Chapter 267 – Game of Divine Thrones 2 (1/2)

First. Unlike Adventurer’s Canyon, there was no hunting ground for growth and development.

Second. Instead of a hunting ground, there were clusters of powerful monsters all over the place, and items dropped at a steady probability when one killed them.

Third. Among the items dropped, there was a boss summoning piece, but one needed to collect a total of 100 pieces to convert the pieces into one summoning ticket.

Fourth. If one summoned and defeated the boss monster, one can obtain items that were useful within the dungeon.

However, one difficulty was that the type of boss summoning piece that appeared in each of the three paths were different.

“I think the Awakened Queen Star Snake would be better than the Bloody Basilisk,” Woohyuk murmured.

“Hik… Do I have to deal with that disgusting snake again? How about a Golden Griffon instead?” Reina whined.

“Irene and Leifina can’t attack the Golden Griffon, Reina. Think a little before giving your opinion,” he responded.

“Why can’t they attack? You have that one thing… a white horse with wings and a horn on its head,” Reina said as she was chewing on an apple in front of a campfire.

After a sigh, Woohyuk turned over the venison that he was grilling on a frying pan.

“Leifina has acrophobia, so she won’t be able to use it. Irene might be okay,” he muttered.

“What is acrophobia? A fear of heights? That’s a funny concept,” Irene commented from the side as she tilted her head.

When Reina saw Irene’s reaction, she blurted out in an exasperated voice, “You don’t even know what acrophobia is? What hole were you living in your entire life?!”

“A hole where chimeras come out from? Aris made me by remodeling the body of a dead saint,” Irene answered truthfully.

“Hey… Why are you telling me that now?!”

“Because you never asked,” Irene answered.

She then looked down at the plate above her lap, holding a fork and knife in her hands with a casual look.

Reina looked at Irene with her mouth wide open, unable to reply.

Irene continued to elaborately cut her venison steak into manageable pieces.

“Why does a chimera-like monster look so pretty and sophisticated?” Reina asked Woohyuk in disbelief.

“Don’t keep calling her a monster, Reina. Irene is one of my most trusted vassals.”

“I-I had no intention of using a condescending term. I was just surprised to hear that she was a chimera,” Reina blabbered on, constantly sweeping her chest with her hands to calm herself down.

Then Allen, who was next to her, spoke up, “The fact is, humans and elves may have been created by the Creator by remodeling them like a chimera. It’s likely that this is why humans and elves can mate and give birth to offspring.”

“Although I gave up my manhood voluntarily, breeding itself is by no means a dirty act. It is a divine union and associated with creation…”

Like a university professor, Allen began giving her a lecture on the biological process of mating and reproduction.

When Reina was making a bored yet terrified look, Leifina couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“Hahaha…”

“W-Why are you laughing! You’re a female knight who doesn’t even know how to cook!” Reina yelled.

“Oh, sorry. The situation is so interesting…” Leifina said as she scratched her head with an embarrassed face.

Looking upon the scene, Woohyuk remembered an old memory.

‘She used to burst out laughing like that whenever we were about to eat. I guess some things didn’t change from my previous life.’

Most of the time back then, she burst out laughing because she served them burnt black food.

This was why Woohyuk was in charge of cooking right now.

It was suicide for him to entrust this complicated task to the less socialized chimera or the elf, who was used to picking fruit and other edibles in the forest.

Of course, the same was true of Allen, whose cooking sense was not commensurate with his magic skill.

‘Still, it’s nice having Leifina next to me.’

Looking back on his past journeys, there were many times he couldn’t be with her because of his busy schedule.

Now that he didn’t know what would happen in the future due to the Creator’s intervention, he promised himself to make a greater effort to make memories like this.

As Woohyuk gazed at Leifina, Reina noticed his stare and scootched next to him to whisper, “Oho! It turns out, Woohyuk, you’re not like Allen, aye? Who’s your favorite girl here?”

“… Don’t mutter such useless things,” he answered in a tired tone.

“You haven’t married Eleanora of the Holy Aperian Empire yet, right? Well, although she looks pretty, I don’t think she’s your type for some reason. Maybe an obedient knight like Leifina is?”

“W-Wh-What are you talking about…!” Leifina stuttered out with fright. Her face turned bright red as she swung her arms around to somehow stop the conversation from continuing.

Reina giggled and laughed as she found Leifina’s reaction entertaining.

“Look at that, Leifina seems to be interested in Woohyuk too? She’s honestly better looking than Eleanora,” Reina continued.

“You must be bored, Reina. An elf who is as active and playful as you also has its own charm,” he replied.

“… Oh, really? Thanks for the compliment. Anyway, so who is your choice?” Reina got up as she asked, trying to force Woohyuk to answer quickly.

Woohyuk frowned his brow for a while and then decided to answer honestly, “Leifina.”

“I knew it! I knew you liked that poison producing cook!”

“Why, are you jealous?” Woohyuk asked.

“Well, no, why would I be…”

At his unexpected counterattack, Reina was embarrassed and momentarily lost.

After a sigh, Woohyuk transferred his fully cooked venison steak to a plate.

“Unintentionally, we’ve received four days of relative rest, but don’t let your guards down. There’s a possibility that someone may attack us in the middle of the night,” he warned.

“Are you talking about a monster? We’ve installed defensive barriers, so if they approach us, we’ll know…” she said confidently before her voice trailed. She raised her pointed ears and paused her speech.

Woohyuk also stopped cutting the steak and narrowed his eyes.

“There’s one. Its physique is about the size of an adult male, and he’s holding a sword with both hands,” Woohyuk quietly stated.

“Is it a survivor of the epic dungeon? Why would it be spying on us?” Reina asked.

“It looks like whatever it is has gone through some tough times. We’ll have to ask him directly after we get ahold of him,” Woohyuk calmly stated before he disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Before long, someone’s scream rang out from afar.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!”