Chapter 224 – Dungeon Distress -2-

‘There is still enough food…’

You can see everything at a glance from the top of the tree while chewing salty jerky.

I didn’t intend to stop by, so I immediately set foot in the forest to find a waterfall.

I had heard the news in passing at the adventurer’s guild in the capital, so there must be a dungeon.

A Tau appeared in a small manor that chewed up the size of an Orc like a snack?

Tau Dan ‘Hana’ in a neat state that hasn’t been in a territorial fight and doesn’t show any mutations?

The appearance of monsters with the habit of forming a colony even though each individual is ignorant and violent.

If you cry, it’s an emergency to cry, not a case to laugh at, but the information reached the capital.

Even if it is not an issue that will come up to Platinum, it is seen as much as people know.

It was a place I heard in the game, so I have a clear memory of seeing an investigation request in the past.

Since then, it has not appeared and has been quiet, and the Tau must have been forgotten even in the memories of the residents.

I don’t know if a second tau has appeared to cause alarm.

It didn’t matter if the adventurers crashed into the waterfall with that and the dungeon was resolved.

It’s supposed to be a reward at the end of the existing dungeon.

‘Was it a two-handed axe?’

It’s not a weapon I’d take with me.

Basic compensation is also poor.

Hidden pieces are also ambiguous items that have nothing to do with combat.

Until I saw the academy meteor shower, I believed that there would be none and abandoned it.

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I didn’t have a map, and I didn’t know the exact location, so it took longer than expected.

Thanks to the senses developed by Romerius’ elixir, they were able to reach their destination before the sun went down.

Shoot ah-

Although the sound of a large amount of water falling was pleasant and cool to the ears.

‘It’s not that spectacular.’

I was walking around various places to pick out the three who would be waiting for me at the mansion and a place to come for a trip later.

Excluded from the nominations here.

When we get together, the joy of having a conversation is the main thing, but the sound of the water is ambiguous and loud.

If you expect a magnificent sound and a stream of water that can cut down a rock in the name of a waterfall, you will be a little disappointed.

As I approached the waterfall to finish it quickly and move on to the next area, the smell of dampness filled my nose.

‘…Even if no one is watching, it’s not like walking around with a stick dangling between your legs.’

You have to become naked later anyway, but there are social goodness and conscience.

After taking off his boots and top and putting them in his inventory, he went to the water’s edge and moved forward with his feet.

Before entering the waterfall.

Standing below and being hit by the cool splash of water. It blows away the daze and sharpens the spirit.

Since I was still driven to the end of fatigue or lack of sleep, my physical condition was not the same as the rest of my stamina.

The water pressure hitting the body with a crackling sound is pleasant.

“Aaaaa!”

Rinse out the stuffy mouth with a gargle while being hit by the dripping cold water.

In addition, he wiped off the skin that was uncomfortable with entangled blood and sweat, threw his hair back completely, and entered the state with his forehead covered.

With a clear mind, dripping water and striding forward, I see a cave that was not visible from the outside.

And I stopped for a moment at the familiar traces I could see.

The black marks from the fire, as if they were camping here.

Traces of discarded arrows or sword-like blades dragged on the floor.

There are obvious traces of the adventurers having already entered the dungeon and going back and forth.

‘Yes… They must have already come and gone.’

It doesn’t matter if other adventurers clear it.

Even if you fall, the real route with the hidden piece cannot be reached alive.

Even so, if someone arrived there and took the hidden piece, there was nothing they could do about it.

That buck that buck that buck

As I made up my mind, I walked faster and faster.

As I put my foot deep into the end of the round, the air and atmosphere changed.

If you go straight in, you will come to a corridor made of square bricks in a dark atmosphere.

If you go a little further from here, you will find the most important ‘place’ in the dungeon.

‘If you wait, a tau with a stone pillar will come running…’

If it’s a deal, no matter what you do, you can quickly catch Tau, who is only trying to break the floor.

If you didn’t see the strategy separately, you reached it.

Most of them kept a distance and looked at the pattern of what the deformed Tau was doing.

Crossing the collapsed hallway with equipment and heading to the boss is the safest and most effective way.

Or, after being in a daze, the floor breaks and you fall into the water and arrive at the hidden piece.

Right!

You will know where it is if you step on it like you do now.

An unstable floor that you can feel if you are aware of it.

I arrived at ‘the place’ and waited for a while, but the tau did not come.

Of course, the dungeon floor was smashed according to the predetermined gimmick by someone who came first.

Saaaaa-

I scratched my chin as I listened to the clear sound of water below the smashed space.

Worry again.

‘Wouldn’t it be a waste of time to go the old route?’

I don’t know what’s inside, but at the entrance of the dungeon there are traces of adventurers going back and forth many times. Is there any reason to go all the way inside to see the pitiful rewards you won’t even pick up?

If only the corpses of the monsters remained in the cleared state, would it be more than dejection?

I decided to head straight to the Hidden Peace, which had a high possibility of remaining.

I took off my clothes, put them in my inventory, and became naked.

Without hesitation, he threw himself into the darkness.

With a plop!

A huge impurity called ‘Roman’ got into the cold current that ran like crazy.

*****

Squeeze out as much moisture from your clothes as possible and turn all your mana to keep your body temperature.

The first thing to do is to get out of the trap of drowning mice.

My legs hurt unbearably from wearing tight boots in a wet state, and when I try to take off my boots, it doesn’t work as well.

I unraveled the strings of my boots one by one and opened them as if tearing them open to get my feet out.

“Ugh…!”

A state where the ankle part is swollen to the extent of deformity and cannot be handled.

As time goes by and the mind subsides, the pain intensifies and I can’t dare to get up.

If you have to wake up in the first place, where are you going from here?

– Poetry!

“Tero…”

He only caresses Tero, who runs around him trying to comfort him. Even with empty words, he couldn’t tell him not to worry because he was fine.

So that Alice’s spirit, which is barely holding on, is not broken.

Tero struggled on all fours and dropped a joke.

“Thank you··.”

Recognizing that there is an existence other than oneself in a dark and lonely space where only the sound of flowing water resonates.

That was the only consolation allotted to Alice.

Alice’s body began to slowly lean towards the floor as she sat with her back to her and was absent-minded.

‘···I’m tired. I’m sleepy.’

Alice lay down on her stone floor, pulling a damp black cape around her body.

Even if her mood is the opposite, the memory that comes to mind is a happy past. Fatigue reminds me of a day of swimming all day.

Holding her Tero in her arms, Alice threw her spirit into her heart as it was.

…

“Mmm-“

How much do you sleep

Her eyes widened as the pain in her ankle intensified.

A space where you can close your eyes on the hard floor and not even predict how much time has passed.

Seeing that her wet clothes were dry and even the water that soaked the floor was dry, she might have passed a few hours lightly.

“Under-“

Why are my eyes open? Savage

I wish she would have stayed asleep until something came out like this.

The tears shed while looking for her parents no longer came out, and she lay there staring blankly at the wall.

She lowered her gaze slightly and looked at Tero in her arms.

“…”

Was she under the influence of the Contractor? She groaned weakly and looked at Tero, who closed her eyes, stabbed her in the chest, and quietly sent her back to the spirit realm.

‘I want to eat the food my mom made… The bed that her dad made for me was also comfortable…’

Is her own death asa slowly starving to death here?

Or will it be the last time that the door is open and eaten by the monster?

Everyone who makes an adventurer’s job will think and prepare for the unexpected end of their lives.

No one would be an adventurer assuming a situation like this.

Even if you are an adventurer who honestly pursues your desires.

When it comes to the end, everyone will imagine the wonderful contents and scenes that will be passed down as a saga without shame.

Like engaging in a splendid fierce battle that will inspire a bard.

Like being selected as a hero who preaches lessons and proverbs to the people of the empire in a book.

It would be nice to achieve great achievements and become hope and courage to young people saying ‘I can do it too!’

‘Okay. It would be nice if that was the end…’

I know in my head that I shouldn’t think about romance at the moment when I stop life activities and return to ashes.

But.

I didn’t like this last one where I couldn’t even move helplessly and just waited for death.

Sleep.

Happening

Sleep.

Happening

Feeling the twisting hunger in the stomach of a body that won’t be much worse even if you starve for a few days.

My mind was soaked in the feeling of wear and tear.

The color of my ankle, which seemed to die from pain, changed to purdeng, and beyond the pain, the feeling began to disappear.

That really made me realize the word death.

I was thinking about whether I should just crawl and open the door to get comfortable quickly rather than starve to death.

“Puha!”

A naked man appeared through the flowing water.