111. Red Road Hideout 2
‘Where did you see this… When did you see it?’
After picking up the sculpture, Kim Ho-jeong was lost in thought. It was because I had recently seen a bug monster that looked exactly like this one.
“Kim Ho-jung, what are you doing there?”
“There is something strange on the floor here.”
“Anything strange?”
Kim Ho-jeong held out the sculpture to Kang Seung-hyun, who approached. I was wondering if you might know something.
“I thought it was a stone, but when I looked closely, it turned out to be a bug sculpture. Do you know what it is?”
“This is…”
Kang Seung-hyeon looked at the red sculpture he was handed over.
A round body with a unique pattern engraved on it, and six legs with two antennae fully retracted.
“It’s a scarab.”
This sculpture was in the form of a scarab, a bug monster encountered in the corroded ruins dungeon.
“ah! The scarab guy I met in the ruins dungeon!”
“I ran into you when passing through your narrow aisle.”
“I remember now… It was a terrifying bug hell. Cesco was urgent.”
The two remembered the time they faced hundreds of scarabs in the ruins dungeon a few days ago.
“Because they are troublesome when they come in groups.”
The scarab itself is not that strong. They belong to weak monsters that can be caught with just a few Dentroll mints.
‘So it’s not difficult to kill them…’
Their real weapon is the offensive that continues to pour out even after killing them. Even if the party level is a little low, it cannot handle the swarm of scarabs that have increased from dozens to hundreds.
‘It’s a monster that makes people tired like this.’
That’s why, living as an adventurer on the Azul Continent, I don’t feel good about Scarab.
Kim Ho-jeong said as if she was bored.
“So this was made by a Scarab fan? Why is it so realistic?”
“It was elaborately made.”
chin chin.
Seunghyun Kang tossed and received the scarab sculpture in his hand. As Kim Ho-jung said, it was too realistic to think of it as just a sculpture.
It was because it looked like a living scarab turned to stone.
“Isn’t this a fossil?”
“Scarabs do not live around here.”
The Scarab’s habitat is a small area in the southern part of the Azul continent. Of course, you can’t see them in the Red Forest.
To meet Scarabs in other areas, you must enter the dungeon.
“If you think about it normally, I don’t think there is such a thing as a fossil.”
“The Red Lords might have stolen it from Camar. Because their tastes are so bizarre.”
“Well, there’s no chance of that happening…”
Kang Seung-hyeon muttered while fiddling with his chin.
It’s not that strange to have treasures such as fragments and monster fossils in the thieves’ hideout.
“You wouldn’t just throw something like this on the floor.”
“Well, if only one was left, I would think it was moved and spilled…”
Kim Ho-jung muttered with a confused face.
This was because all the pebble-like objects seen around here were scarab stone fragments.
“There are more than 10 that you can see.”
“I don’t think those guys stole it.”
If it was truly a treasure stolen from Camar, there was no way it would be stored this way.
It seems that the Red Road gang doesn’t even know the existence of the Scarab Sculpture.
“If I had found it, I would have kept it in storage. It’s not like I’m putting it down like this.”
“Well, if you look at it roughly, it just looks like a stone.”
Kim Ho-jung nodded and agreed.
It wasn’t until the two of them took a closer look that they noticed that this was not a stone, but a scarab.
“to sum it up. It means that the scarab sculptures here are not left by the Red Road gang…”
Kang Seung-hyun looked at the red stones scattered around him and said.
“I should also ‘observe’.”
A piece of unidentified stone that even the landlord does not know about. This can’t be an ordinary thing.
Seunghyun Kang used the eye of observation.
[Observation eye]
Various information appeared on the scarab sculpture in his hand.
[Deep Sleep][Petrifaction]
[Tabila Scarab.]
[Petrified by someone.]
[Stops activity and is asleep.]
[Petrifaction is canceled if the conditions are met.]
“This is…”
“ why? What?”
“It is a petrified monster.”
That was pretty shocking information. These were neither fragments nor fossils, but living scarabs.
Although it is currently asleep and does not move, it is in a state where it can wake up at any time when conditions are met.
“It is a kind of hibernation. It seems that the whole body was petrified to protect the fragile body.”
However, it did not petrify itself. These scarabs were petrified in a state of sleep due to a being.
“Is this a living scarab? Isn’t it a piece of stone?”
“yes. If the conditions are right, it will wake up again.”
“eww!”
grasp!
“I have to get rid of it before then!”
Kim Ho-jeong was frightened and threw the scarab to the floor. Of course, it was not easily broken as it was in a petrified state.
“You are fine.”
“If it were an ordinary scarab, it would have died, but now it is petrified.”
They belong to an axis with fairly high hardness, so you’ll need to use your skills to break them.
“So you can’t break it?”
“If it’s Kamar’s golden glory, it’s easy to break. It’s a weapon that specializes in breaking rocks and ground.”
“okay?”
Kim Ho-jeong quickly took out a golden shovel and said,
“Sesco Ohhh!!”
He started striking the sleeping scarab.
bang!
bang!
Kwajik Kwajik!
As I continued to give impact to the hardened body, it started to crack little by little, and then
it cracked!
“It’s split!”
It broke apart with a loud noise.
“Heh heh… It’s a bit hard, but not so much that it can’t be broken.”
Kim Ho-jung gasped for breath and said. If you have a powerful weapon, it seems that you can break it without skill.
“Hmm…”
Kang Seung-hyun inspected the broken pieces of the scarab.
[Observation eye]
His eyes began to glow blue, revealing new information.
[Remnants of the broken Tabila Scarab.]
[Petrifaction]
[Life activity stopped as it was broken.]
“It’s cleanly dead.”
“thank god! Then you have to destroy the others too!”
Kwajik Kwajik!
The scarabs that rolled around were all smashed to pieces by Kim Ho-jung’s golden shovel.
He muttered with a tired but clear face.
“Phew, I can sleep comfortably with this.”
“well.”
Unlike Kim Ho-jeong, who thought it was over now, Kang Seung-hyun looked around with a thoughtful face.
Then he pointed at his feet and said.
“Dig the floor.”
“Why why?”
“If you dig, you will find out.”
“I can’t help but… I guess not.”
Pak Pak!
Kim Ho-jeong felt ominous, but denied the reality and dug the floor of the cave.
Seunghyun Kang also took out a trowel and scraped the wall of the cave.
‘I never thought I’d be using the rock-breaking option I got from the [Rock Hitting with Egg] reward here.’
Pak Pak!
Took.
Fighting.
Eventually, the walls and floor broke apart and something rolled out.
It was the sleeping Tabila Scarab.
“Whoaaaa!”
“I knew it.”
“Why is this with me? Why are you coming!”
Pak!
Pak!
It was the same when I looked elsewhere.
Tavila Scarabs were unearthed everywhere.
Kim Ho-jung shouted with a face of despair.
“How long have you been buried?”
“Maybe this entire cave is made of scarabs.”
“I want to get out of here! I can’t sleep in a place like this!”
Kim Ho-jeong ran to the entrance of the cave, but
kurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrinating!
Shoot Aaaaaaa!!
Hearing the loud sound of rain, he came back.
Even thunder and lightning as a bonus.
“I think I will die if I go out and sleep now.”
“It’s probably like that.”
It’s embarrassing because of the scarab, but I have no choice but to spend the night in this cave. Because sleeping with water bombs is more terrible.
Kim Ho-jeong sighed with a confused face.
“These guys don’t even live in the Red Forest… why are they coming here?”
“It must mean that this is no ordinary place.”
Seunghyun Kang looked at the scarabs scattered around him. If it was a really ordinary cave, there was no way that a monster like this would be buried there.
“I still had something to worry about.”
“What do you care about?”
Seunghyun Kang approached the entrance of the cave.
Then he bent down and picked up some dirt from the forest.
“The Red Forest is made of moist soil like this. It is characterized by a lot of moisture and softness.”
“yes. It is a dark forest.”
“But here…”
Kang Seung-hyeon threw away the soil and swept the cave wall with his hand. Fine grains of sand came out.
“It’s made of dry, coarse sand and sandstone.”
“Eh. It’s real.”
Kim Ho-jeong swept the wall of the cave with his hand. Likewise, the only thing I got on my hands was grains of sand.
“In other words, it is made of rocks that are rarely seen in the Red Forest.”
A cave where dry sand comes out instead of moist soil. It’s the same red color, so it’s hard to notice just by looking at it.
Kang Seung-hyeon noticed it thanks to digging the cave wall earlier.
“As if only this cave had been entirely moved from another place.”
“Oh creepy. It was creepy.”
“I’ll have to find out the details later, but it’s definitely a suspicious place.”
The same goes for scarabs that are excavated in heaps.
Same with the attitude of the Red Lord who occupied the cave.
“Look around and you’ll find something.”
“Hmm, would you know the Balik couple?”
The two natives of Tracotti might know something about the cave.
Kang Seung-hyeon and his party returned to the cave for lodging.
– “Have you come? Eat before it gets cold!”
“The ingredients are good and the taste is good.”
When the two returned, the Balik couple welcomed them.
Tonight’s dinner is meatballs and stir-fried vegetables.
And it was porridge boiled with grain flour.
“Oh, it smells good.”
“thank you for this food.”
The two sat down and started eating.
Unlike the two, who were not good at cooking, the dinner prepared by the Balik couple was excellent.
“If we came by ourselves, we would die again…”
“As expected, they did a good job bringing these people.”
Seunghyun Kang talked to the Balik couple while eating.
“You said you two were native to Tracotti, right?”
“yes. Both were born and raised in Tracotti.”
“They’re so frightened that they’ve never been to other areas.”
Daisy replied, feeding Rudy porridge.
“Then did you know that there is a place like this in the Red Forest?”
“Um…”
“That’s…”
The Balik couple looked at each other and opened their mouths.
“I had no idea. I have never seen one in my life.”
“To be honest, I don’t understand.”
Valik said with a face of disbelief.
“We, Trakoti Village, have cooperated with the search for the Red Road gang’s hideout several times at Camar’s request.”
Tracotti villagers searched the Red Forest for traces of the Red Road.
However, it is said that this cave has never been seen before.
“Not only us, but other villagers will not know either.”
“I’ve never heard of a cave like this.”
In other words, this is a place that even the Trakoti villagers who have lived in the Red Forest for decades do not know.
“It’s not something that fell from the sky.”
“I guess I should ask the Red Road guys.”
Seunghyun Kang muttered as he emptied the bowl.
Of course, to find out such a serious secret, you have to rob an executive-level member.
‘Rocent’s son must know something.’
Although not a boss, he is a very influential figure within the Red Road gang.
Kang Seung-hyun was thinking of going to Rosent.
Batak, bruise, bruise!
It was then.
“Healer Kang Seung-hyun!”
Somehow, Rosent came to Kang Seung-hyeon first.
