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SSS-Grade Cafe in Front of The Dungeon-Chapter 142
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The dungeon boss is already dead, so thereās no danger. Besides, Choi Yichan is strong, so I believe heās safeā¦ā¦.
What happened? Didnāt we get sucked in together? Hmm ⦠at least weāll see him when we get out of here, right?
Now I really wanted to get out of this dungeon as soon as possible, I was exhausted and my head was still a mess.
āThe boss is dead, so we can leave, right?ā HingHungHong asked in a tired voice.
āFor now, yes, but there seems to be a slight problem.ā
āā¦ā¦a problem?ā I asked, alarmed by the clue in his tone.
Hereās what he said next: the phenomenon commonly referred to as Dungeon Call is more accurately described as world erosion. In other words, the other world is trying to erode our current world.
āItās kind of like an alien invasion in a sci-fi film or something similiar.ā
For some reason, the dungeon looks like something out of a sci-fi film, so thatās where the analogy came from.
āThe dungeon boss ⦠the King of the Otherworld has been defeated, but the ship they came in, the Source, remains.ā
āThe source?ā
āThe Sephiroth branch of the false world.ā
In my head, I connected Ki Yoohyunās words with the information Iād obtained through the system. Is this about the world tree that came from another world to invade this world?
Aside from the fact that the scale is so ridiculously large that it doesnāt really make sense ⦠is that why the modifier āof the false worldā was added after the name?
At that moment, HingHungHong suddenly interrupted, āHow do you know this?ā
āThatāsā¦ā
āThatās right! More than that, I saw what you did earlier and you looked really strong.ā
HingHungHong didnāt seem to be very perceptive. Even after seeing the battle earlier, he hadnāt guessed Ki Yoohyunās identity in the slightest.
āHaha ā¦. Iām just one of the Hunters who got caught up in this.ā Ki Yoohyun smiled awkwardly.
āI thought I had seen your skills somewhere before too! That famous ⦠you know who.ā
āā¦ā¦.ā
āā¦ā¦.ā
āHuh? Why is everyone just staring at me? Did I say something weird?ā
I quickly changed the subject before HingHungHong reached the correct answer, āBut Iāve already killed all the monster branches. Cheese Pizza-ssi here is the last one.ā
āWellā¦.ā Ki Yoohyun thought for a moment before adding, though he didnāt seem convinced, āThere might be a body left somewhere.ā
āā¦ā¦ again?ā
Itās not like itās a summer weed that multiplies indefinitely no matter what you pull! Iām sick of plant-type monsters.
āIf itās the main body ⦠Ouch!ā
I couldnāt finish my sentence.
Kugugungā Suddenly, the floor shook violently. The walls and pillars of the hall moved and the space changed shape. Raging waves of ether enveloped us and sucked us in.
āAsh, be carefulā¦ā¦!ā
I looked back at Ash first while trying not to lose my balance. He was helping the grandfather of the Demon King Cult Twilight from falling. The part-timer of our house really grew up well.
āAaaah!ā
āā¦.Rieul-ssi!ā
Ki Yoohyun caught me as I stumbled.
Kugugugung, kung, kungā
After a moment, the shaking stopped and I came to my senses. My surroundings were unfamiliar again. It seemed that the etheric wave had transported us earlier.
[You have arrived at the deepest part of āDungeon: Temple of the False World.ā]
[Letās stop the erosion of the False World by destroying the source of the dungeon.]
āā¦ā¦.ā
āā¦ā¦.ā
How many layers this dungeon had? How about changing its name to Matryoshka1 Dungeon?
The space in front of me looked more like a hospital than a temple. There was a door at the end of a white-walled corridor. Strange. This is supposed to be the deepest part of the dungeon, but it looked too ordinary to be a dungeon. Itās as if two completely different buildings were joined together.
āWhy is there a hospital out of nowhere?ā
Ki Yoohyun stared at the door at the end of the corridor, āI feel a strange power coming from there. Thereās something there.ā
āCould that be the source of the dungeon?ā
āMaybe. When we defeated the boss, the dungeon earlier lost its power and collapsed, and I think that source pulled us here.ā
āSo over there itās the ⦠end, then.ā
I hope this one is the āreal_final_last_final_end.ā
There might be new dangers ahead, so the people of the Demon King Cult Twilight, which consisted of many elderly and middle-aged people, decided to wait here. Cheese Pizza and Lee Yoomi stayed behind in case a monster appeared.
āEveryone, please be careful.ā The grandfather, the leader, bowed his head.
āCome visit our store next time when you get out of here. You are the ones who took care of our Ash.ā
Ash decided to go with me, even though I told him he didnāt have to. After a few moments of regrouping, we reached the door at the end of the corridor.
āCan I open it?ā
āHold on, let me take a look.ā K Yoohyun was about to check the other side of the door.
Click, the door opened.
āā¦Uh?ā
āMy nieceā¦.?ā
Choi Cedric, my uncle, and a Healer who visited our cafe before, appeared.
Why are you guys coming out of thereā¦ā¦?
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How did you get here, what has happened so far that you couldnāt contact me, etc ā¦ā¦.. I had a lot of questions, but I couldnāt ask any of them.
Because inside the hospital room, on the bed, there was a slender girl lying there.
A huge silver flower sprouted from her body, and the sight of it answered the question in my mind. Ah, thatās it. Thatās the root of the dungeon and what caused this situation.
At first I thought it was the same as the monster branches I had defeated. However, no, this was different, much stronger, and I could instinctively feel its overwhelming power.
āHeuh, ah, ughā¦.!ā
The girl gasped and twisted her body. She looked tortured. It was a pitiful sight that made me want to do something about it right away, but ⦠plant roots sprouted from under her epidermis like blood vessels. It seemed to have completely fused with the girlās body, making it difficult to separate.
āThatās ā¦ā¦. what on earth is that?ā
Choi Cedric muttered, his face twisted in pain, āItās Rona.ā
Rona? Iāve heard that name before. Surely ⦠yes, that was the name of Cedricās sick sister.
āEugh, ahhh, aghhā¦.ā Rona screamed, tearing at the sheets. Choi Cedric, unable to bear the sight of her, tried to reach her, but the giant silver plant grew even larger and pushed him away.
āMove! Ugh ⦠let go of our Rona!ā
Sriiingā Choi Cedric raised his sword.
āWait! Stop!ā My uncle tried to stop him, but it was late. Choi Cedric relentlessly cut down the plant in front of him.
Tuk, the flower fell.
āAaaahhh!ā In that moment, Rona cried out in pain, as if her body had been cut.
āOh, noā¦ā¦.ā Choi Cedric, white as a sheet, stopped his sword. A new flower quickly grew in the place of the cut.
āDamn, I canāt believe he left a trap like thisā¦ā¦.ā
āWhat happened?ā
Ki Yoohyun asked my uncle. Without turning his gaze away from the scene in front of him, Uncle briefly explained what had happened. He had originally tried to cure Rona with some kind of elixir, but at that moment, that flower sprouted on her, and the hospital room itself was dragged into the dungeon.
But itās strange.
What sprouted from the girlās body looked like the monster branches, except with flowers on them. Itās unlikely that the girl, who was asleep the whole time, was drinking Super Buff Coffee, so why did that tree grow out of Ronaās body?
To my question, my uncle answered briefly, āItās because of the Grimoire.ā
āā¦.the grimoire?ā
Itās book that the owner of Azalea Pawnshop mentioned. What does that book have to do with this current situation?
āItās a long story, but ⦠that girl is keeping a Grimoire. It attracts otherworldly beings with a power that is incomparable to that of a golden wine.ā
The Sephiroth branch had been hidden in Ronaās body for a very long time, but it hadnāt sprouted until now. Just as a plant needs soil, light, and nutrients to grow. With the presence of the girl, the grimoire, and the elixir, the environment for it to take root has finally been completed. freew(e)bnovel.(c)om
I asked if the flower was the same kind as the monster branches, if it could be destroyed with ginger ale, but he shook his head.
Sephiroth branches feed on dreams. And when it has consumed all the dreams, the flower begins to bloom. He told me that once it begins to bloom, no medicine can help. I felt my vision go black.
āAnd that flower is ⦠the source of the dungeon. When itās fully bloomed, thenā¦ā¦.ā
My uncle trailed off, unable to finish his sentence. It was Ki Yoohyun who picked up where he left off.
āThe dungeon break will occur, and countless monsters will appear through it to attack our world.ā
āThen, what should we doā¦ā¦.ā
Tiring! At that time, the system notification rang again. The notification that popped up this time could be seen by everyone present.
[Letās stop the erosion of the False World by destroying the source of the dungeon.]
No way, this message meant ā¦. a possibility I didnāt want to think about popped into my head.
āAaaah, heuuughā¦.!ā
Rona screamed in agony. The roots that had burrowed deeper beneath her epidermis began to stir. It was almost too painful to watch.
This is ridiculous. That canāt be possible.
Then, as if to refute my thoughts, a system alert popped up again.
[Dungeon Break will occur if the dungeonās source is not destroyed.]
[The inhabitants of the False World are targeting this world. Destroy the dungeonās source to stop them.]
āā¦ā¦.ā
āā¦ā¦.ā
A heavy silence descended. No one dared to speak, all of us glaring at the bizarre flower.
āNo way, that girl ⦠does that mean we should kill herā¦ā¦?ā
The atmosphere froze in place at Jijonās rather insensitive remarks.
āEup, why, eup, let go of me ā¦. heup!ā
Next to him, HingHungHong hurriedly covered Jijonās mouth.
āYou canāt do that.ā Then, with red, bloodshot eyes, Choi Cedric spoke up, āI donāt care what the system says, I donāt care what happens. I wonāt let anything harm my Rona.ā
Sreeekā Choi Cedric drew his sword. He showed us that he was willing to use his sword to protect Rona if necessary.
Who could have told such a person about the danger of the Dungeon Break? No one could dare to step forward, and a strange alternate state continued.
āEonni.ā šš³šššøššššš£šš.š¤šš
I heard a voice call out to me.
Who is it? Thereās no one here who can call me that2.
I glanced around, my eyes landing on Rona on the bed. Swallowing a groan, she nodded. She was speaking in my head.
āā¦.Rona?ā
Translatorās Corner:
Russian doll. A set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside another .
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Since everyone else in the room are men, only Rona could call her āEonniā. ??