??Chapter 47: Chapter 47 Another Colleague?_1
Chapter 47: Chapter 47 Another Colleague?_1
“However, the more I listen to Tang Ken’s description of the prison, the more it feels eerily familiar,”
Colin felt increasingly uneasy as he listened to Tang Ken speak.
This…
Could it really be the sa dungeon?
With his doubts, Colin asked a few more questions and was able to confirm that damn, it indeed was the sa old place, but not the sa cage, and without contracting “Beast Transformation Syndro”.
Moreover, through his exchanges with Tang Ken, he had cleared up so confusion.
For instance, Tang Ken had already died once, at the very sa location where the signal had been lost last ti.
As for how he died…
It was quite close to what Colin had previously conjectured.
After waking up, Tang Ken realized he couldn’t send out any information, but he could locate the Bonfire, and he had a mission to reach the place where the Bonfire was.
So, he imdiately left the group, deciding to start his journey.
But as soon as he stepped out, he was dragged into a hole by a group of starving rioters and was invited to a grand feast.
The main ingredient was himself.
The only piece of luck was that, as he was bound to a stone table and cut open to witness his own intestines being eaten in front of his eyes, he freed his own handcuffs, struggled violently, and then got his head smashed by a rock and died.
When he opened his eyes again, the agony had ended. He found himself in a dungeon, beginning his second life and being dragged out to be escorted sowhere.
Compared to those rioters, the guards in the dungeon were much nicer.
Listening to Tang Ken’s continuous reports, Colin felt that, looking at his own stroke of luck, it seed not too bad.
At least he didn’t have to worry about being eaten by soone on his way…
“Oh right, captain, I just rembered, I might have seen a ti traveler in that hole.”
Ti traveler? The information in his mind made Colin startle, thinking of the possible existence of other forr colleagues, he promptly responded, “Tell
more about this ti traveler.”
“I’m not sure, I just vaguely rember seeing soone dressed like a monk down there, he was highly respected.”
“A monk?”
Colin grew even more puzzled.
From what he knew, this world’s aesthetic was close to that of ancient Western civilization, or more precisely, it aligned with fantasy works depicting ancient Western civilization.
The sudden appearance of a monk seed slightly off.
So the chances were high that it was soone from his own country.
“I can roughly confirm that he was wearing a kasaya, like the one Monk Tang from Journey to the West wears, though that was all he wore, exposing his left chest. I didn’t see anything else before being tied up.”
“Understood.”
Colin stroked his chin, guessing that this person was likely “The Glutton,” a suspected forr colleague or other ti traveler?
“By the way, about that additional mission from Bonfire Company, to capture followers of ‘The Glutton,’ had the company already discovered sothing at the ti?”
As thoughts whirled, he decided to go investigate there after he had rescued Tang Ken.
From Tang Ken’s description, “The Glutton” didn’t seem to be overwhelmingly powerful and was within a manageable level.
“With my current strength, even if I really face a fully empowered D Level employee, I can escape even if I can’t defeat him.”
“Ti Stasis” might not have given him unparalleled power, but it did give him the capital to flee when in danger.
Plus, he planned to use a Book of Fate before heading out to test his luck; there shouldn’t be a problem.
With that in mind, Colin gathered his thoughts and turned to look out of the carriage again.
At this mont, they were passing through a higher terrain where he could clearly see the outline of a towering city in the distance sprawling over the land.
The city walls were a grayish-black, and looking from afar, the patrol soldiers upon them appeared no larger than ants. Additionally, there were defensive fortifications resembling giant crossbows.
Through conversation with the soldiers, Colin learned the na of this fortress city was “Black Stone City.”
It was the largest city he had seen since arriving in this world.
In size, it might be two or three tis larger than the city where the Land of Death and the Human Patchwork Monster resided, perhaps only comparable to the equally enormous and wondrous underground labyrinth.
“The defensive structures on the city wall lack cannons, still primarily old-fashioned weaponry, hmm, possibly with so magic-imbued and laboriously crafted long-range weapons…”
Colin slightly widened his eyes, allowing his pupils to dilate and take in more light. Taking advantage of the high ground, he tried to make out the details of the city still several kiloters away in a straight line.
Looking at it this way, the Human Patchwork Monster didn’t seem to have spread its knowledge.
Otherwise, they might be using magic cannons by now…
Afterward, he shifted his gaze slightly, looking towards an area outside of the city where a vast, boundless plain lay, also the location of the dungeon.
“I traveled by night without realizing the city was right behind . But co to think of it, I’m not far from Tang Ken. If I run at full speed, I could probably get there in ten minutes. If I’m planning a jailbreak, slipping away unnoticed with a Ti Stop would seem like an option.”
Colin was sowhat hesitant, as doing so would an the end of his current identity.
He still wanted to use this persona to take a look inside the city…
“I’ll wait until I’m inside the city and then look for an opportunity.”
Colin made up his mind.
Before long, the carriage arrived beneath Black Stone City. A rush of foul and nauseating stench assailed them, and Colin covered his nose, only then noticing the swathes of rag-clad refugees outside the towering city, numbering at least a few thousand, or even tens of thousands.
But due to poor sanitation managent, excrent was scattered everywhere, mosquitoes and flies sward, and the air was tainted with a stench like that of a cesspool.
It wasn’t until they reached the city gate that things improved sowhat.
Since there were nobles in the carriage, they were almost not checked at all and were directly let through.
So refugees watched enviously as the carriage entered the city from a distance.
Regrettably, for them, the towering high walls were as insurmountable as a chasm, an obstacle many would not be able to overco in their lifetis.
After the carriage rolled over the ramd earth road marked with deep ruts at the city gate, it entered Black Stone City.
The world inside was not much better; rough buildings made of dirt, stone, and wood were haphazardly erected, and many slightly better dressed residents curiously peered over.
After a while, the chaotic buildings began to give way to more orderly ones, and the material also changed to neatly processed rectangular yellow soil stones. The ground was now paved with stone bricks.
Before long, the carriage stopped in front of a building that looked like a small tavern, a sort of post station.
“Do you have any destination, sir?”
As soon as Colin got down, he saw Helena approaching to inquire, accompanied by the Warden and an old butler.
Why would Lady Helena use such formal language with an ordinary person? Warden Calder looked at the man who had struck him as familiar from the start and was sowhat astonished.
You see, despite his cold deanour and several ingratiating remarks during the journey, this noble lord did not even bother to reply, and now he was being so polite to soone who shared a carriage with soldiers? Moreover, from her tone, it seed she might be even considering an invitation?
Could this also be so important person?
Calder couldn’t help but take a second glance at Colin, and the more he watched, the more familiar he seed…
But for the life of him, he couldn’t recall who it was.
Tch, isn’t speaking up now just inviting trouble… Colin was sowhat speechless, just as he was about to muster the courage to respond in a slightly hoarse voice.
Suddenly, from down the street, a scream erupted:
“Help!!!”
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