Chapter 234 – 234. Labyrinth of Madness

“Ugh!!!”

I’m going crazy.

It is definitely less difficult than the Demon King’s Storage.

The bodies of the enemies were much weaker than those of the demon monks, and it felt good to explode when they were defeated.

But if there is one problem…

‘There are so many!!’

There are so many that it’s really overwhelming.

Most of them were monsters that looked like clumps of tentacles, and they were pouring out of the walls, floor, and ceiling without stopping.

Yes, judging from the way they oozed sticky bodily fluids, they were monsters that looked like hagfish. It really looked like a hagfish, even down to the sticky body fluids.

However, these guys move as if there is no problem even if they are not in the water, and rush at them aggressively like some kind of rabid dog.

“Ah-oh!!! Fuck!!”

[Hold on! We need to save our energy!!!]

“Pfft!!! “What the fuck!!!”

Burning with flames also has its limits.

On the 11th floor, it was only necessary to burn a limited number of monsters to death, but here is the space itself had become a kind of monster, so no matter how much you burned, it was useless.

The nucleus must be destroyed. If you were to show all your sincerity against these minions, there was a very high chance that you would lose strength later.

That’s why, from earlier, when I rushed forward and tried to use a skill, Agaf quickly stopped me.

[The core… Will be on the 20th floor. You have to keep going down.]

“Whoa. Fuck.”

These crazy eel-like creatures are stuck to my body. Of course, their teeth couldn’t pierce my skin.

Just what should I say? I felt very bad because it felt like there were octopus suckers all over my body, and I was being sucked.

“OMG! Fuck!”

I walked in silence, tearing off the tentacles of the hagfish that were trying to stick to my groin and throwing them away.

This is because it seemed like if I had dealt with each one of them, I would have to fight a never-ending battle of spears and shields while surrounded by hagfish tentacles that kept multiplying.

“Ah-oh!! “Get out of here!!”

“Keeeee!!!”

“Get out!!”

With such difficulty, I entered the 17th floor, punching away the chunks of flesh.

The condition on the 17th floor was more serious.

Now, in addition to the hagfish, a wild-looking beast without any fur, like a Sphynx cat, has come out.

Just by looking at it, it looks so dirty that if you get bitten, you will at least catch the Black Death.

“Kaaaaa!!!!”

“OMG!! What is that again!!!”

“That’s probably a polluted rat!”

“That’s a rat!? No!! What are you again!!!”

“Grow!! Caw!!!”

“Bival?! Why the fuck are you like this!?”

“It’s polluted!! Caw!! So painful!!! “Please cancel the summons!!!!”

“That doesn’t work…”

As I entered the 17th floor, I encountered Bival, who was coming up to escape.

This bastard decided that this was impossible to attack and was running away.

“Go back down!”

“Kwaaa!! Help me!! “I am no longer in a state to fight!!”

“Looking at this bastard yelling, he’s still fine! Turn around! We will go until the end!”

“Caaaaah!!!!”

Bival’s condition was actually serious.

Half of the body was already stained with hagfish tentacles, and the place where the arms should have been had been replaced by long tentacles.

“Quaaa!!!”

But the important thing here is that combat power has definitely increased.

When accepting the character of the evil spirit, the body showed improvement in many ways, starting with the durability of the body.

Even Bival, who had a bit of a weak fighting sense, has become that strong. It was understandable that ordinary people became desperate and became fanatics of evil spirits.

This is a world where it is difficult for the weak to survive. The evil spirit’s kindness that could easily become stronger was such a strong temptation.

[You have been exposed to the evil spirit, so take the opportunity and kill him.]

‘I guess so.’

I didn’t know when he would go crazy and attack me, so I kept a certain distance from him, so I could kill him at any time.

I hope I can use it at least up to the 19th floor.

“Aaaaah!!!!”

The bibal became increasingly broken.

The body expanded and twisted more and more strangely, and even the head now took on the shape of a cephalopod monster that was strange enough to be called Bival.

The more the hagfish dug into the body, the more Bibal became contaminated and damaged by the evil spirit.

“Keeeeeaa!!! Long live the evil spirit!!!!!”

Finally, the bastard began to cry out in praise of the evil spirit.

It’s broken. We haven’t even left the 16th floor yet… But the bibal is already broken.

The guy’s body is reconstructed. He’s turning into something other than the devil. Even Paimon’s crown could not suppress the changing Bival.

It’s time. Bival has turned into a monster of disaster, so he must be killed.

[Now.]

“Sigh!!”

I shot out Auriel’s flame filled with divine power.

Puhwaag!!!!!

“Keeeee!!!”

Bival had half his head blown off, but did not die. He needs to be hit extra hard.

“Die!!!”

They fired guns in succession. A bullet imbued with divine power tore apart the body of what was Bival.

Boom!

Bibhal eventually collapsed and died.

His spirit and body became a shadow again and returned to me. Fortunately, nothing strange happened. It was literally contaminated while it was a dark spirit, so when it died, the contamination was lifted.

“Whoa.”

I lost one of the summons I brought down.

You can summon it again, but if you summon it, you will suffer the same thing again.

“Whoa.”

I went down silently.

I was curious about what happened to Lamech and Abalam, but I didn’t bother to look for them.

First, we need to destroy the core on the 20th floor.

“Kieaaaaa!!”

I swung my sword at the charging beasts.

Minimize the use of skills. Let’s reserve our strength.

For one room.

“Aaaaah!!!”

A huge leech has attached itself.

Defiled zombies swing their tentacles and grab my ankles.

“Get out of the way!!!”

There is no time to stop.

Go down quickly and destroy the core.

I continued with only one thought.

[Hold on tight to your spirit!! Deception is coming from all directions!!!]

“I can feel it!!!”

I heard a voice calling me earlier.

They are calling to me, imitating the voices of people I know.

The moment you are deceived and collapse, it is over.

“Ah…”

“Hey!! Abalam!!!”

“Ah. This place. I. The hell. Paimon. Why. Me.”

I encountered Abalam at the end of the 17th floor.

The guy had already given in to the call.

Even the named devil who has entered the realm of superhumans cannot resist this call.

“Whew. Abalam. “I had a hard time.”

The corpses of bald heretics were scattered around him.

This guy probably did his best.

However, the best was only weaker than the deception of the evil spirit.

“Ah… You… This place… Ah. Ah. I see. Have I gone crazy. And Bibal.? Where did Bibhal go? Ah.”

I swung my sword at Abalam, whose eyes had gone blank.

Abalam was cut by the sword without much resistance.

The devil who has given up everything deep in his heart falls to the sword of the demon and disappears.

[I’m glad I didn’t go crazy.]

“Yes.”

Successfully broke through to the 17th floor.

Looking at the small talk, it looks like the remaining two Rameks will be encountered on the 18th and 19th floors, respectively.

“Wow.”

“Huh?”

I ran into Ramek coming up to the 17th floor.

“Are you okay?”

“No. Do I look okay in your eyes?”

“No, this bastard… Even if you worry…”

“Sigh… The demonization of the 18th floor has already ended. Same thing below. And 30 high-ranking demons and the crazy minions they summon. And Trent, who is believed to have been kidnapped from the 15th floor, has been transformed into a god and is protecting the entire 18th to 20th floors.”

“W-what…”

Lamech sat down on the landing with a tired look on his face.

“And the second Lamech was found on the 19th floor.”

“As expected…”

“The second Lamech is demonized.”

“…”

Even Lamech has changed.

“Therefore, the two of us must deal with 30 high-ranking demons, the crazy devil tree, and even the turned Lamech… And then deal with the heretic bishop on the 20th floor.”

“The difficulty is really fucking hard, isn’t it?”

“Ha. Just die. “Die and set me free.”

“Shut up and stand up. Let’s go down. Let’s finish it quickly and get some rest.”

“… Fuck.”

Lamech forced himself to stand up.

This guy’s body wasn’t normal either.

Probably because he went on a reconnaissance mission all the way to the 20th floor, he was completely devastated.

“A factory is set up on the 18th floor.”

“And?”

“There remains a trant that has become a sacred tree of the demon world.”

[Um, over there…]

Ainus reacted to the word Trent.

[Can you ask if this has already become a sacred tree?]

“Hey, Lamech.”

“Huh?”

“Have you already become a sacred tree?”

“That’s right. I guess they ate all the monsters in the labyrinth and turned them into gods.”

“They say so?”

[Ah. Then.]

Aenus expressed an opinion.

“So…”

[Please put me in the center of that sacred tree.]

“You?”

[Yes. Then. You can probably take root in the corrupted divine tree and control it.]

“What…”

There was such a function?

[Did you know that the World Tree was actually mistletoe?]

Agaf asked Aenus what kind of nonsense that was.

[Mother’s world tree was originally mistletoe. A fake that couldn’t become real… That’s the origin of the World Tree. So… You can rob it. Moreover, the main building of the trant, which was made into a sacred tree, is like an oak tree…]

It can be taken away unconditionally.

“What happens if you take that away.?”

[Stabilization of the labyrinth. Purification of polluted places. And… The early suppression of heretics that will appear in the future. I will be able to take control from the 1st floor to the 15th floor, where Trent was originally located.]

“Wow.”

It literally meant becoming a sacred tree.

“Lamech. A sacred tree located on the 18th floor. “You have to go through all the way there.”

“Ha. I get it. “You mean to stop the devils, right?”

“Okay. I’ll catch Trent. “Please do something to the devils.”

“. They make me do a lot of work.”

“Then don’t follow me. Dead men don’t talk. Work.”

“…”

Lamech and I entered the 18th floor.

It would be perfect to put Ainus in the trant, kill the second Lamech, who has become the boss of the 19th floor, and then go down to the 20th floor.