◈ 244. [Free Exploration] Inner Checkpoint (3)
A huge werewolf with a silver-red mane slowly stopped. It is only a few meters away from us.
“You truly came to visit yourself, Wolf King.”
I spit out his name once more.
“Luna Red.”
“ash.”
No matter where he picked it up, he chewed my name carefully and spat it out, while Lunared grinned.
“Did you dig all the way to this dungeon even though you knew I was coming?”
“I heard you were looking for our party?”
The werewolf was so tall that I had to lift my head up for a long time before I could see him.
The monster and I glared at each other as if we were having a snowball fight, exchanging conversations.
“Then we’ll meet eventually, but you can’t quit exploring and shut yourself in because you’re scared, right?”
Anyway, I thought that one day I would encounter a corps commander level monster in this dungeon.
That’s why I wasn’t upset.
“From what I heard, I thought he was a pretty smart guy, but it seems he isn’t. Shortening my own lifeline.”
The werewolf raised his huge hand and cracked his joints.
“This Lake Kingdom is my hunting ground. Unlike in the outside world, you can use your full power. A few minutes is enough to slaughter all of you.”
“I know that? Two of your fellow corps commanders, who were just as confident as you, were slain by us.”
At the same time as I answered, Lucas and Evangeline came in front of me and raised their swords and shields.
Even in the face of the terrible deceit of the legendary monster, the two knights did not waver one inch.
It must be because he already has experience fighting with the Nightmare Corps commander.
Demian also calmly aimed his horse gun, and Belldandi also drew his dagger without wavering, probably because he had already clashed with him.
“eww… … kuh… … .”
However, Quylan.
And all the members of the punishment unit under his command were frozen and unable to move.
I gave them a light joke to ease their tension.
“What is it, Kuylan? Are you okay?”
“no. Yes, of course I was nervous, but for a slightly different reason… … .”
Quylan placed a trembling hand on his chest.
“What is this feeling… … ? Looking at that monster, why is it like this, my heart… … .”
The red eyes of Lunared, who turned his gaze toward such Quylan and the punishment unit members, turned strange.
“Oh, it smelled familiar somehow… … You are my descendants.”
“… … ?”
Quylan and the punishment unit froze at the sudden sound.
Not only them, but I also widened my eyes, not understanding what I was being told.
what?
“What nonsense are you talking about, you bastard… … !”
Quylan spat out ferociously, and Lunared burst out laughing.
《In the distant past, the first wearbeast who swallowed the blood of a different god, discarded his humanity, and assimilated with a beast.》
A hand covered in silvery-red fur of a werewolf pointed at itself.
《One of the distant ancestors of your beast people is me.》
One of the first werewolves, the first werewolf.
The beast tribe, including Kuilan… … distant ancestor.
This werewolf was claiming that it was him.
“Stop talking nonsense, monster!”
Quilan, who roared, took a martial arts stance as if he would run away at any moment.
Red energy swelled like flames from the bandit king’s fists.
The swaying red energy seemed to be swirling around the maple leaves.
“There is no way the blood of something terrible like you flows through my body… … !”
“You say that, but doesn’t your body feel it on its own?”
With a cruel sneer on his lips, Lunared slowly put his hands forward.
“We are the same people. I am your source.”
Chew!
The werewolf’s blade-like claws grew long, and a blood-red aura surged through them.
《I will prove it by taking your lives.》
Roaring!
It was a bloody red color, different from the fiery red color of Kuilan, but… … Even as an outsider, the two looked alike.
Above all – posture.
Lunared was in the exact same fighting stance as Quylan’s.
“Nonsense… … .”
A moment of despair crossed Quylan’s face.
“This law… … It has been passed down from generation to generation in our clan… … .”
《The martial arts were established, the winding type was confirmed, and the breathing was refined. I am the greatest master of everything you have learned.”
Not just the lineage, but everything Kuilan had learned. that it came from himself. The monster spoke savagely.
Lunared’s silvery-red mane, which reflected the light from the torches hanging around it, shimmered like a flash of fire.
The color was surprisingly similar to Quylan’s red hair.
“… … .”
Swallowing dry saliva, I thought.
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I don’t know if that monster’s words are true, or if it’s a lie to deceive our allies.
The monsters of the Lake Kingdom are beings revived by the Demon King.
In other words, beings who died a long time ago hundreds of thousands of years ago… … it is revived
The possibility that that being is the ‘ancestor’ of someone in modern times is quite possible.
Cuilan, who had been shaking his hard-bite molars, kicked off the ground and jumped forward.
“Shut up your mouth, you freak! I am… … !”
“Quilan! no!”
There was no time for me to stop. Quylan charged forward faster than I had ever seen him.
Cuilan’s fists and feet, entwined in red aura, rushed at the monster.
His quick fists poured out dozens of attacks in the blink of an eye.
however.
《You are small, descendant!》
Lunared swung his fist just once,
I’m sorry-!
Hit the counter on Quylan’s belly.
Quylan couldn’t even scream and vomited blood, and fell out in the opposite direction of the rush.
“Shallow, shallow! too shallow! No fists, no intent to kill! There is nothing that is not lukewarm!”
The werewolf roared as he retrieved his sinewy, muscular arm.
“Our clan’s fighting style is only for the sake of struggle! A killing method to throw off human standards and slaughter the enemy like a beast, regardless of means and methods!
I rushed over to Quylan, who was vomiting blood, and hurriedly helped him.
Lunared continued talking.
《I gave up being human and became a beast in order to complete that killing method. But what about you, descendant! Aren’t you still trapped in the frame of human beings! My legacy is to the point of being wasted!”
“Gee, stop beating the descendants who have lived hard, Mister Wolf.”
As I grinned, Lunared’s gaze shifted from Quylan to me. I continued
“So, if you have completed such an amazing killing method, you will be satisfied and calmly attain Buddhahood.
“complete? Satisfaction? What the hell are you talking about, human?”
Lunared puhahaha- laughed wildly.
“Is there an end to the struggle? Is there a pause in martial arts? It was a pity that I couldn’t fight more until the moment I died. They say they’re giving me one more chance, of course I have to accept it!”
“Huh… … .”
《If only I could fight someone stronger than me, if only I could bite his neck and taste his blood! If only I could prove I’m stronger! I am willing to sell my soul to the devil!”
“I see. It looks like it’s already sold out.”
I thought martial arts was the concept, but this wolf seems to be serious.
Lunared began to stride toward me who was babbling.
《Now, now that I’m done playing with my descendants for a while, let’s go back to our conversation.》
“No, you don’t have to go back… … .”
《Guardian of people. Can you give me the right pleasure? If it’s you who killed Orlop and Selendion, then a true struggle with me is possible, right?”
To the werewolf who looked at me with an expectant look. I answered clearly.
“no.”
“huh?”
“Are you not going to fight?”
I quickly took out a magic scroll from my bosom.
[Dungeon Escape Teleport Scroll].
After the ambush of the vampire lord Selendion earlier, Ader opened up two system functions for me.
One is a radar that can detect boss monsters. and the other one.
[Emergency Escape Bomb!] <Free Exploration Only>
– Forced stun is applied to nearby monsters, and the movement speed of the player party is increased by 100%.
– 1 ‘Dungeon Escape Teleport Scroll’ is consumed when using the function
This is it.
It is a function that was created to use and bounce when encountering an enemy that cannot be handled in a dungeon. It’s worth 45,000 achievement points.
‘I’m finally going to try this!’
I had no intention of fighting the nightmare corps commander in the dungeon in the first place.
of course. Why should we fight against us? Fighting them on their home ground is tantamount to committing suicide.
Why did I come to explore District 6 in such a dangerous situation where corps commander-level monsters searched for me inside the dungeon?
‘Because I have a means to escape!’
I tore the scroll without hesitation and used the [Emergency Escape Bomb!] feature.
Flash-!
《Kuh?! what!”
With the flash of light, Lunared staggered back, and I raised Quylan up and shouted at the party members.
“Run to the teleport gate! Retreat!”
“yes!”
The party members immediately started running to the safe base inside the resistance checkpoint.
I followed the party, almost dragging the staggering Kuylan. Lucas and Evangeline helped me.
Lunared, whose stun was finally released, roared.
“ash! Are you running away now?! Running away in front of enemies, don’t you have the pride as a warrior?!”
I readily nodded.
“of course!”
“What… … ?》
It sounds like pride. Does your pride feed you?
My men’s lives are more important than that. There’s no reason to accept a quality fight.
“Let’s see! I’m retreating for now, but I’ll pay this grudge next time!”
Reached the teleport gate while spitting lines like a third-rate villain. I put the party members inside one by one.
In an instant, Lunared, who ran right outside the safe base, gnashed his teeth.
I smiled and glared at the werewolf.
“Keep sneaking up on your subordinates in a mean way, raiding your home ground, stop doing that! If you like a real struggle, fight fair and square.”
《… … .》
“Come to my wall. Whether it’s your hundreds of years old old-fashioned killing method or nabal, I’ll crush you with my crossfire.”
Lunared snorted.
“Where are the deaths and blasphemy in the struggle? This world is strong self-esteem. That the one who survives is the strong one.”
I agree with that.
That’s why I will deal with you with all my might.
On the battlefield that favors me, in a way that favors me.
to survive in this hell.
“Let’s do our best to kill each other. werewolf.”
After flipping my middle finger up, I threw myself into the teleport gate.
Quilan, who had been glaring at Lunared until the end, and Lucas, who supported such Quilan, followed me into the gate.
The werewolf’s red eyes continued to stare at us.
It was a tenacious and greedy gaze, as if carving a mark on the prey.
Flash!
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[End of Free Exploration!]
[Level up character]
> Main party
– Ash (EX) Lv.47 (↑1)
> Sub Party 1
– Quilan (SR) Lv.47 (↑1)
– Tuesday (R) Lv.41 (↑1)
– Wednesday (R) Lv.40 (↑1)
– Becky (R) Lv.39 (↑2)
– On the Rock (R) Lv.37 (↑2)
[dead and injured characters]
– Kuilan (SR): Minor Injury
[Acquisition equipment]
– Great Commander’s Flag Fragment: 1
[Acquisition item]
– Dark Crystal: 3
– Demon Legion Manastone: 63
– Demon Gatekeeper Magic Core (R): 1
– Super Strength Potion: 1
– Super Magical Potion: 1
