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Chapter 50 - Chapter 50: Is this okay?   

A gate identical to the exit appeared .

The color was similar, but the shape was definitely different .

A gate that rarely appeared in level 23 dungeons .

There is no official name for the gate .

But between the Awakened, it is called Hell's Gate or the Fisherman's Needle .

Most experienced Awakeneds know the gate very well .

But it was rare for anyone to come back alive after going into it .

For certain dungeons that have hidden bosses such as the level 23 dungeon that can have any one of the 7 different ranks of the Lich Kings appear . In that gate, all 7 Lich Kings would be there .

Of course, the reward for clearing the portal would be amazing .

But the number of people heading into the gate was few at best .

A sweet temptation .

But that would be too much!

They would stare at the gate as if a fish looking at a fat juicy worm on a hook .

Unless they were real fish, they wouldn't bite into bait like that .

The exemption would be Rankers hunting for the Lich King's Armor set .

"I'm even happier seeing this more than seeing a mimic . "

For any regular Awakened, this would be too much .

But I was going to enter the gate .

With many level ups, I had obtained a decent amount of stamina .

Even if the red eyed rank 1 Lich King used a skill beyond ranking, my 5 shields would protect me .

And even after casting my shield, I had two free hands .

An exit and a gate to hell .

Looking at each of them back and forth, I moved my feet towards the gate of hell .

* * * *

Inside the gate was another world .

A desolate land filled with igneous rocks as far as one can see .

The lost souls embedded in the ground howled at the skies .

Without eyes or tongues, struggling as if falling deeper into a swamp .

I felt relieved that the dungeon was large .

If the dungeon was small, all 7 of them would aggro at the same time .

Looking at the different colors of their eyes, I planned to pair two a time to take them out according to their ranking .

I had obtained the quick single spells Explosion and Holy Missile — A ranking skills that will perfectly fill the gap between my main attack skills as both skills did not have cast time or cool downs .

Explosion was a fire type magic, shooting a fireball the size of a basketball .

It was similar to the F ranking Fire Orb, but the difference in damage dealt was incomparable .

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Once Explosion hits its target, it didn't disappear until there was nothing left to consume .

So unless healing skills or remove status effect skills were used, the flames would not extinguish until the target turned to ashes .

The next skill I obtained was the Holy Missile .

Magicians, Shamans, and Priests use this skill .

Causing holy type damage, it boasted massive amounts of damage against the undead .

A skill perfect for Ghouls or Lich Kings .

* * * *

Casting Meteor and Iceberg towards my right, I ran at full speed ahead .

From afar, I could see 2 Lich Kings .

It was important to determine the glow of their eyes, so I stayed out of their aggro range and stared .

Green and purple .

Both were low ranking bosses .

"Yah!"

With one fluid motion, I struck one on each of them .

Almost like a welcoming tackle?

Receiving heavy amount of damage, they tried to condense their mana to heal themselves, but I casted Fire Shock, which does more damage the closer you are to the target .

"GWOAHHHH!"

"KURURUK"

They howled and flailed about in pain, unable to even attack once .

Just in case any Lich Kings were nearby, I adjusted the range on the Gravity Laser .

With my continuous attack, I was slowly blowing through the Lich King .

After that I used about 10 Explosions and rained down Holy Missile .

It looked as if light bulbs shattered across the floor .

The holy attribute of the attack, when met with the undead, begins to eat away at their form .

It didn't take long .

"Ku… uuu… . . "

The rank 7 Lich King, now just a ball of flame, had the life from his eyes snuffed out .

Then .

[5,000,000 experience obtained . ]

Now there was only one target left .

I stopped using Gravity Laser and began to pour away the new skills that I've learned .

Since I did not have a limit on mana, I could spam away without a care .

If I had brought Banwol Jincheon with me, I could've made quite the scene .

Soon, eyes that glowed green from the rank 4 Lich King were snuffed out .

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[8,000,000 experience obtained . ]

"Oh?"

The difference between ranks were made obvious .

You could obtain more experience from the higher ranking ones .

The more you learn about them, the more I find them amusing .

There were 30 minutes left before the level 23 dungeon closed .

But it's been 5 minutes since I entered the gates of hell .

I didn't know which the 1 hour limit for the dungeons will apply to .

To be on the safe side though, I considered as if I had 30 minutes left and hurried .

Tossing the loot into the bag, I quickly moved on .

I had arrived at the furthest I could go towards the east, and now headed towards the north end .

The bag became heavier with the drops, but my footsteps only became lighter .

* * * *

"Ha… Ha…"

After taking down the Lich Kings in pairs, only the rank 1 with the red glowing eyes remained .

Trying to catch my breath, I used heal to regain my HP .

Most attacks I absorbed with my shield .

However, any attacks I didn't recognized I did my best to avoid .

Since high ranking bosses appeared, I was incredibly nervous .

If they made someone like me with incredible amounts of strength this tired, I can pretty much guess how tough they are .

If these bosses weren't (??) ranking bosses, I would use skills to lower their resistances and prevent healing .

Would've have been an easier time for me .

Sadly it didn't work on them .

Most support and curse skills didn't work on hidden bosses after all .

The last one .

Out of all of them that I've taken down, none of them dropped the armor set .

But I felt that this one would be different .

Meteor and Iceberg were on cool down .

"Come out Blue!"

"KWUHHHHHHH!"

The Devil Avatars appeared .

As I hoped for, both the summoned were of the ice attribute .

Thinking about how long the cool down and cast time for my main spells will be, I had to buy quite a lot of time .

"I'll break through his shield . Put an icicle in his face for me, will ya?"

Both nodding their heads, they stood next to me on each side .

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'They'd be cute if they didn't yell all the time . '

I charged at the Lich King .

"Ugh! He doesn't even have a cast time for that?"

As if the Lich King heard my plan with the avatars, he began to pour down a blizzard on me .

Frosted arrows covered the skies, and began raining down below .

The force from the attack tore apart the ground, leaving holes as if a volcano erupted .

Getting close as I could, I casted Fire Shock and then began pouring skills until his shields fell apart .

"ORAAAAA!"

While pouring down those skills, a Holy Missile was reflected towards me .

Surprised, I twisted my body reflexively to avoid the attack .

To even use a Reflect Shield to reflect my attack .

He definitely deserved the title of grand magician .

-CRACK!

His shield finally broke apart .

The avatars finally moved on my command .

To make sure they didn't get one shot, I made sure there was plenty of distance between them .

I also commanded them to make sure they spread apart from each other .

The two avatars began to pour away frost magic at the enemy .

"3 more minutes! Then it all ends . "

"KUWAAA!"

"Oh boy . All the bulky ones seem to be always good at yelling . "

* * * *

Finally, the last Lich King slowly lost the glow from his eyes as it collapsed .

The glow from his eyes were like the light from a candle, swaying in the wind .

"Ugh, gah… . "

After quite a while, I was able to take down the Lich King .

Then .

The Lich King's armor and helmet broke free from his body, and began to float around .

The dungeon did not have any sunlight, but the sheer size almost made shadows appear .

Finally, when the glow from his eyes were snuffed out . .

The floating armor set fell towards me .

The size began to shrink to fit me perfectly, and I could use it without having to worry about my movements being hindered .

"Oho? So this is how it works?"

It was as if the Lich King's armor set wandered about to search for its new owner until settling on me .

The shape was a bit different from what magician ranker Yoon Jong-sun had .

There were no unnecessary ornaments and looked similar to sleeping wear, thus, it destroyed the concept that armor has to be thick .

Even if I wore a shirt over this, no one would think that I was wearing armor underneath .

The Darkness armor set, which even consumed the light around it .

While I didn't care much about the design, the special ability it provided was perfect for me .

"I guess the armor set you can get depends on the ranking of the boss? While the helmet is a bit embarrassing to wear, I made quite a fortune here . "

I was tapping and admiring my armor .

"Wait, this isn't the time for that . "

I headed towards his corpse .

The skill books are a must, as well as the A ranking stone . But it would be disappointing if it ended there .

Because the main dish of Awakened Essences are left .

Two of them, both the size of my thumb, had dropped .

Since I was short on time, I had hurriedly shoved in all the drops from the other Lich Kings without checking them .

I was thinking about the blissful time I would be spending outside as I checked through all the loot .

There was a chance that while taking the stones and skill books, Awakened Essences might have slipped in there too after all .

* * * *

Through the gates of hell and out the exit portal, I was teleported outside of the dungeon .

Taking the stuffed backpack with me, I headed towards the bench, refreshed as I could be .

Suddenly, I heard the sound of someone stepping on dry branches .

Reflexively, I looked towards the source of the noise .

I saw a man in a suit .

From the bushes, he was staring at me .

As soon as our eyes met, he tried to run away as fast as possible .

'Huh? Why is he so pathetic?'

In a blink of an eye, I arrived at his location .

"U… Uwa…"

"What is it?"

"… . "

Looking at his movements, he wasn't an Awakened .

He tried to flee as if a regular person came across a dog with rabies .

If I got too excited and grabbed onto him, he probably would've exploded into pieces from where he stood .

We only ran for 10m down the hill, but he was gasping for breath .

"Uwa… wew… . "

"Who are you? What were you doing here?"

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