My Yandere Girlfriend Hiding in the Dungeon Kills Me Over and Over Again

Chapter 76 Boredom

“Where am I, is this…?

As I opened my eyes, I thought such things.

An unfamiliar scene spread out before my eyes.

That being said, there wasn’t anything particularly noteworthy about the scene.

It was just an endless void.

There was neither sky nor earth, and the horizon, of course, did not exist.

Ah, I’ve seen a similar scene in the past.

When Black Agetha ‘reset’ the world, it felt like everything had perished. I remember speaking to a person who claimed to be an observer at that time, and after that, I traveled back a hundred years to save the world.

But this time, the situation is different.

In the first place, why did this happen?

Ah, right. I remember, the warrior Gorgano was talking about how a seal worked.

Most likely, I was sealed by him.

I don’t really understand what a seal is, but the first thing that comes to mind is Agetha. I’ve saved Agetha when she was sealed inside the Katarov Dungeon. I don’t know if the seal on Agetha and the one on me are the same, but the possibility seems quite high.

But why would they go through the trouble of sealing me?

I recall the words of Gorgano, the warrior, “If you’re the Apostle of the Hero, killing you might lead to more trouble.” From those words, it seems he knew about my ability to return from death…? So, instead of killing me, he chose to seal me.

Certainly, if I’m sealed, I won’t return from death…

If this hypothesis is correct, it’s going to be a major problem.

In the future, I might need to take some measures if something happens.

However, no matter how much I think about it, it doesn’t change anything.

For now, I need to figure out how to get out of this situation.

Thinking that, I tried to take a step, but I realized.

I couldn’t take a single step.

In fact, I couldn’t even move my hands, speak, or blink. I couldn’t make the slightest movement in my body.

Only my consciousness remained.

What should I do?

The moment I realized I couldn’t do anything, anxiety welled up within me.

What can I do in this situation?

Is there anyone here? I wanted to shout, but I couldn’t even move my mouth.

Will I be trapped in this world of nothingness forever?

Only then did I finally feel fear.

From now on, an unbearable boredom will continue for eternity.

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I wonder how much time has passed since I was sealed.

There’s no sun or clock here, so I have no idea how much time has gone by. It’s just been an endless stretch of emptiness.

I didn’t know that being completely unable to do anything would be this agonizing.

Oh, it’s so boring.

In my boredom, I decided to recall the story my mother used to tell me.

It’s the story of the first hero and the Demon Lord.

This world is said to have been created at the same time a demon god awoke.

The name of that being is Deusgoat, the Demon God.

In Deusgoat’s world, there was nothing but darkness. It seemed like darkness would rule the world for eternity.

However, a god visited this world.

Puthos, the Supreme God.

Puthos normally resided in a higher-dimensional world separate from this one. In fact, even Deusgoat was just a creation of Puthos.

Puthos looked at the empty world and lamented, and from that, a single drop of light was born.

That light illuminated the world.

From there, Puthos created the spirits of fire, water, wind, and earth and had them create the world as we know it today, with features like land, air, and sea.

Finally, Puthos breathed souls into living beings, including plants, animals, humans, and elves, bringing forth life.

The world flourished as a result, but there was someone who envied it.

That someone was Deusgoat, the Demon God.

Deusgoat began by introducing death and disease into the world. Even then, the world persisted, so Deusgoat created monsters and dungeons, attempting to bring about the downfall of humanity.

In response, Puthos granted skills to the human race.

Thanks to those bestowed with skills, the monsters were defeated, and Deusgoat had to resort to his next plan.

That plan involved an invasion by a Demon Lord and his demon underlings.

The sudden appearance of the Demon Lord put the human race in peril.

Just when it seemed like they were in dire straits, a savior appeared.

That savior was none other than the first hero.

The hero is a being blessed by the Supreme God, Puthos, and with that power, they vanquish the Demon Lord.

However, the Demon God, Deusgoat, didn’t give up.

Time and again, a Demon Lord would manifest in this world, and a hero would appear to defeat that Demon Lord.

In this way, from ancient times to the present, the battle between the Demon Lord and the hero has continued.

That’s the story I heard from my mother.

It seems there are more tales of the first hero’s exploits, but this is all my mother ever told me. So, I don’t know what kind of deeds the first hero accomplished.

While I was lost in these thoughts, some time passed.

In this empty world, pondering is the only thing that keeps my mind at ease.

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How much time has passed since I was sealed…?

Boredom.

It’s so boring that it feels like my mind is about to break.

Isn’t there something? Something to fill my mind.

Ah, I know, let’s do some math.

I grew up as a farmer and didn’t receive a proper education, but my mother did teach me the basics of writing and counting.

I remember, 1 plus 1 is 2.

2 plus 2 is 4.

4 plus 4 is 8.

8 plus 8 is 16.

16 plus 16 is 32.

32 plus 32 is 64.

64 plus 64 is… 128.

128 plus 128 is, um… 256.

256 plus 256 is 512.

512 plus 512 is 1024.

1024 plus 1024 is 2048.

213901312 plus 213901312 is 427802624.

Ah, how many more numbers do I have to count before I’m liberated from this torment?

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How much time has passed since I was sealed?

I feel like I’ve been enduring an endless, incalculable amount of time. It wouldn’t be surprising if it had been over a hundred years.

Whenever I look, there’s nothing but darkness in front of me.

I don’t get hungry, and I don’t get sleepy.

It’s just an eternal, boring time.

Extreme boredom is so painful.

Oh, it’s so boring.

I wish I could just die.

If I die, I can finally rest peacefully.

How wonderful that would be.

So, I want to die.

I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die…

Please, someone, kill me…!

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… Ah, there’s light.

There was no warning whatsoever.

It happened just when I thought I would spend another boring day.

Right in front of me, light appeared.

Light, followed by a sound like breaking glass a few seconds later.

It was the first change in this world of nothingness.

Before I knew it, the scene in front of my eyes shattered like breaking out of a shell.

“Oh, I’ve finally managed to break the seal’s barrier,” a voice I recognized said.

The long-lost air of the outside world enveloped my entire body.

“Judite…”

Yes, the one in front of me was the vampire Judite.

She was the one who saved me from the barrier, I realized.

Tears welled up in my eyes at that realization.

Tears of joy.

She had saved me from despair.

“Forgive me for immediately asking this after releasing the seal, but would you mind dying? You’re quite an inconvenience being there,” I heard her say.

The moment her voice reached me, I heard the sound of blood splattering.

It seemed I was about to be killed by her.

Perhaps she didn’t release the seal to save me, but merely to get rid of me since I was an interference to her, as she made the dungeon her home.

However, that fact didn’t change that she had saved me.

After all, I could start over if I died.

Not being able to die was much more painful.

“Thank you, Judite. I love you.”

So, I expressed my gratitude.

She would probably wear an unpleasant expression, but before I could confirm that, my consciousness faded away.

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Chapter 77 Feeling uncomfortable

“I… I’m back…”

While opening my eyes, I looked around.

I was in a dungeon that looked familiar.

It seems the point where I return after dying hasn’t changed.

“But I had quite a tough experience.”

I didn’t expect to be sealed instead of being killed.

Indeed, with a seal, there’s no death and return.

“Do they even know about resurrection?”

Such suspicion arises.

Holy Knight Canaria and Warrior Gorgano. It seems both of them are members of a mysterious organization called ‘Chaosism.’

If that organization knows about resurrection, it’s going to be very troublesome.

Once again being sealed would likely shatter my psyche. I don’t want to experience something like that again.

However, there might be a way to prepare for it.

“If I’m about to be sealed, I can just take my own life beforehand.”

If I commit suicide, I can return from death.

I don’t know the exact process of sealing, but taking my own life is likely faster.

So, there’s no need to worry about sealing…

Um, what I need to do is prevent the resurrection of the Demon Lord, right?

It’s taking me some time to remember due to being sealed for so long.

The enemies are the two, Holy Knight Canaria and Warrior Gorgano. But I shouldn’t assume that they are the only enemies; there might be others lurking.

That hooded man, Noct, looks suspicious as well.

For now, to prevent the resurrection of the Demon Lord, I’ll have to deal with these two.

Can I do it…?

In the previous timeline, I couldn’t even compete with Warrior Gorgano and his Parasitic Scythe Puppeteer.

No matter how many times I tried, I couldn’t envision a scenario where I would win.

Honestly, I’m anxious… but that’s not a reason to stop.

So, I must keep moving forward.

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Once again, I decided to confront Holy Knight Canaria, following the same timeline as before.

I chose to acquire the skill “Agility Enhancement” and then combined it to create the skill “Thief’s Skills.”

After that, I guided the hero to the location of the Demon Lord and then headed to where Holy Knight Canaria should have been.

“Hey, I thought you’d show up here.”

Normally, Holy Knight Canaria should have been here.

“W-Why…?”

Why is Warrior Gorgano here?

“It seems you really came.”

“Canaria, did you suspect him?”

“It’s unavoidable. The likelihood of this seemingly ordinary guy turning out to be our enemy is high.”

Next to Warrior Gorgano was Holy Knight Canaria.

Wait, I can’t grasp the situation.

In this timeline, I haven’t attacked them yet. So, why do they perceive me as an enemy?

When I return after death, everything should go back to the way it was, right?

So why have their actions changed?

“This guy’s scent!”

“It’s a dangerous scent!”

“Be careful, Master!”

High-pitched voices echoed.

It was only a few seconds later that I realized those voices were produced by the Parasitic Scythe Puppeteer of Warrior Gorgano.

“You’re making a strange face?”

Warrior Gorgano asks while looking at my face.

“These guys told me to be careful with you.”

Does that mean that the parasitic scythe puppeteer, who fought me in a previous timeline, told Warrior Gorgano about our battle? Could it be that the puppeteer has the ability to recognize different timelines?

Could such a ridiculous thing really be true? I asked myself and suddenly remembered. Come to think of it, the parasitic puppeteer sometimes behaved differently in other timelines. For instance, in that timeline, a parasitic puppeteer I had just met said to me, “Hmm, why is that? I feel like I’ve met you somewhere before.”

So, it wouldn’t be surprising if the parasitic scythe puppeteer also had the ability to grasp information about different timelines.

With that conclusion in mind, I couldn’t help but shiver.

Maybe I’m dealing with a much more troublesome adversary than I had imagined.

“What’s wrong? Have you suddenly become afraid of us?”

Seeing me in a daze, Warrior Gorgano blurts out.

“Gorgano, isn’t there a need to wait for the enemy’s attack? Let’s just kill him right now.”

“Wait, killing is not an option. He might be the Hero’s Apostle.”

“What do you mean?”

The two of them start discussing me without my input.

Once again, it’s clear that they are not to be taken lightly.

“Damn it!!!”

In a rush to attack before any plans were settled, I screamed and thrust my sword.

“It’s not that impressive.”

“Huh…?”

At some point, Warrior Gorgano had appeared behind me.

How did he…?

Just as I thought that, a sharp, piercing pain surged throughout my body.

It seemed that in an instant, Warrior Gorgano had sliced me up with his scythe.

This is bad… At this rate, I’ll be sealed away.

Before that!

Due to being sliced up, I couldn’t move my right arm, and at the end of it was the tip of the “Blazing Sword.”

With all my might, I lunged toward that tip.

There was a crunching sound as my neck was impaled.

I somehow managed not to die.

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“Ah, I made it back safely…”

I felt relief upon realizing that I had returned from death, along with an indescribable sense of exhaustion coursing through my entire body.

“But it’s impossible, isn’t it?”

I thought about such things.

I had been challenging the Holy Knight Canaria to prevent the Demon Lord’s resurrection. Holy Knight Canaria was formidable. But I believed that I could win with effort, so I kept challenging her without giving up.

However, the situation had changed. From now on, I had to fight against Warrior Gorgano. Warrior Gorgano’s strength was on another level. The secret to his strength lay in the parasitic scythe puppeteer he wielded. Holy Knight Canaria also used a parasitic puppeteer, but she didn’t seem to master it. Honestly, I was better at using the puppeteer.

On the other hand, it appeared that Warrior Gorgano could fully unleash the power of the parasitic scythe puppeteer. Could I really defeat someone like Warrior Gorgano…?

“I guess it’s impossible after all.”

Perhaps no matter how many times I tried, I wouldn’t feel confident about winning. There was a significant difference in power between me and Warrior Gorgano.

“It seems like I need to find another way…”

My goal wasn’t just to defeat them. It was to prevent the resurrection of the Demon Lord and save the world from destruction.

So, I needed to think. Think of other ways. There had to be some untried method somewhere…