episode_0081

“How much does this cost?”

“It’s in good condition and not broken, so it’ll probably be quite expensive.”

I heard it’s quite expensive, but I wanted to hear the specific range of that expensive price.

Everyone seemed really excited when we rescued(?) the golem’s core.

Even the nobles.

“Hmm… The Golem Core will be sold at auction, so the exact price has not been set. It’s almost like the asking price is what it’s worth. Since it contains powerful energy, it will have to be properly appraised to determine its price. However, since its condition is so good, if it is appraised as at least a high-grade energy core, it will be worth enough to buy a castle. This means that our team will make a profit with these two cores.”

“Oh.”

Princess Rasiel must have spent a lot of money to form a punitive force.

Aren’t all the things we use not cheap but high-quality and all of them of excellent quality?

The labor costs alone would be enormous, and since the items were also high-quality, it was obvious that an unimaginable amount of money had been spent.

But then it was said that these two energy nuclei could cancel out each other’s values.

I now understand why people liked it so much.

‘Now that the investment has been recovered, it’s time to start seeing profits!’

Since the gatekeeper guarding the castle had brought him such a jackpot, it seemed that he was anticipating how many more treasures were sleeping within the castle.

The team members quickly took a break to recharge their batteries and urged their leader to hurry up and open the door.

“Is everyone really okay? It won’t be too late to start after lunch.”

“If I kill those two and it takes a whole day, when on earth will I conquer the castle? At least I have to conquer the first floor today!”

The number of stories in the high-rise castle appeared to be five at first glance.

It seemed too inefficient to kill two gatekeepers and finish the day to conquer all of them.

I chatted with Sister Melody while watching the group prepare for the attack.

While they were resting, I was working like crazy and was finally taking a rest.

“If we start fighting, that castle will all fall apart, right? It’s bitter to think that we have to destroy such a beautiful castle.”

The ice castle inside the labyrinth gave off an atmosphere where it seemed like a magical winter queen might live.

“I found it creepy.”

Sister Melody shared an unexpected sentiment while looking at the castle.

“You think that last name is creepy?”

Everyone said it was pretty… .

“I think it might be because I can vaguely feel the presence of a monster scurrying around inside.”

“!!!”

“There are a lot of numbers. If the door opens, all the monsters inside will probably jump out.”

“… Do other people know that there are a lot of numbers?”

“Don’t you know?”

I felt uneasy listening to Sister Melody’s blunt answer.

I ran quickly to the leader.

“Sister Melody said she felt like there were an incredible number of monsters in that castle. If you know, that would be great, but I thought I should tell you anyway.”

“There are a ton of monsters in there? Can you tell me more about the situation?”

As expected, I didn’t know!!

“I think it would be better to ask Sister. I just relayed what I heard.”

My sister happened to be following me as I ran.

The leader approached the sister and received detailed information about the number of monsters.

“I’d guess it’s probably well over 150.”

“Are you talking about the entire 5th floor?”

“No. Only on the first floor. If you talk about the entire 5th floor, there are more. Roughly 500? Maybe more. I’m not sure.”

“… … .”

The leader seemed speechless and just smiled, then sighed.

“If I had opened the lid without knowing, I could have been in big trouble. Thank you for letting me know. If you find out something similar again, please let me know then.”

“I didn’t know the exact number, but I thought you could guess, so I held back on my words. I see. Okay.”

When he heard that there were 150 monsters on the first floor alone, the leader seemed to think that he had to completely change his plan.

“Everyone disperse!”

“Huh?”

“Disbanded?”

“Strategy!”

The leader’s words caused a murmur to erupt among those preparing for battle.

“There is talk of 150 monsters inside the first floor of the castle.”

“ times, one hundred and fifty?!”

“Does that make sense?”

“The internal size is surprisingly large… .”

If you open the gate, you don’t know what kind of monster will come out.

But there are a lot of numbers?

Fortunately, our team had someone who knew how to move nimbly in times like these.

“I will go and check safety and come back.”

“Take care.”

Going near the castle was a huge risk.

The reason why they decided to attack instead of conducting reconnaissance was because it was too risky.

I prayed that he would return safely from his reconnaissance and gave him a buff.

“As expected, the priest’s buff is the best. Thank you.”

As I watched his back as he walked further and further away to scout, Sister Melody said.

“Do you care?”

“I can’t help but be worried when I go alone to a place where 150 people are sleeping.”

“I will return safely.”

“Yes, I hope so.”

But unfortunately my wish did not come true.

Clang!

“What is it?”

Everyone was watching the castle anxiously.

Then, suddenly, the sound of the castle’s ice window breaking was heard.

If just one had broken, there wouldn’t have been a sound here.

Dozens of ice windows shattered, and something shot out from inside.

“Huh?”

And then I saw the scout who had been heading towards the castle to scout out something running towards us with blood dripping from his left arm.

I couldn’t see it well because it was far away, but the expression on his face that I saw in passing looked very urgent.

“Prepare for battle!!!!!!!!!”

The leader was the first to draw his sword from his waist.

While everyone was moving hurriedly to prepare for battle, the leader tried to run forward to save the scout who was running hard.

“Leader!! No!”

The good news is that someone quickly caught that leader.

“If I keep going like this, I’ll catch up and die!”

“I’ll take care of that.”

The wizard who had been preparing for battle took a step forward and stretched out his hand.

About 50cm away from his hand, he felt a strange current in the air, and then he heard the sound of the wind that you would hear during a typhoon.

‘The wizards are really awesome.’

If such magic could be used as a skill, wouldn’t the world have been ruled by wizards long ago?

Of course, God would not leave it like that.

“Gasp gasp!”

Once wizards use a spell, it takes a long time to cast the next spell.

In addition, there is a fatal flaw in that if you use up all your mana, you cannot do anything until the mana regenerates.

The wizard’s magic succeeded in blowing away the monster that was chasing the scout closely behind.

The scouts didn’t miss the brief moment of vacancy.

He gritted his teeth and ran to where his group was, as if he was using all his strength.

He collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath as the leader held him in front and they reached a safe place together.

“Ugh! Ugh! What the f*ck! Ugh! I almost died. Ugh! Gasp! ”

“What happened?”

He said, barely able to catch his breath.

“Those kids, waiting for us… oh my… they were there! There’s a lot of them inside. Oh my, I almost suffocated. I was… gasp gasp… stuck to the ceiling, our eyes met, and I got goosebumps! They even snickered like humans!!”

“… You did a good job reconnoitering. If we had just gone in, we would have been completely defeated by those guys.”

“Yes! They’re all dead! That’s their lair! Their lair!”

It was a situation where I almost walked into a trap with my own feet.

Sister Melody practically saved our party.

“Monsters approaching ahead! We’re about to collide!!”

“Shield up!”

There was no time to continue listening to the scout’s story.

Monsters that had chased him out of the castle were rushing towards us.

‘Is that a bat?’

The red eyes and long wings stand out.

The creature, which looked similar to a bat, had pure white fur, unlike the usual black fur of bats.

I think it’s because the surroundings are so white that the color of the fur naturally changed like that.

Moreover, it was so large that it could never be mistaken for an animal, let alone a bat.

They flapped their wings and flew towards us.

‘How can you catch all those when you’re not even Yi Sun-sin?’

The surrounding area is completely white due to the bat monsters.

How peaceful and nice it would be if it were snowing.

But it wasn’t snow, it was a monster, and instead of raining down, it was coming down on us at incredible speed.

Besides, the numbers are overwhelmingly at our disadvantage.

I couldn’t believe how many there were even though I was seeing them with my own two eyes.

‘There are so many of them, but they only have 150 of them?’

Honestly, it seemed like there were more than 150.

The problem was that the other party boasted enormous numbers, while we were only a handful.

“Shouldn’t we run away?! Should we just fight this?”

“Hey kid, if you turn your back now, we’ll all die!! Do you think everyone is fast on their feet?!”

Given the circumstances, a harsh curse came out of the leader’s mouth.

But no one pointed out that it was rude.

Who wouldn’t want to curse in this situation right now?

It’s a situation where you could die.

and.

Finally, the team members clashed with the monster horde.

“Step back. It’s dangerous.”

“Yes.”

-Whoa!

The monsters flying around me were protected like an iron wall by Sister Melody.

I guess if I had chosen to run away, she would have picked me up and run with me.

“These kids are weak-willed!”

And it seemed that after one clash, they had calculated that they were not as strong as they thought.

As the leader shouted, it was actually just a problem of their numbers, it didn’t seem like it took much force to kill them.