I Didn't Want to Become the Emperor of This World Chapter 89 : Chapter 89

Chapter 89

My ending, changed yet again.

With a heavy heart, I slowly read through that ending.

…….

The seal of the Minotaur, broken once every 1,000 years.

To re-seal that seal, which would soon be broken, I ca to the Minotaur's dungeon with four companions.

The composition of the five who challenged the dungeon was as follows.

Royalty:

One who trusts deeply in their heart (Knight): Jereuth

One who trusts deeply in their heart (Knight): Hagen

One who trusts deeply in their heart (Mage): Seria

One who trusts deeply in their heart (Giant): Grondar

Jereuth said that this composition was not optimized for conquering the dungeon. It was because there were no specialists like an ‘archer’ who specialized in bows or a ‘rogue’ who could dismantle traps.

However, it was difficult to find a better composition than this one. It might have been possible if we could hire rcenaries or adventurers from other kingdoms or empires with money, but the dungeon's restriction, ‘those who trust each other deep in their hearts’, was the problem.

But there was a far more serious problem than the composition of the mbers. It was the fact that a pathetic ‘problem child’ was included among these party mbers.

And that was . Despite training for the past six years, I was weak.

—Ting! Chaeng!

A dark dungeon where I couldn't even see an inch ahead. A spark flew before my eyes. A spark created by the clash of iron and iron.

Jereuth had deflected an unknown ‘weapon’ swung at by so monster with his sword.

“Your Highness! You must concentrate! We're not done yet!”

“Ah…… yes!”

Jereuth spoke politely, but his voice was tinged with urgency, trouble, and an undeniable bewildernt. The dungeon was too dark to see Jereuth's expression, but for so reason, I could hear him muttering.

“……I'm not what I used to be. To be out of breath from just this level of monster.”

Not what I used to be.

That ant Jereuth himself was getting old and his strength was failing.

‘When Jereuth challenged this dungeon in the past, it was when he was young. It was when he was much stronger than now. And his companions were all heroes who could rival Jereuth. So it must have been easy to conquer back then.’

Such thoughts vaguely crossed my mind. However, that didn't an I wasn't concentrating on the battle.

Shwaaak—!

I was swinging my sword in a trance. But my skills were ridiculously insufficient to pull my own weight.

Honestly, I couldn't even take care of my own body. Just as Jereuth had done a mont ago, I had to receive countless help from my other companions.

“……Hurry! Hurry up and finish it! This thing is heavy!!”

From behind, the Giant, Grondar, shouted. He had been holding up the massive iron gate since the mont we entered the dungeon. His figure was not clearly visible because the passage was dark, but his whole body must have been on the verge of its muscles bursting.

‘I trained quite hard for the past six years…… was my combat experience too lacking? Would it have been okay if I had more ti?’

If I had more ti and could have trained more, I might have been able to play a decent role in this dungeon.

But I had no more ti to train.

Because the ‘Minotaur’ would be resurrected next month.

‘Should I have trained harder during the ti I was given? But would it have gotten any better if I had trained harder……?’

As I was regretting the past.

“Get down!!!!”

Seria's sharp, edgy voice ca from behind. Since entering the dungeon, she had stopped using honorifics even with and was spamming magic like a true ‘witch’.

‘Get down? Why?’

As I was blankly thinking, Hagen roughly pushed the back of my head and shouted.

“Your Highness! Get down!”

“Ugh!”

The mont I was pushed to the floor by Hagen's strength.

Fwoooooosh—!

Flas passed over my head. It seed to be Seria's magic. A mont ago it was Jereuth, and this ti Hagen had saved my life.

Fwoooooooosh—!

Seria's flas overwheld the dungeon passage for over 30 seconds. And a mont later.

“Huuht……”

With Seria's faint moan, the flas ‘snapped’ out.

Fires remained in various parts of the dungeon where the flas had swept past, and in that light, Seria's face was faintly visible.

‘Seria's face is incredibly pale. Did she use up all her mana?’

Perhaps the spell Seria had just used was her last.

Still, after Seria's magic swept through the passage, the sounds of monsters were no longer heard.

“……Did we get them all?”

—the mont those words, which should not have co out of my mouth, were spoken.

“Your Highness! You must get up and fight again!!”

—Kuaaaaaaaak!

—Kieeeeeeeek!

—Kiruuuuuk!

—Chweeeek!

The sounds of all sorts of monsters were heard. Jereuth was already at the front, slaying monsters by himself. The blood of the monsters he cut down splattered on my face.

I tried to get up and fight too.

But at that mont.

—Kiyaaaaaaaak!!

A sharp sound was heard from above. It was a sound that felt like it would tear my eardrums.

“Keuk……!”

Forgetting that monsters were pouring down on , I covered my ears with both hands. I couldn't even hold my sword.

But even with my ears covered, that terrible sound continued to pierce my eardrums. It felt as if the sound was coming from inside my head.

‘Where on earth is this sound coming from……?!’

The mont I had that question.

“……It's a ‘Gargoyle’! Why is there a Gargoyle in this narrow cave, it wasn't here before……?! Damn it. Hagen, protect His Highness—!”

Jereuth's urgent voice was heard from the darkness. However, I couldn't hear the rest of his words.

Because sothing had pierced my neck.

Puk—!

“……?”

I didn't even know what had hit . The last thing my eyes saw were the two eyes of a certain monster that shone particularly brightly in the darkness.

A giant bat-like monster with a head similar to a goblin.

That thing, despite having wings, had rushed at by climbing the walls.

Grin—.

That thing was definitely smiling.

And so I died.

……This was the newly written ending this ti.

Honestly, I had expected my ending wouldn't be good. I had anticipated to so extent that it would be an ending where I die.

But no matter how I look at it, I can't get used to this kind of ending.

Then again, who could get used to it? Having their own death written in a diary where the future is foretold.

“……This sucks.”

Still, I couldn't just be annoyed, so I forced myself to continue thinking calmly.

‘So, I went to the Minotaur's dungeon with the Giants, but in the end, I failed to conquer the dungeon?’

Until now, I had thought that if I just recruited the Giants, I would be able to conquer the Minotaur's dungeon. Because Jereuth had boasted about it.

Jereuth had clearly said that in the past, he couldn't seal the Minotaur for ‘so reason’, but if given another chance, he could definitely succeed.

He had also said that the only thing needed for that was a Giant to lift the massive iron gate inside the Minotaur's dungeon.

I had only believed his words and had only been worrying about how to bring the Giants to my side.

But the is telling that my life doesn't work out that easily.

‘……First, let's think calmly. Anyway, it seems I succeeded in bringing the Giants to my side. The thod of approaching the Giants directly without things like gifts must have been right.’

However, the problem is that I failed to conquer the Minotaur's dungeon even after recruiting the Giants.

‘The fortunate thing is…… the roughly stated when the Minotaur would be resurrected, and the reason why I failed to conquer the dungeon was clearly stated.’

My future self had trained for '6 years', and it said the Minotaur would be resurrected 'next month'. I don't know how my future self found out that fact, but the important thing is that the Minotaur will be resurrected in about 6 years from now.

Hoo—.

Sighing, I slowly examined the ending of the again.

There were three main reasons I could think of for the failure to conquer the Minotaur's dungeon.

First, the party composition was not right. For conquering a dungeon, an ‘archer’ and a ‘rogue’ were needed, but they were missing from my future self's party.

The reason they weren't included, even though I knew it was a problem, was said to be because of the Minotaur dungeon's entry condition, ‘those who trust each other deep in their hearts’.

Second, Jereuth had grown old. As if even a hero couldn't overco the passage of ti, the clearly stated that Jereuth had said, 「“I'm not what I used to be.”」, 6 years later.

‘Well…… Jereuth is already an old man now, so.’

However, the two problems above were only secondary.

The real problem was sothing else.

‘It's the fact that I'm weak.’

According to the , I entered the dungeon and just kept receiving help from Jereuth and Hagen. It was so severe that my future self described himself with the extre expression ‘pathetic problem child’.

‘I have to seal the Minotaur before it's resurrected. Within 6 years. ……Can I beco strong enough in that ti? Strong enough to challenge that outrageous dungeon where a mythical monster is sealed?’

My future self must have trained diligently, no, to the best of his ability, before entering the Minotaur's dungeon. Nevertheless, in the dungeon, he was a ‘problem child’.

Can I beco stronger than my future self? I don't know.

Anyway, there's only one thing I have to do.

‘I will train like hell for the next 6 years. I don't know if I can beco strong enough to shed my problem child status in the Minotaur's dungeon with that, but I have to beco strong enough not to be a nuisance.’

Until now, I had relied on strategy to overco the crises given to .

But this ti, it seems I have no choice but to rely on my body.

Honestly, using my body is not my style. I've done manual labor while doing various part-ti jobs, but honestly, physical labor—activity is not my cup of tea.

Still, I decided to think positively.

‘To beco a king, I need to beco physically strong myself. The knights and soldiers are following well now, but if I beco strong enough to succeed in conquering the Minotaur's dungeon, their loyalty will beco even stronger.’

No matter how good the loyalty of the knights and soldiers is, it's never enough. Since the army is the core of this kingdom, I need their absolute support.

For that reason, it would be good for to beco strong myself.

As I was thinking about various things, sothing ca to my mind.

‘Wait. Jereuth said the King also entered the Minotaur's dungeon with him when he was young.’

That ans.

‘……Was the King as skilled as Jereuth when he was young?’