◈ 100. [Evil Side] In Hell
Crown was dreaming.
last player.
The last traitor and challenger.
It was a scene where 3rd Prince Ash ‘Bonehater’ Everblack shouted at himself with his black eyes shining.
– ‘The Pied Piper’… … !
“omg!”
Swallowing his breath, Crown opened his eyes.
The safe base between the 3rd and 4th districts of the Lake Kingdom Dungeon – the base camp was covered in complete darkness.
Only the permanent magic stone embedded in the corner was shedding dim light.
Crown was sitting under the magic stone, leaning against the wall.
‘Looks like he fell asleep.’
When was the last time you slept soundly? I don’t even remember.
Crown tried to run his hand down his tired face.
But then he realized that his face was covered with a funny mask.
“… … .”
Crown slowly looked down at her hands and then at her body.
A black peaked cap, a minstrel outfit.
and a smiling mask.
“… … under.”
How long had it been since I played the role of a clown in these unfunny clothes. She even gave up counting.
Suddenly, the scene of Ash, the third prince, shouting at him came to mind again.
‘The Pied Piper?’
piper man.
There was a fable like that in the Lake Kingdom.
When a village was infested with rats, the villagers hired a bard to get rid of the rats.
The bard blew the flute to control the rats, and drowned them all in the lake.
However, the villagers, who were short on money, did not pay the price they promised to the bard.
Enraged, the bard blew the flute again and manipulated the village children into drowning them all in the lake.
‘It’s too much, really.’
Crown clicked his tongue bitterly.
‘You’re too precise… … .’
It was then.
“Crown.”
An inorganic voice was heard.
When Crown turned around, one of the Nightcrawler troops was standing beside him.
“What’s going on?”
“The corps commanders under the Demon King are being summoned. It looks like there is a meeting today.”
before.
pre-meeting, d.
Inside the mask, Crown’s mouth twisted.
The Nightcrawler unit asked slowly.
“Are you going to attend?”
“… … I have to go.”
Crown rose slowly. As if he had become a wooden doll, the joints of his whole body creaked.
“Anyway, I’m the spokesperson for the Lake Kingdom here.”
“… … .”
“Even if this kingdom has fallen into a demonic colony.”
Crown stumbled out of the base camp and started walking towards the center of the Lake Kingdom.
Towards him, the Nightcrawler corps member spat out in an incoherent voice.
“Please be careful.”
“Be careful… … .”
Crown shook his head.
“If you’re not careful, you’ll die instantly, or something like that would be nice… … .”
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The very center of the Lake Kingdom.
Here, surrounded by black fog, a huge soaring skyscraper stands tall.
royal.
This place, which was once the most prosperous and beautiful place in the Lake Kingdom, is now covered with a dripping, soggy darkness.
The Crown calmly entered the palace covered in darkness.
“It’s a clown.”
《That idiot who knows no shame.》
The palace’s gatekeeper demons giggled when they saw him. But Crown didn’t care and walked through.
After walking along the corridor for some time, a wide hall opened up.
audience room.
It was a space for servants to meet the king.
There were three thrones on the platform, but the two thrones on the right and left were disfigured and empty.
Only on the throne in the middle sat a figure like a vague shadow.
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Wearing a golden crown on top of his head. While staring at the chessboard next to the throne.
“… … .”
After staring at the shadow for a moment, Crown finally turned her gaze down the platform.
Beneath the platform was a long table and huge chairs.
And nine monsters were seated.
《You’re late, Crown!》
Among the monsters, a werewolf with a silvery red mane shouted cheerfully.
《A lowly human being, how dare you be late for a meeting convened by the Demon King! Don’t you humans even understand the concept of shame?”
“You are a lowly human being… … .”
Crown muttered lowly and sat in the last seat.
“The dregs born from the nightmares of those humans. That’s funny.”
“what? This cheeky-》
《Let it go.》
A deep voice rang from the throne.
The king opened his mouth. The werewolf immediately shut up.
“Well, Crown is a clown. It should be ridiculed, caricatured, satirized, ridiculed, and ridiculed. That’s that human’s job.”
“… … .”
“And it wasn’t that Crown was completely wrong. Because all of you have gathered human nightmares and refined them from fragments.”
The king’s voice became a little harsh.
《However, it is Jim that enables the people here to dream of eternal immortality, as well as making that dream come true.》
“… … .”
“Isn’t that right, Crown?”
“… … You are right.”
《Don’t forget, Crown.》
The king’s voice grew heavier. Crown felt an intangible power descend upon his head and shoulders.
“All humans in the Lake Kingdom are livestock for our army. supplying nightmares when we need them… … It is no different from the cows and pigs you raised.”
“… … .”
“Always be grateful for bringing such livestock to the meeting table. Do you understand?”
When the king finished speaking, the crown was almost all over the top of the table.
Crown silently nodded.
There was no shame in submitting before the power of the king.
The humiliation he had endured over the past innocent years was too great to feel humiliated by just such a thing.
“Now, let’s end this story at this point.”
The king changed the subject. The pressure that weighed down Crown’s body also disappeared.
《The reason why you summoned your corps commanders today, as you already know- is because the time of the ‘Great Flood’ has arrived.》
The king put on his pods and looked back at the corps commanders.
《So, one of you will have to lead an army to invade the human world.》
The king’s eyes were looking at the commanders one by one.
Then the king raised his hand and tried to point at the werewolf.
《As expected, it is still in the ‘early stage’, so the Inrang tribe with a low rank-》
“your majesty.”
at that time.
Someone dared to interrupt the king and raise his hand.
《Please let me go.》
《Hoo.》
The one who raised his hand was a pale-skinned boy with dark blue hair. Crown glanced over there.
5th in the ranks of the Nightmare Corps Commander.
The head of the clan. Essence of vampires.
No Life King. Nosferatu. Dracula-
《Celendion.》
The king recited the boy’s name in a joyful voice.
“It is surprising. Do you claim to be the vanguard? Didn’t you hate going out?”
《… … .》
The clan commander, Selendion, was silent for a moment before opening his mouth.
《The humans on the ground killed Orlop.》
《Oh ho.》
“I want revenge. Please forgive me.”
Orlop, the Black Spider Queen.
He was the 6th strongman in the ranks of the corps commander, but was ridiculously ‘only’ killed by a cannon. Even during reconnaissance operations.
It was a hopeless and sudden end. Even the king did not expect it.
“that’s right! They killed Orlop!”
《How dare you talk about livestock!》
《If it wasn’t for ‘The Nameless’, these trash would have perished long ago!》
The table became noisy as the story of Orlop’s death was brought up. The king waved his hand.
“Don’t get too excited. Anyway, Orlop will come back to life ‘next time’.”
Oops, the king who made the noise chuckled.
“Of course, it’s a concept you don’t understand.”
The corps commanders, who did not understand what the ‘next’ meant, were confused.
“… … .”
Crown was silent.
“Anyway, fine. I like it. I think it will be fun more than anything.”
The king nodded to Selendion.
《Celendion. allow departure After 4 weeks of ground time, begin the invasion.”
“I obey the king’s command.”
Selendion stood up from his seat and bowed toward the king.
“Okay, this item is done. Next is the nightmare supply problem for the entire kingdom-》
It was then that the king was about to discuss the next issue.
thud!
The door to the throne room was thrown open, and one of the gatekeeper demons burst in.
《I’m sorry, Your Majesty!》
《What’s going on?》
《The ‘nameless man’ has invaded… … !》
The table started buzzing. Crown also widened his eyes.
The king let out a small sigh and asked again.
《Alone?》
《I’m single.》
“What is it? It has always been.”
“So, I think it would be better to end the meeting at this point and close the gates of the palace for today…” … .》
It was before the gatekeeper devil even had a word.
Pucak-!
The upper body of the gatekeeper demon shattered with a flash of light.
A longsword flew in from afar and pierced the back of the gatekeeper devil, and at the same time exploded the light.
that buck that buck
Inyoung, who calmly walked down the hallway, slowly retrieved the sword from the corpse of the guardian demon.
《You guys!》
《This blasphemous man, even in the palace of Gearko!》
The flagship corps commanders all spurned their seats and stood up.
“Good night, monsters.”
What walked into the demons’ headquarters was a woman wearing a ragged robe.
His bleached white hair dragged on the floor, and the sword in his hand was so worn out that it looked like a piece of iron.
The king spat out in despair at such an opponent.
《You’re not even tired, you’re continuing a truly meaningless fight. Anonymous.”
“What is it? Because it’s my job to clean up your dust that accumulates no matter how much you wipe it off.”
A dungeon merchant wandering the bottom of the Lake Kingdom.
The NPC-nameless who guided Ash and his party in the first place fixed the sword.
“It’s new, but I’ve come to punish you.”
The king shook his head.
“How many years have passed since you started wielding that sword? a hundred years? five hundred years? No, how many thousand years?”
“I do not know. I forgot everything.”
“No matter how hard you try, your kingdom cannot be saved, absolutely. You just wander through this hell for eternity.”
“Then I will fight for eternity.”
The nameless old sword began to emit light slowly.
“If that is my mission, I will do it.”
The corps commanders who blocked the front of such obscurity took out their respective weapons.
The two sides entered a state of tension as if they would collide at any moment.
Tboob. Tboob.
and.
Crown walked out of the audience room in such a state of war as if nothing had happened.
“… … .”
“… … .”
The shoulders of Crown and Nameless passed each other. However, the two did not even look at each other.
《Ha ha ha ha ha ha!》
Seeing the scene, the king laughed with a smile.
《The one who succumbs and the one who resists. ha ha ha! I like them all! Either way, it’s great nightmare material!”
Hearing the demon king’s roar, leaving the castle, the crown murmured softly.
“It is a pointless resistance. Nightmares never end.”
With the sword held forward, Moo-myeong indifferently shook his brain.
“Even so, someone has to light the lamp.”
Anonymous thought. The countless people who perished to light up the darkness of this kingdom.
And the faces of Ash and the others who are taking on a new challenge.
“Someone who followed the lamp… … Because it can shine a new light.”
Taat-!
As he charged head-on at the monsters, Nameless stabbed his sword.
The duel that had unfolded countless times in the hell beneath the Lake Kingdom was being repeated once more.
