Dungeon Monsters Keep Offering Sacrifices

39 – Celia’s Judgment (2)

“It’s a really cute gift.”

The shadows moved according to Celia’s hand gestures. It was because the charm of the succubus race had worn off.

Gulon was astonished to see the shadows following her as if they were her pets from the beginning.

I was relieved at the same time.

‘Was fascination originally supposed to have that much power?’

A succubus was a being that often stole the vital energy of humans through dreams.

And when the level gets higher, even if it is not a dream, he uses his charm to attract the other person. This was fascination.

However, their power was only great in dreams; in reality, they had little power.

The succubus in front of us is doing something that only a high-level succubus or a succubus queen who has been stealing the energy of humans for a long time can do.

‘Is she really the succubus queen?’

But Gulon shook her head.

‘No, it looks like a being of higher rank than the queen.’

I was shocked because I had no idea that the level of the succubus in front of me would be this high.

And she felt fortunate, praising herself for coming to surrender right away instead of attacking the other person head-on.

‘I almost lost my mind.’

If she had turned her into her enemy, she would have been as enchanted as her shadow.

At that moment, she felt a chill and her whole body began to tremble.

Look at her now.

The 5-star vampire that the Chamber of Commerce paid attention to, the one who was higher than Baalcherit, was the succubus, Celia.

In other words, Gulon, who had lost the rope from the Sanghoe, had to hold on to the current Donga rope.

It is also a golden copper rope, not an ordinary copper rope.

There was no need to check.

“I… , Then will you accept me? “Please save my life.”

He is a manager belonging to the audit team of Bhando Trading Company.

Gullon emphasized this point and appealed to her own usefulness.

At the same time, she had already told Celia about the entire current situation.

As the power of the dungeon she manages has recently grown, the company has become uncomfortable. And she said that the Chamber of Commerce is trying to intervene to resolve the current situation.

But Celia didn’t react much after hearing Gulon’s words. She just stared at the shadows.

When she showed no response, her heart sank.

‘Please say something!’

She may not know it, but she was in a hurry right now.

Because she had bet on this, even risking her own life, it felt like Gulon’s life was like a sand castle that would collapse at any moment.

It would have put her mind at ease if she had at least confirmed that she accepted me, but she did not give any answer.

“… ….”

How much time has passed?

Finally, Celia opened her mouth.

“Well, okay. Since I brought you this gift, let me show you mercy just once. Instead.”

Celia raised her hand. Then he pulled out a strand of her hair.

“Feed this to that manager.”

“Yes?”

What strange sound is that suddenly?

‘Are you telling me to feed her hair to her manager?’

No, why on earth are you feeding that?

Even if she did, the question of how to force-feed her hair remained.

It was a wrong premise from the beginning.

Gulon looked at Celia with a puzzled expression.

“Ah, don’t worry. Mr. Gulon. “I asked the shadows for a favor.”

Celia smiled and tossed her hair to her shadow.

Her shadow politely took Celia’s hair with both hands.

The shadows handled the hair carefully, as if accepting something important.

“The shadows will take care of it, so Mr. Gulon just needs to wait.”

Celia gestured towards the shadows.

Then their existence disappeared in an instant.

Like smoke dispersing.

* · * *

“Kaaa!”

Maltis, the manager of the audit team of the Demon World Chamber of Commerce.

He who looked like an owl was screaming.

It was clearly him who had been working in the office a little while ago.

But suddenly a shadow appeared from somewhere.

It’s strange.

The shadow must have been placed on Chief Gulon….

Just think about that for a moment.

Aren’t the shadows subduing oneself?

Then he was stuffing something strange into his mouth.

Fortunately, since he was a Maltis with the head of an owl, his mouth also looked like a bird’s beak.

Thanks to you, I was able to resist a little, but this was only for a moment. Soon he succumbed to the power of the shadows and had no choice but to open his mouth.

I don’t know why the shadows attached to Gulon are holding me back.

What was certain was that his hands had already been grabbed by a shadow, and another shadow was opening his mouth.

“Ugh….”

Maltis’ mouth was forced open.

The shadows stuffed the hair that Celia had given them deep into Maltis’ open mouth.

“Knock knock.”

Maltis started coughing at the substance that entered his mouth.

After some resistance, Maltis finally swallowed what was in his mouth.

“… ….”

Huh?

What happened?

Who am I?

What was I doing now?

Yes, an idea occurred to me.

I am Maltis.

He is a manager who works at the Demon World Company.

But why is the shadow here?

“… ….”

Ah!

That’s right.

I also forget sometimes, right?

I must carry out the orders given by Celia.

“… ….”

Maltis naturally returned to his seat.

It was because he had to work for the person he followed, Celia.

Although he never met Celia in person, he always felt her presence within him.

This was clear loyalty.

“This is true. “I can’t believe I did things like this.”

He would be truly disappointed if he found out.

Maltis checked the documents on his desk and discarded them all.

After discarding it, he started to create new documents.

– We would like to share the results of our investigation regarding the recent merger of 26 dungeons.

It appears that there is no disadvantage to our company, and rather, the dungeon owner appears to be following our company’s instructions…….

Maltis was watching his work intently.

“Oh, I almost forgot again. The only person who knows about this incident is the manager above me. You are the manager of Kaisen. These days, he is worried that there are many people within the Chamber of Commerce that are hostile to him.”

Maltis began spouting out the information he knew, even adding useless personal opinions.

“I hope my words will help him.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the shadows disappeared.

And the next day, the Demon World Company was overturned.

This is because there was news that Kaisen, who was none other than the head of the company, committed suicide.

Of course, since he was not a high-ranking official, he was quickly buried.

“It’s a shame. “Director.”

When Maltis heard the news, he muttered while drinking coffee.

“That’s why you shouldn’t offend him.”

* · * *

Gulon naturally returned to the audit team of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and continued his work.

But there was something strange about his atmosphere.

It was none other than Manager Maltis.

‘What did you do to the manager?’

The manager’s personality itself has changed.

He wasn’t able to properly complete the work the manager had assigned him to do, but there was no mention of it.

I felt like I didn’t care at all.

‘Is this actually fortunate?’

As a result, it was a situation where I could just laugh at him.

He was able to return to the Chamber of Commerce without any problems, and he did not have to beg for his life from the succubus.

“Anyway….”

One thing that bothered me was that I wondered why he let himself go.

“I wonder how things are going right now….”

It felt like a dream.

Maybe all of this wasn’t a dream?

After thinking for a moment, Gulon soon calmed his nerves.

Good things were good things.

Let’s focus on our work without having to think about it for no reason.

Then he went outside to get some fresh air.

There were already subordinates outside.

“Um….”

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Gulon was itching for no reason when he saw his subordinate.

He couldn’t help but want to tell me what he had been through.

In particular, the existence of the succubus he saw.

She is clearly a being of great stature.

It was natural for her to report to the Chamber of Commerce, but she was afraid of possible retaliation.

So the method chosen was to spread rumors.

Gulon quietly approached where his subordinates were gathered.

“Ah, manager. Hello?”

One of the employees said hello.

“Uh… okay. Good morning.”

I couldn’t remember the employee’s name.

She probably wasn’t an employee she valued. No, she was more like a face she had never seen before.

Oh, you’re a new employee?

But I didn’t hear that a new employee was coming in?

Now that I think about it, it was my first time seeing all the employees here.

I was embarrassed for no reason.

‘Were they people from another department?’

Just as Gulon was trying to sneak away from the group.

“Anyway, Manager Gulon, do you have anything to say?”

Someone called him out.

“Huh?”

Gulon looked back again.

“I guess you experienced something unusual?”

Gulon was pleased to hear those words.

I just needed someone to start the conversation.

“Do you think so?”

I cleared my throat once.

“It’s about what I went through.”

From Gulon’s mouth, she began to tell stories about her experiences.

“Oh, that’s ridiculous. I’m conquering 26 dungeons. And that too in a short period of time.”

“Is it true? “That’s why I criticized the manager.”

“The owner of the dungeon is a succubus queen-level being? But are you letting the manager go as is? “He’s also bluffing a lot.”

The employees were laughing and talking.

“No, it’s real?”

Gulon felt upset seeing the employees hardly believing what he said.

So he began to explain in more detail.

Everything from beginning to end.

As Gulon explained, he immediately felt a sense of déjà vu.

Huh?

Suddenly the surroundings became quiet.

No, not ‘suddenly’.

At some point, he was talking to himself.

Gulon looked around.

All the employees stood still with expressionless faces.

They all just started rolling their eyes.

“Gasp!”

All the eyeballs were soon turned towards Gulon himself.

Their mouths opened.

Everyone opened their mouths at the same time, but there was only one voice.

“Oh my, Mr. Gulon. “I would have told you that mercy only comes once.”

Huh?

It was a familiar voice.

It was the voice of the succubus Celia.

‘No way….’

When Gulon came to his senses, the image of the merchant he was in disappeared.

And then a familiar scene appeared.

A dungeon that merged 26 dungeons within a short period of time.

The dungeon managed by a succubus.

“How was the dream? Was it sweet?”

Celia in front said with a smile.

Gulon, he was currently in the dungeon.

To be precise, he had never been outside the dungeon in the first place.

“Did I look funny?”

“No….”

Gulon was in despair.

“No! “That was a mistake!”

But Gulon threw away the only mercy that Celia offered.

“Quaaah!

Gulon’s screams spread throughout the dungeon.

This was Celia’s verdict on those who lost one chance.