178. Deep part (4)
A lich is a monster but does not have the weakness of a monster.
Unlike normal monsters, he didn’t lose his sanity, and he wasn’t addicted to demonic energy, so he didn’t have most of the weaknesses of monsters.
It’s a huge advantage that doesn’t seem like a monster with low thinking ability itself, but… … .
It was worth it.
Originally, the magician, who was just a human, obtained the magic through a contract with the devil.
And among these rich entities, there were also those who were classified as new beings.
High Rich.
Beyond common sense, the monster among monsters that can easily live for hundreds of years did not feel fear.
For the High Lich, fear is now a remnant of a distant past.
It was the same with Carbet.
“Carbet. Humans have entered the 4th floor.”
Now he was not even thrilled by the news of the intruders.
“Another foolish challenger has entered… … .”
Dalgrak-.
Carbett said in a low voice with red eyes flashing at the subordinate’s report.
“70 years… … . no… … . It seems like over 100 years have passed… … . Are there still people who enter this labyrinth… … .”
In a tone filled with boredom, the vampire subordinate immediately bowed his head and continued his report.
“My guess is that maybe they are challengers, not selected seekers.”
“To be a challenger, not a seeker… … . Right… … . Has the race of gods begun… … .”
“It seems so.”
“Yes, competition. It’s been a while. But no matter how challengers you are, you won’t be able to come this far.”
Carbett opened her mouth as she recalled the past, which she couldn’t remember anymore.
“Nothing to worry about. The challengers who have passed this place so far can be counted on one hand.”
He was not very wary of challengers.
That would be too… … .
It is because the number of challengers who have passed through his hands and flowed downstairs for more than a few hundred years can be counted on one hand.
‘Of course, there were those who sneaked downstairs like rats… … . That’s just impossible now.’
It was the moment when Carbett was about to give a congratulatory order to her subordinates with her body sagging.
Hard-.
Suddenly, the ground shook slightly, and the castle where Carbett lived shook slightly.
“what… … ?”
Carbett touched her chin as if she couldn’t understand the vibration of the earth.
It is not a natural earthquake.
Since the giant tree labyrinth is a labyrinth created inside the World Tree, natural earthquakes cannot occur.
Then this oscillation must have been caused artificially… … .
It was difficult to know where these vibrations came from.
It was then.
“Ka, Carbet-sama! I think you should take a look at this… … !”
The vampire subordinate dyed his already pale face even paler and held a mirror made of blood at Calbet.
and… … .
“… … .”
Calbet, who then saw the reflection in the mirror, called out to his subordinate in a tense voice.
“Richard.”
“yes.”
“It is an emergency. Even if you don’t say it, you’ll know it well. Build a boundary right now through the monsters.”
“Ah, I see!”
“And call Sir Berhag.”
Berhag.
Among the monsters currently on the 4th floor, the death knight, who was close to the strongest, could not be called carelessly.
Because he is addicted to training, devoting all his time to training.
Calling him for trivial matters would turn the fourth floor into chaos.
So Richard had no choice but to ask again with his face hardened.
“Do I really have to call Lord Berhag… … ?”
“okay. It’s this kind of emergency, so we’ll have to call him too.”
“Ah, I see. However, it may not answer the call… … .”
“No worries about that. Lord Berhag will respond to the call.”
“yes?”
“Isn’t it a situation that has no choice but to be like that in the first place?”
Carbet said in a deep voice as if declaring.
“It’s nothing else, a new Demon King has appeared.”
The demon king appeared in the giant tree labyrinth.
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“Suddenly, my ears are tickling.”
I squinted my eyes at the tickling feeling that made me feel bad for some reason… … .
That was only for a moment.
―Kreurreuk… … !
As I moved toward the center of the [Dark Zone], I saw the newly appeared monsters and smiled.
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It was worth it.
Even the monsters that looked like wolves always felt divine power.
‘It’s good.’
It’s also several times better than things like skeletons.
However, unlike the skeletons, wolf-like monsters were not ruled by King Manmaji.
It’s even to the point of being more hostile towards me because of the reverence planted by King Manmaji… … .
At this point, it was difficult to avoid the fight.
“Looks like you can’t even eat this raw.”
In response, I had no choice but to use the new moon sword in my hand to channel my magic.
「As a special effect of the Sword of the New Moon (C+), all of the user’s stats increase by +1.」
Let the sword ripped from the ancient demon radiate light as if to pay for it… … .
「A New Moon Sword (C+) exclusive effect, all allies within range of the moonlight gain +1 magical power.」
Then, the soft moonlight permeated the team members around them, boosting their mana.
「By using the labyrinth exclusive item, 10 [MP] is consumed every minute.」
Well, in return, I got to use [MP]… … .
In the first place, with the box of life, labyrinth-specific abilities can be recovered as much as you like.
It just takes a little time.
So, without worrying too much, I was able to run straight to the wolf-like monsters.
Immediately kicking off the ground and running out, I heard the busy voices of my teammates from behind.
“He’s running out like that again… … ! Bah, quick support system power… … !”
“Well, actually, I don’t think I can do anything for you, but I will cast a protection spell.”
and… … .
「All stats are temporarily increased by +2 by the authority ‘Blessing of Fire’.」
「The automatic defense function is used up to 4 times by the skill ‘Wind Shield’.」
Then, a small flame rose near the body, and in addition, a gust of wind was wrapped around it.
‘Now I’m paying for it.’
To be honest, the fights so far were close to a one-man show, but… … .
It was natural for the team members to recover their skills to some extent once they reached the 4th floor.
This was the same for Kim Seung-hun, not Catherine Bennet or Oh Chun-seok, who belonged to the wizard.
「Enemies within the designated range excluding allies are electrocuted by the authority ‘Hammer of Lightning’.」
Kwagwagwang—!
As soon as Kim Seung-hoon swung his two-handed hammer, lightning was released from the hammer and scattered.
‘nice.’
Even if it wasn’t, I thought it would be a bit annoying because I was at a disadvantage in numbers… … .
The wolf monsters became sluggish as Kim Seung-hun used stun in a wide area.
But the satisfaction was only momentary.
Sherry Rick!
The shadow of a certain wolf monster stretched out like a whip… … ,
Despite reflexively avoiding it, it contacted my shadow and caused an accident.
「Movement speed is reduced by -10% due to the special power ‘Shadow Catch’.」
Is it still a monster with divine power?
‘I didn’t know how to use the authority.’
Unlike normal monsters, it consumed divine power and even used authority.
Even because it was a special power, the debuff was stronger than I thought.
You can’t block the activation of the authority, but you’re unconditionally lowering your movement speed by 10%… … .
I felt annoyed by him, but that feeling disappeared as if volatilized in the ensuing offensive.
sigh… … !
Shadows from beneath the feet of the demonic wolves stretched out like a tidal wave and rushed at me.
「Movement speed is reduced by -10% due to the special power ‘Shadow Catch’.」
「Movement speed decreases by -10% due to the special power ‘Shadow Grasp’… … .」
「Movement speed decreases by -10% due to the special power ‘Shadow Grasp’… … .」
“… … .”
I missed the skill called Forced Breakthrough that I had acquired in the past.
They said it was spring only after the flowers had withered, and that was the situation.
But should it be said that it is a case of attack?
Wedge liquid!
Black energy gushed out from the wolf monsters, and it was transformed into a short spear and fired at me.
「Attack is extinguished by the skill “Wind Shield”.」
Of course, it was immediately destroyed by the windshield that Oh Chun-seok had put on it, but… … .
I couldn’t help but be astonished at the fact that the wolf monster attacked from a distance.
‘It looks like a wolf, so it slows down movement speed and attacks from a distance in an ugly way?’
In a way, these werewolves were more vicious than the ancient demons they had fought before.
At least the ancient demons didn’t fight so nasty.
Subsequently, black energy poured down like rain, and the number of automatic defenses of the windshield was exhausted in an instant… … .
There was no need to go into battle while being baptized by all these irritating spells.
「The skill ‘Eat Spell’ is activated.」
Because I knew this would happen and I had a skill I bought in advance.
Of course, since it is a skill that only absorbs spells, it could have been useless, but were the skewers composed of that black energy also spells?
「It consumes mana and replaces all spells that touch the body with temporary stats.」
As soon as the black energy touched the skin, mana was consumed and vitality surged from the body.
To be honest, if you look at it this far, it feels like a great fraudulent skill, but… … .
‘I can’t say that efficiency is good even with empty words.’
In reality, it was safe to say that it was a machine that consumed mana.
It took so much mana just to block an attack of this level.
After confirming that it wasn’t a skill I would use, I activated another skill.
「The skill ‘Out of Control’ is activated.」
「Ignores all status ailments for 10 seconds.」
After several stacked movement slowdowns disappear.
He immediately jumped into the center where the wolf monsters were gathered and energized his sword.
「The skill ‘Amplification of Thought’ is activated.」
and… … .
「Authority ‘Sword Merchant 劍氣傷人’ is activated.」
Then, I used the amplified will to evolve Geomchi into Geomyeom, giving it additional properties.
「The authority ‘Sword Spirit Merchant’ will grow into the authority ‘Sword Flame Zone’.”
A very simple property of an explosion.
However, the resulting result was enormous, not suitable for simple property assignment.
Kwakwagwagwang—!
The demonic wolves, touched by the sword, were swept away by the explosion without even giving a final word.
Soon after swinging the sword a few more times, the corpses of the wolf demons were torn apart like rags.
「The labyrinth achievement ‘Rare’ has been achieved.」
「You will get labyrinth score +4.」
「You have achieved the labyrinth achievement ‘Rare of the Sword’… … .」
「Acquire labyrinth score +4… … .」
「Achieved Labyrinth Achievement ‘Rare’… … .」
“Get labyrinth score +4… … .」
“It’s salty.”
It was a fight that was uglier than expected, but the achievements that came as rewards were sweet as well.
together… … .
「Sacred extraction successful.」
Absorbing the spirits of all the wolf monsters around, he also collected a lot of divine power.
Ah, of course, compared to the divine power originally stored in my heart, it was a little, but there was nothing I could do.
This level of supply and demand would have been everything before he could easily take divinity like eating a cake through a deal (?) with a lich.
‘But I still can’t help but regret it.’
It was the moment when he licked his lips and tried to move his teammates.
“Haha! Carbet was right! I could never have imagined that the Demon King would be in a place like this!”
A knight armed with black armor appeared from beyond the corpses of wolf monsters piled up like a mountain.
“Finally, you will see the results of your training! Come here, demon king in human form!”
As soon as I saw him, I instinctively realized that he wasn’t even a human, let alone a challenger.
“I will kill you today and this body will become a true death knight!”
together… … .
“oh.”
The fact that this article will serve as both a guide and a sacrifice of divine power to guide the lich.
