Although he was called a sub-tanker, in the current situation, Seong-jun was fulfilling the role of main tanker.
This was because the tanking was done in a way that when 5–6 monsters rushed Seong-jun, Gwang-taek would take about 2 of them.
Anyway, with Seong-jun joining, the defense line stabilized, and Yuseon and Chang-su could attack from the rear without worry.
Was it thanks to that?
They focused on attacking one by one, steadily eliminating the monsters, and though it wasn’t fast, they consistently reduced the numbers.
And 35 minutes after the battle began.
‘God’s Wrath! Radiant Wind!’
God’s Wrath and Radiant Wind, whose cooldowns had ended, were cast again, and combined with Yuseon’s area attack, the remaining monsters were wiped out in one blow.
Kuwakwakwakwakwakwakuuuuu!
“Kueoooh…”
“Kyaaaaa.”
The white Death Knights that had been charging fiercely with a menacing aura were now cold corpses, as if they had never been.
At the same time, a notification rang out again.
[All of Grand Sage Vormia Lawrence’s summoned soldiers are being dismissed.]
Dismissed?
Pusssss! Pussss!
Right after the notification appeared, the white Death Knights scattered on the floor turned into orbs of white light and disappeared.
“Huh! What? So those guys were summoned soldiers?”
“Their color was different too; they were definitely different from normal Death Knights. Then that Great Sage guy was a summoner?”
“Anyway, don’t let your guard down yet. Usually, when monsters appear in ruins, a semi-boss guardian might show up. Let’s move first.”
Seong-jun said they weren’t at the stage to relax yet and slowly moved forward.
The group, having advanced for a while, finally reached the end of the ruins.
“Oh! Finally, the ruins! But it seems there’s no guardian.”
As Yuseon said, they passed through the long corridor and entered the ruins, but no guardian appeared.
“Yeah. Looks like the 50 summoned Death Knights were all there.”
“But for someone called a Great Sage, it’s a bit plain. In most ruins, gold and silver treasures are basic.”
Indeed, there were no visible treasures like gold or silver in the ruins.
“We’re not short on money anyway, right? The important thing is whether useful artifacts or skill books appear.”
Frankly, even just selling the A-rank corpses and mana stones would earn us hundreds of billions.
There’s no need to be obsessed with gold and silver.
“I suppose so. Let’s see. There are ingots here? The silvery-white ingot looks like mithril, and what’s that black ingot?”
Although mithril is a very rare metal, it still occasionally appears in ruins like these.
That’s why Gwang-taek was sure the silvery-white ingot must be mithril.
But.
“What! C-crazy! This isn’t mithril, it’s orichalcum! W-wait! Then next to it? Ugh! I-is this adamantium?”
As it turned out, the ingots were orichalcum and adamantium, which boast an extremely low drop rate.
“What? Orichalcum and adamantium? Really?”
“Wow! Aren’t those metals that are hard to get even for a fortune?”
Orichalcum, known as the metal of the gods, and adamantium, the metal of the demon realm.
The whole world was desperate to secure these two metals.
Because if they could secure a sufficient quantity, they could bring about revolutionary change, whether militarily or industrially.
However, orichalcum and adamantium that had appeared so far amounted to only one or two ingots at most.
They had to split and split them for research.
But here, there were 10 ingots of orichalcum and 10 ingots of adamantium stacked.
Considering one ingot is about 10kg, that means 100kg each of orichalcum and adamantium.
“Not mithril, but orichalcum and adamantium in this quantity? Isn’t this really huge? Even just selling these, we could earn money incomparable to what we made from selling monster corpses and mana stones?”
One might ask what you can do with just 10 ingots, but when making certain devices, the actual amount of orichalcum or adamantium used is extremely small.
By combining a tiny amount of orichalcum or adamantium with some mithril and abundant Earth metals, an incredible alloy unlike any existing can be created.
So with 100kg each, they could produce an unimaginable amount of alloy.
Given this situation, if all the orichalcum and adamantium obtained here were auctioned off, a massive competition among world powers would surely start.
“That’s certainly true. But even if we have no use for them, we can’t release them to the auction house. If, by any chance, they flow into Revolution, it could only accelerate their plans.”
The metals that form the main device of the Dungeon Activation Device are orichalcum, adamantium, and mithril.
They had identified where the test devices were, but didn’t know how many there were, nor how much orichalcum, adamantium, and mithril had been secured for the main devices.
In this situation, they couldn’t recklessly release these metals.
Because if as much as 100kg of orichalcum and adamantium were to flow into Revolution, it could end up accelerating their plans.
“Now that you mention it, that’s true. Hmm, then should we just keep them in storage for now?”
“First, we need to wait and see how Revolution reacts. If they give up on removing us, I plan to secretly go to Switzerland, hit their temporary base, and collect all the test devices. And if another Grand Overlord moves to strike us? Then we’ll move after eliminating him. If we can collect the test devices and understand their mechanism, we might be able to make the device ourselves.”
Either way, Seong-jun intended to collect the test devices from the temporary base in Switzerland.
Partly to deal a blow to Revolution’s plans, but also because he was very interested in the Dungeon Activation Device.
“We make the device? What would we do with it?”
“What else? If we can gather all dungeon monsters in one place and hunt them, we could clear dungeons that take days in a few hours. At best, we might conquer 2–3 dungeons a day. It would be a disaster for other hunters, but for us, it’s a blessing.”
For ordinary hunters who can’t handle the waves in a dungeon, the Dungeon Activation Device is a true disaster.
They would only be able to leave the dungeon by dying.
But for Seong-jun’s party, who possess ridiculous area-of-effect skills, it would be an excellent opportunity to sweep monsters in a short time.
“Huh! So you want to use that device for mass hunting?”
“A-rank dungeons are still too much, but if I can grow one more step here, A-rank dungeon mass hunting will become fully possible. And then, I’ll be able to grow at an incomparable speed, and the money we earn will multiply several times.”
Currently, with Seong-jun’s abilities, mass hunting was possible up to B-rank dungeons, but A-rank was premature.
If they blocked a limited number of monsters in a narrow corridor like they did here, it might be barely possible, but that was only possible due to the unique nature of the ruins; it wouldn’t be easy in a normal dungeon structure.
But if he grew one step here and reached SS rank?
Then mass hunting in A-rank dungeons might become possible.
That’s why he planned to collect the test devices in advance, even just to prepare for that time.
“If that happens, it’ll be a jackpot.”
“Anyway, I think it’s right to keep these in storage for that time.”
Everyone nodded at Seong-jun’s words.
“I agree. If we can mass hunt in A-rank dungeons as Seong-jun oppa said, the profit from auctioning these will be covered in a short time. Besides, even if not, we can’t just do Revolution a favor, right?”
“Right. Beyond money, we shouldn’t create a situation that benefits Revolution.”
Now that they were clearly hostile to Revolution, they couldn’t act in a way that would benefit them.
So they decided to seal the orichalcum and adamantium ingots in Seong-jun’s subspace as he suggested.
‘Subspace Open! Store!’
After storing all the ingots in the subspace, Seong-jun headed to where the main reward was.
“Now we should check the main reward of the ruins, right?”
A fairly large storage box placed on one side.
Click!
When he opened the box, two skill books and three artifacts were revealed inside.
“Ooh! Two skill books and three artifacts. Let’s start with the skill books.”
Seong-jun first picked up a white skill book.
[Active Skill Book] Dark Enlightenment
Purifies dark attribute monsters and makes them summoned soldiers.
– Can purify a dark attribute monster’s mana stone with Dark Enlightenment, then equip it to the monster’s corpse to obtain a new summoned soldier [Enlightened Monster].
– Enlightened monsters are registered as summoned soldiers and absolutely obey the summoner’s commands.
– Can use [Summon] and [Dismiss] commands.
– If forcibly dismissed due to running out of HP while summoned, can be summoned again after 24 hours.
– Can register up to 10 monsters [Number increases with level up].
[Available to: Mage Series] [Healer Series] [Summoner Series] [Tamer Series]
Casting time: [Instant]
Duration: [2 hours]
Cooldown: [12 hours]
“The first skill book was a skill called Dark Enlightenment, the ability to purify dark attribute monsters and summon them as soldiers. Probably the Enlightened Death Knights guarding the ruins were cases of becoming summoned soldiers through this skill.”
“Huh! This is a skill book that lets you summon soldiers? It says you can purify dark attribute monsters and register them as summoned soldiers.”
At Seong-jun’s words, Gwang-taek took the skill book in surprise.
“What? Really? Wow! That’s real? Then with this, we can summon Death Knights as soldiers, right? Huh? But there’s an acquisition condition. It says only Mage, Healer, Summoner, and Tamer series can learn it?”
If they used this skill to make Death Knights into summoned soldiers, it would be a tremendous increase in combat power.
The problem was the separate acquisition condition.
“Really? Then among us, only Seong-jun oppa meets the condition. So it’s just Seong-jun oppa’s.”
Gwang-taek the tanker, Yuseon the ranger, Chang-su the assassin—they were all physical types.
So the only one who met the skill book’s acquisition condition was Seong-jun.
“I’ll learn it. First, I’ll register 10 Death Knights, and later capture and register elites and bosses—it’ll be a huge help.”
Without Seong-jun’s buffs, an ordinary S-rank could only handle 2–3 A-rank monsters at most.
Even elites were at a level an S-rank alone couldn’t handle, and bosses?
Naturally, it went without saying.
If they could register elites and bosses as summoned soldiers, it would be a huge help not only in dungeon raids but also in battles against Revolution.
“Of course. Still, I’m glad a skill that helps you appeared. Anyway, let’s check the others quickly.”
“Uh, wait.”
Before checking the other rewards, Seong-jun first learned the Dark Enlightenment skill.
Hwaaaaaaak!
The skill book, which had been emitting intense light, soon disappeared into an orb of light, and a new skill called Dark Enlightenment appeared in Seong-jun’s skill window.
“I’ll register the summoned soldiers later; let’s check the rest.”
Seong-jun immediately checked the next skill book.
[Active Skill Book] Minimap
Brings up geographical information of a certain area for a quick overview.
– Summons a 3D map of information within a [500m] radius of the caster.
– Living beings are displayed as dots. [Normal people: [White] Party members: [Green] Awakened: [Blue] Monsters: [Red] Enemies set as targets: [Black]]
[Available to: Ranger Series] [Assassin Series] [Support Series]
Casting time: [Instant]
Duration: [Until dismissed]
Cooldown: [5 minutes]
“The second skill book was a skill called Minimap. For Seong-jun, who had envied Seon-hwa’s Surveillance skill, it was like rain in a drought—no, it could be said to be a much more powerful skill than Surveillance.”
“Minimap! Wow! This appeared?”
It was Yuseon who showed interest at Seong-jun’s words.
“What? Minimap? That map skill that support-type mappers use?”
Although Yuseon had reconnaissance abilities, this took a lot of time and was very tricky.
So she had wished for a simple and fast reconnaissance skill, and here Minimap appeared.
“It’s an acquisition condition limited to Ranger series, Assassin series, and Support series. Among us, either you or Chang-su can learn it.”
When Yuseon showed interest in the Minimap skill, Chang-su quickly spoke.
“I have skills from taking down the Grand Overlord, so I’m already specialized in combat. Plus, a Ranger is more specialized in reconnaissance than an Assassin. I think noona should learn that skill.”
Gwang-taek also nodded at Chang-su’s words and said.
“I also think that skill suits Yuseon better.”
With Chang-su and then Gwang-taek saying so, Seong-jun smiled and handed the skill book to Yuseon.
“Here, take it. This is yours.”
‘Good. Gwang-taek hyung’s Chain of Light and Chang-su’s skills were awkward to remove from the registration slots. Yuseon’s area attack was the least burdensome to remove, so it’s timely that this skill went to her.’
Gwang-taek’s Chain of Light and Chang-su’s Shadow Clone had very high utility, making them hard to remove.
On the other hand, Yuseon’s area attack had been registered only because it was handy to use after an area combo, but its importance was much lower compared to Chain of Light or Shadow Clone.
Frankly, it was enough to use as a skill borrowed twice a day.
So he had hoped Minimap would go to Yuseon, and since Chang-su voluntarily yielded, it was the icing on the cake for Seong-jun.
“Haha, then I’ll learn this?”
Holding the Minimap skill book from Seong-jun, Yuseon looked at it with a big smile.
“What are you staring at? Learn it quickly.”
At Gwang-taek’s words, Yuseon immediately learned the skill.
Hwaaaaaaak!
Yuseon used the skill right after learning it.
“Ooh! It worked! Minimap!”
Then a 3D holographic map of the area appeared in front of Yuseon.
Wooooooong!
“Wow! This is amazing!”
“Wow! This is a full hologram? But these green dots are us? And these red dots are monsters?”
In the center was a triangular arrow indicating herself, and around it were green dots clustered together.
And outside the hidden passage entering the ruins, red dots were clustered in groups of 3–5 in the external corridors.
“Ah, I thought it was a unique skill of support-type mappers, but I never knew it existed as a skill book. This will drastically increase our hunting speed from now on, right?”
Yuseon looked at the Minimap with wonder. Seong-jun also nodded and said.
“Indeed, the utility of Minimap is high in many ways. It’s useful inside dungeons, but if a dungeon break occurs and we fail to defend in time, monsters will scatter everywhere, and we can respond quickly. I’ll also change Yuseon’s registered skill to Minimap.”
Saying that, he immediately replaced Yuseon’s registered skill with Minimap.
“By the way, the artifacts are a dagger, a staff, and boots. The dagger can go to Chang-su. The staff? Its options are for warriors. Should we just sell it? The boots… its options are for warriors too. We can auction this as well.”
After checking the remaining artifacts, Gwang-taek confirmed that aside from a dagger suitable for Chang-su, there was nothing useful for the party.
“I also have the SS-rank dagger the Grand Overlord used, so I don’t think I need this. We can just auction them all.”
Since Chang-su possessed the SS-rank dagger used by Grand Overlord Alexander, he had no need to carry an inferior one.
But Seong-jun thought differently.
“Just take it. You never know what kind of variables might occur, so it’s not bad to carry a spare.”
Gwang-taek also carried a small round shield as a spare, and Seong-jun carried a sub-mace.
So he decided that Chang-su could also carry a spare dagger just in case.
“Ah! Is that so? Then I’ll do that.”
At Seong-jun’s words, Chang-su eventually took the dagger.
“Then I’ll start testing my skill now.”
Saying that, Seong-jun took out 10 Death Knight corpses and 10 mana stones from his subspace.
Then he held one mana stone in his hand and activated the skill.
“Dark Enlightenment.”
Then.
Wooooooong!
The mana stone in his hand began to glow, and soon its blue color changed to white.
[The purification of the mana stone obtained from the dark attribute Death Knight has been completed successfully.]
The purification of the mana stone was finished in an instant.
“Hoo, so this is how it works? Then let’s see…”
He brought the purified mana stone to a Death Knight corpse lying on the floor.
[Would you like to combine the purified Death Knight mana stone with the Death Knight corpse? Yes / No]
“Yes. Combine.”
When Seong-jun selected Yes, the purified mana stone emitted a bright light and was absorbed into the Death Knight corpse.
Hwaaaaaaaaak!
Then, the Death Knight corpse changed from pitch black to pure white.
[The Death Knight’s enlightenment is complete. It can be registered in the summon window; if not registered within 1 hour, it will disappear permanently.]
It seemed that an enlightened monster would just disappear if not registered within an hour.
“Register.”
Seong-jun registered one enlightened Death Knight in the summon window.
[The enlightened Death Knight has been registered in the summon window. From now on, you can summon and dismiss it using the [Summon] and [Dismiss] commands. Any entity unregistered from the summon window will disappear permanently.]
After registering one enlightened Death Knight, Seong-jun smiled and quickly began purifying the remaining ones.
I Became an EX-Class All-Round Priest Chapter 129
e-book publication date: 2025.11.14
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