Chapter 11: A Special Deserted Island (2)
TL: Hanguk
'My father warned me so seriously yesterday... If he saw the current situation, he would be shocked.'
The only good news is that there are no monsters around.
The moment I realized I had fallen into a trap in the dungeon, I immediately activated the 'Intermediate Shield' skill built into my Magic Robe to prepare for monster attacks, but it turned out there was no need.
However, not knowing when and where monsters might jump out, I quickly took out the safety tent.
'Don't tell me, I can't set it up inside the dungeon?'
Whether the safety tent can be set up or not makes a huge difference in survival ability.
So, I pressed the setup button with a praying heart.
[The safety tent has been set up.]
[The installed safety tent cannot be dismantled for 10 minutes.]
Having confirmed that it was installed safely, I let out a sigh of relief.
And, trying to sort out my chaotic thoughts, I crawled inside the tent and lay down.
"Haha..."
In the quiet tent, lying still, I examined the tent's fabric and suddenly let out a hollow laugh.
No matter how much I thought about it, the process of getting into the dungeon was just too absurd.
Just a few minutes ago.
I was happily pondering how to cook the pheasant I luckily caught with a magic bullet.
'It would be nice to steam it with pine leaves, or simply roast it.'
But as if to solve my dilemma, a wild boar suddenly appeared, grabbed the pheasant I had hunted, and ran off into the mountains.
Infuriated, I chased after it and eventually gained the upper hand by hitting the boar's hind legs with a magic bullet.
Just before upgrading my breakfast from pheasant to wild boar meat.
Out of nowhere, a baby boar charged at me.
It seemed like the offspring of the one I was trying to kill.
An ordinary person might have been softened by the offspring's desperate attempts to save its mother, but...
'The young one would be softer and tastier, right?'
To me, it was just a situation of an additional serving of meat.
As I happily tried to subdue the piglet, looking forward to harvesting a large amount of protein.
I saw it.
A well in the mountains beyond the baby boar.
'Huh? Was there a well here?'
[You have discovered Mongma's dungeon.]
[As a first discovery reward, the amount of experience and items obtained in the dungeon will be doubled for one day.]
[You are being transferred to Mongma's dungeon.]
And that's how the current situation unfolded.
After the short reminiscence, I let out a long sigh.
"Sigh..."
I was too off-guard because the road chasing the boar was the same one where I caught the golden goblin.
I was distracted by the baby boar's charge and unintentionally deviated slightly from the original path, and just those few steps led me to be sucked into the dungeon.
It seems like I was right on the edge of the dungeon's boundary.
The well that seemed to be the entrance of the dungeon was also located in a blind spot that was not visible on the usual path.
"Weren't you supposed to bring me luck? If you're high grade, you should be worth it."
I vented my displeasure while looking at the 'Lucky Talisman' which occupied the first slot in my inventory window.
[Lucky Talisman / Rare]
-An item that adds luck to its owner.
-Effect is applied when kept in inventory.
It was the treasure I got from killing the golden goblin, but somehow it doesn't seem to work very well.
Or does it mean that it's a stroke of luck to enter this dungeon?
"Mongma's dungeon."
I could just wait inside the tent until the time limit expires and escape without any problems.
However...
The information that the amount of experience and item acquisition would be doubled as a first discovery reward caught my eyes.
'Should I explore the dungeon first? It seems okay to investigate around the safety tent.'
The safety tent has a protection zone that blocks monsters' within a radius of 5 meters.
It means that it protects the user even if they go outside the tent within a certain space.
Then, at least some safety is guaranteed, so I thought I might be able to investigate.
'Let's go.'
So I slowly got out of the tent.
"Huh?"
But the situation outside the tent was different from before.
Because there was a strange being in the previously quiet space.
'I had a feeling when I saw the name Mongma's Dungeon...'
Is that a woman? A woman with a voluptuous figure, barely clothed, beckoning me as if to seduce me.
It was a succubus, a type of monster that anyone who has ever played an RPG will recognize.
Her appearance was almost indistinguishable from humans, but small bat wings and a tail on her back gave a slight sense of alienation.
Of course, it was a being that could sublimate even that into sensuality.
"Is that what you call temptation?"
But other than her good looks and seductive movements, there was nothing special about her.
She looked good, but I wondered if there were humans who would be aroused by such an unknown entity.
I stared at the creature in front of me, diligently dancing and acting cute, tempting me to come out of the safety tent. Suddenly, I realized a possibility.
"Perhaps, being in the safety tent prevents me from succumbing to the succubus's temptation?"
A plausible inference.
So, I decided to test it.
I stood at the boundary of the tent, swinging my upper body like a whip to momentarily send my head outside the protected area before pulling it back in.
And so, I started the experiment in a strange posture.
- Ooh~!
-Thump!
I felt as if lightning had struck in my head.
My heart rate accelerated, and my blood rushed through my veins.
Alongside that, a strong urge to rush over and embrace that woman filled me.
If her appearance I observed quietly from within the tent was a monochrome black and white image, the sight I saw now was a colorful high-resolution 3D image.
Even her sultry voice had transformed from a cheap PC cafe speaker to a majestic home theater surround sound.
"Ha, ha!"
The recoil of my upper body caused my head to momentarily go outside the boundary before coming back in.
That was really close.
'It's terrifying, a succubus.'
It's a completely different type of monster from the ones I've faced so far.
Unlike a Direwolf or an Orc, which only physically drain you, it was hard to stay sober-minded in front of a succubus.
I can't even fight properly this way.
Since I can't attack the enemy from within the safe zone of the tent, I have to step out to do so. But stepping out would mean immediate defeat.
I'll be caught and face a death ending.
“Should I just endure inside the tent until I'm forcibly expelled?”
My legs gave way, and I slumped to the floor, turning my back on the creature that never stopped its dance of temptation.
I was thinking..
Because I didn't think the succubus's combat power looked high if I could somehow block her mental attack.
Since thoughts don't cost money and time is on my side, I used my brain.
But then.
"Huh?"
As I was scanning the dungeon interior, I noticed something.
Curious, I narrowed my eyes for a closer look...
"A box?"
I saw an old box placed in a hollowed-out space in the wall.
A box in a dungeon...
It naturally piqued my interest.
I wanted to get it immediately, but the problem was the succubus.
It didn't seem easy to get past her to the box.
"Darn, I should've thoroughly checked the surroundings when I first set up the tent."
In my rush to set up the tent, I missed what could've been easily within my grasp.
The lesson that impatience narrows the field of vision was learned at that moment.
‘Wait... Narrows the field of vision?’
As I was regretting my carelessness.
I suddenly thought of something.
'Is the succubus's temptation a visual effect?'
I sprang up from my seat, gathered some dust and dirt from the dungeon floor, and flung it towards the succubus.
Then the image of the succubus became blurry due to the dust.
At that moment, I tried swinging my head out using the recoil again.
"Oh?"
With the dust blurring the image of the succubus, I didn't experience the destructive effect like before.
So I learned that if I just didn't look at the succubus properly, I wouldn't fall for her temptation.
She's not even Medusa.
"This opens up several possibilities."
I had two choices.
One was to use the dust to attack the succubus, and the other was to retrieve the box.
'There's no guarantee the succubus won't physically attack while I'm getting the box. I'll only feel at ease after getting rid of her.'
In the end, I decided to attack the succubus.
-Swish! Swish! Swish!
I frantically swept the floor, gathering dirt.
Then I put it in my inventory, confirmed it was stored without a problem, and with a devout heart, I sprinkled the dirt in the air and stepped out of the safety tent.
'If I feel it's dangerous, I'll immediately duck my head and run.'
My combat strategy was simple.
Rather than unnecessarily swinging my sword to stir up dust, I decided to fire all my magic bullets.
If the succubus doesn't die even after all the magic bullets, I plan to return to the safety tent to replenish my magic power and come back out to fire more.
- Tututututuk!
But it seemed I wouldn't need such a complicated method.
The succubus who received ten magic bullets fell right onto the floor.
[You have defeated a low-rank succubus and gained 400 experience points.]
[You are the first to defeat a low-rank succubus and gained an additional 2,000 experience points.]
[Your level has increased.]
[Your ‘injuries’ and ‘status abnormalities’ are all healed as your level has increased.]
After all the worries and contemplation, it ended quite blandly.
Of course, it was thanks to the combat style that exhausted all my wits and magic power at once to make this fight possible, but I was relieved because I was worried about an unexpected attack.
[Reward for defeating the low-rank Succubus is given.]
-You've obtained 62 coins.
-You've obtained 2 bundles of low-rank succubus's hair.
[Reward for First to defeat low-rank Succubus is given.]
-You've obtained the 'Charm' skill book.
[Low-rank Succubus's Hair / Premium Material]
-The hair of a low-rank Succubus imbued with magic can be used to make robes or capes.
[Charm / Intermediate Skill Book / Passive]
-The charm that the opposite sex feels towards you increases.
Is it due to the combined rewards for being the first to discover the dungeon and the first to defeat the succubus?
This is the first time I've obtained a skill book from killing a regular monster, not a golden goblin.
But, a charm skill, that's very Succubus-like.
[You have acquired the Charm skill.]
I immediately learned the skill.
It won't help in battle, but it will help in life.
"Phew…"
The cave where the safety tent was set up returned to its silence, thanks to the safe defeat of the succubus.
And my gaze naturally turned to the unidentified box.
'It's not a mimic, is it?'
Considering the worst possibility, I picked up a stone and threw it at the box.
-Thunk.
There was no reaction other than the heavy wooden echo.
Just in case, I went closer and poked the box with my sword. Since there was no reaction, I judged it was a regular box.
"Oh? Wow!"
Upon seeing the contents of the box, my eyes widened.
[Silhouette Goggles / Grade: Premium]
-Even in environments where visibility is not secured (darkness, dust, smoke, etc.), you can see the silhouettes of people and monsters. People are marked with a white silhouette, and monsters with a red silhouette.
Surprisingly, the item that came out was exactly what I needed in this dungeon.
Judging from the description, it reminded me of night-vision goggles, but it looked like riding goggles.
A form that focuses not only on lightweight and function but also on design.
'Has a good visibility, huh?'
As soon as I wore the goggles, they fit snugly around my eyes as if they were made just for me.
But what was even more surprising was the function.
The landscape seen through the lens was a world of gray as if the color had been drained, but it was completely different from night vision goggles due to the excellent visibility.
With this, it seemed there would be no problem wielding a sword with the goggles on.
I expressed my satisfaction and lifted the goggles to my forehead, then looked over the rest of the items in the box.
[You have acquired 450 coins.]
[You have acquired 5 low-level potions.]
However, aside from the coins in the form of gold and lesser potions, no special items caught my eye.
Since the goggles alone were enough of a treasure, I didn't feel regret and closed the box.
-Clunk.
"Huh?"
After the lid of the box closed, a slight delay followed by a distinct sound was heard.
So, I opened the box again, and a board had fallen off the front of the box, and a crumpled paper was on it.
Something plausible.
I brought it back to the safety tent, carefully unfolded it and checked the contents.
[You have obtained Mongma's dungeon map.]
It was a map of this dungeon.
It was not just a map with terrain, but a detailed map that shows where which monster appears and the range of activity of the monsters.
But that's not all.
[You have acquired the 11th piece out of the 20 main scenario pieces assigned to the Korean Peninsula.]
[You can proceed with the derivative quest of the main scenario. Would you like to proceed with the derivative quest?]
There was a letter-like passage written on the back of the map, and as soon as I saw that passage, the message above appeared.
'Main scenario?'
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