Episode 35
Aden City Underground Sewerage.
This place, treated as a kind of dungeon and another field, was more like an underground city than a sewer.
A labyrinth in which old buildings and passages are pushed away by new buildings and the layers created in this way are piled up one after another.
Not far from the surface, there are only beggars’ dens and vagrants.
A large-scale dungeon full of trash and criminals as you go down!
It was dirty and smelly, but inside it was a valuable treasure that no one touched.
Aiming for that, many people flocked to the sewer guard commissioned office today.
“Ugh, the smell.”
“Lend me some clothespins.”
Since it is next to the sewer, the inside of the commissioning office was full of unpleasant smells.
The gathered users frowned as they covered their noses or took short breaths.
“Come on, get in line. I’ll give you a pass.”
“Today’s job is simple, just take care of areas B, E, F, and H on the first floor.”
The soldiers in the requesting office handed out documents to the users one by one.
A pass that allows access to some areas on the first floor of the sewer system.
Even if it looks like a small piece of paper, without it, you will be treated as a criminal right away.
“this?”
When the paper ran out, the guard waved his hand.
“I ran out of work today.”
“Ahh… … .”
“Next time come sooner.”
Users’ sighs deepened.
It’s smelly and dirty, but there’s nothing else that’s as lucrative as this.
A man approached one of them who had been scattered.
“Here, sir.”
“yes?”
“Are you a wizard?”
“uh… … . yes.”
The wizard user was startled and replied.
The man who approached him looked like a gangster or bully wherever he looked.
The perfect gang from the wobbly gait, the multiple scars on the body, and the tattoo on the shoulder!
“that… … . I don’t have that money… … .”
Sneaking, the wizard user quietly glanced sideways at the guards.
Then the gang user swung his arm.
Boom, the forearm stuck next to the wizard user’s face.
“Hee, hee!”
frightened wizard.
Seeing this, the gang user smiled and continued.
“Would you like to party with us? I have a good job.”
* * *
– Kindorhan: Success.
-Kindorhan: I got a wizard and an archer.
-Fafnil: It’s faster than expected.
-Fafnil: I’ll be there soon, so I’m waiting for you.
Fafnir, who sent the message, stretched.
“As expected, Kindorhan.”
An opponent who knows the physiology of the capital city well, is stronger than I thought in close combat, and doesn’t feel guilty even if I take him to the end.
As Fafnir’s idea of a sewer exploration party member, Kindorhan was just the right person.
‘Loyalty is a bonus.’
Although the Kindorhan of the future is one of the teenage arch-villains.
He had one thing that other great villain users did not have.
loyalty.
He never did anything cowardly, and he embraced those who became his allies to the end.
Because of this, in the novel, Kindorhan was portrayed as a loyalist user.
‘Once we become friends, we will not betray… … . It is an important condition.’
If you enter the sewer, the presence or absence of companions you can lean on is great.
Kindorhan was able to fill the role of a player that could not be filled with only summons, Bell, and Penelope.
‘Then before entering… … .’
Fafnir traveled around the Merchants Association and Middletown to receive sewer-related quests.
“The outlaws robbed Gordon’s jewelry store and ran into the sewers. Catch them.”
– You have accepted the quest ‘Find the Jewel’ (Magic).
“Going into the sewer? Catch some naturally occurring zombies or sewer monsters along the way. It overlaps with the guard work, so you can go over there and talk.”
-You have accepted the quest ‘Underground Sewer Cleaning 1’ (Normal).
‘Then now it’s time to bring the big one last.’
When I told him about the sewer investigation, Hilde gladly provided the information.
After looking everywhere else.
Fafnir followed the information and headed to a cabin on the edge of Rowtown.
A shack blended in among the shacks and, at first glance, only visible as a background.
Inside the fence, only one one-armed old man could be seen chopping firewood.
Fafnir approached the old man.
“Are you former paladin Ensond?”
“Um, I’m Ensond, but… … .”
Ensond looked like a gray-haired old man.
It was hard to believe that he was a former paladin if he hadn’t listened in advance.
“Did you hear the story from Hilde? I’m trying to get into the underground sewers, but if you need anything… … .”
From noble mtl dot com.
“You’re a Necromancer, sir.”
Ensond’s eyes flashed like lightning. For a moment, Fafnir took a step back.
It was the right choice.
Kwajijik! A deeply dug trail was carved where he had been standing until just now.
“Isn’t it dangerous? He’s a necromancer recognized by the entire country.”
“If it wasn’t for the pact, you’d be dead already.”
Even as a one-armed man, Ensond was a veteran paladin with decades of experience in battle.
Fafnil’s back grew cold.
“So is that the end?”
“No… … . I heard what Hilde said. Going into the sewer? very deep?”
“That’s right.”
“I don’t know how you got permission from the nobles, but you look pretty resourceful.”
said Ensond, coughing bloody.
“Then, as Hilde said, let me ask you one favor. Do you know what a god is?”
“If it’s a novelty, it’s a legendary class… … .”
“The weapons and armor used by the 12 heroes of the past. They said it had mystical powers.”
12 Hero’s Equipment, Sacred Heart.
Each one is a powerful Legendary item, and in the novel, it was like a badge of a name.
“But why… … .”
“Would you believe that one of those miraculous things, a fragment of the mirror of Lake Avalon, is here underground?”
“… … !”
‘Legendary item?’
“Thirty years ago, the high-ranking priests of the Hestia Church lost in a sectarian fight fled into the sewers with pieces of the sacred god. Since he didn’t go outside, it means he’s in the sewer. Find it and bring it to me. Don’t be afraid of compensation.”
“… … .”
Even if it’s a piece of a legendary item, it’s not something to belittle.
‘I should thank Hilde-nim.’
-When I inquired about the sewerage, a request came in. I have another quest, so Fafnir-nim should visit it instead!
This opportunity was obtained thanks to Hilde introducing herself by taking a map.
‘I wouldn’t have been able to get it because I was a necromancer… … .’
To receive such a great quest even though we don’t go together.
If this grace can be repaid, it will surely be repaid.
Fafnir opened his eyes after making a short resolution.
“It’s a piece of mirror… … . I will try my best to bring it.”
“It’s better not to be too late. I feel like my life is short.”
“yes.”
– You have accepted the quest ‘Recovery of Relics’ (rare).
This completes the collection of quests.
Returning to the slums, Fafnir joined the group.
“Did you get all the quests?”
“so so. Anyway, this one… … ?”
“The party members you asked to save.”
“Oh, hello. I’m Jung Hyun-sik, the wizard.”
“Archer Vera… … no see.”
Even at a glance, they were two party members who were full of intimidation.
“… … .”
Instead of answering, Fafnir quietly looked at Kindorhan.
“… … No, I didn’t really threaten you.”
Kindorhan protested in a tone full of resentment.
* * *
-I entered the first floor of the underground sewer in Aden City.
Sewer 1st floor.
As soon as they entered, Fafnir and the party’s expressions naturally distorted.
“Ooh, the smell.”
“I come in every day, but I can’t get used to it… … .”
Kindorhan and the archer user covered their noses.
“This sewer is a relic of an ancient kingdom, and it is said that it extends not only to the capital, but also to a wider area. It’s so complicated like a maze, and there are cases where the path changes several times due to magic devices, so even the court mage division has never been down below the third floor.”
The wizard user wearing glasses was excited and gave an explanation.
“Oh, wizard. You know the details. You seem to like the setting.”
“Ah, that… … . Because you can buy a good feeling if you know the setting… … .”
As soon as Kindorhan intervened, the wizard’s mouth fell shut.
“We don’t have much time, so we move fast.”
At Fafnir’s words, the party nodded.
When he entered the sewer, he could see players hunting with sounds from everywhere.
“Move quickly!”
“There he is!”
“Seat!”
All the users on the first floor were moving in a hurry and were immersed in the guard quest, monster cleaning.
Quests have a time limit, and if you are late for a certain area, you will be preoccupied with a good seat.
‘Still, there’s not much difference between the first floor and the outside.’
Sunlight occasionally comes in through the holes, and you can clearly hear the wind outside and the sounds of the city.
Up until this point, he had been able to get in through quests at the guard level.
The place that can be called a real underground labyrinth starts from the second floor of the sewer system.
“This way.”
Fafnir checked the map and moved on.
After passing by a few times while the first people were hunting, I saw an arched staircase.
“You can go down here.”
“Is it like a hidden room? I remember hearing that there were honey hunting grounds like this all over the first floor of the sewerage system.”
The party members followed Fafnir without much doubt.
-I entered the second floor of the sewer.
A message that appears when you descend the stairs.
With the feeling of passing something, the atmosphere changed.
A narrow, dark passage.
Yamyeongju nailed to the top of the ceiling only lit up the surroundings, but the rest was immersed in pitch-black darkness.
‘Is that like an ancient ruin?’
Yamyeongju, which cannot be easily seen from the outside, is lined up, and black water flows slowly in the middle of the wide passage.
Perhaps because there was no hole leading to the ground, the smell of sewage was even thicker.
The dark and quiet atmosphere and smell, and even the presence of people everywhere in between.
between the majestic atmosphere.
The faces of the party members under Yamyeongju hardened.
“No, the second floor?”
“I didn’t know you would come this far… … .”
The reason was simple.
“I understand that the underground sewer system is directly managed by the castle, but isn’t there a bounty?”
“I’ll just leave. If you do something like this, your reputation will be reduced according to your reputation, and you will not be rewarded once or twice.”
Fafnir, who was looking at the two, looked at Kindorhan with an absurd gaze.
“Didn’t you say you explained it well?”
“I thought it was a quest that could catch a piece of it.”
‘no way… … . Is that the end?’
“I guess I need more explanation.”
Fafnir sighed and said.
“It is not wrong, though. This quest, because you can catch a big portion of what you have to do.”
“Part of it… … .”
“Besides, you don’t have to worry about the guards this time. I bribed a high-ranking nobleman and got a free pass.”
From the jackpot opportunity to grab a piece, to the free pass.
The two users, who were hesitant at first, let their guard down.
“Maybe I don’t have to pay for an introduction fee or quest sharing fee?”
“As long as I do my part, I don’t have to worry about that.”
“I wonder if that role is… … .”
Fafnir gestured before the wizard user spoke too long.
“The smell is a bit strong, but let’s hurry up and go.”
All four of us had the same idea of wanting to get out of here quickly.
No one gave any instructions, but the formation was quickly completed with Kindorhan at the head and Fafnir in the center.
“Then let’s go.”
Kindorhan stepped forward with her eyes shining.
It was the beginning of the sewer exploration.