Chapter 306

Mikael finished eating and Kim Soo-Woon took him out of the hall. When they came out, Mikael scrunched his face as he looked left and right. He saw dozens of doors in the hallway, most of them had numbers. From room 0 to room 100. He realized that the room he stayed in had the number of 0. 

"Why Rooms? Why didn't they use floors instead?"

"Nah, too cliche, this is not sword art online. Besides, you should definitely ask the author about that. He's kind of stupid sometimes."

Mikael looked at Kim Soo-Woon, he was waiting for an explanation. Kim Soo-Woon finished his cigarette and tossed it on the floor, this place had a system that would automatically clean the area. Heck, he was actually curious what would happen if this hotel-like Dungeon would burn in fire. 

"Nah, that woman will fix it."

He mumbled. 

"Um, excuse me."

"Oh, I'm sorry my bad. For living here for three years, I learned how to talk to myself. But don't worry, I'm not crazy. And you'll experience it too, so it's better to have an idea."

"… I think you need to visit a psychiatrist or something. Anyway, I want to ask about these doors. What are they? I mean, I know that they are doors made of wood. I'm talking about what do they represent and what's inside."

"Why don't you try opening one."

Mikael thought about it, it was not a bad idea. So he turned around and found a door with a number of 7 written on it, room 7. The lucky number. He pulled the doorknob but it did not budge. He used all his strength but he could not open it no matter how much he tried. He started losing confidence in his strength the longer he pulled it. It did not move even a centimeter. 

"You can't open it, even I couldn't open it when I first came here."

Kim Soo-Woon started walking and Mikael lost his interest in the door. He followed Kim Soo-Woon. 

"Just like what you see, the doors have numbers. I will simply explain it to you, you will experience it first hand so I know that you will understand it later on… Hamlet should be the one to explain it to you but lately, that man is not showing."

He sighed.

"… Why do you look lonely?"

Kim Soo-Woon paused and glanced at him. "If you stayed in a desert without someone to talk to, you will definitely get crazy. Hamlet is awkward to talk to but it's better than nothing. He keeps me from going insane, well I'm going to leave this place anyway so it's not a problem."

" I see, so I'm going to be insane just like you."

Mikael replied.

"Nah dude, based on the devilish grin you have right now, you are already insane."

"Eh?"

Mikael touched his face and realized that he was actually smiling. 

"Anyway, let's back to our main topic. You asked about these doors. Then I will explain it to you in the easiest possible way. Kill all of the monsters in room 1 and you will open the room 2, so on and so forth."

"Ah. That's why I can't open the door 7."

He quickly got the gist of this Dungeon. 

"Just to be clear, the monsters in this Dungeon are not ordinary. Especially if you reach room 50 and higher. The monster in the room 50 has the same strength as the Bone Dragon."

"Seriously?"

"Yeah, I'm not joking- Hey, why are you smiling again!? Damn this. You are creepy!"

Kim Soo-Woon clicked his tongue, his mouth was itching again for another cigarette. Mikael covered his mouth, he could not control his lips from curling because of excitement. 

"So where are we going?"

Mikael asked to change the topic since he already knew what he was going to do in this Dungeon. Just like always: killing monsters. 

"About that," Kim Soo-Woon raised his lighter and lit up his cigarette. He puffed smoke out of his mouth while talking. "We will go to a recreational facility."

"Facilities? I thought this place only has 101 rooms?"

"Yeah, it is. The recreational facility is not a room, I can say that it's more like a space inside a space."

"… Okay."

Mikael did not understand what he meant so he just nodded and followed him. 

They walked a few meters till they reached the farthest corner where the room 99 and 100 stood. Mikael found a lonely coffee vending machine in the corner and Kim Soo-Woon inserted two coins. 

"I thought we're going to the recreational facilities?"

"Can't you see, we are already here."

"Woah!"

Mikael jumped as he looked around. The hallway disappeared together with the 101 doors. He realized that they were transported, they were in a wide training ground. It was bizarre. 

"Woah, so inserting a coin in the vending machine will take us to this place."

"Yeah."

"Cool, so how can we go back?"

"Do you see that vending machine? Just insert another coin and you can return. "

Kim Soo-Woon pointed at the lonely coffee vending machine in the corner of the training ground. 

"I'm lucky that I have hundreds of coins in my Inventories."

Mikael smiled as he realized that saving money would help him in the future. 

"Nah, you can't use it."

"Why?"

He blinked his eyes in confusion.

"The coins I inserted are not ordinary coins, I earned them after completing a room. To earn coins you have to kill all of the monsters inside the room, do you get it?"

"Yeah, it's like a reward."

"The coins are not simple, you can use them to buy unique Items too."

"Really, that's cool!"

"I recommend you to save your coins, I won't say the reason why but if you don't want to leave this place crying, you have to save your coins."

Kim Soo-Woon tossed a coin and Mikael caught it. It was 1/3 the size of his hand, quite big to be used as currency. 

"That's my gift for you, maybe my last gift."

"Thank you."

Mikael put the coin inside his Inventories. 

"Now, remember what I said earlier?" Kim Soo-Woon dropped the cigarette and the atmosphere became colder, it was hard to breathe. "I want to make sure that you are worthy to enter this Dungeon. I will test you."

A pure jet black katana appeared in his hand, Kim Soo-Woon glanced at Mikael. 

"Because if you're not worthy, then it's better for you to die here." 

He was not joking when he said it.