I Will Be the Only One Who Heals at the Prison Academy - Chapter 417



417 – Mimir’s Well #1

417 – Mimir’s Well # 1

“Once you go beyond this point, you can’t go back.”

A prison located in the basement of the Academy.

Until a dozen years ago, it was used as a detention center for outlaws who did not follow the rules of the student council. Now, there was only one gargoyle statue standing in an abandoned and rarely visited place.

When you manipulate this gargoyle statue, a secret door opens in the stone wall behind it.

Then, you would truly have taken a step towards Tartarus, the infinite hell.

“The only way to go back is now.”

Last chance to go back.

I gave my companions one more chance.

Zek-.

At that time, Victorica takes a step forward.

Do I want to go back?

However, the guy didn’t turn around and pulled the tail of the gargoyle statue with all his might.

Rattling, rattling-.

I can hear the sound of machinery moving.

Soon the cold stone wall split and a passage appeared.

It was a passage so dark that it was impossible to tell how long it was or where it led. From deep inside, a wind sound like someone’s murmur is heard.

Victorica said.

“If I was going to come back from here, I wouldn’t have even come all the way here. You said you don’t have time? From now on, there is no need to hesitate over stories like this. Because there is no one to go back to.”

“Okay.”

I made a mistake.

Nike, Victorica, and Enio are not people who would run away from an important situation.

I knew that well too, but I was just asking just in case.

Then enter the standard party of four.

Lastly, we reflect on the contents of the baggage we brought and the goals we need to achieve.

“Our top goal is to enter Tartarus and secure the ‘Console Orb’. And it would be nice if we could do the search for Orca at the same time, but there’s no need to take the risk.”

When you have to handle multiple tasks at the same time, if you set priorities clearly, you will be less likely to get confused or have trouble later.

After remembering our goal again, I walked into the dark passage.

The air was unusually humid and sticky, perhaps because the passage opened by the gargoyle’s manipulation had been closed for a long time.

Even though I only walked a few steps, my clothes were sticking to my body as if I was sweating, which was quite unpleasant.

But now, there was no one who would complain with such discomfort.

Just keep your mouth shut and walk.

A winding maze.

It’s a perfect situation to get lost if you walk without a map.

Rattling.

Occasionally, dried, white remains were rolling around beneath our feet.

It must be an adventurer who got lost in this underground labyrinth of Ludens or a prisoner trying to escape.

If we get lost here, we might end up like that too.

Of course, that didn’t happen.

“If my prediction is correct, you will see a sewage treatment plant when you turn left at the corner.”

The corner we arrived at before we knew it.

When I turned to the left, I heard the loud sound of water flowing.

“Waterfall?”

Who was it?

I think it was Nike.

In front of us, a stream of water so majestic that it could be mistaken for a waterfall was falling from a pipe.

Ludens The polluted water flowing from the ground swirls wildly in the huge sewage treatment facility, just like a fast-moving river.

Since something like this is nearby, the air is humid.

“It’s just as I know it. I don’t think you need to worry about getting lost.”

I have already memorized the road to Tartarus.

It’s a place I’ve been to countless times to farm high-level items.

━Squeak!

“Mouse? “It sounds like a rat!”

It was time to leave the sewage treatment plant and go deeper.

Nike, who was holding a luminous candle in her hand and shining it here and there, shouted brightly.

“I guess there are animals living underground like this! Life is strong after all!”

The basement is so barren that not much light comes in.

It must be amazing that there is an ecosystem where animals live in such a place.

━Squeak!

However, what appeared in front of Nike was not a rat.

Squeaking.

Because it was an insect with countless legs and joints.

“Oh, that’s a really big centipede!?”

Nike was surprised.

Everyone is bound to be surprised when a centipede as big as a small car appears.

To be precise, it is a chimera created by mixing a rat and a centipede.

You can think of it as a centipede’s legs extending out from the rat’s body.

Perhaps if this was a real game, the letters wouldn’t have come up like this?

「Lv. 61 – Contaminated Rat

HP: 352/352″

June is a powerful monster.

Because the level is high, the basic HP is high and when attacked, you are even given a level 3 ‘poisoned’ status.

The feeling of a gatekeeper testing us before heading to Tartarus.

If the party composition is not good, it will be destroyed just by meeting this person.

━Squeak!

Rattling, rattling-.

It ran towards us at a frightening speed, its many legs clattering on the stone floor.

━Crumbling… !

The snake on Nike’s shoulder growls.

It’s probably because of the underground rat’s terrible appearance.

“《Void Fox》.”

Enio was the first to cast a void attribute spell.

Then, June’s body is cut in half.

「Lv 61 – Contaminated Rat

HP: 41/352″

━Keueeeeek!!!

It was an intense scream.

He must have sensed death.

“Cutting the light.”

I added an attack and ended his miserable life.

It’s a rat that just disappears.

All that remains is one item called “Hard Carapace.”

I remember it being a very useful item when making high-level armor.

“If you can defeat a monster with 350 HP in two hits, your attack power will be sufficient.”

From noble mtl dot come

Enio’s void magic had extremely high destructive power.

Originally, Enio was a character with good utility skills such as tying down opponents or putting shadow armor on allies, but now he seemed to be a pure dealer.

I think this is enough to get through Tartarus, right?

Maybe I can break through to the 35th floor, which was my highest record, or even higher?

However, I didn’t say that because I thought being overly confident could cause an accident.

* * *

“Ugh, it looks really terrible.”

Nike frowned.

It must be because of the giant slime wriggling in front of Nike.

━Kuruieek!!!

It contained all kinds of pollutants in its body as big as a car.

Looking at the jelly-like body and the chitanjil’s legs extending out, it appears that it has also been feasting on the rat.

「Lv.61 – Acid Bloodring

HP: 138/138″

This guy’s name is Acid Bloodling.

It is a type of wildling, a type of slime.

“He might be the cousin of Cloudling Yingying. Since its body is acidic, it damages the durability of armor and weapons, so do not touch or approach it if possible.”

“Ugh, is that an animal similar to Yingying?”

Victorica narrows her eyebrows as if she can’t believe it.

━Gyuiing.

Soon, Cloud Ring Yingying, who was clinging to Victoria’s shoulder her, began to tremble.

Was she glad to find her own people?

━Crumbling… !

No, he soon spewed out his lightning and struck the body of the Acid Blood Ring, whom I could call my own subspecies.

Bloodling disappearing with a crackling sound.

“As you saw, bloodlings are weak to the lightning attribute.”

“Victor! “Over there!”

Enio points to something with his finger

There was a huge fish whose body was covered in mucus.

It has limb growns like a human, and is holding crude weapons such as a pipe or an iron club.

「Lv. 65 Dagon’s Follower

HP: 151/151″

━Psiiiii.

It clenched its gills and made a sound as if the wind had escaped.

The smell is very unpleasant.

“They are followers of Dagon. “It’s a fish, but it’s weak to the fire attribute.”

“Okay, so this is a firework? 《Dragon White Phosphorus》!”

Victorica stretches out her hand and shoots a fireball.

It was a magic that inflicted fire damage to the opponent and then continued to inflict burn damage for 5 turns.

Grumble, quaaang-!

“Dagon’s follower” Was hit by an attack and caught fire.

I probably lost about 100 HP just because of that.

━GUeeeeeCK!!!

A fish monster screaming loudly.

Soon, the sound of footsteps can be heard here and there.

━Psiiiii.

━Shhh.

━Sii.

“It’s increased!”

Victoria shouted

As he said, the number of “Dagon’s followers” Has increased.

“If they can’t handle it in one shot, they’re the ones calling their colleagues.”

“You should have told me that a long time ago! Okay, then we’ll go to the quantity exhibition as well!”

Victorica moved her hand to her waist and pulled out her card.

Then she summoned a giant fire lizard.

“Salamanda!”

━Hwaruk.

It was a Salamander whose body was covered in fire.

Is this the guy you trained as a familiar in the Miss Ludens Contest?

“Spark fire!”

━Hwaaa-!!!

Hwareuk, Hwareuk-.

It catches fire.

Wait a moment to smell the fish being grilled.

Slurrrr-.

One “Dagon’s Scale” Remained where the monsters were.

It is used when producing the high-level accessory ‘Dagon Series’, but the Dagon Series has too many penalties, so it was an item that I did not like very much.

Still, I took care of it.

If you sell it to a store, you can make a lot of money.

It would cost 50,000 Ren each.

50,000 Ren per monster.

What kind of overwhelmingly efficient way to make money?

When the level is high, money accumulates to a truly unreasonable degree.

It was a time when I looked around to see where the next monster would be.

“Ugh, there are a lot of terrible monsters.”

When there was some time left in the ongoing battle, Nike wiped the sweat from his forehead and complained. Even in Nike’s opinion, the monsters that appear here look really scary.

Enio said.

“It must be because of the sewage treatment plant. Aren’t there all kinds of contaminants in the water that flows in from the ground? They are probably monsters that mutated after eating that.”

It makes sense.

However, Victoria’s thoughts seemed a little different.

“The sewage treatment plant is also a reason. Of course, the real reason is probably because of Tartarus, which is located somewhere here. The morale that overflows from there affects the surrounding people.”

Victorica adds a word.

“I think the closer we get to the entrance of Tartarus, the more powerful and horribly twisted monsters will appear. Conversely, the place where stronger monsters appear is the place we are looking for.”

That is correct.

As expected from a student council president, he gets right to the point.

I also decided to say something.

“We are almost near the entrance. “Dagon’s followers” Are the ones that appear near the entrance.”

Everyone was silent for a moment.

Then, it was Enio who expressed his impressions his first.

“These monsters were lurking right under the academy. People were living carelessly without knowing anything.”

Nike trembles at those words.

“It was named the Island of Play. Now that I look at it, Ludens Island seems like a really unpleasant place.”

The skunk that was clinging to Nike ‘s her shoulder her her her also ━hiowong… And he cried a little anxiously.