Chapter 54
Chapter 54
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 54
Chapter Title: Monster Wave (2)
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A massive strike team of nearly ninety members entered the 10th floor.
The 10th-floor dungeon blazed under the scorching sun, with vibrant blue waves crashing against the beach sand.
"Let's head up first."
Jin Yu-han, the tanker from Training Team 1, led the hunters.
He was the strongest among the 12th intake members, so no one objected to his orders.
Training Team 4 blended into the crowd and climbed up to the uninhabited island hill.
The strategy for the 10th floor was standardized.
While difficulty varied by group size, the patterns never changed.
First, monster waves hit every six hours.
They were mostly crustacean monsters crawling up from the shore.
The hunters had to hold them off for ten straight days.
Second, day five brought no assaults.
A mercy from the dungeon—a rest period.
Third, the boss monster appeared on day seven.
A cave lurked beneath the eastern cliff of the island, home to the "Wounded Merman Warrior." Taking it down cleared the floor.
Surviving ten days cleared it too, but hunting the boss was another option.
Everyone in the raid could snag items, gear, and skills.
Teams with leeway often went for it.
'We can't come back once it's cleared.'
Clearing the 10th floor locked you out forever.
This was their one shot at the guaranteed rewards.
Of course, it was a seriously dangerous boss.
Impossible for the 12th intake Training Team from the Milky Way Guild...
The hunters ascended the hill.
Following the standard strategy, they leveled the summit and set up basic fencing.
They widened the space and erected simple barriers.
These would be reinforced over time.
They pitched tents too.
"They're dividing by team, not by gender."
"...Yeah, guess so."
Lee Eun-seo from Training Team 4 glanced around as she spoke.
Lee Jin-seong was the one who answered.
Someone had assigned their spots.
Only one path down the hill, one entrance.
"Hey! Training Team 4, right by the entrance!"
"Yes...!"
We couldn't complain about it.
Training Team 4 was the weakest right now.
'Not counting my real strength.'
Ten tents claimed their positions.
Training Team 4 pitched their ten-person tent.
Tougher than military-grade stuff.
Lee Jin-seong hustled.
Like he was desperate to prove himself, he set it up at breakneck speed.
The interior was surprisingly spacious.
Seven people could bunk comfortably.
Mixing guys and girls was awkward, but no one was tone-deaf enough to whine about it here.
Crackle... Crackle...
The walkie-talkie in his pocket hissed with static.
Someone was transmitting.
📡 Radio Transmission 📡 All team leaders, report to Team 1 camp. It was Jin Yu-han's voice.
He was summoning the team leaders.
Probably to discuss the upcoming monster wave.
"Come back safe, Sun-woo."
"Got it."
The Training Team 4 members chimed in one by one.
Lee Jin-seong just clamped his mouth shut and shot me a glare.
Looked like he'd been eyeing the leader spot.
Stepping out of the tent, I spotted the other team leaders heading to Team 1's.
I entered Team 1's tent.
Theirs was way bigger and grander than the others.
Not ten-person—more like twenty or beyond.
Room for a central table.
Jin Yu-han sat at the head, waiting.
"Have a seat."
How the hell did they haul in tables and chairs?
The question didn't linger.
Subspace bags from guild support, probably. Whatever.
"Everyone finished setting up camp?"
"Yes."
Jin Yu-han scanned us team leaders for confirmation.
We reported in, all done.
"It's been three hours and forty minutes since we entered. First monster wave in two hours and twenty minutes."
Jin Yu-han briefed us on wave countermeasures.
Unrolled the 10th-floor island map, assigned defense points and parties.
"Training Team 4..."
Jin Yu-han's finger pointed to one spot.
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The day before heading to the 10th floor.
Choi Da-eun pulled Park Sun-woo aside.
After weeks together, he followed without a fuss.
A plain cafe.
There, Choi Da-eun pulled out a potion and the 10th-floor map.
"Where do you even get this stuff?"
"Drink up first."
This time, a "Low-Grade Stamina Boost Potion."
Rare stuff that raised stamina by 2.
Choi Da-eun was dumping them on Park Sun-woo like crazy.
Then she spread the map.
Topographical details of the island marked out.
"Listen up."
Choi Da-eun jabbed at one spot.
"Jin Yu-han from Team 1 will probably take charge. Strongest guy, and tied to Hwang Deok-su."
Choi Da-eun laid out survival tips for Training Team 4, based on her experience and intel.
"Points vary by team. Ninety total in the 12th intake, ten teams. Gotta split points fine."
Choi Da-eun slashed lines across it.
Divided the island center like cake slices into ten zones.
Then stabbed her finger at one.
"Here—never this one. If that prick Jin Yu-han smirks and tries sticking you here..."
"Then?"
"Throw a massive fit. You know, what you're good at."
"What I'm good at?"
"Pulling moronic F-rank bullshit. Cause a huge scene."
"......"
Choi Da-eun didn't stop there.
She doled out every detail.
Of course, none of it stuck in Park Sun-woo's head.
"Easiest point's here—great terrain for defense. Team 1 assholes will hog it. Others are so-so, but avoid the one I showed. Better to flop and die than go there."
Choi Da-eun in a casual plain tee.
His brain was fully occupied imagining the tits hidden underneath.
"You're good at that shit. Acting without a care for eyes on you. Just do it. Being in the 'Tower' might make them listen—everyone's at risk. Got it?"
"...Yeah."
That night, Park Sun-woo couldn't hold back and slammed into Han So-ra's pussy.
Han So-ra, freshly fucked after so long.
She squirted hard in ecstasy.
Taming progress increased.
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Jin Yu-han asked with a sleazy grin.
"Team 4's Park Sun-woo, you get it?"
"Huh?"
Jin Yu-han pointed to one of the ten zones on the island map.
Familiar layout, location.
But the memory wouldn't come.
'Alzheimer's?'
He vaguely recalled Choi Da-eun saying something yesterday, but what was it?
"Training Team 4 takes this sector."
"Sure, got it."
The meeting dragged.
Monster wave? Just block it roughly, right?
Jin Yu-han smirked.
Looked satisfied, like things went his way.
"Alright, that's the plan."
Jin Yu-han clapped, calling his team.
"Guild-supplied rations now. Grab what you can—you brought your own, but more food's always better."
Team leaders collected theirs.
Not tasty stuff, given the setup.
Emergency rations made for survival.
That quality.
Water mattered most.
Drinking water was key.
Toss everything else, but hoard water.
'Water three days, food thirty? Or you can last without eating?'
Island weather sucked.
Blazing sun sped up dehydration.
Two days without water.
They'd stocked plenty of water.
Then back to Training Team 4's tent.
Two hours till monster wave.
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Dismissing the team leaders, Jin Yu-han flopped onto a cot in the tent.
He chuckled, replaying the meeting.
'What a retard?'
Jin Yu-han planned to kill Park Sun-woo.
Stabbing him outright? Amateur hour.
No need to leave evidence killing in the 'Tower.'
Just feed him to the monsters.
They'd handle the cleanup.
Training Team 4 wouldn't leave the 10th floor alive.
They all had to wipe—for Guild Master Hwang Deok-su, his dad's friend, to get what he wanted.
'Choi Da-eun—that bitch—you want her that bad?'
Jin Yu-han couldn't fathom it.
Want to fuck Choi Da-eun? Use power, rape her outright.
Why this hassle?
Jin Yu-han licked his lips.
He preferred blackout-drunk girls.
Thrill of dumping backed-up cum into ones oblivious to being fucked.
Girlfriend or married? Perfection.
Park Sun-woo surely knew.
Choi Da-eun reeked of scheming.
Probably spilled all the 10th-floor intel.
Jin had countermeasures ready.
Plans to force that spot if Park balked.
But it went too easy.
Never dreamed Park would agree so readily.
'One of two things.'
Either cocky enough location didn't matter.
Or brain-dead moron pig bastard.
"Hmm..."
Half a year— what kind of guy was Park Sun-woo?
"Total moron pig..."
Two hours passed.
The monster wave hit.