Chapter 262 – #261 the First Gate

As I followed the expedition team into the inner space, I noticed people looking around.

When I crossed over, the reaction was that there was nothing around.

All you see is a huge circular space.

“There is no entrance or exit.”

“Could it be… Was it really a trap?”

The flame of desire goes out and a sudden feeling of anxiety overtakes them. It was only now that I realized something was starting to go wrong.

Of course, it wasn’t the time yet, so I immediately waved my hand away. Then, blue letters were slowly engraved on one wall of the space.

“Huh? Everyone looks over there. Some letters come to mind.”

“Where are you?”

“Oh. It’s true.”

The anxious faces of the expedition team returned to their original state. The desire that had temporarily disappeared also began to stir again.

– Sigh. Emotions come and go as if they are running wild, which is the behavior of those who are addicted to gambling.

If you think you’re going to win, you get excited, and if you think you’re going to lose, you act like the world is ruined.

As I was watching this with interest, a noble student shouted next to me. For reference, the writing on the wall was still in ancient language.

“Commoner No. 2. What does it say?”

“Now, just a moment. Let me decipher it now.”

It didn’t take long. This is because I deliberately chose only easy words considering the children’s level.

『From now on, I will start betting with my life. This dungeon consists of a total of five gates, and the moment you break through the last five gates and reach the last room, you win. 』

“Five gates?”

“What? It’s not that good, right? Let’s get started right away. I’ll break it right away.”

Kate quickly takes out a piece of paper to find any information and writes it down, and the children raise their voices, urging her to get started.
Meanwhile, the Sword Demon, who was quietly looking around, asked in a calm voice.

“But Kate. The surrounding magic is so thick… Is this okay?”

“I’m sure it has something to do with the contract we made earlier. Do you remember what I said if you fail the bet, you’ll be trapped here forever? It’s probably a spell that binds and seals the space.”

It is an accurate analysis.

This is modeled after the stage that Felhound made for Cerberus in Halstenberg.

In fact, most of the time remodeling this place was spent creating this space and the magic circle outside.

When I gently broke down the wall, it was restored in an instant.

“It works well.”

– Heng. Who made it?

Perez raised his eyebrows. Even though he is a tomboy and a troublemaker, Beres is also a duke of the Demon World.

He was my business partner whose usefulness is increasing day by day.

『 First, we will proceed with a simple tutorial to ensure fair betting. 』

“Tutorial?”

Suddenly the ground begins to shake violently.

Coo coo coo.

“What?”

“Earthquake?”

“In the middle! The ground is rising in the middle!”

The ground in the center of the circular space slowly rises upward. It had a head, shoulders, and arms, so its shape was quite familiar to the expedition team and students.

“Golem! It’s a golem!”

“Everyone prepares for battle!”

『Defeat the rock golem. 』

Rock Golem.

It is the most basic model among golems.

It can be easily made at any time and has excellent combat power and durability, so it was a guardian often found in historical sites here.

People who intuitively realized what to do without having to interpret the ancient language separately began to take their positions.

I also sat down at the end of the space and quietly watched their actions.

‘Then, let’s take a look at the students’ skills.’

I taught them when I was in first grade.

I’m honestly quite curious about how much my skills have improved over the past three years.

“Attack!”

Firepower poured into the golem along with someone’s shout. Countless magic was formed in the hands of the wizard class students and shot towards the golem.

The golem stumbled from that blow and fell over.

– Oot.

“Did you knock it down?”

It can’t be.

The partially broken body is quickly repaired, and the golem rises again.

It reached 9 meters tall and immediately swung its ferocious arms, giving its attackers time to check and recover.

“Damn it. It’s nuclear! Have you forgotten everything? Golem needs to get rid of the magic stone!”

Someone’s shout echoed loudly in the space.

Okay. Until the magic stone is removed, the golem will recover infinitely like a hydra. Most people probably already knew that fact.

But the problem is…

“Hmm. The firepower from earlier wasn’t enough.”

It was Annette Clears who gave the order to attack, believing that the magic they were pouring in would be enough to destroy the body and damage the magic stone hidden inside.

They graduated from the best educational institutions in the empire, and after graduation, they had enough skills to go anywhere with their necks strained.

But…

‘I also expected you guys to come out like that.’

These are students who passed through me, even if only for a short time.

I had been at the academy for nearly 20 years, and through taking practical magic classes, I had a thorough understanding of the habits of nobles.

‘I was worried that you guys would show up without a strategy, so I deliberately created a 9-meter tall golem, which is larger than the average height of 5 meters. You won’t be able to defeat it if you use magic ignorantly, right?’

The golem that has completed restoration swings its arm.

“Aaaaah!”

Administrative students scream and run away from the wall.

They had nothing to do with battle, so if they got caught in a fight, they would be killed instantly. Of course, Bereth, who was controlling the golem, had no reason to kill them.

– Umhehehe. Don’t worry too much! These are precious holes and I will never hurt them!

Hung. Beres attacks at a speed that is sufficiently avoidable.

“Whew. Thank goodness. It’s slower than I thought because it’s so big. It’s easy to avoid.”

“Hey. You guys from the administrative unit, stay behind the soldiers. We’ll do our best here.”

It is difficult to destroy the rock golem with weapons. There was virtually nothing the soldiers holding iron weapons or the dungeon excavation team could do.

In other words, this is something that must be handled purely by academy students.

“… Unify with fire magic and go full force.”

“Are you okay? This is a cave, so if the force is too strong, you could get buried, Annette.”

“Don’t worry about that. Some of the magic that flew earlier missed and hit the wall, but it was restored like a lie. They probably took measures in advance to prevent it from tearing up this space and leaving.”

This. There was a kid with a good eye.

As expected from the Cleers family. It is a family of three great wizards of the empire.

“Sword Demon! Try tying its feet. Together, we will prepare a big blow!”

“Everyone gets away from the golem!”

The sword spirit, who once raised his voice to warn the children, moved.

A blue energy flickered at the tip of her sword, and soon her new form disappeared, and one of the golem’s legs was chopped off like tofu.

Kugugu.

A golem that just tilts backwards.

In the meantime, people are chanting and preparing for magic.

The wizards gather firepower all at once, centered around Annette Clears. A huge flame magic is formed on their palms.

“Everyone, just wait. The moment it wakes up, it will be sent flying away all at once.”

A fireball, relatively simple at the student level, but superior in terms of pure destructive power, rose above their hands.

Now, when the golems wake up, all they have to do is launch them all at once.

However, a lump of rock that lies down and does not get up.

“What? Why isn’t that happening?”

“Isn’t it true that the magic stone is broken?”

“That can’t be possible. Look. My body is still recovering.”

“But why doesn’t he wake up? I wonder if he can hear our conversation and understand…”

“…”

I raised my hand and fed chestnuts to Perez’s head.

Currently, she was controlling the golem.

– Ah!

“What are you doing? Don’t wake up quickly.”

– Well, then, my cute golem No. 1, Kyutya… !

I shook my head.

I don’t know when they gave it that name, but looking at the atmosphere, it seemed like it would never wake up on its own if left alone.

He interfered with him using magic and forcibly raised the golem.

“It’s up. Now, kids! Everyone fires!”

– Huh?! Oh, no! Stop right now!

Magic shot out fiercely from the students’ hands and hit the golem’s body. Soon it broke into pieces and scattered on the floor.

– Nooo! Kkeun!

Perez’s screams rang loudly.

The golem no longer moved when she manipulated it with her hands. The magic stone was damaged, and its function was ruined.

Sniffle. Perez cries.

“Hey, don’t be too sad. When the golem falls, we can have fun too.”

– Still… ! It was my favorite doll for a long time! I was planning on having sex with you later too!

Doll… Is it?

I didn’t know that Perez liked things like this.

“Okay. I’ll make it again next time.”

– Huh. Instead, next time you make it, make your dick bigger. About 4 meters.

When I thought about what they were talking about, I noticed that when I was making the golem, something 40 cm long was sticking out between my crotch.

I moved on, wondering if the rock shape had formed that way by chance, but it turns out it was a prick.

– Kyu-kyu! I will do whatever it takes to avenge you!

That’s how the battle ended.

When I snapped my fingers, one wall suddenly disappeared, revealing an oyster.

“Kids. Look over there. A door has appeared.”

“Oh. It’s simpler than I thought, right?”

It’s simple… I started laughing without realizing it.

Originally, the movement would be blocked from the beginning. If it’s an arm, you have to target an arm, if it’s a leg, you have to target one part at a time… The students seemed unable to ignore their lineage, so they ignorantly fired magic as a group to subdue the golem.

‘… ‘I’m disappointed.’

Okay. It was very disappointing.

His combat power was decent enough, but he couldn’t remember any of the classes I taught him in the past.

If I had followed the Golem strategy, there would have been no dangerous moments and the consumption of magical power would have been much lower…

‘It’s bittersweet.’

Suddenly I had that feeling.

The fact is that what my comrades and I learned through hard work on the battlefield was not even worth remembering for future generations.

“By the way, I can understand a little why we are slowly being pushed back by the Argentine Empire.”

I let out a small sigh as I looked at the children standing in a chaotic manner without forming a formation.

Well, worrying about it now won’t change anything…

Let us be faithful to what we have done. Even though her skills were mediocre, as I said before, her pedigree was quite good, so it seemed like a good place to have a child.

– Her buttocks are full, so she looks like she had a very easy delivery, right?

Follow the expedition team and enter the cave.

I guess I walked like that for about 10 minutes.

The next location appeared. In the same wide circular space, ‘Gate 1’ was written on the top of the wall.

When everyone arrived, the entrance disappeared and instead a text appeared in the air.

『The bet for Gate 1 is the same as in the tutorial. All you have to do is defeat the opponent that appears. 』

“What? Gate 1 is simple, right?”

“Hurry up and summon me. I’ll finish it once and for all!”

I had just defeated a 9-meter tall golem. It was the first time the dungeon excavation team had ever seen a golem that large.

But the academy students handled it very easily.

Perhaps that is why the current morale of the expedition team was in an indescribable state. Morale was sky-high.

“Now, who is this time? Show yourself quickly!”

At that moment, the center of space was twisted. And there, a being appeared.

“Huh…?”

“What is that…?”

The purple skin that catches the light evokes lust in those who see it, and the alluring smile makes even women jealous.

The naked figure winked at them, moving its thick lips that felt like they would be sucked in just by touching them.

“Dudun. The gatekeeper of the first gateway, Veres, appears!”