NOVEL WEB E3 Chapter 13 : Dead End
E3 Chapter 13
: Dead End
[Claude POV]
The terrain here isn’t good...
As expected, I’ve arrived here again, huh...
As I tread the path, I can see the light of the monsters’ eyes. They eerily targeted me from the darkness.
While I treaded the path carefully, I couldn’t push away my nostalgic feelings.
The fear and dread sought out my soul and the coldness of the interior of the dungeon.
Yes...
I once again arrived at the dungeon where I died...
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That day, the light of teleportation appeared so suddenly.
While it feels like forever, things happen in an instant.
That light teleported everyone covered by the light and left nothing in its path.
I can feel my body being disintegrated by the light. I also see the bodies of my parents being decomposed by the light.
I hope they’re safe.
Once I awoke, I arrived at the dungeon again.
The place where my memory of the future ended horribly.
Until now, I never knew the name of this dungeon since there’s no future where I am out of this place.
However, Mushoku Tensei’s story tells me more about the outside world.
Since I already know what will happen in the future, I’d be the only one who dies here, as the others will either be in the wilderness or on another continent or kingdom.
There’s also Zenith, who is stuck inside the mana stalactite.
Sigh..
I can only be grateful for my fast-learning ability.
As I move forward, the monster will continue to attack me.
Dragging the weapon box I created before, I slowly move forward, leaving a trail of monster blood in my surroundings.
A weapon box is an item I create to store all the weapons I’ve made, along with the whetstone, anvil, and hammer, within a single space.
since my storage space can’t really hold that many things inside. I only have the necessary condiments and materials procured inside. Although I could make the size of the weapon box smaller, the weight was still the same.
This box of 3x5 meters isn’t really a box, but more like a coffin. I'm weighing more than 1 ton and it’s making my movement slower.
However, what can I say?
It’s not like I can drop it here and leave it since I am surrounded by monsters in all directions.
As expected, my body can put up with dragging a thousand and something kg of weight while swinging my swords.
I sat atop the weapon box and stared toward the stairs.
I don’t know why the heck these stairs headed downwards, but from what my memory entails about this dungeon. I can already deduce that there’s something weird about a dungeon by itself.
The memory of the Dungeon in Mushoku Tensei is a cr*p.
There’s almost none.
I can only count on Zenith Rescue when you talk about a dungeon in Mushoku Tensei.
While it was a big question mark,
From the book I read,
A dungeon is nature’s creation, a god’s will.
Something that’s outside of human intellect.
Several artifacts can only be obtained from a dungeon, a powerful artifact that enables one to protect or destroy a country or two.
Garr.
Slash.
Ping!
Boom!
Once I rest well enough, I again move forward and dissect a monster.
I’m so stupid that I didn’t include food and water inside my weapon box, so I drank monster blood and ate monster meat to satisfy my thirst and hunger.
They taste bad!
Ugh...
If only I had a good source of water...
It’s been 3 days since I arrived here. The trail of the weapon box got thinner as it passed one floor after another.
As the weapon box got lighter, a weapon would break without repair, and I could only throw it away.
It’s only later that I realize I can create water from magic and drink from it, then make a fire to cook the monster’s meat.
I am so stupid...
It took me 7 days to realize this, during which time my stomach ached horribly.
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[Mike POV]
"it’s already been a month, and you said that we’ve yet to find all the Buena Villagers and our Merchant group?"
"Y, yes..."
"Sigh... I was already expecting this, but I'm counting on it. "
"We’ve found about 70% of the Buena Villagers and 40% of our group."
"With more than 10% casualties, huh... sigh... Even with all that preparation, we can still not save them all. So be it. Continue the search. The tracking monitor should be used more..."
It took a while for me to gather my wits. Even with Paul and the help of the others, we can’t complete our search.
It’s thanks to Claude’s training that more children can be saved. But, even so, there are still those being captured by the slavers.
Until this day, Claude’s whereabouts are still unknown.
The casualties of this tragedy can’t be counted. The Roa Region suddenly vanished in the blink of an eye. While the world was in utter chaos, the Kingdom searched for a scapegoat.
Thus, Sauros Boreas Greyrat becomes the person to kill.
He was still missing, though, so they put the execution on hold until he was found.
"UNTIL WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO LOCK ME IN HERE?"
Ugh, sh*t, that old man sure is noisy.
"Can you shut up, old man?"
"JUST RELEASE ME ALREADY! YOU’RE THINKING BACKWARD! YOU INGRATE"
Should I just let this old guy be executed? I mean, can we even save him from being executed in the first place?
I don’t know what Claude thinks to save him in the first place. It’s not like he had any thought about keeping this old man.
A scapegoat was ineffective on this occasion, but there’s a need for one.
I won’t deny that.
But, based on what I've learned, the Boreas side of the Greyrat family was miles better than the Notos family. Not everyone is terrible, though.
Sigh..
What kind of trouble am I in?
Noble worlds are something I don’t like. Counting money is the best way. I just need to stay away from politics.
"Just cover his mouth with something. He’s too loud, for god's sake. "
"MMPH! MMPH!"
"Sigh... If possible, continue your search.Attempt to retrieve more tracking monitors from our deceased comrade..."
"Yes, sir!"
Since when was my merchant group filled with ninjas? Uh-oh, Claude... You better be back as soon as possible... I can’t deal with all this sh*t alone.
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[N POV]
while the other was busy thinking of a way to save the other. Rudeus, right now, was thinking of how to enter the city safely without endangering his party.
"Ruijerd’s hair was strikingly hated by the others, huh." Rudeus mumbles.
"Sorry."
"Nah, there’s nothing to be sorry about. Eris! Stop playing around. You’ll get missed if you’re playing too far! "
"I’m not a kid! "D*mn you, Rudeus! "
He already thought of using a dye, and it succeeded, so it means that the hair color is the thing that made the curse play in the other's mind.
It’s the same with Eris in the first meeting.
Just the sight of his green hair makes Eris pee herself in fear.
There’s also the fact that his notorious name from the war 400 years ago is still told in tales. There's also the truth of his strength that others feared.
"Even though Ruijerd is this kind, how could they hate him?"
"Said the one shaking in fear when she found him for a while."
"Hmph!" Smacking Rudeus in the head, Eris then throws her head away. She then looks around to see that Ruijerd has shaved his head clean.
"Whoa! That’s also another way to deal with your curse, huh! "
"... is it alright? Ruijerd"
"This is nothing. We can easily head out to the city with this, right? "
"Indeed, it’d be easier for us to enter the city and live as adventurers."
"Okay, let’s move and go back to Roa!"
"Chill, Eris."
It’s been a while since they met with Ruijerd, the Superdian with a spear in his hand.
It’s been known that the Superdian is the nightmare of the children. They are an entity feared by the people because of their past conduct in the Laplace war.
Although Rudeus had already known about the green-haired demon that feasted on a child, he didn’t really believe them since it was just a fairy tale told to children.
However, despite his full understanding of his own capabilities, he already realizes that he cannot survive on his own in this Demon continent.
Well, as Rudeus are pretty dumb. Rudeus received a prophetic dream from someone who called himself a Hitogami and told him to trust the person he would meet as soon as he awoke.
He didn’t really trust the one called Hitogami. He eyed Ruijerd with wariness while judging the person himself.
Later, he trusts the person completely after learning about his past.
As the last of his race, Ruijerd bears the people's enmity.
He’s also becoming Rudeus and Eris's teacher while following them to take the children back to the Fittoa region because of their fear of a Superdian.
No one wants to receive him in the city. They were even barred from entry.
Dealing with it takes some time, but in the end, they succeed.
As he continued his journey, all his thoughts were filled with bringing Eris back. He was burdened by this goal so much that he stopped thinking altogether.
Rudeus was shortsighted.
In the month he traveled with Ruijerd and Eris, he never had the time to think more about the teleportation incident.
The tragedy leaves an innumerable number of casualties in the Fittoa Region, Asura Kingdom.
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[Edited 26/06/2022]
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