In Eldorado, at the command of Kapitle, pillars engulfed in flames were stationed in each of the four regions.

  A pictogram was embedded in the pillar made of black stone that wasn’t damaged by the red flames, but the pictogram kept emitting an omen of red flame.

  No one knew who had started the rumors of the column’s ominousness, but it had already spread among the extras.

  “That is the pillar that will bring ruin to this land. When there is enough of them, the God of Fire will descend from the skies and burn all of them.” People were afraid.

  “Is it true? But still, would he try to kill all of us? We always paid our taxes.”


  “It may be true. Apparently our ruler is planning to turn the region into a desert to prevent the advancement of a new young king of a neighboring country……”


  “Then what about us? Is he asking us to die?”


  They had worked so hard to pay their taxes. Would they be abandoned? They wanted to pull out that pillar in its entirety, but the heroes on guard looked at them menacingly. “Why are you not working?”


  The terror before them was scarier than the awaiting danger. The extras dispersed without a single word of resistance, but their uncertainty and hopelessness grew bigger and bigger. Is he…… really going to kill us all? Is he going to exterminate us?

  They wished it wasn’t true, but they were worried that it was. Not knowing whether the impending disaster that would affect them was real or not, they were downtrodden. They couldn’t do anything, like passengers stuck in a sinking ship who didn’t know what was happening outside their locked door. They simply prayed that nothing would happen and for someone to save them if something did.

  The desert of illusion.

  A few nomads were riding their camels across the heart of the desert. They were Sungjin and his teammates.

  “We arrived without many difficulties, which is more than I expected.”


  Sungjin laughed at Ereka’s words. “It’s because of the spy’s leak that we were going to attack the obelisks in each region rather than the pyramids in the sky.”


  “Uu, there’s too much sand.” Rachel spewed out some sand and cried out.

  “Hang in there. It will be over soon.” Eustasia patted her gently.

  “But where is the pyramid?” Jenna looked at Zakiya and asked what was happening. “Isn’t it supposed to be here according to the coordinates?”


  “You’re right. The coordinates indicate here. Now it’s your turn.”


  At Sungjin’s instructions, Zakiya smiled and kissed the back of his hand. “As Your Majesty wishes.”


  “Ee.” Ereka tried to say something, but Zakiya shook her bell. A mysterious and glorious sound rang out, and in the middle of the dunes a huge pyramid emerged. It was so large that the tip could not be seen.

  Ten times the size of the earth’s pyramid. Sungjin’s neck ached just from looking up at it. “It’s huge.”


  “This was…… right in front of us?” Ereka’s mouth fell open.

  “It’s magnificent. Truly…… It looks as if the object may be asleep in there.” Eustasia no longer expressed doubt. The pyramid had already proved its uniqueness with its magnitude.

  “The inside is bigger,” Zakiya explained with incomprehensible words.

  “The inside is bigger……?”


  “Let’s go in. You will understand what I mean. Please, come this way.” Zakiya took the lead. She shook the bundle of bells in her hand.

  A deep ringing resounded in the air, and the center stone of the pyramid disappeared. From there, a corridor full of darkness appeared. On either side of the entrance was a statue of a human with the head of a dog, and on the inner wall were murals. From somewhere in the distance, the sound of lira was heard, and the smell of spices was mixed in the air.

  Sungjin’s party nervously went inside. Soon after, the darkness lifted and the space inside could be seen. Dozens and hundreds or more stairs were entangled and stretched three-dimensionally. Grains of light wandered through the gaps in the stairs.

  Which stairway leads to where? The interior was complicated and dazzling enough to confuse the brightest of minds.

  “Everyone walk carefully. You’ll be lost if you take one wrong step. Please step where I step. ”


  “Okay.” Upon saying that, Sungjin stepped forward, and the surroundings spun around.

  “Be careful!” Zakiya caught his arm.

  In a blink of an eye, the two were in a completely separate space. It was a small room filled with an incense that attacked his nerves. Decadent and irritating scents secretly touched his nerves.

  “Are you okay?” Zakiya leaned over by her hips and asked him if he was all right, looking down on him. Her abundant chest filled Sungjin’s sight.

  “The others?”


  “I do not know. Maybe they’re in that place.”


  “Are we apart from the others?”


  “Yes. I hurriedly followed Your Majesty’s fall to accompany you.”


  “This is problematic.”


  “It’s not problematic. It’s a moment I’ve been waiting for. ” Zakiya smiled strangely, like a spider poking its sting into its prey.

  “What?”


  “Wandering Desert.” Zakiya’s skill of paralyzing the opponent’s movements activated.

  Sungjin had no way to respond to the surprise attack. “Kuk.” His body stiffened. A normal hero would have resisted to some extent, but at level 0, he couldn’t do anything in a battle of pure strength.

  “Huhu. No matter how good your brain is, your resistance is level 0. It seems you cannot fight off a skill.” Zakiya raised her hand and touched his chest. The dense and thick caress stimulated his nerves. The touch was dangerous and fascinating, just like a spider trying to keep its food at its best before it was eaten.

  “Are you saying I’m trapped?”


  “That’s it, huhu.” Her long fingers tapped against his body in a rhythm.

  “The reason being?”


  “My brother is held hostage.”


  Sungjin’s face turned hard.

  “Didn’t you say your family is dead?”


  “I thought so too, but Kapitle had secretly kept my brother alive. “Her nails lightly scratched at the nape of Sungjin’s neck. Dangerous yet exhilarating sensations spread through him. “And he asked me to assassinate you after luring you into this pyramid. Then he will guarantee my future life with my brother.”


  “So are you on his side again?”


  Zakiya sighed deeply. “No.”