Chapter 337 – Protagonist (2)
DungeonDungeon.
In the dictionary sense, a dungeon.
The dungeon in another world, which has the meaning of its name, was a prison that confined the demon king and his followers.
And now that he found out that the dungeons in the Dungeon Command were part of the demon lord’s body – he could guess that the dungeons in other areas were also the demon lord’s body, or were places where extremely powerful beings who followed the demon were imprisoned .
Among them, Dojin targeted the dungeons in the empire.
“Our purpose is to attack and dominate the dungeon there as much as possible.”
“…… Domination, like you did here?”
“Okay. Like that.”
At those words, Seoyoon remembered the rulers she had met a long time ago.
The Orc Warrior I met on the 10th floor.
The Wolf King we met on the 30th floor.
An unknown knight I met on the 50th floor.
All of them were powerful enough to risk their lives. It was an opponent that I could easily overcome only now that I had defeated them all and grown up…… I can’t be sure that the dungeons in the Empire have the same level of difficulty as the dungeons in the Dungeon Spirit.
Because it was a dungeon where you never knew what would happen.
“Is it necessary?”
“It is absolutely necessary.”
“Why?”
“Because we now have a reason to fight God.”
Dojin said that and explained what had happened the past few days.
He said he somehow solved it with the personal connections and political power he had accumulated, but turning God into an enemy was not something to be taken lightly.
The gods are proud beings, and they weren’t great people to laugh at,haha, saying that it could happen when all their plans went awry.
They were tyrannical transcendental beings who could blow away the punishment of a mere mortal for disobeying their will.
“In preparation for that time, I have to find a way to fight and win against God.”
Attacking the dungeons of the empire was for that reason. If you dominate the dungeon that is supposed to be the brain of the demon king, you will be able to obtain some of the demon king’s knowledge or memories.
Among them, there must be a way to fight the gods and overcome them. It’s not certain, but it was the surest way out of all the possibilities.
‘Or what, I suddenly become a god by gaining enlightenment like Buddha, or I turn out to be a god because I am a son of a god like Jesus…… Because there’s no other way than this nonsense.’
Compared to the other methods, the plan to rule the sealed dungeon with the brain of the demon king and use the knowledge contained therein to fight against the gods seemed very realistic.
Well, I already knew that the Empire’s dungeons didn’t differ much from the Dungeon Spirit’s dungeons in terms of difficulty.
What was needed was the power to deal with the ruler.
“Others just need to rest in the mansion…… Seoyoon.”
“…… Only me?”
“Of course, I plan to take Aderange and Atanacia along as well.”
“So, among the kids, you only need me?”
“…… Right.”
Seoyoon who was called looked back at the children who were not chosen with a triumphant expression on her face. The road to the dungeon of the Empire. It would be an extremely tedious and difficult journey—but if I could monopolize Dojin in the meantime, it would be fine.
After confirming Seoyoon’s will, Dojin looked back at the children and said.
“Don’t do anything weird because you got hit by a succubus again without me- I’ll be back soon after finishing it this time.”
“To finish it soon, it takes almost a month round trip from here to the empire?”
“You can fly.”
Saying that, Dojin looked blankly at Atanasia, who was chewing on the snack Seol had made for her.
As soon as her gaze on herself increased, she let out a stupid sound, holding her spirit strings.
“To…… Why are you looking at her?”
“Artie, let me ask you a favor.”
“…… What?”
“Weren’t you listening?”
When I explained to the blankly nodding Athanassia that we were planning to fly back to her empire, she opened her eyes and pointed at herself.
“Flying to the Empire?”
“Yes.”
“Leisure?”
“Uh.”
“…… How?”
Dojin smiled and pointed at her back to her.
Sensing her own future her, Athanasius began gently stroking her goosebumps her.
* * *
─Why leisure!
When the huge wings cut through the air, the body as huge as the wings glide in an instant. Athanasia, who was flying at the speed of an airliner with a jet engine, unable to believe that a creature could produce it, lost her temper while watching Dojin and his party her leisurely enjoy tea on her back her.
——You’re flapping your wings with great effort, but let’s see if the car goes in? Warrior
“Well. Put it on Would you like a drink too?”
—That makes me want to roll around.
Athanassia said so and she actually began to spin 360 degrees in midair. However, the barrier spread over the dragon’s back was free from the effects of gravity and inertia.
Whether flying in the sky with his back to the ground or spinning at high speed of 360 degrees, Do-jin drove the car with a relaxed expression and looked at the Empire, which began to come into his eyes his in the distance.
To be precise, the old empire that had collapsed long ago and was being rebuilt.
“Fast is fast.”
——Hmm, it’s no use praising now.
“A compliment, I just told the truth.”
– Didn’t you say it’s useless!
Even as she said that, Athanasius seemed to be happy with her praise her and began to fly more calmly than before.
Thanks to this, Dojin was able to see with his own eyes how the empire was being rebuilt.
‘I’m going to fight….’
The collapsed empire was in a situation no different from the Warring States Period. It was also because it was the imperial capital, the imperial capital, that Athanasius destroyed, not the entire empire.
Of course, as long as the capital city, where more than 90% of the empire’s infrastructure exists, has collapsed, the empire can’t exert its prestige like before.
However… That 10% of the infrastructure alone was enough to build a force and occupy the vacant lands of the Imperial Territory.
“Artie.”
-Why?
“It’s been a long time since I came to the empire, what do you think?”
─Does the hero recall memories of toys he has lost interest in?
Young children fall in love with something quickly and get bored quickly. I couldn’t even attach the word memory because I experienced only a short time to have memories of something.
The same goes for her. The period in which Athanasius established and operated her empire is so short compared to her life that she does not feel nostalgic when looking at it.
“Still, what do you think of when you see the empire you built being run into by humans?”
──You think that living on the garbage thrown away in your spare time is like an insect?
“…… It’s really consistent.”
Saying that, Dojin looked down at the ground. Before she knew it, she arrived at the imperial capital, the ecliptic.
It was 180 degrees different from the ecliptic he remembered. Hey, the last thing Dojin saw before it collapsed – it was said that the prestige of the empire was perfectly preserved.
What is the current ecliptic? The owner had blown his breath and completely destroyed it, so even though there was not a single intact building, mana that was fatal to humans still remained.
“That way.”
─Well, I’ll just cancel the transformation, so you can land on your own.
The moment she instinctively pointed to the location of the dungeon, Atanasia, who had struggled to fly to the empire, simply released the transformation and returned to her human form.
Naturally, Do-jin and the others, who enjoyed leisurely behind her, quickly enjoyed skydiving…… Even if they were superhuman, it was dangerous to fall unprotected from thousands of meters in the air, so they each made use of their abilities and landed safely.
Landing on the ground in Seo-yoon’s arms, Do-jin looked at himself in the arms of the princess, then carefully came down from Seo-yoon’s arms to her.
“Thank you.”
“It was nothing.”
Saying goodbye, she belatedly rushed to Athanasius, a half-man, half-dragon, who descended with wings flapping.
Atanasia, who was coming down leisurely by herself, was embarrassed when she felt Dojin’s hand her, which suddenly ran her and grabbed her tail her and pulled her her.
“What, what!? Warrior! Suddenly!”
“Damn dragon head, you decided to kill us all!?”
“He is not dead! In the first place, there’s no way that you, the hero, would die from something like this— kyaha!?”
Dojin, teasing her by grabbing her Athanasius by her tail her, lay flat on the ground behind her, turning away from her wriggling woman and looking at the place where she felt the aura of her dungeon her.
A collapsing building was blocking my way, so I moved forward while lifting the wreckage.
“—Discovery.”
Then she came across a cave that was still in shape. In the Empire, the dungeon was sealed and hidden in a cave, and the cave maintained its appearance even after the ecliptic was destroyed by the Dragon Breath.
Since there was no one who knew the location of the dungeon or who had the ability to enter the dungeon through the collapsed building, the cave protecting the dungeon was still dormant in rubble.
Do-jin smiled as he felt the energy emanating from the dungeon in the cave.
“Now- Then, it’s time to take a look at what’s inside the Demon Lord’s brain.”
* * *
A dungeon hidden inside a cave.
Do-jin guessed, it was a dungeon where the devil’s brain was sealed.
When I first heard it, I thought that even the gods were really terrible people.
Disassembling the heart and brain separately and sealing them?
However, it was an understandable decision now.
‘If I had the knowledge and the energy to use it, the demon lord would destroy the world with just that.’
There must be several ancient magics that will destroy the world for the demon king. Spells that take a long time to cast and are bound to be discovered as soon as they are cast because they use too much energy.
Now that all the gods who will stop the demon king have ascended to the heavens? If the demon lord’s brain and heart are combined, there is no one to stop the demon lord.
‘If I do something, I won’t stop it.’
Do-jin entered the first floor of the dungeon thinking so carefree.
At the same time, a black shadow rose from the floor.
The shadow soon took the form of a man.
[I want to tell you a serious story.]
The ruler of the dungeon I saw before.
He, who had been annihilated after being struck by God’s mace, explained how he could talk for a long time while looking at Dojin.
[First of all, go up to the 50th floor.]
