Manga Born to Be King

　　In the corner of the pitch-black street, a being shook the darkness and appeared silently.This is a mysterious figure that looks like an imitator, and is completely covered in black.

　　From the jet-black gloves on both hands, the man and Hestia stood facing each other with a distance of about five meters.Seeing this person who came suddenly and had a gloomy atmosphere, the corners of Hestia's mouth twitched into a smile.

　　"First time meeting, Goddess Hestia. Please run away with fear."

　　The man in black spoke in a voice that could not tell whether it was a man or a woman.Are the jet-black robes covering the entire body used to deal with the gods who can see through the lies of the inhabitants of the Nether?

　　"Well, hello for the first time. So, who are you?"

　　As can be seen from the outside, this opponent whose appearance and affiliation are completely unknown, made Hestia look surprised, and chose the words cautiously: "You don't look like a guild employee, and you specially called me to this kind of place. , for what—"

　　Hestia shook the instruction book in one hand, and suddenly stopped in the middle of her speech.She stopped in a daze.A pair of divine eyes stared into the depths of the other's hood that was blocked by darkness.

　　"Are you really our child...a person? This feeling..."

　　"It's nerve-racking, really, it's useless to pretend to be in front of God."

　　To Hestia's astonishment, the other party seemed to let out a wry smile and shook his robe.In the face of the goddess who was clearly showing wavering, the man in black took a calm attitude.

　　"You, what are you..."

　　"Okay, including this question, I would like to answer your many questions, but..."

　　The man in black slowly raised his head, made a glance, and looked at a building far behind Hestia.

　　"Being targeted like this, it's impossible to talk with peace of mind."

　　Hearing this sentence, Hestia opened her eyes wide, and the man in black opened his hands slightly.

　　"Let's change place."

　　In the next instant, a large amount of black smoke spewed from the cuffs of the robe.

　　"smokescreen!?"

　　Seeing that scene, Mikh leaned out.On the roof of the building far from No. [-] Street in District [-], the canine Naza and the beautiful male god who put arrows on the strings of the long bows were all stunned.

　　Hestia asked them to "escort" a few hours ago, yesterday evening.When the dependents received the mandatory task, the goddess, just in case, consulted with Mihe and the others, telling them that according to the content of the code (message), she had to go to the appointment alone tonight.

　　Mih and the others agreed when Hestia came directly to the headquarters for help.Hestia only said that this was a mandatory task of the guild, and did not tell Naza and other family members about the talking monster.

　　According to the information, Mih and others who accepted the request stood guard at a high place in the middle of the night to protect the safety of Hestia.The sniper Nazha always held a bow and arrow. As long as someone wanted to harm the goddess, or had any suspicious behavior, he was ready to shoot at any time.

　　Naza, who aimed her arrow at the mysterious man in black, swayed her eyes.

　　The spreading smoke engulfed Hestia in a blink of an eye, covering the surroundings in one breath.Black smoke... no, it was the scene of the street enclosed by the thick black fog, which made Mikh stand up on the roof, speechless.

　　In front of the line of sight, Jian Yulei and Hephaestus, who were also entrusted with Mih, as well as Sakura and Chikusa rushed out of the dark place of the building... However, when the black mist dissipated, the street was already empty. no one.

　　Both the man in black and Hestia disappeared out of thin air.

　　"God Mih!?"

　　"Have they all been discovered by the other party?"

　　Nazar, who was kneeling on the roof, looked up at Mi He, his pupils twisted bitterly.

　　"Let's go, it's useless to stay for a long time, go and meet Hephaestus and the others first."

　　When Mi He was about to leave, he took another look at the street where everything disappeared in the black mist.The moon in the sky is completely covered by clouds.

　　"That, that must be it, Daphne...!"

　　"Ghost? What the hell is that?"

　　"The black figures that appear in the guild headquarters every night...! It is said that some adventurers who were killed by monsters are still haunted, groaning in the darkness, and wandering in the dark...!!"

　　"Anyway, you must be dreaming again, I don't believe it."

　　"No, no! It's not a precognition dream (dream), it was the commissioner Lucia who brought me before the guild told me...!"

　　"Ahhh!"

　　Daphne held the back of her head with a headache.Although the two of them finally came back before Hestia went out, they can only watch their main god disappear now, and can't do anything.

　　"It would be nice if the captain was here..."

　　Nangong Xiao smiled slightly, but he didn't expect such a scene.He knew the situation over there through the mark he left on Hestia.If Hestia's side is really not good, he will forcibly send it through the link with the mark. .

Chapter 304

　　"We've come this far, and there are more monsters than the previous floors. I can understand... But I think the number seems to be more than when my brother and I came here?"

　　"It should be because there are no other adventurers. The monster's spearhead is probably pointed at us."

　　Continuous battles are of course, but there are also too many enemies.

　　"Lord Winnie?"

　　"I always feel that I miss it so much... But, still, it's terrible...~ It's so cold."

　　Winnie, who looked around the "Big Tree Labyrinth", caressed her chest uncomfortably.

　　Chun Ji herself had a cowardly temperament, shaking her fox ears and tail nervously, but seeing the girl's appearance, her eyes widened, and she took her hand with determination.

　　Like the floors inside the huge trees, the ceilings are all high.There are several small tree holes, as many as monster hiding places.The passage banner is also very wide, surrounded by the unique plants of the layer, like an adventurer who wants to be confused.

　　Mushrooms with red and blue spots, perennial grasses scattered with golden fluff, dripping profusely from the bark walls, like honey sap.On the cave floor at the end of the road is a whole piece of silver flowerbed.

　　"It's beautiful and dangerous."

　　If there are no monsters, it should be a good tourist destination.

　　(Someone is watching us again, and...)

　　The number of sight lines has increased.The enigmatic stalker who followed all the way from the surface, or the gaze of the watcher.Who are they and what is their purpose?

　　Suddenly, the team's speed slowed down.The four finally stopped and looked up at the standing grass wall.

　　"No way..."

　　"Did you go the wrong way?"

　　A mass of giant mushrooms blocked a single road that was extremely narrow in width and height.Red and blue-spotted mushrooms form a silent wall.

　　There are many mushrooms that form an aggregate, and under the giant mushroom umbrellas, there are organs that look like eyes.The mushrooms of different sizes released their mimicry, and in a blink of an eye, their bodies turned black and purple, and they all moved together.

　　Nangong Xiao: "..."

　　I really did not expect that this mushroom turned out to be fine.

　　"No! It's a dark poisonous mushroom!"

　　Along with insect monsters, the mushroom monsters, which are the representative monsters of the "Big Tree Labyrinth", unleashed a poisonous attack with an extremely large effect range.

　　The mushroom umbrella swelled up in an instant.The eruption is a poisonous spore far more powerful than the upper purple moth.If it is directly hit by such a poisonous abnormal attack, even large-scale monsters will immediately lose their ability to move.

　　The flames burned with the poisonous spores that were about to spread widely.Surrounded by the most feared flames, the mushroom-like monsters shook their heavy bodies and struggled in pain.The poisonous mushrooms burned to death one by one in the depths of the fire, and the flames also spread to the huge Tan species that were not monsters.

　　Some of the purple fine powder was saved from burning, fighting with Mars, and Lily and others were about to take an emergency shelter - but the dungeon roared, and the prey would not be allowed to escape.

　　A giant pig appeared from the front. It was a large-scale monster with a body length of two meters.It broke through the wall of fire with the momentum of rushing, and pursued the adventurers with its fur on its back.The giant pig roared as if leading the herd, followed by a group of bear beasts and other monsters.

　　"You still want to plot against me just based on this thing?!"

　　Nangong Xiao continued to throw the fireball, turning it into a veritable roast pig.

　　"Okay, we can move on."

　　Things happened in an instant.

　　When he confronted the man in black, he was surrounded by the black mist and coughed non-stop. Suddenly, something like a cloth covered him, and all the sounds around him drifted away in an instant.

　　"Did you do any tricks?"

　　"It's no big deal, I just used a few magic items and took a short cut, Goddess Hestia."

　　The stone passages are filled with cool air.Hestia and the man in black walked step by step on the dark artificial passage.

　　The ceiling of the passage is not very high, and the width is too narrow to fit three people.The walls are made of a seamless magical material, engraved with a light lustrous texture.There are no doors and windows on the passage, which is very suitable to be described as "secret passage".

　　Completely laid out.

　　Hestia thought to herself, but for now she decided to follow the other party's request first and follow him obediently.Because it is clear from the exquisite technique when he kidnapped himself that he who has sealed his divine power is just an incompetent god, and no matter how much he resists, it will be a waste of effort.She was joking as usual, but the power was always in the other's hands.

　　"Almost no one knows the existence of this shortcut, let alone the people who use it, who can count on one hand."

　　The man in black who led the way with a portable magic stone lamp, of course, had his back to Hestia.He didn't seem to have thought that Hestia would escape at all, or thought that even if she escaped, she could be easily captured?Probably both.

　　Seeing that the other party didn't mean any harm, Hestia couldn't help pursing her mouth into a zigzag shape, but she sighed and looked around again.

　　"Shortcut, isn't it..."

　　If you believe the other party's words, then the man in black has caught Hestia and led her into this shortcut... In other words, the entrance and exit are near the designated meeting place on Fourth Street.

　　Hestia spread out a simple map of the city in her head, calculated the positions of the main buildings and roads, and said, "This shortcut is for getting out in case of emergency, isn't it?"

　　Hearing Hestia's confident tone, the man in black only returned to silence.But under the hood seemed to laugh.

　　(I'm not going to answer yes... well, if it's what I expected, it should be soon...)

　　to know all the answers.

　　"Huh? No way?"

　　After walking for a while, the two came to the end of the passage.While Hestia was looking surprised, the man in black stretched out a hand and touched the pattern on the wall.

　　Then, as soon as he uttered words similar to a spell, the wall immediately made a low sound and slid aside.Does it mean that he just said "Open Sesame"?While Hestia was complaining in her heart, the closed secret door was fully opened.The door opens to an open space dominated by thin darkness.

　　Following the man in black who walked forward, he climbed a short flight of stairs and came to a stone hall.Hestia emerged from the dark depths beside the wall and looked around.

　　The floors are covered with slate, the ceilings are high and dark, and the stone walls can feel the history of the years, almost like a forgotten ancient temple.Apart from the tunnel where he and the man in black came, the only thing that looked like an entrance and exit was the stairs leading upstairs, which made Hestia understand that it was underground.Then, in the center of the hall.

　　"He" is on the altar where four torches form the only source of light.

　　"Uranus."

　　Let the man in black lead Hestia, who moved to the front of the altar, and confront the male god.

　　There is a huge stone throne, and on the throne sits an immobile old god.With a physique of over two meters, it is very strong, and it is very different from ordinary gods in terms of boldness, presence, and divine might.Just like a part of the gods who are called "great gods" in the heavens and have power.

　　The long white hair and beard protruded from the robe and hood.He rested his thick arms on the armrests.Like a statue and like a ruler, he just continues to exist.

　　The imposing king, the true master of the guild, slowly raised his head and looked down at Hestia.