Chapter 372 – 372. I Can’t Reach You, So I’ll Bite and Hang

“It’s here.”

“You’ve finally arrived.”

Nicholas and his party barely made it to the collapsed tower with stingy columns.

It was a tower built by sinners to escape hell in the distant past, and was once called the ‘Tower of Babel’.

“Hey!!! Andrea!”

Pillar of Wrath Marphas, also known as Malpa, approached the tower and called the Pillar of Stinginess. Then someone walked out from inside the tower.

It was an old man with an atmosphere like an old tree.

Wrinkles were all over his body, and his eyes were sunken, so it wouldn’t be strange if he collapsed and died right away.

“Why are you guys here…”

“I’m here to ask for help!”

“What…? Help..? To me? Am I the pillar of stinginess?”

At Marphas’s words, Andrea asked back as if she was dumbfounded.

She came to ask for help from herself, who became stronger the more she did not satisfy others. Andrea could see that the criminals in front of her were now insane.

“Are you crazy, Marphas…?”

“No. It’s fine. You… Don’t you really know what the hell is like right now?”

“Huh…? Isn’t it peaceful?”

“You crazy old man… You really don’t know anything.”

It was worth it, thought Marphas. If it was Andrea, the pillar of stinginess, she would have been stuck in the cellar all along.

While the other pillars were rolling their slaves to create a dazzling city, Andrea made a move to dig deeper and deeper underground.

As befits a stingy pillar, he has a fanatical obsession with collecting and storing, and thanks to such a shady propensity, he has built an underground cellar to store everything he finds in Hell.

Marfas knew that, so he came to find Andrea. It was because Andrea, who had most of the goods and resources buried underground, was in dire need to get something now that the ground had been devastated by beasts.

“So… The beasts roamed and bit and killed all the slaves and other criminals…”

“They died and moved somewhere. It wasn’t a pillar nearby… It was all sucked into an unknown pillar. Then, completely insane, they attacked us. They were caught up in a fanatical cult.”

“…I roughly guessed what was going on. The beasts must be the children of the prostitute… Fei, the pillar of pride with the key to the hidden throne, must have touched the ring of reincarnation.”

The moment Andrea listened to Malpa’s explanation, she said as if she understood all the circumstances.

Here, Marphas had to notice.

Why didn’t Andrea, who is a fanatical information-gatherer, not know what was going on outside of her?

“Good. I understand, Marphas.”

“Oh..! Are you helping?”

“Can’t help. One-sided aid undermines my strength. I will allow an exchange on equal terms.”

“An exchange on equal terms…”

“I provide you with war materials. Instead, give me those outsiders and 5,000 slaves over there.”

“Others, offering a slave with an outsider…?”

“So it’s an equal deal. If you can’t pay it right now, at least make a contract, Marfas.”

The contract appeared in Andrea’s palm. It was a soul contract similar to the one used by Paimon. At this, Marphas looked back for a moment.

“Uh…”

It’s not difficult to prepare 5,000 slaves. All you have to do is win the fight against the heretics. However, offering outsiders was a bit difficult.

Marphas had realized that they were quite capable while coming this far. That’s why it was absurd to dedicate them to Andrea.

In the first place, Nicholas and his party weren’t Malpa’s slaves, and they weren’t the ones they could offer if they wanted to.

Marfas was troubled. Should I trick them into a trap, or kill Andria and take the cellar?

The worry didn’t last long.

‘In the end, those guys are the ones who will leave here after achieving their goal…’

But he is a being bound to hell. Therefore, if you attack Andria, you will have to handle Andria’s revenge someday.

‘Andria is a damn brat… And she knows too much. The moment she tries to fight, she might be killed in reverse.

In the past, there were those who attacked Andria’s cellar and attacked him. For example, Pam, who was the pillar of gluttony before Belfaille, or the pillar of jealousy in the past.

In any case, those who attacked Andrea were eventually defeated or died in revenge of Andrea who was resurrected from the pillar.

Andria, a shaman, uses all sorts of bizarre tricks to attack her opponents, provided that she has a small amount of magic power.

‘Above all… He is the only person who knows where the Pillars of Indolence are..’

Finally, Marphas, who had to go to the Pillar of Sloth to obtain the sage’s notes, eventually decided to sell Nicholas and the rest of his party.

“I can’t sign them because I can’t offer them, Andrea. But… Once we let them in, we cooperate with trapping them. Me, Kwan, and Neze have no way to deal with them right now.”

“After all, if you let them in, they’re telling me to catch them. That’s not an equal condition. It’s not like you’re grabbing it, it’s just that you’re trying to lure it. In the end, you leave all the trouble to me.”

“Hey, Andrea… Look at us now. Not to mention the jealous Quan and the lustful Neze.

“So what do you mean by looking at me? Your ignorance in building cities on the ground is your fault.”

“Damn… Good. Good I’m not asking for active help. Just let me meet the pillars of indolence.”

“..Where else did you get that information from?”

“Because we, like you, dug up a lot to survive. Even if I didn’t want to know, I had to know. Aside from this, I’ll give you all the information about the guys who’ve brought Hell to this point.”

“Whoa… I can open the way to the Pillar of Indolence. But don’t expect more than that.”

“Good night. Let’s do it.”

The two held hands.

Marphas will trick Nicholas and his party into a trap, and Andrea will open the way to the Pillar of Sloth for Marphas.

Marphas had no doubts. If only I could get the sage’s notes that the Pillar of Indolence has, I’d be able to turn this damn situation around.

This was a thought that could be made because he did not properly grasp what the sage’s notes were.

Even though the sage’s memoirs, which only change the hell’s environment, could never catch the jangjojun, Marphas had vain hopes and sold the players to meet the pillars of indolence.

In the first place, in a state where the pillar of indolence may or may not give the sage’s memoir.

It was a really stupid choice. Well, how far can a guy who is a pillar of wrath, who knows nothing but destruction and slaughter, roll his head?

It was a stupid choice by Marfas, who claimed to be the leader just because he had a loud voice and strong ego.

Anyway, having coordinated a few more things with Andrea, Marfas called his party.

“Hey! Let’s all go in! Because we decided to form an alliance with the Pillar of Stinginess!!”

At Marphas’ cry, the party went into the cellar one by one, saying that it was fortunate.

******

“Everyone went inside.”

“Good night. What a great deal!”

“So… Then I can get autonomy in hell, right?”

“Okay! The owner doesn’t lie like that.”

After Andria put Nicholas and his men in a room, she shook hands with the new head who had come to see her.

In the first place, Andrea was thinking of accepting Marphas and all of Nicholas and his party.

Only then could they all be imprisoned and handed over to Zhang Zhaojun, from whom they could obtain autonomy in hell.

He had already made a deal with Croy, who had arrived here before Marphas and Nicholas and his party arrived.

According to Jang Jo-joon’s order to ‘take Nicholas’ party and search the remaining pillars’, Croy immediately led other women to find the Stingy Pillar.

In the past, it was Andrea who helped Croy build a base in an abandoned mine shaft, and in return, Croy has been collecting information for him for several years, so they know each other.

In any case, from Croy’s point of view, he couldn’t tell where the bastard named Nicholas was, but he needed to meet the Stingy Pillar in order to search the remaining pillars.

But what a windfall this is, all the other pillars and even Nicholas came to meet the stingy pillar.

In Croy’s position, it was indeed a great fortune. She had been unlucky all her life, but for some reason, she thought that her luck had improved greatly since she met Jojun Jang. She didn’t even know she was receiving the 666’s dripping effect.

In any case, Croy promised Andrea to give her sovereignty to a certain extent on the condition that she capture them all.

She has no powers of her own, yet she has just cast an empty check.

A fool is a fool It was Croy’s theory. Yes, those who fell into the infinite hell are all sinners. There was no one who wasn’t a liar.

But here, a more earnest person is being deceived.

Andrea, who had already been frantically collecting information from the ground since the beasts first appeared, was quite desperate.

Realizing that being caught in the eyes of an infidel would be a disaster, he was earnestly praying for a connection with him. Then, in an instant, Croy appeared and proposed to him.

He said that if you join hands with him, you can escape the pagan malice slightly.

Yeah, the more desperate he was, the easier it was to cheat. Andrea was desperate. So she was tricked. To Croy’s flattery.

“Soon, the owner who awakened the Unholy Queen will come here! Then you just have to sign a separate contract with the owner! If you sign the contract of the great demon Paimon, you too can become one of the Lords of Hell as a half-free slave like me!”

“That would be a great equivalent exchange.”

“Okay! Since you have dedicated the Savior, the master will highly value you and will keep you as a pillar! Become the new Lord of Hell! I will become the Lord of Gluttony! Let’s work hard together!”

“Whoops.. Yes, that would be nice.”

Croy laughed.

Although he only shows a gentle side to Jang Jo-joon, whom he acknowledges as his owner, Croy is also a sinner in Infernal Hell.

She, too, was a villain who took pleasure in swindling, deceiving, and trapping others.

“By the way, Croy… How long are you going to stay like that? Do you have no intention of going back to normal?”

“Huh? When the time comes, go back. It’s still easier to eat with a new head.”

“Is it. Looking at your original appearance, I think your master will like it very much. Didn’t you say you were horny?”

“It’s a playboy! If you see my true self, you will probably want to hug me! But I don’t really like men!”

Croy’s true form is not a bird’s head. He had a beautiful appearance that was equal to or better than Fay.

Of course, he was an alien like Garuda, but if he had a long aim with an extremely wide range of defense, he would definitely have tried to touch Croy.

So, Croy decided not to reveal himself. On purpose, he emphasized the unbalance of a woman’s body with a bird’s head, rather reducing Jang Jo-joon’s libido. Because she, like Fay, was more interested in women than men.

Although she had reasons, of course, that her appetite far outweighed her libido.

“By the way… It looks like it’s coming soon.”

“Oh, that’s expected… Um…? Isn’t the ground… Shaking?”

“What..?”

-Koo-gu-gu-goo…

“Aaaaa!!!!”

“This, this!!!!”

An earthquake that happened in an instant.

Throwing away Andrea, who had been crushed by the collapsed wall, Croy hurriedly went outside. To check on the other women who may be resting in the next room.

“What, what is this…”

But what is this, at some point she was floating in the sky.

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“As you all know, this is a trap.”

“As expected..”

“A bad hunch is never wrong.”

At Nicholas’ words, Kate said that she knew that, and Antonio sighed deeply.

Meanwhile, Kwon Seong Amir asked what he meant.

“Ha, a trap..?”

“No, Amir… Do you really believe in the sinners of Hell?”

“Uh… Uh uh. Of course, I didn’t believe it.”

“Haa.. Amir, please..”

Those assigned rooms in the cellar frowned at the stupid Amir. Kwon Seong Amir had a ridiculous fighting sense…But his head was a little short.

“Anyway, according to the information I know, the stingy pillar is a wicked person who does not help others. But it doesn’t make sense to just give us space and food to rest like this. Oh, by the way, all the meat in this stew is human, so don’t eat it.”

“Ugh..”

“Amir.. Have you already eaten?”

“I haven’t eaten yet.”

“Fortunately, the. I don’t know what’s in the food. It’s not just human flesh that’s the problem, it might be sleeping pills that have been burned.”

“Well, then what should we do now…?”

“We have to break down the pillars individually. The reason I contacted them in the first place was to find the pillar of stinginess.”

“Breaking the pillars… Individually…?”

“Probably Marphas, the Pillar of Wrath, Kwan, the Pillar of Jealousy, and Neze, the Pillar of Lust. These three will leave us here and leave for the Pillars of Sloth.”

“Well, then…”

“Kill Andrea, who has become alone. Now, at this point, there is no point in going to the Pillar of Indolence.”

“Oh, no. You told that manpa as if everything would be fine as long as he met the pillar of indolence..!?”

“Amir. Of course it’s a lie. The sage’s memoirs of the Pillars of Sloth are meaningful only after you obtain Hell. What really matters is securing a safe place and creating an environment where new arrivals can grow stably.”

This was the second reason Nicholas came to Hell.

The first was to quickly collect 100,000 coins to resurrect Michael, and the second was to prepare a place for latecomers to grow stably.

That’s right, if you leave Jang Jo-joon alone like this, he will definitely make hell his own playground.

Sure enough, as soon as he entered, Nicholas realized. The fact that Jang Jo-jun had already blown the prostitute’s trumpet.

‘It’s highly likely that even the pillar of pride has already fallen into the hands of the pagans.’

If the trumpet and crown are all over there, what should he bring?

At this question, Nicholas gave up his desire to get something from hell.

Hell gives to Jang Jo-jun. Here he decided to just hand over everything he could get so he could have it.

“Instead, I will borrow the sky here and manifest a small paradise. With all the resources the Pillar of Stinginess has gathered, let’s go up to the sky.”

The achievement that Nicholas achieved, ‘The Myth of Salvation’.

One of the 3 rewards for this achievement.

“Celestial fever.”

In order to go up to level 25, you must go through the Infernal Hell. Because this was the leveling section up to level 25.

However, the pagans have already consumed all the benefits of Hell. That’s why Nicholas decided to use the achievement reward he saved and saved in hell.

‘Let’s start the defense game…’

They set up their own bases openly in places where the level restrictions were lifted.

Then, obviously, the pagans would send a large force to destroy this place, and they could naturally level up just by defending it.

If these tricks are realized and the cultists don’t attack…

‘On the contrary, we can attack the ground.’

After being beaten by Jang Jo-jun several times, Nicholas became more clever and cunning.

I have already abandoned the idea of ​​catching up with Jang Jo-jun. All that was left of Nicholas was the venom of wanting to eat him.

He was ready to dump everything in order to hold on to Jang Jo-jun’s crotch and stretch.