Se-woon walked along the canyon.
The place where he had discovered the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons in his past life.
He couldn’t find it with just the Journey’s Compass, so he had to conduct all sorts of investigations and explorations to finally locate it.
He roamed the 92nd floor so much to find the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons that he could navigate it freely even without the Journey’s Compass.
‘Kashallakas, you’re making quite a racket.’
Even amidst all this, the roar of a violent dragon could be heard from afar.
Was it that it never got tired, or had it become the trial of ‘Conflict’ itself? Perhaps it was even enjoying this endless battle.
‘Well, it’s not necessarily a bad method.’
Se-woon didn’t know the strategy for the 92nd floor either.
After a long exploration, he had discovered a possible solution, but Se-woon chose to regress instead of confirming it.
So, perhaps finding a strategy by participating in the conflict like that might be possible.
Hunting monsters to overcome trials was the most common strategy on the lower floors.
“Kyaruk!”
“Die! Kak!”
There were monsters in the path Se-woon was taking.
He thought about ignoring them and passing by, but.
– The Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ is drooling and looking at you with affectionate eyes.
Due to Beelzebub’s reaction, he had no choice but to draw his sword.
– Through internal energy, the fifth form of the Blood Wolf Sword Technique, Blood Wolf Multitude Hunt, is enhanced.
The crimson sword energy extended from the swung Durendal.
The sword energy soon became a pack of wolves setting out to hunt, tearing the monsters apart.
Among them, as if to prove that this was the 92nd floor, there were those who stood firm even after being struck by the sword energy, reaching out their claws towards Se-woon.
Swish-
In the end, they couldn’t reach Se-woon.
Se-woon’s power had already surpassed the level of the 92nd floor, so it was only natural.
– The Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ cheers.
After feeding Beelzebub a snack, Se-woon walked through the canyon again.
In his past life, he had wandered around a lot because he didn’t know the location, but now that he knew it, his steps were light.
The monsters couldn’t block Se-woon’s path, so he was able to reach his destination in just a few hours.
– The Constellation, ‘Crow with Lowered Head,’ expresses interest, asking if this is the place.
Se-woon entered a cave-like place that was subtly hidden by the surrounding environment.
No matter how you looked at it, it wasn’t a structure.
A cave that seemed to have been created naturally.
Inside, there was a crude path between the dirt and rocks, with vertically dropping sections and holes smaller than a person, so it didn’t seem like a path for humans at all.
‘It was a real struggle to get through this place in my past life too.’
It’s better now, at least.
It had become easier to use earth magic to smooth out the path.
As he continued to clear the way.
Click.
“We’ve arrived.”
Se-woon was soon able to reach an empty clearing.
The clearing where the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons had been located in his past life.
Now, it was just an empty space with nothing existing, making one wonder why such a place even existed.
– The Constellation, ‘Crow with Lowered Head,’ feels a sense of strangeness and looks around widely.
Mamon was Mamon, but Se-woon also had a new feeling.
More than anything, it was the last place he had visited before regressing.
Of course, seeing the empty clearing instead of the magnificent Hall of Ten Thousand Demons made him feel a little empty, but still.
‘But…’
Se-woon tilted his head.
What was this place even for?
With this much space, something like a hidden piece should be hidden, but there was nothing here.
No monsters, no artificial traces, and it was even strange to say that it was simply created naturally.
‘The Journey’s Compass too…’
Even until arriving here, the Journey’s Compass didn’t show any particular reaction.
In fact, it couldn’t be helped.
In his past life, it was the place where the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons was located, but now it was just an empty clearing.
But.
Ping!
‘Huh?’
The Journey’s Compass, which Se-woon had used without even realizing it, began to react strongly to something.
It wasn’t like he was thinking of finding something.
The feeling of using it was completely different from usual.
It was like a military dog faithfully performing its mission, suddenly discovering prey and rushing out in a frenzy.
Se-woon, too, as if possessed by something, followed the Journey’s Compass forward.
Clang.
The sound, which now felt familiar, grew louder and louder.
– The Constellation, ‘Crow with Lowered Head,’ still doesn’t understand and rests its chin on its hand.
– The Constellation, ‘Crow with Lowered Head,’ mutters that although no artificial traces are felt, this place has the perfect location and size to be called a space for the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons.
While moving along with the sound, Mamon’s suspicious message popped up.
– The Constellation, ‘Crow with Lowered Head,’ holds its forehead, saying that the more it thinks about it, the less it understands.
– The Constellation, ‘Crow with Lowered Head,’ wonders if there would be a reason for the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons to fall into the Tower even if the Divine-Demonic War had occurred and they had lost.
– The Constellation, ‘Crow with Lowered Head,’ comes up with one possibility.
In the meantime.
Clang.
Se-woon continued to move along with the sound.
The sound of gears turning.
Clearly, when he first stepped into the clearing, he couldn’t see anything.
Following the Journey’s Compass, following the sound, Se-woon found a single gear in front of him.
‘This is…’
The gear that had appeared in a dream he had once had.
No, he didn’t remember, but the gear that had unconsciously appeared in Se-woon’s dreams countless times.
– The Constellation, ‘Sleeping Goat,’ is frustrated that it can’t see the dream and wakes up.
Recently, it was also the gear that was revered as a divine object in Shinel’s temple.
And for some reason.
– Welcome.
– Player Jeong Se-woon.
The gear that greeted Se-woon in that stiff voice, yet somehow felt so warm.
The moment Se-woon tried to place his hand on it.
Kwaaang!!
A huge collision sound came from above.
Looking up, the ceiling of the clearing was shaking, scattering dust.
“What is it?”
Before he could even panic, another collision sound was heard.
Even in the midst of this, he reached out to protect the gear, but Se-woon’s hand grabbed nothing.
More panicked than when the collision sound was heard, he looked around, but the gear had disappeared.
Kwagwang!!
And Se-woon was soon able to understand the cause of the collision sound coming from above.
– The Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ recoils, retching at the foul smell.
The stigmata burned crimson as if it had found prey.
Ruin’s excitement, which had been quiet recently, surged up through the stigmata, making Se-woon’s body hot.
“Outer.”
It was definitely them.
As soon as he thought that, the Outer’s unique grotesque roar was heard.
“Kureureureureuk-”
But, why?
Except in special cases, Outers rarely appear in trials.
Unless it was a rest area, or a trial extremely close to a rest area, there was no way an Outer would appear, right?
As if turning back time and recalling Se-woon’s last 모습 [Korean: appearance] before regressing, the Outer was collapsing the ceiling of the clearing.
“Is this a dream?”
From the gear to the Outer.
Everything was full of incomprehensible things.
Recalling the time when he went to meet Belphegor in the past and his subordinate had stirred up his nightmares, he wondered if some kind of illusion magic was affecting him.
“…That can’t be.”
Was it even possible to confuse Se-woon, who was about to reach the 9th Circle [a high level of magical attainment], with illusion magic?
Just in case, he scattered mana around, but no particular abnormalities were found.
In the meantime.
Kwaaang-!!
“Kureureureuk!”
The Outer finally broke through the ceiling and revealed itself.
It wasn’t a nightmare or an illusion.
It was real.
Before he could even panic, Se-woon quickly drew his weapon and prepared for battle, and the Outer fell through the ceiling into the clearing, revealing its complete form.
“Kureuk, kureuk.”
It wasn’t a weak body like a slime without a host.
One, two, four, six.
All of the falling Outers had proper hosts.
And not just ordinary hosts, but proper hosts that looked dangerous at a glance.
“Did the Tyrant send them?”
Some Outers were covered in scales on their surface, and some seemed to have a surface as hard as armor.
Some even had excessively wrinkled surfaces, which was a type Se-woon didn’t even know.
Outers of types he had never seen even in his past life.
In other words, they were definitely the ones the Tyrant had ‘learned’ and created in this timeline.
– The Treasure Vault of Greed has been opened.
[ True Death, Bident ]
– A twin-pronged spear used by Hades, the god of the underworld, one of the three main gods of Olympus.
The power of Bident resided in Apelion.
As the power of the divine spear of Hades, the main god of Olympus, resided in it, Apelion trembled violently as if it would tear Se-woon’s palm apart.
Se-woon clenched his hand tightly, suppressed the vibration, and immediately kicked off the ground.
‘I don’t know what’s going on, but.’
Now that the Outers have appeared, he will defeat them with all his might.
Taat!
Se-woon’s figure shot out like an arrow.
The trajectory drawn along the two spear tips of Bident pierced the torso of the Outer standing at the forefront.
“Kureureureureuk-”
The Outer tried to endure it somehow, giving it strength.
– The stigmata reacts to the tale of the Blood Wolf Legend.
– The third ability of the stigmata, ‘Annihilation,’ awakens.
To the Outer, the power of Annihilation was more incompatible than a meteor.
It wasn’t something that could be endured just by giving strength to the belly.
Moreover, the power of Bident residing in Apelion brought ‘death’ as it was combined with the power of Annihilation.
“Kueuk-”
There is no death for the Outer. However, the host that the Outer is occupying is different.
The host that touched Bident was struck by death, ignoring the Outer’s regenerative power, and the Outer, which suddenly lost its host.
Chiiik-
“Kureureureuk!”
Was mercilessly annihilated by the power of Annihilation.
“Kureuk!”
“Kureuk!”
Behind the disappearing Outer, the remaining Outers rushed in.
And new Outers continued to fall from the ceiling.
It was fortunate that Se-woon was using a divine artifact, not just an ordinary treasure, otherwise, the speed of defeating them would not have been able to keep up with the speed of their creation.
– Achilles’ spear, Apelion, unleashes the energy of death dormant in ‘Bident.’
– Through ‘Bident,’ the feast of death is recreated.
Pababat!
The black trajectory caused by Bident filled the clearing.
The hosts of the Outers that touched the trajectory died, and the Outers that lost their hosts were annihilated by the power of Annihilation.
He continued the method of defeating the hosts first, which was one of the ways to efficiently hunt Outers.
But.
Uuung-
Achilles trembled as if it would explode at any moment.
It had endured this much because it was a weapon of gods and heroes with similar qualities; otherwise, its power would have run out long ago.
“Kureureureureuk-”
Even in the midst of this, the Outers continued to fall endlessly.
The amount had already reached the point of filling 1/3 of the clearing.
It was a situation where it was difficult to catch them simply by swinging his weapon.
As the power of Bident was gradually running out, Se-woon stopped swinging his weapon and watched the guys fall for a while.
“Kureuk.”
“Kureuk.”
“Kureureuk.”
They really poured out endlessly.
What kind of situation was it outside that so many Outers were pouring out like this?
He had to conserve his strength in case the situation outside was even worse.
So, instead of using magic, Se-woon took out Nephilim from his chest.
“Kureureuk-”
The Outers had filled 2/3 of the clearing.
No, beyond that, the space was about to be filled with Outers except for the spot where Se-woon was standing.
The surfaces of the Outers were fused together, making it difficult to distinguish what the hosts were.
In that chaotic situation, towards the Outers rushing in as if shouting that they could no longer escape.
“Respond, Commander of Fire.”
Clang.
He stuck Nephilim into the empty space in front and turned it.
Chapter 636