Chapter 111. Karin, the Goblin That Does His Job Well (2)
Karin seed eager to hear what my request was.
I wasn’t sure if the at or the plate was tasty, but whichever it was, it seed that he was hooked on it.
However, it was probably still a bad idea to be too direct with the questions.
No matter how stupid he looked, he was still one of the servants of one of the leaders of the demonic race.
I could anger him for no good reason if I did so.
I had to make him as desperate for it as possible.
“Hurry up and speak, human!”
“That’s…”
“What is it?”
“Ah. No.”
“Keruruk! I don’t have anything better than stones. Human! Take these and give the steak.”
“Ha…… Should I really ask this?”
“Say it. What do you want!”
“Nah. As soone who will die soon, what would be the point of hearing it. Right?”
“Human! Do I need to tell you sothing?”
“Never mind. I’ll just go to sleep…”
“Steak! You’re leaving without giving steak? Here are so bloodstones. My pockets are filled with them. If you want it, I could give as much as you’d like.”
“I do not need stones… And no matter how much you want to eat steaks, it doesn’t seems that you’re willing to tell secrets.”
“Keru……”
“Then… I’ll be going to sleep…”
Karin’s cold hand reached out and grabbed my wrist.
It was like the main protagonist grabbing onto the heroine in a drama.
Turning back at him, I saw that drool was spilling out from his mouth.
Slurping it back up with his tongue, he spoke.
“Keruru! Human. Sit.”
“Why?”
“Kerurum…… First, give one more steak.”
I gave him the look of a custor giving a look of disappointnt towards a beginner fraud.
To be fair, he could’ve eaten all the gifts from and then decide to shut his mouth after.
Seeing my expression, he spoke while crossing his arms.
“……”
“What is that look!”
“Well… I do need so kind of compensation.”
“Have you forgotten! Karin the goblin does not lie, human!”
“Is that so? Well, such a majestic existence as a goblin would never lie towards a human, right?”
“Kerukeru. That’s right. Hurry up and give the steak. After I’m done eating, we can talk again.”
“Okay. Chew on so stones while you wait a brief mont.”
“Kel!”
I opened the refrigerator.
Thanks to the recent banquet, there were quite a lot of ingredient in the fridge.
at made up the biggest portion of them all.
With this much at, it was enough for tens of people to eat.
I lifted up the smallest chunk of at.
The at was being cooked on the frying pan.
Karin, who hadn’t shown much interest towards the scent of food until recently, was leaning his body towards the at that was being cooked.
I thought it was the plate that he liked to eat, but I guess his stupidity doesn’t encompass his taste buds.
I was going to take out a plate for him in case he didn’t like the at.
Surprisingly, he wanted the at.
His short stubby legs were constantly kicking at the legs of the chair.
It seed that he was very excited, akin to a child waiting his turn in line for the amusent park rides.
I could understand how he felt, since I still vividly rembered the taste of my first sweet cotton candy as a child.
It was was strong sensation that he must’ve never felt before.
“Human! Is it done yet? It slls similar to the one before.”
“…”
“Human? Did you die?”
“Sheet! I think it’s burnt?”
“Keru?”
I’ve only made ran before, and never have I cooked at this thick before.
Hiding my anxiety as best as I could, I flipped the burnt side under and placed the at on the plate.
Before I could even put down the plate on the table, Karin put the entire thing, plate included, into his mouth.
“……”
“Is it tasty?”
“Human.”
“Hm?”
“Tell the truth.”
“Huh? W… What?”
For a second, I thought that he realized I burnt the at.
A single bead of sweat ran down my forehead.
Finishing everything in his mouth cleanly, Karin spoke.
“What did you do to the steak!”
“……”
“For sir Karin…… You made the steak tastier! Karin is touched.”
“Huh? Are your taste buds okay?”
“Kerukeru. It was a lot more tastier than the one before.”
“Sure……”
“Speak. What is that I must tell you?”
“Will you really tell ?”
“It’s a promise! I must keep it.”
“Yes! Since I will be going to the demonic realm and dying soon, it won’t be a problem listening to so things, right?”
“Keruru. If you won’t ask quickly, give one more steak.”
“I’ll make it while we talk.”
“Alright.”
I sat next to him.
It was partly because I felt bad for failing to cook and burning the at, but mostly it was to think carefully about what to ask him.
Eating away at the plate I used, he was waiting for my questions.
“So… the demonic realm?”
“Keru.”
“What is that place like?”
“Kel kel. It’s a place where monsters live.”
“I an…… I already know that. I want details, like the landscape, size, or the environnt.”
“Keru. The demonic realm is far larger than Earth. It cannot even be compared. If Earth is this big, then the demonic realm is like this big.”
Karin pointed at his fist and then the wide dinner table as he explained.
If what he said was true, that ant that the demonic realm was massive in size.
Karin continued his explanation.
“……”
“It’s darker than here, and isn’t very colorful.”
“Oho.”
I rembered the place that Karin showed in my dreams.
I thought that the demonic realm was just like that, giving off a barren dreary feel.
Finishing the plate itself, Karin spoke.
“Did you finish with your questions?”
“No! How many monsters are there?”
“Keru… Human, we visited the sea just a bit ago.”
“That’s right.”
“Rember the scratchy floor that was next to the sea?”
“Are you talking about sand? The thing that’s the color of dium rare steak and scatters in the wind?”
“Keru. That’s right. There are that many of them.”
“Huh?”
“The single sand that you talked about is like one monster. In the demonic realm, there are a ton of monsters.”
“That’s insane… It looks like the monsters that appear from the gates scattered on Earth is not even the peak of the iceberg.”
“Human…… Thinking about the color of the steak, I want to eat it again.”
“Okay, okay.”
Almost as if training a pet, I brought more at in his mouth before continuing my questions.
“About the one you serve, Berdan?”
“Keru! It’s sir Berdan, human!”
“Yes, yes. That’s right. How strong is sir Berdan? Hm…… when compared to Zekill, that is.”
“Kel kel kel. Just from looking at the magical energy, he is more than 5 tis stronger. Thinking about the Authority and special ability, he would be 10 tis stronger. Zekill wasn’t even strong enough to qualify as one of the leaders of the demonic races.”
“……”
“Kel kel. And I am the one and only servant of sir Berdan! I am sir Karin…”
“Ok. Next question.”
“Keru……”
“Has there ever been a case where a human went to the demonic realm?”
“Kel. There were. There weren’t that many but… As the dinsions warped and twisted, a few humans fell into the demonic realm.”
“This is beyond my expectations…”
“It wasn’t that long ago either. It was roughly 15 to 16 human years ago.”
“……”
“The ones that entered the demonic realm were Awakeneds like you.”
“Go on.”
“Steak…”
“No! Talking first.”
“Keru… However, there was one human that was trapped in one place.”
“Trapped?”
“That’s right. He was in a completely isolated area where monsters from the outside could not approach.”
“… So what happened?”
“After a long period of ti, he returned to Earth.”
“……”
“Keru. Human, I thought you were quick on the uptake, but it seems that wasn’t the case.”
“What?”
“Keruru. Human, you also have visited the demonic realm before, keru.”
“What do you… It couldn’t be…”
“Keke. Now do you rember?”
“The Unknown Dungeon?”
“Keru. So the humans call that place the Unknown Dungeon.’
“That was the demonic realm? I just thought of it as a dungeon…”
“Human, you didn’t know?”
“So the one who went to the demonic realm before was Ghost…… He was commander Park Joon Sik at the ti.”
“……”
“So all monsters of the demonic realm have powers at that level? In that isolated space, I an.”
“Kel kel. That isolated space is filled with monsters that are incomplete due to not having enough power. Only by gaining enough magical energy in that zone can one leave that isolated space to enter the actual demonic realm.”
“Hm… I heard that the demon king was born in the middle of the war between the demonic races? But from what you’re telling , the monsters are being raised from the Unknown Dungeon…… This doesn’t add up……”
“Keruru… The ranking demonic races can be birthed from anywhere as long as they possess powerful magical energy, such as the demon king. Sir Berdan also ca into existence that way.”
“Hm…”
The facts were quite shocking.
I had thought that it was just a dungeon that existed on Earth.
I didn’t have the slightest suspicion that it was part of the demonic realm.
This ant that the condition required to go to the Unknown Dungeon was different from what I thought it was.
It ant that there were thods to enter that didn’t require the sacrifice of human life.
The ones that died in the dungeon would’ve left magical energy.
This ant that to go to the Unknown Dungeon, one would only have to fill the dungeon with massive amounts of magical energy.
I was finally beginning to understand.
“So that ans that the monsters of the demonic realm are far more stronger than those in the Unknown Dungeon?”
“Keru. That’s right.”
“And there would be so monsters that have consud other monsters, growing much stronger than the rest, right?”
“You’re smart, human.”
“Good… The gate that opens in roughly 80 days from now. Are you sure that it connects to the demonic realm?”
“Keru. I am sure. Sir Berdan will be using his Authority. Since it is a different dinsion, it takes so ti, but otherwise, it will definitely connect this place to the demonic realm.”
“So there really is a surefire way to go the demonic realm…”
“……”
“One more thing!”
“Kel?”
“When you first ca to Earth, you said that I don’t even know how to use magical energy as you argued with . Do you rember?”
“Keru. I rember. Karin is a smart goblin.”
“Right. So what you’re saying is that even humans can use magical energy?”
“Keru keru. That’s right. Magical energy can be used by anyone, no matter what their race is.”
“How does one use it?”
“I cannot explain that.”
“Don’t you wanna eat more steak?’
“Keru…… I really cannot explain. If the right ti hasn’t co for one to sense their own magical energy and grasp it in their hands…”
“So what you’re saying is that each person has to figure it out for themselves?”
“That’s right. Human!”
“Hm?”
“But why are you asking these things?”
“Well… I just wanted to where and who I was going to die to. Don’t think too deeply into it. And don’t tell sir Berdan.”
“Keru. Alright. When can you make this food by the way?”
“It’s late today, so I’ll sleep for now. When the sun rises tomorrow, I’ll make it right away.”
“Sleep? Keru…… What is that. Humans are quite the busy creatures.”
It was then.
-click
The front door opened, and Jong Ho entered.
Looking at the ti, morning was already approaching.
‘I’m not sure if he’ll believe if I tell him.’
“You ca back?”
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