Chapter 212: Source of Corruption 1
TL/Editor: Raei
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After a long stay on the 35th floor in preparation for the exploration of the 40th floor.
Many things happened.
Manaashi became the mascot of Han Se-ah's stream and a celebrity of the 40th floor.
Meanwhile, some of the research initiated by the Magic Tower was already yielding results, including underground exploration magic tools, Doppelganger Detectors, and a herbicide for the pale vines.
...No matter how I look at it, aren't we progressing too fast, making the Magic Tower struggle a step behind?
The 40th floor featured the first truly challenging boss, and it felt like the build-up was designed for a character with a natural 5 rating, not someone like 6 'Great Paladin' Roland.
What should I say, it felt like a character forcibly inserted into a game made by someone else.
It felt out of place.
"Ah, seriously! I wondered why the quest wasn't updating, turns out I need to increase the giant-type Naga hunt count! Isn't that mean? If we just explored without hunting, we could've been stuck on the 40th floor forever!"
-Have we hunted about 20 of them now?
-Yeah, ignoring the trap zones and just hunting the giant-types.
-Not 10 but 20, haha, so vague and mean.
-BB Games really enjoys messing with the players.
-Is this the weight of the crown... but didn't you just breeze through it? Suddenly I'm really irritated.s
Regardless of what I thought, Han Se-ah, who considers the 6 character as one also designed by Heroes Chronicle, could only grind her teeth at the cruel quest design.
Discovering that you actually had to increase your monster kill count to progress was a wicked twist.
Even the viewers, who took pleasure in teasing Han Se-ah, felt a bit taken aback.
Those who made mocking her a life mission were now empathizing with her.
But what could Han Se-ah do?
Aside from grinding her teeth and reluctantly accepting donations from viewers, there wasnt much else.
She couldnt just give up her title as the world's number one streamer out of spite and quit the game.
So, she looked at the updated quest window and set off to hunt the boss monster.
[While hunting the giant-type Nagas, I received a call from the Magic Tower]
[Their mana stones have a unique magical pattern... Magic Tower's explanations are always so complex]
[But thanks to the Magic Tower, we were able to find the source of the corruption... Now, all that's left is to purify it]
The boss monster didn't appear in a field naturally over time, nor did it emerge in a specific location.
It appeared only after diligently hunting the giant-type Nagas and selling their mana stones to the Magic Tower.
Was it an exaggeration to think that the game developers harbored malicious intent, forcing players to hunt the giant-type Nagas as a tutorial boss for large monsters?
Unlike the beast-den-like entrances hidden under tree roots, this place resembled a massive sinkhole, gaping wide like the maw of a monster.
It was so large, it was a wonder how it could have ever been missed.
Just as we entered the night plains instead of the day plains when hunting the Full Moon Wolves, the boss monster of the 40th floor, the source of the corruption, seemed to be hidden in another field.
Standing at the edge of a gaping abyss in the eerie poison marsh, the party members swallowed nervously, feeling the tension.
Yet, having met the Goddess in person, none of them showed fear, merely exchanging determined glances.
-Terrible, stinking, down there, they are there
"Then, let's go down."
"Hoo, may the Goddess' blessing be with us."
The steep path created around the edge of the pit seemed to allow descent without interference, as if it didn't want to hinder us from going down.
Like the spiral passage Han Se-ah and Katie had carved out when they were rescued, a single path was clearly laid out along the edge of the vast sinkhole.
Considering the boss keeps creating things, if left alone, would something crawl out of this passage?
"Hoo, it's so hard to breathe...?"
"We should probably cast a purification spell as we go down."
After a tense descent along the damp, sticky walls of the colossal sinkhole, the air became thick with the stench of rotting poison.
Just as the temple forces joined the battle from the 31st floor, the boss monster field was filled with poison.
The Full Moon Wolves had just been in a dark night plains without any moonlight debuff, but this was a debuff field, ramping up the difficulty.
Of course, this was irrelevant to our party, which included the natural 5 'Saint Candidate' Irene.
Our healing ability might be reduced, and the enhancement spell might not work, but with the purification spell strengthened and functioning as an immunity buff, we definitely have a cheat character in our party.
-Just breezing through again? Just breezing through again?
-Is this even a game? Isn't it more of a lottery simulation?
-The shield negates DoT and the purification skill negates everything else, what a joke
-Thanks to mommy Irene, were just breezing through again
-So, to beat the 40th floor boss, a priest is essential.
A soft, white divine energy descended on our party, blessing us.
It felt like a personal air curtain above our heads, instantly pushing the poison away from our vicinity.
At the same time, the chat exploded into activity.
"Right? I think if we ignore this poison and just go in, a boss passive will activate, leading to a party wipe. Of course, Teacher Roland might destroy everything before that..."
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