Chapter 1237 – Blacksmith of the Deep, Deep

Around that time when Dre chased after Raldud and his group.

The demon kings, including Sarob, the demon king of minerals who followed the warrior party into the 7th stage, soon discovered the warriors.
But for some reason, the hero party stood still and waited for something.

Are they waiting for them?
The demon kings became wary and thought for a moment.
The demon lords considered attacking, but unlike before, there were no terrain features they could use, so they decided to watch the situation for now.

It was a mistake.

Stage 7 was wide and wide.
Stage 5, which is said to be bigger than a kingdom.
And in this place, which is several times larger than Stage 5, a true hero can grasp the entire geography in about 12 minutes.
The reason the warrior party stood still was to find the shortest distance.

Pot! The hero party moves in unison.

“Chase…!” “Faster!”

The warrior party reached the ‘Ruins’ in about 5 minutes, crushing all kinds of powerful magical beasts. I obtained the ‘Crown of God’.

The movement was so rapid that there was no time to interfere.
No. Even if we were able to catch up, would we be able to take it away by force?

‘You monsters…’

Humans have become terribly strong. That true hero is special among them.
All of his colleagues who followed him were powerful.

Users who entered stage 7 before the demon lords were also caught by the warriors in the middle of the race and hung around, so it was difficult to expect any variables.

“Hey Mineral. I need to report.”

Another demon lord chasing Sarobe with a nervous voice.
Sarob gritted his teeth.

‘I don’t want to disappoint Anito, but…’

The situation has already gone beyond what he can handle.
Sarob looked sad and contacted Anito to report the situation.

When it was reported that the Crown of God, which leads to the blueprint for the Paranormal Titan, or may be the ‘self’, has been stolen by Hiro Kaitsu and that it seems impossible to take it away, Anito said, “Hmm! Got it!” He answered succinctly.

[Keep tracking the warriors. According to the information, the crown is an important item that can be used to create a portrait giant.]
“Jonmyeong!!”

Sarob also watched the warriors with peace of mind at Anito’s attitude that there was no problem.

That warrior. Kaitsu Hiro was looking at the small crown in the palm of his hand.
At first, it was so large that I thought it might be used by giants, and it emits a special wavelength, so it couldn’t be placed in subspace.

I was wondering how to move the car. When he touched it, the god’s crown changed to a size that fit a human head, and it could also increase or decrease in size at will as Kaits thought.
Raeband, who was looking at the crown with curiosity from the side, opened his mouth.

“Captain. If I give it to Dre, Hest’s main quest will be completed, right?”
“…We don’t know yet. I think there is a high possibility that there will be a linked quest.”

Homun shrugged his shoulders in response to Kaitz.

“That’s what I think too. If I or Garcinido had gone with the rescue team and Dre had come here, it would have been nice to proceed with the quest.”

Garcinido also nodded his head as if he agreed with Homun’s words.
But Kaits said with a half-stern expression.

“No. A girl always makes the right decision. If she decides that way, it must be right.”
“…Uh, okay. Sorry.”

Homun apologized with a shocked expression on his face, and Garcinido secretly gritted his teeth.

‘Hero. Rather than calling it trust…’

Garcinido shook his head vigorously.

‘Let’s not have any profane thoughts.’

Kaits, who was looking at the crown, said.

“Let’s go back.”

They arrived at the hole they had first descended from level 7.

“But what is down here?”

Raeband tapped the huge, locked door with his foot.

“If we were to think rationally, it would be the location of the next chain quest… Though.”

Homun also frowned suspiciously, and Kaitz responded.

“Level 7. And unlike the two huge doors that led to the secret location of Level 6, this door is a culmination of technology that combines science and magic. It doesn’t seem like an object related to the quest.”

At that moment, Kaitz turned his head and looked up at the sky.
In the sky, there were two murderers who had been caught in panic after seeing the previous hero party sprinting without knowing what to do, and they were shaking their heads and muttering something.

“What, what? What are you saying…?”
“Who, who…?”
“…”

Kaits looked at them and saw the door below.

‘Below here. ‘There’s something…?’

The warrior party could only explore level 5 in their previous life.
From stage 6 onwards, it is an entirely unknown world.
Nevertheless, Kaits seemed to know where this door led.
What was coming to Kaitz’s mind right now was… A certain ‘concern’ that Dre had told him about.

“…First, let’s join the eight.”
“Yes, hero.”

Garcinido nodded and stood in front.
Kaitz stood behind him and took out his sword.

“Everyone, brace yourselves. The moment you join the eight and go out on the ground is the real deal.”

Anito, the demon king of monarchs.
In terms of power, he is the most powerful Demon Lord in the Demon World.

Despite her pompous and seemingly innocent attitude, she is known for her resourcefulness.
Would she have sent only a few demon lords and a hybrid demon lord to stop Hero and his group?

He must be well aware that he and the six hybrids who absorbed as many as 10 pieces suffered at the same time in the war started by Arras.

‘He must have prepared something.’

Kaits had a telepathic conversation with the scholar.

[How do you see it? Scholar.]
[Anito recently heard that it was possible to obtain the desired power by combining the powers of the Demon King. But power. In other words, there is a limit to the number of pieces, so there is a low possibility that we will be pushed back by force… Rather than a battle, we should worry about the possibility of the God’s Crown being taken away without a fight.]
[My thoughts are the same.]

Anito was probably prepared to take the crown with minimal fighting.

‘If you’re going to come, come.’

Kaits had the confidence to accept anything.
In this way, the true warrior and the demon king began to fight before they even faced each other.

The effort may be meaningless.

Around that time. Raldud and his group.

“This place…?”
“This place…”

Rald tilted his head and the prince looked around.
Lulua clasped her hands to her chest and opened her mouth slightly.
We arrived at a huge cave after following the instructions given by Dre.
As we proceeded through the cave, we reached an open ruin.
No… This…

“Temple…?”

As Lulua said, this ruin looked like a temple that enshrined something.

The spacious ruins were illuminated by a blue light, like moonlight, coming from an unknown source.
The texts and statues engraved on the ruins were so elaborate that even the three dwarves who lived in the dwarven sacred place were astonished.

But. What the three dwarves were feeling at the same time right now was neither curiosity nor surprise.

Awe.

Almiraz, in monster rabbit mode, pointed somewhere with his long finger while particles of light like blue fireflies fluttered everywhere.

[That. It doesn’t seem to fit here.]

The three dwarves and Bale, whose neck was being held by Almiraz’s left hand, looked in the direction Almiraz pointed.
The thing at the tip of my finger was a building.

“Mansion? A place like this?”

Okay.
A mansion with a workshop that does not match the ruins at all.
There was a house where a dwarf might live.

And what was most shocking was the pattern engraved on the mansion.
That pattern with two right triangles engraved on either side of a circle…

“Gaiga’s pattern…”

Lulua mumbled and her prince spoke to her.

“Lulua. Look at those letters at the entrance.”
“!”

As the prince said, Lulua saw the text engraved at the entrance to the temple.
That was before I came here. It was an ancient text that was also engraved on the huge door.
Lulua read it.

“The traces of a miserable, pitiful person who lost everything because he loved his children. It will be here…”

There was silence for a moment.

[What are you going to do? Temple first? Or are you going to Guy’s mansion?]

Almiraz asked.
Lulua hesitated… Then she ran to Gaiga’s mansion first.

No reason.
I felt like I had to do that.
Her companions followed behind Lulua, and Almiraz growled at Bale, who was caught by his left hand.

[Don’t even dream of doing something foolish.]
“…”

Bale made no reply.
Dre’s fear was still etched in his eyes.
There is no guarantee of defeating Almiraz, so what are you going to do now?
Honestly, all I want to do is run away.

When I opened the door to the mansion, it was very dark inside.
Almiraz recently used the magic he ‘regained’ thanks to Dre.

[Be bright.]

Good luck!

The eyelids of a monster rabbit. I thought the blue flame in my eyes grew bigger, and the dark place became as bright as day.

“!”
“Omg!”
“Wha…?!”
[!!]

Rald. Dolia. Lulua. Almiraz was surprised one by one and took a fighting stance.

It was worth it.
As the darkness illuminated, a huge ‘giant’ was standing a little distance away.
No. Looking closely…

“Robot…?”
“Is it a mounted golem?”

As Rald and Dolia said, they were robots.

A fish with the appearance of a dolphin.
One that looks like a shark.
Two moles with different drill shapes.
And one that looks like a hawk.
Lastly, a giant human-shaped robot with a lion’s face on its chest. A total of six units.

In front of them. Special characters appeared as holograms.
Lulua read it as if she were fascinated.

“The legendary giant… Was placed here.”

Everyone was surprised.
Dolia and Raldud asked in surprised voices.

“?!?! A legendary giant?”
“This?”

Are you saying the legendary giant wasn’t a paranormal giant?

“Gaiga’s emblem… And who can leave behind the legendary giant…”
[Excuse me.]

After interrupting Prince Dolia, Almiraz pointed somewhere again.

There… There were white bones.
A white-skinned person with a dwarf body type.

Everyone came close to the white bones.
Most people had a premonition of the identity of this white bone.

“Lulua. The invitation is…”
“The records of when he died and where he was buried were not accurate.”

In other words. This means that there is nothing strange about his body being here.
It’s strange that it hasn’t rotted away for 10,000 years… But I thought it could be possible in this sacred place.

Paaaaa!!

A light appeared above White Bone’s head, and Almiraz quickly stood in front, holding up his veil as a shield.

“Fuck! You rabbit! What are you doing!”
[Shut up.]

But fortunately it wasn’t an attack.
It was just the text shining.

“Lulua. What does this say…”

Prince Dolia froze before speaking.
Lulua…Her whole body was shaking and she was in shock.

“…How could it be… What nonsense…”

***

“You did well, Rius.”

Dre roughly ruffled Rius’ hair but did not take his eyes off the front.

Not in the thick dust, but next to it.
A scrap metal robot calmly dodging Dre’s attacks and sitting on a chair resting his chin.

“You did well against that monster.”
“…!!”

They say Dre is a monster
Rius also stayed with Dre for almost a year.
Now I know to some extent how Dre feels at certain times.
Dre is having great fun right now. Interest. And… I was feeling tense.

There are few instances where he feels tense.
If I had to pick one of the cases, it would be when he met someone he couldn’t find an answer to.

‘That scrap metal…?’

What on earth is that that makes Dre so nervous?
And how did Dre get here?

Dre walked forward again without a word, and at that moment.
Just like everything. Several huge laser cannons appeared next to the scrap metal robot.

“Uh?”

What now?
Was it taken out of subspace…?

Jiyiing.

The laser cannon was aimed at the two people as ‘mana’ condensed, creating an unimaginable amount of energy.
Dre shakes. I broke into a cold sweat.

“Look closely, Rius. I made that.”
“Make…?”

You made that just now… In a split second that you didn’t even see?

[Don’t get angry.]
“Fuck you. What kind of conversation are you talking about tormenting someone else’s cute master student?”

As Dre scoffed, the scrap metal robot chuckled.

[I saved everything. Haha. Fryuna, Ledo, Nere, and Nia. I cherished it, Ji.]

Frunar.
Nerenia.

Rius’ eyes widened at the names of historical figures.

[…Are you interested? Who am I? […
“Know.”

Rius was surprised by Dre’s answer, and the scrap metal robot also showed interest.

[I. Who is it? I know, you say?]
“Yes. ‘High-speed craftsman’.”

To Dre’s answer:
The mouth of a scrap metal robot. It was torn apart like a human being.

[Big, ha, ha.]

Dre responded to the scrap metal robot’s laughter with laughter and continued.

“You…”

***

[What does it say, but?]

Lulua, who was shaking at Almiraz’s question, read the text that appeared on the hologram.

“I am… The first Guy. Here… I buried my last ‘hope’ to protect the world.”
“Last…”
“Hope…?”

Lulua, who nodded to the words of the prince and Raldud, continued speaking in a voice of disbelief.

“Those who arrived here. Whether they are my descendants, my friend’s descendants, or anyone else… Please. Please, please. Please…”

Lulua paused for a moment because her throat was sore.
With everyone staring at her, she could barely speak her words.

“First Hest, stop Roldd.”

***

“Roldd Mrrald Hest.”

Chuck. Dre pointed her finger at the scrap metal robot and grinned.

“Right? Ten Heroes“Noble man.”