I Noticed That It Was an Academy After 10 Years

225.Dungeons Are Not Playgrounds (2)

“It’s quiet.”

“Are we the only ones?”

“Well.”

I answered Lewis’ question with a shrug and stared into the fog, unable to see an inch in front of me. In the game, it was just a little creepy, but in reality, a chill tickled the back of my neck as if I was in the afterlife.

It’s not a place where the undead live for nothing.

“Don’t make loud noises when moving. Even if a zombie suddenly jumps out, you shouldn’t scream. Did you understand?”

When I looked back and warned, the children nodded in unison.

I think my experience in the two dungeons I went to just before was helpful.

This is why I need to give them experience points. You don’t level up like in a game, but if you give someone an experience in some way, it’s human to learn from it.

In particular, this party brought together the brightest of the brightest, and the efficiency of the ‘experience’ was unrivaled.

Right now, Lewis was able to learn how to deal with monsters like wyverns. Elisa and Shuri are less likely to make mistakes while chanting or aiming incorrectly in actual combat.

This time too, I planned to slowly spoon-feed that experience into these kids’ mouths.

“John. “I can see a vague shape in front of me.”

“Signal.”

After hearing what I said, Lewis immediately raised his hand and signaled a stop to the rear.

The bustling sound subsides.

I strained my eyes and looked in the direction Lewis pointed, trying to find a figure. How much time has passed? Even to my eyes, I could vaguely see the shape of an adult male. It meant that we were pretty close.

“Lue, it’s time to work.”

[Ugh, I’m not in a good mood today…]

“Call of the Abyss.”

A soft, goosebump-like sensation clings to my right arm. I stretched out what was a ‘human arm’ towards the figure. The tentacle, which stretched like rubber, moved forward for a few seconds and caught an unknown figure.

“Louis. It’s about twenty steps. “Remember it.”

“Yes.”

I turned the dragged figure around to check. Just an ordinary zombie. It’s trying to bite my tentacle, but it’s not a tentacle that can be bitten by zombie teeth.

I said as I lifted the zombie above her head.

“Turn it off…”

“Do you see it? “Be alert because these guys will surprise you from the fog.”

I threw the useless zombie aside. I looked away from the zombie making an unpleasant noise and disappeared, and signaled the start with my left arm.

Once again, the sound of footsteps fills my ears.

It’s more enemy than you think.

It was a thought that came into my head when I had walked about a hundred steps.

There must have been hundreds of zombies and skeletons in the game. But there is something about this section right now. There is nothing.

There are three cases.

For some reason, the undead are not appearing,

They are crowded in a corner somewhere,

Or not…

“Karina. Prepare the purification spell. So that the energy of purification spreads to the bottom of the earth.”

“I understand.”

Did Karina also feel something unusual? She immediately folded her hands over her heart and began reciting her prayers. She said a prayer that made her heart feel pious just by hearing it. I widened my eyes and stared into the fog.

The sounds of crushing dirt, the smell of rotting corpses, and unpleasant crying began to increase rapidly.

“Even though their brains are rotten, they don’t seem to be the leaders.”

Okay. This is reality.

Not programmed fake, real.

An ambush like this was fully expected. Since the exact location cannot be determined, use Karina’s power to respond just before the ambush begins.

I silently lifted her right hand and clenched it into a fist as I listened to her pray. A signal to prepare for battle. I started to hear bustling noises behind me.

“…Please give me the address.”

As the figures in her fog grew noticeably larger, Karina’s purification magic swept through her fog graveyard with a gentle warmth. Wherever the waves that escaped her body passed, the shapes scattered like sand and disappeared.

“The surrounding safety seems to have been secured. “I will stop first and check if there are any additional enemies before moving.”

Light the phoenix flame on your hand. A baseball-sized fireball floated above my hand and pushed away some of the fog. There is little energy that can resist this fog.

I shot a fireball forward. If it hits something, it will make a sound. After a while, I heard a small sound and opened my right hand again.

We started moving again.

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“Wow, there’s no fog here?”

“Because Karina’s barrier is unfolding.”

This is not an ordinary phenomenon, but the power of the object in the core at the center of this dungeon. With Karina’s divine power, which can push that power away, she was able to push it out to a radius of about 7 meters.

“Milia, you should prepare a meal with Sif.”

“Huh! “I’ll make it delicious!”

“I’ll take a look at the liver, so why don’t you just put it in? “I hate salty stews.”

“I can do better this time!”

While Milia and Sif bickered and went to get cooking utensils, I checked the state of the simple lodging I had created.

Robbery is no problem. There is no problem with the thickness. The floor was also made strong using skills on purpose, so you won’t be able to climb up through the floor.

But I couldn’t just let down my guard.

No matter how hard they try, zombies and skeleton goons only have the strength of an adult man, but the guy who acts as the leader here is a monster that is about 3 meters tall even if he can’t read.

For a guy who drags around a bunch of henchmen, he’s quite strong, so I had to be on guard.

Because only he can see through this fog.

“Everyone, get it fixed first. Lenny and I will be on guard, so call us when the meal is ready. Lennie. Let’s go out.”

“Hmm, those guys are coming up…”

Lennie and I leaned on either side of the entrance to the temporary building I had built and observed our surroundings. You won’t be able to see anything, but unlike me, Lenny has a great sixth sense, so he will be able to notice guys approaching around him first.

“Lenny, is something bothering you?”

“Hmm, I don’t think there is anything in particular. “This area was thoroughly purified before setting up camp, so you won’t be able to access it for a while, right?”

All the monsters here were zombies or skeletons, so she was probably right. It was not a low-level priest, but the purification magic of Karina, who boasted the greatest divine power on the continent, so he would never have dared to come near this area.

“It’s harder to chase after kids than I thought.”

“I see.”

“When I’m only looking at Karina, I only have to worry about Karina, but should I say it’s crazy to look at all the kids? That’s what it feels like.”

It seemed that Lennie was not used to the situation of having to protect a large number of people.

“There is no need to look too carefully. “You can solve the problem on your own just by checking for signs around you.”

“Yeah… Right. But I guess it’s an occupational disease. “I’m so nervous thinking she’s an escort object.”

“Relax. I am there, right? If you’re having a hard time, tell me. I will listen to everything. “If possible, I will solve it.”

“Hey, you…Ugh. It’s okay. “I just hope you don’t go around saying things like that to anyone.”

What’s your reaction? I turned her head to look at Lennie, who could only see the back of her head, and then turned her head to look through her fog.

Just like that, silence drew a line between us.

“John, Lenny! “The food is ready.”

In a quieter voice than usual, Milia stuck her head out from her entrance and delivered good news.

Is it meal time?

“Lenny. Go in first and eat. “I will look out.”

“No, I will watch, so you go in first.”

“No, you…”

“Oh, if you want to go in, just go in.”

As Leni pushed me toward the entrance, I had no choice but to go inside the dorm.

“Johann, what about Leni?”

“They told me to eat first.”

“Ah…”

“I will eat and then go out to look out.”

“I’ll go out with you too.”

Will the next group be Louis and Sif? I lifted my spoon as I watched the two of them begin to quickly eat the stew.

Let’s get a taste of how much better it is this time.

“John!”

What’s going on? When Millia’s voice suddenly called me, she turned her head and saw the silver spoon I had bought. There was steaming liquid and large chunks of material floating in the concave part of the spoon.

“Ah~”

“I will eat on my own.”

“Ah~!”

Are you planning on not putting it down until I eat it? I sighed and bit down on my spoon.

“It’s definitely better than the Dragon’s Tomb.”

“Right?”

“Milia, your skills have improved a lot!”

“Okay, it’s seasoned well.”

Has Milia finally learned the concept of looking at the liver?

“I learned it from Ashley.”

“I hope to continue to learn diligently.”

Because I don’t want to eat stew that’s sweeter than candy again.

After such a friendly dinner, we decided to keep watch and took out our sleeping bags and lay down in the temporary camp.

“I have to be busy tomorrow, so sleep as comfortably as possible.”

“Yes.”

Milia, who was lying right next to me, nodded vigorously. I corrected Milia’s slightly crooked hair and adjusted her position to make it easier for her to sleep snugly.

“Hehe.”

“John…”

“What’s going on?”

“…No.”

Karina turned her head away from me with a complicated expression.

It looked like he had something to say.

…I don’t know.

I quietly closed my eyes and fell into sleep.