Chapter 28 – Treasure Hunt

Episode 28 – Treasure Hunt

Kieeeeek!

A strange monster with a bizarre appearance.

The chimeras let out a loud roar and rushed at the party.

Abel, holding a sword and shield, stands in front of him.

“Here!”

And this time, he caught the attention of all the monsters through his newly realized use of magical power.

A simple group of chimeras could not resist that provocation. He runs in like a wild dog and starts pounding on Abel’s shield.

Those who lost their senses were full of loopholes.

In the meantime, Alyssa and Yas moved around and hunted the chimeras as if they were gnawing on both sides.

The number decreases quickly.

And when the number was reduced to about half, Uni’s magic was complete.

“Everyone avoid it!”

A huge fireball flies in with a warning.

Wow!

The wildly struck fireball exploded magnificently, sweeping away the chimeras.

It bounced helplessly into the air due to the strong shock wave, then plummeted to the ground, looking completely charred.

It was really powerful.

“Uni is amazing!”

“Hihi! What! “Isn’t Abel who stopped all the chimeras even more amazing?”

“Haha! Uni is right. Are you a great friend? I thought it was strange when he suddenly said he wanted to learn shield techniques. “I will continue to ask you to do so!”

“Stop the compliments right there. Not only me but everyone else did well too. Well done to Ali and Yas too. “Thanks to you, I feel like my burden has been greatly reduced.”

As the three people praised each other and had a friendly conversation, Alyssa wiped the blood off her rapier and looked in front of her.

‘How much is left?’

Two hours have already passed since we entered the dungeon.

It seems like we’ve come a long way, but there’s still no sign of this long passage ending.

As Alyssa was looking into the dungeon, Abel, who had finished her public investigation, shouted.

“Then let’s take a short break. Because everyone seems to have lost quite a bit of stamina.

Following Abel’s instructions, everyone put the chimera’s body in a corner, then unpacked their belongings and sat down.

There is silence for a moment.

Yasu, who was leaning against the wall and enjoying the cold air, suddenly asked as if he was curious.

“Abel. What are you going to do when you graduate from the academy?”

“Huh? Me? I am… Maybe it will become an article? “I don’t really have a clear goal.”

“Okay? Even if I graduated, I would have been captured by the tribe right away. I’m jealous. “What about Uni?”

“Hmm… First, I want to enter the magic tower. After that, I don’t know.”

“They’re all similar. “I guess so.”

The last place Yasu’s eyes turned after being convinced was Alyssa’s her face her.

When everyone followed him and looked at him, Alyssa frowned one eyebrow in annoyance and then spat out pessimistically.

“I will marry a rich and powerful nobleman. Because my value is that much. No. Maybe I can’t even do that anymore? It would be nice if I didn’t become the concubine of an old nobleman.”

What kind of young noble would he want an illegitimate child who lost his virginity?

Everyone who heard the answer was surprised by the all-negative assumption mixed with such thoughts.

Yuni quickly shook her head.

“Oh, no! Alyssa. You are pretty and your swordsmanship is excellent. You will become a greater person later. “At that point, the family won’t be able to do anything rashly, right?”

“That’s right! If you work hard like you do now, you will be able to live freely.”

Abel and Uni were desperate to cheer her up, but it only had the opposite effect for Alyssa.

The two do not know that she was raped.

The thought of talking carelessly about a topic about which she knew nothing made Alyssa laugh.

“Do you really think so? “Even a bird with two wings torn off can fly?”

“Huh?”

“It’s absolutely impossible. How can I fly if I don’t have wings? I am the same. No matter what I do now, I can’t turn it back. “Everything is decided.”

Despair is contagious quickly.

Alyssa’s darkness spread to everyone, making it impossible for her to use her mouth.

When Abel lowered her head, Alyssa regained her senses and spoke with a sigh.

“But there’s no need for you to feel sorry.” “I’m not particularly blaming you.”

“Still…”

“It’s done? If I do any more here, I might get really angry. Rather than that, let’s get started now. “I think everyone’s stamina has come back.”

Alyssa, who wanted to change the topic, urged her group to put their feet on her.

Advice that the person concerned does not want, even if it is correct, will cause backlash. Everyone respected Alyssa’s wishes for her and resumed their adventure her in silence.

*

At that time, I, who was watching Abel and his group his, flinched at Alyssa’s words her.

“It’s a bird with its wings torn off…”

It’s a really appropriate analogy.

What I did was no different from ripping off a bird’s wings.

In the original game, Abel’s line would have been used to plant a flag, but it was wasted without any effect.

To her who had lost all hope for her future, it would have just sounded like empty words.

My mind is very complicated because I have to face my own sins in unexpected ways.

‘How long will I have to live like this?’

In the future, I will have to become stronger by raping countless women, whether intentionally or not.

Among them, there are evil people who are not even worthy of sympathy, monsters for whom the distinction between good and evil is meaningless, and even good people like Alyssa.

Can you really endure it all?

Is it possible to overcome countless hatred and resentment and run only for the goal?

Won’t it fall over before then?

Although this is a question that is asked thousands and thousands of times every day, there is still no answer. This is a battle with yourself that no one can define.

After sinking into my own world, I belatedly came to my senses and slapped my cheeks.

Match! Mate!

“Let’s come to our senses.”

I became too emotional.

I shook off complicated concerns and focused on Abel and his group.

It’s soon the boss room.

*

After resting for 30 minutes, the group finally passed through the passage and arrived in a wide cavity.

“Is this the end?”

“Abel, be careful!”

“Hwiyu~ Isn’t it amazing? Do you see the stone statue over there? It’s very sophisticated. Something that looks like it might come to life at any moment?”

As the saying goes, there was a huge monster stone statue in the center of the cavity.

The jagged teeth gave off a scary look, and the two wings were large enough to support the massive body, reaching 4 meters when fully spread.

It would be a disaster if a guy like that were to come out alive.

The moment when Alyssa frowned in displeasure and was about to reprimand Yas.

Clap!

A wall came down and blocked the passage, and a huge stone statue moved making a heavy sound.

Yas’s face, who was leisurely watching while whistling, immediately turned into astonishment.

“Ugh! What is that! “It’s really moving, right?”

“Ha… “I knew it would be like this.”

“Come! Avoid everyone!”

After Alyssa’s lament and Abel’s warning, the gargoyles flapped their wings and rushed in.

To face this head-on is suicide.

Abel, who had been contemplating raising her shield for a very short time, followed her instinctive warning and flew to her side to avoid the gargoyle.

Kwaaaaang!

Immediately after, a shock wave hits your back with a loud noise.

What Abel saw as she rolled over and stood up was a huge crater that had formed around the gargoyle.

My mouth is watering.

“Everyone saw it, right? If you get hit even once, it’s over. Avoid it as much as possible.”

A tanker cannot play the role of a tanker. This is a very serious problem. Abel felt ashamed even as he spoke.

Of course, other people had different thoughts.

“It’s okay, Abel! “I’ll take care of it with my magic!”

“Uni is right, buddy. There’s no need to be so discouraged! “This body will take care of it!”

“If you said something unnecessary, you should take responsibility. “Gargoyles have slow attacks anyway, so it’s not difficult to avoid them.”

“… Okay. Thank you all. Then I’ll take care of the front. “If it’s not the same attack as before, I’ll be able to block a few of them!”

Abel, energized by everyone’s comfort, quickly approached the gargoyle.

This is because she believes that the farther away she is, the more dangerous it becomes.

It was the right decision.

Gooooo!

As soon as Abel got within her range, the gargoyle slammed his fist down on her with all his might.

Kwaang!

The stone fist and the shield collided.

A tremendous weight pressed down on her entire body, but Abel gritted his teeth and held on.

While the body was fixed like that, Yassa and Alyssa dug in from both sides and attacked the gargoyle’s wings, following the existing strategy.

Kaaaaang!

A clear sound resonates in the cavity.

Yas’ sword, which could not use sword energy, could not even make a scratch on the gargoyle’s wings. At least Alyssa only suffered a wound that was a little more than a span.

But no matter how minor it may be, a wound is a wound. Just as the frenzied gargoyle’s counterattack was about to strike the two people.

“Both of you step back!”

Kwaaaaang!

Uni’s magic has flown in.

A fireball quickly crosses the space and hits the gargoyle’s face, causing an explosion.

Thanks to this, the attack stopped, but there were no traces of burns on the gargoyle’s face. This is because it has excellent magic resistance.

Yasu pulled his body out and scratched the back of his head.

“What? It doesn’t hurt anything? Haha…”

It was an awkward laugh, perhaps because he was embarrassed that he couldn’t do anything about the topic that he was being shouted at.

Alyssa changed his strategy her on the spot.

“Yass. You keep pace with me. Move as loudly as possible to steal attention. In that gap, I will attack. Do you understand?”

“Oh, of course! “I will make it as obnoxious as possible.”

Quang!

Once again, Abel blocked the Gargoyle’s attack, and Yas and Alyssa took advantage.

The balance of the fight very slowly but steadily tilted towards the party. The wound on the wing grows little by little until it is finally cut off.

Suddenly!

─Keeeeek!

The wings fall to the ground with a scream like a gargoyle scratching a blackboard.

As a result, it lost its ability to fly.

“Good! “It is our victory!”

“You be quiet. “Don’t say anything strange again.”

Alyssa, who excused Yasu’s shout just in case, exhausted all her remaining stamina and accumulated damage to the gargoyle.

The speed and power of the sword are much faster than now and cut through the guy’s hard skin mercilessly.

In the end, the gargoyle stopped working after being pierced in the forehead by Alyssa’s rapier.

Coo!

“Ooooot! “I won!”

“Ha… Alyssa. Good job!”

“It’s really amazing!”

Everyone in the group praised Alyssa.

She smiled without realizing it, then frowned and waved her hand.

“Don’t make a fuss. I didn’t do it alone.”

“Still! “Good job bringing Alyssa!”

Yuni clung to Alyssa, as if the distance between her and her was reduced by fighting for her life.

When the two of them continue their female-only skinship.

Geeugeeugeung─

The organ in the blocked cavity wall moved and created a new path.

At first glance, it was a different type of space from the roads we had passed so far. The interior is clearly visible due to the bright lighting.

“What is there?”

Abel tilted her head.

Everyone narrowed their eyes and looked at the situation, but Yasu spoke as if it was obvious.

“What is it? There is a reward! Let’s check it out right away!”

Uni stops it from jumping out.

“Jas, calm down. It might be a trap.”

“That’s right. You have to be careful because you never know─ Wow!”

Alyssa, who was fighting back, screamed when she saw the smoke bomb flying from behind.

For her, her smoke bomb her, her is a trauma.

This is because it brings back memories of the time I was raped by Luan. Thanks to this, he was frozen and couldn’t even warn everyone.

Pooooo!

The smoke bomb exploded magnificently, covering the entire cavity with thick smoke. The clock suddenly decreases and everything looks blurry.

“Cough! Cough! What is this!”

“Everyone gather together! It’s dangerous!”

Coughing, the group turned their backs to each other and looked out for their surroundings, and a spiteful voice rang out.

[Fuhahaha! I take the treasure!]

As if there was no intention to hide the tampering, the mechanical sound mixed in was extremely unpleasant.

At some point, the mysterious person suddenly appeared in front of the newly opened space, waved his hand and went inside.

“Oh! It’s a thief! Everyone chase after me!”

Yass, who discovered it, quickly tried to follow, but it was not easy due to the smoke.

By the time the group broke through the smoke and entered the new space, the mysterious person had already disappeared.

Alyssa looked around and gritted her teeth.

“Everyone search around! There must be something.”

Hearing the reasonable opinion, everyone in the group heightened their senses and began examining the space.