Mo Haein and Kwak Hanmuk immediately shot to their feet and drew their swords.
I ran to open the door at once, but could not.
The Paladin’s white greatsword blocked my path.
Narrowing his eyes, Kwak Hanmuk said,
“Now, now.”
Mo Haein spoke curtly to me as well.
“Recruit, wait.”
Leaving me behind him, Kwak Hanmuk approached the door.
He started to kick it open, then apparently remembered that business began tomorrow and opened it calmly by hand instead.
Creeeak. The rusty hinges produced an unpleasant sound.
The sun had fully set outside the restaurant, leaving it dark.
When light spilled out from within, it revealed those standing in the darkness.
Ella, her face deathly pale, held a blood-soaked Ellun in her arms.
Kwak Hanmuk flinched and murmured,
“Fuck, was it Lieutenant Colonel Je?”
Since he had gone to the dungeon, it was natural to think of him as the culprit first.
Mo Haein appeared to be thinking the same thing, but I knew.
Je Hyuno was not the culprit.
Because this was—
An event that occurred shortly before the Ending.
It was ‘Infernum’s Punishment.’
The event had a chance of occurring if the player smoothly progressed through both restaurant management and dungeon conquest.
Infernum sensed that he might not be able to devour the player and flew into a rage.
Having been unable to enjoy fine cuisine for a long time, Infernum vented his fury by punishing his subordinates, the twins.
I recalled the twins standing…