King of Shadows

At that moment, Racunda was stunned. I didn't know why a girl was standing here. A giant and a little girl about six feet tall. The fight between the two was almost as if it were a fire. One cannot resist and will be torn in two by the hands of the giant. Racunda reaches out and tries to grab one, but she's fast.

One moves faster than sound, swinging his sword. Racunda looks away from her death. But it was Gug who collapsed. I couldn't call it a fight. One swings, and Gugge just takes the hit.

Kwak 'jik. The wound that started with his arm hurls him down. Within a split second, he ended his life without knowing that he was dead. It disappears like the black snow one holds in his hand.

Racunda, who had watched the process, did not keep her mouth shut. Guggers were hardly natural enemies in the underworld. It was the same in Dreamland.

"Uh, how..."

"Didn't you see it with your own eyes? Or are you pretending not to know?"

"You know it can't be... I'm just surprised."

Racunda shakes her head at one dance. One was much more vigorous than he expected. I wasn't the one who had to worry and take care of her in the first place. It didn't fit into the fountain.

Racunda can see why Sihyun and his companions were not afraid of the underworld. It was not a confidence derived from mannerisms or ignorance. They had that much power. They had no knowledge of the underworld, but they were able to defeat it.

They weren't fooled by Huff. He made a deal for a fair price. Racunda's tongue sticks its finger in the eye of Huff, who has recognized their abilities from the beginning. This makes me laugh at myself for being nervous. Racunda takes her place in Racunda, who never recognizes the value of her opponent.

"Thank you. You saved my life. This grace can be repaid with my life, but there is no shortage. Tell me anytime. I'll give you my name and I'll listen to anything you say."

"I'll take it from here. I won't have any use for it. What are you going to do from now on?"

"I don't know what you mean."

"I think I'm going to die soon. Gag? No, you said Gug. There must be more of them in the underworld than this. I won't stop you, so you can go back to town."

Racunda shakes her head vigorously.

"Thank you, but nothing's changed. I will be with you until the end."

I came all this way, but I couldn't give up. As long as we know that ghouls are still targeting the Zug villages, blocking the passageway was imperative. It was an absurd saying that he, who boasted of the Zug tribe, fled here. I felt relieved to see things resolved with my own eyes.

One laughed cheerfully. After a long time, she wields her sword, and it makes her feel better than usual. I couldn't help but listen to Racunda's wishes. Moreover, Racunda was a warrior of noble will. He would have died to protect the village.

"That's a good move. Is it even enough to say that you are a warrior representing the Zug tribe? I liked it.I 'll take care of it."

470.

Sihyun and his group head deeper. Goose and ghouls walk past the clot and into an abyss where there is no light. Their destination was where the passageway began. The beginning of the maze. The origin of all events. Shortly after, the cobweb-like path became shorter and simpler. In the end, all paths lead to one. It reaches its origin.

At the end of the passageway - the origin- was a dead end. There was no more road. But a more grim reality came to my attention than the road. It was a huge hole in the alley.

"I thought there'd be more, but they came up from below."

"We weren't even in the underworld. Interesting."

"A hole in the underworld is hard to deny."

The hole was bigger than the football field. It's a tough area to see. It was definitely not a scale that could be prevented.

"Maybe we should destroy the cave itself and stop it. The terrain will change, but there's no way that's gonna work."

Racunda shakes her head at his words. If the hole into the underworld had been a little smaller, he would have forced it. However, it was not good to do extreme numbers in situations where we didn't know how deep it was. Moreover, the place was a place.

"Impossible. I'm guessing by the direction and distance we've traveled, the Zug villages are on top of this. If you destroy the cave, the supporting terrain of the town will collapse together. That alone must be stopped."

"Wow, it's called a mall ♥."

Alto, who covers his mouth with his hands, frowns as if imagining was fun. Chaos and chaos. It was her favorite situation.

"It's not the right time."

Sihyun, who squeezed Alto's head, sighed. If we don't stop the source, the Zug villages will eventually be destroyed. It was unusual to concentrate on the ghouls that sacrificed themselves to lure him to his own people. If they had the chance, they would come out of the ground at any time and go everywhere.

"It's practically impossible to block a path that spreads like a spider web one by one. It's only temporary."

The power of the Ghoul was best known to Racunda. It wouldn't have been enough to break through the blockages of those who conquered the underworld with a single handful. If we don't stop the source, there is no future.

At that time, one raised his hand.

"I think it's better to go deeper."

"You want to go first?"

"Yes, if you don't stop this place, I'll always come back, so it's more realistic to go in and mess around first." "

"Looks like things are getting bigger."

Unlike what he said, he did not stop one. They had the power. Even if we were to unite the underworld right now, there would be no one to stop them.

"Why don't you take this opportunity to subdue the underworld? It's an unnecessary place in Dreamland anyway. It shouldn't be bad to show the stooges how brave you are."

"I want to avoid unnecessary friction.

"But I think they're already waiting for us."

Alto smiles and points to the hole. Different from there, I hear a scarred bone scratch in the end.

Mmm-hmm.

The resonance produced an odd tune. The strange noises, the sounds of the wind. Racunda gives you goosebumps from scratching the bottom of the abyss with a hook. Instinct was rejecting the sound.

The maze and narrow passageway were not constrained. It was like a banquet of beasts in a hole. After stepping foot, it was a harsh and extreme world that could not be stopped until it reached the top. A space where dialogue and cooperation cannot even be established. Racunda faced the essence of the underworld, her body stiffened.

"Gulp..."

A curiously determined oath seemed to fall soon. His heart was beating freely, ignoring his will. One punched Racunda in the back. The gangrene is so strong that it doesn't even care.

"Ugh..."

"Don't worry. I'll take responsibility for what I just said and take care of it. Sihyun, let's go inside."

"Yes."

The one who grabbed Racunda's tail disappeared into the hole first. Sihyun and his companions also throw themselves behind him.

471.

One that had broken through several kilometers at once landed lighter than a feather. The place where Sihyun and his group set foot was a place of unknown depth. I couldn't believe it was underground. The ceiling was invisible.

"... Ghouls weren't the problem."

It was not a ghoul or a goose in front of one eye. It was an unfamiliar race, but she was able to define what it was all at once. The sticky surface and the long, thin tentacles resemble a creature on Earth.

'Squid.'

Although they could not compare to the squid, the unknown had a similar appearance to the squid. Racunda, who raised her head, recites at last.

"Ktonian..."

"Is that his name?"

"Yes. But they're not from around here... I don't know what happened."

K'tonian. They were a breed that expanded the underworld. It is because there is nothing more important than expanding their territory to those who dig through the earth and eat the nutrients contained in the soil. It had a unique presence and size, but rarely did they affect the underworld.

Because they were the deepest place in the underworld. If I didn't look for him, I wouldn't have met him. Alto, who came down later than Hana and Racunda, points to the Ktonian.

"Look. We had a falling out before we got here."

Racunda is able to see the ghouls in Ktonian later. Tens of thousands of ghouls have become cold corpses for a long time. I wonder if they have fearlessly crossed K'Tonian territory. Or is it a K'tonian whim? Racunda couldn't get a clear answer. It's because I didn't know everything that was going on in the underworld.

At that time, the Ktonians slowly appear in the shadows. The Ktonian was not one. He was waiting for Sihyun and his group to come down. With so many K'Tonians around, Racundas thought.

Tens of meters of weight and tentacles strong enough to pierce solid rock. And the melting solution showed the ability to make a double wall with the giant. It wasn't just that.

Ktonian had characteristics that distinguished it from other beings. They had an 'absolute ruler'. But the absolute ruler had never shown himself deep and deep underground. Never influenced the underworld. No one knew where he was, where he was, or what he was capable of. It was just passed from mouth to mouth.

Racunda only knew that there was such a thing. So he wished it wasn't true. I wanted the legend to stop. If the rumors are true, there's no chance he could have survived. But despite his wishes, the legend came true.

[Stand down.]

An indescribable sound resounded throughout the world. It wasn't ringing, it wasn't vibrating. It was a huge will that could not be denied. The Ktonians surround Sihyun and his group make swift moves, regardless of who goes first.

It was a hideous, large K'tonian who appeared through them, splitting to the left and to the right in line with the heat. The surface is full of torn, swollen wounds, but Racunda can't laugh.

"Dead. We can't live anymore."

Racunda had no choice. There was only one person who felt trembling just by looking at it, and bowed his head and knees.

Who controls those who can crush tens of thousands of ghouls at once. Sud-Muel, ruler of the Ktonians. He was the only 'great old being' in the underworld.

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