20demayo Chapter 188: Dungeon Diving (1)
Chapter 188: Dungeon Diving (1)
"I get you want to train me..." Hojin mumbled. "But why am I the one leading us—OUCH!"
The moment the words left his mouth, YuWon whacked him across the back with a stick.
"Less talking. More walking."
Hojin opened his mouth, probably to argue, but thought better of it. He grumbled quietly, rubbing his back as they moved on. YuWon trailed behind, his eyes fixed on Hojin as if analyzing him.
YuWon wanted to test Hojin's luck again. So far, every path Hojin chose was uneventful. A few stray monsters here and there, but nothing worth mentioning.
For someone with 999 luck, he sure sucks at finding treasures.
By treasures, YuWon meant stores or rare creatures—like named monsters or elites. But his primary concern was finding a store.
The items in the [Special Store] were impressive, sure, but sometimes the prices felt unreasonably high. That's why YuWon wanted to find traditional stores to get some supplies.
But his interest in finding a store wasn't purely practical.
All these damned eyes...
YuWon had given all the glory for slaying the basilisk to Soo-Ah, yet the annoying eyes of the gods have been following him since the quest ended.
Since he had Hojin with him, the number of observers following him had increased exponentially. It seemed every god watching was eager to see the so-called "Son of Luck" in action.
While YuWon was off clearing the quest, it seemed Hojin got contracted with the goddess of luck, Tyche. That's why the gods were following them excitedly.
"There... something is there."
Hojin pointed to the far right, drawing YuWon's gaze. He nodded. Something had to be there. The place looked too clean to not have something inside.
The surrounding area was a scene of chaos—shops ransacked, windows shattered, and debris scattered like a battlefield. Yet, an ordinary store remained unaffected by the carnage around. If any place screamed Safe Zone, it was that store.
But now, staring at YuWon's back, Hojin felt like the guy calmly walking ahead was different. YuWon almost felt like a stranger compared to the one who had stormed into a nightclub and left a trail of broken bodies.
He's not that bad after all...
Being kind by nature, Hojin wanted to tell YuWon he made the right decision.
"For a moment, I thought you would attack them," Hojin mumbled.
"Attack them? What for?" YuWon asked. "I'm not some mindless beast that lashes out at people without reason."
Hojin nearly choked on his words, wanting to refute that ridiculous claim, but he held his tongue. But one thing piqued his interest.
"No, I meant you let them have the dungeon—"
"Let them have the dungeon? When did I do that?"
YuWon stopped and turned to Hojin. The latter saw a malicious glint in YuWon's eyes and immediately retracted his thoughts from before. Any illusions he'd entertained about YuWon being a different person evaporated in an instant. No, he hadn't changed at all.
"Isn't there a saying?" YuWon smiled. "When one door closes, god opens another?"
Hojin realized what YuWon wanted. He was going inside the dungeon, but taking a different path, that's all.
As the protector of the "Son of Luck," who had worked so hard to find the dungeon, YuWon couldn't let anyone else take the treasures. It would be out of character for him to leave them alone.
But there was a problem. He couldn't access the [Special Store] with so many eyes watching. Pretending to stumble across the store's vending machine and use it discreetly might work, but he doubted the gods would fall for such a transparent ploy.
That left him with only one option.
I hate relying on that mole's skills, but there's no other way.
The disaster mole had an inherent skill, one that enabled him to look for anything he desired within a certain radius. Since they were so close to the dungeon, it was the perfect skill to look for another entrance.