episode_0602

Two years have passed since I entered this world, so some things are becoming blurry, but there are still some things I can never forget.

Dungeons are one of them.

Memories engraved in your body, not in your head, remind you of everything the moment you encounter that place.

So I can say this with certainty. There is no way there will be a bloody smell in this dungeon where Ruel’s doll is waiting. How could a dungeon filled with noble and strict paladins have a bad smell?

Ouch. shit. Really, nothing goes as planned. What a variable in a situation where you can’t even wield a weapon properly.

“…How could it happen?”

“What is it? Some other idiot discovered this place first.”

The condition for entering this place is not to ‘embrace the divinity of the Lord God’ but to ‘breathe the divinity of the Lord God.’

The former is something that no one but me and Fabi can do, but there are many ways to do the latter.

If you just raid the Artea family’s warehouse right now, you’ll be able to get countless tickets.

So it wouldn’t be too surprising even if someone discovered this place by chance.

Especially considering that this place is a sacred place full of priests.

The problem is the other side. The doll imitating the paladin Ruel is a much more picky person than my current grandfather.

There was no way he was watching his place become a mess.

If someone had done something here, Ruel would have definitely moved to punish the intruders.

Even so, I couldn’t stop it. I had no choice but to let the basement fill with the smell of death.

why? Because an intruder knocked over Ruel’s doll.

“How about taking a step back? Now this place is small. You never know what will happen if you dig into the secret.”

Arthur’s opinion was extremely reasonable. Since there are variables that cannot be guessed, it is better to take a step back. Even though our forces are quite strong, we can’t take on the entire church.

In my head, I thought that was right, but I couldn’t bring myself to say it out loud.

“Yeah…I guess so.”

Even though she said it was right, I couldn’t find the words to say as I looked at Fabi, who couldn’t take her eyes off the front with her hands clasped to her chest.

“Incompetent Prince. Are you scared? Are your legs shaking because you’re scared to go forward?”

“It has nothing to do with my own will. I just think that’s the best.”

“I don’t know what’s the difference between that and being scared.”

Maybe Faby is underground, looking at the past. Memories of the time when she was made a saint.

Although she has succeeded in overcoming the forgotten past by facing it with her own eyes, she cannot completely erase the nightmare of that day.

“If you’re going to run away because you don’t think you can win, why are you carrying a knife? It would be better to arouse sympathy because walking around with bare hands seems more sloppy.”

“Young-ae. I’m fine. So first of all.”

“Noisy. Poor woman. I wasn’t asking you, right?”

As if he sensed my thoughts, he rather forcibly covered the mouth of Fabi who was trying to dissuade me.

Not everything is for you. Fabi.

It’s also a chance to make fun of my grandfather, who got caught up in these idiots.

Even now, inside me, Garrad’s cheerful laughter and my grandfather’s shouts are mixed together.

I look forward to how much more fun it will be once we see the truth.

“Are you sure it’s okay? Even if we are like that, you will be dangerous in case of an emergency because you are not in normal condition.”

“Puhaha! Is the incompetent prince worried about me!? Even now, I can play with a piece of crap like a prince with one hand, right?”

“…Why do your hands look like that?”

“Why? Did I do something strange?”

I was just pretending to grab the mace, but I don’t know why I was clearing my throat.

Anyway, Arthur’s consent must have been obtained. When I turned to the other two people, Frey was struggling to resist the urge to run away, and Joey had already created several magic circles around him.

“Whatever awaits here is no more dangerous than the Fairy Forest, right?”

“Of course. The guys here are so small that the word trash suffices.”

“Then what does it matter? Rather, it worked out well. I have a chance to use what I learned from Erginus.”

The sight of Joy shrugging her shoulders, saying she wouldn’t make a mistake this time, wasn’t trustworthy… and honestly, I felt uneasy.

The more confident you are, the more likely you are to make mistakes at important moments. That’s the record so far.

“Something. Those eyes! By coming this far, you’ve seen how good I am with magic! Please trust me!”

“I didn’t say anything? Why all the fuss because I got stabbed first.”

“With your eyes! You said it with your eyes!”

“What do you say? Anyway, I’m really curious as to how such an idiot could be the duke’s daughter.”

“Ugh!”

Having relieved the heavy air by using Joy as a scapegoat, I turned my attention to Fabi again.

Fabi looked at me quietly, bit her lip, and nodded. If you look at the slightly red eyes, it looks like tears are about to come out.

“Everyone knows, but I’m weak right now, right? So focus on the orders I give you. There is no shield to protect your foolish actions.”

If this were a game, I could play with the final boss just with my friends’ specs, but this is reality and there are areas that cannot be reached with the logic of the game.

So you have to be careful.

The enemy you will meet here is probably a priest from the main church.

Specifically, probably the Inquisitor series.

If they had made this place their home, they would have set up several traps.

The number of enemies that appear will not be that large, but those few will not go down easily.

From the moment they recognize us, they will engage in guerrilla warfare and try to create an advantageous battlefield.

The other person’s specifications won’t be much different from what I know. hmm. I can see roughly what to do.

“Let’s go. Poor guys.”

As I stepped into the underground hallway, I was convinced that my guess was correct. The trap in the hallway was clearly the interrogator’s method.

“Foolish prosecutor. Get ready.”

“Yes!”

The moment I touched the trap, pretending not to notice the presence I could sense from beyond the crossroads, the enemy moved.

They must have thought we would fall into a trap and were looking for an opportunity to attack.

“Kya!?”

So, to induce me, she screams on purpose. My high, clear voice filled the hallway, and a man wearing a robe appeared from beyond.

“Puhaha!♡ Were you looking forward to it?♡”

While he was preparing to throw the dagger and was staring blankly at my smile, Frey, wrapped in wind, quickly arrived in front of the man.

The man, who belatedly realized his danger, turned his head, but by then Frey’s sword had already reached his neck.

“…Bff!?”

The man, frozen by the sense of death, was easily caught by the rope protruding from his shadow.

It was a man struggling to break free from his bonds, but those ropes were beyond the control of a godless interrogator.

How could something created by the power of darkness be broken by human power?

Umm. Is it too easy?

No matter how much you fall for my provocation, isn’t it a bit weird that you can’t even react at all?

Is this the church’s inquisitor?

I walked towards the man with my head tilted, and kicked his struggling groin several times, making him foam at the mouth.

“…that. It’s good to subdue him, but wouldn’t it have been better to interrogate him?”

“It won’t be possible to communicate with them because they have such weird heads. I still see it now. It’s so good that you’re foaming at the mouth. Do you think you can dig up information from this enormous piece of magical trash?”

“I don’t think I fainted because I was happy.”

“As you said, it will be difficult to expect information. Interrogators also learn how to respond to torture.”

“Ah. I see. Well, there’s no way the interrogator wasn’t prepared for being interrogated.”

When I looked past Arthur, who was shaking his head, and looked towards the darkness, I saw the bones and flesh of what had once been a person. The traces left on the flesh are clearly teeth marks.

…cannibalism? Did you eat someone?

‘that. ‘What do you mean?’

You were being hunted? Interrogators?

To whom. There was no need to ask that question. If you remember whose territory this underground originally belonged to, the answer will come quickly.

…I didn’t expect this type of variable.

ah. shit.

If my body was normal, I would be able to check what happened using a history check, but that’s not possible now.

Checking history is very time consuming. If I wrote it now, I would collapse before I even see what it says.

After thinking for a moment, I quickly burst out laughing. In the end, nothing changes. It’s just the first time back. Then there is no reason to back down.

“…May the dead rest in peace.”

After confirming that Fabi had finished praying for the lion, I moved forward again to conquer the dungeon.

And then the scene we saw was the embodiment of the word cruel.

A corpse intentionally torn into pieces to intimidate the living. The skin of the face of the person who screamed. A rotting piece of meat. The interrogators trembled with fear and were subdued by us. Dirt and black blood hanging here and there.

Fabi and I assumed that the underground unrest was created by the sacrifice of the innocent, but the reality was different.

This hell consisted of the deaths of innocent people.

“Are you an alchemist? I remember when I entered that damn dungeon.”

“…It was really terrible there.”

“Who on earth would do something like this?”

As I was moving through hell step by step, I felt a cold sensation down my spine.

Grandpa raised his voice. Without realizing it, I tried to move my body while holding the shield. However, my movements had no meaning.

Frey, who ran past me, deflected the mace with his sword.

“ came. A creepy enemy.”

Instead of answering, the opponent swung his mace once more.

As Frea retreated, the mace that hit the ground was threatening enough to cause even a small earthquake.

“Sloppy people. Get ready.”

The broken doll of Paladin Ruel is coming to kill us.