noveltune Chapter 3: Lucky Day (3)
Chapter 3: Lucky Day (3)
Chapter 3: Lucky Day (3)
[Translator Rainypup]
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Kyaaaaaa!
Wh-what is this sound? Did a bomb go off?
Fuck! Dont you know bombs are forbidden in dungeons? Which bastard was it?!
The defense line broke formation in an instant, and noise filled the surroundings.
What is happening?
JaeHyun quickly looked around inside the dungeon with dizzy eyes.
However, there were no signs of an explosion anywhere.
What on earth is it? Im sure it was the sound of an explosion
A strange black smoke started to rise from the ground.
Shhhhhhhhhh
The smoke spread in an instant and blocked everyones sight.
Kek! Cough!
Cough! What the hell is this?!
JaeHyun immediately covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve and narrowed his eyes.
The black fog that wrapped itself around them was not normal.
This is poison fog?
Poison fog.
Like its name suggested, it was a special kind of fog that had a poisonous effect on those who inhaled it.
If I inhale too much, Ill die. I have to get out of here first.
JaeHyun. I think we need to get out of here quickly. This fog however I look at it, its dangerous.
Lee Myung-Ho, who had come to his side while he wasnt paying attention, said so while covering his mouth with his sleeve.
JaeHyun nodded as he yelled.
Everyone! We need to leave this place quic
Before he could finish his words, JaeHyun had to close his mouth tightly.
Augh!
Myu Myung-Ho!
Beside JaeHyun, a sharp knife was sticking out through Lee Myung-Hos chest.
JaeHyun bit his lips.
This gear is not from the dungeon.
Lee Myung-Ho was not the only one. He could hear other peoples screams from here and there.
The coppery scent of blood filled the dungeon in an instant.
I have to escape.
Tap, tap, tap.
JaeHyun quickly left his position and tried to pull himself together.
The sudden sound of an explosion, poison fog that filled the dungeon, and the people getting murdered.
Instantly, JaeHyuns whole body was covered in goosebumps.
This is not done by monsters.
***
Pant pant
JaeHyun barely escaped from the poison fog and the assassins attacks and went deeper into the dungeon.
At the same time, he pondered.
What if the motive of the assassins was the massacre of Meteor Guild?
It would be worse if he headed to the exit.
There was a big chance that he would be murdered by the assassin team waiting by the entrance.
In this situation, it should be safer to request for rescue from within the dungeon.
Damn! What on earth is happening right now?
Never mind. This is not the time to think like that.
JaeHyun took out his smartphone from his jacket and turned it on.
If he could request for rescue right now, there was a possibility of him making it out of all this alive.
Do you think Ill just lie down and die when I just got a Mythic item after so much difficulty?
Krrrrr! Bang!
An attack suddenly brushed past JaeHyuns shoulder and lodged itself in the wall behind him.
Urgh!
JaeHyun fell to the ground. He rolled and barely avoided the attack.
It was possible for Magicians like Jeong WooMin above B-rank to cast magic without saying the spells out loud.
Runic language.
They were able to do so because they had a higher understanding of this language, which was the basis of magic, compared to others.
Of course, it was not as strong as saying the spells out loud, but it was more than enough when facing a D-rank like JaeHyun.
Looking down at his bloody self, JaeHyun bit down on his lips.
I have to think of something. I need to get out of this situation.
Jeong WooMins attacks were coming toward JaeHyun without pause. As he was avoiding the attacks with difficulty, JaeHyun thought about who on earth would have commissioned his death.
And at that moment
One person passed through JaeHyuns mind.
His whole body shook, and his face twisted in an instant.
Jeong WooMin looked at the expression on JaeHyuns face with interest and stopped attacking.
JaeHyuns gaze sharpened.
was it my father?
Seeing JaeHyuns contorted expression that hed never seen before, Jeong WooMin laughed with delight instead.
You are really smart, hyung. Thats why I like you.
JaeHyun clenched his fists. A drop of blood escaped his tightly-drawn mouth. His whole body shook with rage.
To think that the one who had ordered his death was his biological father.
Of course, he knew that his father didnt consider him his child. He knew that his father considered him trash for a long time.
However, wasnt this too much? He hired assassins to kill his own son?
Then, an uneasy thought abruptly passed through JaeHyuns mind.
If that is true no way!
While contempt filled his whole body, JaeHyun began to speak with difficulty.
Let me ask one thing.
Jeong WooMin shrugged in the face of Jaehyuns seriousness. It was an agreement of sorts.
Did that person also commission something like this before? About 5 years ago
I didnt think you would get that one right as well. Youre really amazing.
Thump.
JaeHyuns forehead twisted fiercely. It felt like he couldnt breathe.
The violent beat of his heart resounded. Soon afterward, hot tears filled his eyes.
5 years ago, JaeHyuns mother lost her life in a robbery.
During a very cold winter, his motherwho had loved him dearlybecame a cold corpse and was brought into the morgue.
The autopsy concluded that she was murdered by someone. JaeHyun, whod only been 22 at the time, found it hard to believe.
His tears fell without end.
He had promised to pay back his mothers care in his youth. He was a son who had merely received and given nothing back.
His mother had already left him by then.
Right after the incident, JaeHyun went to the police station everyday to try and catch the murderer. But the killer was more meticulous than expected. He didnt leave a clue anywhere, and the case remained unsolved.
Although five long years had passed, a loathing for his mother's murderer still remained in JaeHyun's heart. It was a loathing that always filled him with killing intent immediately.
And now, he knew where to direct that loathing.
Jeong WooMin. And his father.
Everything became clear.
The one who killed JaeHyuns mother, Lee SeonHwa, was his father and Jeong WooMin, who was currently right in front of him.
His insides were tingling. Truthfully, JaeHyun had had a vague idea to begin with. His mom and father had never gotten along.
However
Thinking about his father as his mothers killer was incredibly brutal on him.
He was the only family JaeHyun had left.
It scared him that the only one he could lean on would disappear. So he had decided to trust him. Even though he had a doubtful character.
But then
The result of all that trust is this?
Uncontrollable laughter burst out along with hot tears.
He gnashed his teeth.
JaeHyuns father, who killed his only wife and now wanted to kill his son too.
Jeong WooMin, who affably called him hyung and took care of low-ranked raiders like himself.
Now I wont trust anyone.
Jeong WooMin left JaeHyun deep in thought and started to release his mana to create his lightning attack again. It was Lightning Chain , a spell Jeong WooMin was proficient with.
Fzzzzzzz
The attack that changed its form into a sharp chain cried out as if it wished to quickly rip JaeHyuns body apart.
Well, thats what happened.
Jeong WooMins eyes slanted down.
Good-bye, hyung.