He received the ‘Shoes of Hermes’ from Zeus.
Hermes’ Shoes were equipment that increased agility, jumping power, and hovering time.
It was a useful piece of equipment that was hard to obtain unless you were a member of Zeus’s faction.
I asked for a noble item because I was afraid that if I asked for an item of too high a grade, it would be rejected, but it turned out to be the Hermes Shoes, a third-grade item.
It seemed like he wanted to look pretty good to me.
I didn’t like the fact that Jang Tae-heon and his twin siblings were at odds with each other because of Yu-bi and Zeus’s desire for me, but I liked the situation where the gods were keeping each other in check.
You have to give me something better than my opponent so I can score points.
Yu-bi first gave me an item called ‘Life Ring’.
It’s an item that permanently increases stamina when eaten, and since the effect is good right after eating it, I’m saving it for now.
This was good, but I was secretly disappointed.
That’s why he leaked information that he had received a dragon-grade item from Zeus.
As if that had been a stimulus, Yu-bi hurriedly sent one more item.
I showed him an old book.
[You have acquired the item ‘Maengdeok Shinseo’!]
The Book of Maengdeok, a book of military strategy that greatly increases magical power when read.
This was also a difficult item to obtain as a Yongsam product, but I was lucky.
At this point, the last magic circle can be broken without any problems.
If nothing happens, that is.
-Bang!
Just then, a sound of someone slamming the door was heard.
There are no other trainees left. Who is it? Is it Annabi?
It didn’t seem like Annabi’s behavior was typical of her.
When I opened the door, there was no one in front of me.
There was an arrow stuck in the door.
However, it was not a real arrow, but an arrow made of spiritual power, a ‘time and space arrow’ that could send messages regardless of the world of the devil, this world, or the afterlife.
I don’t know who sent it, but I had to check it first.
As I pulled out the arrow, a spear appeared before my eyes.
[A message has arrived from ■■■.]
The name portion was anonymized, so it was impossible to know who the sender was.
Normally, the only people who could send messages were the Fate Guardians, but there was no need to use the ‘Time and Space Messenger’.
The ‘Time and Space Breaker’ itself was quite an expensive item.
I opened the message with some skepticism.
“… … .”
I was speechless the moment I saw it.
What was contained there was a single photograph.
To be exact, it was the sight of Shin Soo Ah covered in blood.
Is it fake?
No, it’s not fake.
Looking at the background behind, it was definitely the inside of the seventh magic realm.
There was nothing else in the message.
There’s only one picture in it.
I couldn’t figure out why Shin Soo-ah ended up like that.
Could it be that I was attacked by a demon?
But what was more concerning was the sender.
Who sent this photo, why, and for what purpose?
“… … .”
Anyway, it is true that Shin Soo-ah is in a difficult situation right now.
It’s hard to tell whether my going in will make her more uncomfortable or not.
I bit my lips hard and fell into thought before entering the room.
“Guys, wake up.”
“Wow… … .”
“Kyaaaaang… … .”
The sleepy spirits were still waking up, but there was no time to listen.
I quickly came down to the lobby with the attendants.
The seventh door had a picture of numerous saws painted on it.
Is it right to go in now? Or is it better to hold out?
There were many questions, but no one to answer them.
I let out a short breath and opened the door to the Demon Realm.
[The room of the hammer begins.]
[Return to the training facility to find your badge.]
[Time limit: None]
As I opened the door and stepped inside, a completely different scenery unfolded before me than any other magic hall I had ever been to.
This was inside a building.
To be exact, it looks like the interior of an old palace.
The place where the door was connected was the main hall of the palace.
The place in historical dramas where the king sits and his subjects stand and present petitions.
It was such a majestic space, but things were different now.
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The place was in disarray, as if a band of thieves had broken in, and blood was strewn about.
Linney also sensed the ominous atmosphere and stood with her fur on end.
【Hey hey hey hey Kangrim has come!】
【Wow, this kid is finally here.】
【I will definitely be possessed today.】
【Why are you so late? What happened?】
【Is that dragon made of steel? Wow, it’s really tamed.】
It felt like my brain was ringing with the sound of the gods talking.
Normally I would ignore it, but the situation was urgent now.
I said, looking up at the blocked ceiling of the palace.
“Do you know where Ms. Shin Soo-ah went?”
【Is that what you ask as soon as you get here?】
【Why do we tell you?】
【I’ll let you know when I get the gift.】
【By the way, shouldn’t we be worrying about you first, not Shin Soo-ah?】
【This guy’s got his saw caught there.】
【Look at your own body, idiot.】
I already knew I had the device.
When I looked at myself in the blade, I saw that there were devices attached to my neck, wrists, and ankles.
At first glance, it looked like a chain or a dog collar.
However, there was a sharp saw installed in a circular shape inside.
It wasn’t touching the skin yet and the blade wasn’t out yet, but as time went on, things would change.
[Item ‘Giant Sea Belt’ has been equipped!]
[The effect is activated at certain times!]
[It will proceed in 7 steps in total!]
The name of this item is the Belt of the Giant Sea.
As the item description says, the saw blade will start to activate and start to protrude forward little by little every time the specified time comes.
That meant that after step 7, my neck and limbs would be cut off.
【Why the neck? My luck is so bad.】
【That’s right. It would have been better if it was another part.】
【Even if you don’t have a neck, you can still fight! If all your limbs are cut off, how can you fight?】
【Turn crisis into opportunity! Let’s escape after receiving the divine power of Kangrim-ah!】
Do those guys only know how to make sounds like they’re possessed by a spirit?
I looked up at the ceiling once and then turned my gaze away.
I had expected that the belt of the giant sea would be hung around my neck anyway.
That wasn’t what mattered now.
I started searching inside the power outage.
【Oh my, kid. Look how calm you are.】
【Calmness is a piece of shit… …. You’re just flustered.】
【Are you looking for a badge?】
【Okay, let’s find the ticket quickly. It might be surprisingly close.】
In this room, there was a name tag with each trainee’s name on it, and they had to find it to leave the Demon Realm.
But I had no intention of looking for a badge right now.
First, we need to find Shin Soo-ah.
I was trying to leave this room and move on to the next one, but the problem was the direction.
There were doors on all four sides of the temple.
The original structure of the power outage may not have been like this.
The room of the giant was a kind of maze, like the first room.
It would be nice to memorize the map and escape like when I passed the first room, but things were a little different then.
First of all, the structure of the Demon Realm was different from my previous life.
The first room I ever entered in my previous life was the armory.
The starting point of the room in the sea changed depending on the time of entry, and since there were so many rooms, I didn’t know the exact structure of this magic realm.
【Where should I go, east, west, south, north?】
【Gangrim, go north!】
【Hey, this god is bewitching people. It’s the east, the east.】
Perhaps because it was the last magic realm, there were more gods than usual.
There would be gods who were friendly to me and gods who were not.
But no one seemed willing to tell me Shin Soo-ah’s whereabouts.
It had been quite some time since they had entered, so it would be difficult to trace their tracks.
Still, just in case, I was looking around the area.
I found something near the west door.
X.
There was a mark there, as if someone had carved it with a knife.
The X-mark that remained clearly visible looked somehow familiar.
When Shin Soo-ah was doing the magic walk, she would leave a sign whenever she came across a fork in the road.
So that the person coming after doesn’t get lost.
Given her personality, it was likely that she would leave a mark this time too.
I looked at the other door and found similar traces there too.
East. X
West. X
North. X
All three directions were marked with an X.
It meant that they didn’t go this way, or that it was dangerous.
【Did you find what Shin Soo Ah left behind?】
【Did you hear about this in advance?】
I don’t know what the X-mark means yet, but I’ve decided to interpret it as meaning that it didn’t go this way.
I approached the south gate and looked for traces.
There was a knife mark engraved on it too.
It was a clear X-mark.
【What should I do if everything is X?】
【Kangrim had a hard time.】
【You got tricked by Shin Soo Ah?】
【All of them are marked with an X, so go wherever you want.】
I moved my feet, listening to the words of the gods.
The center of the blackout.
There was a half-collapsed throne there.
As I stepped onto the throne and ascended, I heard the gods gasping in amazement.
【Hey, this kid’s on the throne?】
【What are you stepping on instead of sitting on?】
I held onto the pillar and climbed up, then pulled back the canopy covering the upper part of the throne.
When I looked up, there was a mark engraved on the ceiling.
O.
I pushed the handle of the knife against the ceiling with all my might and the door opened with a creak.
【No, all at once?】
【But aren’t there people that you can’t find all day?】
【Wow, are you a detective?】
【My name is Detective Kang Rim!】
As they say, in my previous life I had a hard time finding my way.
I thought there would be no path between the ceiling and the floor.
I climbed up and called the leaders.
“Both of you, come up here.”
“yes!”
Linney flew lightly into the air and rose upward.
But Yo-rong was glaring at me with a very angry look on his face.
“Krrrr… … .”
“… … You still can’t fly.”
I’ve been training him for a while, but he still has a long way to go before he becomes an adult.
I went down, picked up the yorongi, and went back up, and it was another space.
As soon as I came up, the smell of old books wafted in.
I don’t know much about the palace’s structure, but it seemed like a place to store books.
There were countless books scattered on the floor and the shelves were all smashed.
It seems that this chaos was caused by looking for the house number.
There might be a badge in there somewhere, but I found the next door first.
【Isn’t Kangrim looking for the badge?】
【It seems like you’re busy looking for people.】
【What are you going to do by finding the kids?】
The door with the O mark was to the east.
I followed the trail through several rooms and doors, this time opening the door on the floor.
The moment I opened the door, I felt a presence.
“What, what is it?”
It seemed like the other person also noticed my presence.
Looking down, I saw a few people gathered, but it wasn’t Area 2.
Among them, there were some faces that I vaguely remembered.
A woman looked at me with surprised eyes.
“You… Seo Kang-rim?”
