“Kuuuuuung ”

The rusted iron gate, where the barrier had been broken, opened with a heavy sound. The deepening yellow light resembled the eyes of a beast. Benjamin, facing it, seemed as if he were being engulfed by the yellow light. The Catacomb, secretly passed down only to the Pope, the cemetery gate that had last been opened with great difficulty, with dozens of priests clinging to it.

“Even though many have opened this gate, the fact that the tradition is passed down only to the Pope means that none of those who opened this gate were unscathed.”

Benjamin crawled to the multiple layers of barriers hanging on the gate and skillfully untied them. However, before he could rejoice and feel relieved about undoing the barriers, Benjamin urgently struck a protective barrier around him and shouted.

“Cover your mouths!”

It was at that moment.

“Hooong ”

The air trapped inside rushed out with a strong wind. The dusty wind, mixed with a faint mist, was vividly visible in the eyes. And sparkling, sharp little lights flashed intermittently.

“It’s a poisonous powder.”

Mitchell, who had covered his mouth with a handkerchief inside the holy barrier, muttered quietly. The poison and various harmful substances that had touched the holy barrier spread with a crackling sound.

“Wait a minute. Something’s strange. Why didn’t the Pope tell us that there was a trap with poisonous powder?”

Mitchell and Yurisien were taken aback at Ivan’s words. Ivan said to the two of them.

“Think about it. It’s not a door that has never been opened in a lifetime, but a door that has been opened once, even if it was a long time ago. Then the Pope must have known the fact that there is poison here.”

However, none of the group had heard a separate word from Jorge. Therefore, Benjamin hurriedly struck the holy barrier, and everyone covered their noses and mouths with handkerchiefs, not proper gas masks.

“Could this be a trap here?”

Yurisien asked in disbelief, and Benjamin turned his head sideways.

“No, that’s not it. This is a real Catacomb. All the barriers I unraveled were ancient holy barriers. So, the reason for the poisonous powder…”

Choosing his words for a moment, Benjamin thickened the protective barrier that protected the people and continued speaking.

“That must be the final gate.”

A final test for those who finally relieved themselves after undoing all the barriers and opening the door.

“Those priests who died without spreading the existence of the Catacomb must have been complacent. The Pope knew in advance and survived, so he could inform the next Pope of the location of the Catacomb.”

Those who, despite glorifying the fact that they entered the cemetery where the adults slept, remained vigilant until the end and could survive, thinking that nothing was happening.

“Could it be that they tested the final gate on us?”

Ivan made an absurd expression. Along with it, there was a sound of disbelief. Benjamin grabbed Ivan’s shoulders, telling him to calm down.
“The Pope, who knows that there is poison inside, not only maintains vigilance even after undoing the barriers but also bears the anxiety that everyone could perish if they make the slightest mistake, which is a penalty.”

“Why bother in the first place? We could all survive if he just said it!”

“That’s right. However, even if everyone can be prepared, it would be disrespectful to the intentions of the adults sleeping in the Catacomb. Ultimately, the Pope has no choice but to do it. Please, hope he handles it wisely, with humility and a devout heart until the end.”

At Benjamin’s words, Ivan closed his mouth. Before starting here, he recalled Jorge, who had been particularly worried about the group.

Jorge held Ivan’s hand and said that. At that moment, Ivan wondered what kind of advice this was, and what it was for. Because it felt unpleasant to be told to be afraid until the end on the way to the cemetery, he had even thought about throwing away the thought.

He also admonished Mitchell. Although he thought that it meant to be cautious because the road ahead was dangerous, now he understood the real meaning.

“That… so that’s what it meant.”

Watching Jorge talk to Ivan and Mitchell, Yurisien shook his head from the side.

‘During the time passing through a place full of undead, Ivan and Mitchell will take the lead, but eventually, the Pope must release the barrier.’

After that, whatever happens, Benjamin will protect Yurisien even at the cost of his own life. Of course, Jorge trusts Benjamin.

‘He will never easily fall into the last gate of the Catacomb.’

So what’s left is Ivan and Mitchell. How excited they would be if they saw the impressive sight of their lord undoing the barriers after breaking through the undead. Jorge had looked ahead this far and grabbed the two, admonishing them.

“Darn, I never knew my impatient personality would be corrected like this.”

Ivan muttered as if teasingly.