Dungeon Odyssey [EN]: Chapter 308

Dungeon Journal-308

# 308

Dungeon Journal

Episode 309

108. The Completion of Revenge

At first, it was a small doubt, and that doubt soon became regret. And regret turned into anger and hatred, engulfing the Hell Spiders.

Kkirreuk, kkirreuk.

The tough carapace that had been blocking the strong claws and sharp fangs melted like salt in water under the black and ominous energy. Even the venom and spiderwebs spat out in their death throes scattered and disappeared.

Thus, the Authority of Gluttony devoured tens of thousands of Hell Spiders, large and small.

“Tell me.”

The Spider Duke, left alone where the Hell Spiders had vanished without a trace, raised his head at the sadistic voice.

“How do you feel right now?”

The Spider Duke did not answer. But Kim Jin-woo was still smiling, seeming to enjoy even the stifling silence.

“Is it still not enough?”

As if he hadn’t asked for an answer, he unleashed the gluttonous monster once more, giving the Spider Duke no time to react. This time, it headed for the spiders’ nest.

Agwajak, agwajak.

The terrifying monster, which devoured even the spiders’ dying spasms, began to gnaw at the labyrinth.

Gooooooo.

The once-solid outer wall quickly turned crumbly and collapsed. Even the flowing stone fragments scattered like sand and soon disappeared.

The mighty labyrinth of the Duke, who once ruled the deep layers, was thus quickly destroyed and shriveled, soon becoming a pathetic pile of stones. Only the faint pulse of the core felt inside the ruins indicated that the labyrinth was still alive.

But even that was a spark that would go out at any moment if Kim Jin-woo wanted it to. In effect, the Spider Duke had lost everything.

“Are you satisfied?”

The Spider Duke opened his mouth for the first time, but the words he uttered were completely unexpected. The voice, which should have been filled with bitterness and helplessness, was unexpectedly indifferent.

Just like that day when he had ended the miserable slave life of him and the diggers, no emotion was felt.

“The supervisor who caused you pain, the warriors who trampled and killed your acquaintances, have all been killed by you and are no longer here.”

Nowhere in the clear voice was there any regret for the death of tens of thousands of his kind.

“Now there is only me left. In effect, your revenge is already complete.”

Kim Jin-woo stared at the Spider Duke with a hardened face. It was impossible to tell what the hideous face was thinking, but at least he knew that the Duke had no intention of begging pathetically in the face of this terrible violence.

“Are you satisfied now?”

The Spider Duke went even further, as if to say that revenge was futile and meaningless.

“The weak are eaten. Everything of the weak belongs to the strong. You were weak, and I was strong. And now you are stronger than me. I cannot understand you, who gives meaning to the act of eating and being eaten.”

“So you’re saying you did nothing wrong, so I should spare you?”

“If I ask you that, will you spare me?”

It was a question not worth answering. If they hadn’t met, it might have been different, but now that they had faced each other like this, there was not even a speck of intention to spare the Spider Duke. So he did not answer.

“Then take what you want.”

There was not a hint of wavering in the Spider Duke’s attitude, which was shameless to the point of being brazen.

“I am the ruler of the Hell Spiders and the lord of venom who embraced the deep layers. Even if I am weak, I will not be a miserable loser.”

With those words, the Spider Duke did not open his mouth again. It was as if he was silently protesting that he would face death with dignity, just like his words.

But perhaps he didn’t know.

“You’re mistaken.”

The Spider Duke could not have imagined how cruel Kim Jin-woo, who had once lived miserably like a slave in his labyrinth, could become, how terribly he had grown into a monster.

“It’s not you who decides how you will die.”

Even at this point, the Spider Duke was still not grasping the situation.

“Like you said, everything of the weak belongs to the strong. Even if it is death.”

Before the words were even finished, Kim Jin-woo was already right in front of the Spider Duke.

“And I have never allowed you a dignified death.”

Before the words could finish, a fist shot out. Kwajik [sound of something breaking], with an unpleasant noise, the Duke’s hard carapace broke and bodily fluids splattered.

The Spider Duke was dismantled in an instant. All the legs that had been supporting the massive body were torn off and rolled on the floor, and the black and red striped shell was all broken, covered in bodily fluids and blood. Most of the arrogantly shining eyeballs were also plucked out, leaving only one pair of eyes.

“Kihiiiii.”

The tough jaws had long since been torn off, and all that flowed out from between them was a groan of pain.

“Are you still the lord of venom now?”

Kim Jin-woo burst one of the last remaining pair of eyeballs.

“Keheeeeek.”

“Or are you a miserable loser rolling on the floor?”

The Spider Duke could not answer. He just writhed and squirmed like a bug.

Of course, the arrogant Duke, with his great power, had not been rolling on the floor so miserably from the beginning. But it was not easy to endure the pain of having his legs torn off and his shell peeled off indefinitely. Eventually, from the moment the protrusions that had been extracting venomous spiderwebs were torn off, there was no longer any room to think about the Duke’s dignity.

Ruthless and cruel even by his own standards, he did not hesitate. The sight of the adults who had miserably wandered the tunnels and had to be brutally murdered without even leaving their corpses was still vivid in his mind.

They willingly threw away their lives, which they might have been able to hold onto, only to save him, and he had to grow by eating death. Thus, from the beginning, he grew into an existence that suited the most gluttonous and ruthless ‘Night’.

Kim Jin-woo reached out and peeled off the broken carapace of the Spider Duke, scraping off the flesh.

“If you have no intention of begging for mercy…”

The Spider Duke screamed once more at the terrible pain of being dismembered alive.

“Rather, beg me to kill you.”

He wore a terribly sadistic smile. He didn’t care about the bodily fluids and blood smeared all over his body.

“That’s the only death I can allow you.”

The Duke’s dignity had long since plummeted. As he said, the Spider Duke had to beg him to kill him instead. But he could not get what he wanted right away. Only after his whole body was dismembered and only his head remained could he be freed from that terrible pain.

“Are you satisfied?”

Kim Jin-woo crushed even the last remaining head. His shoulders, standing on the hideous remains, began to heave.

Was he regretting the futility? Or was he sobbing in admiration of the sweetness of the revenge he had finally achieved?

That couldn’t be. He had changed too much for that.

“Of course I’m satisfied.”

He was smiling brightly.

While Kim Jin-woo was dismembering the Spider Duke in that way, Dominique and the Nagas were watching the scene without wavering. Not a single one of them turned away from the terrible sight of legs being torn off and shells being peeled off.

Even in the underground world, where they quenched their thirst with the blood of the enemy and filled their bellies with their flesh, it was a rare and terrible sight, but knowing what that detestable spider had done to their master, they felt rather relieved.

Perhaps that was why.

“Congratulations, Master.”

“Congratulations on achieving your revenge!”

Perhaps that was why they congratulated their master without a moment’s hesitation when he appeared in a mess of disgusting bodily fluids and blood.

“This is just the beginning.”

The master said that the real culprit was still left and told them to postpone the congratulations. And he ordered them to advance again.

Destroy the labyrinth and absorb the core. The master and his summons devoured everything they saw. That was how Kim Jin-woo and the Nagas advanced.

It was truly a tyrannical move befitting the name. The entire underground world trembled in fear. But fortunately, their steps were heading straight for the Underground Water.

The owners of the labyrinths along the path were able to avoid disaster by hastily extracting the cores of their labyrinths and fleeing. Some were unlucky enough to meet the evil god during the migration or encounter the owner of another labyrinth and meet a miserable end, but most survived.

“I guess we moved too loudly.”

It was not difficult to guess the inside story, as every labyrinth they had encountered recently was empty.

“At this rate, it won’t be easy to encounter a living labyrinth again.”

Dominique and the Nagas, who had just awakened to gluttony, expressed their disappointment.

“Still, it’s fortunate that the advance speed has increased. I wasn’t comfortable leaving the labyrinth empty for too long.”

Perhaps because she was pregnant, only Dominique, who had been increasingly worried lately, hoped that this long expedition would end soon.

“It’s not far now. I can feel the energy of the Underground Water.”

Kim Jin-woo soothed Dominique and urged the Nagas on.

After walking through the empty underground world for a long time, they finally arrived at the place where the Underground Water was located.

“Stop here for now. If we approach any further, we’ll get caught up in it.”

It was a distance somewhat away from saying that they had reached their destination. He stopped the Nagas and examined the Underground Water.

The Underground Water was still overwhelming, as it had been the last time he saw it. Even he, the successor of the one and only monarchs who had realized their own existence and brought their authority completely under control, could not easily take a step.

“That’s the Underground Water…….”

Dominique and the Nagas expressed complex emotions towards the Underground Water that was visible in the distance. The overwhelming presence was worthy of reverence, but the mysteries of the underground world were the greatest enemy that rejected them.

And the Underground Water was the very essence that controlled such mysteries of the underground world.

“What are you going to do? I don’t think it’s possible to just approach it.”

Angela, who rarely lost her confidence, asked with a pale face.

“I have the Wish Stone, so I’ll figure something out.”

The only problem was that the ‘Night’ sleeping inside him was eager to devour the Wish Stone whenever he saw it.

But Kim Jin-woo was not too worried.

“Wait. Since we made such a fuss, there’s no way the Usurper doesn’t know we’re coming. First, we need to resolve the issue with her.”

Speak of the devil. No sooner had he finished speaking than a fluttering white robe appeared in the distance.