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Episode.30 The king of a country without a king

-Tap!

I held Chaewon’s hand as she pulled down my pants little by little.

“What are you doing?”

Then Chaewon, who flinched as if she was surprised to hear what I said, shook my hand away.

【What, what?】

“… Offer your most precious liquid.”

【Right, right?】

Chaewon tilted her head and waited with bated breath for my next words.

“But why are you taking your pants down?”

【Well, of course…】

The way she wiggles her fingers reminds me of Harin, the day she bought me a weapon.

She wiggled her fingers after hearing from the person who seemed to be the store owner at the time that the person next to her was her boyfriend.

‘Now that I know why I hesitated so much, though.’

【Uh… of course… isn’t it your semen?】

Chaewon seemed shy and barely able to speak.

“… Think about it.”

【What, what! Was I wrong?!】

“Then if a woman comes here alone, she won’t be able to enter?”

【No… That’s right, then what is the most precious liquid you think of?】

I shook my head.

“Of course it’s blood, right? It is a liquid that both men and women have in their bodies and cannot do without. And just by looking at it, it looks like all you have to do is cut your hand a little with the dagger in front of you and put the blood in that bowl.”

【… You’re handsome.】

“It’s not that I’m smart, it’s that you’re a fucking bitch. If you weren’t born into a rich family, I can guarantee that you have a ninety-nine nine percent chance of becoming homeless, if not a hundred percent.”

As I said this to Chaewon, I lightly cut the tip of my left ring finger with the dagger that seemed to be made of bronze that was lying in front of me.

【… fool. Don’t you usually do it with your index finger?】

“Is that so? I don’t think it really matters.”

– Kugugugoong!

【Really?!】

“.. What is it?”

-Dddd.

【Ah… I chewed my tongue. Suddenly the ground shakes and there is chaos…】

“Huh? There is space in front?”

With a tremendous vibration, a new space was created in front.

And in front of it were unlit torches.

– Bye!

The unlit torches lit up as if guiding us inward.

【… Hey… This is…】

Even though torches were burning brightly next to it, illuminating the space, an inexplicable chill seemed to be emanating from it.

Never felt, never known.

That dizzying sense of guilt seemed to flow down my spine and up to my brain.

As a result, I could even feel as if my brain was shaking.

But I couldn’t give in to fear like this.

I must move forward.

We must reach the end and become strong.

Because… this revenge is not just mine.

Even if I succeeded in removing the nerf, it is not everything in my life, and I still have something I promised to Eunbyeol.

I can’t sit down here.

Even if time changes the color of the sky.

The human race does not always suffer hardships.

“… I think it’s the boss room. I have to catch the boss like this.”

I said that and slowly walked forward.

-Tap. -Tap.

My steps echo everywhere.

【Now, wait a minute! I’m going with you too!】

Chaewon quickly flew next to me and sat on my left shoulder.

“You. It’s in this sword now.”

【uh? why?】

“I feel like you should be in.”

At that time, the soul absorption would not be a crude technique that simply creates horse companions.

‘It is clear that the absorbed soul must be contained in the weapon in order for it to grow or become stronger.’

I had that guess in my head.

【uh? what? I didn’t hear you clearly.】

“Just stay inside. I’ll take it out when the fight is over.”

【… Do I really have to take it out? You’re not putting me to the sword because I’m annoying, right?】

“Of course. Without you, there are books I need to read after defeating the boss, right?”

【huh…】

“I’m glad you can read Latin.”

Chaewon nodded and entered the sword.

【idiot.】

He went in completely, leaving a curse word to me.

When I entered, I felt like I heard a ‘shoo-ok’ sound.

“Ha…”

I think I can do it myself by going into the sword.

It seems like I can’t come out on my own because I have to summon my soul to take it out.

‘ruler. Now all that remains is to move forward.’

I have definitely experienced this cold sensation somewhere.

Snow mountain.

The kingdom’s one and only last remaining guard knight goblin, who looked like a blue mutant.

Their dying king.

A knight who became an agent.

The first gate I entered after obtaining the blessing of the system.

Unforgettable memories.

Apparently, when I cleared it at that time, it said ‘Fallen Goblin Kingdom’.

‘It fell…’

Before I received the blessing of this system, I frequently visited not only the Blue Gate but also the Black Gate.

Black Gate has changed.

That’s right, strangely enough, every time I enter the Black Gate after receiving the blessing of the system, the atmosphere feels down.

‘Would it be an exaggeration to say that it looks like the day before the world was destroyed?’

The name is ‘Fallen Goblin Kingdom’.

Of course, the next field-type dungeon in the Black Gate, ‘Snake Ruins’, is not ‘Collapsed Serpent Ruins’, so it could be speculation.

‘but…’

I kept walking to where the boss was, thinking endlessly about random things.

Go down the oval-shaped stairs again and head to the endless basement.

As I went deeper and deeper underground, the intense cold that can only be experienced in the polar regions hit my cheek.

– Tak.

Have we finally reached the end of these stairs?

This feeling as if your body is floating.

A feeling of floating that stimulates the abdomen.

This feeling was a feeling that came from fear.

-Snap.

The sound of something moving and the cold chill froze my body.

Was it that overwhelming fear that made my body freeze?

I couldn’t tell if the cold was what made my body freeze.

“… Human…? Was there a living human…”

A guy in front of me, about 100 meters away, spoke up.

“Are you the boss here?”

“Yes.”

‘Isn’t it a monster?… No, if it were a human, at least they wouldn’t say they were human.’

I walked a little closer to the guy who was talking.

Now the distance from him is 50m.

I raised my sword and took a fighting stance.

“But… it’s surprising that monsters can talk, isn’t it?”

“… Human. Are you going to fight me with that crappy sword?”

“You’re wearing that strange helmet too, right?!”

Honestly, it’s an immature thought. This guy is so cool.

“… I lived as a human once too.”

The guy who called me human was wearing black armor.

There was a black tattered cloak on his back, and his helmet had an upside-down cross on it.

Usually, if the cross is upside down, it means heresy, but the reason the helmet has a cross through it is because that is where the eye is.

Then that guy… Unless the eyes are located at the bottom of the face, that kind of structure makes no sense.

‘At least if you’re human….’

“But. Not now.”

“What?”

“As a fellow human being. No, as someone who used to be human, swinging a sword now…”

“What do you mean?”

“Please know that it is not my will.”

The black armored guy put his hand on the sword sheath on his waist.

-Sheeng!

And then he pulled out his sword.

The scabbard was thrown away.

It seems like he uses the same one-handed straight sword as me.

However, a chill that was too much to handle emanated from his weapon.

‘No way is that…’

“Is this your first time seeing something like this?”

“… How did you do it?”

Frost continued to drip from his one-handed sword, as if it had been made from eternal ice.

The exact opposite of the armor color. That is, white frost fell, a contradictory color.

The color of his sword body is light sky blue.

It is so half transparent that it is no exaggeration to say that it is a weapon made of diamond.

“This is the only weapon in the world that my old friend made of ice that will never melt.”

“Is that a type of ice cap?”

“Okay. Do you know what an ice cap is?”

“I don’t know, but isn’t it old enough to be 10,000 years old?”

“It’s not wrong, but… Permanent snow means snow that never melts. Ten thousand can simply mean a number, but what it means is.”

The black armored guy suddenly crouched down and quickly approached me, putting pressure on me.

“It means eternity!”

-Shoo!

-Chaeng!

“Ugh!”

I almost couldn’t stop it.

cold.

No, it’s cold.

Even though I only exchanged one word with him, my whole body became so cold that my hands and feet were shaking.

‘I have to do something with that cold sword!’

First, I stepped backwards to increase the distance between me and that guy.

“To endure this… You’re not an average bet, are you?”

“Ha…”

Steam came out of my mouth every time I breathed.

I couldn’t end my one-time life here.

I had no choice but to use my specialty.

‘The King’s Insight activated.’

– Tiring!

[Check the monster’s information.]

[information]

Name: King of a country without a king (Lv.??)

Current status: Under the control of parasites.

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The only thing I could tell was the name and condition of that black armored guy.

Even the name wasn’t right.

‘The king of a country without a king’.

He said he was once human.

What does this system want to tell me?

Even the name of my weapon is ‘The Sword of the Lost King.’

What secrets are hidden in this world?

“My extreme cold swordsmanship gradually tires the opponent.”

I had a strong feeling that my curiosity would be answered only if I defeated this guy.

“Come.”

No matter what happens, I will face the end of this truth.