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Transator: Ekdud

TL Check: KobatoChanDaisuki

Taejin made a strange expression as he looked at Hansoo who had appeared in front of him while he was looking at the Demon Lord’s Castle in the distance.

Hansoo laughed as he answered.

‘A dagger and scythe…’

A sword with a 30 cm long blade, which had a rather peculiarly long shape for a dagger.

‘…Set artifact?’

He thought that he was a guy who only used complex weapons just like the chain scythe.

And he also had many weird things.

While the people were cooking the strange plants which appeared on the road, food continued to come out from his pouch.

But they weren’t really jealous because the food which came out from it was on par with the plants they cooked.

“Can we really not be together above?”

Hansoo chuckled at those words.

Taejin shook his head at those words.

They had gotten a little closer while fighting and because of this he had the opportunity to talk with him.

There weren’t many reasons why this guy was trying so hard to become strong.

In order to go into more dangerous locations.

He didn’t want to become strong that bad.

The reason why he wanted to become strong was for the protection of the clan but that thing had different means and aim.

‘It’s a good choice.’

Since the road which he will be traveling from now on will be even more dangerous.

Clearing the Final dungeon.

‘A Dark Lord who is bound to be somewhere.’

One of the guys he needed to pull out by the roots for the safety of humanity.

No, the reason why they were so infamous was because they had the potential to be so dangerous from the start.

‘I will clash with him properly… in the Tower.’

Since clashes were inevitable according to its structure.

Hansoo muttered inwardly as he slowly walked inside the Demon Lord’s Castle.

And a red colored crystal existed within the deep parts of the Demon Lord’s Castle.

The aura of the Crystal was too lacking to say it was working.

‘Is that the Demon Lord?’

Taejin frowned as he looked at him.

But even so, he could only agree with his usefulness.

Since his clan showed off the greatest might out of the ones here.

Guktae approached the Clan Lords as he spoke:

Guktae looked at the giant statue in the distance and then spoke to the Clan Lords.

Everyone nodded at those words.

If it was this much, it wasn’t lacking to start anew in a new place.

Since it was a very pressuring number to go against if they weren’t Clan Lords like them.

“Let’s speak really honestly. In my situation I want to kill off everyone else. It’s probably the same for other friends too.”

“Let’s put all in the open and speak.”

Even if they weren’t that frank, rejoicing at the reduction of power of other clans was an obvious fact.

They might even have to kill each other as soon as they go up.

And the other 11 clans were dangerous compet.i.tors and by the time they regret about fighting, it’ll be too late.

Everyone wanted it even if they weren’t saying it as straightforward as he was.

As Guktae saw the expression of a consensus from them, he added in some more words as extra.

“What do you want to say?”

“Very simple. Let us all reduce the risk and raise the chances of winning.”

“I know that all of you have not exchanged all of your crystals into artifacts in case of emergencies. The same goes for me.”

“But think about it. How lame is this. If we just change our crystals into artifacts then the power of our Clan Unions rises by a huge amount. On the other hand, the crystals are an existence which just cut down our battle power even if we have it. Because you won’t be able to fight properly as you never know when the guy next to you will attack your back and run away. If this were to happen then we could all die. A ma.s.sacre.”

Taejin thought inwardly.

Honestly speaking, they had to convert all the crystals in their possession in order to face the giant statue, the Demon Lord, in front of them.

But the reason why they held onto the crystals was because they felt uneasy.

Since this crystal was a sure escape path.

Gukgtae looked at them and shouted as he suggested.

“Kuhmm…”

“This is a means to get rid of the escape path. Since we don’t know what kind of crazily orders the Clan Lord will give after escaping if there’s one left. Since there’s probably somebody who thinks that it’ll be a profit ma.s.sacring the 1000 people here and surviving by himself.

“Oh. By the way, I’m part of those guys. Can you trust in my clan like this and fight?”

They didn’t know how strong that statue was but if 1000 of them had to fight with all their might, 100 people acting crazily would be extremely fatal.

“…too honest”

“Can’t somebody hide the crystals?”

“We can’t hide the crystals because we know the number of each other’s crystals too well.

Once we all agree let’s buy and show each other. If we compare the number of crystals distributed and the cost of the items on the catalogue, you won’t be able to hide the crystals even if you wanted to.”

“Hmm…”

It’s not like there were an uncountable amount of demons and because they had hunted them down employing their special forces together, the number of crystals were clear.

According to those words then it was possible to know the total amount of crystals without a single one being left out.

Guktae added more words as he looked at these people.

“Mmm…”

Everyone pondered at those words but then nodded.

And they all started to buy artifacts one by one and showed each other.

“I’m choosing the Thorn Wood Casket.”

Guktae made a content expression as he checked them one by one.

“… 59 of them.”

If you include the Judgement of Dekrados he bought before then it totals to 119 crystals.

Hansoo chuckled as he lifted and showed the dagger hanging onto his waist.

Guktae gazed at Hansoo dagger and then nodded with a content expression.

Hansoo pondered for a moment and then shook his head.

“You probably don’t have a reason to go up. Keep it well then.”

Guktae laughed inwardly.

The fact that he had stayed until now meant that he had something to do left.

It was better to just tell him to hold onto the escape path and fight actively.

“Well. There’s not a single crystal left between the Clan Lords. We can finally focus on the enemy in front of us.”

As soon as Guktae’s words ended, the giant statue squeaked as it raised its body.

It was like a living thing having been petrified like a statue.

Demon Lord, Barbatoy.

Though it wasn’t a good memory.

While Hansoo mumbled inwardly, Taejin shouted loudly at the Demon lord.

A decision that had been laid because it could be a ma.s.sacre if the normal clansmen, who couldn’t even fight against the gatekeepers, got swept up in the fight against the Demon Lord.

But Taejin, who had been shouting, realized that this wasn’t necessary.

“G.o.ddammit… Don’t fall back and cover us instead!”

It looked like that they couldn’t even get close to the Demon Lord without normal clansmen.

And soon the undead charged ferociously and chaos was created.

“Wow! For one thousand people to have survived! Amazing! You just need to finish it off. First of all, the arrival point, even if you chose the same island, would be different from the mini-crystal to that of the giant crystal so you don’t need to worry about getting revenged. Heehee.”

It sounded like that they should attack from behind and leave without feeling any pressure since they didn’t need to worry about being chased after running away with the mini crystal.

Since they didn’t have any mini crystals anymore.

“By the way, it isn’t that the giant crystal turns on when you kill the Demon Lord!”

“It will turn on after 30 minutes. So you just need to survive until then right?”

It was survival and not kill.

‘It’s perfect. Really.’

And Guktae laughed as he looked at everyone flinching in the battlefield.

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