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When a dungeon core amplification occurs:
An E-rank dungeon turns into a D-rank dungeon.
In the process, the monsters from the E-rank dungeon surge into the human world, causing trouble.
The same goes for D-rank dungeons.
When a dungeon core amplification occurs, a C-rank dungeon is created.
There were no exceptions.
At least, until now.
But this time, Dungeon D-34 is different.
The dungeon core amplification is the same, but
it jumps two ranks straight to a B-rank dungeon.
A case that has never been reported before.
If this happens repeatedly, the gateway between the demon world and the human world will eventually open.
Four and a half years from now.
Something that will happen as soon as Davian becomes a 6th grader.
'That's then and this is now.'
For now, it's a priority to accumulate mana points with the resurrected Dungeon Exploration Club.
"Here it is."
Ariel pointed to the dungeon entrance.
All the Dungeon Exploration Club members had moved to the vicinity of the dungeon entrance using a pre-made magic circle.
A dungeon that has already been explored three times.
D-34.
Club president Ariel has finally decided to directly destroy the dungeon core of this dungeon.
"Everyone ready? We're going in. As soon as we enter, there will be swarms of monsters, so be careful."
"Ah, you said they're all gathered at the entrance, right?"
"Yeah."
"That's even better. We can wipe them out all at once."
Navero, the vice president of the Dungeon Exploration Club and a 5th grader, stood next to Ariel, putting on a mana amplification ring.
"What's important now isn't the ordinary monsters inside the dungeon. We need to get to the boss room as quickly as possible, defeat the boss, and destroy the dungeon core. Before something happens to this strange dungeon."
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
Ariel nodded her head firmly once.
"Let's go in. Dungeon Exploration Club. Thanks for coming along."
"If it's not us, who will protect the civilians living near the dungeon?"
"That's right! I learned that if you're born with mana affinity, you should take on the responsibility that comes with it!"
While all the club members were uttering a word of determination,
three students with completely different thoughts were standing at the very back of the group.
Three 1st graders wearing a mark with a gray bear on their chests.
'Haven't we come far enough for a new event or quest to pop up?'
'I can't believe Davian is everywhere.'
'I can do this! Charm appeal!'
Kuaaa!
Kreung!
"W, what is this?"
The inside of the dungeon was utter chaos.
As Ariel said, the ordinary monsters inside the dungeon seemed to be all gathered near the entrance.
"There's no end to killing them all! We're breaking through!"
Ariel took the lead and started clearing a path.
Three swordsmen including Ariel.
Four mages including Vice President Navero.
Two archers.
One healer.
That was the party composition of the Dungeon Exploration Club.
Kuaaa!
Ariel lightly cut a troll in half at the waist.
Of course, cutting a troll in half in one go isn't an easy task.
It's only possible because Ariel is the ace of the swordsmanship department in the 6th grade.
'I wonder if Bonita can cut one in half in one go?'
While Davian was lost in thought for a moment,
two ghouls quickly approached the middle of the club's line.
Monsters that eat humans alive.
Just as Vice President Navero was quickly preparing an attack spell,
Swish!
Davian's ice sword cut through the necks of the two ghouls.
It all happened in the blink of an eye from the mages' point of view.
"Davian, your movements seem to have gotten better?"
Of course.
How much has happened since meeting them at the festival.
And how many points have been collected.
Davian was growing at a speed that ordinary academy students couldn't imagine.
"Thank you."
"You're also polite."
A club optimized for accumulating mana points.
If he wanted to be active here for a long time, there was no need to have an awkward relationship with the seniors, it was a simple calculation.
The Dungeon Exploration Club quickly passed through the large and small monsters.
They cut or blasted away any monsters that got too close.
"Huff, huff. I think we're completely out now?"
"It seems so. Those monsters. They're not even thinking about following us."
"But why are they doing that at the entrance? And they're not going out into the human world either."
"Isn't it because they're preparing to get out immediately at any time?"
"Why? Why?"
Davian knew the answer.
Instinctively, they knew that B-rank monsters would soon be pouring in.
They don't want to go out into the human world, but
they can jump out immediately if necessary.
'It seems they're scared of the B-rank monsters.'
The Dungeon Exploration Club headed straight for the boss room.
Since there were no monsters in between, it actually saved time.
It was as Ariel said.
Parts of the dungeon walls were melting and flowing down.
Some places had completely melted and turned into black darkness.
Before long, they stood in front of a place with a huge iron door.
Tring.
A notification sound only Davian could hear.
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[Achievement Event: Prevent the First Dungeon Amplification]
―Defeat the B-rank boss monster.
―Stop the B-rank monster wave that will follow.
―Achievement conditions: Complete dungeon destruction without any deaths
―Reward: Achievement stat increase
Leadership +1
Dignity +5
Luck +5
―Failure: Everyone dies
―Accept: Y / N
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An event finally popped up.
And it's an achievement event that has nothing to do with mana points.
'It doesn't matter.'
Either way, mana points will accumulate while stopping the monster wave.
Davian's eyes were on 'Y' for whether to accept it.
Tring.
Event accepted.
It's even more beneficial because he can raise achievement points together.
"Let's go in. It's the same thing. Defeat the boss right away and destroy the dungeon core of this ominous dungeon right away. And then we block the D-rank monster wave and we're done. It's simple."
She said that, but
Ariel had called in Davian because this dungeon seemed unusual.
But there's a village right next to it, so she can't just ignore it.
'I can only hope that nothing happens. Or... that only things happen that we can overcome.'
Creak.
Ariel pushed the huge iron door.
"What?"
"Where did it go?"
There was no boss monster.
The club members, who were tightly packed in a party battle formation, gradually widened the distance and searched the boss room.
"It's really not here?"
"That's good, right? Let's quickly destroy the dungeon core and get out."
Ariel paused for a moment, lost in thought.
'I've never heard of it.'
A boss monster that has emptied the dungeon boss room.
It's impossible.
A sense of unease crept in.
But the monsters crowded at the entrance came to mind.
If those guys all went out into the human world.
The nearby village would be devastated.
'I, no. We have to do it.'
Ariel strode forward and opened the door to the dungeon core room.
At that moment.
Kuddeudeud.
The sound of the cave collapsing echoed.
Thump. Koong.
Stones on the ceiling of the boss room turned into large rocks and fell to the ground.
Vice President Navero shouted.
"Ariel-senpai! Quick, the dungeon core!"
"Okay!"
Ariel, who had regained her senses, held her sword horizontally and flew straight towards the dungeon core.
Whoosh!
Black energy instantly poured out from the dungeon core and covered Ariel's body.
Kwaang!
Ariel, who had been repelled by the black energy, flew straight to the opposite wall.
"Keuek!"
"Senpai!"
"Are you okay?"
The club members rushed into the core room.
While they were supporting Ariel,
Whoong.
One wall slid straight back.
In the place where the wall had been, there was an abyss of darkness.
"Dungeon core amplification!"
"Everyone prepare!"
Thump. Thump.
A heavy footstep was heard from the darkness.
The sound, which was getting closer and closer, soon began to pound on the floor of the core room.
A moment later.
"It's a stone golem!"
"Get in formation!"
Davian shook his head.
Stone golems do not move on their own.
Therefore, it cannot be a dungeon's boss monster.
Besides.
'It might be a C-rank, but it's far from being a B-rank boss monster.'
For various reasons.
That's not a golem.
"Human......"
A heavy baritone voice echoed through the dungeon.
"The stone golem spoke?"
"No way. How can a golem speak!"
"It's frowning?"
"Where does a golem have a face and where does it have an expression!"
While the bewildered seniors were guessing the identity of the boss monster that looked like a stone golem,
Davian stepped forward.
Ariel shouted.
"Davian! It's dangerous! Join the formation!"
"It's a Margoyle."
A different answer came from Davian's mouth.
"What?"
"That's a Margoyle. A B-rank dungeon monster."
"Margoyle?"
Margoyle.
A humanoid monster with a body made of stone.
A being that is different from a stone golem, which is controlled by magic without self-consciousness.
The vice president shouted.
"Then it's even more dangerous! Come this way! Let's join forces..."
The vice president froze in place as he was speaking.
Swish.
Davian's ice sword cut off the Margoyle's left arm.
Swish.
Right arm.
Swish.
Left calf.
The Margoyle, who had lost both arms and one leg, fell down.
Kuoong.
A body nearly 5 meters tall was slammed to the ground.
Poouk.
Finish.
Davian's ice sword pierced straight into the center of the Margoyle's neck, which was lying on the floor.
"Wh, what? You said it was a Margoyle."
"The textbook says it has a much tougher body than a stone golem?"
"He didn't even have an aura."
"Isn't it not a Margoyle?"
Ariel, who went next to Davian and looked into the Margoyle's corpse, answered.
"This monster. It's a Margoyle."
Vice President Navero approached.
"But it's this easy?"
Margoyle.
A monster that is much tougher than a stone golem, and is not even affected by most magic attacks.
Only a swordsman who can use a proper aura can barely make a scratch.
Other club members also approached and looked at the cut surface of the Margoyle.
A smooth cut surface as if tofu had been sliced.
Woong.
A 4th grade swordsman put an aura into his sword.
"Hap!"
He strikes down on the remaining leg of the Margoyle with all his might.
Kkaang!
A sound as if metal and metal were colliding.
It was sharply dented, but it seemed impossible to cut it in one go.
The 4th grader asked.
"Is it because of that sword? Is that the ice sword you got from the contract with Glasier? I've heard rumors."
Davian looked at the ice sword he was still holding in his hand.
Speaking of this ice sword.
The greater the mana of the person who made it, the sharper and stronger it becomes.
Now that 400,000 mana points have been gathered.
It's more strange if it can't cut a monster made of stone.
Rather, it was an easier opponent for Davian than a stone golem that regenerates its own body.
Of course, Margoyle is by no means an easier opponent than a stone golem for other people as well.
"Is this a B-class boss monster......"
Ariel's head became complicated.
The dungeon core amplification has already occurred.
But.
'B-class, huh.'
The B-class dungeon boss monster Margoyle that suddenly appeared.
The D-class dungeon has become a B-class dungeon right away.
If we don't destroy the dungeon core now.
B-class monsters will soon start pouring into this dungeon.
Then all the D-class monsters gathered at the entrance will all run out into the human world.
But if we destroy the dungeon core now.
A B-rank monster wave will start.
'We can't stop the B-rank monster wave with just us.'
Ariel's head spun quickly.
Either way, we can't get out of the dungeon now because the dungeon core amplification is in progress.
But when the amplification is over, the dungeon entrance will reopen.
'Then, after talking about catching the monsters that escape, I'll secretly come back and destroy the dungeon core alone......'
While she was thinking about how to save the members,
Crack!
The sound of the dungeon core cracking was heard.
Ariel, startled, looked up.
Davian's ice sword was stuck in the dungeon core.
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