44 – Haunted Plateau (1) Treasure Hunt
-Sueuk
I walked off the blanket, got up, and did some stretching. Head straight to the visit.
-Jeobeok, Jeobeok
-Beep
!!
– Knocked up!
When I pulled the door, the demon king fell backwards, probably because he was leaning on his back. I’m glad I dodge to the side. If all the buffs hit that head, my life would probably have ended here.
“…Ouch…Why don’t you hold me…”
From the wind in the morning, her 8 year old slapstick comedy touched the back of her head with her white palm.
“I’m sorry. Look where you are.”
I stood up and looked at the shiny black hair. There’s no way that would be the case, but I might have been hurt somewhere.
…
‘What does this smell like…’
She didn’t use shampoo or perfume, and her hair smelled so good that it was out of this world. If you’re willing to cut your hair short later, how about making air freshener out of her hair?
‘… She’s fine.’
Fortunately or not.
!!!
‘Wow.’
You sound like a lump. f*ck. There is a crack in the stone floor of my room that she bumped into some time ago. I was a fool for worrying about her hair with dozens of buffs on it.
‘As expected, I was good at avoiding it.’
*
‘… What’s wrong with him?’
– Rattle
The demon lord is trembling madly with the flushed face of a person riding on a rocket about to be launched. 500 Smartphones in vibration mode all over his body, with the intensity of being wrapped around him.
“Whoah… Departure, departure.”
-Chabak, chabak
-Turbuck, turbuck
I walked side by side with her and came to the entrance on the 100th floor. It’s the first time I’ve come since passing by with her party members a few months ago for the purpose of killing her…
…
‘That’s not true.’
Her The other day, when I was playing with her drinking game, I came to get out of her drunkenness.
‘Let’s forget…’
I put her messy memories deep in a drawer and threw them away. After locking her up, I put her key in the toilet and flushed it down.
-Kok.
She takes my hand with her trembling hand. Even though she often goes out to deliver dolls, her travel path is different.
“Should you hold my hand and follow me? I mean, I’m lost.”
“… Uh.”
He looks like he’s looking at me like a 6-year-old little brother…
“Don’t pick up anything and eat it. I have an upset stomach.”
It didn’t
It looked like a pet dog.
…By the way… Come to think of it.
Why did you set up a barrier to block going out from the inside, but not the other way around? Then you won’t have to fight each and every intruder.
I wondered why and asked her straight away.
“This barrier can only be blocked from the direction it was used.”
“Ah.”
“That’s why I put a beep spell on it instead.”
Convinced.
I broke the barrier by fiddling with the paper crane hanging around the demon king’s neck.
…
“Whoa. Will you open it then?”
-Rumble.
I pushed open the left and right retractable iron doors that intruders normally pass through as if they were eating.
*
This tower consists of a total of 100 floors, and each floor goes up and down through hidden stairs.
Once you enter, you will find nature that you can’t even imagine being indoors. Firelands, deserts, crystal caves, lakes and more. Although, of course, it is not as wide as the outside. It seems that the only place as small as the interior was the 100-story Demon Castle.
Anyway, to sum it up, I thought it would be a pretty long trip.
‘What is this?’
The reason why she was convinced that she had packed so much food and various tools yesterday was because she expected a long journey comparable to her march.
‘…’
“Did I make this? The name is a box that rises and falls. You can go up and down quickly with this. Although it eats up a lot of mana, so I can’t use it too often.”
A translucent box coated with magic. There is a magical power inlet on the floor that appears to be a power source.
…Isn’t this just an elevator?
A clever devil developed an elevator. Among these savage beggar-footed aborigines. Of course, it would work with magic power, not electricity. After all, the Demon King is pure, not stupid.
‘Somehow, the other day, I went there right away.’
She used to, she delivered her dolls and went there in an instant. She didn’t go there by teleport, but it looks like she rode it.
She and I came into the elevator .. No her up and down box.
“The destination is the 32nd floor. Oh, you have to adjust the magic power well so that you don’t make a mistake.”
The demon king put his hand on the marble that appears to be the power unit of the elevator.
“…What if I adjust it wrong?”
“Huh? I’ve done that before, but I fell from the first floor.”
“… Huh? Doesn’t that hurt you?”
“No. No. It doesn’t hurt too badly, it just hurts my hip and back. It got better after about two days.”
…
‘You bastard bastard! That must be your standard.’
If she’s been sick for two days, I’ll probably crumble. Sensing that she had been f*cked, she tried to get out in a hurry.
-Duck
Alas.
The door of the box was closed as if the devil’s magic had already been injected.
-Shoo Woowook!
A box that goes up and down as it is.
‘f*ck! Please! Please!’
I believe in our demon king!
The thrill of taking one’s life for the first time in a long time. Somehow, it feels even sweeter.
*
Thankfully, thanks to the clever devil, the box stopped exactly on the 32nd floor. Thank you.
The door opened, and I entered the Ghost Plateau, where I had come to climb the tower before.
-Shuaaa…
On the gray, desolate ground, the turquoise ore placed underfoot emits a faint light. Crosses and tombs studded here and there made it no wonder that the undead popped out at any moment.
Of course, there are no lesser undead living here since they were wiped out by adventurers a long time ago.
‘…Even the demon king knew that.’
It reminded me of the woman who had been bitter about this place in the past.
“Uh-huh-huh!”
Her lively laughter, which had no resemblance to the tranquil atmosphere, could be heard in this quiet place.
“What are we going to do now?”
Putting her hand in her bag, she asked as she circled me around.
“Is this the game you brought?”
There was a bet that I would bring something more fun, as I had bet on touching the ball with the devil 10 times.
“Yes! One of them!”
… What?
“No, one of them? So you’re saying there’s something else?”
“Yes.”
…
I got hit. Come to think of it, I’ve never heard that you should only take one. This elaborate year. It must have been cleverly conveyed in an ambiguous way.
‘What a shame! I got a terrible disease…’
…
That’s it. What can’t you do
“Ummm, what is it?”
She said with a nuance that inferred that she was rubbing her hand inside her bag. I honestly can’t even imagine.
“Courage experience?”
“Ding!”
“A corpse play?”
“… No.”
“Necromancer?”
“Do you want to die?”
… Mmm.
Her lips kept twitching, but in the end, she couldn’t wait for me and got angry! Get the game out of your bag!
“Treasure Hunt!”
*
What she opened was a treasure map.
‘As if I saw it somewhere…’
Ah.
“Did you lie down and paint when you were planning your trip before?”
“Right! That’s right!”
That ancient weapon blueprint must have been a treasure map.
“Um… But playing with the treasure map you made isn’t fun for you. I know where everything is.”
“Don’t worry! Don’t worry! Hee hee It’s not the map I drew. Look Carefully!”
Excited, she flopped and held the map to my face. Certainly strange language is marked with crayons, such as treasure chests, four-leaf clovers, and her favorite paper cranes. Of course, it is not easy to recognize even though it was drawn to look at me because it is a painting of the devil.
She was at her word.
“This map was drawn by a skeleton named Duldul who used to live here in the Ghost Highlands… To find treasure the next time he visits.”
“…”
That skull… Is gone now.
…
Let’s not talk about it.
“Ah. Huh. Then, what about the pictures you drew here?”
“Because he drew a treasure map in the language of skeletons. Don’t you know the skeleton language? That’s why I drew it so you can recognize it too.”
…
‘I’ve been preparing for a long time.’
When the demon king talked about the skull, he felt sad for a moment. Being attached to her all day, I was able to pinch that moment.
However, he quickly swallowed his sadness without showing it. If so, I’ll have to adjust to that too.
“Let’s go quickly. I’m looking forward to what the treasure is. Yes?”
“…! Yep! Look forward to it!”
*
“Let’s see… What is this? Snow man?”
I asked while pointing to the pattern drawn on the map.
“Ten steps between two stone men… Um… Ah! It’s over there!”
Still excited, she runs around busily in this place where no one is around. Even so, she walks carefully, fearing that she might not keep pace.
‘… Good. I didn’t feel like this when I came before.’
When you come with party members. I couldn’t see the surrounding sculptures properly because I wandered around looking for the stairs going up with those girls who were very annoyed about the damp weather here.
-Cheap! Cold! Cold!
-Turbuck, turbuck
“Here. Here! Thirty steps toward the bend of the four-leaved leafy plant!”
As she said, there are still leafy plants standing out.
“…Five?”
… It looks like it has grown.
…
-Wack
– Took
Bewildered, she tore off one of the leaves and threw it away. She hides the plucked leaves behind her back.
“?”
“Go, thirty steps towards the bend!”
“…Yes.”
– Chabak, chabak.
-Turbuck, turbuck
The demon lord walks gallantly barefoot. After that, I moved around the desolate plateau, alternating between my face and the map.
*
“What is this? Soil and… A painting saying hello?”
“Yes. That’s right. By the way… Umm… What do you mean?”
…Um.
Ah, maybe.
I took out a shovel used for cabbage farming from my bag. Then, as if to say hello, I bent over and dug into the marked spot.
“Uh, what is it?”
“Huh? Really? Look where.”
A simple riddle. It means to bend down and dig into the soil. An arrow and the number 30 are faintly written on the stone.
“Whoa, whoa. How did you know?”
“Just by feeling.”
“My friend is a genius.”
“I know because you draw well.”
It was too much to praise her painting, no matter how nice it sounded. I’m not going to get out of the seat thinking I’m being sarcastic…
“Thank you…”
She opened her big mouth wide and smiled brightly.
“Even if you’re not as good as me, you draw well!”
‘I’d rather curse at you.’
The Demon King slapped my arm. I just want you to control your strength.
*
After solving a few more riddles, we arrived at the X mark on the map.
“Let’s dig!”
“Yes. Wait.”
– Puk, puk!
I dug the damp ground with a shovel and found the treasure buried by Leodeolyi.
It’s candy. Candy wrapped in a yellow bag. Banana flavor. Certainly, candy is precious in this world, so it could be said to be a treasure.
“….. Huh?”
Her cheeks turned red from the reminder, but she suddenly stopped.
“Why is that?”
“…”
“…Why?”
“… This is what I gave to Leolderi a long time ago. Because he likes it so much…”
The demon king said after receiving banana-flavored candy from me.
…
“…Pi, you liked it so much when you received it… Why didn’t you eat it?”
…
Because he wanted to see her happy face after finding a treasure like me, she probably asked what she treasured the most.
Unlike the demon king’s hands and feet, who pretended to be okay, her red eyes, which gazed at the soil-stained candy, were always clumsy at hiding their sadness.
…
And like this…
…
No.
Wouldn’t you just watch this time?
Let’s take the place of the skeleton I’m talking about.
“Hey.”
“… Huh?”
“Give me that candy.”
“… Huh?… Huh.”
She opened the bag and handed over the contents, candy. I took it and ate it all.
-Kkadeuk, Kkadeudeuk
As far as she could hear, she mashed it very hard. With a delicious face
“…”
The demon king looks at me with a dumbfounded face.
“Mmm! This is so sweet After all, it tastes like bananas.”
“… Huh?”
“It is so delicious. It tastes better because it was given to me by a friend. Thank you.”
“…Ah.”
Then, as if the sun had risen on this highland where the sun did not shine, her frozen eyes quickly melted.
“Treasure Hunt. It was really, really fun.”
After hearing what I said with a smile, the demon king finally let go of the empty candy bag. Snap my arm with that hand! He said.
“I told you not to pick up and eat anything! Lol. You! Come on! I still have a lot left to do!”