Chapter 160
Chapter 160
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 160
Chapter Title: Sudden Rift in the Dwarf Mine
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[Title: The Dumbest Guy...jpg]
(Meme of a rift bursting in the mine)
(Meme of flattening swarming monsters with a hammer)
(Elf archer meme)
Every event has omens at the start.
But where's a wave that bursts without any warning?
Do rifts have no parents?
[Likes 1982] [Dislikes 102]
- What the hell is this all of a sudden?
- That rift is fucking huge ㄷㄷ;
- But the dwarves are surprisingly badass fighters.
- Check out how they sneaked in the elf imagery lololol
A rift opened in the dwarves' Second Mine.
No, "opened" wasn't quite right—it was more like they came out.
This rift had no warning signs whatsoever; the monsters just suddenly poured out.
"No, but they're holding it off pretty well."
The opponents were dwarves, after all.
It might be different elsewhere, but the dwarves' traits synergized perfectly with the mine setting.
Dwarves clad head to toe in steel, wielding masterfully forged weapons—they weren't going down easy.
The problem was the numbers.
[Title: Drew a human city!...jpg]
(Meme of all sorts of monsters crawling out of the mine rift)
(Close-up of goblin face)
lololol
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- Ugh, wash your face before living ^^;
ㄴ That's all they did~ lol
ㄴ Isn't that Elad?
ㄴ When did the elves have a meeting?
- But damn, there are so disgustingly many.
- Revolting af, makes me wanna puke, long ears and that's it fml
ㄴ You're talking about the monsters, right?
It was beyond swarming.
Like a thousand-unit defense map in a custom game, endless hordes of monsters.
True to medieval style where quantity is everything, they pushed forward, forcing the dwarves back.
More were coming in than they could kill.
"Retreat!"
In the end, the dwarves swiftly fell back.
They folded up their long spears and started climbing up to the mine's upper levels.
"Kieek!"
The monsters didn't miss the chance and charged after them.
The moment they pursued the dwarves along the bumpy mine path.
- KABOOM!
The quiet mine passage exploded, sweeping up countless monsters in a single blast.
"Uahaha, that's some real firepower!"
Of course, they hadn't left such a massive rift completely undefended.
[M14 Ankle Mine] - 74p
A cheap, mass-purchasable killing tool.
They'd pre-installed gear favored by the Earth Gallery.
- Feels so refreshing lololol
- Wouldn't have worried anyway, massive like
- Mine + Dwarves + Judak magic = can ignore and browse gallery worry-free
It wasn't enough explosives to collapse the mine, but that was intentional.
It was too vast a mine to abandon over one rift.
A controlled blast to shake the interior and bury the monsters in debris was plenty.
"Now we just mop up the stragglers."
A wide-open plain might be different, but waves in a single-path mine were too easy.
-Stab!
"Kieeeek!"
The dwarves advanced, easily finishing off the wounded monsters clinging to life.
"We got help again this time."
"Thanks, brothers!"
The dwarves peering into the screen and laughing heartily showed no trace of tension.
This was all within their expected range.
"...Something feels off."
The rift had burst without warning.
But could that really happen?
It felt less like a wave erupting and more like they just walked out.
Maybe something had changed with the rifts.
He was pondering whether to call the dwarves back amid this uneasy feeling.
"Hmm... I knew it."
Near the rift, amid the cornered monster remnants, a flirtatious voice rang out.
Not the tiresome kieek sounds, but clearly a human voice.
"Who's there!"
At the lead dwarves' shout, a woman soon stepped out from the monsters.
A green-haired beauty with perfect proportions that didn't suit being called a monster.
She stared straight at the screen, flashing a thick smile as she whispered.
"Judak, you there?"
"Gasp."
Even from beyond the screen, her gaze felt like it was piercing right at him.
Startled into a sharp intake of breath, the woman let out a small laugh and looked around.
"This explosion was all your doing, right?"
Blackened blast marks, monster corpses half-killed or incinerated.
But she just laughed like it amused her and beckoned toward him.
"This is fun. I'll be back."
"Ugly elf-lookalike! No place to run!"
A dwarf desperately hurled a spear, but it meant little.
-Gurgle.
A nearby monster blocked the attack with its body in her stead.
"But where do you think you're going?"
They were inside the Second Mine.
To escape, she'd have to pass the dwarves and head out of the kingdom.
But she casually walked toward the rift.
-Hummm.
" Huh?"
Soon the rift accepted her, letting her pass through.
"No fair."
Once monsters came out, going back in was impossible.
Not only that—the remaining monsters swiftly followed her into the rift.
*
[Title: Fml, can't stand it]
(Meme of her calling Judak and winking)
(GIF of her walking out from the monsters)
(Meme of her fluttering her skimpy outfit)
I'm really pissed now.
[Likes 1021] [Dislikes 59]
- Fr she's so seductive
- Can't just let this slide
- As a knight, I can't forgive this
ㄴ You're mad she insulted Lord Judak, right? Right?
[Title: Did I see that right?]
(Meme of monsters pouring out of the rift)
(Meme of monsters pouring back into the rift)
Fml that's cheating
If it's just that one rift, fine, but what if any rift does it later?
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- (Hmm... dunno! Elf con)
- Total disaster
ㄴ OP) Why so calm?
ㄴ Already totally fucked anyway lol
Rifts are one-way.
They give warnings before monsters emerge, and once out, can't go back in.
That formula for rifts was broken.
It was just that one rift so far, but an exception means it could happen anytime.
"And how does she know me?"
It was a monster he'd never seen before.
It spoke human language and looked human.
On top of that, it knew about him.
"Do monsters share info among themselves?"
Entirely possible.
He'd once glimpsed the outside.
It wasn't some incomprehensible monster realm.
There were clear signs of civilization, like a single dreary world.
"Looked like everything had perished."
Of course, no people.
The outside was all crumbled and shattered, in ruins.
If there were high-level monsters capable of conversation there...
"Gotta be more careful."
From their perspective, he was the top priority target.
Probably why that monster woman had eyed him.
"...Judak."
Then Penny spoke to him.
Using his real name, Judak, not her chat alias.
"That woman knows who I am."
"Huh?"
"She's the same type as me."
Come to think of it, Penny was a monster too?
A pretty high-ranking demon, as he recalled.
Penny pointed at the circulating gallery memes of the woman, her expression grave.
"Envy."
"Envy, like from the Seven Deadly Sins?"
Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath, Lust, Gluttony, Sloth.
The Seven Deadly Sins naturally came to mind.
Penny had called herself Lust or whatever before.
He'd thought it was just hell-themed roleplay, but hearing "Envy" confirmed it.
Penny's eyes widened, lips twitching before she asked.
"...How'd you know?"
"Well, it's super common?"
How often did the Seven Deadly Sins pop up in modern subculture?
They were everywhere.
Anyone who'd watched TV would know.
At his answer, Penny stared at him in utter shock, then muttered.
"This is... common?"
She looked deeply shocked, then glanced at the gallery and nodded in realization.
"Well, I guess..."
"Huh."
"Anyway, if you know, that speeds things up. She's really dangerous."
Penny pointed at Envy in the meme.
Her outfit was dangerously revealing, but Penny added with a grimace.
"Extremely ferocious and cruel. Her envy is so intense that once you're her target, you can never escape."
"No way, that bad?"
"She doesn't die in the first place."
Immortal, like Soonjuksip—wounds heal at unnatural speeds.
Plus that envy fitting her name.
"Why'd one like that cross over?"
"Because I came first...?"
"Huh?"
"And Judak, you're taking care of me."
So that's why she brought up him saving her.
"She got envious of that too?"
"...Yeah. That's Envy for you."
For crossing over before her.
For getting taken care of first.
"...I was a loner out there."
Penny hesitated a moment before saying.
"She must've hated seeing me happier than them."
Truly a trivial reason.
"Then the rift? Why can they come and go freely now?"
Envy aside.
The real issue was the rift.
Penny fixed him with an even graver look.
"That's..."
"That's?"
"I don't know either..."
"What?"
"I was a loner, remember...? No one played with me, so I came all the way here..."
Seeing Penny get all gloomy, he decided not to press further.
If even she didn't know, pondering alone wouldn't yield answers.
For now, dealing with that Envy woman was priority.
"If only she'd ripped through the rift like Penny."
She seemed at full power.
Immortal like Soonjuksip to boot.
"Can't kill her—gotta subdue her."
Penny said killing wouldn't help.
Perfect timing to learn about the rifts too; if he could capture and interrogate her.
"...But she's a strong fighter."
"How strong?"
"Even dozens of veteran knights might not take her down."
"Really?"
One veteran knight could beat a variant monster.
Dozens couldn't guarantee victory?
He asked with a tense expression.
"Then Penny."
"Yeah?"
"Is she faster than a gun?"
Penny blinked vacantly without answering.
Then turned it back on him.
"Is there... anything faster than that...?"
"Then we're good."
[Tranquilizer Gun (STN-312N)] - 1,350p
Count to three.
"Gonna have sweet dreams, huh?"
Heading out for another belting?
Time to tranq and tie her up.