Chapter 32 – Rulers (2)

‘Control?’

As she was watching the other children’s reactions to the alarm that popped into her head, Hanyeong raised her hammer curiously.

“What is it, won’t you die?”

Hanyoung, who had been touching the corpse of the orc warrior whose head was smashed to pieces, started tapping the corpse as if it were strange.

Thump, thump! Unlike when he was alive, the corpse of the defenseless warrior could not defend against Hanyeong’s attack at all.

Seeing his limbs his shattered and crushed so lightly, Hanyoung tilted his head and looked back.

“Hey, isn’t he dying?”

“…… What are you talking about?”

“No, you don’t drop magic stones. So you’re not dead?”

“Because it’s a boss monster…… Things like that happen, too.”

Duke said. In the meantime, I carefully checked what I could do with governance.

From the moment I acquired control, the things I could do naturally bloomed in my head.

I started to freak out while checking the organized manual.

‘No, this…….’

Dominion was, as the name suggests, dominion. Control of all dungeons below the 10th floor. While thinking about what to do with this incredible power, Aram collapsed.

“Aram!?”

Eunha was started and supported the class president. Aram was breathing hard, his face flushed.

The moment I saw that, I remembered how many injuries she had healed.

One whole body fracture.
Two or three partial fractures.

While leveling up and strengthening his abilities, he said that the burden was reduced to some extent, but if he had treated that level of injuries, he would have suffered quite a lot of injuries.

Thinking so, I realized what I had to do first with this power.

Kugu Palace…….

The interior of the dungeon begins to vibrate. And, the place where the Orc Daejeon was located collapsed and a large cylindrical machine appeared.

Deokgu saw this and groaned.

“…… Elevator?”

“Get on.”

“What?”

“Get on first.”

Deokgu, who saw me getting on the elevator without explanation, sensed something strange, but since Aram had collapsed, he got on the elevator without saying anything.

Right after all the children got on the elevator, they pushed the only button and the iron door closed.

A weaker sound is heard than when the mechanism first appeared, and after a while. The entrance is open.

We arrived on the first floor.

* * *

New liquid, new liquid…….

“I fed him the potion, so he will be fine when he wakes up.”

“Thank you.”

“It was nothing.”

The priest left his mansion and left. Heck, he paid a considerable amount of silver for his business trip treatment, so he didn’t even have to be grateful.

I looked at Eunha and Seoyoon nursing Aram for a while, then went outside and headed to Deokgu’s room.

Deokgu was sitting at the desk in my room, waiting for me, holding a poop. It was the posture that otaku like to hold their chin with their fingers on.

“Sit down. Dojin-kun.”
“Again, it’s a show.”

I sat down on the chair in front of him, watching the light glint off his glasses. As soon as I sat down, Deokgu lowered his voice and began to set the mood.

“Dojin-kun. As the commander-in-chief of this mansion, I have an obligation to know all the information.”

“Commander-in-chief? What nonsense…….”

“I admit that you made contributions as the leader of the dungeon strategy team, but in the mansion, following my orders….”

“Am I just going?”

“Hey, can’t you hang out with me at times like this?”

As if disappointed, Deokgu loosened his grip and began to lean back on his chair. He then started wiping the dust off his glasses.

“So, what did you do this time?”

“…… What?”

“That elevator. You did it.”

Even though there was no evidence, Deok-gu realized that it was my doing, just from the circumstances.

It wouldn’t make much sense to hide it while already caught, but it was too big a pie to reveal.

I groaned and wondered if I should tell him or hide it. Deok-gu, who saw me worrying, burst out laughing as if it was too much.

“… Hey, weren’t we friends?”

“…… That’s right, buddy.”

“Then it’s such a huge secret that you have to hide it from your friends. That is?”

“…… Uh.”

“You couldn’t even hide it properly on a topic like that and got caught right away by me? Aww, that’s too much really.”

Deokgu bruised me as if he was disappointed, but I ignored his words and fell into trouble for a while.

He looked at me like that and helped me with a word of advice.

“I can’t help it if you have a hard time talking. But don’t forget that I can give you some advice.”

“…… Okay. It would be better than worrying alone.”

I carefully explained the dominion gained in this dungeon. An authority to control dungeons on the 10th floor or lower.

That they used it to create a direct passage from the 1st floor to the 10th floor.

I don’t know why it entered me, but this power was dangerous. Also very.

“…… Certainly, I can see why you didn’t want to talk. The fewer people who know this, the better.”

“Do you understand?”

“My back hurts… It’s not about how to use it, it’s about how to hide it…….”

Deokgu, who was thinking about something while saying that, let out an exclamation and looked at me.

“Hey… Do Jin-ah.”

“Why?”

“We……Did you leave the elevator alone?”

“What is that…… Ah.”

I just realized We hide this power and sleep, and the change has already begun. That people would have noticed the change.

“…… What do we do?”
“Shall we go to the guild first? I think those people would have figured out the situation roughly. Ask what they think.”
“…… Is that so?”

Hearing that, I headed straight to the guild.

* * *

“Do, Dojinniim…… You are here…… ?”

“…… You look very tired.”

“Yes……Suddenly an accident happened.”

Do-jin could understand what the accident was even without listening. She said that her position was Do-jin’s dedicated staff member, so she said that Do-jin was able to take a breather by her coming her.

While stroking A-ryeo’s chest, Do-jin started pretending not to know.

“What is it?”

“I guess you haven’t been to the dungeon yet?”

“Ah, yes. Not today.”

“Then you may not know. That…… Dungeon 1st to 10th floors have been integrated.”

“…… Are you integrated?”

It was the first time. At most, Do-jin found an elevator to the 10th floor and the adventurers’ progress increased, or accidental deaths increased because there were people who went to the 10th floor by mistake. I thought of that kind of thinking.

The reality was crueler than that.

“Yesterday, suddenly, a large cylinder appeared on the first floor of the dungeon… Ah, according to the results of the investigation, it is a direct passage to the 10th floor at once.”

“So what?”

“Ever since that passage was created…… People can meet in dungeons.”

“Isn’t that nice?”

“That’s not good at all…….”

Peon explained that the direct passage made a hole in the fourth dimension and created a straight passage.

Do-jin, who had been explained about the dungeon by her not too long ago, couldn’t understand what was wrong with that explanation alone.

Eventually she brought out some paper and a pen and explained.

“A while ago, the dungeon was like this…… It spreads in the 4-dimensional direction. Didn’t I tell you people can’t meet?”

“It was.”

“Now, the 4th dimension, the passage pierced and overlapped like this.”

Peon pierced the pen through three sheets of paper. As a result, the three sheets of paper adhered to each other with the pen as the starting point.

“That is… So….”

“Now, floors 1 through 10 are not the same dungeons as before. People can see each other Even the darkness that blocked my vision disappeared…….”

“Umm, no matter how much I listen to it, it only sounds good.”

“Not at all. Can’t keep up with the demand for the lowest level magic stones that people have been pouring out like crazy until now?”

“No, why is that…… ?”

“Yes, the number of people in the dungeon has increased, but the monsters remain the same.”

Even if the number of people entering the dungeon increased, the number of monsters could not increase. If that were the case, the dungeon would have exploded with people and monsters born without a chance to set foot.

Dojin understood the aftermath of what he had done. From his point of view her, it was only a direct passage from the 1st floor to the 10th floor, but from the point of view of other adventurers, it was no different from a cataclysm.

Adventurers who used to hunt comfortably and earn money will fight fiercely and compete.

Some people who are tired of such competition will try to aim for the tightly closed 11th floor as before.

The parasites that ate the guild while they were weeded out would disappear, leaving only entering and challenging adventurers.

That was what Dojin did.

‘Is it good or bad…….’

In a good way, it was cleaning up stagnant water, and in a bad way, it was kicking a ladder. People who were dissatisfied with the behavior of old adventurers will be satisfied, and newcomers who are just starting out will curse Do-jin.

Either way, it was clear that Do-jin had to hide the fact that he had caused this.

“…… Then I should take a break from going to dungeons today.”

“Would you like to?”

“Yes. Judging from the situation, I don’t think it’s the situation to go to the dungeon.”

“Yes. All right…… In fact, it might not be such a bad situation for Do-jin.”

“… Why?”

“—Well, there’s only a direct passage to go up to the 10th floor at once, and there’s no damage, right?”

“Ah, I see. Yes. Yes. I have no loss.”

Haha, Dojin burst into laughter and stood up before Pion felt something strange. And then we headed back to the mansion.

Peon looked at his back vaguely, then realized that he had to go back to his hellish job and cried out.

* * *

-Because of you…… !
-Why is that because of me….
-Because that’s what the mother of the child looks like…….

Catfish are scattered here and there, and a loud cracking sound reverberates throughout the house.
The little girl feels that the situation is just her fault her.
A girl knows what to do when she is wrong. I know all too well.

-Wrong… I did.
-Aram? Were you awake
-Don’t cry, it’s not your fault…….

Even the girl knows that none of this is my fault. Even so, I can’t help it. If I sacrifice my self-esteem by taking on things that are not my fault, I can be at peace for a while.

Everyone would be happy if they could sacrifice themselves and restore peace in the family.

-My daughter is so kind.

I tried to be nice.

─Studying well….

I studied hard.

-Unlike your father, he doesn’t spoil your mother’s heart…….

Tried.
But.
Until when.
How long will it be
Why should I sacrifice myself?
Why?
Why?

Pajik, the world shatters.
She opened her eyes. Not long after moving in, the ceiling of the mansion, which I have not yet become accustomed to, catches my eye.

The body is heavy. It wasn’t the weight of fatigue. It contained actual weight.

When I turned my head, Eunha was lying on the bed with her head buried. Seeing that, Aram realizes that she was nursing him.

‘Ah, it must have been a dream.’

Acknowledge that fact. I fell into this world I became an adventurer fighting monsters, and I became successful and there was no problem making a living…….

“…… Rest room.”

Shortly after coming to her senses her, the newly piled urine bag stimulates her.

I carefully raise my body and step on my feet so as not to break the galaxy. And she collapsed forward with a throbbing pain.

“Kyaaak-!?”

Losing her balance, she closed her eyes tightly in preparation for the pain that was about to come. But no matter how long I waited, the pain never came.

When I opened my eyes slightly in doubt, Do-jin smiled and held onto her waist.

“It’s okay?”

“Ah, yes…… Thank you.”

Aram leaned against Dojin and stood up slowly. Surprised by her screams her, Eunha also woke up and came to her.

“Aram, where are you going…… ?”

“Oh that… Just woke up Go pick some flowers.”

“Would you like to go with me?”

“Thank you for doing so.”

Dojin, who was listening to that, handed over Aram to Eunha. As he fell away from Dojin, Aram felt a little regret.

My body was strangely hot. Especially the part where she touched him.