Chapter 1233 – Land of Stinking
About 5 minutes had passed since Dre’s group disappeared beyond the canyon, and Bale lost his temper after waiting for Sarov to tell him to wait.
“What? When are you going to chase me?”
Bale spat out words filled with frustration and glared at the Mineral Demon King.
Sarob, the demon king of minerals. Unusually for his hot-headed personality, he did not get angry at the irritation of arrogant humans.
Because I was so embarrassed that I couldn’t even hear anything.
‘There’s this much difference in level…?’
It was a perfect surprise attack, and all the terrain was on their side.
Thanks to the demonic beasts scattered around, it was no exaggeration to say that the Mineral Demon King’s current power was at 1000%.
But I couldn’t kill a single one of my enemies.
‘Anito said that if he gathered all the power of current humans, he might be able to kill at least one of the Four Great Demon Lords…’
Also. Anito’s judgment was always right.
And. Eight days. That ridiculous attack power.
‘Even with infinite magic, it is not regenerating.’
The Bat Demon Lord was sprawled out, groaning.
I heard that cutting swords should never be hit, but now I see that space swords are dangerous enough, aren’t they?
But humans are dangerous. That doesn’t mean we don’t pursue it just for that reason.
Discomfort.
The Mineral Demon King looked around at the demon beasts around him.
Everyone around here is under his control. It must be so.
But… What was that phenomenon earlier?
The minerals merge together and attack. That in itself was possible, but the mineral giant’s strength had risen dramatically.
It was an impossible feat even for Sarob.
No.
What seemed like a transparent wall in the first place suddenly disappeared.
It was as if they were telling the demon lords, who had killed their presence among the demon beasts and were approaching the humans, to attack them now.
‘Is there something more here?’
It is a danger zone that has not been conquered for 10,000 years.
Also. It was also a place where the blueprints for the Portrait Giant were believed to be located.
No matter what happened, there was nothing strange.
Now is the time to be cautious…
“Hey!! You’re not chasing me!”
An irritating voice that shakes your thoughts.
The Mineral Demon King frowned.
He said in an angry voice.
“That word. I’ll give it back to you.”
“No!! You said let’s wait!”
“That’s what I said to my colleagues.”
The Mineral Demon King said as he looked down at the Bat Demon King rolling at his feet.
“You’re on your own, human.”
“Aang? Can’t you understand the current situation, you one-eyed bastard? There are a lot of people who can’t get the blueprints or anything without me, so they talk nonsense! When they say something nice, go quickly!”
“…What?”
The Mineral Demon King became unusually bloodshot and his eyes soon turned red.
Veil also fought back, emitting the power of God and his own special darkness.
And.
Rumbling rumbling-!!
Loud sounds and vibrations heard from beyond the canyon.
And intense power.
Robb and Veil stared across the canyon and then ran down without anyone telling them to go first.
The Demonic Beast Corps and others followed behind the two.
They soon discovered the collapsed palace.
“There is a place like this in the danger zone..?”
“Ha. It’s obvious. It’s obvious.”
Unlike Lops, who was puzzled, Bale, who had done numerous quests as a user, seemed to be wondering what it would be like to have a palace in a dangerous zone.
Robbs frowned his single eye.
‘He’s like a two-headed human being. Just by looking at it, it looks like it was built recently.’
It looks hard to believe that this is a dungeon that appears in Stranger’s Quest.
Robbs ignored the veil and climbed onto the collapsed rubble.
Then he found two huge doors.
While everything around was destroyed, the two huge doors were unblemished and even radiated strange waves to the surroundings.
Robbs had a nearby magic beast the size of a ball rush into the wave around the door.
Pow-! Jjanggaang-!
Although it was a small but quite strong magical beast, it bounced and broke.
‘Uhm. Unlike the palace, this door is something that appears in strangers’ quests.’
It was created by the gods so that you can never pass through unless you open the door.
‘Then was the palace built with fancy additions to match these two doors? Why?’
Why was it necessary?
And why did the palace collapse?
“Frustrating bastards. This is why fearless demons are not allowed. Hey! Let’s go!!”
Bale took two users and ran toward the door ahead.
The remaining two users thought they were going to jump together, but instead of jumping forward, they jumped downward.
They probably had plans different from Bale’s.
Robbs glared at Bale’s back and walked toward the door on the floor.
“Minerals. That bastard. Don’t you need to chase him?”
“He’s out of control anyway.”
“That’s even more so. If the blueprints are up front… That guy might gulp them down.”
“Anito-sama has already prepared a plan for every situation. And that beast that blindly follows its desires didn’t go over there for no reason.”
Sarob grinned.
“What are you talking about…?”
“The power of God that he uses. Of course, that great power was not obtained for free. He was able to use it thanks to a certain contract, and if he wants to continue to have that power, he must keep that contract.”
Anito said the gods didn’t seem to have much interest in the blueprint.
What they’re interested in is what you’re doing.
In other words. The correct location for the blueprint is below.
“It doesn’t matter if there is a blueprint on the front door. I’ve already put quiet demons behind Bale. If that scum tries to betray me, then I’ll kill him.”
At the end of his words, the Mineral Demon King motioned down, and the demonic beasts began to pour down to the floor.
Soon the demon kings followed suit.
Surprise!
“Ooh, wow-!!”
How far does it go?
Rius seemed like he was going to hit the floor, but he went down an endless cylindrical slide.
After a few minutes, I got used to this situation and even thought it was fun.
‘…No, damn it. What if something like a blade gets stuck in the middle?’
There’s nowhere to run and it’s hard to stop, so wouldn’t your whole body be cut off?
To put my chilling imagination to shame, the slope of the slide gradually became gentler, and naturally, Rius’ speed also decreased.
In addition, the upper part of the cylindrical slide disappeared, allowing the surrounding scenery to be seen.
No, it was too sacred a scene to be called a surrounding scenery.
“…Wow…”
What on earth is this place?
First of all, it is very spacious.
One word that comes to Rius’ mind right now.
Underground city.
In fact, since it was a city, there were nothing that could be assumed to be buildings.
There are steep cliffs and statues erected here and there in the darkness and gloomy atmosphere unique to the underground.
However, the size of the statue is no joke.
Each one was bigger than an old building, and for some reason, their faces were crushed.
‘The outfit is… Adventurer’s clothing?’
The designs were varied, but all of them were clothes that an adventurer would wear.
Soon the end of the slide came.
Even a soft mat was kindly placed under the slide.
However, Rius did not trust the mat and jumped over it, landing on the stone floor.
“…Damn. What are you really doing here?”
The coolness of the basement. And the black darkness beyond gave me an instinctive chill.
“…Ah, Irene.”
I tried calling the sacred site’s artificial intelligence, which I was now familiar with, but of course it did not appear.
Rius looked up at the slide behind him and thought about going back up here, but suddenly remembered Dre’s goal.
‘Blueprint of the Portrait Giant.’
Dre said it was in the Land of Stinks… But something about it was suspicious. He said he couldn’t rule out any other possibilities.
“Here. It looks suspicious just by looking at it…?”
The bottom of the castle wall was breached, and we arrived at an underground city after descending for a long time.
As someone who has often fallen from high places, I knew that I had fallen much deeper than the height of the barrier.
‘You know how much higher it is than where you fell just because you fell. Me too…’
This was unimaginable even just a year ago.
Rius felt a new emotion and wrapped Ryu Nar lightly around his body.
This is Dre’s teaching.
If you wear the Ryunar shallowly, your sense of energy will increase and you will be able to feel sniping from afar. Also, even if the sniper is not noticed, it can move quickly enough to respond to an unexpected surprise attack.
Although he doesn’t seem to actually use it, Rius faithfully followed Dre’s teachings.
“If there were blueprints here, it would be really great.”
I came to the Holy Land to build up my achievements as a temporary warrior.
If you obtain the blueprint that could destroy the world, it will be recognized as a great achievement.
‘If we just build up our track record, we can revive our village as Priest Garsinido said.’
Rius’ goal was to live comfortably, but he also complained to the people in his hometown that he had grown up so much.
Garcinido had promised that if he followed the warrior’s words carefully, he would give him influence that no one could easily touch.
These are the words of Garcinido, who even Dre trusts.
Of course, Rius believed it wholeheartedly.
“Let’s get moving…”
It seems difficult to go up again, so I have no choice but to keep going.
Fortunately, there was only one path, so there was no need to get lost.
But. It was a very dangerous road.
It was so wide that dozens of people could line up horizontally and walk at the same time, but the two ends were cliffs with no walls.
Rius walked to the edge and looked down.
Dimly illuminated statues, and black darkness…
“Ugh…”
Rius walked on, thinking he had seen something for nothing.
Step by step. Step by step.
On the way to the front, Rius stopped moving when he saw a whitish seal.
Someone… Is sitting on the floor.
“…Gulp.”
Tension comes over me.
Rius held his pommel tightly and prepared to swing his sword at any time.
“Hey… Who… Are you~?
Step by step. Step by step.
Rius slowly narrows the distance.
“Is this, by any chance, like a robot repair shop? Uh… I’m sorry if I came in carelessly, but that’s not what I wanted to come in…”
Rius paused before speaking.
…There was not one person.
A straight road. Beyond the darkness… There were several seals.
Creepy.
As Goosebumps rose, Rius drew his sword.
“W-what! If you want to come, come and see!”
No one turns their head despite Rius’ shouting.
“I can split a mountain with one swing of my sword! It’s true!”
Unidentified people who still have no answer.
Rius swallowed his saliva and slowly walked forward… And soon closed his eyes.
“…Robot?”
It was like that.
Sitting here and there were scrap metal robots that had been broken apart, revealing their internal parts.
Most of them were lying around as if they had used up all their strength while moving.
“Isn’t it moving suddenly…?”
Rius kept his guard up and slowly moved forward.
Then he found one robot that was particularly damaged.
“What is that again…”
The upper body armor was open, showing all the important parts such as gears, and it was so old that it was very rusty.
For some reason, it was even more creepy than other robots.
“What on earth are you doing here?”
Rius just closed his eyes and ran.
The surrounding scenery passes by quickly.
The road was much longer than I thought.
Even with his legs, which are now considered strong enough in Elunar, it seemed like it took a good 30 minutes.
And at the end of the street were two huge buildings.
“Uh… Where did I see this…?”
It was clearly very similar in style to the Towers of some ancient country that we learned about in class.
There were two towers, and after thinking about it, Rius entered the smaller tower.
The reason is simply that the smaller the place, the less important it is, so even if there are enemies, only the weak ones will appear.
When I walked into the open entrance without a door or anything, it was surprisingly bright inside.
“Ya Myeongseok…?”
A rare ore that produces stones on its own,
The nightstones were embedded in all directions and softly illuminated the surroundings.
Click, click, click.
“?”
Sounds strange.
Rius felt even more nervous and walked towards the sound.
Squeak. Geek. Geek. Gigigigigigeek. 썄썄죣죣…
The sound becomes increasingly clearer.
Rius has heard this sound before.
One of the liberal arts classes in the Combat Department of Frunar Academy. What I heard in ‘Production’…
“The sound of gears clicking together.”
Chijijijijiji…
And noise.
I heard it a few times when I was with Dre… The sound of the TV crackling.
Rius soon arrived at the room where the sound was coming from.
The room was smaller than expected.
A space where one person can live.
But the strange thing is…
“This. Surveillance camera?”
Numerous screens display the interior of the sanctuary.
Someone… Was watching the sacred site here.
Kkakkkk…
“Where does the sound come from?”
It must be somewhere in this room?
Rius looked around and found a window.
No. Actually, it’s not a window.
It did not reflect the scenery outside… But something ‘inside’.
That…
“…Gear?”
Okay. Cogs. Dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of mechanical devices intertwined.
But each gear was as big as a building.
It makes you wonder what works with these huge gear wheels.
But the pattern engraved on that gear wheel.
Why is that pattern…?
“…I need to contact Dre first…”
Cheezy.
[It’s easy to give up.]
“?!”
Kyaang-!
Rius’s eyes opened wide after being hit hard on the head.
Dump. He fell down
After he fell. A rusty mechanical doll was looking down at him.
[Tough work, silver. Pass.]
