“Eww!”
Choi Pil-young’s right arm rolled across the grass.
Even though he was holding my wound and screaming, Seo Kang-rim didn’t seem to care.
Seo Kang-rim said, lifting up his severed arm.
“You don’t seem to be in pain, so why don’t you stop joking around? You’re not even shedding a drop of blood.”
As Seo Kang-rim said, the cut section was as clean as if it had been cut from stone, and not a single drop of blood was shed.
Choi Pil-young looked at Seo Kang-rim as if he was dumbfounded.
“Ha, haha… … Wow, this guy is crazy?”
“Looking at it, it doesn’t seem like the real Choi Pil-young… … . Is it a doll? Or a clone?”
Choi Pil-young seemed to flinch at those words.
As he said, what you see in front of you right now is not the real thing, but a clone.
It was an illusion created by Choi Pil-young’s supernatural ability, ‘clone technique’.
Until I saw it, I couldn’t tell if it was the real Choi Pil-young or the fake Choi Pil-young, but it didn’t matter either way.
‘Even if it was real, I was planning to kill you.’
Considering the suffering that Bihomun and his group suffered at the hands of Choi Pil-yeong in their previous life, it was something that had to be done.
Also, in this life, you will be hindering yourself and your protection gate.
Seo Kang-rim said, roughly throwing away his severed arm.
“Come to think of it, when the reporter who was chasing you died, you got away with it because you had an alibi.”
“… … .”
“If you had this kind of power, I don’t know if you would have really killed me.”
Choi Pil-young’s clone clenched his teeth.
Hatred flashed in his eyes.
“Ha, are you threatening me now? You made a mistake. How dare you touch me?”
“… … .”
“I won’t make you regret it. Even if you cry and crawl in front of me later… …!”
“It’s noisy.”
-Crack!
Seo Kang-rim raised his sword and blew off Choi Pil-young’s head.
The headless clone lost its form and disappeared.
Seo Kang-rim looked around.
‘It seems like Choi Pil-young isn’t around.’
There was no sign of Choi Pil-young nearby.
It seemed that he had attached himself to the clone, probably at a considerable distance.
‘Choi Pil-young took the bait, so he’ll come back to me. For now, we need to prioritize the strategy of conquering Daema-gyeong.’
The condition for conquering this Demon Realm is to descend to the deepest part of the tomb.
To do that, we had to find the tomb first.
The dark night forest seemed to repeat itself endlessly, making it difficult to even find one’s way.
‘I know roughly how to get in, so it doesn’t matter.’
As Seo Kang-rim climbed up to the highest tree and looked around, something whitish caught his eye.
A huge tombstone embedded in the middle of a forest clearing.
As I approached the tombstone, I saw an entrance beneath it.
‘There are several tomb entrances, but this one is the fastest.’
In this Magical Realm, the key was who would find the tomb entrance first and which entrance they would enter through.
If you’re unlucky, you’ll end up going through the longest passage.
‘Dokgo Jun was lucky and found the shortest route.’
That was the way it was right now.
There are dozens, hundreds of passages in this forest.
When a passage is activated, it is possible to exit through that passage, but re-enter is not possible.
The path that Seo Kang-rim is trying to enter now is the shortest path that Dokgo Jun used in his previous life.
As Seo Kang-rim entered the passage under the tombstone, the sound of the passage above closing was immediately heard.
[Confirming the position of ‘Seo Kang-rim’.]
[After this, entry through that passage is no longer possible.]
The road up was already closed.
When even the faint starlight disappeared, all around was darkness.
[The ability ‘Flame Flame’ is activated!]
Only when Seo Kang-rim lit the fire did he begin to notice his surroundings.
Inside, the smell of an old tomb wafted.
Like an abandoned ruin.
‘Okay. Now it’s a race against time.’
Seo Kang-rim bit his lips and moved forward.
Darkness greeted him with its mouth open innocently.
* * *
“What? It’s easy.”
People’s voices were being heard from the dark passage of the tomb.
The party of five or six people was in a fairly large room.
All the demons who had been guarding this room until just a moment ago were now dead, rolling around on the floor.
“It’s easier than I thought.”
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They discovered a passage leading underground and entered, just as Seo Kang-rim found the tombstone.
While searching the first floor, I discovered a mid-boss room and a passage leading down behind it.
So now I’ve come down to the 6th basement floor.
“Now that I think about it, it seems like there are several passageways leading down.”
One man said, wiping the blood off his knife.
As he said, we searched the basement and found several passageways.
One person spoke with a little anxiety.
“Are we going in the wrong direction?”
“For now… … it seems like things are going well.”
“It’s so easy that I’m worried.”
As they said that, they headed to the small room located behind the boss’ room.
There was an old stone coffin there.
As I approached the sarcophagus, a notification window popped up.
[Do you want to advance or return?]
They were silent, looking at the message window.
One person noticed and opened his mouth.
“Are we on the 6th basement floor now?”
This was already the sixth time they had seen this message.
When you defeat the mid-boss guarding the sarcophagus and open the sarcophagus.
The notification window asked them whether they wanted to return or move forward.
On the first floor, everyone agreed to move forward.
It was the same the next time, and the next time too.
When they reached the sixth floor, they were watching closely.
“6th floor underground… … This isn’t the deepest place, is it?”
No one answered that question.
Because no one knew the answer.
[Go down into the deepest tomb.]
[The person who goes the deepest within the time limit gets a reward.]
[If you choose to return, you cannot go down any lower floors.]
It would have been better if the condition for conquering the Great Demonic Land was ‘go down to the 10th floor underground.’
But the condition is to go to the ‘deepest place among the participants’.
There was no way to know where the end of this tomb was, or what the circumstances of the others were like.
“… … But it’s not the 6th floor, right?”
“Yeah. Everyone must have gone down further.”
“Okay. Let’s move forward.”
[You have chosen to move forward.]
As they chose to advance, the lid of the sarcophagus slid away, revealing a passage hidden beneath.
Someone who saw it said.
“When I tried to force it open, it wouldn’t open.”
A sarcophagus that can only be opened by choosing between returning and moving forward.
The sarcophagus silently awaited the tomb’s invaders.
People spoke in cheerful voices.
“Okay, this time let’s try our first attack!”
* * *
16 hours have passed.
They arrived at the 10th basement floor.
31 hours have passed.
They arrived at the 21st basement floor.
54 hours have passed.
They arrived at the 35th floor underground.
70 hours have passed.
They arrived at the 41st basement floor.
As I approached the sarcophagus, another notification window popped up.
[Do you want to advance or return?]
The party members were looking at the notification window with bewildered eyes.
One person screamed.
“We’re not at the deepest point yet?!”
Coming down to the basement level, there were no more smiles on their faces that had been laughing at how easy this Demonic Cultivation was.
It’s been about three days since I entered here.
As they went down each level, the demons became stronger and they became exhausted.
It had only been three days, but everyone’s face was as haggard as if they had lived here for years.
“Haven’t we reached the deepest point?”
“Where was the last time you ran into other guys?”
“I think we ran into each other on the 30th floor… … .”
Fear crossed their faces.
How far have they come?
One person noticed and said.
“Well, isn’t that still not the deepest place? The conquest period was 7 days… … .”
“So, should we go down further? We also need to think about the time it takes to get back!”
It’s been 3 days since I entered.
Even if you go down to the deepest part of the grave, if you can’t get out of there, you’re dead.
The most important thing was how I used the week.
“If I choose to return, won’t you just send me right back to the entrance?”
“What if not?”
The other person remained silent when asked the question again.
What if I choose to return, but have to go back the way I came?
A man with a pale face said:
“We should head back soon. There are only four days left. Given our physical strength and condition, it might take longer to get back!”
“It’ll reset anyway and I can try again, right?”
“But what if someone else takes over in the meantime… … .”
“Damn it, I’m going back! I choose to return!”
A man shouted in a loud voice toward the sarcophagus.
Then another notification window popped up.
[Will everyone return?]
“No, shit! I’m going alone!”
[Power can return or advance.]
All party members who entered together had to share the choice.
They began to fight loudly, whether to advance or to turn back.
Other parties were in similar situations.
How far should I go down?
Some returned after much thought, while others chose to go down a little further.
However, on the fourth day, most of the people chose to return.
81 hours have passed.
While so many people were heading upwards.
Only one person was heading underground without hesitation and silently.
-Whoaaaaah!
Seo Kang-rim cut the corpse blocking his way in half.
Half-rotten and torn corpses blocked his path.
Seo Kang-rim headed forward, slaughtering the demons that had smelled the scent of the living.
There was a stone coffin in front of him.
As I approached the sarcophagus, a now familiar notification window appeared.
[Do you want to advance or return?]
“We will move forward.”
Seo Kang-rim chose to advance without hesitation.
As the sarcophagus opened, a staircase leading deeper was revealed.
Seo Kang-rim stepped onto the stairs.
A notification window appeared in front of him.
[Entering the 66th basement floor.]
As we entered the 66th floor, even more powerful demons blocked our path.
Black spittle dripped from the mouths of the demons howling in the darkness.
When they smelled the scent of a living person for the first time in a long time, they got excited and immediately bared their teeth.
-Krrrrr!
The demons rushed towards Seo Kang-rim like waves.
The moment when the foam made of teeth and claws was about to cover Seo Kang-rim.
-Kagakak!
As the sea split apart, the waves of demons split in half.
The blood they shed soaked the floor and formed puddles.
Seo Kang-rim stepped forward, stepping on a puddle of blood.
[You have chosen to move forward.]
