Finding the stairs, Alan and I went straight back to camp.
At first, I thought about keeping quiet about the existence of the stairs and entering it later, but I decided to just explore it now.
There was also a situation where I wasn’t in a situation where I could relax enough to come back later.
As the Romont Mountains are the habitat of jute, there might be a group of them inside.
It was because if there was Willite, that level of danger could have been overcome.
“Oh no, you managed to find a place like this.”
It was Willwright’s impression of the stairs we found.
“I can’t believe there’s something like this in the Roman Mountains… … It is a strange thing in many ways.”
“There could be something like this elsewhere. Or someone made it artificially.”
“Maybe.”
After a brief appreciation, I went down the stairs.
The stairs were quite long, but I could hardly see the end.
From the middle, the light was also cut off, so we had to create a fire arbitrarily.
percussion.
As I descended all the steps and my feet touched the ground, there was a quiet sound.
The sound of stepping on the ground spread throughout the space, like a cave.
Hwaaak.
At the same time, light entered the interior, coming from a brazier installed on the wall.
“Awesome.”
It was Alan’s exclamation.
“How the hell did they build such a facility underground? All I can say is awesome.”
“Seeing that Prince Alan was amazed at the technology, it seems to be true that this place is special.”
“Yes, any engineer would be surprised. The same goes for the device that lights up in time for descending.”
“Sometimes you look at the Roman Mountains through the eyes of an engineer, it seems to be a habit.”
Willwright was carefree, but his words had bones.
Sensing this, Alan laughed awkwardly and evaded it, but asked a question to change the atmosphere.
“How long has Willwright been a Knight of the Guard?”
“Sorry, low. Because it is a rule for knights of the Royal Guard not to reveal information about themselves.”
“If you make up your mind and investigate, you can find out right away, right?”
“It’s a matter of mindset. It’s a position where you shouldn’t be quick to answer questions.”
“Is the purpose of coming here being achieved smoothly?”
When asked a question, Willwright stroked his mustache and answered in the same tone as usual.
“It’s my duty until you return safely to the palace. It is at a stage where we cannot conclude yet.”
“Right.”
After the conversation, he moved forward in silence for a while.
The moment I walked to the point where I couldn’t see the stairs.
Kurrureung!
The whole facility trembled low.
At the same time, the road they passed was blocked, and the wall that had been blocked was opened and a new road was created.
Sreung!
Without a moment to be taken aback by the sudden change, Willite drew his sword.
The relaxed expression was still the same, but the eyes had changed sharply.
“I will intercept the enemies coming from now on.”
“Am I an enemy?”
“… … It is a blue horse.”
“You noticed, too.”
Among the four ranks of monsters, the third strongest was the blue horse.
In short, it was stronger than the jute, but it was the blue horse that people often heard that monsters were dangerous.
‘It could be dangerous if the blue horse comes out mixed with it.’
If monsters higher than jute had come out of the Roman Mountains, they wouldn’t have come here.
Even if there is Willite, it will be dangerous if a swarm of monsters mixed with blue horses swarms.
“Willright, send one back.”
Fortunately, there are only two that can be felt right now.
So when I had time to spare, I needed to test how far Alan and I could go.
“Are you okay?”
“I think it would be good to experience what level it is.”
As soon as the conversation ended, the monster came out.
Blue fur and a long tail.
Two blue horses, which looked like rats turned into beasts of prey, charged fiercely.
“■■■■――!”
There was a faint sense of intimidation in the vibrations mixed with the cries.
However, Willwright raised his sword as if it were funny.
“You’re pretending to be a rat, but you’re imitating a beast.”
Willwright was wearing a sword and a bastard sword around his waist, but what he pulled out now was a long sword.
Just by looking at its appearance, it is a sword specialized only in stabbing.
Perong!
The drawn sword pierced the brow of the blue horse that came running.
The pressure applied to the sharpener made a hole larger than the area.
“■■――!”
But the blue horse did not stop.
Even though my forehead was pierced, I ran as if there was no blow at all.
Willwright didn’t panic and threw his sword in succession.
Perong! Perong!
As the two stabs pierced the body of the blue horse, the spirit of the rushing monster clearly died.
Dig!
The remaining blue horse then charged.
It was the timing that Willwright could block, but I let him go without blocking because I had my instructions.
“Alan, I’ll stop moving, so you’re done.”
“Yes, yep.”
Shu Shu Shuk!
I shot a blade of wind toward the charging blue horse.
It was an obvious attack, but the blue horse didn’t bother to avoid it.
As a result, the wind blade pierced him, but only inflicted scratches.
‘Is this the limit for a 3-star output?’
Shush shush!
Once again, the wind blades were fired.
The blue horse had no intention of avoiding it this time, but thanks to that, it was easy to predict the movement.
Fighting! Fighting! Fighting!
Invisible bullets stuck in both eyes and ears of the blue horse.
At the same time, the blue horse lost sight and sense of direction and stumbled.
It was a reaction that came because the invisible attack worked properly.
Quarreureung!
Then, with a roar, a violent storm hit the blue horse.
It was the magic Alan cast.
The body of the blue horse, which suffered only scratches from my attack, had plausible scars engraved on it.
At this, the boy cried out in agony.
“■■■――!”
Roaring!
I didn’t miss the opportunity and cast fire magic on the blue horse’s wounds.
Fighting! Fighting!
Then, they fed him an invisible bullet that widened his wounds.
“Jjiik-! Jjiik-!”
“Now you’re making noise like a rat.”
Kwagwagwagwa!
It was Alan’s storm that was activated one after another that ended the blue horse in pain.
The storm, stuck in an open wound, squeezed through the body of the blue horse.
Kwajik!
Succeeded in splitting the body of the blue horse in two.
“Whew… … .”
Alan let out a sigh of relief.
At first glance, it seemed easy to catch, but it wasn’t.
It was an opponent that would be difficult to kill without a coordinated attack that disturbs and then inflicts wounds and accurately penetrates the area.
“The training I did for three weeks was not in vain. The sophistication of magic has definitely increased.”
I nodded and agreed with Alan.
If I hadn’t used magic correctly on the wounds I inflicted, the battle would have been longer.
The longer the battle, the more magic power is consumed.
Since you don’t know when to get out of here, you need to reduce unnecessary magic consumption as much as possible.
“They were both great.”
It was Willwright’s praise for clearing up the blue horse he was dealing with.
“If it wasn’t for a place like this, I would have liked it comfortably.”
“Ha ha, that’s what you said.”
Contrary to what he said brightly, it was not a good situation.
The place suddenly changed, the exit was blocked, and the blue horse appeared.
I didn’t know the identity of this place, and I didn’t know how many monsters were left.
“At worst, you could be trapped with no way out.”
“That won’t be it.”
It wasn’t just words.
As a result of sharpening their senses, there was a subtle sense of heterogeneity in the mana melted in the atmosphere.
That sense of heterogeneity continued for a long time, like a milestone.
“I don’t know.”
“How is Willwright?”
“I don’t know either.”
“Then I will lead. If you follow this, something will come out.”
So, for a while, I took the lead and led the party.
As we moved, the walls would suddenly shake, the roads would close as if they were entangled, and new ones would be created.
Regardless of that, he moved along with the heterogeneity of the mana dissolved in the atmosphere.
Every time a jute or a blue horse came out, Willwright caught them all.
At first, I dealt with Alan and myself to gauge the level, but since that was over, I didn’t bother.
It was to conserve mana as much as possible because you never know what might happen in the future.
Fortunately, only the number that Willwright could handle alone came out.
“Looks like it’s not too far from the source.”
I said this because I felt the sense of difference melted in the air getting clearer and clearer.
It was a large passageway that I arrived at after picking and choosing the path that continued to change like a maze.
It was a very wide place that seemed to be four times the length of the road that had led so far.
Kurrureung!
As I entered it, it shook again.
There were roads in all directions centered on where we stood, and I felt an unusual energy in each passage.
“… … A little too much this time.”
Willite hardened his face for the first time and drew his sword.
“Krrr… … .”
“Chijik, shoot.”
The sound of monsters came from all directions.
The number was different from anything I had ever dealt with.
Even if I couldn’t do it, it seemed like there were ten jutes.
I could feel the energy of the blue horse here, but fortunately it was only at the level of two.
This is tight enough, but it’s a level that the three of us can cope with enough… … .
Kurrureung! Kurrureung!
There was another shaking.
The closed wall opened and a new passage opened, but it wasn’t just the road.
“… … !”
“… … !”
“… … .”
In the open aisle, I felt a monster of the same size as before.
In other words, the size of the monsters that the three of them thought they could barely cope with had doubled.
The bigger problem was, judging from the continuous vibration, it seemed that this would not be the end.
Doo doo doo!
In the meantime, a monster jumped out of the passage that had been opened earlier.
It was a charge of two blue horses in the shape of a mouse and a herd of jute in the shape of a wild boar.
Willwright shouted with an urgent voice like never before.
“I will open the way, so take shelter in another passage… … .”
“■■■■■――!!”
His cry was drowned out by the monster’s cries.
The cries of dozens of monsters echoed like shouts and filled the aisle.
Fighting!
After watching the situation for a while, Willwright’s stabs exploded on them.
He chose to capture two blue horses out of two blue horses and a dozen jute horses.
It must have been the judgment that Alan and I would grab as many strong monsters as possible in order to break through and run away.
Doo doo doo!
Except for a few blue and jute horses, the remaining monsters came out and charged Alan.
If this was the end, he would have been prepared to consume most of his mana.
I couldn’t because this wasn’t the end.
Kwagwagwang-!
The bombardment of the wind hit the front of the army.
The attack wasn’t meant to kill the jute, it was only an attack to stop it.
“I will be in the lead! Avoid yourself, lower!”
Kwakwagwagwang!
Alan once again raised the power and blasted a wide blast to clear the road.
It was an action because if you focus on killing, you won’t be able to get out of this place.
Kirik.
Watching the situation, I touched the heavenly spirit.
‘… … I have no choice but to use it.’
slap.
He grabbed Alan’s back as he tried to run forward, and pulled him back.
At this, he looked up at me with a puzzled expression.
“Don’t come in front of me when you’re weaker than me, Alan.”
“Hey, now is the time… … .”
coo coo coo-
At the same time as activating the heavenly spirit, the magic of darkness was poured out.
It was also mixed with gray-white mana flowing from the heavenly spirit.
Alan’s eyes widened at the sight.
“Me, lower?”
“From now on, don’t tell anyone what you see.”
Before long, the gray-white mana was swallowed up and a huge darkness spread in all directions.