I Realized It Was an Academy Game After 10 Years – Chapter 60

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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“Oh, it seems like a dungeon where there would be a taxi.”

A dungeon with an atmosphere that made you want to find the reset button by sending people on the Jordan River Express.

A taxi-like dungeon that made people want to die.

I knew the monsters in this dungeon.

“Fortunately, I’m not allergic to fur.”

Fur balls here, fur balls there.

Slightly ferocious-looking fur balls surrounded me, sending me gazes mixed with wariness.

The fur balls, of a subtle size larger than goblins but smaller than orcs, made growling sounds while looking at each other, as if trying to grasp the situation.

Can communication be established with that?

Well, even dogs communicate by barking, so there’s no way kobolds can’t communicate.

I stuck my shovel blade into the ground and waited until all the kobolds showed themselves.

My target was the leader.

It took roughly the time it would take to sing a song before the kobolds seemed to have reached a conclusion, and even the one that looked like the leader, who had been hiding somewhere, revealed himself.

As if trying to look cool, the leader wearing a skull on his head stretched out his staff towards me and let out an incomprehensible roar.

“!@*#*$!!”

What are you saying?

Since I had a translation skill, couldn’t it let me understand what the monsters are saying too?

I was always curious about what they were saying whenever they made those noises.

Well, it was probably just cursing.

Before the kobold could attack, I muttered the skill name in a low voice.

“Crafting.”

Barricades with sharp thorns popped up around me.

Naturally, the area around me turned into a mess.

Sounds of groaning and monsters falling down covered in blood rang out.

Ignoring the kobolds that retreated back from the sudden attack, I glared at the kobold that seemed to be the leader.

The leader kobold looked startled by my counterattack and roared, urging the surrounding kobolds.

At least, that was how it looked to me.

However, the kobolds glanced at each other and alternately looked at me and the leader.

It seemed that no matter how monstrous they were, they didn’t want to recklessly jump into danger.

In case of a possible long-range attack, I reinforced the barricades with my skill and rummaged through my bag.

“!@(#ㅕ*!#$(*!!”

“Fighting rabid bastards isn’t my hobby.”

The yellow one would be good.

I took out a pouch of paralysis powder from my bag.

It was an item I had obtained from the back alleys of Lorelei.

The quantity wasn’t much, but there was no need to waste energy.

I sprinkled the powder around and swung the shovel widely.

The powder scattered with the wind.

I put on a mask I had made in advance over my mouth.

It was a mask with excellent antibacterial effect made from hydra skin.

Of course, it was my own creation.

“!@#*&!#$!?”

The kobolds standing around me collapsed with dazed eyes.

I stepped on the kobolds and slowly walked towards the leader who was watching from behind.

The leader, having lost his subordinates, turned his back on me as if frightened.

But there was no way I would let my prey escape.

“Crafting.”

I erected a wall on the path where the leader was trying to flee.

With his only escape route blocked, the leader charged at me while screaming.

However, I was the one who had lived with monsters that couldn’t even scratch me even if a legion of kobolds attacked me for 10 years.

This level of resistance meant nothing.

The kobold, who was struggling in his last throes, was tamed after being beaten with the back of the shovel until the skull he was wearing on his head shattered.

He’s not dead, right?

I grabbed the kobold leader by the scruff of his neck and shook him.

After shaking him a few times, the kobold leader belatedly came to his senses and was startled as soon as he saw me.

‘!@*!&#!!”

“Hey, do you know anything about the treasure? Or about the guy hiding back there?”

“!(@#???”

“Crafting.”

I roughly made a model of a treasure chest in a common shape out of dirt and pointed at it with the shovel.

The leader then seemed to realize my deep meaning and nodded his head like crazy while wagging his tail.

The struggle to somehow stay alive was heartbreaking.

I said while tying the dog meat I brought with a rope.

“From today, you’re my pet for a day.”

“Woof?”

Just as expected, it really acted like a dog.

I stuck the shovel into the ground and used the skill, carrying the dog meat as it tilted its head like a real dog on my shoulder.

“Crafting.”

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While exploring the dungeon on the deserted island, I realized something.

Why bother finding the stairs when you can just dig through?

If you make a shortcut with a skill, you can easily reach the end, right?

Why do you have to go through the hassle of exploring?

Of course, it was good to wander around if you wanted to obtain materials from monsters or dig up useful minerals scattered around, but wasn’t it most efficient to just snatch the dungeon clear rewards and run?

It was safe, fast, and the reward was certain compared to the risk.

So I had tried making a spiral staircase as a hobby even on the deserted island, persistently creating it as I descended the dungeon vertically.

As befitting a dungeon full of kobolds, it was noisy every time I went down, but I quietly shut their mouths with my skill.

It didn’t take long to reach the final floor.

Although the back of my head tingled in the middle.

Was someone cursing at me?

Having descended to the 5th floor like that, the dog meat and I faced a huge door.

It was the same door I had seen in the dungeon on the deserted island.

Looking at the creepily identical door, memories from the deserted island came to mind.

A tentacle bastard won’t pop out here too, right?

If it was as I remembered, the boss of this ‘Kobold’s Tomb’ was…

“Woof!”

“Why? Are you scared again?”

How did this guy become the leader?

He was a complete coward.

I put down the whimpering kobold on the ground and approached the door.

The huge door boasted a majesty that seemed like it wouldn’t open even if a giant pushed it, but it was a shoddy door that opened as easily as its size.

I left the door open just enough for a head to pass through and grabbed the dog meat by the scruff of its neck and lifted it up.

“It’s time to work.”

“Whimper…”

As I pushed the dog meat through the crack in the door, the dog meat, which had played the role of a danger detection radar well while descending to the 5th floor, faithfully fulfilled that role again this time.

“Woof!”

Judging by its wagging tail, it seemed that the dungeon boss was no different from the game.

Since it wagged its tail every time it saw its fellow species while descending each floor, there was a high probability that my guess was correct.

I pushed the door open with my foot and entered the boss room.

“!*@(&ㅕ()#$!!!!”

What was this guy’s name again?

Let’s just call him the Kobold Chief.

Anyway, the Kobold Chief, who screamed upon seeing me, charged at me while swinging a huge bone like a club.

The ground shook with each step, making it truly fierce.

Turn on your hazard lights and come in.

“Dog meat. I had fun with you until now.”

“Woof?!”

He was a good dog meat.

I prayed for the repose of the soul of the dog meat that had been torn to pieces by the Kobold Chief’s club.

I should have given him a cuter name.

But he died after doing his job, so he’ll go to a good place.

I don’t know if heaven really exists, though.

“!@(&*#!&*(!!!”

In other words, it meant that the poison applied to the dog meat’s fur and the poison in the food I forcibly fed him had splattered all over the Kobold Chief’s body.

As a boss-level monster of the dungeon, he would have some resistance to poison, but it would still have some effect.

Hearing the Kobold Chief’s perplexed cry, I immediately used my skill.

“Crafting.”

Sharp awls pierced through the Kobold Chief’s soles and rose up.

The Kobold Chief couldn’t move due to the sudden pain and wailed, pleading for mercy.

“Crafting. Crafting. Crafting. Crafting. Crafting.”

The most suitable timing to attack was when they couldn’t do anything.

I created pillars with sharp ends and mercilessly stabbed the Kobold Chief’s body.

Soles, thighs, palms, waist, ankles… The Kobold Chief, deprived of the freedom of his limbs, went limp.

The surroundings were already a huge pool of red blood.

Finally, I used my skill to strike the Kobold Chief’s head with a pillar.

As the Kobold Chief’s head was smashed, a key fell out.

“…Clear.”

I picked up the key that had fallen from the Kobold Chief’s corpse.

If this were in the game, wouldn’t I have set a new speed run record?

Because there wouldn’t be anyone who could do the crazy thing of digging the dungeon and descending vertically.

Well, hardcore players who do speed runs with weird movements like bunny hopping might be faster than this.

Forget it.

Then shall we open the treasure chest now?

I carefully approached the treasure chest.

It could be a mimic if I was unlucky, but since there were rarely cases where a chest that could be opened after defeating the dungeon boss was a mimic, it would probably be safe.

I inserted the key into the keyhole of the treasure chest and turned it.

The treasure chest naturally opened, revealing its insides to me.

In the end, since it was a beginner’s dungeon, there weren’t many expensive items among the contents of the chest, but if I cleared all the nearby dungeons, I would be able to earn enough for tuition.

I quickly scooped them up and was about to go to the next dungeon…

“Oh…”

Huh?

“I discovered a dungeon and came down to check it out, but I didn’t expect to see such an interesting sight! Hey, hey, do you want to partner up with me? We’ll split the ratio fairly, fifty-fifty!”

…Why is this bastard popping out here?

A woman wearing a coat with all sorts of tools dangling from her body reached out her hand to me.

Instead of taking that hand, I stared at her twitching ears and her wagging tail.

A cat beastman?

No, why is this bastard here?

Is the random encounter working as it is, saying it’s the world inside the game?

“Then how about 6 to 4? It’s a reasonable offer, right?”

At the absurd offer, I gave a short reply.

“Crafting.”

“Eek!”

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