36. Shouldn’t I pursue shoveling in dungeons (8)
“Now I can’t even imagine how many zombies are piled up on the first floor… even if I try to purify it, I can’t get out because the entrance is full of zombie dust, right?”
“I’m afraid it’s really likely…”
I can’t deny it. Looking at the endless procession of zombies going up to the first floor, it really felt like the donut-shaped aisle would explode. After waiting for such a long time, we started moving to find the key when all the zombies disappeared over the stairs. First of all, it’s near the stairs going down to the third floor.
“I will look for a tombstone by going clockwise from here. Lenny cleans up the approaching zombies and skeletons, and Karina looks over the tombstones with me. “
“Yes! I will work hard!”
I really like his eager eyes.
“Me?”
“Keep breathing.”
“What is that! Am I too smart? If I get my hands on a puzzle like this-“
“You have no hands.”
“…It’s too much!”
Millia’s face, which was looking up at me with a slightly expectant look, turned sullen in an instant.
You can’t even move by yourself anyway. She rolls around, but doesn’t get her to go around a dirt floor with it.
…Certainly, when checking the words written on the tombstone, you may need Millia’s help, so you can’t separate them.
If you told me about the shameful head, and if the background of this dungeon is from hundreds of years ago, you’ll need Millia’s knowledge.
We started moving right away. As the time given to us is not that long, we must finish the search as quickly as possible. I have to find a corpse that will be the key in the field of tombstones that will be three digits at least.
“The zombies will keep coming after us, so don’t get too far away.”
The two people who heard me nodded with serious faces. Then let’s get started.
We immediately started walking around the cemetery and searching for tombstones.
“Lena Sigmund? This is the castle that was near the coffin earlier.”
First of all, two people.
“Here is a castle called Carcassonne.”
Carcassonne? Where did you hear it as an adult?
“Carcassonne…”
When Milia, who had been quiet for some reason, suddenly reacted, I looked at her. With a complex face that seemed to remind her of something, she muttered the last name of Carcassonne. Is there something stuck?
“Milia. Do you know about the surname Carcassonne?”
“Uh… I’m used to something. But I don’t know…”
It was a strange answer. But that could be a clue to some degree. I immediately asked Millia a question.
“Milia. Do you remember your last name?”
“I don’t remember… )@*#(&$#()”
It seems that Milia has more secrets than I thought.
Also, it was clear that the secret was entangled in this dungeon. It would have been better if we could have been clear about what it was, but you’ll have to figure it out on your own eventually. I stroked Milia’s hair a few times as she looked depressed at her memories that I couldn’t recall, then returned my gaze to her tombstone. There are still many tombstones to see.
I diligently rolled my eyes. Sigmund, Carcassonne, Fallon, Hayes… Countless castles passed through my mind. A puzzle where you have to find 5 castles with the same last name among these castles and save the remains. It’s a really annoying puzzle that forces you to work, but it’s fortunate that it’s not a puzzle that requires you to squeeze your brain out.
There was no one among us who could be called Brain.
Karina has learned a lot, too, but she’s not to the point of being called Brain, let alone Lenny. She is not much different from Milia or Lenny. In the end, I would have had to squeeze out the headless head I was in to solve the problem, but to be honest, I’m not very confident in using my head either.
I’d rather use my body like this.
“Melina Carcassonne. Only the third person with this surname.”
“Next is Sigmund, two of them.”
If there were three people in the cast that cost about a third of the money, the probability seemed to be the highest. I put the shovel in the grave in front of Melina Carcassonne’s tombstone and used the skill.
“Production.”
A cross made of clay. The human-sized cross was noticeable even from a distance. Sigmund is a square pillar, Carcassonne is a cross. Thinking of a reasonably recognizable structure, I wandered among the tombstones again. It was a bonus to put a shovel on the head of a zombie that occasionally broke through the floor and send it back to the soil.
No matter how much I wandered around, the graveyard was filled with all sorts of structures. Round pillars, square pillars, crosses, structures reminiscent of chess pieces, and…
“Why did you make my sculpture?!”
“Nothing came to mind.”
“Annoying! It’s useless because it’s the same!”
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The brown Milia, reproduced 100% with the power of my skill, had a smile that irritated people. Did I unconsciously reflect my image of Milia?
“Isn’t it pretty good though? It feels like a sculpture in the plaza, so it’s okay…”
Before Karina could finish her words, the statue of Milia’s face began to crack. The crack was getting bigger and her head was about to be half-threshed vertically. As everyone watched without finding anything to say, a rotten arm appeared from among the statues.
Of course it was a zombie.
The power is also good.
I kindly cut the zombie’s head in half after destroying the structure. Although the statue of her head, which split her in half and shattered her face, never returned.
“My head is aaa!”
I looked away from the statue of her head, which had shattered under her weight, and looked at Karina. Karina also looked at Me and Milia alternately with her slightly troubled face.
Don’t look at me like that. Did I know that zombies would crawl out at that timing? I sighed and put the jerky in her Milia’s mouth. Milia quickly calmed down. That didn’t stop the aggro zombies from approaching, though.
Of course, all of those zombies had their heads cut off by Lenny and rolled around on the floor. As expected of an escort knight, one bodyguard is awesome.
“Since it went around once…The people with the surname Carcassonne must be the family in the hint.”
“I guess so.”
Melina, Asmond, Natasha, Pater…
…And Millia.
Five names.
“Milia. You really don’t remember anything?”
“…I don’t remember… But it feels familiar.”
After answering in a confused voice, Milia looked blankly at her tombstone. What would it be like to see her tombstone with her name on it? We looked down at Milia in silence.
How much time has passed. I reluctantly brought her up.
“…You don’t need to sell it separately.”
“Below !@*&(!$!”
Even if I am at a loss for words, I can roughly understand. It must mean that there is nothing underneath. I looked in the direction of the tombstones of other Carcassonne members. I don’t mind digging other people’s graves, but since I can’t clear this floor, I can’t help it.
I grabbed a shovel and started to take out the bodies of the Carcassonne family.
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“Kalon. Forgive us our mistakes…”
Shall I go and pray with you? I hate praying, but now I feel like I should at least pray.
I sighed as I looked at the four corpses taken from the graves.
“I don’t know who created this dungeon, but it’s really evil…”
When I turned my head at the voice I heard next to me, Lenny was looking down at the four corpses with a tired face.
She really had to agree with that.
Of course, the four corpses were fine as if they had been alive just a moment ago.
I feel like I can breathe right now. Cut it up and put it in a coffin? This is right?
“You must be crazy.”
I still have to do it. After all, that is just a ploy to shake the mentality of those who want to explore this dungeon. I fixed the shovel and looked at Milia.
“…”
Milia, who ran amok like an excited puppy, couldn’t get used to the sight of her quietly looking at those presumed to be her family.
“…Milia.”
“…Why?”
“Can I do it?”
“…You can do it! They’re people I can’t remember their faces anyway! That’s not my family! Kill them!”
Intense hatred erupted from Millia’s last sentence. She looked up at me with her eyes wide open, as if surprised that she had said that.
“…Karina, take Milia with you for a while.”
I can’t tell you to watch this.
I held the shovel high, took a deep breath, and hit the shovel with the intention of ending it quickly.
…It was something I never wanted to do again.
I’m used to the feeling of cutting flesh, but I’m not used to the feeling of cutting people’s flesh.
I took out the salted meat and put it in my mouth to forget the bad mood. The crazy salty taste distracts me from my thoughts. After reburying the body, we moved in front of the coffin. The coffin stood with the lid open, as if asking why it had come only now.
“Milia.”
“…Huh, put it in quickly!”
When the four limbs were put into the appropriate compartments and finally put into the place where Millia’s head was supposed to be, the sound of metal scraping was heard. Of course, it is the sound of a door opening.
We looked at the stairs beyond the door. Should I go down for a while this time?
…Should I go right down?
We looked at each other, then in the direction of the shelter.
“I have to pack all my stuff before going down to the third floor.”
“Lady Karina. Still, wouldn’t it be nice to get some outside air? Today is a bit…”
“…I brought plenty of food, so let’s go down after a sigh.”
Everyone nodded at my words.