Chapter 4

It was not a response he expected. Shocked, Jinwoo looked at Juhee’s face, now showing a mischievous smile. ‘A girl…’ He remembered Juhee was 20 going on 21. If she had cut her long hair into a proper length and put on a school uniform, she’d be a fitting image of a student. Imagining her in a uniform, his face blushed.

Seeing his delayed response, Juhee blew air into her cheeks and pouted.

“Do you… not want to eat with me?”

It was then.

Suddenly, a commotion rose from the vanguard of the party.

“This is it!”

“The boss room!”

Jinwoo and Juhee turned their gazes forward.

There stood a giant door signaling the end of the tunnel. The Hunters gathered before the door.

“To think there was a door at the end of the tunnel.”

“Do you think this was always here?”

“First time I’m seeing something like this….”

“Do… do you think it’s dangerous?”

As they quietly whispered back and forth, the Hunters became uneasy. After all, their lives were on the line; they had to be careful. But too much care may impede progress, Mr. Song thought.

“So you guys want to turn back after all that? To go back empty handed?”

He placed his hand on the door.

“You’re free to go back. I’ll go alone.”

Mr. Song was a C-Rank Hunter with 10 years of experience. If it wasn’t for the fact that he was past 60 years old, he could’ve probably raided under a large Guild.

So when such a veteran Hunter spoke with confidence, the uneasiness of the other Hunters slowly disappeared.

“Now that I think about it,” One of the Hunters spoke of a rumor regarding Double Dungeons, “I heard that Double Dungeons have some crazy treasures.”

“Yeah, I heard some mid-level Guild once found a Double Dungeon and shot straight to a large Guild status!”

“And wherever magic beasts may appears in a Dungeon, they should all be the same level generally…”

And so the Hunters thought, what if this Double Dungeon contained a phenomenal treasure? And what if the magic beasts beyond this door were the same level as before?

‘Can’t let that old man take all the treasures by himself.’

‘Mm, of course.’

‘Forget just postnatal, I could probably pay for a big private school, pay for the mortgage…’

And just like that, the Hunters’ understandings became one. Even Jinwoo renewed his determination.

‘I can’t just return with a E-Rank magic core. At the very least, a D-Rank, no, just even one more E-Rank is good enough.’

It didn’t have to be a magic beast either.

‘If we find treasure beyond that door…’

It was a standard agreement that any treasures or artifacts found in a Dungeon would be divided evenly amongst party members. This was different than the case where magic core from magic beasts would only go to the members who helped take a target down.

‘If I can score big right here, I can rest easy for a bit…’

Seeing his determined face, Juhee asked from his side,

“Is that really the face of someone who Hunts as a ‘hobby’?”

Jinwoo shrugged,

“Who would risk their lives for work these days? But for a hobby, that’s another story.”

“…What?”

As Juhee put on an incredulous expression on her face, Mr. Song started pushing the door open.

creak~

Through some unknown mechanism, the giant door opened easily as the 60-year old man pushed.

Bang

The wide open door revealed a large interior, and the Hunters entered pushing past each other.

“We should go too.”

Not wanting to fall behind, Jinwoo took Juhee’s wrist and went forward.

“Ah…”

With redness creeping onto her face, Juhee followed him.

–

As the Hunters’ first steps fell onto the ground, the numerous torches that filled the walls of the area lit up, brightly illuminating the interior.

“Hmm? The light went on?”

“First time I’m seeing that.”

“Something’s… different.”

The Hunters surveilled their surroundings. It felt like the interior of a large temple. Like an ominous temple that would be hidden away deep underground, the floors, the walls and even the ceiling was covered in moss. Some Hunters shuddered and noted,

“Something feels wrong.”

“Doesn’t it feel like we’re being watched?”

The more fearful Hunters fell to the rear, while the stronger Hunters headed deeper into the room.

“Tsk. Don’t say such things.”

“Let’s just finish up here and go back.”

The interior was incredibly large. A wide area in a dome shape. It was comparable to multiple olympic fields being put together. No, perhaps bigger. At the same time, it paradoxically felt cramped. The reason was simple.

“That.. that thing…”

“That’s not the boss, is it?”

At the end of the room, something whose size surpa.s.sed reason and logic sat upon a grand and enormous seat. It could only described as a ma.s.sive Statue of G.o.d[1].

“My G.o.d[2]…”

“Whoa…”

They could not help but be amazed.

Jinwoo himself compared the statue’s size to America’s Statue of Liberty[3]. ‘If the Statue of Liberty sat down, it would probably look like that.’ Although the Statue of Liberty is female, and this one was clearly male. ‘No… This thing’s bigger…’

The Hunters gathered before the statue could not help but gulp repeatedly. They stood in fear, wondering if the Statue of G.o.d was the boss of this Dungeon.

“…”

But the Statue did not move.

“Phew~”

Mr. Song also sighed in relief.

“Alright, let’s spread out.”

With renewed confidence, the Hunters spread out, investigating the giant room.

“I don’t see any magic beasts.”

“Right?”

“Forget magic beasts, I don’t even see a single bug.”

Compared to its well-lit interiors and enormous size, the room of the Statue of G.o.d was rather plain. Adorning its walls were countless torches, illuminating the room. In front of the torches stood statues slightly larger than the average man, forming equidistant points of a circle.

“Beautiful.”

“It’s like a work of art.”

Each statue held something different in its hands. Some held weapons, some books, others held instruments or torches.

“It’s like…” Mr. Kim started describing,

“Decorations in a temple.” Mr. Song finished his sentence.

“Hmm?”

Mr. Song found something at his feet.

“This is… a magic circle[4]?”

At the center of the temple room, there was a magic circle that he had never seen before in his life.

“Mr. Song, there’s something written here. Can you come take a look at this?”

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