Chapter 279 – To Heaven (1)

“It means I am the Demon King.”

After hearing Dojin’s words, Atanasia stopped for a moment and looked at him. He said something that could not be dismissed as a joke.

For her, who has lived through the era when gods and devils, giants and dragons lived and breathed, the existence of her devil king is no different from a rebellion.

“… Hero, are you serious about that?”
“Of course.”
“You must have expected what would happen if you said that in front of her, right?”
“Therefore? Are you going to kill me?”

Do-jin mentioned the promise, but the name Demon King had the power to make him not care about hurting his pride a little.

As she slowly raised her mana and began to breathe life, Do-jin burst out with her delightful laugh and disturbed her life.

“It’s a joke, a joke.”
“—It’s just a boring joke.”
“Well, there is a possibility of that. There’s really no way I’m the Demon King.”

Looking at Dojin muttering that I am a human, Atanasia carefully looked at him.

Certainly, even after knowing that she was the Demon King and looking at him, nothing had changed much from before. He was still human.

Then what the hell does the demon king mean?

“You just said you were the Demon King?”
“It could be- this is it.”

Do-jin talked to her Deok-gu and explained the information she had gathered. A dungeon is a dungeon made of the body of a demon king, and each dungeon is a part of the demon king’s body.

Then, what about Do-jin, who became the ruler of the dungeon?

“I am the heart.”
“A heart.”
“The guy I met in the dungeon in the Empire did that. Look at me and say heart.”

In the dungeon in the dungeon command, magic stones fall. The Dungeon Command, the driving force behind the great development of the kingdom to which the Dungeon Command belongs.

Magic stones do not drop in dungeons elsewhere. Fall off very rarely. What is the difference between dungeons in other places and dungeons in Dungeon Command?

‘What material is it made of? .’

In the case of the Dungeon Spirit, it could be assumed that it was a dungeon made from the heart of the Demon King. A biological organ that generates infinite magical power.

This is probably the secret of the magic stone that comes out of the dungeon.

“Because I am the ruler of the dungeon here, the Empire side saw me with my heart.”

And after a lot of discussion, it was possible to guess that the dungeon on the side of the empire spewing out ancient magic-mysteries was the brain of the demon king.

The monsters inside are the brain cells that contain the mysterious ancient magic of the demon king, and the thing to do is to rob them of their memories by defeating them.

‘So you don’t have to worry about that for the time being.’

Although the empire collapsed immediately and no one to attack the dungeon disappeared, the empire monopolized the dungeon for decades and continued to mine mysteries.

The demon lord’s brain must have been overworked to the level of dementia, so there is no need to worry about it for several years if it fails.

“—So, you are not the demon lord, but a part of the demon lord?”
“Hmm- that feels a bit different too.”

However, if Do-jin wants to, he can completely open the dungeon and weaken the heart, or seal the dungeon so that no one can enter.

In fact, he is the owner of the dungeon and the owner of the heart.

“Anyway, being able to handle dungeons at will. It doesn’t matter.”

“… From what I hear, it sounds like I have to kill you right now?”

“I’m not an idiot… I have no intention of resurrecting the Demon King.”

Do-jin recalled the majesty of the demon king who pulled out the dragon’s head and twisted and tore the giant’s arm.

After seeing the power of the demon king, who took the dragon’s breath with his bare body and lightly poured out the giant’s poultice, it was easy to see how stupid it was to try to resurrect the demon king.

It is fear that cannot be prevented or controlled. Unless you’re an idiot who wants the world to end, you won’t try to resurrect the demon lord.

“By the way, wouldn’t it be credible to say only words?”

Dojin thought so and smiled. Deok-gu, who saw that, roughly guessed what Do-jin was going to do, and put in a choo-im-sae.

“Ah, are you going to do that?”
“Yes, I will do that from now on.”
“…… What are you trying to do?”

While he couldn’t even guess Dojin’s thoughts, he interfered in a dungeon far away. Perhaps thanks to the unification of all dominion under the 50th floor, the presence of adventurers walking around the dungeon was felt.

‘He wanders around a lot.’

However, the places with the most people are from the 1st to the 10th floors. It’s not because it’s a tier for beginners.

Because only that layer is open. A safe dungeon is such an advantage that even after reaching level 2, there are adventurers who hunt in that layer.

“I don’t know if you’re peeping… Because of you, I am losing money.”

Dojin said that and looked up at the sky.
Soon after, according to his will his, the dungeon changes drastically.

“I’m going to collect this debt later.”

Softly….

An earthquake began to strike the dungeon territory. It was a very familiar vibration.
It was like the vibration I felt when the dungeon was opened once.

* * *

Hunting in a dungeon is a life-and-death battle. All sides are covered with a blackout curtain that swallows even light, so you must be vigilant and vigilant.

Being able to stand still without resting even for a second is extremely physically consuming work, so adventurers while hunting are always keenly aware.

While concentrating and moving forward, the inside of the dungeon suddenly starts to shake.

“What, what!?”
“A raid!?”
“No way! There are no monsters big enough to shake the ground on this floor…….”

The adventurer who had been shouting closed his mouth tightly and looked around. The monster that was about to rush towards us from afar stood in a daze, unable to adapt to the sudden upheaval.

The embarrassment was short-lived, and the reaction was swift. The adventurers subdued the monster by firing their crossbows.

Originally, this is impossible. Blackout did not accept the naive method of attacking one-sidedly from a distance.

“What is this… Did the blackout suddenly disappear?”
“It looks like things have changed.”

The adventurers who realized that the dungeon had grown a little bigger and had changed to a completely different look from the map drawn by the guild prepared for a quick return to the unusual situation.

As they were about to return, they found an elevator that shouldn’t be here and hesitated.

“No, this….”
“The one on the first floor….”

I wondered if it was a trap, but after several experiments by the adventurers, I was able to find out that it wasn’t.

They gathered up the courage to board the elevator and were perplexed as they saw the elevator arriving on the first floor within seconds.

“Haha, what is this all of a sudden….”
“—What layer did you come from? Ah!”

A guild staff rushed towards them as they got off the elevator and started interrogating them.

They reported what level they were hunting on and what happened.

I looked around and looked around.
The first floor was already in an uproar.

* * *

“Why is the floor so clean?”
“It has also increased in size. How many times before?”
“It’s like being hit by magic or an arrow…… ?”

Adventurers explored the cataclysmic dungeon and began to adapt to the new phenomenon.

The newly changed dungeon was strangely kind to adventurers. As if the goal was to make them attack the dungeon itself.

And it was the guild that reacted the most sensitively to such an anomaly.

“There’s an elevator up to the 50th floor?”
“Yes. It looks like you can’t use floors you’ve never been to before…….”
“Suddenly? Why?”
“That’s good for us too…….”

After hearing the guild member’s report, the guild leader grabbed his forehead and let out a sigh. Why did this happen during his tenure?

I was going to retire after sucking honey without incident, but in reality, there were only a few years left. In just a little while, I’ll get severance pay and live in a mansion full of women, enjoying a harem.

Why now?

“If you don’t know, come find out! Right Now!”

However, even if the guild leader was so upset, he would not be able to find out about the mystery of the dungeon.

The guild leader’s anger immediately fell upon all the guild members. And that didn’t even escape blood.

“Ah, really…… I’m dying…”
“Why?”
“You told us to look for the reason why the dungeon suddenly changed, right? How do I find it…”
“Haha, it’s a lot of trouble.”

Originally, she would have been loved by her Do-jin and the guild leader would have been her sleaze her, but over the past few months, her interest in her in her has naturally decreased as Do-jin has been wandering around the world a lot.

As soon as her her dojin noticed that her interest her in her her was diminishing, her her guild leader her reinstated her her and imposed all kinds of tasks on her that she hadn’t been doing before.

‘I’m sorry.’

Realizing that her peon was tired because of her self and her, Do-jin told her a helpful story.

So, about the reason the dungeon was changed.

“I think everyone has changed so much to clear the dungeon a little more.”

“Yes? What is that……”

“Someone who changed the dungeon is encouraging the dungeon raid.”

Indeed it was. Do-jin had no intention of sweeping away monsters from the lower layers like before.

I had earned enough money, and now I had almost nothing to gain from hunting the monsters down there.

‘Prevent the resurrection of the demon king instead of me.’

In the meantime, he will rise up there.
To the end of the dungeon.
And beyond, to the heavens.