CHAPTER SIX!
────demon castle (1).

❝THAT IS ONE FATASS BOSS GRADE DEMON!❞

THE TWO STARE IN shock as they take a few steps forward, taking in their new surroundings.

"did the dungeon recreate all of seoul on fire?!" [y/n] exclaims with furrowed eyebrows.

before jin-woo can reply, the two look ahead to see a hoard of demons marching their way.

"collecting 10,000 demons souls..." the female player mumbles with a sigh.

"that must mean there are at least 10,000 demons in the castle." the male player finishes as the two drop their bags to the ground.

"will a week be enough?" she wonders.

"there's two of us, i think it will be." he answers.

their eyes lock for a moment before they sped off towards the hoard of demons. they ran between them swinging their draggers cutting the demons down.

[y/n] jumps up and plunges her dagger into a demon's head killing it. she releases her weapon from its head, it's blood splattering her face a bit. but she doesn't pay any mind and wipes it off with the back of her long sleeve.

meanwhile, jin-woo expertly dodges a group of demons attacks and cuts them down in a blink of an eye. with that, this hoard of demons was defeated.

[PLAYER 1 DEFEATED 3 LOW GRADE DEMONS.]
[YOU RECEIVED 100 X3 EXP.]
[YOU RECEIVED X3 DEMON SOULS.]

[PLAYER 2 DEFEATED 3 LOW GRADE DEMONS.]
[YOU RECEIVED 100 X3 EXP.]
[YOU RECEIVED X3 DEMON SOULS.]

"it's easy right now." jin-woo points out as [y/n] approaches him with a smirk.

the [h/c] haired player hums. "there's an exp counter, that makes things convenient." she adds with a small smile, pointing to a new feature of the system.

"that means it's a fight against time." the dark haired player mentions. 

they lock eyes, noting how their eyes are glowing dangerously and smirks form on their lips.

[PLAYER 1'S REQUIRED EXP UNTIL NEXT LEVEL UP: 59,700]

[PLAYER 2'S REQUIRED EXP UNTIL NEXT LEVEL UP: 59,700]

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"WE STILL HAVE a long way to go." jin-woo states, looking to the distance, as he uses a demon's head as stepping stone.

"well you do." [y/n] adds plainly, gesturing to him with her dagger as she sits on a pile of demons she killed.

"you got me doing the dirty work while you went back to get our stuff." she continues with a scoff, cleaning her dagger's blade with a towel rag she brought with her.

[PLAYER 2 DEFEATED LOW GRADE DEMONS.]
[YOU RECEIVED 100 EXP.]

he chuckles as he tosses her bag to her and she catches it with ease. "don't act like you didn't have fun." he retorts, summoning his own dagger in his hand.

she clicks her tongue in annoyance. "you read me like a book sung." [y/n] states avoiding his gaze with a pout.

"of course i did, [l/n]." jin-woo points out with a teasing smile.

[COLLECTED DEMON SOUL: 309/10,000]

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THE TWO PLAYERS cleared the area with ease, getting ready to set off to the next one.

"we raisesd 1 level here in just four hours while we would need to clear c-rank dungeons nine times back outside." jinwoo speaks as the two players check their stats.

[y/n] sighs and swipes her screen away. "it's getting harder to level up now but that's only natural. it means we're getting stronger." she adds, thinking back went she met baek yoon-ho.

'as of right now, we can barely call ourselves s-ranks...' she guesses with a sigh.

"god, i got so arrogant with that s-rank from before when i can barely call myself one." she mentions with a sweat making her friend snort.

she playful shoves him in retaliation and he shoves her back. without realizing it, their little shoving turned into a play fight.

jin-woo got her into a headlock and ruffles her [h/c] hair with a smile. "o-okay! i surrender! i su-surrender!" [y/n] says in between laughs in turn making him laugh.

"not until you say i'm the best!"

"in your dreams!"

the female player regrets her words when he starts squeezing her sides, tickling her and making her laugh.

"say it [n/n]! say that i'm the best!" he demands in a teasing tone, keeping her close so she doesn't run away.

she couldn't respond due how much she was giggling with tears pricking her eyes but she had no choice but to say it.

"you're th-the best woo!" she declares wheezing, her cheeks hurting from laughing so much.

in such a short time, the two player's friendship grew. neither of them have met someone like the other. though they are drastically different in many ways, it doesn't stop them from becoming comrades.

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AFTER THEY CALMED down from all their laughing. they inspect an interesting item the gotten from clearing the area.

[ITEM: ENTRY PERMIT]
ITEM CLASS: ???
TYPE: ???
A PERMIT TO ENTER THE 2ND FLOOR OF DEMON CASTLE. USABLE IN FLOOR MOVEMENT MAGIC CIRCLE ON THE 1ST FLOOR.

"i'm guessing that's the magic circle." [y/n] assumes pointing to the pillar of light shooting up to the sky in the distance.

jin-woo's cool grey eyes stare down the pillar. "it's far, that's for sure. let's get moving."

the female player hums tapping her chin and her face brightens at an idea.

"SCAR! REVEAL YOURSELF!"

she calls happily and her monster forms in front of them, towering over the two. "wow, he's huge. isn't he like a heavy duty vehicle?" jin-woo asks staring at her friend's summon.

she doesn't respond and excitedly jumps onto its back with the male player right behind her. 'she's so happy with this big guy, i'm kinda jealous.' he scoffs, softly smiling

"scar! lets go!" she orders with a stars in her bright [e/c] eyes, that's when the two notice demons ahead of them.

jin-woo sighs in annoyance. "damn... those annoying BASTARDS—!" he yelps when scar starts running at top speed. [y/n] cheers as she raises her hands in the air as if she was riding a theme park ride.

jin-woo was taken aback by the speed and quickly sat down properly, using his hands to grip onto scar while also caging [y/n] so she wouldn't fall.

scar continues to run and attack the monsters in their path with ease. jin-woo smiles and compliments the ice bear, "this guy is wild!" he laughs along with [y/n].

"RUN UNTIL YOU REACH THE MAGIC CIRCLE!"

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EACH DEMON CASTLE'S floor is made up of a separated worlds.

a monster holding the entry permit randomly appears in each floor and you can only progress to the next floor by acquiring the entry permit.

if this giant tower has 100 floors, you could say that 100 different worlds exist here.

2nd floor, 3rd floor, 4th floor... and the 27th floor. as time went by, jin-woo and [y/n] climbed the floors at a scary pace.

['DOMINATOR'S TOUCH' SKILL LEVEL HAS RISEN!]

the problem was time. if there really are 100 floors, reaching the top floor in one week is impossible. even if there's is two of us.

when they first obtained the demon castle's key, jin-woo was afraid that this place would be an s-rank dungeon and [y/n] thought so too.

but their anxiety started to disappear with time and boring battles.

47... 48... 49 and 50th floor.

[COLLECTED DEMON SOUL: 2,561/10,000]

[THE RULER OF THE LOWER FLOORS, AVARICIOUS VULCAN]

the two players stare at the boss and the amount of soldiers he had with their knights by their side.

[y/n] lets out a dragged out groan. "god, this is boring!" she whines as jin-woo pats her head.

"LET'S JUST GET THIS OVER WITH."

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"THAT'S ONE FATASS boss grade demon." [y/n] bluntly states with an uninterested face, staring at vulcan.

jin-woo lets out a loud snort at her comment, it was never dull moment with her around.

he regains his composure, waving his hands forward. "let's begin."

his magicians send out fireball spells towards vulcan's guard as, iron, igris and icarus materialize at their sides.

"take care of the rest." [y/n] orders, as she and jin-woo step back. their bodies begin to disappear as they use their stealth skill and they give one final order to their soldiers.

"GET RID OF THEM."

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THE TWO PLAYERS watch as their soldiers take out the demon guards with proud faces.

'even if those guards are high-rank demons, we've been constantly leveling up our soldiers. our soldiers are strengthened from our intelligence stat. not to mention, the number we can save also increases! woo has slightly more numbers than i do, but i can make it up with strength!' [y/n] thinks as she continues watching.

her eyes trail to the giant boss who stayed sitting at his throne. 'while our army handles the guards, we can handle that fatass—'

she couldn't finish her thought when she realizes vulcan was gone. her eyes widen and sees the boss raises his weapon and slamming it down on the players's army, wiping them out.

INCLUDING THEIR STRONGEST SOLDIERS.

anger fills both players as they don't hesitate run to attack the demon. their stealth skill deactivating as the jump up with their fists raised.

their eyes glow threateningly as they look down at the boss demon from the air, their eyes fill with nothing but hatred.

"THIS BASTARD."

"SCREW YOU FATASS!"

CHAPTER SIX! END!
────demon castle (1).