135 – bottom
“Hmm… You don’t know where the road is?”
“As he said, it must have been a passage, not a trap.”
Tail’s group was moving inward, destroying the organs on all sides of the cave.
“Do you feel Aren’s gift?”
At Tail’s question, Einhart used future poetry and shook his head.
“Not at all, it seems to be farther away than I thought.”
“hahahaha, I don’t know why he always causes trouble.”
“You must be bored to stay still. Well, is there any need to worry so much? I think it would be faster for Aren to get out of the dungeon by himself than to leave the dungeon by ourselves?”
“What are you worried about…”
Tail reacted indifferently and asked Mai.
“What’s the signal?”
“Nothing is detected. At least no one has passed on the road we’ve been on yet.”
“… I guess I’ll have to make a decision soon.”
Tails frowned and said.
“Go into the institution.”
“Hmm… that’s how it should be, right?”
I’ve been wandering the dungeon for hours, but I haven’t even found Aren’s shadow yet.
Rather than continuing to waste time in this way, it would be quicker to reunite by entering the road in the same way as Aren.
“But we can’t all go down, so Mai stays here just in case, and only a few knights go down to the institution.”
At Tail’s words, Lucy stepped forward.
“I’ll go too.”
“… From here.”
“no.”
“…then next.”
Tail immediately turned his head, and Einhart, who was watching him, began to chuckle.
“Ohh~ There are so many people, but I’m jealous~ I’m jealous~”
“…You look a lot like Aren.”
When Tail glared at him as if he didn’t like it, Einheart smiled.
“What? I just said that I’m jealous that you two look so good together. Miss Lucy? Are you happy?”
“Ah, that…”
As Lucy blushes and panics, Tail’s expression turns ferocious.
“Don’t mess around and follow me quietly. I’m going down to the institution.”
“Yes, yes, I’ll be scolded if you don’t follow me.”
Einhart calmly passed it over and approached the organ.
Seeing this, Taylor’s expression became strange.
‘They really look alike.’
That pouting feeling is the same as that of Aren.
***
Pang pang pang pang pang pang pang!!!
Pot-pot-pot-pot-pot-pot-pot-pot!!!
New models of the two men rain like flashes.
“Papa, quick…”
“……”
Gray’s gaze moves back and forth to pursue the two men’s new forms.
However, the movement of the two men was not at a level that he could not follow with his eyesight.
“Hey, Chris, can you see me?”
“Yeah, a little.”
“Profit… No, this is not the time.”
Gray came to his senses and told Chris.
“Let’s run away. We can run away now.”
“No, you can’t run away.”
“Why? When the prince is focusing on that guy named Aren…”
“I’m tired.”
As soon as Chris finished speaking, Aren stopped moving.
Knock!
“Huh! Heh! Heh! Heh! Heh!”
“Whoa, whoa, what are you? You’re an expert, right?”
“Heo Eok! Heo Eok! Heo Eok!”
Aren couldn’t answer Bali’s words and frantically caught his breath.
‘Lord, I think I’m going to die…’
I even used the limit break as part of it to escape, but that monster stopped my movement until the end.
Aren was lost in thought with a mixed feeling.
‘…… No matter how much I think about it, I can’t run away?’
no method.
It would be nice if Tail and the others appeared at this moment, but there was no way the world would go around that easily.
“Heo-euk! Heo-euk! In moderation, hee-euk! Will you follow me? Hu-wook, do you have something to do with me?”
“What to do? You can do that too.”
Whirik Whirik
Vali said, spinning her sword.
“I’m debating whether it’s better to kill you right here.”
“Whoop whoop whoop, bullying the weak, whatever the older brother or younger brother don’t like is all the same.”
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Aren partly pretended to be strong and raised his sword.
‘Oh, really what? I ran out of mana…’
I moved so hard that my whole body was shaking.
Looking at Aren like that, Bali began to think seriously.
‘It’s too bad…’
not worth killing
Since he witnessed himself in this place, he had to kill Aren as well as two people who seemed to be mercenaries, but all three were quite talented to kill hastily.
“… Aren Deepus.”
“Whoa, why?”
“How did you get here?”
Aren snorted and opened his mouth.
“Tell me…”
“If you don’t talk, I will kill you.”
“It’s my ability.”
“… kick.”
Vali laughed briefly, then nodded as if to continue talking.
“…my ability is the ability to see the currents of the world and to manipulate them.”
Aren explained about his gift, and Bali’s eyes lit up as he listened to the story.
“Oh, you mean you can interfere with the barriers of this dungeon?”
“Is it useful? Do you want to have it?”
“Puha! hehehe.”
Bali burst into laughter as if Aren’s words were funny, but Aren was really desperate right now.
‘Vali will kill me if it decides I’m useless.’
Oddly enough, Vali hadn’t swung his sword yet.
‘There must be something you want from me.’
As long as Bali entered the dungeon alone, this fact would probably be a secret to Gia Raid as well.
And knowing this fact, he must have been an unwelcome existence to Vali, but to worry about not killing him means that he has something he wants.
‘Ah, I wasn’t coming after all!’
I’m going to go back with regret.
Aren imagined dumping Einhart and Teil in his head for a moment before opening his mouth again.
“Let’s make a deal.”
“hehehe, a deal?”
“Save me.”
“Then what can I get?”
“What do you want?”
Aren asked the opposite question.
To be honest, this is only the second time I’ve met Bali and there’s no way Aren knows what he wants.
“Did you hear about my ability and be interested in it? Are there any artifacts you want to touch?”
“Hmm…”
Vali looked at Aren in silence for a moment.
As he said, it is because Bali wants something from Aren.
“……”
“……”
‘What are you thinking about going away?’
Quite a bit of time had passed, but Bali was still staring at Aren Bay without moving.
While I was thinking about whether I should talk to you first with my anxious mind, Vali said.
“Be my subordinate.”
“…… Load?”
“okay.”
“I’m an Iggent noble?”
“If you refuse, you must die.”
“……”
Aren raised his sword again.
sniff
“Is it rejected?”
“Men have pride. If you say it that way, you have to resist even if you don’t like it, right?”
I admit that my self-esteem is on the low side, but I didn’t want to be someone’s subordinate in this way.
‘Should I bluff?’
Tristan-type Five Fighting God Reign
“Sueeuuu.”
Take a breath and take a step.
Wow!
“…!?”
“What, what?”
Kwajijijijijik!
As Aren moved, the entire cave cracked and the ground began to shake as if an earthquake had occurred.
Seeing this, Valli’s face hardened severely.
“……”
sniff
“Don’t move!”
Shout out and take another step.
Wow! Kwajijijijijik!
As Bali tried to move, Aren stomped on the ground with such force that the cave collapsed.
“… hahahaha… I underestimated it…”
When the situation reached this point, Vali also broke into a cold sweat and immediately inserted the sword.
No matter how he did it, he would be crushed to death if the cave collapsed.
“Okay, I won’t mess with you anymore, so stop destroying it.”
“Sueuuu”
When Aren met his gaze without loosening his clothes, Bali took a few steps back, showing no will to fight.
“Oh… I never thought there would be such a technique. It’s pretty good.”
“Let’s break up here. I’ll quietly leave the dungeon, so let’s finish this job here. Okay?”
“Hmm, well…”
Vali looked away for a moment and looked at Chris and Gray.
Startle
“Grey, be alert.”
“I know.”
At Vali’s gaze, Chris and Gray immediately raised their auras and grabbed their swords.
Bali watched them carefully.
‘…they have to be killed here.’
You must not find out that you have entered this dungeon.
However, it was not easy to move now because Aren was glaring with his eyes wide open.
“Oh, those people are not my colleagues, so do as you like.”
“Puha!”
At Aren’s words, Bali burst into laughter once again.
Of course, I was crying with Chris and Gray.
“What a bad thing!”
“Doesn’t a person have a heart!”
“You’re laughing! You brandished a knife at me first! You left a trace and ran into that bastard! It’s all because of you!”
“Ha ha ha ha ha ha!”
At their conversation, Bali laughed for a long time as if it was really funny.
And then suddenly…
“hehehehe, hey, there are two mercenaries.”
“… What is it?”
“Are you thinking of becoming my subordinate?”
“Load?”
While Chris and Gray were taken aback by the sudden offer, Valli continued.
“If you’re talented like you, I don’t want to kill you either. Become my subordinate. Then I’ll save you.”
“I refuse.”
Chris replied coldly.
“For that reason, I don’t intend to serve anyone. And I don’t want to serve crazy royalty like Giaraid.”
“It’s a lot different depending on today.”
Bali looked at Aren again and said.
“Shouldn’t you stop using that technique for now? The cave looks dangerous.”
“If you disappear, I will release the technology.”
“Put some distance, and let’s talk.”
“talk?”
Bali began to distance himself from Aren as if showing off.
When he was barely visible in the darkness of the cave, Vali stopped and asked to speak again.
“At this rate, you can run away at your speed, right?”
“Sueuuu”
Aren slowly released his technique and glared in the direction of Bali.
‘Fortunately, I can see everything along the coast.’
Other people may not be able to see the shape of Bali, but Aren was seeing it properly.
“If I act nonsense, I’ll jump out right away?”
“Ah, can you hear your voice?”
“Okay, what do you want to say?”
At Aren’s words, Bali paused for a moment before asking.
“Aren Deepus, how much do you know about the Gia Raid?”
“What do you mean?”
“You seem friendly with Britannia royalty, have you heard anything?”
“……”
Hearing that, something came to mind.
(The giareid empire has a weakness.)
(Weakness?)
(I don’t know the exact identity, but they say something lives at the bottom of the imperial palace.)
A conversation I had with Milia the other day.
But I couldn’t say I knew this information.
‘If this information is truly a Kia Reid’s weakness, then I’ll become the target of the Kia Reid’s slaughter.’
Aren swallowed dry saliva and opened his mouth.
“I don’t know what you mean? All I know is that the Emperor Istal visited this dungeon.”
“Hmm, then do you know anything about this dungeon?”
“No, I thought it was a grand mage’s dungeon, but when I went in, it wasn’t.”
“okay.”
Vali nodded and said.
“This dungeon… No, this is not a dungeon.”
“Then what is this place?”
“I don’t know what to call it… Right, first of all, those who created this dungeon are dwarves.”
“A dwarf?”
“okay.”
Aren was immediately convinced.
Certainly, when looking at institutions of this size, the touch of the Dwarves could be felt.
Bali said.
“My guess is that this place probably wasn’t a mine.”
“Mine? No, that’s not it.”
“Why not?”
“If it’s a mine, it must have left some traces. Didn’t find anything on the way here?”
“Well, that’s not important.”
“Oh, is that so? So what do you want to say?”
When Aren said, feeling frustrated, Vali replied.
“Didn’t I say that the person who created the barrier in this dungeon was the Great Mage?”
“Ah, because I canceled the barrier myself. I can understand that much.”
“no.”
“huh?”
When Vali made the assertion, Aren tilted his head.
“How can you say so? I myself…”
“I admit that it is a barrier at the level of the great mage, but this barrier was not created by the great mage, but by the one who sleeps at the bottom.”
“Sleeping on the floor…?”
At Bali’s words, Aren had a bad feeling about something.
“… The guy sleeping at the bottom made a barrier?”
“okay.”
“…Are you rich?”
“no.”
slowly getting annoyed
“Then who is it? Stop dragging…”
“It’s a dragon.”
“……???”
Dragon?