8.

"Whew, will they ever understand my intentions?"

Six hours for Epic, five hours for Unique, and nine hours for Special.

Kim Buja shook his head as he read a few skeptical comments regarding the clear times after the Epic grade, which had consumed quite a bit of time by his standards.

Of course, simply clearing dungeons of Epic grade and higher within a day was fast enough, so the general reaction wasn't terrible. However, it seemed inevitable that disappointment would follow in proportion to the heightened expectations.

Even so, he didn't mind.

He had planned it this way from the start.

'They don't need to know. I just need to go my own way.'

It was a meaningless competition from the start.

Just because Kim Buja was filming these videos didn't mean he could start a genuine competition with Fly. And people who only saw what they wanted to see would eventually split into two sides and continue fighting somehow anyway.

There was no need to throw fuel onto that fire.

The act of filming the video itself could be interpreted that way, but the difference between direct and indirect action was distinct.

It was the optimal line one could tread as a User running a video channel.

He would achieve his plan while drawing a moderate amount of attention.

The core of the plan was, of course, the completion of his video channel.

'It's a video that will remain for generations, so I should leave behind at least one masterpiece.'

Even looking just half a year into the future, a 2-star Dungeon would be nothing more than a fleeting memory.

No matter how much he bent over backwards pretending to compete with Fly, it was still just a dungeon with two stars.

It was merely an intro faced by greenhorns who had just completed the two-condition tutorial. Even if he ran through all six dungeon grades, it wouldn't compare to a single 8-star dungeon that Fly was running.

If he really wanted to force a comparison, he could probably scrape something together, but he didn't want to be that pathetic.

Kim Buja was confident.

The foundation was sufficiently laid.

Thinking about the countless content, Gold Missions, and things not yet unlocked, he didn't have the luxury to be conscious of Fly up there.

Even racking his brain and utilizing Gold to organize and use every single piece of Gold Maker content in his head wasn't enough.

So, he set the concept for the 2-star Dungeon like this.

Content that no one had ever done.

Under the name of 'Time Attack,' he would eliminate any boredom and organize the types and stages of 2-star Dungeons step-by-step to create a movie.

A method to shed the label of 'mere 2-star Dungeon' and receive the cheers and applause of the people.

Plus, the rewards added on top!

[You have achieved the 'Achievement: Buffet-ism (S)'.]

[All Stats (1) have increased.]

An achievement earned by attacking dungeons of various types and grades in order.

Along with the ridiculous reward of increasing all stats by 1, he had unlocked over ten achievements while proceeding with the Time Attack.

Every single one was related to new challenges.

It was a moment of realization that there were more achievements obtainable in dungeons than he thought.

Moreover, the rewards were lucrative.

Most were achievements ranging from Rare to Unique, so there wasn't anything massive, but after combining all the gathered Gold, he had collected about 10,000 Gold.

It was by no means a small amount.

A result far more helpful than boringly spamming boss monster kills in a meaningless competition.

Therefore, his thoughts didn't change much even for the final remaining dungeon, the Legendary.

'What clear condition do I need to get a Legendary Achievement?'

His mind was dominated by only one thing: achievement rewards.

So he decided.

'I'm going with a Clearance Sale Special that can properly utilize the Gold Maker's strengths.'

For the final Time Attack dungeon.

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—The meaning of Time Attack has pretty much disappeared now.

—Looks like he's just taking it easy.

These were comments frequently seen on Kim Buja's channel.

The ratio of such comments started to rise, and now they were seen often enough to cause arguments with users who were enjoying the content.

Of course, public opinion itself hadn't tilted that way.

—He's soloing dungeons like this and that's the record in itself, stop spouting nonsense. If you've got nothing to do, go wash your face and go to bed.

—None of the guys saying Time Attack is meaningless ever enter a dungeon alone.

—I'm watching it with interest just fine, why make a fuss lol.

It had only been three days since the Time Attack videos started.

Sleep was taken only in brief snatches during travel time, and nowhere in the uploaded dungeon videos did it seem like Kim Buja was taking the challenge lightly.

Naturally, it was easy for the viewers to get immersed.

In particular, watching him wittily achieve various clear conditions in different types of dungeons allowed viewers to feel a new kind of fun.

—Where in this day and age do you find a User who clears dungeons like that? Everyone else just finds easy clear conditions, clears them messily, and edits that part out before uploading. I actually think this kind of Time Attack is fun. If he had only picked dungeons like Normal or Rare, sure, a real record would have come out, but I think it would have been boring. Is it just me?

Since most people were feeling the fun that matched Kim Buja's intent, the remarks of a few instigators couldn't gain traction.

Naturally, while Kim Buja slept on his way to the final Legendary Dungeon, they were treated as chew toys to kill time, getting beaten up and venting their anger before being forcibly banned by the managers.

Upon arrival, the chat window became clean.

People's interest was focused on only one thing.

—What's the Legendary one?

—I waited for this moment alone.

—This is the highlight. Right here, right now.

The Legendary Dungeon would be different.

They had enjoyed enough of the various sights, so it was time to start the real stage.

Epic, Unique, and Special were all lacking in nothing.

Only the clear times were long.

The clear conditions were things rarely seen, but the monsters appearing were the same, and Kim Buja's performance there wasn't much different from usual.

They just wanted to see it.

The sight of Kim Buja conquering a Legendary Dungeon with overwhelming firepower.

Perhaps knowing the people's desires, Kim Buja stated his aspirations in front of the Legendary Dungeon Gate upon arrival.

"I think this might be a video that fell short of many people's expectations, or perhaps a video that approached others as a new kind of fun. This method was what I planned from the start, and I apologize to those who are disappointed, but this is my way and my own method of growth. I admit it. The competition with Mr. Fly was not fair. I formed a competitive structure while leaving out the advantage of time, which is most important to a User. I knew my strengths and utilized them, and I know that it has little correlation with reality."

Pretending to communicate with people's opinions, he subtly dissed Fly while clarifying his stance.

"I have no intention of competing with Mr. Fly. I'm not yet at a level to compete, either. After growing in my own way, if the moment comes when I can stand by his side as Mr. Fly said, I will gladly challenge him once again."

His innocence.

He had mocked and been sarcastic to his heart's content, but that wasn't his intention!

At the same time, he threw the candy people wanted.

"For the final Legendary Dungeon, I plan to burn it up intensely. I thank everyone who has been with me for this long time."

In the end, the most important thing is the finish.

As he revealed his determined aspirations, the reaction was hot.

Even though everyone was cheering for Kim Buja and enjoying it, what they wanted was stimulating content!

With expectations burning once again, Kim Buja threw himself toward the Dungeon Gate.

—What? That sudden? Without even telling us?

—What dungeon is it? What are the clear conditions?

—Curious from the start, let's go!

12 hours later.

Kim Buja stepped out, loosening his stiff shoulders as if he had just taken a nap, yawned, and stared at the camera.

"Ah, yawn. With this, since I started the 2-star Dungeon Time Attack, I will end the live stream with the Legendary one. Thank you to everyone who watched, and the Legendary strategy video will be uploaded to the video channel immediately, so please wait and watch it there. Then, I will see you in the next video."

The live stream cut off simultaneously.

An anticlimactic ending for the conclusion of a long journey of nearly five days.

—What was that? That feeling of wrapping it up roughly because he's sleepy?

—Hey, surely not. It's probably because it was that hard.

—Does it make sense to be sleepy after coming back from a Legendary Dungeon? Even existing drowsiness would fly away.

The uneasy feeling was soon wiped away.

Either way, Kim Buja returned alive, and the Time Attack ended successfully.

—Isn't this a first? First solo clear of 1-star and 2-star Legendary Dungeons!

—In the first place, there are almost no teams capable of clearing Legendary Grade dungeons of those levels.

—No, but how did he cut it to 12 hours?

—Let's go watch. It's up.

The video went up sooner than expected.

The viewers guarding the ended live stream moved their spots one by one.

The view count of the freshly uploaded, piping hot 2-star Legendary strategy video began to climb.

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[Clear Conditions]

☆ Survive for 2 days in the Hell Prison

☆ Kill 100 or fewer monsters

▷ This is a Legendary Grade Special Dungeon. Dungeon penalties are applied.

1. The Hell Prison overheats due to the intruder. Survival time is shortened to 1/4, and the number of monsters pouring into the prison increases by 4 times.

2. Every time 1 monster is killed, all monsters' stats increase by 1.

3. Every 3 hours, all monsters' stats increase.

4. After 11 hours, a Hell Ogre is summoned from the abyss of the Hell Prison.

5. If 100 monsters are killed, all stats decrease by 50%.

Those who saw the clear conditions shouted in unison.

—No way.

—Such a broken dungeon exists?

—He cleared this?

—How did you clear this, you motherf**ker?

It was a Legendary Dungeon, no less.

He chose to enter a Special Dungeon that would be hard to clear even with a standard challenge.

The truly scary thing about Special Dungeons is that everything from dungeon penalties to clear conditions is naturally linked.

As seen in the Martial Arts Dojo, the moment penalties aren't just a list of unrelated items but link together to create synergy, the difficulty jumps several times over.

There were a whopping five such penalties.

Clauses that turned the clear conditions into a divine revelation not to clear it.

Questions began to be raised.

—Actually, maybe it wasn't Kim Buja who came out, but the Hell Ogre?

—It might really be a Hell Ogre wearing a human mask.

—Forget 12 hours, I feel like it would end in 1 hour after killing 100 monsters.

It was understandable, as the map called Hell Prison was quite narrow even when viewed in the third person.

It was far from a prison where only one person could stand, but precisely because of that, it looked narrower and more difficult.

A space like the Colosseum.

Doors open in all directions.

Thick darkness.

Kim Buja stood right in the center of a place where not a single gap for human survival could be seen.

It was desperate enough to make one want to scream at him to get out.

They raided without even a warning.

Countless monsters.

Facing such a situation, Kim Buja didn't even summon a weapon; instead, he simply took out a match and struck it.

Fwoosh!

Logs that had been scattered on the floor at some point caught fire, illuminating the darkness.

And they burned.

More intensely than ever.

Of course, the monsters didn't care and rushed in. Kim Buja didn't dodge but sat down in his spot. That was everything.

For the 12-hour video.

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