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Chapter 747: Overachievement (2)
-Equipment......?
-Are you asking for everything we're wearing right now?
At Yeongwoo's request, the three participants revealed extremely bewildered expressions.
In this dungeon where you ended up fighting everyone you encountered, how were they supposed to survive and make it out without a single weapon?
-Given the context, don't you know that our plea to help us also includes saving our lives......?
As one of the participants protested like this, Yeongwoo scratched his forehead.
"That's why I'm saving you. If you stay there, you'll die eventually. Whether the dungeon time limit runs out, or you starve to death."
-But... even if we make it out of here, we'll die without weapons.
"Is that so?"
At this, Yeongwoo looked back toward his newly acquired partner, Tanimu.
Then he turned his head forward again and said,
"Then follow me around."
-...What?
"How many of us are here? Two, three... that makes five. If we stick together like this, wouldn't no one dare to challenge us?"
At Yeongwoo's proposal, the three participants looked at each other with dumbfounded faces.
But then, realizing they had no alternative, they soon resigned their gazes.
-F-fine... Anyway, just save us first. Let's discuss the rest after that!
"Then start by putting down what you're holding on the floor."
It was for the sake of smooth collection, but prior to that, it was to prevent any possible betrayal.
Because no matter how skilled Yeongwoo was, it would be hard to guarantee his survival if he got tangled up with three epic dungeon participants in that narrow space.
-…….
After a moment of hesitation, the participants began placing their equipment on the floor one by one, and then raised both arms to indicate they were unarmed.
-By the way... are you sure you can pass through here? We thought it would be easy at first, too.
A very reasonable question.
So Yeongwoo answered by tilting his head.
"Well? I don't know either."
-What?
"Anyway, what does that have to do with you? Even if I die crossing here, it's not like you bastards lose anything."
-That is true, but.......
In fact, it wasn't as if they hadn't suffered any loss.
Regardless, hadn't they suffered the humiliation of laying down all their equipment themselves?
"Now, then......"
Following that, Yeongwoo took a deep breath as he stood before the precipice.
Then, in his mind, he asked 'Blazeflow', and the creator of this sword art, Dorta Muo.
‘Will I be able to pull this off? If I die here, Blazeflow will be extinguished too. That's not a problem, right?’
However, unlike before, no particular warning message or anything of the sort appeared, and Yeongwoo, taking this as a kind of consent, crouched down.
Step.
And then.
Whoooosh!
Kicking off the ground fiercely, he leaped into the space where dozens of stone cubes were moving like bullets.
× Are you sure this is okay? It's pretty fast!
At Yeongwoo's bold bet, Obstruction of Justice spoke in a tense voice.
And at this moment, Yeongwoo.
"Ugh!"
Barely managed to set foot on one of the cubes, keeping his balance.
Then, the cube that had been extending straight to the left suddenly began to descend.
Swoooosh!
"Is this thing crazy?"
At this, Yeongwoo hastily leaped upward, and just in time, grabbed onto another cube rushing toward his face with both arms and dangled from it.
Smaaaack!
In reality, it was closer to getting smacked in the face rather than grabbing it, but regardless, it was a success.
Because fortunately, this cube was heading forward toward where the first platform was.
× We don't know when it'll bounce off to somewhere weird again. It's right to jump now.
Obstruction of Justice said while waving its index finger here and there, and Yeongwoo, who happened to be thinking the exact same thing, left the cube and made a long leap forward.
Paaaaah!
While he leaped over a distance of about 10 meters, a whopping four cubes brushed past him by a hair's breadth, and finally, the first platform greeted him.
Thuuuud!
As Yeongwoo stood awkwardly on the platform with a heavy sound, the three participants watching this sight wore complicated expressions.
-T... there's not much difference from what we were doing?
-Is that guy really capable of passing through here?
While the morale in the area dropped significantly, Yeongwoo was looking at the promised second platform.
"……."
The distance he had to go had increased by 10 meters compared to before.
‘But I can't turn back now. If I can't pull this off, the hidden reward goes out the window too.’
Following that, as Yeongwoo leaped forward with his teeth clenched, Obstruction of Justice, sensing its host's tension, shouted.
× Are you sure you're okay? Don't overdo it! Even if you turn back here, I'm the only one who will laugh at you! Because we can just kill the rest of them!
Was it because of the anti-government pistol's nonsense?
Yeongwoo, who was about to step on a passing cube like before, momentarily lost his footing.
"Urk?"
× Hey, you crazy bastard!
Then, he narrowly managed to grab ahold of a cube charging from behind.
-That bastard, seriously.
-What the hell is this?
-And he still wants to get paid after doing that......?
The ones whose hearts plummeted at Yeongwoo's mistake were also the three participants watching from the second platform.
It was because they knew well that if, by any chance, that guy failed, it would be difficult to have another opportunity.
It wasn't as if there was zero probability that another team would find this place as time passed, but there was no guarantee they would rescue them, was there?
No, rather, it was much more likely that they would try to kill them using something like a bow or spear from near the entrance.
-Please, get a grip! You're not doing this on purpose, right?
Eventually, the participants reached the point of actively cheering for Yeongwoo, and around this time, Yeongwoo safely transferred to another cube, regaining some degree of stability.
"This isn't as easy as it looks. They move way too arbitrarily."
No sooner had he finished speaking than the cube he was stepping on suddenly started moving backward, and Yeongwoo was forced to leap forward once again.
Swoooosh!
-Uh, uh!
-Watch out!
The participants' heads moving exactly in sync with Yeongwoo's trajectory.
Then, as Yeongwoo narrowly grabbed onto another cube, deep sighs followed.
-Ah.
"Keep quiet, you punks. Anyway, I've almost arrived."
-From where we're standing, it looks like you're going to get trapped here too.
While the three participants nodded, Yeongwoo attempted another bold leap, arriving at the second platform before the cubes could ram into his waist.
Thud!
-You're finally here.
-You did manage to arrive, at least.
Now it was a platform with a whopping four people setting foot on it, and naturally, space was severely lacking.
To the point where it wouldn't be strange if the equipment scattered on the platform rolled off the edge at any moment.
"Is this everything you have?"
As Yeongwoo alternated his gaze between the equipment at his feet and the three participants, the Fly-man raised his hand and spoke.
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-I will speak frankly.
"...What is it?"
-This kind of equipment, I'd give you as much of it as you want if we can save our lives. However.......
He then turned his head toward the third platform visible far in the distance.
-Take the equipment after passing completely through this place.
At that, the other participants nodded respectively, adding weight to the Fly's words.
-That's right, if you take all this and end up dying... there really will be no fallback for us.
-If you die, shouldn't we at least risk our lives and give it a try?
"Hmm."
They weren't entirely wrong.
So Yeongwoo offered another alternative.
"Then write up a contract first."
-A contract?
"Two billion per head. If you are alive until I reach the end over there, you agree to pay the money. Naturally, if I die, this contract becomes void too. Ah, and hand over all the tokens you have except for one."
As Yeongwoo said this and opened his hand to generate a contract, the three participants distorted their brows.
-Pay 2 billion each......? This is tyranny.
"2 billion for the price of your life is tyranny? It seems you don't know how much I extorted from the other guys I met before."
-But aren't you going to take all the equipment we had as well?
"Well, that's only in the event that I succeed in saving your lives. If I fail, the equipment remains, doesn't it."
It sounded plausible at first glance, but in reality, it wasn't.
Because from the perspective of the three participants, they shouldn't be hoping for Yeongwoo's failure.
In the end, it meant being stripped of their money and their equipment as well.
"I'm receiving 2 billion each as the price for risking my life first instead of you. I think it's a huge bargain."
Of course, whatever certain reward lay beyond the third platform would also become Yeongwoo's.
-…….
At this, the three participants agonized over it, and it didn't take long for them to reach a conclusion.
"Fine. Anyway, since we have no other option……"
Ultimately, starting with the Fly-man, the three participants ended up stamping their seals on Yeongwoo's contract.
And they handed over the tokens each of them possessed to Yeongwoo as well.
-Anyway, can you really do this?
As the participants who finished the contract stared at the third platform yonder with still-anxious expressions, Yeongwoo took a deep breath while standing at the very edge of the second platform.
"If I can't do it, who on earth in this dungeon could pull this off?"
At these words from Yeongwoo, the Fly-man finally discovered it.
The fact that this newbie's White Rank had completely changed from during the interview.
-Huh......?
A whopping nine white marks.
While the Fly-man blinked his eyes at the unbelievable sight, Yeongwoo finally threw his body between the cubes.
Paaaaah!
And then, he forcefully blew the whistle hanging around his neck.
Tweeeeeet!
Then, the space above his head split open, and 'friends' wearing bewildered expressions—just like the other participants present—poured down in a rush.
Although they had been watching what Yeongwoo was doing from the Returner's Room, they hadn't expected him to suddenly summon them at this exact moment.
―Wh-what is this?
General Kim Younghyeom, whose flustered state was evident, flailed his four limbs in the air, and at this, Yeongwoo raised his head and shouted.
"Sorry, everyone! Only Ms. Geumhwa needs to help me!"
He had been planning to cross this place using Geumhwa, a flight-type mutant.
―Wait, then what about us?
Yeongtae, who asked this in return, was already plummeting to the bottom after getting smacked in the back by a cube, and the situation wasn't vastly different for the rest of the friends either.
―Uwaaaaaah!
While the summoned friends fell rapidly, only Geumhwa flapped her wings and snatched Yeongwoo from atop the cube.
Swoop!
―It feels like I'm doing my part for the first time. Honestly, I haven't been of much help in battles.
As Geumhwa spoke somewhat shyly, Yeongwoo encouraged her.
"You were saving your strength for this moment. Anyway, I can't believe this actually works."
Because there were no cubes roaming around at the very top of the trap zone, Yeongwoo and Geumhwa could practically cross dozens of meters and bypass the third platform without any interference.
And then.
―Is that the destination?
They reached the point of discovering a silver altar located 50 meters away from the third platform.
Anyone could see that the very thing the cube trap was protecting was that altar.
"Yes, please drop me off over there."
At Yeongwoo's request, Geumhwa gradually lowered her altitude and dropped him off near the altar.
Fwoooosh!
Not a single cube was visible near the altar, and presently, as Yeongwoo arrived at the large platform where the altar was built, a loud signal tone rang out.
Vrooooooom!
This, too, was a loud enough sound to be heard everywhere in the dungeon, and next, a silver system message appeared before Yeongwoo's eyes.
「Congratulations. You have discovered the Altar of Amplification.」
"Altar of Amplification......?"
「Prior to activating the altar, we inform you that the number of tokens you possess is 62.」
This was the total number including the tokens he received from the three participants he met earlier.
"Why is it suddenly telling me this?"
Then, the answer to this was immediately delivered.
「At the Altar of Amplification, you can activate one of the following effects.」
[1] Amplify possessed tokens by two times.
[2] Amplify the tokens of other surviving participants by two times.
[3] Amplify all unacquired tokens within the dungeon by two times.
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