Infinite Competitive Dungeon Society - Chapter 267

Chapter 267

Chapter 267 . Kahar (1)

I couldn’t reject the request . Since I gave up on grinding stats, Dimensional Mercenary requests didn’t really matter, but to me, Dimensional Mercenary requests were more than a way of obtaining stats and skill points . It was a way of getting one step closer to my final goal .
In Revival, there were two other Dimensional Mercenaries, Hwaya and Daisy . It hasn’t been six months since Daisy last used her Dimensional Travel, so it was still on cooldown . Hwaya was currently dealing with Ciara who was practically a bomb on a short fuse . Hwaya had to stay with Ciara for at least the next few days .
But my Dimensional Travel skill let me bring other people, so I could easily bring Daisy along . If I wanted, I could bring other volunteers from the guild too .

“I’ll have to hear them out first . ”

Ellos had asked me to come to Edias continent when I had time . He said he was preparing for the final battle . Although his world faced numerous hardships, it seemed it was heading for salvation .

However, the fact that this request came from an administrative guild rather than Ellos made me feel uneasy . I messaged back, trying to hide this feeling .

[Where should I go?]

[Come to Fairy Garden . You’re more familiar with that place, right? I’ll go first and deal with Loretta . It doesn’t really matter whether I’m hit now or later . ]

[Thank you . ]

Last time, when Eleine requested me to go on a Dimensional Mercenary mission, Loretta hit her . Because I always met or fought a world’s enemy in my Dimensional Mercenary missions, Loretta was extremely worried about me going . It was understandable . I would have felt the same way . No matter how dangerous Dimensional Mercenary missions were, they shouldn’t be to that degree .

“Shin-nim, what’s wrong?”

“Ah, I got a message about something . Sorry, Sumire . Can you train by yourself for a bit? I have to go do something . ”

“Yes, I’ll do my best! Good luck, Shin-nim!”

“Yeah, thanks . ”

I smiled sweetly and felt better after seeing Sumire clench her fists . Right, I shouldn’t be so scared before I heard their words . After leaving Sumire, I immediately went to Fairy Garden . When I neared the pavilion, I saw Eleine getting mercilessly beaten up by Loretta while other Fairy Garden members watched from the side .
“I’m going to die! I’m really going to die!”

“It’s okay, I’ll bring you back to life just to beat you up again!”

“Ow! Don’t just watch, save… Aak!”

“Wow . ”

When I made a impressed interjection, some of the members noticed me and greeted me . I also waved my hand . I came to Fairy Garden so often that I was being treated like its member .
“How long has she been getting hit?”

“Since the moment she came to Fairy Garden . ”

Was he working inside the guild today? The hobgoblin Meladel replied with a cup of green tea in his hands .

“I think she got hit about 1 . 2 million times . ”

“I should praise Loretta for hitting her over a million times in just a short time . ”

Loretta was so focused on hitting Eleine that she didn’t realize I’d come . Even I couldn’t follow her arms and legs easily . Still, I improved a lot . I wouldn’t have been able to see anything in the past .

“I . Told . You . Not . To . Involve . Shin . Nim . Didn’t . I?”

“We don’t have enough, ow! People, ow! S-Stop hitting me! You’re going to ruin my skin! Ow!”

“There . Are . Other . Explorers!”
How were Loretta’s slender arms and legs so powerful? I was extremely curious . Next to me, the elf Sikatra murmured as she nodded .

“As expected of the Queen . Using her power of blessing, she’s making her muscles sustain no fatigue . Being able to use the power of magic for such a violent physical attack shows how much of a genius she is . ”

“That’s a very scary genius . ”

If I saw this side of her earlier, I might not have fallen in love with her .

“Ow! It hurts!”

“I can make it so it doesn’t hurt . ”

“J-Just hit me!”

I didn’t want to see a corpse, so I stepped in .

“Loretta, that’s enough . ”

“Shin-nim!?”

“Kahuk!”

Loretta stood tall the moment she heard my voice and kicked Eleine . With a short memorable cry, Eleine flew far, far away like a character from a manhwa . After Eleine left everyone’s view, Loretta finally turned around . It seemed she was giving her best in beating Eleine up, as she had tiny droplets of sweat on her forehead .

“Y-You came, Shin-nim? What business do you have? Did you come to play with me? Uhu, Uhuhu . ”

“I’ve been watching for a while, so don’t pretend nothing happened . ”

“No way . ”

Loretta despaired . Meanwhile, the Fairy Garden’s members at the pavilion were betting on whether I’d lose interest in Loretta with what happened . These cruel people…

“Call Eleine here . I have to hear what she has to say . ”

“No, Shin-nim . It’s too dangerous . ”

“I have a friend in Edias continent . Plus…”

I swallowed my words . It wasn’t something I could say to someone else . Loretta tilted her head, but I just asked her to call Eleine back or bring her back to life . The dejected Loretta then clapped twice . Eleine appeared with her butt pointed up .

“Loretta, you bitch…!”

“Get up before I hit you again . ”

“Your big chested violent elf! Hardcore stalker! Muscle fetishist… Kak!”

“Get up before you die . ”

After that, Eleine needed some time before she could talk to me .

“Then I’ll keep it simple . ”

With both her eyes bruised, Eleine began .

“I was in charge of Edias continent’s Hero, just like how Loretta is in charge of Earth’s Hero now . ”

“I see . ”

That was why she was so interested in Edias continent’s affairs . When I nodded, Eleine also nodded and opened her scabbed lips .

“To be frank, you and I are pretty much on the same level . Just what did you eat to get so strong at such a young age?”

“I trained a lot, but I was also lucky, very lucky . Anyways, you sure got a beating, Eleine . ”

“Shut it!”

She used healing magic on herself again and gave Loretta a deathly glare . When Loretta smiled back at her, Eleine trembled and looked away . It seemed that an instinctive fear was instilled into her . Even so, I didn’t feel particularly sorry for her .

“Edias continent’s allied force went head to head with the continent’s invaders . The Hero was wise and courageous, and he acted as the allied force’s vanguard . After fighting rough battles over and over again, the time for him to fight the world’s enemy was coming close . ”

“You’ve been talking in past tense . ”

“Right . ”

Eleine became quieter ever so slightly .

“I can’t contact him right now . He’s not dead… but I just can’t contact him . I think he’s gone missing . ”

“I told you, ask other explorers to take care of it . ”

Loretta spoke up coldly .

“You want to involve another Hero after a Hero’s gone missing? Are you insane? What are you going to do if s-something b-bad happens to Shin-nim!?”

“He can run if it’s dangerous!”

“You can’t run from the world’s enemy!”

Eleine then bit her lips . Loretta continued .

“It seems you already involved several other explorers . I know you’ve been taking care of him since the beginning and that you favor him a lot . Even so, risking the safety of another world is foolish . I’m sorry, but Shin-nim’s Earth is more important to me than the Edias continent, just like how Edias continent is more important to you than Earth . ”

“But this guy’s mission completion rate is 100%!”

Eleine suddenly shouted .

“He already defeated two worlds’ enemies too! Can’t I be hopeful? He might find the missing Hero, and together, they might even…”

“You… Do you really want to die?”

“Loretta, stop . You’re being scary . ”

I stopped Loretta . While Loretta soothed her momentary killing intent, I answered Eleine .

“I’ll accept this request . ”

“Really!?”

“Shin-nim!”

“I have a friend in Edias continent . There’s something I’m looking for too . I want to go . ”

“Shin-nim, you know what it means for a Hero to go missing, right?”

“Of course . ”

I breathed in a long breath, and exhaled .

“It means there’s someone stronger than a Hero . ”

“You’re still going to go?”

“Loretta, what I’m looking for is there . ”

“Something Shin-nim is looking for…?”

Loretta widened her eyes . For a moment, her cuteness made me speechless . I stroked Loretta’s head and held myself in .

“What I said before… Someone stronger than a Hero . ”

“Shin-nim…!”

Loretta jumped . However, I continued with a sinister smile .

“That’s exactly what I need right now . The dungeon is nice, but I need to fight a powerful enemy with my life on the line . I feel like that’s the only way I can achieve what I’m looking for . Something that can’t be expressed with levels . ”

“Shin-nim, there’s no need to dive into danger!”

“I never dove into danger, Loretta . ”

I rebutted .

“I didn’t need to . Danger came to me instead . Even now, Earth is facing a catastrophic danger . Next time Event Dungeons appear in mass, there will be more of them in higher danger . Loretta, does Earth’s current situation look like any other world’s?”

“I-It might be a bit different . ”

“It’s not just a bit . Their speed of invasion and the powerful enemy above them, they’re both far greater than what any other world has to deal with . There’s no way I can be like any other Hero . ”

I had to advance my league .

For the current me, fighting a world’s enemy might be dangerous, but it was also a chance . Through Dimensional Mercenary missions, I had improved both physically and mentally . I didn’t think it would be any different this time . Perhaps, this could be a chance for me to complete the technique I felt . That technique that wasn’t Heroic Strike nor the family’s secret technique…

It would be dangerous, extremely dangerous… but I still needed to go to Edias continent . That’s what my instincts were telling me .

“I can’t just keep climbing the dungeon . I need to do everything I can . You can laugh if you think it’s foolish, but still encourage me . I want Loretta to cheer me on . ”

“Shin-nim, you…”

Loretta stopped breathing .

“Shin-nim, did you already…”

“Thanks! You’re really a good guy!”

Eleine interrupted Loretta and grabbed my hands .

“Lin was the only one for me, but if it’s you, I wouldn’t mind a one night stan— ugyagyagya!”

“If that’s what Shin-nim decided, I won’t stop you… But I’m still worried about sending you off like this . Go find Lin . He should be mostly finished . ”

Loretta stepped on Eleine, who twitched like a worm . After stomping on her twice, she stood on her and looked at me with serious eyes . What a mess . But since her advice was appropriate, I nodded and went to find Lin .

It seemed Loretta notified Lin already, as he was waiting for me . There were two bracelets on his hand . One was thin and small, while the other was thick and fairly big . The former seemed to be for women, while the latter seemed to be for men .

“Good timing, I just finished them today . I’ve been working for two whole months, damn it . ”

Lin cursed the moment he saw me . Then, he threw the thick bracelet at me . Because of its dull silver color, I felt suspicious of its effects . I looked at Lin, asking if it was properly made . Lin smirked and spoke .

“Check it out yourself . ”

“Okay… Let’s see . ”

I opened the item information window . Then, I immediately widened my eyes .

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