Chapter 566 Feels Like A Trap

Chapter 566 Feels Like A Trap

It's been too quiet...

After how many times we got attacked by Shadow Devourers before we went inside this room, I was expecting this place to be filled with traps as well.

But instead of that, we've met with no resistance so far while we continued to advance.

There were still tons of doors along the way and each of them was a prison cell with a Rejmar inside of it.

I wondered why these people were kept here while others were kept in the cells on the floor above instead.

That was when I noticed one of the doors seemed to be glowing and all of us turned our attention to it.

Runes started to appear in the air around the door, forming into some sort of arc reminiscent of a doorway.

Then, even as we watched, the door that the runes were surrounding slowly faded away as if it was turning translucent before finally disappearing, leaving a blank wall behind.

Huh...

"I did not just imagine that, did I?" I muttered.

"You did not, Master."

Yes, thank you for affirming that I was not going crazy, Eins.

Gwen also nodded, "I saw that as well, Aster. But I suppose we're all wondering what it means?"

"Perhaps... This is just an assumption from me... But do you think that room was sent to the floor above us?" I suggested.

Olgar furrowed his brow, "What kind of magic is that?"

Thorn raised a finger, "I don't think it's impossible though. If he managed to somehow control the Dungeon, he could be using some of the Dungeon's features for himself."

"Could someone really do that?"

"Fuck if I know, but that's what I'm guessing is happening here. I know some Dungeons can change their layout so it might be that."

I turned to the two Rejmars, "I feel like it might be a little late to ask this but what exactly was this guy's goal when he destroyed that city? Or more specifically, why did he create Shadow Devourers in the first place?"

Both of them shrugged before Olgar answered me, "No one knew. He just showed up one day and then unleashed those monsters on the city before disappearing. We had even thought that the monsters might have also killed him with how suddenly he came and vanished."

Great... So we have some crazy dude who kidnapped an entire bunch of Dungeoneers to be used to create monsters and we don't even know what his goals are.

The only thing I know about this guy so far is that he writes BL smut and hides the book in his drawer.

Hey, maybe he's trying to create Shadow Devourers to recreate his BL scenes? You never know.N♡vεlB¡n: Transforming Moments into Memories.

As we walked past the door that had just disappeared, another set of stairs greeted us at the end, leading even deeper down to the lower floors.

Seems like this place goes deeper than we thought.

Unfortunately, the monsters were catching up to us since, no offence, the Rejmars did not exactly have the longest strides.

"Eins," I called out.

"Understood."

With that single word, she freed her hands before picking up both Thorn and Olgar to lift them over her shoulders like they were two sacks of potatoes.

As for me, I picked Gwen up in a sort of princess carry before both Eins and I dashed towards the stairs.

Just in case, I even used [Fire Blast] to temporarily stop the monsters, though it wasn't as effective as I liked since the ones behind simply pushed the ones on fire aside to continue the charge towards us.

I decided something more solid might help so I used [Earth Ball] and launched the projectile towards the leading monster's legs.

The ball of earth smashed against it, causing the monster to trip over and fall on the ground, which in turn made the others behind it stumble on it as well.

This resulted in a small pileup as the Shadow Devourers behind it failed to stop themselves and also ran straight into the pile.

We managed to reach the stairs without any other hindrances and quickly descended down the steps before the monsters could recover.

I wasn't sure if they would follow us down the stairs but the main thing was to get away from here first and we could think about that later.

When we reached the bottom, we found ourselves in a wide hall with walls and both the floor and ceiling painted completely black.

The issue was that there were no visible exits aside from the stairs behind us.

I looked behind us and directed my light towards the top of the stairs, waiting to see if the monsters would start descending after us.

But even after waiting for a minute, I saw nothing appear at the top of the stairs.

Huh... It seems like we actually escaped from them?

Eins and I lowered the Rejmars we were carrying back on the ground since now the coast was clear.

"Sorry about that," I apologised.

Gwen giggled, "Hehehe~ You can carry me anytime you want, Aster. I don't mind~"

The other two were looking in our direction so I coughed to hide my embarrassment, "Ahem... Where are we now?"

Before anyone could answer though, the stairs that we had descended from were suddenly blocked off by a wall dropping down from above, preventing us from going back up.

A Rejmar that I did not recognise also materialised out of thin air in the centre of the room, his face partially covered by a hood though his eyes seemed to shine in the darkness.

"Welcome to my Dungeon. I see you have made it past my Shadow Devourers so congra--"

His words were cut short when I opened a portal to teleport in front of him and punched him in the face, sending him flying all the way to the other end of the hall.

What? I already said I'd punch the bastard!