Everyone’s memory, it was here from the beginning… … .
Why did you come here and where were you before? He seems to remember the rest vaguely, but he doesn’t seem to be sure about that either.
But what they do know is that they have been trapped here for countless nights and are being used by someone.
I collected the blood they shed and poured it into the bowl on the altar, leaving the portal open.
“You’ve been locked up for so long, why didn’t you try to get out?”
“The magic cast by the owner of the labyrinth only allows adventurers to pass through.”
“okay? Why do they call you Agi-san and the suzerain?”
“Because I am the root… … . If those near me die from physical damage, they return to me as seeds over time or if I retrieve them on the spot.”
Is that possible? I wondered, but what is possible in the first place? Before asking the question, I decided to just understand because being here is the most impossible thing.
“Then, in the case of the returned seed, is it the same as the self before death?”
“Almost. However, if you eat a person and become imitated, you will have a way of thinking that is a little closer to that of the imitated person rather than your memories of the past.”
“Okay, go over there for a while.”
After hearing everything and asking a few more questions, I gave them potions and something to eat and thought about it.
‘Definitely strange.’
Nothing is sorted out right now. However, if I had to express it, something as insignificant as the hair in my clothes was very annoying.
I didn’t feel that what they said was false. It’s just that we don’t like the situation around us.
From the fact that the owner of this labyrinth really exists to the fact that the owner was aiming at us.
It’s all about not feeling well.
‘Should I just break it down, really?’
Even if it’s impossible right now, if Kane is raised well, it’s like a labyrinth on the 99th floor.
While rolling my head to one side, I looked at Kane with a nonchalant smile.
“But how did you know?”
You also noticed that I induced it with food, right?
To my question, Kane opened his mouth to answer with an expressionless face.
“Breathing patterns. If you think about it now, you must have been in this space for a long time and copied each other’s habits. Besides, it didn’t have the unique feeling of a trained person.”
“oh! that’s it… I get it now… … .”
Uh, I have no idea what you’re talking about.
As if she understood, Luna slightly pursed her lips, saying that she was hurting her pride for not noticing first.
I looked at the rabbit that had become a duck and pretended to understand it, ‘Oh, you know that.’ After arguing, we huddled together in the corner, treated them, and looked at the doppelgangers waiting to be disposed of by us.
From what I’ve heard, it’s more like a special species than a special monster.
The most basic condition for dividing monsters and demihumans here is whether or not they have animosity toward humans based on their instincts. So, even if they can communicate equally, pure-blooded orcs tend to be viewed as monsters, and mixed-blooded orcs are viewed as subhumans.
‘But basically, it’s hard to see it as a monster except for its replication ability.’
I don’t know if they actively hunted people, but there were 7 of them, no matter how many Kanes there were, the reason why they were robbed by 3 was because of the difference in skill level.
Even if you replicate a person’s body and memory, the battle, which is not a simple body movement, is a sensory part, and that has fallen off a lot.
Really, as they claimed, if you only ate corpses that were pushed and hunted humans unless you were big, you wouldn’t be so lax.
Moreover, if hostility towards humans dwells in them, they will eventually attack instead of trying to entice them with words.
Thinking back to the way we talked just to make each other suspicious, I felt like I was the villain for no reason.
Well, in fact, knowing everything but pretending not to know, these are all great roles in the dark, right?
Besides, even the few who had a rough attitude seemed nervous and fearful, if I had to question it.
“Um… … .”
Look at that. Cut my throat right now because my eyes are watering even at the sound I shed in agony! Watching in case you do.
After being robbed by us once, the option to rebel again was completely deleted, and seeing those huddled faces… … .
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
As Kane narrowed his brows as if feeling a little displeasure, I pretended not to hear and opened my mouth.
“You too, the youngest, must escape.”
“what?”
honestly it is Since Luna was my maid first, wouldn’t it be natural for Luna to join Kane next?
From noble mtl dot com.
Then, of course, the order is me, Luna, and Kane.
Where is the youngest giving strength to his eyes?
‘Besides, I need a separate person to ultimately raise Kane into the monarch tree.’
What does it mean to be a monarch? Of course, the word “lord” does not attach to a person who is alone.
Monarch. Lord. Emperor.
A country after all. Even if you can’t do it, it’s a condition for a monarch to lead a group of a certain size or more.
Even when I was playing the Innocent game, when I stepped on the monarch tree, I had no choice but to play the Yeongjijeon content.
‘Then, of course, I need strength.’
But what if Kane, who distrusts humans, had to blindly lead someone?
‘huh. It’s catastrophic.’
My head was dizzy for a moment at the notification message from the past that passed by like a kaleidoscope.
Kane, who keeps saying ‘I don’t want to talk to humans’, has tried to overcome communication obstacles by getting orders from restaurants or running errands in the village, but the fundamentals do not change.
look at the character It must be easy to attract people with innate charisma or charm.
But will it be maintained?
Kane, that guy is not going to be a friendly person even after he wakes up from death.
He is indebted to me right now and has an oath with me, so he is limited.
It is useless to forcefully attach a person next to him. You really have to catch a lot.
‘There won’t be more than 10 people.’
But how do you get on the monarch tree?
All you have to do is let each of those ten lead the corps.
‘Gazua in multiple stages.’
The answer is multi-level. The minimum number of Kane’s people could only be composed of people who lead one group, the race.
I gestured to the as-yet-unnamed doppelganger’s suzerain, marked %$#.
“Do you want to go out?”
“yes? yes. I want to leave, but there is no way.”
Oh, that’s what I think.
If I am, I am. I don’t know what yet. I looked at it with a look.
It’s so convenient to use the Oman trait like this. Even if you don’t have to explain additional explanation, it’s an understanding expression that there’s something at first.
Oh, of course that’s not how you expect it to be.
I smiled and opened my mouth.
“Even if you give them unreasonable orders, can’t they betray you? What if?”
The young man, who looked like he had never thought of such a thing at my question, thoughtfully thought about it and nodded.
“I will. Everyone respects me. Besides, in the case of my own kind who came within a certain radius, I think I could return them to their original shape at will, or if I worked hard enough to exhaust myself, I would be able to forcibly retrieve the core from at least one person a day.”
“Then not the doppelganger here. If we meet outside, can we bring them under your command?”
“If there are any of my own people left outside.”
I looked at the docile, innocent, drooping eyebrows.
“Is the power that goes into reviving the seeds after they die is mana? What if you die?”
“Ah, that… … .”
I smiled brightly after asking a few more small questions.
“good. Would you like to make a contract with me?”
Charleuk.
After turning the Kruger ring once, I took out a copy of God’s contract from the large subspace and called out to Kane with a sudden feeling of foreboding.
“To swear, you must have a name. Kane, give me a name.”
“I mean.”
“okay. I will be your junior.”
The reason they didn’t have a name until now is because they didn’t dare to name the lord.
It is the parent or godfather who gives the name. From the point of view here, it is an act that is obviously performed by a person higher up than oneself, such as a person who serves.
‘Even in the game, there is no difference between normal monsters and named names.’
“Then as a nerd. Ugh.”
Knock it, man. won’t do it right
Kane frowned at my words as if he was annoyed, and when the name he came up with boasted of a devastating naming sense, I immediately kicked Kane in the shin and gestured to him to wait a moment while watching the runner wink.
“Think carefully and tell me. huh?”
From now on your amputee cum my cook slave cum. I’m going to make you the head of the intelligence department in the future.
Wouldn’t it be less likely to hear resentment if you gave it a decent name?
“Then zero.”
“Why did you build it that way?”
When I asked him if he had just built it again, Kane replied with an annoyed face.
“That guy is their beginning and end.”
Oh, that’s right. Like a snake biting its tail. Because the shape is a circle.
After I gave a good and good interpretation, I opened my mouth to him who looked at me with a stupid face.
“Did you hear? You will be called ‘Zero’ from now on.”
[The Beginning and End of Zero-Doppelganger]
Representative Traits: [Duplicate (D+)] [Kindness (A)]
Hidden Traits: [Manhwa (A)] [Cooking (S)] [Dignity (C+)]
I waved the contract of god to Zero, who had a strange expression on his face.
* * *
“Excuse… Are you a demon?”
“You can see it’s close.”
What nonsense, really.
I poked Kane’s side with my elbow and held him back, laughing hahahaha.
“Can it be?”
Despite my kind smile, Zero’s face doesn’t want to change from white.
The other doppelgangers in the back are definitely faces that have lost their country.
Oh, so you should have read the contract carefully before signing it. I mean, I wrote it all down.
‘I’ll obey until the day I die, or the reward is my choice. The way to save them is also entrusted to me.’
This is why people shouldn’t take careless stamps.
“no… It is, though. That’s a bit, too demonic… … .”
When Zero mumbled his protests, I showed my palms and shrugged.
“Do you have any problem?”
“no… First of all, killing them all and making them into seeds… … .”
“You can bring it back anyway.”
“I heard you kill me too… … .”
“They said that if you didn’t die from magic, you’d probably come back to life.”
At my confident words, Zero replied with a bewildered face.
“You said maybe… … .”
“I trust you, Zero. you can survive is not it? Is it possible to have a name?”
I haven’t died yet, so I’m not confident… He patted Zero on the shoulder, wrapped his arms around his shoulder like kind brothers in the back alley, and whispered.
“Wouldn’t it be a good opportunity to try dying once to find out how quick the resurrection is?”
For a moment, Luna’s expression turned strange as if she was contemplating whether she had heard it correctly. Even pretending to be watching with your eyes.
But when I confidently open my eyes, he quickly covers his mouth with both hands and turns his head away.
what, why, what did i say something wrong?
Even in this prison-like place, I was happy with my own people… Looking at Zero mumbling, he smiled happily.
“Don’t worry, I’ll take the corpse and feed it again when we go outside. If you die and come back to life, will it be a new world?”
“A little discussion… … .”
Zero droops his shoulders and gathers with the other doppelgangers behind him and whispers.
“young master… But is it really possible?”
Waiting for their goodbyes for a while, I looked at Luna who came over and asked.
“what?”
“I’m going to take them out… … . Besides, it’s a monster. Aren’t we just going out to bring disaster?”
Well, I guess not.
Because if they were truly catastrophic monsters, it was obvious that the Evil Gods would have found them and used them somehow.
‘furthermore… … .’
A technique that the Evil Gods Church infiltrated into the academy and the imperial family. that.
‘No matter how much I think about it, it seems like it was made using a doppelganger.’
In other words, there is a high probability that the owner of this labyrinth and the Church of the Evil Gods are related, and the fact that they did not appear until the end of the game means that at least they are not Kane’s enemies.
“If I’m worried, Luna will grow stronger and protect me. right?”
“that… sure!”
After patting Luna, who smiled and nodded bashfully, she cast her gaze at Zero, who had returned with the eyes of a cow being dragged somewhere.
“then… Please, I have one request.”
“What?”
As if giving up everything, Zero answered my question pathetically.
“Please kill me gently… … .”