The Game of the Greatest Black Mage-Chapter 355

Chapter 355

Just as they were about to descend.

A stone slab suddenly rose.

It seemed there was a condition for going down as well.

Unlike dungeons where only battles occurred, Seonghyun smiled with satisfaction at this dungeon, which exuded a secretive and mysterious atmosphere regarding masks.

After all, gimmicks like this were part of the fun of the game.

As Seonghyun looked at the stone slab with interest, a strange phrase was written on it.

[This is the play of the Faceless Lord.

All masks dance for the Lord, and the stage vanishes after the curtain falls.

No one stands upon the stage where the curtain has risen.]

“Huuuum.”

Since the text was written metaphorically, Seonghyun didn't figure it out immediately.

However, Varen, seeing it, immediately narrowed his eyes sharply and muttered.

“Huuuum, it seems we need to collect as many masks as possible.”

“Ah!”

At Varen's words, Seonghyun also understood immediately.

Because Seonghyun wasn't stupid enough to miss it after hearing a hint.

Here, the play of the Faceless Lord.

In other words, it referred to the Masked Lord, and the play symbolized the people who entered this tomb and the entire process of undergoing the tomb's trials.

And all masks dance for the Lord, and the stage vanishes after the curtain falls.

In other words, it meant the tomb would disappear once the entire play ended.

And finally, the fact that no one stands on the stage where the curtain has risen meant...

“It means there is no one wearing a mask yet.”

“Yes, so according to this map, the 4th floor seems to represent the stage, and it seems it will only open if we wear masks to go there.”

“It seems so.”

As Seonghyun and Varen deduced quickly, the people around them had no choice but to agree.

-Wow knowing it right away after seeing this???

-Demon King has unexpected brain power...?

-Can't not know after seeing this lol

-It's surprisingly on the easy side lol

-Yeah seems like a doable difficulty.

Since it wasn't that difficult, the atmosphere wasn't one of awe, but everyone felt satisfied because it proceeded quickly.

Subsequently, Seonghyun counted the number of masks collected so far.

The masks Seonghyun had obtained were five in total:

Clown Mask, Swamp Mask, Proliferation Mask, Blood Mask, and lastly, Mirror Mask.

And Varen had the Deer Mask, plus two masks obtained by the other investigation team members: the Wolf Mask and the Rock Mask.

Adding those made a total of eight.

However.

“Huuuum, the number is still lacking.”

“Since the total headcount is thirteen......”

They were short by five.

It seemed likely that to descend to the 4th floor, they would need as many masks as there were people.

“Let's go around to other places first. The ones on the 2nd floor are probably our investigation team members, so let's just leave them be. We don't know how to go up, and since it's a group made up of users, I don't think we need to worry about them too much.”

Since Varen, who appeared to be the leader of the investigation team, personally said they didn't need to worry about the team members above.

Seonghyun nodded as if relieved.

Then suddenly.

Looking towards where those furthest away from Seonghyun were, Seonghyun asked Belladrina via telepathy.

-How is the situation over there?

-They are fighting reasonably well currently. Defeating the masks is considered a matter of time.

Since he had already planted spies, he knew their situation better than anyone.

In such a situation, is it time to defeat the masks soon?

Just as Seonghyun was pondering for a moment.

Belladrina bowed her head.

-I think I can handle them right now if you wish.

-Huuuum, then the familiars might be exposed, and if things go wrong, everything might be revealed?

-......Yes, Your Majesty. That is correct. I think I could deal with them at a glance if I aim for a gap well, but the Vice-Commander's potential is stronger than I thought.

-Then let's leave the familiars alone until we go there in person.

-As you command.

At Seonghyun's words, Belladrina bowed her head as she spoke, and Seonghyun shook his head for a moment as if she was helpless, then looked at Varen.

For now, it seemed they had to go towards that Intelligence Unit.

“Varen-nim?”

“Yes?”

“I think it would be better to go towards the other team.”

Seonghyun tried to add a reason, but.

Varen muttered as if he already knew the reason.

“Huuuum, since the structure might be that it closes if that team goes down first, it is wise to go there first.”

Varen also deduced it immediately, and Seonghyun had no choice but to chuckle.

Is this why they say it's comfortable to talk with smart people?

Seonghyun nodded like that, and after obtaining everyone's consent, started to move the room towards where the other team was.

‘We'll meet soon.’

Vice-Commander Haldrin of the Intelligence Knights.

Seonghyun smiled as if looking forward to how strong he would be.

Vice-Commander Haldrin of the Intelligence Knights was crumpling his expression tightly.

“Why on earth is it not moving?”

Haldrin, who had ground away most of his emotions, was on the verge of irritation rising little by little.

It was none other than the room that had moved well until now stopped moving down.

If he responded to the system that he would take the trial in the center, he could move down, but now that wasn't working, so he had no choice but to grind his teeth.

He looked around cool-headedly, but the personnel here happened to be those specialized in combat and assassination separated from those handling information, so finding clues intelligently was extremely difficult.

That was the same for Haldrin.

Wasn't entering here also done after the investigation team found it?

That was why Haldrin was grinding his teeth even more.

“Huuu, it seems there is some condition, did everyone find it?”

“We haven't found it yet.”

“There is nothing special here either.”

They did well up to combat, but there were separate people who used their brains for these gimmicks.

To think the two were split exactly like this.

“......Should we join up?”

But how?

Even if they wanted to join up, how could they when they didn't know where the others were?

Since a map hadn't appeared either.

Haldrin couldn't help but become more anxious.

‘Don't tell me we're trapped?’

Just in case, he looked at the empty air again, but the will of the world showing the system text remained the same.

Since they would go outside if they chose to give up and leave here, they weren't trapped.

“Huuu.”

Around the time he was just heaving sighs.

Haldrin could see Kruger diligently rummaging around the surroundings in the midst of this.

Although Kruger was moving around quite busily, for some reason, Haldrin tilted his head while looking at Kruger.

‘His movement path looks random, but he’s wandering around keeping a close eye on one side.’

The movement was a bit strange.

Although he was moving irregularly, there was one area that overlapped amidst that irregularity.

It was strange, but Haldrin didn't say anything in particular.

Because it could have been a coincidence.

Sure enough, as he wandered around looking again, this time he was wandering without particularly touching that place.

Then he overlapped again.

‘Was it just my feeling?’

Haldrin thought so and waited for his subordinates to find clues.

Since it seemed nothing would change much even if he looked for it himself.

However, thinking about how much he would be scolded after this job was over made his vision go dark.

‘Huuu.’

Since they had lost five information specialists who were important figures in the Intelligence Knights.

It was understandable.

It wasn't that they were bad at combat.

‘If they came to this 3rd underground floor, they are definitely dead.’

Just in case, Haldrin fought while conserving his strength, but even considering that, the opponents were quite strong.

It was right to think they had been defeated, so while he was racking his brain.

Suddenly, the ground began to vibrate.

Kugeugeugeu.

Because the entire room shook suddenly, Haldrin stood up from his seat and looked at his other subordinates.

It didn't seem like any subordinate had done anything in particular.

Since everyone had bewildered expressions wondering why it was happening.

But in the midst of that.

‘Kruger?’

Kruger's expression that flashed by for a moment was strange.

But since it was an expression that passed by for a very brief moment, Haldrin didn't pay much attention to it, and while he was trying to examine the room that suddenly started shaking.

Suddenly, the door opened and someone began to walk out from there.

From the sound of rough footsteps to the sound of different footsteps following behind.

As the number was large, the Intelligence Knights took a battle formation with Haldrin at the lead, and Haldrin was also preparing for battle.

Then suddenly, looking at the person appearing at the door, Haldrin's eyes had no choice but to narrow.

‘Overlord?’

Why did the Overlord appear here all of a sudden?

Questions arose, but at that moment, Haldrin racked his brain quickly and thought.

‘I can make up for the death of the five information specialists!’

If he were to kill the Overlord here and whittle down his power?

It was at a level that could be considered worthy of a reward.

As Haldrin smiled strangely and tried to prepare for battle.

The Overlord greeted them as if he already knew them.

“Greetings, Intelligence Knights.”

“......?”

How did he know?

Although no one fell for the cheap attempt to induce an answer, they couldn't help but be quite surprised.

It wasn't revealed on their faces, but everyone could notice that they had already been discovered.

Since they couldn't just stay still when their identities were already exposed.

Starting with Haldrin, they moved quickly.

They disappeared in an instant like shadows.

And where they reappeared was beneath Seonghyun's shadow.

An appearance more like assassins than knights.

However, Seonghyun had already turned his body into darkness, blocked every single sharpened sword, and struck back hard with darkness as if returning the favor.

Kwaaaang——!!!

The Intelligence Knights were hit by the darkness of formidable power, but everyone defended accurately before being hit to disperse the shock as much as possible.

Nevertheless, feeling his tingling wrist, Haldrin looked at Seonghyun.

As expected, a formidable opponent.

The guys behind him were nothing special, but he thought if they joined in, it might reach a point where he couldn't win.

‘Can't be helped?’

Thinking he had to use that now that it had come to this, he was about to search his bosom.

Something swung from behind Haldrin's back, and the startled Haldrin moved hurriedly to dodge the attack, but he couldn't help having the bag attached to his side, which contained his secret weapon, taken away.

And looking at the figure who appeared behind his back at that moment, Haldrin muttered with an expression of disbelief.

“Kruger?”

“Do I still look like Kruger?”

As Kruger, who muttered so, soon took on the exact same appearance as the beauty behind Seonghyun, Haldrin sweated cold and looked at Seonghyun.

“Since when on earth.......”

“It's been a while. I planted her before you relocated.”

Seonghyun answered obediently and continued.

“Then shall we try again?”

Seonghyun said that and raised his energy, and blood drops bloomed in all directions as darkness began to wrap around those blood drops.

As dark red blood drops soared drop by drop like that, Haldrin's eyes deepened, and he had no choice but to grind his teeth.

“......Fight with full power.”

“Yes.”

Answering so, Seonghyun's dark red blood drops and the four Intelligence Knights clashed.