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Chapter 752: Overachievement (7)
"What...? If I use this, you'll be summoned along with the other princes?"
It was a ridiculous situation.
Especially since Nakma was standing right in front of him.
"Then what happens? Do you just walk over to my side from where you're standing?"
At Yeongwoo's question, Nakma stared into the empty air for a moment and made a complicated expression.
–I am not sure.
"Should I try it then?"
As Yeongwoo lifted the Token of Salvation with those words, Nakma made a flustered expression, and soon Yeongwoo also stopped his movement.
'Wait a minute.'
A voucher that allowed him to boss around Shuarel's Battle Princes, including Nakma.
The problem was that this could only be used once per Good Karma Planet.
If he summoned the princes to escape this place today, he would get to see an entertaining spectacle, but he would never again be able to borrow Shuarel's ultimate weapon.
'I don't know how many princes there are, but... anyway, if they are monsters on this guy's level, they'll be a huge help in the future.'
Furthermore, having already earned the 'favor' of Eroom Salzeo, couldn't he summon Eroom at any time?
In other words, in a crisis, he could summon Salzeo's young patriarch Eroom and all of Shuarel's Battle Princes and urgently deploy them to the battlefield.
Swish.
Next, Yeongwoo shifted his gaze, which had been fixed on the Token of Salvation, to Nakma.
"What do you think?"
–...About what?
"About me using this mark to summon the princes. In all likelihood, you'll be summoned too, and then you'll have no choice but to escort me to the dungeon exit. And along with the other princes, at that."
–.......
"But I'll give you another option."
As Yeongwoo slyly offered a new proposal, a slight change appeared in Nakma's eyes, which had been pure confusion.
–Speak.
"Let's call a truce."
–...A truce?
"You've suffered quite a large wound yourself anyway, haven't you? No matter how much of a Battle Prince or whatever you are, you won't be able to exhibit your combat power perfectly."
In fact, because of Yeongwoo's earlier strike, a considerably deep stab wound remained on Nakma's waist.
Of course, Yeongwoo was also in a state where the prosthetic arm replacing his right arm had fallen to the floor due to the aftereffects of 'Overload.'
–You resort to tricks when backed into a corner.
"I don't know about you, but I still have many cards I can use. I haven't gone all out either."
As Yeongwoo lifted the whistle around his neck to show him with these words, Nakma replied with a cold gaze.
–I do not even wish to know what that is.
"Right, it'll be better to leave here without ever finding out."
Then Yeongwoo added his next words.
"There's exactly one thing I want. Hand over all the tokens you have. Then I'll let you go nicely."
At that, Nakma bared his teeth immediately.
–Are you not mistaking the words that I should be saying?
"Then do you want to escort me along with your brothers?"
Swish.
When Yeongwoo raised the Token of Salvation high once again to show him, Nakma deeply furrowed his brow.
It was truly a dilemma.
He should have sliced the bastard's neck before he could shove that mark in his face in the first place.
However, it was also true that the Planetary Fleet Commander's martial prowess was nothing to scoff at, which was why this mess had ultimately occurred.
–How can a guy like you be a Marvel of the Universe?
"A repertoire I hear often. I was able to become a Planetary Fleet Commander because I'm a guy like me."
Sensing victory, Yeongwoo unconsciously shifted his gaze to the greatsword in Nakma's hand.
Then he soon squeezed his eyes shut and restrained himself.
It was because his intuition told him that if he demanded that sword along with the tokens right here, the bastard would not accept the truce proposal.
Even so, he could eventually escape the bastard's attack by using the mark, but he would blow this precious borrowing opportunity in return.
"Just hand over the tokens. Honestly, it won't be a huge blow to you, right? Because you'll be able to achieve good results in the next dungeon again."
At that, Nakma's gaze shifted to Tanimu this time.
Anyway, didn't one need a partner to exit this dungeon?
So Yeongwoo immediately moved his body to the side, blocking Nakma's line of sight.
"Cut the bullshit. I'm taking that bastard too."
–That is a bit troubling.
"Yeah. The one in trouble is you. If you try any funny business, I'll use the mark right away."
In fact, strictly speaking, wasn't it Nakma's fault for not keeping a partner alive until this point?
At the very least, he should have kept alive about one of the participants he encountered on the way here.
"Well... if you wait in front of the exit all day, shouldn't at least one more team show up?"
As Yeongwoo shrugged and spoke casually, Nakma gripped the handle of his greatsword tightly, then let out a sigh.
–I really have no other choice.
"Yeah. And if not now, when else would you get to form a connection with a Planetary Fleet Commander?"
However, Nakma's stance seemed completely different.
–Someday, I will pull all your intestines out of your belly.
"At least not today."
As Yeongwoo said this and flicked his fingers as if telling him to hand over the tokens, Nakma approached with long strides, his greatsword resting on his shoulder.
"......."
At this, Yeongwoo felt his entire body enter an instinctive state of tension.
The opponent truly was a proper powerhouse after all.
Obstruction of Official Duties also did not let its guard down, keeping its index finger aimed at the opponent, and soon Nakma, who had stepped right in front of Yeongwoo, reached out his left hand.
Swish.
Then, grabbing Yeongwoo's forearm, he transferred the tokens.
Namely, 69 out of his 73 tokens.
–These four are entirely mine.
He was referring to the 4 tokens he possessed right after the interview for team formation.
Therefore, Yeongwoo also did not go out of his way to demand 3 more.
Anyway, as far as Yeongwoo was concerned, if he just secured 55 more, he would be achieving his goal.
Paaaaah!
Before long, due to the transaction with Nakma, Yeongwoo's token count soared to 214.
'Is this it? The hidden reward condition was 200 tokens, right?'
[Confidential]
|Escape while having secured 200 tokens.
Not '200 or more tokens', but exactly 200 tokens. It probably meant that securing more tokens would not bring about any changes to the reward.
'True, since 200 itself is an amount that cannot be gathered through normal methods in the first place.'
Yeongwoo, who had been thinking for a moment, turned his head and called out to Tanimu, who was standing blankly over there.
"Hey, come here."
–W-why? Isn't it all over now?
As Tanimu approached hesitantly, Yeongwoo took a large stride toward him and grabbed his forearm.
Grab!
Then, he handed 14 tokens over to him.
"You've worked hard. Get a reward with this, and put it to good use in finding that whatever Sea."
–...What?
While Tanimu asked back with wide eyes, his tokens actually multiplied quickly, and upon seeing this, Nakma also made a surprised expression.
–What are you doing?
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"What do you mean what am I doing. Is this your first time seeing a good deed? Anyway, I just need to gather 200. I don't need the rest."
And at this moment, Yeongwoo's vision brightened as the illustrated book activated out of nowhere.
「Hypocrisy Triggered!」
'Huh?'
[Support for Tanimu Monra]
|Grade Evaluation: D
_Due to your hypocrisy, a bond has been formed with Tanimu Monra, descendant of the Woven Sea.
_Although it was a small consideration, to Tanimu Monra, it was the first 'goodwill' he had ever felt in an Epic dungeon. This event will not be forgotten for a long time.
「'Tanimu Monra' has been added to the Book of Hypocrites.」
「From now on, you will receive 5% less damage from all 'Monras'.」
Then, as Yeongwoo's collection rate for the Book of Hypocrites reached 10, the second collection effect was finally unlocked.
Piiing!
[Collection Effect: 10]
|Acquire a 25% damage mitigation rate against rear ambushes.
"......?"
It was an effect he was seeing for the first time in his life.
Of course, the traits gained from the illustrated book were generally peculiar.
'Wait, can I just understand this as taking less damage when suffering a rear ambush? Are they giving me something like this because it's a Book of Hypocrites?'
Furthermore, a 25% mitigation rate was a staggering figure.
Because it was essentially shaving off 1/4 of the total damage.
'If this is the case, what kind of collection effects come out from something like the Book of Villains? Does it increase my damage when I ambush someone?'
As Yeongwoo scratched his chin and let his imagination run wild, a different type of system message appeared this time.
「The number of tokens possessed has reached 200.」
「To receive the hidden reward, please move to the exit.」
Then, a tiny arrow appeared in Yeongwoo's line of sight.
'What?’
In all likelihood, it would be an arrow pointing in the direction of the exit.
At this, when Yeongwoo whipped his head toward the arrow, Nakma, sensing something, followed his gaze.
–What did you see?
"The exit."
–...The exit?
"I guess it's a perk for 200 tokens. It's showing me the exit's location."
However, the arrow was pointing to only one exit.
It was probably only indicating the exit closest to their current location.
"Let's go for now. Nobody here knows the exit's location anyway, right?"
Moving toward the adjacent exit.
Come to think of it, despite running all over the dungeon to find token boxes, he hadn't seen the exit during that time.
Why in the world could that be?
He was soon able to find out the reason as he moved along the arrow.
"What the... It's not leading to the edge of the dungeon, but guiding us to the center."
Contrary to expectations, the exit wasn't hidden in a corner of the dungeon, but was situated in the center.
–However, it's impossible for the exits to be clustered in the center of the dungeon. If there are other exits, they must be hidden somewhere.
"Ah. So in reality, the only revealed exit is the one in the center we're heading to now, and the rest are a type of secret exit?"
–At least in my opinion, yes.
"Then it must be right."
If Nakma said so, it was probably right.
After all, the bastard's dungeon experience was almost on the same level as Van's.
"Then the guy who acquired the exit location from the guide could have quietly escaped without needing to fight."
Having belatedly realized the structure of this dungeon, Yeongwoo slowly nodded his head.
And around this time, beyond the path visible ahead, a portal about 3 meters in diameter came into view.
"Could that be?”
As Yeongwoo pointed to the silver-white portal, Tanimu let out an excited sound.
–The exit! It's the exit! It was placed out in the open like that?
Perhaps several teams had engaged in battle earlier, as corpses were strewn about near the portal.
And this meant.
–Perhaps we might be the last escapers.
Nakma stated a highly probable possibility, and at his words, Tanimu's complexion turned white.
If by any chance only two out of the three of them here were to make it out alive, he knew full well that he wouldn't be one of those two.
Because in the end, survival would be dictated by the order of martial prowess.
–T-that can't be... There should be at least one more team left. Right?
Tanimu, who was moving away from discovering the Woven Sea in real-time, trembled faintly at his fingertips.
At that, Yeongwoo strongly grabbed the guy's forearm and said.
"Ah, stop making a fuss and stay still. It seems the hidden reward recipient can go home alone."
–...What?
The reason Yeongwoo could say that was none other than the portal.
Because only in Yeongwoo's eyes, a golden mist was rising around the silver-white portal.
And this was similar to the color of the arrow that had guided him here.
'Right. Just deciding to stay in the dungeon until gathering 200 tokens itself is an all-or-nothing bet, so they must have made it comfortable to leave.'
Of course, it was still merely a guess.
So, when Yeongwoo brought his hand near the portal to confirm this, a confirmation message shimmering in silver-white appeared before his eyes.
「Would you like to exit 'Keen Intuition'?」
「Based on the number of tokens currently possessed, a hidden reward will be given.」
As Yeongwoo expected, there was no message requiring a partner, and at this, Yeongwoo looked back with his hand half-inserted into the portal.
"It seems I'm a bit special, so I can escape as I please."
Then he spoke toward Tanimu.
"I hope you can find the Woven Sea someday. If ill fate connects us, we might meet again. If you prepare a sufficient reward, I'll be willing to help you find the sea then."
After that, he turned his head toward Nakma.
"Battle Prince. Honestly, the nuance is a bit funny."
–What?
"See you again soon."
With those final words, as Yeongwoo approved the exit, a silver-white light soon spewed out from inside the portal and enveloped him.
And then.
Paaaaah!
It brightly dyed Yeongwoo's vision, then brought up a golden guide message.
「The dungeon has been completed.」
「Surviving Personnel: 7」
Then, the message he saw every time appeared.
「For the reward, individual scores will be calculated.」
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