48 – Labyrinth of the Sun – 3
-First of all, this labyrinth of the sun is divided into 4 areas.
‘Four? That’s a lot.’
– Each of the 4 zones has environments themed around ice, fire, darkness and poison. By the way, this place is currently a dark-themed area.
Certainly, after hearing Veronica’s words, looking around, it seems a bit dark…? But isn’t it natural that it’s dark because it’s underground?
-The Labyrinth of the Sun is originally equipped with magic lights all over the place. Except for the dark area.
“That’s why they named it Dark Zone? Didn’t the creator just leave it there because he didn’t have enough money to buy magic lights?”
-It could have been.
Looks like you gave up on one of the 4 districts because you ran out of money while making a maze?
-For a king with darkness resistance, the dark zone won’t matter much.
“At this level, it is similar to the Labyrinth of the Abyss.”
In my case, since I have lived for over a week in an abyssal labyrinth where no light came in, this level of darkness was not a problem for me.
On the contrary, it seems that the labyrinth of the abyss was darker?
-For your reference, the doll snow ginseng is planted in the ice area.
“Kek! Why are you planting plants in the ice area?!”
-Doll seolsam is not an ordinary plant, it is a being close to a spiritual creature. So don’t worry too much.
Ugh… I don’t like cold places…
Actually, out of the 4 areas of the maze, the one I had the most resistance to was the ice area.
The flame zone has the flame resistance of [Suzaku’s Fire], And the poison zone can be ignored due to the effect of [Baal Zebub]. Not to mention the dark zone.
However, for me, who has no tolerance for cold, the ice area must be a very harsh environment.
-It’s unnecessary worry. If it’s really cold, you can use Suzaku’s flame.
“Oh, that’s right.”
Come to think of it, I can summon flames at will, right? If it’s cold, you can just make a fire to warm yourself up.
And I have something to replace the hot pack
“Oh…It’s still warm.”
-That’s… That child’s horn.
The thing I took out of my pocket was the horn of Lilith, the commander of the demon corps and the succubus queen.
Originally, I just had it as a trophy, but I never dreamed that I would use it like a real hot pack.
‘It’s been several days since I cut it, but it’s still warm. Isn’t this a completely eco-friendly energy hot pack?’
-There is probably only one king in the world who uses the horns of a succubus queen as a hearth.
‘Originally, the first step is important.’
-I didn’t mean that… But whatever, just follow this road all the way to the ice area. Be careful as the temperature in the ice area is basically -20 degrees Celsius.
As Veronica said, I kept going straight and the temperature around the maze gradually started to drop.
Until just a moment ago, the temperature was sufficient for active activities in shorts and short sleeves, but from now on entering the ice area, it seemed that I would be able to move properly only after wearing a long padding.
However, I had a Lilith hot pack (horn) and a warm flame of Suzaku.
Fire-!
“…..That’s why it’s a little warm.”
The flames of Suzaku didn’t directly damage my body, but I tried to keep my clothes from sparking as much as possible because they would burn the clothes I was wearing in an instant.
-It’s still only the beginning of the ice zone. Deeper there is a lot of snow.
‘Why are there eyes in the basement?’
-It’s artificial snow created by magic. Unlike ordinary eyes, it contains magic power.
Ohh…But that’s not the point right now.
Where is the target, the doll’s tongue? Find it quickly and get out of this filthy cold place quickly.
-If I remember correctly, this is where the seeds were buried.
“…Near here?”
I listened to Veronica’s words and looked around, but no matter how I looked at it, it was just an ordinary maze made of hard stones.
“No, I can’t even see the soil. How can I plant seeds here? It’s all just rocks.”
-Take a closer look, surely soil exists, doesn’t it?
‘………Are you saying this?’
At that moment, I realized that there was very little dirt between the stone blocks at the bottom of the maze.
Could this be the soil you were talking about…?
-That’s right.
“Crazy, how do plants grow here? Are you kidding me?”
A very narrow gap between the stones, no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t even grow a single dandelion with only the soil that filled the gap.
Honestly, didn’t you just plant it because it was annoying?
I think I’ve already taken it once anyway.
-Hmm… I think it was like that…?
As expected, I knew that.
-But don’t worry too much, my king, it’s a rare elixir that can grow in any environment. Rather, thanks to the thick mana that emanates from within the maze, it might have grown better than a normal doll.
“…….”
Can you believe this?
-Anyway, shouldn’t we look for it first? We need to explore the entire 5km radius around here, so let’s look separately.
“Okay. Then, when will we get back together?”
-I’ll return to the king after a reasonable amount of time.
You’re just saying that you’ll come back when you feel like it, right? I understand you well.
-You seem to be getting more and more attention. It’s something to be proud of.
‘Congratulations are a b*tch. Hurry up and find it.’
-Okay.
Veronica laughed amusedly and flew quickly out of the shadows in her black mist form and onto the path to her left.
‘Is it gone?… Is it finally free?’
Recently, I too deeply understood the feelings of her husband, who married a strong wife.
Of course Veronica and I aren’t married, but we’ve been sticking together longer than her newlyweds these days.
If there was a man to marry Veronica, it was clear that he would be captured for the rest of his life.
In return, I could live to see Veronica’s beautiful face for the rest of my life.
‘This isn’t it… I’ll have to find the doll, Seolsam, too.’
I accidentally thought too much.
It was true that I felt liberated from being away from Veronica, but the important thing now is three dolls.
Of course, I don’t know if there will be a real doll, but I can’t just go back with my bare hands.
As the saying goes, if a man pulls out his sword, it is said to be murado. He came down to the maze, so shouldn’t he get something and go back?
‘I have to look for it.’
Once Veronica has taken the path to her left, I will have to take the path to the right.
But it suddenly came to my mind, didn’t Veronica say that ‘doll’s tongue is a living creature that is close to a spiritual substance’?
So if I sing it out loud, won’t it appear on its own?
……..Are you kidding me? It seems too much like a kindergartener’s idea.
Well, there’s nothing wrong with trying it, right? It’s not like there’s a monster in the maze.
Oh come to think of it, I said that there are sealed monsters in the maze of the sun, right?
But what can these guys who can’t even move do?
“Hey-! Can you hear me? Hurry up and don’t bother people. It’s destined to be eaten by someone someday anyway. Wouldn’t it be better to be eaten quickly and be reborn?”
That’s how my tactic of calling out dolls.
“Isn’t it-! If there’s no answer-! If you search for it and come out, they won’t eat your legs first, they’ll eat your head!”
I’ve gone this far, but it doesn’t come out?
……
Yes, there is no way it will come out. Before that, there was no way that a mere plant could understand human language, right?
Hey, I shouted hard for no reason. Let’s just use [Dark Curtain] And search hard.
-Kirreuk…
“… Huh?”
At that moment, a very peculiar cry was heard from behind.
When I turned my head in the direction from which I heard the sound, there was a small iron lump about 1m high in the shape of a fish man (fish man).
[LV 70 Physis Key]
HP: 30000/30000
Mana: 30000/30000
Status: None
“…Pysis key?”
How can someone.. Not an iron nugget have a pysis key?
No, before that, why is the level so high? Why are stamina and mana the same? It’s not just one or two weird parts.
-Kirreureuk…Kirerek…Kkireuk…Kirarak…Kirreureuk…!
“?!”
Pysis Key, or Pysis for short, looked at me intently and then suddenly summoned an ice spear and fired at me.
But…
“Do you want to search? Do you dare to jump first?”
[Those who fell into the void: Reduce all magic damage by 80%. Abyss property damage is ignored.]
Take a shot at me, if I’m scratched.
-Kirerelek…! Squirm!!
“Oh man…The sound is really bizarre.”
I drew the sword of amplification from my waistband and swung it at Physis.
Kang-!
“…What?”
However, just as the sword was about to reach Physis, a unique shield appeared and ricocheted the sword of amplification.
‘What is this shield? It’s very hard.’
-Kirreuk!
“Go away!”
Pysis took aim at my panicked moment and fired an ice spear once more, but with the [One who fell into the void], I only felt a slight pain worse than scratching my back with a filial hand.
‘…But why do you only use magic like that when you’re a level 70 monster…?’
But when I thought about it, something was strange.
Pysis’s level is 70, but the magic she uses is low-level magic that even level 30 wizards won’t use.
Why?
Does it partially hide its power?
It didn’t make sense that a wizard who could create a shield of that level could only use low-level attack magic.
-Kirreuk…Kirererek…
“f*ck… I don’t even know what it is.”
I don’t know. You’ll know once you get behind it.
***
“I found it.”
Veronica caught a leaf of a snow ginseng tree hidden deep in the white snow and pulled it up in an instant.
“Hmm… This is fine in its own way. The King will be delighted.”
Veronica decided to keep the doll Seolsam, which is about 30 cm tall, wrapped in her black mist.
“Then I’ll have to go back soon.”
Veronica said that she liked that she had no confidence, and when she thought of Gaon, who was looking for a doll, Seolsam, she felt uneasy for some reason.
She seemed to have helped several times over the course of a few days, but Veronica couldn’t understand why Gaon was so anxious to let her go.
‘Hmm… I don’t think I did anything wrong.’
She thinks it was self-defense in its own way, although of course she was very, very slightly violent.
She is very sensitive about talking about her age to women, especially for Veronica, who has lived for so many years that Gaon couldn’t even imagine, mentioning her age was close to a taboo.
Since Gaon was her own king, she stopped with a simple ‘warning’. If anyone else did, they would have cut her head to toe into 1461 equal parts and tossed her with fish rice.
“…Um…?”
Then, Veronica narrowed her eyes at the suspicious aura she felt from afar, and began gushing out her signature black mana little by little.
‘A monster? However, all the monsters in the maze of the sun must be sealed, so are they related to the imperial family?’
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No matter what. It’s enough to deal with monsters or people related to the imperial family. Of course, he intended to kill monsters and send humans out through simple hypnosis.
However, the identity of the suspicious energy Veronica felt was neither a monster nor a human.
“…Is it a golem…?”
-Kreureuk…Kirerek…Kreureuk…
“You’re the first person I’ve seen. [Emotion].”
[LV 90 Taurus Key]
Health: 300000/300000
Mana: 300000/300000
Status: None
As soon as Veronica saw the result of her appraisal, she opened her eyes wide and muttered in amazement.
“…..Is that guy’s secret treasure…?”
I didn’t like how Veronica treats the hero of the story, it seems like he’s a follower and not her, and also how he’s her king and she reads his thoughts frankly, it doesn’t make sense 🙄