39. Shouldn’t I pursue shoveling in dungeons (11)
“Milia. No, even if I say this, I don’t have a head, so I can’t hear…”
The weight you feel when riding the shovel handle is heavy. It wasn’t extremely powerful, but it was a fairly heavy blow, so I had to take a few steps back to lessen the impact.
“You really act like a cliché.”
Did the creator get an impression while playing a horror game? I kicked the stomach before the headless assailant swung his axe again. The assailant with the ax stumbled helplessly. It’s weaker than I thought. Is not it. Maybe I’m stronger than I thought. The assailant got up and picked up an ax scattered on the floor as if nothing happened even though I kicked him in the stomach.
It’s not good to waste time like this.
Look around. It looks like I still blocked the entrance to the altar. You shouldn’t let it go outside. It would be convenient if I could kill him, but the owner of that body is probably…
“I wish I could give you some time to think about it.”
I don’t know if it’s because the blood is hardened, or if it’s originally red like a fire axe. I can’t figure out my emotions because I don’t have a head, but it looks like it’s trying to kill me anyway. My arm is throbbing. It is a grotesque power befitting a grotesque appearance.
I can’t just hold on like this.
Twist the shovel handle. The ax that was about to split my head in half slid sideways, and I kicked the headless assailant off the ankle when he slanted. It was a judgment that could be made thanks to the fact that the weight was light compared to the strength of the first kick.
As soon as the assailant fell, I kicked the ax that had fallen to the ground again so that he couldn’t catch it, took out the zombie powder I had prepared in advance from my leather pouch, and poured it onto my hands and feet before using the skill.
“Production.”
Fortunately, my skill worked against zombie powder without any problems. In an instant, the zombie powder hardened into a round sphere and sealed the assailant’s hands and feet. If you tie it up like this, you won’t be able to move.
“John?! Are you okay?!”
“What, what? What’s the matter? Are you okay?”
I hear a familiar voice behind my back. The sound of the falling ax seemed to have noticed the two of them and approached. I said while looking at Karina and Milia in her arms.
“Milia. I have something to look at.”
“What is it… “
Carina took Millia and stood next to me, looking down at the assailant my body was hiding.
“Mmm, I don’t have a head… “
“Calm down. Karina. Because I had my hands and feet sealed so I couldn’t move. Millia, is this your body?”
“…It’s similar, but it’s not my body. My body must…”
Milia blurted out her words with a confused expression. So, is this body just a replica of Millia’s body? Millia answered directly that it was not her body. Anyway, what to do with this dangerous year? I thought about the second room as I looked at the struggling assailant.
If you lock yourself in an iron cage, you won’t be able to come out, right? Unless you can pass through the cage like a ghost. I tied up the assailant and opened the door to the second room. Fortunately, nothing has changed in the room. Putting the struggling assailant inside the cage, I took out the key, locked the door, and left the room to face the two again.
“That was just…”
“I looked all over the room and found it. Perhaps they were trying to attack me as I searched the room…”
“I’m glad. If you ever get hurt…”
“It is nothing compared to Hydra.”
At least they don’t have houses, so it’s not a very difficult opponent to deal with. In fact, it was easily overpowered. I picked up an ax that had been scattered on the floor. Looking at it in a bright place, you can clearly see the blood on the blade. Are you carrying something like this? It’s brutal.
But it looks usable, so I guess I could use it. If it’s necessary, give it to Lenny and he’ll put it to good use. I slung the shovel on my back and held the ax in both hands. A heavy feeling of weight and a clunky grip wrapped around my hand.
“I will join Lenny, so wait. If that headless one pops out again, it will run straight towards me.”
“Yes.”
I headed straight to the left hallway. Well, this one also has 5 rooms. I don’t know where Lenny is now. I wonder if I can’t hear the sound inside in the hallway, or if Lenny is quiet. The lack of an answer is a bit unsettling.
“Lenny! Can you hear my voice! Answer me if you hear me!”
Why no answer? What really happened? I strode open the door to the first room. This is a familiar room. It was the same as the first room in the hallway on the right. It’s just that the atmosphere is more gloomy and the room is messy. A broken box is also visible on one side of the field of view. Did Lenny break it?
I’m nervous and want to search the room a bit more, but first, I’ll have to check Lenny’s safety before I do it, right?
I opened the door to every room and went looking for Lenny. The rooms seemed to all have the same structure. Furniture and things like that were broken, so it was hard to recognize the original shape. The iron window is completely torn. The order is also jumbled, so it’s even more confusing.
If the right side lists Millia’s life history in order, what does this side symbolize? After pressing down the question, I arrived at the last room and ran into Lenny, who was searching through the room.
“What, is the search over already? What is that axe?”
“No. Came to see this I picked this up. Did you get anything?”
“…I got a few unpleasant things.”
Lenny took an ugly object out of his pocket. Heart, lungs, liver, spleen… Are they to be placed on the altar? This side must have solved the puzzle, but how the hell did they do it? When I looked at him questioningly, Lenny scratched his cheek with a shy face and averted his gaze.
“That, because I was annoyed at having to find a strange password, I destroyed everything with force, so it was inside…”
“They say that when the body is weak, the head suffers…”
“What?”
“Nothing.”
There is no place to stand in front of overwhelming power… I was handed a pouch with intestines after gaining a useless realization. To be honest, I didn’t expect to get a sacrifice to put on the altar in such a ridiculous way. What is good is good For those who want to reach the end of this eerie dungeon as soon as possible, there is no good news like this.
“Looks like you’ve gathered all the offerings for the altar.”
“Really? Then let’s go out I want to get out of this unpleasant place as soon as possible.”
“I have the same idea, but there are some things that are a bit of a hindrance. Have you ever found a notebook or something?”
“If it’s a notebook… Then this. I had no idea what was written inside.”
I got the note from Lenny and unfolded it. As I quickly flipped through the pages, I noticed some red text in the middle. Is this a phrase you don’t know what it means?
[Since God put the universe in the body of a mortal, offer the microcosm to God. The unbelievers whom He has ordained are the most satisfactory offerings.]
…What do you mean?
Is it hard to understand because of lack of information, or is it just bullsh*t?
No, is it wrong to try to understand a pseudo-religion?
But I do understand that you are being asked to sacrifice your internal organs.
“Let’s go out first. And as soon as you get out, look towards the dead end of the hallway.”
“Okay.”
We immediately left the room and looked to the left. Dead end street. And a standing headless assailant. Ax in hand. Judging by the fact that this is men’s clothing, it is a man. I was mistaken earlier, but now I understand.
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Are those the words of those who have gained eternal life?
Living as a puppet without dying even if your head is cut off. A miserable ending that was nothing more than death. Are you Milia’s brother? Over there is my sister There is a corpse, but I don’t know how it exists, but it’s nonsense to find such common sense in a dungeon like this.
“Lenny. Stay on top. I will lay these on the altar.”
“Eh. Finish it quickly And lend me an axe.”
I handed Lenny a heavy logging axe. Lenny held the ax in a familiar posture, as if he had used it often, and swung the ax with all his might at the headless man charging like a hound. Watching the assailant fly like a ball and hit the wall, I quietly returned to the altar and looked at Carina.
“Karina. Now I will offer sacrifices to the altar.”
“A sacrifice…?”
Karina’s head tilted. And when he saw the organs in my hand, he looked at me in a fright.
“This, this is…”
“It’s a long term. Maybe…”
I noticed Millia’s gaze and blurted out her words. She had no intention of telling Millia the truth. She would be too much of a shock to Milia. I quietly placed my eyes, heart, lungs, spleen, and liver on the altar and stepped back.
…Why is there no response?
“Is the order wrong?”
Did you have a hint about the order but couldn’t find it?
I stood in front of the altar and tried randomly changing the position of the offering. The ground began to vibrate, perhaps repeating the action for about five minutes, or offering the sacrifices in the correct order.
“…After all, working hard here works.”
It’s fortunate that the trap didn’t trigger even if I made a few mistakes.
With a sigh of relief, I looked at Carina, who had approached with Milia, and Lenny, who suddenly appeared next to her.
“Do you want to go down right away? Or not…”
I raise my eyes slightly and look at the ceiling.
Retreat or Advance?
“Let’s just finish it quickly.”
“Yes. I don’t want to come back to this place again.”
“…Then I will go down.”
To the 4th floor.