Boom! Waltz slowly pulled her fist back after punching. After the dark energy was released from her fist, steam floated up from it.
[You have successfully subjugated the graveyard keeper ‘Vasuki’.]
[A part of the ‘Dragon’s Curse’ has been removed.]
‘It gets more amazing the more I look at it. The magic of the Draconic species and the Mugong of the One-horned tribe…the Summer Queen chose her successor well.’ The Head Bishop smiled ruefully as he watched Waltz. The first time he’d met her, he’d seriously contemplated whether he needed to awaken the power of the Seven Demon Kings because his strength was lacking in comparison to hers after the Channel with the Heavenly Demon had been disconnected.
However, Waltz just looked him and the bishop over and asked if they wanted to move forward together. It meant their truce still held, and they would work together until they at least found their subordinates. After all, none of them knew what was hiding in the labyrinth. The Head Bishop had agreed because he had no reason not to. However, it dawned on him that Waltz didn’t need their help at all.
‘She really has discovered the secret of the labyrinth. You have to collect the pieces that appear after breaking the protectors?’ The more pieces of Kalatus’ tooth she gathered, the more Waltz’s power returned. ‘And it appears she somewhat knows her way around.’
The Head Bishop still didn’t know how to navigate the complicated labyrinth, but Waltz seemed to have figured it out. The Head Bishop assumed that she had used her draconic magic to help her.
At any rate, the Head Bishop managed to head towards the center of the labyrinth with Waltz’s help, and he reunited with many of his subordinates in the stone rooms along the way. Although seventy percent of the Devil Army’s forces was missing or dead, it wasn’t a bad result considering the difficulty of the labyrinth.
Furthermore, the players that they encountered by chance immediately threw their weapons down and surrendered. Soon, the group following Waltz grew to about a hundred members.
‘White Dragon might be able to build up their position after getting through this danger.’ There wasn’t a better way than this for players to observe her.
‘I have to find the key, too.’ His eyes grew thoughtful. Thankfully, as he began to circulate the power of the Seven Demon Kings, his blocked Channels slowly recovered bit by bit. After it was complete, the only thing he wanted to do was find Yeon-woo, the root of all this.
Rumble. Just then, Waltz stopped moving forward for the first time. As they saw her stare at the empty air, the players behind her looked up, too, wondering what was there. Just as the Head Bishop was about to ask her what she was doing, Waltz muttered, “It’s awake.”
The moment the Head Bishop was about to ask what she was doing, Waltz muttered first.
The Head Bishop felt chills down his back. “What?”
“The owner of the labyrinth.” Before she could say more, the labyrinth began to shake.
The Head Bishop could feel all his senses and the strength of the Seven Demon Kings fluctuating around him.
『Ha! Haha! To think I’d feel this here!』
『Oh dear…』
『You couldn’t expect any less from the Black King. I didn’t imagine it would be this difficult to find the key.』
『The Crawling Chaos...』
The disconnected Channels began to return one by one. The static made it hard to understand what they were saying, but they were definitely voices belonging to the Seven Demon Kings. However, one of their voices could be heard as plain as day.
