The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter - Chapter 66

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Chapter 66

Translator: “Kell” Editor: ”Weasalopes”

What we thought was a treasure chest turned out to be a monster . I warned Uck, but she didn’t listen and continued approaching the chest, humming to herself . I dashed to try to save her, but I didn’t . Rather, I couldn’t . I was too late . The chest slammed open and a pair of long and slender, jet-black hands extended out from inside .

「Eeeeeehhh?!」

It grabbed her firmly, dragging her into the chest in a matter of seconds . The inside of the treasure chest was pitch-black . She vanished without a trace so my guess was the inside was connected to some other dimension .

The chest slammed shut and I stood in front of it, dumbfounded . This is bad . What should I do? I could destroy it, but with Uck inside, I couldn’t risk it . My guess was that【Prison of Darkness】skill was what got her so I checked to see if I could destroy it .

『Can』→ 『Can’t』 5,200 LP

Damn, that’s a lot . I only had 3,580 LP at the moment . I would need to convert items or money to gain more . What now? As I was mulling my options over, something surprising happened .

The chest seemed to be speaking to me . Wait, it can talk?!

「Do you want to save your friend?」

「O-Of course . If you let her out, then I’ll stop making a mess out of this room . 」

「If you win my quiz, I’ll let her go . 」

「A quiz?」

「I’ll ask you three questions . If you get them all right, you win . You get even one wrong and you’ll come closer to great ol’ me .

I’ll just pretend I didn’t hear that last part . So basically, he wants me in his dark prison too . Its hand can only extend so far so he wants me to get closer first in order to do that .

「There’s no guarantee that you’ll let her go if I win . 」

「The terms are absolute . You can rest assured that I’ll let the woman go if you win . 」

Really? We’ll see about that .

【3-question quiz】

It seems to be telling the truth . Now how much do I need to destroy it?

Delete 『forced to comply with the terms』 2,800 LP

Yes! If I can destroy the skill, I’ll have a huge advantage .

「All right . A quiz sounds difficult, but I have no other choice . 」

「Then we have a deal . Let us begin . Here’s the first question: Chars swim in a river called Carinsen way up north . Yes or no?」

I’ve heard of the river, but it was too far so I haven’t been there before . I’m already having trouble with the first question… Not!
Oh, Great Sage . Do chars swim in Carinsen river?

【Yes . 】

「The answer is yes!」

「Correct . Now for the second question: Fire bears live in Mount Euflix, a volcano . Yes or no?」

What the heck? It’s gotten difficult all of a sudden . I don’t even know the place . Once again I asked the Great Sage . I felt a sharp pain in my head, but it should be all right .

「No, they don’t . 」

「Tsk . Correct . 」

The thing just clicked its tongue . Do monsters have emotions or something?

「Your third question: What type of monster am I? A treasure chest, a wood, or a tentacle-type monster . Now, let’s hear your answer!」

Wow, this thing’s hyped . The most obvious answer was treasure chest, but I had to be extremely careful . I asked the Great Sage once more . The question was easy, but asking three times in a row caused extreme headache . I have to stop asking him questions for a while .

The answer was —

【The Dark Box is a mimic monster . 】

What?! This thing’s playing dirty! Like a full-fledged adult who can only think of himself! It gave me three choices, but the correct answer wasn’t even one of them . Unbelievable .

「I see you’re having trouble . I’ll give you a hint: It’s my appearance . I’m not trying to trick you or anything . 」

「If I were to believe you, then the answer is treasure chest…」

*Grin*

「Psyche! The answer is mimic type . 」

「How…?」

「I have the Great Sage with me . All right, then . We had a deal . 」

It clicked its tongue and with its black hands, took Uck out .
Why’s she covered in some slimy fluid? Her face was red and she was breathing wildly .

「Wh-What happened inside?」

「I can’t tell — No, I don’t want to tell you . 」

She sounded firm so I didn’t press her about it further . Ladies have their own secrets, I suppose .

「Thanks for saving me . Come on, let’s get out of here . 」

She left the room quickly, and I followed her then stopped right at the door . I looked back at the Dark Box, stretching out my arm .

「What are you up to?」

「You can’t move from there, can you? That’s why you had to rely on roundabout tactics . 」

「……There’s no benefit in taking me down . Plus I can block some mediocre attacks . You were in a pinch just a while ago, but you walked out alive, so why risk your life now? Why fight? 」

「Just in the off-chance that some other guy comes in here . You’ll probably pull that dirty stunt again . You see, if I had to choose between monsters and humans, I’d say I’m on the latter’s side . 」

I lit my stone bullets on fire . To be more precise, I used my【Magic Fusion】to combine my【White Flame】and【Stone Bullet】skills . The result was【White Flame Bulle】 . I’ve used it a number of times before .

I shot the mimic without any hesitation . The chest opened and black hands extended out, catching the bullets . I was surprised . It wasn’t lying when it said it could block attacks .

「Tch . Hot! Still this isn’t enou—」

「Tough luck . There’s still more where that came from . 」

I increased the size of the bullets to about a hundred centimeters and fired them at the Dark Box . A crashing sound echoed . The treasure chest was obliterated, unable to withstand the barrage of attacks . I might not have levelled up, but I did manage to take out an evil, scheming monster . All’s good .

「Hey, come here~! It’s amazing!」

Uck was already inside the second room . Man, she never learns . And she’s got guts . If she was someone created by the dungeon, then her personality could be part of the setup .

I entered the second room which looked pretty much the same as the previous one . Uck was ecstatic, and I couldn’t blame her . There was a chest, and unlike the other one, this was already open and filled with coins: gold, silver, and copper . Quite a sum of money . On its side were a spear and a bottle with some red liquid .

「Look at this . I think we hit the jackpot . 」

「Yeah…」

There didn’t seem to be any monsters or traps . I checked the treasure . The coins weren’t fake and could be used . I counted them and to my surprise, it totalled ten million .

「This is incredible . We can split it and still end up with five million each . 」

「I don’t need it . You can have all of them . 」

「What? Are you sure?」

「Consider it my thanks for saving me . Now we’re even . 」

「Thank you . 」

I stored the money in my【Different Dimension Storage】, elated, then examined the other two items .

【Piercing Spear Rank B Skill: Pierce】

It looked like an ordinary spear, but it seemed its piercing power was quite high as the description suggested . It could prove useful against mineral types or hard scales .
As for the bottle…

【Swift Foot Potion Rank B Skill: Grants Swift Foot ability (60 seconds)】

So I drink this to temporarily gain the ability to run fast . Both items are rank B . Man, we really hit the jackpot with this room .