36 – Backroom (5)

“Rice bowl, wait!”

─Confirm command entry. for a moment.

“Put it down. I can walk alone.”

─···Confirm command input.

I barely managed to dissuade the iron rice bowl that I was trying to run around with only me wrapped around me.

You can’t run away alone…

Cha Yu-ra and Kim Young-ji’s legs are fine, so it’s no problem.

I had to take care of Kim Min-guk, who was still unconscious.

‘Summons. Big slime.’

A 2-star monster that evolved a while ago, Big Slime.

It is made up of white mucus.

I summoned a guy who has no acid effect and can store various items in his body.

Life is possible, of course.

It feels like prey storage.

“Lime. Do you see a man over there?”

─Sus.

“Can you absorb it into your body? have to take Do not digest it.”

─Sus.

Lime.

Summoned beasts with names like Kaebi, Iron Rice Bowl, and Jjam Hyeonseong.

I didn’t know about it recently, but it seemed that there were some restrictions or conditions on giving names. Even though I created five slimes, I was able to name only one.

I don’t know yet what the conditions or restrictions are.

I’ll have to find out later

─Siss.

Lime flowed along the floor and approached the place where Kim Min-guk was lying.

And after spreading the slime widely.

It slowly absorbed Kim Min-guk’s body.

“Is that okay?”

Seeing the scene, Kim Young-ji asked cautiously.

“it’s okay. Big slime has no acidity, and it retains oxygen in its body.”

The reason for the presence of oxygen is probably

Maybe it’s to keep the food fresh.

If you suffocate inside, the freshness will decrease, right?

Anyway, since Kim Min-guk was also taken care of, we decided to move quickly.

There was no need to explain why to the members of the crew.

Because they also heard what Iron Rice Bowl warned right next to them.

The moment I tried to follow Bob’s back like that.

– Stop.

The iron rice cooker that had been walking ahead stopped in place.

-Keep it. Deepening.

Then he turned his head and looked at Cha Yu-ra.

─Light blue lid.

Her hair is sky blue, so it seems to be called that.

Cha Yu-ra narrowed her eyes and pointed at herself with her hand.

“···uh? Are you sure you called me?”

─Light blue lid. command. Place ice barriers on all other roads.

“No, who are you to order me…”

-I command. defense required.

“···no. . . . Ha, I got it for now.”

Cha Yu-ra, who had a bewildered expression, created a solid ice barrier at every corner as instructed by the iron rice bowl.

Seeing this, Kim Young-ji sneaked up to the iron rice bowl and asked.

“Should I put on a shield too?”

─······Recommendation to leave. Evacuate.

Bobbuffet evaded the answer and turned around and started walking again.

Kim Young-ji seemed to have judged that the protective shield was useless.

Be careful, though.

─We depart.

We hurriedly moved towards the temporary route.

***

A long straight hallway.

Red carpet on the floor.

Red lights hanging from the ceiling flickering from time to time.

both sides of the wall.

Even a black door without a lake installed at regular intervals.

“It’s like a hotel…”

As Cha Yu-ra said, a space similar to a hotel hallway welcomed us.

“What, something has gotten more gloomy…? Is this the same dungeon as before…?”

Kim Young-ji spoke while shrinking her body to the fullest.

It was a completely different scenery from the beginning of the back room, so it was quite frightening.

I was also in a state of not missing the string of tension.

Then, Iron Rice Bowl stopped in the middle of the hallway.

– Stop.

“yes? what’s the matter?”

-Advised to hide. We will search for a safe room.

The iron rice bowl turned his head around and observed the various doors closely.

In the meantime.

“Hide? Then, anywhere…”

The moment Kim Young-ji approaches a certain door and tries to turn the doorknob.

-Stop!

As if a booster had been used, the rice cooker quickly jumped out and grabbed Kim Young-ji’s wrist.

“Oh, it hurts…!”

─Do not open. I will kill you.

Bobbin sounded a warning and released Kim Young-ji’s arm.

So why are you trying to make things happen by acting on your own?

Our iron rice cooker knows how to find a safe place.

‘He doesn’t even really have an idea. What if there was a dangerous monster that I couldn’t handle in that room?’

Youngji Kim was gently rubbing his wrist with the other hand, as if his wrist was swollen.

No apology was handed over from my side.

Because it was Kim Young-ji who was clearly at fault.

Rather, it was normal for Kim Young-ji to apologize.

‘…But didn’t Rice Tong say he would kill you just now?’

The iron rice bowl has no emotions.

I’m sure he wasn’t mad at Kim Young-ji for trying to act on his own…

“That stupid bitch keeps acting without thinking. So the robot considers you an enemy. Don’t try to poop, just stay still behind the scenes.”

Hearing Cha Yu-ra’s accusation while clicking his tongue, it seemed like he knew why.

whether indirect or direct,

He seemed to regard as an enemy anyone who exposed me to danger.

─Search completed.

Is the search already over?

Iron Rice Bowl put his hand on the doorknob and turned his gaze to me.

-Master. Please enter your command.

If you see a need for an order,

It seems that it is not a safe room.

‘Still, it’s safer than other rooms, right?’

He hesitated for a moment to order.

An unknown space where you don’t know what lies beyond that door.

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t anxious.

─Oh. buy. three···.

“···open it.”

─Confirm command entry. open it.

I decided to trust him anyway.

The iron rice cooker has been presenting the perfect solution so far.

If something jumps out, you can either fight it or run away.

Even if I made a mistake once, I could tolerate it.

kiik-

The iron rice cooker turns the handle.

I pushed the door slowly.

Then, an empty space with nothing furnished greeted us.

─Wait. enter first. I’ll make sure it’s safe.

After entering the room, Iron Rice Bowl began to look at the floor, ceiling, and walls alternately.

As if there was no danger, he turned to us and talked.

─Safety. maybe. I recommend coming in soon.

“… Did you guys hear that? Go in first.”

Safety has also been confirmed.

It was decided to bring Cha Yoo-ra and Kim Young-ji in first.

Kim Young-ji went straight into the room without looking back,

“Are you not going in?”

Cha Yu-ra hesitated for a moment, then looked at me and said.

“I have something to do.”

“to do? Will it take long?”

“Would it be a minute?”

“Then I’ll keep you on guard for the time being. do it faster.”

I don’t even need to do that…

There was no reason to decline, so he said that he understood and nodded his head.

After sending the Big Slime into the room, I opened the encyclopedia.

The summon I need now is the Scout Ant.

It was to grasp the situation in the corridor in real time through sight sharing.

It’s better than waiting in the room.

‘Should I restore it?’

The three Scout Ants who went out on reconnaissance are not dead.

Summons are conditionally immortal.

As long as the summoner doesn’t die, it can exist forever.

Only if you take fatal damage.

Summoners must restore their summons in their own way.

And the monster summoner used fragments.

To restore a Scout Ant, you only need to consume 1-star Ant fragments.

‘There are enough fragments of Ant. Well.’

but···.

Recovery time was too long.

How can I wait an hour?

‘I’ll just have to evolve one more.’

Eventually, I decided to evolve again.

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lock the door,

I was waiting impatiently in my room.

I closed my eyes to check the situation in the hallway.

My eyesight is blackened,

A square screen began to appear.

It was the view of Scout Ant, who is currently in charge of the CCTV role in the hallway.

‘···yes? What is that?’

A red blob is seen strolling down the hallway.

There are also those that are far away.

Due to poor image quality, details could not be confirmed.

However, as the distance got closer and closer, he began to see clearly.

‘that···. no way···.’

at that time.

In front of the door to the room where we are hiding.

The boy suddenly stopped walking.

smart.

and knocked on the door

“···what?”

Cha Yu-ra trembled as if she was taken aback by the sudden knock.

“Bar, isn’t it the sound of the wind?”

“Youngji Kim, think about it before you speak.”

“…”

smart smart

The guy outside politely kept knocking on the door.

Cha Yoo-ra put her hand on my shoulder and asked.

“Lee Hyun-seong. Aren’t you checking the situation outside with view sharing? What the hell is this?”

“Since I have to pretend I’m not here, keep your voice down… I’ll let you know when it passes.”

At my words, the other members of the crew kept their mouths shut.

I was still watching the guy standing in front of the door.

I wondered if we wouldn’t react if we didn’t react, but…

Bang bang!

Now they started banging on the door.

─I know it’s inside.

Talking as if they knew of our existence from the beginning.

-I won’t eat you, so open the door.

reddened skin.

Three horns sprouted from its forehead.

4 star monster.

Oni came to our room.