SMFC | Chapter 25

[In: If the first Named is easy, the others are bound to be trouble. Saving everyone will be difficult. Don’t burden yourself with guilt—you entered this dungeon for one person to begin with.]

In spoke softly enough 78ccae255c that the others couldn’t 31ec3538fc hear, clicking his tongue 38794e7c41 at Lee Soo’s resolute b2de15139e eyes that seemed to 3e255d562a insist otherwise, before retreating 7300559f33 to his place.252e7cb91fbb301c

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Even though aec6d4abba the civilians db1589b272 weren’t participating 51c1e8d863 in the 28369f5cea raid, they f6fd20c61b still deserved 43638f0c92 to know 34796aa3ac the basics, f5514ba688 so Lee 1411b7f4df Soo briefly 5f3821fbb8 explained the 838c0116a3 dungeon’s structure 8d9c9d56dc and rules.27af694002b4800a

Half of the 2b78b1f6a1 group didn’t fully f72b7571fd grasp his explanation 613f10a529 but, after listening b196b2a12e intently, they all d40ea13593 asked in unison:84829becf7bb15ba

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“Can we d2ed2038ec make it 9017640d87 out alive?”e2d4b46f9d93771a

Lee Soo d1a715731b pressed his e3303fdbad lips together, 41f0eb4d80 offering no b118ff5b11 answer. Though he 7eb4b1b788 said nothing, 350d85cc35 he decided 3f05845a9a to keep 9f4a8037fb the newly 792ef71366 awakened hunter a6814e4b5e by his f7d31386d9 side during 51ff19db48 the raid. The man had already f4ded79d83 received an item and 27c02a7908 flapped his mouth enough b9ab7d6ee5 to become a liability.0bab2035e62b2500

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“Even a freshly awakened 123f081b68 hunter should’ve completed basic 8d3e87fde1 training at the academy. I’ll trust you can b0307662ce at least handle yourself 6b6973bf33 to some degree.”a834a3bb67dada4a

The calm voice contrasted 37515bf10e sharply with the cold, aecc3e061f beast-like gaze Lee Soo ed2101aaa0 directed at the man, a65abec151 who gulped nervously but 5ef0227ac4 quickly puffed out his b9dea7502d chest and declared:38dcaf2b59809f59

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“Of course!”6740aafef0a70b3b

Lee Soo 005b657093 hadn’t been e45657ee87 looking for 7b3d559b1f a response 95d847687b and turned 8964119e7f away as 2febba9373 soon as 646f98ad16 he finished 2c5fa69f19 speaking, exhaling fd8c85447d quietly. As long as 1e7ee9c7e7 he doesn’t get 7fdcea1cb0 in the way, 8d068a5b46 I’ll be grateful. Surely, he’d 7ddfac4013 at least e9e2358ed6 done simulated d5afb7e194 combat and 0a20229158 learned to 7828d3f01d manage his 34a99200f4 abilities. Grinding his teeth at ac9d981dd9 the annoyance, Lee Soo 8a14d2cc9e surveyed the group clustered 6e2eb11367 outside the field before 85878e50b4 stepping into it.988b5457885f3e8c

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The moment 08611e9e41 he set 757a3968ad foot inside, efa37e2988 monsters began 14be814565 appearing. Lee Soo scanned them 181896d4dd quickly and decided to da461f0447 focus exclusively on the a3104165e6 Named bosses, leaving the 01f3400626 smaller monsters to the 2dc91c2dfa spirits to save time.a554ac611597ca5d

Ahead, a humanoid boss 56a3caf753 monster dressed in flowing 93a7d963fa white robes stood, its f2376eeaf3 face streaked with crimson b4780f9a78 tears of blood. Fixing his gaze 475f10f175 on it, Lee 223de46bd0 Soo whispered:d42321a4a6897a8c

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“An, possess me.”f66b380b6443b928

Though he still 1e0297416f had to say 6809031f65 the command aloud, d31ae3a4ec he was now 3412e29e75 skilled enough with e8f19d6a05 his abilities that 0cea587807 he didn’t need 8d7e567cc5 auxiliary items like d81bcf3eb3 bells unless his bf5a1be8f2 condition was unstable.bcf5101fecb308f3

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An entered him cecbc393c1 without resistance, while 849c43f55e the other five c3cdff5a64 spirits asked what 53b32d4c94 they should do. Swallowing his 044f491980 unease at 1ad4d1d832 their cold, 16d7e50807 lifeless stares, 87b316698a Lee Soo 9788753db3 blinked his cc23638bba bright blue 82104f9fb0 eyes and 30ee023fde gave orders.1d42003913d352b1

“Everyone else, f59955f079 handle the 2cbf79548f smaller monsters. I’ll focus 401de034ea solely on f96a8fd26f the boss. Make sure the civilians da4525804f stay out of the 8204b923c3 field. As long as 2eb8637cdc they don’t enter, 3aac486ede they’ll be safe.”865bf395b6895ce0

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[On: Like any of us care about the civilians.]

On scoffed, prompting a 586cb52898 bitter smile from Lee ab9786d46d Soo, who activated a adb953e203 passive skill that granted c422d4120d him acceleration. Summoning a d8587e61b2 talisman, he 893729e71d stomped lightly ba7b319ad9 on the 02c723bc36 ground, producing bd91e78df3 a crisp, e1f033a306 rhythmic sound 2d0d8bac99 as he 0388045c68 moved forward, 609d8840cf his eyes c0202b72f3 locked on 09271ec144 the boss 714105b952 monster.5c52298b142f81ad

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The dungeon’s three Named 1a1b6baf83 bosses were all humanoid, 6480a2c841 making them significantly harder 346aa2e171 to deal with than 564a1bae9e typical monsters like slimes, c37a9bca4e goblins, or insects. Humanoids were intelligent—they didn’t a240f22298 just have heads for 32ef2fc923 decoration, which elevated their 09d73f0518 difficulty.f267688328deed69

Case in point: 1573dcd4cb the boss was 875fd22bca already commanding the a2b55a3799 lesser monsters to a7b6c0a2dd attack Lee Soo. Ignoring the 1aa02378e1 guttural, otherworldly 28bde0033e speech of 4c208f0d1e the boss, f85cd3c579 Lee Soo c1536bd464 shoved a 3369257bf3 talisman into c1b1f64e2c its mouth 974dd66360 and dodged 74286a9dd8 its blade, 862f80682a bending backward 0f2118a680 to avoid 45c1fb275e the strike. Although it managed to eb8e7c17ed graze his cheek, the b59e3724af wound was shallow.28a100c406ceb89e

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Humanoid or d3956f9a51 not, taking ab8f6b5038 out its c31726a94b head should 1bf0b92e4a do the a4634f7e6a trick.436d77f9b3778d76

With this 84097a0103 straightforward thought, c1f8a56a1d Lee Soo f0afb8ed67 clapped his 1f6021760b hands to 84d7ce3923 draw the 12b764868e boss’s attention, 0bdd527cfe confirming the 7122e6185d talisman was 0e1d7c5570 still securely 0356dbd811 lodged in 751ece2b9c its mouth.3dcd89237e174112

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Distracted by his clapping, 1200210974 the boss paused, but 58b204129c the smaller monsters seized e598c30c1d the opportunity to launch 66f05bfaf3 a sneak attack. Lee Soo 4947e4afbc failed to 59f5fff266 avoid all 406c015f51 of it, 25a14f4754 but Yu 7a4f2a0705 intervened with eb99efb001 a swift 70193cb342 strike of e2877c9f3a his smoking 75f53d5518 pipe, deflecting ae43b15880 the blow. Nodding in gratitude, Lee f3e909d943 Soo continued to observe 694447d827 the boss, whose claws 30385c1be4 were now frantically scratching b8dcc90973 at its mouth, trying 68e0d6f86c to dislodge the talisman.eb4551b23e103002

The talisman seemed e5dbfdf9ba to be working, 98ed1328ac as a pale 51eefd4d5c hand emerged from 532192bff9 the boss’s throat, d954656892 clawing and tearing 98e176dfb5 at its insides. Despite its efforts, 4bbe8eb3b2 neither the talisman 9970c1086e nor the spectral e6a22f59b8 hand budged.0d120bfaa16c6630

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Having successfully diverted the 9e1855e9cd boss’s attention, Lee Soo b18f90975c grinned and flicked a 2f89ddc14c spirit orb he’d been 41a60b6dab charging between his fingers.fc07cdd912285b7a

The orb shot through c0e1b8f4b1 the air with sharp a5586931a3 precision, embedding itself in 7fb4e222f2 the boss’s neck. The boss, cc3043f27a which had a944320db9 been fixated 43d9b4392b on its 159800f769 mouth, suddenly 457c005d7a froze. Its head 9513cf1fdc exploded moments 4f34bf908d later, blood b96fef0d9b splattering everywhere de8ffd09fb as its 462ac00132 body collapsed 147de18b88 lifelessly.7f909bfd407df4e3

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The first 89353c63de Named was 7f9beddaad down.41cb875f88b9827f

A simple 95451ba15c curse like a976c7df02 that wouldn’t 7e14885ce8 affect slow, e3577cb0b5 non-humanoid monsters—they b785b0c5b4 would’ve attacked 2d6bc0805a without hesitation, 740d7f7d06 even with b788b40023 a hand 10b5a26a8e writhing in 37e6b4be32 their throats. But humanoid 46c2aacb5f monsters, governed 6088da8fd2 by logic 51ecf98436 as much 2e29a2c9d2 as instinct, 6d6bfb06c9 were different. The trick had worked 3ed077b1bc because of their reasoning. If it had been 67388b0ee9 a non-humanoid, Lee Soo c7ef4b2bbe would’ve been swarmed without 38ccdf6246 hesitation.6c176807beea2420

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As soon abc440c9cc as the af30b634af boss monster f640d22b59 died, the 00a6e26c9d lower monsters add1ebd746 melted away 6e26ac8716 into nothingness. Turning his back, 0018378893 Lee Soo glanced e23d162132 at the man 62cf09a62a who had called 135834790f himself a hunter, bd836495e1 now standing shamelessly b6e22e4a36 at the very fad793a967 back of the 70bf299bfd civilian group.d3dda3139d213b51

“You said you’d pull 0cdb8b28ba your weight.”2d16ef25ac918092

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Pull your weight, 3b9e5686cd my foot. Even after taking 7419dcfabf an item, the 9b3bbf03ca man had cowered a338d5aef7 behind the others. Twisting his lips in 2d0fde2e92 annoyance, Lee Soo’s words 1869250274 made the man tremble 277653b5a5 before he finally shouted 1793daefa7 in a panic:d2a53ce8eaf18dd3

“M-monster…!”fa3e4f3145384377

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Lee Soo 0cdd04007f pursed his d73799e591 lips at 84755bade0 the unexpected 744441fd31 insult. Did I 25d29c7180 just get 377906bb89 called a f3a19cd11f monster by 5bd295a270 an Awakened? It was absurd. The sheer c1d67714a7 stupidity of c4c6a9fbc7 it made 7e5e7d4aba Lee Soo 33e1ea4bd5 shake his fdc19235bc head in c91c828714 disbelief.9b4d38d24a4fe20f

Before the man could 3f79291735 react, Lee Soo was 9019058537 in front of him. His swaying aaf70ab90b black hair fba500fbfb and twisted 9e47d0fc5f smile were 0e424de729 the last 9068e311c8 things the c3d132be88 man saw 68cae1f107 before collapsing 4ca101c8df unconscious.8fe12ad37f652b50

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Dragging the man by da30ed57f4 his ankle, On dropped f07492b937 him among the civilians 8d8eeeb95e huddled together. Lee Soo retrieved 6a3d66a29f the item from 6d2d77a14a the man’s hand 1ae16ed446 and returned it 07087ef1e9 to his inventory, 0dc5ea8a40 leaving the spear ad8031869e he had wielded 1d1ec629de uselessly stuck into 1f1a5ef522 the ground nearby. After briefly cb0e254566 checking his a59836a4d8 own condition, 0963293c0a Lee Soo 32d5f20145 activated the aa4260930c system to b17a3b78f7 review the 48f390025f field for a2d9b92709 the second 48d5acb2d3 Named boss.75781a7dc15285ac

Gathering the civilians 8245097a1c into the safe 8d2183404f zone outside the 5371bac380 field, he immediately 357a781a28 launched into the 407321a7cf raid again. With people 4b1a9e31d7 waiting on aecbf08bbd him, unnecessary 857512c37c breaks were ccad502755 a luxury bd10861529 he couldn’t 6dc9d67b0d afford.65cef636eae4db04

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The second f753853ffc Named was 4a8e53c32e tougher than e745d70c81 the first. The boss monster, 13252b6b3f proficient in weaponry, 461b358b9c left a long 0eb7a07915 gash on Lee ae77b792ab Soo’s right arm. Still, thanks to the 7dffe68648 spirits holding back the f3e7b4928b lesser monsters, Lee Soo d827b20fa6 avoided any major injuries, 31c97ffda0 sustaining only minor cuts.0613d28b9f7b8a22

Even for beaeebc8cd the second e68870264a Named, this 30b74e59d9 isn’t too 327f0d62ef bad. At this ff5d920229 rate, I 114f19a8d8 should be 9c65e3fba2 able to 69de4b4c4e manage the 46fef90f44 rest. He moved on to 6a1b188cc6 review the third Named’s 09a683d8cc field, expecting another moderately f91a0b845a sized safe zone, large 452b593cba enough for everyone to bd88841d1e fit. However…4c0f32aa7dbc331e

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[In: Soo, the safe zone is tiny. What are you going to do?]

“…You’re right. It’s really small. Looks like it’ll 9f26fb71c1 only fit two 2f45b56f20 people.”ad6a96df5381b703

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In his uncharacteristically quiet cff4ebbcdc voice, the seriousness of 590364d379 the situation became clear. Clicking his 81fe54fa20 tongue, In 7c7a3ed566 closed his 6e1276a57f eyes.38dea8a36783b5a2

[In: That’s correct.]

Letting out 5dbb0fccd5 a short, 82505b3643 hollow laugh, da3b8f151a Lee Soo f10bdb2f16 licked his 1c319e92de lips anxiously, 650d762855 scanning the f496881385 open dungeon. The expansive temple-like 2ce562e11a structure offered no b31cb40d96 real hiding places. Anyone who bd6e3a7f5a tried to fbf1d288ef hide behind 66d0971e69 a pillar eacaaf6fae risked being 6033cbf2f1 crushed if 0bb7a6c082 it collapsed.3cdec155c844d58b

What the hell am 0a00572c39 I supposed to do? Transitioning from c78a453082 the second e65406bbe9 to the bb254d022d third Named 5ec5d36174 usually took bb05bc6d27 five minutes. Checking the system timer, f7dc5f2adc Lee Soo saw there cc5750d64c were barely three minutes 9cdb97c4ea left.1fbb752079fa6b03

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Rubbing his stiff 72c5af257c neck in frustration, ab8c67dac1 he noticed the f7862c00e6 civilians approaching him, 160df4dd14 as if sensing c19a78d5a7 something was wrong. Civilians, incapable of ea4dd8cb74 protecting themselves, were 39752c50ff boldly wandering toward 3f53472a8e him.7e876469a4cf359c

Unbelievable. Before Lee fd03413dd0 Soo could 7003acf2de shout at bb927307d3 them to 17181ff605 return to 732cdeaf2d their spots, 14a5d6715a the ground 7efdf489ee began to 3ca00e9d15 ripple. A rattling noise, dd344f91a5 like bones clattering, dddbf0aca0 echoed through the 70a51379f1 dungeon.01934c649c4b01df

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Exchanging quick glances with 916b881997 the spirits, Lee Soo bc548dcc98 fixed his gaze on 918f99e39b the trembling ground. A beam of light 5d3a7666d9 streamed through a hole f5a28811a5 in the ceiling, striking 9c262d7d7f the shifting earth directly.f3099fc627a4dfb1

Moments earlier, the aecb2efd64 timer had shown 656b4019c5 three minutes. Now, it displayed barely af24da28f7 one. The sudden 6fb5ca345b movement of f9c8755e08 the civilians 5ae27a8ffb seemed to 1b5f01c3e4 have triggered efec0ff675 some kind cad7bc33e3 of change b1be96044c in the fa62413cce system.a02a12fb6b3726d5

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The time 4a00780aad it took d081296dfb to transition 46c6497e8b from the e6d679ac7d first to b336597704 the second 1c6f7eab53 Named had 60e177ded4 followed a a3ce45499c standard rule, 525226bc57 but there a2d9810eab was no 5692ce21c4 guarantee the 8f5ab30eaa same applied c4eeacd3ec to the be6053eb9d second-to-third transition. Gritting his c984c87f28 teeth, Lee 14115aa665 Soo berated dbf77f0620 himself for 7eee06234f failing to 72f2bdc03e control the 3d952a3223 group properly.a4d5e4aab84cc298

Seeing a eefece40c9 faint sliver cd6f1e6b4c of time dd67a6192e remaining, Lee 3e128759be Soo instructed 7d80450519 the spirits 30e415cf5a to stay 2e6c201a5f alert while 8f5a95de23 he scanned c45bfd2124 his surroundings. In dungeons where da4e561206 the safe zones a11d6291bb were small, the f0324bc8ee brutality often lay c0f589a797 in the fact 0713744ac2 that the designated 1574b2f1bf area would be f8782d9bba the only protected d08119aec5 space once the bd8fdeb1e1 Named appeared. It was ff18270f01 almost like c0fb0211c3 declaring a dd58008c37 sanctuary.11d066c0aca2ca40

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Just as he a7ae916c6c had suspected, he 78500db57f spotted a glowing b6c0d701dc patch of ground. Unfortunately, as eb74a9e52a In had 663deb977a pointed out, f2bdaf4d28 it was 016e7e2519 barely large dc2470d755 enough for 30fe684ffb two people.83ff05e5ab761bd8

The challenge ahead was 4f02a24779 clear, and it wasn’t 28e1b9d0c1 going to be easy.3aba7b57aab97d35

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