“Damn...”
How did things get to this point?
Abel walked back in the direction he had come from and cursed.
This war was a war between the Demon King and the Demon tribe led by the Demon King and humans.
As with any battle, things did not go as smoothly as planned, but thanks to the efforts of a few excellent fighters, the victory was clearly in the humans' hands.
Until the war began, Abel had naturally thought of ending everything on the battlefield.
But who would have thought that not only would the war be completely stopped by Anasis, but that out of nowhere, you would be running through a bizarre dungeon?
Moreover, he had no idea that he would end up wasting so much time by scattering with his entire group just to clear a single dungeon.
To be honest, Abel is in a really bad mood right now.
“Oh my, where was I? Why is my head so stupid?”
It was natural. He sent the group he had just found to Anasis alone and went back through the dungeon.
“You go back to your previous location. Find your comrades somehow and destroy the dungeon. I can’t use my power here.”
After hearing Simone's words, Abel turned around.
Simone was strong, so she wouldn't be easily defeated even if she went to face Anasis alone, but it wasn't easy to relax.
'It seems like her mana hasn't even recovered yet.'
Things you have never experienced before are unpredictable and therefore dangerous.
If Simone had been trying to get Abel out of this dangerous place.
Abel turned around and looked where Simone had gone.
“Oh my...”
Should I go back now?
But Abel soon shook his head and headed downstream.
'I don't know what smart guys are thinking anyway.'
There must be a reason for the instructions.
Eventually, Abel arrived at the river where they had first opened their eyes and was able to find a dimly lit teleporter in front of the river where thousands of faces were floating.
He didn't know if it was there from the beginning or if it was a magic circle that suddenly appeared like it was until now.
But even if it had been there from the beginning, it was such a faint magic circle that it would have been missed in the chaos.
Abel stepped on the magic circle without warning.
Anyway, since he's stupid, he's not good at being alert and analyzing like Orkan or Louis.
He had no choice but to trust in his own strength and confront it with his body.
Jiying-
Even the faintest magic circle seemed to be activated, as the light slowly began to flood his vision.
Abel fixed his grip on his sword and surrendered himself to teleportation.
***
In the place teleported to, all sorts of irregular situations unfolded.
“Did you come here because you wanted to die too...? Heeheeheehee... Heeheehee!!!! Just wait a minute. You’re big, so you can’t do it right away...”
Crunch-
Abel cut down the bloody man whose face was peeking out in disgust in one breath.
The teleports didn't all lead to the same places. There were still many places in this dungeon that Abel had never been to.
He felt like he was going to lose his temper.
Earlier, he was trapped in a stone room with gloomy ghosts of unknown origin staring at the walls and muttering incomprehensible words.
Before that, he fell into a large, creepy castle where people seemed to have just evaporated, and on top of the altar of a heretical cult where thousands of massacres had taken place.
And now he's in the room of some red-hot murderer.
“I don’t know what to do.”
Abel muttered as he kicked the man's body away.
Of course, during all the times he visited those places, he didn't see a single strand of hair from the group.
It had been quite some time since Abel had parted ways with Simone, and he had been separated from his colleagues for even longer, as they had disappeared without a trace.
At this point, Abel's endless trust in his colleagues began to show cracks.
'It can't really be wrong, right?'
Even if they died, he wanted to avoid the suspicion that they died because they couldn't get out of this crisis alone...
Well, is it really a situation where we can be certain that everything is safe?
The group may have been seriously injured or...
At that moment, Abel's heart began to beat rapidly.
It was because the image of his dead sister appeared in his mind.
Abel, who maintains his composure in any situation, would get into a frenzy just imagining the death and sacrifice of someone precious to him.
It was when Abel was shaken by rising anxiety.
"...Abel?"
The voice of someone tired could be heard from a corner of the shadowy space.
Abel suddenly raised his head. Then he froze with his eyes wide open.
He saw someone's foot sticking out of the shadows, and he also saw blood flowing underneath it.
“Louis?”
“Haa, I thought I was going to die like this. I guess I’m lucky.”
Louis thought seriously.
It was also very fortunate that the person who found him was Abel.
'...Or, on the contrary, I'm just fucking unlucky.'
As Abel approached Louis in surprise, Louis raised his hand with difficulty to stop Abel.
“Just.. stay there... and don’t come any closer.”
Abel stopped, flinching.
“...Anyway, you and Simone are both really ridiculous. You both are the same as the person who came to save me.”
Why would someone who can't even get up tell someone not to come near him?
Louis saw it too. The strange tentacle monster that pretended to be his comrade. And maybe that's why Louis ended up like this.
Louis took a deep breath, checked Abel's condition, and spoke with relief.
“If I had stayed a little longer, I would have been torn apart by that murderer.”
“Can you get up?”
“Will it be there?”
“No, Sir! But why don’t you come near me?”
Abel shouted and ran towards Louis, lifting him up.
Blood flowed ceaselessly from his tattered body as if he had been pierced by something sharp.
Abel pursed his lips. He couldn't let Louis move like this.
At that moment, another voice was heard from behind.
“You guys are here.”
“Your Highness...! What about Lady Simone, Lady Simone?”
A voice that you can tell who it is without having to look back.
It was Geneon and Jace.
Fortunately, everyone was scattered, but Geneon and Jace seemed to be together.
Jace hurried over to Louis and used his healing magic.
Only then did Louis seem relieved, relaxed his body, and exhaled deeply.
“Simone went to another place to look for Anasis.”
“...Are you talking alone?”
As Abel nodded, Geneon glared at him fiercely.
“You left that child alone in this dangerous place? And she went to find Anasis, who absorbed the Demon King alone?”
He knew Geneon would react like this. Abel nodded and handed something to Geneon.
“Simone told me to do that. There’s no answer if I stay in that place, so I’m going to find the group first.”
“Huh? This is...”
Jace, who was treating Louis, turned his gaze to the jewel Abel was holding.
It was a jewel very familiar to Jace.
The desire of a Saint.
It was a magic stone that was said to contain the power of a Saint who was tricked by Anasis in the past, and it was also the jewel that Simone used to lift the curse on Jace.
Geneon looked at Abel as if asking why he was giving this to him.
Abel placed the jewel down in front of Geneon without thinking.
“Simone said I would give it to Geneon before Orkan?”
“Simone?”
Abel nodded.
“I found Anasis. She’s in the same place as Simone. But, Ha, strangely, she can’t use her powers properly there. So while Simone was killing time, she told me to go around the dungeon in reverse to find the party members. Since wizards can teleport. But no matter how far I went, I couldn’t find the party members. So...”
Abel's words, which were rambling on and on as if the process of explaining was not easy, were barely understandable to Louis.
Louis said in a weary voice.
“Haa... She found Anasis, but it’s a difficult place to fight. Judging from the fact that you found Orkan and Geneon, it seems like you thought it would be best to move the battle location via teleportation.”
“That’s right! That’s what I’m saying.”
Only then did Geneon nod as if he understood.
“So you’re saying we should just teleport out of the dungeon?”
The Saint's desire was filled with the deathly mana that you would only see from a necromancer, not the holy aura that contained healing powers.
Perhaps this is Simone's Mana.
If you encounter Geneon, who has a small mana vessel and not Orkan, this will probably mean that you can use it to teleport.
It was not easy to move to a place without a teleportation magic circle, but it was not a difficult task for someone as powerful as Geneon or Orcan.
Geneon said with a sly smile.
“As expected, my disciples are smart. Everyone, gathers around me. I will teleport right now.”
“Huh?”
Abel stepped back in confusion.
“What about Simone and Orkan? I won’t do it if you leave them behind.”
“...Idiot.”
Louis muttered irritably.
“Why don’t you go out and destroy the dungeon with me...”
Even Geneon can't teleport people to other locations.
However, it is not a situation where you can easily go around to all those places again to find Orkan and Simone.
Simone plans to end this infinite teleportation dungeon by sending out Abel and Louis, the strongest ones, and destroying the dungeon itself.
Because once all the locations are gone, there's no need to search for the rest of the group.
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