The two parties of the bet were angry, and the situation where the rest of the ‘great beings’ were enjoying it was so absurd and funny.
Booing, really.
It’s not like we’re doing something we shouldn’t.
Anyway, all we need to do is succeed on the first try, right?
It doesn’t matter if it takes a long time, safety is the most important.
Who created the barely visible monster, and who are they talking to?
They probably wanted to see us become pulp and run away a few times to be satisfied, but unfortunately, the items we received are too good.
When the enemy pushed forward, Elaine took the attack with her shield, and in the meantime, Peace and Saint attacked from afar with light-attribute weapons.
Whenever there was a visible part even for a moment, Suji would rush out and deal damage repeatedly.
Then, at the point when we thought we had gotten used to the pattern to some degree, exactly half of the boss monster’s HP was gone.
With an effect that shook the entire tower, rocks fell from the ceiling with a thud, and a roar that seemed to tear off eardrums was heard.
As if shedding its skin, the 81st floor boss monster stood up straight, throwing off the transparent net full of wounds.
“…It’s nauseating.”
“…It was better when it was invisible.”
“The overwhelming presence from the visuals is quite something.”
Hearing the team members muttering, Suji swallowed her saliva.
It was a shape that was difficult to describe, about four times the height of a human. The skull with sunken eyes was grotesquely huge, and the body looked like it was crudely connected by stacking the bones of several humans.
Those parts that looked loosely connected were clumped together to form arms and legs, and the large hammer connected directly from those arms seemed to be the object that had been attacking them so far.
As if moving on to the next phase, the creature that had been roaring with its mouth torn open while looking at the ceiling turned its head to find Suji.
Suji made a disgusted expression.
“It really looks like something I don’t want to fight.”
“Are you not motivated?”
She shook her head at Elaine’s question.
“It’s not that… I feel like we need to bury it back in the ground quickly. No, there probably isn’t enough land to do that since it’s so big. Let’s cremate it.”
As if not giving them a chance to talk, rushed at Suji with its eyes fixed on her.
“…Wow.”
Elaine blocked it with her shield as before, but this attack was different. Even though it was just an ordinary strike, Elaine along with her shield was pushed back with a whoosh. It was almost as if she had flown away.
“It’s a berserk! Be careful.”
Saint shouted coldly with analysis.
There were many bosses where berserk was triggered in phase 2 or phase 3. Their strength or speed increases by at least 5% and up to 30%.
It wasn’t easy for Suji to check how many percent difference occurred as she was desperately avoiding the attacks of rushing towards her.
Thinking that Saint should have acquired the ‘gaze that sees objects’ trait instead of her, she immediately activated the berserk effect by equipping as soon as a small gap opened up.
Once again, the log scrolled up.
[The berserk effect is applied due to . (Strength and speed increased by 20%, including item correction values)Berserk effect time remaining 8:59
8:58
8:57……] [Νύμφη expresses dissatisfaction with your actions.] [νόμος expresses dissatisfaction with your actions.] [Μουσα is intrigued by your actions.] [σκιά applauds your actions.] [απόγευμα finds your actions amusing.]
Suji chuckled.
It felt like becoming a stand-up comedian always accompanied by an audience.
‘I’m practicing customer satisfaction, so it’s quite fun. Now that it’s come to this, I’ll make sure they’re satisfied to the end.’
Her eyes narrowed sharply.
90% of what made the hunter ‘Daphne’ who she is today was the ability to focus on combat situations.
The fact that her stats had increased by 20% meant that she needed to control that much faster speed and strength. To immerse herself as much as possible in this situation, she shouted, gathering all her concentration.
“Come!”
was truly a powerful enemy, but the reason Team Daphne had struggled until now was because it was invisible.
Now that its existence was fully revealed, no matter how widespread the areas of effect were for each attack and how acrobatic the attacks pouring down were to avoid, there were ways to deal with it.
Moreover, not only could Suji also use berserk, but the weapon had a terrible affinity against it.
Exactly 50 minutes later, met a miserable end, with each and every bone crumbling and falling to the ground.
Suji, breathing heavily but smiling happily, thrust her sword into the ground.
She didn’t want to admit it, but there was definitely a sense of accomplishment that could only be felt when conquering a new floor.
The clear window for the conquest appeared.
[Congratulations on clearing the 81st floor!Rewards
Time Crystal x210
Destruction Crystal x290
Strengthening Fragment x85
Silent Strengthening Fragment x3
Demogorgon’s Bone x40
Demogorgon’s Skull x1
Demogorgon’s Shinbone x2
Invisible Cloak of Rain (Tier 9)
Weapon Strengthening Stone (Intermediate) x120
Weapon Strengthening Stone (Advanced) x20
Armor Strengthening Stone (Advanced) x9
20,000 Gold
Normal Random Box x12
Epic Random Box x3
Rare Random Box x1] [The door to the 82nd floor 1st gate has opened.]
It seemed the 81st floor only had 1 gate.
Well, it made sense since they suddenly placed an EX grade.
Suji smiled brightly and spoke to the ring.
“I won.”
Usually responding immediately as if a restless soul had possessed it, this time there was no answer.
Suji crossed her arms and leisurely looked at the status window log.
[Νύμφη leaves the spot at your actions.] [Μουσα mocks νόμος at your actions.] [σκιά mocks Νύμφη at your actions.] [απόγευμα sends praise for your actions.] [νόμος raises an objection to your actions.] [νόμος concedes to your actions.] [Νύμφη concedes to your actions.]She couldn’t help but laugh.
It was funny how much they hated to admit it, even though they had bet so many times.
If they were going to be like that, they shouldn’t have even gotten involved in a disadvantageous game that they would lose 101 times.
Stupidly betting humanity on something like that, and then getting so worked up over this small bet.
“There are always people like that. Pouring their entire fortune into big things without hesitation, but haggling over 500 won at the market.”
As she muttered in a criticizing tone, a groan-like answer came from the voice in her head that had been silent for a while.
– You won.
“I know that too.”
– …But as I said earlier, humans cannot access the ‘store’.
“Huh? You’re going back on your word now? Wow. That’s really vulgar.”
– What? Vulgar?
“Yeah.”
As if unable to contain its anger, the creature made a groaning sound once again.
– That’s not it… As I said last time, there are rules to betting, and it can be problematic if I give you too many benefits.
Suji found it so ridiculous that the other party was trying to persuade her seriously.
“If you weren’t going to keep your promise, why did you even make the bet? If it could cause such a big problem, you should have thought about it before starting the bet. Right?”
[σκιά sends praise for your actions.] [Κάστωρ is delighted by your actions.] [Πολυδεύκης sends praise for your actions.] [απόγευμα has a question about your actions.] [απόγευμα proposes a meeting.] [νόμος accepts απόγευμα’s proposal.] [Νύμφη accepts απόγευμα’s proposal.]It was the same flow as last time before the ‘luck’ stat appeared.
They really love meetings.
Suji clicked her tongue.
For beings calling themselves the ‘great ones’, they didn’t think they would lose the bet, so they were flustered when an unexpected result came out after going ahead with it. It was too sloppy.
‘It means they were convinced that humans would never win. They’re doing a good job.’
It was so refreshing.
If Suji had lost, they would have thought it was natural, and they would have boasted nonsense to the humans.
Although it took a long time and even consumed items personally given by the ‘great beings’, it was fortunate that she won.
“Team leader has felt a bit distant since getting that ring.”
Then she heard a small whisper.
Looking back, the team members were sitting or lying on one side of the floor, whispering.
“I’m telling you. Always whispering with the ring. Telling us later.”
“Right. Originally, she would talk to us first.”
“Daphne will figure it out. There must have been something that proceeded without time to talk to us. Don’t you trust her?”
“Oh, isn’t it so nice to hear her being called Daphne?”
“It just gives me goosebumps. Why? Want me to call you Saint too?”
“…That’s what I was always called.”
“Where are you getting goosebumps? I’ll shave them off with a plane.”
The team members seemed unable to bear the curiosity about the content of the conversation she was having with the ‘great beings’.
When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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