“…… I said I couldn't be killed, but I didn't just beg for mercy. I suppose that snake said the same thing to you, right? At least for now, you don't dare kill me. ”

The lord of the castle mentioned the snake.

The purebred snake man.

Apparently he was aware of the existence of that thing, too. So in other words, Thirty-Five, the killer who was hidden by the city lord's side, seems to have revealed his identity a long time ago.

My gaze also turned to Thirty-Five, and he was very confused, obviously confident in his previous concealment.

"You ......"

"What am I? Not only do I know about your relationship with that, but I also know that you are different from the rest of the city, or rather, most of the other people. ”

Thirty-five frowned.

The city lord licked his own dry stupidity, his throat swelled, and his appetite seemed to crawl out of his eyes, "If not, I also want to make my life safer." I really want to taste the so-called king worm taste......"

King bugs?

He actually mentioned these two words.

This really surprised me.

Thirty-five's expression was also more stiff, and it seemed that his hiding was really defeated from beginning to end.

As for the reason why the thirty-five has not been debunked, it is actually very simple.

Although I don't know, the specific relationship between the city lord, the inner city, and the purebred snake man. But as the city lord said, he understood that the snake could not kill him for the time being, but the day of killing him would come sooner or later. Instead of directly finding out the identity of thirty-five, it is better to pretend to be confused, at least he knows who the killer is, so that he will not be more passive when it comes to trouble.

Only this time, thirty-five brought me.

and Yu Xia's invasion.

This made the city lord feel uneasy, so he decided that no matter what the purpose of Thirty-Five brought me here, he would take the first step and get rid of the two of us.

“…… But I don't understand, no matter how I change the mechanism settings, why do you always choose the right position for the space pumice? The city lord's gaze turned to me at this time, "Who are you?" ”

The two sides of the question seem to have exchanged identities.

But I didn't have the heart to answer his question, and I couldn't answer it.

"It seems that the story of you and that snake is quite complicated. Then I'm not interested in listening to it for the time being. Let's talk about it, where is Yu Xia and the girl she brought now, listen to what you mean, you know. "I got back to the point.

"Heh......" He still sneered, as if it was not him who was in a passive position now, but us.

"You want to know? Yes, I can tell you. You'll have to do me a favor, though. "He started haggling with me.

Sure enough, it looks like he is completely taking the initiative.

I was also curious about what he would ask of me, so I asked, "Tell me." ”

The city lord's gaze turned to thirty-five again, "He and you are acquaintances in another world, right?" But it doesn't seem to be very good. Now that his identity has been exposed, I can't keep it here, and in that snake, it's basically worthless. Although the status is noble, it is the so-called king worm, but it can be ...... In this world, it's just high-end ingredients. I don't like him, it's not a day or two, why don't you help me kill him, what's the matter? I want to taste what the meat of the king worm tastes like. As soon as you kill him, I will immediately tell you where those two women are now. ”

Thirty-five knows that the silent night occupies an important place in my heart.

If I really had to kill him to save Silent Night, I wouldn't hesitate to choose.

He knows this very well, so at this moment, he has become hostile to me. And this hostility is not only for me, but also for the city lord in front of me, Thirty-Five.

"Heh...... "But I don't have that mind at all."

"What are you laughing at?" The lord asked.

"I'm laughing at you, it's stupid enough. I can kill him, but it's not that easy. You know it, and I know it. When I kill him, I don't know if the person I want can be saved. But at that time, you probably didn't know where to hide. ”

"No, no, no, I don't have to. Because you're not the same guy as this guy. This guy has no value in the snake man. Such delicious meat, and there is no point in living, you say, what will the snake do to him? And with me, as long as I get out of trouble, he will surely die. I want to eat that meat too! No matter what, he won't survive! He'll figure it out soon, perhaps, by now, when he'll want to kill me! If I die, we all die together, and the snake knows that. You are different from him, you can live, why accompany him to death, or be killed by him? ”

"And, in fact, you don't have a choice. Because every time you say one more nonsense, the chances of those two women surviving will shrink. ”

What the city lord said in this passage is correct, at least the part corresponding to thirty-five is correct.

So Thirty-Five has silently distanced himself from me, and I can feel that he is about to be alienated, and the surging insect venom energy in his body.

"Seems to be right, and you reminded me that they are dangerous now." I nodded, and then, spitting out the tentacles!

Thirty-five tried to defend himself, only to find that the tentacles were not attacking him, but had instantly severed one of the city lord's arms.

"Ugh!!" It wasn't fatal, but the pain made him let out a low roar of pain.

Thirty-five looked at me suspiciously, "What are you doing?" ”

"It's nothing, I just think it's probably better for me to be alive than to be alive."

With that, I lifted the castle lord with one hand, who was half-kneeling on the ground due to pain.

His head was raised, his face was between an insect and a human, repeatedly alienated and transformed, and a pair of huge black insect eyes were full of shock and anger, and he yelled at me: "You are crazy! What are you doing?! Don't you understand my words? ”

I lifted my hand and grabbed it at his skull, the black sand-covered fingers burrowing into his partially alienated exoskeleton, and he looked at me with wide eyes in horror, "You...... You, what are you going to do?! You can't kill me! You ......"

"Are you used to being a city lord?" I asked.

"You can't kill me...... I, there is no contradiction or opposition between us, he, he is the common enemy of you and me now! ”

"I know you can't kill. That snake cares so much about your life, and you roar so confidently, it must make some sense. And my purpose is very simple, you tell me where those two girls are now, and I can let you live for a long time. ”

His gaze immediately turned to thirty-five, as if he wanted to make a condition, but before he could speak, I cut off his other arm, "Although I can't kill you, there seems to be no limit to anything other than killing you, right?" ”

After speaking, he casually threw an arm to Thirty-Five, "I've been working for so long, I'm hungry, right?" ”

"You...... You ......" The city lord's eyes were no longer angry, but filled with horror.

But it still doesn't seem to be ready to say the meaning of the clue obediently.

So I put one hand on his chest, my fingertips around the black sand, tearing the flesh and about to break his ribs, break his internal organs, and take his heart.

"I've eaten people when I've come to this world. I don't know if you found that the heart of the parasite tastes better than other locations. And the vitality of those of us infected with insect poison is really too tenacious. Even if the heart is removed, it will not die immediately, give enough time, feed a little food, and slowly recover. Actually, I'm a little hungry too. ”

The fear in his eyes was extreme.

Just before my fingers were about to break his bones, he roared frantically, "I said! I say!! In, on top! I'm not the only one who has the secret of this dungeon! Not only does it hide meat, but it also ...... There's also a secret passage, in, above, on the sixteenth floor! ”

The sixteenth floor?

I remember going back to when I sank into the dungeon by the suspended stone, the whole way was very smooth, but between the sixteenth and seventeenth floors, I suddenly stuttered inexplicably.

"Secret passage?" I asked.

The city lord nodded hurriedly and responded, "Yes, the secret passage...... But I haven't actually been in it either, it's a forbidden area set up by the people of the inner city! So, there seems to be some kind of monster there...... But that's what the people of the inner city say, and what exactly is inside, I don't know...... But it is said that the monster is ferocious, but anyone who enters the outer city will definitely die if he enters the forbidden area. ”

"You'd better be honest."

"I'm telling the truth! There is no half-talk! I've never been to that place, and everything I know is what the inner people told me...... They have to keep order in the outer city, and I'm just a puppet! There are a lot of things I really don't dare to do, I don't dare! ”

He looks very flustered, as if he is bent on begging for mercy, revealing everything he knows in exchange for his own life.

But I always felt that what he said was not necessarily the truth.

But at least one thing is true, that place is not a place to come and go at will.

"Disarm the trap and take me to the sixteenth floor." So, I made a request.

"No...... No, if you go, you will die! Can't go, can't go......"

Perhaps what he said to me was partly false.

But what is certain is that the city lord's fear of the people in the inner layer is not pretended at all.

I'm curious, who are those people in the inner city?

What is the significance of the distinction between the outer city and the inner city?

Of course, there should be no answer at the moment, at least from the mouth of this city lord, the information should be shrunken and distorted in his eyes.

"You don't have much choice in this matter, if you go, you may be dead, as you said, but at least you are alive on the way. And if you stay here and don't leave, I promise, you'll die in no time. "Actually, without the city lord's guidance, I can also go to the sixteenth floor. But I didn't believe what he said, I didn't believe that he didn't know anything about the sixteenth floor, and that some things had to be forced into a certain position, threatening his own life, in order to see the result.

What's more, leaving him is also causing trouble for me, who knows if this guy will continue to control the other organs of this underground palace?

"You...... You're not, aren't you going to kill me? ”

"I just thought, maybe you're going to die, it's going to be a bit of a problem. But if the current troubles can't be solved, what's the point of caring about one that hasn't happened yet. ”

The lord of the castle was silent.

The air seemed to freeze.

In the end, he was forced to agree.

……