Chapter 291

"There are no slimes on the first floor, right?"

"More than that."

Xona interrupted Will's speculation.

"It's a wasteland, a desert. As a first floor with such a low level score, it has nothing."

"Nothing... means the clearance condition of the first floor is... just walk out, right?"

"Yeah." Xuna nodded, as if she felt that it was not good to just sit there, and asked the coffee shop for an ordinary latte. "There seems to be no desert in Entak, but the Dust Corridor is a complete desert. Endless sand plains, blazing light sources hanging forever overhead, and dryness that is completely drained out of the air."

Although Will had never seen a desert in Entak, he still had some understanding of the desert. Just by listening to Xuna's description, Will could already imagine what the first floor of the Dust Corridor was like.

"No need to think, no need to guess, no need to decipher. The first floor of the wasteland is placed with a dilapidated road sign, follow it and you can enter the next floor."

Xona took a sip of coffee.

Neither of them spoke for a short minute, and both seemed to be thinking about this very important information.

Especially Will.

He felt a chill on his back.

In other words, what he suspected might be right.

"How is it? You should understand. Let alone being killed by a slime when entering the door. There is not even an 'accident' of your death there - so, you bet right."

Behind his funny, mocking and ridiculous death, and acknowledging the logic of all causes and effects...

"Your death may indeed be manipulated by someone behind the scenes."

When she finished speaking, Shuona had just put down her coffee, and the sound of the coffee colliding with the glass tabletop was extremely crisp.

Then, in the coffee shop, voices rang out one after another -

"The Glorious Knight is here."

"S-level adventure group? Will they come here too?"

"Don't block the way, let me see."

Chapter 324 The Eve of Death (3k)

"Glorious Knight?"

Will looked out the window.

He remembered this name. It was the adventure group that suddenly appeared and interrupted their questions to the emperor, and also robbed their heads.

Although the captain who was so sunny that he gave the impression of a "handsome blond knight" might not be a "bad guy" and gave them the spoils.

But...

Hmm...

Their captain didn't seem to come?

Everyone in the coffee shop had left, and the small town streets outside were crowded with people, gathered on both sides of the road, just to see the adventure group of the glorious knight walking in the middle of the street.

In the comfortable afternoon sunshine, about ten people, as their name said, "radiant", walked slowly on the road.

As an S-level adventure group, it is not uncommon to be "welcomed" wherever they go.

However, among the figures that can be seen in the gaps between the crowds, it seems that the most eye-catching golden color is missing.

"Didn't Mr. Liber come?"

"He seems to have a mission in another dungeon, so he didn't come here."

"Why did the Radiant Knight come to this dungeon?"

"Hush--didn't you hear? Something terrible seems to have happened on the 20th floor of the Dust Corridor dungeon. A team has been wiped out, so a rescue team is needed."

"Rather than a rescue team, are they here to conquer this dungeon?"

This is quite interesting information.

However...

Will spread his hands.

For someone like him who planned to settle down on the first floor of the tomb, it doesn't make any sense.

"Let's stop here. Your recognition is right. If you step into that place, what awaits you is definitely not as simple as a fallen slime. It must be something that can actually kill you."

Xuna deliberately spoke, as if she wanted to attract his attention from the Radiant Knight who was walking outside.

At this time, Will realized that after Xuna went to the back, she didn't even look at the team walking outside.

"Hmm. I guessed it when I asked you 'Why would there be slimes in a desert with yellow sand and no oasis?'"

"It really aroused my interest." Shuna crossed her arms and chuckled. "You are not weak now. If you are well prepared, what can kill you?"

After Shuna finished speaking, she drank the coffee in the cup and stood up.

"Don't you want to hear the information about the Knights of Glory?"

"I don't like them."

Shuna commented bluntly.

Will was also very strange. Although they had a conflict with the other side, it was finally resolved, but Shuna had never had a good face for the Knights of Glory.

Will guessed that this was probably...

Shuna would show "disgust" when she had a wrong intuition about something.

"I'll go back and wait for you. There are still some... details, and one... thing that I think is not likely to happen. Let's talk about it when we get back."

She lifted her hair and said so. With the ringing of the coffee shop's bell to welcome customers, she walked out.

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Another day passed in Posinota.

Will sat at the table.

He looked at the "clues" he had written on the hotel's notepad, and the "plan to cross death" listed on the back of the clue paper.

After reorganizing the information with Shuona yesterday and staying here for two or three days, there was actually nothing else to think about.

He had already listed all the "conclusions" and all the "countermeasures".

"The ring... the stored staff and the temporary explosion magic are all perfect."

Will gently touched the ring Leah gave him.

"The eyes with demonic power, well, can easily see the opponent's thoughts and attack intentions."

Will opened two fingers and covered his left eye, which was slightly purple due to Treya, in an extremely second-year way.

"As for the collar, the trigger conditions and frequency have been tested."

Will's hand passed over the collar that Iel put on him, and he could feel the magic in the collar even if he closed his eyes slightly.

Through the arrangement and combination of these equipment, he listed dozens of ways to fight.

He gave dozens of possibilities.

"Everything is ready, except for my leap."

He looked out the window.

The sky now just had a bloody sun sinking into the ground. It was already the end of December, and the winter solstice, the darkest night, had passed. Today, the sun seemed to be in the sky for a little longer than before.

He touched the candle on the table, and the flames naturally ignited at his fingertips - now it was as easy for him to do such an action as drinking water.

Then...

He took his hand back.

At dusk, it was always a time when a light would not make the room brighter, but it would still be dim without a light.

Perhaps it was at this time that people felt a little melancholy.

Thinking of this, Will smiled and looked out the window.

It should be just a coincidence. Shuna did not choose the scenery outside the window in particular, but from here, you can just see the pyramid-like door of the Dust Corridor.

As long as he wants.

He can go to the Dust Corridor at any time to see the thing that "can really kill him".

Just as he was thinking this, he heard the sound of Shuna walking behind him, as if she reached out and knocked on his head.

"What's wrong? Why did you suddenly knock on my head?"

He looked up and just leaned on Shuna's exposed belly. From this angle, he could see Shuna's eyes from the middle of her chest.

"I have good news, um... maybe bad news for you?"

"What?"

"I heard that at 5 pm tomorrow, the Radiant Knights will attack the Dust Corridor."

"Okay, then I've decided that at 5 am tomorrow, I will enter the first floor of the Dust Corridor to see what is there."

Unexpectedly, Will thought this sentence was quite handsome, but Shuna frowned after hearing this.

She didn't seem to like this answer, but she didn't say anything.

"You..."

Shuna sighed and flicked his forehead with her finger.

"What's the matter? Or do you just want to knock on my forehead?"

Will raised his arm and scratched Shuna's ear.

"I was going to say, if they conquered all the dungeons..."

For some reason, Will sensed a slight sigh from Shuona's brief words.

"...Did you also...avoid death?"

Will just opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but Shuona continued to speak without giving him a chance to explain--

"But, after thinking about it, there's no need. I've long seen that avoiding death in such an unclear way is not the ending you want for you."

She smiled, sat on the bed, and looked at the sunset in front of her.

"It's because...you always plan carefully and move forward like you do now-even if the end is death that has troubled and frightened you all your life, that I like you so much."

Will turned around and was about to say something, but he felt that Shuona, who was sitting there, seemed to be waiting for him, so he simply got up and sat next to her.

"Actually, I have some thoughts about my future after I survive - whether it's a 'little revenge' or a 'little teaching' for those three people, but now I am treating tomorrow as my last day alive."

He first glanced at the sunset light in Shuona's eyes, like a flame, and then looked out the window.

"Because you think that crossing death and gaining a new life is the new beginning of everything?"

"It seems that you understand me very well."

"Yes. So I can't stop you... I will always support you."

The sun's light has completely disappeared, but a beautiful glow has been left on the pyramid at the gate of the underground city in the distance.

The night is just as its name suggests, like the curtain of a wonderful stage, slowly brushing the night and the stars on the vast sky.

After a short silence, the two slowly put their hands on the bed.

The lights were not turned on, and the bed was covered with a quilt folded by the service staff.

"Prepare, how is it?"

After the rustling sound of the two hands on the cup lasted for a few seconds, Shuona suddenly spoke.

"What preparations?"

"Preparations for your death. Since it's a grand farewell, there should be a grand battle, right?"

"Very well prepared."

"I... you have read all the monsters I guessed at."

"Yes. They are the types that often appear in the Dust Corridor."