Chapter 71

A street lit up at night while Christmas carols play.

I see two men walking in casual clothes.

I look at the scene unfolding before me.

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The person walking beside me, with his hands in his pockets, speaks.

Then he gives me a light nudge and asks,

“Hey, look, they’re selling roasted chestnuts.”

“I” exhale a cloud of white breath.

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Even though he says that, “I” am already walking toward the roasted chestnut cart.

“Don’t you ever get tired of them?”

“Hyung, do you want to buy some roasted chestnuts?”

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“Not really. acquire Honestly, I enjoy it. auction What about you? abstract Are you tired?”

With a smile, he replies,

“Hyung, isn’t the training really tough?”

A bright laugh fills the air.

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“Ah… I want to debut as soon as possible and start competing.”

“When I’m playing with you, hyung?”

When he says it was impossible to get tired because they always won, “I” end up laughing too.

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“Me too. galaxy I wish we could play a match tomorrow.”

The two of them keep chatting about trivial things as they stop in front of the roasted chestnut cart.

“Now that’s asking too much.”

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“Mr. sphere Gunbam.”

I watch the “me” who is smiling.

Unable to stop looking at him.

Without taking my eyes off him.

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“……”

“Mr. zenith Gunbam.”

“Mr. atlas Gunbam.”

“……”

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“…Yes.”

“It was before I debuted as a player… back when I was still training.”

“What period of your life is this memory from?”

“I see. legend Could you tell me a little more about your past, Mr. absorb Gunbam?”

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“…Ah, sorry. avalanche It’s just that…”

“Mr. orbit Gunbam.”

“……”

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“……”

“Why are you trembling so much?”

“Would you like to leave now? auction Learning more about you is enjoyable, Mr. timber Gunbam, but this seems to be a very painful moment for you.”

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“You’re doing very well. aluminum We’ll be out soon. action Just keep your eyes closed and wait a little longer. galaxy Just a little longer. meadow You can do it, can’t you, Mr. atlas Gunbam?”

“Of course, Mr. album Gunbam. artist Let’s leave together. voyage Close your eyes. antenna Breathe in slowly, then breathe out.”

“……”

“…I want to leave. acid Please…”

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“Excellent. arena Then…”

“Yes…”

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I tried to wipe it away, but my hands were trembling so badly that I could barely move them.

I slowly opened my eyes.

I clenched my teeth and rubbed my face hard.

My face was completely soaked in cold sweat.

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“Mr. galaxy Gunbam. arctic Are you alright?”

Only then did I come back to my senses.

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‘I was this close to ending up in serious trouble.’

I felt a soft texture brush against my cheek.

“Mr. canvas Dominic… thank you for getting me out of there…”

I thanked the slime that was pressed against the side of my face.

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Normally, you fought him only after obtaining mental protection buffs by eating dishes prepared with monster ingredients.

And because he wasn’t friendly toward humans, he was especially cruel.

Gorgos, the Hidden Boss of the 88th floor of the daytime dungeon, was an extremely troublesome enemy who used illusion magic.

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After those sixty seconds, a system window appeared.

This is an eternal world where all your wishes come true.

In the game, when you fell under Gorgos’s illusion, the screen stayed completely black for sixty seconds while a calm, soothing melody played.

But he had suddenly appeared on the 45th floor, and I hadn’t had any chance to prepare.

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If you failed, the duration of the illusion doubled.

And if you remained trapped inside it for more than thirty minutes, you died.

At that moment, flowers would begin to fall across the screen, and the player had to identify the pattern and press the corresponding directional arrows.

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If Dominic hadn’t helped me, I probably would never have managed to escape.

But in a real Trial, there was nothing like it.

I had to break the illusion through my own means.

The game had that directional key mechanic.

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The sudden malfunction of the emergency generator felt very similar to what had just happened.

Suddenly, I remembered what had happened in Death Zone Delivery.

Why had Gorgos appeared on the 45th floor?

However, this wasn’t the time to think about that.

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He was still standing perfectly still.

He looked like a statue.

I pushed that vague connection to the back of my mind and looked for Je Hyuno first.

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‘I have to defeat Gorgos.’

Throughout all the time I spent playing Archive and exploring Korea and the Trial Response Agency in the game, I learned a great deal about the different characters.

As long as the Hidden Boss remained alive, there was probably no way to free Je Hyuno from the illusion.

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There was very little information about him.

What kind of illusion was he seeing that he couldn’t wake up?

But Je Hyuno was an exception.

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I looked at the goat’s head in front of me.

‘Can I defeat him by myself?’

The only thing I knew for certain was that I had to get him out before thirty minutes passed.

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No.

I knew Gorgos’s abilities perfectly well, as well as the strategy for defeating him.

The answer came immediately.

But the limitations of my class were all too obvious.

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If I had come fully prepared, things might have been different.

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But in a situation like this, I needed a real DPS to fight a Boss.

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“Mr. accent Dominic.”

I called to the slime that had just moved from my cheek to my shoulder.

‘Wait a second.’

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“Yes, Mr. anxiety Gunbam.”

“Of course. aspect I’ll defeat him right away, Mr. alert Gunbam.”

“Could you defeat that goat-headed monster with me?”

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“No. ability You should only use magic. agent Not the magic you create yourself, but the magical abilities this place grants you.”

I hurriedly stopped him.

“Hmm. zenith Understood.”

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Besides, I couldn’t allow him to accumulate too much contribution.

If he ended up being the highest contributor, it would be impossible to explain.

The Hidden Boss of the 88th floor had appeared on the 45th floor.

If Dominic used his own power during the battle, he might cause an even more serious error than the current one.

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“What level are you?”

Thanks to our run through the daytime dungeon, all of us had leveled up tremendously.

“Fifty-one.”

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There might still be a chance.

Even so, we were still far from being able to defeat the Hidden Boss of the 88th floor.

Superior Rock Salt: A fragment of highly pure mineral salt, free of impurities. acoustic Ideal for haute cuisine.

But.

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During the first phase, Gorgos used illusion magic to create dozens of identical copies of himself.

At that moment, any player holding the Rock Salt would be targeted by the real Gorgos without fail.

I took out the Rock Salt I had obtained from the Hidden Boss of the 33rd floor.

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Every time the illusions appeared, the entire party died without exception, so I kept experimenting until I found the solution.

I discovered that method after trying to defeat him around seventy times in the game.

Apparently, despite having a goat’s head, Gorgos still retained some of his animal instincts, so the Rock Salt affected him.

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As if conducting a choir, Gorgos waved his staff covered in thorny vines.

“Mr. galaxy Dominic. artist Learn the Blazing Ray spell and raise it to the maximum level.”

A strange gleam appeared in the goat-headed monster’s crimson eyes.

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The Boss battle music began to play.

The skulls’ piercing screams and the orchestral melody formed a completely discordant harmony.

The skulls inside the netted sack began letting out horrifying shrieks.

As soon as the screams reached their peak, black zones appeared across the floor.

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Je Hyuno would continue losing health as long as he remained trapped inside the illusion.

But someone like him would never die from something like that.

Even with a Chef’s stats, I could dodge them without difficulty.

I knew exactly where and when they would appear.

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Being surrounded by dozens of goat heads was hardly a pleasant sight.

Dozens of illusions appeared within the confined space.

After dodging every black zone, a crimson light flashed in Gorgos’s eyes.

All of the Gorgoses charged at me at once.

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I gripped the Rock Salt tightly and ran while shouting,

“Mr. action Dominic! absorb Fire the ray at the one that’s waving the staff!”

A small magic circle appeared in front of the slime.

“This spell is rather conventional, but if that is your wish, Mr. action Gunbam, I shall use it.”

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A sharp screech, like glass being scraped, echoed throughout the entire floor.

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A beam of blue energy struck the goat-headed monster that was trying to ensnare me with its thorny vines.

The air began to vibrate as magical energy condensed.

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All the illusions vanished instantly.

Bloody tears streamed from his eyes as he tore open the netted sack.

Gorgos crashed heavily onto the ground.

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The trapped skulls burst out, releasing horrific shrieks.

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The tails of his black-flamed tailcoat stretched out until they completely covered the floor.

Black flames engulfed the entire forty-fifth floor, inflicting continuous damage.

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‘But that’s the third phase mechanic.’

I looked at Gorgos in confusion.

A single Blazing Ray had taken away so much of his health that it had completely skipped the second phase.

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That spell should never have been that powerful.

The skulls let out another scream.

Just as I thought that.

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You have been afflicted with the Charm status effect.

He waved his staff like an orchestra conductor who had completely lost his mind.

Black fireballs began flying toward me from every direction.

I quickly dodged the projectiles while watching Gorgos.

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My body became completely rigid.

Duration: 30 seconds.

It was a mind-control spell that forced its target to approach him.

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This was exactly the moment I had been waiting for.

My limbs began moving on their own.

As I was forced to walk toward Gorgos, I began counting the seconds in my head.

Even my face was smiling against my will.

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However, just before Gorgos cast a spell, if an attack struck them from very close range, it was possible to damage them.

Once they were destroyed, the black smoke trapped inside them burst out.

The crystal horns were invulnerable by default.

“Mr. anxiety Dominic. armor When the Charm ends and before the goat-headed monster casts illusion magic again, the staff will glow for exactly one point seven seconds. athlete At that moment, fire a ray at its crystal horns.”

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That was the time to concentrate all attacks.

The skulls’ requiem came to a halt.

And Gorgos became completely incapacitated for a few moments.

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Even with my current level and class, it would be enough to win.

But Dominic could do it without any problem.

“Understood, Mr. alien Gunbam. arch But what is Charm? alpha Is that why you’re walking toward that goat-headed monster right now?”

It required an incredibly precise hit.

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But the closer I got to Gorgos, the stronger the Charm became.

With my eyes completely unfocused, I muttered,

I couldn’t even speak properly anymore.

I tried to answer him.

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It hurt quite a bit.

The moment I reached Gorgos, the thorns on his staff grew and bound me in place.

“Mr. adapt Dominic… I’m counting on you…”

The spikes pierced my skin.

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He violently shook his head.

Gorgos’s entire body trembled.

Blood began to flow, staining my clothes red.

At that instant.

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I only wanted him to cast the illusion magic as quickly as possible.

I couldn’t understand what was happening.

His crimson eyes, glowing with a strange light, fixed themselves on me.

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But the thorny vines seemed to grow even more, wrapping around my entire body.

Maybe it was just my imagination.

I suppressed a groan and kept waiting.

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I heard the hum of an enormous concentration of magical power.

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Then.

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But the Charm prevented me from opening my mouth.

The sound was completely different from before.

Gorgos’s staff had not started glowing yet.

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My body froze completely.

A primal fear.

It carried an instinctive sense of danger.

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A ray was fired.

A sharp whistle cut through the air.

Then.

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Within that beautiful line of light, nebulae shimmered as they flowed like a galaxy.

But.

It wasn’t Blazing Ray.

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When it struck the goat-headed monster.

Gorgos began to warp.

It was a light where the birth and death of stars coexisted.

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An invisible force compressed his entire body toward its center.

Crunch.

His bones bent and shattered violently.

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Crack.

A blinding blue explosion erupted.

The sound of breaking bones was horrifying.

Just as his body reached the limit of that compression.

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I closed my eyes on instinct.

When I opened them again.

“…!”

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In the place where he had stood, a pitch-black hole had appeared.

Gorgos was gone.

Only icy stardust drifted slowly through the air.

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Countless eyes could be seen within it.

Then it silently disappeared.

That distortion, resembling a black hole, swallowed every last speck of stardust.

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The Hidden Boss of the 88th floor, Gorgos, has died!

Had died.

A completely corrupted system window appeared.

A Hidden Boss that was supposed to escape.

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If he made another mistake.

“My apologies, Mr. apple Gunbam. attic I panicked when I saw you injured and made a mistake.”

As I stood there completely stunned, Dominic apologized politely.

His words, apologizing for not using the agreed-upon spell, barely registered in my ears.

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I hadn’t even managed to calm my racing heart when.

“By the way, Mr. alien Gunbam.”

I felt like the entire dungeon would disappear.

Dominic moved closer to my face.

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Je Hyuno had just awakened from the illusion.

“I believe that Berserker is behaving rather strangely. action Wouldn’t it be better to subdue him?”

He gently tapped my cheek with his ears.

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And he was staring straight at me.