Player Farming in the Dragon’s Lair - Chapter 113

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113
The Apostles returned to the Abandoned Dungeon around eleven in the evening. The ones who came back after finishing their meeting approached Lee Woo-jin with pallid faces and recounted what had transpired in that gathering.
“So what you’re telling me is that one of the Apostles is coming to this Abandoned Dungeon tomorrow morning, and she’s going to use her appearance to seduce me with the Beauty Seduction Tactic?”
Nod, nod!
“That’s correct, sir!”
“You must be extremely careful with Barbatos. She’s so beautiful that you could easily lose yourself!”
“Yes! She’s been winning the Miss Demon Race Contest by an overwhelming margin every time. Even without lifting a finger, men lose their minds just looking at her, but if she makes up her mind to use the Beauty Seduction Tactic, there’s no way you’ll be able to resist!”
Wait, is she really that stunning?
Just how beautiful could she possibly be?
I try to imagine it.
What comes to mind are celebrities known for their looks.
I picture the faces of famous entertainers who are said to make a living off their appearance alone—would she be at that level?
Miss Demon Race Contest….
“Wait, could she be a succubus? Something like that?”
“Absolutely not! How could you compare such an ugly creature to Barbatos?”
Lee Woo-jin has never encountered a succubus before, so he doesn’t know what one actually looks like. But in films, comics, novels, and other media, succubi are typically portrayed as exceptionally beautiful.
The fact that they were dismissing even succubi as ugly in comparison made him even more curious about Barbatos’s appearance.
‘But why does she have to come at all?’
He could simply not give her the opportunity.
If he never sees her face, there’s nothing to be seduced by.
But if Barbatos stays camped out here for days, weeks, or even months? That would be a problem.
Regardless of the Abandoned Dungeon’s usefulness as a resource, the property itself belonged to Lee Woo-jin. Allowing someone to occupy his land indefinitely without permission was something he couldn’t accept as a Korean.
“I understand. Thank you for telling me, everyone. I’ll figure out how to handle it.”
“Are you certain you’ll be alright?”
“Yeah, I have an idea.”
Lee Woo-jin was planning to use his ability.
Absolute Concealment.
With that, Barbatos wouldn’t even perceive his presence.
He would enter the Abandoned Dungeon in a state of Absolute Concealment and observe Barbatos.
If his mind started to feel strange in any way, if he experienced any hint of enchantment, he would leave immediately.
Alternatively, he could send only Am-wol and command her to drive Barbatos out.
The safest option would be to send only Am-wol, but since the Apostles had spoken of her beauty with such enthusiasm, curiosity had gotten the better of him.
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Day 59 in the tower.
[Someone has intruded into the dungeon.]
The intrusion message appeared after two in the afternoon.
He had been on high alert since hearing she would arrive in the morning, but when the message didn’t appear for so long, he’d begun to think she wasn’t coming and tried to put it out of his mind—only for the notification to finally arrive.
“I’m going to check on the dungeon for a bit.”
“Understood, meow.”
Since he’d placed the Teleportation Ring in front of the Abandoned Dungeon before returning the previous evening, he was able to enter it immediately.
Of course, he was using Absolute Concealment.
‘…Huh?’
There was indeed someone in the dungeon.
But it wasn’t the Apostle named Barbatos.
Rather, there was a monster—just one.
And it had bulging, rippling muscles.
It seemed a monster had intruded.
He was about to summon Am-wol to deal with it immediately when he noticed something odd perched on the creature’s head—a single white flower, its petals slightly bunched, that gave off a delicate impression.
This didn’t seem to be an ordinary monster.
Now that he looked closer, it even had hair that appeared to be styled in its own way.
Despite the massive, bulging muscles, it wore what looked like a one-piece dress.
What is this?
Why is a monster dressed like this?
Normally, monsters of this type—orcs, for instance—wear clothing of sorts, but it’s usually nothing more than scraps of primitive cloth tied around their waists.
He had never seen a monster wearing such developed clothing or displaying such deliberate styling overall.
“Hmph, when is Lee Woo-jin going to get here?”
A thick, resonant voice echoed through the dungeon.
Lee Woo-jin’s eyes blinked for a moment.
It couldn’t be.
– She’s so beautiful that you could easily lose yourself!
— continually dominating first place in the Miss Demon Race Contest……
So this is the Barbatos they’ve been talking about?
The surprise lasted only a moment.
Standards of beauty vary from person to person, after all.
Besides, Lee Woo-jin wasn’t a demon. There was no reason he should understand what they considered beautiful.
Lee Woo-jin released his Absolute Concealment.
Barbatos seemed startled for an instant, but quickly composed herself and asked as if nothing had happened.
“Are you Lee Woo-jin?”
For a moment, he considered summoning Am-wol and ordering an immediate strike.
But then Lee Woo-jin’s eyes caught sight of something — a monster, no, Barbatos, blushing.
‘She doesn’t seem to want to fight anyway.’
He decided to try talking first.
If she showed any signs of attacking, he could always use Absolute Concealment.
“Yes, that’s right. Are you Barbatos?”
“I am. My name is Barba… wait, hold on. How do you know that?”
“I just happened to find out, somehow.”
Lee Woo-jin shrugged.
He looked utterly at ease.
Barbatos was taken aback.
Normally, males who saw her would fall slack-jawed, stare at her in a daze, and begin courting her.
But this…
‘What is this bright smile?’
This wasn’t the gaze of someone in love.
Even Baal, who maintained icy composure, would avert her gaze when their eyes met. This man did none of that.
‘My pride is wounded.’
At the same time, determination sparked within her.
She would absolutely dominate this man mentally with the Beauty Seduction Tactic.
Of course, Lee Woo-jin had no way of knowing her thoughts.
What he saw in Barbatos was a massive troll or ogre that had found prey — except her skin was pitch-black, she wore a one-piece dress, had her hair in two braids, and wore a flower in her hair.
‘I have no choice. I’ll have to use my Signature Technique.’
Barbatos’s Signature Technique.
Shyly swatting at a mosquito, but with a sincere punch.
Among the Demon Race, female beauty equaled muscle.
The more pronounced the muscle, the greater the strength, the more it awakened the breeding drive in males.
Yet displaying muscle too openly, flaunting one’s power too much, was unladylike — so the technique was to ‘appeal shyly while pretending it wasn’t intentional.’
This was precisely that Signature Technique.
“Oh my, is there a mosquito here?”
She concentrated all the muscles of her entire body into a single point, extending her right arm and fist outward.
From the deltoid to the pectoralis major, biceps, brachialis, and finally the brachioradialis — every muscle pumped at once, delivering an impressive impact to showcase.
Any male demon who witnessed Barbatos’s Signature Technique would spend sleepless nights from that moment on.
Barbatos felt slightly embarrassed at having deployed her Signature Technique so early, but her wounded pride left her no choice.
Boom!
The dungeon shook as if a great earthquake had struck.
Her fist slammed into the ground beside Lee Woo-jin.
This tremendous roar would make Barbatos’s muscles appear even more beautiful and striking.
But a problem arose.
Whoosh!
The impact caused the floor to cave inward.
There was empty space below.
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[Hidden Area discovered.]
[Bonus Stage found!]
[Monster Big Wave will appear in 3 minutes.]
[You cannot leave the stage during progression.]
The moment the floor gave way, Lee Woo-jin, who had been using Absolute Concealment, released it and looked down at Barbatos sprawled on the ground.
“Are you alright?”
“Huh!”
Barbatos hoisted her massive body upright.
Looking up, I could see the Abandoned Dungeon above.
It towered roughly fifty meters high.
It looked as though we’d fallen into a cavern.
No—calling it a cavern hardly captured it. This was a sprawling plaza.
The structure had a massive plaza beneath the dungeon.
“I-I’m sorry. I miscalculated my strength control.”
Even in such circumstances, Barbatos found subtle ways to appeal to me.
“It’s fine. But look at this—do you see it?”
I pointed to the Bonus Stage message that had appeared.
Barbatos’s expression darkened as she read it.
We’d have to fend off Monster Big Waves three times in total, and there would be no escape until we’d cleared them all.
Barbatos tried to jump back to the Abandoned Dungeon, but an invisible barrier of some kind prevented her from leaving.
“It seems we have to defeat the monsters.”
“This is my fault, so I’ll take responsibility.”
This was an opportunity.
A chance to show me her strength.
But her expression wasn’t encouraging.
The Monster Big Wave would spawn a total of three hundred creatures.
And every single one was a Mutant Enhanced Ogre—powerful boss monsters.
They were Level 400!
To defeat all three hundred, she’d have to spend nearly all her Dark Magic Power, which meant depleting even the Dark Magic Power needed to maintain her appearance, leaving her looking hideous before me.
If that happened, her Beauty Seduction Tactic would be finished.
She could try to conserve her strength to keep her appearance intact, but then the ogres would slip through and Lee Woo-jin could be in mortal danger.
‘According to Baal, Lee Woo-jin is Level 1. Even a brush with one could kill him.’
She couldn’t let him die.
The Apostles’ decision wasn’t to kill Lee Woo-jin, but to seduce him and throw his mind into chaos.
And it was her carelessness that had created this situation.
One had to take responsibility for one’s own mistakes.
“Lee Woo-jin, you stay hidden and keep yourself safe. I’ll handle this.”
“Are you sure? I could help too.”
If I called Am-wol, we could clean it up easily.
Barbatos naturally assumed I was bluffing.
“Don’t interfere. I’ll protect you.”
The reason he was showing off was…….
‘He hasn’t fallen completely for me yet, but he’s certainly showing some interest.’
But that would all end now.
As she fought the ogres and depleted her Dark Magic Power, her appearance would unravel.
Her hideous true form would be revealed.
And he would laugh.
As other demon males had.
Farming Player at Dragon Lair (Serialized)
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