"Took long enough," Kyle commented as he saw the familiar image of the stone dog dragon thing.
He had done it.
He managed to travel all the way to Theodor's inheritance crypt.
"Quicker than expected," Theodor said. "I assumed you would never manage to get back here. Alternatively, if you managed to get back here, I would have thought it would happen in ten or twenty years."
"You grew much faster than expected."
Kyle nodded. "I'm not faulting you. I used to be quite lazy. I also wouldn't have believed that I would manage to get back here."
"But now, it feels almost like it's not such a big deal. All the rooms filled with enemies seemed impossible to overcome in the past, but it actually wasn't that difficult."
The dog looked at Kyle.
"Hieronymus, down!" Kyle shouted.
The dog, which was about to stand up, quickly went onto its belly again.
"Good boy," Kyle said as he walked past it.
While he passed by it, Hieronymus looked at him.
Kyle's instincts were screaming at him.
They were telling him that this thing could kill him without even putting in any effort.
The dog was just as terrifying as the first time he had seen it. ππ«πππ¨ππ―ππ πππ.ππΌπ
In front of this powerful golem, it was like Kyle hadn't changed at all.
All the power he gained didn't make a difference.
Kyle approached the big gate and opened it easily.
As he saw the grand hall, he was reminded of the first time he came here.
He had been an inexperienced nobody.
Back then, he only knew a tiny bit about fighting and hunting.
Now, things were different.
"Sulfur!" Kyle shouted as he walked into the room.
A moment later, the gigantic stele at the end of the hall rose from the ground, and the humongous form of Sulfur rose to its full height.
It was beyond imposing.
Kyle felt like an insect in front of this gigantic titan.
"What a pleasure to see you, Lord Kyle," Sulfur said with a polite smile. "It feels like you have only been gone for a year or two."
"Then, your feeling is accurate," Kyle said. "It should have been around two years."
"Oh my, and you're already back?" Sulfur asked. "That is faster than expected."
"I grow quite fast," Kyle answered.
"You certainly do, and I can tell that you achieved it with your own strength," Sulfur said. "I can see that the Lord has chosen a worthy successor."
"What brings you here, Lord Kyle?" Sulfur asked.
"Nothing, really," Kyle said. "I just wanted to see if I could get back."
Sulfur released a polite chuckle. "What a profound reason."
"Was that sarcasm?" Kyle asked with a smile of his own.
"No, Lord Kyle. Sometimes, the simplest things demonstrate someone's accomplishments the best."
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