Clank! Clank! Clank!

The sound of clashing metals echoed throughout the room, the burning furnace emitted a bright orange light and gave off a stinging air. Even though the air inside the forge was scorching hot, the dwarves seemed to be working hard.

Park Jisung, who watched their performance, looked astonished.

“Hey, human! Who told you to come in?!”

A dwarf with a long black beard approached him. Its skin was brown, and it looked like it was burnt by the fire.

Even though this wasn’t the first time he talked to a dwarf, Park Jisung was still surprised when he heard them speak in the human language. He just found out that the system could automatically translate the monster’s language.

Park Jisung cleared his throat. “I want to find Goyo.”

Goyo was the leader of the dwarf race monsters. Most of the monsters didn’t have names, except for those with special positions; like chiefs and bosses.

“Hah?! Why are you looking for our tribal chief? You want to die, huh?”

The dwarf snapped at Park Jisung. Instantly, it got its karma.

Slap!

A hard slap landed on the back of its head.

“Stupid! Why are you behaving like that?! He’s our client! Back to work there!”

The dwarf quickly put on a sour expression on its face. It couldn’t do anything if Goyo had already stepped in. Then, it chose to leave.

Goyo faced Park Jisung.

“Hey, jerk. Who told you to come in here? I said take it easy, your weapons and equipment must be done well. You don’t have to worry. No monsters dare to attack you here.”

Park Jisung sighed. “Yes, I’m sure the result will be good. I won’t doubt you. I just want to say goodbye. We all need to get back to the 1st Floor soon.”

“Hah? Why? Only 300 units left to finish. You’re in such a hurry.” Then, Goyo narrowed its eyes. It smelled something suspicious. “You won’t run away, do you? You still owe me 1 ton of titanium metal.”

“What? Of course not. I’m a man who keeps his word.”

The first time they met the dwarves, Park Jisung and the rest of the Heavenly Dragon Guild were almost about to exterminate them. However, they changed their minds after learning that the dwarves could be communicated with.

Then, they ended up being a service provider and client relationship.

The dwarves would receive repairment to their weapons and equipment, in exchange Park Jisung and his members had to pay the dwarves with metals from the human world. Park Jisung agreed, but he couldn’t pay it right now. He promised to bring in large quantities later.

The dwarves, who weren’t so intelligent, agreed. The reason they accepted it was because they were curious about the weapons made of materials other than orichalchum and mithril. Another reason, they got an order from Isaac.

On the other hand, Park Jisung had no intention of breaking his promise. He wanted to establish a long-term relationship with the dwarves. He could see a bright prospect from them.

“I have to go back to the basecamp. My men haven’t come back from picking up food supplies. We’ve been staying here for two days. Our communication device was also broken after fighting the thunderbird monster, so we couldn’t contact them and the people in the basecamp. We have to get down immediately.”

Goyo clicked its tongue. “Just send your men again.”

Despite receiving harsh treatment, Park Jisung could still maintain his patience. “I can’t. For the last two days, my men only ate half a portion. Our emergency supplies will be running out soon. Unless you guys want to share food with us.”

A snort came out of Goyo’s nose. “Well that’s it then. Just go there, asshole.” It waved its palm in the air.

Meanwhile, Park Jisung thanked Goyo while bowing his head. Then, he left the forge.

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The Crystal Core lit up brightly. The light projected a man walking through a dense forest while carrying a seriously injured woman. Isaac felt a little strange seeing himself doing such a romantic thing to a human.

“Like a drama show.” Isaac smirked.

Right now, he was making sure the doppelgänger was doing a good job. This was very important, regarding Wang Mei’s viewpoint of him.

And it seemed his worries were unnecessary.

Wang Mei seemed to be speaking openly with the doppelgänger. Even a few times she was seen smiling.

“Looks like the doppelgänger did a good job. Let’s see the others.”

Isaac waved his hand. Then, the light projection displayed a different scene. There were hundreds of Hunters in massive numbers marching towards the portal connecting the 1st Floor to the 2nd Floor.

“Oh, they’ve realized it.”

Isaac smirked. He called Pippi telepathically. Not long after, a cheerful little girl’s voice could be heard in his head.

“Hello, Lord! Pippi reported. All the humans in the southern region were wiped out 6 hours ago. Right now, Pippi is in the teleportation portal, along with 1000 monsters, based on the plan.”

“Good.”

After getting the details of the Clearance strategy from Wang Yi, Isaac made a few tweaks to his plan. Originally, he wanted to make the blacksmith forge become good news that spread among the Hunters after the Clearance was over.

However, because they split the troops into two, he used the blacksmith’s forge to buy the Heavenly Dragon Guild’s time.

Most of the monsters on the 2nd Floor had high defense. They had hard skin and were difficult to penetrate through. Thus, it accelerated the damage to the weapons the Hunters used.

​ When they arrived at the blacksmith’s forge, there was a chance that they would make a request for the repairment of their weapons.

Isaac told the dwarves to slow down the process. So, Heavenly Dragon would be stuck on the 2nd Floor, while Isaac finished off the Nine Sky and Siberian Knights on the 1st Floor.

According to Isaac’s calculations, the probability of this scenario happening was below 50%. There was a possibility that they would clash with the dwarves, considering they were also the Dungeon monsters.

He had already prepared another plan in case the Heavenly Dragon Guild exterminated the dwarves.

“Good, Pippi. From now on, I will take over. Follow the instructions.”

“Aye, aye, Lord!”

Isaac stared at the light projection with a grin on his face. His eyes fell on the commander of the Hunter squad, Park Jisung.

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[Grassland, 2nd Floor, Isaac’s Dungeon]

In the middle of the vast expanse of grassland, stood a gigantic gate. The size was almost equivalent to a floor apartment building. Not far from the location, around 3000 Hunters were seen wearing black armour and robes.

They were Hunters from the Heavenly Dragon Guild.

“Everything! Hurry up and enter the gate!”

As they approached, the gate opened on its own slowly. Then, a portal shaped like a whirlpool appeared. All the guild members went inside.

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[Pine Forest, 1st Floor, Isaac’s Dungeon]

In the middle of the pine trees, there was a terrain with grass on it. There stood a gigantic gate which was opening widely, the portal’s purple light blazed brightly.

From within the portal, a group of Hunters from the Heavenly Dragon Guild appeared. They all managed to cross the portal safely.

Arriving at Floor 1, a warm welcome awaited them.

About 200 meters in front of them, an army of monsters could be seen. Of course, the sight took them by surprise. Not an exception for Park Jisung.

“Now, I understand why they never came back,” Park Jisung muttered.

He wouldn’t be surprised if the monsters were able to go this far. After his encounter with the dwarves, the view of mindless beasts had changed. Those monsters couldn’t be underestimated.

However, that did not mean the Hunters were afraid to face the swarm of monsters.

The guild master turned around and faced his men. Their faces looked ready to fight, none of them looked scared. Park Jisung smiled at their courage.

“Soldiers, listen to me carefully! We have been surrounded by monsters! But don’t worry, we’ll kill them. Let’s show them our power!”

“Hyaaaaa!”

All members of the Heavenly Dragon exclaimed. Their voices shook the air.

“Attack!”

Park Jisung, who was in the front row, led the attack, then all his men followed. Meanwhile, the monsters still remained in place, as if they were waiting for the right time.

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