Chapter 157 – Kobolds and Catacombs

“Aaaaa!!!”

A grotesque mass of flesh that looks like a heart-shaped piece of rotten, soggy red meat, topped with bones and organs, and then sprinkled with animal blood! It was the result of the nightmares of boys suffering from the curse of solitude!

“Evil abomination!”

Elise scolded while pointing with her mace her.

Even so, the grotesque abomination was not afraid and pulsated like a whale’s heart. Throbbing. The beat beats on my head like a drum, and memories of the past come crashing down on me!

Father! Father, father!!!! Chicken legs!!! What should I do if I eat four of them by myself? What the hell are you doing to be greedy for food in front of the kids!!!!

“Is that the cause? It’s definitely the first time I’ve seen something like that in my life.”
“…What the hell is that? A twisted mass of flesh? Is that what drove a bastard?”
“I guess so. Heuuu, then it would be unforgivable.”
“It looks like a dick, really. I need to burn it.”

Cloudy and Winia’s daily reactions spurred my madness.

“Keeeee!!!”

Excited to the max, I charged with my sword held high.

This irresistible urge! That was calling me! I don’t know why he’s calling me, but he’ll regret calling me! That motherfucker is out of my hands now!

How dare you play tricks on my head!

“O Lord of Order!”

Elise’s prayers were heard. Holy Enchant! ㅡParts suit! Claudy, holding a curved sword emitting a brilliant light in both hands, sprinted past me.

ㅡ Hwareuk!

Winia also chanted her spell and fired fire bolts. She too is an adventurer skilled in violence. Seeing that she calmly fired her magic at the cursed-looking monster, it seemed like there was no need to worry.

ㅡ Viscount Chun!

The curved sword, which is supposed to have sacredness, cut a mass of flesh leaving afterimages, like a rat fire game enjoyed with friends in the middle of the night. Chow! Unclean blood splattered along the trail of light. The splattered blood immediately evaporated with a gurgling sound, and white smoke rose like mist.

“Holy Light!”

Elise then kicked the ground as a ring formed over her head. Charged in like her heavies, she slammed her raised mace into her protruding eye-like organs. Smack! Splat, squeak! The crushed eyeballs flowed down like porridge!

“Thrust!”

When I finally reached it, I also stabbed the knife vigorously. Fu-wook! In an instant, the blade dug into the base of the blade. Contrary to the terrible appearance, the durability did not seem to be very high. The visuals are overwhelming, but in fact, was it just an idiot?

Having regained my confidence, I contemplated whether or not to trigger Contempt for the Weak. Is this a bit vague… No. Come to think of it, wasn’t it a 4 to 1 situation? An individual who stands in front of the majority becomes an underdog no matter how bizarre they look.

Confident of victory, I stabbed the sword continuously like a madman.

“Guys! We must gather the power of friendship!”
“Good!”

So the four of us kicked each other. In the midst of madness, my act of receiving the attack speed increased buff became even more intense. He grabbed the knife upside down and sliced ​​through the flesh.

At this moment when the four friendships were united, we were invincible!

ㅡ Jureuk!

As I worked hard to cut the flesh, the intestines leaked out.

“Good! Winia!”

I sent a signal to Winia. She ran over and thrust her staff vigorously into the chasm where her intestines had escaped. For a moment, the light of the light magic disappeared into the darkness of the interior, but before long, the incantation heard lit up the hall.

“Fire Breath!”

ㅡHurt!

Radiation of flame scrawled with direct bread inside the flesh! The pulse of the grotesque abomination quickened. Do you feel the pain? Even if this bastard only knew how to talk, you might want to ask how it feels to have your whole intestines roasted in an instant.

This wicked monster!

“I am your death aaaaa!!”

Right away, I opened the illusion sword dance, the final skill of the real swordsmanship, and cut off the guy’s skin. Puck, puck! Elise swung her mace, Viscount Char! Claudy cuts it into pieces, and hwareuk! Winia shot a ball of fire.

That overwhelming monstrosity just pulsated at our attack, but offered no resistance. It didn’t even have an organ like a mouth, so it couldn’t even scream and just died.

What creatures are you doing?

The more I swung the sword, the more the unholy heartbeat that tormented my head stopped. This made two things clear. One was that he was playing tricks on my brain, and the other was that he was dying.

Thinking of that, I couldn’t stop cutting.

Before long, the grotesque abomination became just a huge piece of food waste.

Killing a non-resistance opponent was a very simple task. Well, this is the power of the friendships gathered. It’s a big crowd for a guy who doesn’t have any special attack means to beat.

“Heh-uh… Heh-uh…”

Only then did my breath come out.
Cloudy approached me as I sat down.

“Kat. Are you okay now?”
“…Uh. I think my mind is clear now. Thanks for your concern.”
“What the hell was this…”

There were no more ominous sounds. The memories of the past that had haunted me endlessly no longer came to mind. The only thing I was curious about was why did this call me. Unfortunately, now that he’s been killed, we can’t figure it out.

“By the way, what the hell is this shit? It looks like a bastard.”

No this year

“I… I don’t know. I’m sure it’s the first time I’ve seen something like this. It’s a look I’ve never learned about in church.”

Elise’s expression as she looked around the corpse was serious.

Anyway, the battle is over.
We rummaged through the bodies for postmortem.

Shouldn’t it be something that could be money?

“…After killing it, it looks like an ordinary pile of corpses. What the hell is this?”

It was like a monster that was literally just a bunch of all kinds of organs and meat. Is this a monster too? When I turned it over, there were several organs that looked like tentacles. Other than that, it doesn’t seem to have any special features.

I went to the guts with Cloudy to see if there was anything to pack. He continued to work by cutting out something similar to the intestines and removing the bones. The more I searched, the more my doubts deepened.

Even if it is a different world fantasy, can a monster like this naturally exist? It looked like a sea cucumber or sea squirt that did not even have the basics of living things.

The fact that something like this is in a place like this is likely to have been moved by someone with a purpose… What is the identity of this thing?

A failure of an artificially created monster?
Or a monster summoned from another world?
Devil Summon?
An artificial undead like a flash golem?

“Winia. Do you feel any magic power?”

Once I asked her, her sorceress her.

“Not at all. Better than that bastard, is your hair okay now?”
“It’s perfectly fine. I think this bastard was the culprit. I can’t hear it anymore because I killed him.”
“That’s fortunate.”

Anyway, there seemed to be nothing to take care of. Half-rotten bones or intestines. And since it’s just a pile of flesh, what else would you bring? Winia says it looks useless too, so it probably won’t be worth much.

I just picked up a few small bones or bones to keep as souvenirs and put them in my bag. As if Elise didn’t have anything special to pack, she took out one of her half-crushed eyeballs and put them in her pouch.

“…Look over there, over there.”

At Elise’s words her, the eyes of her party were drawn to that place. What she pointed at was the stone gate. As expected, a stone gate with a strange pattern embossed on it.

Could it be that this monstrosity was covering the door?

“I’m a bit interested. Why don’t you go inside? The cut has gotten better. This monster isn’t particularly strong either.

Claudy touched the stone gate and said.

“…Well. You can’t just come all the way here and go back. I’m curious as well. But, isn’t bastard really cool?”
“If that’s what you all think, I’ll join too. I want to see the ugly truth about this place.”

The party’s opinions gathered in the direction of exploration.
I also thought that the real man would be beyond this door.

I don’t know anything else, but I made a decent profit even when I ate friends in physical ways with the cultists in the canal. Even here it smelled more suspicious than there. The suspicious smell is the smell of money.

Whatever it was, the truth hidden here seemed to have enormous value. This is the angle Aren’t the adventurers coming down from above anyway? Ultimately, it’s a matter of time.

We just took the first chance.
As deep as they descended, they might be able to find the treasure room or the queen’s room.

“Okay. For the sake of justice in this world, we may need to explore.”

I nodded and pushed the stone door. —-Kurr… The door that made the characteristic sound was pushed slowly, and we entered the next room.

Next room, should I say? This dark road seemed nothing special. We just walked cautiously. A huge underground labyrinth… I think of the structure, but there is this labyrinth at the bottom, and it seems that there is an underground facility made of earth above it.

Since kobolds are originally monsters that live underground, they seem to have occupied both of these places.

Then, since when did the cultists spread their magic powers? It’s estimated that it’s probably quite old… But could it have something to do with the discovery of the dungeon now? I don’t know anything.

That’s how we walked through the labyrinth, relying only on Winia’s light magic. The kobold kobold warriors who looked jittery were no longer visible.

“How far does it go? It’s really fucking long.”
“It’s this size underground… I can’t believe it.”

Even after walking for quite some time, I couldn’t see the end of the road. Is it really an ancient labyrinth? I had an ominous thought, but at the same time I began to wonder what else might be sleeping there.

“Wait. Be quiet.”

Then Cloudy said.

“I hear a faint sound…Are they kobolds?”

At that, she closed her mouth and moved at her gestures. Hearing a sound meant, at least, that this road was coming to an end. Then, in silence, I followed Cloudy.

The road was winding, and water was seeping in from the middle… Maybe there was underground water flowing nearby.

“I think I can hear it from here…”

Cloudy stopped. I also listened and searched for sounds. —-… It seemed like he could hear something.

“Winia, can you hear me?”
“Shut up a minute.”

Winia, who spat, reduced her light output and listened to her as well. Elise was also taking a similar action. Then Winia walked towards the wall.

“What are you going to do?”

ㅡ Tuk-tuk.

Then she started banging the wall with her cane.
What? Is it Morse code?
The bizarre behavior continued for some time.

“Is it Morse code?”
“…Bastard. I told you to shut up.”
“…”
“Are you a bastard?”
“No.”
“Look at you, bastard.”

ㅡ Tuk-tuk.

Winia hit the wall with her cane again. She made a sideways move as she just hit the wall. Tuk-tuk. Tuk-tuk. Taktak. What do you want to see? It was like Morse code, a legendary emergency communication method.

“Can you feel something?”
“Is it Morse code?”
“I don’t know what Morse code is, but I’m just a bastard for not realizing it.”

If it’s not Morse code, then what the hell!

“Does it sound different?”
“Come on, bastard. My sister told me the answer.”

The sound is different?

“Could it be… Is there a secret door?”
“I think so.”

Rain, it’s a secret door!

“Secret door!”

Unbelievable!

“So, is there a room beyond this?”
“Maybe. Bastard wanna push the door?”
“Great!”

I put my hand where Winia pointed out. It’s a secret door to a place like this… I couldn’t believe it. Even though it was dark, it looked just like a normal wall to my eyes. I pushed with a little force.

—Sue.

Then it really opened!

“Huh!”

I covered my mouth.
Oh my gosh!

We went right inside the secret door. At first glance, it was very spacious and bright.

…Is it bright?

Looking up, I saw that all sorts of luminous minerals were embedded in the ceiling, each shining in a strange color. It was a mesmerizing sight, like looking at the night sky.

While looking at the sky like that, Winia said quietly.

“…Kobold Queen.”

What.