Chapter 101 – Cultists in the Sewers

“Hello hello.”

When I arrived at the guild at the appointed time with Copson, a familiar brown-haired woman waved her hands. She was Meria, a shield warrior-type adventurer.

“Was the last one Meria?”
“She said she was free. She proposed a party and she accepted right away.”

Come to think of it, is this the first time since the dungeon that I worked with Meria? The main shield on her back she still looked strong. I also blocked curse magic with that shield.

“Yes, is it the first time since the dungeon? How have you been?”
“I’m always doing well. But who’s standing in the back?”
“Oh, say hello. It’s my sweetheart, Cloudy.”
“Couple!”

At the mention of her her lover her, Meria widened her eyes and covered her mouth with her hands.
Something fresh

“Nice to meet you, Cloudy.”
“Oh, hello? I’m Meria. Kat’s lover?”

Suddenly, Cloudy hugged me from behind and put her chin on my shoulder.

“You see?”
“Oh my gosh!”

Somehow excited, Meria started asking Claudy about this and that. It was a question of when did you date her and how did you date her. I wonder if it’s because she’s a girl with normal sensitivity, so she’s interested in that kind of story.

There is nothing more boring than someone else’s love story.

Anyway, the conversation between the two continued because they were friendly.
After being released from the middle, I stood next to Copson and ate dry rice out of habit.

“Hey Copson. How long can we go?”
“I think we should go soon.”
“Ah, that’s right. Come to think of it, did you bring a lantern? The one I bought when I went to the dungeon. I bought a lot of oil just in case.”

At my words, Copson took a lantern out of his backpack. It is Copson’s lantern that was useful in the dungeon. A useful item that will light up for hours if you fill it with oil.

Hehe, what do you see me as? Of course I brought it.

The downside is that you can’t use one hand while wearing it. It’s kind of like a curse item. I was already beginning to be possessed by a strange urge to clean the ring.

“It’s basic, Shiba. Hey. Let’s start now!”

Then we set off for the entrance to the city’s underground water canal. It wasn’t too far away. Cloudy seemed a little annoyed at Meria’s clinging her, but she did n’t seem offended by the sincerity of her answers her.

“Hey, what’s good?”
“Well… There are so many that it’s hard to decide.”
“Oh my gosh!”

Naturally, I walked with a combination of two men and two women.
Copson, who was walking beside him, whispered.

“You’re fresh.”
“Not fresh.”
“What should I do to make a lover?”
“If you are handsome.”
“Don’t tell me you’re handsome, even as a joke.”
“My heart hurts.”
“My heart hurts.”

Copson is a pitiful guy whose attractive stats have been ruined by his hair his, so dating her girlfriend his seems a bit wrong to be honest. He’s probably riding the typical old bachelor technique brilliantly.

After casually chatting, we quickly arrived at the entrance to the underground waterway.
There was someone standing in front of me, and when I looked closer, it was Mr. Murman.

“You guys are adventurers who will wipe out the undead… Hmm?”
“It’s been a while. Let’s go.”
“Hmm, he’s a friend I’ve worked with before.”

“Does anyone know?” The party members asked. He replied that he had worked together in the past. Mr. Merman looked around us and began briefly explaining what we were going to do.

“Right now, the undead have entered the canal, so most of the work is at a standstill except for the first basement floor. It means unknown corpses and garbage are piling up. If we don’t solve it quickly, the water will flow back into the city.”
“That’s great. Specifically, how many undead are there?”
“I couldn’t figure out the exact scale. It’s just that the workers who were working on the second basement floor were making a fuss and went on strike… More specifically, you know. You can’t goof around.
“It’s a fucking big deal!”

I recalled beautiful memories with Mr. Merman.

Taking advantage of the situation that the two of them were doing patrol work alone, the beautiful memories of getting out of bed in a corner. It was a warmth that was like a ray of salvation to me, who was tired after practicing swordsmanship. It could not be that good because he came to sleep only and took care of his daily wages.

To think that Mr. Merman’s place of life was ruined.

Damn undead bastards. Never forgive

“I will guide you, so you can protect me and deal with the undead.”

In other words, this quest was to deal with the remaining undead that invaded the waterway while escorting Mr. Merman. As with these types of quests, you have to pay special attention to escorts because if Mr. Merman goes after you, you’ll be screwed.

Because there is no chance of re-challenge.

“Go in.”

Merman lit a lantern and entered the underground waterway. We followed him down.

“Ugh… The stench.”
“It’s a bit harsh.”

The party members began to frown at the severe stench. Cloudy has a better sense of smell than humans, so it will be more difficult. I handed her the cloth I bought yesterday.

“Come on, Cloudy, cover your nose with this. It’ll be okay to some extent.”
“Thank you.”

Claudy took her cloth and immediately covered her mouth and her nose. I also covered my nose and mouth her. Taking a deep breath, I think this is fine. I don’t know what about Cloudy.

While doing so, Meria approached and said.

“Oh, did you captivate women like that?”
“That’s right. You should learn it too. Men are also weak against things like this.”
“A man too? No, isn’t it the other way around?”
“What’s the opposite? It’s the same whether you’re a man or a woman. Meria, if you want to catch a man too, be nice to him or have a drink. If you’re like Cloudy…”
“There.”
“Yes.”

Cloudy cut him off.

She has a history of turning me into a drunkard and a mess the first day I met her.

I heard an excuse for it one day, but as an old virgin who has lived her whole life without a relationship with a man, she is impulsive when she sees an ideal male image… Ah, this was such an embarrassing confession, so let’s move on.

“Is that true, barbarian?”
“What?”
“It’s the same for men and women…”
“You are an exception.”
“Damn.”

Anyway, Copson and Merman’s lantern lit up the darkness.

The inside of the canal was filled with the sound of running water. Shaa, it seems more calm because of the sound of the water. The only sounds I could hear were the occasional rat jumping and the sound of water dripping from the ceiling.

“I’m going to go down to the second floor now. I was a little worried, but I can’t see anything from the first floor.”

I arrived at the stairs going down to the second basement floor.

This time, Meria, who raised her shield, took the lead. Copson, close behind him, raised a lantern. Slowly, not knowing what might pop out, she went down very slowly. She couldn’t believe it, thinking that there might be ghouls made her nervous.

There was no attack on the way down the stairs.
Having fully entered the second floor, we made our way through the silent darkness.

Meria with a shield at the front stands behind Merman to protect his rear his, while Copson and I lead. And then Cloudy followed.

From here, the undead will appear in earnest.

To be honest, I’m not afraid of zombies or anything like that, but the image of a ghoul clearly remained in my mind. Wouldn’t it hurt your heart to see such a deformed monster in such a dark waterway?

It wasn’t once or twice that I picked up the liver that fell in surprise while playing the game Death Universe. The human liver is surprisingly detachable, so I often reattached what fell off.

—-Ororolong.
—-Ororororolong.

“It appeared.”

From the other side staggering zombies began to walk.
I looked around to see if there was anything else besides them, but I couldn’t find anything else because the light from the lantern didn’t reach far.

“Cut your head.”
“I see.”

Pulling out my sword, I crept forward like a doomed cat.

If you cut it wrong, it’s a head and a corpse, and it will fall into the canal that runs next to it. It was difficult because I needed to collect as much hair as possible.

—-Ororolong.

He cautiously swung his knife at the approaching zombie. Once I adjusted the power, I cut it weakly. The head could have been blown off due to the momentum that transcended expectations.

ㅡ Iron puck!

Then, to my surprise, I couldn’t cut the zombie’s head.
The knife was only half lodged in the guy’s neck.

I made the power control too precise.

“Fuck.”

Stuffing like this doesn’t suit my temper.

I immediately turned and kicked the half-decapitated zombie. My kicking power was in a state of rapid increase due to the sacred Grievous of the Church of Salvation. The zombie that was blown away by the impact crashed into the wall and fell.

“Copson, cut that bastard’s head off.”
“Okay.”

The one who fell down left it to Copson and aimed at the other guy.
This time, don’t blow your neck all at once.

“Oh, these answers.”

Then Meria strode out and coolly swung her shield. The zombie hit her chest with the bulge in the center of her shield and fell behind her, spitting out her shattered ribs in her. Took down

ㅡBoom!

Then the zombie’s head fell off.
It is a great power.

“Come on, put it in quickly.”
“Yeah… You’ve gathered some talent, right?”
“If it’s a festival, I thoroughly enjoyed it.”

After that, nothing particularly dangerous happened. In other words, it was a smooth process. The zombies appearing were easily defeated, and the evidence, the heads, were put into the sack one by one.

“Mr. Merman. How many more zombies do I have to catch?”
“Hmm, no matter what, it’s an entrusted job, so we’ll have to do it thoroughly. We’ll have to continue searching until the evening of today. Show us the collected hair and we’ll stamp it. First of all , you have to show sincerity that you’ve done something.”
“A reasonable thought, too.”

While refilling the oil whenever the lantern went out, he continued to explore the second basement floor following Merman’s guidance.

One peculiarity is that he killed a few giant bats and water slimes for fun. Indeed, like our adventurers with outbursts of personality, the intense joy of seeing a living monster was expressed through violence.

After watching only the undead, seeing the living ones, how friendly is this?
The slime exploded to death, and the Giant Bett slashed with all its might, killing it with a single blow.

“Don’t destroy the ecosystem of the canal too much. They also break down things like filth.”

As Mr. Merman said, killing living monsters was quite enjoyable even in the midst of boring waterway exploration.

—Gorororok.
“Oh my, look at that bastard.”

As I was walking, I saw some zombies that had fallen into the canal. They couldn’t even do this or that, they fell into the water and floated around. Seeing Merman’s face, he said there was no need to lift it up. It was fortunate.

If I told him to come up with something like that, I might end up not knowing what to do with Mr. Merman.

“The 2nd floor seems to be moderately turned… I think it will be over after exploring the 3rd floor a little.”

Mr. Merman’s guidance led to the third basement floor.

“…Not a very pleasant place.”

Rarely did Cloudy sing. Damn. From now on, you must never do anything related to the groundwater. I felt bad because of the smell. She decided to stay by her side of her and comfort her as much as possible.

The third floor was also nothing special. There are just a few zombies and skeletons rolling around. The ghoul I was worried about was nowhere to be seen. It was literally as simple as that.

It was time to end the search.

I filled my sack on my own, so this should be enough.
It was then.

“Kat, stop.”

Cloudy stopped me.

“I feel like you’re popular.”
“… Pretending to be popular?”

I immediately stopped the party and asked Merman.

“Mr. Merman. Has anyone else been in and out?”
“…As far as I know, there aren’t any lately. Since I entrusted the request, access has been controlled.”

Feeling ominous at those words, we held our breath.

If there is anyone, they must have already discovered us by looking at the light of the lantern. However, contrary to what Cloudy said about feeling the presence, I couldn’t see anything other than our light.

Who goes without lights?
Or undead?

If it was the undead, she wouldn’t have bothered to mention it.
Then?

ㅡ Tak Tak Tak Tak!

Suddenly there was the sound of something running.

“Who is it!”
“Everyone come behind me!”

Copson was started, and Meria stepped forward with her shield raised.

ㅡ Tak Tak Tak Tak!

Unlike my friends who made a fuss, I realized the strangeness and listened intently.

Something was running, but it didn’t sound like it was approaching.
Rather, it was far away.

…That’s the sound of running away.

Someone spotted us and was running away.