Chapter 198 – 198. 4th floor
“You saw it.”
The moment I heard it, I realized why I couldn’t take my eyes off Jortu and the two maids.
-21. Meals are replenished daily. Please feel free to eat as much as you want.
It was a mansion with the function of filling meals on its own, but the question was whether it really needed a user.
Of course, I had seen ghosts and monsters shame others like this many times before, so I answered without any particular emotion.
“Who are you?”
“W-what do you mean?!”
Han So, who was next to me, was embarrassed and tried to stop me from asking a rude question, but the maids responded quickly.
One was split in half, and inside was a bunch of bizarre teeth.
The entire body looked like a mouth.
On the other hand, the maid who was trying to carry Jortu’s body runs up the stairs with it wrapped around her.
It runs up the stairs five at a time and disappears in an instant.
“Wow.”
This reaction was also a bit unexpected. Han So, who is called the God of War, looks at the maid who has turned into a strange person, probably because she has a weak stomach, and covers her mouth.
“Come to your senses.”
As I sighed, the blue flames that appeared on both of my shoulders shot out at the maid.
Simple check.
As if it was natural, the maid rushed forward without showing any reaction even after being hit by the flame.
“… … ?”
It was a check.
Rather than trying to do something through this, I tried to take the time and cooperate with Hanso or connect with other magic.
A woman who flings her body as if nothing really hit her.
The maid’s huge mouth tried to swallow me up, so I used protection magic to block her path just in case.
The maid even passes through the protection spell and flies in.
“Avoid!”
Because Hanso jumped up to protect me, the maid’s huge teeth passed me by, but she quickly regained her stance and prepared to lunge again while making a purring breathing sound.
“Do you need this?”
When I secretly hold out the Maengcheonbong that I received as a reward, which I still hold in my hand, to Hanso, he nods with excitement.
“It is one of the lost treasures of the Han Empire. In the past, it was used by warriors to swear to the sky that they would continue the path of nothingness… … !”
“Please take it.”
When he hands it over without hesitation, Hanso looks embarrassed.
I pointed to the maid with my chin.
“Please deal with that woman instead.”
“Well, I don’t think I’m an ordinary human being.”
Han So steps forward, holding the Maengcheonmubong. He took a deep breath and glared at his maid, and the confrontation between the two did not last long.
Swish!
The maid flings her body once again.
But this time it wasn’t much of a threat.
Han Xiao’s Meng Tian Wu-Feng went in with a huge strike from above, and the maid who was running towards her collapsed to the ground, green blood spurting out in all directions.
To finish off the squirming maid, Hanso slams her with his foot.
But here again something unusual occurred.
Coo!
His heavy heel passed the maid and hit the floor.
“Hmm?”
Han So was embarrassed and hurriedly took his steps away, but now I realized.
‘Is it a being that can only be killed with items provided in the Demon Demon Battle?’
Considering that my magic didn’t work and that Han Xiao’s heel had just passed through, it seemed that these special beings could only be dealt with with items obtained as rewards from the dream battle.
I immediately think of the Lemegeton in my room. If you use it to manipulate magic, it could cause damage.
‘There is no soul.’
Unlike other necromancers, I do not breed or use souls, so of course I do not carry souls around inside me.
Since I couldn’t see any souls while wandering around the demon hall, the Remegeton was actually not very useful to me right now.
In the end, it is said that he was in a defenseless state where he could use a few basic elemental spells.
So what should I do now?
“It seems like my magic isn’t working here.”
When I said this as if I were thinking about it, Hanso seemed to have noticed it as well and nodded his head and responded quickly.
“If Lord Deius had not given me no salary, I would have been brutally murdered too. “I owe him his life, so I will protect you here.”
He is not a warrior who was called a military god for no reason and was praised in an empire.
It was easy to deal with him as he had a lot of affection and was honest in giving back exactly what he received.
“Then come upstairs with me. “We need to find out where the maid just took Zortu’s body.”
“hmm!”
As he said, Hanso and I went up to the second floor.
In the hallway on the second floor, a dark spirit was standing, holding a book and tilting his head in confusion.
Judging by the fact that the door behind her had a sign saying it was a library, it seemed like she came out while reading a book due to the commotion.
“what’s the matter?”
An expression of wanting to hold someone responsible for interfering with one’s reading.
He gestured without any need to explain.
“You follow me too.”
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“what?”
“There won’t be anything to do anyway.”
The dark spirit made an unpleasant expression on her face as she felt like she was being dragged around, but Hanso and I ignored her and immediately climbed one more floor.
This was because Zortu’s blood stains continued to the third floor.
“Hmm, this is difficult.”
I became troubled when I saw the blood trail extending from the third floor to the fourth floor.
“The number of floors allowed to us is up to the third floor.”
-4. The number of floors permitted to guests is up to the 3rd floor.
One of the rules of the dream battle.
The stairs going up to the 4th floor were definitely not covered with an old-fashioned cover like the stairs we had just passed, and were uneven.
“What are you scared of?”
The dark spirit, whose mood continued to worsen, was overcome by emotions and strode up to the fourth floor.
Looking at the back, I asked Han So.
“Do you know what sanctions are given if you break the rules?”
“… … Hmm? No, I’ve never seen anyone break it.”
After hearing the answer, I followed the dark spirit master and walked up the stairs.
It was necessary to properly check what would happen if the rules were broken.
Although it was a job that was fraught with risk.
‘Anyway, unless you know all the rules of the dream battle, it’s just as dangerous.’
-20. Even if you don’t know the rules of Dream Demon Battle, the rules apply.
It was better to recognize that I had broken a rule and move forward rather than to get into trouble for breaking a rule without realizing it.
And let me express my honest feelings.
‘I don’t want to send the dark spirit alone.’
If the 18-year-old dark spirit dies here, the dark spirit I know now will disappear.
‘That’s difficult.’
Yet, the worry continued to linger within me.
The 18-year-old dark spirit was able to come to Lovern Academy because he ultimately survived the nightmare battle.
‘I never thought the day would come when I would worry about a time paradox.’
I sigh at the situation that I see in science fiction movies and do whatever I want first.
In the end, even if you think about it in a situation like this, you end up biting your tail.
‘It is much wiser to act instinctively.’
Rather than thinking about something and moving forward, I thought that if I acted as I wanted to do right away, I would be able to reach results naturally.
“Wow, it smells bad.”
Hanso, walking in front of me at a slightly faster pace, mutters while holding his nose.
The dark spirit clearly cleared his throat and his breathing became quiet due to the stench.
“… … .”
It wasn’t just a bad smell. As I climbed the stairs step by step, sticky mucus gradually became thicker and the walls were damp.
I felt like an explorer exploring a cave, but it wasn’t very pleasant.
When we arrived at the 4th floor, we were greeted by a huge hall-shaped structure rather than a hallway.
Even though my eyes adjusted to the darkness as I climbed the stairs, I couldn’t see anything on the 4th floor, so eventually the dark spirit in front reached out his hand and revealed a purple light.
Then, at the end, I saw a maid.
She was putting Zortu’s body into a huge hole in the wall, which was gurgling and eating away at it.
“under.”
It was quite a bizarre sight, but the dark spirit scoffed, saying it was rather trivial.
“Just this?”
Let’s ask ourselves if this is what it means to capture the atmosphere and show it as it is.
Things pouring up from the floor around them.
On the outside, it had the shape of a human, but its lower body was connected to the floor by tentacles, so it seemed like it was all connected as one.
“Ordinary magic doesn’t work on them.”
I warned the dark spirit, but she scoffed and said it was absurd.
“I know that much.”
Then she took out a small wand from her pocket. It seemed like she got it as a reward, but now I’m realizing that she knows a lot more about her nightmare than I thought.
‘I shouldn’t think about the dark spirits I know.’
Even though he is younger, he feels more straight-forward than the dark spirits I know, and I felt that was quite unfortunate.
“Wake up, scum.”
An evil spirit that flowed out through the dark spirit’s mana. It had a purple aura all over its body, but it looked more like a shadow than a human being, and soared high into the sky.
It just rushes towards the dark spirit.
“ha.”
Quad deuk!
[Ooooooooooooo!]
As soon as the dark spirit sighs, the entire body is distorted and the evil spirit is squeezed like a twist.
“I heard this happens every time it comes out.”
After inflicting pain once, the evil spirit finally bowed its head towards the dark spirit and flew towards the strange beings around it.
The soul moves between them like a sword, cutting down everything.
“… … .”
And the moment I saw that, I had no choice but to keep my mouth shut.
Necromancer.
They basically deal with evil spirits who have a lot of resentment.
Of course, coaxing and soothing doesn’t work. We have been told and taught time and time again that necromancers deal with souls in ways that cause them pain.
In fact, I’ve never seen a proper necromancer other than myself.
The case of the demon coiled up in the Griffin Kingdom was a bit of a special case.
The essence of necromancy.
The dark spirit was showing it now.
“You idiot, I don’t have to protect you.”
[Quaaaagh!]
When the dark spirit clenches its fist in warning, the soul screams again and hurries back to the dark spirit.
Suddenly, during my first encounter with Magan, the conversation between him and the dark spirit came to mind.
‘I have never treated a soul as a human being even for a moment.’
‘They are just my magic and tools.’
Now I can clearly feel the weight and meaning of those words.
Clearly, the way the dark spirit was acting now went against my beliefs.
“What do we do? Shall we fight?”
As Hanso waits to see what decision I will make, I think for a moment and create light in my palm.
A simple magic that can be said to have been learned from Erica, an authority on light magic.
I turned my shoulders sharply and threw the sphere inward, which had no destructive power but simply cut off the surrounding darkness and illuminated the light.
The magic that flies in a parabolic curve explodes like a flashbang, brightening the light.
Human-shaped tentacles were not just rising from the floor, but also from the walls and ceiling.
There was also something hanging from the ceiling that looked like a huge wasp nest.
But even then, there was a place where tentacles didn’t rise up, and I frowned as I looked at that place.
The new rules of the Night Demon Battle written in red letters caught my eye.
-27. There are up to 110 guest rooms. There is no room 111. If you find Room 111 and there is anyone staying there, kill them immediately. This is an uninvited guest who was never invited.
-29. There is no 4th floor in Mongmajeon.
The light goes out.
Damp darkness comes in again. Feeling a chill down my spine, I asked Hanso.
“Did you just see it?”
“What do you mean? “I did see something that looked like a uvula hanging from the ceiling.”
“… … “Uva?”
Indeed, it is so.
At first I thought it was a wasp nest, but depending on how you look at it, you could also see it as a uvula.
The puzzle is coming together in my head.
Bumpy stairs.
Damp floors and walls.
An unbearable stench.
Rule 27 is also annoying, but rule 29 comes first.
There is no 4th floor in Mongmajeon.
Thump!
I ran straight ahead, snatched the dark spirit’s wrist, and ran back toward the stairs.
“Aaaah!”
The embarrassed dark spirit is dragged out by my hand, and her evil spirit is also impatient and follows. Likewise, Hanso runs next to me and asks.
“Why, why is that so?”
“There is no fourth floor in Mongmajeon.”
“Well, then where are we stepping?”
When Han So asked in confusion, his mouth opened slightly and he tried to answer, but the words did not come out easily.
Because it was ridiculous even for me to think about it.
The speculation that this entire fourth floor was inside the mouth of some monster was an absurd idea that could not be spoken of casually.
“You saw the rules?!”
The dark spirit shakes off my hand but continues to run. As I nodded, the dark spirit gritted his teeth.
“Anyway, what is it that I don’t like about this mansion so much?”
“It’s not just a mansion issue.”
“huh?”
“What do you mean?”
Dark Spirit and Han So asked, but I didn’t hesitate to say anything. Anyway, if we get out of here, both of us will find out.
‘No compensation was given.’
Even after learning rules 27 and 29, the reward did not come immediately.
This means that someone has already seen the 4th floor and there was no need to hide the information.
Gradually, the path to the 4th floor began to narrow. The two of us were confused, but it seemed like the monster on the fourth floor was keeping its mouth shut to prevent us from escaping.
The human-shaped tentacles that followed were also chasing with monster-like force.
“Does this thing look dead?”
A dark spirit who speaks calmly.
The third floor was in sight, but it seemed like it would be impossible at the current speed.
But at that moment.
White bandages made of mana sticking out from the third floor snatched us and pulled us in.
“uh? Huh?!”
“Ooooh!”
Listening to the screams of the dark spirit and Hanso, I did not know what it was, but I entrusted myself to the thing that was helping us.
My body lifted up and I was able to reach the third floor in an instant.
Coooooo!
At the same time, the fourth floor is closed.
It was truly disgusting to see them writhing around looking for us in their mouths.
Anyway, we were able to escape thanks to outside help.
‘It was dangerous.’
Still, something was definitely gained.
We pull ourselves together and check on the person who saved us.
It was a small boy with blonde hair.
The child who had scuttled into the room by himself when he threatened Jortu earlier.
‘It was definitely room 101.’
I remember being the boy who was using the first room.
“I really thought I was going to die.”
“Thank you, child.”
Dark Spirit grumbles and Han So expresses gratitude.
The boy was scratching his head as if embarrassed, and strangely enough, his hair and appearance looked familiar.
I suddenly asked the boy.
“What’s your name?”
The boy wearing a robe blushed and answered as if he was embarrassed.
“It’s called Ruanes.”
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