Chapter 35: Ninth Floor, Hounds of the Labyrinth (4)
I wouldn’t have been so skeptical if we had been rewarded for defeating a minotaur, but it seemed unlikely the tower would give a reward for defeating a measly group of goblins. Maybe the goblins had been storing their belongings in the box, but I doubted that as well.
A treasure box after defeating goblins? That’s too easy.
Given everything I had seen in the Tower of Ordeal, such a straightforward scenario was hard to believe. Any experienced climber would find this suspicious.
“Su-Hyeok, there’s a type of monster called a mimic. It consumes its prey by pretending to be a treasure box…”
“Yeah, I’ve heard of them, not to mention seen them in games before. Just when you think you’re about to grab some loot, they jump out at you, right?”
“Exactly.”
“In that case, let me handle it.”
Leaving my party behind, I slowly approached the box. I hadn’t encountered a mimic before, but since I already knew it was waiting for me, what could it possibly do to me?
But as I got closer, doubt crept into my mind.