Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? - Chapter 62

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9. Final Dungeon (10)

 

“You’re weak at close combat!”

 

“That’s not what’s important right now—I’m the fastest!”

 

Hae-sol was almost about to run forward.

 

I immediately stopped him.

 

“Don’t run now! There’s more movement behind!”

 

It was the perfect timing.

 

Behind the monster, another string swayed in the mist.

 

At that moment, a second monster crawled out in a half-deformed state.

 

Yu Hee swallowed a curse and said.

 

“…What the hell is that.”

 

I took a deep breath.

 

‘Only one was supposed to come out here. Someone interfered.’

 

As soon as the second monster crawled out, it turned its head in the same direction as if sharing movement with the first monster.

 

Two faces looked at us simultaneously.

 

Then a sudden vibration shook the space.

 

It was like a warning sound piercing deep into the heart.

 

Hyun I-seo muttered in a trembling voice.

 

“Hali,… what the hell is this really.”

 

I couldn’t answer.

 

I had no words to answer with.

 

Only one thing was certain.

 

This isn’t the Final Dungeon.

 

It was an intrusion no one had expected.

 

The mist grew thicker.

 

It wasn’t a natural change occurring within the Final Dungeon’s system.

 

The feeling that someone had interfered.

 

And very deeply at that.

 

The first monster and second monster tilted their heads simultaneously.

 

Their movements overlapped awkwardly.

 

As if one will was controlling two bodies.

 

Yuhan Seong said in a low voice.

 

“Both are alive.

 

No… they’re connected.”

 

Hyun I-seo pulled Hae-sol back and said.

 

“Don’t get close. That’s more dangerous than reflection.”

 

I took out another bottle from my bag.

 

My heart was beating so fast that my fingertips trembled slightly.

 

‘This can’t be explained even with original story information.’

 

The Final Dungeon only had increased difficulty, there was no external interference.

 

At least not in the original route.

 

Both monsters raised their arms simultaneously.

 

Their joints bent backwards as their speed increased rapidly.

 

The sound of space twisting rang out.

 

It wasn’t a scream or an impact sound.

 

It was like a vibrating sound scratching past the inside of our ears.

 

“Scatter!”

 

Yuhan Seong shouted.

 

We all jumped in different directions.

 

The monsters’ attacks didn’t follow targets but spread randomly.

 

Yet strangely, they grazed past with precision.

 

If blocked, they reflected; if dodged, their trajectory followed.

 

Hae-sol rolled on the ground, gasping for breath.

 

“Hali! The string! Which way is it!”

 

I checked the markings on the floor to see the mana flow again.

 

But this time, the form had changed completely.

 

White lines were branching out in multiple directions from one central point.

 

Instead of two strings, they were spread out like ‘roots’.

 

“I can’t see it!”

 

The words burst out without my knowing.

 

“I need to cut it… but I can’t see which way!”

 

Yu Hee gritted her teeth.

 

“Then use more markings!”

 

“This is for single tracking, so if they overlap, it’s meaningless…!”

 

Before I could finish speaking, both monsters jumped toward me simultaneously.

 

Yuhan Seong shouted “Hali!” but they were already too close.

 

That was the moment.

 

Hyun I-seo slipped in like the wind.

 

Blue light spread from his fingertips.

 

It was mana like the remnants of final awakening.

 

“Push!”

 

Hyun I-seo shouted.

 

I immediately threw a potion to the ground.

 

It wasn’t an explosive type but a density diffusion type.

 

The thin energy that spread on the floor instantly swelled up like an air wall and pushed the monsters’ bodies away.

 

In that gap, Yuhan Seong leaped in.

 

His sword swung in a wide arc.

 

This time too, there was no sound of metal clashing.

 

Instead, something like the sound of the space the sword passed through being thinly torn could be heard.

 

Behind it, a string as thin as thread could be seen. It was just for a brief moment.

 

“There!”

 

I shouted.

 

“Now! Right there!”

 

Yuhan Seong ran in that direction.

 

One monster made a sound as if imitating a scream.

 

However, the second monster moved simultaneously to try to grab Yuhan Seong’s ankle.

 

Hae-sol rushed in.

 

“Let go!”

 

Small stone fragment-like mana burst from Hae-sol’s fingertips and bounced the monster’s arm away.

 

That moment was created like a miracle.

 

Yuhan Seong reached the string.

 

And his sword cut it.

 

With a brief sound, a thin resonance like a thread snapping somewhere could be heard.

 

One monster stopped in place.

 

Its entire body became unnaturally stiff.

 

“Got it!”

 

I shouted.

 

“One string is cut!”

 

But immediately the second monster reacted.

 

Its body twisted even more violently.

 

Its movements didn’t slow down but became even more chaotic instead.

 

That chaos transformed into aggression.

 

Yu Hee reached out her hand and said.

 

“Hali! Where’s the next string!”

 

I looked down at the floor again.

 

The markings were in chaos.

 

The white lines were writhing in unnatural shapes.

 

The flow itself was being distorted.

 

‘This is really… it’s not moving from inside the dungeon.’

 

Someone was manipulating the strings.

 

From outside.

 

The Final Dungeon had basic monitoring and broadcasting, so this meant someone had silenced some of its functions.

 

Yuhan Seong breathed roughly and said.

 

“Hali. Tell me. Anything.”

 

I bit my lip.

 

“The strings… there aren’t just two.”

 

“Then how many.”

 

“Probably… four or more.”

 

Lee Hae-sol said, almost swallowing a scream.

 

“This is insane…”

 

Both monsters simultaneously took attack positions.

 

Their body contortions deepened and their trajectories rippled faster.

 

We were in a position where stopping for even a moment could mean death.

 

And then a massive vibration that seemed to echo throughout the entire dungeon spread.

 

The walls trembled and the floor shook.

 

An alarm sounded.

 

It wasn’t the Final Dungeon’s characteristic guidance tone but a completely different one.

 

I could hear the real-time observation system screaming warnings like it was in agony.

 

‘Someone let them in.’

 

My skin felt frozen underneath.

 

‘This is… an external intrusion.’

 

The Final Dungeon was being turned upside down.

 

We were standing right in the middle of it.

 

The vibration stopped and a brief silence flowed.

 

And simultaneously, both monsters’ movements changed drastically.

 

As if someone had pulled the strings again, their direction changed.

 

The flow twisted so much that the markings couldn’t keep up.

 

Yu Hee gritted her teeth.

 

“It changed again. That thing… even if someone was inside, they couldn’t do that.”

 

Hyun I-seo said in a low voice.

 

“It’s external control. Someone’s tearing apart and rebuilding the dungeon.”

 

I took a breath.

 

‘A way to find the strings in this situation…’

 

No, there was one.

 

A bit dangerous and unstable, but one came to mind.

 

I took out a small bottle from my bag.

 

It was a small bottle with liquid inside that kept shaking minutely – an experimental creation.

 

‘Temporary catalyst for mana reversal.’

 

I had sealed it away because I hadn’t finished stability testing, but it was practically made for situations like this.

 

Yuhan Seong looked at me and said.

 

“Hali. What’s that.”

 

“Just wait a moment.”

 

I gripped the bottle and knelt toward the floor.

 

My fingertips trembled but I somehow grasped the bottle’s opening.

 

Both monsters simultaneously turned their bodies toward us.

 

The attack came without missing a beat.

 

That wasn’t a simple pattern but someone’s decision.

 

“Hali!”

 

Lee Hae-sol and Yu Hee shouted simultaneously.

 

I poured the bottle onto the floor.

 

It was an instant.

 

The moment the liquid soaked the floor, the surrounding mana grain surged greatly.

 

Lines that had been invisible were revealed.

 

Not just the strings, but the entire ‘grain’ reversed, with white lines flipping to black and moving.

 

And I saw it.

 

One line.

 

A string that held the center line differently from the other lines.

 

“Here!”

 

I shouted.

 

“Over there! That black line!”

 

Yuhan Seong moved without delay.

 

Both monsters reacted simultaneously, but this time there was confusion.

 

As the mana grain reversed, the control signal was briefly cut off.

 

Yuhan Seong didn’t miss that small gap.

 

His sword touched the string.

 

A very small sound.

 

The sensation of it snapping.

 

One monster bent backward and crashed into the floor.

 

The second monster’s movements were also greatly disrupted.

 

“One more left!”

 

My voice trembled.

 

“Can’t maintain the reversal for long!”

 

It was exactly as I said.

 

The color on the floor began spreading back and the lines grew blurry.

 

The shaking mana was trying to return to its original color.

 

Lee Hae-sol breathed rapidly and said.

 

“Han Seong! One more time!”

 

Yuhan Seong twisted his body and dodged the monster’s arm.

 

Multiple directional shadows shot out from the monster’s body.

 

Successive movements to slash through space followed.

 

But Yuhan Seong didn’t back down either.

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