episode_0066

A dark cave.

The appearance of a human-faced centipede was revealed beyond the flickering torch.

A total of 10.

‘Oh, my.’

I sighed inwardly.

Unlike when I fell from the 5th floor, the number was absurdly small.

As expected.

I guessed it after seeing the hobgoblins walking around normally.

The fact that Ryu Sinyou’s party arrived on the 4th floor near the end of the Eldritch Wave.

Ryu Sinyou was relieved, but the party members were stiff with fear.

“Gueeeeeeeck!!!”

“O, it’s coming!!!”

Gallerheim screamed.

Just as he was about to step forward.

One plan was made in Ryu Sinyou’s head.

It’s not perfect. It’s close to improvisation.

But.

‘Not bad?’

It’s a gamble, but there seemed to be no harm in taking it.

“Run away! Stick to my back!”

“What?!”

The party members stared blankly at Ryu Sinyou.

Regardless, Ryu Sinyou took the torch and dashed forward.

“W, wait!!! Let’s go together!”

The party members cried out and hurriedly followed Ryu Sinyou.

“Kueeeeeck!!!”

The human-faced centipede soared into the air and swung its tail stinger.

Ryu Sinyou swung his shield as if chasing away flies.

Paah-ah-ahk!!!

The human-faced centipede, its head crushed by the edge of the shield, plummeted to the floor.

The party members following from behind were astonished.

To casually blow away that terrifying human-faced centipede.

“Are you crazy!!!”

Gallerheim clicked his tongue.

“Shut your mouth and run!!!”

At Ryu Sinyou’s urging, the party gritted their teeth and ran.

“Kieeeeck!!!”

The human-faced centipede jumped out from the side.

Paaah-ah-ah-ahk!!!

Ryu Sinyou kicked its head with his foot.

Thud!!!

At the same time, a bolt flew in.

I waited.

Quickly dodging to the side and raising his shield.

Kwa-ga-ga-gak!!!

He blocked the bolt and ran again.

Once again, a human-faced centipede flew through the air.

He swung his arming sword.

Tsu-ah-ah-ahk!!!

He used the pommel to strike the head of the centipede, whose tail was cut in half, and dropped it to the floor.

He quickly grabbed the severed tail and put it in his arms.

Now that he had what he wanted, all that was left was to run hard.

Thoo-woong!!!

Another bolt flew in.

This time, 4 bolts.

Ryu Sinyou stopped again, held out his shield, and swung his sword.

Kwa-ga-ga-gak!!! Tta-ah-ah-ahng!!!

2 were embedded in the shield, and 1 was blocked by the sword and bounced off.

What about the remaining one?

“Kkeu-ah-ah-ahk!!!”

Suddenly, Gallerheim grabbed his thigh and tried to collapse to the floor.

“Shit!!!”

The thing he had been worried about finally happened.

Ryu Sinyou grabbed Gallerheim by the scruff of his neck and lifted him up.

A bolt was deeply embedded in his thigh.

“Soline!”

Ryu Sinyou threw Gallerheim to Soline.

Soline, even while running, skillfully caught Gallerheim with one hand and slung him over her shoulder.

“Gallerheim! Get a grip! You have to guide the way!”

At Ryu Sinyou’s shout, Gallerheim, who had been screaming, regained his senses and gritted his teeth.

“Keu-heu-eup! Right!!!”

There was no time to treat the wound.

Behind them, the human-faced centipedes and assassins were still following and targeting the party.

Ta-ta-ta-tat!!!

Thanks to Gallerheim, who was holding on to his mind, the party did not get lost and was able to move forward correctly.

How long had they been running?

They had shaken off all the human-faced centipedes that were sticking to them. No bolts were flying in either.

The torch flickered as if it were about to go out.

The four shadows reflected off the cave walls as if they were dancing.

“Heo-uk. Heo-uk.”

The party members were out of breath.

It was only natural that they were exhausted after running at full speed.

Ryu Sinyou and the party members soon reached a huge cavern.

Several paths branched out in the wide cavern.

‘Here.’

Ryu Sinyou stood tall in his spot.

The party members also stopped walking.

“Skah! Why are you stopping?”

Soline asked.

“Go on ahead.”

Ryu Sinyou said.

“Don’t talk nonsense!”

Soline shouted.

“Soline, I’m asking you. You’re the only one I can trust.”

“No!!!”

“Are we all going to die here?”

At Ryu Sinyou’s question, Soline bit her lip tightly.

“Gallerheim is injured. If we waste more time here, we’ll all die. I’ll hold them back.”

“Why are you going so far?!”

Soline’s voice was tearful.

“Because I gathered you. It’s my responsibility. I can’t allow you to die because of me. And don’t worry about me, worry about yourselves. There are still human-faced centipedes prowling around on this floor, even though there are fewer of them.”

“…”

“Soline, let’s go.”

For some reason, Pyrion did not say he would stay, but soothed Soline and led her away.

Ryu Sinyou and Pyrion briefly made eye contact.

“I have many good enchantments. Don’t worry too much.”

“I’ll trust you.”

Pyrion closed his eyes and began chanting.

Ryu Sinyou tried to stop Pyrion but gave up.

[Haste]

[Raise Strength]

His body became lighter and he was filled with strength.

“Thank you. Now go.”

Ryu Sinyou turned his body and said.

“Keu-eut!”

Soline gritted her teeth and suppressed her resentment.

“Let’s see each other alive.”

“Let’s do that.”

He replied, ignoring Pyrion’s words.

Ta-ta-ta-tat!

He heard the sound of the party members moving away behind him.

The cavern soon darkened because he had handed over the torch.

There was something he had to do before taking out the torch.

Ryu Sinyou turned his back to the path the party members had taken and blocked it.

He took out the human-faced centipede tail stinger from his arms and squeezed it onto the blade of the arming sword.

Drizzle-drizzle-drizzle.

It was dark so he couldn’t see anything, but he felt the sticky venom flowing down the blade.

Paralyzing poison mixed with the energy of the abyss.

The preparation was complete.

He took out a flint and lit the torch and threw it on the floor.

The cavern, which was slightly illuminated by the small torch, was filled with silence.

He stared at the torch burning on the cold floor and then raised his head.

Ryu Sinyou was lost in thought, appreciating the darkness where he couldn’t see even an inch ahead.

There was a reason why the old man’s party and Oswald’s party couldn’t go any higher than the 4th floor.

When the Eldritch Wave occurs, black portals are created on the transfer stones instead of red portals. If you take a black portal, you are transferred to a random floor.

However, the blue portals of the transfer stones are still created.

If you decide to return to the city, you can just go.

‘They must be stubborn.’

He learned why there were both bolt and awl-pierced wounds on the body of the female old man’s party.

The reason why Oswald’s party was relatively intact must be because of the enchantment called Curtain of Darkness.

Some questions were answered, but it didn’t seem to matter now.

Ryu Sinyou cracked his neck from side to side and loosened his body.

He made the best move in the worst situation.

Provoke them to target him.

He applied poison to his sword.

He entered the wide cavern and blocked the way.

He tried to send his kind party members to a safe place.

His honest feeling was that he didn’t want to send them to a place to die unless it was absolutely necessary.

It was also troublesome to fight while protecting the party.

Anyway.

There was only one purpose.

To bury all these guys here.

Sabeok.

The sound of stepping on the ground was faintly heard in the silent cavern.

Ryu Sinyou’s head turned.

‘Is it there?’

Toong!

A bolt flew in.

Kwajeek!

He raised his shield to block it.

Jjeo-eo-eok!!!

The tattered shield was broken in half.

He threw the shield far away.

Too-roo-roo-tang.

The sound of the shield rolling echoed through the cavern.

“···Teachers, how long are you going to be such cowards and only fire bolts from afar? Aren’t you ashamed to face your parents in hell?”

Ryu Sinyou’s indifferent voice echoed through the silent cavern.

Instead of an answer, the sound of the crossbow string was heard.

Toong! Toong! Toong!

3 bolts. The directions they were flying in were front, right, and left.

Tta-ah-ah-ahng!!!

Pook!! Pook!!

He deflected one.

The remaining bolts were embedded in his thigh and shoulder, one each.

Eudeudeuk!!

He suppressed the groan that was about to burst out by grinding his teeth.

Toong! Toong! Toong!

Bolts flew in again.

Hwee-ee-eek!!!

He swung his sword, but this time, he only cut through the empty air.

Pook! Pook! Pook!

Arm. The opposite thigh. Side.

“Kkeu-eu-euk!!!”

A groan burst from his lips. There was no time to catch his breath.

Bolts flew in again.

Tta-da-ah-ah-ahng!!!

He deflected 2.

Pook!

He didn’t know where he was hit.

Terrible pain spread throughout his body.

Sparks flashed in his head.

He was so angry that he felt like he was going crazy.

He bit his tongue to regain his fading mind.

With trembling hands, he grabbed his helmet and threw it off.

Teng-geu-reung.

The helmet rolled on the floor.

He swept back his hair, which was wet with sweat and falling down.

Ryu Sinyou smiled and spread his arms wide.

An arrogant posture, telling them to shoot wherever they wanted.

“Come on!!! You sons of bitches!!!”

The men began to fire bolts like crazy.

* * *

How much time had passed?

Neither the assassins nor Ryu Sinyou knew.

Tta-ah-ah-ahng!!! Tta-ah-ah-ahng!!!

Pook! Pook! Pook!

Ryu Sinyou swung his sword like crazy.

Under a bizarre wheel where pain caused madness and that madness triggered pain again.

He held onto his departing soul in his body and swung his sword.

He drew his sword path at the crossroads of life and death.

Tta-ah-ah-ah-ahng!!!

Bolts were embedded in Ryu Sinyou’s body like a hedgehog, but he did not fall or back down.

Like madness itself.

His body was slowly dying, but his sword became faster and faster.

Tta-ah-ah-ahng!!! Tta-ah-ah-ahng!!! Tta-ah-ah-ahng!!!

He deflected more and more bolts with his sword.

Like a madman possessed by a god, he deflected the flying bolts.

The blue ghost fire burned brighter than ever.

A sign that he was one step closer to death.

Thick blood gurgled and flowed from Ryu Sinyou’s mouth.

Ryu Sinyou smiled.

“Heu…”

As if he liked his smile, no more bolts flew in.

“···Crazy bastard. I’ve never seen a crazy bastard like you in my life.”

The eyepatch man revealed himself and uttered two compliments.

Three subordinates were standing behind the man.

Ryu Sinyou spat out the blood that filled his mouth.

“Too-eh-eet!!!”

Red blood painted the floor.

“W…where’s Oswald?”

Ryu Sinyou asked falteringly.

“How would I know? He was here just a moment ago.”

The eyepatch man shrugged and replied.

Ryu Sinyou faced the eyepatch man and drew a long, torn smile.

The eyepatch man’s face hardened terribly at the sight.

‘He’s really a crazy bastard.’

He had been in the assassination business for 15 years, but this was the first time he had seen a guy so fiercely united with evil in the face of death.

A poisonous insect among poisonous insects who didn’t even flinch when flying bolts penetrated deep into his body.

Looking at the man’s shining blue eyes, a chill crawled up his spine.

Is this a Barba Roy?

He had only heard rumors, but he had never actually seen one. Facing him directly, he was no different from a demon.

A monster-like man. A guy who must be killed.

“Let him go comfortably. He’s a wounded beast.”

The eyepatch man said, taking out his weapon.

The man’s subordinates also took out their weapons.

They must have received rigorous training, because even the sound of drawing their weapons was quiet.

Mace, dagger, one-handed sword, hand axe.

“T…teachers.”

Ryu Sinyou said hesitantly and raised one foot.

All eyes were focused on Ryu Sinyou.

“I…I’ll turn off the lights. Rest in peace.”

The eyes of the assassins widened for a moment.

He stomped on the torch with his foot.

Pak!

The torch went out.

The wide cavern was plunged into darkness in an instant.

The first strike wins.

He rushed at the guy he had just seen. The guy with the axe.

He swung his sword in the dark.

Tsu-ah-ah-ahk!!!

“Kkeu-eu-euk!!!”

A scream erupted.

He felt the sensation of cutting with his sword. Where did he cut? It didn’t matter. He cut, so it was okay.

He moved his creaking body and rushed at the next guy.

Ta-da-dat!!!

Whoo-ooo-oong!!!

Footsteps and weapon sounds.

Left.

The sword pierced Ryu Sinyou’s shoulder.

He grasped one piece of information in his dizzy mind.

It’s the guy with the one-handed sword.

“I stabbed him!!!”

The assassin shouted.

“Keuk! I, I’m an ally! What are you doing?!”

Ryu Sinyou shouted.

“Wh…what!”

A panicked voice.

‘I fooled him.’

He swung his sword randomly. Once he hit, it was over.

Tsu-ah-ah-ahk!!!

“Kkeu-ah-ah-ahk!!!”

The assassin screamed like a pig being slaughtered.

In the darkness, they were losing their composure rapidly in a close-quarters fight to the death.

It was the limit of an unprincipled ranged dealer.

He had cut down 2 people, so there were 2 left.

“The ghost fire is burning in his eyes!!!”

The eyepatch man shouted.

Ryu Sinyou closed his eyes, moved a few steps, and suddenly stopped in his spot.

For a moment, silence fell over the area.

No one moved from their spot.

Ryu Sinyou also stood still in his spot, opening his ears and waiting.

The impatient guy loses first in a fight.

Sabeok.

Right.

He immediately stabbed his sword. The sensation was not good at all, so it seemed like it was his thigh.

“Keuk!!!”

Teol-peodeok!

Another assassin was stabbed and fell to the floor.

There was one last man left.

At that moment.

A dagger pierced his neck.

Ryu Sinyou’s eyes widened abruptly.

Putting aside the pain, he couldn’t breathe.

With trembling hands, he grabbed the dagger tightly.

“C…crazy bastard!”

The eyepatch man’s voice was trembling.

He stabbed his sword as it was. The sensation of soft intestines. Bingo.

“Keu-ha-ha-ahk!!!”

The eyepatch man staggered back and collapsed to the floor.

Was it the paralyzing poison? The effect was amazing.

Choo-eu-eu-euk.

He pulled out the dagger stuck in his neck and threw it on the floor.

Teng-geureong.

Ryu Sinyou lowered his head and spat the blood pooled in his mouth onto the floor.

Then, he took out a torch from the backpack around his waist and lit it.

Hwa-reureuk.

The torch burned again in the wide cavern.

‘I have to take out the bolts.’

Thanks to the Revenger enchantment, his wounds were healing, but the pain was still there because bolts were embedded all over his body.

But.

Strangely enough.

The pain was gradually receding like the tide.

Instead, the darkness of the labyrinth was filling his mind little by little.

No. It was the darkness that had originally been dormant inside him.

An ominous energy flickered in Ryu Sinyou’s eyes.

He looked around and saw 4 men lying on the floor.

He couldn’t help but laugh at the sight of them paralyzed with the paralyzing poison.

Ryu Sinyou raised his sword and bowed politely.

“Teachers, thank you. This clumsy disciple has learned a lot today. In that sense, I’ll dance with my sword.”

After finishing his words, he looked down at the men and smiled at them.

Shhhh-ee-ee-ee-ee.

The crotches of the men who had fallen to the floor due to the paralyzing poison began to get wet.