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A group of strikes from the steeple, staggering to a halfway point.

I couldn't even take care of myself properly. The three days in the tower were truly terrible.

“It's over……. ”

The scorching fever mutters with an unusually touching look on his face. Half of them were crying.

The rest empathizes with his words, nodding loudly.

“From this day forward... I declare him as the enemy. ”

Ryan grits his teeth and mutters.

The rest of the people took a step away from him.

“Hey, what's up? You want me to die alone? You didn't do this inside! ”

“It was a little difficult, but I'm still going to consider myself an enemy.... ”

As the fever subsides, Ryan squirms and looks at him frantically.

“Are you having a hard time? Was that just too hard to get over? ”

“But you've gotten stronger. Honestly, I'm more thankful right now. ”

Ryu Hye-yeon immediately turned her head to someone else. It was the best way to ignore her complaint about the status quo.

“Are you? Are you? Is that what this is? ”

Everyone glances back at Ryan, grumbling at the rest of them.

“We have no complaints. ”

Ryan suddenly felt a chill in their words and attitudes. In the past, you would have never noticed such minor changes. But now he is much different from before.

Ryan turns to look behind him, stunned. But I quickly regained my serenity.

There was someone, but it wasn't real.

It's Kendrick. You can clearly tell by the grin on his face that he heard you.

Ryan said as confidently as he could.

“If you're here, I'll tell you you're here. When did you get here? ”

“Th……. ”

Kendrick, who has changed his face and eyes dozens of times, finally decided it would be better to be honest.

“It has been since the Lord's birth of a new enemy. ”

Ryan frowns. A myriad of thoughts passed through his mind.

Kill him and keep his mouth shut? No, that makes things bigger. Do you want to threaten me? No, I think it's better to shine than that. No, I don't think he's gonna go for that. What am I supposed to do? ’

“Don't worry. I'm never going to tell you. ”

Kendrick's words dismiss Ryan and everyone shakes their heads.

Anyone who heard it could tell it was a lie. Who would believe me if I said something like that with a voice and a face like that?

“Are you doing this on purpose? ”

Ryan approaches Kendrick and asks. Kendrick's neck suddenly slipped into Ryan's hands.

“Why, why are you doing this? ”

“Let me make sure. Somehow I think it's better to just kill you here. ”

Kendrick's complexion pales with Ryan's words. Then Ryu Ji-hye, who had been watching until then, stepped forward.

“Enough with the jokes and let's go inside and rest. It's so hard, I can't even joke about it. ”

Ryu Ji-hye said that and looked at Kendrick. He suddenly lowered his head slightly and thanked Ryu Ji-hye, touching his free neck.

Then he looks around the group and says with a bright look.

“I'll take you to a really cool place. Follow me.”

Kendrick starts walking ahead, and the group thumps behind him.

In fact, it was so hard for everyone that I felt like I was going to fall down if someone just touched me with my finger.

I became stronger, but I thought I'd have to die for a day or two to feel it.

“Huh? By the way, he just spoke English. Right?"

Ryan looks around, asking for his consent. However, the responses that came back were not.

“She speaks Korean. ”

“It's in English. ”

“It was imperial for me to hear. ”

Three different answers come in, and Kendrick, who was walking ahead, looks back and smiles. And then I showed him my finger.

“There are only three treasures in the tower. It's called a communication ring. ”

It was an amazing level of artifact that facilitated communication between wearers and opponents.

“Is that even possible? ”

Everyone looked at it with a slightly greedy eye. Doesn't that mean I don't have to study that troublesome Empire language anymore?

However, I soon gave up shaking my head. Do you think you can get yourself three artifacts?

‘And...... I don't think I'm going to let it go. ’

Smurfette climbs up with a sinister hunch that Hyundai will eventually make you learn the Empire language.

As Kendrick starts walking again, the group thumps in the same atmosphere again.

Ryu Ji-hye carefully examines the surrounding atmosphere as she follows behind Kendrick.

I didn't intend to, but I felt something strange and felt a little nervous.

“Sis, what's bothering you? ”

Ryu Hye-yeon approached and asked, Ryu Ji-hye shook her head.

“No, it's just... it's just that the atmosphere is a little strange. ”

The answer comes from the mouth of Kendrick, who was leading the way.

“Aren't you quite careful with your gaze or expression? I think he's a little scared. ”

“Ah!”

Ryu Ji-hye couldn't help but hear Kendrick's words about the strange atmosphere she felt.

Until now, when they passed by, they didn't even look at it or even look at it.

Now, with one exception, you barely notice until everyone passes by.

The emotion in their eyes was exactly what Kendrick said.

“Of course he does. because he became the king of this city. ”

“Yes? What? ”

“You have been made king. ”

“King?"

Kendrick grins.

“His shadow will now be cast over all the surrounding cities. ”

Ryu Ji-hye stared at Kendrick and asked.

“He, you don't mean...... our commander, Hyun-seok, right? ”

“Why not? Who else has the king's timber besides him? Hahahaha!”

Ryu Ji-hye, who was staring at Kendrick's smile, did not realize that he had stopped walking.

"King"? ’

I really had no idea what was going on. It was the same for everyone who listened to Kendrick as well as Ryuija.

* * *

“Can we just go back like this? Really?"

Ryu Ji-hye came close to Hyun-Seok and asked with a worried face.

“I'm fine.”

“No, but if the king leaves like this... ”

“I don't care if Verdyn's good anyway. ”

And the heads of the three families, who have engraved deep fears in their bones, will work to break their bones.

“Isn't that right? ”

Kendrick nods loudly as he looks at Kendrick.

“Yes. It's going to be fine for a while. Well... You can assume there's no force left to do anything about Berlin with the troops. Croccilia is a bit strong... She said it's okay there. ”

There's Crocchia on the way back, so just stop by and tell her. Even if Croxia isn't stupid, she won't fight in Berlin without meeting her.

“And the real owner is supposed to step back. Just point me in the right direction, and I'll take care of things downstairs. ”

You're right. If you keep meddling with the king like this, the country won't go back properly.

Most of the world is. Even the company is the same.

If the president interferes with everything in the company, the company does not work properly. The morale of the employees at work is also dramatically reduced.

Ryu Ji-hye looked at the stone with fresh eyes. How the hell does he know that?

It was never easy to decide something like that and move it into action if it didn't come from experience.

‘Thinking about age...... is a genius...... and it never feels like that... ’

He seemed really strange to her. There was something bizarre about it.

It feels really strange.

However, Ryu Ji-hye was a little worried. No, Ryu Ji-hye was concerned about the brains of everyone here.

Even Kendrick, who confidently told me he was going to be okay, felt uneasy about what he said.

She comes out of the training ground of the tower and sleeps for two whole days. I woke up halfway through a simple meal and repeatedly slept to fully recover my health and relieve my fatigue.

As soon as his body was complete, he left here.

“Haven't you taken over the city in less than a week, I see? About that time……. ”

“I can't think of anything else in that city anyway. You have to go out to do something. ”

And there are limits to what you can do out there. Moreover, probably no one will try to make a move right now.

The horror that was planted in the stone was so great.

Before it is diluted, everyone will probably be faithful to their job, thinking about how to be seen in their positions.

Since Hyundai's words and attitudes were so resolute, everyone decided not to talk about this matter anymore.

Once I set my mind to it, all that remained was wonder and wonder.

I really didn't know that someone who came to the dungeon and received the king's title would come out. Well, it's amazing to have a world like this in a dungeon.

“What are you going to do when you get out? ”

Liu Ji-hye asked me so, and I lit up her eyes.

Running a Queen-class dungeon no longer matters to the group.

Running around the dungeon is about earning artifacts and making money, but most importantly, to grow to a higher level. To be stronger.

Ryu Ji-hye clearly felt it through the training of the tower. It's much faster to grow here than in a dungeon.

‘It's much more dangerous, of course. ’

Ryu Ji-hye thought that way and waited for the answer. Not just her, but the rest of the group, even Kendrick, are waiting for an answer.

Hyun-seok thought for a moment and opened his mouth.

“Let's see how things turn out. Probably... it won't be an easy situation. ”

It's been a long time since Hyun-Seok entered the dungeon world here.

The time it took to pass Babel's test at the Horse Tower was enormous. It seemed like less than a day ago, but the actual time elapsed more than ten days.

You couldn't have just stood by and watched the situation in Lexton Energy for that long.

I would have done anything. And no matter what they did, it wouldn't have been normal.

In the original dungeon, what Hyundai was trying to do was confirm. I wanted to make sure that this world was connected to other worlds.

And that confirmation ended with an open mountain range. The souls of Cairos in the Mazu King's Tower were united to connect the two dungeons.

All that's left now is to get into another Whitehall on Earth and look around.

‘Then we have to solve a lot so that it is transparent...... ’

Hyundai's intuition was constantly talking. We need to subdue the landmarks connected to the invisibility dungeon before connecting Whitehall's worlds together.

Of course, as soon as I got back, I had to check what Lexton Energy was up to and see if the future industry and the vortex black market were working.

“Let's speed things up a little bit, shall we? ”

The group pales at the words of the stone. That meant I had to run like puke again.

The group gazes at Kendrick in unison. I was worried that Kendrick would be able to chase that murderous run.

But there was no need to worry about that.

The dragon appeared in front of the group.

Kendrick looks at the sudden dragon, frightened, and pulls back. Then I crushed his butt.

“W-what, what, what, what! ”

“What is it? Dragon. Apparently he's hanging in there. Better than running, at least? ”

“Much better. It'll be faster. ”

And there was a subtle confidence. Perhaps you'll feel more comfortable this time than you used to, since you've gotten quite strong with the training of the tower.

The group gazes back at Kendrick. Can we sit on a metal plate suspended by a dragon and get the balance right?

‘Maybe...'... it's harder than when I came. ’

You're gonna be a lot more concerned about protecting Kendrick anyway.

The number of sighs emanate from the group's mouth gradually increasing.

And Kendrick, who was quick to notice, was busy rolling his eyes around knowing that the sigh was his fault.

After all, the group flies like that and heads for Croccia.

Hyun-seok was feeling a little strange as he rode on the dragon to Crocchia.

I felt like I was waiting for something that connected me to Croccilia.

The End

kang-hyun Kim