Are you the Devil of the Labyrinth

“................... ”

When I opened my eyes in response to the faint sunlight, the unripe ceiling somehow entered my vision. It was the ceiling of the inn. The ceiling of the tree buried by the herd of Nuran.

In a way, it's natural.

More than a month, or more.

Having been in the maze for such a long time, I have no choice but to feel strange when I see the ordinary wooden ceiling, not the ceiling that the spirits wander around.

Yoohyun lightly shook off the strange energy that wandered around the body and raised his body.

Noise is coming from nearby. Lute and the Southern Archery.

It's peaceful. Yoohyun yawned after thinking about it. Yoohyun didn't get tired in one night. I felt a little sleepy as I continued with the base for a few seconds.

It was late at night that the group returned to town.

I was able to return to town in three days, even though I was free to move. I was able to find an empty inn without difficulty with Lang Xiao's help, even though it was a late time.

Thanks to his exhausted body, immortals wandering around the inn could be avoided. I only came back and sleeping on the street was really the worst case.

Perhaps Lang Xiao would have really slept on the bare ground if he hadn't helped. It was too late to catch the inn. It was more than midnight.

Just before he got off the bed and stepped on the floor, Yoohyun looked at the southern archipelago and Lute.

As soon as he grabs the room, he collapses to death and looks pretty deep asleep. The southern archipelago was still sleeping in a strange position, and Lute was sleeping so neatly as to prepare for it.

Yoohyun carefully pushed the southern archer around the bed, who was sleeping in a dangerous position just like he was about to fall and left the room.

As I walked down the hall, I could see people gathering on the first floor from morning to evening.

‘No, it's already lunch. ’

Correct your thoughts. Looking out the window, it's too vague to say it's morning. I think I slept through lunch because I was too tired. I don't know if I slept that well, but my body is light.

Yoohyun, who was going down the stairs to the restaurant, stopped at the next step.

I had a familiar face in the restaurant. Even among others, she stands out. It's because you're a resident.

“Should I say it's been a long time? ”

Someone was sitting at the table in the restaurant, and it was Misha who was waving her hand and greeting her. She smiles brightly and hands Yoohyun over here.

Yoohyun felt ominous somehow.

I may simply congratulate you on your safe return, but I knew this side was back too quickly. Thinking a little deeper, she was waiting for Yoohyun's party to come back.

.. You might want to talk about it first.

Yoohyun sat at the table where she was dragging the chair.

“What's going on here? Did something happen? ”

“... that was a cold reaction. Don't you think I'm just here to make sure you're okay? ”

Misha peeps her mouth and gives a grumpy expression, but Yoohyun only looks at her without changing her face. Misha sighed as if she had finally surrendered to Yoohyun's serious expression.

“I want to let my heart rest... Well, things have happened the way you said. ”

In a serious voice, she said. It's not a pleasant situation because Yoohyun wants to rest for a few days. But you can't help it.

Yoohyun sighs once again and raises his head.

“So what happened in the end? ”

“I saw Dwarves near Lorelai on my way home after I broke up with you. ”

“... It must be black steel. ”

Yoohyun reacted with a kick in the tongue.

I guess the Black Steel chased the Iron Horn and finally got here.

It's been a few days since I saw you coming back. No matter how hard it is, it's been more than five days.

“When we found them, they were hunting Iron Horn. ”

“... perhaps, yes. In the first place, their goal was Iron Horn. Describe the situation in detail. The number of them and how they hunted the Iron Horn. ”

“Got it."

In Yoohyun's words, Misha nodded and began to tell her everything she saw.

Strange weapons they used to hunt Iron Horns, starting with the story that they were slaughtering thousands of Iron Horns trapped in the canyon. Dwarf's number.

She explained everything she remembered.

Yoohyun, who had been listening to Misha's story quietly for a while, frowned.

‘A bomb. I didn't expect to use it to hunt Iron Horn. ’

Black steel uses gunpowder. That did not mean that weapons were not as advanced as the weapons of the Earth. It is said that the power of Gunpowder has been increased by borrowing magical powers rather than scientific principles.

In fact, the firearms they dealt with were fairly poor in efficiency and poor in production processes on a global basis. I just put alchemy and magical power into it and increased its destructive power.

But the threat of weapons remains unchanged. After all, whatever it is, it's a bomb. Unlike magic, it is a simple weapon, so I can't feel the flow of magic. It was quite difficult to detect it first.

Yoohyun asks, thankfully, that there are not many of them.

“Where were they found? ”

“The place found is about a day away from Lorelai. Not far from the dungeon. Actually, half a day is enough if you get used to the road. ”

“.. that's too close. ”

“Yeah. Besides, they didn't even take the Iron Horn they hunted. ”

“It won't be possible to carry them all with that number. ”

“That means...”

Misha swallows saliva. It's like you're imagining something you don't like. But her imagination is probably accurate. Yoohyun said as if she knew what she was imagining.

“I will return with other adventurers to collect the hunted Iron Horn. ”

Now that we've got a huge number, it's going to take a lot of hands to collect them all.

Less than 10 Dwarves may repeat the maze dozens of times.

After all, the Dwarves are forced to borrow the hands of other adventurers. When the time comes, don't you have a quest to make among adventurers? It makes it easy to attract adventurers.

Repeated bad news.

“... that's the worst. It's like what I've done is a waste of time. ”

The fear of excluding adventurers' access has led to futile delusions. When adventurers move in groups, they can't be afraid of the devil in the maze.

Of course, crowd psychology moves in groups, so you'll be sure you can hunt.

Misha also looks shady in Yoohyun's reaction, and Nazic nods.

“So, by the way, I'm sorry, but...”

Misha does not speak easily and blurs her end. Yoohyun asks first before she does what she says.

“What can I do for you? ”

Misha asked Yoohyun to attend the meeting. It is a meeting that has taken place since Irisha actively asked the players for help.

It's been like that for a month. Arriving along Misha's back were familiar faces. Representatives of groups formed among the players.

In the meantime, there were some faces I've never seen before. or disappear or disappear.

The first things that came into Yoohyun's eyes were Renard, Ranshao, and Ryoko. When Yoohyun came, Langshao smiled as if he already knew, and Renard and Ryoko looked a little surprised.

On both sides, Yoohyun, who had been invisible for a long time, suddenly appeared, which was unexpected.

When Yoohyun arrived, stories were already coming.

“.. so those Dwarves massacred monsters right nearby? Isn't that pretty dangerous for us? ”

“But they don't know who we are. I don't know if they only chased after the Iron Horn. ”

In his story, Yoohyun found out that they had some idea of the situation. Misha told me. Yoohyun sat still and listened to their story.

“Then wait like this and ignore him. ”

“... don't be silly. It can't be that easy. How many adventurers do you think we've hunted in the last week? In fact, four days ago, a couple of dumb-looking Goblins came to the entrance. ”

.. I wonder if that happened.

Yoohyun could see that the players had made a lot of effort while he was away. A player who told me to ignore the word that he had come to the entrance, kept his mouth shut.

It's like there's nothing to say.

“Anyway, it's clear that the adventurers will be right in front of you. It doesn't make any sense to just walk away after killing the greatest number of Iron Horns, does it? They'll come for his horns or his hides or what they hunted. ”

“So what do we do in the end? ”

No one answered that question easily.

Silence hovers. When the silence lasts about a minute, someone pulls out a horse.

“Let's just fight. What are those Dwarves afraid of? They're dwarves, just like the Goblins? Then we can win, right? ”

That's the only thing that came out of silence. Yoohyun sighed loudly enough that everyone could hear him.

Didn't you hear that more than a hundred Iron Horns have been slaughtered? If you just think it's possible, you'll see that you're not a worthy opponent.

A player with an explicit sigh glanced at the story, but Yoohyun lightly ignored his gaze.

“We can't deal with Dwarves with the people here at the moment. ”

I think I know why Misha brought me here now.

You expect me to tell you about the dwarf.