Episode 6. Abandoned Monastery

The party who came out of the forest and entered the inner wall of the castle packed their belongings as secretly as possible.
He laughed at the people who asked if he had already returned, and said, “I came back because my hands and feet didn’t work together for the first time, and they are going to go inside soon.”
I bought the lost equipment again and replaced it with equipment that was good for dealing with the undead.
Ralph and Sven said they had a big heart and bought a silver-plated weapon.
When I went to the temple on the weekend, I took a few bottles of holy water that was consecrated by the priest properly pouring out his divine power, rather than fresh water sprinkled with holy water.
“Damn, temple bastards. They sold things that only took a few dipping of their hands in water and sold them at a dirty price. If it doesn’t work, I’ll invade the temple right away and destroy all the priests’ heads right away.”
Ralph grumbled like that, but took holy water in one of his arms. Contrary to what he said, he seemed to believe in holy water very much.
Two days like that. I finished a very short maintenance. Everyone tried to leave in a hurry because they didn’t know whether the information would leak.
“If you stay in one place for a long time, the undead will notice us. It’s dangerous, but you have to move at night. Even if you rest, you have to change the place about twice in the night.”
This means that you have to stop sleeping while moving. It was the worst because I couldn’t even rest at ease.
“If you’re going to do that, you’d rather sleep during the day and move around at night.”
Sven responded sharply to grumbling Ralph.
“Don’t ignore the dark forest. It’s reckless to go around places where you don’t know when the undead will pop out. You won’t be able to move much.”
“To move, you have to move a lot during the day when the undead do not show up. You should move while making a base camp during the day, and take a rest by returning the way you came at night.”
It won’t speed up a little because I have to keep going back and forth on the same road, but I couldn’t walk on a path I didn’t know in a dark night.
“Do you have any other ideas?”
When Ivan asked, the others just shrugged and said nothing. It means everyone agrees.
If he could avoid fighting the undead, there was no reason to hesitate.
Slowly!
Tadadak!
The group quickly moved across the forest. As before, Sven took the lead as a guide, and Ivan, who was recognized for follow-up, advanced from the back.
The forest, which I visited again in just a few days, was no different from before. This means that you can’t see the traces of a living monster well.
‘Not all of the people here are dead. The undead just ran away to somewhere else.’
I didn’t know when it started. Not long ago, all traces of the day before the heavy rain poured from the sky disappeared.
‘It’s not good. This means that the undead are growing enough to dominate the eastern forest.’
Ivan, who was moving from the back, glanced at Sven, who was at the forefront.
Being an Eastern Front Ranger, he would have noticed all this. What does he think of the situation now? Doesn’t greed feel dangerous because it blinds your eyes?
Anyway, their strategy to secure a safe route during the day and retreating little by little in the evening, was quite right.
I could feel the signs of the undead moving from a distance, but I was able to leave before being attacked.
However, Ivan was very uncomfortable. It was hard to tell whether the strategy was good or whether the enemies were luring them.
Despite such anxiety, they were able to reach the vicinity of the lake where there were remains less than four days. Now, the undead are gradually hiding nearby, so I couldn’t seem to pass quietly.
“I’m sure. The closer we get to the ruins, the stronger the evil influence. The undead outbreak like now must be caused by the ruins.
As Emin was admiring, Julia quickly asked.
“How do you go in? You can’t deal with all those undead.”
“We have to push it in one go. Once we enter the ruins, the undead from the outside will not be able to enter.”
“Instead, you have to deal with something waiting inside.”
“Haha, you knew the danger, didn’t you? If you’re unlucky, you’ll die, and if you’re lucky, you’ll survive. With enormous treasure.”
“We don’t know yet whether there will be a treasure inside or not.”
“There must be. My sense of finding gold like a ghost tells me that. Kehehe… Then, wizard? When are we going to enter?”
“Tomorrow morning. Let’s go in when the undead can’t move properly. Finally, let me explain the ruins.”
Hundreds of years ago, monks lived here together. The practitioners who changed their faith by establishing a temple in a deserted forest and blocked the exchanges with the outside world.
However, as time passed, the number of practitioners visiting this place gradually decreased. This is because it was very difficult to endure the extremely closed monastic life using only the spirit of faith as the motivation.
“They, who served Arun, the god of light, eventually left for another place and only left the abandoned monastery as ruins…”
It was Ralph who cut off Emin, who had been reciting history one after another.
“We don’t have to know that, so that was originally a monastery dedicated to Arun, the god of light? How did you become a dungeon that emits undead? What’s important is that. What do we have to deal with when we get in there?”
Emin, who was happily recounting the history in the midst of it, answered with a taste of regret.
Concisely unlike before.
“Among the temples of Arun, there are places where old demons and monsters are sealed.
“Old demons? Demonic monsters? Are those something we can deal with? Those were the ones eve Arun’s Temple couldn’t handle and only managed to seal them…”
“Those guys must have already been destroyed. Otherwise, there is no reason why this monastery to be abandoned. Since the seals are managed by the Great Hall, so there is no such thing as a mistake in the middle. The Arun Church is not such a sloppy place.”
Looking at Emin, who spoke firmly, Ivan swallowed a vain smile.
‘It’s not a sloppy place? There’s no such thing as 100% in this world.’
Until now, I was confused because I couldn’t remember clearly, but when I came all the way here and saw it with my own eyes, I can be sure.
Abandoned monastery. An instance dungeon where he once run around like crazy.
It was a common story. The fact that the monks who were cultivating their faith in the monastery were corrupt and tried to summon the demon.
The story of the abandoned monastery was that the Heresy Inquisitor and the Knights Templar came and swept through the abandoned monastery, but could not find the incomplete demon gate hidden in the basement, and the player who found out later finished it.
‘Will it be cleared with this party?’
Ivan looked at others with his arms folded. Each of them was not bad, but he is not sure.
I wasn’t playing games right now. The dungeon, which became a reality, was a more dangerous than expected. There’s no way everything will go as planned.
Unlike games where the story does not proceed unless the player intervenes right away, isn’t it moving freely now?
There was a feeling that it’s a bit earlier to clear than the original story. Whether that would be a good thing or a bad thing, Ivan had no idea.
‘At first, it was a low level dungeon, and in the game, even solo clear is also possible. I think I’ll be fine since I’m higher than the required level…’
For some reason, I didn’t have a good feeling. Is it because of the uncertainty of the dungeon that showed up early or…
“Today, we must rest for sure, and fill our stomach. We will work hard from tomorrow morning.”

“Eeuup, cha!”
Whoosh!
Bang!
A shock wave that spreads. Since the morning, we break the undead who are slow to act and run forward.
Following Ralph’s shield charge was Julia’s lightning bolt.
The undead that were blocking the front were pushed away for a moment, and sharp arrows of ice pierced above them. The cold air was spewing out, and the undead, who were still slow, froze to a complete halt.
A magic that is distinctly different from the previous clumsy magic missile. The properly prepared wizard’s attack was no different from a cannon.
“Nice, wizard!”
Pshhush!
Shredded!
Sven’s arrow that penetrates the frozen hearts of the undead. Undead with broken main nucleus collapse right away.
The number was more than the ones who attacked them last night, but it was much easier to deal with. It was because the rising sun suppressed the unclean magic power.
The group that pushed in without being blocked entered the abandoned monastery without difficulty.
A historic site that has been left untouched for a very long time. One corner collapsed and the hidden entrance was revealed. Dreary magic flowed from inside and passed by their bodies.
“I found the entrance! Let’s go inside!”
I quickly headed there to avoid the slow rush of undead. In the midst of the urgent situation, Ivan inadvertently jumped in.
The jump concept. Even though it has became a reality, the habit like a game fool was ingrained in the body.
Whoosh!
Boom!
I thought I was passing through a space where something was swaying, but I suddenly landed on the floor. Obviously, I came down the stairs, but when I looked back, I couldn’t see any entrance.
“This space has become a dungeon. After destroying the nucleus, you will be able to get out.”
While explaining like that, Emin looked around.
Having studied magic only in the pagoda all his life, he could not have entered the dungeon before.
He explains what he learned, but he must be amazed.
“Stop looking around and focus. Because we don’t know what’s going to happen in the dungeon.”
Ivan had solved the dungeon a couple of times before. Unlike in the game, it was very terrible and dirty, and it was a dangerous place which can easily kill even with a little carelessness.
Of course, Ivan became much stronger than back then, but the level of dungeon that came in now was also much higher than before.
It could not be underestimated because it was a low-level dungeon. Even if he made a legendary achievement of beating up demons and hunting dragons by himself, but that was in the game.
“The dungeon is a different world. Some long-dead heroes appear as enemies, and some long-extinct monsters wander around.”
Listening to Ivan muttering low, everyone raised weapons.
They put their curiosity aside and raise their vigilant. Set up five senses sharply and move forward carefully.
Tak!
“Ugh!”
He grabbed Ralph’s body as he moved, covering his body with a shield. Ignoring Ralph’s sudden gaze as if wondering why, Sven fell flat on the floor.
Sven, who had been looking at something for a long time, spat out abusive language.
“Goddamn, didn’t you say this is a monastery? No matter how much it has turned into a dungeon, why is there such a thing?”
Clank.
Click!
When I threw a stone rolling around me, a sharp iron spear rose from the floor. If he took one more step, it would have stabbed Ralph in the crotch.
“That’s a pity. It was an opportunity to find out about the sexual tastes hidden in me.”
Cold sweat flowed down Ralph’s forehead, shrugging and joking. He pretended to be fine, but he seems quite surprised.
“If it was a normal monastery, no matter how bad it was, the undead would not come out. It’s a matter of course, so avoid it and move on.”
“What the heck, I’m weak against traps.”
While Sven grumbled and found his way, Ivan looked at the spears that popped out.
There is no blood stain, no debris. But there were traces of something being struck.
Ivan’s eyes turned thin.
‘…. There was a visitor.’