episode_0022

“Then, shall we just go in to see what’s there and then come out?”

“I really wanted to die. How many seconds have you been saying since I just said there would be a duke-level demon?”

“But if you have to attack here anyway, wouldn’t it be better to go in and check what’s there to prepare for it?”

“First of all, it’s an illusion, so what if I go in and can’t come out… No, I shouldn’t say anything, so what can I say at length to the spirit soldiers? ”

It looks like they don’t want to go into Feria, but I think it might be better to go in at the same time as everyone else.

There will also be demonic mercenaries inside, so if you fight, it’s better to do it when other people are present.

“Then let’s go in.”

“I said it clearly.”

“Don’t worry. It will work out somehow.”

“Why are there only such optimistic people? Really…”

A decision is made and everyone steps forward at the same time.

And in an instant, it seemed like the world was spinning, and before I knew it, I was inside the Yeongju Castle.

However, even when I look around, I can’t see both Peria and Master, who were moving at the same time.

‘Did they make it so that they disperse when they come in? ‘You used your brain.’

It seems that this castle was built for the purpose of dispersing power by separating people one by one.

‘First of all, it would be better to go as far as you can and find out exactly what kind of place it is.’

Fortunately, there was no need to disarm him or anything, so he still had the crowbar and escutcheon in his hands. Since I haven’t lost my combat ability, I can do it, but it’s worth a try.

Walk carefully forward.

When viewed from the outside, the castle looked completely collapsed, with only a little bit of the inside visible, but the inside was different. Like a newly built building, there were neat tiles and new furniture and decorations everywhere.

The hallway is decorated with daylight-colored candles flickering in candle holders, a clean hallway that looks as if it has just been cleaned, Gothic-style furniture placed in the middle, and a small chandelier hanging from the ceiling.

While I was walking and looking around, I heard a voice.

“That’s incredible, is it really possible for a demon that is close to pureblood to have this level of skill?”

“Isn’t this impossible even for the Demon King?”

“Shh! Be careful what you say. And if it gets to the ears of regular soldiers, they’ll just cut off their heads, right?”

Three demonic mercenaries are walking along the hallway, so I quickly hide next to the giant clock nearby.

“Anyway, I took a breather. It’s easier to deal with the annoying soul bugs as they are dropped one by one.”

“I’ve only heard of Dream Demon’s Castle, but it’s truly amazing. I can’t believe I get to see something like this in my life.”

“Mercenaries like us experience all this! The thought of going back and bragging about it kills me, doesn’t it? Haha!”

“Okay, I like it so much, what should I do?”

Deep.

He comes out from behind the clock, joins the conversation, and stabs one of the guys in the neck with an escutcheon in an instant.

“Uh…huh?”

“If you react that slowly, you should die.”

It was unfortunate that the mercenaries were so slow to react.

Turn the crowbar upside down, hold it, and drive the harpoon-like part into another guy’s head.

“You monsters!”

“You are the monsters.”

A fat mercenary with two lizard-like tails on the back of his head came to his senses, took out a weapon that looked like a sickle, and swung it.

Block the scythe with the escutcheon and hit the leg with the crowbar.

“Kkueeek!”

Bye!

Next, hit the other leg and completely break it.

“Phew, I’m glad it’s easy.”

Thanks to the fact that they were letting down their guard, I easily defeated the three of them.

‘Shall we interrogate him first?’

As it is a space that is completely unknown, it is important to obtain as much information as possible. If you know how many people are in front, what their purpose is, and how they are armed, it becomes easier to deal with them.

“Let me ask you a few questions.”

“Uh… do you think you will answer? We are mercenaries who make a living on trust!”

“If you die, it’s over. What kind of trust do you need? If you tell me, I’ll give you my life.”

Tap the other leg, which is not yet broken, with a crowbar.

“…is it real?”

“Truly, tell me and I will take you prisoner. If I refuse here, I’ll just have to kill myself, but I don’t want to go far away from my hometown and get killed, right?”

“… Okay. Let’s talk.”

‘He has thin ears.’

Even if you were someone who was talking about trust just a moment ago, you would naturally react like this when you hear that your head is being blown off.

It will be the same no matter who you ask. In the end, nothing is more important than life. So, if you threaten appropriately, it usually works.

Even though I am fighting for my life, I have no intention of cruelly killing everyone.

‘Let’s extract information quickly.’

“What are you curious about?”

“You said it was the castle of a dreamer, and the castle that was originally located here seems to have a different structure. Do you know the road?”

“We don’t know the internal structure of the castle. If you just move, you will be taken to where the enemy is. We were told that we just had to keep moving and deal with those spirit soldiers. Then, when the contract ends in two weeks, the contract condition is that you will leave here and return it.”

“Going back? Didn’t you come on foot?”

“No. I thought I entered the castle, but the regular army came and told me to leave again, and it was towards the castle here. We don’t even know how we got halfway.”

‘Asmodian regular army. It looks like it’s inside here.’

Transfer training.

This may have been the reason why the castle suddenly fell without any communication.

A red light suddenly appeared from the sky, and the demon’s castle was summoned, and demon mercenaries came out from inside, and the soldiers who were watching were unable to take any action and all died.

‘Then it’s easy to not know. I was probably looking towards the plain, but suddenly the enemy came from inside.’

But right now, more than anything else, I am very concerned about the regular army and the noble who summoned this castle. If there is a regular army, it is absolutely impossible for me to deal with it alone.

‘I think at least a few people will be able to fight together with Master.’

“Good. So where are the regular army and nobles now?”

“The regular army said, ‘Not this way’ as we walked. while popping out. They only come out when they send us away, and other than that they don’t interfere. I think the nobles are in the back where those guys are.”

“You guys don’t know how to join each other?”

“We don’t know, we just know that if you hold on to your body when you open the door and move, it will come in with you. That’s how we join together and move around.”

It blew better than I expected and I got a lot of useful information.

‘I guess this is enough for now.’

“Good. Just tie it up for now. If I find anything, I’ll come pick you up later.”

“Uh, my leg is broken anyway, so can’t I release it?”

“You’ve given me a lot of attention for this, but if you say bullshit, they’ll tear it down?”

When I grab the lizard-like tail that grows on the back of the demon’s head and pull it, I feel extremely embarrassed.

“Now, wait! okay! I’ll stay here without making a sound, just keep an eye on my hair!”

“That’s hair?”

“ may look like this by your standards, but it grew this big because of a lot of management, right? How much women love this!”

“Oh, well, let me see.”

As if the demon is proud, he is shaking what he claims is the hair on the back of his head. It vibrates at a very high speed, but I think it’s disgusting.

Although they may have been the same person at one time, their aesthetic sense seems to have changed greatly over time.

‘Is this what cultural diversity is?’

I don’t know what to like about the fluttering hair.

“Okay then I’m going.”

Tie up the demons tightly and go in the direction they came from.

‘I said it would come out if you go into an empty room or at the end of the hallway.’

I walk down the hallway while keeping the sound of my footsteps as low as possible, but the hallway looks a little strange.

‘What is this?’

There are a few places in the middle of the long hallway that look a little out of place.

However, even if you put your hand on it, it does not respond.

‘What is it made of?’

Since you said it was an illusion, is something like this even possible?

It felt like it was soft and I thought it might break if I touched it with my sword, so I tried to stab it, but even if I stabbed it, the sword wouldn’t go in. Likewise, even if you stab it with the harpoon part of a lever, a solid wall will bounce everything off.

It feels like pudding that a spoon can never fit into.

‘If there was a knight or a wizard, it would have been possible to break through.’

It was said that illusions also use magic power, so if I attack with magic power, it might cause damage, but as a soul disease person who cannot collect magic power because my body was created, it is impossible.

‘I might not be able to attack it anyway. ‘No, wait a minute.’

Then, a sudden thought occurred to me and I took out the artifact.

When I pressed the device for the first time in a while, I saw that in addition to bears, there were many more things that looked like people. The souls of the demons seemed to have been properly absorbed, and when they were transformed into a bowl, they became larger than before.

But the magical power was still unwavering.

“No, I want you to move a little bit now.”

First of all, I heard it was definitely a sword. If I could sharpen this magic power that is currently concentrated, I would be able to tear this wall apart, but I can’t do anything with the magic power in a round sphere.

“This is useless.”

As my irritation explodes, I throw a coin at the wall with my immovable magic power.

‘It would have been nice to have at least a magic sword or something.’

A magic sword that can cut through anything.

At least if the equipment you have now is good, it may be much easier than it is now.

The moment I took the coin that popped out and was about to put it in my pocket, a light burst out of my hand.

“Huh? What is this?”

I thought there was a flash of light for a moment, and then there was a rather short dagger in the hand that was obviously holding a coin.

“Was it successful?”

The magical power of the artifact had turned into a sword of almost excessive size, made entirely from the handle to the blade.

Just in case, I hold the knife upside down and stab the wall.

Deep. Buuuk.

“Oh, that’s okay. It should change like this a long time ago.”

The dagger tears through the mushy wall without much effort, as if it was made for that purpose from the beginning.

It’s a success.

I discovered how to use magical power in unexpected places.

Was what was lacking desire, or desperation?

I don’t know what made the artifact work, but the fact that it succeeded is important. So I became more greedy.

‘Can’t it be a little longer?’

I think of the shape of the sword as a longer sword, but it doesn’t change. Maybe it’s because I don’t have enough magic power.

‘Then what if the thickness is made thinner and stretched?’

This time it is a success. Instead of being slightly longer, the tip became more pointed like a pen.

So, is anything really being cut?

Just in case, I put it on the end of an iron lever, shape the magical power back into the shape of a sword, and try using a knife.

Then, the lever was cut without much effort, as if sharpening a pencil with a knife.

“Okay, the length is not great, but the performance is solid.”

This level of sharpness is comparable to that of knights’ swords.

I was happy that I had finally figured out how to use magical power.

But I also don’t like it a little.

‘No, but how many souls have I collected? It’s only like this?’

Including the bears and demons killed so far, there must have been 20 more souls, but the amount of souls seemed less than expected.

It’s nice to be able to cut down anything, but it’s still too big.

And it only cuts through things that don’t contain magical power or walls made of illusions, but in reality, if it collides with a sword containing magical power, there’s no telling which one will win.

It may be about sharpness, but nothing has been proven yet in terms of strength.

‘No, maybe I’m being too greedy.’

Now that we have figured out how to use magical power, it is a good development. The rest can be done slowly.

You shouldn’t be impatient. At least for now, it is a trump card that only I know about, and if kept hidden, it can exert even more power.

‘For now, getting out of here is the problem.’

Inside the torn wall, you can see the dark, unlit, empty, desolate interior of the castle.

‘Is this really the inside of Yeongju Castle?’

Dust is piled up here and there, and the remains of broken furniture and a broken chandelier come into view after the chain broke and fell.

I wonder if it’s true that the illusion can be broken so easily, but for now, the only way is to move forward.

It’s dark, but thanks to some light coming from somewhere, your eyes quickly adapt.

Trap…

Trap…

Trap…

I try to walk carefully, but the constant beeping of my military boots is annoying.

A quiet space where no sound is heard except footsteps.

The feeling of walking alone in a quiet space is both scary and exciting at the thought of breaking a taboo that must never be violated.

Continue walking, and as soon as you turn the corner, you see a hall with a huge, unlit chandelier.

There is a huge chandelier in the center, large enough to hold well over 100 candles, and in the center you can see a group of soldiers wearing black armor and dark red horned helmets.

The halberd, a weapon that looks like a combination of an ax and a spear, was placed on the ground and appeared to be resting.

They are regular troops.

Unless there is a mercenary leader with considerable charisma, each individual is a different enemy from the crude and free-spirited mercenaries.

A regular army of demons who are unified as one body and ravage their enemies in perfect order.

Demon Warrior.

More than 20 warriors were staying in the spacious dance hall.

And at the same time that I recognized them, they also recognized me.

Those who were quiet start to move.

“Mercenary, this is not the road. Turn around and go back the way you came.”

“Wait a minute, does it make sense that the mercenary is in the passageway and not the entrance?”

“I see, it would be impossible for them to get out of that place on their own, right?”

“Look closely, it’s the enemy.”

“The enemy. How did you get here?”

“That’s not important, we should rule it out. Don’t let it go in front of here.”

The guys who were answering questions among themselves began to form a formation holding halberds.

“““Exclude. Carry out the devil’s orders. Fulfill. Fulfill. Fulfill.”””

“Are you guys parrots?”

‘It’s ruined.’

I was in big trouble.

The regular army of the demons is of a different class.

Jump, jump, jump, jump

Demon Warriors approaching simultaneously with united steps.

These guys move so neatly that they can’t be compared to humans.

No matter how many days and days you go through military parades, you will never be able to imitate these guys.

In reality, they are bound with one spell per 10 people.

As a spell to share thoughts and move efficiently at the same time, those who work in groups like this push the knights who control magical power with superiority in numbers and tactics even without magical power.

It would be too much for me, especially since I only have a dagger-sized sword.

“ Just eat it.”

When I throw a dagger made of magic, one guy seems to have thought it was just a dagger and runs towards me with his helmet raised, but the sword gets stuck in his head and he falls down.

‘good. It works.’

“Use strange numbers. Subdue quickly.”

“What is taken prisoner?”

“Not necessary. It’s a soul disease. Even if you tried to interrogate them, they would have figured it out.”

“Then I guess I should kill him.”

For a moment, they were happy that the attack worked. The guys who had been leisurely coming, thinking they had the upper hand, as soon as they saw one person fall, immediately ran over to block the escape route and surrounded them.

Halberd spears strike from six directions at the same time.

I had no choice but to duck down to avoid it, but they raised their halberds at the same time as if they were one body and struck them in the middle.

Cheer up!

“Fuck.”

I tried to block it by crossing the crowbar and esterk, but it was also impossible.

The arm is cut off and the leg is cut off by the ax blade that flies back towards the leg.

They calmly and completely subdue their enemies as if they were used to it. After that, one guy came in front of me as a representative.

“I don’t know how it got here, but go and tell it.”

Holding the halberd to his neck, the Demon Warrior speaks.

“Since you came here, there is only defeat for you.”

“What is the answer?”

‘It hits very steadily.’

I am shocked by the power of the Demon Warrior I haven’t seen in a long time.

These guys are consistent, I think they are probably the ones who have fought the most on the battlefield.

Warriors who seem to have come from hell who silently force death by wielding an executioner’s ax-like weapon.

I have a really long relationship with these guys.

“Is there a set answer? It’s between you and us.”

A tough relationship, soul bottles and demon soldiers.

They probably knew what each other was trying to say.

I found out that swords made with magic work on them. Now I just have to prepare hard and come back.

so

He answers.

“Eat taffy.”

“That’s how it is like you.”

It seemed like an evil smile could be seen inside the opponent’s helmet.

It’s a shame that my arm was cut off. Since it’s been a while since I’ve met these guys, I wanted to give them some sweets that I put so much effort into.

And then a quiet ax blade flew by.