A few days after Crank left, the party members gathered to explore the dungeon looked down at Lulu wearing new clothes and were amazed.
“A crank?”
“I really couldn’t take care of this friend much. You are doing something useless.”
“But, thank you, my friend! You think of me like this! My love for humanity is burning hot!”
Lorna looked over at Lulu and nodded.
“It looks much nicer.”
“Now that it is in very good condition, it can be sold as used rather than scrap metal.”
Bob, who had been listening, was full of spirits.
“You, are you talking sanely? The core is rotten, so what’s the point of looking shiny on the outside?”
Kane grinned.
“That doesn’t matter. It is foolish to be deceived.”
“No, this guy! Do you know that words are sweet!”
The dwarf, whose eyes were reddened by comments that disregarded morals, clenched his fists and tried to correct the arrogant man’s habit, but Lorna, the leader of the party, intervened.
“Stop it. This quest is about exploring and subduing a newly discovered dungeon. Come on. Several adventurers besides us are taking on the challenge.”
“Oh! let’s go!”
The dungeon search team, consisting of 1 wizard and archer, 2 swordsmen, 1 axe, 1 priest, and 1 porter doll, set off vigorously.
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“Is the application deadline?”
“okay. It closed early because there were more applicants than expected.”
There was no problem until he returned to Argon, but it was difficult that the reception of the winter patrol in the village on the truce line was closed early.
The man at the guild reception looked up at the frowning young man and pointed at the bulletin board while scratching his head with a pen.
“The southern winter business trip has already departed, and the only thing left is farm work. Would you like to try this? I wish it was better than playing all winter.”
“I’ll do it.”
Crank came out of the guild with his backpack on his back, looking up at the blue winter sky.
How are you all doing?
Crank turned around.
“Shall we catch an inn?”
At the same time, adventurers were in danger in the newly discovered dungeon between the East and North.
Then Lulu shouted.
“Dangerous!”
“Aww?!”
Kane, whose legs were entwined by octopus-like tentacles protruding from the darkness of the dungeon, was dragged in. Lulu, who threw away her backpack, jumped in and brandished a hatchet.
puck! Flapping!?
Watching the octopus legs that had been cut off by the ax wriggling wildly, Cain, who exposed them, shouted.
“Lorna! rice! Peter! port! Where is everyone?!”
No answer came. Lost in the darkness, Kane suppressed his pounding heart and looked around. I don’t know how many hours it’s been since I came in. Up to the first floor was fine. It seemed like a leisurely walk to the point where I met a few other adventurers and started a war of nerves.
However, things started to go wrong right after I found the way down to the second basement floor and rushed into it.
In the darkness, the party people suddenly started disappearing one by one. Now, only Kane and Lulu are left.
“ha ha ha! raised… … !”
Cain, who took out his longsword and looked around, started laughing.
In general, in extreme environments, human nature is bound to be revealed, and there are people who go crazy with fear and anger or cause shock, but surprisingly, there were many people who laughed like Kane.
The light emitted from the light beads attached to the body illuminates all directions. I could see the well-trimmed walls and ceiling made of bricks.
I can’t even hear it because I’m nervous. Then, with a sudden thought, I looked down at Lulu.
“Lulu! Can’t you hear it too?”
“That’s right. However, the performance of the sensory organs is comparable to that of humans to prevent overload.”
“Keuuugh!”
When I was at the mansion, I was bored, so I read a lot of books. It contained expert knowledge, including introductions to automatons, which Kane already knew.
Am I too upset right now? Is human fear such as to confound the memory?
Eventually he made a tough decision.
“Let’s go out at once. Go up to the first floor, gather the adventurers, and organize a rescue team. We have to save everyone.”
“It is a wise decision.”
Lulu, who was holding out her hatchet toward the darkness in front of her, stepped back and answered. Cain, who was holding a longsword, also stepped back. I tried to retrace my memory and go back the way I came, but I just wandered through the maze and went back to where I came from.
“hahahahaha! amazing! Well done!”
puck-!
Kane, who hit the wall with his fist, began to laugh, probably going mad with fear. When Lulu looked back worriedly, Kane covered his face with his palm and smiled before raising his head.
“Chit! is this the end of me I wanted to play more.”
Kane, who stroked Lulu’s head while wearing a hat, said.
“Is this a punishment to take down the automaton that supported you? If you get out alive, I’ll fix you up and use you again. So please spare my comrades.”
Lulu just looked up at the owner, who was driven into an extreme environment and said nonsense that she wouldn’t normally do.
And Kane looked down at Lulu and added a word.
“that’s right. And never go back to the mansion. Even if I die, I must be buried in the early night. They say no news is good news.”
Lulu didn’t answer either. There was a fear that if he answered, his death would be confirmed.
… … aaagh!
An audible scream, Kane and Lulu’s faces changed in an instant. Cain, holding a longsword, started running.
“Someone else is in danger besides us! Let’s save it!”
“Save people.”
Humans and automatons with the seed of the warrior began to run through the maze in the dark.
The sound gets louder as you run. Soon, in a large room, they found a group of people. Kane’s face brightened, then reddened with anger.
“Lorna! rice!”
At the appearance of a new cheering group, the people gathered in the room turned their heads in delight. It was Lorna the elf and Bob the dwarf. And there were several parties of adventurers I didn’t know.
“Are you here now!”
“Kane!”
In front of them, a spider-like monster full of tentacles grabbed the bodies of the captive adventurers and confronted them. Among them were Peter and Pot, who had lost their minds.
“you! this… … ! Evil mage!”
The mage who turned her body into a monster replied with a boiling sound.
“Kkeurreuk! you, you… … My, my sacrifice!”
Chow ah! Chew!
Dozens of tentacles fly out. Kane and Bob stood guard over Lorna and slashed it, while Lulu stepped forward with the remaining adventurers and dealt with the tentacles. When the other adventurers tore the scroll and got no response, he shouted.
“The magic doesn’t work! We must escape!”
“how! I can’t move forward unless I defeat that bastard!”
Bob exclaimed, holding hatchets in both hands.
“This is why scrolling is not allowed! I should have brought my gun!”
“Why didn’t you bring it!”
Can-can! Kang!
Beside Cain wielding his longsword, Bob, who swung an ax and cut off the tentacles coiling around his leg, raised a ferocious face.
“Ask that nasty elf! It was banned as an export prohibited item!”
“I didn’t decide!”
Tung Tung!
“Aagh!”
As the flying arrow pierced the tentacle monster’s chest, it let out a scream. The characteristics of an elf entering adulthood will be its canine teeth that suddenly sprout one day, along with an outgoing tendency to go out. Lorna exclaimed after revealing it.
“The arrow is stuck! physics! We need overwhelming physical attacks!”
The big elf’s eyes caught an automatic crossbow among the junk piled up in the corner of the room. Lorna, her mouth wide open, pointed at it with her finger and shouted.
“Automatic crossbow! Get that automatic crossbow! Lulu!”
Lulu, who turned her head, also saw it. As I run, the tentacles fly away.
“Ugh, stupid… … ! just… You’re going to send it, don’t you think?!”
Charleuk! bang-!
Lulu, with tentacles hanging from her legs, jumped up and fell to the ground.
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Giggiggigig-!
Ruru, who stood up with a rattle, tried to swing the ax in her hand, but the tentacles slashed once more.
Cheeky!
“Lulu!”
Lulu’s body, unable to withstand the shock, did not move anymore.
The screams and angry voices of the discouraged adventurers seem to be getting farther and farther away.
After dozens of hours… … .
Lulu, who had been thrown into the clutter in the room, opened her eyes. The angle of motion of the arms and legs was messed up. The right leg doesn’t even move at all.
click click… clap… … !
The lighting in the room was the same. I looked up and saw the spider monster on the wall lying on the floor.
Originally, this couldn’t be the case, but Lulu’s magic engine made me feel relieved.
And quickly looked around.
What about the owners?
Lulu got up, but her legs didn’t listen, so she fell forward again. Before finding the owners, repairing the body was an urgent priority. Remembering Crank’s routine of tying things together and fixing them, Lulu took a bone from a suitable person from the junk and tied it to her leg with a leather strap.
The right hip joint was intact, so I was able to stand up with a balance.
Lulu started limping around the room and inspected the bodies of the fallen adventurers. And I was very disappointed.
Dwarf Bob was stabbed in the chest by a sword with tentacles wrapped around his chest, and Peter and Port were also crushed to death.
Who is the owner?
where is the master
Lulu, who had been looking around the wide room with her small head looking around, held hope. Owner Kane and the elf Rona were nowhere to be seen. Will the two of them survive?
thank god.
Feeling relieved, Lulu was about to leave the room to escape, but suddenly looked back. The bodies of the dead adventurers are lying haphazardly.
Everyone, even adventurers, has a family waiting for them. It is also important to announce the death.
I remembered Dwarf Bob’s words when he was trying to catch a deceased adventurer one day. He also died in the end
Lulu looked around now.
He tried to find a human to give orders to, but no one lived here. After hesitating for a long time, Lulu finally decided to give the order herself.
“The situation is difficult, and we cannot take everyone out with this body right now. You can’t even share it with that. Not sure if I will be able to visit this place again.”
Lulu raised a hatchet.
“But ‘I’ want to give you back to your family. I want to announce your death.”
At that moment, I remembered Kane’s words.
No news is good news,
rattle!
A logical clash occurred. Ruru, who was shaking with a cracked face and the ax in her hand, immediately lowered her head.
“The master said. Save my friends, I can’t go back to the mansion. No news is good news.”
Lulu brandished her axe.
puck!
In an instant, Bob’s head fell off. Something resembling madness began to dwell in Lulu’s eyes.
“The good news is partially applied to the master who decided not to return to the mansion, and the rest must go back. Home, to the waiting family.”
puck puck!
After cutting off everyone’s heads, Lulu carefully wrapped them in cloth and put them in a large bag along with the adventurer’s identification tag. And all the remaining bodies were neatly gathered in a corner of the room.
8 pitches in all.
In addition, there were many corpses that were only bones or decayed, but Lulu gave an order to promise herself an uncertain future by only taking care of the people who had passed away this time.
“If I have a chance someday, I will definitely come back and take care of you all.”
Ruru, carrying her bag, turned around like that. Automatons can be seen at night, but dungeons with no light are a bit different. So, I brought a light bead and attached it to my body and started wandering through the maze.
Sometimes I marked the wall and drew a long line with the knife I brought, and after wandering for dozens of hours, I accidentally found the body of a fallen adventurer.
But that outfit is familiar.
Lulu stopped as she approached and looked down at the face of the person lying neatly with her longsword on her chest.
Rumble!
It was Kane.
There was blood on the floor as if something had hit him in the stomach. It seems that someone straightened his body and collected his belongings, seeing as the posture he corrected and the ring and necklace disappeared.
Considering many factors, it is certain that he, too, has ceased life activity.
A voice flowed from Lulu’s face as she stood like a stone statue and looked down at that comfortable face.
“How is it? Were you satisfied with your adventure?”