“Hwaya? What do you mean!?” I shouted, somewhat panicked.

She explained, “Dear Husband, you were the only one who went in, and Hwaya followed in right after. After that, the gate closed and no one could enter… Eh? D-Dear Husband!”

Licorice was recounting what had happened after I entered the dungeon, but she suddenly pointed behind me with a shocked expression. When I turned around, a gray shadowy circle made its appearance.

It was a gate.

“What’s happening now?” I murmured, astonished.

Next to me, Licorice asked carefully, “Dear Husband, did you really clear the dungeon?”

I scratched my head. “I didn’t just clear the dungeon. For a moment, I even had the right over it! I killed one of the kings and…”

Suddenly, I felt thunderstruck. I recalled what the Beast King said, that all the kings had come out this time. In that case, there could only be one answer.

I blurted out, “This is a different dungeon.”

With that, I quickly reached out to the gate. However, an unbelievable power flung my hand back. Daisy approached me silently. “No use. Not even a god’s power…could break it.”

“You used yours?” I asked.

“Just one. To fight the King of the Dead, I saved the others.” Daisy sounded unusually...