Unsold Slaves Returned as Heroes

9. Let’s do it ourselves

“Brother, you are home!”

“Oh, was everything okay?”

“Yes. Wash your hands and come, dinner is ready.”

“Meat.”

When I returned from work, Yellow, Black, and White had prepared meals.

Even if it takes some time to go back and forth, I am relieved that I still have a home to return to. Most of all, I like the warmth that permeates when I open the front door.

All three of them were so diligent that the house was always clean and the water never ran out.

On the other hand, the outside has been completely hidden by weaving grass like an outpost bunker.

As expected, it should be said that he instinctively knows how to fight, but he is meticulous.

“How does it taste? The two of you prepared together.”

Blackie asked. Looking back at Hayang, he was hesitant.

He nodded lightly and smiled shyly. Black is also a satisfied expression.

“My cooking skill improved quickly. The seasoning for the meat is flavorful, and the sous-vide-style cooking is just right.”

“I got the meat.”

The yellow guy puffed up his cheeks and boasted about his achievements.

My sword skills are improving day by day, and I have already surpassed the level I teach.

“Can I ask for dinner tonight?”

“Ah, me too if you like.”

I decided to spend time with Black and White at night. The two want to read more books, so they are teaching letters.

The seasons changed four times even after living with three yellow, black, and white people.

All three must have been deficient in nutrients during their enslavement. As much as it wasn’t big at the time, it’s growing steadily.

In the meantime, I have continued my activities as a dungeon peddler. Rather, the income is much better than when I was working as an adventurer, so I am seriously thinking about changing jobs here.

Thanks to the active trade, the merchant job level will soon rise to 3. The skills of the slave trader are also linked and released, so the contract can be canceled.

There was an incident.

The three yellow, black, and white secretly registered as adventurers in the guild and were doing activities.

It was a very dangerous action, so I was scolded a lot at first, but when I checked my skills, they were already on a higher level than me.

Now, he has already become a C-class adventurer and has been solving all sorts of requests.

Who are these guys?

Who will teach whom?

Instead, he brought me an artifact to call me in case of an emergency.

“Today ends here. Do you have any questions?”

“There are so many characters I still don’t know. So, when can I read this book?”

Black grumbled and showed her a thick old book where she got it. It was an advanced magic book that I could not understand at all.

“Well, the magic book should go to the Mage Tower.”

“Are there many people who are good at magic in the Mage Tower?”

“A lot. All the archmages are there.”

“Hmm.”

Black pushed the chair and stood up.

“I want to stop now and wash. Yuri, would you like to come in with me?”

“Oh, good. That, before that….”

Hayang took out a crumpled piece of paper from behind the exercise book he was studying in and handed it to me.

“What is this?”

“I wrote a letter to my older brother… I do. Were you in a bad mood?”

“No. Go.”

After the children have grown a bit, they don’t wash themselves like before.

In the letter I received from Hayang, there was a thank you note in crooked handwriting.

I laughed involuntarily.

I don’t know what Hayang is thankful for, but it must be proof that at least she doesn’t hold any hostility or hatred towards me.

At first I brought them half fear, half sympathy, but now the satisfaction of having someone to welcome them back to is much greater.

Of course, that doesn’t mean I can’t take these three with me for the rest of my life. Compared to me, a mere slave trader, they have so many possibilities.

It would be a bit sad if history went the way it was and they ended up becoming the demon army, but it’s also true that I don’t have the ability to change that.

So do what you can.

The first thing to do is to free these three from slavery.

***

“All forces, halt!”

The soldiers all stopped walking at the command of the knight commander.

In front of them in a dense forest, the entrance to the dungeon, which looked like a grand ruin, opened its black mouth to welcome victims.

“What is it?”

“That flag… The Imperial Capital Knights?”

“What happened to this corner of the country?”

The adventurers who were camped near the dungeon saw them and became agitated.

The knight commander unfolded the rolled up parchment and checked the contents.

“This must be it.”

“Yes. Reportedly, it was a dungeon that had been explored up to the 5th floor.”

“But then a passage to the 6th floor appeared.”

At the word 6th floor, a strange atmosphere began to circulate even among the adventurers.

“This dungeon wasn’t 5 stories high?”

“Have we been exploring dangerous places like this before? Oh my god.”

Elend is an area with relatively many novice adventurers. A newcomer who did not understand the situation asked a senior party member.

“What is the 6th floor like?”

“You followed me around the dungeon without any common sense. Most dungeons end on the 5th floor. That’s enough to subdue B-class adventurers.”

“From the 6th floor down, the mana is thick and the monsters suddenly become stronger. Just like now, we need the Imperial Capital Knights and A-class or higher adventurers.”

“Usually, when a dungeon was first discovered, it was measured with artifacts, but it seems there was an error.”

The commander of the knights folded the order and took command of the unit.

“From now on, the main unit will enter the 6th floor of the dungeon! Get ready for battle!”

A loud roar echoed through the forest. Thirty or so knights, armed with high-quality armor, began to enter the dark strange stomach in line.

***

“Ha!”

Quang!

With a thrilling sound, the large golems shattered and exploded.

Ha Yang shook off his big fist and let out a pleasant breath.

“It feels good. But don’t overdo it, Yuri.”

Black said while skillfully drawing a magic circle.

“Thank you for your concern. Still, this style seems to suit me best.”

“A monk, was it?”

“Yes. It was written in Eastern books that true healing is to remove the source of a wound. Come to think of it, isn’t that perfectly correct?”

“It makes sense.”

Standing in the avant-garde, the yellow man swung his sword and affirmed.

Around Elend, where beginner adventurers usually gather, there were no monsters that could compete with the three of them anymore.

It’s been a long time since the three of them only explored dungeons.

The most convenient thing in the dungeon was that there was no effort to search because stronger monsters appeared as you went down.

“The next step.”

“What floor is it now?”

“The 10th floor.”

“It’s a commemorative number. Let’s go.”

“You want to go down? It was late, and my older brother told me to be careful as dungeons are always dangerous.”

White was scared, but Black and Yellow were intoxicated with the excitement of the adventure.

“How are you? You haven’t had any problems so far. Let’s just look around and go back.”

“Agree. Curious.”

After seeing the two twinkling eyes, Hayang eventually followed.

Three people going down to the 10th floor.

Until now, dungeons had a maze-like structure with winding roads and one stairway going up and one downstairs somewhere.

However, the length of the floors gradually got shorter as you went down, so you could tell that the end was approaching, but those with little experience didn’t expect that.

Compared to the 1st and 2nd floors, which are wider than the average academy grounds, the distance traveled on the 9th floor was less than 100 meters.

And the 10th floor.

“Is this the end?”

One room was all.

“Let’s go back.”

Yellow, who had the best sense, felt an uneasy intuition and immediately turned his body.

But.

“—Heek.”

Ha-yang let out a short moan in fear without realizing it.

The stairs they descended.

The place, the only way out to the ground, was already blocked by a monster of a different type, and its sharp teeth were thrusting out its prey with an attitude that it would not miss it.

“Yuri!”

Blackie reacted immediately and fired magic. The monster’s teeth grabbed Hayang’s arm and tore it off, crashing into it in an instant.

It’s white that reacts instantly with an animal sense, but that one was faster. Flesh and blood flew through the air.

Flame!

The monster lightly shook off the fierce flames of the black man. As their vision brightened, the three of them could see what it was.

A huge lion-like body, densely packed wolf teeth in its two mouths, densely packed hair and fur are snakes with deadly venom.

“Chimera… !”

It was a disaster-level monster that said that a city would be wiped out in one night if one appeared.

Geomjeongi had a clear memory of reading this book while learning letters.

“Yuri!”

Yellow stepped in front of White and slashed the monster’s claws with his sword. The black guy, who had been accustomed to putting together so far, immediately stepped in.

“Yuri, are you okay?”

“hahahaha, hehehe…” . I can still do first aid. Tia. That monster is really strong… ?”

Black nodded slowly. Then he pulled out the necklace from her bosom and held it.

It was an expensive artifact that Wicker gave them to call in case of an emergency.

‘Yuri is in danger because of me. I have to get out of here first!’

White blocked black’s hand. Hayang shook his head.

“My older brother will be very worried.”

“But.”

Chaeeng!

The yellow guy helped the chimera by exchanging sums.

“Let’s do it ourselves.”

There was something in those eyes.

“I got as much as I deserved from the man.”

Black also nodded her head.

The three each held their weapons firmly.