophical, profound question?!
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While the two brothers in the boss room were deep in philosophical debate about TS, Amta, and Schrödinger's gayness.
The wicked Rabbit Raiders, plotting to turn the old saint who sacrificed himself for the world into the kingdom's top beauty, entered the third room.
But...
"Urgh, it's so damn hot."
"Whew."
"Is this any better?"
"It's a little cooler, but I wonder if we can even fight properly when we meet that massive thing in here..."
Lowell the hero used magic to whip up as much wind as possible, cooling the air around them.
But this place perfectly recreated the muggy, sweltering heat of Hell Joseon's summer—no shade or fan could make it bearable.
Of course, the buffs they'd gotten from the rest area helped them endure it somewhat.
With a party of 16 consisting of just one priest and the rest berserkers, they had no choice but to rely on the power of money.
"Whew, this helps a ton."
"That werewolf recommended this anti-heat potion. So that's why."
"It lasts 30 minutes, so we gotta clear this fast before it wears off."
"But it feels kinda wasteful using it..."
"Speaking of, didn't Lowell pay full price for it?"
"Hahaha... yeah, this was my second time there."
The others got discounts since it was their first visit to the rest area.
Lowell had to pay full price without mercy, leaving him a bit miffed.
"By the way, Priest Martin just withdrew coins there and didn't buy anything else?"
"I'm planning to sell these to the elves."
"Wha?! F-for real?"
"Hey now, priest... why would you do that?"
"Oh man, what a letdown. A priest giving in to luxury—"
"I'm using the money to build an orphanage."
"—I could forgive not being swayed by greed, but aren't you thinking too much about others?"
"Y-yeah! When living life, you gotta put yourself first!"
"""Mmm!!"""
When Priest Martin announced he'd use the coin sale money for such a noble cause.
The party, suddenly turning into Turullla, desperately twisted their own words to backpedal.
As the heartwarming mood continued, a rumbling sound echoed from around them.
Thud! Thud!
"Eek! That sound!"
"Battle stations, everyone!"
Having successfully shifted the topic to avoid looking like trash, the Rabbit Raiders came face-to-face with the source of the noise.
The creature had three horns on its head, a frill shrouding its neck, an enormous body, and blinding speed.
"Bruuuuuh!"
"""""Ooh.""""""
The Rabbit Raiders froze for a moment, mesmerized by the triceratops.
But thanks to the buffs from Ferguson at the rest area, they barely dodged its attack.
"Hahaha! We're seeing all sorts of wonders in here!"
"You got that right, Rolang!"
"We just gotta take down this one next!"
"Let's go!"
"We'll provide support!"
As the Rabbit Raiders clashed with the triceratops.
Having adapted somewhat to the dungeon, they quickly grasped its patterns.
"No way it's just charges, right?"
"That'd be too easy."
"Let's keep engaging for now."
As the Rabbit Raiders said, the triceratops was using a very simple pattern: close-range horn swings, stomps, and charges.
And excluding Lowell and Martin, the Rabbit Raiders had prior experience fighting the hidden master of the Iron Labyrinth.
They handled even the most dangerous charge with flexibility, steadily piling on damage.
But Balzac wouldn't make it this easy, would he?
Soon, the triceratops unleashed its most threatening weapon.
"Bruuuuuuuh!!!!!"
"""Urk?!"""
That's right! The roar!
Pondering what weapon would best counter the triceratops in the past, Balzac recalled a two-horned female from some game.
That female had an unavoidable pattern—[Roar → Charge]—that you couldn't distance from without 'earplugs,' making it a total brick wall.
This place was practically the dream realm, so the pattern was recreated perfectly.
And with the dizziness debuff it inflicted, the triceratops went berserk.
Boom!
Booooom!
"Aaaah!!"
"M-my ears!!!"
"Cough!"
It pinned them in place with its massive roar and debuff, finishing with a charge—simple is best!
Feeling like their heads might explode internally, the Rabbit Raiders tried to flee the combo, but they couldn't shake off the pursuing triceratops with their speed.
Fleeing the roar-charge somehow, they and the triceratops arrived at an area with massive boulders.
"Damn! Isn't there some way?!"
"......"
"Lowell?"
"I think there's one method."
"Really?!"
"Speak up—I can't hear..."
"Look over there!"
Lowell pointed to their salvation against the triceratops: a huge boulder.
"Use that boulder?"
"Ah, I get it!"
"No time to dawdle! Straight to the boulder!"
As planned, they gathered in front of the boulder and baited the charge.
The triceratops's horns impaled it solidly.
Thud!!!
"Now!!!"
"Attack!"
Having figured out the gimmick, the Rabbit Raiders used the boulder to rack up damage steadily, finally reaching phase 2.
"Bruuuuuh!!"
"We gotta do this multiple times here too?!"
"Yeah, I knew it was too easy!!"
"Hahaha! You rookies called it cooler than Drak, and damn if you weren't right!"
Then the mecha triceratops finished transforming and charged.
They tried stopping its massive frame with the boulder again.
But would that gimmick work on this mechanized, empowered beast?
Booooom!!!
"What the hell?!"
"Uwaaaah!!"
It shattered the boulder with its charge, rendering the gimmick useless.
They needed a new plan—and above all, to counter that roar.
But their HP was already critically low; no room to relocate.
Then, one of the Rabbit Raiders stepped forward.
"I-I'll try stopping it!"
"Humir?!"
"You sure?!"
"No, it'll suck... but with these buffs before they fade, I can stop it once. Just once."
"...We'll pour everything into that window."
"You young ones, get clear."
"Yes, sir!"
Following Humir's proposal, they set the plan: unleash every skill the moment the metal triceratops halted.
As the others scattered to surround it, Humir alone faced the colossal metal beast.
"Hup!"
Boom!!
He stomped the ground like crushing it, mana surging from his body and shaking the earth.
His suppressed breath vibrated sharply in the air.
His swelling muscles twisted his armor's joints with creaking metal.
His aura was like a volcano on the verge of eruption.
Yet his body was rooted firmly, immobile.
In that instant, the metal triceratops bellowed, seizing the chance, and charged with horns lowered.
"Haaah!!"
"Bruh?!"
Booooooom!!
Then, the pent-up energy in his palms erupted forward.
The massive forces collided spectacularly.
Pushed back by Humir's immense power?
The metal triceratops's charge halted, its huge frame wobbling unsteadily.
"Now!!!"
"Attack!!"
His comrades unleashed their secret arts in that split second, inflicting massive damage on the triceratops.
As the battle neared its end.
"Bruuuuuh!"
"Cough..."
"No way, another phase like that golem?"
"Heh heh heh. This is insane."
Now evolved into a mecha glow-in-the-dark dinosaur, they couldn't stop it.
The fully triple-evolved triceratops darkened the surroundings, its footsteps vanishing.
It only revealed its position when attacking—a desperate crisis.
But there were beings who'd truly strived to aid the Rabbit Raiders here.
Thanks to their dedication, another colossal entity crashed the battlefield.
Crash!
"Roooaaar—!!"
"B-bruh?!"
"""What the—?!"""
"Huff, huff! We brought it!"
攻略 teams that challenged the third room before had fought different dinos here, uncovering one curious fact.
That's right!
"They fight each other?!"
"Perfect chance!"
"Empty everything!"
With the tyrannosaurus's turf war aid, the Rabbit Raiders felled the low-HP mecha glow triceratops and were auto-teleported to the veiled fourth room.
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The Rabbit Raiders realized they'd been moved automatically.
But Humir, who'd countered the triceratops, was bleeding everywhere.
The other Rabbit Raiders were in rough shape too, so they collapsed for rest.
"Haa, maybe it's time to die when you get old."
"Can't even do half of what I used to."
"But the weather here's decent, right?"
"Looking for weather in a dungeon? Still, cool and nice."
"More importantly, where are we?"
"Young ones, any idea where this is?"
"W-we're new here too."
"Probably... first ones."
That's right. They were the first to reach the fourth room.
What kind of place was this?
It looked like vast plains under a blue sky.
While the exhausted Rabbit Raiders recovered, Lowell's group scouted and found a signpost.
｢Primeval Village｣