Chapter 31: Ancient Boronness Rafenild
"Come to me, Sweeper," Tahara said as his Sweeper appeared on his hand.
"It's been 2 days since I last saw Miyaguchi," Tahara said as he began to swing his sword.
Daily Quest
[Completed] Pushups (60/60)
[Completed] Running (7KM/7KM)
[Completed] Skipping (60/60)
[Completed] Squatting (2HRS/2HRS)
Reward
HP Recovery
"The trails are getting harder and harder," Tahara said.
"Even though I'm managing, but still..." Tahara said.
Notice
Visit the cave of Taedong
"Huh! You mean right now," Tahara asked his system.
"Where is it even located," Tahara asked.
His system then showed Tahar the map of where the tomb was situated.
"What's there anyway?" Tahara asked.
Tahara went back to the village and told Jin Haru that he was going somewhere.
Jin Haru agreed as Tahara took his group along with him as they were about to leave the village.
"I'm going to assist you," Kunimichi said as he appeared before Tahara.
"I'm also going, Marris added," he said.
"Wait, if you are all going, who is going to protect the village, besides we've got Misa and Keita, and don't forget Darwin inlet in the village," Tahara asked.
Kunimichi and Marris felt ashamed as they knew that they couldn't follow Tahara.
"Maybe next time," Tahara said as he left.
"Ummm, Tahara, where are we heading to?" Juba asked.
"To the Cave of the Taedong," Tahara replied.
"I've never seen nor heard of this name," Samon said.
"What's there anyway?" Juba asked.
"That's what we are going to figure out," Tahara let out.
Finally, they reached the city they took the bus and boarded it.
"Tahara, I don't have enough money to pay for all of us," Juba yelled.
Tahara then pulled out 250 yen from his inventory and handed it over to the bus conductor.
"Huh, wait, where did you get this money from?" Juba asked.
The bus set off as they were heading towards Taedong, a city that is close to the cave.
"It's beautiful isn't it," Juba said.
"I think this is my first time sitting on a bus," Tahara said.
"What do you mean by the first time?" Samon asked.
"Well you see, I had no friends, no one to support me, just a sword mate called Muto," Tahara said.
"And is she dead?" Juba asked.
No!
"She's alive," he said.
"But it's been one month since I last saw her," Tahara said.
"That's sad," Samon let out.
"Sorry to interrupt your conversation boys and girls but we are arriving at Taedong," the bus conductor said.
Tahara, Juba, and Samon as well as the other passengers looked outside and saw the beautiful village of Taedong.
"This village was named by the person who built this village, Jinshi Taedong," the bus conductor said.
Soon the bus came to a stop as everyone got down.
"Let's move!" Tahara said as they began to walk further apart from the other passengers.
"Just a few more kilometers and then we get to the cave," Tahara said.
The group passed through the thick forest and swamps as well as hungry eating crocs.
An hour later, they arrived in front of the tomb.
"This is it, The Cave of Taedong," Tahara said.
WOW!
Tahara and his group entered the cave but the place there was dark.
Juba used her magic spell to bring a light so that they can pass through.
"Look at all these statues," Tahara said.
[Notice]
<<Enemies approaching>>
Tahara turned around and called out Sweeper and Keeper.
Tahara stood there waiting for the enemy to attack.
Soon, a skeleton appeared out of nowhere and attack Tahara but was shielded with Juba's magic.
Tahara looked around and noticed that they were surrounded by skeletons.
Samon used his sound ability from his ears to release waves and the skeletons fell to the ground.
"I never knew he could do that," Tahara complimented.
His group then deeper and deeper inside the cave until they finally arrived.
Tombs were encircled around and they saw a large tomb in the middle.
[Notice]
<<Retrieve the dark rod>>
"What Dark Rod?" Tahara asked.
The cave then began to shake a large snake appeared from beneath the tomb.
"Is that a snake?" Samon yelled.
[Ancient Baronness Rafenild, Protector of the cave]
"This snake is huge," Tahara said as he compared it to the other snake he fought with.
"Who dares enters the sacred cave of Taedong?" the snake spoke.
"This snake can talk," Juba and Samon said as they hid behind Tahara.
"My name is Tahara Kado, an F Rank swordsman who has risen to the C-Rank," Tahara introduced himself.
"You are not fit to be a C-Rank," Rafenild said.
"I'm not fit to be called a C-Rank, what is it trying to say," Tahara asked.
"Anyway, I'm here to retrieve the dark rod," Tahara said.
Oh!
Rafenild then crawled closer to Tahara as Samon and Juba run to hide behind the cave wall.
Rafenild then pulled out its tongue and two rods appeared before Tahara.
"Which one do you think is the dark rod," Rafenild asked.
"Is this snake trying to test me?" Tahara asked.
"Anyway, by looking at those two, there's one that mana resides in it, and there is the other that contains magic," Tahara said.
With his IQ of up to 335 and sense of up to 30, there's no mistake that Tahara would select the wrong choice.
Tahara then pointed at the left side of Rafenild's tongue.
"How did he manage to find the dark rod?" Rafenild said.
"You pass, you can pull out the Dark Rod," Rafenild said.
"This snake thinks it can fool me," Tahara said.
"In normal circumstances the wielder of an item that's supposed to hand over the treasure to someone, it's a trap," he explained.
Tahara reached out his hand to retrieve the Dark Rod but then Rafenild closed its mouth as Tahara noticed in time.
"You think you could fool," Tahara let out.
Come out, Sweeper and Keeper.
To be continued...