We passed through countless fights.
We endured against endless battles.
Eventually, we arrived.
The 13th floor stage.
‘It just had to be this stage with villains.’
Was that the reason why? As soon as we entered, it was different. Two different species greeted me after we were transported.
One with a happy voice, and one with a horrendous voice.
[Welcome, Death King.]
First was the happy voice.
The Tower no longer called me ‘Hunter Kim Gong-ja.’
Instead, it used my nickname, Death King.
I was acknowledged by the tower, and I was welcome as someone who belonged.
Was I too simple if I was happy at small things like this?
-Keaaaaaah!
And.
-I won’t forgive you!
There was a voice that sounded like it was being ripped apart.
-You dare! To my children!
No.
The owner of the voice was actually being ripped apart.
-You dare to take the children that I saved! You dare mock me! Or are you trying to trick me? Are you going to take my flesh, my blood, and my soul?!
The Devil King.
The owner of the red demon was spilling wastewater.
-I’ll curse you!
The Devil King’s figure was ripping apart. Black blood and the boiling wastewater were evidence of his pain. He looked more pitiful than when he escaped from the 12th floor. He shouted towards the direction of the sky.
-You! The world! I curse everything that’s not me! If the world is trying to get rid of me, I’ll swallow the world! Your oceans will become my spit, and your earth will become my flesh! Your flesh! Bones! Heart! I’ll chew everything up to your last organs!
“…”
Next to me, the Witch was silent. That was how violent the screams of the Devil King were.
It was an intense murderous intent.
Even the Sword Saint took a step back and tightened his grip on his sword.
“It’s a horrendous scream.”
The Sword Saint murmured.
“I’ve never heard of a voice like that. It sounds like he has a thousand mouths.”
“Yeah. Why is he shouting like that…?”
The Sword Saint and Witch wrapped their Aura around themselves. Was it to prevent themselves from being covered by the murderous intent?
There was only one person different.
-Huh?
Bae Hu-ryeong only tilted his head calmly.
-What’s with that guy?
And he said totally unexpected words.
-He’s weaker than before.
‘Pardon?’
-He’s a lot weaker than when he was fighting on the floor below this.
He was a lot weaker.
I slowly observed the Devil King.
‘…That?’
-Yeah.
Bae Hu-ryeong wrinkled his eyes.
-Since he was cut by the Witch or whatever her name is. It’s obvious that he would be injured. But it’s not just an injury and…his [Level] completely dropped.’
‘His level dropped?’
-Mm. How do I say this? For example…
Bae Hu-reyong carefully thought about his words.
-Yeah. Let’s compare him to a head king goblin. That guy was like an SSS Class head goblin that was a combination of Alexander and Arthur, with a goblin.
‘You’re metaphors are becoming even more innovative. How do you know Alexander and Arthur?’
-An emperor should know about the great ones before him.
‘Ah, sure. Let’s go with that, Sword Emperor.’
I spoke inwardly.
‘So the Devil King on the 12th floor was that kind of SSS Class head king goblin but…’
-Yeah. He’s kinda like just a head king goblin with the SSS Class tag taken off. And not the head king goblin that was leading the 11th floor army, but the weak head king goblin you cowardly gorked and krred at to defeat.
In the tower’s time, it happened a few days before.
But as Bae Hu-ryeong referenced something that was a far-off incident to remember, he tilted his head.
-Hu! That’s strange. Bosses have to become stronger as they climb the tower usually. But why did that happen? Did the Witch’s attack have some kind of lev down effect earlier?
“······.”
Listening to the Sword Emperor speak, I looked around.
It was an empty temple.
The Devil King was still crying out towards the sky like a lion. The nightmare causing the fall of rain was crying out in pain, and he was furious.
‘…Could it be…’
His appearance gave me a bit of assurance.
‘Did something unexpected happen to the stage?’
It was then.
[Calculating the 12th floor clear rewards.]
[Calculation impossible!]
Voices flowed into my head.
[The hidden quest is currently being progressed.]
[All awards will be calculated when the 19th floor is cleared.]
[Only the smallest rewards are being given currently.]
Something iridescent was spread out in front of my eyes.
[The Blessing of the War God is being strengthened.]
It was a map.
However, it was completely different from maps that I saw up until now.
[All maps from the 11th floor to the 20th floor are being opened!]
It was a world map.
Like its namesake, the map that was given to me on the floor below was a ‘mini map.’ Even if it was big, it was limited to a single floor usage. But the map in front of me was on a completely different level.
It was a map of this world, a map of Another World.
I began seeing a ‘world map.’
“······!”
As soon as I saw the map, I realized.
“I figured it out!”
“Hm?”
The Sword Saint and the Witch looked at me at the same time. The Witch had a questioning face, and the Sword Saint had an indifferent face.
“Figured…what out?”
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