Chapter 156 – Kobolds and Catacombs

ㅡKyussak!

We moved forward, breaking the bones of every kobold in sight.

It was a vicious act that was no different from the kobold serial murder case, but due to the influence of Elise, who somehow cried out for justice, this procession of excessive slaughter became something like holy martyrdom.

“God will bless us. Saints. Can you feel it? Doesn’t something fill up in your heart? That is a godly attitude.”
“I don’t know damn well. Are these burning, violent urges really godly?”
“That’s right. The right use of violence is the truth that drives out evil.”
“Perhaps this world is very wrong.”

Elise, who had been downcast, somehow regained her vitality. After crushing the heads of the evil monsters, she felt a little better. When she’s also depressed, there’s nothing better than relieving her stress of her. She wonders how to solve it by breaking someone else’s brain.

“Hold your head for a minute, bastard.”

Winia picked up a fine hood and said to me.

“…You want to put it on?”
“I know. Write quickly.”
“Ehh.”

As she requested, she put on the evil hood. A pagan pattern on the forehead of her. Somehow, something like tentacles of darkness entered my head…! Just kidding. At most, there is no way that a piece of cloth could have such an ability.

Elise looked at me with a complicated expression, but what can I do?

“Kyaaa. Cute bastard. Let’s keep wearing it today.”

No, did you come to the amusement park?

“Well. Defense will be about 1.”

This is also a piece of equipment.

By the way, I had a question.

Why are these bastards wearing hoods? First of all, they wouldn’t have made it and put it on top of themselves, but it would have been made by a species with some kind of intelligence with an evil purpose and put it on the kobolds by hand. Cultists. Whatever the fallen dwarves.

…Why?

Why the hell are you making hoods and putting them on these idiot kobolds? It was an act that I couldn’t understand because I had a normal way of thinking.

Does it actually have some magical meaning?
There must be a reason, but I have no idea.

Without such concerns, we explored the ruins without hesitation.

As I continued down the road, I came across several empty rooms. I expected something like a relic, but there was no particular harvest. After checking the room and moving to another place, another hooded kobold came out.

Something like that followed.

— Cusac!
ㅡKyurssaak!!

“I’ll take care of it.”

The two kobold warriors roared high and charged. Warriors. Perhaps because they were born as warriors, their swollen upper body muscles are dynamic. The veins on their bulging forearms represented their strength.

It will be a good experience!

“—-Rapid Slash.”

Even so, he is shorter than me and has a lower weight class.

Compared to me holding a sword, the range is also not comparable, so I said everything. He lowered his knife her diagonally to kill one of them, and immediately twisted her wrist up to cast a slash, severing the second guy’s chest her.

I put in a kick as the finishing blow, and that’s it.
It’s as simple as two.

I quietly led the way with resentment and bitterness toward this world where wars do not cease. Why… The war doesn’t stop? How can humans be so stupid?

“A bastard’s worthless again.”

While doing so, Winia gave another pick.

“…As a wizard, you don’t know the nobleness of a swordsman.”
“What bullshit?”
“Unlike a wizard, a swordsman says goodbye with respect and respect, even if he cuts down easily. Winia. From what I’ve seen, you need to learn this swordsman’s attitude. “How about you, too, immerse yourself in martial arts instead of evil magic?”
“Sister. Look at your bastard status.”

I thought I said something pretty cool, but what came back was Winia’s destructive gaze looking at me like a madman.

“Kat… You’re in a serious condition today? Are you sick? Can you come closer?”

With a concerned expression on her face, Claudy reached out and put a hand on my forehead. “You don’t have a fever?” It was dangerous to say that it seemed that he was genuinely worried.

“No, I’m fine.”

I replied that she was fine.

…

…What. Even doing so seemed to make him more and more mad.

“It’s fucking fine.”

It’s a strange thing.

Clearly, until this morning, my physical condition was in perfect condition. However, after entering this basement, my thoughts went back and forth, and things from the past kept coming back to me.

From the middle, that thought was mixed with the current memory and became something strange. What? What’s going on? The underground is calling me… Something ominous thought kept hitting my head. An unknown impulse welled up from within.

ㅡThin.

“Well?”

ㅡThin.

Then something sounded.

“Hey, can you hear me? Can’t you hear anything?”

Listening to the air, I asked the party about the sudden sound. However, no positive answer was returned. Apart from Winia, it was strange that even Claudy, who had better hearing than humans, couldn’t hear anything.

“Elise, what can’t you hear?”
“…I don’t know. Just.”
“But?”
“I feel something, something ominous. I can’t elaborate, but I feel like something unknown is testing me.”

Elise seemed to feel something.

I started getting more and more anxious. Can I get out of here? No. What is there in the first place? A hooded kobold. Wicked pagan glyph. And the nervousness that grips my ankles like rotten mud…

Anyway, all I could do now was to get through this darkness.

“Winia. How much more light magic can I use?”
“Don’t worry, it’s enough.”
“That’s right…”

Again, I went to the other side of the ruins.

ㅡThin.
ㅡ pounding.

The more you go

As expected, I heard a sound that only I can hear… It’s pounding. It is said that the veteran Hwangchung, famous as a legendary longevity of the Three Kingdoms, was a glutton who could chew meat in a sitting position even at the age of 70 or over, as if hiding his eyes.

Doing Romance of the Three Kingdoms reminds me of one more vicious memory… No. This is not it. I feel like my thoughts are leaking in a different direction more and more.

ㅡThump-thump-thump-thump.

And finally, this pounding sound began to grow unbearably loud. I glanced around at the group. Unlike me, who seemed like my head was about to break, the three of them just looked calm.

“There’s something… I have to go!”

Singing as if possessed, I continued walking towards the epicenter of the sound. I need to stop making this noise. This ruinous beat was eating away at my mind… It’s calling me!

“Huh? Where’s the bastard going!”
“Cut!”
“Saints! Stop!”

At that time, Cloudy grabbed my body and restrained me.
This sound! I can’t stand it any longer!

Me!!! Is calling me!!!!

“Let go! This sound is calling me!”
“Ka, kat! Stay still!”
“The ruins have become our family!”
“Saints! Wake up!”

My whole body boils, but jaaaaa I struggled, but I couldn’t move because of Cloudy holding me! Let go of this! Let go of this! Father! Please! Please let go of this hand…! I don’t want to go down to that nightmare country!!!

“Teeeee!!!”
“It seems that the evil energy scattered around the neighborhood has made the saint’s head dizzy! Cloudy-sama! Please hold on to it for a while!”

Elise approached, knelt down in front of me and started muttering something. In the confusion, I guessed that it was a prayer to God. ㅡPay. A flash of light suddenly hit my head.

“Are you calming down?”

The light emanating from Elise’s hand felt very warm. Then, as if the pain that had been oppressing my head was peeling off like it was on fire, my confused mind became clear.

“Whoa… Whoa… What is it? What’s going on?”
“You seem to have come to your senses.”

I got up with a boost.
Weird.

There’s something strange about this dungeon.
I could tell from the previous seizure.

“Why are you doing this… Katt. Do you want to sing a song?”
“…No. It’s okay. I’m really okay with the one I just gave you.”

Cloudy said while holding my cheeks and checking my face. I didn’t want to cause you any concern, so I said it was okay to reassure you. Certainly, the action he had just taken had faded the beating in his head.

I guess this was the cause of the headache.

“…Is the bastard okay?”

Winia, too, looked worried as she approached me. She replied that she was okay with her too, but she didn’t seem to believe it.

But it’s true.
Although the sound faded, it did not completely disappear.

ㅡThin.

The cause must be eliminated.

“Saints. Can you tell me what the hell was that for?”

Elise said with a firm expression.
She too is feeling something.

“That is…”

I closed my eyes for a moment and organized my thoughts… Then it seemed like I could see an image of something. A faintly visible red image on a black background. I couldn’t see it properly, but seeing it face to face reminded me of the maniacal feeling I had earlier.

“I hear a sound. Something… Something pulsating. It’s making my head dizzy. I have to check it out. I think I’ve just had that urge.”
“Are you talking about sound?”
“Yes. I don’t think you guys can hear it, but I can tell. The origin of the sound. I have to go there.”

Something was calling me Realizing that, my body went cold. What kind of being is it? Are you calling me from the underworld? What kind of friend are you? After hearing me, Cloudy sighed and he said.

“Whoa. I can’t help it. Cut, guide me. So if it’s resolved, I’ll try to solve it quickly… I’m anxious to keep it like this.”
“Sister. Did you know where it was? Aren’t you just talking nonsense because you’re a bastard?”
“I don’t think so. Rarely does this sound so sincere. Kitt, doesn’t it?”
“As expected, you are the only one who understands my heart.”
“Huh, look. Isn’t it normal?”

Anyway, I told Cloudy.

“I’ll sing a song for you later.”
“As expected, it’s fine. It’s like Katt said, there’s something there.”

Winia didn’t seem to understand.

“Then why is everything fine but only bastards? Are bastards alone?”

Somehow it seems like that.

“…”
“Bastard, are you sure you’re okay? I’m going crazy with worry right now, so can you just tell me the truth? Huh?”
“…It’s okay. I told you. It’s not that I’m weird, these ruins made me weird.”
“I can’t feel a difference at all.”
“Damn it.”

Actually I don’t know either. This ruin. Clearly won. Leaving aside the connection with cultists and necromancers, it is 100% suspicious that they seduce me in this way.

“Then let’s hurry and go there. I think that will solve the problem. I’m already feeling the evil energy.”
“…Let’s do that.”

So I took the lead. I listened to the sounds in my head and searched for directions. In the middle, another kobold appeared. Cloudy, who stopped me, dropped their heads.

ㅡThin.

How far does this sound go? The ruins felt like a huge labyrinth. Crete. Reminds me of a cow in Crete… No no this is not it! It is the story of the hero Theseus, not the Cretan cow.

A monster lies asleep at the end of the labyrinth…
A half-man, half-beast Minotaur.

Eventually, we arrived at the epicenter.
I hope this strange conviction is not true.

ㅡ pounding.

A sound came from beyond the stone door embossed with strange patterns. Claudy spoke in a firm tone, followed by Winia. And Elise spoke in turn. They too are listening.

“…I can hear you too.”
“Me too.”
“I can hear you too.”

Gulp. After swallowing saliva, I looked around the group. We nodded and pushed the door open. Whatever comes out, it will end now.

ㅡKurrureung.

The light of the light magic seeped into the slowly opened room. ㅡThump, pound. The sound grew louder as if it was coming directly in front of him. A huge beating sound. Is it the heart?

“Hmm? That’s…?”

At the end of the light, something began to appear.

…Kobolds? Not.

That…

“Uhhhhh!!!”

—-After witnessing the truth, I screamed.

Exciting!

It was a grotesque abomination of pulsating piles of flesh!