Chapter 105 – Cultists in the Sewers

Money is important.

It’s better to earn money while you can.

Even if the work is a little risky, if a big reward is promised, it is the adventurers who jump in without looking back.

They always risk their lives and live by feeding the blood of monsters on their knives to earn a dime or two. Therefore, no amount of risk can quench the flames of their greed.

Knowing the value of money very well, I totally agree with that opinion.

For me, money was a concept that was nothing short of a lifeline that could extend my life in another world, and since I had been living like this for nearly three years, it had been a long time since that way of thinking had become my most fundamental criterion for judgment.

Well, these days, thanks to Cloudy, things are changing little by little, but the paranoid obsession with money that had been lodged in my heart under the lofty goals of ‘survival’ and ‘return’ was not something I could easily shake off.

Opportunities must be seized.
Even with adversity, you had to overcome it and seize the opportunity.

The unit of money called ‘silver’ is very large. Why didn’t I kill the pickpocket the other day and save him? They gave me a huge settlement of 5 silver, so they accepted it. Of course, since he stole the 5 silver, he was trying to kill him.

Once I saw it, even if you took out the quest reward of 50 copper per day, you could turn around 2 silver per person even if you only brought and sold the wand. Two wands are worth that much, but what if there are more? Maybe something more expensive than that?

Then it was not the kind of opportunity to be tolerated.

Of course, you can say that money has eyes and walks toward its own grave.

However, when I looked at the power of these two cubs, it didn’t seem ‘that much’ dangerous. Using magic, it seems that he is a wizard, but it seems that he has not learned ‘Memorize’, which is basically used by wizards of the level of Winia.

Memorization is like a mental slot that stores a kind of spell that can be used immediately without casting.

This is the reason why high-level wizards are afraid. If the memorize is loaded with spells, it is literally like a ‘pistol’ or ‘rifle’, and you can fire a magic bullet in an instant with just a thought.

Then people like me will never be able to deal with it. You can’t even save your life. A person cannot survive against a gun.

Why in the world did I live with Winia beating me up? It was because she was a powerful mage capable of memorization. To beat Winia, my action speed needs to be faster than Winia’s perception speed of her, but that was too much for me. No, most people would be overreacting.

But those cultists raised their wands and chanted, but they didn’t use memorized magic right away. It sounds like a low-level wizard. Of course, it could have been because he was taken aback by the sudden attack, but if that was the case, it was no different than saying that he was a dick with no experience in combat. Either way, it was well worth the challenge.

Well, am I not a person with thoughts?
I’m saying this because I read the odds from those few clues.

“It sounds like…. Do you understand me?”

I roughly lumped those words together and preached to Copson and Meria. In fact, Mr. Merman’s opinion didn’t matter at all. Cloudy will follow my opinion anyway, and if Copson and Meria are adequately persuaded, she will be able to go underground once more.

“Hmm… That’s right. I guess I’d better go down.”
“Trust only my shield. Did you see it last time? It’s just as good as curse magic.”
“Really? If you guys say so, let’s go down.”

The two came over and said something so simple.

We were ready to go down again. The body of her was stripped of its robes, its head cut off and thrown into the water. And since the enemies turned out to be underground anyway, I decided to hide the sack in a suitable corner. You will have to take it with you when you go up.

“Ah, no! Didn’t you say you had to go up! The request is over! We’ve dealt with all the undead! So, let’s go up now!”

Naturally, Murman objected.
I grabbed his shoulder in excitement.

“No. Even so, we are adventurers of faith and trust. We can’t possibly abandon a task once we’ve been assigned. Isn’t our mission accomplished only when we kill all the undead that might be down there?”
“My, don’t I say I’m fine!”

I didn’t know that his judo-ri way of working his would get in the way at a time like this. Once I spoke It would be very easy to convince him if he brought this up.

“I’ll take care of a portion for Mr. Merman. Yes? Shall we go together? If we go together, we will take it off our share. No, it’s natural that he gives directions. You should also bring some pocket money , right?”

When I brought up the money, Merman hesitated. Yes. Money too! You have to make money! Hearing that he would take care of his share of his, Murman began to become mild in an instant. When I gave him a few more words of thanks to the troubled man, his expression his immediately changed.

He too is a human being.

“Hmm… Then, when it gets dangerous, they’ll run away right away. Then, I’ll follow you down.”
“That’s it! No, we’re human too, of course, if we’re going to fuck up, we’ll cut it. We’re making money to live, but if we’re going to die, we’ll have to run away without looking back, yes. Don’t worry! I’m a person who values ​​life just as much as Mr. Merman!”
“…I see.”

Mr. Merman nodded, and like that, we went down to the 4th basement floor again. It was an excellent choice to bring enough oil. No matter how much it was, without oil, you couldn’t light the darkness, so you would have to just go up.

“Kat, are you really good at talking?”
“What are you talking about suddenly embarrassing?”

As I was going down the stairs again, Cloudy told me.

“Have I ever told you that you have intelligence and savagery at the same time?”
“Uh… It’s been a while. It’s embarrassing to hear this again.”
“Honestly, these days, it seems like there was nothing but savagery, but looking at it like this, I can feel the intellectual part, I’m really happy. How nice it would be if I stopped being stupid and just showed this side of myself.”

Embarrassed, I covered my face with both hands. Cloudy grabbed my arm and pulled it towards him. A small laugh in my ear tickled my heart.

“Hwiyu, are you close? After all, having a lover is good. I’m envious. I admire the fact that we support each other.”
“I agree with you, Miss Marya.”

Meria whistled as she spoke, and Copson raised her voice and spoke to Meria.

“Copson Shack voice again.”
“No, damn it! You barbarian! He said that again!”
“Shut up your voice, you bastard.”

An indignant Copson asked Meria directly this time.

“Maria Meria. Did I lower my voice?”
“Yeah, I installed it. I’m still installing it.”
“…That doesn’t make sense.”

Then we reached the 4th basement floor. It was time to correct my mind from here on out. This time, it was like going to a complete fight, so I naturally became nervous. He entered the enemy’s lair.

I cleared my mind like a looter. For money without any compromise, I will catch the cultists hiding here and steal their wands. Let us raise the sword without hesitation. Copson and Meria also became similar eyes.

ㅡ Jerking and bucking.
ㅡ Jerobeok, jeobeok.

“Turn down your footsteps.”
“This is the cut.”

I tried to reduce the footsteps, but it still seemed loud. We walked in the dark, suppressing the light by covering the lanterns. Because there was nothing good to be noticed first. As slowly as possible. And he moved cautiously.

Turning corners, turning corners. It went deep like that. At least, I asked Mr. Merman, who said he had been here once, to record the road.

ㅡShuaaaaa.

“What, what kind of structure is this?”
“I don’t know either.”

Water was pouring like a waterfall into a huge underground cavity. Is this really the sewage system responsible for transporting the city’s water? I wasn’t that expert, but it seemed a bit odd.

I passed the area that was a little majestic.

If it was a labyrinth, it might have been a space that could be called a labyrinth. I couldn’t see anything like undead or giant bats, but I kept thinking of the ossuary palace I had seen the other day. Orcotta Catacombs. It felt the same as here now.

“…I hear footsteps. Stop.”

The human raider, no, the half-elf raider Cloudy said softly. At that, I immediately stopped and completely covered the light of the lantern with my cloak.

There are also other cultists. I don’t know, but it hasn’t been that long since I killed two people earlier, so there’s a possibility that they haven’t noticed our existence yet.

Of course, even though we disposed of the corpse, there were still bloodstains, so if you passed that place, you might have noticed… If not, the one who ran away after seeing us in the first place… I stopped Guessing. Also lack of information.

I had to think only of what was right in front of my eyes.

“…SuGar? YaieDat.”
“DoDo… Hunst. Ua, Hunstes… Yaie…”

As I held my breath as I clung to the wall like before, I heard voices that I couldn’t understand. It’s impossible to interpret it, so I decided not to care anymore. By the way, is it a duo again like before? Standing on guard duty? This speculation is also futile.

All we can know now is
Killing those two is just two wands and enemy total power -4.

We checked each other’s faces and nodded at the same time. It was an anti-human signal that if they approached, they would ambush and kill them.

“…Dat.”

After a moment of rigidity, they finally showed up. They walked leisurely while chatting and widened their eyes when they saw us hiding in the dark. It was also dark-eyed.

“Meow!”
“!!!!!!!!!!”

I pretended to be a cat and poked the knife as it was. The long blade of the bastard sword passed through the cultist’s abdomen and was lodged in it. Before the astonished fellow could do anything, my knee struck his heart.

“Kyueh!!!”

It was the death knell itself.
As if singing the despair of life, his screams he came out.
No matter how religious you are, tears come out when your balls break.

Missing the wand, he collapsed. I snatched the falling wand out of the air and rolled out of the scene.

“Gus-Tar Ya!!!”

The other guy couldn’t stand us either. He tried to scream, but it was futile.

“YiYaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!”

The two, who were completely unprepared for battle, were helplessly knocked down by our surprise attack. Surprise + first bread was the strategy itself to win. Non-combatants who failed to prepare had no choice but to take their lives.

“It’s bland. But I’ve got two wands.”
Hehe, good job coming down again. Very good job.”

Copson and Meria grabbed the fallen cultists by the throat and confirmed their kills. Surprisingly, he got two wands easily. It was somehow like a murder robbery, but now we had no remorse.

The curse of the damn leadern triangle turned us into monsters.

“Judging by their attitude, they don’t seem to have noticed our intrusion yet.”
“Yeah, that’s right. Heck, if he knew of our existence, he wouldn’t be able to walk around like this.”

Copson, who had properly removed the corpse, said with a rather sharp point.

As the saying goes, if these bastards knew of our existence, they would have been preparing for battle or something. Well, it’s not like it’s a town with a good means of contact, so only these people don’t know, and others may know.

Still, since four were killed, the enemy’s power suffered a great blow.

“Hmm… That sounds right. That would make things easier in the future, right?”

Said Marya. Certainly, if the enemy does not know about us, things will not be as easy as that. Even Merman, who had been frightened, seemed to have eased his nerves a little since things worked out so easily.

“Then where are we going now…”

As I was contemplating direction, Cloudy held my hand.

“Can’t we just go back to where he came from?”
“Okay, that’ll work. Guys, let’s go over there!”

We went deeper into it.