CH 66

The square of the Earth, the work site of the Aegis Guild.

Seeing the portal change to 40 hours, Daehan’s deputy master Choi Shik-Hyeon quickly contacted Daehan in Korea.

Even if everyone in the dungeon died, the dungeon gate would run out in 40 hours, and the Korean forces had to gather around that time.

Time went by.

Choi Sik-Hyeon looked down at the bottom of the pit and asked Oh Jung-soo.

“Is this the place where the pillar might be?”

“Yes, that’s right, brother.”

“Did you not give up because it was difficult to dig?”

“It was. I’m digging at Aegis now. It’s amazing how they dug this far.”

“Is this a quest given to Lewis?”

“I don’t know. Is it a quest or just curiosity?”

Choi Sikhyeon looked at the pit and nodded.

“There’s nothing good about being known outside. They should come out before they know… … .”

“It will be alright, brother. I had a hunt with Lewis once, and it was amazing.”

“Enough to catch Yuma?”

Oh Jung-soo shook his head, remembering Jun-woo at that time.

“I’ve never seen Yuma, but considering the comparisons, I don’t think it was that much.”

“Hmm… … .”

“It will be fine, though, because two people can do it. Don’t worry too much, brother.”

Choi Sik-Hyeon looked down at the ground with worried eyes.

Then the guild member, watching the portal from below, hurriedly climbed up the wall.

“Successful! The black portal has been changed to blue, and the remaining time on the portal is about 21 hours!”

The worry on Choi Shik-Hyun’s face disappeared in an instant.

Oh Jeong-soo said happily.

“Look, brother. Haven’t you already solved it? I have 21 hours left, so I’ll have enough time to explore the dungeon gate.”

Choi Sikhyeon let out a shallow sigh.

“It’s good, it’s good. Let’s go in. It’s been a long way to get out.”

“That’s right, brother.”

The news that the dungeon gate was safely solved spread quickly throughout the area.

Murata said to Leon.

“It has been successfully resolved.”

Leon sighed in relief.

“phew… You were worried.”

Murata wasn’t too concerned.

There have been times when I have fought Jun-woo, and there have been times when I have seen a battle with his power.

There was no way he couldn’t do the part of two uniques.

Variables could have arisen due to the nature of the dungeon gate. Still, it was disappointing that he could not enter.

‘I hope next time I get a chance… … .’

The dungeon gate sometimes required a large number of people.

If that time came, maybe he would have a chance to enter.

Lee Mina, who was nearby, also felt sorry for her.

The reward of the dungeon gate was relatively thick instead of dangerous.

‘envy… Ji Dong-won… … .’

Outside, they wondered what rewards those insides would have received.

* * *

Jun-woo took Yoshimura, Eumeria, and Ji Dong-won and went out to catch the golems blocking the road.

There was no special reward for the golems here, and unlike other golems, it didn’t feel like the items were coming out well.

Still, there was a thought in their minds that there might be something at the end of the road.

But suddenly, a dead-end appeared, and Yoshimura looked at the wall in bewilderment.

“Is it over? Do I have to go through it again?”

Ji Dong-won took a mace and slammed the wall down hard once.

Bang!

The wall was slightly cracked.

Ji Dong-won’s eyes turned to Jun-woo.

Ji Dong-won’s eyes felt like he was begging for another hole in the wall.

Yoshimura scratched his forehead.

“The old man, should I call you again?”

Kim Seong-pan’s skill was a big help in breaking through the wall.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Three cannonball robots started shooting towards the wall.

Yoshimura said with a puzzled face.

“What? Shall I call you?”

“Bring it.”

“Ah, I borrowed the hand of a thief, but I have the ability… … .”

Yoshimura sprinted.

Sitting on the wall, Kim Seong-pan got up when Yoshimura ran up.

Yoshimura gestured and said.

“Follow me.”

As it was a gesture to follow, Kim Seong-pan hurriedly nodded.

It looked like he needed it.

When I ran to the place, the work of drilling the wall had been in progress for a long time.

Kim Seong-pan hurriedly used the skill toward the wall.

Jun-woo didn’t feel sorry for Kim Seong-pan.

However, Ji Dong-won did not know the relationship between the miner and Jun-woo, so he felt a little sorry.

It was called and written as needed.

However, the word sorry came out of Kim Seong-pan’s mouth first.

“there… I’m really sorry. I don’t even have ten mouths to say about that… And thank you so much for saving me… How to repay the favor… … .”

“It’s okay. You are helping me now.”

“Yeah… Please do anything. I will work hard.”

Ji Dong-won looked at the two in turn as if in doubt.

One had a sorrowful expression on her face, and the other had no expression on her face.

Suddenly, Ji Dong-won remembered the news of a couple of miners who tried to break into Jun-woo’s underground workshop.

‘Is that him?’

Ji Dong-won looked at Kim Seong-pan curiously and turned his head to the wall.

The wall was cracked little by little.

20 minutes passed like that.

The wall was clearly more than 10m through, but there was nothing that could be called a length.

Yoshimura said softly.

“I guess not this time?”

Jun-woo fired a gun without answering and threw a self-destructive robot.

Another 30 minutes passed like that, and Jun-woo put the gun down.

Ji Dong-won said with an awkward smile.

“Haha… Shall we go look elsewhere? There is still plenty of time.”

“Let’s do that.”

They walked back all the way, looking around the walls around them.

Seongpan Kim also wanted to find something, so he put his hand on the wall and followed them.

I wanted to feel the warm feeling I felt earlier, but I didn’t feel it.

They came out through the perforated wall and waited for Jun-woo to decide where to go.

Jun-woo thought about whether there was a special place as he remembered the road.

Then Kim Seong-pan carefully said to Jun-woo.

“there… How about piercing through the wall over there?”

“Where?”

“Hey… Maybe not, but it’s a feeling that’s hard to explain… … .”

“All right. Please use your skills.”

“Yeah! then… … .”

Kim Seong-pan hurriedly used his skill toward the wall.

Then, toward the purple-colored wall, Jun-woo fired another bullet, fired a shell, and threw a self-destructive robot.

Yoshimura let out a shallow sigh.

“If I knock on all the walls, time will pass… Would you rather just catch a monster? The items seem to have come out well.”

As Yoshimura said, the monsters in the dungeon gate tend to come out well with gold and items.

“If you catch it, there may be a reward… You might find a special place, right?”

“I’m going to take a peek here. You can come while the three of us are hunting.”

“There’s nothing I can’t catch, but… Would it? Eumeria, tell me something.”

Eumeria said to Ji Dong-won.

“Would the three of us go around?”

“Yeah? Ah… Will it?”

They didn’t really have much to do other than look around.

Jun-woo said to Yoshimura.

“On the way, drop 1 gold each.”

“Huh? Why?”

“Because I need to know where you went.”

“Aha, okay. If you are working hard, I will go.”

Yoshimura ran with the two of them and threw a coin on the floor.

Jun-woo and Kim Seong-pan continued to use their skills toward the wall.

30 minutes passed like that.

The walls were only broken through, and no unique places or treasures were found.

Kim Seong-pan looked at Jun-woo, not knowing what to do.

“there… sorry… I said something… … .”

“no. I’ll try a little bit more. Because you never know.”

“Yeah… … .”

Jun-woo did not give up even when he made 100,000 iron daggers.

Jun-woo did not give up easily on anything.

Another 10 minutes passed, and another 10 minutes passed.

Kim Seong-pan frowned as he seemed to have said something pointless.

“Even if you stop… … .”

Jun-woo asked.

“Do miners dig until they find them?”

“Yeah? Yeah… In case you don’t know… … .”

“I feel the same way.”

“Ah, yes… … .”

Jun-woo spent another 20 minutes like that.

And perhaps it was the result of hard work. The shells exploded, revealing a hole in the wall.

Light came out from the hole.

Jun-woo threw a black pig with a very startled look, and when the black pig exploded near the hole, the space on the wall became large enough for a person to fit in.

Looking at the space where the light was coming out, Kim Seong-pan said to Jun-woo with wide eyes.

“I found it!”

There were only monsters on the road I went to earlier.

But here, the golden light was coming out.

Jun-woo walked over and looked inside.

It was a minimal, round space.

A book floated in the center and rotated slowly, and below it, a golden light was shining from the bottom up.

Jun-woo went inside.

Kim Seong-pan did not go in and looked inside with curious eyes.

Jun-woo looked at Kim Seong-pan once, then walked around and put his hand on the book.

Then he brought it into his arms and looked at it.

[Lv.1 Earth Protection][Bond]

-Rank: Legendary

-Active: Increases defense by 1,000 for 3 seconds when used. [Consumes 30 mana] [Cooldown 20 seconds]

– Item value: 15,000,000,000,000

It was a skill book and an attribute that could not be sold.

The bound skill book was usually a skill that had to be obtained directly through hunting.

And the unique feature of the attributable skill book was that it was particularly effective.

There, the rank was legendary.

Jun-woo opened his mouth slightly and hurriedly put it in the item window.

Then I looked around the floor, the ceiling, and the surroundings to see if there was anything else.

There was nothing but one book.

Jun-woo looked at Kim Seong-pan, who was staring blankly from the outside.

Since he might be looking for another place from the miner’s point of view, Jun-woo called Kim Seong-pan.

“Come on in.”

“Ah yes!”

Kim Seong-pan tried to put his body through the hole he had drilled.

But I couldn’t get in.

[You cannot enter.]

The golden light pushed Kim Seong-pan away.

“I can’t go in… … .”

Seeing Seong-pan Kim, who seemed to be blocked by something, Jun-woo looked around again and came out.

“Let’s see if there are any other places.”

“Ah yes! And Chu, congratulations!”

“Thank you.”

Jun-woo looked at Kim Seong-pan and said,

“I will agree with your wife as soon as you leave.”

“Go, thank you! Thank you!”

“Once the bail is accepted, use it as bail.”

Jun-woo held out to Kim Seong-pan a huge golden gold bar that was hard to hold with one hand.

Kim Seong-pan’s eyes widened because it was the first time he had seen such a giant gold bar.

“Ah, no, bail is something we… … .”

“Take it. Think of it as a reward you found.”

“What have I done… … .”

“Come on.”

Kim Seong-pan cautiously held out his hands, thinking that Jun-woo’s blunt-sounding tone should not be more reluctant.

“Well then, thank you… … .”

Jun-woo placed a gold bar on Kim Seong-pan’s hand.

Kim Seong-pan was surprised when he checked the amount.

“Hey, so many?”

“Don’t ever do that again. I don’t think he’s that big of a person.”

“I’m really sorry… … .”

“I’m going to forget about it with this.”

“T-thank you… … .”

Kim Seong-pan bowed his head with an apologetic face.

“Let’s look for it again. If I find a place like this again, I’ll give you twice as much.”

“Yeah? Yeah! Oh, of course, you don’t have to. It’s already enough… … .”

“Let’s go.”

“Yeah!”

Jun-woo looked around as he walked along the path where the coin was thrown.

Kim Seong-pan followed Jun-woo, stroking the wall.

Did you walk for about 30 minutes? Kim Seong-pan said cautiously.

“Over here… … .”

“Do you think there is something?”

“Yeah? I don’t know about that… … .”

“Please use some skill.”

Kim Seong-pan left a mark, and Jun-woo’s shell hit it there.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Pop!

It continued for 30 minutes.

And another 30 minutes passed.

Returning the way Yoshimura had gone, he approached Jun-woo, who was breaking through the wall.

“Are you here this time? Also dug deep. What did you find?”

“A book.”

“really? What book?”

“Just~ How was the hunting?”

“not bad. The monsters here are quite rich.”

“By the way, everyone has to pay for the item’s value.”

Monsters in the dungeon gate tend to give a lot of gold.

In addition, the items fell well.

Since the item was borrowed, it had to be returned. Since its durability was reduced, it had to be repaid according to its value.

Yoshimura smiled sadly.

“What is that? That’s how much I earned.”

“Did you pick up the skill book earlier? What is your grade?”

“It’s unique. I will write, But did you really pick up the book? ” A skill book?”

“There was. something like that.”

“Oh, can I also break through walls?”

“Will the mace be crushed?”

Yoshimura said as if embarrassed.

“It’s a bit difficult… This is expensive… … .”

“Go hunting. If there is a place that looks special, please tell me.”

“Okay, okay. Then say goodbye. If they find even a middle boss, they will come to find the coins.”

Jun-woo nodded, and Yoshimura, Eumeria, and Ji Dong-won, who had heard it once, left again to catch the Golem.

Jun-woo wasted another hour at that place.

The wall was destroyed for two hours, but nothing was found.

Kim Seong-pan carefully dried it.

“there… Looking for another place… … .”

Jun-woo dug in for another 30 minutes.

But nothing came out.

The location changed, and Kim Seong-pan carefully pointed to the wall again.

“Here… … .”

I dug again for two hours, but there was nothing there.

“Sorry… … .”

“no. Let’s move it again.”

Jun-woo and Kim Seong-pan continued smashing the wall for the remainder of the dungeon gate portal.

However, there was no significant harvest other than obtaining some 400 million gold Orichalcon minerals.

“Sorry… … .”

“It’s okay. I am getting ready to go out.”

Jun-woo approached them while they were hunting.

When Jun-woo came, they stopped hunting and walked to the starting point.

Jun-woo said as he walked.

“Give me the item and the remaining buff potion.”

Jun-woo was planning to collect the items they borrowed from inside.

Yoshimura smirked and took off her armor.

“It’s strict. very good.”

Ji Dong-won and Eumeria also returned all borrowed equipment and remaining buff potions to Jun-woo.

They put on their original gear and stood in front of the portal.

With about 30 minutes left, Jun-woo fired a shell at one wall.

Yoshimura looked at Jun-woo as if it was ridiculous.

“In addition?”

“You can leave if you want to go first.”

“The Master can’t go out. Is that possible?”

Yoshimura sat on the floor and looked at the piercing wall.

But they couldn’t find anything, and it wasn’t until two minutes left that they all went outside.