“Haa…haa…haa…” Creutz felt like he was going to die from exhaustion. He was suffering from following Yeon-woo in his heavy armor. Initially, he’d been planning to ride his wyvern but he couldn’t summon it, and he could barely catch up to Yeon-woo as he ran.

He wanted to give up and wait for Yeon-woo outside the hidden stage, but he ended up following him because he was curious what the Hoarder was trying to accomplish. Fortunately, he seemed to be resting at the moment, working on something with the Lich that always accompanied him. 

‘Anyway, I still can’t get used to this place.’ Creutz frowned as he looked around at the land that was made up of pieces of flesh. The rotting corpses released toxic smells and poisons, and there were maggots everywhere. How many people had died here? He couldn’t pause while walking because his feet would start sinking into the swamp of corpses.

It was a place where anyone would be nauseated and stressed, and for Creutz, this gate was the most horrible of them all. He had been reciting prayers continuously to push away the deadly energy and avoid being poisoned. However,...