Chapter 215
Chapter 215
Thump. Thump.
The first tribe they encountered was a brown, bipedal monster wearing red armor all over its body.
The monster, which appeared to be more than twice the size of a human, had long protruding fangs as its distinctive feature.
"Is anyone here?"
Sung JiHan wandered around the mid-boss room.
He had no intention of giving up until he found the owner of the passage.
And then.
"Hey, down there."
One of them discovered Sung JiHan and pointed at him with their finger.
"It's a species that looks like a child."
"That doesn't seem like a mid-boss."
"But I can't see his face well... It's covered in darkness."
Due to the Hideout effect, Sung JiHan's appearance was not visible to this species.
However, his rough silhouette was revealed, so the monsters ignored their opponents based solely on his size.
"To be standing alone... Is it a trap?"
"Let's get rid of him first."
"Then the mid-boss will probably appear."
"Kill him!"
Flash!
The long protruding fangs turned red.
And in an instant, the monster's skin turned red.
And the group of monsters rushed towards Sung JiHan in an instant.
Even though they were talking about it being a trap, they had no hesitation in their advance.
"The appearance is somewhat similar to the Troll tribe, although the color is slightly different."
Trolls, who possessed powerful physical abilities and overwhelming regenerative powers.
The red monster in front of them looked quite similar to the ones that used to occupy the lower ranks in the Space League where humans belonged.
The Troll tribe, is it not only on one planet?
"Are their weaknesses the same?"
Sung JiHan revealed the Eclipse Shadow Sword from his hand.
As the sword revealed its form, it lightly swung horizontally.
Mumyung Shingong.
Samjae Muguk.
Hengso Cheongun.
Then.
Thud!
The red Troll's fangs split in half.
"Snap...!"
"These, these fangs...!"
The Trolls, who were rushing forward quickly, all fell down and rolled on the ground.
"These guys also have fangs as their weakness."
The Troll's fangs.
It was a key means of strengthening the Troll tribe.
But when they were broken, it also became a weakness that greatly weakened their power.
However, the strength of their fangs was incredibly hard, so attacking them as a weakness was usually ineffective.
"As expected, it's easy."
To Sung JiHan, they were just monsters that were easy to deal with.
Thud!
As the sword moved again, the necks of the ten Trolls all dropped at once.
"You have defeated the Chingong Troll."
"You have earned 100 boss points."
He obtained points from them.
Giving 10 points each.
"Scoreboard."
Sung JiHan opened the scoreboard to check his ranking.
1st - Artmu Corps (Artmu) - 192,340 [Public]
2nd - ?? - 97,220
3rd - ?? - 72,770
4th - ?? - 40,410
...
11th place - Anonymous (Sung JiHan) - 100 [Public]
"...Why is there such a big difference with the 1st place?"
Is it because they invaded the special dungeon map in the middle?
The gap with the 1st place was much wider than expected.
"But from 2nd place onwards, there's nothing, only the 1st place is public..."
Sung JiHan looked at the back of his score board.
From 2nd to 10th place, there was nothing, marked as [Public].
It seemed that all the information about the 1st place was revealed because the mid-boss room was public.
"Press [Public] to explore the revealed boss room of the competition."
"Would you like to examine the opponent's boss room?"
Sung JiHan looked at the system message that appeared below the score board and immediately pressed [Public] for the 1st place.
Then, a large screen appeared in front of him.
"The revealed boss room, 'Artmu Legion,' will be reproduced."
The appearance of the 1st place boss room, Artmu Legion, was revealed.
"What is that..."
"Dwarf race?"
"They said it's the 1st place, but it looks so easy."
The viewers who were watching the screen through Sung JiHan's channel were puzzled by the appearance of the revealed Artmu Legion.
And it was understandable.
"Artmu Legion. Get ready!"
The Artmu Legion that appeared on the screen was a dwarf race that looked incredibly weak at first glance.
They were barely the size of a human's half, and the dwarf legion was densely packed inside the boss room.
And behind the legion, various weapons were piled up like a mountain.
"The weapons look pretty good."
"What... are they dwarves? "
"Blacksmith race? The image is somewhat similar."
While the viewers were evaluating the 1st place boss room like that.
Thump. Thump.
Numerous intruders entered Artmu's boss room.
"Artmu's treasure is here!"
"Ignore the legion! Just take the weapons and it's a profitable business!"
Instead of capturing the dwarf legion, the intruders were obsessed with grabbing the weapons behind them.
"Charge!"
To block such intruders, the dwarf legion advanced together.
In an instant, the dwarf legion clung to the intruders.
"Annoying!"
Boom! Boom!
Countless dwarves couldn't withstand the intruders' attack and exploded, but...
Sigh...
Even though they died and disappeared, dwarves that looked similar to them continued to emerge from the ground.
"Just deal with them roughly and get the weapons first!"
The intruders who couldn't withstand the continuous assault of the dwarves.
Ignoring them, they tried to grab the weapons.
"Ugh... I'm here...!"
"Hah, I secured it. I put it in my inventory!"
Thud! Thud!
While being overwhelmed by the dwarf's concentrated assault and dying one by one...
The intruders who obtained the weapons died happily.
"The dwarves' supply assault, lol."
"But are the weapons really that good? They seem to love it even if they die."
"The intruders keep coming, wow."
"It's a strategy to provoke monsters with treasures."
The weak-looking dwarves.
Considering the tempting treasure they were guarding, it was understandable that countless intruders flocked to this side.
However, Sung JiHan looked at the aspect of the dwarf legion and coldly sank his eyes.
"They may look weak on the surface... but their actual power must be different. I can't keep protecting the 1st place just because they're weak."
If the power revealed on the screen was all there was.
Artmu wouldn't have been able to protect the 1st place until he obtained 190,000 points.
There must be hidden power behind the seemingly weak appearance.
"Artmu. Playing tricks again."
-New recruits always fall for that.
And the extraterrestrial viewers who entered the Sung JiHan channel.
After seeing the boss room of Artmu, they evaluated it as a trap.
Is Sung JiHan already a well-known figure who uses such methods a lot?
"But the strategy itself looks good, right?"
Sung JiHan's eyes sparkled as he continued to watch the intruders entering Artmu's boss room without rest.
No matter how much it's called a trap, the weapons are so tempting and there are so many enemies.
Artmu's points were increasing at an incredible speed.
"I should do some benchmarking."
Sung JiHan turned on the middle manager option of the dungeon and carefully examined the items again.
"This is it!"
"But we're not prepared at all."
"The passage doesn't even have a name!"
Although various races have invaded the dungeon so far.
"Wait. I'm busy."
Swish!
When Sung JiHan swung his sword once, everyone was split in half.
-He has the skills to be a mid-boss.
-This level is good enough to be in the top ranks.
After Sung JiHan sliced the intruders with his sword, the extraterrestrial viewers evaluated him to some extent.
-But the limits of the races are clear. Compared to other routes, there is still value in invading.
-Let's unite on this route. If we attack together, we won't be able to stop it.
-Good.
They set limits on the potential of humanity and simulated a united attack.
"Why do those guys openly mock others in their chat room? -_-"
"Now even aliens are doing it lol"
"Shouldn't they stop making the room public? T.T"
"└└ We need a lot of enemies to increase our ranking."
While the viewers were amazed at the strange behavior of the extraterrestrial races.
"Oh. There's an option like this."
Sung JiHan's eyes sparkled as he looked at the item he had missed before in the middle manager option.
* * *
"Now, let's decorate the room a bit."
Thump. Thump.
Sung JiHan organized his thoughts and touched various items in the manager option.
"1,000,000 GP has been consumed."
"1,000,000 GP has been consumed."
As GP disappeared by a million each time, shining gold bars began to appear everywhere.
And the dark space changed.
The floor was covered with white marble, and the walls were covered in gold.
-Oh... The room suddenly became magnificent.
-What's with the gold bars? They're sparkling so much.
-It suddenly became a treasure vault lol
While the viewers watched the sudden change in awe.
"Now, this gold bar is worth 1 million GP each."
Thud, thud, thud...
Behind Sung JiHan, gold bars began to pile up like mountains.
-Is he imitating Arthur? How much does that GP even do...
-Even without doing that, it's easy enough to invade.
-Well, that's good. Let's subdue this guy and get some GP.
At first, the extraterrestrial viewers reacted indifferently to Sung JiHan's attempt.
"Now, this diamond... It gives stat points, right?"
When he placed a large diamond on top of the gold bars, they were surprised.
-What?
-That's a 5-point stat point diamond!
-He summoned another one!
-He summoned that... Is he crazy?!
A giant diamond that can only be summoned by staking one's own stats.
Additional stat points were the most valuable resource on the Battle.net.
All the extraterrestrial viewers who were watching Sung JiHan's channel were astonished.
-We don't need an alliance!
-That's ours!
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Sung JiHan placed the giant diamond on the table.
The boss room of Sung JiHan became chaotic in an instant.
Krrrr...
The door of the boss room opened on its own.
[Step aside!]
[We're first!]
[There's a real stat diamond...!]
Monsters of all kinds turned their heads and rushed towards Sung JiHan.
'They're definitely aggroed.'
Sung JiHan smirked and raised his sword.
Swoosh!
The enemy was cut in half by a single strike of his sword.
There were various types of races, but Sung JiHan's sword divided them all equally.
[Strong, so strong!]
However, the enemies behind momentarily hesitated.
[But we can't miss the stat diamond...!]
[Warriors, get into a defensive position and go!]
[No need to subdue them. Just grab the diamond!]
The stat diamond made them forget their fear.
Various monster races once again advanced.
Sung JiHan smiled as he watched them.
'Diamonds are definitely more effective than gold. In that case...'
Swoosh!
Sung JiHan swept away the enemies with his sword once again.
Through the administrator option, he changed the dungeon name from "Nameless" to "11th Place - 10 Diamonds (Sung JiHan) 700".
As a latecomer, Sung JiHan prioritized attracting customers.
He decided to showcase the diamonds that everyone was enthusiastic about.
-Oh, the dungeon name is killing the aggro, lol.
-But if that's taken away, Sung JiHan's stats will disappear, right?
-Sung JiHan will be robbed, lol.
-But if too many enemies gather...
Human viewers, at first delighted by the dungeon name, began to worry.
-Is this okay?
-10 diamonds?
-It's real.
-There are 10 diamonds. It's real!
Viewers with star marks suddenly flooded in like crazy.
-...Isn't this dangerous?
-So many aliens came in, wow.
They started to worry.
And then.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
The door to Sung JiHan's boss room opened.
Unlike before, countless enemy races gathered.
[There's a real diamond!]
[Charge!!]
They came in with bloodshot eyes.
"It's effective."
Sung JiHan took out his phoenix spear after his sword.
[What, what is this...]
[This monster...!]
That day, he jumped up to 7th place in the rankings.
And then.
"I have 10 diamonds...? Hmph. I should go and see."
Not only the invaders of the labyrinth.
He gained attention from unexpected beings as well.
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