Episode 480 The Devil’s Land, the Underground (6)
The dungeon corridor was wide enough for 300 people to move at once.
However, the further they went, the darker it became, and the tension among the soldiers increased.
Aaaaaaa-!
Even though she ran endlessly on the dark front road, the woman’s screams continued like the first time instead of ending.
“Chief White! It just doesn’t feel right!”
“A little further! Before I die…!”
Before they could finish their words, they could see the goblins waiting in front of them.
“Kieack!”
A hatchet made of stone was thrown at me, but if I hadn’t turned around quickly, my shoulder blades would have been blown off.
“It’s a monster! Get ready!”
At the centurion’s cry, the soldiers stopped running and drew their swords.
Unlike them, who were blind, the goblins were clearly watching their movements.
Besides, since they knew in advance that the soldiers would come and made preparations, the goblins had an overwhelming advantage.
Poo-!
A soldier was hit by a stone thrown by a goblin and collapsed.
“Kiyi! Kiek!”
“Kiki kick.”
The centurion bit his lip.
“Don’t break the ranks! Step back little by little!”
“yes!”
The soldiers followed his words and retreated little by little, wary of their surroundings.
But the action became a handshake.
It was as if they had approached the goblins who had been occupying the back from the beginning.
“Aagh!”
“Please save me!”
“Keew!”
“Keeeh!”
Poo-! Poo-!
“Aaaaaagh!”
The crude hatchet made by the goblins is not sharp.
It’s more like a blunt weapon than an axe.
That’s why many goblins rushed at a single soldier.
The protective gear was crushed and soon dented.
As bare skin was exposed, the hatchet dug deep into the soldiers’ bodies.
The thick scent of blood made the soldiers’ bodies hard.
The goblins gathered and devoured the soldiers who had been holding their breath until just now.
GI Iik-!
The soldiers in the rear were hit one after another by the goblin’s hatchet.
The centurion had to make a decision.
‘I’m going to break through like this.’
It would be suicidal to back down now that he knew the goblins were behind him.
The centurion, having made his decision, shouted to the soldiers.
“I’m going through the front!”
“Gather! Never fall!”
The soldiers who wanted to live moved in perfect order.
They pressed their bodies close to each other and ran away in that state.
Caan-! Caan-!
I could feel the goblins’ axes hitting the protective gear in front and behind.
“Run! Get out of here!”
In the process of running, there are some dropouts, but I can’t afford to take care of them one by one.
“Quaaaaagh!”
Eventually, they became prey to the goblins.
Thanks to a few stragglers returning the goblins’ attention, the rest of the soldiers, including the centurion, escaped the goblins safely.
“Heo-eok… heo-eok…”
Baek In-jang ran until he collapsed due to the loss of strength in his legs.
Of course, the same goes for the soldiers who follow.
There was no time to catch my breath on the way.
My legs moved on their own at the sound of laughter from the goblins behind me.
Fifty or so soldiers were brutally defeated by the goblins without even using their hands.
The surroundings are dark and the terrain is unknown.
To fight in adverse conditions, of course, there is no choice but to be on the defensive.
Soldiers who lost their friends cried out in anger.
“Centurion! All of this is because of you!”
“Even if you weren’t bewitched by that woman’s scream…!”
“You are not qualified to command troops!”
“I didn’t come here voluntarily for the Devil’s Eye…!”
The accumulated grievances exploded.
Baek Injang was embarrassed inside, but pretended to be nothing and scolded the soldiers.
“I know how it feels to lose a precious comrade, but now is not the time to be fighting among ourselves! Wake up!”
At other times, the soldiers would have suppressed their emotions for a while and quickly regained consciousness.
However, everyone was insane because they almost died surrounded by monsters in an unfamiliar place called the Devil’s Land.
“Sounds funny!”
“What kind of mouth are you talking nonsense like that!”
“Isn’t it strange to hear people screaming in a place like this in the first place!”
Seeing the completely disintegrated soldiers, the centurion sighed.
“Whoa… everyone calm down and let’s go back and talk first.”
“Where are you going! If I’m going to cross this road, I’ll have to face those goblin hordes again! Do you have any other ideas?”
As the soldiers poured out harsh words, even Baekjangjang couldn’t stand it and exploded.
Some of the forces of the Holy Kingdom were caught in the conflict.
* * *
After finishing their preparations to descend underground, Ray and the goblins stood in front of the underground entrance.
“I’m nervous about going down.”
“Today is the last day. If I miss this, I don’t know when I can go down again.”
“I know. At first, I only worried more, but now I think we can do well down here.”
“So…”
said Ray, taking a step forward.
“Goes.”
gulp-.
Saliva ran down his throat.
As he approached, the tightly closed door opened by itself.
Koo Goo Goong-!
The smell of rotting corpses wafted from inside the door.
Even the goblins frowned at the foul smell.
“Umm…”
The underground door seemed to be calling them.
Woo woo woo-.
Then an ear groan is heard.
Reluctance to enter an eerie atmosphere.
When Ray fully enters the door.
Kagaga River-!
The door is about to close with the sound of chains scraping.
The Goblin Queen urgently shouted at him.
“Everybody go in!”
“Keeeh!”
“Keeeeek!”
The Goblin Queen and the goblins entered the door.
It was a shame because the speed of closing the door was slow.
coo-!
After one last goblin, the door was completely closed.
Torches flicker on the stairs leading down.
It’s as if they’re beckoning to come down.
Feeling uneasy, Ray and the Goblin Queen met their eyes.
“…let’s go down.”
* * *
“Keeck… keek…”
A tired goblin sat down.
The Goblin Queen, who had been catching her breath, looked at him and then stopped.
“Heo-euk… I think it would be better to take a break for a while…”
And then Ray also sat down on the stairs.
“Hehehe… Hehe… What kind of structure is this guy’s dungeon made of?”
It seems that they walked for two hours without stopping.
Even after going down for a while, I couldn’t see the door leading to the basement stairs.
The consumption of mental strength is also extreme because I did not relax because I was afraid of when the monster would appear.
At this rate, it would be better for them to get tired first than for the door to come out.
Even if you reach the 5th floor in this state, there is no way you can deal with the monsters you encounter.
When Ray was thinking for a while.
A goblin standing with its back to the wall was pushed back.
“Kek?”
Koo Goo Goong-!
A roar rang out.
The foreboding is not good.
Ray immediately tugged at the goblin’s arm.
Shish shush-!
A pile of stones was shot at the place where the goblin had been before.
Had it been hit properly, the head would have been crushed.
“Keeeh!”
This time the goblin a little further down screamed.
As I shoved my shoulder, a small stone spear erupted from under my feet.
It must have been a trap designed to kill those who went underground.
‘The trap is being triggered from above.’
Then there is no other way but to go down.
I didn’t want to leave the place recklessly, but there was no law that a trap that had been triggered once would not activate again.
Ray shouted around.
“Get down!”
Surprised, the Goblin Queen and the goblins stopped resting and jumped up and descended the stairs.
Then, miraculously, the trap fell silent.
It’s as if they’re trying to push themselves down.
It is a situation that I have never experienced while going down the 2nd and 3rd floors.
‘The trap won’t activate if I just quietly go downstairs.’
In the end, I couldn’t even get a proper rest.
I didn’t know it would take so long to go down from the 4th floor to the 5th floor, so I was even more perplexed.
Ray let out a sigh.
“I don’t know how much further I have to go down, but I can’t rest…” ”
I never thought there would be a trap… Any experience with something like this?”
“doesn’t exist! A damn dungeon that doesn’t even care about who goes down!”
“Isn’t it something that can be solved by shouting? Calm down and find the door.”
Hearing it, he was right, so he looked around and found the door through which he could exit.
Fortunately, the monsters haven’t appeared yet.
If a situation arises where you have to fight a strong monster in a place like this, you will surely be annihilated.
The door leading to the dungeon on the other floor was nowhere to be seen.
It seemed like I had been going down the stairs for nearly a full day and a half without stopping.
“Hehehehehehehehe… I’m dying…”
“I’m weak… don’t say that… This side… I’m about to die…”
“Kieek… Kieek… .” The
goblins did not want to die in a trap, so the goblins followed suit, enduring the pain.
But now, even that has reached its limits.
The goblins, less than three months old, collapsed one by one.
“Keew…”
No matter how fast the goblins grow, there’s no way that three-month-old goblins could silently do things that adult goblins struggle with too.
“You can’t stop!”
The Goblin Queen shouted, but their bodies, once spread, did not move anymore.
If we leave it like this, goblins will die en masse.
In the end, Ray picked up the two fallen goblins in both hands.
“Keuk…”
“Kieeh…?”
As they fell, the goblins who were preparing for death looked up at Ray.
The Goblin Queen also looked at him with a complicated expression.
Ray bit his lip and said.
“I know I’m going to die, but I can’t just leave it here. I’m still free, so leave it to me.”
Are you relaxed?
The goblin queen looked at his trembling legs.
He gritted his teeth in an attempt to somehow hold on to his weak arm.
When the queen thought about giving up the goblins.
Being of different races and not having built up a bond, he did not let go of them until the end.
An unknown emotion welled up in his chest.
“Keew!”
“Kigigiggeek!”
Is it because of his appearance?
The goblins, who were still drooping, gave strength to their knees.
The Goblin Queen looked at him for a moment, then shifted her gaze.
“…let me go.”
