566. Episode 566
After Nephilim was absorbed into the key, Seun managed to squeeze out all his strength and return to the Demon King’s castle before the power of sloth ran out.
As the number one player in Surado, I could have interfered with the system, however weakly, and ended the ordeal immediately, but I did not.
“Mr. Se-un, please.”
“Are you sure you’re okay?”
“Yes. If we continue to rely on Seun’s help, no one will be able to grow properly.”
“… … I guess so.”
“Besides, Mr. Se-un, you want to return to the shelter in peak condition, right? Please rest well until we finish.”
“thanks.”
Thanks to Yu Seo-ah’s advice, I was able to completely relax.
After some time like that.
When Se-woon opened his eyes after finishing his break, messages from the people he had drunk were floating around in front of him as if it were natural.
– The constellation, ‘The Crow with its Head Down’, is furious that the connection has been lost again.
– The constellation, ‘The Crow with its Head Down’, stands up and says that he must formally complain to the management office, asking why this happens to him so often.
– The constellation, the ‘hungry prince’ is satisfied that he is getting enough to eat.
– The constellation, ‘Sleeping Goat’, wonders about the situation that has blocked him even in his dreams.
… … .
It appears that the Nephilim’s words about evading the constellations’ surveillance were true.
This time, not only Mammon, but also other demons such as Belphegor were wondering why they had lost their connection with him, so I was worried about whether I should explain the reason.
‘It would be better to keep the Nephilim and Lemegeton a secret.’
Lemegeton is no ordinary treasure.
A grimoire containing contracts with gods and demons, and capable of controlling their powers.
It may not be a threat to the demons since there is no contract with them, but it is not only the Seven Demons who are watching Seun.
Since the Seventy-Two Demon Kings were also likely watching Seun, he could not mention the Lemegeton containing the contract with them.
‘Because Mammon’s warehouse didn’t have Lemegeton either.’
Se-Woon, who thought like that, went outside while passing over the messages from the demons.
The location of the Demon King’s castle is in the center of the Asura Islands.
I thought I would hear the sound of swords clashing at any moment.
‘Why is it so quiet?’
There wasn’t any particular noise in the surroundings.
Before I could move to find out the reason, Yu Seo-ah came running quickly from afar, as if she knew that Se-woon had woken up.
“Mr. Se-un! How are you? Are you okay?”
“Thanks. More importantly, what about the others?”
“Everyone is resting. We just finished cleaning up.”
“… … It’s over?”
“I’ll show you. Come this way!”
I followed her up the walls of the Demon King’s castle.
There, lying carelessly with the collapsed catapult, were twin sisters waving at Seun.
“Blood Wolf Brother… … .”
“lol…….”
Instead of being as lively as usual, the two of them closed their eyes as if they had fainted.
And beyond the walls.
“It felt like all the demons in Asura had gathered there?”
“… … That might really be true.”
Blood transfusion.
The corpses of demons piled up to form mountains, and the blood that flowed from their bodies overflowed like an ocean.
There are so many corpses that it’s impossible to count them.
I couldn’t even guess how long the battle had been going on.
“The Demon King’s Castle that Areum and Down built was a huge help. Without it, I would never have been able to get this far.”
“Even so, to this extent… … .”
“Honestly, I was terrified when the demon corpses piled up and covered the front of the castle wall, forming a staircase.”
“Wasn’t that a really dangerous situation?”
“No, it was actually an opportunity. Baekhyun came.”
“… … Corpse explosion.”
“Yes. The power was so strong that I almost flew all the way to the Demon King’s castle walls. Arum and Daun were confident, but by the time the explosion occurred, they were sweating coldly.”
“Then this corpse… … .”
“Yes, these are the newly piled up corpses after the explosion.”
Even just looking at it now, it’s impossible to guess the number.
When asked how many days the battle had lasted, Yu Seo-ah hid her exhaustion with a smile instead of answering.
“There won’t be any attacks for a while, so I think it’s okay to rest for a bit and then go up.”
“I guess so. Let’s get some proper rest when we go up this time.”
“Yes, I’m looking forward to it. I wish it was somewhere like Elheim, but… … not really?”
“It’s not a place you would call good for resting.”
The ninth shelter, the black land ‘Plaka’.
As you might expect from the trials up to the 80th floor, Plaka is the connection point to the Demon World.
You can’t expect life like Elheim, and most of the residents are rough, as they are a mixture of demons and dwarves.
Seun has already lived there so he is familiar with it, but for others it would be quite a difficult shelter to adapt to.
“There’s not much left now. It’s already the ninth shelter. Se-Woon said you’ve been to the tenth shelter, right?”
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“Yeah. The 92nd floor was the last. It’s hard to say that getting through the 91st floor was a skill.”
“I’m looking forward to it. It’s a place that even Se-un couldn’t climb. Will we be able to see Se-un’s flustered face then?”
“Were you expecting something like that?”
“I’d like to see you at least once. Is that okay?”
“… … That’s your freedom.”
A floor that Seun couldn’t climb. Seun doesn’t know what’s above the 93rd floor.
There are guideposts for the journey, but it won’t be as smooth a climb as it is now.
But, that’s okay.
It seemed like I could get to the 93rd floor, the 94th floor, or the 99th floor without any problems now.
The biggest problem is the 100th floor of the tower.
And the eleventh shelter.
‘No, I don’t know if it’s a shelter.’
An unknown place in the tower that no one has ever climbed.
I had a guess, but that alone wasn’t enough to confirm the location.
Fortunately, since my climbing speed was quite fast compared to before the return, I guess I still have some time left until the Shinma War?
“Is that Kang Hyeon-cheol?”
Seun pointed outside the castle walls.
A man stands tall among the monster’s corpses.
A person who looks exactly like they’re dead, drenched in monster blood, with their arms crossed and their head bowed, yet not moving at all.
“Yes, that’s right. Anna helped me, but I was practically holding this off by myself. As soon as the fight was over, I passed out while standing up.”
“That’s strong iron.”
“Right? But Mr. Park Jeong-pil went and poured a potion on the wound.”
“Park Jeong-pil? Where is he?”
“I was very active, running around here and there. I ran all the way to the end and went to rest near the end.”
“That’s unexpected.”
“Isn’t that great? Even though he’s scared, he still does what he has to do.”
I had many different conversations with Yu Seo-ah.
She must have had a hard time taking care of the guild until the end while defeating the monsters of Surado, but she didn’t stop talking as if it was okay for her to rest a little later.
Just in case, Seun personally used healing magic.
As some time passed and there were no signs of more monsters coming, just as she had said, we decided to slowly enter the castle.
“Oh, next shelter… … is there anything I should be careful of when I go to Plaka?”
A question I heard on the way back.
Se-woon had many things in mind to watch out for in Plaka, but most of them were things he had to get used to through his own experience.
Even though Plaka is a demon world, it is still a shelter. After all, it is a place where people live.
However, there was one thing she had to be careful about.
“maybe…….”
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– You have successfully completed the 80-floor trial, ‘Surado’.
– Calculating public figures… … .
– Complete the hidden quest ‘Great Demon’.
– Complete the hidden quest ‘The King of Sura Island’.
… … .
– Total accumulated merit points: 10,000,000 points
– Congratulations! You passed the 80th floor trial with the highest ranking.
– You have earned 100,000 points as a reward.
– Reigned as number one in the 80-floor trial.
– You have earned 100,000,000 points as a reward.
The achievement points received for completing the 80th floor were more than Seun had expected.
It’s not a hidden ordeal, and you get 10 million points by passing the normal 80 floors.
The merit points received as a reward for being ranked first there were a whopping 100 million, just like the ones received in Aguido.
‘I guess I won’t have to worry about public debt for a while.’
When you get to the next shelter, you have to stop by the auction house, and you need a lot of public service points just to use the facilities of Plakaman.
At this level, it is enough to be distributed to guild members as a public service point and still have some left over.
‘And the key thing I got from Surado wasn’t something like public service.’
Seun touched the small key in his bosom. No, Ars Goetia.
A key with a completely different color and texture than before.
The will of Nephilim, who was number one in Asura, was embedded in it, but his will has not yet been felt.
While feeling a more bumpy texture than I expected, the next shelter finally came into view.
– Welcome to the ninth shelter, the black land ‘Plaka’.
“here…….”
“It’s just as bleak as I heard.”
“It’s completely different from Elheim?”
“It doesn’t look like a place you’d want to stay for long… … .”
The ninth shelter, as its name suggests, is covered in pitch-black dirt on all sides.
The building was also black, as if it had been built only with black dirt without any special materials, and the people passing by also wore black robes.
As I walk down the street, I feel eyes glancing between the hoods, but the atmosphere is generally one of ignorance.
Judging from their reactions, there weren’t many players at the ninth shelter.
‘The number of players who have arrived here is only a little over a thousand.’
The shelters we’ve visited so far have had a higher percentage of players than residents.
On the other hand, the proportion of residents was higher from Plaka onwards.
This was something I had to keep in mind while living in Plaka. Naturally, the Diablo Guild was aware of this in advance.
“First, we need to find a place to stay, right?”
“Can’t we build it? If we have the land, I’m confident we can build it before the sun sets!”
“It doesn’t look like there’s a landowner or anything here. Can’t we just build it outside?”
“I agree!”
“But the land here looks so bad. It seems like the buildings here weren’t built with this dirt for nothing.”
“Is that so? Then maybe I should think about it a bit… … .”
“First, let’s find an inn.”
“huh!”
“We’ll find out as soon as possible!”
Seun organized the guild members’ opinions and moved forward.
Although the residents’ reactions were not very kind, they answered my questions well, so I was able to quickly find the location of the inn.
As we were moving forward like that.
“master.”
“okay.”
Diablo’s movements stopped.
When I realized the sudden change in atmosphere and looked around, the residents were already gone.
Black feathers falling between them. No, feathers.
Dozens of feathers fell, landing softly on Seun’s head, as if a flock of crows had flown over him.
Se-Woon immediately recognized their identities.
“… … Black wing.”
“Black Wing invited you.”
Contrary to the cheerful words of invitation, a sharp dagger immediately rushed towards Seun’s neck.
Episode 567
