Records of Dungeon Travel

Chapter 174

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#66. The Restarted Cogwheels

[The labyrinth has been upgraded from Level 1 to Level 2. Previously locked facilities have been activated.]

[The labyrinth is now activated. Usually, all nearby beasts and creatures would be attracted to the labyrinth, but this is the surface and not the Underworld. There are no beasts or creatures to recognize the existence of the labyrinth.]

[However, you should not let down your guard. Any living being will be able to feel the energy emanating from the labyrinth.]

[The piled up dirt and sand covering the labyrinth will be unable to hide its existence forever. The extension of its facilities is urgently needed.]

[The locked facilities have been activated. You are now able to call forth the new summons.]

The Labyrinth Core that Kim Jin-Woo had in his possession was from one of the deepest floors in the Underworld, which was why he had decided to plant it on the surface. However, this was the first time he had attempted this, so he had plenty of potential issues to worry about.

But in spite of his concerns, the labyrinth had successfully been upgraded and came to life.

[The Demon Fruits are a race that grows only in the deepest parts of the Underworld. They are evil spirits born out of fear and resentment from creatures dying miserable deaths.]

[These human-like Demon Fruits sometimes scream for incomprehensible reasons. Their screams are like funeral songs that lead the weak to their death.]

[They are also shamans skilled in curses. However, the origins of these demons born out of curses are terrible, as they are known to even curse themselves and at times, even consume their own masters.]

[Their former masters, and their masters before that, have all met horrible deaths.]

Kim Jin-Woo saw the delayed messages and frowned. He belatedly remembered the path he’d had to take to obtain this labyrinth.

A year ago, when the Dawn Rooster crowed, the unstoppable war had begun on the 9th Floor. To overcome the situation, he’d needed to accept the request of the 11th Floor Counts. And in the process, the labyrinth that had been provided to him for use as his base of operations was the Labyrinth of Demon Fruits.

The Labyrinth of Demon Fruits had previously been called the Labyrinth of Mandragoras by its previous labyrinth master, a servant of Parthenon who was eventually sacrificed in an attempt to suppress Anatolius.

The Underworld system’s messages were too modest in their introduction of the labyrinth, compared to what the previous labyrinth master had gone through.

But Kim Jin-Woo’s expression eased and he smiled. So what if there was a curse? So what if the previous master had spoken ill of this labyrinth? This was the surface, beyond the reaches of the Mysteries of the Underworld. Even if the curse were real, there was no way it could reach this far.

No, even if the curse had really fallen on him, Kim Jin-Woo didn’t care, for there was no curse greater than being born in the Underworld. As he thought that way, the uncomfortable feeling he had felt when he first saw the messages disappeared.