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At the end of an endless line reminiscent of a queue for an apocalyptic game, we were finally able to receive our temporary entry permits.

“Well then, have a pleasant journey.”

The immigration officer, unable to take his eyes off the potion bottle I had handed over, saw us off with a bright smile.

At first, he tried to intimidate us with a somewhat rigid and oppressive atmosphere, but ‘gifts’ naturally smooth out relationships and conversations.

I offered a special skin beauty potion from Ark’s general store as a ‘gift’ without any ulterior motives.

Of course, we passed through cleanly without any problems.

“Elise, did you see that?”

“Hehe, as expected of Ark-nim. You’re really amazing.”

It wasn’t that big of a deal.

It was just the result of ‘communicating’ with a sincere and appealing voice, through polite eye contact.

As we set foot inside the Great Imperial Empire’s border, on the opposite side of the immigration office exit.

[★★★: Enter the Great Imperial Empire within 1 hour. (Completed)]

“They’re certainly efficient in taking action.”

The message announcing the clearing of Zone 1 sparkled.

I didn’t expect them to be faster than us.
There’s no way they passed through more smoothly than us.

They must have caused some trouble.
I can bet Tinya on that.

Just by looking at Yohena’s face as soon as we came out of the tower, I could guess roughly what had happened.

It was the expression she had when caught rummaging for snacks in the kitchen at 2 AM.

“Yohena?”

“Y-Yes?!”

“Did you resolve things peacefully?”

“P-P-Pea-Peacefully? Y-Yes…”

The Saint has a habit of stuttering severely when lying.

…Honestly, after causing that mess in the Great Forest.
People don’t change that easily in just a few days.

“Saha?”

“…Ahem.”

“Ari?”

“Hehe.”

Seeing these obviously complicit fellows averting their gazes.

I turned to Renatel, who had an expression that said ‘I saw it with my own eyes!’

“Please explain what happened.”

Renatel, the only conscientious one, gave a ‘Lost 50 Minutes’ memoir.
It could be summarized as a dynamic action blockbuster filled with violence, destruction, and oil.

Starting with smashing Duiju No. n due to a minor misunderstanding, followed by a bloody battle with the gradually gathering golems.
While being chased, they coincidentally encountered a group of smugglers and served justice.
Using the clues obtained from interrogating those individuals, they entered the underground waterways and crossed the border barrier.

“There were, there were so many rats…”

Renatel, a beastkin herself, concluded with a species-discriminatory remark and shuddered.

“Hyak!”

I planted a righteous flick on Yohena’s forehead.
My fist hurt more, but…

“Didn’t you say you’d take responsibility and lead well in the name of the goddess?”

“But, but there were pieces of metal flying around…! It’s heretical magic…!”

Ah.
She doesn’t know.

“That’s not magic, it’s what they call science.”

I kindly added an explanation, but Yohena listened with a rather sulky attitude and then.

“Hmph…! To make so many golems in the noble and dignified image of humans, and for combat purposes at that. They must surely be beings with evil intentions…!”

Suddenly possessed by Heungseon Daewongun preaching Wijeongcheoksa, she expounded conspiracy theories about the ancient magical-mechanical civilization of the Great Imperial Empire.

At this point.

“Elise?”

“Yes, did you call for me?”

“I think I’ll have to join the other side for Zone 2.”

“Hehe…”

Don’t you give that ominous smile too.

Still, I personally demonstrated ‘ways to solve problems without violence’ here, so they should be able to navigate at least one zone well enough.

It’s also before any full-fledged combat encounters begin.

Therefore, line swap.

We decided to graft Renatel, the oddly conscientious former Darang Thief Gang member, onto the demon group, and have Lumi and I join the hero party that’s more demonic than actual demons.

At this, Saha, Ari, and Yohena all broke into bright smiles.

“…You didn’t cause trouble on purpose to make me tag along, did you?”

“Of course not.”
“W-We didn’t cause any t-trouble…!”
“Ahahah.”

“Hmm…”

I felt a slightly strange feeling, but anyway, it seemed I’d have to go back and forth to adjust things for a while.

“Well then, let’s go again.”

After redistributing the personnel.
Re-entry.

“Ugh.”

As soon as we entered Zone 2.
I could immediately understand why Renatel’s expression had crumpled in the flashback scene earlier.

Hurriedly putting on the mask I had prepared for the previous Arachne battle from my inventory.

“…It’s impressive that you even found this and called it a path.”

I couldn’t help but voice the sarcasm welling up from deep within my chest.

What lay before us was.
A massive underground waterway.

A faint stench of rancid oil lingered in the air, damaging my clean lungs.

“Keeng, keeeng…”

Lumi, with her more sensitive sense of smell than mine, was in agony, looking like she might faint.

“Master…!”

Swallowing my regret, I gave my mask to Lumi.
Lumi’s tail wagged vigorously.

“Hehe, a shortcut is still a path!”

Even in this situation, Ari, excessively injected with the power of positivity, laughed brightly and chirped.

“Let’s move forward for now. Let’s quickly get out of here.”

Feeling like claustrophobia might set in following the difficulty breathing if we stayed here, I hastened our steps to find an exit.

If I had known it would be like this.
I should have brought Tinya, the pathfinding expert.

“Squeak!”

Occasionally, large rats that looked like they might shout Gray-Gray! appeared to block our path.

“Squeak…!”

One arrow shot.
One hammer blow.

They met an end befitting early-game mob enemies.

“Lumi? You don’t need to collect that.”

Honestly, even though I’m a pro-level chef who doesn’t discriminate by origin, I didn’t want to loot rat meat and cook with it.

Of course, the calamity our hero party had brought upon themselves also appeared periodically.

《Intruder detected. Eliminating.》
《Intruder detected. Eliminating.》

From time to time, mechanical soldiers – dubbed by Yohena as ‘Evil creations that defy providence’ – appeared to block our path.

They looked almost identical to those friends we had witnessed deploying at the immigration office earlier.

“Haa…”

Those guys.
So they were coming to catch us.

I felt slightly dizzy.

But having come this far, we couldn’t back down with a response like ‘It was just a misunderstanding, sorry, tee-hee’.

“Let’s destroy them as quickly as possible and leave the scene.”

Our hero party was a bit lacking in that aspect.
The fact that a report had come in meant there were witnesses or survivors, fugitives.

That’s a deduction in artistic score.

If you’re going to do it, do it thoroughly and decisively.
It’s only assassination if you kill all the witnesses too.

“Saha and Ari, do as you’ve been doing. Lumi, check widely for any escapees or if anyone’s peeking.”

“Myeong!”

As the hero party immediately assumed battle positions.

《Elimination protocol activated.》

The robots, with slightly awkward but still quite convincing movements.
Began to use martial arts.

“Wooow─!”

Tinya exclaimed in amazement at the sight of the vast territory spread out beyond the barrier, and the enormously bright tower clearly visible despite being far away.

And the appearance of a giant black mechanical snake spewing steam.

“Stupid. Haven’t you seen a train before?”

Neb, who had already visited the 21st-25th floor section of the tower before, puffed out his chest and proudly showed off his knowledge.

It was a strangely active and talkative appearance for the Demon of Sloth.

But originally, showing off ‘knowledge only I know’ was an instinct engraved at the genetic level, regardless of whether one was a demon or human.

With the two squishy ones chattering in the background.

“Hmm.”

Elise once again organized in her mind the explanation Ark had given earlier.

The main premise.
Aim for 3-star clear as much as possible.

[★★★: Board the train within 2 hours. (0/2)]

That didn’t seem to be much of a problem.

Getting on top of that black snake’s body.

Except for one stupid dog that tagged along, the rest were all demons.
It had been a while since they operated inside the tower, but if they fully exerted their demonic powers, getting on top of that snake’s body shouldn’t be particularly difficult.

Then at this point, there were two problems Elise needed to solve.

Finding a way for Ark, who was surely enduring severe hardships and adversities, to reach this place a little more comfortably.

《Query. Resolve this Duiju No. 38’s curiosity. The handsome man who was accompanying us until just now is nowhere to be seen. Where did he go? Unauthorized departure is an illegal act.》

And how to deal with this ball that keeps following us.

Judging from the precedent of the other party, destroying it didn’t seem to solve the problem.

“Hmm, what should I do?”

The girl who had been wasting her true talent in an alchemy workshop for a while.

The Demon of Deception flicked her tongue like a snake.