My Villains Episode 060
16. Disappearance (4)
“Ugh X-arm.”
With a curse, he spat out the dirt in his mouth.
Then, he wriggled out his lower body stuck in the sand and crawled forward.
oh what the hell is this My whole body aches.
I rummaged through my bag, trying to figure out what was going on.
…yes I met groupers and golden molly. Groupers appearing in the sewers was something that had never happened in the game.
That’s also true, groupers are the ones who appear as subordinates of the ‘priest of the deep sea’, the leader of the pirates. Doesn’t it make sense to show up already?
no, there is nothing to say Anyway, the thieves besieging the city are all in one group…
Aside from the groupers, what else is Golden Molly?
There is hardly any real luck. He’s a particularly hard-to-see among random names, but to be able to meet him like this.
Ah… Come to think of it, I couldn’t even root. I must have had something useful.
Anyway, as the bitch was dying, she cheated on something. A block of ice roughly the size of four or five queen beds exploded.
The explosion itself ended to the extent that my shield and wrists were all shattered. The problem is that after that, the earthquake came out of nowhere. Isn’t it an earthquake? anyway.
The explosion caused by Golden Molly must have touched something wrong.
It is certain if you recall that the wall and floor on one side of the aisle collapsed and water poured out.
I got caught up in the pouring water and was sucked into somewhere –
“Oh, that’s right. Mr. Luke!”
Mr. Luke, who was also involved in the uproar, suddenly came to mind.
I raised my voice slightly towards the surroundings, but unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be close.
I took a flint and a torch from the bag soaked in water.
The flint was also wet, so I had to shake it off, wipe it under my armpits, rub it in the dry dirt – and wipe it off with a gauze.
Fortunately, the torch caught fire quickly because the head was wrapped tightly in several layers and it was made of sulfur.
Fire.
As I looked around by the torchlight, a narration in a certain game suddenly came to my mind.
It was a game called ‘X Kist Dungeon’. When they saw the torch burning, they expressed that the light of the stars was rising.
That expression suited the situation I was in right now.
The place I stepped on was a small mound of sand in a huge hollow.
Everywhere was full of water, and I couldn’t even see the ceiling even if I held the torch up high.
Just like a lonely star rising up in the night sky, the torch alone was lighting up the four directions.
I shined a torch at the water around me, but the sand hadn’t fully settled, so it 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 the dry sand and wrapped it in a cloth. Then he muttered a little.
“Fucked.”
yes sure
This is the ‘Rotting cave’, the deep part of the sewer dungeon, or the ‘rotting crypt’.
This is a fairly difficult place based on the game. General users need to be at least level 17 or higher to be able to clear it reliably.
It’s a dead person like me. I used to wake up with level 12 and level 13, but there’s no guarantee that it’s possible in real life.
No, of course it would be close to impossible.
This is a reality mode that far surpasses the hardcore mode.
“ha.”
Where is Mr. Luke?
Even though he’s a spell user, he’s an old man. Could he have survived this chaos?
Did a guy like Ellen Lee Wen-su go out to the secret passageway?
A lot of groupers were camped out, but I don’t think they got out so easily. I’m worried that he might have been swept away by this water crisis.
I shouldn’t have done that. I’ll keep you warm as Mr. Luke advised.
Being kind all of a sudden just because it was burdensome… Looking back on it, it was stupid. I shouldn’t have done that.
I took ointment and bandages from my bag. After meticulous first aid measures were taken, from the spear-pierced thigh to the cracked wrist and elbow with ice shards, he filled his stomach.
Duck eggs and barley bread watered down beer. Chewy barley bread-these are the foods we brought from the inn.
The barley bread was soaked in water, so it was rather easy to eat, and the duck egg smelled a bit damp, but it was edible. The mild beer was perfect for filling the stomach.
I move according to my survival instinct, and I suddenly feel skeptical.
Without Ellen or Mr. Luke, can I get out of here alone?
Even if you get away, can you lose your two comrades and move forward in this dog world?
“……Whoa.”
I got up from the seat after rubbing my face a couple of times.
I have to move quickly.
“Off-”
A blue light tickled his eyelids.
Frowning and struggling to open her eyes, Ellen found something floating in the air.
“Uh…7”
While the girl narrowed her eyes and corrected the blurred focus, the sphere surrounded by blue light stretched out its long tail and disappeared somewhere.
‘…what was it?’
Even in the midst of confusion, Ellen groped herself.
The ancestors’ heirloom robes and jewelry, a dianthus necklace hidden inside the shirt, and a pocket full of gold coins were in place, but the crossbow was nowhere to be seen.
The girl was lying on a mound of fine sand.
The rucksack that had been torn at the bottom left only pieces of tough fabric, but fortunately the sling bag was intact.
Ellen fumbled inside the sling bag with her wounded 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 your hand and has a blunt edge.
However, in the current situation where there is no light, it was an essential tool for Ellen.
“Influ-unt flammae Tielum ensa-ra (Fire answer, friend calls).”
The calmly memorized spell was completed within no time, and Ellen’s mana was used as fuel to light a fire.
Hurr.
It was the 1.5 rank spell ‘Burning Weapon’ of the flame series.
Originally, it is a spell that completely covers even the blade of a huge sword or ax and emits fierce flames.
However, the spell cast by Ellen now swayed daintyly, swallowing only the small blade of the experimental knife.
Even with this much, a small amount of oil (油燈) was able to do the job, and he could save mana, so it wasn’t too bad.
I don’t know how long he lost his mind, but a significant amount of mana was restored.
Of course, since he had no idea of the current situation, he had no intention of wasting mana.
Ellen rummaged through her sling bag for an hourglass. Looking at the scale, about three hours had passed since the last time I checked. The sun was about to rise outside.
“Okay.”
When I check the time, I feel hungry and tired for some reason.
It’s a bonus that the battered body feels unbearably heavy.
‘Being a wizard means you can’t control your body properly-‘
The girl who blamed herself soon shook her head in mockery.
This is Ellen, who could not control her emotions and impulsively ran out of the inn. It was considered ridiculous to blame myself again and again.
After putting aside her thoughts, Ellen began to look around. Then, all of a sudden, I was overcome with a sense of resentment.
It must have been swept away by the flowing soil, but how is it that there is only white sand here?
How could he, who had lost his mind, lie on the mound without any scars?
From the lowest level of the sewer system to the basement, how come these square stone walls surround it on all sides?
What are those stairs in the middle of the room, those archways that even a giant could pass through?
Before even resolving these questions, Ellen was overcome by a terrifying sensation.
“…This?”
The girl quickly got up and prepared the spell at the whirlwind of fraud.
“Fu-huh!”
I climbed onto the pile of sand and got up as if scratching the floor, moving away from the water’s edge. Then he threw away his bag and quickly pulled out Pearl Sean.
visor!
“Huh huh.”
I breathed in and awoke the senses of my whole body.
It was a terrible thing to face underwater enemies in a crypt without a single light.
As soon as I sensed the presence of life, I swam with all my might and got out of the water, but my heart was still beating violently.
“Huh huh-”
The fluttering sleep and rapid breathing regained stability. He pointed the knife at the water for a while, but nothing happened.
…Did I hear that wrong? It seemed that something was swimming and following him.
Now, what monsters can come out of the crypt?
First of all – a ‘drowned corpse’, a type of zombie.
A black slime and a giant crocodile you’ve already encountered.
In addition to that, there are only those who seem to vomit just by imagining the golem, golem, and jangguaebi.
I wonder if I’m lucky or if all the monsters have escaped in the aftermath of the collapse, I’ve been swimming for hours, but all I’ve come across are undead, drowned corpses.
A drowned corpse is a low-level undead that spawns in the water. It’s a little dangerous when you meet it in the water, but when it’s on the ground, it’s worse than a normal zombie.
Still, it’s okay to be careless.
I quickly opened my bag, lit a torch, and took out my armor. I kept wearing the breastplate and helmet, but I took off the rest for a while because it bothered me while swimming.
“Okay.”
These armors have been put together for less than 10 days, but they are very dirty.
It’s not normal to wear it because it’s dented, cracked, and worn here and there.
After putting on my armor, I put a black half-cloak around my left shoulder.
The ground he stepped on this time looked quite lumpy. Maybe we can find a way up…
“…Hmm.”
Holding a torch and looking around, it was clear that there was something unusual about this place.
The first thing that caught my eye was the square hill in the center. It’s not just a mound of dirt like the other mounds around it.
It is a hard-packed ground, and you can see broken bricks in places that have been excavated here and there.
On three sides of the highland, there were low sand fields, and piles of dirt were piled up here and there.
There were many bare footprints on the mound, which seemed to have been piled up by someone or naturally.
After questioning who the owner of the footprints was, he encountered a group of drowned bodies within a moment.
On the ground, they were even worse than normal zombies, so it was easy to wipe them out.
Where have all the other monsters gone and are there only these ones? What could be better than meeting a formidable enemy and sweating?
One side of the highland was a sheer cliff. The water around it was just standing there, and the waves didn’t hit or flow to one side.
So this cliff did not seem to have arisen naturally.
While I was thinking about climbing the hill, I found something I never thought of.
“This!”
Shaking off the dirt revealed a smooth, chestnut-colored fuselage.
It is Ellen’s crossbow. Although the string is broken, the bow rod and fuselage trigger seem to be intact.
Was this originally here? I’m sure I didn’t see it when I passed by earlier –
Oh man, my heart suddenly beats fast. No, I can’t beat so fast that my heart feels like it’s about to jump out of my throat.
If this crossbow didn’t fall alone in the earthquake, Ellen is definitely here. or there was
Uh let’s not think ominous!
After shaking his head, he immediately started climbing the hill. As the gentle slope gradually became steeper, a brick staircase caught my eye.
“…uh?”
for a moment. Are you familiar with this?
Isn’t it ‘Altar’, a random encounter in ‘The Decaying Crypt’?
‘Random Encounter’ literally means various events that you encounter while playing the game.
It is rarely encountered in the terrain of the main scenario, and it is mainly encountered in terrain where you do not have to proceed, such as ‘The Decaying Dungeon’.
Depending on the nature of the encounter, experience points or items may be given for free, but usually you will receive a risky challenge and a suitable reward.
In the case of the ‘altar’ now unfolding in front of me, it is a typical high-risk, high-return encounter.
Even when enjoying the game, it is an in-counter with an extreme difficulty that I used to skip unless I was very confident in my specs.
uh- wait a minute.
The random names I have encountered so far have been ‘Poison’ and ‘Golden Molly’. But the first random encounter I met was ‘my Dan’…? Are you insane?
Aren’t the random elements in this world filled only with the most shitty things?
If that’s true, I’ll rip you limb from limb, trickster bastard.
I hurried up the stairs, trying to shake off the uneasiness that sent chills down my spine.
