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“Hwiyu, you really are relentless.”
The moment Arachne’s head fell to the floor.
Orhel stuck out her tongue.
At the same time, Grendel and Aphelia, who were tied up in Arachne’s web, shook their butts and stood up.
Grendel showed a sad expression.
“You think it’s over before you even try?”
Aphelia smiled and replied.
“Wasn’t it comfortable thanks to you?”
I feel the coolness inside.
Iman picked up the sword.
In the meantime, I noticed that the people who entered the cave first came back.
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Judging by their behavior, it didn’t seem like there was a particularly additional battle.
But……
Their expressions, apart from that, were not very bright.
Even though he saw Orachne dead.
I narrowed my brows and asked Diaz.
“What’s going on?”
Diaz studied Aphelia’s face for a moment.
He immediately looked at me and opened his mouth.
“Rohan-sama, I think you should take a look inside yourself.”
I sensed something out of the ordinary in her way of speaking.
He nodded slowly.
“……That’s right.”
That’s how we followed the advance party and set foot into the deepest part of Goulun Cave.
* * *
As we went inside, the expressions of the latecomers, including myself, became colder.
It was because the gruesome scene that was no different from hell began to be revealed more and more.
Under the small light of the torch, the sight that came into view was ghastly.
Magic circles drawn in blood were spread all over the floor.
Among the innumerable magic circles, the people who were sacrificed one by one were lying dead.
with the throat cut off.
Unlike the eight-legged spider soldiers we met earlier.
These failures scattered all over the place, such as lack of legs or lack of eyeballs.
They were monsters with flaws.
Diaz spoke in a low voice.
“These failed monsters…all of them were alive. I guess, they seemed to have been used as food for the successful spider soldiers. If you look closely, there are failures that have been eaten in places.”
I widened my eyes and looked around.
Certainly there were a few spider monsters whose bodies were eaten, literally by Diaz.
“There was no way to rescue them. So…we decapitated them and made them feel comfortable.”
I answered with a short sigh.
Sadly, I also knew it was the only way.
“Well done. There’s no other way anyway.”
“Yes……”
But there was a bit of regret.
“That Arachne guy… I should have tortured him a little more before killing him.”
This scenery made even the non-human Vampire Lord Orhel stick out his tongue as if he was very displeased.
“That’s right. This, this… He was more terrible than I thought.”
To Orhel’s words, Grendel agreed.
a bit violent
“Wow, what a crazy dog asshole!”
“……”
“……”
Meanwhile.
The further inside she went, the more Aphelia’s face froze.
She forced a smile as she looked at Rosesta, who had entered and left first.
“Bye, was everything okay?”
“……”
However, Rosestar couldn’t answer anything.
While walking past such decapitated monsters.
Rosesta stopped in front of a monster.
“Aphelia Heresy Inquisitor. Say your last goodbye…”
“What is that…”
“It’s Father Tom.”
Aphelia looked at Rosesta in disbelief.
However, Rosesta could not speak any more.
Only then did Aphelia accept that all of this was real.
while kneeling down.
“aaa!”
holding Father Tom’s severed head.
For a long time… I cried for a long time.
* * *
Leaving Rosesta and Aphelia behind to say goodbye to Father Tom.
We went a little further inside.
And finally at the innermost cul-de-sac.
We faced an ominous sex drive.
A huge six-pointed star turned upside down.
Diaz looked back at me and said.
“This is why I told you to come.”
I walked around and looked around the six visions.
However, it was impossible for me to have such knowledge.
I don’t know if it’s from the original, but this is the first time I’ve seen it.
“……”
Each of the points that make up the hexagram had a severed head attached to it one by one.
Seeing that, Orhel narrowed her eyes.
“This… it’s just a detection magic, right?”
Fortunately, he seemed to have figured out what the purpose of this sex drive was.
“Detection?”
“Yes. Elyos detection. That sextant. It’s exactly what the Elyos magic was reversed. Judging by the remaining magic power… I guess the magic succeeded a while ago?”
Orhel, who had lived a long time, had extraordinary knowledge.
Andrew, having searched this place first, snapped his fingers as soon as he heard Orhel’s words as if something came to his mind.
“Oh, then, is there anything useful to see from this?”
He pointed to the other corner.
Let’s go there with the torch.
A strange picture appeared.
Andrew showed it and continued.
“This, somehow, looked like a map, not just a picture. From the first time I saw it.
I looked at the picture and nodded.
“The map is correct.”
“Also!”
This time I recognized it right away.
Because this was a reduced version of Pao God’s world map.
I put my finger on the center of the map.
“This is the Goulun Cave.”
Orhel also crossed her arms and nodded.
“Hmm. Then this must be Goulun Village…Here, the marked part…”
“The place where Gauriel’s wings are.”
to my answer.
Orhel’s and my eyes met.
Orhel raised an eyebrow.
“That’s right. I tracked it down. Yes…… haha. This, thanks to the tarantula…”
I looked at him and smiled as well.
“It saved me a lot of trouble.”
* * *
After getting an unexpected harvest in Arachne’s Cave.
We got out of the cave.
While we’re trying to figure out where Gauriel’s wings are.
Rosesta and Aphelia put their minds together.
It’s easy to say, but in fact, the time it took for us to come back wasn’t that long.
During that short time, Rosesta and Aphelia had returned to their original form.
Of course, his face didn’t completely shake off his sadness… but he wasn’t completely down either.
We stood at the entrance of the cave again.
Rosestar asked me.
“The people of Goulun Village…Are they all right now?”
“Those who have gone insane due to Arachne’s poison will soon return to their original form. Even so, there will be some confusion. If possible, it seems necessary to send someone to the Church for help and stabilize the village for a while. army.”
At my words, Rosesta shook her head.
“Okay. I’ll take responsibility for that and submit a request to the church.”
“Well.”
“Then…… the village’s problems have been resolved. What will Lord Rohan do now?”
“I’ve found the whereabouts of what I was looking for inside. Salarion. That’s where I’ll go.”
“If it’s Salarion, isn’t it south of here?”
“Yes.”
“Then, how about stopping by the Archdiocese of Benmeyer on the way? To check out groceries, supplies, and equipment.”
Balt was the capital of the kingdom of Argent.
Of course, there will be enough development.
It would not be difficult to get the necessary items.
It was also a path that had to be passed anyway.
Also, Diaz, who takes care of the overall livelihood of the expedition, seemed to think that supplies were needed.
“I need some maintenance soon, Mr. Rohan.”
“Yeah…that wouldn’t be bad either.”
Situationally, the monster of Morzadon had already prevented the search for the wings of tolerance.
Didn’t Petriel say that the monster of Morzadon was getting information from Arachne?
But according to what I just checked, Arachne seems to have just found out where Gauriel’s wings are…
‘There is no way for the monster of Morzadon to obtain information about the location of Gauriel’s wings.’
Time earned as much as it earned.
I thought a little bit of maintenance would be fine.
Rather, it would be more dangerous to go against such a monster and not prepare at all.
And…that black ring of thunder on Rosestar’s finger.
I’d love to hear a story about that too.
Perhaps if you go directly to the Archdiocese, you will be able to hear a little more detail.
“Then let’s accompany you to the Archdiocese of Ben Myer.”
“Yes, I understand.”
So, our accompany was decided a little more.
I looked at the Goulun Cave for the last time and said to Rosesta and Aphelia.
“Have you finished greetings…?”
“Ah…yes. Thank you for your time…thank you.”
“I just wanted to make a grave, but I don’t think I can afford that much. The ground here is so hard… It seems like it would take a year to dig it up.”
At that, I nodded.
That much could have been done right now.
“It’s a grave. Let’s make it now.”
“Yes?”
“What, now?”
“I will tear down the cave and build a stone tomb. As a joint grave for Father Tom and all those who have died. If Father Tom’s body is found… his honor will be damaged.”
Was a paladin, but was eventually defeated at the hands of the devil.
And then it was Father Tom, who had even suffered the humiliation of being its servant.
There are some truths that are better left uncovered.
Such was the case with Father Tom.
I wanted to protect even a little bit of his honor, who would have fought to the end.
He created a golden spear with maximum firepower that surprised Orhel.
Pasut! Quarreung!
“Whoa, whoa! Make that again? Buy, swing it gently please!”
“Everyone, step back.”
“Bounce, bounce! The big one is coming!”
“Ooh, whoa!”
It was thrown straight into the cave.
Kwakwang! Kwareureung, kwagwang!
I wondered how many times the sound of thunder echoed from inside the cave.
Ku-gu-gu-gu-gu-gung…!
It soon began to collapse from the inside.
Eventually, the cave completely collapses all the way to the entrance.
The cave itself has become a stone tomb.
Seeing that scene, Rosesta and Aphelia spoke softly.
“I will never forget this grace!”
“……thank you.”
We, Father Tom and Arachne, built a tomb to commemorate the victims.
Now the capital of Argent Kingdom.
Benmair, I took a little light step toward that place.