Are you the Devil of the Labyrinth

Money seems to be useful everywhere in the world. It was equally prevalent in this world, not on Earth. We needed money.

“You have to make money? ”

“Yes, you should make money. How long do you think we can stay here for nothing? ”

The children, who had been silent for a while in my words, nodded, as they admitted a few seconds later.

“That's right. Surely there must be money · · ·. But how?”

Good question. There aren't many ways we can make money. The simplest way is to work as an employee under the people here, but it's not easy.

Do we need to hire people from around the world? Players were outsiders no matter what, and residents of the same world would be more comfortable.

Besides, honestly, when I've worked for a few days under the residents, I can't do anything but eat and sleep at the inn. Inns are never cheap.

And most importantly, fairies will push us into the maze. I'll catch monsters in the maze and make you money as a by-product. All they want is for us to be strong.

I will not do that openly, but they will lead us to it. And I have no intention of avoiding it. The most important thing to us here was force. Only the strong can travel the world comfortably.

Recalling last night's story with Nam Archer, I brought it out.

“You said there's a maze here? The archer told me that story last night. You all know that, right? ”

“Yes.”

Maze.

Beyond the dungeon that holds this city, all the places with feet were mazes. Protecting Roberia, the city of the beginning, may have soldiers guarding the Wall, but most of all, it was thanks to the power of monsters.

Roberia is attached to the power of monsters living in the maze, avoiding the eyes of adventurers and promoting safety. Of course, monsters are not favorable to humans.

Just like avoiding the eyes of adventurers, so did the eyes of monsters.

It was to stop the adventurers from deliberately letting the fairies inhabit the monsters around their dungeons. The fairy, the owner of the dungeon, creates a shield and lives in secret so that monsters cannot perceive their existence.

This does not mean that humans are stuck in cities and live their whole lives. A city was somehow built, but it needed to be a cornerstone in order to maintain it.

It can't be easy to deceive adventurers and keep a shield on even monsters. I needed energy to maintain it, and the fuel for it was rubble.

That was why we needed a supply of marble. Only humans can supply the Stone. Demonic Stone had to come out to hunt monsters in person, so someone had to leave the city and float around the maze.

Those who did it were called expeditionaries.

“I think we should be expeditionaries. ”

“Expeditionary?”

There seemed to be no children who did not know what the Expeditionary Force was. Hajjah, I would have traveled around the village together to get information, so it would be the same thing to know each other. You don't need to know a lot of information, but you do.

“· · · Is that why we hunt monsters? ”

“That's it. ”

"Brother, that's..."

The children seemed hesitant. It wasn't that I didn't understand. If you're a monster, the only thing that comes to mind right now is the spiders you saw in the tutorial phase.

At least that's better. Giant spiders are a category of creatures that humans can somehow understand. However, most monsters living in the maze had forms that were hard to imagine.

Being an expedition was the same as killing them and living up to them. Things that are absolutely necessary for the city. That's why the city also supports many expeditionaries. Adventurers don't know when to find this place, and in preparation, the Stone must always be in abundance.

However, it was crazy to hunt monsters around the city to get the Stone. Monsters wandering around the city are dangerous, but they are also guarding the city. The fact that there are fewer monsters in the dungeon makes it easy for adventurers to gain access.

Most adventurer parties struggle with monsters living in dungeons and often leave without finding the city of humans hidden by the shield.

The stronger the monsters, the shorter the time adventurers stay in the dungeon. The shorter the stay, the less chance of being discovered.

The barrier of monsters hunting such monsters is thin, allowing access to adventurers. That's why expeditions move to mazes in other parts of the country. And hunting monsters around the area that build a garrison there.

Adventurers used to call the expeditionary encampment "Dungeon."

Dungeons refer to Areas with special surroundings around name monsters, except for the dungeons of fairies, which treat human encampments like them.

In a word, adventurers think humans are the same as monsters.

Moreover, a large number of adventurers liked raiding the garrison quite a bit because it made money.

Expeditionary troops who traveled far and built garrisons make quite a fortune. The amount of equipment and food they brought was enormous. Moreover, it was like a treasure box because you could steal even the collected stones. Of course, when we can defeat all the humans in the garrison.

This is why, when the encampment carefully built by humans on one side of the maze is discovered by adventurers, a massive subjugation force is formed among adventurers. Not to mention the fairies' dungeon.

“as well as · · ·. Wouldn't it be dangerous to leave this city and live in a place where we don't know when we're going to be attacked? Moreover, adventurers say that if they see only humans, they run right away. ”

Lee Seo-yeon carefully brought the story out. As I thought, the atmosphere did not flow easily into favor. But I faced the children with a calm face, rather than being cautious.

What I needed to show here was leadership, and through it, I had to bring my children's thoughts to this side. The children will be disappointed in me if I show some unfavorable emotions.

‘I have to give you time to think. ’

I decided to give it time because it wasn't an easy matter to judge whether I wanted to be an expedition to fight for my life. We still had time to spare.

“Then let's all think about it, and let's eat first. You're still going around town today, aren't you? ”

“Yes.”

*

Is it because of the offer I made? Somewhere in a speechless atmosphere, we quickly finished our meal. When you open the door of the inn and come out, only empty inns come into your eyes.

There still seemed to be no other players arriving here. Perhaps they are still struggling with each of the name monsters in the tutorial.

Just like I fought Biscuit and the Nol Warriors.

When I was looking around in front of the inn, the children were leaving the inn late. When everyone was summoned from Earth, the clothes were undressed and dressed to suit the people here.

I guess it's impossible to walk around in those torn, dirty clothes. I was also no different from children's clothing. A clumsy cloth with swarms buried rather than tidy. I can't help it because I don't have a strong laundry detergent like Earth.

“Where should we go today? ”

“Well, I went to the forge yesterday. ”

“Why don't you go around the store more? I've seen them sell a lot of supplies. ”

“What are you doing there? We don't have any money anyway. ”

“Let's take a look, you idiot. Men don't know, but women need a lot. ”

“· · · Is that so? ”

Speaking of which, the children were talking at the entrance. I was just listening to them from a distance, and I could see the face of Song Gyeong who was reading a book without a word from one side of the corner. But the book I was reading was different.

[Legend of the Underground Maze Demon King]

· · · What does it say? Is it interesting to read a book with a pretty discreet face? As I approached Song Ga-yeon without saying a word, I looked up as if she heard footsteps.

I didn't mean to distract you. Somehow, I came across an eye. I looked at it as it was, and it was this way that I started talking.

“What book is that? ”

“· · · It's just a fairy tale book. ”

“Fairytale books?”

“Yes, it's a good story to tell the kids. It's easy to write sentences, and not so many letters, but it's a good book for kids to read. ”

“What do you mean? ”

“Who made this endless maze under the earth?" That's just it. The content, to be honest, is just futile. I think it's a crappy piece of content that the writer just made out of his imagination. ”

I think I've been looking at that pretty carefully. I wanted to ask you something more, but I came here to tell you where all the kids decided to go.

“Brother, let's move now. This time I decided to go to the temple in the heart of the city, okay? ”

“Not bad. ”

The temple was where I tried to go anyway. You have to go there to get tutorial rewards. Nymph Leah asked you to stop by the temple to receive tutorial rewards.