The Cursed Blacksmith Who Regressed - Chapter 82
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Episode 82
At the same time, a gleam flashed in the tamers’ eyes.
It was a kind of light they had never shown before.
Simultaneously, they began training their Living Eyes with the excitement of people discovering fire for the first time.
‘Beast Master, this is all thanks to you.’
Changing positions using Living Eyes.
Of course, it wasn’t Choi Hyun’s idea.
It was the idea of Beast Master, one of the all-stars, who was the first in the world to use Living Eyes as a supporter, and after raising his level and stats to a decent degree, he tamed high-level monsters and eventually came to possess the strongest monster army.
Living Eye training continued for a while, and when all the tamers were finally ready, they began moving for the next test.
They traveled by car.
After driving for about 30 minutes, a new dungeon appeared.
Surprisingly, the next test location was not the Forgotten Supply Depot.
It was a new dungeon that had been pre-purchased for this test.
Getting off the bus, Choi Hyun spoke.
“The dungeon is ‘Gridlly’s Lair’. You know Gridlies, right? They look like goblins but are a bit chubbier and shorter than goblins. This is a 2-floor maze, but instead of having many floors, the interior is quite spacious. For an underground structure, the ceiling is also quite high. But because of that, it’ll be good for utilizing Living Eyes, so take this opportunity to go wild.”
Then someone raised their hand.
“Is this the second test by any chance?”
“Yes, this is the second test. The goal is to conquer the dungeon. So everyone form parties and cooperate as much as possible to tackle the dungeon conquest. We’ll provide unlimited supplies at the entrance.”
Unlimited!
At those words, everyone’s eyes widened once again.
Choi Hyun looked around and found a man.
It was the man who had tamed a Living Eye first.
“Taek-su?”
“Yes!”
“Since Taek-su came first in taming during the first test, you’ll temporarily be the party leader for the second test. Everyone please join Taek-su’s party.”
“Yes!”
A resounding answer.
Soon, a massive party of 101 members was formed.
Everyone let out awkward laughs at creating a party of a scale they had never experienced before.
Choi Hyun said.
“There are two conditions for the second test. Since I’ve taught you the position change method and promised unlimited supply of provisions, first is that you must conquer the dungeon, and second is that no one should get hurt. Now everyone discuss well and begin the test.”
The test began.
Naturally, party leader Oh Taek-su drew everyone’s attention.
“Everyone, please pay attention.”
Oh Taek-su, having gathered everyone’s attention, spoke skillfully.
“I’m Oh Taek-su, who has been assigned as party leader for this test. I’m a tamer like all of you, but I’ve been lucky enough to have gate conquest experience and have been to quite a few dungeons. So if I may dare to speak, I think we need to divide positions among ourselves first.”
“How so?”
“Since one of the test conditions is that we can’t get hurt, first we’ll create a defense group with tanks in front, create an attack group to attack from the rear, and finally organize a taming group to tame the Gridlies that have been attacked to increase our forces. That way, the burden on the defense and attack groups should lessen over time.”
“Oh.”
“That sounds good?”
“As expected, someone with field experience is different.”
“Let’s do that!”
The response was positive.
Oh Taek-su nodded and said.
“Since we have 101 people, let’s divide into groups of 34, 34, and 33, and we can rotate positions. If the taming group only does taming, they might become exhausted from heavy mana consumption.”
“That’s also a good method.”
“Thank you. Then, does anyone else have other opinions?”
There were none.
Because no better ideas came to mind.
“Then let’s divide teams by numbers. Up to number 34 is Team 1, numbers 35 to 68 is Team 2, and the rest is Team 3. Team 1 defense, Team 2 attack, Team 3 taming. Shall we start right away? Please gather by teams first!”
Oh Taek-su was more skilled than expected.
He naturally divided the teams, assigned positions, and commanded everyone.
Soon the team assignments were finished and everyone activated their Living Eyes according to their assigned positions.
“Alright, let’s go in!”
“Let’s go!”
“Go go!”
“Everyone fighting!”
“Let’s go~!”
The uplifted mood boosted morale.
Soon the dungeon entry notification appeared and the Living Eyes possessing shields and armor slowly moved forward.
At the same time.
“Hehehehe.”
“Hihihihi.”
“Kikikikiki.”
“Ehihihik.”
The Living Eyes of the advancing defense team began making their characteristic laughter, and hearing the laughter, Gridlies began gathering one by one.
But.
“Krruk?”
“Kuk?”
“Kul?”
The Gridlies were confused.
They came out thinking there were enemies, but all they could see were formless floating shields and armor.
There was even eerie laughter.
Monsters in dungeons or gates are not game monsters.
They actually live and breathe, and feel emotions like other living beings.
In other words, they also feel fear.
When the Gridlies hesitated and were reluctant to approach first, the tamers sharing vision with the Living Eyes immediately reported the field situation.
“The Gridlies are totally scared!”
“Now seems like the right timing!”
“Team 2 attack group, let’s go in right away!”
“Team 2 attack group, deploy!”
Led by Team 1 defense group, Team 2 attack group’s Living Eyes were deployed.
The items that Team 2’s Living Eyes possessed were offensive consumables like poison needles, mana bombs, and acid flasks.
Approaching by sticking close to walls or ceiling, they were simultaneously dropped on the cowering Gridlies at the tamers’ command.
Boom!!
Thud!
Crash!
“Krak!”
“Kieee!”
“Kyaoo!!”
The effect was tremendous.
Some Gridlies died instantly, while most Gridlies suffered major damage and became incapacitated.
Then Team 3 taming group was immediately deployed.
“Now!”
[ Taming is activated. ]
[ Taming is activated. ]
[ Taming is activated. ]
[ Taming is activated. ]
…
And.
[ Taming Gridlies. ]
[ You have succeeded in taming. ]
[ Taming Gridlies. ]
[ You have succeeded in taming. ]
[ Taming Gridlies. ]
[ You have succeeded in taming. ]
[ Taming Gridlies. ]
[ You have succeeded in taming. ]
…
Countless success notifications.
Everyone was able to tame the injured Gridlies without much difficulty.
Oh Taek-su shouted.
“Defense team, advance forward again!”
He deployed the defense team to safely extract the injured Gridlies.
Meanwhile, they pulled the tamed Gridlies to the rear and began treating them using Tamer-exclusive healing skills.
In an instant, they were able to secure over twenty healthy Gridlies.
“Now then, Gridlies, sortie!”
“Sortie!”
“Let’s go!”
“Osu!”
A combined assault by the defense team and the tamed Gridlies.
And intermittent cover fire from the attack team.
It was truly a perfect wheel formation battle.
“Kieeee!”
“Kaaak!”
“Kyaooo!!”
[ You have defeated Gridlies. ]
[ You have defeated Gridlies. ]
[ You have defeated Gridlies. ]
[ You have defeated Gridlies. ]
…
Unobstructed advance.
No one could stop the Tamer corps.
Perhaps because of this?
The Tamers advancing relentlessly felt truly alive for the first time since becoming Tamers.
“Ah.”
“Crazy.”
“This is it.”
“Wow….”
“Really, this is absolutely the best.”
“To think the day would come when I could be this active in the field….”
“I’m really about to cry….”
“I’m getting goosebumps.”
Some people actually cried. As painful memories from the past flashed through their minds.
Later, when they had almost conquered the 1st Floor, nearly every Tamer owned one Gridlies and one Living Eye each.
Finally, the moment the Tamer corps entered the 2nd Floor.
Kugugugu-
Trembling vibrations.
At the sudden ground tremor, the Gridlies on the 2nd Floor looked around.
The trembling was felt from the passage connected to the 1st Floor.
“Kyreuk?”
“Kreuk?”
“Kereuk?”
The Gridlies tilted their heads.
What is it?
At that moment.
“Kyaooo!”
“Kyaaaa!!”
“Kiaoh!”
“Hehehehe!”
“Hihihihi!”
“Hahahaha!”
Over 100 Gridlies and Living Eye corps began pouring out from the passage.
“Keeeak?!”
“Kyaooo!!”
“Kreooo!!”
The Gridlies panicked at the monster corps pouring out.
There was no time to respond.
No, even if they tried to respond, it was already too late.
The monster corps that swept in with overwhelming force under the Tamers’ command achieved the remarkable feat of instantly defeating even the boss Gridlies and securing the Dungeon Core.
The Tamers who had been watching from behind approached the Dungeon Core.
Among them, Oh Taek-su stepped forward as the representative, holding his mace in front of the Dungeon Core.
Then he swung his mace with all his might and destroyed the Dungeon Core.
[ The Dungeon Core has been destroyed. ]
[ Dungeon ‘Gridlly’s Lair’ has been conquered. ]
[ Dungeon conquerors are Player ‘Oh Taek-su’ and Player ‘Choi Gi-su’ and… ]
[ Top conqueror ‘Oh Taek-su’ has been selected. ]
[ Additional experience points are provided to the top conqueror. ]
[ 1 bonus stat is provided for being selected as the top conqueror. ]
[ You have succeeded in conquering a dungeon for the first time. ]
[ You have achieved a great Achievement, so the System gifts you 1 bonus stat. ]
[ Since the dungeon has been conquered, all traces of the dungeon will completely disappear after 24 hours. ]
Cascading system notifications.
And.
“We did it!!”
“Waaaaa!!”
“Kyaooo!”
“Hihihihi!!”
101 Tamers roared out their victory like a battle cry.
For them, it was a truly historic moment that they would never forget for the rest of their lives.
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