The Bird's Trap (6)
"Ha... this is fucked up."
Alan scratched his head furiously, but the rising anger wouldn't subside.
"This is really fucked up."
If he had known this would happen, he wouldn't have tried to save Kanisia in a hostage situation like this. He should have just killed the bastard instead.
Kanis ia had run out to save the Blood Axe King, and this guy was too weak to even obtain dark attribute.
Really...
"I don't like this situation."
It was an unpleasant situation.
Kanis ia should have stayed in the palace. That way, when the Blood Axe King was defeated, he and she could go on a fun trip together without regrets.
Should I abandon Kanisia?
Kanis ia was a promising master. Moreover, she risked her life to save the Blood Axe King, which moved Alan deeply.
... No, he couldn't just watch as a woman who had mixed bodies with him countless times jumped into danger. That would make him a coward.
"Anyway, even if I chase after her now, I won't be able to catch up..."
Alan stood up and went out of the restaurant. Instead of following Kanisia's direction, he went up the stairs.
Since he had started this mess, he would see it through to the end.
"Welcome back, Master."
"What? These bastards were here too?"
"Yes. Thanks to you, we were able to find them easily."
Following the stairs up, Aquaril greeted him. In front of her, there was one corpse whose body was soaked in blood on the floor. Blood was spurting from the half-been neck.
"I was a bit nervous because the fairies were with me, but they were weaker than I thought."
"... This master was that guy?"
"Yes, that's right."
"How many fairies were there?"
"There were two."
"Oh ho."
Aquaril spoke in a calm face, but Alan couldn't hold back his admiration. It meant that one master was killed by two fairies?
With this, I might be able to obtain a trait soon...
Of course, obtaining traits wasn't easy just because he wanted to.
Each trait had acquisition conditions, and to obtain the trait, one had to achieve the condition. Of course, there were fairies that had traits from the beginning, but in that case, it was a jackpot regardless of the fairy grade.
What will come out?
In his mind, there was a vast amount of traits and acquisition conditions. But that was knowledge from playing Fairy Masters for two years in his previous life, and in reality, he didn't know how it would apply.
Thinking about it, I need to obtain a trait that helps in combat... or at least one that increases stats.
Of course, he had the OP trait [Temptation's Snake Incarnation], but humans' greed has no end, right? He wanted to get more traits.
The easiest to obtain is... the [Killer Series].
Monster Killer, Fairy Killer, Human Killer.
Users called these three the Killer Series.
The acquisition condition for Monster Killer is 'Kill 500 monsters', Fairy Killer is 'Kill 500 fairies', Human Killer is 'Kill 500 humans'. Compared to other traits, the acquisition difficulty was lower.
Anyway, it was a trait that could be obtained by steadily playing the game.
The effect was that damage to monsters, fairies, and humans increased by 5% each. It was a somewhat ambiguous number, but it was better than having nothing.
Well, I can't obtain the trait right now anyway.
"Let's go inside."
"Yes, Master."
Alan shook his head to clear his thoughts and opened the door with Aquaril. Like bursting a flashbang, bright light poured towards them.
"... It's dazzling."
Looking at the pile of gold bars filling the room, Alan muttered. Dazzling, yes, this was dazzling.
How much is that?
Scared, he couldn't even imagine how much it would be if converted to gold. When he imagined the amount, if it was more than that, he would be so happy he'd probably faint.
"Master?"
"Huh? Ah, yeah. This isn't the time."
Alan snapped out of it at Aquaril's voice and patted his cheeks before entering.
Welcome, Master~ Please take me quickly, Master~
Golden woman?!
The gold bars melted and transformed into beautiful women seducing him. They spread their arms wide as if urging him to take them. The golden breasts and golden nipples were so beautiful that he couldn't regain his senses.
He shook his head again to regain his senses. Then the golden woman who was seducing him disappeared without a trace. Now that she was gone, he felt a bit sorry.
Anyway, let's start now?
He imagined putting his hand on the gold pile and putting it in the inventory. Then the pile of gold bars in front of him disappeared like magic.
Since the inventory had only 20 slots, and one slot was always occupied by gold, there was no need to reorganize the inventory to take the gold bars.
And the amount recorded in the inventory was...
[6,773,000,000 gold]
"S, six hundred and seventy three million..."
"Huh? M, Master! Why are you crying all of a sudden?"
Plop-
When Alan shed tears, Aquaril next to him was startled. But she couldn't stop the tears from flowing.
If converted to gems, it was a whopping 6,773 gems!
... Huh? 6,773 gems?
Thinking it was 6,773 gems, the flowing tears dried up. After eating all this, only 6,773 gems?
When I was paying and not consuming gems for a long time, the max gems I had was over 400,000 gems. But what? Only 6,773 gems?
"This Blood Axe King bastard was really that bastard?"
The ruler of Chinnimoni couldn't even handle the spending power of a regular office worker? If you buy all the premium products available once a month, it's over 100,000 gems?
"Sigh, shit. Aquaril, let's take everything we can take."
"Yes, Master."
Alan took out a safe from the inventory and took everything he could with Aquaril. Unfortunately, there wasn't even one Growth Stone that was most needed.
Then it must be hidden somewhere... What to do about this?
After a moment of hesitation, he shook his head.
"Let's go, Aquaril."
"Yes, Master. But where do you plan to go now?"
"Where else but there."
Alan sighed at Aquaril's question and looked out the window.
"We have to go save the princess who jumped into the fire herself."
*****
Slash-!
Kuekuekuek!
When the Blood Axe King swung his axe wrapped in mana, the headless corpse knight's body split in half. The duarahan, who let out a scream as if being squeezed, fell as is. The rotten head he had been holding like a shield lost its light.
"Are you okay, Master?"
"Yeah. Any injuries?"
"Ansol got a little injured. Currently, Prince Aisen's fairy is treating her."
"As soon as the treatment is over, we'll move to the next section immediately."
"Yes, Master."
Fairy Erita, who reported to the Blood Axe King, checked with her eyes if her master had no injury and then stepped back.
As Erita disappeared, the Blood Axe King finally took a deep breath. As she said to Erita, there was no injury, but she was a bit tired.
This is a C-rank dungeon?
The difference between C-rank and D-rank dungeon was only one level. But that one level difference was enough for the 4-star Blood Axe King to not ignore it.
Even though they entered the dungeon with the right number of people, the dungeon clear was progressing very slowly.
Undead monsters kept pouring in at every section, and the more sections they cleared, the more the numbers increased. Also, the monsters were getting stronger.
In the first section, there were low-grade undead monsters like skeleton warriors or skeleton archers, but now they couldn't find such guys even if they wanted to.
Until just a moment ago, the Blood Axe King and his fairies had to fight a bloody battle with over 20 duarahan. Thanks to the Blood Axe King running in front and pulling aggro on the duarahan, they could minimize the damage.
"... Hoo!"
Interesting.
At the same time as feeling the danger of the C-rank dungeon, his blood boiled.
How long had it been since he fought with his life on the line like this?
"Hahaha!"
Too happy, the Blood Axe King couldn't hold back the laughter leaking out.
On the other hand, in a corner, the healer fairy of Prince Aisen, Dominick, was treating the injured Ansol. She had a deep wound on her side, and with a lot of blood loss, Ansol's face was very pale.
"Tsk... I was careless."
"Hold on a little longer. I'll treat you soon."
Dominick rummaged through the bag she had on her back and soon took out a bottle containing red liquid. She sprinkled the liquid in the bottle on the wound and used the healing skill.
"Kuekuek?! What is this? It burns too much!"
"Hold on. You have to sprinkle this for the healing skill to work better."
"Kuekuekuek..."
At Dominick's words, Ansol clenched her fist and endured the pain. Cold sweat poured like rain.
"....."
Smirk-
Seeing that, Dominick secretly smiled. She was faithfully carrying out the command given by her master.
*****
The Blood Axe King led the fairies to the next section. It was already the 8th section.
"... Death Knight."
When the Blood Axe King entered the 8th section, among the nearly 30 monsters, he discovered a monster with a particularly strong presence and stopped.
Death Knight (★★★★).
Among undead monsters, it ranked high, and it was a powerful monster that even the Blood Axe King couldn't easily think of.
A guy like that appearing already...
"... Hoo."
The Blood Axe King smiled. He wanted to stab his axe into the body of the death knight spewing death energy.
"Erita!"
"Yes, Master!"
"Take the fairies and deal with the duarahan. I'll deal with the Death Knight."
"I will obey Master's order!"
The Blood Axe King, who gave the order to Erita, his first fairy after becoming master, gripped the axe he was holding tightly.
"Let's go!"
"Yeah!"
"We'll kill them!"
The Blood Axe King's fairies charged towards the duarahan. Over 20 duarahan rushed towards the fairies, holding rotten heads in one hand and large hammers in the other.
Only the Blood Axe King and the Death Knight didn't move. Although they were different species, they knew they were the strongest and that they were each other's opponents.
The Blood Axe King's fairies were only 4 in number. But they performed excellent battles against much more duarahan than themselves.
They paired up and pushed the duarahan, opening the way to the Death Knight. When the duarahan were pushed back and the path opened wide, the Blood Axe King and the Death Knight moved simultaneously.
"Uoooooo!"
"KyaAAAAA!"
The Blood Axe King and the Death Knight let out a roar and rushed towards each other. And simultaneously swung their weapons.
Clang-!
The axe and the greatsword collided. The strength was equal, neither backed down.
And then.
"... Kya? KyaAAAAA!"
"Ansol? Why?"
One of the Blood Axe King's fairies, Ansol, suddenly clutched her side and screamed. Her legs gave out, so she sat on the floor. The healed wound opened again, and blood poured like water.
"W, what?! Dominick! Dominick! Treat Ansol right now! Dominick!"
Fairy Solis, who was fighting the duarahan with Ansol, called for Dominick. But Dominick, who had disappeared, was nowhere to be seen.
"Kueoooooo!"
"Ah, no! Haaaa!"
Ansol and Solis were facing over 10 duarahan. Solis, who suddenly had to face so many duarahan alone, desperately fired skills while protecting Ansol.
But the misfortune that befell the Blood Axe King party didn't end there.
Maximum entrants exceeded.
<C-rank Dungeon - Wood Corpse Army> difficulty has increased.
Difficulty: C-rank → C-rank(+)
Number of monsters appearing in the dungeon increases.
Attack power of monsters appearing in the dungeon increases.
Speed of monsters appearing in the dungeon increases.
Traps in the dungeon become more complex.
New forms of monsters appear in the dungeon.
Additional monsters: Wood Ghost (★★★★), Undead Golem (★★★★), Death Ant (★★★★)
".... What?"
Alan was startled by the system window popping up endlessly in front of him.
Click click click-!
"Kuek?!"
The power felt from the greatsword, which had been equal until just now, strengthened. As the dungeon's difficulty increased, the Death Knight became stronger, and the Blood Axe King was pushed back step by step.
"Kuaaaaa!"
The Death Knight let out a roar and swung the greatsword as is.
Crack-!
"....!"
The greatsword sliced across the Blood Axe King's chest.