Chapter 137- Trauma (7)
Chapter 137- Trauma (7)
“I don’t know what else they’ll do. Let’s hurry!”
Trusting Serenian and his fellow tribesmen, Rondel sent the earwigs parasitized by parasitic bees as they were, and led an expedition team to move toward the entrance of the parasitic bee nest that he hurriedly identified.
Similar to the bridge near the portal, they crossed the wooden bridge that Choi Seon-wu made and installed in advance, and succeeded in reaching the entrance of the dungeon right away by crossing the land where not a single tree or blade of grass had yet grown.
“This is right. The closer you get, the stronger Magi gets.”
About 2cm in diameter. For the elves, a tunnel twice the size of a manhole cover. Even with their weapons drawn, they approached the place with nervous faces, and Pia personally confirmed that it was the right place.
However, the size was small to avoid the leaking energy. It was said that this was not the only hole.
“Rondel-sama, can you go in right now?”
“The Queen told me to just figure out where the entrance was, but didn’t she see the monsters that just got out of here? Maybe now is our chance, so we should go inside and do some exploration.”
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The original plan was to find out the location of this place and take a step back. However, Rondel changed his plan flexibly according to the changing circumstances. There would be a gap as much as the earwigs had escaped, so let’s use that.
Others didn’t object too much either. There was also Pia, who was able to demonstrate strong power, so they lowered the rope and began to approach the steeply sloped tunnel to explore the inside of the parasitic bee dungeon.
“Looks like an ordinary tunnel.”
“They figured out our access too.”
Rondel, who had left half of his troops on the ground and descended underground with the other half, gave a small sigh as he looked at the tunnel visible from the light Pia called out.
At the same time, Pia realized that her enemies had noticed their intrusion and warned everyone. The parasitic bees, who refuse light, have not been able to properly step out due to the interference of Changhyeon, who has arbitrarily violated the natural law of day and night, but this tunnel is a place where the light of the sky does not reach.
There is no way the parasitic bees, who must have been so excited about the cooperation of the sky and the elves, are missing this opportunity.
“They are coming!”
“All ready for battle! Line up, raise your shields!”
Soon, the myriad parasitic bees that filled the tunnel began to crawl and attack them at high speed. The elves, who had been fighting in the narrow passage, took their positions in unison and aimed their bows at each other to shoot arrows.
“Actually, we have an advantage if we fight like this.”
As Rondel was hit unilaterally by the barrage of arrows from the elves, he smiled faintly at the appearance of demon beast parasitic bees that could not pierce the solid shields and spears erected in the battle line.
Beast parasitic bees, who do not want to go outside in broad daylight, have attacked the elves who have invaded their nests, thinking it an opportunity, but in fact, the veteran elves selected for the expedition are accustomed to fighting the beasts in such a small space.
On the contrary, thanks to the narrow passage they made, the parasitic bees have one of their strengths, the ability to fly freely, sealed away. It was only like this that it was no different from when he was fighting the monster ants.
“But this aisle is not everything. Let’s keep going. The demon is getting stronger and stronger.”
Pia pierced the road by blowing away a large number of demonic parasitic bees that attacked from the front with a powerful gust of wind summoned by magic.
“You can’t just go through the aisles. Keep moving forward.”
Rondel also had no intention of stopping until he got the right information. The elves continued to enter the passageway, defeating the demonic parasitic bees that rushed in to punish them.
“That, that!”
“It’s as huge as the nest of fairy ants…!”
As a result, they arrived at the end of the passage, in a huge cavity.
A large-scale complex dungeon occupied by fairy ants in the past when they were enslaved by them. The parasitic bee’s nest was also a huge underground world made up of so many dungeons that Pia’s summoned light couldn’t even illuminate them all.
“Shaman! Now you must back off. Right now we can’t catch these many bastards alone! There is not enough light.”
Rondel was taken aback when he saw demonic parasitic bees infesting everywhere in a huge shopping mall-sized cavity. Unlike the narrow passage, the parasitic bees, who regained freedom of flight in the wide cavity, were surrounded in all directions to attack the elves tightly united in the dark.
“Ugh.”
“Oh my God, did you blow the poison needle now?”
Furthermore, ranged attacks were no longer exclusive to elves. A black poison needle as large and sharp as an arrow pierced the shield of the elf warrior holding the shield in fright and nicked the breastplate.
[Demonic Parasitic Bees Bombardment]
The existence of variants with extraordinary abilities, such as stealth and bombardment, was also a burden.
“Me, I know. Let’s run away now.”
Pia, who was double and triple protected by the elves holding a shield and shooting threatening shots, was looking around without resting her eyes.
In the lack of light, all you can see is a blurry silhouette.
However, there were only a few that emitted light by themselves in the dim darkness, and it was the glowstone lanterns that were emitting light from the floor as if they were artificially made.
The glowstone hanging on a pole that looks like it’s made of wood is absolutely not made by parasitic bees. Pia found a slightly special gateway different from the other passages on the wall nearby.
‘That’s it.’
In the chaotic situation, she instinctively sensed that the door was the gateway to the Demon Realm, which was spitting out demonic energy.
“They are coming. Retreat! Hurry!”
“You should come more prepared!”
And at that time, the elves, unable to take any more time, began to retreat the same way they came. Even as Pia was dragged by her back by her Hans, she couldn’t take her eyes off the gate.
“If what Pia-sama saw is true, maybe these demonic parasitic bees and orcs have a deeper relationship.”
“That. But obviously those monsters parasitize the bodies of the orcs…”
“You never know. If it’s those evil and terrible guys, they’re the ones who can throw even their own people as food. The ark is just different from the fraternal consciousness of the elves.”
On the way back, Hans heard Pia’s story and opened her mouth, clicking her tongue.
It was a hypothesis based on his strong hatred for orcs, but in fact, based on the information he’s gathered so far, his words aren’t that wrong.
***
“You know Kim Seok-hyun from Team 2, right? Today…he died.”
“I heard that you were seriously injured, but in the end…”
An office as usual. However, the atmosphere is a bit heavy.
This is because one of the company’s hunters, who was injured during the operation and transferred to the hospital, passed away this morning.
It wasn’t that rare. Injury and death, those who fight are always sweet things. I wonder if the word not to settle down to the hunters belonging to the company is going around openly.
“Since I will be the representative at the funeral, everyone just works. People like us do our best at work. You know everyone?”
As if we were used to it, the team leader urged us to settle down and do some work. However, this atmosphere is not so easy to capture. Even while the team leader was away, people trembled while talking about the deaths.
“What kind of monster did you say you were attacked by?”
“Dougwi. I heard they got hit with an axe… I heard that the lower part of the body was almost blown off.”
I can hear what my colleagues are saying, even if I don’t want to hear it. The identity of the monster that eventually led to the death of our company Hunter is a new type of monster called a doujin. They are presumed to be orcs.
Monsters who are servants of the Demon King and the main axis of the demon army, with strong bodies and cruel and tyrannical personalities.
It is still questionable whether it is real or not, but thinking that the nightmare of the Great War, which I had only heard about through elves like Serenian and Pia, appeared in reality, I can’t help but worry whenever it is mentioned like this.
The devil, the head of them, also searched, so why did he appear here now?
What bothered me the most was the fact that the story I had heard interestingly, which I had dismissed as a story from a completely different world, suddenly invaded even a small part of my reality.
“What’s up?”
“If you really intend to keep the promise you made last time, let’s meet today.”
The first call from Dongchun Kim was in the late afternoon right before work.
There is something I want to ask you, so I called to meet you today under the pretext of an appointment. I automatically frowned, but in order to continue working with him in the future, I too must pay the price.
In the end, I agreed to meet him and decided to see him near the company.