Accidentally Becoming a Great Prophet?!

I am Dam Han-ul. A man who prioritizes his own safety above all.

As such, when I decided to enter the dungeon with Black Cat this time, I decided to bring one more person as an escort.

As a side note, Black Cat, who had prepared a plan to create a unique date-like atmosphere with Dam Han-ul in the dungeon, bit her lip when her plan was shattered from the start…

Well, setting aside such unimportant information…

Getting back to the main point, even though we’re entering a C-rank dungeon, and Black Cat, who is a B-rank skilled person capable of defeating Yeopoong, is coming along, and we have a defensive artifact received from Hati Eri, which should make it safe, I still felt uneasy about the unknown world of dungeons and had no choice but to bring an escort…

Originally, I was going to bring just one person, but somehow it ended up being two.

The reason for this was because of Hati Eri, who was not a resident of our house but a visitor from afar.

“What? I haven’t seen you in a long time, and this is how you treat a guest?! I can’t stand this!! Take me along too!!!”

She threw a tantrum, rolling around on the floor saying she wanted to come along even though she was about to leave soon, so we had no choice but to let her come along.

As a bonus, Black Cat gritted her teeth due to the increase in unwanted guests.

Anyway, with the addition of the original escort chosen by rock-paper-scissors, the Bullet Shooter Lee Su-yeon, and Hati Eri who joined by throwing a tantrum, a 4-person party was formed…

This crazy powerful party, which included no less than two S-rank members, headed straight for the C-rank dungeon in Gimcheon.

“…I gathered them because I was a bit anxious, but now that I’ve formed it, it seems like an incredibly excessive force…”

Isn’t this power difference like college students extorting kindergarteners? Or is it even worse than that??

“That’s what I’m saying, nya!! Two S-ranks for conquering just a C-rank dungeon!! You should have brought Arin instead, nya!”

“Haha, we’re already here, so what can we do? Besides, even if we brought Arin, Hati Eri would have definitely tagged along, right?”

She’s not the type to miss out on this kind of thing…

“Ahem!”

“That doesn’t sound like a compliment, nya, Ms. Wolf!!”

“Who cares? As long as I’m happy! Kyahaha!”

…I felt this when I first met her, but she’s a person with a really firm style.

Anyway, it was simple for us to find the dungeon after arriving in Gimcheon.

Well, since we even know the dungeon’s name, it’s easy to find unless it’s the type of dungeon that suddenly appears or disappears after being conquered once.

And the dungeon we’re going to conquer this time was relatively easy to find as it had been in Gimcheon for quite a long time and was somewhat famous. Well, isn’t the name itself quite distinctive?

“Cats Have Nine Lives! Now that’s a unique name! There aren’t many dungeons with such unique names!”

“Is that so? I don’t really know…”

“Does Su-yeon have little dungeon experience?”

“Since I mainly deal with people, dungeons are not really…”

“Ah, I see…”

What a chilling background…?!

Well, even if she doesn’t have experience, there’s no way an S-rank would struggle in a mere C-rank dungeon. No matter what, isn’t the power difference too great? That’s a gap that can never be overcome even if you die and come back to life.

Anyway, entering the dungeon wasn’t difficult.

The reason it wasn’t easy was because the administrator was so surprised, maybe because two S-ranks were involved.

Well, it’s not common for two S-ranks to show up for a mere C-rank dungeon.

Anyway, setting aside such trivial things…

“So this is a dungeon…!”

After entering the dungeon through the gate, I faced the unknown world of dungeons for the first time in my life.

A world of monsters completely different from Earth.

They say each dungeon has different environments and monsters living in them, right?

And the environment of this dungeon is…

“It’s a desert!”

Moreover, it was a desert with very red sand. Red plants were growing too.

“The entrance of the dungeon is red sand, but they say there are sands of different colors further in!”

“Is that so?”

It’s really an amazing place… Should I say it feels like a different world? It definitely feels very different from Earth.

Looking at the sky, it was the same as the Earth I live on in that the sky was blue and clouds were floating, but the difference was that there were three suns here.

“Three suns… No wonder it’s a desert!”

But it’s not hot? Is it thanks to the artifact Hati Eri gave me??

The others… Maybe because they’re high-ranking superhumans, they were perfectly fine. I guess they’re all capable?

“Hehe, if you don’t want to get into danger, stick close to me, teacher?”

“…Why go that far for just this level of dungeon?”

As Hati Eri tried to pull me closer, Lee Su-yeon sharply pulled me away.

“Why don’t you focus on escorting?”

“Ha! You should do your job well!”

“Ahem, why don’t we help Black Cat first… My protection is important, but we actually came here to help Black Cat, right?”

As they were about to start another fight for some reason, I cut it off slightly and reminded them of the original purpose.

For now… Didn’t we come here because of Black Cat? To help her obtain a way to become stronger.

Of course, I was curious about seeing the dungeon too, but that’s being done sufficiently now and should be considered secondary.

“Alright, let’s focus on the task at hand.”

“…Understood, teacher.”

“Whew, what a fierce battle of nerves, nya~ Don’t you think so, teacher~?”

“Hahaha…”

Black Cat, who was quietly getting closer in this gap, threw in a comment.

No, why are you trying to add fuel to a dying fire…

“Let’s think about our goal for coming here. Um, so first we had to catch the two field bosses of this dungeon, right?”

“That’s right, nya! You remember well? Defeat the two field bosses, take their spoils, then conquer the boss, take the boss’s spoils too, and then stick the three spoils into the ground, and everything’s solved! Right, nya?”

“You remember well. That’s right.”

Here’s a brief explanation for those who might wonder what the difference is between a boss and a field boss… A boss is the strongest and most symbolic creature in the dungeon. It also waits in a unique dungeon space called the boss room.

In contrast, field bosses are weaker than the boss but more free and usually lead groups. They’re kind of like mid-bosses.

In that sense, this dungeon can be said to be quite a unique case, as unique as its name.

“This dungeon has two field bosses despite being a C-rank dungeon? I expected it to be unusual from its strange name, but it’s a unique place, isn’t it? Don’t you think so, teacher?”

“Well, I don’t know much about dungeons, but they do say it’s an unusual place.”

Field bosses don’t often appear in low-rank dungeons like C-rank, but this one has two, so it’s quite unusual. Should I say its structure is similar to high-rank dungeons despite its low rank?

That’s why it’s popular among superhumans confident in their skills. The conquest is tough, but the rewards are good if you defeat them.

Usually, when superhumans hunt in dungeons, they form parties of several people to tackle it, so the more attractive the rewards, the better. Since the profits from dungeon conquests are basically split equally, the bigger the money earned, the more each person gets.

It’s a bit different for guilds rather than temporary parties, but that’s getting off-topic and I don’t know much about it anyway, so I’ll pass.

“Anyway, since we’ve entered the dungeon, I’d like to watch the field boss or boss conquests if possible?”

“Of course it’s possible! This weak dungeon is nothing!”

“There’s no one attempting to conquer the field bosses right now. We should be able to do it now.”

“Uh… But wasn’t I supposed to do the conquering, nya?!”

“Ah, you just need to stick the spoils into the ground. Easy, right?”

Black Cat doesn’t need to do the defeating and collecting of spoils! Isn’t that really easy?

“Ooh… That’s really an easy method, nya? I can just ride the bus…”

“So let’s just watch safely for now!”

“Kyakya! Are you passing it off?! Well, that’s fine too!”

“I’ll show you a great performance, teacher.”

The S-rank friends who stepped forward confidently saying they’d show a great performance, true to their boasts, really showed an amazing performance.

First, the field boss we encountered was a lioness the size of an elephant with a large jewel embedded in its forehead, leading a group of giant cats.

Here, Hati Eri stepped forward, and with one wave of her hand…

Rip!!

“Ooooh!”

As if a giant wolf had taken a bite, they all perished instantly with their bodies torn apart.

The spoil collected here was the jewel that was embedded in the head.

And the next was a mummy with a black cat’s head holding a sword curved like a crescent moon, and mummies about the size of people wrapped tightly in bandages, and Lee Su-yeon stepped forward herself.

Bang!!!

Lee Su-yeon showed a performance of piercing through the heads and hearts of everyone with a single bullet as if the fired bullet was alive, easily defeating them.

“Wow!”

With that, what we collected this time was the quite luxurious curved sword that the cat-headed mummy was holding.

After easily collecting two spoils, we immediately headed to the boss room where the boss was waiting.

And the boss of this dungeon was a cat sphinx with a giant cat head!

[Once again, puppies who don’t know their place have come… Ah, wait, wait a minute…!! Why are you so strong?!]

“Wow, it even talks since it’s a boss?”

“Well, bosses are special in their own way! But isn’t this one kind of cute, nya?”

“Kyakya! Cute ones are the most satisfying to crush!”

“…Your taste is something. It’s not cute at all.”

While Black Cat and I were chatting in the back, Hati Eri and Lee Su-yeon walked forward steadily,

[Aaah!! Wait! Time out!! This isn’t right!! It’s cheating!! At least let me fight the person in the back…!!!]

“Objection!!”

“…Looking at it this way, it might be cute? It has a talent for speaking in a way that makes you want to beat it up.”

[Aaaah!!! Save me!!!]

Anyway, the poor cat sphinx met its death in an instant, and we collected the final spoil by extracting the red-glowing core from inside it.

And when I, who was holding them, handed over the spoils to Black Cat, she swallowed hard as she received them.

“Then… shall I do it, nya?!”

Black Cat then proceeded to stick each of the spoils deeply into the ground one by one, and as soon as the third spoil was stuck into the ground, the spoils melted and were absorbed into the floor of the boss room, and then with a big tremor, the floor began to crack.

And then light burst forth, revealing a space hidden under the floor.

A hidden space containing items that would obviously make Black Cat stronger was revealed!