#46. The Reason for the War

First, Kim Jin-Woo sought to gather information. It was a huge irony that he was getting information on the Underworld from the surface, but he also knew the limitations of relying on Underworld sources. The Black Merchant, who had been his main source of information so far, was nowhere to be found, and access to the 11th Floor itself was all but forbidden.

Given the situation, the best he could do now was to gather information by interrogating anyone that had anything to do with the 11th Floor. But that in itself was only a fragment of the overall picture.

“Damn it! Now that the Deep Floors are such a mess, my supply of down gems has been cut! Those cowardly explorers dare not even enter the Shallow Floors now!” Mr. Baek ranted at Kim Jin-Woo, despite the latter not having visited in a while.

After the Guardians had chased away the explorers, it seemed the explorers could no longer come to an agreement regarding further exploration. Ever since the mysterious attacks on each country’s labyrinths, this shift in mood had only grown stro...