## Chapter 748 – Paladin Kim Kat

ㅡCreak.

There was already a guest inside.

“There’s a golem inside…?”

As expected, a small golem walked out of the elevator naturally, and our guide, who was carrying a corpse, re-entered the elevator indifferently.

It was as if they were changing shifts.

One comes out, and then one goes back in.

The golem carrying the corpse stood still in the very center of the elevator. The golem that came out walked into the darkness with heavy steps.

As if it were going to do its job.

ㅡExtremely natural movements.

These fucking bastards, were they using the elevator to transport corpses to the deeper underground? The one that just came out already moved one and came back?

And then it goes back up to collect the corpses?

Certainly, as many people enter the dungeon, many people must die. And there isn’t just one path or passage.

When someone dies somewhere, these little things come to move the body.

There’s a rumor about the dungeon that once you go in, you can never come out. Maybe it seemed like they disappeared forever because these guys dragged the bodies inside.

Down there.

There is a demonic being that needs human corpses.

Sealed?
Or awakened?

Whatever it is, seeing them actively moving like this, they must at least have consciousness. They can express their will, so the golems and monsters are moving.

“…An elevator. And a big one at that.”

Then, Karin said.

An elevator.

There are elevators in this world too.

In fact, it’s a technology that has been used since ancient Rome on Earth. It’s just that it hasn’t been commercialized yet in this world. Karin would know this well. She was a former royal knight.

I decided not to think about the fact that my sister is in her mid-thirties. After all, this sister will live to be over 200 years old, and 90% of her life will be vibrant.

“Elevator? What’s that?”

Hilde asked Karin, seemingly not knowing.

“Ah, you might not know. It’s a device that allows you to move easily between floors. If you get inside, you can easily go up or down.”
“Then, if we go in here, can we go straight to the end of the underground?”
“It feels like it. So… shall we ride it?”

Karin asked.

“Shouldn’t we?”
“I want to ride it.”
“I’m getting interested too.”

The women answered.

“Hey, wait a minute, sisters. I have a feeling there’s a really strong demon down there?”
“Let it be. Your sister will kill it.”

So trustworthy.
Anyway, if everyone wants to go down.

“Then let’s go in.”

ㅡThump, thump.

I walked straight into the elevator. The inside was a bit large. It must be used as a freight elevator. I habitually looked for a button, but there wasn’t one.

Just a space with a door.

ㅡCreak.

Then the door closes.

“It’s just standing still.”

Winia said, looking at the golem.

“It seems like it’s just a guy who carries out predetermined orders, Winia. Do you know anything about this? What do these guys use as fuel to move?”
“Blackie. I don’t specialize in golems. I don’t really know anything.”
“Heeing.”

ㅡClick.

At that moment, the elevator shook slightly.

ㅡWhoosh.

And it started to go down.

“I, it’s going down.”
“Karin said it’s okay, so it’s okay.”

Ari said, clinging to me.
Well, it’s her first time riding an elevator.

“I’m getting more and more interested. To make such a device underground… It seems easier to make it based on an existing deep pit rather than digging the ground directly.”
“Oh, you’re right?”

Risha carefully observed the surroundings and gave a reasonable analysis. As expected, she’s a witch who knows a lot.

“Haa… But, Kat… the slimy feeling… is getting worse little by little. Please touch my breasts quickly. I think I’ll calm down if you do…”
“No, I can’t do that.”

I immediately hugged Hilde from behind and gently massaged her lower abdomen. It’s a bit much to touch her breasts here, so let’s give her a uterine massage.

“Are you really okay? It’s not that your body is strange, but you keep feeling strange, right?”
“Yes. There’s something down there… that’s why. Ah, it feels good.”
“Ah, I’m so worried.”
“I’m okay.”

The elevator continued to descend.

“Hehehe, what could it be? An existence that makes a succubus feel bad. It must be a living being, right? And an evil one at that.”

Cloudy smiled, touching the handle of her curved sword.

“Hmm… Could it be a demon king-like existence from legends that’s sealed? You know, they used to exist in the old days.”

Liz said, putting on the gauntlet she had hanging on her waist.

“No way, a demon king.”
“A demon king. I never thought I’d see such a guy in my life… Well. As long as it’s alive, I can kill it.”

ㅡSwoosh.

Karin drew her sword and checked the blade.
A temperament that can’t stand not killing something.

“Blackie, I suddenly feel really scared. If I didn’t have my sisters, I wouldn’t have come to a place like this even if I died.”
“Actually, me too. I’m afraid of ghosts.”
“What ghosts.”
“Hehehe, no. Just kidding. I’m not scared at all. It’s okay, Winia.”
“Still.”

ㅡThud.

At that moment, the elevator stopped. I slowly raised my tension. The other sisters must be the same.

ㅡCreak.

The golem carrying the corpse started to move.

ㅡPat.

“Stay inside.”
“Oh my god.”

In an instant, Risha flicked her hand, and a translucent black magical barrier was created around us. Black lightning surged on the surface.

“Hehehe, you never know. The defense is reliable, but let’s be careful.”
“I’m already doing it even if you don’t say so, witch.”
“Well, don’t worry. I’m confident in my skills too.”

Karin and Liz were sisters full of confidence. Cloudy also drew her sword. I also stood in front of Winia and Ari and drew Bügal.

ㅡHoly Sword Bügal.

“Life-giving sword.”

No matter what happens, Bügal will protect me.
Because it’s my true friend.

“Ugh, I’m getting nervous.”

ㅡFlap, flap.

Hilde flapped her wings.

ㅡCreeeeeak.

Finally, the door opened.

“It’s open.”

ㅡThump, thump.

As soon as the door opened, the golem carrying the corpse walked out. The inside was bright. It was dark, but bright enough to clearly recognize the objects inside.

The color of the light was a light greenish-yellow. Such an exotic light was illuminating the dark underground.

It’s a strange atmosphere.

「Krrr.」

A hall.

A great cavity.

That’s what I felt.

The end of the underground.
The deepest part of the dungeon.

This place was very wide and also high.

It’s so magnificent that I thought maybe the ancient giants built this facility. The grandeur was combined with the greenish-yellow light to create a mysterious atmosphere.

「Krrr…」

But we couldn’t easily get out of the elevator.

“Oh, fuck…”
“What in the world is that…”
“…”
“Is that a demon…?”

ㅡThump, thump.

The golem carrying the corpse walks very naturally towards the end where `it` is confined. Very inorganic and at the same time extremely natural movement. A unique movement of an inanimate object that only acts as ordered without any emotions.

「Krrrrr….!!!」

In front of us.

So, in the front.

“A great demon…!”

A huge `monster` was obsessively `confined`.

The tall monster was at least three times bigger than Andromalius. But it’s very different. If Andromalius was a muscular monster, then the one that is confined is.

Yes.

“…It’s skinny.”

It’s like stretching a person to about 10m long. The very long arms and legs were extremely thin compared to the large body. The waist was the same. It was so thin and slender that I even doubted whether there were any internal organs inside, and the spine was also very long.

Terrible ribs grew along the long spine, and this was also so skinny that it felt like latex was put on the skeleton.

The neck was also quite long.

And the head placed on top of it.

「Krrrrrrrr….!!!!」

The head, like a demonic hammerhead shark, was extremely long and ferocious on both sides. The terrible maw below was gnashing its teeth and groaning as it looked at the golem trying to get close.

Its arms.

Legs.

Tail.

Waist.

Neck.

And more than ten tentacles protruding from its back.

All of them were tightly held by black and huge restraints.

ㅡBuzz.

The restraints were attached to the wall, and the wall was densely filled with geometric patterns from the most elaborate nightmares, and it was emitting a ruinously ominous greenish-yellow light.

“A, a great demon… Kat…!”
“Fuck.”

Hilde said, holding my hand.

I can tell without looking. The ominous aura emanating from that black body. I felt something similar when I encountered Andromalius.

ㅡThump, thump.

My heart starts beating fast.

ㅡNo.

I calm it down right away.

All of my women that I trust are gathered here.

Besides, the great demon has been confined in that state since ancient times.

It’s not difficult to speculate.

It’s weakened in a sealed state here.

You can tell just by looking at its skinny appearance. It’s more severely emaciated than the children of Somalia. When an inhuman famine strikes and the hungry ghost realm where people eat people descends into the world, it’s even more withered than the people who have abandoned humanity and become hungry ghosts.

There’s nothing to be afraid of.

What can that bastard do in that state? If it could have, it would have come out a long time ago. I was momentarily intimidated by the overwhelming appearance, but the Heavenly Demon doesn’t give in.

“It’s very different from Andromalius?”
“B, Blackie. Th, th-that… that really big thing… th, th-that.”

Unlike the calm Cloudy, Winia was flustered.
I grabbed her shoulder.

“Is it restrained?”
“…It seems so, Karin.”

Karin and Liz, who had become infinitely serious, took a stance.

“Hildegard. Do you know about that existence?”
“I, I don’t know. I don’t know much about things like that… no, not just that… Yes, the slimy feeling was because of that…”

When Risha asked, Hilde answered incoherently.

“There are quite a few great demons. There are many existences that I don’t know… And, if it were a normal great demon, it wouldn’t end with just this atmosphere… Is it because it’s restrained…?”
“Ah, Father. Look!”

Ari pointed to the front.

“…!”

The great demon didn’t seem to have noticed our existence yet.

ㅡ…

The golem.

The golem that walked towards the great demon.

It placed the corpse right below where the great demon was confined. The golem that placed the corpse turned back inorganically and approached us again. To ride the elevator again. To ride up and collect corpses again.

The puzzle is being put together.

The great demon, who had awakened from the seal due to the aging of the facility, first took control of the golems and monsters. It slowly took control like that, and one day the dungeon was discovered by humans.

People started coming in.

Their souls and bodies would have been the best means to free themselves.

ㅡSlither, slither.

At that moment, one of the great demon’s tentacles moved slithering. Everything else was restrained, but only that one was released.

I sensed it.
That it would absorb the corpse with that.

“That can’t…!”

No…!

Contrary to my wishes, the tentacle was about to touch the corpse.

ㅡZap!

Suddenly, a black lightning bolt was fired and annihilated the corpse.

“I guess.”

Looking at it, Risha had her finger out.

“It seems that the great demon can’t move properly. So it controlled the golems to collect corpses… The reason for collecting them is nothing special. It was probably thinking of recovering its strength by absorbing souls or residual energy.”

ㅡ…!

The great demon, who was looking down at the `sacrifice`, slightly raised its head.

Is it `seeing` us?

“It doesn’t seem like it would be good to let it recover.”

Risha, who finished speaking, started walking out.

ㅡThud.

We came out of the elevator.

Seven people formed a formation and slowly.