Chapter 81
The World Is Cold : Fuck, hahahahahaha
The World Is Cold : Everyone, check this out, lolololololol
The World Is Cold : Dungeon Protocol Address - (321,532,444,2)
The World Is Cold : The Rowjinrat Great Mountain Range. That's all, lol.
The World Is Cold : Hahahahahahahahahaha
The World Is Cold : Ah, this is it, this is it, this is it, this is it!!
ㄴTV Head : Did this bastard suck on Oblivion’s dick too??
ㄴSquinty-Eyed Character : lol, but you did have a rough time for a while.
ㄴSquinty-Eyed Character : You’re qualified, you bastard. I admit it.
ㄴPsych Ward Chief Patient : But there’s no guarantee the elves won’t come to the Rowjinrat Great Mountain Range??
ㄴPsych Ward Chief Patient : The obsessive yandere elves will come straight to rape you. Good luck.
ㄴThe World Is Cold : Yeah, let them come.
ㄴThe World Is Cold : I can just kill myself, lol.
ㄴWhaleWhaleYeah : Oh, I’m on the South Kingdom side.
ㄴWhaleWhaleYeah : This time it should be quiet.
ㄴKongKong : Ah...
ㄴKongKong : Of all places, it had to be the North Kingdom...
ㄴShibgan Love Dog : Newbie-yam!
ㄴShibgan Love Dog : We need to share our dungeon addresses ㅠㅠ
ㄴShibgan Love Dog : Let’s reveal them together when I count to three!
ㄴNewbie : Should we?
ㄴShibgan Love Dog : Mhm!
ㄴShibgan Love Dog : One!
ㄴShibgan Love Dog : Two!
ㄴShibgan Love Dog : Three!
ㄴNewbie : Frostthorn Mountain!
ㄴShibgan Love Dog : Blue Coast!
ㄴShibgan Love Dog : I’ll just die.
ㄴShibgan Love Dog : I’ll just die.
ㄴShibgan Love Dog : I’ll just die.
ㄴShibgan Love Dog : I’ll just die.
ㄴNewbie : I thought you said you weren’t a menhera
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There is an unspoken rule in the Dungeon Gallery.
That is, after teleportation ends, everyone shares their location.
This time, the biggest point of interest was naturally my dungeon coordinates.
Of course.
I’m the only SSS-rank deliveryman in Dungeon Gallery who can move between multiple dungeons.
The head mod once said.
If you take items from wealthy veterans’ dungeons.
And deliver them to dungeons in bad shape.
It can be a huge help to the dungeon masters.
ㄴOrange★ : It’s too far for me, fuck.
ㄴAnt Queen : It’s too far for me too, what a shame;;
ㄴAnonymous Butcher : Can’t make it from here either.
ㄴGolem King : Hehe, let’s definitely meet up next time.
ㄴDIP: I wanted to show off my Sands;;
Dungeon Gallery basically has what you’d call the BIG 6.
Why, you know how there are those things?
It’s the title given to the strongest upper-tier guys in comics or sports.
Dungeon Gallery’s BIG 6 is the same.
The head mod, Shibgan Love Dog, Ant Queen, Anonymous Butcher, Golem King, and DIP.
These guys have the highest levels and the largest dungeons.
I thought maybe one of them would be nearby this time.
But they were all too far away.
Boo.
No matter how overpowered the anomaly is, I’m still a newbie.
Maybe I could get some usable items.
I had high hopes, but what a letdown.
The dungeon that interested me the most was Golem King’s Replicant Automata.
How am I supposed to resist giant golems when I was born a man?
Anyway.
That aside.
"It’s the North Kingdom again."
Frostthorn Mountain.
The place where Secha-ham’s Dino World had been before.
This was where Dreamland had been teleported this time.
It moved farther away from Fire Forge, though.
But it got closer to the North Kingdom.
Tsk.
Honestly, I wanted to land somewhere else.
And with Aboralis the other day, too.
I drew way too much aggro.
"Still, wouldn’t it be okay?"
The rumors were totally fucked, sure.
I did already put Count Wolfhaupen in his place last time.
Ordinary people can’t even set foot in Dreamland.
Surely everyone knew that.
If there’s one thing that’s truly equal for everyone, it’s life.
Because everyone only gets one.
Let’s say Dreamland really is a villain threatening the world.
Let’s say the world could be destroyed unless I am killed.
But here’s the thing?
No matter how I look at it, I can’t imagine the people of the North Kingdom sacrificing their lives...
just to take Dreamland down.
'Why should I be the one to sacrifice myself to stop it?' I think that’s human nature.
Of course, there are definitely people who aren’t like that.
But they’d be the minority.
If everyone else just stands back and watches.
even the ones ready to sacrifice themselves would get increasingly pissed off and just stop.
Unless it hits them directly and personally.
I think people are creatures who hate stepping up.
If they came in aiming for mana stones, that’d be different.
But if they’re acting on a sense of justice, it’d definitely be like that.
As for me, world conquest or anything like that...
I don’t have any such ambitions, so maybe the rumors will cool off slowly?
Either way, all I had to do was make myself seem terrifying.
I just needed to show that invading Dreamland was the worst possible choice and would end in a pointless death.
It’s not that I feel no sympathy at all, but my life is precious to me too.
Ant Queen : Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ant Queen : ~the sound of Ant Queen’s frustration boiling over~
I didn’t want to hear the veterans nagging me either.
Besides, most of them were after mana stones anyway.
If I showed weakness, it would only attract even more intruders.
Anyway.
I’d have to borrow Mallang’s help again.
Recon was a piece of cake.
"Ack."
Yeah, yeah.
I’m counting on you.
Brothers, it’d be best to check out the Wolfhaupen territory first, right?
Yeah.
Right. He’s the one in the North Kingdom who knows Dreamland best, after all.
He might come back in, so I think the best thing is to keep an eye on the count’s movements.
Are you planning to summon an anomaly at the count’s mansion??
If so, please upload the live reaction too...
lol
Oh, look who it is.
Brother.
Me?
Yes.
Why are you calling me?
I heard you landed in the North Kingdom this time!
Would it be okay if I asked for the exact location? haha
KongKong.
To me, he was a veteran shrouded in mystery.
I thought I’d become close with a lot of people as a dungeon master by now,
but not KongKong.
If I were to rank this newbie’s sense of inner closeness,
Love, who shouts Newbie-yam every day; Jjangryong bochu Secha-ham, whom I’ve seen face-to-face; and Cowhead-ham, who stubbornly asks for live coverage, all feel pretty close to me.
Then there are the veterans who show interest in me.
And the veterans who toss out reactions from time to time, but KongKong-ham was the very last case.
And KongKong-ham is probably the one farthest from me among them.
Well, I guess that’s only natural.
In social life, there are people you can spend a long time with and still not be close to.
That’s just how it is.
We only interact through the community.
That’s perfectly possible.
We’re just not close.
It’s not like we hate each other, right?
We even replied to each other’s comments before.
I figured I might as well try to get a little closer this time.
Since setting up anomalies benefits both of us anyway.
Why do you ask?
Would it be okay if I came by to set up an anomaly? haha
Ah......
Could you give me a little time to think?
Oh, of course.
That reaction was a little unexpected.
I waited for KongKong’s reply,
but he didn’t show up in the gallery for a while.
"Um......"
I scratched my head.
It seemed I’d been rejected.
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Dungeon Gallery has a system called secret comments.
Basically, only the post author can see them.
Newbie(◑) : I l o v e you!
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : Gasp, what happened...?
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : For Newbie to even leave a secret comment like this...
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : Could it be what I’m thinking...?
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : (/////)
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : Phew...
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : Let me mentally prepare myself for a moment ㅠㅠ
ㄴNewbie(◑) : No... I just came because I had something to ask privately.
ㄴNewbie(◑) : Please stop.
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : ...........
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : I’m depressed now ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
ㄴNewbie(◑) : What on earth were you expecting, lol
ㄴNewbie(◑) : Anyway, I wanted to ask about KongKong-ham.
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : Mhm, mhm.
ㄴNewbie(◑) : Is he usually a bit cold to other people too?
ㄴNewbie(◑) : We’re not exactly close
ㄴNewbie(◑) : but since we’re nearby this time,
ㄴNewbie(◑) : I asked if I could come by to set up an anomaly.
ㄴNewbie(◑) : But it felt a little like I was turned down ㅠㅠ
ㄴNewbie(◑) : So I was wondering if I’d done something wrong.
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : It’s not like Newbie got on his bad side or anything
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : he’s just like that to begin with.
ㄴNewbie(◑) : Like, a literal 100% introvert??
ㄴNewbie(◑) : Is that kind of how I should think of it?
ㄴNewbie(◑) : If it’s someone he dislikes
ㄴNewbie(◑) : he wouldn’t force himself to go either
ㄴNewbie(◑) : so that is a little disappointing...
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : lololol...
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : Ah, should I say this or not...
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : Can you give me some time to think too??
Huh?
This was the first time Love reacted like this.
"No, seriously, what is it?"
Why are you making me so curious?
Is this a staged prank?
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : Newbie-yam!
ㄴNewbie(◑) : Mhm, mhm.
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : This is something everyone knows,
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : but it’s also something everyone pretends not to know.
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : So you absolutely must not mention it in Dungeon Gallery.
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : Especially never in front of KongKong.
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : Got it???
If you lay the groundwork like that,
it makes me think there’s some insanely huge secret.
I’m human too, so I can’t help but get my hopes up.
I swallowed hard.
ㄴNewbie(◑) : I’ll take it to my grave...
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : Phew... There’s one last thing I want to ask Newbie.
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : Which dungeon do you think is the happiest in this world?
The phrase 'happy dungeon' sounds kind of weird...
ㄴNewbie(◑) : If I had to pick, wouldn’t Secha-ham’s dungeon, the easiest one to clear, be the happiest??
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : Wrong!
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : The correct answer was KongKong’s dungeon!
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : The reason is simple.
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : Because...
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I could only gape after reading Love’s comment.
I’d been through a lot as a dungeon master so far,
but I thought nothing more shocking existed in the past or future.
And for good reason.
KongKong’s dungeon...
was a different genre in more ways than one.
ㄴNewbie(◑) : Damn...
ㄴNewbie(◑) : So...
ㄴNewbie(◑) : to sum up what Love said...
ㄴNewbie(◑) : KongKong is a succubus or incubus, right?
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : lol...
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : He vehemently denies it, and everyone pretends not to know,
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : but KongKong’s dungeon is really famous,
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : so it feels like we can only get information from intruders...
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : Anyway, this is seriously one of Dungeon Gallery’s taboos...
ㄴShibgan Love Dog(◑) : You absolutely cannot say it, okay????
ㄴNewbie(◑) : Got it
ㄴNewbie(◑) : Thanks for telling me...
So it really exists in this world too.
An erotic trap dungeon.
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Hmm.
How should I put it.
Now I understood why he’d kept up the mystique concept all this time.
I mean, the dungeon masters probably didn’t choose it knowing the theme, after all.
Everyone else gets cool races like demons, angels, vampires, golems, undead, and so on.
If he’s the only one with such a lewd dungeon,
it’d naturally be hard to talk about.
And how could he possibly say it to a newbie?
Gotta respect that.
That said, I thought the anomaly was already pretty unusual.
I never expected there’d be a dungeon even more unusual than this.
What the hell kind of guy is Oblivion, anyway?
For that reason, I gave up on meeting KongKong-ham.
I figured I probably wouldn’t run into him in the future either,
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The other day, you asked if you could come to my dungeon, Newbie.
You can come, but, well...
Could you maybe help me out? lol...
Huh?
All of a sudden?