Chapter 56
Running Solo
The red-haired woman takes over what the man was speaking about .
[Whether they’re weak monsters or strong monsters, they have all died . That’s how it is even when we were about to reach the 14th floor . I should have just went back to the upper floors around this ti . You hear ? There’s so kind of monster roaming around this ruins, it may have been in the 14th floor . ]
Before I had taken so rest, I walked for quite so ti around the 14th floor and went back here .
When I have walked around so more before, I have also killed the monsters that I’ve encountered in the 14th floor .
So, I should have t this monster when I was on that floor...
[Even the guys who have just descended down to this floor earlier had said the sa thing . They’ve found corpses of monsters that have suffered neither wounds nor changes in their body and they seem to be rolling around everywhere . ]
The red-haired woman continues .
[In short, there’s sothing that has started to happen throughout the ruins in the last few hours . ]
The other rcenaries began talking one after another .
[It may be so kind of mist that have began to gush out from that newly discovered floor . I think it’s possible that this mist have began to ascend towards the upper floors, right?]
[For now, it seems that it doesn’t affect humans yet... but it’s possible that this would only work after we got affected for a certain amount of ti . I think we should consider that this mist contains so slow-acting poison in them . ]
[I heard that it was the curse of the king who was the original owner of the Dragon Eye Sakazuki . ]
[In any case, this phenonon was not confird before the new floor had been discovered so...]
The red-haired woman crosses her arms .
She took a glance towards her comrades .
[My Drunken Sword Party is more important for than so reward... we’re not going to go further as long as this weird situation is in this ruins . I’m sorry, but we’re going back now . I guess, for now... we’ll wait and see . ]
The tanned man nodded a bit towards the red-haired woman and turned towards .
[If you were to et other rcenaries, could you tell them about this as much as possible? Well, it’s actually up to you what you would do from now on, but I think that we still need to know what this weird situation really is . ]
[I understand . ]
[It may be just being ddleso, but I recomnd for you to go back to the upper levels too . Well, I think you should leave the investigation to the private soldiers of old man Harclay . ]
I modestly smiled towards him .
[Thank you for your concern . ]
[By the way... Are you venturing through the ruins alone? It looks like your luggage is quite light...]
As expected, it must have been strange to be alone around this floor huh .
Moreover, the only visible equipnt I’m carrying is just a dagger and a small hamr .
[No, I have so friends with . ]
I point towards my bag .
[I’m the one who dismantles the monster materials and carries them in my bag . However, it seems that I’ve gotten lost as I was escaping from a monster... before I knew it, I was already at this level . ]
In case that they would ask, I guess I’ll just ntion Mist’s na to them .
Fortunately though, they didn’t ask for the na of this friend of mine .
[Ah, so that’s why . That had happened before . While they’re escaping from monsters, they would find themselves straying towards a floor more difficult than they could . And, what would you do now? Are you going to the upper floors with us?]
[Thank you very much, but just the thought is enough . I just can’t leave my friends behind . ]
The rcenaries exchanged glances between themselves .
“What should we do?” or so what their eye contact seems to say .
[I understand . However, don’t push yourself too hard, okay?]
[Yes . ]
[I’m sorry, but I can’t afford enough ti to help you find your friends right now . Well— this might sound terrible, but I don’t think there’s really any reason for us to think about others in this kind of situation . ]
[No no . It’s enough for that you had told about this incident . ]
The Drunken Sword Party began to leave .
I turned my feet towards the 14th floor .
Pigimaru peeped out from under my clothes .
[Pii?]
[Ah, yeah... these “abnormalities” that they’re talking about was actually the corpses of the monsters that I had killed with my skills . ]
As expected, it’s not possible for to easily handle their corpses and disguise the true cause of death .
There’s also nurous monsters that I had encountered from the upper floors .
In other words, can I say that the raid has beco easier for ?
If the story about this incident were to spread towards the upper floors, the number of rcenaries that would descend further should decrease .
Then, the possibility of getting into so unwanted trouble with other rcenaries has beco lesser .
Since they had already noticed the effects of my skills, then there is lesser concern for to hide the corpses .
[It may have just beco more convenient for now . ]
v
I pass through the 14th floor without difficulty .
I heard that there are no traps in that floor .
I proceeded deeper into the 15th floor where a new floor had been discovered .
It’s just that, passages with a lack of pyroxenes began appearing more and more .
However, it’s not really that big of a problem .
Compared to my ti at the Disposal Ruins, this should still be Heaven .
[I also have this with . ]
I take out the leather bag and inject magic energy within it .
Now that I’ve obtained a hemp bag and a backpack,
the interior of the leather bag have been relatively empty .
It had beco quite easier for to hold .
I’ve just entered the 15 floor and started to wander about . I didn’t imdiately enter 16th floor and check out this new floor .
I check out the map that I’ve brought .
Fumu...
This 15th floor is spreading out to one side huh...
I see .
[It seems that I had found a hidden passage, huh . ]
I continued to go forth .
Although it’s considerably lesser than the ones from the upper floors, there are still so pyroxene buried around here .
[That should be enough of a light sources in so places...]
I can’t feel the presence of other people anywhere .
I still continue further .
I also started filling up the gaps that have been in the map as I proceed .
Well, it’s not really necessary to fill in everything .
I will just fill in at the areas where I had went to .
Mapping places is only good when you have the composure to do that in the first place .
Kashak~
I’m also writing so simple notes on the map .
The monsters that I had encountered— I can’t write about that huh...
Speaking of which, there are so monsters that I don’t know what their official nas are .
[Should I just give up on writing the description of the monster...]
Pigimaru kept on being vigilant as I was writing .
[Pigii!]
[Hmm?]
A protrusion ca out from behind my neck .
I turned towards my back .
Scattered around behind my back, I could see the figures of multiple monsters .
They look like a herd of monster that looks like they’re half-horse, half-human .
[Hihiiieeeyyeeeaaahhhh—!!!]
I fired off my tried and tested combo .
The monsters were then paralyzed and poisoned .
There are no signs of them struggling .
They eventually died soon after as I walked away and left their corpses behind .
[Funnn...]
If you look through the legends about this place, there are no mountains nor valleys in this place .
[No . Let’s not accept those stories literally . ]
[Pii . ]
v
I got down two floors deeper already .
I’m now in the 17th floor .
The landscape that I had been seeing for quite so ti are like those scenery you could find in a ruins .
I feel like I’m in a ruins dungeon .
I’ve also discovered what seems to be a residential area .
I entered one of the larger rooms in there and found a shelf containing precious tals .
Is this the belongings of a resident who used to be an archaeologist?
I’ve took all the small precious tals and jewels that I could carry .
I want to keep the space in the backpack just for monster materials .
Passing through the residential area, I went further deeper into the ruins .
Since the area I’ve been traversing on had been unexplored before, I wouldn’t be able to find any break rooms that rcenaries had set before .
If that is the case, will that residential area be my temporary ho base for now?
I couldn’t find any room where they had these doors that could only be opened and closed by injecting magic energy .
I can’t even lock the doors .
If that’s the case, I guess I’ll just have so sleep even if it’s just a bit light .
That’s what I had been thinking but—
[Hmm?]
I arrived at a passageway where there’s quite a tall ceiling .
When I was about to reach the end, I could see the figure of a really splendid gate .
There must be sothing behind this gate...
As for my weariness... well, I’m still fine .
[...Let’s go . ]
There’s no use in just standing still in here .
I stood in front of the door .
Exerting power unto both of my hands,
I push the door wide open .
I imdiately swerved to the side and hid behind a wall .
It’s dangerous to just step in and expose myself to the enemy .
I need to keep an eye out and observe the enemy first .
I still rember that bitter experience when I was suddenly struck by a laser by the Soul Eater...
I carefully look into the room .
The air around the place is quite dusty .
The structure of the place kind of looks like you’re sohow inside a temple .
There are pyroxene that were neatly arranged on the walls .
They make a beautiful contrast between the black wall and the white light .
Were these pyroxenes placed here by human hands?
At the back of the room, there’s a stone statue of a humanoid dragon that could be seen (though I can’t really see the expression it’s making) .
A large stone statue .
Hmm?
Wait a minute?
A humanoid dragon statue?
A room that had sothing that looks like an altar and a stone statue of a humanoid dragon within it—
[............]
I look at the altar in the back of the room .
There was a Sakazuki that was neatly placed in the center of the altar .
I can feel so kind of majestic aura from the Sakazuki .
(PR/N: Sakazuki are flat saucer-like sake cups commonly used in ceremonies)
You can even say that this Sakazuki is enshrined .
There were so glittering gems that were embedded in the outer surface of the Sakazuki .
These gems kind of looks like they’re precious stones .
These gems kind of reminds of reptile eyes...
That ans...
[Is that the Dragon Eye Sakazuki?]
It seems that I have arrived at where the target of this raid’s recruitnt is .
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