637 Outwardly That
I lost track of the distance I walked. I stayed on course onward without looking back once.
I slice and dice any wall in my way. I dig and dig walls upon walls no matter how thick they are.
Who even is a maze. The walls I cut have the same soft texture as a pudding, I've gotten addicted to the sensation of cutting them. Can't stop, won't stop.
I got so much into it I was hoping I'd come across more walls when the path had none.
It's the adverse effect of staying too long in Accelerated State. It messes up my mind.
(Hyahhoi! Wall, it's wall, wall! I'mma scoop you out~~)
I can no longer deny being called a weirdo. Nobody is present to objectively denounce me here so I've got no brake right now.
The goal is to go straight ahead and nothing else.
My method would definitely send this maze's maker, the dungeon master or something, scream in terror but I don't care.
I'm gonna clear this dungeon my way.
I eventually ran into a stairway after breaking who knows how many walls.
That was when I came back to senses and undid Acceleration.
"Ah, it's already over huh~. It was so much fun too."
My mind was still being weird. I even felt disappointed after getting to the stairway.
"No choice. Guess I'll go down. Wonder what's lying in wait there?"
I recalled my original goal and climbed down.
The next floor was a small room 10 meter wide in all directions.
A chair shining gold lies at the furthest end of the room. Alongside a man sitting on it.
"Ho? I was wondering why my skeletons never came back, now this is unusual. An uninvited guest at this room."
His face looks pale, he's got fangs and he's wearing a white shirt with black trousers. A black mantle is hanging by his shoulders. The underside of the mantle is fashionably red.
His hair is short golden colored, straightened to his back. Red colored eyes.
Yup, one being immediately came up on my mind when I saw him. It blanked me out for an instant.
"What's the matter? You will not name yourself? Hmph, such insolence. Such arrogance before me. I shall drain all the blood in you after giving you plenty of time to regret your conduct."
"Ah, sorry for that. My name is Saito. I'm here today to ask you about the dungeon that got connected to the Dwarf Kingdom, if you would."
I'm used to these sudden declarations of murder. No, I mean, I really shouldn't but let's let it slide for now.
Getting straight into battle would not answer any of my question. As such, I opted for a greeting for now.
"Hmph. It's too late for you. You have slighted me. Your death is all but assured. But I am magnanimous. I shall give the answers to your insignificant questions. Be grateful of my magnanimity. For I have shown a cur like you leniency. This shall prolong your soon to end life if only for a short while. You may thank me."
I paid his word no heed and threw my question.
"Err? Then, I take it you're this dungeon's master?"
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I thought of confirming things one by one and started with the most basic one.
Gotta get all I could out of this being while he's still in a good mood.
"Indeed! I am the very master of this dungeon! Korek Drasor De Dyulden... Oy, why are you not falling to prostrate yourself with the utterance of my name?"
"Ah, sorry I come from a really rural village, you see. I don't know anything about great men and their names. And I won't bow or prostrate. I don't know why should I do that after all."
"Kuh! Has the world forgotten about me!? ...Hmph, inevitable. I shall teach you, ignoramus. I am the very pioneer who founded the town in this land. As well as the lord of the city that was built afterward."
"Okay. So, why are you a dungeon master now?"
"...Your attitude remains unabashed after hearing my great feat... Fumu? You must be looking down on me, do you not? Unforgivable! I never forgive anyone who looks down on me!"
The guy's getting all fired up on his own. His extreme mood swing is kinda taking me aback.
"Eh, no I don't. I literally have no idea what, how and why should I revere you. I mean, building the town is impressive I agree but that was in the past right? Why should I lower my head to you considering your current action? You sent out skeletons to outside world and endangered the populace, no? How is that great? So, any chance you're willing to tell me why a past lord of the city is here and doing that kinda stuff today?"
"Every single one of you... Making a mockery out of me... None of you knows the hardship of pioneering, yet all you do is trying to siphon my wealth... Failures, the lot of you..."
"Err, can you not go off into your own world?"
This Dyulden guy started muttering to himself while facing upward for some reason.
I tried to remind him again, but he wouldn't listen to a word I said.
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