"Wh-what is this..."
Lee Eunjae stammered with a blank face. Baek Eun was equally bewildered.
'I was just randomly using skills however I could...'
The bee monsters hit by the purification beam instantly shrank in size. As if the polluted, enlarged monsters were returning to their original forms.
Sensing the crisis, the queen bee began calling bee monsters in a louder voice.
But now that she knew how to solve it, she wasn't as scared as before.
'Judge oppa. How many more times can I use Purification?'
[Your Constellation 'Judge of the Dead' reports with a nervous face that the cooldown for the Purify skill is 1 hour.]
'I know that! Isn't there another way?'
At this rate I'll die...!
As the shocked Baek Eun screamed internally and pressed her constellation, a message window urgently popped up.
[There is one way, but it requires a lot of coins, your constellation carefully reports.]
Coins are the problem in this situation?
'How much. How much do you need!'
Baek Eun was prepared to spend all her coins if it meant getting out of here.
[It seems possible to reset the cooldown for 100,000 coins, it reports.]
'100,000 coins? I'll buy it right now!'
One skill shot meant 100 million won was about to fly away, but what did that matter now.
As Baek Eun shouted internally, a system window appeared.
Would you like to use 100,000 coins to reset the cooldown of the constellation skill 'Purification'?
Yes│No
As Baek Eun urgently pressed Yes, 'Judge of the Dead' displayed a message.
[Using emergency power, you can no longer reset with coins, so be careful, your constellation 'Judge of the Dead' worriedly reports.]
Once is enough. The boss is probably the queen bee.
Maybe because it was a bee(?) dungeon. The boss had no attack ability and only called worker bees.
Having made her judgment, Baek Eun waited until the bees gathered to a certain extent.
"Mr. Lee Eunjae. Can you swing a sword?"
"Yes. But Miss Baek Eun, that ability from earlier..."
"Let's talk after we get out of here. I can only use that ability one more time now."
"...Understood. Be careful."
Lee Eunjae swung the sword better than expected. From behind Baek Eun, he calmly subdued the monsters approaching from the surroundings one by one.
'What. He fights well even without skills!'
While marveling at the two brothers' physical abilities and skills, Baek Eun fired another purification beam at the swarming monsters.
And it was the moment she turned around to catch the queen bee.
Among the monsters fighting Lee Eunjae, she spotted one trying to sting him from behind with its venomous stinger.
'No!'
Without looking front or back, Baek Eun immediately ran out and embraced him.
"Miss Baek Eun!"
"Ugh...!"
Lee Eunjae made a dumbfounded expression seeing Baek Eun take the venomous sting for him, then quickly swung his sword to dispatch the monster.
Baek Eun's body began stiffening from the monster's venomous stinger piercing her back.
"An-antidote..."
"Forget the antidote, catch the queen bee first! If you don't catch it, more monsters will swarm in!"
Baek Eun calmly told the flustered Lee Eunjae.
"But your body right now..."
"Hurry!"
He didn't know what to do, then nodded with a stiff expression and quickly ran toward the queen bee.
'Ugh, it hurts so much.'
Actually, Baek Eun had worn a poison immunity ring just in case, so she rushed in without much worry.
Even though the ring was E-rank, since this dungeon was also E-rank, she thought it would be fine.
!Status Abnormality: Poison (E+)
Your health is rapidly decreasing. Quick detoxification is recommended!
'So there are plus-minus differences even within the same E-rank...'
This was why awakeners were told to wear protective gear one rank higher than the dungeon.
'Still, I'm glad Lee Eunjae didn't get hurt.'
It would be troublesome if he died.
Baek Eun turned her head with difficulty to look at Lee Eunjae.
Before she knew it, he had already killed the queen bee and was taking out the gate core from the boss's corpse. Then system windows began ringing continuously.
Dungeon raid successful!
Remaining time: 09:23:41
Distributing rewards based on contribution.
[Acquired Poison Sac (E+).]
[Acquired 350 experience points.]
Main quest completed!
Safely rescue Lee Dojae's younger brother from a dangerous situation!
Remaining deadline: D-5
Success reward: 500 experience points, Fragment of Truth II, Seed Shop unlock, Title: Queen Bee
Failure penalty: Approach Destruction Ending]
[Acquired 500 experience points.]
[Acquired Fragment of Truth II.]
[Seed Shop unlocked as quest reward.]
[Queen Bee added to titles.]
[★Experience points sufficient to raise rank!★]
'What the. Why is there so much.'
Baek Eun blankly stared at the endlessly pouring notification windows.
Meanwhile, Lee Eunjae quickly ran to her and whispered low.
"It's all over now. Please wait just a moment."
The moment Lee Eunjae took out the gate core, an exit appeared next to the boss's corpse.
But he crushed the gate core in his hand without hesitation.
'Ugh... what a waste.'
Breaking the gate core closes the entrance of the completed gate.
In short, it meant that once you exit through the created exit, you can no longer enter.
'My coins...'
Baek Eun gazed distantly at the gate core that had turned to dust with eyes that could barely move.
Normally, completed dungeons are safe so gate cores are destroyed last to collect various byproducts, but Lee Eunjae didn't seem interested in such things.
"It's hard to move, right? Excuse me."
The poison was spreading fast, and even her mouth had stiffened so she could barely move her lips. Lee Eunjae carefully lifted Baek Eun, who could only barely nod.
'Right. Byproducts or whatever, as long as we survived.'
Baek Eun closed her eyes with that thought as her consciousness faded.
Lee Eunjae carried the collapsed Baek Eun and headed toward the exit, minimizing shaking as much as possible to prevent the poison from spreading.
His lips were parched dry. What was the reason she threw herself like this for him?
A trembling of unknown origin surged into his now pain-free heart.
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[Best] Anyone see the tornado in Sinchon yesterday? (+999)
Author: GeniusFace
Date: 25/09/12 Views: 423589
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Kim Na-jin: Me;; I was eating with a friend when suddenly a whirlwind appeared right in front of us, almost ascended to heaven;;
└ OMG. How was it seeing it in real life?
└ What do you mean how. It was fucking scary;;
BuriBuri: News said it was Baek Dan.
└ Huh. Why? What happened?
└ A 2-person capacity gate appeared at a café in Sinchon, and apparently Baek Dan's sibling was trapped there.
└ Isn't Baek Dan's sibling a civilian? But they were trapped in a 2-person capacity?
└ There's a rumor they became an awakener.
└ OMG. No wonder Baek Dan lost his mind lolololol
CapsuleDelivery: I was at that scene yesterday, and Baek Dan's sibling cleared the gate with some guy?
└ So they really became an awakener. Wow so curious. What rank are they.
└ The gate was E-rank, but Baek Eun didn't look good. The guy who raided with her came out carrying her princess-style.
└ E-rank but not in good condition? Lower rank than expected.
└ Yeah after seeing that Baek Dan went crazy and poured tons of S-rank potions.
BaekDanIsMine: My heart hurtsㅠ How much must our Dan-i have suffered to call a tornado in the middle of Sinchon ㅠ
└ Baek Dan fan get out; ugh;
└ This is why Baek Dan can't have Lee Dojae. Why arbitrarily call natural disasters in the middle of Seoulㅡㅡ
└ There was no damage; and he posted an apology and compensation today;
LettuceBenefactorWillSaveEarth: But that's not important. Another extinct crop appeared on Hunter Market yesterday and nobody knows?
└ OMG. I saw it. It disappeared so fast I thought I saw wrong, but it was real?
└ It was listed for 589,191 coins. My eyes almost popped out at the price lolololololol
└ But someone bought it?
└ Don't know. Might have been a mistaken listing that got canceled.
└ No article yet. Not known yet?
└ Yeah seems like it. It was on Hunter Market for less than 5 minutes so probably hasn't spread.
On the anonymous community site CutieLand, countless posts poured out today as well.
While Baek Eun was reading them with an anxious expression.
The hospital room door opened and Baek Dan and her parents entered.
"You're here?"
"Our princess! Why are you already awake. Hmm?"
Baek Mungi fussed and massaged Baek Eun's arms and legs. Meanwhile, Kim Sanhui placed porridge she made at home before her.
"Eat this. Mom woke up early to make porridge."
"Why go through all this trouble."
"What's troublesome. Our daughter is sick lying in a hospital bed, and I can't even do this?"
"Right, Peanut. Hospitals only give capsules. When will your body recover eating those."
I'm already fully recovered....
They poured S-rank potions worth 100,000 coins per bottle like water, so it would be strange if she didn't recover.
Plus she had already eaten plenty of boiled potatoes before the three arrived, so Baek Eun wasn't hungry.
But unable to say such things under her family's worried gazes, Baek Eun quietly ate the porridge.
'Shouldn't have eaten the boiled potatoes...'
While forcing down the porridge, Baek Dan plopped down on a bedside chair.
"Peanut. When you're fully recovered, let's go to the department store. This time we need to fully equip you with protective gear and armor."
"Why bother. Just buy roughly from Hunter Market."
"Hunter Market quality is bad. You need to see with your own eyes."
"Yes, Princess. Dad agrees with Dan-i. Dad thought the sky was falling when I saw what happened to our Princess this time."
Baek Mungi spread a thick blanket brought from home and covered her up to her neck.
"...I'm hot."
"That's not being hot. Your body can't regulate temperature properly."
...I'm really hot. I'm fine I said.
"Anyway, our Princess needs to rest now so Dad and Mom will go. Rest well, we'll come again tomorrow."
"If there's anything you want to eat, text Mom. I'll make anything."
"Thanks. I'm fine so don't worry and go quickly."
As Baek Mungi and Kim Sanhui left, the hospital room instantly became desolate. Baek Eun looked at Baek Dan, who sat with arms crossed making a serious face, and asked.
"Aren't you going?"
"I'm not. Those guys will be here soon, I can't leave you alone."
"Those guys?"
The moment Baek Eun asked with a puzzled expression.
After a knock knock sound, Lee Dojae and Lee Eunjae entered the hospital room. Holding a precious bouquet of flowers from who knows where.
"Are you feeling better?"
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