episode_0023

“It’s so dirty.”

The dungeon inside the cave was much larger than I had thought.

It felt almost like a city, but there were even floors separated.

Fortunately, what Ahmet asked wasn’t all that difficult.

Strengthen the dungeon security as instructed by her.

It could have been a difficult task, but in reality, she gave me detailed instructions on where and what traps to set, and it wasn’t that difficult.

Her expectations were extremely low thanks to the low intelligence of the monsters.

As a result, it was enough to just play around moderately and occasionally give verbal instructions.

“I’ll probably get insurance just in case. Let’s get some information.”

I told Aisha that I would be staying in the dungeon for the time being.

Thanks to that, at least there was no fear of the worst happening.

“The problem is how to obtain information that can be hypnotized···”

Unlike Aisha, Ahmet was on the more cautious side.

He wasn’t the type that could be easily hypnotized.

It was necessary to slowly increase the intensity of hypnosis, starting from a level that was psychologically non-repulsive.

To do that, we needed information.

But it wasn’t easy to get information from her, who was anything but friendly.

“Haa··· It’s not easy.”

A sigh that escapes on its own.

I thought about trying simple hypnosis first, but my cool-headed reason was against it.

Rather, if you hypnotize someone indiscriminately, there is a high probability that you will only increase their sense of unnecessarily high alertness.

At least, you had to create a situation that would be less psychologically repulsive or use hypnosis to make them feel that way.

“and··· the poison··· sir···! ”

While I was thinking about what to do next, I heard a voice speaking in an extremely awkward and urgent tone.

I turned my gaze towards the sound in the dark dungeon and saw an orc with the same green skin as me running towards me.

“Is that you?”

Among the orcs, he was the most familiar.

The only orc who can understand and speak a little language.

It was probably a being with the top 1% intelligence by Orc standards, but from my perspective, it was still quite frustrating.

And perhaps because he was more intelligent than other orcs, he was smaller than me.

“No···no···problem! Ah···no···there···was···? That might···be···I···don’t know···!”

Sadly, I had no ability to understand orc communication.

To me, who had the body of an orc but a head no different from a human’s, the sounds they made were nothing more than strange cries.

So the guy desperately used the knowledge he had to use language.

Even so, the meanings were all mixed up.

“Something seems to have gone wrong.”

My role in this dungeon now was no different from that of a mid-level manager.

My job was to give him instructions, watch him work from the side, and correct him if he made mistakes.

That’s why I needed to find out what the guy was trying to say.

“I was going to play around for a bit··· If I take my eyes off it for even a moment, trouble will arise.”

The orc’s body was excellent as a laborer.

But the head was not like that at all.

If you tell them to dig somewhere and leave them alone for a week, it is common for a few of them to get crushed and die while digging strangely.

It was a common case that the direction was off.

“That··· That··· Water···! It exploded··· It··· It exploded···! ”

“What? Water burst?”

Meaning unclear.

Further conversation was pointless.

It was much faster to go and check for myself than to listen to awkward speech and difficult-to-understand words.

“Ah··· That··· That··· Ugh··· It··· Was··· Wet···?”

“Oh, okay… Just guide me.”

When I pointed with my hand in the direction I had come from, the guy thought for a moment and then moved forward as if he understood.

“Ah··· Ah··· Walking··· Direction··· Sound··· ”

“Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Just walk quickly.”

It’s probably just another minor issue.

But once we had established a cooperative relationship, even if only outwardly, we couldn’t just leave it alone.

If you are already in a position where you are under suspicion, not doing your work diligently will only make the suspicion grow stronger.

“Come to think of it··· I said something like you could beat a high elf too.”

The image of Ahmet rushing towards me in one breath came to mind.

A beauty with terrifyingly strong powers.

Her confidence that she could defeat not only orcs but even high elves led her to one conclusion.

“Is this an artifact?”

Judging from the information we have so far, she has powers similar to a dragon.

But it was quite different from the dragons in the legend.

It has similar abilities to a dragon, but its power is vastly different.

If so, then the power she used was likely related to the artifact.

“Have you ever seen anything special in this dungeon?”

“What··· thing···? Word··· I··· don’t know···”

I asked the orc who was walking ahead while tapping him, but the answer I got was as expected.

An orc who couldn’t even properly understand what he was told to do was no help.

“ga··· Gandokgannim··· do··· arrive··· no··· depart··· here···”

While I was thinking about this and that, I was able to arrive at the site where the orcs were working.

The other guys were taking a break, and a dark, empty space came into view through the entrance.

It wasn’t at an uncomfortable level, but I had to get close to see it in detail.

“Let’s see for ourselves what the problem is.”

The moment I approached the entrance, a strange air clung to my body.

A warm yet moist feeling.

It was clearly different from the air in the dungeon I had felt just a moment ago.

Because it was built to expand under the cave, the air was originally somewhat humid, but not to this extent.

“What···”

Lift your leg and step your foot inward.

Then, a warm sensation was felt on the soles of my feet along with a refreshing sound.

Chalbak-

Water. And warm water filled the floor.

“Is this what they meant by water?”

“Gan··· Gandoggannim··· How···? Ha··· I··· do it···!”

“Wait a minute. Think about it.”

This was a dungeon located beneath a cave, and it had three floors underground.

I think I may have accidentally touched something like groundwater.

“It’s getting annoying.”

What happens when water rises underground?

Of course, it will slowly flood from the bottom.

To avoid that, it was necessary to block the part where the water was coming out again.

“Can you stop this again?”

As I walked, I felt warm water splashing on my body, and as I approached the wall, water was trickling down like a hot spring.

“How long has it been since I started working and it’s already fucking shit···”

I was about to curse unconsciously when a thought suddenly struck my head.

When she first met Ahmet, she had gone to the lake to wash.

The reason was that there was no space to wash in the dungeon.

“···If I do this well, I might be able to use it.”

My head spun quickly and a smile formed on my face.

First, create a hot spring inside the dungeon.

Of course, Amet will wash here from now on.

And then you just have to hypnotize her while she’s washing up.

If the physical tension was relaxed by the warm water, it was likely that at least light hypnosis would be easily achieved.

Moreover, if you utilize the story about compensation that we talked about last time, it was worth a try.

“The opportunity came sooner than I expected.”

Ahmet was a difficult opponent to hypnotize and information was scarce.

In that case, it would have been enough to create a situation that was easy to hypnotize from the beginning and then slowly corrupt them.

“ga··· liver flu?”

The orc, who had come closer without me noticing, was looking at me with a puzzled expression.

It wasn’t surprising that he was suddenly laughing while checking the wall.

“Very good job.”

“What···What···I···don’t know···”

“I’m saying that I benefited from it. If you don’t understand, just ignore it.”

The orc, who had seemed stupid just a moment ago, suddenly seemed a little bit smarter.

He may not be able to speak properly, but he was a guy who brought me good luck at least.

“I think I need to change the work content a bit.”

“Ah···? What··· are··· you··· working···?”

The guy tried to understand what I said with awkward gestures.

But it didn’t really matter whether the guy understood or not.

‘First, I need to think of a way to drain the used water somewhere else. If that doesn’t work, I could have other monsters periodically dump it outside.’

You can find the artifacts slowly later.

Anyway, once I capture Amet, wherever it is, it will just fall into my hands.

The important thing now was to hypnotize her and slowly corrupt her.