My Demons - Chapter 215



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My Villains Episode 215

46. ​​Master of Dreams (5)

Stone steps covered in thick dust.

Below was a dark world without a single light. The piece of stone hit by the toe bounced back and forth, making a loud noise, and soon it was swallowed up by the pitch-black darkness, leaving behind only a faint echo of ‘cracking, crackling-‘.

“… … hmm.”

It’s spooky. If it had been Kim Seung-soo and not Kimpo Inix, he would have never been able to go down.

I pulled out the Hrunting and held it out to Ellen.

“Ellen, light a fire.”

« O ”

He placed his palm on the milky black surface,

“Tielum, ensara.”

He muttered quietly. At the same time, flames rose from the blade.

Since fire damage was added to the unique long sword Hrunting with the ‘Burning Weapon’ spell, quite a few ghosts would be scattered with a single sword strike.

As a result of my confidence, even the slightest hesitation I had left disappeared like melting snow, and I entered the stairs leading to the basement without hesitation.

Behind me, the tight-headed Steedman, the ponytail Lee Fritz, and the heavy swordsman Umberta followed, followed by Elle Ren, with the wavy and freckled Mira, and the archer Cole as escorts, entering the stairs. After that, the other mercenaries, Hayla, and Alena came down at a distance, with Utekwai taking the last step.

“slowly. “Don’t let your guard down.”

A small whisper went up the stairs from the group’s lips. Because I had warned them in advance, the mercenaries were very nervous and fumbled as they walked towards the wall.

But nothing happened until we passed the wide landing and reached the basement. There were no corpse golems with only the upper body remaining, no red eyes on the walls, no giant bats or evolved corpse bugs.

The Crow’s Castle seen in the game was a place full of all kinds of disgusting creatures, but in reality, at most, small rats and bugs only appeared infrequently.

It’s a bit embarrassing that I scared the group while taking a break, but… … .

Well, it doesn’t matter. It’s not a bad thing.

It is rather fortunate that time was not wasted for no reason.

Entering the basement, I picked up the burning Hrunting and looked around. The mercenaries who arrived later also lit up the surrounding area with torches or oil lanterns.

“It’s wet.” Heavy swordsman Umberta held a torch with his left arm, from which Targe hung, and his iron-gloved right hand rested on the pummel of his one-handed half-sword, sniffing his nose.

“The fishy smell is also strong.”

“… … “Is there a water vein flowing nearby?”

He sniffed along with Umberta and held Hrunting up high.

“Ellen.”

Ellen, who caught my gaze, held out the wand, muttered something, and stuck to the blade.

The fire became even more intense.

A pillar of fire rising more than two meters brightly lit up the wide rectangular basement. Thick iron doors scattered across the wall also appeared.

“Move, you filthy vampire.”

Gidon, holding the gun, walked forward, aiming his large heavy crossbow at Kelsenne’s back. Kelsenne stumbled and she fell down in front of me.

“Where is the throne room?”

“Not here.”

“••••••what?”

As I wiggled my eyebrows, Kelsenne quickly pointed to the archway on the other side.

“Hey, if you go down there, it’s the throne room.”

“The throne room?”

Hrunting looked out and saw that the archway was the entrance to a narrow spiral staircase.

“Yes, the throne room. “There is a throne there.”

“It’s the throne room on the second basement floor.”

… … My mouth feels sore.

I smiled and walked up to Kelsen and tapped her cheek.

“It seems like you are leaving out important information one by one.”

“yes yes?”

“I wasn’t wrong when I said the throne was underground… … . This is my first time hearing about it being on the second basement floor. right?”

“I don’t think there’s any need to tell you that in advance.”

“Hmm, really?”

I quietly nodded,

“Keheuk-”

He grabbed her by the neck and pulled her up. Her pale face, red lips, and trembling eyes were stained with fear.

“I think he’s just joking.”

“No, *kr* no. I am,”

“Why not? “I think so, you mosquito bitch.”

As I tightened my grip, the white neck, which seemed to be as big as a handful, made a popping sound.

“Geoeuuk, geoeuuk-”

The overturned eyes showed the whites, and the open mouth was drooling.

The vampires of this world shed tears. Those tears may not prove purity, but watching Kelsenne cry bitterly makes you forget that her people are no different from the half-undead.

I guess that’s why I get excited for no reason.

I threw Kelsenne on the floor and placed the blade on her back.

“Kyaaaak!”

The magic fire burned the white skin and made a hissing sound, but it was drowned out by the tearing screams.

“We came down to this basement just by believing what you said. “Wouldn’t we be anxious if we acted suspiciously?”

“Keuaaaaah, keuh-”

“Take care of yourself. Please consider my position as well. huh?”

When Kelsenne nodded with her chin shaking, I clicked my tongue and retrieved Hrunting.

“lily.” The veteran Conveyor, who was scanning every corner of the basement with a sharp gaze, gave advice.

“It would be a good idea to check here before going down.”

“… … “When I was young, I went into a small underground tomb.”

As the group’s gaze gathered, Conwy looked back at them and shrugged his shoulders.

“Just in case, I’m telling you, it wasn’t grave robbing. “I just received a request from some crazy guy who wanted to explore my ancestor’s grave.”

“What, so?”

“Uh, then… … . I found and picked up some relics on the lowest floor, and the corpses lying on the upper floor woke up all at once. I don’t know if it was a curse or something, but it felt like hell. “Of the fourteen mercenaries who entered the tomb together, half of them died.”

Some of the group members looked reluctant at his story.

You must be imagining that the iron doors around you are opening and monsters are pouring out, or something like that.

“That makes sense.” Kel Seine, whose white skin and hideous burns were clearly showing through the rags, felt her gaze on me and hurriedly opened her mouth.

“Here, on the first basement floor, was where Tenvierma stored his collections and confined monsters. Those doors won’t open, but if you’re worried, you can check… …

I kind of like it now.

I smiled and looked back at my group.

“good. “Let’s take a look and then go.” The search operation that followed was carried out quite simply and ignorantly.

When the group finished preparing for battle in front of the door, Utequai swung his dolme and knocked on the thick iron door.

Did they put a hex on the door?

Obviously, I couldn’t feel anything when the door was stuck, but when the door was hit by a stone and fell down with a heavy sound, I felt a presence and something would pop out.

All kinds of monsters came out of the open room.

The first thing I encountered were ‘living armors’ armed with swords and shields.

Despite their cool appearance, they were not difficult to deal with, and the mercenaries recovered their remains and strengthened their armament.

I also salvaged useful shin guards and pauldrons to replace the items I was temporarily using.

In the next room, three or four ‘Brimstone Wolves’ and ‘Red Hounds’ came out.

The brimstone wolf spewing flames from afar and the red hound running towards me with foam at the mouth as if it had rabies were quite a tricky combination.

But the battle that followed was quite easy. It was thanks to Ellen’s performance.

He memorized the spell like a rapid-fire gun and fired his awls one after another, turning the sulfur-fire wolves into skewers in an instant. As for the rest, I, Utequai, and the mercenaries took care of them easily.

Other rooms were treated through a similar process.

Most of them were sloppy creatures like giant corpse bugs and mutilated corpse golems, but there were also some difficult ones to deal with, such as the deluded Greenskin tribe.

However, it is also commonly known that greenskins are difficult to deal with when meeting them in the mountains or forests. When we meet in a space like this, it’s all Ellen’s food.

Regardless of whether they fired poisonous arrows or not, we barricaded the door and threw a couple of fireballs into the room, and that was enough to sort things out. The four or so Mari who managed to survive were killed by Kol and Gidon shooting them with arrows.

There were some rooms without monsters.

The mercenaries who came in expecting to find some kind of treasure saw piles of dried corpses and pools of rotten blood.

In the meantime, the bundle of fortune found several chests here and there. In total, it was a large amount of money, 40 gold coins and 60 silver coins, and I hugged and stroked the bundle until it let out a moaning scream.

I was slowly running out of money and was wondering if I should sell the diamonds I bought at South Harbor, but thanks to you, I was able to take a breather.

“Now this is the last time.”

Ute Kwai’s shoulders are starting to feel stiff.

He waved his arms and looked back at us.

After confirming that the mercenaries had completed their battle stance, they nodded and U Tequai clapped his hands a couple of times and then held the dolme tightly and lifted it up.

Utequai took a deep breath and his muscular body swelled even more. Then, the dolme, which drew a gentle trajectory and made a bloody sound, struck the iron gate.

Quang!

As was the case every time, the steel hinge broke at once, and the dented door slid down to the floor with a heavy ‘kkung’ sound.

Steedman and Fritz quickly threw their torches, and the flame that rolled to the center lit up the room.

“That one?”

Cole, who was drawing his bow, narrowed his eyes when he saw something reflected in the orange glow.

“… … “It looks like a tree.”

“A tree? “What kind of fat bullshit are you talking about?”

I slowly let out the bewildered voice of the freckled mummy through one ear.

I entered the room.

There was no sign of anything at all, and even when I looked at every corner with the burning Hrunting, there seemed to be nothing special except for the object in the center.

It was then.

“Ahhh-”

“Alena, stop.”

When I looked back, I saw Alena struggling in Heyla’s arms.

“Ahhh. Oressah, Oressah-!” What the spirit-possessed girl was crying out for and looking at was a large tree in the center of the room.

A bare tree with black bark and no leaves.

It was so thick that you couldn’t hold it in your arms even if you opened your arms wide, and it had a strange shape that would stand out no matter where you placed it, but since the lower limbs had been cut off cleanly and it had collapsed, there was no sense of life at all.

I looked back and forth between Alena and the old tree, then nodded at Hayla, who was holding the girl with an expressionless face.

“Let go. “It doesn’t seem like there’s anything particularly dangerous.”

W…Ugh”

……”司三

Hayla hesitated for a moment and let go of the girl, and Alena ran over to her and knelt down in front of the old tree.

“Ah, no, no, no-!”

The girl groped the old tree with her fingertips shaking. She then let out a death-like scream and waited for a moment before collapsing on her back and fainting.

“Alena!”

Ute Kwai quickly approached me after receiving the girl.

“are you okay. “I just fainted for a moment.”

“… … “Hmm, I see.”

After leaving Alena in the care of Utequai with a stiff face, I asked Ellen, who was already looking at the old tree.

“Do you know what this is?”

“No, not at all.”

The guy closed his eyes for a moment and seemed to concentrate, then shook his head again.

“I don’t feel anything. “It’s just a dead tree.”

“Seeing as Alena called this Oressah, it seems like a guardian tree or something.”

I asked Kelsen about this old tree, but she didn’t know anything either.

“I never dreamed this tree would be here.”

“You didn’t know?”

“yes. Tenvierma hated this tree.”

“why?”

“Well, it stinks and it’s preventing you from developing your strength…” … . “So I heard that they had soldiers cut it down, but I didn’t know they brought it here.”

… … It doesn’t seem like he’s lying. I’m in trouble.

“Should I wait until Alena wakes up?”

“I think that would be good.”

Ellen nodded with a thoughtful expression.

“For Alena, the spirit is so powerful that it can instantly push away the fog created by quasi-dimensional magic. furthermore,”

“It’s a half-turned spirit.”

“that’s right. Looking at Alena’s reaction, it seems that what the spirit wanted was this old tree… …

Ellen narrowed her white eyebrows and spoke carefully.

“I feel like I shouldn’t stay still. “If that powerful spirit goes berserk because of this.”

“Okay.”

Ha, I’m in trouble again.

The group gathered around the old tree shared their opinions, but there was nothing particularly new. Should I just wait for Alena to wake up?

at that time.

I placed my hand on the old tree, guided by something like inspiration.

I feel a familiar sensation. The feeling I felt while looking at purple flowers under a wooden fence in Longville… … .

I put my hands on my feet and looked back at my companions.

“Let’s take this out.”

“Yeah? “What if it’s outside?”

“Outside the castle. “To the rich dirt floor.”

Fritz with the ponytail asked back with a strange expression.

“What are you going to do with that?”

“To plant it in the ground.”

“… … Did you hurt your eye, Li? “All the roots were cut off.”

When I frowned slightly, Fritz closed his mouth.

“Stop talking nonsense, everyone, get out the rope! “Because I have an idea.” Hearing my confident voice, the mercenaries made eye contact with each other with expressions of ‘what on earth is this?’

But that was only for a moment, as Cole and Steedman took out a rope and approached the old tree, sighing and rolling up their sleeves.