Chapter 423 – Episode 422 – Unit 4 Disappeared Into the Swamp.

Keep moving forward. Moving forward, moving forward again.

I keep moving forward to escape this smelly and muddy hell.

Your steps should never stop. The moment you stop, you will fall into this pit of hell.

If you fall, you can never be saved again, and no one will save you.

Even if we wanted to save them, everyone was out of strength.

So, we must persevere and move forward. We must move forward and move forward again.

No matter how much rain pours down, no matter how much this hell rises up to your chin, you must move forward and move forward.

However,

How long should we move forward?

How long must I advance before I can reach that big tree?

Are we really moving forward?

How much further do I have to advance before I can escape?

The adventurers belonging to Unit 4 continued to struggle in a swamp with no idea when it would end.

-When will the land come out? I can’t feel my legs anymore…

-Cluck, cough! Mud in your mouth… Damn, what the hell is this? Why did a swamp come into existence…

-Be quiet! How are you going to take responsibility if the light goes out? If it goes off, you’ll never be able to make it again!

Everyone was on edge.

It was natural.

Dirty mud is up to the bottom of the chin.

Of course, my clothes and equipment got dirty, and every time I moved, mud splattered on my face.

To make matters worse, is there anyone who can smile and say it’s okay when the rain is pouring down?

The atmosphere in Unit 4 was very harsh, to the point where people yelled at even the smallest things.

-Damn it, I came to catch the devil, what is this?

-Be quiet. I’m getting on your nerves, but do I really have to tell you?

-You just be quiet! Your voice is annoying too!

They clearly came to catch the devil.

The devil said that now was my chance when I was alone.

They thought that a historic moment had come that would mark a milestone in their adventurers’ lives.

So, why are they here? Why are you stuck in the swamp?

Why do wizards have no choice but to move forward, relying on the light they barely managed to squeeze out?

Why do I have no choice but to move forward while being so irritated?

This is not what they want!

“Everything is quiet.”

At this time, the man standing at the front spoke in a low voice.

The adventurers who were arguing with each other in their murderous voices all fell silent.

“Do you want to be discovered by the devil? If you don’t want to be caught, keep your mouth shut and follow me.”

The man who took on the position of temporary leader advanced again, and the others followed behind him in silence.

‘Sister…’

If you were your sister in this situation, what decision would you make?

The man who took on the temporary captaincy thought of the captain who had been kidnapped.

‘Please be safe.’

Unit 4, like other units, also had its leader kidnapped.

The culprit was a spy dispatched to Fox Island by the mercenary king Raven.

The spy, who was acting as a guide, lured Unit 4 into a forest,

Afterward, his true colors were revealed.

That spy with light green hair, no, the devil’s scoundrel kidnapped the leader of Unit 4 on the spot.

The man in charge of the temporary captain tried to stop it, but failed. I had no choice but to watch as Tagari took my sister away.

Immediately after that, something strange happened.

‘I will get out of here somehow, so please hold on, sister.’

The ground they were standing on began to sink. The once healthy grassland suddenly turned into a swamp. The temporary leader, who believed he had fallen into a trap, immediately left the scene with Unit 4.

However, it wasn’t over when he left.

The place they fled also turned into a swamp. So I ran to another place, but that place also turned into a swamp. He fled to another place, but that place also turned into a swamp. All the fleeing tribes turned into a swamp.

No, the entire forest they were in turned into a swamp.

To make matters worse, heavy rain fell and the water level in the swamp began to rise.

In the end, Unit 4 failed to escape and suffered the tragedy of being trapped in a swamp.

How could this happen?

Even in a labyrinth full of traps, it is impossible to change the environment in this way.

The adventurers were frightened by a phenomenon they had never experienced before.

The man who served as the temporary leader was also scared as it was his first time experiencing it,

I felt like I could roughly figure out what caused this phenomenon.

‘I heard from my sister that the turtles have a great artifact. Is that perhaps it?’

The turtle family, said to be the slowest in the world, has an artifact that can change heaven and earth.

Because of that relic, the island where the turtle tribe lives was able to easily prevent the invasion of foreign enemies.

Could it be that the relic was the culprit behind him and Unit 4 being suddenly trapped in a swamp?

Currently, the beast people live as devils, and the turtle tribe is no exception.

If so, didn’t the turtles also hand over their relics to the devil?

Could it be that the devil is doing this with the relics handed over?

The man did not know that the relic had been stolen by a mercenary king through a phantom thief, and that the devil had recovered the relic.

I don’t know, but I was certain that the relic had something to do with this.

If that’s true,

Aren’t they already hopeless?

“Ugh…”

At this time, one wizard collapsed. If the colleague next to him hadn’t caught him, he would have fallen into the swamp. He managed to save his comrade, but as the lights disappeared, his vision became even darker. Since his wand fell into the swamp, it will be difficult for the wizard to create light even if he opens his eyes.

The adventurers were agitated by the increasingly worsening situation.

“Captain, is this really the right path?”

One of the adventurers asked. He appeared calm, but was actually shaking. If he gave up, he was just holding on with the thought that he would be ruined, so if it became clear that there was no hope, he would immediately scream.

“That’s right.”

The temporary captain answered like that.

“See that big tree over there? The presence of that tree is proof that there is land.”

The temporary captain pointed with his finger toward the shadow of a tree in the distance.

“If we reach that tree, we can get out of this damn swamp. So, cheer up. We can get out.”

“… Okay.”

He was an adventurer who did not receive a satisfactory answer, but he had no choice but to reluctantly agree because he knew he had no other means.

‘I hope it’s land and not a swamp.’

Looking at the shadow of the large tree, the temporary captain prayed earnestly.

‘It would be nice if we could reach the wizards before they all fall…’

In fact, the temporary leader used wizards to escape from the swamp.

An attempt was made to create a road by evaporating the swamp using flame magic,

They also attempted to create a road by using ice magic to freeze the swamp,

An attempt was made to create a road by summoning solid ground.

I attempted to break through the swamp using all the magic I could.

But it failed.

No matter how much the swamp was evaporated, the evaporated area was filled with mud again,

No matter how much the swamp was frozen, the frozen area was filled with mud again,

No matter how hard the ground was as a foothold, the mud filled the foothold again.

As if they would not allow their escape, everything they did was in vain.

In the end, all attempts to escape failed, and the magicians ended up running out of magical energy.

There was barely enough magical power left to turn on the light, but if even this magical power disappeared, Unit 4 would be trapped in the dark.

You will be gripped by the fear of not knowing when you will be attacked by the enemy.

If that happens, Unit 4 will die without a move.

The interim leader wanted to prevent that from happening.

‘I can’t die here until I save my sister!’

I can’t sit down here, even if it’s to save my sister who has taken care of me since I was a beginner.

I will survive tenaciously. I will escape this hell alive.

With that promise, the temporary commander and unit 4 moved forward.

Moving forward, moving forward, and continuing to move forward.

Until hope runs out.

Until that hope turns into despair.

Until you can no longer hear any sound.

Until the moment when the light disappears, and you are immersed in darkness.

We didn’t stop moving forward.

However,

“Why can’t I reach it?”

The situation did not change, and the temporary captain became anxious about the situation that did not change.

“I need to get there quickly, I need to be able to get out of this damn swamp…”

You should have reached the shadow by now,

I need to get to the ground right now, but why can’t I reach it?

The leg is clearly moving, but why isn’t it touching the tree’s shadow? Why does it keep getting smaller?

Now even wizards can’t light a fire, everyone is anxious, and it’s in danger of collapsing, so why can’t they reach it? Why, why, why?

‘Wait a minute.’

The temporary captain, who was so despairing, realized.

‘Why is it so quiet?’

There is no sound of breathing. There is no sound of frightened muttering.

The sound of wading through the mud is also not heard.

It’s so quiet. Since when has it been this quiet? The temporary captain turned his head back with an ominous feeling.

There was no one there.

“… Huh?”

All the adventurers who followed along disappeared. Are you lost? But, how could we get lost when we were together? When did it disappear? No, did you become separated from your colleagues? Or did his colleagues abandon him and run away?

In such confusion, the man realized too late that something had grabbed his leg.

“…!”

The man was dragged into the swamp without any time to resist. His vision darkened, and he choked on the mud that entered his mouth. It only took a few seconds for the man to lose consciousness.

In this way, Unit 4 was also annihilated,

“…”

“…”

“…”

One by one, something huge rose up in the place where they disappeared.

There was a lot of mud, but it was all washed away in the pouring rain.

It’s all washed away,

Giant turtle shells appeared one by one.