The Primal Hunter

Chapter 681

A sudden burst of heat hit Jake as he stepped out of the gateway and appeared on the thirty-fifth floor. One thing was already different about this floor from any of those prior: there was no difficulty selection with Minaga. Instead, they had appeared already within the Demon Lord’s castle.

Before anything else, Jake released a Pulse of Perception to get a lay of the land. What he saw was probably the smallest floor they had encountered so far.

The entire floor was just one unrealistically giant castle. It consisted of three different sections of note: the massive central throne room, a large circular hallway surrounding it, and three towers that each had hallways extending from the large circular hallway. Jake also spotted a certain someone hidden in a room pretty much right next to where they appeared.

As Jake was still looking through the mental map from his Pulse, they got the usual welcome message to the floor.

Welcome to the Thirty-Fifth floor of Nevermore: Minaga’s Labyrinth (Demon Lord’s Castle)

Main objective: Reach the end of the Labyrinth.

Bonus objectives: Slay the three Tower Demons (0/3)

Current progress: Tower Demons (0/3). End reached (0/1)

Note: More hidden events, achievements, or objectives may be hidden on the floor.

Current Nevermore Points: 23123

Minaga had even bothered to name this floor and didn’t just call it part five. Using his mental map, it was easy to spot all three Tower Demons, as each was within their respective towers. Moreover, each Tower Demon seemed to be guarding something, and Jake couldn’t help but make the connection between the three Secret Scrolls and the three towers.

Speaking of the secret scrolls.

A small pedestal was right in front of them where they appeared. All three Secret Scrolls were stacked on top of each other, with a letter placed on top of them all.

“Ree?” Sylphie asked as she shuffled a bit on his shoulder, uncomfortable with the heavy fire affinity in the air.

“Yeah, sure,” Jake agreed. Sylphie released a small gust of wind that made the letter fly over to him, and they all looked at Jake as he cleared his voice and read it aloud.

“Dear heroes.

I hope you all have arrived at the Demon Lord’s castle safely, and I hope this letter reached you in time. Throughout the years of plotting to take down the Demon Lord, I managed to obtain the schematics of the Demon Lord’s castle and memorize them, and I wish to share my findings with you. For now, avoid the central throne room and, instead, head to the three outer towers. You must defeat the three Tower Demons atop each tower and gain access to each Sealstone up there. These Sealstones are attuned to the artifacts, and you need to read out the incarnation written on each corresponding Secret Scroll. Remember to read the correct phrase to sabotage the artifacts of the Demon Lord. If you read the other one, you may accidentally empower the Demon Lord, making beating Gubrothas nearly impossible.

May you succeed in your quest for righteousness.

- Second Mistress.”

Jake finished reading it, and just as he did, they heard shuffling footsteps and the sound of something impacting the tiled floors. Out of a small hidden room walked the old demon, now with a cane in hand, as he shuffled in their direction.

“Heroes! I could not help but hear you read the letter from the Second Mistress, and I came out as soon as I could. I am glad to see you arrived at the evil Demon Lord Gubrothas’ castle in one piece. You even managed to obtain all three Secret Scrolls! Truly impressive,” the old demon smiled at them.

Things were as expected, and Jake smiled at the old demon. “I found your message at your old residence. Say, how did you manage to find a secret entrance to the castle? Could you not have told us about it?”

Lord Gubrothas found the flaw in the defenses right after I managed to sneak inside. Also, it may have interfered with your quest to obtain the Secret Scrolls. In the end, we all made it here safely and are united in our goal of ending

actually here to help

Dina noticed how off the demon was, it was pretty damn

from the Second Mistress. What say you? How do

your victory, then you can simply choose to face the evil Demon Lord Gubrothas without weakening him first. However, not using the scrolls

highest chance of bringing the evil Demon Lord to justice,” Jake

be allowed to offer my

we go,

course, but in

reason as he spoke. “Could you lend me the

to back down as he turned to the

only helped us so far. No need to

you can never be too safe,” Jake said,

need to worry,” the demon said as Jake handed him all the scrolls. His eyes were full of greed as the demon showed acting talent on par with the average child

a quick ritual to confirm they are real if that is alright with you all, right? I may

insight into magic circles also instantly let him know it was a teleportation circle of some kind, and Dina also looked to have a

enough to do the ritual himself. Then, suddenly, to the surprise of absolutely everyone,

three Tower Demons! They shall now read the incantations to empower the artifacts, and

barely held himself back from facepalming as he tried to act shocked. He didn’t

Jake muttered. “What will we

artifacts and reverse any empowering doesn’t mean you will be able to accomplish it! Of course, you can also face the Demon Lord in his strongest state possible in an impossible battle that you would only ever be able to overcome if you true talents sitting at

bamboozled,”

Demon Lord will take over the entire multiverse, and unless you manage to somehow kill the Demon Lord in his empowered state or go and slay the three Tower

I kill him already?”the Fallen

“Sure.”

“Go ahead.”

“Please do.”

“Ree.”

instant, a blast of force blew off the head of the old demon as he fell over backward, dead. He had barely been C-grade and was honestly so weak it wasn’t even worth mentioning. They stared at the corpse for a while as Jake

“So…”

the Fallen King said.

dictates they will join the Demon Lord fight anyway, so

you mean?” the Sword

the final boss? What do you think will happen when you ignore them and allow them to fully empower the boss? Of course they will join in on the fight

assumptions based on Earth’s

hundred percent,” Jake

the Sword Saint

time. The general layout of

around a hundred meters in diameter surrounding a large throne in the middle. Right above the throne, suspended by large meter-thick chains extending from the four pillars, hung a red crystal pulsing with energy. It was shaped like a

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