Chapter 275 – Guardian of the Dungeon
The stone statue begins to radiate fearsome power to the outside. The time when Seong-il swallowed dry saliva, weighed down by the feeling of intimidation without even realizing it. He feels a powerful presence talking to him in his head.
“It is wonderful. He is my great warrior.”
“…”
Seong-il, who doesn’t know what to say, quietly shuts his mouth and doesn’t say anything.
However, as if his attitude wasn’t particularly intrusive, the moon god continued the conversation casually.
『It’s wonderful to bring one of my enemy’s seven apostles alive.』
‘Apostle? Not a warrior…? Are the concepts different?’
Seong-il is so puzzled. Ignoring him, the moon god continues to talk to him.
『I will give you a chance to choose as a prize.』
‘If it’s a prize, it’s a prize, what’s the chance to choose?’
The god of the moon who doesn’t care about the absurd appearance of the holy day. He starts proposing to Seong-il.
“First. Make an offering as a sacrifice to cut off the head of the apostle in front of you. Then I will give you a reward.”
“Hmm…”
Seong-il frowns when the god of the moon tells him to kill the white knight, one of the strongest teammates in the game.
That time when he was about to take out the words of refusal with courage to the excessive demand of God.
“Second. Corrupt the Apostle of Light and turn him into my follower and second great warrior. If you succeed in that mission, I will give you a greater reward than the first one.”
“!!”
“The choice is yours.”
“Hmm…”
Seong-il naturally intended to choose the second option, so he starts questioning the moon god in a calm voice.
“…I’d like to choose the second mission, but I’m not sure how to try it.”
『Whoops! Second… A very satisfactory answer. My warrior Take this.”
After the moon god speaks, intense black waves begin to emanate from his image.
“!!”
And the black light floats in front of Seongil, and soon after, it transforms into the form of an object.
“This…?”
A golden tiara with a clunky but unusual atmosphere floating in the air in front of Seongil’s eyes. A large white jewel embedded in the center of the circular crown was an impressive accessory.
Seong-il looks at the tiara with a puzzled expression, and out of habit projects 『Emotion』 On the tiara.
“!!”
Then, the evil energy felt from the tiara. Seong-il instinctively realizes that the object is never meant to be used for good purposes.
『Daejangsaer. Sprinkle a drop of your blood on the jewel in the middle of the object.”
“Hmm…”
Since 『Emotion』 Was a crazy warning, he was very uncomfortable, but he didn’t think the moon god would harm him, so Seong-il calmly cuts his finger and puts a few drops of blood on the tiara.
“…!!”
The jewel of the tiara, which is dyed in an intense crimson color as soon as drops of blood on the holy day touch it. Drops of blood begin to spread throughout the jewel as if they had fallen into water, and soon after, the jewel is completely dyed in crimson.
‘I wonder… Am I okay?’
The atmosphere of the jewel and tiara seemed to be several times more evil than before. Unlike Seong-il, who is anxious, the moon god whispers to Seong-il in a pleasant voice.
『Ah… That’s done. Great warrior, put that tiara on the head of the captive apostle of light.”
“…Then what will happen?”
『Whoops… You will know when you try it yourself. If you meet my expectations, I will give you the item as a reward.”
“Ah…”
『If you can’t corrupt the apostle, always decapitate her and present her on my altar along with her tiara. At that time, only the original reward will be given out. The choice is yours.”
After saying that, the god of the moon departs from the image. At the same time, the tiara floating in front of Seong-il’s eyes was about to fall from the air to the floor. Surprised by the sight, Seong-il quickly accepts the tiara and thinks.
‘At first glance, it’s just an object that has a bad effect on the ‘covered’ target? Drops of blood are used to imprint the owner.’
Feeling uncomfortable with her, Seong-il grabs her tiara and walks out of her temple, holding her smartphone and turning on 『Game Master』 To check her mission.
[ Quest list ]
◎ Guardian of the Dungeon
Main Quest (0/3) – 0 Achievements
– Raise the sanctuary to the highest level
– Block 7 attacks of the god of light (1/7)
– Kill or Capture the Seven Warriors of the God of Light (1/7)
Sub Quest (1/2)
– Goblin Hunting (Completed)
– Corrupt the White Knight and make him an ally.
“Also…”
The contents of the quest window are not different from what you expected. He naturally picks up the tiara and uses her 『Sensation』 To test the tiara’s abilities.
『Tiara of Domination: It can enter the wearer’s mind and distort the target’s memory. (Indiscriminate distortion is impossible.) The distortion increases in inverse proportion to the subject’s values.』
‘Hmm… You mean I have to use this tiara to remodel and corrupt the white knight’s mind?’
‘If it’s explained, it won’t be easy to make her betray her faith, as it would violate her values…’
‘But, I said ‘difficult’, I didn’t say ‘impossible’, so if you try, there must be a way somehow.’
Seong-il ponders how to complete the quest, and quietly tries to wear the tiara he received from the god of the night on the white knight.
“Keuheuk!!! Kyaaaaak!!”
Then, on the spot, the white knight knelt down and hit his head on the floor in great pain. She is in so much pain that she falls to the floor and starts convulsing, biting her crab foam from her mouth.
‘Note… I’m not going to die, right?’
But fortunately, after a while, her convulsions start to stop.
“Whew… It looks like he’s alive…”
A thin breathing sound from the white knight’s head. Although Seong-il is relieved to see her, she makes her drink various potions just in case.
So, her holy day, she walks out of her temple carrying her stunned white knight over her shoulder.
“Ah, Seongil-nim. Did you have a good conversation with the great person?”
Lasal, who appears like a ghost at the entrance of the temple as before, without any signs, and talks to Seong-il. Seong-il nods her head to him and replies.
“Yes. The god of the moon wants you to corrupt the apostle of light you captured this time?
“Ohhh… Then how would Seongil-nim…?”
“…Because killing simply isn’t my taste. I’m going to try something that corrupts. The reward promised by that side is bigger.”
“Whoa… I see. I hope you do well.”
“Yes. That’s how it should be.”
“By the way…”
“…?”
The conversation seems to be over, but Seong-il turns around and looks at Lasal for a moment.
“Are you planning to move the Holy Land to the inner part of the Great Labyrinth?”
“Yes. Next time, a larger-scale subjugation party will come in. It is essential to enter the interior in order to withstand their offensive.”
“I see. But…”
“…But?”
“The native factions and prime demons who have been living within for a long time won’t be welcoming to us.”
“I guess so.”
“So, I think it’s better to decorate the new sanctuary as secretly as possible…”
“Ohh…”
At Lassal’s words, Seong-il, who had faithfully played 『The Guardian of the Dungeon』, Naturally understands his words.
‘I guess the next area has a lot of heterogeneous people? I’m guessing he’s telling me to use this.’
Lassal recommends the development of a random style dungeon according to the player’s troop status. Since he had just cleared the first stage, he probably recommended a stealth type dungeon due to his lack of troops.
‘Well… The stealth type is comfortable in the beginning. Unknowing followers of light prowl the great labyrinth. If you lose your troops due to war with the arriving forces and demons and your power is weakened, it is easy to defend against their attacks, and depending on the situation, it is easy to recruit additional native tribal allies or followers. ‘
At Lassal’s words, Seong-il quickly gets a sense of how to clear the next stage.
“I’ll do as you say.”
“Whoa… Thank you. By the way, it looks like the prisoner has fallen, what are you going to do?”
“Ah, first aid is done, so it doesn’t matter.”
“I see. Well, actually, there was something I wanted to ask for, but at least it shouldn’t be done on a day like today after a fierce battle. I’ll tell you later.”
After that, Lassal bowed down to say hello and left.
‘He’s a newcomer.’
Seong-il laughs bitterly as he sees Lassal disappear without a trace, and carries the white knight on his back again and moves to his lodgings.
“Hmm… But how do you use this tiara?”
Her holy days of laying her white knight on her own bed and looking at her. He scratches her head, not knowing how to use the tiara.
“Keuk… What did you tell me to try and use…”
Frustrated, Seong-il starts to adjust the tiara hanging from the white knight’s head.
“!!”
In the meantime, when his hand touches the jewel in the center of the tiara, Seong-il receives a strong stimulus to his mind and feels that his mind is being sucked somewhere.
“…Where is this?!”
After losing consciousness for a moment, Seong-il realizes that he has been transported to a well-organized manor he has never seen before.
Confused by the sudden teleportation, Seong-il looked around. He makes sure that no one is around and cautiously walks around the manor and examines the surroundings.
“Whoa… Whoa…!!”
“!!”
In front of Seongil’s eyes, a white knight holding a steel sword for training and wielding the sword fiercely appears in the gymnasium in the middle of the manor.
‘I have to hide myself…!’
Seong-il panics when he runs into her in an unexpected situation. He quickly looks around and tries to hide somewhere quickly.
‘Damn it!’
However, Seong-il realizes that there is no good place to hide because it is an open-air gymnasium.
“Eileen! You’re training hard today too!”
To make matters worse, a middle-aged, decent-looking man appears behind him and greets the white knight.
‘Fuck…’
Seong-il, who is in danger of being found out because he is stuck between just two people, wondering why he is here. The time when he was spitting out swear words inwardly and taking the ceremony for the priesthood of bankruptcy.
“Uncle! Are you here?”
‘…Uh?’
Two people who don’t care about themselves at all. Seong-il realizes that he has entered a world created as a kind of fantasy.
‘Aha… Is this an item similar to the voodoo doll that I used to draw in the past?’
As Seong-il looked at the situation, he was able to quickly figure out what situation he was facing.
‘Hmm… Is this scene where the old uncle and the white knight meet? By the way, the white knight’s name must have been Eileen?’
Seong-il was looking at a series of situations and grasping the contents. The middle-aged man whom he called his uncle smiled at the white knight and continued his conversation.
“Haha! That guy is also true. From now on, you should call him father. Taking over from your deceased friend, I adopted you, so from now on I am your father.”
“Yes…”
The life of a white knight that probably has an unknown story. Seong-il was interested and tried to observe them. The scene in which he is standing begins to change.
“…?”
Seong-il became puzzled when the world suddenly changed. Many knights and priests appeared in front of him.
“Sir Eileen! Will you swear to live as a sword to serve the great One God?”
“Yes! Bishop. I swear.”
The appearance of the white knight is similar to now, but looks a little younger. Judging from the circumstances, it seemed to show memories of being appointed to a special position for the God of Light in the past.
And soon after, several new flashback scenes briefly flow in front of Seong-il.
And after going through several situations, Seong-il sees the world around him collapse.
“…What is this again?”
For a while, the world around Seongil crumbled, and not long after, he found himself standing upright in his room.
“Hmm… This thing… Would be fun?”
As a voodoo doll, Seong-il had a high level of proficiency in using this type of object. He feels that he has a sense of how to train the white knight with this tiara.
