Chapter 202

"So, is it your intuition?"

"I always feel that in my eyes, you two are more like..." than a savior and a princess to be rescued..."

Shona put down her fork, as if to make the following sentence more serious——

“Chess players playing on opposite sides of the chess board.”

"Um?"

"How should I put it? Look, don't some people often describe some people's love as more like a duel? I think your current behavior is very similar to this."

Will never expected this description.

"Right... duel?"

"Both of you seem to feel that you have set a trap for the other person, and you both feel that you have control over the other party - maybe this is what you mean? In the end, it is probably to see who can win with more information."

After Xiuna said it, Will felt that they were indeed somewhat similar.

After all, Treya is not exactly the "pure white princess" she used to be, otherwise she wouldn't have posted a missing person notice.

However, he is still somewhat confident.

As the person who has cultivated them till now, as the person who possesses the weapon of "original work", as the person who has everything in order so far...

He still believes in his abilities.

Because he relied on this to get to where he is now step by step, relying on the power of "prophet stories".

"Of course, if it were me personally, I wouldn't choose this kind of relationship. I would still prefer a partner who is a companion, can fight side by side, and understands the other person's preferences and interests better, right?"

After Xiuna finished speaking, she looked at Will with the wine glass in her hand - even though the wine inside was also a black mass, it didn't look good and didn't look like wine.

There seemed to be some expectation on her expression, expecting what answer Will would give.

"Shuna..."

"Well...what did you talk about when I went out to get my things?"

Phew.

Lucifer's head popped up from under the counter.

"You, you, you, when did you come out? No, when did you leave?"

"I told you to get something...didn't you give me your heart back?"

Her hand pushed forward.

"Here, this is for you."

The thing placed on the table looked like cloth, soft, but the surface was a little rough.

"What's this?"

"Huh, this is my recognition of you!"

Will opened it and took a look.

Although it is a piece of cloth, it is densely covered with words written in ink.

"It's the 'cursed cloth' that has existed since the birth of the Tenth Castle. Although I can't understand what is written on it, but... I guess since the name of this dungeon was 'The Tenth Dungeon' when it was born, Maybe it has something to do with the previous nine dungeons.”

"Is it still inherited?"

"Hmm. Maybe it has a lot of power, but I have never found a way to use it. For you adventurers, after making the sword, tear it into pieces and wrap it around the hilt like a bandage. It may be more powerful than my heart. Easy to use.”

"Thank you... thank you..."

Will really didn't expect that he... would get... recognition from a dungeon queen?

"You are such a great person! If Treya can sit on the throne in the future, I will definitely let her give you a knighthood——!"

"You're crazy, who wants a human title?"

"Well... Then we can work hard and let the Adventurers Association give you an A-level rating."

"Are you still grading?"

When Lucifer heard this question, the horns on her head moved.

"It seems that just as humans don't know you, you also know nothing about various things about the Adventurers Association."

Will took the opportunity to laugh at her.

"Is... is it because you are very strong that you are rated this level?"

"Oh, purely after defeating, you will get a little more points."

"Are you trying to rate me high and cut me off? That's too much."

After puffing up her cheeks and saying this, Lucifer suddenly raised her head and looked into the depths of the restaurant.

The little devils flying in the restaurant, the little devils who were constantly transporting ingredients and serving the dishes, also stopped with him at this moment.

"What's wrong?"

"The underground city...the thirty-first floor can be opened."

"Um?!"

Chapter 232 The depth of her fear (3k)

Will and Shona were curious and wanted to know what the next level of the dungeon would be like, so they followed Lucifer to the "backstage" of the dungeon. They followed her around and around the dungeon before passing through. Countless secret doors and small windows, and finally...

They arrived at the room they saw when they first met Lucifer.

That room has the aura of a little girl's boudoir, even the wallpaper is cute and girly.

This time, Will's memory was not erased by Lucifer. However, even if his memory was not erased, he could not remember the way when walking in the "back door" of the dungeon.

"Well... this door was on the 20th floor before. If you want to see it, just follow it in."

Lucifer stood in front of the wall behind the bed, stretched out her hand, and introduced the two of them.

"Door? Where is the door? Shona, did you see it?"

"Well, it does exist, but...she didn't open it?"

"What?"

When Will and Shona looked at each other, Lucifer walked towards the wall, seemed to make a gesture of turning the door handle, and then...

Disappeared on the wall.

"???"

"ah?"

Xona and Will were stunned and rushed to the wall where Lucifer disappeared.

The two of them carefully checked the wall from top to bottom.

"In... in my eyes, there is really nothing here!"

"There is a crack and a handle? It's just..."

Will looked at Shuna in surprise as if she was secretly exerting force on the air.

"No, I can't open it."

"What... what's going on?"

Now Will was the only one who was at a loss. In his eyes, the place where Lucifer disappeared was really just "a wall".

There was no "unopenable door" described by Shuna, and there was no "open door" that Lucifer had walked into.

Will even tried to touch the place where Lucifer disappeared with his hand.

He knew very well that game planners often leave a back door in the modeling so that they can take a shortcut or adjust the perspective when checking.

Could this wall be it?

"No. It's just a wall."

There was no crack that seemed to let in light, and no uneven ups and downs.

But Lucifer did disappear in front of him, as if she had walked into a door.

"Strange, Will, why can't you see it? Right here..."

"I feel like there are some things here that people like me can't see."

Will sighed.

"Alas, I once again feel that my status and position are so different from yours, and there is an insurmountable gap--"

Bang.

Just after saying this, Will was knocked away by Lucifer, who seemed to have suddenly emerged from the wall.

"Well...it's a bit strange for the young master of the Systrom family to say this...Eh? Will you?"

"A new floor is good, with new space and resources. I haven't had such an experience for a long time." Lucifer stretched, "Eh? Where's Will?"

"You knocked him away."

Will got up from the ground and took this opportunity to observe the wall again.

He confirmed.

He really didn't see anything.

But Shuna could see the "door" that couldn't be opened...?

"Why don't you come in? When we start working, you won't have a chance to see the first floor of the empty dungeon."

"We can't get in." Shuna sighed, "In my eyes, the door has always been closed."

"I didn't see the existence of the door at all."

Will tapped the wall lightly with his hand.

"Could it be that people outside this dungeon can't see this door?"

Lucifer came to this conclusion with her "smart" brain.

"This is indeed the first time I know about this."

"It would be strange if a queen of a dungeon had led people into the door of the dungeon before, right?"

"And..."

Lucifer said, and stuffed another piece of black iron into Will's hand.

"I just turned it out from inside, I don't know what value it has, do you want to try to forge a sword?"

Will looked at the iron block, and for some reason, he always felt that the color was a little familiar.

It's not pure "black", it seems to have a hint of glaze on it, if you have to say it... it looks like "colorful black"?

This color seemed to have been seen at a certain angle when the sun swept across the "Devil's Pot".

Could it be because of the "demon"?

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After everything was over, Will and Shuna were ready to leave this lonely dungeon.

Standing at the gate of the dungeon of the "Tenth Demon City" where they first met Lucifer.

Will thought about it carefully. In fact, he only spent two days in Zemat City, but he always felt that it was richer than many cities he had visited before.

Probably because...he had more contact with Lucifer here, and learned more from Lucifer.

"Then, we'll go back."

Shuna waved to Lucifer who came out to see her off.

For her and Will, it was a very common "farewell".

There were so many dungeons and cities they had passed through, and they had long been accustomed to this process.