The Game Difficulty Is Crazy
In the pitch-black darkness, Glen slowly regained consciousness.
“Damn it……”
A quiet curse slipped from his lips.
Even after preparing this thoroughly, he had still been caught by a Lunatic again.
‘I never thought a Lunatic difficulty would be applied to a region instead of a monster.’
There was no dead end worse than this.
Glen ran a hand through his hair and called up the system message.
《Accessing information on a new Lunatic factor.》
《Cursed Land, Sildur – Lunatic》
: It has been over ten years since Sildur, once a mountain village, was cursed and became an abandoned settlement. During that time, the curse and poisonous energy surrounding Sildur have grown denser, and the once beautiful village has become a land of death for undead monsters.
: The number of undead in the village increases exponentially, and the number of Mutants, which was only two, increases to four.
: In addition, a boss monster possessing intelligence and commanding all undead in this area has been added.
As he read through the listed Lunatic information, the heat that had flared in his brain quickly cooled.
“We’re screwed.”
Glen bit down on his lips.
The increase in the number of undead alone wasn’t a big problem.
‘But everything else is.’
Not only had the number of 4-star Mutants doubled, but an unknown boss monster had also been added.
The situation was worse than expected.
“Haah……”
He lifted his eyes and looked at the ceiling.
The sky spreading above the massive pit looked impossibly far away.
He must have fallen quite deep.
‘I wonder if Sister Tris and the other apprentice knights are okay.’
The last thing he remembered was falling together when the ground collapsed.
At least it was fortunate that most of the instructors had been gathered near the apprentice knights.
Glen let out a hollow laugh.
“Who am I worrying about?”
The apprentice knights would be safe as long as they didn’t encounter more than two Mutants at once, since instructors of 3-star or higher were with them.
But Glen was alone in the underground of the cursed abandoned village.
‘Let’s think about myself for now.’
Glen reached out and touched the wall.
Judging by the stone walls surrounding him, the place he had fallen into was an underground passage of the abandoned village.
This passage connected to the location where the Hidden Piece was concealed.
That meant there was only one choice.
‘Get the Hidden Piece hidden here as quickly as possible, then find Sister Tris and regroup.’
Glen inhaled.
Then slowly exhaled.
The next moment, his eyes grew even sharper.
‘A Lunatic, huh.’
He would defeat even the so-called boss monster and return proudly with the Lunatic reward and the Hidden Piece in his arms.
With that thought, Glen stepped into the deep darkness.
As the light gradually disappeared and his vision darkened, he did not light a fire.
There was no need to provoke undead or Mutants that reacted to warmth by raising a torch.
Step, step—
After walking through the underground passage for over ten minutes, he mentally traced the shape of the path he had taken, forming a rough map in his mind.
Even though it was only a small portion.
‘I’ve been here more than once or twice.’
Seong Yohwan had wandered the world of Grey Eden for over five years.
Unless the terrain changed due to a Lunatic, Glen would never get lost in this world.
Based on the map in his head, Glen calculated the distance to the hidden room.
‘I fell close to the hidden room, so it won’t take long.’
Considering that he would normally have had to fight the Mutant guarding the entrance to the underground passage, falling here wasn’t such a bad situation.
‘Of course, the biggest concern is not knowing where the two additional Mutants might appear.’
Unless his luck was truly terrible, he shouldn’t run into a Mutant in a place like this.
But as the saying went… thoughts could become reality.
“Guuuuuuuh…….”
From beyond the darkness came the gloomy moaning unique to undead.
Not one, but multiple undead overlapping their cries.
The probability that it was a Mutant was extremely high.
“Damn it……”
Glen stopped in his tracks.
The opponent was a Mutant, a 5-star monster.
With no idea what might happen in the room where the Hidden Piece was hidden, there was no need to waste his strength fighting a powerful enemy here.
‘Luckily, it doesn’t seem to have noticed me yet.’
If so, he could retreat now and take another route.
This wasn’t the only path leading to the Hidden Piece.
Thinking that, Glen turned to go back the way he had come.
Crack-crack-crack—
Kwaaang!
At that moment, the ceiling suddenly collapsed, and a mass of undead poured down onto the floor.
The fallen undead writhed against each other, then rose one by one.
“Kraaaah!”
The undead screamed.
But a few undead were the least of Glen’s concerns right now.
His gaze was fixed solely on the darkness ahead.
Where the Mutant stood.
Slap, slap—
It was coming this way.
“Well, yeah……”
With the tunnel ceiling collapsing and screams echoing loudly, it would be stranger if it didn’t react.
Slap, slap—
“Kiiieeeeeeeek!”
At last, the Mutant that had recognized Glen began approaching him.
It seemed he couldn’t avoid the fight.
Glen let out a sigh.
Then he lifted his eyes.
“If it’s come to this, it’s a total extermination route.”
He raised his sword and took his stance.
The two Rings of Holy Power to the left of his heart began to rotate.
Holy power spread throughout his body, strengthening it, and pure white particles of holy energy swirled around Glen’s blade.
Favor of Blades.
Weapon Enhancement · Holy.
And the Knight Without Rings.
Since the opponent was what it was, he needed to use all the power he had.
Thud, thud, thud!
The Mutant, slowly dropping chunks of flesh as it advanced, suddenly began to run.
Then he would meet it head-on.
Glen kicked off the ground.
Small undead trying to cling to him stretched out their arms.
“Get lost.”
Chwaaak—
Slash—
Two sharp sword strikes.
In an instant, the heads of the charging undead flew into the air.
The severed limbs of the undead ignited in holy power.
