Chapter 1442 – Baekgye

Strong.
After confronting Dre and breaking up with the Magic Tower, he was in the White Palace, the home of the White Legion’s ground forces.
Next to him, a close associate of the White Knight, called the White Chancellor, was looking at him with displeased eyes.

Baekhan Kang lowered his head and smiled.

“Haha. I had no idea it would turn out like this.”
“Hmph. Be thankful for your luck.”

As Prime Minister White spoke out loud and stretched out his hand, an image appeared in front of him.
In the video, a white knight was looking at him.

“It’s an honor to meet you.”
[Doll. Is it.]

Kang Baek-han flinched.

‘Can you read my mind?’
[What’s inside of me? [Ira.]

The prime minister was angry at the white knight’s words.

“Yes, you bastard. How dare you…”
“Noisy.”

Baekhan Kang’s expression changed and his prime minister became speechless.
Just before. The atmosphere changed so much that I wondered if it was that servile man.
Kang Baek-han stared at the white knight, giving off the air of a seasoned old man rather than a young man.

“What do you want from me?”
[Interest.]

Wow. Next to the white knight, a human shape was drawn with white energy.
The shape looked exactly like Nelf.

[Bring it before me. Then I will grant your wish.]
“Hmm.”

Kang Baek-han smiled.

“Okay. It’s very easy for me. Please keep your promise, too.”

Kang Baek-han smiled. He used ‘communication magic’ in his mind.

The target person is. He was Dre’s ‘teammate.’

‘Arylgear. Can you hear?’

Kang Baek-han’s words were soon answered in response.

‘What’s going on?’

***

Pot. Pot. Pot.

Oh fuck.
Mana O-Ring looks great.
That crow bastard was so fast that it came down really deep.
If I had enough mana, I would have used Leap to go up to the top.
I clicked my tongue and looked to see if there was a place to rest nearby or a way up.
No.
In a night sky like a wide ocean. The typhoon behind me made a bloody sound.
There is only a huge steep cliff ahead.
A better option is to go down again and explore the underground.
It looked very deep, so maybe the black archmaster was nearby.
I’ll see the crow again, but who cares?

Meanwhile. A hole in the cliff caught my eye.
It won’t be that safe there either.
But it’s better than here.
She still has some mana left, but if she uses up all her mana and gets unexpectedly attacked from the sky, she’ll be really screwed.
I had no choice but to go into the hole.
I’m a little worried about my teammates doing the raid above, but I’m sure they’ll do just fine.
Let’s worry about my survival first.
I entered the cave, glancing down to see if any crows were following me.

It’s so damn dark.
I thought it wasn’t the darkness I was used to, so I took out a torch from my inventory.

Good luck! Crack.

Red energy dispels the darkness.
But this cave. It’s so narrow.
I can barely stand now, but if I go a little further, there is only a hole that one person can barely crawl through.

What are we doing here?
That moment. I saw two eyes glowing in the darkness of the hole.

A sure win.
Space Sword!!

Grumbling!!

The space sword, which was wielded not as a sword but as a torch, became a slash of fire and struck something in the darkness.

Grumbling!!

[Keu-!!]

The guy who was staring at me from inside the hole rolled over as if he was in pain.
The guy immediately turned and ran in the opposite direction of me, but it was my space sword. 2 hits. 3 hits hit him hard.

[Keeeee!]

Something that seemed to be overcome by evil stopped running and came running towards me.
I waited a moment and then cut down something that was running towards me.

Sigh!

[Crook…]

It has a taste of hand.
The small thing, split in two near the waist… Was a snake coated in slime like a snail.

[My, I… I’m just like this… Crumbling…]

Do you even talk?
While I was surprised, I soon heard an even more surprising sound.

[Black King. You have defeated the vicious Dasan Snake!!]
[You have obtained 18000000 hundred.]
[You have acquired the vicious spirit of fertility.]

King?
This guy is the king?
The guy who can hit 1 normal hit with 3 hits with the Sympathy Sword?
Was it a gimmick boss?
When I think about it, it’s a hole like this. It’s perfect for hiding since no one will easily think of coming in…
At that time. I felt like I was popular.

“Dre-!!”
“?”

Why can I hear L’s voice from here?
As I turned my back, I saw a blonde girl shining brightly at the entrance I entered.
She looked very relieved when she saw me, and then she ran over and hugged me.

“You’re not hurt anywhere, right?”
“L? What about the stomach…”
“No one is hurt, right?”

I guess I’m really worried.
I nodded.

“Thank goodness~”
“L. What happened to the boss?”
“Almost done. Come on, let’s go up.”

El took my hand and led me out of the cave, and I slowly went up using floating magic.
Her floating magic is not good to say the least, so how did she get this far?
When I looked closely, I saw that her clothes were scorched here and there.

“L. It’s good to gain momentum by exploding the sphere of light, but if you use it too much, it becomes difficult when it’s important.”
“Yes! I’ll keep that in mind!”

L, who I like, looks very happy at my worries.
I said this because I was really worried. It seems counterproductive.

“But Dre is so amazing!! Not only did he escape on his own, but he also eliminated the king?”
“Ah. That was a coincidence…”

[The party member is the Black King. The defiler has been killed.]
[You have obtained 17600000 hundred.]

As if El’s words were not empty words, our team defeated the 4th floor boss.
Soon we reached the defiler’s boss room.
The people who were gathered in the boss room and chatting loudly found us. Soon, cheers erupted: “Woow!”

“Master Dre!”
“Wow!”
“What on earth did you do?”

Hmm.
The respect in the eyes of everyone on the team is evident when they look at me.
I was about to say that I was just lucky, but I just shrugged my shoulders for the sake of the team leader’s authority.

Oh oh. Cheers erupted once more from all over the place.
My shoulders are shrugging more.

At that time. Nelp came running towards me and thumped. I held his hands tightly.

“Instructor. Are you okay?”
“Yes I’m okay.”

Nelf’s worries following El.
It always feels good to receive a pretty girl’s worries.

As she was suppressing the corners of her mouth that were rising in pleasure, Kranium came up to me and threw something.

“Take it.”
“?”

Widely. I received it unexpectedly.
Aside from the way she said she wasn’t worried at all. What is this?
Black beads?
After staring for 3 seconds, an information window appeared.

[Black elixir.

Removes any curse, or permanently increases all stats by 30%.]

“…”

My eyes are coming out.
What kind of OP item is this?

“The king dropped it. The soul is over there.”

In the place where the defiler was earlier, a huge burning spirit was floating, instead of the king.

“That’s amazing, everyone. You caught that by yourself.”

Tayria frowned at my exclamation.

“Are you being sarcastic?”
“Are you born?”
“? Ji, what did you say just now?”

I praised you so much, so why are you making such a fuss?
I asked back with a puzzled face.

“What’s wrong? I was just asking if you had any thoughts.”
“You know this doesn’t make sense, right? Anyway, you caught the king by yourself, right?”

Again. I felt many eyes full of respect.
The red team and yellow team were almost sobbing.
…It feels good!!!
I gathered my excitement and spoke in a somewhat solemn voice.

“Let’s relieve the joy of victory later and reorganize our ranks. Item distribution will be done after safety is secured.”

Without further ado, no. Team members moving quickly and smoothly.
After all, the team leader must have dignity.

In the meantime, there were people who approached me, and they were from the research and reflection school.
These are people who like to delve deeply into a topic. I asked them to tell me without hesitation if they had anything to point out.

“Do you have anything to say?”
“First of all, I would like to express my respect, Captain. I truly admire you.”
“I was lucky.”

As I was scratching my head, Kranium next to me said something.

“Hmph. I guess I just got really lucky.”
“Hey Mr. Get away from me.”

Why is this guy suddenly making eyes at me again after starting a fight?
Is it because she complained about her period to her lover, Tayria?
…Now that I think about it, I was wrong.

“Sorry about that.”
“Joy.”

Kranium snorted and walked away, and I comforted the scared-looking head of the Ancient Temple School.
This was the information he truly brought this time.

“It seems there is a shortcut to the bottom floor.”

In Baekgye, all kinds of items have information windows. The information window contains not only performance information but also information about the origin or history of the item.
On the way here, the Study School looked at all the item text and concluded that there was a shortcut.

“It says that some of the monsters we caught died while trying to take the quick route. And they say that there is a purple light or a typhoon blowing on that shortcut.”

The leader and I looked at the purple night sky behind us.
Also. You mean that way, right?

That moment. A few black dots were visible far away in the night sky.
The dot got bigger and bigger, and I screamed.

“Ready for battle!!”

The team members immediately took my word for it.
Holy shit.
This is why good things have to be done while considering the situation.
The black dots were crow monsters.
The fucking crow saved my life and brought reinforcements.
It was flying here with several crows that were much smaller than Ji.

I was thinking of shooting it down in the middle, but I felt uncomfortable.
There was something on the back of one of the crows.
Is it a weapon? After taking a closer look, I was surprised.
Although he was discolored to black, he was clearly a human old man.

“Don’t shoot…”

He shouted in a small but clear voice.
My teammates looked at me asking what I was going to do, and I shouted at the scent of the quest.

“Atmosphere!!”

Atmosphere. I’m not saying you should just stay still. It means shoot if you make a mistake.

Soon the crows landed on the ground.
But.

Rumbling…

The crow’s bellies growl continuously without stopping.
It’s even drooling from its beak.
The only exception was the fucking crow that confronted me.
These guys. Have you come to eat with us…?

“Hello, gray ones…”

Now I see that the old man on the crow has no legs.
He came down to the ground using the wings on his arms.

“Excuse me for meeting you for the first time… But I have a favor to ask you.”
“Ask?”

By the way. It’s our first meeting.
It was our first meeting, and the old man seemed to know me well.
The fucking crow must have said something.

For reference, the fucking crow looks down at me from the middle, perhaps because he is higher up among them. You bastard just suck out your eyes and make money.

“The Black King you just dealt with was originally our king…”
“So? Are you here for revenge?”

Silvertapju summons the spirit with a sharp voice. The crows roared.
I said, hitting Euntapju on the back of the head.

“Please continue speaking.”
“Oh, yes. I’m sorry…”

The old man bowed and continued his explanation.

“The king and we were cursed by the White All, starving for the rest of our lives, and cursed to one day turn into crows…”
“The curse of all white?”

Cheongtapju responded to my words.

“Wait a minute. It’s the curse of everything white, so why does it turn into a black being?”
“Hmm…”

To our reaction. The old man suddenly let out a voice full of hatred.

“All that is white is not the whole and perfect thing that the savages on earth believe it to be. It is more evil…”

Unable to continue speaking, he soon let out a self-mocking laugh.

“Even my memories are fading away, and I can’t even remember what the white thing was…”

The Red Team and Yellow Team looked very sympathized with his words.
The crows had sympathy in their eyes as they kept them in check.
I was wary of the crows’ sudden attack, but then I realized what they wanted.

“…Is this what you want?”

I held up the black elixir.
Then the old man and the crows went crazy.

“Ah… Our king. Even though you went crazy with hatred for losing your family, people, and country, you were making… For us.’

An old man shedding tears.
The gold and silver tower owners were glaring at me in disbelief, but I could tell that the emotion was real.

“…No, no. You made it for us, but it’s yours.”

The old man got down on his knees, and the crows bowed their heads.
Of course, the fucking crows were excluded.

“Please. You can’t give it to us.”
“Ha?”

Teiria looked at him as if it was nonsense, and Hwangtapju came forward.

“This is what we risked our lives for. What can you give us in return if we give you this black bead?”
“…We have no treasure, no sword, nothing. Just a body…”

The old man bowed his head.

“To be honest, we cannot go outside. So all we can do is be your limbs while we are on this earth…”
“It’s trivial.”

Kranium interrupted.

“We don’t need limbs. We are strong.”

Are you saying that?
However, the other team members seem to have similar thoughts as Kranium, and their faces are sour.

Crows growled at our response, and in the distance, the Marving tribe growled at us.

“Crow meat. Is it delicious?”

The white rabbit ate up his appetite.
The Red Team and Yellow Team watched the situation and waited for my decision.

Homun and Garcinido stood next to me.

“Dre.”
“What are you going to do?”

Anyway.
Do you know how good this item is?
If I combine this with the means I am currently preparing… Even the White Knight can definitely win.
The situation didn’t work out. It’s just a piece of data anyway.
So…

“That won’t work.”

The old man was taken aback by my answer.

“Please. Please. We have mutated too far. We can’t go back to being human now. We are used to hunger. However, the child is without sin!!”
“Hmm. Do you have children?”

You’re good at filming new dramas.

“There are dozens of children. Even though we are in such disgrace, our children… Please…”

The old man bowed his head.
To be honest. Wouldn’t it be a shame to fall for this?
…
…
But.
This could put my mind at ease.
My heart has been doing all kinds of rubbish things using experience quests as an excuse.

What’s glimmering before my eyes right now.
It was the little crow that called the crow daddy earlier.

“…”
“Hey.”

Kranium seemed to sense that my appearance was unusual, so he called me and I spoke.

“Please guide me. Make sure it’s real. Then…”
“Hey!!”

Kranium called me again.
Other top owners and many team members looked at me with disbelief.

“Don’t get carried away by emotions. These are just dolls.”

It’s definitely me who is at fault in this situation.
So.
I will use force.

“Now. Are you doubting my judgment?”

Cranium flinches at my soft words.
That moment. Paang! Homun and Garcinido slapped me on the back.

“That’s great. Dre.”
“Excellent, Lord Dre. Even a true warrior would have made that judgment.”
“Huh? No. If it’s Kaitsu, he’ll wash his mouth and keep it for himself… Ah. If it’s the recent Kaitsu, that might be the case.”
“…Lord Homun. I think we need to have a serious talk.”

In the end, despite my insistence, we climbed into the sky on the crow’s back.
The crows carrying the tower owners and the hero party climb upward at high speed.
For your information, the one who picked me up was a fucking crow.
But this bastard. It flies so violently that I can’t tell if it’s trying to pick me up or drop me.
I ripped the crow’s head off.

“No, you crazy bastard. Are you trying to kill me?”
[Wow! Wow!]
“What the fuck are you talking about? Ugh!”

The above is already over. The ceiling is close.
I’m going to hit you!!
Fucking new bastard!

Shuak.

…Oh.
I thought it was the ceiling. Was it a transparent wall?
Looking around, I saw that it was a playground.
Ah. Here.
This is the playground where I first saw the fucking crow.

Food is great. Food is great.

Crows landed on the flower field, and as soon as the fucking crow sat down, it bit my clothes on its back with its beak and threw it into the flower field.
I jumped up and took a fighting stance.

“This bastard…”
[Quiet.]
“Lord Dre, don’t fight the crow, look over there.”

Looking ahead at Garcinido’s words… I knew that my choice was right.

Rumbling.

The sound of hunger vibrating in the flower garden.
And it was a strange sight, with all kinds of vegetables and fruits being eaten little by little, and little crows drooling in front of them but refraining from eating more.

The numerous fields near the playground showed them that they were civilized people with agricultural knowledge, and at the same time, the sight of young crows eating crops before they were even grown made them realize the curse.

Most of the young crows… Had human faces and crow’s beak and wings.

“It was real.”

I held out the black elixir to the old man.
The old man took my hand tightly.

“Thank you… No, I’m sorry. Something dirty like me can’t take these noble hands…”
“It’s dirty.”

Not at all.
At least. Than I, who got my hands dirty only for the sake of torture and slaughter. It was a much nobler hand.
I held his hand tightly and handed him the elixir.

“Never.”

There was only one elixir, so I wondered how to divide it, but the old man raised the black elixir into the sky.
The black sphere wriggled and pooped. It became small fragments and flew to the baby crows.

Faaaaa

With the light, the crows changed into humans.
But. That look…

“…What…”

The white rabbit opened his eyes wide.
This is because the crows looked very similar to the Mabing tribe.
While my teammates were amazed, the old man thanked me again and again.

“Thank you. Thank you… Just thank you…”
“No. Over there…”

I was about to ask what was going on, and at that moment he spoke.

“If you don’t mind, can I show you a shortcut that only we know about?”
“Shortcut…?”

The old man nodded at my words.

“This is the path that leads to the lowest level.”