Kim Do-Joon sat quietly, watching the old man peel a fruit with a knife. It was a peach freshly picked from a tree. Despite his white hair, the man still exuded an imposing and robust presence. 0

"Take this," the old man said, offering a piece of the neatly cut fruit.0

Kim Do-Joon accepted it absentmindedly. The old man was indeed the boss of this labyrinth. If Kim Do-Joon wanted to move on to the next one, he had to be dealt with.0

But the hidden quest…0

A hidden quest had appeared, just like with Siwelin. A quest to find a forgotten name, identical to the one from before, down to the last detail.0

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And just like last time, the Insight skill didn’t reveal the old man's name.0

I can't just assume he's an enemy.0

The bosses of the Catacomb, the Elemental Island, and the Middle Orc Kingdom had all attacked him on sight, behaving like typical monsters. In contrast, Siwelin, even as a ghoul, had not shown any hostility toward Kim Do-Joon. The same went for this old man. He seemed welcoming, serving tea and peeling fruit for Kim Do-Joon. 0

Is he even a monster in the first place?0

That was the real question. Siwelin had looked like a ghoul from the start, but this old man didn’t. Kim Do-Joon stared at the fruit, lost in thought, until the old man spoke up.0

"Don't worry. This knife has never tasted blood. Those days are long behind me."0

"…Pardon?" 0

The old man showed him the knife he had used to peel the peach. It was a sharp, silver blade, with a dragon engraved on the handle.0

"I wasn't concerned about that…" Kim Do-Joon replied, trailing off. 0

He hadn't expected such considerate words. Actually, when given a piece of fruit, who’d...0