Dungeon Maker

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The Dungeon Meerkats, which became quite a large family by having babies, shuddered. It was because of a herd of wolves roaming about 30 meters from the dungeon entrance.

The wolves did not act threateningly. Much bigger than ordinary wolves, they were silent. Without making any sound, they just looked at the entrance to the dungeon in the House of Mammon. They also remained silent even when the dungeon entrance was opened.

Embrio, the Demon King of Wolves, the reason he was called that was because he was with a herd of wolves anytime, anywhere. However, Yong-ho had never seen a herd of Embrio's wolves. Even the moment Embrio was fighting Yong-ho desperately, he didn't see the wolves.

These wolves were away from Embrio until now.

Why weren't they in that place on that day when Embrio was engaged in deadly fighting?

Were they staying out of the battlefield at Embrio's order?

Since Yong-ho was silent, his dungeon spirits didn't act recklessly. Only Catalina was ready for the fighting by raising the blade of black mana.

It was the wolves that moved first. They were now split into two groups. A gray wolf stepped up through the gap between them.

It was especially a bigger wolf. It was so high that it almost touched a person's chest.

It slowly approached Yong-ho with its head slightly down, as if to show that it wasn't hostile toward him.

Yong-ho watched it quietly. And finally, the distance between Yong-ho and the wolf was narrowed to none. Standing right in front of Yong-ho, it raised its head high to reveal the necklace hidden in its fur. There was a red jewel at the end of the black belt.

[Jewelry for saving information.]

[This is a storage medium into which memories or images can be inserted.]

Lucia said it because she was right in front of the entrance.

Yong-ho carefully reached out and unwrapped the wolf's necklace.

He held the jewel in his hand and tried to inject mana on it.

Light was emitted from the gem. It was like a beam projector. The light gathered in the air and took the shape of a translucent humanoid like Elune that he had seen on the third floor of the Labyrinth of Greed. It was what both Yong-ho and all of the dungeon spirits expected.

[I am Embrio.]

[If this video is being played by somebody here now, it means I'm already dead. And someone here killed me.]

It was different from Elune. It was simply playing the saved video.

Yong-ho recalled Mammon that he had encountered in the human world.

[The one who killed me. The one I recognized as the new head of the herd.]

[You may think I am meddling too much if I go to the trouble of leaving this data behind. But if the one who killed me was the same one I thought of, he would need this data.]

As someone who talked about his own death, Embrio spoke too calmly.

In fact, it was natural. Embrio never thought that this video would actually be used like this.

The reason he made this video was because he wanted to prepare for the new head of the wolves. He just prepared it for contingencies.

He took a deep breath and said, [I was making a deal with the King of Gluttony.]

[According to the deal, he would support me with reinforcements, and I would use them to unify the southern area. It was a simple and clear deal.]

The hypothesis Yong-ho assumed the other day was correct.

Ophelia suddenly stared at the Dungeon Meerkats that had been gathered at the entrance of the dungeon. Some of the quick-witted parents moved quickly for fear that their babies would fall on their buttocks. After taking the babies, they dug into the burrow. Some of them were running, covering their ears with their hands as if they couldn't hear anything.

Embrio continued.

[The King of Gluttony was planning to rule the southern area after promoting me as a puppet. And I wanted to become a new king after unifying the southern area.]

Then he made a self-mocking smile because his plan was just reckless.

[As our intention was contradictory, the deal broke down as a disaster. Well, we used each other in a sense.]

[The reason why the King of Gluttony went to the trouble of using me was because of other kings. As the one who killed me, you also know that the six kings are currently enjoying peace by holding each other in check. In other words, they don't want any of them to be unusually stronger.]

There were not three, but six kings who had similar power and forces. Whatever the condition of their real abilities, that was the current situation where they were in, and they enjoyed peace through mutual check and balance for over a hundred years.

[If I died without unifying the southern area, it means that the King of Gluttony also failed. He would not promote any puppet right now because it's too unnatural for any strong man to appear immediately after me. Perhaps, he would leave the southern area vacant for several years.]

[But if the one who killed me wasn't just an ordinary master in the southern area, the King of Gluttony would move, and aggressively at that.]

[He will move not to obtain the southern area but to overthrow you who killed me.]

The king's move was worth it because Yong-ho had more value than the entire southern area.

Ophelia opened her mouth and blurted out, "That's why they downsized the rumors about the battle between you and our master so that other kings could not notice our master's extraordinariness."

It was because the King of Gluttony had to monopolize it and hog the treasure.

[It is unlikely for the King of Gluttony to raise up a great army. He will move in secret. Maybe he will visit your dungeon in person so that other kings won't notice that he has overthrown you.]

That was the way the King of Gluttony did things. He never had his possessions taken away. He was always ready to dive into the mud for whatever he wanted.

Rumors were circulating in the north and west. The King of Gluttony was already on the move.

Embrio was silent for a moment.

After moving up and down his lips as if to try to calm down, he continued.

[Maybe there is still some time for you to prepare.]

[If you are not ordinary, as I think, and if you are the man who has the sin of greed that has disappeared in the demon world since that great Mammon.]

His words were mixed with self-mock and arrogance. He smiled at his conviction that he himself would not be killed in a southern area by someone who committed no sin. In the end, the fact that he had no greed made him mock himself.

Embrio smiled very little. It was his first and last smile for Yong-ho.

[It's an area of ​​possibilities, but I probably would not have died alone. I would have made the watcher placed by the King of Gluttony my fellow traveler.]

[The killing of the watcher will give you some time. Maybe because of the watcher's death, the King of Gluttony might not have exact information about you. Then, you can buy more time.]

[At least three or four months after my death, or even half a year. If you're lucky, it could be years before the King of Gluttony attacks you.]

Embrio took a deep breath. This video wasn't made just before he died. Rather, it had been made much earlier

Embrio had thought he might be defeated. In the end, he did not turn away from the future when he could not be a king.

So, he confessed, but he didn't reveal his innermost intentions.

He didn't even reveal it right before he died. He didn't need to babble about the reason why he wanted to be a king or tell about his past in the video left behind in case of his death.

Embrio, the man who wanted to become a king regained his composure.

Then he spoke to the old him.

[Let me keep everything I know about the King of Gluttony in this jewel. You will find this very helpful because I have prepared it in case you will have to confront him one day.]

Embrio didn't hate the King of Gluttony that much. Rather he liked the king. He was a man with cunning and courage that befitted his ambition. Since he had the patience enough to wait for the right time and the composure that was not easily shaken, he could be called truly an ideal monarch.

Nonetheless, Embrio wanted to take the side of the one who killed him rather than the King of Gluttony, for the one who killed him would be the very one Embrio himself really wanted to be.

Even if he committed no sin, the one who killed him would dream of becoming a king, with the southern area as his base.

[I doubt if you will use this video actually… I think I was too much into it. Honestly, I went a bit too far because the one who killed me may not have the sin. Maybe he might be killed by a sword for no reason. If you consider the current situation in the southern area, it could really happen.]

[But I've already taken the video. Even if it will never be put to use forever, I think I have to wrap it up properly because this video is for the one that I will recognize as the leader.]

Embrio refined his expression again. As he himself said, he was absorbed in it and wanted the position of the King of Greed, he put his whole heart into it.

[If you who killed me is truly the King of Greed, if you are the one I have longed for.]

Embrio slowly closed and opened his eyes. He made a request to the new leader lastly.

[Be prepared. The King of Gluttony will visit you.]

Embrio's figure was scattered in the air. Eligos, who was tense, gulped, and Catalina curled her lips. Ophelia closed her eyes tightly.

The King of Gluttony.

One of the six existing kings.

He was coming.