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251 – The Returner Wanderers (5)

The king of the maze obediently followed me.

“… Hmm.”

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He patted the wall where the vines had grown and sighed.

“… “

He let out a silent sigh as he looked at the dead spider cut in half. No matter how I look at him, he’s acting like an example of someone who seems to have a lot of stories, but I didn’t think I would be able to answer if I asked, so I decided not to ask.

How long did the King of the Maze’s short outing into the maze last?

“Ruler. “Here.”

I finally stopped in front of the ‘black space’.

“Go in here.”

“… “

It seems that the ‘King of the Maze’ already knows about this black space. Because his face was frowning and he was looking back at me. He didn’t say anything, but his expression seemed to ask, ‘Are you crazy?’

“… “How did you find out about this place?”

“Well, there’s a way to everything. So you won’t go in?”

“I can’t go in.”

The king of the maze shakes his head. A bead of sweat flows down the middle-aged man’s pale forehead.

“The King of the Maze… You cannot leave the 25th floor. It is ‘determined’ like that.”

“So this isn’t the 25th floor?”

“… Similar but different. “I can’t explain it.”

“Hmm.”

Anyway, does this mean that the King of the Maze cannot enter the inside of this black space?

“What happens if I force it? “Then can I die?”

“… “You’re crazy.”

“I can’t think of anything else than this… “I’m sorry.”

It’s really unfortunate that I’m using my imagination to ‘kill people’, but I have no choice but to get out of the 25th floor. Because there was no other way that came to mind right away.

“Well, let me try it first?”

“… “

The king of the maze closes his eyes and grits his teeth. I approached him behind him and pushed his body into the ‘black space’.

-Chieeek!!!

Soon, white smoke rises from the entire body of the King of the Maze, and his mouth, which had been silent, opens wide …

“Kaah!!!”

The king of the maze screams in pain! I’ve never seen this person scream this loud!

“Well, I can feel it, but I’ll push it further!”

“Kaa!”

The king of the maze who curses until his voice becomes hoarse! I was extremely sorry, but this person’s goal was to die, and he also said that he always wanted to die, and if he wanted to wake up, he would have to kill him anyway, and this was the only way he could see right now… I have no choice either!

“I’m sorry!”

“Keuuk, keuhuhuh…” ” ” “

One minute like that. 2 minutes. 10 minutes.

The magic power is slowly running out, and the king of the maze is now making the sound of wind falling.

“Uh, uh… ?”

The body of the King of the Maze, leaning against the border of the ‘black space’ and drooling… Isn’t it squirming little by little?

Thinking that I had succeeded, I quickly laid him down on the floor, and the king of the maze continued to bounce around on the floor.

“Uuuuu… “

The handsome middle-aged man’s face shrinks little by little. His height became shorter, his back was bent, his skin became rough, and his nose became misshapen …

“… Goblin?”

It seemed like it stopped somewhere between goblins and humans.

“… “Give me the sword, the sword.”

Even while groaning on the floor, the king of the maze asks me for his sword. Since he seemed to have no intention of harming me, I obediently handed over the sword to him.

“… Looks like it failed. Was there not enough time?”

The King of the Maze, who saw his own face reflected in the smooth surface of the sword, stabbed himself in the neck. And I laughed like that. It doesn’t die.

“W-what happened?”

“With the power of the tower… My ‘immortality’ has faded. So it happened as it should have happened. Like everyone else.”

“… “

There was no detailed explanation, but I understood the whole situation.

The goblins on the 25th floor… And the goblins in the tutorial. He was originally human.

And due to some kind of incident, goblin… In other words, it has become a monster. This’King of the Maze’was holding on with his own abilities. Now I understand why there was a white goblin in the maze. The story of humans turning into monsters due to God’s anger is a story often seen in mythology.

But now that I think this is true, I feel like something is not right.

“… Well, but have they all become goblins? “What about the people of this world?”

“… It is a curse that only applies to royal families.”

“… Ah.”

It finally makes sense now.

In the past, in the tutorial, the goblin shaman said, ‘The humans have solved the monster in the maze.’ But if all humans have become goblins, who are the humans who unleashed the monsters in the maze? It would be a strange situation if everyone had turned into goblins, but it makes sense since it is said that only the royal family was cursed to turn into goblins.

“… “

But the goblin shaman in the tutorial… Didn’t you say that you entered the tower because God said he would give you a chance to get revenge? If the one who turned them into monsters is God… The goblins considered their enemies to be their benefactors. My taste is bitter.

Of course, even if the goblins were originally people… It’s just uncomfortable and a little unpleasant. What I have to do doesn’t change.

Just because a person turns into a zombie, they don’t hesitate to kill the zombie. Choi Ji-won tries not to kill ‘people’ as much as possible, but he cuts down monsters without hesitation. If it’s a monster that turns into a human… It may be controversial, but I think it’s a monster.

But if this happens, what happens to the human category? Although it has a human form, if its personality is eaten by a ‘mind-controlling monster’, is it a human? Or, if a person is a human being but his humanity is so distorted and corrupted that he cannot be considered a human being at all, is he also a human being? Is killing someone like that murder?

“Ah.”

My useless worries ended when all my magic power ran out.

There is not enough time to remove all the ‘immortality’ of the King of the Maze.

In the end… This method also fails.

[You have suffered damage.]

[It returns to the moment when you first entered the 25th floor.]

***

“… “

Again, I was stuck at the starting point.

The ‘black space’ plan, which was considered a last resort, also failed. There really is no way to kill the King of the Maze.

Choi Ji-won… I might just run so fucking fast that I woke up. A flash? Is it a flash of light? Should I practice that too? It’s an S-level skill, so what happens if you use it well?

“King.”

The King of the Maze… I resisted God. There were hints that he had done something profane. And as a result, his blood relatives were cursed to turn into goblins. Even those blood relatives are dying in the tutorial.

I don’t know, but… It seems like I did something terribly wrong. I am suffering like this forever.

“… King.”

Again, think about the word ‘King of the Maze.’

The goblins here are the family of the King of the Maze. It is royalty.

The body of the King of the Labyrinth is immortal. He cannot be killed. That’s why he resists God’s curse.

However, if I bring the designated items and perform an appropriate’ritual’, his immortality will disappear, and he will also be reduced to a mere goblin and can be killed. Maybe that’s the official route to beat this floor.

But I have no way to extinguish the immortality of the King of the Labyrinth. There is not enough time to perform a proper ceremony or to force oneself into a ‘black space.’ I can’t.

Is there really no way? Really? Really?

“… King of the Maze.”

But is the name ‘King of the Maze’ the King of the Maze? No. That’s a title.

Perhaps. It may be.

What I have to kill is… He is the king of the maze.

**

“… “

The king’s clouded reason awakens. Old decorations and red carpet. A familiar throne. Yes, it is a tower.

After the world was destroyed by ‘God’ and became part of the tower. The memories of ‘King of the Maze’ remain only as fragments. He seemed to be dead all the time, frequently watching climbers die, and sometimes nothing happened.

There is only one thing to do. Just watching. What exists. Living and breathing.

The life of a being whose purpose is ‘existence’ is hell. The abundance of time provided ample time to ponder despair, and even if the climber succeeded and suffered a brief death… When he came to his senses, he was alive again.

This is the punishment given to the immortal king. It is ‘living’. Even though the royal family has been reduced to nothing of the opposite sex, the world has been destroyed, and the person himself has become a tool… Living until the end. To continue living a miserable life in a defeated state. He felt that this was the worst punishment.

I thought about wanting to die a hundred times. He regretted countless times that he should not have aimed his dagger at God. It’s already late. Because it happened after it happened.

“… “

Therefore, he looks at the closed wooden door. Will the climber be able to reach this point this time? It is only a very weak curiosity.

The ‘King of the Maze’ was not interested in climbers.

Whether they climb the tower to the end and be saved from destruction, or face a gruesome death on the way, or become part of the tower… It is none of the business of the king of the maze.

He will be here, like now, forever, blankly waiting for death, and wake up again.

Even if the climbers asked questions, sometimes sharp questions that penetrated the essence, the king of the maze did not care. He spoke if he could, and was silent if not.

Again, he had no interest in the climber.

“Hey.”

“… “

“This pale goblin. You’re originally a person, right? “You’re royalty, right?”

“… “

I didn’t ask how he knew that. Confidence and madness were shining in the guy’s eyes.

“It’s family. The country is ruined, but where does your family go? That’s what I’m saying.”

The king of the maze had no interest in climbers.

Today.

“So, hand over the throne to this pale goblin. Right away.”

Until some crazy guy shows up.