In the small black room, I sat opposite the high priest in the posture of a salted fish.

It's not that I've lost my dreams, it's that I really don't like the feeling of powerlessness that I can't fight back after being hit repeatedly.

"Child, are you scared?" The high priest asked.

Nodding, I took a deep breath: "I'm afraid. ”

"What are you afraid of?" She asked again.

"I'm afraid of harming my family" glanced at his left arm and pouted again: "I'm also afraid of returning to the loneliness of being alone." ”

"So kid, what do you usually do when you encounter something you are afraid of?"

"Run, run for your life, stay away from what scares me until I can't see it again."

The suffocating terrifying image of the nine-headed dragon instantly condensed in my brain, and the scorching flames that spewed out, the terrible temperature that burned my whole body, washed my heart again and again with a violent posture.

Unconsciously, my breathing became shorter.

"What if you can't run away?" The voice of the High Priest was like a demonic voice, inducing my mind and digging into my heart.

"Then fight, fight, fight with your life!"

Suddenly, a raging battle intent ignited in my heart, and I felt as if I had returned to the scene where I faced the Minotaur boss for the first time, facing the huge body that was more than twice as tall as me, feeling the angry moisture spewing from its nostrils, and looking directly into its crazy and tyrannical red eyes.

That was the first time I felt the horror of a monster, and it was also the first time I was driven to no end by a monster.

At that time, I was even clinging to the closed portal, longing for the gods to come down and save me from the brink of despair.

However, until the monster's fist slammed down, the gods did not come.

Looking at the ground cracked by a blow, despair and fear soaked my body in an instant, and at the same time, it aroused the most primitive fighting intent and desire in my heart.

I don't remember much about what happened after that, but I just knew that I was crazy.

In a state of madness, I took a steel bar and pounced on the Minotaur boss and engaged in a fierce hand-to-hand combat with him.

I don't remember how badly my body was traumatized in that fight, except that when I woke up, the first thing I saw was Old Man Taylor's expression that had changed from serious to relaxed.

The first thing he said to me was: You kid is finally alive.

Yes, although my first thought is often to run away when faced with fear, when I am cornered and there is no way to avoid it, I am full of fighting spirit.

And, until now, I've been through countless battles that I can't avoid, and I've been on a winning streak.

"Looks like you've got your edges."

The gentle voice of the high priest rang in my ears.

Opening my eyes, I smiled softly: "Yes, I already understand. ”

"Understood," the High Priest smiled, "I can't help you with the runes, but I can help you with anything else." ”

"Can you tell me about the space?" Frowning, I said, "I'd love to know." ”

"Gap space...... Hmm" The High Priest nodded and said, "Actually, the crack space is a redundant branch of the dungeon, just like the countless twigs branching out from the trunk of a tree, the difference is that the twigs need the nutrients of the trunk to survive, while the pinch space exists independently. ”

"What about the monsters inside? Is it also a monster in a dungeon? ”

"Some are," said the high priest, "and some are not." ”

"Through the Eye of Light, I have seen many gaps and monsters that live in them," said the High Priestess, "Some of those monsters are very weak, some are very strong, and there are even some that cannot be defeated even if they are encountered by the legendary heroes you praise for themselves. ”

"A monster that even legendary heroes can't win?" I couldn't help but ask, "Is it the kind of being that is so powerful that it can be compared to the legendary god of creation?" ”

"Child" the high priest smiled, "The dungeon was created by the god of creation, how can the monsters in it be stronger than the god of creation?" ”

That's right, if you are better than the god of creation, how can you be trapped in a small space.

"Can you see the monsters I encountered in the crack space before?" I asked.

"Of course" The High Priest took out the Eye of Light again, and in an instant the room was dazzling, she gently put her hand on the Eye of Light, closed her eyes and felt it, then opened her eyes again, and said, "What you once encountered was a very powerful nine-headed dragon, and a puppet warrior who was weak but had a strange structure. ”

"Yes, those two, especially the nine-headed dragon and the flames it sprayed, have become my nightmares!"

"Child," said the high priest, "the nine-headed dragon you said was a wounded nine-headed dragon. ”

"I said, why is it so grumpy! It turned out that I was injured and was afraid that I would mend the knife, so he wanted to breathe fire and kill me! ”

"No, its wrath does not come from its wounds," said the high priest, "but from its failures." ”

"Failure? What do you mean? ”

"It fought the last human who fell into the crack space, but unfortunately, it was defeated."

These words were like pebbles, thrown into my heart that had just calmed down, and instantly stirred up countless tumbling and boiling.

"You're saying that this nine-headed dragon was defeated before I went there?" I couldn't help but be surprised: "Who is so awesome that they can defeat it?" ”

"That's a ...... A genius similar to Taylor," the high priest said: "The strength is outstanding, but it's a pity that ......"

"Pity? Could it be that he was also severely injured by the nine-headed dragon? Or is he dead? ”

The high priest was silent for a moment, and said, "The nine-headed dragon is not enough to hurt him, and besides, he is not dead, just ......"

"Just what?" I said urgently.

The high priest laughed but said nothing.

Is it another question that can't be answered?

I'm on my knees, when will you stop selling it!

The high priest was silent for a long time, and then said slowly: "Although I can't tell you his status, I can't say his name, or even reveal any information about him, but I can tell you with certainty that he has a relationship with you, although only indirectly, and that you will meet one day in the future, in a situation that will surprise you." ”

Is there someone I have a relationship with?

I began to think about anyone who had a relationship with me, from male to female, from old to young, but there were only a few strong people who seemed to have something to do with me and had the ability to defeat the nine-headed dragon.

It seems that I need to visit them one by one in my free time.

"By the way, High Priestess," I suddenly thought of one more thing: "You said before that some of the monsters in the gap space are from the dungeon, and some are not, so can I understand it this way, among the many monsters in the dungeon, some are born locally, and some are captured from other places to fill the number?" ”

(End of chapter)