I Became a Mythical Hunter After Killing the Golden Goblin - Chapter 78

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Chapter 78. Artificial Dungeon: Damp Pit – Crawling Labyrinth
“What? This insane bastard?”
I couldn’t help but curse at the absurdity of it all. My assumption that he would sneak into my house and wreak havoc had been completely wrong.
This mad Ma-in had locked my entire house away together with me. Inside an artificial dungeon of his own creation.
〚Dungeon: Damp Pit – Crawling Labyrinth
Rarity: Rare
Grade: S-
Type: Artificial Dungeon – Labyrinth Form, Annihilation Form, Restriction Form, Boss Form
Description: An artificial dungeon created through the unique ability of a demon tribe member, Deriachs, a damp pit-digging worm. Since the Crawling Labyrinth, which was part of the artificial dungeon Deriachs possessed, has been manifested as-is, it is filled with his subordinate monsters. According to the special effects of the Crawling Labyrinth, designated restrictions are imposed on the space within.
Objective: Eliminate all monsters in the labyrinth (0/666)
Success: Acquire Unique Ability: Pit – Crawling Labyrinth [Ancient-C+], Obtain Demon Tribe: Fragment of Deriachs [Unique-F]
Failure: Physical death, soul confiscation〛
I stared at the message before my eyes in disbelief, then sighed and had no choice but to step outside my house.
All the traps I had installed became completely useless. At best, they could only serve as self-destruct mechanisms when monsters discovered and attacked.
Just as I was about to prepare for battle while lamenting this situation.
〚The dungeon owner applies restrictions to the dungeon!〛
With this message, someone’s delighted laughter echoed through the air.
〚Restriction 1. No aura except demonic energy can be used within the dungeon. However, those permitted by the dungeon owner may ignore this restriction.〛
With a dull thud, half of my Pride’s demonic power—the half responsible for light—stopped moving.
“This insane bastard.”
Curses spilled from my lips, and before I could even furrow my brow, another restriction message came through.
〚Restriction 2. Spear-type weapons cannot be used within the dungeon. However, those permitted by the dungeon owner may ignore this restriction.〛
‘So this bastard is trying to prevent me from using Longinus.’
My greatest trump card, my strongest weapon. Longinus was sealed. I could only click my tongue.
〚Restriction 3. Holy power-related abilities cannot be used within the dungeon. However, those permitted by the dungeon owner may ignore this restriction.〛
The third restriction. I could no longer use Lucifer’s wings or chaos magic skills.
‘Damn it!’
This situation had become far more troublesome than I expected. If my proficiency were just a bit higher, I could deploy only the demonic attribute wings separately, but that was impossible now.
Even up to this point, it was sufficiently threatening, but the restrictions were far from over.
〚Restriction 4. Buff-type abilities cannot be used within the dungeon. However, those permitted by the dungeon owner may ignore this restriction.〛
The demon tribe member Deriachs had definitely learned of my abilities through that dead Ma-in bastard. Otherwise, there’s no way he could seal my powers with such precision.
A restriction targeting Giant Ant’s Strength and Titan’s Power. As a result, I couldn’t use the Equal Exchange buff either.
Finally, the last restriction echoed out.
〚Restriction 5. Fire attribute-related abilities cannot be used within the dungeon. However, those permitted by the dungeon owner may ignore this restriction.〛
I furrowed my brow. I had never used The Sun’s authority when fighting Ma-in, so how did he know?
‘I did use The Sun’s Eye briefly. But there’s no way he could have figured it out from just that.’
From a distance, he couldn’t even have been certain it was The Sun’s power.
A sigh escaped me. What I thought would end without much difficulty had become far too complicated and difficult.
“I’m going insane.”
As I furrowed my brow and reflexively tried to draw upon The Sun’s power, my Pride’s demonic energy rapidly depleted…
Whoosh!
Remarkably, The Sun’s power manifested, utterly ignoring the constraints imposed by this ridiculous restriction. And in that moment, an aspect of consciousness that had remained hidden and silent within my psyche awakened.
〚Authority: Noon Sun’s proficiency has reached 100%!〛
〚Authority: Noon Sun’s level has risen to 3!〛
〚Authority: Noon Sun’s consciousness has completed recovery, adaptation, and resurrection, now revealing itself.〛
Authorities possess consciousness. Why that is, I naturally have no idea. I don’t even know if there are others among Earth’s inhabitants who possess authorities besides myself, so how would I know?
Whether all authorities possess consciousness or only mine do remained unclear, but given that Noon Sun, granted to me by Ra long ago, had never developed consciousness, I’d been leaning toward the latter—until now.
Noon Sun’s consciousness revealed itself. But recovery? Adaptation? Resurrection?
I could feel the will of this consciousness. It didn’t speak, yet I understood.
A power that was originally one had fractured into three, its consciousness shattered. Meanwhile, sealed away, it never had the chance to recover.
The moment the seal broke, the very root of the authority was handed over to another—a ridiculous situation in which the consciousness rapidly deteriorated.
After that, it refrained from revealing itself, instead quietly being reborn anew to adapt to its new vessel: me.
With this, it seems confirmed that all authorities possess consciousness—with the exception of unique ones like the limited special authority within Longinus.
After all, authorities are treasures valuable enough that Ra calls them seeds of mythology, so it’s hardly surprising they possess consciousness.
The consciousnesses of my other authorities regarded this newcomer. There was no conflict. I’d worried the authorities might clash, but Noon Sun’s consciousness established its place beneath the Golden Tower and Equivalent Exchange, and above Fortune and Misfortune.
‘Wait, if those authorities ignore restrictions…!’
That means I can use Equivalent Exchange’s power too.
I smiled with satisfaction and opened my status window to examine the abilities now available to me.
〚Status Window
Name: Shin Ju-ha
Titles: World Destroyer [Legend], Protection of Serpens [Myth], Guardian of the Primordial City [High], Slayer of Gods [Myth]
Job: X
LV 32 (7%)
Stats
Limitless [Myth] F+ (11/100)
Pride [Origin] F+ (11/100)
Fortune [Myth] F- (11/100)
Misfortune [Legend] F- (12/100)
Indomitable [Legend] F- (75/100)
Remaining Points: 52
Authorities
[Golden Tower LV 2][Fortune LV 1][Noon Sun LV 3][Equivalent Exchange LV 3]
Runes
[Evolved Monarch’s Crown [Ancient] LV 1][Domain Expansion – Cruel Fate [Ancient] LV 1][Time – Hourglass [Origin] LV 1]
Unique Abilities
[Curse of Misfortune [Legend] LV MAX][Limitless Heavenly Meridian [Myth] LV 2][Supreme Soul [Myth] LV 2][Sun’s Eye [Myth] LV 1][Chaos Body [Myth] LV 1]
Skills
[Wings of Pride [Myth] LV 3][Heart of the Colossus [Legend] LV 1][Flowing Fire [Epic] LV 1][Giant Ant’s Mighty Strength [Unique] LV 1][Strength of the Colossus [Legend] LV 1][Chaos Magic [Myth] LV 1]〛
My level rose by the maximum five levels possible in a single advancement, and combined with the reward from overcoming Misfortune through Indomitable, I now had fifty-two spare points.
The Indomitable stat continued growing as I overcame Misfortune.
‘I can’t raise Heavenly Fortune.’
When Heavenly Fortune rises, Misfortune rises with it. That’s why, except for the very first time I drank the Nectar, I’ve never invested a single stat point into Heavenly Fortune.
‘I’ll think about that later for now.’
It’s time to invest my spare points. I ground up the divine object I received from Ra, and the effect of all stats +20 disappeared.
In a situation like this, that 20 stat points felt desperately needed, but there’s no use regretting it now—what’s done is done.
Without hesitation, I poured all my spare points into Wuji. Raising Wuji by 1 required 3 spare points, and using 51 points increased my Wuji stat by 17.
My body grew stronger. Was it because I spent 3 spare points? Now, with each stat increase, I feel it distinctly.
I closed the status window and assessed this irritating, bothersome situation once more. The power I can actually use is essentially just my authorities and Liquid Transformation.
But that was enough. Even with restrictions, I’m not weak. Things have become slightly harder, but I don’t feel like I’ll lose.
I transform Man-byeon into a sword. Currently, I’m dropped somewhere in the Crawling Labyrinth. The sounds of monsters echo from far away.
My objective is to kill 666 enemies no matter how thoroughly I have to search the entire labyrinth. The Ma-in bastard is probably entrenched as the boss of this dungeon.
I stomp the ground. First, I need to escape this damned place as quickly as possible. Being bound by these restrictions feels so uncomfortable and irritating. Especially the damp, disgusting aura of the demonic race I feel inside this labyrinth—I hate it.
Grrrrrrgh!
A monster appeared. It was a demonic creature, one of those called a monster that uses demonic energy. Its form was like its master—an insect. A leech-like thing crawling across the ground.
I draw my sword. I swing it. My Wuji stat, which has already risen twice, granted me talents and abilities on an entirely different level than before.
Finding more efficient and perfect movements instinctively is basic; my ability to read the enemy’s attack patterns became far superior, and I could even faintly discern the enemy’s weaknesses.
Grrgh!
Like a miniature version of what’s called a Sandworm, this maggot-like demonic creature opened its round mouth wider than its own body and revealed its killing intent toward me.
From that gaping maw, something—whether saliva or poison—flies toward me. Following the instinctive warning, I evade those projectiles as my sword cleaves the maggot in half.
Kyaaaagh!
It was weak. Far too weak. Did it really think it could kill me with something like this?
〚Normal Rank-SSS LV 7: You have defeated the Bottom-Feeder Maggot.〛
Just as I thought—merely Normal rank. The slightly elevated rank suggests it was at the top of the Normal tier, but that’s its only limit.
Now that I’ve invested stats and truly reached C-rank mastery, this wasn’t an opponent for me anymore.
“Surely there aren’t only things like this?”
What are they thinking? What are they plotting?
Are they really trying to stop me with only these? Do they really think they can hold me back with just this?
I sighed and opened the dungeon window. My expression darkened.
“What is this?”
All monsters in the labyrinth eliminated (49/666)…(52/666)…(56/666)
I’d only killed one, yet the dungeon’s monsters were rapidly decreasing.
“Damn it, what kind of nonsense is this?”
I hurried forward. I’m done with games. I’m already frustrated enough—if something else happens here, things could get really difficult.
In the worst case, my life could be in danger. I rushed across the labyrinth. As I ran, I realized one thing.
“There are no monsters?”
It became clear. Ma-in and that demonic bastard are killing the monsters. But why? What’s the reason?
A single thought flashes through my mind.
‘Could they be offering the monsters as sacrifices?’
There’s no time. I sighed and stomped the ground. If they offer additional sacrifices, I don’t know what will happen.
In the worst case…demons could partially descend. Then I’m truly dead.
‘I can’t use the Spear of Longinus.’
It seemed I couldn’t ignore the restrictions. I let out a heavy sigh and quickly began navigating through the Labyrinth.

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