Chapter 0 – Prologue
In a dark and humid underground tunnel.
Shoot
In the empty air, a duller and more ominous energy than the darkness of the underground burned like a flame.
After a while, the burning energy disappeared and a black door suddenly appeared in its place.
The door was very old-fashioned.
So it seemed awkward to exist in a tunnel like this.
But when I looked closely, my thoughts changed.
People who despair, cry, run away, and become angry.
Demons who tear them apart, molest them, violate them, and devour them.
Would it be like this if there were a gate to hell?
Is there a door better suited to a basement where not a single ray of light comes in?
Squeak!
A door that opens slowly with an unpleasant friction sound.
Soon, six figures walked helplessly through the door.
“Fuck! “I’ve never heard of a mid-boss’ life being this hard!”
The bespectacled wizard leaked the few remaining potions and swore.
Then the warrior who was similarly checking the condition of the shield laughed at him.
“Joy! It’s not that his life is tough, it’s that your magic is insignificant.”
“What! How dare you say you’re so good! The subject was unable to block the boss’s attacks several times and was knocked out. Why do you carry a shield? Are you going to use it as a pot for boiling soup?”
“… Have I said everything now?”
“I’ve said everything. What should I do?”
The warrior and the wizard glared at each other as if they were going to fight at any moment.
“Both of you, stop!”
At that time, the goddess who had finished healing the injured person shouted and stopped the two people.
The warrior and wizard tried to ignore the shout, but the party leader gave them a stern glare, so they had no choice but to calm down their anger for now.
“It seems to have been eroded by the darkness of the labyrinth. “Both of you, come to your senses.”
“Yay~.”
“I understand.”
After warning the two, the party leader looked back at the female swordsman who was checking the area treated by the priestess and the hunter who was checking the loot obtained from the treasure chest.
They noticed the party leader’s gaze and spoke in order.
“I think the ankle injury is pretty serious. “I feel awkward in my movements.”
“Three brown grade items and one lowest grade health potion are all!”
The party leader let out a deep sigh. And then he asked the hunter.
“They’re all brown grade?”
“Yes, unfortunately it is!”
“… Speak quietly. A guy called a hunter.”
“Sorry! “Ah… I’m so sorry~.”
The party leader closed his eyes tightly.
It wasn’t because I was angry at the hunter’s actions.
No, there was no reason for that, but rather, it was to consider whether to continue the exploration.
‘Phew~. You come here to make money and leave to spend it.’
The worries didn’t last long.
This was a labyrinth, a world of human beings where your life could be lost if you made a slightly wrong choice or a slightly delayed choice.
“I’m coming back. Goddess, find the sanctuary.”
“Yes!”
The goddess began praying to find a glimmer of divine power in the demonic energy that filled the labyrinth.
That was her last prayer.
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“No! Save me! “Please save me!”
Kikikick!
Wow!
The goddess was captured by demons and dragged into the darkness.
The hunter hurriedly tried to stretch out his hand, but fear, helplessness, and ugly selfishness prevented it.
The sound of demons laughing at him echoed in the tunnel.
“Huh. Sorry. “I’m sorry.”
A hunter keeps walking while repeating meaningless apologies.
The priestess’s scream, faintly heard amidst the sound of ridicule, stopped him in his tracks.
The hunter gritted his teeth and ignored the screams.
I believed it would end soon.
Like when the wizard is caught, like when the female swordsman is caught, like when the warrior is caught, like when the party leader is caught.
Tuk! Tap!
As he walked, the hunter threw everything on his body except for the bare minimum of clothing on the ground.
Bows and arrows, silver-plated daggers, high-quality leather armor, and various expensive potions.
It was a waste because we all bought it with great intention… But it wasn’t a waste more than our lives.
“I live. Make sure you survive!”
The moment he made up his mind, the pain he felt in his thigh caused the hunter to fall forward.
When I felt his thigh, I found a dagger stuck deep in it.
Somehow the handle of the dagger looked very familiar.
Soon the hunter realized.
This dagger is a silver-plated dagger that he threw away.
“Shibaaal!”
Giggling!
Heehee!
The hunter burst out the emotions he had been holding back.
The demons who had already approached him shook their shoulders and laughed at him.
The demons, who laughed at the hunter to their heart’s content, slowly narrowed the distance between them.
Red blood on the corner of the mouth.
After feasting on the blood and flesh of their comrades, they were drooling from their mouths as if it wasn’t enough.
The hunter sensed his death.
Right at that moment.
Pajik! Puzzle!
I heard an intense noise that made my heart pound.
The hunter hurriedly opened his eyes.
Then I could see it.
A ray of blue lightning brightens the darkness of the labyrinth.
Puzzle!
“Kkieek!”
Blue lightning, swimming in the air as if swimming in water, passed over the hunter’s head and burrowed into the center of the group of demons.
The demons screamed in unison as the powerful brain power made their skin tingle.
In the meantime, Blue Lightning bit off all the nearby demons with its sharp molars.
The hunter opened his mouth blankly as he saw the guys who had been toying with him a moment ago being massacred so easily.
“Kiik! Kicchaat!”
“Kkegaeng!”
The surviving demons began to run wild.
The blue lightning swam through the air again and followed closely behind.
A long streak of blue lightning.
The hunter recited something he often saw in the river near his house when he was young.
“Electric eel?”
The moment he recited those words, the massacre ended.
Tradging over the corpses of demons, someone approached the hunter.
“Are you okay?”
A pleasant voice was heard.
Then, a sweet scent seeped deep into my nostrils.
The hunter, completely relaxed, slowly raised his head and looked up at the owner of the voice.
“Ah…”
Hair and eyes that are pitch black but not like the darkness of a muddy labyrinth but like the warm night sky.
Apricot-colored skin that feels soft and firm just by looking at it.
An androgynous appearance that is naturally likeable.
The hunter felt his heart pounding differently than before.
“Over there…”
“Please marry me!”
The hunter shouted as he held the hand of his benefactor reaching towards him.
The benefactor’s face, which was full of worry, suddenly distorted.
Even the hunter’s face looked pretty.
Before he knew it, he was picturing unborn sons and daughters in his head.
Hehe, our cuties are here.
“I’m sorry.”
“Please, please. Consider it just once. Even if it’s like this, I have a lot of money saved.”
“That’s not the problem.”
The benefactor shook his head resolutely.
The hunter asked while deeply inhaling the sweet scent that spread.
“Then…”
“I am a man.”
“… Yes?”
“I’m a man.”
“So?”
“…”
The hunter did not give in.
“so?” LMAO