EP.38 Don’t work with adventurers, please.
As I waited for my colleagues’ orgy to end, I recalled what had happened yesterday and today.
Catching the wolf boss according to each role.
Sharing the loot with a smile after catching the boss through hard work.
Being chased by a group of kobolds and screaming.
The more I thought about it, the more I laughed.
‘It would have been better if we had done the King Kobold raid at the end.’
It’s unavoidable, but sadly it can’t be helped. To be honest, the wolf boss raid didn’t have a dull feeling.
On the other hand, what if it had been a stronger King Kobold raid?
Could it have been a more tense fight?
Ah… the more I think about it, the sadder I get.
‘It’s okay. It’s not like the boss ended up with that anyway.’
There are still bosses on the 20th, 25th, and 30th floors.
From now on, I need to lower the speed of descending so that the party members can maintain their best condition right before entering the boss room.
That way you can raid properly.
What’s going to happen to this party if you get out of here?
Is it the end of just breaking up?
I’m sorry, that’s a bit disappointing.
‘Are we going to make a proper party invitation for something like this?’
If I reveal that I am a hero and promise wealth and honor after you capture the Demon King, won’t they accept it too?
I think it will be pretty good.
They’re normal NPCs, so even though they have low growth stats, it’s good enough to use good items or inner core.
‘But how much is this cubs?’
I think it’s been a while since I came out.
There is a degree to which it is foolish.
‘Did you fall asleep while doing this?’
There was a possibility. After being chased by kobolds for a few hours, you must be quite tired.
Hey, I’ve been waiting outside for nothing.
He groaned inwardly and opened the door.
Something sharp was aiming at my face.
oh my, shit?
Startled, I grabbed it.
* * *
‘Did we catch him?!’
She kicked him out with low-key words to induce vigilance.
He opened the stone door and hit the spear in the blind spot on the entrance…
Cloud grabbed the spear as if it was natural.
‘What is that monster reflexes?’
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Graveliya swung the dagger towards his right hand, which was holding the spear blade, even though he was startled. Cloud let go of her spear, dodging her dagger, and at that moment she leapt wide behind her, widening their distance.
“…!”
Kyle sent an expression asking if she was okay.
“Oh, I’m fine. Our opponent is a strong enemy. Get ready right away.”
Kyle nodded and held out his shield in front of him. Graveliya hid behind him, ready to open a spear at any time.
The two were ready to fight at any time.
But the opponent didn’t think about coming in.
He just stare blankly at his palms.
‘…Is he already poisoned?’
It was a time when Graveliya and Kyle were thinking the same thing.
“What are you doing!?”
A cool sensation ran across their spines. Cloud’s gaze looking at them is cold. It was a short time together, but that was a gaze they had never seen before.
They didn’t feel that way when he beat the three adventurers right after entering the dungeon.
‘Are you that angry?’
Rather good
Because humans consumed by anger are not cool. The fight just gets better.
‘You just have to hold on until the poison turns.’
The poison she applied to the spear was none other than that of the Basilisk.
It is a poison that kills even any knight.
It didn’t inflict a deep wound, but it would be enough to weaken the body’s ability.
Maybe he’ll just die.
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Graveliya forcefully twisted her hardened lips.
“Can’t you just look at it? Betrayal.”
“Betrayal?”
“Isn’t that a familiar word to you? Cloud the Brave?”
“…”
“There is no way an A-class adventurer can catch that huge kobold alone. If you wanted to act, you should have been a little more straight, hero. After all, you couldn’t even do that, so your colleagues left?”
Having said that, Graveliya looked into Cloud’s eyes. At her provocation, he became even more furious, hoping that he would lose his mind.
However, Cloud was the same as when he first looked at the two of them.
“Betrayal… Betrayal…”
Cloud, who was muttering alone, smiled.
“I’m pretty sick too.”
Although he laughed, the heavy atmosphere did not change.
“Gura. How’s that guy?”
“Well..? Can’t you find out for yourself?”
“I do.”
Tub. Tub.
Cloud’s footsteps echoed through the corridor. There was no urgency in his steps. It was a relaxed atmosphere, as if out for a walk.
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Graveliya was not attracted to the atmosphere.
The moment he approached the spear’s range, she slammed the spear without hesitation.
‘Caught…’
Couldn’t hit
Cloud miraculously avoided the spear with just one step. The moment her attack failed, his sword moved.
A silver sword aimed at her neck.
A large shield studded with thorns blocked it.
Kang!
“..!!!”
Kyle frowned.
It certainly blocked a sword, but it was heavy as if it were blocking a blunt weapon.
[Bang]
It is a skill that deals double damage of attack power.
Cloud didn’t stop his sword.
[Bang]
[Bang]
[Bang]
[Bang]
[Bang]
Kyle clenched his teeth and endured the continuous blows. However, there was nothing he could do about that his body couldn’t withstand it regardless of his will.
He began to push back little by little.
“This bastard!”
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Graveliya pierced the spear to give Kyle a breather.
[Piercing Stab]
[3 consecutive stabs]
[6 consecutive stabs]
[9 consecutive stabs]
[12 consecutive stabs]
He even tried to shake off the Cloud by using linked combo.
But it didn’t do anything to Kyle.
Cloud’s sword didn’t stop even as he evaded her spear.
“Oh my gosh! No matter how The Brave you are, isn’t it too much to be okay with being poisoned by Basilisk’s poison?!”
She couldn’t hold back and shouted.
Then, surprisingly, his attack, which did not stop even with her linkage skills, stopped.
“Oh, so is this Basilisk poison?”
Cloud cut the palm that held the spear blade with the sword.
Slurp.
Black blood, not bright red, flowed from his palm. As the dripping black blood fell to the floor, bubbles rose with a squeaking sound.
“Ha… what crazy is this…”
“…”
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Graveliya and Kyle were at a loss for words at the sight so unusual.
Seeing the black blood turning to bright red, Cloud raised his sword again.
* * *
“..!!”
One of Kyle’s arms was cut off. The remaining pair was also blown away through the rigidity of the pain.
“Kyle!”
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Graveliya pierced the spear.
The speed is fast, but the target is clearly visible.
After avoiding the spear blade, I grabbed the spear pole. Graveliya opened her eyes wide as if surprised.
It kicked her in the stomach and made her roll on the floor.
“..!!!!”
Kyle frowns at his facial muscles.
Just hit his neck
I don’t need a dumb bastard who can’t speak.
“Damn this shit!”
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Graveliya, who had been rolling on the floor, suddenly stood up and ran and swung her fists.
The courage to wield a bare fist against an opponent with a sword.
Admiringerhis courage, I cut off the arm she swung in return.
As a bonus, the other leg is also included.
She moved a few steps with her poker feet and then collapsed.
“I still don’t understand. Why did you betray me?”
I approached her as she collapsed and asked. she laughed softly.
“Why are you sick? Of course, because you’re a d*ck.”
“I think I’ve done everything I can? Was it because of what happened when we entered the dungeon? Were you such a kid?”
“It’s a joke, you idiot. Would you risk your life just like that?”
“I’m glad yoy still have the energy to joke around. I still have questions.”
I slumped down right next to Graveliya.
“Why?”
“Why do I have to say that?”
He took a potion out of his pocket and showed it to her.
“If you don’t tell me, I will cast you as a goblin s*x slave.”
“Shake. This is what the brave ia. The world is ruined.”
“Don’t turn around. Why?”
“Of course, because I want to live.”
Eyes frowned. It was still an incomprehensible answer.
Seeing my expression, she giggled and continued.
“Did you say? This dungeon has up to 30 floors.”
“Yes.”
“We are on the 15th floor now.”
“That’s right.”
“Look at this. We’re only halfway here, and we’re almost dead, haven’t we?”
“But not dead.”
“It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter that we almost died. I don’t want to die. But you, stronger than the three of us, insist on going down more dangerous. So what? In order to survive, I have no choice but to kill you by surprise, right?”
“You say you kill a hero because you want to live… Isn’t that a bit contradictory? If you know this, even in the Prona Kingdom, or in other countries… Oh, I don’t need to say this.”
No matter how much they commits a treason of killing a hero, it’s enough if they don’t get caught.
And the dungeon was the perfect place to hide a corpse.
“If you wanted to kill me, wouldn’t there be a better way? Killing me while I sleep, or poisoning my food?”
“You all know how to sleep shallowly, right? Even if we get close, you wake up. Besides, you didn’t eat our grilled meat, did you? You have to give it time to do anything.”
…I still haven’t broken my old habits.
“Then did you feel any guilt? It is the suffering that the people of a country who have lost their Hero will suffer.”
“Isn’t that what the incompetent Hero is saying? Rumors spread that the Hero was not trustworthy at all, so the Elites and the people of the Prona Kingdom had already given up? The king is also attaching a string to another Hero… didn’t you know?”
“I have no interest in politics.”
“…I see. Anyway, that’s the reason I tried to kill the hero. I want to live.”
I sighed at her attitude as if she had told me everything.
“I didn’t mean to make you die. You know I’m strong, right? You also found out that I was the brave. Then didn’t you have the option to trust me and follow me? If it did, the fame and fortune would be incomparable to what it is now…”
“Trust the incompetent warrior? Aren’t the Hero overconfident in themselves?”
“…”
“Kick… Don’t make that face. Because I knew that even the incompetent warrior was much more sedan than the likes of us. Still, I didn’t know at the time. So, I was thinking of handing over this dungeon to another hero. It’s a dungeon we can’t break anyway. It’s a dungeon that Hero Cloudes covet, isn’t it? If I hand it over, won’t they give me the title of baron?”
“The more I hear, the more sure that you are a fucking bitch. From the moment I saw the pink hair, I shouldn’t have been in a relationship. If I believe in pink hair from now on, I’ll go crazy. What else did Gurah do?”
“At first, I was thinking of getting him into the plan. But I don’t like him. Do you think you can become a great warrior if you follow the hero? So I stabbed him with a dagger that was heavily venomed from Basilisk. He died in less than five minutes.”
“…I’m afraid to see the faces of Gurah’s family.”
“He’s a kid who has an affair with a decent wife, what do you think? Ah… he seems more likely he’ll die sooner than that. There, Hero. Now, why are you talking like this, can’t you just save me? For the rest of my life, I will only look at you Hero.”
“A Goblin Slave?”
“Fuck… just kill me.”
Her face was pale, with a lot of blood drained from her smiling face.
Looking at the blood covering the floor, it seems that there is not much left now.
“Ah, before I die, I have something to say to our incompetent Hero.”
She turned her head to look at the ceiling. She made eye contact with me, she said.
“It seems to me that there is a flower garden on the head of the hero. When we become colleagues, I think it is natural to risk our lives for each other.”
“…”
“Calm down, man. Don’t you know you’re suffering like that? Colleagues are just interests. When you no longer need it, you throw it away. Especially the bastards of adventurers like me.”
“…”
“…But, well, if you want to have a colleague who risk your life, there is a way.”
“What?”
“Take their weakness. Either physical or emotional and you use it. Lets think. Why did Kyle risk his life to fight for me?”
“You are a couple. He will love you.”
“Then did I love Kyle? He is dumb, unable to speak?”
“You… damn it, you really have nothing to say.”
“Kick… our innocent Hero doesn’t know, that’s what the world is all about. Use whatever is available. Tools, tools… Don’t give them away… That’s… the secret to surviving to the end…”
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Graveliya’s voice was getting weaker.
Soon her eyes darkened.
I sighed and covered her eyelids.
I lay down on the floor and looked up at the ceiling.
There was only a stone ceiling, but my eyes saw other things.
“Why do I miss you so much today…”
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Graveliya’s words replayed in my mind.
– Take your weakness. either physical or emotional. and you use it
– Use whatever is available.
-It’s a tool… a tool… don’t give it to them…
“I just wanted to feel that feeling again, even a little bit… I don’t think that’s possible here.”
If that’s the case, there’s no reason to start over.
A bitter laugh was formed.
It was when I closed my eyes in the rushing despair.
-Cloud, the imperial Social Gathering is running out. don’t forget to attend.
Frillite.
It felt as if her voice was being heard in my ear.
My guy… Fate is twisting you all over the place. At least you found the one genuine one. Frillite, she is the one. Trust no ones else. Only she is worthy.