chapter 110
110.Final Exam…Is the End of Service (12)
There is no time.
Now, I was lost in thought, listening to the sound of footsteps that seemed to be right in front of me.
Run away?
Where?
There are no other doors in this room, and it is too risky to dig through the wall to move. What if there were strange creatures gathered in the next room? What if you drill through the floor and there is a trap downstairs?
So dismiss the shoveling. There was not enough time in the first place.
Is there a better way?
I rolled my eyes and looked around the room. It bothered me because my heart was racing like crazy, but I still tried to stay calm and use my brain to find a solution.
As previously thought, shoveling is dismissed.
Fight back? Do you know how much it will be? If we were to listen to the feast of those footsteps, wouldn’t there be twice as many of us gathered together? Not only is it not a number that can be processed secretly, but there is no way it will end even if all of them are processed. There is a high probability that reinforcements will come. And we’re probably exhausted from fighting, whether it’s physical strength or magical energy.
If Leni had been there, it would have been different, but playing Musou with four students and a stray cat is like trying to kill all enemies with guns with one knife in a gun game. Fighting between those who do not have the upper hand in terms of quantity or force is tantamount to suicide.
So, I have to avoid the fight here somehow.
There is no good way…Ah!
“La Perrine. Use a silencing spell on the entire room.”
“Yes?”
“Right now! And stand in line against the wall over there!”
There’s nothing like a bright idea that isn’t a gamble, but in an emergency situation, you can’t go into it one by one. I glanced around the room, which had become completely quiet, and then stuck to the wall and activated my skill.
“…”
With the voice that couldn’t come out, the wall rises. A wall of the same shape as the one we are leaning against. The wall itself is much thinner, so you would be caught if you touched it, but what kind of person would go out of their way to find someone by knocking on the wall? We conveyed our opinions breathlessly, as if we had made a promise.
‘Remove the magic.’
As soon as La Perine nodded her head, the sound that had disappeared returned. We held our breath as we barely heard the sound of the door opening.
Don’t get caught.
If you get caught…
Ttogak.
Again. Again. Again. Again. Again…
A never-ending feast of footsteps. It seems like a long time has passed, but the sound of footsteps has not disappeared. I kept hearing footsteps moving closer and further away, as if I was spinning around against the wall.
Still, you have to endure it.
Because patience was the only way to avoid this situation.
Ttogak.
Ttogak.
Again. Again. Again. Ttogak…
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“Silence magic.”
Nod.
All sounds in the room disappeared again. I placed my hand on the wall and activated the skill.
“Dissolution.”
The wall disappeared below, revealing an empty room.
“I thought I was going to get caught…”
Shuri sat down with a sigh of relief, as if her legs had lost strength. He turned his eyes and looked at the faces of the other group members, and it seemed like they were all mentally exhausted from not being able to let go of their tension for a long time. But we had no time to rest. Because a short rest will lower our chances of survival.
“Wait here for a moment. In case I get caught, I will try to attract as much attention as possible, so prepare to run away into the tunnel I dug-“
“Wait. Then what happens to you?”
“I’ll take care of it, so don’t worry about it.”
I’ve lived with worse people than this for 10 years. Do you think I’ll die in a place like this? I ignored the worried looks on me and approached the door.
Quietly hold the doorknob and turn it. The sound of scraping hinges bothered my ears. I slowly put my head out and listened. Faint footsteps. At least it seems certain that it is far from here.
Why did they appear here as a group?
Where did they go?
Are you in your room?
I motioned for my companions to wait in the room, went out into the hallway, and put my ear to the door of another room. Most rooms were quiet. One, two, three, four… I slowly open the rooms that are not in sight and check them one by one. The structure of the room was generally similar, and the presence of corpses was also similar.
Although each person died in a different posture or position, some were wearing armor as if they were adventurers.
Could this be someone who fell into this crack? I think I saw similar armor at the market.
Anyway, I know there’s no one there.
Where did all these go?
Did you go to the opposite hallway?
At least there doesn’t seem to be any more information in this hallway. After thinking for a while, I came up with a solution and went back to the room where my companions were.
The group was sitting together in a corner and taking a break.
“Everyone, pay attention. I’ve come up with a good method and I’m planning to try it, so I hope you’ll cooperate.”
“Cooperation? “Dig a tunnel?”
“No.”
Dig to find out what’s down there. If you’re unlucky, you might have to fall downstairs and rub your body against the strange creatures.
“What can we do to help?”
“Save your strength here. If possible, provide hydration.”
“Yes?”
“I will soon turn this room into a secret room. I don’t know how smart they are, but if they hide it so well, they won’t be able to enter the room. “I will check the hallway on the other side.”
“It’s too dangerous!”
“No, this method is the safest.”
“If you get caught, isn’t it the end?”
At Lewis’ protest, I looked at him. Although he looks handsome and is the kind of guy who would even get salty in a situation like this, he is such a nice guy that he genuinely cares about me. I grinned and responded to Lewis’ words.
“Do not worry. “There is a way.”
It was a method that suddenly came to mind, but it was well worth trying.
“Then get some rest.”
I waved my hand, shaking off the gaze of my companions, opened the door, went out into the hallway, and used my skill.
“Production.”
The place where the door used to be is covered by a wall. To the naked eye, no one would notice that there was a room here. However, there was an oxygen problem, so it was important to move as quickly as possible.
I hope it goes as I think.
I left the hallway and closed to the inner wall of the lobby again. The sound of prayer is not heard. As expected, it was the sound of those praying in the middle moving. I don’t know the purpose, but it looks like they’re doing some sort of patrolling.
Let’s see, where was the body… Here it is.
I approached the corpse, which was still lying there, and took off its clothes. Then he took the head that was rolling around and removed the hood.
The sight of the nearly naked corpse was grotesque. The body is tilted in various places, as if it was made from several corpses. The skin color of the limbs was different, and the sizes did not match, so there were some areas where there were dents or exposed bones at the joints.
Why did you create such a monster?
I carefully turned the body over and checked its back.
[@&*!(!]
…I didn’t know the content, but I felt like I roughly knew what it meant.
I dug out the floor right next to me with my skills and rolled the body in. Because I didn’t want to continue experiencing eye terror. When I used the skill to restore the floor, the body disappeared.
After disposing of the body, I quietly mended the torn clothes. Although I was still covered in blood, I managed to get some wearable clothes in my hands. I immediately put those clothes on.
By half of his face with a hood covered in corpse blood, a quite believable pseudo-religionist was born
“I guess I’ll see if I get caught or not.”
Ttogak.
Ttogak.
I hear footsteps. I imitated the posture of the guys walking out from the opposite hallway and quietly followed right behind them. Fortunately, my gamble seemed to have paid off.
Because you didn’t doubt me.
I followed them for a while, wandering down both hallways. As I walked around pretending to be a pagan, I felt as if I had made friends with strange creatures. It would be my last wish to become the same people who serve tentacled stone statues.
But how long will it last in circles? It’s not like I’m exercising or anything. I had already completed the cycle of going through all the rooms in the hallway, going through all the rooms in the hallway, and going back to the lobby three times. Did you get a bug because you blocked the room? It seems like the guy in front was tilting his head in front of the blocked door and statue.
Still, I knew one thing for sure.
At least these guys are the only ones on this floor.
So what I had to do was clear.
I took out the shovel I had hidden between my loose clothes and stretched it out. When the monsters heard that sound, they all turned and looked at me, who was standing at the very back.
“It’s showtime. “You b*stards.”
The sacred shovel filled with anger drew a beautiful curve in the air.
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“John? I heard a commotion outside. Those monsters…”
“It’s okay because everyone splits their heads.”
“Yes?”
“Everything was split up.”
I didn’t touch them because I was afraid that reinforcements would come. Without reinforcements, they are nothing more than random mobs. I used my skills and destroyed everything without even having time to scream, so the first floor is now practically a safe zone.
While catching up, I found a way to go down to the second floor.
It turned out that the dagger I caught first was one of the keys to go down to the second floor. These guys only do what they are supposed to do, so it seems like they are like a broken machine.
Originally, it seemed like you had to go down to the second floor and go up again, but since one of the daggers disappeared, it looks like the cycle is broken and there’s a bug.
Strangely enough, all dungeons operate according to rules similar to those of a game. It is unclear why only the dungeon is like this.
After all, is it because it’s a game world?
“I found the way down to the second floor, so I’ll leave right away.”
“Yes?”
There was no time to explain everything, so I immediately opened the door and motioned to my companions. Fortunately, the group followed my orders and came out into the hallway.
“Follow me.”
I led my group and moved in front of the statue. A stone statue with realistically sculpted tentacles. I walked towards the small stone statue next to the statue. A stone statue in the shape of a suffering human being. I inserted the dagger near the grooved heart.
Then, the floor in front of the statue went under the statue and a staircase began to appear.
“La Perrine. Use navigation magic.”
“Yes!”
As I watched La Perrine prepare her magic, I instructed Shuri to use the lighting magic. The lighting that illuminates the front of the stairs and the subsequent search magic. Looking at Laperine’s puzzled face, I was convinced that there was something underneath.
“I think there’s something inside there. Ugh, huge vital reactions…Dozens? Hundreds? But it seems like they are all united…”
Laferrine looked at me with a confused expression. The eyes are longing for an answer. But I don’t know anything either. I only came to one conclusion based on the information I got.
There is a boss in the dungeon.
The guys wandering around the temple have a bizarre appearance, as if they were cut from different people’s bodies and placed on top of each other.
The corpses in the room appear to be those of outsiders. Why was the body left unattended like that? Why are tentacles sticking out from the body?
Finally, they walked around the room as if they were looking for something.
Probably the guy below…
“Listen carefully. There is a high probability that there is a boss down there.”
“Boss… You mean?”
“Okay. So…Sif stay here. The rest go down and face the boss.”
“Wait a minute, isn’t it dangerous if monsters come out again?”
“Production.”
Four walls. One roof. A sturdy door.
“Wait inside.”
“Uh… Okay.”
At my words, Sif nodded his head with a blank expression.
“…Sorry. “They make you suffer like this because of me.”
Is it because I am not in good physical condition? Viola’s voice was weaker than before. At her words her her her, Louise’s group started and began to comfort her.
“No, Miss Viola! How… “
“That’s right! There’s no need to worry Miss Viola! I’m going crazy with magic! And I’ll blow it all up!”
Maybe we’re slowly reaching our limit. I met Viola’s eyes and opened her mouth.
“Just think about what to eat when you get back. It will be over soon.”
I put my foot on the first step.