## Chapter 920 – Otherworld Dungeon

I went with the paladins to the Order’s base and told the same story again.

The gist was that the paladins would take the lead and enter, so I asked them to completely surround the area.

“So pious…!”
“He seems to know what honor is!”
“Such initiative…!”

The knights who heard the story were moved and applauded.

Even though these bastards are a group of professional killers, they are public officials who live by getting paid to do this kind of work, so they are showing normal sensitivity in the face of a national crisis.

“We can’t put all the risk on the paladins. We will also select volunteers from our royal knight order to join.”

The one who said that was not the existing general, but a general who came to support. It seems the Master Knight didn’t come, but honestly, this is enough.

“Oh! Thank you! The blessing of the Verde God will be with you!!”

Jordel, the commander of the paladin order and a high-ranking paladin, grabbed the general’s hand and shook it, rejoicing.

“Our royal infantry will also support the journey.”
“Very good!!”
“Our elven warriors will also support.”
“You seem to be very pious elves!!!”

As expected of a paladin, he seems to have a very good personality.

He grabbed the hand of the commander of the royal support troops and shook it wildly, and also grabbed the hand of the elven commander without hesitation and shook it.

Well, they’re helping, so you can’t help but be happy.

After exchanging murderous opinions in such a warm atmosphere, they immediately established a plan.

Since the support troops were already properly aware of the danger of this situation, they were able to form an attack force as naturally as water flowing.

The format was to leave troops to surround the palace and draw manpower from there. The first operation could be launched as early as tomorrow afternoon. I heard that story and came outside.

I’m not a commander, after all.

“Hey, Katter. But do you really have to go? I don’t think you need to go. You’ve done enough, just leave it to the support troops, just.”
“Yes, Katter-nim!! It’s dangerous!!”

Winia hesitated and spoke at my words, and Hilde was horrified.

“Father. I know you covet the remnants of the monster king… but this is too dangerous. Rather, I think it would be better to commission the knights in exchange for giving them a certain share of the remnants… They won’t refuse if it’s a profitable job.”

As expected, they were worried about me.

It’s a natural reaction since the palace might fly away to some weird place right away.

“It’s okay. I’ll just go in and kill some monsters. It won’t take long.”

Even though the monsters are coming down to the first floor, they don’t come endlessly, so it takes time. It’s important to catch them as soon as possible.

“With that many troops, it can be done quickly. We have to bring back the monster king’s remnants too.”

I put my hand on Ari’s head.

“It’s that again, isn’t it.”
“Of course it is.”

It’s right to covet the remnants.

“Well, then let’s finish it quickly and come back. Let’s go together.”
“Is that all we have to do? Let’s go together.”

Karin and Liz-noona said while doing simple stretches.

I’m grateful, but there are so many troops that it won’t be very effective even if they go. They’ve had a hard time, so it’s better to just rest here.

“It’s okay, just rest here. Risha has to watch that anyway. Rest and find out about it together.”
“Hmm… I don’t think it’s okay…”

Karin didn’t seem convinced, but she lowered her tail when I gently massaged her waist.

“Katter… I’d be okay if it was fighting, but not this time, right? You might fly to the other side of the otherworld. I don’t think Mama should go.”
“I’m telling you I’ll be back soon. Don’t you trust me?”
“If you say that…”

I grabbed Claudie’s shoulders and pushed her down to sit.

“It’s okay, it’s okay. It won’t take long. Don’t worry and rest.”
“I can’t refuse when Katter says it…”

Anyway, I concluded that I would go and come back quickly.

It’s dangerous, but it’ll be over soon anyway. I can’t just stay still when I have to bring back the monster king’s remnants. This is the perfect opportunity when the paladins are asking me to go with them.

* * *

“Advance!!”

The next day, I entered the palace again with the allied attack force. It seems the encirclement itself was over because they moved all night, so I could enter with peace of mind.

ㅡClatter, clatter.
ㅡClatter, clatter.
ㅡClatter, clatter.

With fifty paladins leading the advance, it felt like nothing could happen even if something appeared. In fact, every time monsters appeared, the paladins emitted light and swung their swords vigorously to overkill them.

There are so many of them that it doesn’t seem to be much different from the speed at which Karin grinds monsters.

“Kyaaaaaaaaak!!”
“Kkeuaaaaaaaaak!!”
“Euaaaak!! Euaaaaaaaaak!!”

Surprisingly, these screams were not from the monsters, but from the paladins.

Not only that.

ㅡTutatatatat!!
ㅡPapatatapat!

“Kkeooooooo!!”

Some paladins were even running along the walls, having completely lost their minds after witnessing the monsters. It is almost impossible to stop the paladins who have witnessed such bizarre beings and become excited.

In front of faith, they do not think about face and law.

“That, that is definitely not normal…!”
“A human berserker!!!”
“Even zealous World Tree fanatics don’t do that!!!”

The elven warriors were horrified at the scene, but the royal knights generally seemed to know about it, so there was no big reaction.

In that way, we were able to grind hundreds of monsters in an instant and go up to the 3rd floor.

“That’s where it is!!! The place where the monster king was defeated!!”

When I shouted as I entered the grand hallway, everyone stopped with wide eyes.

“…!”
“…!”
“…!”

I immediately checked my property.

“Such a huge skeleton…!”
“How did you defeat such a thing!”
“And what is that black liquid stuck to the floor…!”

This fucking shit.

I was expecting it… but the monster king’s flesh and blood were nowhere to be found, only the carapace and bones remained. It was so huge that it looked like a whale’s tomb, and withered black blood was stuck around it.

No, I don’t think that’s all rotten.

Did it melt?

Or did other monsters consume it?
I think the organs would have been useful.

What a waste.

“You mean you killed that!!”

I briefly told the surprised party about the monster’s combat power. After finishing the story, I called the general.

“General. The remnants of this monster king will have a lot of research value.”
“Yes… that’s right. We need to do research to analyze the enemy, and wizards will like this kind of thing. It will be expensive.”

He looked at the monster king’s skeleton with a regretful look. This is something that everyone can’t help but covet.

“For now, that corpse is my property, but I’m willing to share it to some extent for the public good.”
“Is that really true!”
“Why would I lie? If you help me move that outside, I’m willing to take some bone piles from that huge skeleton and share them. How about 10%?”
“Of course I’ll help you!!! We have to help you with this kind of thing!”

The general, whose face changed at the word share, gave an order.

“Now! We will move the remnants of this monster king outside! Prepare!”

Knights can’t be used cheaply. Since we came to take risks together, we have to share. 10% will be enough.

“The paladin-nim said that he would share a part for the public good, so we must move it carefully!”
“I understand!”
“Yes!”

Soon the knights began the dismantling work.

“It’s really an amazing monster… To think that these beings are invading…”

As I watched the knights dismantling the skeleton, High Paladin Jordel came to my side and said.

“It doesn’t seem much different from a demon.”
“That’s exactly what I think, Paladin. It seems that these otherworld beings should also be made the main enemy of the Order, just like the demons of Pandemonium.”

The Order has not yet designated otherworld beings as the main enemy.

I guess I should tell our Kadia-noona about this.

“I will report this matter very accurately.”
“That’s very reassuring.”

If you write the report well.

“That’s what our comrades…”
“It was so strong that we could only run away.”
“I’m ashamed.”

The elves were in a solemn atmosphere.
There were dozens of injured.

Anyway, I also helped dismantle the skeleton. I just pulled and turned the huge remnants with strength without breaking them and piled them on the floor. It’s not a big deal to carry them anyway. Our strength is several times that of ordinary people.

The knights who had already counted the number of stacked bones began to move them outside according to the order.

It was when I was concentrating on the work.

ㅡShine!

“What.”

I saw something shining inside the ribs, so I instinctively had no choice but to dive into it like a submarine.

ㅡShine.

It was a strange bead that was shining even in the dark.

ㅡGlimmer.

A bead emitting a shimmering rainbow light… no, it looks more like an orb. An orb containing some unknown power.

Could it be the monster’s heart?

That’s when it happened.

ㅡThump!
ㅡWoooooong!!

Vigal, which was hanging on my waist, began to vibrate like a vibrator.

What the fuck is this crazy psychopath doing outside now… what?

I knew this vibration.

Vigal is reacting to this rainbow orb.

“This fucking bastard?”

You’re dead.

I immediately put the orb in my arms while threatening it like that. For some reason, I felt like I had obtained a good trophy.

“Paladin-nim? What are you doing inside?”
“Ah.”

At that time, a knight poked his head between the ribs and called me.

“It’s nothing.”

I immediately went outside.

Anyway, as we were proceeding with the skeleton dismantling so quickly, we were soon able to finish the work.

“General. I will hand over 10% as promised.”
“Thank you so much…!”

We immediately discussed the withdrawal.

For now, we have ground hundreds, almost a thousand, of monsters while going up to the 3rd floor, so today’s achievement is more than enough. We should start retreating.

“Go down first, Paladin. That skeleton looks very evil, but it will definitely be useful. Take good care of it.”
“What are the paladins going to do?”
“We will hunt more until just before the sun goes down and then go back.”

It would be better to just go together now.

“No, paladin-nim. There are no windows in this palace at all. If you want to escape, you must go down to the 1st floor, but if you go up further, you will all lose your lives in an emergency.”

It’s dangerous to go up high.

“We have achieved enough results, so if we retreat today and clean the lower floors like this tomorrow, we can kill more monsters more stably, right?”

When I gave honest advice out of concern, he soon nodded.

“That’s… definitely true. We’ve already achieved results, so it’s okay to go stably.”
“That’s right! Let’s go quickly!”
“I understand!”

We immediately took all the stacked skeletons and retreated.

* * *

Neatly stacked skeleton pile.

“These are the skeletons of the otherworld lord…”
“It’s really amazing!”

Wizards and merchants flocked to this place.

“Sell it to our foundation!!”
“No, sell it to our magic tower!!”
“Please sell it to our guild!”

It’s something that wizards would run at with their eyes on fire. The lord, or king, of the otherworld. Its corpse and remnants. The remaining skeleton. You can’t stand it without drooling.

“Now, now, now. Calm down. I’m not going to sell it right away.”

For now, I will donate 10% to the knight order, but I plan to go back to the capital and sell the rest. I’m going to sell it to the wizards who have overflowing money there. Of course, I’ll also donate some to the Order.

“I plan to take it to the capital first.”
“That’s…!”
“Please sell us the pre-emptive bidding rights!”

I shook my head at their request. The wizards were wailing like baby birds craving food, but I still had no intention of selling.

At that time, I caught sight of Marquis Lormalza peeking from over there.

“Hey, Marquis Lormalza! What are you doing here looking for something to see!”
“I, I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

When I called him, Marquis Lormalza, who shouted loudly, turned his body and strode away.

That, that crazy bastard.

“Paladin-nim.”
“Hmm? What’s going on?”

As I was arguing with the merchants, the elven commander approached.

“It seems that a reply has come regarding the report to the higher-ups last time.”
“Ah, the reward?”

A messenger must have arrived while we were up there.

“Yes.”

Judging from his normal expression, it seems the story was well conveyed.

“So a meeting request has been made to the paladin-nim, but would that be okay?”
“Who came to meet me?”
“That’s… Our Guardian Great Warrior from the Eastern Forest has come to express his gratitude. He said he wants to meet the paladin-nim now, so I’m telling you.”
“Guardian Great Warrior… the one from the elite warrior group?”
“Yes. That’s right.”

There’s nothing particularly wrong with it.

“I understand. I’ll meet him right away.”
“Then.”

I immediately followed her to the elves’ base. I imagined a camp made of trees and grass, but surprisingly, everything was properly made. I entered the commander’s tent like that.

“Oh!!”

Inside, an elf with golden short hair wearing a greenish robe greeted us… Is this the elven Guardian Great Warrior? The first thing I felt was that I couldn’t tell if it was a man or a woman, and I couldn’t accurately gauge his skill either.

“So you’re the human paladin who rescued our warriors!”

The voice was also androgynous, so I couldn’t tell the gender. He stretched out his hand as if to shake hands, and I immediately grabbed it and shook it.

“Human paladin Kim Katter.”
“I am Guardian Great Warrior Selvestron! Nice to meet you!”

After saying that, he grabbed the box that was placed on the table and continued.

“I don’t know much about human etiquette, so I will present the reward gift first. That way we can have a good conversation in a good atmosphere.”

He opened the box, took out what was inside, and handed it to me.

“Here, receive this. Thank you so much for saving the warriors. And beyond that, I am very grateful for eliminating the otherworld lord who could have been a huge threat to this Elven Forest.”
“…This is?”

What he handed me was a stiff and large green leaf with some letters densely written on it.

Something… is it a leaf with a spell on it?

This letter seemed to be the language of the elves.

Then this might be a kind of magical scroll. The elves are said to be proficient in natural magic, so they can store some advanced spells on leaves like this.

If they give that as a reward, it wouldn’t be bad.

“That is a World Tree sightseeing ticket. If you show it to any elf near the Elven Forest, anyone can immediately enter to see the World Tree.”
“What?”
“Did you not hear me correctly? It’s a World Tree sightseeing ticket. Ah! The right to greet the mysterious, great, and most exalted, as well as the brilliant, supreme, and sacred World Tree!! It will be more valuable than anything else in this world!!”

What the fuck is this!!!!!!

A sightseeing ticket is what the fuck!!!!