Chapter 137 – Beyond the 10th Floor
“Krraaaaah!
Good luck! Howling!
Just before Siliens reached him, the Hellhound roared and covered its body in thick black flames.
A scorching heat reached her nose along with the smell of sulfur.
“Okay, I won’t let you die easily.”
“Krrr.”
He took a step back and growled, baring his teeth.
So it seemed like they were laughing at me and asking me what to do and what you could do.
Even though he couldn’t move properly, he had a very arrogant attitude, but he was able to do that because he had a trustworthy side.
‘What is it?’
The black flames of this guy with the characteristic burned everything that came into it.
Not only those that had a form, but even the formless electricity and wind were no exception.
I couldn’t hit him with a sword or any other ability.
Considering that he couldn’t escape from the realm of the Heavenly Demon, he couldn’t even set the space on fire, but that fact couldn’t make this situation go away.
As expected, Jun’s triple core was currently operating almost to its limit.
Skill – Even if information processing was entrusted to the CPU, the core did not keep up, so it was difficult to use any more magic or technology.
Well, even if you have enough core space, it will be difficult to pierce its black flames.
Judging by the fact that the storm and black flames were destroyed earlier, the strength of this guy’s and this guy’s supernatural abilities are almost at the same level.
In such a situation, if this guy decides to go on defense, even if this side decides to attack in the same way, it is obvious that they will be destroyed like before.
‘I don’t know whether to admire this guy’s abilities or me, who is on par with a yellow-level monster.’
If there was no room to fight, he would have just joined forces with his wives.
However, since I saw enough room to work on, I wanted to do it on my own somehow.
“Um… I guess that’s it?”
While pondering a method, Jun suddenly remembered that he had a useful item.
He immediately opened Dowon Hyang.
Jiing~
The entrance to Dowonhyang appears lying horizontally at waist height, a span in front.
A sword hilt emerged from the middle of it.
Jun grabbed the hilt of the sword and slowly pulled it out.
Soon, a sword decorated with silver and blue jewels glowed softly, showing off its beautiful appearance.
[The Conqueror’s Greed, Grid]
[Grade: Gold]
[Category: Sword (Long Sword)]
[Cutting force: high]
[Durability: High]
[Aura Amplification: Special]
[A sword used throughout his life by an arrogant king who dared to call himself the Conqueror. He rose to the level of Noble Phantasm thanks to having experienced countless battlefields with him. He suffered a crushing defeat and is now in a state of low status, but he has not lost the power he gained by rising to the level of Noble Phantasm.]
[Possessed ability: Energy Drain]
[＊Warning: This item is a demonic sword forged with the blood and vengeful spirits of countless beings. If you hold the sword, the demonic nature within the sword will torment the user’s mind. If you cannot endure the bullying, you will be consumed by the devil and become a madman or commit suicide.]
King Solo was summoned through an Easter egg during the first adventure.
The Demon Sword Grid was an item obtained as a reward for catching that guy, and its performance was so excellent that it was hard to believe that it came from an Easter egg on the first floor.
‘Well, even so, this is the first time I’ve taken out this sword to use it.’
Gooo~
As if explaining the reason at the right time, the grid began to cry eerily.
At the same time, his mind felt a little itchy, but it didn’t last long.
‘As expected, there is no problem for me.’
Anyone with a psychic core already has a very high resistance to mental attacks, but Jun went one step further and even had superpowers and characteristics related to the mind.
In addition, the strong mental power he acquired through the elixir was not easily shaken, and the blessing of health that his father-in-law gave him out of pity took care of his mental health as well.
As various forces accumulated, Jun’s mental resistance reached almost invincibility.
Fortuna says that you have to be at the level of a god to be able to influence the mind.
However, the reason he did not use the grid until now was because his wife was worried that he might not know because it was a weapon that was once at the level of a Noble Phantasm.
He didn’t really have time to use it.
However, you can’t just store a high-quality sword in a warehouse for fear of cutting your fingers.
Since the perfect situation to use it has already arrived, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to give it a try.
“So please take a look. Huh?”
Jun looked back and said that.
“… It’s okay if Socheop turned out the light.”
“I could use my characteristics.”
Then, Dohwa and Rebecca, who had finished cleaning up and were approaching, grumbled dissatisfiedly.
But that’s it.
Even though there were complaints, I didn’t open my mouth anymore, as if there were no differences of opinion.
“Now, try your best for the first time in a while.”
With her wives’ silent permission, Jun freely infused the grid with aura.
Since the auror core was fully focused on supporting the magic core, there was enough room left to use items.
Good luck!
Green flames rose from the sword body, which was so beautiful that its name belied its name.
Good luck! Howling!
However, as its name suggests, the flame was extremely greedy.
It trembled ominously and ravenously sucked in the surrounding energy with a force comparable to that of a triple core.
Not only mana and magic, but even the black flames of the hellhound.
It was exactly what Jun wanted.
“Kruk? “Wow?”
While listening to the hellhound’s voice full of confusion, Jun contemplated his own insides.
‘… It’s good.’
Energy was flowing in like a flood through the grid.
So much so that there is no need to absorb mana and magic energy through the core.
So Jun focused the core’s function on refining the energy that came through the grid.
It seemed like the impurities had been filtered out through the green flame, but it still seemed difficult to use the energy as is.
If you use it as is, it will cause damage to your core, to a large extent, as well as to your body and mind.
However, even after refining through the core, impurities (residual thoughts) still remained in the energy presumed to have originated from demon energy and black flame.
The possibility of getting sick was greatly reduced, but it was still uncomfortable to use.
Since it is impossible to get rid of residual thoughts without a special method, an ordinary person would just use it, but fortunately for Jun, there was a special method.
Pajik! Puzzle!
The electricity inside the body rose like an angry dragon and swallowed up the impurities.
The impurity tried to survive somehow, but unfortunately it could not escape the dragon’s mouth.
Removal of impurities through electricity.
The enemy’s momentum was unusual, so I sucked in demonic energy to increase my strength, but I was worried about the aftereffects, so I tried an impromptu solution that was more effective than I expected.
If he improved a little more, he wouldn’t have to ask Dohwa to remove all the impurities of demonic energy accumulated in his body, or worry about the aftereffects and try to only absorb mana.
In short, you can use your abilities without any burden, just like on earth.
Just like Mine.
“The momentum of the flames has decreased significantly. “I guess I’m tired.”
“Sniff!”
While she was lost in her thoughts, the hellhound snorted at her as if to tell her not to laugh when she glanced at the black flames that had noticeably decreased.
However, its huge eyes shook mercilessly as if they had hit the nail on the head.
After a while, the grid sucked up the last remaining black flame like a match.
After that, there were no more flames. The hellhound closed his eyes helplessly, as if resigned.
“I’m asking just in case, are you willing to surrender?”
“Kyeong!”
A sincere sneer, not a made-up sneer like before.
Jun swung the grid without hesitation.
Boom!
The head and body of the hellhound were neatly divided.
“Hyaaa! Just die now!!!”
Thud! Boom!
“Hmm! Conspiracy!”
Bye!
At the same time, the Minotaur, who was being hit by Fortuna, was no longer able to block her attack, and his skull caved in, and he lost his life.
“Good job, Por.”
“Hunya~. It’s hard. “Jun, hug me.”
After disarming, Fortuna is immediately held in your arms like a cute puppy.
She didn’t seem to be in trouble so much that she couldn’t stand, but her actions were cute, so I hugged her as tightly as she wanted.
A soft and heavy feeling in her chest.
The tension from her battle was relieved, and her body became weak.
Jun surveyed her battlefield, confirming that the battle was over with her heart, not her head.
Two corpses of huge monsters, three corpses of slender women, and one corpse of a man in black who died after being hit by a rail gun before a full-scale battle came into view.
The corpses of adventurers piled up in the corner could not be seen as they had already become food for the labyrinth.
“Damn it, Rebecca. “What about the other three?”
“Just in case, I didn’t kill him, but knocked him unconscious and moved him to Dowonhyang.”
“Sir, if you allow me, I will interrogate you. “Because they might know something about our enemy.”
“Good job. But the interrogation is over. Let’s go out and leave it to Carol. “I decided to end this adventure like this.”
Her wives nodded their heads in understanding.
But how do I get out? Where is the banshee, the boss mob?
Woo~
When Jun was in such trouble, the corpses began to unite in reconciliation with a pure white blessing.
The corpses of the three women and the corpse of the man in black were no exception.
“… Are they being treated like boss mobs?”
“Huh, I think so. Maybe it has something to do with the ability to move between floors at will…”
Fortuna trailed off as if she wasn’t confident.
But she seemed reasonable enough, so Jun decided to remember it.
After a while, all the corpses were reconciled with blessings and disappeared without a trace.
Perhaps because the three yellow-level monsters (I included them because they can also transform into black-level monsters) and the three green-level adventurers were combined, the amount of blessings gathered into one was much larger than what I saw on the 5th floor.
Thump!
Some of them broke off and fell to the floor.
Since the amount of blessing was considerable, Jun, curious, tried to find out what it was.
But before that, the remaining blessings were divided into two and one of them was absorbed into the body.
Jiing~
God’s blessings warmly embraced my overworked core.
In that embrace, the core began to grow while reflecting on today’s limitations.
Jun closed his eyes and watched the growth silently and anxiously.
After a while, when he finished growing, he opened his eyes and quietly muttered.
“I reached it.”
