Chapter 49: The Mysterious Dungeon (Part 1)

Like an insectivorous plant, the entrance to the dungeon automatically closed as soon as the prey entered. Because of

this, the Demon King’s dungeons were notorious during the war.

‘Even after years have passed, the f*cking things haven’t changed.’

At first, I was excited at the thought of being able to experience firsthand the dungeons that I could only experience

in computer games, like a child who received a new toy.

It was only for a while. I don’t know what principle it’s based on, but I can’t break it with a sword, and once I enter, I

can’t escape until I completely clear it. There were many times when I thought I had escaped the attacks of the

Demon King’s soldiers or monsters, only to get lost.

I can only sigh when I think about the memories of that time.

Well, I don’t know who compared the dungeon to an insectivorous plant, but the analogy was well made.

From the moment you step inside, the door automatically closes, preventing the person inside from calling for help

or leaving.

And unlike the game, there is no reward even if you clear it.

Does this make sense? There’s no reward even if you clear it, you have no conscience.

It’s not for nothing that the Demon King is called the Demon King.

The dungeon, which is completely separated so that support cannot be requested from the outside, does not even

allow space magic. So it seemed that the wizards were eager to find out the structure of the dungeon.

Because their magic doesn’t work, and it has a completely different structure from magic. And one of those wizards was Leticia.

“I thought it might be fake, but it doesn’t seem to be. Still, it seems that he can’t handle his special ability as well as

the previous Demon King.”

There are many unstable parts. It’s not a structure that will break if you tap it, but I can see what level the guy who

made this dungeon is at, Leticia smiled.

“If the level of the dungeons created all over the world is like this, they will collapse before long, right?”

“…Fortunately, he seems to be immature in using his special ability. Then, if we find that guy now and kill him….”

“If a war breaks out, we will gain a lot, and if we’re lucky, it could become a hidden card to stop the war.”

Of course, it’s better if there’s no war, Leticia muttered, and soon, unlike Leticia, who was happy to have obtained

good information, my attention was focused elsewhere.

‘New quest….’

The system had been quiet for a while, but it seems that the system gave a new quest with the sudden appearance of

the dungeon.

What kind of ridiculous quest did it give me? I read the quest that appeared in front of me with anxious eyes.

[Main Quest: A suspicious dungeon, let’s uncover the truth!]

[It seems that a new ability user has been born in the demon army, which thought it had lost its ability to create

dungeons forever with the death of the previous Demon King. However, in a situation where even the demon king,

the king of demons, does not know, humans and demons, who have signed a peace treaty with each other, began to

investigate the dungeon in question as allies with the same enemy. Accordingly, Player-nim will enter the dungeon

with fellow investigator Leticia Lisyantus and begin the investigation. Please note that the dungeon in question has a

different structure from the previous Demon King.]

[Reward: New skill unlock and clues about the organization Ryuryeon belongs to.]

[Failure: You may never be able to get out of the dungeon.]

Oh. New skills and clues about the organization Ryuryeon belongs to. I thought this reward was quite good, but I

frowned at the failure reward.

It doesn’t say that I will never be able to get out of the dungeon, but that I may not be able to get out, so does that

mean I can get out even if I fail? I haven’t failed a mission so far, so I’m not worried about what will happen after

failure, but I had to get this reward.

I can’t fail with new skills and information about Ryuryeon. I must succeed.

“Charlotte? What are you so worried about?”

“Uh… uh, huh?”

“We can’t get out of the dungeon anyway, so we have no choice but to go forward. I don’t know what’s in front of me,

but I don’t feel the energy of life… We have to move as quickly as possible. I don’t want to stay in such an unpleasant

place for long.”

Leticia, who looked around and expressed her displeasure, didn’t seem to be in a good mood.

Well, I heard that special abilities are the opposite of magic. I can see it too. A heterogeneous energy different from

magic. Because of this, many wizards were killed in the early days of the war, when they were ignorant of special

abilities, and they couldn’t find information about dungeons.

Well, I had knowledge of the game, so it wasn’t a problem for me to clear the dungeon even at first, but I heard from

Leticia that there were dungeons that made it impossible to use magic, so she had a hard time.

It’s the same mystery, but is it different?

When I played the game on the computer, I wondered about the actions of the game company that made the setting

of special ability, even though they were similar.

If the two are similar, you can combine the settings into one. It would have been much easier to understand the

setting if the dungeon was said to be the unique magic of the Demon King, not a special ability, but I still don’t know

why they made me suffer.

Come to think of it, my friend said that a new function was added to the sequel dungeon, unlike the existing one.

It’s an old memory, so I was thinking about my friend’s words, which came to mind in a small corner of my mind,

and looked at the quest alternately, and I felt an unknown anxiety.

If it’s different from the existing dungeon, the front is unknown itself. Then it makes sense that the failure reward is

that you may not be able to get out.

When something they don’t know is in front of them, people are afraid. Even if they are half-fighting demons, they

can’t help but fear the unknown.

But apart from the fear of the unknown, the interest and adventurous spirit of being able to explore the unknown

that I don’t know fills half of me.

Honestly, I’m curious.

It’s a completely different dungeon from the dungeon that I know almost all the tactics of, it’s strange not to be

interested in a dungeon where you can have a thrilling adventure that may cost your life.

……My personality has changed a little as my blood mixed with demons. I feel like my fighting spirit has increased.

“You look strangely excited?”

Leticia laughed as if she couldn’t stop my actions, looking around with an excited look, even though it wasn’t the first

or second time I’d seen a dungeon.

“You used to be crazy about exploration and adventure. Really, Charlotte has only changed her appearance, but the

inside is still the same.”

“Just because the outside changes doesn’t mean the inside changes.”

And adventure is always exciting. I added.

“That’s true. Even if your gender has changed, I can tell right away that you’re Damian Radius.”

Leticia, who smiled faintly, said with her eyes half-closed.

I didn’t say how. In fact, Leticia found out that I was the same person as Damian. It’s true that it’s a little creepy, but

it also means that she likes me that much, so I couldn’t see it only in a bad way.

Right?

While I was thinking that, Leticia, who smiled playfully, put her arm around me and continued.

“It’s been a while since we’ve had a date alone. A dungeon date, it’s not something that ordinary people can easily

experience.”

It’s natural that ordinary people can’t experience dating alone with a lover in a dungeon that they can’t escape

forever, but I didn’t say those words out loud.

There’s no need to break the good atmosphere.

Unlike when I entered the dungeon, I burst into a small laugh at Leticia’s action of smiling and putting her arm around me.

Well, I’ve been busy lately, so I rarely had the chance to be alone with Leticia, so it’s understandable that Leticia likes it.

Come to think of it, I haven’t been on a date lately, so she must be frustrated.

I wonder if I need to do that in a dungeon, but Leticia was smiling the happiest smile I’ve seen lately, so I didn’t want

to break that smile, so I quietly shut my mouth for a moment.

I narrowed my eyes and called Leticia.

“Leticia.”

“…Disturbances. And there are not just one or two. Where did they suddenly appear from?”

“It’s a dungeon. There’s nothing strange. It’s a violent magic similar to that of demons, but it’s a pure, uncontrolled

magic, so it’s not demons. Then….”

“Is it a monster?”

As if they had heard our conversation, a low growl of an animal, along with the feeling of a presence felt suddenly in

front, rang in my ears.

Rough breathing and footsteps that make the floor vibrate. And the monsters that appeared in the darkness had the

heads of lions and the bodies of large tigers, and many of them appeared in the darkness.

Their size was many times larger than the combined height of Leticia and me.

I slowly looked at the figures of the guys who were threatening us, and I let out a low exclamation at the form of the

monster I saw for the first time.

“I’ve never seen such a monster. Leticia, have you?”

“I’ve never seen it either. I wonder if there were such monsters.”

Then, is it a monster that appeared with the newly appeared dungeon? Things are getting interesting. As the guys

who were showing their teeth and watching us rushed at us, drooling, Leticia and I kicked the ground at the same

time.

And I saw it.

The sight of Leticia smashing the monster’s head with a staff.

…Scary.