Player Farming in the Dragon’s Lair - Chapter 96

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96
Lee Woo-jin descended to the 48th Floor in an instant through the Teleportation Ring.
Today he’d decided to resume the work of expanding the Manager’s corridor.
The Manager’s door on the 48th Floor was open, so he poked his head through cautiously and saw the Treasure Goblin’s wagon preparing to depart for somewhere.
The last time he’d gone to the office of someone called Rabbit, he’d planted a flag on the ground and then led the wagon off somewhere—it looked similar to that.
“Hey there. Off somewhere?”
“Kek, kek-kerk! Good to see you, Adventurer! Is there something else you need, perhaps?”
“No, nothing like that. Just thought I’d say hello while passing by.”
“I see. As a Traveling Merchant, I depart regularly on my rounds. This time I’m planning to head toward the Northern Continent, kek-kerk.”
Lee Woo-jin wasn’t entirely sure of the details, but in any case, it seemed the goblin traveled across several continents. He nodded and waved his hand.
“Safe travels. You’ll be coming back, right?”
“Of course. I’ve made this place my base of operations, kek-kerk!”
“It’s a long journey. Is there anything I can send you off with?”
Lee Woo-jin rummaged through his Dimensional Storage Backpack.
On a trading journey, there would be plenty of times when food ran short.
Though of course, the goblin would manage to eat well enough on his own.
Whoosh.
“Here. Carrot Juice—drink it if your stamina drops. And this Sweet Potato Snack you enjoyed so much last time.”
“Kek, kek-krrrgh! Such precious gifts? I’m truly grateful, kek-kerk!”
The Treasure Goblin wrapped the Carrot Juice and Sweet Potato Snack carefully in cloth as if he’d received treasures beyond measure.
“If you need anything at all, just say the word, kek-kerk. I’ll find it for you, kek-kerk.”
“Don’t worry about me. Just go and have a safe journey.”
He would have liked to have more Teleportation Rings, but he’d already received two. Asking for more would burden the Treasure Goblin, so he held back.
“I’ll be going now, kek-kerk!”
Lee Woo-jin waved him off.
Only the Treasure Goblin’s flag, marked with his distinctive symbol, remained planted on the 48th Floor.
He returned toward the Manager’s corridor.
First, before getting started, he drank the Carrot Juice.
Gulp, gulp!
[Your stamina has permanently increased by 0.02 through consuming the Carrot Juice.]
[Your stamina recovery speed increases by 20 percent for the next 30 minutes.]
“Amwol, let’s go.”
Whoosh!
He transformed the Seedling Shovel into a regular shovel and began digging the corridor.
“Soil Leveling, Soil Leveling!”
Thunk!
Crack!
Thunk!
[Your proficiency with Soil Leveling Lv. 8 increases slightly.]
[Your proficiency with Soil Leveling Lv. 8 increases…….]
Today’s goal was to reach the 40th Floor.
It didn’t seem like it would take much time or effort.
By now he’d raised his stamina stat significantly by eating carrot juice periodically, and he’d accumulated considerable know-how since the corridor expansion work itself had become second nature to him.
All things considered, what helped most was still the presence of Amwol.
– Kah-haha! Get out of my way, you insolent lumps of stone!
Mm.
Good to have such energy.
.
.
.
“I’m dooooone!”
– What? Already finished?
– How dull. How amusing.
Lee Woo-jin arrived at the Manager’s corridor of the 40th Floor.
“Good work.”
He placed Amwol into his Dimensional Storage Backpack.
He set down the Teleportation Ring on the ground.
This one was connected to the Manager’s corridor before the Dragon Lair on the 99th Floor.
Peek.
He poked his head out and called for Kkamangi.
“Come on, Kkamangi.”
“Already done?”
Kkamangi, who had been resting in the sunlight, trotted over quickly and used the Teleportation Ring to arrive at the Manager’s passage before the 40th Floor.
Pop!
He pulled out the Administrator Manual and showed it.
He immediately turned to the page containing information about the 40th Floor.
[40th Floor Objective]
– Open the Challenger’s Treasure Chest (0/1)
[40th Floor Information]
– You have already transcended human flesh.
– You who would carve legend, challenge the Infinite Arena and prove your strength, and seize achievement and treasure.
– (If you challenge the Infinite Arena, Rounds will begin.)
– (In each Round, 100 monsters will appear, and after the Round ends, you may decide whether to continue challenging or stop and obtain the Treasure Chest.)
– (Better-grade Treasure Chests appear depending on the number of monsters defeated, and you may also receive the Challenger’s Treasure Chest directly without challenging the Infinite Arena.)
Floors in ten-floor increments were places to gain rewards.
But this place was different—rather than uniformly distributed rewards, compensation varied by performance.
‘I’ve seen something like this on Normal Difficulty before.’
Lee Woo-jin knew quite a bit more about the Normal Difficulty tower than the average person, and his mind immediately turned to Normal Floor 50.
On Normal Floor 50, Adventurers could choose and defeat a boss to gain rewards. They could gain rewards without fighting the boss at all, though Korea had no such precedent; in other countries, there were frequent instances of people dying from recklessly challenging boss monsters beyond their level in pursuit of higher rewards.
[The God of Order says you cannot obtain the Challenger’s Treasure Chest.]
“Understood.”
He’d expected as much.
Lee Woo-jin’s status window displayed “99F”.
He was in no state to obtain normal rewards or use the system properly.
Rather, the fact that the gods had shown consideration at some of the Reward Floors—90th, 80th, and 50th, among others—and granted him certain benefits was frankly unreasonable.
[The God of Adventure asks if at least earning Achievements should be possible.]
[The God of Order pauses to think, then says that obtaining Titles isn’t blocked by the system.]
“Titles?”
[The God of Order says that though he expressed it as infinite, Round 10 is the last one, and clearing through Round 10 will grant you a Title.]
“Ah.”
That was useful information.
[The God of Fate looks at the God of Order and says that even so, sharing hidden information like that wouldn’t be unfair?]
[The God of Order says, Then what, should I shut my mouth when there are things he’s already received?]
[The God of Adventure exclaims, Right on!]
[The God of Fate, flustered, says that if you, who govern order, say that, then he has nothing more to say.]
Some sort of adult conversation had taken place, but Lee Woo-jin chose not to pay attention.
Besides, he believed it would be impossible for him to defeat the monsters appearing here anyway.
‘But I could at least take a look.’
“Kkamangi, open the door for me.”
“Will do.”
[The Administrator Key is used to open the Manager’s Door to Floor 40 of the tower.]
Click.
As the door opened, what came into view was a dark plaza with walls on all sides—a common structure on other floors.
But there was one stark difference.
Except for the enormous square arena floating in the air ahead, everything else was a sheer cliff.
“Ah, so the monsters appear down there?”
“Seems like it. But you can’t earn rewards anyway, so there’s no need to defeat monsters, right?”
“Well, I can’t get the Treasure Chest, but I can earn Achievements. They said a Title if I defeat a thousand?”
“You’re not actually thinking of challenging it, are you?!”
“No. And there’s no way to get up there anyway.”
The square arena floating in mid-air.
There was no bridge or walkway connecting to it—it wasn’t structured so you could simply walk across.
Presumably, an Adventurer who arrived at the 40th Floor normally would have started in the center of that arena.
The floor below was an invisible abyss.
The moment Lee Woo-jin leaned his head slightly beyond the Manager’s Door.
[Challenger detected.]
[You may obtain the Challenger’s Treasure Chest immediately or challenge the Infinite Arena.]
[Error!]
[Improper access!]
[Unable to obtain the Challenger’s Treasure Chest!]
[Challenging the Infinite Arena.]
[Round 1]
[100 monsters appear in the arena.]
[Defeat the monsters. (0/100)]
“What?”
It started without warning, all at once.
– RRROOAAARRR!
– Screech, screeeech!
The monsters that appeared in the arena.
[Mutant Giant Orc][Lv. 240]
[Mutant Giant Orc][Lv. 245]
[Mutant…….]
Enormous orcs materialized before them.
Boom!
Boom!
Each time the colossal orcs took a step, the arena thundered beneath them.
Since the arena was an isolated space suspended in the void, the vibrations didn’t travel down to where Lee Woo-jin stood.
“Yeah, let’s head back.”
“Understood, meow.”
He was about to turn around when—
[Dungeon Rat requests to be summoned!]
He wasn’t sure what it meant, but he summoned the creature anyway.
With a pop, the Dungeon Rat appeared.
– Squeak! (Master, I’ve arrived!)
“What’s going on?”
The Dungeon Rat gazed toward the arena.
The Mutant Giant Orcs were worked up, stomping about in agitation.
– Squeak! (Let me show you what I can do!)
“Huh? You’re saying you want to take those things on?”
– Squeak. (That’s right. Just trust me on this.)
Lee Woo-jin scratched his cheek.
The Dungeon Rat looked up at him with sparkling eyes.
The Dungeon Rat was certainly capable, but going up against those massive brutes seemed like a stretch, even for him.
Then the Dungeon Rat began rummaging through something.
Goggles.
Whoosh.
The Dungeon Rat put on the Goggles and gave a sharp thumbs-up.
Before Lee Woo-jin could figure out what was happening, the creature suddenly jumped through the gate.
He reached out in alarm, but the Dungeon Rat was already plummeting into that yawning chasm—
“……He’s flying?”
Like a flying squirrel, the Dungeon Rat sailed toward the left wall with a whoosh and clung to it with a soft thud.
“The Dungeon Rat can fly?!”
Clinging to the wall, he swung his tool bag forward and began pulling out equipment. Various tools appeared.
Click, click.
He installed footholds onto the wall.
Then he hoisted a cannon onto them.
It was one of the traps he’d dismantled from the Abandoned Dungeon last time.
[Dungeon Rat has installed a Trap Cannon.]
BOOM!
Fire erupted from the cannon’s muzzle as a projectile launched.
The shell streaked directly toward the Mutant Giant Orc standing in the arena.
KABOOM!
With a massive explosion, the orc was hurled out of the arena by the force of the blast.
[Mutant Giant Orc defeated.]
“…….”
Was this cheating?
A Player Farming in the Dragon Lair (Ongoing)
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