Translator: WH

The Stage Clear reward healed all the wounds of the participants.

[Come on, don’t dawdle around! Get the fuck out of here!]

The purple gate greeted the participants.

Whether they accepted the reality or not, the participants had no choice but to go through the gate.

“Let’s go for now. There’s nothing in here.”

“Let’s do that.”

The participants moved hesitantly.

Jung Da-woon followed suit right behind them.

Shingggg!

One by one, the people who stepped into the gate magically disappeared.

The man holding a spear that appeared to be the leader of the group, looked back at Jung Da-woon and said.

“Thanks to you, we’re alive. Thank you. If it weren’t for you, we’d all be dead.”

“Don’t say that. I look forward to working with you.”

“I should be the one saying that.”

The two shook hands firmly.

The man with the spear passed through the gate first, and Jung Da-woon finally looked back at the Rabbit and waved his hand.

“I’m going now! Bye!”

[Hmph. You still haven’t gone?]

Smiling, Jung Da-woon stepped into the gate.

But,

[Error! Unable to pass through the gate!]

A line of messages appeared in front of him.

“……Huh?”

[Huh?]

Jung Da-woon couldn’t get through the gate.

No matter how hard he tried, the gate did not let Jung Da-woon pass through.

“Wha-, what? Why can’t I go in?”

[Huh? Error?]

Jung Da-woon shouted at the Rabbit in a panic.

“Do something about this!”

[Don’t look at me, what do you want me to do!]

“I mean why can’t I go in!”

[It’s because you’re no longer a participant. The Dungeon’s system rejects you.]

“Me, it’s refusing me?”

The Rabbit sighed.

[Ahhh, what am I supposed to do with this human……]

Jung Da-woon had a long scuffle with the Dungeon gate.

But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t get through the gate.

Jung Da-woon was devastated.

“What is this bullcrap…… What do you want me to do now.”

[Exactly what I want to say.]

The two sighed at the same time.

“So I’m supposed to be stuck here forever?”

[…….]

* * *

A week after the Dungeon was reset.

“There must be some way around this!”

Jung Da-woon jumped up from the bed of the underground hideout.

“Pokyuuu?”

Pokyuu, who was biting a bone in the corner, pricked its ears and looked at Jung Da-woon.

His eyes were burning with will after a week of eating and sleeping like a sleazebag.

“I can’t live like this forever!”

Of course, unlike the beginning, this was no longer a place that couldn’t be inhabited.

There was plenty of food and drinking water, and the facilities were abundant.

However, it was not comparable to modern culture.

He wanted to go home somehow.

“Alright, let’s think about it properly for once.”

“Pokyuuu?”

He met Pokyuu’s eyes.

That ground squirrel escaped the reset and was still following him around. The same was true for the pond.

Everything he had done underground had not been reset.

On the other hand, the observatory that he built zealously on the ground disappeared along with the reset.

Just like how the trap was blocked.

‘Why the hell was it like this though?”

It was so strange that no matter how much he thought about it, why did only the ground above reset, and not the ground below.

“Is the area underground not considered part of the Dungeon? The whole world isn’t part of the Dungeon? Why was it made so ambiguously?”

Then a certain realization flashed through his mind.

“I see! The fucker who created the Dungeon system didn’t create this world. It’s just a stage on top of a world that’s always been there!”

In other words, he might be able to go to other areas without having to go through the gate.

Jung Da-woon roughly drew Stage-1’s terrain on the floor.

‘Hmm. To the south and west were deserts. The north side where the final site was had a steep canyon. To the east was the Death Mountains, which were home to a bunch of monster rats.”

It didn’t systematically prevent the participants from leaving the stage, but it seemed to have staged Stage-1 on an isolated terrain in the first place.

“But what if I could go through deserts, canyons, and mountain ranges on my own?”

Then, it meant that it was possible to move to other areas without having to pass through the gate.

‘The desert was too much. First of all, it was too hot and hard to get food and drinking water.”

Then what about the canyon?

“The canyon was too steep and deep. It’s at the level of the Grand Canyon.”

That meant that the Death Mountains were the only option left.

Jung Da-woon was lost in thought.

“Hmmm. If I move via the tunnel, wouldn’t I be able to avoid the rats and cross the Death Mountains?”

The mice monsters did not have the ability to navigate through the ground like ground squirrels, so it was very unlikely that they would be able to dig underground.

“Well then, should I give it a shot?”

* * *

[Where are you going?]]

The Rabbit came to see Jung Da-woon.

Jung Da-woon, who had been down for some time, looked busy.

“I’m going to go to the Death Mountains.”

[……What the?]

The Rabbit was visibly distressed by Jung Da-woon’s words.

[Wh-, why there? Are you finally determined to die? If you want to kill yourself, just behave yourself and die here!]

“Oh ho?”

Jung Da-woon’s eyes glistened at the Rabbit’s reaction.

Come to think of it, it was this guy who first introduced the name “The Death Mountains”.

As if the Rabbit was hinting that it was dangerous, and to not go that way.

“As expected, there’s something beyond that!”

[Wha-, what do you mean there’s something beyond? There’s only rats swarming there!]

“Hmm. Come to think of it, it was strange that the rats, or monster rats, were bringing us from here to there. It was like they were trying to keep the participants as far away as possible from there.”

[ You’re just being paranoid! They’re just trying to direct you towards the boss!]

“Oh, whatever. I’ll go anyways. I’m not going to live here digging and eating all my life.”

Jung Da-woon ignored the Rabbit and packed his belongings.

The Rabbit was restless.

“Ahhh, Wasn’t he stuck in the ground safe and sound, what is he trying to do all of a sudden?”

“Pokyuuu pokyuuu!”

As Jung Da-woon was about to leave, Pokyuu packed a bunch of bone pieces into the bowl.

* * *

At the forest to the east.

Vigor of the One-Horned Boar (5 Level)

– Your whole body will be surged with the strength of the one-horned boar

– Temporarily amplifies your physical stats by 2.8x.

– Duration: 50 seconds, Cooldown: 60 seconds

Boooom!

“Guarghhhh!”

The wolf monster flew away while its blood splattered around.

As the amplification of his physical stats increase, Jung Da-woon became even stronger.

It’s already the fourth one.

That’s the number of wolves he’s defeated while swinging the iron spikes.

“Krungggg!”

Another wolf rushed towards Jung Da-woon.

The wolf dashed ferociously with a force that was enough to tear his neck off.

“Inventory.”

Jung Da-woon’s hand swayed rapidly.

Then a mud brick appeared from above the wolf’s head.

His Dirt Lump skill was Level 10.

This time, the size of the dirt he could clump together was 80 centimeters wide, 80 centimeters long, and 80 centimeters high.

Naturally, the weight increased exponentially along with the size.

Baaam!

“Kreuuukkk!”

The mud brick dropped vertically and smashed the wolf’s head down.

It must have been hit properly, as the attack broke its neck.

He shuddered once and stabbed an iron spike into the heart of the wolf who has lost all its strength.

Shluckkk!

“This makes it the fifth one.”

Jung Da-woon smiled contentedly.

“Is this for real? I caught five monster wolves by myself!”

As a matter of fact, it was actually a huge growth!

Who would have believed that he used to be just a Producer class?

“Kruuukkkkk! Groooarrr!”

Before he knew it, more wolves were gathering towards him.

In that very moment, the effect of the Vigor of the One-Horned Boar was gone, and he no longer had the strength to deal with it anymore.

But there were many other ways.

Jung Da-woon put his palms under his feet and jumped on the spot.

Then he put down a brick of dirt under his feet.

And he landed on top of it!

He jumped again, and dropped another dirt brick and landed on it!

“One more time!”

A total of three layers were stacked on top, and it created a 240-centimeter-high mud brick, which he stood on top of.

“Krrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Groar!”

“Kruunggg!”

The monster wolves tried to climb up, scratching the mud brick pillar with their front paws.

“Hmm? Is it a little too close? Let’s do one more layer.”

Jung Da-woon stacked another layer of mud bricks under his feet.

320 centimeters in total.

He finally felt relieved.

Looking under his feet, it looked cute when the wolves tried to climb up.

“I’ll give you guys a present.”

Jung Da-woon reached out and threw a mud brick down.

It was so heavy that it wasn’t easy to throw.

Booom!

The wolves were frightened and dispersed in all directions.

However, it was so crowded that the mud brick damaged two wolves.

Then he threw the iron spikes at the wolves who were wobbling with its broken legs.

Shlunkkk! Shlucckkkkk!

Graghhhhh! Groaghhhh!

Two wolves had iron spikes stuck in their chests and started bleeding.

His javelin-throwing skills have improved considerably compared to the past, so he did not miss his target.

Jung Da-woon continued to kill the wolves from above with mud bricks and javelin.

When the wolves tried to break down the brick pillar by ramming into it, he made a new pillar and moved around to fight.

When the cooldown time for the Vigor of the One-Horned Boar was over, the battle wrapped up with an iron spike.

Shlunkkkk! Booom!

Krughhhh!

Kyaaaaaroakkk!

Time passed just like that.

The number of dead wolves in the field was well over twenty, and the rest of them fled.

“Pokyuuu pokyuuuu!”

Pokyuu jumped up and down on Jung Da-woon’s head, as if it was enjoying the scene before it.

It felt respect for the master who massacred the wolf, the natural enemy of the ground squirrel.

[Holy fuck. You’ve become too strong! You weren’t originally like this!]

Even the Rabbit, who was watching the battle, was shocked.

Jung Da-woon smiled at the rabbit.

“Am I cool?”

[Fuck off!]

“Oh, is that so. That’s why I’m going off now, isn’t it.”

The Rabbit’s face changed completely at his words.

[Heyyy. What do you mean you’re going off? This is your hometown right!]

“Hometown my ass.”

[You died and revived here, of course it’s your hometown. It’s your second hometown! Welcome! Welcome to Dungeon!]

The rabbit smiled broadly, drawing a heart with both ears.

The corners of its mouth was shaking.

Jung Da-woon also smiled broadly.

“Goodbye, Dungeon. It was pretty shitty being together, let’s not see each other again.”

[Hey! Why aren’t you going to stay? Keep staying please? Huh? No! You can’t go! I’m bored-! Without you, I will die alone!]

“Yes, go die. And reset.”

[Do you want to just leave behind the hideout you painstakingly built here? You’re gonna leave all this behind?]

“Well, I can just make it again. And I can make it even better.”

As they were talking, he reached the mountain range.

It was a really dangerous area from here on out.

Even though it was the entrance of the mountain range, traces of monster rats were visible at first glance.

It was a time where he needed the mini-map the most.

“I need to build an observatory.”

Jung Da-woon picked the right place and began to pull out the Level 10 mud bricks from his inventory.

It was so heavy that it was hard to lift it properly, let alone throw it, even if he used the Vigor of the One-Horned Boar.

However, it was possible to throw it from the inventory directly onto the ground.

In other words, there was no problem with building a tower!

“Observatory!”

[The Observatory is being built now.]

Chuck! Chuck! Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!

As the size of the mud brick has grown, the efficiency of building has also improved tremendously.

This is because the number of mud bricks needed for constructing the observatory has decreased significantly.

Moreover, the durability of the building has increased as the mud brick has become stronger and harder than before.

In other words, his defense against the outside world has increased.

Unexpectedly, the “Dirt Lump” skill and “Observatory” skill had some sort of synergy when used together.

Chuck! Chuck! Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!

In an instant, the height of the observatory went up steadily.

And surprisingly, one observatory was completed in only about half an hour.

“Wow, it’s complete!”

It was the beginning of the first ever exploration of the Death Mountains.

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