Chapter 349 – 30. A Dungeon Called the Abyss

“Then, I will open it…!”

The twenty-four expedition team formed a formation and focused their attention on the front.

The three who broke away from the original line and stood at the front.

Scout Rosaline, witch Jenny, and necromancer Gwen.

They opened the heavy iron door and revealed the inside of the boss room.

Terrible morale leaking out through the crack in the door that opens little by little.

That alone confirmed that the resurrection of the tyrant that the party had been worried about was real.

“Everyone ready for battle!”

The three people who opened the door at Han Si-woo’s shout quickly joined the formation.

And the rest, who had been prepared from the beginning, also raised their fighting spirit in their own way.

Although the difficulty of coming down the canyon was somewhat low, no one let down their guard.

But at this moment, their tension was several times that of before they opened the door.

-Who are you… Who, haha, woke Jim up…

“Is this…?”

“You are a tyrant.”

Perhaps because the door is heavy, it is not even half open yet.

Thanks to this, the expedition team was unable to enter, but the tyrant seemed to have quite keen ears.

-Who… ! Who is the tyrant? ! How dare you talk to someone of low blood… !

“Ha. I guess I heard a lot about tyrants before I died.”

“That’s right. Seeing you get angry like that.”

-These guys… ! Do you think you can insult Jim and survive…? ! Well, come… !

“Hmph. You’re good at talking about topics you can’t even talk about.”

“Okay, everyone, relax. We’ll be entering in 30 seconds. After that, we’ll go as planned!”

“Yes!”

Everyone shouted and answered in unison.

As soon as the door opened sufficiently, we all stepped inside together.

Hehe, come on… ! I will personally make you the starting point of resurrection… !

A deep fraud hides before your eyes.

It was a dark atmosphere where you couldn’t even see what was in front of you, but even so, you could feel the presence of a tyrant in the middle.

Moreover, difficulty in vision is within the expected range.

“Elaine!”

“Yes…!”

The saintess, located right next to Siwoo and in the middle, shines from her entire body.

Her nickname as a saint is a blessing.

A blessing of overwhelming majesty is possible beyond that of any other saint or priest.

Although it is a long-term blessing that is worthy of the name of a saint, including effectiveness and effective time, it is not lacking in other aspects. Moreover, her womb is currently filled with the semen that Si-woo put into her last night.

“Purification—!!”

In this state, the divine magic, or whatever it was, was at its maximum power.

-Ugh… ?! What… ?!

The tyrant suffered a blow despite the purification, which was by no means high.

A pink light that permeates the entire body.

When I was alive, I would have been exposed to the sun countless times for my health, but now it was just painful.

Various debuffs pouring in here.

Starting with magic, various unknown forces were constricting my entire body.

‘It’s systematic.’

The tyrant laughed.

It’s been decades since I opened my eyes again.

Most of the time, I just existed in a dazed state, but little by little, my senses began to return. I don’t know how much time has passed since he died, but as a rough estimate, it would have been more than 2,300 years.

-The emperor sets foot on the earth again, but he cannot walk alone.

Kugu Palace─

The dungeon is shaking.

Before I knew it, I could see the faces of the miscellaneous people who had advanced through the fog of fraud.

Faces of astonishment as they saw hundreds of death knights appearing from the walls and floor.

Haha! Jim is the emperor─!!

Siwoo clicked his tongue at the roar of the tyrant, a half-rotted corpse with bones exposed here and there.

I was a little relieved when I could vaguely see the outside in the fog.

In general, the more ambiguous the undead are, the weaker and more imperfect they are.

But somehow, the corpse tyrant was more formidable than I thought.

Probably not because of my own strength, but because of the uniqueness of the special place.

The result is hundreds of death knights.

‘They were probably buried together. When the tyrant dies.’

“So many death knights…?!”

“This is too much, what should I do?”

The expedition team is momentarily taken aback by the number of undead that far exceeds expectations.

Siwoo calmly gave orders and led.

“Execute Operation NG, Gwen!”

“I’m ready!”

“Focus!”

Necromancer Gwen did not answer.

He was already too busy concentrating to open his mouth, and unleashed his necromancy with all his might.

‘Some may have been loyally buried together, but it is impossible for a tyrant to have had this many knights.’

Even if that were not the case, there would be many cases where a death knight would not be able to follow the will of a tyrant. Maybe more than half. What Gwen wanted to do by going back was to take away the control of those who had been forced to become death knights by the power of the place.

Although the level of necromancy that can be used is lower due to the limitations of the homunculus body, it can demonstrate its original ability.

“Taking time, we keep the tyrant in check!”

At about the same time, the death knights attacked them all at once.

Kwaang─!!

A fierce battle has begun.

Twenty people versus hundreds.

Each of the newly resurrected death knights is not that strong.

Of course, it is stronger than any monster encountered in the dungeon, but the power of the highest-level undead called the Death Knight is difficult to deal with alone, even if you are an A-class person. In addition, right now, at best, I was at the upper level.

In addition, no matter how many there were, there was a limit to what they could fight at once, and the fact that the Corpse Tyrant was not moving was a plus for the expedition.

“Tanks, don’t stick too close and keep your distance…! Evelyn, move further apart!”

“Warriors, don’t try to do too much damage and just keep things in check!”

“Same goes for gunners! Just keep them in check while pushing back!”

“Wizards use single-use attacks rather than wide-area attacks! Gather all your firepower and deal with them one by one!”

“And Elaine and Cheryl…!”

There was no one on the expedition who was not busy, but Siwoo was especially busy.

Since he is an ordinary swordsman without any long-distance skills, he cannot fight directly, but he is busy enough just by commanding. For a novice expedition leader, leading 21 people was not easy.

So then, what are the two people who should be in the last row doing?

Ting─

‘A little further down.’

Zeke─

‘Good job. Next…’

As soon as Soyoung Han entered the boss room, she recognized it faster than anyone else.

With our current strength, we will never be able to overcome the corpse tyrant.

That was in no way to belittle the Siu Clan.

Rather, it was an extremely objective judgment based on countless battle and subjugation experiences.

So, as soon as the Death Knights appeared, I decided to secretly help them.

‘I wouldn’t like it if I got caught, but it’s okay if I don’t get caught.’

The prosecutor supports from behind and hopes not to be caught.

It’s funny, but she was confident.

As expected, her main weapon, the mounted sword, flew in the sky.

‘Oh. Don’t come too far this way!’

Although there is no direct conversation, there is some level of communication between the ego sword.

Han So-young used it to steadily eliminate the Death Knights from the rear.

Meanwhile, the other one was worse than I.

“…!!”

Scarlett jumps into the battlefield and swings her great sword as if it doesn’t matter.

Her cries of joy were drowned out by the sound of her blade cutting through the air.

It was all thanks to her that Han So-young’s sword could run secretly.

-Umm… !

As the expedition team of only twenty or so endured fiercely, the Corpse Tyrant shed a sigh of relief.

I didn’t think it would be something to take lightly as I had come all the way down to the bottom of a deep canyon, but this was more than I expected. Even if there is an advantage in location, the death knights are unable to push forward. And it hasn’t even killed a single person yet.

‘Especially that vampire running rampant right in front of me and the swordsman wielding the ego sword…’

Wouldn’t he be comparable to some of the strongest men in the empire he once ruled?

The corpse tyrant frowned his rotten forehead.

Rotten flesh that has not fully regenerated and falls off.

He was very annoyed by this situation.

The reason the tyrant stayed still was not because his body was not fully regenerated, but because he wanted to save his strength to get up to the ground. Since I did not know the above situation, I decided to save my strength to establish an empire for now.

However, the events that followed began to fade from the tyrant’s increasingly irritated mind.

-How dare you guys try to stand in my way… !

If he had the insight and personality to calmly consider what would happen next, would he have become a tyrant?

Moreover, the brain consumed by fraud was even more violent and urgent.

-Wake up, my soldiers… !

Skeletons and zombies rise up in a room filled with death knights.

-Rise, knights of burden… !

A thick mass of fraud penetrates into the Death Knights and regenerates damaged areas.

– Be angry, you lowly limbs for burden… !

The magic of death emanating from the tyrant swept away all the undead.

-Go… ! Show me… ! The cruel fate that will befall sinners who dare to stand in my way… !

-… !!

-… !!

-… !!

The undead, strengthened by morale, screamed all at once.

A cursed roar so horrifying that it seemed to resonate not in the eardrums but in the brain.

A momentary gap appeared in the expeditionary force’s formation due to a fearful cry that struck the spirit.

Haha, haha… !! Okay, go… ! Putting foolish lower class people to death… ?

“Whoa. It was close.”

Gwen said with a smile, a little faster than Soyoung Han tried to use her hands.

“No matter how weak I am, I am a high-level necromancer!”

-What, what… !

About half of the undead turned their backs and started stabbing and killing the undead who had been allies until just now.

It was not simply because of Gwen’s outstanding skills, but also because of the karma that the corpse tyrant had carried over her from her lifetime. The tyrant, who oppressed his subordinates only through fear of power, had a poor understanding of necromancy.

-This is… ! This is… ! You guys, how dare you, how dare you… !!

“I don’t know if it’s because they’re like that or because they’re undead, but their vocabulary is lacking.”

-Don’t be funny… !!

The Corpse Tyrant shouted in anger, but the expedition’s movements were fast and deliberate.

Tanker Jin and Scarlett have arrived right in front of us.

Before the tyrant could come to his senses, a huge flaming arrow struck him.

Kwaaaaang—!!