These Familiars Are Strange

The tunnel that we found wasn't that long at all and when we came out of the tunnel, we found ourselves in some kind of underground storage space.

It was just that this place seemed like it was completely abandoned.

Even though it was clearly some kind of underground storage space, there wasn't actually anything that was stored in this place.

With how desolate it was, it even seemed like this place had been abandoned for a long time.

But then again, this was the palace of the dungeon boss.

The Desert Tyrant that had been corrupted by something and turned into an evil version of himself.

Even if there were some corrupted sand people that followed him, it wasn't as if there were servants and such that were in his palace cleaning it. At the same time, it wasn't as if the dungeon boss would care about something like this.

So it was only natural that this place would be abandoned.

With the few flashlights that we pulled out, we were able to quickly find the way out of this room. It was just that we were still underground and there was no telling what was ahead of us.

It was the kind of place where one should be cautious.

That was if they didn't have the same things as us.

With the skeletal rats, I was able to quickly map out the area that was around us and I even found a set of stairs that would lead us back up to the surface. With these stairs, we made our way above the ground once more.

Once we came up from the basement, there was no need for the flashlights anymore.

The windows let in more than enough light that we were able to see everything around us.

It had been hard to see everything before with just the flashlights, but now it was easy to see that this was indeed a castle.

The way that the corridors were decorated certainly befit what one would imagine a castle to look like.

At the same time, the decorations that were here were different from what one would expect in a human castle. There were more things that seemed to be made of sand that it was hard to believe that these things didn't fall apart.

But then again, this was the castle of the ruler of a society of people that was made from sand.

So it also seemed natural that they would have these items that were made of sand.

The most interesting things in this place were the paintings that were on the wall.

These paintings were normal paintings from what could be seen, so it showed that the society of the sand people had a certain level of technology. Though from what we had seen from the villages and even cities of the sand people, it was at the level of a medieval society.

It seemed that their technology was locked at that level.

Still, these paintings did tell us some things.

It showed the history of the sand people's society.

"They were a normal society that seemed to be developing the same way that our society was developing in the early middle ages. It was just that they were suddenly invaded by the Abyss Demons, which was why they ended up like this." I summarized in a heavy voice to which Iris and Wang Rong nodded in agreement.

All three of us had strange looks on our faces as we looked at these paintings.

It really made us think about what kind of effect the Abyss Demons had on this world…

And if it were to happen, what kind of effect the Abyss Demons would have on our world.

Though if it came to that, we wouldn't let it happen.

As we were lost in thought on this matter, the skeletal rats came back with some information.

They had found the throne room of the Desert Tyrant.

This was the room that the final boss was in.

With this piece of news coming in, naturally we weren't able to remain in the same daze.

After pulling ourselves out of this daze, we followed the skeletal rats to the throne room.

We were careful and we didn't see anything on our way. However, it wasn't just because we were being careful that we didn't bump into anything along the way.

It was rather because there was nothing that was there in this palace.

It seemed that other than the Desert Tyrant, there wasn't a single other creature that was in this palace.

What about the corrupted sand people that served the Desert Tyrant?

Where were they?

That was the thought that was on our mind when we made our way to the throne room, but that was quickly forgotten when we arrived.

The door that we peeked through wasn't the main door of the throne room, but rather the side door. This was the kind of door that would be used by the king himself to enter the room.

The only reason that we were able to find this was because of the skeletal rats.

From this side door, we actually had a good view of the entire throne room.

It was just that there wasn't anything in this throne room at all.

In fact, there was even sand that laid all over the ground in this throne room as if it was abandoned.

But it wasn't abandoned.

Sitting on the throne in the center of the throne room was a sand person that was hard to mistake.

This sand person was much larger than the other sand people, but it was also made of pure black sand unlike the rest of the sand people. It was even different from the corrupted sand person that we faced before, as it was made completely of this corrupted black sand.

On the head of this thing was a crown and it seemed to be dressed in fancy clothes.

There was no doubt that this was the king of the sand people.

This was the Desert Tyrant.

The final boss of this Hidden Dungeon.