Sand Mage of the Burnt Desert - Chapter 175
Sand Mage Of The Burnt Desert Chapter 175
Episode 175
“We’ve finally arrived.”
Levin wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and sighed in relief.
After going through many hardships, we finally arrived at the base.
The awakened people who were watching on top of the bulkhead shouted when they spotted Zeon and the awakened people in the western area.
“Open the door.”
The protective shield disappeared for a moment and the bulkhead door opened.
Zeon and his group and the awakened people in the western area hurried inside.
“Wow!”
“You’ve already decorated it like this?”
Levin and Brielle gaped at the scenery inside the base.
Inside the base, where only the bulkhead was erected, there were tents and other facilities for people to sleep and eat.
In the meantime, the team led by Zelo A has completely established its base.
Now, all you have to do is take a break here and come up with an attack plan.
At that time, an awakened member of the Pegasus raid team approached Zeon.
“The captain wants to see Zeon.”
“Now?”
“yes!”
“Let’s go.”
“Please follow me.”
The Awakened guided Xeon into the largest tent.
There was a large table inside the tent, and Ji-ryeong Lee was sitting in the middle of it.
“You came back safely.”
“Have you waited long?”
“No, I came at the right time. “But there have already been victims?”
“yes!”
“The victim was Cha Jin-cheol?”
“yes!”
“How did that happen?”
“I met the Grim Reaper.”
“Grim Reaper? “Is this the god of death that only appears in old stories?”
“you’re right.”
Ji-ryeong Lee furrowed his brows at Zeon’s answer.
It’s not that I don’t believe what Zeon says.
Because it is that absurd.
“All sorts of things are coming out. “Then is the owner of this dungeon the Grim Reaper?”
“well. First of all, it is clear that this dungeon is related to the item Cha Jin-cheol had.”
“Jade keeper’s rope?”
“yes!”
“It’s clearly an item from another dungeon, but is it related to this place? So does this mean that other dungeons that appear on Earth are also organically related to each other?”
Lee Ji-ryeong’s senses were keen.
Zeon knew that the dungeon that appeared on Earth was a part of Kurayan, but most awakened people only knew that it occurred naturally.
It was definitely not easy to reason to this level in such a situation.
“Anyway, if it’s the Grim Reaper, there’s a high possibility that the owner of this dungeon is an undead.”
“Have you prepared any items for the undead?”
“Is there anything special about an item? “The only way is to destroy it with force.”
Among the Neo Seoul awakeners, there were very few who had experienced the undead dungeon. What was so rare was the undead dungeon.
This was also Ji-ryeong Lee’s first time entering the undead dungeon. But I wasn’t too worried.
Just because they were undead didn’t mean they couldn’t really die.
All you have to do is destroy it and crush it so that it cannot survive until it dies. And finally, if you destroy the core, it’s all over.
It’s a frighteningly simple method.
It was also that efficient.
However, this method only works when there is overwhelming power.
“There will be many victims.”
“I have to endure it. The greater the risk, the greater the return. Everyone who participated in the raid knows that fact.”
It is impossible to conquer a dungeon without being prepared to die.
This is because you cannot know what dangers exist before entering the dungeon.
Some dungeons are easily conquered, while others cause numerous casualties.
Becoming an awakened person conquering a dungeon meant having to throw yourself into danger at every moment.
Even if you protect your entire body with good armor and use strong weapons, you cannot guarantee that you will survive.
You can lose your life at any time.
If you come out alive, the price is certain.
Even if you die, your family can receive compensation and live a prosperous life.
This is why awakened people join the raid team.
“Anyway, you had a hard time. “We are resting until the exploration team returns.”
“Do you plan to proceed with the attack as soon as they return?”
“The faster you can conquer a dungeon, the better.”
“All right.”
“Has your mana recovered much?”
“To some extent.”
“I hope you recover quickly. “It seems like your power is absolutely necessary to conquer this dungeon.”
“I guess my role was to find the entrance to the dungeon?”
“Things always change. “You wouldn’t want to see many victims either.”
“Yes, but it is not my responsibility. Then…”
Zeon slightly bowed his head and went out.
As soon as he was gone, the door on the other side of the tent opened and Bronson came in.
Lee Ji-ryeong said to Bronson.
“Put him in as dangerous a situation as possible. “That way, he will depend on us emotionally.”
“All right.”
“It looks like you haven’t fully recovered your mana yet, so it shouldn’t be that difficult.”
Right now, Zeon is alive and well, so there is no chance to stab him, but as he weakens, the opportunity will come.
Lee Ji-ryeong was a person who was great at seizing such opportunities.
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Zeon returned to the tent where Brielle and Levin Elroy were.
The three people were each sitting on a chair and taking a rest.
Brielle asked, looking Xeon up and down.
“are you okay?”
“what?”
“Didn’t that person do harm?”
“who? “Lee Ji-ryeong?”
“huh!”
“I didn’t.”
“be careful! “Because I’m a person with a bad feeling.”
“Be careful.”
Zeon smiled and answered.
Immediately after entering the dungeon, Brielle’s nerves became sensitive.
Zeon thought it had something to do with the characteristics of high elves.
Because they have much better senses than regular elves, they react particularly sensitively to dungeons filled with ominous energy.
Eloi asked Zeon.
“What are you going to do now?”
“You have to eat first.”
“rice?”
“If we attack the dungeon in earnest, we won’t even have time to eat properly. You should eat it while you can. Levin!”
“yes! brother.”
Levin took out the food he had prepared in advance from his subspace backpack.
His backpack was full of food prepared by Old Man Clexi. Levin took out some of them and placed them on the table.
“Let’s eat.”
After hearing Levin’s words, everyone sat down and started eating.
“delicious.”
Elroy tasted the food and his eyes widened.
The food prepared by old Clexi was really delicious.
She knew very well how amazing it was to be able to eat this level of food in a dungeon.
“This is really delicious.”
“I packed enough food, so I’ll be able to eat it during my break.”
“Good job. Little! “The ability is amazing, and the preparation is even greater.”
“lol!”
Levin smiled brightly at Elroy’s praise. Brielle stabbed Levin in the side with her elbow.
“Just eat something. “Don’t be possessed by a fox for no reason.”
“Yes!”
Levin nodded and went back to focusing on his food.
That was when everyone had almost finished eating.
“The exploration team is back.”
“Open the door.”
I heard a commotion outside.
The four people hurriedly finished eating and went out. Then, the exploration team was seen returning to the base.
However, the appearance of the exploration team was unusual.
It was incredible to see that he looked as if he had fought a fierce battle.
There were scratches all over the armor, the hair was scattered, and blood stains were visible.
Upon hearing the news of their return, Ji-ryeong Lee came running.
“Are you okay?”
“Huh! Huh! “Just a moment…”
Gesling took a deep breath and raised his hand.
Ji-ryeong Lee waited until he calmed down.
Gesling barely caught his breath and opened his mouth with difficulty.
“First, we confirmed the location that was presumed to be the nucleus.”
“okay?”
“yes! “It’s definitely a shout.”
“As expected.”
“It was a type of shouting I had never seen before. “It felt like an old castle from the Middle Ages on Earth, but there was a strong force field throughout the castle, so we couldn’t even approach it.”
“A force field exists? “Not even a boss, but a loud voice?”
“yes!”
Lee Ji-ryeong frowned at Gesling’s answer.
This is because the difficulty of the attack was higher than expected.
Disarming the force field was not an easy task.
To disarm the force field in a normal way, many awakened magicians, especially those who were skilled in force fields, had to be mobilized.
There were such awakened people in the Pegasus raid. But the number was not that large.
“It must be difficult to do it the normal way. The only way is to destroy it with force….”
“The problem is….”
“There is another problem?”
“There is quicksand.”
“what?”
“There is a quicksand zone on the road to Goseong.”
“Quasod zone?”
“It’s an incredibly large area of quicksand. “There is a strong force at work and it cannot be overcome through normal means.”
“Then how did the exploration team cross the quicksand zone?”
“sorry. “We couldn’t get over it either.”
Even when Gesling came to mind again, his body trembled as if it were terrible.
A giant mole monster also appeared in the area where the exploration team was hiding.
The giant mole beast that came out approached the quicksand zone.
At that moment, an invisible force pulled the giant mole beast into the quicksand zone.
I struggled and fought, but it was no use.
In the end, the giant mole beast was dragged into the quicksand zone.
The exploration team did not know what happened in the sand.
What they saw was a quicksand zone shaking violently as if there had been an earthquake and the desperate screams of a giant mole beast.
I have never heard such a terrible scream in my life.
The exploration team, who saw the end of the giant mole beast before their eyes, gave up further progress.
The presence of a force field in the old castle was also discovered through observation from a distance.
“In the end, nothing more was found out.”
“sorry.”
This was the first time that the exploration team was unable to collect proper strategy information.
It was clear that it was the worst dungeon in many ways.
I wanted to stay a few more days and collect information step by step, but I didn’t have the time.
This is because the longer it gets late, the more likely it is that Cha Jin-cheol, who was captured by the Grim Reaper, will lose his life.
The western district was the biggest supporter of this attack.
If Cha Jin-cheol died, their relationship would take a turn for the worst. To prevent such a situation, Cha Jin-cheol had to be saved.
“I can’t help it. The only way to solve this problem is by clashing with your body…”
“Are you planning on attacking like this?”
“If Cha Jin-cheol dies, Kim Hyun-soo will go crazy. Even if it’s hard, you have to move. And we have him.”
“But he hasn’t fully recovered his mana yet. Is it possible to control the quicksand zone?”
“We will do it somehow. “Because he has the ability and determination to do so.”
It was Lee Ji-ryeong who had met numerous human groups while leading a dungeon raiding party. Therefore, I was confident that my eye for seeing people was better than anyone else.
“They say the mana is depleted, but there must be something hidden. Without that, you can’t be that confident. “We need to take this opportunity to make him reveal all his hidden moves.”
“All right.”
“Then everyone leaves, leaving only the base team.”
“yes!”
Bronson relayed Lee Ji-ryeong’s orders exactly as they were.
The bulkhead door opened and the awakened people set out for the castle.
It was the beginning of a full-fledged dungeon attack.
Zeon muttered while looking in the direction of the castle.
“How many of these people will be able to return alive?”