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The light of the fireworks flickered faintly.
The light burning dangerously in the darkness looked like a candle on the verge of going out.
As I looked at that light, I remembered my past here.
[Ms. Shin Soo-ah, are you really going back from here?]
When I entered the third great demonic realm in my previous life.
Shin Soo-ah was in a party with several members of Bihomun, as well as other people.
The party members have reached the 99th floor.
And in front of the stone coffin leading down to the next floor, Shinsooah insisted on returning.
[Yes, we are going back.]
[Now the next one is the 100th floor! It might be the last one!]
[Originally, I was planning to go down only until the 4th day and then return. If there’s a boss on the 100th floor, going down now would be suicide.]
At Shin Soo-ah’s words, the others momentarily fell silent, then quickly glanced at me.
I could hear them muttering softly.
[Damn, if it weren’t for that kid, I could’ve gotten down… … .]
At that time, I was almost dead and gasping for breath.
Although many other people were hurt, I was particularly hurt because of my low fate level and ability level.
[Why did that bug bastard follow me all the way here… … .]
[You clueless brat. If you knew that this situation was caused by you, you would have just died.]
I didn’t feel particularly angry or guilty when I heard that.
As they said, I followed them even though I knew I would hurt them.
With the fear that someone might die in front of my eyes.
Because of that, I wasn’t affected by their criticism, but rather, Shin Soo-ah seemed more upset than me.
[Please don’t insult my colleagues. If you don’t apologize, I will force you to do so.]
Everyone felt a thrill at the life-giving aura emanating from her.
While the Great Demon Sect was underway, others would have also felt how strong Shinsooah was.
[I’m sorry, Mr. Seo Kang-rim. I’m sorry.]
[I’m in a hurry… … . Sorry. I’ll return right away.]
Others eventually gritted their teeth and chose to return.
This was because there were quite a few injured people among their colleagues.
As they turned around and headed back to the ground, they just felt regretful.
[The 100th floor might have been the last… … .]
I had similar thoughts in my previous life.
The 100th floor might have been the last.
I approached the 100th floor stone tomb, which I had never been to in my previous life.
[Do you want to advance or return?]
The 100th question I’ve heard.
And the 100th answer was the same.
“I will move forward.”
[You have chosen to move forward.]
The sarcophagus shook slightly and the lid opened.
There was still a way down below.
Linney jumped in surprise next to me.
“Huh? Woof?”
He looked puzzled, as if asking why the 100th floor wasn’t the end.
Yo-rong was in a similar situation.
If I didn’t know where it ended, I would have despaired too.
“There’s not much time left. Let’s hurry.”
There are about 60 hours left.
It was quite a tight time considering I had to go back.
Still, I headed into the depths of the tomb.
101st floor.
102nd floor.
103rd floor… … .
And on the 107th floor, the door to the sarcophagus was opened.
[You have chosen to move forward.]
A staircase with no end awaited me.
As I walked down the stairs, I could feel something was different.
The stairs that would normally have ended were now continuing endlessly.
The spiral staircase was just dizzying.
According to Dokgo Jun, it would take an hour just to go down the stairs.
There was no time to waste here.
I swallowed the bone fragments and jumped down the stairs.
[The ability ‘Thieving Rat’ is activated!]
[Borrowing some of the appearance of the Demon ‘Blade Bat’!]
-Whoaaah!
My body was falling as the wind quickly passed by.
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Large membrane wings suddenly sprouted from its back.
As a result of growing the ‘Thieving Rat’, it became possible to change only some parts, not the whole thing.
It was less burdensome to change only part of it rather than the whole thing.
“Okay. You guys follow me.”
“Kya, kyarreung… … !”
The spirits soon followed me and flew down.
A journey that would have taken an hour could be completed in less than five minutes.
I arrived at the 108th floor and looked around.
“Huh, woof… … !”
Linney seemed quite surprised at the sight nearby.
It was a very vast and desolate place.
On other floors, demons were swarming, but here, there was nothing.
It was exactly as Dokgo Jun had explained.
After conquering the third Demonic Realm, he started talking about what happened there.
[I thought it would end at the 100th floor, but there was more? It ended at the 108th floor.]
[It took about an hour just to get down to the 108th floor. When I got down, it was completely empty, so I wondered who got there first.]
I walked down the empty hall and headed inside.
A long, endless corridor stretched out as if guiding an intruder.
After going inside for a while, there was a very small room at the end of the hallway.
Inside there was a stone coffin.
The sarcophagus I had seen from upstairs was rather plain, but this one was quite ornately decorated.
Is this the sarcophagus located in the deepest part of the tomb?
As I approached the sarcophagus, the question of whether to return or advance did not come to mind.
I pushed the sarcophagus open.
-Kuung… … !
As the sarcophagus was pushed open, the acrid smell of death rose from within.
Unlike the sarcophagi I had seen on other floors, there were no stairs inside.
There was just a large hole and bones lying there.
The bones were quite large and appeared to be those of a canine or horse-like creature.
I checked through the fortune telling window and it turned out to be quite a big shot.
There were numerous jewels piled around the skeleton.
I took out a small ring from among them.
[You have acquired the item ‘Vessel of Greed’!]
Of the items here, this was the one I needed the most.
The red jewel was flashing with a strange light.
It was one of those items that wasn’t easy to obtain.
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[Item] Bowl of Greed
[Rank] Shinsampum (God’s Three Grades)
[Description] An item that can charge magic power beyond its limit. It can be used regardless of the owner’s magic level.
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For example, if my total magical power is 100, in this state, even if I take a magical power recovery potion, it will not be recharged beyond 100.
However, if you use the ‘Vessel of Greed’, you can possess unlimited magical power.
In the case of abilities whose effects increase as magic power is used, it can have effects of a fraudulent level.
And there was one more important thing.
After I took the beads, I forced open the white bone’s mouth.
Something was glowing dully inside the dark mouth.
A small, rusty, old bell.
It may have seemed insignificant compared to other treasures, but it was an item I absolutely needed.
“Kyaarrung!”
“Wow!”
Meanwhile, Yo-rong was wearing a golden crown on his head.
Linney was also wearing a necklace.
I guess I’ll have to take all those items and sell them.
But before that, there was something that had to be taken care of.
[The deepest part of the tomb has been damaged!]
[The presence of an intruder has been confirmed!]
-Kururung… … !
I heard the ground shaking and looked back.
The walls on both sides of the hallway rose, revealing a hidden interior.
There were a hundred cavalrymen there, each of which looked like they were at least a hundred in number.
Clay statues chanted the same sounds over and over again like machines.
【Kill the Intruders!】
【Kill those who desecrate the graves!】
Voices rang out sharply from all directions.
When they pounded the floor with the weapons they were holding, the floor shook as if an earthquake had occurred.
“Kyaarrung!?”
Yo-rong-yi raised his tail in embarrassment.
Linney was also surprised and hid behind her.
Before we knew it, the demons began to approach us one by one.
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[Name] Soldier and Horse Statue
[Rank] Ghostly Three Ranks
[Description] Demons guarding the tomb. They usually sleep like statues, but if the tomb is damaged, they begin to breathe and move.
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Each and every one of them is precious.
What had been inanimate objects just moments ago now approached me with a clear will.
I took up my sword and stepped forward.
The path leading to the room containing the sarcophagus is a narrow hallway.
Even if there were hundreds or thousands outside, there was a limit to the number that could come in.
At that moment, one of the soldiers rushed towards us.
【Pay the price to those who wake up from their rest!】
“Lini! Assist!”
“yes!”
[The ability ‘Harmony of the Five Elements’ is activated!]
[The ability ‘Frostfire’ is activated!]
-Tch! Tch!
The buffed ‘Frost Flame’ swept through the hallway in an instant.
The soldiers who were in the narrow space were unable to avoid it and were hit by the flames.
【Sin, sin, sin, penalty for sin… … .】
They were frozen, but not yet breathless.
At that moment, a loud noise was heard from behind the soldiers.
【Pay the price to those who wake up from their rest!】
-Crack!
One of the soldiers fell down with his head cut off.
The demons seemed taken aback by the sudden attack.
That would be the case, as one of the demon lords was slaughtering the surrounding demons as if he had gone mad.
The other soldiers also seemed bewildered by their comrade’s sudden betrayal.
In the meantime, Byungma Yong was killing two more.
[The ability ‘Demon Commander’ is being activated!]
I used my power to control one of them and made it attack my enemies in return.
The demons who realized the situation late killed the traitors, but already five or six of them had fallen.
As the traitor fell, they turned their attention to me again.
【Pay the price to those who wake up from their rest!】
【Pay the price to those who wake up from their rest!】
【Pay the price to those who wake up from their rest!】
There were still countless demons lined up and running to take my life.
Even Yorongi and Rini were overwhelmed by the momentum and were wagging their tails.
No matter how much of a geographical advantage there is, this side only has three at most.
There are over a hundred of them over there.
Although there was a ‘commander of the demons’, the target of the control was of a high rank and the orders given were completely opposite to instinct, so the magical power consumption was high.
Considering the reset time of the Great Demon Sutra, it would have been better to run away.
But instead of running away, I moved forward, chewing and swallowing the piece of bone I had just retrieved from the tomb.
[The ability ‘Thieving Rat’ is activated!]
In an instant, I could feel a strange power flowing through my whole body.
As my eye level rose, my teeth and claws flew towards the soldiers.
-Goooooo!
A beastly howl burst from my mouth.
A fox that lived for a thousand years and became a god, a god that was sealed in a tomb.
It was the cry of the thousand-year-old tiger.
Every time I stomped my feet and trampled them, the cavalry fell without a trace.
