Dungeon Reset

Knock, knock.

An ambitious evening, guests knocked on the door of the mosaic house.

Knock, knock.

As the sound of knocking resounded into the quiet room, the faces of the participants who instinctively detected the crisis were reflected.

“Hey, don't open it! ”

Jungdown mutters with an embarrassed expression.

“No, it's not locked in the first place... ”

Why do they think they're locked when they just walked in the door?

Besides sleeping anyway, the door of the mosaic house was always open.

The monsters who lived here didn't even know how to open the door, and avoided those monsters and left the locks unlocked for the participants to enter.

However, understanding the concept of the door and being able to knock means that the existence of the other side is intelligent unlike other monsters.

Knock, knock.

Knock, knock.

The knock continues, and the rabbit gives an impatient answer.

[Yes - who are you?]

“Courier.”

Phew.

The unexpected answer made me laugh.

There's talk, there's wit.

It meant that the existence beyond the door was human.

It also has modern memories.

“I thought you were a monster, but you're not. ”

“Monsters are right! ”

There was a participant shouting with a contemplated face.

At that moment, I felt a delicate feeling.

Maybe it's the mood. His voice just sounded too similar to the one you answered outside the door.

It's as if... it came from the same person's mouth.

It was not a mistake.

The voice was speaking out the door again.

“Then I'll go in. ”

Margin-.

Soon I heard the door open.

A blanket.

“Oh, no... ”

The more relaxed the sound of walking along the corridor, the participants shifted their frightened expressions toward the buttocks on the ground.

The corridor was short.

Before the participants even got up properly, 'they’ finally met with those who had gathered around the corner in the living room.

“You're all here? ”

‘They’ smiled brightly and said.

It was a cruel smile.

“Dammit! That was them! ”

The participants rarely remove the adhesive, gripping it and pulling out their weapons.

“Huh?"

Jungdown doubted his eyes.

The faces of the ‘they’ who came in were too similar to the faces of the participants who were beside them.

Not just the face, but the clothes you're wearing and the weapon you're holding.

Everything was the same except their hair color was white.

They're twins?]

“Doppelgänger.”

Hugh answered the puzzling rabbit's question.

He was also combat-ready with a firm expression.

I asked again.

“Doppelgänger?”

“Yes, when you look around the dance floor, you sometimes see those ominous faces. ”

Doppelgänger

It means "the one who walks in doubles," and it means the spiritual phenomenon in which he meets another self.

However, the people in front of me were never a phantom, but a reality.

Obviously it was right in front of your eyes without having to go through a camera app.

The most dangerous person at the moment was a participant trapped in a full-body cast.

‘Yi, at this rate, you will die! ’

“Breaking rocks. ”

Boo-hoo!

“Ah!? ”

The chunky gypsum cast is neatly carved and the thin, stiff webs in it are torn apart by force.

Thanks to this, the participant who came out suddenly stood up and bowed his head to Jungdown.

“Go, thank you! Thank you!”

“You're welcome.”

He was tied up in the first place and never hesitated to thank me.

The audacity caused the rabbit to tremble, but the atmosphere was not good enough to tackle each day.

As soon as they came in, the Doppelgängers, who seemed to have made some kind of a fake attack, remained surprisingly calm and in constant defiance.

For some reason, they were looking embarrassed.

“Let me ask you one question. ”

One person opens his mouth first, and the other Doppelgängers start to argue.

“Why did the egg's vitality suddenly disappear? ”

“You guys, what have you done? ”

“I'm sure I felt it here. Why isn't it here now? ”

“Egg prowess? ”

Jungdown tilts his head, not understanding what they're saying.

“Maple egg. Sticking to your heads. ”

“Ah! Maple's egg? ”

At that moment, all the puzzles were solved in my head.

There was an answer to the conversation I had earlier.

The rabbit whispered quickly.

[I think it was the white egg they were after.]

“I see.”

“ ……! ”

The Doppelgänger's eyes widen at the same time as their conversation.

“White!? ”

“How do you know the color of the eggs? ”

How? You saw it.]

“You saw the egg!? ”

“That we were not even born there!? ”

They were frightened.

No one can see Maple eggs.

You can't even see the Doppelgänger's eyes born in it.

So they've been recognizing and tracking the presence of eggs through special pheromones flowing from the eggs.

When I arrived here, all I could think about was the fragrance of pheromones scattered lightly in the air.

The egg's vitality is no longer felt.

You missed the target before your eyes.

“Where did you hide the egg?! ”

In their anger, the air in the house turns sharp as ice.

But what am I supposed to do?

Nothing is missing.

Jungdown confessed honestly with a puzzled expression.

“Sorry. I cleaned that up and got rid of it. ”

“…… this madness! ”

Bloop!

Skills were triggered in their hands.

Hot arrows of fire.

A white sword on a blade.

Flurries of green.

When their anger becomes a skill, their downward movements are stunned.

“You know how to use your skills? ”

“Not just skills, but memories, everything is between us and the board. ”

Already by his side, Hugh begins to counterattack, dodging their attacks.

And you swiftly search for your doppelganger with your eyes.

"Phew, I don't have my doppelganger. You're welcome. '

Even a Doppelgänger capable of wielding his own magnitude could be a real pain in the ass.

He sighed in relief and explained to Jungdown in a quick tone.

“They're just one thing different from us. There's no hesitation in killing because you don't think of yourself as a person. ”

Psychopaths are what they say they are.

I have memories of myself as a person, but I don't think of myself as a person.

So I was able to kill people without hesitation.

But now it turns out they weren't really people.

Their true identity was Maple's offspring, born from Maple's eggs.

“I've been reluctant all this time, which is good. ”

I was going to kill you anyway, but I felt lighter thinking you were a monster, not a person.

“Wide.”

Bloop!

Hugh's body gives off a red aura and sprints forward at an incredible speed.

Other participants started to fight the Doppelgängers with their skills.

Meanwhile, even Jungdown summoned the Shadow Servants.

“Focus your arms and legs. Those white-haired bastards. ”

“Myeong.”

It is said that cats are color-blind, but not for shadow cats.

At your command, the Shadow Archers aim their arrowheads at the Doppelgängers in unison.

Then stop.

“Myeong?”

“Why? Aha! ”

I immediately understood what the gaze that was looking at me with my head tilted.

People were tangled up fighting each other.

If you shoot a bow at a situation like this, your enemies and allies will all be hit by arrows.

Of course.

It didn't matter to Jungdown.

“Era, just shoot everybody. ”

“Meow!”

Shushshuck!

Then the shadow arrows fly and start to hit.

Shushshuck!

“Ow!”

“Huff! Why are we here!? ”

Participants suddenly turn their backs to the treacherous look of falling blind arrows flying from behind.

However, he shrugged his shoulders with a cheeky face.

“I've never seen them before today anyway, who cares who's right? ”

[Cow, creepy. There was a real psychopath here....]

The rabbit trembles on the side, but the downward side is neatly ignored.

The flying arrows were a special product made of stone snake's venom.

The Petrifying Poison was applied to it, so it was a horrible arrow that turned it into a stone at the exact right moment.

However, if you can decipher the murals later, that's it.

Of course it would hurt, but that's why I told you to keep your arms and legs together in the first place.

* * *

Situation closed.

“Phew, I got it. I knew it. We're all in this together. ”

“ ……. ”

“ ……. ”

The Doppelgängers and the participants lay side by side in front of the clearing.

It was because his arms and legs were turned to stone and could not be crushed.

Previously, the situation was only changed for participants with buttocks, but the faces of the Doppelgängers who had experienced this situation for the first time were full of shame.

“Ugh! What are you trying to do to us?!" ”

“Release me if you don't intend to kill me! ”

“…… Huh? Release me?”

[sighs]

Surprisingly, Jungdown and the rabbit look at each other and blink.

“In a situation like this, wouldn't you rather ask me to kill you? ”

Is that so?

The Doppelgängers, lying on the ground, yell at each other.

“We don't want to die! ”

“Don't kill me! ”

“Help me! ”

“... Honest bastards. ”

[How dare you.]

Just a moment ago, those who came here to kill people were desperate for their lives.

Jungdown approaches them with a hollow look and talks.

“Let's think about killing later, and ask you a question first. ”

“If you promise to let me live, I'll tell you everything! ”

“I'll give you ten! ”

“ ……. ”

Immediate answers blocked me again.

Anyway, with the atmosphere rising, the sweetness suddenly asked them.

“I want to know about you guys. What the hell are you guys doing? ”

“Promise me you'll let me live! ”

“If you don't answer me, will you kill me now? ”

“Then I will answer! ”

“ ……. ”

I knew these guys weren't human.

At first, he appeared weighed down, and before death, there was no snitch or spine.

I was a descendant of the howlers who struggled so hard not to die.

Thanks to this, Jungdown was able to learn more about their habits.

He wrote a brief summary of it in an empty grimoire.

[Doppelgänger]

1) Maple lays eggs on people's heads secretly.

2) The egg is invisible to no one and grows on its own. (Each egg grows at a different rate. One week fast, a few months slow.)

3) When the egg hatches, it pops out of its head and rolls to a dark place with no one.

4) When you arrive at a safe place, the egg hatches and a doppelganger is born.

5) Doppelgänger's lifespan is one day.

“…… what? A day's life?”

I stopped at the last part of my hand to organize the notebook.

The Doppelgänger replied with an unwelcome expression.

“What it looks like is our essence is a maple cub after all. ”

“That's why life span is one day. ”

“Aha…. ”

Jungdown reassures and nods.

It was said that no matter how human they looked, they would eventually be the ones born from the eggs of the moth.

Every external condition, such as memory or skill, resembles the human parent who raised him, but resembles the maple who gave birth to him for his lifetime.

However, the Doppelgänger's words that followed were astonishing.

“So…… we have to kill people to extend their lives. ”

“People?”

[Hoho? Killing people increases your life span?]

“Yes. To be precise, it takes a maple egg to kill a parasite for its lifespan to increase." ”

Yes, you did!

The participant who was listening next to him opened his eyes.

Now I don't even know why I had to be banished by the Doppelgängers.

Somehow, the Doppelgängers have not insisted on killing only those with the same face.

He wanted to kill everyone.

It turned out that their only interest was Maple eggs that were parasitic in their heads.

I didn't care who I killed. If only we could extend their lifespan!

[Now it turns out they were like vampires. So how long does life span per person?]

When the rabbit became curious, the doppelgangers gripped it with a stiff look.

“A day.”