Closed Beta I Played Alone

Chapter 77

77. Salimaru Bandits (2).

The giant pupil that I first stepped into.

He escaped there, avoiding the huge current of the cave to the north that seemed to devour everything.

Of course, without taking any damage.

However, it was difficult to trivialize it as there was no single damage.

If it wasn’t for Blink with a zero cooldown, I would have been swept away by that enormous current and died as it was.

The current was huge and fierce enough to fill the entire cave.

No matter how strong an ice shield or ice field, you can tell at a glance that it is not enough even if you block and freeze it.

So, the sound of volmen leaked out of my mouth.

“It’s just dying with one choice before you even try anything, isn’t it too much from the start?”

Exactly 1/4 chance.

Due to that probability, I thought it would be very unfair to die in vain by drowning without even making the last struggle, let alone making a move.

Moreover, even if he died and tried again, it didn’t seem like the northern cave was a fixedly large current trap.

Obviously no, it will change 100%.

Any other pitfalls or the correct answer.

That’s why I’ve never had any success in Daeyu.

The odds of this 1/4 are not going to end there.

Obviously, even if you choose the right path, something else will be waiting for you.

And if you die there, you’ll have to challenge the odds of 1/4 from the beginning again.

“Huh… this is no joke.”

A breathless cough leaked out.

I came in knowing that the difficulty would be very high with just the reward, but it was higher than I thought.

But I was very happy with it.

Do you think that no matter how difficult it is, I can clear it?

no.

Obviously, that also contributed to the feeling of joy to some extent, but there was another reason for the real joy.

If it hadn’t been this difficult, Dae-Young’s Chairman Seo Dae-Young would not have given me this quest.

The quest I gave with the certainty that I would fail 100%.

That’s why I liked this difficulty.

If I had thought that I could clear even 1% of Dae-Yoo’s personality as Chairman Seo Dae-Young, he would never have given me this quest.

“great. So, shall we go this way this time?”

I turned to the 3 o’clock position in the east cave.

Then, he moved deep into the cave using his stretching blinks.

quite cheerful.

1 minute later.

[You have entered the wrong way.]

As soon as we went inside as much as the northern cave, a message rang.

It’s just a message telling you about the bang.

“…if that’s the case, I’m not very lucky.”

1/4 failed and 1/3 failed.

Then, on the other hand, I was rather looking forward to what this bang would be.

And the sound greeted me like a northern cave.puck! puck!

Degururu. Degururu.

The sound of something smashing and rolling.

I could barely guess from the sound alone.

And soon it was revealed that there was no deviation from my guess.

In the shape of a rolling huge boulder that will fill the inside of the cave.

“Ice Spear. Multiple Ice Arrows.”

Pick! Phoebe Big Pick!

Level 4 Ice Spear and Level 3 Multiple Ice Arrow were the most powerful single skills I have ever learned.

In fact, it showed a different level of power than the Ice Spear and the Multiple Ice Arrow used by other ice wizards.

However, it was unable to make even a small scratch on the huge boulder that came down at high speed.

Of course, the stone may be incredibly hard.

I don’t even know if it’s a real stone.

But rather than that, I wondered if the stone was designed to be unbreakable in the first place.

At first glance, it seemed sturdy.

“Blink. Blink.”

I didn’t want to be a mousepo in that huge stone, so I used my blinks to get out of the eastern cave safely on my own.

And the giant pupil I met again for the first time.

We stood there for a while in front of the remaining caves at 6 o’clock and 9 o’clock.

“It’s 1/2 now, but if I get a bang here…”

Of course, there is no big problem with the bang, but this was a kind of self-esteem problem.

I didn’t want to be the lucky one.

So he had no choice but to worry.

it’s one of the two

Then, eventually, I made a decision.

“okay. Let’s go clockwise as we first decided.”

I didn’t go to the 12 o’clock or 3 o’clock position for nothing.

clockwise in its own way.

So this time, instead of going through the 6 o’clock position, I thought it would be more unfair if I went straight to the 9 o’clock position and crashed.

I thought that I had failed because I changed my mind halfway through.

In the past, when looking at the midterm or final exams, if you picked the wrong answer in the first place and got it wrong, it was fine as it is, but when you first picked the correct answer, you changed the number because something else seemed to be the correct answer, but there were often cases where the first was the correct answer. Each time I couldn’t help but feel more upset.

I thought I just changed the answer.

So, I pushed my first thought honestly.

and after a while.

“People have to be flexible. If it doesn’t seem like it, it’s often quite beneficial to change it quickly. There is no need to waste time.”

I didn’t intend to become a whole roast, so I used a blinking link to get out of the southern cave, avoiding the huge flames, and said a word without me knowing.

And now we set our feet towards the only one west cave at 9 o’clock.

It had been a while since I had used the stretch blink like other caves, and a message rang.

[Congratulations. I have entered the right path.]

“Huh. I know. Because this was the last road.”

Of the 4 options, I already checked 3 bangs and entered the road.

The process was not very good to just vomit out joy, so I shyly went inside.

And I was able to find it.

A huge pupil that welcomes me and the eight caves connected to it.

He looked around for a moment, blankly, and had no choice but to utter a word.

“Huh… look at this.”

First of all, without moving, I pondered the situation before.

I wonder if there’s a clue I’ve missed.

But there was really nothing.

Only a huge pupil and four passages without any markings or features connected to it.

That’s why I looked around enough to see if there was anything before going around 12 o’clock, 3 o’clock, 6 o’clock, and 9 o’clock.

And it was the same this time.

The pupil was really empty and there were 8 passages connected to the pupil.

For a moment, an ominous thought crossed my mind.

“Isn’t it supposed that 4 becomes 8, then 16 becomes 32?”

Of course, unlike others, he wasn’t afraid at all about traps that were triggered as a result of taking the wrong path.

What’s more, if you break through the traps that other people face after traveling for about an hour within 1 minute, you can check all 8 caves in 2 minutes for a round trip within 16 minutes.

No, to be more precise, 15 minutes was enough even if we assumed the worst number of ways to enter the last, so here, the eighth correct road as in the first.

However, I did not like the quest itself because it was determined by luck rather than skill or ability.

But with that thought, I burst into laughter without knowing it.

If it’s luck, I’m the lucky one too.

Moreover, as if he knew he would receive this quest, even the blink of a cooldown of zero was done in a timely manner.

“okay. 8, 16, or 32, whatever you want. I’ll break it anyway.”

First of all, the northernmost cave was designated as No. 1 and clockwise as the No. 2 and No. 3 caves were randomly assigned.

And immediately threw himself into number one.

Montt’s mansion at Hackkis Castle.

Montt, who had already finished his work, led Nogu’s body into his mansion, but Chairman Seo Dae-young was unable to do so.

1 hour first.

It’ll be over in an hour.

In addition, Ashirante has a Blink, and has quick movements for a wizard in her own way.

Chairman Seo Dae-young decided that it would not take up to an hour.

But it was over an hour.

Chairman Seo Dae-young had no choice but to admit it.

The Ashirante gnome has a 1/4 chance.

“okay. There’s a 1/4 chance that you can pierce it in one shot. Because 1/4 is an ambiguous probability, whether it’s too much or too little. But the next one will be easy. 1/8 is a very difficult number to simply count as doubling.”

So, Chairman Seo Dae-young did not move.

He wanted to see with his own eyes Asirante, who had failed and appeared to be a mess.

But two hours passed, and another 30 minutes passed, and he had to admit it again.

1/8 chance of breaking through.

Or because there is no reason not to show it yet.

By that time, Seo Dae-young, as chairman, had no choice but to be restless.

Of course, Chairman Seo Dae-young knew that it was not the end.

After 4 and 8 caves, 16 caves face each other.

However, having already succeeded in 4 and 8 caves in a row means that in the end, you succeeded with a probability of 1/32.

From the standpoint of Chairman Seo Dae-young, being able to break through that level of probability with a single challenge went beyond the level of simply dismissing it as luck.

For some reason, I could only think that there was something special about Ashirante.”Damn it! Ashirante, what the hell do you have!”

In that way, Chairman Seo Dae-young felt anxiety and fear at the same time as Ashirante, who did not appear for over two hours, and vomited out anger or resentment.

In fact, if Ashirante clears this quest at once, it’s like giving wings to a tiger to train and breed.

And that tiger could bite itself enough.

3 hours later.

“Wow. really…”

Starting with the first 4 caves, 8 caves, 16 caves, 32 caves, 64 and 128 caves, and then facing 256 caves, only the words ‘Come’ came out of my mouth.

What’s more, the problem was that I wasn’t sure that the 256 caves were the last.

Of course, not all of them found the answer at the end like the first four caves.

In the former cavity with 64 caves, luckily found the correct way in 4th time.

But in 128 caves, it was possible only after 100 times.

Anyway, I shouted out loud from the huge pupil where 256 caves were located.

“Damn it! I’d rather have a monster come out! What is this!”

512, 1024, or more, it wouldn’t be so bleak if you knew the end.

But in my heart, even if this was the end, I couldn’t help but feel frustrated when it came out again and again.

So, I squeezed the frustration and vomited it out with a shout.

and?

I immediately set the northernmost cave as the first cave and set foot.

Because there is no time to be idle or flirting.

Anyway, that’s what you have to do.

Putting everything else aside, I really wanted to acquire the two cool-time removal spells.

Exactly an hour and a half after that.

2 minutes round trip per cave.

So, when a message different from the previous one sounded in the cave that was randomly selected as number 45, I was happy inside.

[Congratulations. I have entered the right path.]

Obviously, considering the 256 caves, the discovery in the 45th cave was very fast.

But the joy didn’t last long.

Perhaps at the end of this end, another 512 caves will welcome you.

Of course, I still used the stretch blink.

Because I have no intention of giving up.

And as soon as I stepped on the edge of the 45th cave, a huge pupil entered my eye, and I spit out swear words to myself first.

However, it was discovered when he perfectly exited cave 45 and entered the huge pupil.

that there are no caves.

Perfectly enclosed space.

Of course, the token I was looking for wasn’t the Salimaru Bandit’s treasure.

But I was happy nonetheless.

Because it means that you have completed the stages of many caves that depend on luck.

And it was immediately confirmed by a ringing message.

[You have cleared the first stage of the two stages moving to the last hiding place of the Salimaru Bandits.

-You can move to the last hiding place of the Salimaru Bandits when you clear Stage 2]

“okay! Let’s get something started!”

Looking at the message like that, I entered the dungeon of the Salimaru Bandits and urged me to proceed quickly with the brightest voice.

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