Chapter 100  

Chapter 100   . The beginning and end, and the beginning . The Ishtar Region .

This region was where Kang Chul-In’s Valhalla territory, Hecate’s Temeraire, and Aleister’s Undeadia territory were located . The name of the Ishtar Coalition that Kang Chul-In ruled came from this region .

As it was the first real step and memory he had when he first began as a Lord, it was a home of sorts to Kang Chul-In . This was also the place that Kang Chul-In had decided to visit later .

There’s an Epic Dungeon in Ishtar?

Kang Chul-In felt very suspicious about Dorian’s words .

As far as he knew, there was no Epic Dungeon within Ishtar .

Of course, he couldn’t say that his knowledge was 100% accurate . If you were not a god, you couldn’t know everything after all .

But if it was about dungeons, the story was different .

In his past life, Kang Chul-In and Dorian had gone around the Ishtar region searching and beating each and every dungeon that was for Level 40 and above . Long story short, it didn’t make sense that there was an Epic Dungeon within Ishtar . There must have been a mistake .

“Stop lying to me,” Kang Chul-In said to Dorian across the phone .

“Your words have to make sense for me to believe you . ”

This came from the fact that Kang Chul-In determined that there was no Epic Dungeon within the Ishtar Region .

-Wow… Kang Chul-In…

Dorian seemed upset at this .

-How could you not believe my words…? I thought you were my friend… sigh… to think you saw me as a liar and a fraud…”

-Fine, listen to this then . Okay?

-So basically, I went traveling to the Ishtar Region, and well… I got there by going from the Western Mountain Range and going straight down from there . And there, there was some gigantic sailboat-looking thing in the sky . As I continued down, there was this sort of really long yet narrow gorge I saw . Well, I guess it was still fun because there was a lake I saw in the middle of the trip that was as big as a sea, and I had fun catching fish there .

Dorian spoke facts about the Ishtar Region’s geography .

For the “giant sailboat”, there was a high chance that he was referring to Hecate’s Temeraire, and the “really long yet narrow gorge” was the Carmel Gorge, which was also near the Valhalla territory .

Well, I do know for a fact that he’s definitely been there before .

Kang Chul-In could tell that Dorian had personally been there by just hearing the description .

-Anyway, as I got across that gorge, I saw this gigantic green castle-like structure, and though I did think for a while about going in that direction, I didn’t like the ominous feeling, so I changed directions and went south .

For the “gigantic green-castle”, it was obvious that it was the Overlord Aleister’s Emerald Castle of the Undeadia territory . Kang Chul-In was now convinced that Dorian knew the Ishtar region well .

“Wait . ”

But Kang Chul-In still interrupted Dorian .

“Did you say south?”

If it was south from there… that meant the Valhalla territory .

-Yeah, South .

Dorian replied .

“Well, did you find anything?”

-No, there was just a bunch of hills there . Of course, there wasn’t absolutely nothing .

Listening to Dorian’s following words, Kang Chul-In’s facial expression turned even more ominous . magic

-There was a really large hill there, actually more of a mountain than a hill because it was like 400-500 meters above sea level… But anyway, I was going to sleep one night at the peak of the tallest hill when I turned around and saw this huge door in front of me .

When Dorian said that there was a huge door there, Kang Chul-In nearly dropped his phone .

How does this make any sense?

Though Kang Chul-In could not believe what Dorian was saying…

“Continue?”

He decided to listen in a bit more .

-It wasn’t really special, just a door that was made of black-colored steel . It was like… Uhh… 10m wide and 20m tall, I think .

“So?”

-I knocked, but there was no answer . I knocked there for almost an hour, and since there was no response, I thought it was an abandoned ruin . So…

“You went and tried for another entrance . ”

Because Kang Chul-In was well aware of Dorian’s behavior pattern, it was easy to guess what would happen next .

-H-How did you know that?

“Looking inside your head is even easier than looking inside an aquarium, so just continue on with the story . ”

“O-Okay, fine . ”

After that, Dorian continued to speak as if he was a little bit upset .

To say the conclusion first, Kang Chul-In was extremely shocked . As she got ready to attack…

“Do you want your arm broken?”

Somehow, Kang Chul-In had noticed and warned her . Startlingly, his eyes were still on the road .

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“What the hell is that car?”

“Is that a Bugatti?”

Not caring about the gazes of others, Kang Chul-In looked at Kim Sung-Hee when they arrived .

“Is this place alright?”

“ . . . It’s fine . ”

“Then open the gate . ”

Saying this, Kang Chul-In grabbed onto Kim Sung-Hee’s wrist lightly . This was because this process was required in order to share the gate .

Just you wait . I’ll show you my skill!

Was what Kim Sung-Hee thought as she entered the gate .

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“Yo! Chul-In!”

Woof! Woof!

On the other side of the gate was Dorian Explorer and his pet dog Jackpot .

“Oh? Who’s that girl?”

Dorian looked at Kim Sung-Hee and tilted his head in confusion .

“Is it your new girlfriend?”

At this, Kang Chul-In’s face stiffened .

“ . . . What?”

“I mean, you have a lot of beautiful women by your side . You have Lucia, Lee Chae-Rin, and now you have another woman? Wow… as expected of my friend . Man! Oh wait, they said not to talk about these things…”

Dorian covered his mouth with an expression that said “oops” . He thought that his mistake was talking about Kang Chul-In’s “ex-girlfriends” in front of his current girlfriend .

Of course, it was a mistake .

“Kuk!”

Dorian grabbed his abdomen and moaned in pain .

“If you keep talking nonsense, I’ll give you some mental training . ”

“ . . . Huk…”

Since Dorian was close to Kang Chul-In’s subordinates, he had been pestered often with the talk of “mental training” and realized how terrifying it was .

“Is it maybe 3, 4 days’ travel from here?”

While shaking off the hand that Kang Chul-In had punched Dorian’s midsection with, he looked far to the south .

Sadly for them, Kim Sung-Hee’s “waypoint” was different for each and every adventurer . They were around 200km away from the Valhalla territory, so they had to travel there by foot .

“We’ll get there in two days,” Kang Chul-In said .

He was saying that they would travel 100km a day, something that sounded crazy .

“T-Two days? That far? Hey, Chul-In, you do know how far it is to the dungeon, right…?”

Dorian was startled .

“What, you can’t do it? Then don’t come . ”

“No, I can . ”

At Kang Chul-In’s taunting, Dorian’s expression changed into an excited one .

“Of course I can do it . ”

“Well then, let’s go . ”

Traveling over 100km by foot was something that Kang Chul-In didn’t like either as it required both great mental and physical endurance . Rather than being tiring though, it was monotonous and boring . They had to get going as soon as possible .

Because…

Valhalla… to think that it’s become a dungeon…

It was because of the information from Dorian that Valhalla had become an Epic Dungeon .

It was at that moment .

“You . ”

Kang Chul-In felt cold metal touching his neck .

“Let’s fight . ”

Dorian’s mouth gaped open in surprise and shock .

T-That woman… why would she want to commit suicide…?

It was Kim Sung-Hee who had put her sword to Kang Chul-In’s throat .