Player Farming in the Dragon’s Lair - Chapter 112

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112
A chill wind swept through the dark conference room.
Today was the day the Apostles held their assembly.
Normally Baal, the highest-ranking Apostle, would preside while Rabbit served as secretary, but today Baal had chosen to handle it himself.
Nine Apostles in total had gathered at the conference table.
Everyone except Baal was present.
Rabbit, the assistant facilitator, sat in the secretary’s chair, sweating profusely, watching silently.
‘But why are those two even attending this Apostle meeting?’
At the far end of the conference table sat Buer and Paimon.
As the ninth and tenth-ranked Apostles, they had entered the Abandoned Dungeon that Lee Woo-jin owned, and afterward they had revealed to Rabbit alone that they had become part of the Lee Woo-jin Agricultural Management Corporation and pledged their service to him.
By sharing with Rabbit how they had consulted with a treasure goblin and gifted him items to win Lee Woo-jin’s favor, the three had indirectly unified under Lee Woo-jin as their common center.
Given that, there was technically no need for them to attend the Apostle assembly.
Attending the Apostle assembly meant joining in the grand objective of destroying the world through the power of Calamity alongside the other Apostles, but now that they had sided with Lee Woo-jin, there was no such necessity.
For now, Rabbit decided to remain quiet.
Since Baal was conducting this meeting, there was no need to speak up—in fact, he felt relieved about it.
Meanwhile, Buer and Paimon’s reason for attending the Apostle assembly was to be of use to Lee Woo-jin.
More precisely, they intended to conduct “intelligence gathering.”
The agenda items brought up in the Apostle assembly consisted entirely of operations aimed at world destruction.
They were particularly focused on the revival of Calamities or the resurgence of Apostle forces, and Buer and Paimon felt that with Lee Woo-jin having already dealt with two Calamities, the Apostles’ activities would likely be problematic for him.
‘Of course, the Chairman hasn’t given direct orders about this.’
If anything came up that seemed likely to negatively impact Lee Woo-jin, they planned to report it immediately.
Then.
“B-Baal is entering, meow!”
The main door to the conference room burst open, and a man appeared.
It was Baal, the highest-ranking Apostle, who commanded and ruled over all Apostle forces.
The moment he appeared, the conference room fell silent, as though the air itself had been held in.
Gulp.
Silence filled the room.
Baal was the first to speak.
“Let’s get straight to the point. I’ve called this assembly because of an Adventurer named Lee Woo-jin in Mythological Difficulty.”
The blunt declaration startled Rabbit, Buer, and Paimon.
Of course, they didn’t let it show on their faces—they swallowed their surprise.
Baal scanned the faces of the assembled Apostles and continued.
“You all know that I operate within the Manager Association disguised as Manager 300. And recently, I’ve been hearing rumors.”
That Erosion has stopped.
Erosion referred to the abnormal phenomena occurring across each continent since the Tower’s appearance—monsters emerging, terrain transforming, strange occurrences of all kinds.
It signified the Tower consuming the continents.
A phenomenon impossible to comprehend: through distortions of an unknown dimension, the Tower became continents, and continents became the Tower.
And for the world destruction the Apostles desired, Erosion was one of the most critical elements.
“From my own investigation, Erosion has definitely stopped. It shouldn’t be possible. The renowned Awakeners, those with considerable strength among humans, have already given up on Hell Difficulty, and it’s known that different-dimensional Awakeners have begun to gain prominence in Hard Difficulty—but that provides no basis for Erosion to have stopped.”
Then what had stopped Erosion?
Calamities were appearing one after another, the World Tree had been destroyed, and the activity of demonic creatures was steadily increasing—the “destruction” the Apostles so desperately desired was drawing near. There was no reason for Erosion to have stopped.
Yet the answer could be found in an entirely unexpected place that no one had paid attention to.
– Word has it that some Adventurer in Mythological Difficulty is the one halting Erosion, and the Association Director is keeping a very close eye on them. What was that name again? Oh yes. Lee Woo-jin.
– I heard the Director personally assigned two Manager 350s and that Adventurer to his exclusive supervision. No other Manager can even get close—he’s blocked all access.
– Manager 350? You mean that perpetually last-place cat Manager?
– That’s the one. But that’s what’s strange. All the renowned Awakeners have dropped out of Hell Difficulty and left, so how can there even be an Adventurer in Mythological Difficulty?
– I heard from one of the Directors that the Adventurer’s Level is apparently 1. Does that even make sense?
As Manager 300 conducting his double life, Baal recalled the words he’d overheard Managers speaking in passing, and the time Manager 350 had visited the Association.
Manager 350.
His impression of them in one word: a foolish cat.
Dim-witted, dull, and meek to a fault.
Exactly the type Baal despised most.
So incompetent, dead last in Manager training, constantly dismissed by everyone else—which made the memory all the more vivid.
– I, I came to file a report, meow.
That creature, stuck in Mythological Difficulty with barely a single Adventurer, had come to file a report at the Association. He found it strange, so he snatched the report from their hands and read it.
Definitely Mythological Difficulty.
And it stated that exactly one person existed on Floor 99.
Level 1.
At the time, he’d dismissed it as Manager 350 finally going insane and moved on.
‘Lee Woo-jin. He was a real Adventurer after all.’
It was likely for that reason the Erosion had stopped, they said.
No—now the Association chairman was utterly certain of it.
“Lee Woo-jin. I don’t know exactly what that Adventurer is doing, but if the Erosion has stopped because of him, I need to verify it. Still, we can’t approach him carelessly.”
One of the Apostles, who had been listening quietly to Baal, raised his hand.
“What is it?”
“Why not just rush in and kill him? You said his Level is only 1, didn’t you? By your own account, Baal, this Lee Woo-jin or whoever is a weakling of the highest order. Merely being in the same space as you would probably stop his heart from terror alone.”
The other Apostles burst into laughter at his words.
But when Baal’s expression darkened, they sensed the shift and fell silent.
“If it were that simple, I wouldn’t be speaking of it now. I would have gone and killed him myself. The problem is that Lee Woo-jin is an Adventurer under close watch by the Manager Association. If he dies, an investigation will follow for certain, and the trail will lead back to us. Do you intend to make an enemy of the Association openly?”
The Association itself, taken alone, possessed almost no power.
From the Apostles’ perspective, they were a feeble organization in matters of force.
What the Apostles had to be careful of were the Constellations standing behind the Association.
The Tower’s maintenance and the Association’s very existence depended on the Constellations backing them.
‘The Constellations claim not to meddle in lower realms, but provoking the Association would be unwise.’
Baal knew it well.
What had become of Amwol in the past when he challenged the authority of the divine.
And furthermore.
Pop!
Baal drew out the Administrator Manual.
He opened it to show Floor 99 of Mythological Difficulty.
[Floor 99 Objective]
– Defeat Dragon Lord (0/1)
“Floor 99 is the Dragon Lord’s domain. There are theories that he is divine, but nothing certain. In any case, the critical point is that venturing directly into the Dragon Lord’s territory itself carries enormous risk.”
“……My thinking was shallow.”
The Apostle who had proposed rushing in and killing him coughed awkwardly and withdrew.
The Apostles threw out various ideas among themselves and searched for an optimal strategy, but nothing brilliant came to mind.
It was just as the meeting seemed to be wrapping up initially.
One of the Apostles spoke.
“What about a Beauty Charm Tactic? From his name, he sounds male—and few men can resist a pretty woman.”
Beauty Charm Tactic!
At those words, every eye in the chamber turned toward a single place.
When beauty was mentioned, one figure was never left out—Barbatos, the Apostle ranked eighth.
“……How embarrassing.”
The charismatic woman who had confidently seized first place, by an overwhelming margin, at last year’s Miss Demon Realm Contest!
‘So cute! So cute!’
‘Ah. Barbatos is beautiful today too.’
‘Look at how she blushes.’
Humans, strangely, failed to appreciate such beauty.
They grew entranced by homely creatures like Succubi.
True beauty, after all, flows from strength.
Behold!
Those bulging biceps and triceps!
Her powerful musculature stirred excitement in the demon males around her.
Muscles far more solid and massive than any ordinary Ogre.
A sharp gaze split keenly, tusks like elephant ivory jutting between her lips.
A jaw squared with the look of unbreakable stone!
And finally, a single modest flower tucked in her short twin-braided hair, evoking the delicacy of shyness.
“Do you think you could manage it, Barbatos?”
At Baal’s question, Barbatos answered with roaring confidence.
“Excellent!”
“Good. Noble spirit. Barbatos, you will make for the Abandoned Dungeon.”
The Abandoned Dungeon?
Barbatos tilted her head, as if uncertain.
“For whatever reason, it seems Lee Woo-jin has acquired ownership of one of the Abandoned Dungeons. As you know, when an outsider invades a dungeon, a notification message appears to the owner. We shall use that to our advantage.”
Snap!
“You will go there and play the part of a hapless girl who has lost her way. Show but a single tear, and no man will resist.”
A Beauty Charm Tactic so terrifying in its efficacy!
Then Baal glanced toward the back and spoke.
“Why do you look so pale? Paimon, Buer. Your faces have turned ashen.”
“Ah, it’s nothing.”
“……Beauty Charm Tactic, no less.”
Paimon and Buer’s eyes met.
They didn’t need to speak; their thoughts aligned perfectly.
‘We must inform Chairman Lee Woo-jin of this at once!’
A Player Farming in the Dragon Lair (Serialized)
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