No emoticon appeared on the black goggles.
Their smooth surface merely reflected my face.
The me reflected in the goggles wore a rigid expression.
Silence flowed between us. Neither Je Hyuno nor I spoke.
As the stillness pressed down upon my body, a cheerful notification sounded.
The sun is setting! Night has come to the dungeon now that the sun’s heat has vanished.
What adventures await in the Night Dungeon?
It was the notification that the Day Dungeon had ended. I felt the searing heat permeating the dungeon cool.
I slowly moved my lips.
“Lieutenant Colonel Je.”
No answer came. Since Gorgos was dead, he should have awakened from the illusion magic….
I was about to call him once more when—
I instinctively drew my body back.
Slice.
The floor where I had been standing a moment ago was carved deeply apart.
The path of the metal hand left marks as though a beast had clawed it.
I swallowed dryly.
I remembered what Kwak Hanmuk had said in DZD.
If an emoticon appeared on Je Hyuno’s goggles, he was in his right mind.
After staring at the goggles…