Chapter 185.

I tighten my grip around the accelerator of the Dwarven Supercar .

It was a speed-driven drive, riding through the magic power and flames shooting up from the ground . The hot breeze mixed with ashes irritated our faces, but it was bearable since we both had our masks on .

“…Wow . ”

The demon realm I’ve only seen in the movies or read in books passed right by me . Dark pillars of flames shot up from the ground, and monsters were screaming and chasing the Dwarven Supercar .

It was quite noisy .

However, my traveling companion said nothing . With the bear helmet on, she simply watched the whole scene, not even asking where we were headed .

So I just focused on driving .

Ignoring all the obstacles, we drove for about 30 minutes towards the GPS coordinate shown in the Book of Truth .

[Lv . 6 The Strange Valley of Darkness]

I finally found one of the settings I had discarded .

I stopped the Dwarven Supercar at the entrance of the valley .

“We’re here, Boss . ”

Many of the Tower of Wish’s settings had been abandoned . The original story had changed a lot as well from when I was initially planning it . It had become more shallow and its uniqueness had disappeared completely .

I was very passionate while coming up with the settings, but when I was writing the actual story, I was less focused due to pressure and the lack of time .

This won’t be fun to use . I only have half an hour until the deadline . I don’t have time so let’s just skip this . Ah, this one is too difficult to describe, etc… Dozens of NPCs were discarded this way, along with more than ten episodes .

As such, the Tower of Wish arc became incomplete and full of holes .

Lazy me from the past left it that way .

But now, I wanted to finish that story .

That’s probably what the co-author, who should be watching me from somewhere even now, wanted to see as well .

“Where are we?”

I was being emotional when Boss asked curiously .

“Huh? Umm…”

How should I explain?

I stroked my chin and thought for a moment .

“Well, …Ah . ”

Then suddenly something crossed my mind .

I just had to come up with a similar excuse as the one I always gave .

“……I read some books over at Prestige . ”

“Books?”

Boss widened her eyes . Then, for some reason, she smiled a little .

“I’ve been reading a lot of books recently as well . ”

She probably thought we had similar hobbies .

“Not webnovels . ”

“…Webnovels count as books too . ”

Boss pouted .

It’s been a long time since I saw her usual self . Spartan must have healed her somehow .

“Look . This author here is earning a lot of TP with his webnovel…”

But then she even tried to show me the novel she was sponsoring, so I stopped her there .

“Anyways . I found this description in the book . ”

I cleared my throat then recited to Boss what I had written in my settings book .

“The ‘Demon Prison Camp’ is hidden somewhere on the 4th floor . In this prison camp, human NPCs are treated as slaves to demons…”

Inside the canyon, there should be a pair of husband and wife: ‘Kedrick’ and ‘Lirko’ .

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[4th Floor Slave NPCs – Lirko and Kedrick]

1 . Two human NPCs locked up in the ‘Valley of Darkness’ .

2 . Kedrick is a master blacksmith, and Lirko is a talented lancer .

3 . Kedrick possesses an item called [The Mysterious Pocket] and Lirko is hiding an item called [Kedrick’s Ghost Sword] .

4 . [The Mysterious Pocket] is a unique item that enables the user to bring something from inside the Tower to the outside .

5 . [Kedrick’s Ghost Sword] is an excellent Lv . 6 sword .

6 . Kedrick and Lirko have high potentials . They can grow up to Lv . 55, equivalent to most administrators .

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In addition to those two, the Valley of Darkness also had ‘Krakoon’, who was the acting commander-in-chief of the demons .

“This valley must be that prison camp . ”

“I see . ”

Boss looked at the valley lying before her eyes . There was a narrow canyon placed between two mountains . It obviously looked dangerous .

After watching for a while, Boss turned to me again .

“But what do we get from saving the NPCs?”

“Huh? Oh, that’s……”

I couldn’t tell her .

‘The NPCs will help us at a crucial moment . No, we have to make them help . Not just for the ‘Tower of Wish’, but also for the many obstacles and devils that would come in the future . ’

…I couldn’t say something like that .

“NPC are useful to us . ”

“They are?”

“Yes . Just look at my Riry Shop . Henry and Kiri are both on my side now, right? I earn more than 3000TP per day, it’s almost like I’m cheating . ”

Henry and Kiri grew rapidly .

Now that the famine was taken care of, they became very tall…… well, maybe not very but they certainly have grown and already mastered a passive skill called the [Law of Thinking] . In addition to that, since they seemed to want to learn more, I gave them a skill book called [Sharp Eyes] .

For the record, [Sharp Eyes] was a rare-rank basic skill . It was a pretty decent active skill that could measure an NPC’s abilities and hidden potential .

However, since I couldn’t learn any more skills, I decided to leave it to Kiri .

Just like that, being able to indirectly use skills that I couldn’t learn was another advantage of winning an NPC over to my side .

“And, well, if we get rid of all the demons in there, there will probably be an additional reward . ”

Plus, this couple was even more important .

Unlike Henry and Kiri who didn’t possess any profession, Kedrick, the husband, was a blacksmith, and Lirko, the wife, was a talented lancer .

I even had this description written down for Lirko .

‘Lirko, when freed from her shackles, is able to overpower Kim Suho with limited abilities by force . ’

I didn’t know what I was thinking when I wrote that sentence .

“So let’s go . Together . ”

I spoke, looking at Boss .

Boss returned by gaze .

Her sparkling dark eyes were always like jewels .

“…If you say so . ”

Boss nodded and headed towards the valley .

Together we entered .

We were only a few steps in when everything became dark .

The sound of stepping on sand filled the air .

Living up to its name─The Valley of Darkness─my vision was blocked . In exchange, it seemed my hearing became sharper .

“Boss, where are you going?”

Suddenly Boss changed directions . No, not changed . It was more like she suddenly leaned towards the right .

“…I have no idea . It’s too dark to see . ”

I caught Boss’ wrist before she went too far ahead .

“…?”

“Just follow me . I can see well . ”

Boss nodded silently .

We kept on walking like that . For some reason, the inside of the valley was strangely quiet . Since ‘dark ores’ were buried in this valley, slaves were supposed to be working to dig them up .

“…Eh?”

In any case, I kept going forward, and soon came across a dim source of light . It was a withered flower, buried under the valley’s dark soil .

I checked its information at once .

[A Nearly-Withered Shamrock Plant]

It was a shamrock plant, a valuable herb whose bud gleamed with white light . You could chew it whole, and it was also used to make an Elixir, which has the power to resurrect even the dead .

It was a herb that I had to get my hands on at some point .

Unfortunately, this one was almost dead…

“Boss, wait just a second . ”

I stepped over to the shamrock plant . Sitting in front of the dry, thin plant, I took out the Orb of Regeneration . Then I brought it close to the flower . The orb touched the leaves and began to give off a faint glow .

Recovery and regeneration progressed slowly .

The dried leaves gradually stood up, and the withered stems begin to stand .

But it was too slow .

To speed things up, I inserted my magic power into the orb .

Woong .

All of a sudden, the orb glowed brightly . In an instant, a flash of light erupted, rushing through the shamrock plant…

[Lv . 4 Healthy Shamrock Plant]

The plant regained its healthy look of the past .

The white light flowing out of its bud was beautiful .

I put the shamrock plant in my inventory .

“…?”

When I stood back up, Boss was looking at me with widened eyes .

“What was that?”

“Oh, that? That was the item Medea gave me as a reward . ”

“Reward?”

Koong─!

A loud noise suddenly rang out .

“What?”

“It seems there’s someone else here besides us . I’ve felt a strange presence for a while . ”

At her words, I quickly activated Master Sharpshooter’s eyes . The Thousand-Mile Eyes stretched far towards the direction that the noise came from and stopped at a spot .

Standing there was a mysterious Player draped in a robe .

—…Mmm?

He was holding the NPC ‘Kedrick’ by the neck . There was no doubt that he was trying to kill him .

He glanced my way, as if he felt my gaze .

“There is an enemy . Follow me . ”

I held the Desert Eagle in one hand and Boss’s hand in the other as I ran . Boss didn’t ask any questions and simply followed me .

…Soon we reached the spot where the player stood .

[This place is a prison camp . ]

[‘Dark Veil’ of the Valley of Darkness will be removed temporarily . ]

The darkness disappeared along with the system alert, and the man’s figure was revealed .

He was draped in a robe, but I could guess who it was .

The second or maybe the first existence that wasn’t in my original story .

He called himself ‘Bell’ .

“……Shoot . ”

He stared at me and at the Boss who was standing besides me .

I could see his face beneath the robe . He seemed startled, but then smiled .

“…You guys got the quest, too?”

“Quest?”

I frowned .

“I guess not . That’s fine . Long time no see, huh?”

He said, scratching his head .

“…Yeah . ”

I answered and tightened my grip around the Desert Eagle . I didn’t know how he got here, but this was a good chance .

His existence had been bothering me .

I wanted to kill him at least once today .

However, the man standing in front of me suddenly blurted out something strange .

“No, not you . ”

Bell grinned and looked at the Boss . Complex feelings were embedded in his gaze .

“Hey, let me give you a piece of advice . ”

“…?”

“You’d better get out of her way . ”

At that moment, huge magic power leaped out . The ground vibrated at the resonance of magic power which shook the whole place . Only then did I look at Boss .

“…Boss?”

Unlike her blazing magic power, her facial expression was calm . It was the type of calm face that gave off an ominous and dangerous feeling .

But there was one thing that was clearly different .

The color of her eyes…

They were blood-red .

They were the eyes of ‘Yasha’, something that I came up with in my settings .

“Hello . ”

Bell said to Boss .

“Long time no see, Byul . ”

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[Lv . 3 English Royal Court Guild’s Hideout]

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