## Chapter 1069 – Ancient Beings

ㅡThump, thump.

A silent space.

Only my footsteps echo.

The basement was quite cool, perhaps because it was underground. Also, it was extremely dark due to the absence of any light source. It even smelled a bit strange.

Relying on the light emitted by the artifact around my neck, I descended into that old space.

“…”

In the past, this place was teeming with ghouls of all sorts of grotesque appearances, but now there wasn’t much to see. After we escaped back then, the Isvant side and the Church thoroughly investigated, or so they said.

As if that horror content had long closed shop and left, the place had been dug up here and there, and traces of experts having investigated and left were rampant. It had become a dull space that didn’t even feel as scary as an abandoned hospital. It was just a silence as if the feast was over.

I passed through such a passage and headed for the cavern.

“Hmm.”

I stood at what could be called a cliff and looked down.

ㅡThe wide cavern spread out below.

In the past, countless cultists and the ghouls they controlled were carrying out some kind of construction there, and a trophy with dark energy flowing out of it was located on the altar over there. And there were so many tunnels all around.

However, now there was nothing.

Beyond being empty, it was half-scorched, and the several tunnels that had been dug were all filled in. This place was now just an ordinary underground space.

I don’t know why those cultist fuckers were located in this underground area… or why they were digging tunnels.

ㅡFlash!

Anyway, I jumped off the cliff and landed on the floor of the cavern.

ㅡSreung.

I drew Vügal as soon as I landed.

If I don’t know anything, I should find out now.
Now I have Vügal and Andro.

“Arise, Andromalius.”

I tried to summon him, putting on a solemn voice.

“…”

But damn it. If this bastard listened to me, he wouldn’t be a Great Demon. He’s a guy who doesn’t even listen to his own mother, so would he listen to me? I’ll make him pay for ignoring the words of this Heavenly Demon later.

“Shit.”

Then should I walk?
The cavern is wide, but I can cross it quickly if I run.

ㅡFlash!

So I traversed this space, examining the walls and ceiling. Certainly, there were quite a few traces of construction, and several tunnels had been filled in. They probably filled them in after investigating.

But why the hell were these guys digging tunnels here?

And that Evil Giant… it also came out of a tunnel. At the time, I thought the cultists had created it, but perhaps it was an ancient being excavated from here. Yeah, like a Titan’s Prince, sealed away, and the cultists woke it up and tried to use it, but we came and failed, and it went to hell.

That’s a plausible hypothesis.
But the idea that they created it directly is also credible.

That’s when it happened.

“…Did you call me?”

Andro’s voice flowed out.

“You bastard. You’re just waking up now when I called you?”
“…”

At this point, it might be endearing, but I don’t particularly feel that way. Anyway, I spoke to him… but he’s silent now.

“Are you sure you’re awake?”
“I, Andromalius, have succeeded in recovering my forgotten memories.”
“What?”
“I remember everything. My end too. And my current situation.”
“Oh, good! Yes! That’s it, Andromalius!”

I wondered what it was, but he remembered everything!

Then it will be easier to investigate in the future! That’s why magic swords are so good. Besides the performance of the sword, it’s top-tier because you can use the knowledge and abilities of the magic sword.

“Therefore, I do not listen to the orders of humans.”
“What the fuck?”

Is this guy?

“No one can subjugate this Andromalius. That is the truth. Even if I am defeated and enslaved, my spirit cannot be subjugated.”

ㅡKuaaaaaaaa!!!

Andro, who had been speaking clearly in a serious voice, suddenly screamed. This bastard… he regained his intelligence and declared a strike. Don’t be ridiculous! Only human workers can strike! Demons can never strike!!!

“Stop talking nonsense. Don’t you feel any strange energy here?”

So I asked him something that he might be interested in.

Instead of coaxing a striking demon, I throw him something he likes and turn his interest in that direction.

“Strange… energy?”

As expected, Andro, who had been screaming, showed interest.

“Yeah. Strange energy.”
“Strange energy…!”
“Think about it. This space is very strange and mysterious. There are so many things I’m curious about. The cultists who tried to summon you. This is their old workshop.”
“They… tried to summon me?”
“Yeah.”

I explained to him the circumstances of how he came over here.

The cultist lich weakened the barrier to try to summon demons. The purpose was none other than a Great Demon. So he tried to take your soul as soon as you died.

The lich targeted and acted on the Great Demon.

“So that’s why you’re like this now. You… were used by the cultists. The entire plan was for the Great Demon to descend and die.”
“Why!!!!!”

Shock.

“Why in the world!!! What purpose do these inferior beings have in using me, Andromalius!!!”
“So we have to find out from now on. You move to find out what you’re curious about, that’s you.”
“But I have no body! Because I have no body, I cannot act for exploration!”

Despair.

“I will make you move.”
“…!”

ㅡOooooong!

As I declared, Andro trembled greatly.

At this point, this bastard became a sword that I would be with for the rest of my life. In other words, he became my partner, so from today, I will move as one body.

ㅡFusion Confucianism.

Fusion Confucianism never forgives evil Great Demons. But I was a Heavenly Demon. I follow Fusion Confucianism, but my ego and spirit reign above it. I am not Fusion Confucianism. Fusion Confucianism is me.

Therefore, this is not about forgiving the Great Demon.

It is about reigning over and dominating the Great Demon.

That is the Heavenly Demon.

“So, don’t you feel any strange energy?”
“Ugh!”
“Hmm?”
“Kuaaaaaaaa!!! I cannot forgive you, Lich!!!”

Andro expressed righteous anger and screamed again.

“Yeah, yeah. It was that lich who made Neil like that. Just remember that. From now on, we will act to explore the lich’s identity, which is full of curiosity. Just like you’ve been doing until now.”
“This Andromalius will certainly do so!!!”

He regained his memories, but it seems he didn’t regain all of his intelligence.

Originally, intelligence is bound to be governed by the body. Since he’s trapped in a sword that I own, his mind may have degenerated accordingly.

ㅡTsuzzut!

Soon, the blade of Vügal trembled.

“This power that I feel faintly! A unique being is hiding somewhere here!!! Who dares to hide in front of this Andromalius!!! Reveal your identity! Its identity!!!”
“Oh! This bastard!”

He’s finally in the mood!
He’s become good to use!

“Good! Where is it!”
“There!!!”

So I ran in the direction Andro was telling me.

“Reheheheeeng!!!”

Right here!

Something was here! Our reasoning was not wrong after all! Due to my and Elise’s intervention, the cultists’ purpose failed! Then it’s not strange that something corresponding to that `purpose` is still left here!!!

They didn’t come to carry out a second operation, so of course it must remain. Wow, I unintentionally not only dug up the secrets hidden in Isvant, but I even shattered the purpose of the lich, who I don’t even know what kind of bastard he is.

ㅡThud.

“Is it here?”

The place I stood was in front of a closed tunnel.
The very place where the cultists used to carry out construction.

“Advance, go forward. And reveal the identity of the being hiding there!!!”
“Don’t order me!!!!!”

Even if he has become an existence that helps me, he cannot give me orders!! This bastard is getting too into it!!!

“Kieeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!”

This is unbearable!
The hierarchy must be clearly distinguished!!!

ㅡPenggeureureureu!

I immediately jumped up with all my might and spun like crazy, inflicting continuous knuckle sandwiches on the blade to punish Andro.

ㅡThwack!
ㅡThwack!
ㅡThwack!

“Kuaaaaaaaack!!”

And then landing.

“Good, Andromalius. Let’s start again. I will go to that place!”
“Ugh… I understand!”

Anyway, let’s start.

“But is that strange thing inside there?”
“I can specify the direction, but I cannot know the exact phase and location because I have no eyes.”

Well, I guess you have to see it with your eyes to know.
He’s just feeling it with his senses.

“Then tell me again when we get closer.”

ㅡKuoong!

As it was, I kicked off the ground and immediately deployed sword energy, piercing through the closed tunnel.

ㅡTuquakakakakakakang!!!
ㅡChwajajajajak!!
ㅡKugugugugugung!!

My power was already at a level that transcended heavy equipment. Every time I wielded Vügal, wrapped in sword energy, and slammed down the Heavenly Demon Shattering Palm and Heavenly Demon Descent Step, strengthened with mana and aura, the rocky tunnel was randomly destroyed, scattering fragments.

Like that, in a straight line.

Piercing through the closed tunnel and entering.

“Khahahahaha!!! You can’t stop me with this!!!”

I was happily drilling through the tunnel and advancing when.

“Here…! Below! It’s below!”
“It’s below!”

ㅡKuoong!

I immediately hit the brakes and checked the floor.

“Below?”

A floor made of rock.

“Hmm.”

I turned back again.
The entrance of the tunnel can be seen far away.

I’ve dug in very deeply.

“It’s this way…! That detestable thing is hiding below!!!”
“Do you know something about its identity?”
“I don’t know!”
“Well, I guess we can find out from now on.”

Digging the ground is my specialty.

Like that, grabbing Vügal.

ㅡTuquaaaang!!

I created sword flames and slammed it straight down, burying it in the floor. Seeing him buried in the ground reminds me of Excalibur. King Arthur tried to pull it out to become king, but I plan to bury this even deeper.

ㅡFlash!

I jumped up as it was and climbed onto the sword, standing on Vügal’s crossguard, which stretched out long on both sides.

I will stand on the sword.

“Drill Heavenly Demon Kim Kat!”

ㅡGooooo.

Concentrating the mana of my whole body.

“Launch!!!!”

ㅡFlash!

With all my strength.

I rotate.

ㅡWiiiiiiiiing!!!

Like that, I stood on Vügal’s crossguard, which was buried in the ground, and rotated powerfully. Thus, Vügal’s blade and tip became a drill, and I descended more and more as I rotated. Our durability, surrounded by mana, was truly the strongest…!

ㅡPapapapapapak!!!

The powdered rocks bounced up, creating dust.

ㅡWiiiiiiiiing!!!!

How long had I been rotating like that?

ㅡThud.

In an instant, a different feeling was transmitted from the tip of the sword.

“It feels different!”

I immediately stopped rotating and came down from Vügal, quickly regaining my sense of balance, and then looked down at the floor.

“There’s something different…!”
“The energy is a little closer!”
“Eit!!!”

In that state, I grabbed Vügal and indiscriminately slashed around to secure some space, and then dug the ground a little more.

Then what was revealed was.

“Huh!!”

A flat plate made of processed stone.

“A space buried in the rock!”

A clear artificial object was sunk below the tunnel…! The plate I was stepping on was not the floor, but the roof of that artificial structure!

This is by no means natural! This is strange! Naturally, this cannot be the case! It’s literally a situation where a box is neatly buried in a rocky area!

Could it be that they sank the building with magic!

“It seems like I’ve discovered another ancient ruin!”

If it’s ancient magic, it’s possible enough. They said there are several dungeons buried like that. Maybe this is one of those too. After all… was the combination of the Heavenly Demon and the Great Demon this powerful? I couldn’t help but feel my own competence and danger to the bone, and I couldn’t help but tremble. This was the ability of me, Kim Kat…!

ㅡKwaang!

Anyway, I grabbed Vügal and pierced through that ceiling. No. The floor.

ㅡPureureuk.

I only stabbed it once, but a hole was drilled in the floor, revealing an empty interior. I widened the hole, checked the height of the space, and then jumped down below.

ㅡKuoong!

It’s not that high.

ㅡHwaak!

I lift the artifact and illuminate the space to check the situation.

It was a secret space made of stone.