Chapter 55: Tension (Part 4)

This happened before we arrived at the problematic dungeon.

I was staring blankly out the window when I suddenly remembered the clue I received as a reward, which must be

resting peacefully in my inventory.

Wouldn’t now be a good time to check the newly acquired clues?

I should read it when I have free time.

If they move more actively than this, it’s clear that I won’t even have time to check the clues.

I glanced at Leticia.

She was concentrating on reading documents containing information about dungeons and organizations from the

Imperial Family, the Magic Tower, and the Demon Realm.

I won’t be able to hear her even if I talk to her for a while.

Leticia, when she’s so seriously focused on something, often can’t hear well even if someone calls her.

She probably won’t even talk to anyone, let alone talk to me, for a few minutes.

It was Leticia’s habit that I had seen since long ago.

When she focuses on something, she doesn’t listen to other people’s conversations or words at all.

I know this better than anyone because I suffered because of it in the past.

Of course, her colleagues who have worked under her or fought with her at least once know it too.

Leo suffered quite a bit.

I still couldn’t forget the madness I saw in Leticia’s eyes when she was surrounded by the Demon King’s army in an

urgent situation, stubbornly deciphering the top-secret documents left by the Demon King’s army on the spot.

In the end, Leo and I forcibly dragged Leticia away.

The back of my head hurt quite a bit back then.

I recalled that time and let out a loose laugh.

The knight driving the carriage won’t be able to see it anyway, so I need to find out who they are, what their purpose

is, and what their members are through this clue.

Well, since it’s a clue given by the system, I don’t think there will be any specific and grandiose information, but it’s

better than nothing.

With that thought, I naturally blocked my finger from going to the skill window to check the newly acquired skill, and

manipulated the system to open the inventory.

Since there were almost no clues that could clear this game among the rewards for the quests I’ve cleared so far, I

carefully clicked on the scroll-shaped clue in the inventory.

To others, it would look like I was waving my hand in the empty air where nothing could be seen, but the clues I

received as a reward were visible to my eyes at a glance.

It would look like I’m crazy if someone else saw it.

I smiled loosely.

I clicked on the document bundle labeled ‘Clues written by someone unknown’ neatly placed in the inventory.

Then, at the same time as a pure white light that only I could see burst, two bundles of documents fell from the air

onto my lap.

Two, not one.

Does that mean there’s that much information to convey?

Maybe I could find out the name of the organization, as well as the members and even their purpose, so I picked up

one of the document bundles with an excited heart and untied the string.

What kind of information will there be?

Judging from the fact that the document isn’t as long as I thought, it doesn’t seem like there’s that much information.

I scanned the contents of the document from top to bottom with a suspicious look.

…Hmm.

I groaned inwardly.

Was it because the information given as a clue was useless?

No, rather, as if the system had planned it, the information was more than I had expected.

To summarize briefly, the content was like this.

The name of the organization that caused this dungeon incident was ‘Mephistopheles’, and it seemed that the

production team that made the game borrowed the name of the devil to name the organization.

By the way, those who hate light… It’s a fitting name for those gloomy guys.

Laughing with a dumbfounded face, I checked the information of the members written under the name of the

organization again.

Mephistopheles… It’s too long?

Most of the names of the members belonging to Mephisto seemed to be written without omission, but some were

blurred to the point where they were unrecognizable, and some were torn in the middle or front, so the shape was

unrecognizable.

It seemed to be written in the order of the boss, executives, middle executives, and subordinates, and among them,

the most prominent name of Ryuryeon was written in the largest under the title of ‘Three Commanders’.

She’s right under the boss, so she must be the second-in-command of the organization.

I looked at Ryuryeon’s name with an indifferent gaze.

Certainly, with her skills, it wouldn’t be strange for her to occupy the position right under the boss.

She’s a skilled person who was called the right-hand woman of the former Demon King, and if it were me when I was

Damian, I might be able to handle her.

But the current me would definitely lose if I fought Ryuryeon.

The end would be death.

The difference in skill is clear, so it’s stupid to fight Ryuryeon to the death.

Didn’t I fight Ryuryeon to some extent in the last fight?

Even though I fought using all sorts of tricks, I couldn’t even inflict a proper wound, while Ryuryeon didn’t even show

half of her skills.

In the first place, if her skill was only that much, to a demon who is more honest than anyone else about the desire to

go up, Ryuryeon would have been nothing more than easy prey.

Since strength is everything, they would have tried to defeat Ryuryeon with their skills and take Ryuryeon’s position.

Even the Apostles cared about the hierarchy quite a bit.

Each one of them is like an army of a country.

That’s the Apostle, and the strongest demon among them was Ryuryeon.

If Apostle Ryuryeon appears in a place where there is no Hero party, the unit in that place will be annihilated.

She seems like a pushover based on her usual behavior, but Ryuryeon is a scary woman that can’t be ignored.

If possible, I don’t want to fight her as I am now, but for now, I have no choice but to become as strong as I was when

I was Damian as soon as possible.

Sighing inwardly, I looked again at the names written after Ryuryeon, passing over the boss’s name, which seemed to

be erased as if it wasn’t time yet.

Regulus and Rose Cyclamen.

……Cyclamen?

Without realizing it, I rubbed my eyes.

To check if I saw something wrong, I blinked my eyes a few times and the words that came out of my mouth were sighs.

“…What is this, Cyclamen……?”

I hardened my face.

Cyclamen.

It was a family name I couldn’t not know.

It’s my last name, Cyclamen, so if I don’t know it, I’m an idiot.

Besides, the name was also a familiar name.

Rose, Rose Cyclamen.

When I first possessed Charlotte, the culprit who killed Charlotte’s parents, Charlotte’s father, younger brother, and

the family in Charlotte’s memory.

My mind went blank for a moment.

The emotions I understood were anger, hatred, and sadness.

These aren’t my emotions.

It must be like a remnant left deep in the heart of the ‘real’ Charlotte Cyclamen, who is now gone, but I can’t ignore

that feeling.

It was that intense of an emotion, and now I was Charlotte Cyclamen.

Squeeze. Strength enters my hand.

I barely released the strength in my hand, which had risen as if the tendons would burst, and I glanced at Leticia.

Fortunately, Leticia didn’t seem to be interested in me.

If she had been interested, she would have said something when I muttered to myself and showed this behavior.

That’s why I suppress my current emotions.

There was nothing that would change even if I expressed anger and looked at it with hateful eyes, so I just quietly

suppressed my emotions.

By the way, I didn’t expect this woman to be an executive of the organization that caused the dungeon incident.

And a top executive at that.

I expected it, but it’s an unusual organization.

I’ve never heard of a demon named Regulus before, but if he’s a top executive, he must be a skilled demon.

I need to be careful of this demon too.

Ryuryeon had said.

This is the beginning.

I realized that the dungeon was a warning they were sending us.

It would be to show that they can attack the human world or the Demon Realm at any time.

If their army pours out of dozens of dungeons, it will be a disadvantageous war for us.

I frowned and tapped the document with my finger.

I didn’t need to see the names of the demons who seemed to be subordinates, and I only remembered the names of

several corrupt humans who cooperated with the middle executives and demons in my head. I thought that the

number of members belonging to the organization was quite large, and I stopped my finger at a name marked as an

exception.

Exception.

Dungeon Maker, Choseol ??? (The letters are blurry and hard to see)

What is this?

I can see the first name, but I can’t see the last name.

Like the name of the previous boss, the letters were blurred to the point where they were unrecognizable, as if

someone had intentionally erased them.

They’re still missing one thing even when they give clues.

There’s a limit to playing tricks.

Or is it information that I shouldn’t know now?

They’re telling me the information of this body’s biological mother and sworn enemy, though.

A sneer hangs on my lips.

I don’t like playing tricks.

It’s okay to tell me the first name, but it’s not okay to tell me the last name, is that it?

I’m curious why the system is trying to hide the last name so tightly.

It’s also interesting.

Well, that’s something I’ll find out from now on.

“Charlotte.”

“We’ve arrived.”

We arrived at the problematic dungeon.

Unlike other dungeons, in front of a dungeon that exudes an unusual aura that says ‘I’m suspicious’.