Chapter 133 (2/2)

“I think…” Halfway into the hallway, Nangnang turned to look at Shadia and softly said, “A variable must have appeared”

“What? A variable?” Shadia looked at Nangnang with a quizzical expression, wondering why he was specifically looking at her “Ah” Soht She recalled what she had said previously, or to be more precise, when Eshnunna first opened the barrier “Yeah There was a part of the barrier eird mana flow…”

“The current situation may be related to that, or it may not be relevant at all What we can say for sure is that the variable is so continued, “I have no idea hoe can use this variable to our advantage”

A variable was not always bad; there were definitely ti it “Hmmm No matter how I look at it, the current situation doesn’t ed the relationshi+p between these two…”

Nangnang suddenly stopped , and his eyes narrowed as he looked at the end of the hallway The structure of the building that they were investigating was very simple Each floor had a staircase that went to the upper floor in the center, and on each side of the staircase was a passageway From the outside, there see, and the floor that the expedition tea further up, and the staircase indeed stopped on the fourth floor However, there were steps leading upwards at the end of the hallway

This could

“It’s the rooftop” The fact that there was a path leading to the rooftop wasn’t a proble about it Nangnang continued, “…The s, metallic odor had wafted down from the top of the stairs and settled In fact, they could s the fourth floor

“It reeks of blood It’stwitched his nose and turned back to ask for Chi-Woo’s opinion There was definitely so’s rooftop

Chi-Woo’s expression stiffened as he curtly replied, “Let’s cli i the stairs, they ate Their expressions darkened as an extreent smell that was hard to endure wafted to their nose

“It reached all the way here” The steps were covered in blood, and there was soto open it” Snowy Mountain stood in the front, and Nangnang opened the door

Everyone looked forith their guards up, visibly tense It didn’t take long for them to see as on the other side

“…”

None of the, but their broere all furrowed into a deep frown What they saw ht red against the black, open sky There were corpses sprawled everywhere, not only of humans, but monsters who used to be in hun creature, and only their shells had been left behind It wasn’t an exaggeration to call the macabre scene before them a feast of blood Moreover, the bodies were not scattered randoeometric pattern had been drawn on the roof floor with the now coagulated blood It ay too grotesque for it to be a si gaped with a blank expression Not only were there human corpses, but corpses of the unknown monsters as well All of them had been horrendously killed Who in the world did this? For what purpose? The answer to these questions was in the center of the rooftop

There was a creature that looked too bizarre to be a human He sat on top of an enormous pile of corpses with his chin propped up on one hand, as if he was deep in contemplation like Rodin’s ‘The Thinker’

“…I don’t know”

From the neck down, the naked creature looked definitely hu the head of a stuffed aniels

“I don’t know I don’t know I don’t know I don’t know I don’t know” The mysterious owl-headed creature blinked and endlessly muttered “What I should do—” He looked over his shoulder at the entrance,the eyes of those in the expedition team

–…What?

Chi-Woo heard Philip’s voice

–…Why is that bast…guy here?

Chi-Woo glanced at the now deeply frowning Philip It sounded like he kneho that owl aze before thethe silence

“…It’s really a unique combination,” said the tal enous monsters Did they for towards extinction But…” The owl hed “Whatever happened, it’s pointless to keep thinking about it in this situation”

He got up and walked down the pile of corpses He looked extreic and bored to the extent that he looked weary “Given the situation, I’ll put personalby his tone, it sounded as if he was doing a great favor for the expedition team

The owl et here?”

The expedition teah the being before the to talk to the, or should they respond to the offer of a conversation? The decision lay with the leader of this expedition

Thus, Chi-Woo first raised his voice and asked, “Who are you?”

“…Me?” The owl monster blinked “Hmm…now that I think about it, I haven’t introduced myself” He fixed his posture and put one hand on his chest “Let everything be decided by a fight I’m the Marquis of the Great Demon Empire, and” He revealed his identity with extreme politeness “I’h Demon Andras”