Dungeon Defense (WN)

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“ ……. ”

Barbato slowly opens his eyes. I naturally made eye contact.

Barbato closes his eyes, slightly sleepy. When I sleep hanging from the ceiling, my fatigue hardly subsides. You must be tired and tired in many ways. Barbato's voice is blurry somewhere.

“I had a dream. ”

“It's a dream.”

“Yes, I did. That's when Zephyr started growing beards…… He was always as serious as a fool. ”

Barbato chuckles at what's funny. I just cringed at the beginning of the year. I didn't know what the difference was between the sound of her laughter and the smoke I was smoking.

It was a solitary confinement room covered in gray. I was always cold and gloomy like a wet shower. I had no idea that the day would come when the two of us would talk in a place like this. Barbatos must have felt the same way. You move the chain around your wrist in a playful manner.

“Ah, ah-ah. I finally kicked him out. This is why I never loved a man. I'm such an idiot. I put three layers of clicks in my eyes. ”

The Demon King had his horns cut off and his limbs tied. But this was Barbatos. A lioness with pride in her heart.

“Do you regret loving me? ”

“I regret it. I regret it so much. I mean, I like dumping my boyfriend, but I really don't like the difference between him and me. If I could just go back in time, I'd crush your son's balls right now. ”

I laughed.

I stared at Barbatos silently for a moment. Like when the music suddenly stopped, I had a long stretch of time only near my heart. The silence lasted longer, and then suddenly, the protest broke and bounced off.

“I killed Pymon. Barbato.”

“Huh? I know. ”

“No.”

I shook my head.

“With these hands. You stabbed the blade directly into Pymon's body. ”

“ ……. ”

“I got all the blood from Pymon. Once on the nape. Once on my back. Once in the back of the neck. All three times, I put in a sharpened dagger. ”

I demonstrated by gently tapping my neck and back with my bare fist. He still had a smile on his mouth.

“Parr each stab. Farr, he dropped. You weighed me down to the end. We only targeted the critical ones, so it was quick to exhale. ”

Barbato glanced at me in a daze. Barbatos knows the ducs killed Pymon. It was never said I killed her myself. I felt a little, but pleasant. In fact, I always felt better when Barbato looked dazed.

“Here's the important part. I stabbed him in the neck twice on purpose. The most important thing was to make the blood flow back down his throat so he couldn't speak properly. ”

“Hah...? ”

“A will. If you were to die, you would leave a will, Barbatos. ”

I smiled beautifully.

“I gave her my wedding ring before I killed Pymon. Happiness means carelessness. Pymon's happiest moments are the ones she's most careless about. So I gave him my wedding ring. ”

I took the ring out of my pocket. It's the same ring you put on Pymon's ring yourself early. I grabbed the ring with my fingers and said it playfully.

“Stabbed. Stabbed without hesitation. How about that? It's a little harsh. I think so, too. ”

“ ……. ”

“I'm sure Pymon thought so, too. It's too harsh. I mean, if Pymon had left a note, he would have cast all kinds of curses on me. I can't even imagine what a curse would be like……. ”

I couldn't help but overhear it.

The last of Pymon's curses would not be lifted forever, because they were stuck in my brain. Pymon's curse will remain a hallucination and a constant grudge against me.

I did not overestimate my own mental power. It was already quite dangerous. Even though the hallucinations seemed so fine, the visions were serious. If I put Pymon's curse on it, I might actually break my mind.

Quickly.

Without even a chance to leave a note.

He needed to be killed.

“But as long as I've lost all my magic, the Demon King is the Demon King. Just one word. I had enough room to leave a final note. Of course, I couldn't talk too long. I couldn't use complex vocabulary. The blood flowed backwards from my mouth, so I had to say it short and simple.... ”

One word seemed too short to finish his life. But Pymon was left with only that clumsy grace.

I didn't even have time to think. The man holding himself in front of his eyes. I had to quickly leave a note to a man who was engaged to be a fiancée and a murderer. Pymon draws out his last power and opens his mouth.

He said, "I love you." ”

“ ……. ”

“She. Put your palms on my cheeks. He died after he told me he loved me one last time. Do you understand what this means, Barbato? It's not just a confession. Of course not.”

I pulled the pipe out of my mouth and laughed.

“She reminds herself of the most effective and cruel word of the curse, even in a situation so urgent as to be suffocating right now... Perfectly genius.”

“ ……. ”

“Pymon knew. The fact that I don't need to put countless curses on people to destroy them. What a wicked woman from start to finish. It's instinctive cunning."

Barbatos looks strangely distorted. I wasn't sad, I wasn't worried. There were mixed emotions that could not be expressed. We both stared at each other for a while.

“Dantalian. How long have you been... greeted?" ”

It was a sudden question.

I didn't pick a single eyebrow.

“A vision. I don't know what you're talking about. ”

“Don't be ridiculous. I've seen tens of millions of soldiers swallowed up by the war. ”

Barbatos' voice grows sharper.

“He kills quickly because he's afraid he'll leave a note. That's, uh, typical vision-driven butchers. Don't even think about making excuses for me. There's no expert like me on war. ”

Barbato stares me straight in the eye.

“At first it was a nightmare, right? Then the voices. The last step is welcome. If the symptoms get worse, there's nothing we can do. Answer me quickly. ”

I quietly took Barbato's gaze. There was no more heavy static. Barbato slowly opens his lips.

“That's ridiculous… no, you… how long have you been like that……. ”

“Don't get me wrong. I'm perfectly fine. ”

“So drinking with drugs…… wait, that's from the lunar army…… no, Dantalian. Look at me, look at my eyes, you son of a bitch! ”

What are you talking about, Barbato?

You're the only one who's been staring at me since before.

“Ah…! Aah!”

Barbatos' face was cleared up after complex emotions had swirled. Or it might be right to say that it is more distorted. Barbatos looks at me with a purely frightened face.

“I... I can't believe I didn't notice something so simple...! ”

“If I'm not mistaken, we're not having a conversation. I don't understand what you're talking about, Barbatos. ”

“Dantalian, when you talk to people, you only look into their faces and their eyes! ”

The conversation came to a close.

I tilted my head.

“Of course, when you talk to people, you focus on them. Isn't that a courtesy? ”

“I should have known...... why I didn't...... you were looking at the other one. There was only one place to look at the other person's face, so... ”

“The madman seems to be you, not me. ”

I shrugged.

Barbato bites his lip.

“How many are there! How many are there? ”

“You've been saying that for a long time. I don't know what you're talking about. ”

“How many dead people do you see in this room?! ”

I mean...

There's no one in this room but Barbatos and me and the two of you.

Why does Barbato insist on strange arguments?

“A fair trade. Zephar says he will pay for your sins." If you do not testify that you orchestrated Pymon's assassination in public, all the Plains will be executed. ”

“Turn your head! ”

“You must love your men. If you don't want the plain to be destroyed like this, confessing your sins is.... ”

“Look the other way! You son of a bitch! Keep your eyes on the other side like I told you! ”

Barbato shouts. It seemed that he was not willing to negotiate if he did not comply with the requirements. I sigh and turn my head to the other side. It was a corner of solitary. There was nothing there.

“There you go. You return your head as you wish. Now that my wish is fulfilled, a more constructive conversation with me... ”

“What do you see there? ”

Barbato insists on biting. She was truly more vicious than a leech.

“Answer me what you see in that corner. ”

“Nothing. I don't see anything. It's just a wet brick wall. ”

“ ……. ”

“Now, let's not waste time with useless delusions. There's something else that's important to us now. ”

I held my breath and turned my gaze back on Barbato.

And I had to stop. Barbatos' face distorts miserably from any facial features I've ever seen. She was crying.

“Why... why didn't you say anything to me before...?" I was always next to you... If you had just said one word, if you had just relied on me a little, it might have changed.... ”

“ ……. ”

“Stupid Dantalian... There are torture tools in that corner..." ”

More tears. More tears poured down as I drew the trail.

“What is' blocking 'your gaze...? ”

There.

- Bloody corpses were sitting there.

Dozens of people have surrounded me and Barbatos in this room alone. Bodies hanging in spears, bodies decapitated and left head, turned upside down in blood and surrounded us both. Generally, they were sitting or badly spread out.

One thing we have in common.

I was gazing back at my face. They whispered to each other sometimes, but mostly small sounds that I couldn't understand. It was impossible for a corpse that was just a head to speak. They don't exist at all. It was an illusion.

“There's Pymon. ”

Barbato glances at me with his teary eyes.

“You can even see Pymon. Right, Dantalian? Tell me honestly...... Where is Pymon shining in your eyes right now...? ”

I am.

I smiled sweetly.

“Once again, there's no one here, Barbatos. ”