Chapter 58
Golem King : This is really bad...
ㄴGolem King : If we can't use the anomaly too, we're really screwed.
ㄴGolem King : Judging by the way they're fighting, they really came in with their blades sharpened.
ㄴSkellybones : Damn, lol...
ㄴSkellybones : No wonder things felt like they were going too smoothly...
ㄴSkellybones : So the 'Initiation' tag only applies during its own dungeon's wave after all.
ㄴSkellybones : That was too optimistic of an assumption.
ㄴDIP : Can't be helped...
ㄴDIP : Now all we can do is trust in Secha's luck and skill.
ㄴNo Minions for Me : Yeah. It's not over yet, is it?
ㄴNo Minions for Me : Only the anomaly minions aren't moving.
ㄴNo Minions for Me : The situation is absolutely not hopeless.
ㄴNo Minions for Me : They're people too, so they'll definitely make mistakes.
ㄴNo Minions for Me : If we keep pressuring them relentlessly, we should be able to hold them off.
ㄴOrange★ : Yeah
ㄴOrange★ : It's too early to give up.
ㄴOrange★ : We've only just entered Zone 2, and we can still win.
ㄴAnonymous Butcher : You can do it.
ㄴAnonymous Butcher : Hold your nerve and focus.
ㄴAnonymous Butcher : You didn't survive this long just to die here.
ㄴLovehound : Newbie.
ㄴLovehound : Get out of there right now.
ㄴNight Raven : Lovehound...
ㄴLovehound : I know. I know it sounds harsh.
ㄴLovehound : I don't want Secha to die either.
ㄴLovehound : But if the newbie stays here, there's nothing he can do.
ㄴLovehound : Fight a Sword Master barehanded?
ㄴLovehound : I'm absolutely against it.
ㄴLovehound : Newbie has done enough at this point.
ㄴLovehound : He did his best.
ㄴLovehound : Anything more than that here is just wrong.
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I looked at the hologram.
At the same time, I also caught a glimpse of the gallery window, and the atmosphere was awful.
It was practically a house of mourning.
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Newbie : No no no no no no no
ㄴNewbie : There's still a way
ㄴNewbie : Ah, I was way too stupid this time
ㄴNewbie : Don't worry too much, guys
ㄴNewbie : I'll make it work somehow
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My thoughts were different.
It was entirely possible.
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This really was.
If I'd thought about it just a little more, I could have dealt with it without any losses.
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Haa.
I bit my lip.
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Honestly, because the anomaly had been so overwhelmingly powerful up until now.
I think I'd been thinking about it too vaguely, and I regretted that a little.
But now wasn't the time to regret it; it was time to act.
There was still enough time to set things right.
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With this method, it might be possible.
No, this was the only way from the start.
I had no choice but to try it.
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"Secha-ham. Could you somehow hold out for four more days?"
"Why four days all of a sudden...?"
"Maybe I can even make the anomaly minion move in your dungeon, hyung. That's what I'm thinking. Please think of this as our last line of defense and trust me once."
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I said this to Secha-ham.
First, retrieve the neck-snapping yandere from the swamp.
I'll send a signal to the gallery at the right time, so when I do, deploy it in the zone where the intruder is.
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"......"
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Secha-ham looked at me with a puzzled expression.
Before long, he nodded.
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"......Okay."
"Please be sure to post the live feed in the gallery, and anyway, I'll hurry off now. Let's definitely meet again alive."
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I tore the escape scroll without hesitation.
I briefly worried whether Malang-i could get out too.
As the wriggling crawler swallowed Chase's escape scroll.
Malang-i's body was also bathed in light.
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Good.
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"Let's go full speed!"
"Eek."
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Malang-i flew at full speed.
It shot through the clouds at a speed that made me wonder if I was overworking it.
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The window I had just been looking at was the wave notification window.
Dreamland still had four days left until the wave.
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If an intruder entered within this cycle, the wave would start.
Otherwise, the timer would reset.
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The anomaly minion's 'Initiation' tag activates when Dreamland's wave begins.
Which meant.
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That meant the anomaly minion located 'outside Dreamland' would also
likely be able to move once Dreamland's wave began.
Because it hadn't reacted to Dino World's wave.
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Seeing Malang-i move freely in Dino World,
this was definitely the answer.
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I was sure of it.
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"Kerruk, kerruk... ke, kerruk!?"
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For the wave to start, it first needed an intruder.
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Goblins live near Fire Forge.
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Do you remember Gronak, Chase's friend who came into the dungeon before?
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While I was eavesdropping... he said that, as a ranger, he had come to Dreamland to wipe out the goblins and help his friend.
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I had once had Lestia do it
to lure the goblins and trolls of the Rojirant Great Mountain Range into Dreamland.
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Then how about 'force'?
I mean the act of forcibly dragging an intruder into Dreamland.
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It should be possible.
In many ways, I'm practically a bug in the system.
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Since it's been caught and knocked out by me right now.
I do feel a little sorry for the goblin that's being dragged along by Malang-i.
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But our side is in a tight spot too, so it can't be helped.
Once everything's over, I'll share some good stuff with you...!
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All the preparations were complete.
The goblin had already been brought into the dungeon.
All that was left now was to wait for the wave.
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【24 hours remain until the wave.】
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I opened the gallery.
I clicked on Secha-ham's latest post.
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The World Is Cold : Sigh... they've already broken through to Zone 6... f***...
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The situation wasn't good.
Even though they had killed nine elves.
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The damage Dino World had taken was far greater.
More than half of their minions had been killed or injured.
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The entry cap for a level-200-or-higher dungeon was 20 people in total.
There were still ten elves and one Sword Master left standing.
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Secha-ham appeared to have been wounded by the Sword Master and was recovering at the Healing Spring.
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The remaining zones were now Zone 7 and Zone 8.
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Dino World's Zones 9 and 10 were not combat zones.
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In other words, if Zone 8 was breached, the game was over.
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The World Is Cold : I seriously want to kill myself......
ㄴLovehound : Sorry, there's nothing I can do to help...
ㄴLovehound : And I think I was a little too harsh before... I'm really sorry...
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ㄴThe World Is Cold : Why are you apologizing, Lovehound... The elves are the bad guys lol...
ㄴThe World Is Cold : And it's only natural to worry about the newbie
ㄴThe World Is Cold : If Lovehound hadn't said it, other people would have, yeah
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ㄴThe World Is Cold : Of course I've got a fallback.
ㄴThe World Is Cold : The newbie said he'd somehow figure out a way to make the anomaly minion move
ㄴThe World Is Cold : and I'm busy, so I'm heading out now
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From here on out, all I can really do is pray.
I bit my lip and watched in silence.
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【20 hours remain until the wave.】
【15 hours remain until the wave.】
【10 hours remain until the wave.】
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The more the wave timer ticked down,
the closer and closer the elves were getting to the core room.
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【6 hours remain until the wave.】
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Zone 7 was eventually breached.
Now all that remained was Zone 8, the last line of defense.
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The World Is Cold : Holy shit, I survived one more turn...
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Fortunately, the elves chose rest instead of advancing.
I let out a sigh of relief.
.','Yeah.','You guys need sleep too.','This is fine.','That's enough.','Newbie : Please deploy the yandere to Zone 8 now.','ㄴThe World Is Cold : Yep, yep, yep, yep.','ㄴNewbie : Just in case it might affect the minions.','ㄴNewbie : Send the minions far away and be careful too, Secha-ham','ㄴThe World Is Cold : OK, OK', '.', 'Then I should get ready too.',