Chapter 22

22 . The treasury of the demon kings castle

After a while of breaking through walls, a large space opens up in front of me .

This is the hidden room that leads to the dungeons lowest layer .

Sashas face had an expression of surprise on it when she saw it .

After breaking those walls a room appeared

It was created using magic and was surprisingly easy . I only left the barest traces of magic to follow . A simple hidden passage that doesnt use magic . Its a blind spot for many people .

The only drawback to it is every time I come here I have to use Construction Creation <Ibis> and repair the hole I make .

But the dungeon beneath Deruzogedo is closed to the public . Only students may enter . When did you find this hidden passage?

What if I said I made it?

Sasha is dissatisfied and pouts .

Avoiding it . If you dont want to say, thats fine .

Its a fact though . Oh well, I cant make her believe me .

Should we go? This room leads to the lowest layer .

A few minutes after we start walking we arrive at an especially bright room .

The ceiling is very high and though we are in a dungeon its overflowing with trees .

Theres a waterway running through the room causing the light to glitter and reflect off its surface .

. Sunlight . Misha mutters .

Yeah . Sunlight during daytime and moonlight at night . Its made to draw in the outside light .

Is it . for the activation of nature magic?

Fusion magic which is the secret art of the Necron family uses nature magic . Sasha and Misha who both specialise in it immediately noticed that this room is a catalyst .

However, its a little different from 2000 years ago .

The position of the sunlight is different . Has somebody adjusted it using magic?

It wasnt only me that used this dungeon, my subordinates did too so people would have been in here . Maybe one of them did it?

Suddenly, I look up at the ceiling but theres nothing there .

. Whats wrong . . ?

No, its nothing . Must have been my imagination .

We lave the nature magic room and carry on .

On the way down a long flight of stairs, Sasha speaks to me .

Nee, If Arnos has come here before then cant you use Transfer <Gatom>?

This entire dungeon has an anti-magic spell woven into it to prevent Transfer <Gatom> working correctly . You could use it but youd have no idea where youd end up .

Its easy to cancel the anti-magic but the dungeon has a system in place that would collapse it if you did .

It would have been easy to leave myself a loophole so only I could use <Gatom> in the dungeon, however, by setting it up so there were no exceptions it also made it the best way to stop intruders .

Weve been walking for 2 hours now . How much further is it?

. . Look . .

Misha points ahead where the bottom of the stairs could be seen .

Fumu . Weve reached the bottom .

Really?

Sasha runs ahead down the stairs but stops and stares at something in utter amazement .

Me and Misha catch up to her .

There was a pair of huge, luxurious gates that even a giant could fit through .

Its the gate to the altar room .

Misha looks at the gates with her demon eyes .

. Anti-magic

Aah . To stop people trying to break in using magic .

Misha stares even further into the magic abyss .

. . Even Flame Prison Annihilation Canon <Geo Greys> could not destroy it .

Haaaa!? Then how do we get in?

Yare yare . They still dont understand whos here with them .

Use your head a bit . If you intend to break it then you will fail . If magic doesnt work then open it without using magic .

I calmly step forward and place my hand on the gate . Using my strength I push and with a heavy, grating noise the gate opens .

It opened . Misha grumbled while having a dumbfounded look on her face .

I thought this before when you lifted my demon king castle but whats going on with your body . ? How can you open such a stupidly large door?

Sasha pushes on the door but of course, it doesnt move .

I cant say this out loud but she looks really cute trying to move it .

I train every day .

In what dimension would training allow you to do this?

Sasha starts muttering to herself .

Does he come from a lineage with strong people in it?

More importantly, the thing you are after is over there .

At the back of the room is an altar with an ominous looking staff on it .

Is thatthe Kings Scepter . . ?

If you look at it with your demon eyes you would tell straight away that it was loaded with great magic .

Its completely different from the blunt demon sword that Zepes had . Its a genuine item from the age of myths .

A perfect score in the dungeon test is certain with this .

I had wondered if somebody had removed it but Im happy that its still here .

Nee . can I touch it?

Anything obtained in the dungeon is the possession of the group leader and a genuine tool from the age of myths is something rarely seen .