My Demons - Chapter 60



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My Villains Episode 060

16. Disappearance (4)

“Ugh, X8.”

He spit out the dirt in his mouth along with a curse.

Then, it wriggled out its lower body from the soil and crawled forward.

Ugh, what on earth is going on? My whole body aches.

I rummaged through my bag, trying to figure out what was going on.

… … Yes, we encountered groupers and golden mollies. Groupers appearing in the sewers is something that has never happened in a game.

That’s right, groupers appear as subordinates of the ‘priest of the deep sea’, the head of the pirate group. It makes no sense to show up already, right?

No, there is nothing that makes no sense. Anyway, the bandits who surrounded the city are all part of the same group… … .

Groupers aside, what is a golden molly?

There is really no luck whatsoever. Even among random names, this guy is especially hard to find, so I couldn’t believe I ran into him like this.

ah… Come to think of it, I couldn’t even root. He must have had something useful.

Anyway, the bitch did something crazy as she was dying. A block of ice roughly the size of four or five queen-size beds exploded.

The explosion itself was enough to completely shatter my shield and wrist. The problem is that after that, an earthquake came out of nowhere. Isn’t it like an earthquake? anyway.

The explosion caused by Golden Molly must have touched something wrong.

It is clear that one side of the wall and floor of the passageway collapsed, and a lot of water poured out.

I got caught up in the pouring water and got sucked somewhere…

“Oh right. Mr. Luke!”

Luke, who was caught up in the chaos, suddenly came to mind.

I tried to raise my voice to those around me, but unfortunately, there seemed to be no one nearby.

I took out a flint and a torch from the water-soaked bag.

The flint was also wet, so I had to shake it off, wipe it under my armpits, rub it in dry dirt, and shake off the moisture.

Fortunately, the head of the torch was tightly wrapped in several layers and it was made of sulfur, so it caught fire quickly.

Grumbling.

As I looked around with the help of a torch, a narration from a game suddenly came to mind.

It was a game called ‘XKist Dungeon’. They say that when they see the torch burning, starlight blooms.

That expression perfectly suited the situation I was in right now.

The place where I stepped was a small sand mound in a huge cavity.

Everywhere was full of water, and even if I held the torch high and looked, I couldn’t even see the ceiling.

Just like a lonely star rising in the night sky, the torch was lighting up the whole place.

I shined a torch into the surrounding water, but the sand didn’t sink so it only looked hazy.

Of course, I couldn’t tell how deep it was or what was living there.

After checking the surroundings, I extinguished the torch in dry sand and wrapped it in a cloth. Then he muttered softly.

“You’re screwed.”

Yes, definitely.

This is the ‘Rotting cave’, no, the ‘rotting crypt’, the deep part of the sewer dungeon.

This is a place with quite a bit of difficulty based on the game. General users must be at least level 17 to clear it reliably.

Even for a person like me who was level 12 or 13, I was able to beat it, but there is no guarantee that that would be possible in real life.

No, of course it would be close to impossible.

This is a reality mode that goes far beyond the hardcore mode.

“ha.”

Where is Mr. Luke?

Even though he’s a spellcaster, he’s an old man. Do you think he survived this mess?

Ellen, did this idiot go out through a secret passageway?

There were a lot of groupers camped out there, and I don’t think they would have escaped that easily. I’m worried that he too may have been swept away by this flood.

I shouldn’t have done that. I should have warmed it up like Mr. Luke advised.

Suddenly acting harshly because you feel burdened… When I think about it again, it was a stupid thing to do. It shouldn’t have happened that way.

I took out ointment and bandages from my bag. After giving meticulous first aid to the thigh that had been stabbed by his spear, the wrist that looked like it was cracked, and the elbow that had ice shards stuck in it, I filled my stomach.

Duck eggs, barley bread, and beer mixed with water. Soft barley bread – these are all the foods I brought with me from the inn.

The barley bread was so wet that it was easy to eat, and the duck egg had a slightly musty smell, but was edible. The mild beer was perfect for filling my stomach.

I move according to my survival instinct, but suddenly I feel skeptical.

Without Ellen or Luke, will I be able to get out of here alone?

Even if you manage to escape, will you be able to move forward in this shitty world without losing your two colleagues?

“••••••Phew.”

I rubbed my face a couple of times and got up from my seat.

I need to move quickly.

“Off-”

The blue light tickled my eyelids.

Frowning and struggling to open her eyes, Ellen noticed something floating in the air.

“Uh…7”

While the girl narrowed her brows and corrected her blurred focus, the sphere engulfed in blue light stretched its long tail and disappeared somewhere.

‘•••What was it?’

Ellen felt her body even though she was confused.

The ancestral heirloom robes, the dianthus necklace hidden under the shirt, and the pouch containing the jewelry and gold coins were all in their original places, but the crossbow was nowhere to be seen.

The girl was lying on a mound of fine sand.

The bottom of the backpack was torn, with only a piece of tough fabric remaining, but fortunately the slingback was intact.

Ellen reached into her sling bag with her injured hand and pulled out a lab knife.

A knife is a tool used in place of a pestle or spoon, so it is smaller than the palm of one’s hand and the blade is blunt.

However, in the current situation where there is not a single light, it was an essential tool for Ellen.

“Influ-unt flammae, Tielum ensa-ra (Fire, answer, friend calls).”

The calmly memorized spell was soon completed, and the fire was lit using Ellen’s mana as fuel.

Whoops.

It was a flame-type 1.5 rank spell, ‘Burning Weapon’.

It is a spell that completely covers even the blade of a huge sword or ax and emits fierce flames.

But now, the spell unfolded by Ellen was shaking cutely, swallowing only the small blade of the laboratory knife.

This was enough to do the job of a small oil lantern and save mana, so it wasn’t that bad.

I don’t know how long I lost my mind, but my mana had recovered significantly.

Of course, with no idea of ​​the current situation, I had no intention of wasting mana.

Ellen searched through her sling bag and found an hourglass. She looked at the scale and saw that it had been about three hours since she last checked. The sun was slowly rising outside.

“Okay.”

When I check the time, I feel hungry and tired.

The added bonus is that it feels so heavy that it is difficult for my body, which is completely destroyed, to bear.

‘Being a wizard means you can’t even control your body properly-’

The girl who was blaming herself soon sneered and shook her head.

This is Ellen, who couldn’t control her emotions and impulsively ran out of the inn. She found it funny that she was blaming herself again.

Ellen put aside her random thoughts and began to look around. Meanwhile, she was suddenly overcome by a feeling of anger in her stomach.

I’m sure I was swept down by the flowing silt, but how is it that there’s only white sand here?

How can he, who has lost his mind, lie on the mound without any injuries?

I came down further underground from the lowest level of the sewer, so how did these square stone walls surround me on all sides?

What are those stairs in the center of the room, those archways that even a giant could pass through?

Before she could solve these questions, Ellen was struck by an eerie sensation.

“•••This?”

The girl quickly got up and prepared a spell as evil energy was swirling from somewhere.

“Puhuheook!”

After climbing onto the pile of sand, I got up and walked away from the water. Then he threw away his bag and quickly pulled out a pearl bottle.

visor!

“Huh, huh.”

I took a deep breath and awakened all the senses in my body.

It was a terrible thing to face an underwater enemy in a crypt without a single light.

As soon as I felt the presence of life, I swam with all my might to get out of the water, but my heart was still pounding violently.

“Huh, hu-”

My restful sleep and rapid breathing have regained stability. She pointed the knife at the water for a while, but nothing happened.

•••Did I hear it wrong? It definitely seemed like something was swimming and following me.

Now, what monsters can come out of the crypt?

First of all – ‘drowned corpse’, a type of zombie.

Black slime and a giant crocodile that we have already encountered.

In addition, Muljara, leech golem, jangguaebi… … Ugh, these are the only ones that make me vomit just thinking about them.

I don’t know if I was lucky, or if all the monsters had fled in the aftermath of the collapse. I had been swimming around for hours, but all I came across were undead, drowned corpses.

Drowned corpses are low-level undead that appear in the water. They are a bit dangerous when encountered in the water, but when they are on land, they are no better than ordinary zombies.

Still, you can’t let down your guard.

I quickly opened my bag, lit the torch, and took out my armor. I kept the breastplate and helmet on, but the rest of the body was uncomfortable when swimming, so I took it off for a while.

“Okay.”

Ugh, these armors were put together less than 10 days ago and they are in really bad shape.

It is not normal to wear it because it has dents, cracks, and wear here and there.

After putting on my armor, I wrapped a black half-cloak around my left shoulder.

The ground I stepped on this time looked quite large. Maybe we can find a way up… .

“•••Hmm.”

As I looked around with a torch, I was sure there was something special about this place.

The first thing that caught my eye was the square hill in the center. It is not a simple pile of dirt like other mounds around it.

The ground is firmly compacted, and broken bricks can be seen here and there.

There was a low sandy field on three sides of the hill, and there were piles of dirt here and there.

There were several bare footprints on the mound that seemed to have been built by someone or naturally.

For a moment I wondered who the owner of the footprints was, but then I came across a group of drowned corpses.

On the ground, they were no better than regular zombies, so I could easily wipe them out.

Where have all the other monsters gone and these guys are the only ones left? Well, it’s better than meeting a strong enemy and sweating it out.

One side of the highland was a steep cliff. The water around was just stagnant, with no waves or flowing to one side.

So this cliff did not appear to have formed naturally.

While I was thinking about climbing to the high ground, I discovered something completely unexpected.

“This!”

When the dirt was shaken off, the smooth maroon fuselage was revealed.

This is Ellen’s crossbow. Although the string is broken, the bow, fuselage, and trigger all appear to be intact.

Was this originally here? I’m sure I didn’t see it when I passed by earlier…

Ugh, suddenly my heart is beating fast. No, I feel like my heart is going to jump out of my throat because it’s beating so fast.

Unless this crossbow fell alone in the earthquake, Ellen is definitely here. Or, there was.

Ugh, let’s not feel ominous!

After shaking my head, I immediately started climbing the hill. As the gentle slope gradually became steeper, a brick staircase came into view.

“… … uh?”

for a moment. Does this look strangely familiar?

It’s the ‘Altar’, a random encounter in the ‘Rotting Crypt’, right?

‘Random encounters’ literally refer to various events that you encounter while playing the game.

It is rarely found in the terrain in the main scenario, and is mainly encountered in terrain where you do not need to proceed, such as ‘Rotting Crypt’.

Depending on the nature of the encounter, you may receive experience points or items for nothing, but usually you will receive a risky challenge and a corresponding reward.

In the case of the ‘altar’ that unfolds before me now, it is a typical high-risk, high-return encounter.

Even when playing the game, it is an extremely difficult in-counter that I would just skip unless I was very confident in my specs.

Uh, wait a minute.

The random names I’ve encountered so far were ‘Poison’ and ‘Golden Molly’. But the first random encounter I encountered was ‘Jedan’… ? Are you out of your mind?

Isn’t this world filled with only the most shitty random elements?

If that’s really the case, I’ll kill you, Trickster, by ripping you limb from limb.

Trying to shake off the anxiety that was running down my spine, I hurried up the stairs.