Isekai ni Kita Boku wa Kiyoubinbode Subaya-sa Tayorina Tabi o Suru Chapter 67

The End of the Mines

I feel the sensation of sothing shaking , and my eyelids slowly open. A warm firelight appears in my vision. The ground feels rough under . A decapitated monster lies close by. A monster?

!!

I quickly get up. Why was I sleeping!? We are in the depths of a cavern!

Are you awake then?

! Ah, Daniela Sorry, how long was I asleep?

I shuddered and looked behind . Daniela was staring at , blood stained her cheeks.

Yes, I had asked Daniela to dismber it and my consciousness had left as I watched Damn it, I needed to be more careful.

Only half an hour or so. I just woke you up, now that I am finished. Do you want to sleep so more?

No, Im fine. Sorry about that Ill put everything in the bag, you take a break. Also

I wipe her cheeks with my sleeve. Now she was the sa beauty that she always was. There may have been sothing violent, sadistic and exotic about a beautiful woman splattered in blood, but I loved Daniela as she always was.

I took out a blanket from the bag so she could lie down and rest. The cloth had beco quite worn over the past few days. It would not last much longer. I wrap the assault kobold parts up and put them inside of the hollow bag.

The long, sharp claws were wrapped separately. The thin, prickly fangs were put in a leather pouch. We also took his armor after taking it apart. The black fur was rolled up and stuffed in a bag. The untanned skin was stiff but fit in the bag nonetheless. The at? I had no idea if it was edible. Daniela was lying on her side with her eyes closed. I didnt want to bother her I would just take it with us for now. The bones should at least be useful. It was amazing that the hollow bag could take all of this stuff. I could not be more grateful to Russell.

Now, we had everything we needed. Daniela is still sleeping. My side still hurts, so I think Ill lie down a bit It only took a few minutes for to fall asleep once again after I lay down next to her.

Mmah, I must have fallen asleepAsagi? Hmm?

When I woke up, Asagi was gone. A quick scan of my surroundings did not bring him back. I frantically got up and took one step forward. And I imdiately found him.

Ggg

Ah.

He was under my foot. I had not noticed that he was right next to . I realized just how tired he must have been.

Sorry, Asagi

I beg that you be gentler when waking next ti

I apologized as he rubbed at his chest and got up. Gentler next ti, huh. It was good that there would be a next ti. Good that we would sleep together again. Though, I wasnt sure if it would be a peaceful sleep.

We both picked up our bags and decided to enter the hole that the assault kobold had co from. It was sothing that I had insisted on.

There should be no more danger now, and this is an opportunity to see what is at the end, is it not?

Such had been my advice. Asagi gave a surprised look then, but I had quite the adventurous spirit. It was a rare thing to co to a place so deep underground, and after all, this was near the dragon vein. I just knew that there would be sothing of interest down here, and it excited . Leaving without seeing the end was not an option for . There was, of course, a risk of danger, but that was part of the adventure.

The path that led away from the great hall was a single one. The kind of path that may have been dug to reach a specific place alone.

We continued on for a while after that, and then I saw that my predictions had been correct. Because Asagi and I both detected the strong presence of magic. This was clearly from the dragon vein. We look at each other and cannot help but smile. Then we run as if racing to a finish line. I ignored the shaking light of the lantern as we moved.

And then we were greeted to a most strange sight. It was a dead end. However, there were pale, purple specks of lights floating up from the ground. Once they reached the ceiling, they would vanish as if being absorbed. In the walls, there were purple chunks of what looked like so kind of ore. There was strong magic emanating from these as well. These had to be sohow related to the dragon vein. Asagi agreed, and we continued to search the area.

Hey, Daniela. Do you know what kind of ore this is?

Hmmthe magic in it is trendous. It must be a magic stone. But I have never seen one of this size before.

Is size the only thing that is different?

That was a good question. Yes, they were larger than usual, but that wasnt the root of the problem.

This color. This dark purple is the color of dinsion magic.

More accurately, it was a bluish purple. It was a very rare color to occur in nature. After all, the natural world rarely if ever ddled in the affairs of other dinsions.

Would anything happen if I touched it?

I do not knowTo ddle with dinsions ans to ddle with space. But as nothing has happened since we stepped foot in here, I do not think that anything will happen

I have lived long myself, but I have never seen ore with such a strong color. It is said that teleportation technology that used such ore had once existed. But it is now considered little more than a fairy tale.

However, Asagi seed to think differently.

Spacethen, if we used itwe could get out of?

That was all he needed to mumble to let know that he was thinking of teleporting through space. To be frank, it was dangerous. There was no guarantee that he could do it safely.

Asagi, I would advise against it. It is too dangerous. It will be too late when you have already lost all of your limbs.

Youre rightits crazy isnt it

But there was sothing that was not quite defeat written on his face. I wanted him to stay safe. I myself wanted to be safe. I needed these limbs to hold and to entangle. Could I live after being robbed of this? No, I think not!

Alright, lets go then. Just being able to see this was enough for .

Aye, not many people could have co down here.

We say, and I realize that I had also just considered the possibility of soone else coming here and taking it. We really were Adventurers. And it would take imnse self-control to see such a treasure as this and leave it alone. But perhaps there really was nothing that Asagi could not beat.

Ggg-aaaaAAAAH!!

Damn it! This, this!!

We covered our eyes against its monstrous power and fell to our knees. We could not win. Not against thisit was too bright

Ahhhhhh. My eeeeeeyyyeeees!

No, it is no use. It is so bright that my head hurts.

I screeched and Daniela diagnosed herself.

We had co back to the surface after two whole weeks.

We got lost many tis on our way back. Sothing completely unexpected had happened.

We could not have predicted that the hole moles would have created so many new paths.

We could not have predicted that they would create paths where paths already branched.

And then branch out again. In fact, there were even scratches along the walls that looked like the markings that we left but were not.

Damn. Who could have predicted that this would happen, forcing Daniela to create stairs that led all the way to the surface? All of this was the workings of the hole moles. And I never wanted to co down here again.

After going back down through the entrance a little, we ca upon one of our old campsites, and so we blocked up the tunnels there. While it was just near the entrance, no one would think that it was strange, considering this was an abandoned mine. And even if they passed it and went down, they would only find boring paths that branched out.

I wonder what ti it is? My eyes couldnt handle the sky, and so I only knew that it was very bright. But I wanted to return to Spiris as soon as possible. I wanted to return and enjoy a bath at the Silver Sky Inn. I paid my extension fee not too long ago, so I should still have the room

To be honest, my perception of ti was a little foggy. I would just have to hope that Joshua would be nice about it.

Well, lets get going, Daniela.

Aye Ahhhmy head hurts