These Lunatics are Obsessed With Me-Chapter 137

No way.

I stared at the ceiling in disbelief as a faint light leaked through it.

The sight reminded me of the first D-rank dungeon I’d entered with Eden.

That place had suddenly turned into an SS-rank dungeon due to an anomaly. We had been on the ground when it happened, but just before the change, Kang Yoo-hyun had appeared from the ground and startled me.

“…”

My doubt slowly turned into certainty. I stared at the ceiling, where a faint light was seeping through, then called out to Eden.

"Hey, Eden!"

"Yeah?"

"Can you see the ceiling over there?"

"Yes."

"Do you see where the light's coming from?"

"Uh…"

Eden furrowed his brow, then gave a slight nod.

“Yeah, I see it.”

"Do you think you can land an attack there?"

“Over there?”

Eden widened his eyes in surprise and took a moment to measure the distance. Then, he shook his head.

"Well, I can use my attack skill, but the distance is too far to blast the ceiling with it."

"…Is that so?"

Ugh, what should I do now? Who else has a long-range attack skill besides Eden? It has to be someone whose skill is powerful enough to break through the ceiling from this distance.

“…”

“…!”

At that moment, I locked eyes with Liam White, who was fighting the bat monster. It seemed he'd moved closer to me while firing long-range shots with his musket.

I felt a bit uneasy about him, probably because of Han Yi-jin’s words, but his ability was exactly what I needed right now. Plus, his stats must have been significantly boosted since receiving my auxiliary skill.

"Excuse me…”

"Yes."

Liam White approached me with a calm demeanor, as if he wasn’t even in the middle of a battle. It looked like the third group, led by the guildmasters, had taken charge of the fight. Without thinking twice, I asked him for help.

"Do you see the ceiling where the bat monster appeared?"

"Yes, I see it."

"Can you also see where the light is coming from?"

"Hmm…"

Liam White furrowed his sharp brows and carefully looked up at the ceiling before nodding.

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"Yes, I see it."

"Can your skill pierce the ceiling?"

"…"

Liam White tilted his head slightly and looked at me. His eyes—each a different color—glistening. It seemed my sudden suggestion had piqued his interest.

If he had been surprised, he would have raised an eyebrow or frowned. But Liam White’s expression was different. Instead, he curled his lips into a wide grin.

“That’s interesting."

“Um… Will you do it?”

"Of course.”

Liam White nodded willingly and added,

"If it’s a request from Hunter Han Yi-jin…"

"…"

"I’ll do whatever it is."

Liam White made the cheesy remark and quickly raised his weapon. The musket aimed precisely at the ceiling before firing a flame blast.

Kaboom!

"Kugh…!”

The blast was overwhelming. I almost flew backward from the force, but Eden caught me just in time. When the surroundings settled, I opened my eyes and looked up at the ceiling.

“It’s broken through…!”

"Of course, this is nothing."

Liam White replied proudly, twirling his musket in a flashy display. His over-the-top show quickly cooled my excitement. I decided to ignore it for now. Just then, the system voice rang out, announcing that the bat monster had been defeated.

[∬∋∂∀-S99's mid-boss monster, "The One Who Hides in the Darkness," has been defeated. The item is now bound to you.]

The timing was perfect. With the Guildmasters in the third group, they took down the mid-boss monster even faster than before. I quickly checked my wristwatch.

11:48.

There were still 12 minutes left. I called out to Park Yoon-sung.

"Guildmaster Park Yoon-sung!"

"Hunter Han Yi-jin? What in the world…?"

He looked puzzled, as if he had just spotted the hole in the ceiling after defeating the bat monster. But I didn’t have time to explain it to him. I quickly spoke up.

“We have to go up through that ceiling.”

"But…"

"We're running out of time. Hurry!"

"…"

Park Yoon-sung stared at me in silence for a moment before nodding. Then, he immediately called out to the hunters.

"Let’s go up now!"

"…!"

At Park Yoon-sung’s words, the hunters all looked up at the hole in the ceiling, where blinding light poured in from outside.

There was no point in continuing to take down the mid-boss monster; it was a lost cause. Those who realized this nodded in agreement.

"Alright, it's decided—let's head up!"

"Please take care of the hunters who can't make it up."

"…"

Seo Ji-an approached Eden, who had the wind ability, and spoke to him. As expected, Eden remained silent, so I nudged his waist with my elbow and answered for him.

"Yes, of course."

"Ah… yes. Thank you."

Reluctantly answering, Seo Ji-an quickly gathered the hunters. Those who could make it up on their own ascended, while the ones who couldn’t gathered around Eden.

"I only want to take you up with me."

"Does that even make sense?"

"Hing."

The moment I hit Eden on the shoulder, causing him to make a strange crying sound, the signal came. At Seo Ji-an’s shout, we climbed up toward the ceiling in order.

"Ugh…!”

After being in the dark for so long, the bright light stung my eyes. The same went for the other hunters. However, the S-rank hunters recovered quickly. They opened their eyes before me and began surveying the surroundings.

"This place…"

"Uh… what is it?"

Curious, I slowly opened my eyes, and the scenery around me came into view.

"Crazy… What… is this…?!"

Red-hot lava erupted right before my eyes, and I froze in shock. Just then, someone grabbed my waist.

"Be careful!"

"Ugh…!"

Eden pulled me into his arms and lifted us into the air. Thick smoke and intense heat instantly enveloped me.

I raised my arm to shield my face, my throat sore from inhaling the hot ash.

What on earth is going on? Lava out of nowhere?

It felt like a scene from a disaster movie—an erupting volcano spewing red-hot lava. It felt like I was in the middle of a disaster movie about a volcanic eruption. No, it wasn’t just a feeling. I was actually inside the volcano.

"It's the boss monster!"

"What?"

I quickly raised my head at the shout. Something was moving through the grey smoke and ash. It was massive, almost like a giant, and it looked as though it were part of a mountain. But it wasn’t a mountain. It was a giant wreathed in lava.

"Keuaaa!"

"Avoid it!"

Panicked hunters screamed and scrambled in every direction. Those who could move through the air used their skills to dodge the incoming rocks, while the others managed to survive thanks to Eden’s ability.

"Volcano… the cave beneath the volcano…"

So, were we in a volcanic cave that formed after the eruption? But don’t such caves only appear after the volcanic activity has ended?

No, that wasn’t the important part. What mattered was that we had finally made it out of the cave and faced the boss monster. The problem was, it looked so terrifying that defeating it wouldn’t be easy.

「Furious Fire Giant

Rank: ??

Level: ??

? ?? ?? ??, ?? ?? ??

…」

I couldn’t see its rank, but I knew it wasn’t an easy opponent—it had to be at least an SS-rank boss monster. I gritted my teeth as I watched the boss monster ready itself to attack us again. With just over ten minutes left, we had to defeat it and clear the dungeon before time ran out.

"You can use the auxiliary skill one more time, right?"

"…!"

Before I knew it, Liam White had gotten closer, smiling at me. I couldn’t believe he could smile like that in a situation like this—it was strangely impressive.

"…So?"

"How about using that one more time for me?"

"Yes?"

What is he talking about? I had already applied my auxiliary skill to him back in the cave…

“…!”

Is he talking about the method I used on Kang Yoo-hyun in the Muspelheim dungeon? The method to amplify one’s ability even further by applying my auxiliary skill again through deeper skinship.

"How do you know about that?"

"…"

How did Liam White, who wasn’t even there, know that? I stared at him coldly.