73. Chapter 73
‘the kids are… … It must have come back.’
Deep sea spawning grounds.
In the deepest part of it, a woman thought so.
No, can we call her a woman? All the hair she had desired had fallen out, and her silky skin was black and dry.
If someone saw it, it would be a mummy, skinny enough to look like.
Only the egg-laying screen, with hundreds of eggs pounding, was proof of her days as a ‘queen’.
‘How many years has it been?’
When I was at the top. She was never this kind of monster.
sea of towers. The queen who ruled over the entire floor.
All the monsters on the floor, as well as the players who challenged to climb the floor, all had to bow their heads and kneel in front of her.
okay. That is, until that incident happened.
‘Because of that X… … !’
By the time you have mastered one floor. Not satisfied with just one layer, she crossed over to the constellation.
He forced the races that believed in other constellations on his floor to believe in him, and completely wiped out the races that did not.
Around the time when believers were born, ranks were accumulated, and transcendence was reached. The constellation that fishmen believed in descended directly on her floor.
Leviathan.
Only a small part of that existence descended, but she could not endure even a moment of time and lost all of her status.
one attack.
The moment the calm waves she was so used to became a tsunami loaded with the power of jealousy, all power disappeared.
Thanks to this, Leviathan was expelled from the tower, but she was also expelled from the tower along with Leviathan.
He lost all his power and was even cursed by the demon of lust who greeted him saying goodbye.
In the end, she was cursed with childbearing for the rest of her life, and her children did not see their mother as their mother.
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Just follow your instincts faithfully and protect yourself. No, it was just locked away.
Without knowing that they too were only being used by the tower.
I had to suffer here for a long, long time until now.
In the meantime.
“… … They said it was a spawning ground, was it something like this?”
‘Who is it?’
Someone’s voice came from the entrance.
Somehow, I thought it was noisy outside, but it seemed like I was under attack.
who the hell How are you here?
A lot of questions came to my mind, but that’s not what’s important right now.
‘It’s finally time to put an end to this curse… … !’
The Constellation of Jealousy, who used that human to end this long curse, annihilated the fish-men who led the constellation, and finally dropped herself here.
The time has come to trample the Leviathan.
If you use that human to break the curse and use the hidden jewel, you can do it.
“human… … Are you?”
As soon as she finished the plan, she squeezed out the strength she had accumulated so far, and a grotesque voice flowed from her mouth.
* * *
The voice was heard from inside the egg-laying membrane.
When I moved to the voice, I saw a monster withered like a mummy.
“Did you speak?”
“you’re right. Don’t look so pierced. It’s ugly, it’s embarrassing.”
Contrary to her grotesque voice, her tone was very soft.
However, Sewoon remained vigilant.
“What is it?”
“… … You have an impatient personality.”
“If you don’t have anything to say, let’s end it like this.”
Sewoon gripped the spear again.
The opponent is the boss monster of this dungeon.
I could tell because it was Sewoon who had been climbing the tower and dealing with numerous boss monsters before returning.
That ‘you shouldn’t trust monsters’.
Besides, Seun had just brought down the ceiling of the dungeon and slaughtered countless monsters. If it was a boss monster, there was no way they wouldn’t know this fact.
Talking like this to someone who killed one of their monsters, and even the child they gave birth to? There is something to aim for.
“Wait a minute, please.”
“If it’s not funny, I’ll stab you right away, so you better say it well.”
Sewoon pointed his spear at her skull.
There is only one reason why I do not open a spear even when I am suspicious.
‘Maybe I can get some clues.’
It was because of the clue to find Leviathan, which was immediately blocked. Well, even if that wasn’t the case, I was thinking of accepting it if she offered a decent reward.
As long as it’s useful equipment, it’s always in short supply.
Sewoon, who had been listening so intently, flinched from the first word she said.
“The devil made me like this.”
devil.
Still, I don’t know what demon she’s talking about. It could have been just a simple analogy.
However, her location and the books that Seun-in researched before returning. Combining various information, it was found that the demon she was talking about was ‘Leviathan’.
Noticing Seun’s interest, she continued talking.
“At one time, I was the body that ruled over the 40th floor of the tower, the ‘sea of brilliance’.”
The story that followed was before she became like this.
It’s embarrassing to say it with my own mouth, but I led a lot of monsters and protected them from players who randomly slaughtered them, and endured the unreasonable demands and insults of the Constellation.
It was like a story in a novel.
The context was so natural that Sewoon almost fell into the story without even realizing it.
however.
‘It’s a lie.’
It wasn’t long before I noticed.
No, it’s not a complete lie. A lie based on facts.
The devil she was talking about was what most players thought was the root of all evil, but Seun knew it.
Even if he was a devil, he was not a being who would curse the ruler of a floor for no reason.
In addition, I was able to recall texts similar to what she was talking about in various history books I had read before returning.
‘Queen of the Black Sea, Estrossa.’
Dea Bakandel Estrossa. A rare tyrant who stained the sea of brilliance with blood and darkness.
In the end, it is the queen who betrayed the constellation that protected the sea and was cast out of the tower after being cursed by God.
I couldn’t completely trust the history book 100%, but at least it was more credible than the stupid lies she was spouting now.
He wanted to poke her right away as she was spouting lies like flowing water, but Sewoon held it in with strength in his hand.
At least, we had to find clues to Leviathan’s location.
“So where is the demon?”
“Are you trying to help? You are truly a righteous warrior! It is clear that I have been alive so far to meet you!”
“Okay, the location.”
“Will you break my curse first? Then join me… … .”
“No, I need to hear the position first. I think I can believe it when I see it with my own eyes.”
In the first place, I had no intention of releasing her.
She seemed to hesitate a bit, but the queen, who was bound by the demon’s curse in this dungeon, had no choice.
“It’s east. If you go to the east, fishmen who have sold their souls and become corrupted will serve the devil.”
sh*t.
A small smile appeared on Seun’s face so that she wouldn’t notice.
I had been following the monster until I found a nest for a monster that wasn’t a Leviathan, but I was at a loss, but thanks to her, I was able to decide my destination.
“Do you have anything to give me?”
“I’ll give it to you… … ?”
“I’m going to meet the devil for you, shouldn’t I have some useful equipment?”
“… … Equipment for the men is stored in the back room.”
“Don’t do that. Equipment that can stand against the devil.”
With the destination located, there was nothing more to pry from her.
So, I urged her to find an item that might be hidden in the dungeon.
However, did he feel suspicious about Sewoon’s response, which became much more comfortable?
Her voice began to grow impatient.
“Sue, there is a hidden room.”
“Oh, where are you?”
“The room is only for me to enter. First of all, if you release my curse, I will personally provide you with the best equipment.”
“okay? How do you break the curse?”
At Seun’s question, a blush appeared on her dry, corpse-like face.
“It’s simple! You can break the handcuffs on my arms and hold my hand!”
Sewoon turned his head to confirm that it was the handcuffs she said.
Blue handcuffs of unknown material. I don’t know the detailed principle, but it seemed that her life force was continuously being sucked through the handcuffs.
If, undo those handcuffs and join hands as she said.
‘It will absorb all of my life force.’
Instead of her, Sewoon will assume the form of the mummy in this place.
This made it even more certain.
She was not like the doomed queen who was beaten by the devil and trapped in the deep sea.
prisoner.
He was also an atrocious prisoner who was cursed by a demon and locked in a spawning ground, receiving an eternal curse.
“That’s fine, tell me how to get the equipment.”
“Eh, like I said, only I can open it! So, if you release the curse first… … .”
“Ah, did you notice?”
“… … yes?”
I did, but it didn’t seem like I was going to spit out any more information myself. Looks like the guards I was worried about won’t show up either.
then… … .
“You can still feel the pain, right?”
“Why, why are you doing that?”
– Opened the treasure house of greed.
[ Grad Imperial Torture Method ]
– A torture method in which mental pressure or physical pain is applied in order to extract secrets from an enemy. Hundreds of methods have been described that were only practiced in the dungeons of the Empire.
Seruk.
The spear Seun was holding hung behind his back.
You won’t need a window from now on.
Bugre!
“Isn’t the moment when a creature feels the greatest pain is when its body burns?”
Water began to boil on Seun’s hand.
You can’t use fire magic in water, so the temperature of the water is extremely raised by applying that method.
Even if it couldn’t be burned, it would be possible to cook the skin with hot water.
hug!
“Or, when you’re submerged in water and can’t breathe. No, would you rather not be able to breathe without water?”
Water swirled around Seun’s hand, and as soon as he changed his words, the water disappeared.
Where the sea water disappeared, round air bubbles floated up.
“Yeah, warrior. Don’t do that, talk to me… … .”
“Oh, don’t worry. At first glance, your physical condition is not worth it, so I will give you this kind of life-threatening torture at the end.”
After he finished speaking, Seun took out dozens of sharp thorns from his subspace pocket.
The monster’s thorns.
It was a material that could not be handed over to Ko Chang-seok because he entered the sea immediately after dealing with the monsters in Chapter 5.
I never thought that such a material would be used in a place like this.
“Ah, if possible, answer slowly.”
“What is that… … .”
“It’s my first time doing something like this, so I want to experiment with as many ways as possible.”
“This, this, this!”
“got it?”
Fu-wook!
“Kiaaa!!”
The deepest part of the spawning grounds in the deep sea.
The queen’s screams rang out loudly there, but the monsters outside, who had become a mess trying to avoid the wreckage, couldn’t hear it.