Demon King
Chapter 146 Black Palace [1]
Seongbuk-gu?” The word came out of my sister's mouth right after we teleported to find the dungeon on Earth. I nodded in silent affirmation. I've always been active in Seongbuk-gu, so I thought it would be better to deal with the basement that formed near here, but I didn't know that it would bring us here.
No, isn't that natural? Compared to the last time, the number of dungeons that would happen increased unexpectedly, so there was nothing strange about the creatures that were made here in Seongbuk-gu. But, thanks to that, now I have to face the situation here with both of my eyes.
“This is a battlefield ..” The collapsed and burned buildings are not an unusual sight thanks to the Chaos Soul invasion, but the war between humans is so devastating that it makes the previous battle look like a joke.
“You know Korea will be involved.”
“But..”.
[Reconstruction work must be a big problem.]
“.... What happened with Erkindra?”
“Go. We'll take care of that dungeon. ” My sister shook her head and muttered that she did not want to leave.
“I don't think I'll be back if I leave. They need my help, but if I see them. ”.
“No problem.”
“But I've chosen to be next to you.” I stroked her head several times, filled with gratitude and care, before dividing my personnel. My brother and I, Mireina and Cain, and Lee Chan-yu and Katsuragi. After knowing our group, I sent another team to take care of the other nearby dungeons.
“If find the fallen one, explain first. If they attack you afterwards, it's okay to fight back. You can also bring it to me. You have a Lunatic Trickster planted inside you in case of a difficult situation. It will activate and bring me to you in that event. Understood it? ”
“Trust me and leave it to us.” If all the members of the Rebellion were like Lee Chan-yu, I would have no problem.
“Ahh, why divide us like this. Just me with another man. oh wait, captain! ” Katsuragi stares at Mireina with regret until she goes through the gate, but such behavior is what causes her to end up with Lee Chan-yu. I made sure to divide the group so that they would only focus on attacking the dungeon.
“Wow, I want to be with Destiny.”.
“I put you with Fabric exactly because you act like it.” Finally, I was placed in a position where I had to explain my reasoning.
“This is unfair! Why does Fate pretend not to like me? ”
“It would be too cruel to explain it, so get started quickly.”
[I will return safely with Mireina.]
After sending them through the gate, my sister and I jumped to our destination. Surprisingly, when we were a bit past the dungeon, we found people were already there.
“A new intruder..?”
“No, the woman ... she is the ruler of Erkindra!”
“Idiot, shut up.”
“And the man... heeee!” I looked up as the final voice reached my ears. It was the bald one I kicked before; it seemed like he was still alive.
“Rescape from the battlefield?”
“Hei ..” The bald one groaned and nodded. The situation they are facing is clear. Starting in China and the United States, like a virus, the fires of battle spread throughout the world. But, they chose a bad hiding place.
“This place is full of monsters that can defeat the people you hide with one bite.”
“So, please.. secretly...!” There are already some victims. The survivors remained silent in the gloomy atmosphere, the smell of blood they avoided.
“If there are monsters near us because of us, I will take care of them on our way.”
“No, please, stay with us. We can't survive here. ”
“Go outside.”
“If we go out, we have to face another country. The world itself has become chaotic – all laws and morals have lost meaning. ” The current society has been chaotic since the beginning. I opened my mouth to respond to the brazen words of the bald man, but a cold voice came from beside me.
“Protect your own life.” That's my sister.
“You? Aren't you acting blindly to save humanity? ” I myself am somewhat curious about the reason. My former sisters will insist that we save them as if it were natural. But now he ignored them, moving forward.
“Brother, we don't have time for this.”
“...Good.” We advanced relentlessly through the dungeon with the hundreds of blackmines I had made but stopped to talk to these survivors. At my sister's words, I nodded and followed her.
“Please save me!”
We move forward behind the blackmines who are chasing everything that can be eaten. Before we could reach them, all the monsters had been swallowed by them.
“If I knew it would be like this, I would go with another team.”
“We don't know what's waiting for us, so don't let your guard down.”
“Hah.” He followed me. I broke through the iron gate to the keyless boss room, no matter if the boss was in an improved state. Countless rods shot to my head as soon as I entered but were burned by the Goddess Touch shield.
[Yetoooooo!]
“Entity higher which is plant?”
“Brother, be careful! There's more than one! ” In the boss room, there are at least five high-level individuals in the form of a large tree. I expected it from the beginning, but among the monsters in the dungeon so far, this one has the most dire difficulties. It was even stronger than the boss in the Black Palace.
[Gagaga!]
[Kiaaah!]
“We have to handle it quickly.”
“Come fast, brother. I'll take care of it too. ”
Take the one on the left.
“Good!” My sister nodded and kicked off the floor, Jinma Wings momentarily formed behind her back to increase her speed explosively. The sharp tree trunk towering in its path burned instantly. I also ran to the floor.
[Kiaaah!]
This dungeon became uncontrollable, threatening mankind, but it would be difficult if there were no humans left in the world. Thinking it was exhausting and annoying, I swung the Annihilation. The dagger pulled a trajectory over the two tree bodies, splitting them all at once. Thick sap started to gush out.
“My brother, it's toxic!”
“Good.” A little high-grade poison won't work on me, even though I don't intend to test it. I used Predation to wrap the sap that flew towards me like a water cannon, placing it in a large glass bottle that I removed from my inventory. It will be useful as a material for the Lunatic Trickster later.
“It was in vain to kill them. I have to blackmail everything! ”
“We don't have time!”
“To save time later, we have to spend it now!” I went to work, cut the stem that rose from the ground, collecting poisonous sap that would be spewed out at any moment. After filling a reasonable amount in my inventory, we actually burned the rest.
“It's over.. hey, the clothes you gave me are a little charred.”
That's okay, it has an automatic recovery function. After my sister broke through the last tree, the dungeon started shaking and went back to where. It started to go back underground. Luminous black mana particles erupted around us to fill the space.
“... Are they still alive?” My sister muttered while staring at the sight, and I nodded.
“More like half dead than alive, but they go now.”
“What are we going to do now? Find another dungeon? ”
“If we find it, I'll go in and destroy it.”
“Sure..” He is immersed in his thoughts. As I looked at it, I remembered the question the man had asked before.
“Si-yeon, you don't answer than men because we don't have time. Why?”
“Why didn't I save them?”
“Iya.”
“I told you, brother. I chose.” The energy inside the dungeon was reduced to mana and absorbed into my world. I listened to him talk as we watched him in front of us.
“I chose you over everyone I could save. How many times do I have to say it? ”
“...” I just realized that the options my sister talked about were much more valuable and irreversible than I thought.
“...I got it. Let's move on to the next one. ”
“Ya brother.” Maybe I've distorted his desires more than I thought. I was overwhelmed by his heavy determination but tried to force a smile and activate the recording as if everything was fine.
The basement we had to absorb piled up like a mountain.