Chapter 228.2

Translator: JiuJiuBa

Proofreader: GodlyCash & Eternal

I believe the 13th floor is the safest way to develop oneself in hell .

Going through the 11th and 12th floors improve a challenger’s survivability while the 13th floor improves a challenger’s personal skills .

Even challengers who depended on long range attacks or recovery abilities for a party to clear the 11th floor would gain the strength to fight alone after spending enough time on the 13th floor .

This would take a long time to hone, but it’s better than climbing floors because the monks are friendly enough to communicate and advise the challenger .

Lee Hyung Jin brightens up after hearing the hopeful and practical advice .

I continue to talk to him about the 13th floor and make suggestions for improving himself . At this time, the message that the last group has obtained the token pops out .

[You’ve obtained all the tokens . ]

[You may proceed . ]

* * *

The last ones to retrieve the token are Lee Joon Suk and Lee Jin .

No one asked them why they were so slow .

Everyone can easily guess .

It’s just that Lee Hyung Jin and John Overton were giving uncomfortable looks to Lee Joon Suk .

They really despise Lee Joon Suk .

Lee Joon Suk doesn’t mind, on the contrary, he seems to be enjoying himself .

It’s not that he doesn’t care about those two, he’s just too distracted to pay them any mind .

He is really enjoying himself .

“Keeek！”

The frog says “long time no see” to me while looking energetic .

Long time no see?

It’s only been two or three hours since we separated .

After thinking about it, the frog seems to be satirizing because Lee Joon Suk and Lee Jin were late .

It’s a pity that I’m the only one who can understand the frog .

In the final room of the dungeon stood a towering golem .

Golems usually take the form of stone statues in video games, and their actions are sluggish .

It’s fine to relax right in front of it .

“It’ll be difficult for me to combat that with my ability . Electric shocks won’t do much I’m afraid . ”

Lee Joon Suk mutters .

This guy’s reliance on his power skill is making him vulnerable to enemies who are non-conductive .

He’ll need to prepare counter measures against throwing weapons in the future . .

I’ll talk to him about it later .

“I’ll do it . ”

Neither Lee Hyung Jin or John Overton seem to want to step up .

Most importantly, Overton only came along to witness my combat prowess .

[Woah . ]

The golem roars and charges towards us .

I stretched my hand and drew it in a downward motion .

“Mind Slash . ”

The golems split in half vertically like tofu .

The magic crystal in its chest has been cut as well in that process so it’ll never rise again .

[Was that necessary?]

Seregia breaks the silence and asks .

Seregia strangely dislikes it when I do pompous things when I activate a skill .

Of course it is necessary .

[Stage cleared!]

[Calculating results . ]

[Points earned: 390]

[Current rank: 4th . ]

[Please wait patiently until the next stage begins . ]

The stage has been cleared .

4th place .

According to the rules, the lowest score of 10 teams would be eliminated .

But I’m not satisfied with my rank .

“Let’s challenge something a little more difficult . ”

I tell them while they are still staring between me and the golem’s remnants .

After a while, John Overton asks me in surprise how I did it and if I could teach him, but I stop him and speak to Seregia .

[Look, Seregia . It’s meaningful . ]

[No, it’s not . ]

* * *

“Let’s challenge 10 stars . ”

Lee Joon Suk is shocked at my declaration .

“Big bro, let’s challenge 6 stars . The most difficult dungeon I’ve challenged is only 5 stars . I have no clue what we’ll have to deal with at 10 stars, besides we have plenty of opportunities so shouldn’t we go up one by one? “

Note : Changing “hyung” to “big bro” because that’s what a previous translator did and honestly there is someone with the word Hyung in their name . – GodlyCash

“Very well, then . choose a stage we can challenge together . ”

“Alright . ”

Lee Hyung Jin and John aren’t dissatisfied with the difficulty choice either .

John’s eyes are brightening in eagerness to witness more of my strength .

It didn’t feel good to be watched by a man with burning eyes .

We picked a dungeon and waited to start when an unexpected message popped up in front of us .

It’s a voting message .

[Voting begins . ]

[For: 13, against: 0 . ]

[In order to test the challengers, the gods of the Hundred Gods Temple have decided to randomly change the stage . ]

[Stage information]

Explanation: This is a stage specially designed to test emerging challengers from Earth .

Because of the rush of production, this dungeon has no special features .

Difficulty: ???

[Voting begins . ]

[Do you want to challenge the new stage?]

[Please choose for or against . ]

“For . ”

[For: 1, against: 0]

The message window has been updated .

I agreed as soon as I read the message .

Voting ends when one side has the majority .

It’s the first time I’ve encountered this situation, but other challengers who fight in parties have experienced it many times before .

“Keeek!”

[For: 2, against:0]

The discerning frog votes for it .

I didn’t even think frogs could vote .

“This… this is far too risky . The difficulty level is question marks . That means it’s more than 10 stars . Wouldn’t it be better to just veto it and challenge another stage?”

Lee Joon Suk asks .

“Just approve it . ”

“I’m for . ”

Lee Hyung Jin votes in favor .

It turns out there’s another discerning guy .

[For: 3, against: 0]

Lee Joon Suk and Lee Jin are hesitant because they are panicking so I turn to John .

The stage can start after one more vote .

“I came to witness your powers, but isn’t this too risky? No, it’s dangerous because we get the chance to vote . Let’s follow your friend’s advice where we refrain from it and challenge something else . ”

“Vote for it . ”

“But…”

“You’ll be forced to abstain if you don’t . ”