GM Ch105

“A hidden dungeon appears?”

“Yes. He said the boss monster there gives good items.”

As soon as he heard the word “item,” Soohyuk’s eyes sparkled similarly to Park Hanyoung. Combat-type hunters who frequented dungeons were obsessed with high-grade, well-optioned items. The difference in items was the difference in combat power.

Minjun, who wanted to give Soohyuk a mythic-grade item, aimed for the dungeon’s hidden quest. The easiest way was to enter an S-class dungeon and try everything. However, only a few S-class dungeons were created in Korea each year. There were many A-class dungeons, but the item grade that could be obtained through hidden quests was limited to legendary grade.

In the end, Minjun decided to use a slightly difficult and complicated method. The method of using the Fragmented Source was similar to that of the spirit stone. If you held the Fragmented Source and a magic stone in your hand and infused them with magic power, a hidden dungeon would be created. There was only the hidden dungeon boss without any other monsters.

The grade of the hidden dungeon and the boss grade were determined by the grade of the magic stone. So, to get a mythic-grade item, you had to use an S-class magic stone.

Of course, even if everything was prepared, the maximum probability of a hidden dungeon appearing was 50%. If it failed, the S-class magic stone would be lost. But the reward for success was too great. You could get a mythic-grade item and get the S-class magic stone back. This method was high risk, high return.

In the other world, Minjun had opened hidden dungeons using Fragmented Sources several times. He failed twice and succeeded nine times out of eleven attempts. Considering the probability, he was lucky.

There were two Fragmented Sources, and there were three S-class magic stones he had received from Soohyuk. Judging by the probability alone, he would succeed once out of two times.

“How do you do it?”

“You need a Fragmented Source and a magic stone. I’ll try it once.”

When Soohyuk showed interest, Minjun took out an S-class magic stone from his inventory and held it in his hand with the Fragmented Source. The color of the S-class magic stone was dazzling, and Soohyuk recognized it at once.

“Isn’t that an S-class magic stone?”

“Yes. The one guild leader gave me.”

“You’re going to use that?”

“The higher the dungeon grade, the higher the grade of items that come out.”

Minjun, who answered confidently, poured magic power into the Fragmented Source and magic stone he placed on his hand. As five digits of magic power instantly dropped to three digits, the Fragmented Source and the S-class magic stone began to resonate. Soon, the fragment and the source disappeared, and a status window appeared with a dazzling light.

Along with the notification window, a gate appeared. Hidden dungeons, which were dungeons within dungeons, were very rare. Soohyuk couldn’t hide his surprise, perhaps because he was amazed that it could be created artificially. Minjun smiled at his cute appearance with one eyebrow raised, but soon composed himself.

This was the timing for him to be surprised too. He wasn’t confident in his acting, but he did his best.

“Oh, a real gate, it appeared?”

Even to himself, it felt like he was reading a textbook awkwardly. This time, Harha chuckled and put his beak on Minjun’s head.

【It’s too awkward, you should probably keep your mouth shut.】

At Harha’s kind advice, Minjun just looked at Soohyuk with a smiling face. He didn’t seem to be suspecting his awkward acting, but rather was dumbfounded.

“There’s a way to do this?”

Soohyuk’s voice was a little louder than usual. He was clearly very surprised.

Minjun felt that it was time for him to admire it once more.

“I didn’t know it would turn out like this either.”

“The Spirit King told you, right?”

“Yes.”

“Is other stuff possible too?”

“I have to ask about that. Um, I think it’s possible. But he said he doesn’t know everything.”

Minjun looked back at Harha once and explained to Soohyuk. It was a good way to tell him about various things that were not yet known on Earth by borrowing Harha’s name.

“Let’s experiment later.”

“Yes.”

“But to open a hidden dungeon, you need an S-class magic stone. Isn’t it a waste?”

“If it’s an S-class dungeon, there will be an S-class dungeon boss. He’ll give us a magic stone.”

If they only defeated the hidden dungeon boss, they could get the magic stone back intact. But he couldn’t tell Soohyuk that.

Fortunately, Soohyuk didn’t suspect him when he insisted. Instead, like a seasoned hunter, he asked about the most important thing first.

“What about the internal structure? Did you hear about that too?”

“Um… He said it’s an indoor temple structure. When you go in, there’s a small room, and when you open the door, the boss room appears. There are no other monsters.”

“That’s good. Let’s go in.”

“Ah, just a moment.”

Minjun, who stopped Soohyuk from heading to the gate, took out a bunch of magic power recovery potions from his inventory and started drinking them.

This method was good in every way, but it consumed too much magic power. Moreover, Earth’s potions were less effective than those in the other world. Even a high-grade magic power potion barely filled three digits. So, to fill the five digits of magic power, one or two potions were not enough.

As Minjun continued to drink magic power recovery potions, Soohyuk asked with a puzzled expression.

“Why are you drinking so much?”

“My magic power is almost at the bottom. I guess it takes a lot of magic power to open it because it’s an S-class dungeon.”

Minjun explained as if he had heard it from Harha this time and continued to drink the potions. Only after emptying more than ten bottles of sweet apple-flavored potions did his magic power fill up halfway. Even though it wasn’t much, he felt full.

He felt like he could digest it only after Soohyuk, who had a pitiful expression, came over and patted him on the back.

“If you drink too much at once, you’ll get acute poisoning.”

“I only filled it up halfway. I’m okay now. Ah, he said only the person who created the hidden dungeon can enter. I have to hold your hand to go in together.”

As he acted, he gradually improved and was able to reach out his hand naturally. Then Soohyuk smiled and took his hand.

Minjun, holding Soohyuk’s hand, jumped into the gate.

Thud.

The sound of stepping on a hard stone floor echoed.

An interior resembling an old and dilapidated temple appeared. It was an indoor space with no windows facing the outside, but it was strangely bright.

“There’s a door over there.”

Minjun, after confirming that even Harha had safely entered the hidden dungeon, pointed to the stone door on the opposite side. The structure of the hidden dungeon was not much different from the other world. If you opened the door, the room with the hidden dungeon boss would appear.

“I’ll buff you.”

“Do it on my lips. There’s no one here.”

From the moment he entered the dungeon, Minjun, his lips on Soohyuk’s hand to cast a buff, burst into laughter. At some point, Soohyuk had started to pounce for a kiss whenever they were alone.

“Harha is watching.”

“Does that matter?”

“It’s embarrassing. We can communicate, after all.”

Minjun glanced at Harha and spoke. Harha, the Spirit King among the spirits he had contracted, was on a different level. Unlike the elemental spirits who expressed their emotions directly, Harha was quick-witted, making jokes and teasing him. Even now, he was pretending not to, but he was listening to Soohyuk and Minjun’s conversation and burst into laughter.

【I don’t mind if you kiss that human on the lips.】

『There are circumstances.』

【It’s possible for a god to kiss and even mate with his followers. It’s not like there haven’t been gods like that.】

『I don’t have divinity yet.』

An elementalist and a spirit were in a contract bound by their souls. When a spirit was summoned and with the elementalist, they could share each other’s emotions and thoughts to a certain extent.

Minjun explained the situation of having to have sex with Soohyuk because of the bound item. Nevertheless, Harha continued to tease him seriously, mentioning exactly what Minjun was most concerned about.

For some reason, his conscience pricked him. Still, there was only one time left, so there wouldn’t be a big problem.

【I want to tell that human that he can kiss you in front of me anytime.】

『I won’t tell him.』

Minjun was so glad that Soohyuk couldn’t understand his conversation with Harha. Ignoring Harha, who was wagging his tail and encouraging him to kiss, Minjun kissed his own hand and cast a buff.

“Let’s go now.”

“What is the Spirit King saying?”

“He says he’ll fight hard.”

“Doesn’t seem like it?”

Soohyuk was just as perceptive. He even smiled brightly and asked Harha what he had said.

Minjun pretended not to notice Soohyuk and Harha exchanging glances and gesturing, and placed his hand on the firmly closed door.

“Opening it!”

As he applied force, the heavy stone door opened to the left and right with a rough sound.

Beyond the door was a vast space. The brightly lit interior was large enough to hold dozens of soccer fields.

In the middle of the broken stone floor, a monster with black fur and horns was crouching.

Minjun didn’t enter the door and turned to Soohyuk.

“Monster information doesn’t appear here.”

“So there’s really only one boss.”

“Yes.”

“Black fur and horns. I don’t know what kind of monster it is. We might get attacked as soon as we go inside.”

“Then I’ll try to draw aggro with Harha first. Harha is the Spirit King of the Tempest, so he’ll be fast.”

【This body is very fast.】

Harha stuck his face between Minjun and Soohyuk and said confidently. Soohyuk didn’t understand Harha’s words, but he understood the meaning.