49. In-depth part of the ruins 3
“This is amazing. I was hit by an arrow, but my stamina was restored…”
Ail smiled casually and stood up.
“…”
Kang Seung-hyun looked at him without saying anything, and he opened his mouth as if to make an excuse.
“I think you’ve misunderstood something.”
“misunderstanding?”
“As you can see, I am a log.”
Aile showed his dagger. It was a metal dagger wrapped in white cloth.
“A log with a dagger.”
Log.
A job that calls adventurers who use daggers or memorization roughly.
There are many people who commit crimes such as stealing and assassination because their ability is their ability, but there are also many people who make a living by working diligently.
“One of Rogue’s skills, ‘Quick Wake Up’, is a skill that allows her to wake up faster than others when she is caught in abnormal sleep.”
According to Ail’s claim, he also fell asleep at some point, but was awakened by the effect of a quick awakening.
The moment I came to my senses, an attack came flying, so I thought it was an enemy and defended it instinctively.
“It seems that the timing was badly overlapped.”
“….”
“And Kang Seung-hyun didn’t sleep and was fine, too. Isn’t there a boss monster among us, maybe we’re hiding?”
The purpose is to cause internal strife by pretending that there is a culprit among the party members. Sounds plausible at first glance.
“I mean, that’s weird. Everyone else is asleep, so why am I the only one feeling fine?”
What is the difference between you and others?
“Isn’t Kang Seung-hyeon so strong that even the boss monster couldn’t do it?”
Ayle suggested one possibility. I wondered if Kang Seung-hyeon was overwhelmingly stronger than the other party members, so his ability wasn’t working.
‘Because I’m a dimension mover? If that’s the case, Kim Ho-jeong should have been fine too.’
Kim Ho-jung endured it a little longer than the others, but eventually fell asleep. It means there is a different reason.
“I thought about it, but there was only one difference?”
Seunghyun Kang took out a potion from his inventory. It was the magic potion Aile gave.
“I’m the only one who didn’t drink the magic potion you gave me.”
With the exception of Kang Seung-hyun, the rest of the party members drank this potion. At first glance, it looks like an ordinary magic potion.
“Actually, it must be a potion that causes you to sleep abnormally if you drink or drink sleeping powder.”
This is why everyone except Kang Seung-hyun fell asleep. He didn’t sleep because he was the only one who didn’t drink the potion.
Ail tried to argue with a puzzled face.
“For that reason…”
“And one more thing.”
When Kang Seung-hyun’s eyes shone blue,
[Observation eyes]
simple information appeared on the dagger I was holding.
[Ederme of the sacrifice sealed with silver horse cloth]
[Amplification of dark magic]
‘I knew it would be like this.’
Ederme is a ceremonial dagger. In other words, it is a magic dagger.
In addition, the name of the bandage that wrapped around the dagger was Silver Horse Cloth. It is an item with the power to suppress and hide mana.
“Usually, rogues don’t use magic daggers with the ‘amplify black magic’ option, right?”
No matter how you look at it, it was a weapon that could be used by a black magician or a dark magic-related job, not a weapon that a rogue would use.
“If you really feel unfair, untie the cloth. Then I will believe you.”
When Aile undid the silver horse’s cloth, nothing would happen if he was an innocent adventurer, but if it was a boss monster in a dungeon, powerful black magic would come out.
“…I never thought I would have figured that out.”
Aile unwrapped the white cloth of the dagger. Then, a tremendous amount of black magic that even the trash of holy power could feel came out.
“I can’t even make excuses for this. Almost all of them are correct.”
Aile radiated black magic and said with a smile like before.
“I am the boss monster of this dungeon, Isle Croa.”
As expected, the identity of the guy was a dungeon boss.
‘…Honestly, I thought he was a party swindler.’
party cheater.
A vicious criminal who approaches a party looking for a colleague, pretends to be a new colleague, and then steals money and goods once trust is built up.
Kang Seung-hyun was wary of I-il, thinking that he was also a party swindler. Coincidentally, his job was also a log.
‘I thought it was the dungeon’s boss monster.’
It turned out that he was not a fraudster, but a tycoon beyond imagination.
“I thought he was a con artist because he imitated a rogue.”
“mimicry? Now he has become something like a black magician, but he was a rogue in the past.”
Aile swung the dagger around and said.
“in the past?”
“Originally, I was an ordinary adventurer who came to clear this dungeon.”
“You weren’t the boss of the dungeon from birth.”
-Ail was originally an ordinary log who was adventuring with his colleagues.
“As you can see, this dungeon is part of the ruins of an ancient god that is now forgotten.”
One day, the Isle party accidentally found a portal in the Ruins Dungeon. And, like other adventurers, he went inside to attack the dungeon.
“When I first arrived in the boss room, there was nothing there.”
There were no boss monsters or normal monsters. All there is is a huge altar.
Isle and his colleagues decided to split up and find the boss monster.
“I approached the altar. And there I found this.”
What lay on the altar was a magic dagger. It was the Ederma of his sacrifice.
Ail picked up the dagger without thinking.
“The moment I picked it up, I heard the voice of God.”
The true master of this Ruins Dungeon. It was the voice of a god forgotten by all.
:Offer a sacrifice to me:
:If you do, I will give you strength:
“As soon as those words were finished, I felt a powerful black magic power from the dagger.”
The god of Azul Continent becomes stronger as other creatures worship and follow him. So, he bestows powerful powers on humans and monsters, and makes them serve as followers.
Among them, those who contracted with the gods, received strong power, and became the first followers are called apostles.
“It was a truly incredible power…”
Unquestionably powerful. Aile offered the sacrifice without hesitation.
“The sacrifice must have been colleagues, right?”
When Aile first came, there was nothing in this dungeon. All that’s there is I’il and his friends.
“yes. I killed all of my comrades with my own hands. And I got it.”
In other words, this guy was blinded by strong power and sacrificed his comrades.
“The qualifications to serve him and the tremendous power to manage this dungeon!”
Ail who worships a forgotten god. That was the identity of this dungeon boss.
“It’s still the same as ever, but it doesn’t change the way people stab people in the back.”
After all, people’s fundamentals don’t change easily.
A-il did not respond to Kang Seung-hyun’s words and continued the story with a smile.
“However, the beings I serve have lost most of their power as they perished in the past fights.”
The god of the Azul Continent is immortal, and the more he gains the faith of other creatures, the stronger he becomes.
However, if you don’t gain a lot of faith because there are few followers, you become weak, and when there are no followers left, you lose all power and disappear.
‘Of course, since God is an immortal being, he can be resurrected over time.’
Immediately after the resurrection, he lost all his power, so in order for the god to regain his former power, he must gather his faith again.
“I needed more sacrifices to regain my strength. To prove my faith and faith to him…”
“So the boss monster went out of business outside the dungeon.”
I’ll disguised himself as an adventurer and looked for humans to be sacrificed by pretending to save the party.
“Originally, boss monsters can’t easily come out of the dungeon, but since I’m a human, I can use portals.”
However, when the boss monster leaves the dungeon, the dungeon loses its form and disappears.
“This ruin is a dungeon, but at the same time a temple to worship the gods. I can’t let it perish.”
Aile divided his power into two and created an alter ego.
One serves as the boss monster to manage the dungeon, and the other serves as a decoy to bring sacrifices outside.
“Thanks to the Adventurers Guild, it was comfortable and easy.”
Aile hid his identity and used his adventurer status to attract victims.
{I found a dungeon.}
{Recruiting companions to tackle together.}
As long as I posted a party announcement on the Adventurer’s Guild, the sacrificial lambs would come on their own.
“Because he did not accept dead things as sacrifices, so we had to offer them alive.”
The place where sacrifices are made is the altar in the boss room. The forgotten god ordered a living human to be brought in and sacrificed.
“Before reaching the boss room, the sacrifice should not die or give up exploring the dungeon.”
So, I’ll rescued his comrades in danger or encouraged them not to lose hope. So that the sacrifice can safely arrive at the boss room.
“Have you seen such a meticulous bastard?”
Aile, who pretended to be such a kind adventurer, showed his true colors the moment he arrived in the boss room. It mercilessly attacked the adventurer and offered it as a sacrifice right before dying.
“Then what about the zombies we met on the left side of the road?”
“It is an empty shell left over from the sacrifice.”
The identities of the zombies we met earlier were the corpses of adventurers who were tricked by Ail and sacrificed.
“I just recycled it because it was a shame to throw it away. Because all he asked for was the fresh blood of the sacrifice.”
“Even though I said it was unnecessary detail.”
He was a really versatile guy. Not enough fraud and betrayal, even the humiliation of the deceased.
“Honestly, I was a bit perplexed. Even if I don’t help, they won’t see through the traps, won’t they wipe out all the zombies they’ve released. Wouldn’t it knock down your alter ego in one blow?”
Aile sighed and said.
“…Honestly, I never thought I’d catch the alter ego so quickly.”
Originally, the alter ego was to pass the time while Aile was preparing for the sacrificial ceremony. But this time, the alter ego disappeared in one second.
“I was a bit perplexed. No, how can you attack like that from the start…”
“It’s crazy to use a special move later.”
“Still, I am thoroughly prepared.”
Aile pulled out a magic potion.
“I tend to prepare for unforeseen situations.”
It contains sleeping pills that can put you to sleep as soon as you activate the skill.
“A sleeping target cannot be sacrificed. I was thinking of waking them up one by one and dedicating them…”
However, a problem arose as Kang Seung-hyun did not fall asleep. Everyone was asleep, but I was the only one who was fine.
Aile realized something was wrong.
“I didn’t think that he wouldn’t drink the potion…”
“I don’t need it.”
Kang Seung-hyeon had no reason to drink magic potions. I don’t know if it’s a stamina potion.
“So I had no choice… I pretended to be asleep too.”
For now, he pretended to be asleep and intended to take advantage of the opportunity to ambush him, but Kang Seung-hyeon knew that as well.
“I never thought you would surprise me until the very end.”
Aile has met all sorts of adventurers so far. Among them, there were not many who saw through traps, easily defeated zombies, and knocked down clones.
But not a single one of them realized that Ail was the real boss. Because it was sacrificed before I knew it.
“Because you were the first person to know who I was.”
Kang Seung-hyeon realized that I-il was not sleeping, and that he was the boss monster.
“I’m asking you one last time. Why did you keep arguing to take Priest Sahita?”
“That’s because it’s not compatible with priests who use divine power, and it’s annoying to keep them alive.”
Il smiled and said. I failed to kill him with a trap, so I was thinking of killing him pretending to take him out.
Even that failed because of Kang Seung-hyun.
“Then there is nothing more to hear.”
There is no reason to keep this guy alive. Kang Seung-hyun pulled the trigger at I-Il.
Papababak!
Arrows fired from the crossbow flew towards Ail.
“You are such a wonderful person. So…”
Shaak!!
Aile countered the arrow with a dagger and stabbed himself in the arm with the dagger.
“I will offer it as a sacrifice no matter what.”
Parbat!
rushed forward at the same time.
“For Him!”
Aile approached at breakneck speed and swung a dagger stained with his own blood.
“This…”
“There are many ways to sacrifice…”
It’s not just swinging it,
“I’ll go with something a little more complicated this time.”
He swung his dagger and drew a magic circle in the air.
‘This bastard handles black magic, but the root was a log, right?’
He drew a magic circle with Rogue’s dagger skills, and the magic circle was completed in the blink of an eye.
Knock!
A black hand reached out from the magic circle and grabbed Seunghyun Kang’s face.
“Become a sacrifice!”
Countless people were caught in this grip and sacrificed alive. Kang Seung-hyeon must have been sacrificed as well.
[The effect of the item registered in the slot is activated.]
Wow!!
If the black grip hadn’t been destroyed by a powerful force.
