## Chapter 897 – Otherworld Dungeon

Unlike its overwhelmingly imposing exterior, the interior was surprisingly simple. It felt like walking through the corridors of a religious building. If it weren’t for the brightness despite the absence of windows, it wouldn’t seem like an otherworld structure at all.

Just what kind of bastards made this?

At least it seems clear that they’re a species with limbs and heads like humans… But when you think about it, demons also look similar to humans, and so do succubi.

I’m not sure about the species classification in this other world.

ㅡThud, thud.

We continued walking down the corridor, which still bore traces of battle. We turned corners and crossed through room-like passages. The further we went, the fewer people we encountered.

There were many people crowded at the entrance, but the number decreased as we reached the end. This was because the structure was like a fan-shaped ant tunnel, spreading out widely. At some point, there were so many branching paths that the population density naturally decreased.

How far had we gone?

ㅡRustle, rustle, rustle.
ㅡRustle, rustle, rustle, rustle.
ㅡRustle.

“Keeaa! Keeaaahhhhhhhh!!!!”
“Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!”
“Keeaaahhhhh!!”
“Ooooooooohhhhhhh!!!”

From the far end of the corridor, some unknown sounds and screams began to be heard. It was such a crazy sound that it didn’t seem humanly possible. If a person made such a sound, they would definitely be completely insane!

What kind of madman makes such a sound!!!

No sane human could ever make such a sound!!! It’s impossible due to the very structure of the vocal cords!!! Only scream-crazed lunatics are capable of it!!!

If so, this must be evidence that otherworld monsters are approaching!! This was the sound they made!!!

“…”
“…”
“…”

But for some reason, the women who had stopped in response to the sound were looking at me.

“Ah, Blackie’s here.”

After about three seconds of silence, Winia said that.

“I thought you went off alone.”
“I was wondering when you’d gone.”

Liz and Karin nodded.

“What? What are you talking about?”

What are you talking about?
Me going there?

“I heard screaming and thought it was Blackie.”
“I don’t make sounds like that!!!”

What the hell are you talking about!

“You always scream like that when you fight.”
“That’s right.”
“A little bit, yeah.”

Karin and Liz answered positively to Winia’s words.

I scream like some lunatic’s wail…? I can’t accept that. My battle cry is not that kind of thing, but a brave and destructive one…!

“It’s okay, Kat! I think it’s cool!!”
“Yes… me too. Father.”

Hilde and Aria said that, but the fact that they said it was “okay” and not something else means they agree that I make such sounds.

Oh.

“It’s okay, Kat. Mama likes Kat’s battle cry. It’s cool.”
“Ehh…”

Claudie stroked my head with a benevolent smile.

“It seems they are coming soon.”

Risha, who had been covering her mouth and laughing, said, and anyway, we were about to start the battle as we had been preparing for a while.

ㅡRustle, rustle, rustle!!
ㅡRustle, rustle, rustle!!!

At that moment, the monsters began to appear from beyond the corner of the corridor.

“Oh.”

Seeing that, I…

ㅡRustle, rustle, rustle!!
ㅡRustle, rustle, rustle!!
ㅡRustle, rustle, rustle!!

“Ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!”

ㅡScream.
Was shocked!!!!!

“Keeaa! Keeaaahhhhhhhh!!!!”
“Aaaaaaaahhhh!!! Keeaaahhhhhhhh!!”
“Keeaaahhhhh!”
“Keeaaahhhhhhhh!!!”

Those were beings so twisted that it was impossible to imagine them as even remotely human…!

Now I can say for sure!! The sketch that the Royal Army commander showed was just a cute children’s character drawn for fun by three-year-olds! The truth, as always, was more cruel and terrible!!!!

Sometimes the truth must be hidden, but in the end, the important thing is the truth!!! Information should always deal only with the truth, even to prevent such side effects!!!!

“Oooooooohhhhhhh!!! Keeeeeek!!!!!!!!!!”

I couldn’t stop the screams from coming out of my mouth…! Right now, I was screaming and wailing more violently than a faucet spewing industrial water.

“Keeaa!”
“Keeaaahhhh!!!”

Those things with indescribable distortions could be said to have a similar appearance to humans and apes in that they had limbs and heads, but decisively, the very components that made up their skin seemed to be on a different level from protein!!

Their skin was disgustingly crushed and torn, and some essential joints were twisted and protruding. Even an exoskeleton-like white armor was growing on their bodies…!

“Keeaaahhhhhhhh!!”
“Keeaa! Keeaaahhhh!!”
“Keeaaahhhhh!!”

Above all, that mouth opened wide like Luffy’s!!!

The fact that Luffy from the pirate manga One Piece can open his mouth so wide is all manga exaggeration!! If you try to recreate that in reality, you’ll just become a grotesque monster!!!

They were running towards us with their mouths wide open like crazy baby birds craving inhuman food brought by murderous mother birds, screaming and stretching out their arms as if they were craving something.

Even their teeth are the same as humans…!
They’re omnivores!!!

But what was even more unbearable was that they weren’t just running on the floor of the corridor, but were running on the walls and crawling upside down on the ceiling, rushing towards us at a crazy speed.

They were far beyond the realm of normal!!!
They were literally grotesque beings!!!

“Otherworld monsterssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Are those the otherworld monsters!!!

That overwhelming bizarreness was like that of ghouls, but I instinctively realized that those bastards were different from ghouls.

They only had a wide-open mouth, and no eyes, nose, or ears could be found at all. They were even bald, and black blood vessels were rising madly on their scalps…!

If those were ghouls, this world would have been screwed a long time ago!!!

Even the most terrifying undead are just happy and cute Teletubbies living in a dreamland fairy tale village compared to those bastards!!!

“Blackie’s, again, again, screaming.”
“If you covered everything else and asked me to guess who Kat is just by the screams, I honestly don’t think I could.”
“They are strangely shaped monsters.”

ㅡRustle, rustle, rustle!!

Anyway, I only screamed up to that point and stopped.

They were terrible and bizarre monsters that would drive you crazy the moment you saw them, but in the end, they were creatures made of flesh and blood. Since there had been battles so far and there hadn’t been any particular problems, we could win if we fought.

“Let’s go!!!”

ㅡBang!

I raised Vugal and charged towards them. If we have to fight anyway, we have to act bravely. That’s how it looks from the attacker’s perspective. A wildly rampaging guy is harder and more difficult to subdue than an enemy who acts passively and defensively.

If you meet an enemy for the first time, that’s all you can do!!!

“Kieeeeeeek!!!”

Screaming to draw aggro, the otherworld monsters moved their faces, which didn’t even have eyes, and looked at me as if they had discovered me.

ㅡRustle, rustle!!

At the same time, the guys running on the walls and ceiling fell like missiles towards me, like professional special forces members who had undergone emotional castration and physical modification surgery.

ㅡTremendous leg strength.

It was a terrifying speed that spewed out from that tremendous leg strength. They kick off the walls and ceiling and fly. But I’m faster than those things.

“Die, you trashy bastards!!!!”

I swung Vugal diagonally in time.

ㅡSlash!!!

With that, five otherworld monsters flying like missiles were cut off as they were and fell to the floor of the corridor. ㅡThud! Karin and Liz stepped on them and charged straight ahead.

ㅡBoom!

A resounding roar.

The feeling of cutting down those five guys at once strongly captivated me. Yes, the bizarre thing is only the appearance. Just because it’s bizarre doesn’t mean the sword won’t go in, and it certainly doesn’t mean it won’t die.

They are beings that can be killed enough.

ㅡFlash!

Then, a guy clinging to the right wall jumped like a frog and pounced on me.

“Keeaaahhhhhhhh!!”

A crazy voice comes out of his wide-open mouth. The teeth were the same as humans, but it felt so bizarre because there was no tongue.

“You crazy Spider-Man bastard!!!”

ㅡBang!

I immediately slammed my open palm into the guy’s chest.

ㅡSquish!

With a strange feeling, my hand, wrapped in aura, pierced through the guy’s flesh and bones.

ㅡDrip!

I pulled out something black that was presumed to be the guy’s internal organs as they were, and kicked the limp body away. The strength of the flesh is not transcendently strong. It’s harder than a human, but it’s still just `flesh`. It can be subdued with bare hands.

ㅡFlash!

Then, another guy pounced on me from the opposite side.

“Keeaaahhhhhhhh!!!”

Once again, to find out the strength of the monsters’ flesh, I turned my body and raised my hand blade, aiming at the guy’s crown, and struck down intensely without any hesitation.

ㅡSlash!!!

The hand blade wrapped in aura turns the monster into a mon/ster as it is. After the first strike accurately entered the crown, it very easily split the guy in half. ㅡWhoosh! I turned Vugal in my other hand around and accurately stabbed the torso of the guy flying in, looking for an opportunity.

ㅡThwack!

“Keeaa…!”

It’s not that strong.
I can kill it easily.

ㅡWhoosh!
ㅡSizzle!

Fireballs flew from behind and killed the other guys, and Karin and Liz had already ground up all the monsters that had attacked them in front.

“You weaklings.”

The battle itself ended easily.

It seems like about dozens of them attacked, but we succeeded in grinding them up in an instant. The monsters’ combat power was said to be diverse. I heard that there are guys that ordinary soldiers can catch, and there are guys that knights have to come to catch.

These guys we faced were numerous and stronger than trained soldiers, but that was it.

Monsters with a relatively easy difficulty.

“…They’re not as dangerous as I thought?”

Aria tilted her head and said after the battle.

“They looked so inhuman that I was surprised for a moment, but when I actually fought them, they were terrible! At this rate, I think I can handle even Lesser Demons!”

Hilde also expressed doubt.

Well, they were too weak.

“How could such monsters…”

Risha, who approached, looked at the corpses of the otherworld monsters that had been ground up with a serious face.

“Risha. Do you know something?”
“I don’t know at all.”

Risha answered immediately.

“However, I don’t think these are normal species at all. I can’t even imagine these things building this palace.”

Certainly, it doesn’t seem like these bastards built this building with such high-level technology.

“At least they didn’t build this palace.”
“Hmm…”

Maybe… are they slave creatures that the original owners of the palace used to use? Or did they build such a fortress-like building to prevent their attacks, but eventually lost and had the building taken away?

I also made guesses while looking down at these bizarre corpses.

“Isn’t this the situation where these monsters are constantly being discovered?”
“According to the Royal Army commander.”
“This huge palace may be full of these beings.”

At those words, Winia frowned and shook her head.

“Ugh, it looks too disgusting.”

Judging by the size of the palace, there could be thousands, maybe even tens of thousands of them.

“Hehe… Maybe they killed all the original owners of the palace?”

ㅡSlash.

Claudie said that while shaking off her sword.

“Oh, certainly. That’s a credible guess.”
“If not, they may have simply occupied the empty palace.”

Karin also shook off her sword and approached.

“Well, we don’t know anything about the otherworld’s ecosystem. Anyway, such disgusting monsters… I’m afraid they’ll come out in my dreams.”
“Is that the year that was afraid, but just caught and broke them alive?”
“I have to break them because I’m afraid. Isn’t that right?”

That’s right.