The Dungeon Gallery's Terrifying Newbie - Chapter 28

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◈ The Dungeon Gallery's Terrifying Newbie ◈

Chapter 28: Dungeon Master

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Maybe I should get going before Malrang eats it all.

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Dreamland, Area 2.

Once again, a miniature camera captured the intruders.

Julius's Escape Scroll had been taken by the Faceless Girl.

"Hey. Madeleine, Raid."

Communication Magic had been cut off.

It must have been a declaration of hostility from the other two, Madeleine included.

Julius had considered the possibility that the subordinates might betray them.

Still, Julius had never imagined they would be betrayed so suddenly, in such a ridiculous fashion.

They had most likely met that woman too.

To think they would hide that fact and put Julius in danger.

'I was too careless.'

This was Dreamland.

Julius should have remembered that any fucked-up thing could happen here.

"Fuck."

Regret was pointless.

What had happened had already happened.

Julius needed to find the Escape Scroll as soon as possible.

Julius used Detection Magic again to examine the building's structure.

At a rough estimate, the building stood around eighty floors high.

It was also quite wide.

Assuming every part of each floor had to be checked, it would probably take around an hour per floor.

│Classroom│ │Classroom│

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Corridor

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│Classroom│ │Classroom│

That was roughly how the layout repeated.

The Faceless Girl had said this.

《Give it to me. I'll leave it in the Faculty Office, so come collect it during After School.》

It was far kinder than the device at the entrance.

At least it had provided clues.

'Faculty Office. After School.'

Julius had obtained two keywords.

They were words one might hear at an academy run by humans.

'The Escape Scroll is in a place called the Faculty Office, and I can retrieve it during After School.'

Julius looked at the clock on the wall.

8:52

What exactly was After School?

Even the term was unfamiliar.

Julius had heard that academies divided the day into classes.

Could it simply mean after classes ended?

'Then when do classes begin?'

Julius had two choices.

1. Kill the subordinates.

2. Find the Faculty Office.

The subordinates must have used the rules just now to somehow take my Escape Scroll.

Their effort was admirable, but Julius had no intention of handing it over so easily.

Julius decided to kill every Branded Elf in this place.

Finding the Escape Scroll afterward would not be too late.

The distance to the subordinates was not great.

At full speed, Julius could close it in three minutes.

Julius was an elf who had absorbed a Dungeon Master's Magic Stone.

Even if they attacked together, their chances of winning were incredibly low.

In a one-on-one fight?

There were no absolutes in this world, but this might be an exception.

Julius was certain of victory.

Julius decided to start by killing Madeleine, who was closest.

Julius kicked off the ground.

8:55

Not long after, Julius found Madeleine.

"You arrogant piss-pants bastard."

Julius clenched a fist.

There were no weapons, but Julius only needed to break Madeleine's neck with bare hands.

"Did you think you could betray me and live?"

"You've got a lot to say for someone who was so scared you used us as shields. Hey, if you'd seen an Insect Human for the first time too, you would've pissed yourself, you fucking bastard!"

Madeleine had a trump card.

On ordinary terrain, Madeleine would lose a hundred out of a hundred times.

But this was Dreamland.

Beyond the window was a void.

An endless darkness.

If Madeleine could send Julius outside, there was a chance.

Madeleine used every last bit of Mana to cast magic.

A tremendous impact struck Julius.

A massive stone palm burst from the wall and shoved Julius away.

Madeleine clearly saw Julius's startled expression.

"Goodbye, you fucking bastard."

Crash!

The window shattered.

Madeleine relaxed for an instant after seeing that.

Then despair overtook Madeleine.

"Fuck!"

Julius had held on by bracing their whole body against an unbreakable wall.

Crack!

The fight ended pathetically.

There was a gap between them that Madeleine could never overcome.

Julius dashed forward in an instant and snapped Madeleine's neck.

"I'll give those words right back to you. Goodbye, you fucking bastard."

Julius brushed off their hands.

Then Julius threw Madeleine's corpse out the window.

Of course.

Everything had gone exactly as expected.

"Idiot."

This had been the obvious outcome.

Yet Madeleine had resisted for no reason.

Only one remained.

Julius used Detection Magic to track Raid's location.

Then Julius kicked off the ground again.

Julius happened to glance at the clock.

8:59

9:00.

A melody came through the speakers.

『♪─♪─♪』

『Ding─dong─daeng─♪dong─ding─♪』

『Ding─dong─daeng… daeng… daeng….』

Julius stopped for a moment.

What kind of fucked-up Anomaly was this now?

A moment later.

The instant the melody ended, every one of Julius's senses warned them to flee the corridor.

It was almost instinctual.

Julius immediately opened a door and threw themself into a classroom.

But they had already been a step too late.

Slash!

A terrible pain shot through Julius's right leg.

Julius turned to look.

Their leg had been cleanly severed below the knee.

Julius had lost their right leg in an instant.

"......"

But Julius was not looking at the severed leg.

Julius was looking somewhere else.

The corridor had gone completely dark.

Just like the emptiness outside.

If Julius had failed to hold on and fallen...

A chill ran down Julius's spine.

Julius hurriedly shut the door.

"Healing Potion... Fuck... That fucking Faceless Girl took it."

Julius tore their clothes and tried to stop the bleeding.

But the blood would not stop.

"What happened to the other one?"

Julius used Detection Magic.

"I'm the only one left..."

Julius had personally killed Madeleine.

That meant Raid had likely failed to escape the corridor and died there.

"Damn it..."

Of all things, Julius had lost a leg.

The wound was far larger than Julius had imagined.

There was still a long way to go.

Julius did not even know where the Faculty Office was.

Losing one leg was fatal.

If it had been an arm instead, it would not have been this hopeless.

9:40.

『♪─♪─♪』

『Ding─dong─daeng─♪dong─ding─♪』

『Ding─dong─daeng… daeng… daeng….』

As the melody played through the speakers, the corridor returned to normal.

Julius had to walk somehow.

Julius used a burlap sack from the classroom as a crutch.

One slow step at a time.

The bleeding would not stop.

Even applying hard pressure did nothing.

There was no time.

Julius needed to drink a Healing Potion as soon as possible.

After walking for around ten minutes, Julius's face brightened.

Fortunately, the Faculty Office was nearby.

All Julius had to do was retrieve the scroll there and escape this gloomy dungeon.

But.

9:50.

A quiet melody flowed from the speakers again.

『♪─♪─♪』

『Ding─dong─daeng─♪dong─ding─♪』

『Ding─dong─daeng… daeng… daeng….』

Julius's face filled with despair.

『♪─♪─♪』

『Ding─dong─daeng─♪dong─ding─♪』

『Ding─dong─daeng… daeng… daeng….』

16:10.

『♪─♪─♪』

『Ding─dong─daeng─♪dong─ding─♪』

『Ding─dong─daeng… daeng… daeng….』

『Classes are over.』

『Students...』

The classroom door opened.

Julius crawled across the floor and barely made it out of the classroom.

It was a miracle that Julius had held on this long.

Julius had held on through sheer determination to survive.

"Ah..."

Julius's head spun.

Too much blood had been lost.

To suffer such humiliation in a newborn dungeon.

How long had it been since I felt this way?

It had probably felt like this back then too.

I still remembered it vividly.

I entered a dungeon in search of a Magic Stone.

And I encountered a Dungeon Master wearing a pointed hat.

The Dungeon Master looked down at me as though it stood above me.

That gaze irritated me beyond measure.

So I killed that bastard's Minion in the most horrible way possible.

I burned the Minion alive right in front of the Dungeon Master.

The Dungeon Master's twisted expression while watching its Minion scream in agony.

It was a wonderful sight.

After that, the Dungeon Master lost all reason.

That made it easier to deal with.

In the end, I took the Dungeon Master's head and claimed the Magic Stone.

Dreamland's Dungeon Master.

That bastard must be watching me from somewhere right now too.

Wait.

You'd better wait.

Look forward to it.

You'd better look forward to it.

When I come back, I'll put the same look on your face as that Dungeon Master had.

16:13.

In front of the Faculty Office.

Someone stood before the door.

They were neither a trap, a dungeon Minion, nor one of Julius's subordinates.

From their appearance, they looked like an ordinary human.

Only then did Julius realize.

This was Dreamland.

Dreamland was a dungeon.

And every dungeon had a Dungeon Master.

How foolish.

Why had Julius not considered that possibility?

The mysterious figure approached.

The figure, who had never shown themself before, stood there with a weapon in hand.

Julius felt as though a Grim Reaper passed down through legend stood before them.

"Goodbye."

It was a familiar word.

Had this person watched everything until now?

"S-save me..."

Those were Julius's last words.

Julius's vision went dark.

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The Wave ended.

The School vanished in an instant, leaving an ordinary cave before me.

I manipulated the hologram and left a comment beneath the live post.

newbie: I got revenge... hehe

└ no_minions_4_me: Thanks to you, chongchong_sage can rest in peace too. Thank you so much for getting revenge. Maybe I should give you a kiss when we meet...?

└ humanluvr: Nabu, you wanna die? Hehe.

└ no_minions_4_me: Ah...

└ orange★: They say a gentleman's revenge can wait a hundred years. I feel completely refreshed. Today, I'll send every weird meme you post and every song you upload straight to the featured posts... Thank you so much.

└ kongkong: chongchong_sage RIP

└ dip: chongchong_sage RIP

└ golemking: chongchong_sage RIP

└ antqueen: Everyone who said newbie might be in danger this time, bow your heads in apology. I'll go first, khehe.

└ antqueen: (Photo)

└ golemking: This bastard really did it? LOLLLLLLLLLL

└ dip: You bow too, fucker.

└ golemking: (Photo)

└ skullbones: To think I'd see golemking and antqueen bowing their heads at the same time... Is this newbie's power?

└ magichero: I-I-I said everyone was overreacting... But having your belongings taken would really break someone's spirit... An ordinary person would've been finished there....

└ anonbutcher: If Julius had only been careful about the corridor rule, they might have gotten out. Not that I'm rooting for Julius... I'm glad they're dead.

└ squintychar: Still, Julius isn't someone newbie could beat in a one-on-one fight.

└ Night Raven: They won anyway, so isn't that enough?

└ cowhead: This live show was another all-time great...

└ worldiscold: Elf bastards, wiped out!!!!!!!!!!! It's so, so satisfying to watch pointy-eared bastards get screwed, fuck... This is real vicarious satisfaction...

└ op_ghost: newbie's an angel... Scary, but good job...

It had been a satisfying Wave.

chongchong_sage's revenge had succeeded.

I hoped they could rest peacefully in the afterlife with the Minion they cherished.

There was one regret.

I had not been able to see what the Minions in Area 2 were truly capable of.

Well, I could check later anyway.

【Wave defense successful.】

【There is a vast level gap between the intruders and the Dungeon Master.】

【Rewards will be calculated according to the difficulty.】

【Difficulty is determined by the Points earned, the level gap with the highest-level intruder, and the number of entities.】

【Calculation complete.】