CHAPTER 791

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"Are you saying you're going to dig the ground now?"

"Yeah."

Valeria felt strange hearing that they were going to dig the ground without any preparation, but then she realized that there were two superhumans here.

If they wanted, Jin and Hedo were the ones who could dig the deepest and largest pit in the world.

"Well, the foundation construction of the Underground Shipyard Facility in Sword Emperor's territoty was also done in a similar way."

Coincidentally, the old Oterium was a completely abandoned land, even before the Sword Emperor Castle War. It meant that it didn't matter if they completely overturned and destroyed this vast land.

Jin and Hedo stretched and took off their outerwear.

"It would be best for Ms. Valeria to step back. Hmm... That spot over there should do. Just wait a moment."

Hedo suddenly rushed off and stopped about 1.5 km away. Then he broke several rocks the size of a person's torso and made them into boards and sticks. The rocks shattered like dry branches under his strength.

What he made by breaking the rocks was a makeshift table and chairs. When he tore the coat and shirt and covered them on top, it looked quite plausible. On the table, there were snacks prepared by Latrie, and there were even teacups, whose origin and when they were brought Valeria didn't know.

"Have a leisurely rest while enjoying tea over there. My lady will probably come when you are enjoying the tea... Even if she acts rudely, I believe you won't attack the lady."

Hedo spoke again as he returned, and Valeria blinked her eyes, alternating between him and the table. It was fascinating that even in such a desolate and dark land, he could create a decent resting place out of the blue.

"It seems you're quite familiar with this. Has this kind of thing happened often?"

"As you know, my lady needs extra care. Well, in my opinion, the lady doesn't dislike you as much as she appears. I would be very grateful if you could understand her a little."

It felt like observing the feelings of a father who had an unusually wayward daughter. Valeria became momentarily speechless. She and Jin felt sorry for him.

"If Sandra doesn't physically attack me first... well, we can at least have tea together."

"Oh, if there's a saint in this era, it must be Ms. Valeria."

"Come on, that's burdensome."

[Myaah!]

Jin took out Shuri from the ruby. It was meant to stop any potentially unfavorable situations while Valeria and Sandra were waiting.

"Shuri, take Valeria over there and play together. If the atmosphere gets tense, intervene appropriately."

[Mya-myaa.]

As Shuri and Valeria moved towards the table, Hedo took out a cigarette and lit it.

"It would be great if someday my lady and Ms. Valeria could become friends. Ms. Valeria has changed a lot since her visit to Honka Island, so if my lady changes a bit, it won't just be a fantasy story."

Sandra, who was wandering nearby, narrowed her eyes as she saw Valeria sitting at the table, and Hedo shook his head helplessly.

"You're going through a lot."

"It's also a blessing. Now, let's start digging the ground."

Swish!

Hedo drew his new long sword, 'Rock' (거력). Rock was a massive long sword of a similar shape to Shakan, which he used until he handed it over to Bale. It was Picon's new masterpiece, and naturally, Hedo was absolutely satisfied with Rock.

"I never thought that the first thing this perfect and beautiful sword would strike would be the ground."

"Don't be too discouraged, something extraordinary may come out of it. Like the Gate of the Demon world."

"With this, Rock's debut couldn't be more perfect."

Huff!

Hedo gathered his energy and assumed a stance. Just that alone caused the land in the vicinity to tremble fiercely, and boulders flew up.

Kwang!

Instead of a sword, it sounded like a giant was driving a pillar of a castle into the ground. As Jin leaped upwards, he saw the collapsed pit, crudely demolished. The semicircular hole seemed to be easily over fifty paces in diameter, and its depth far exceeded Hedo's height.

'If it weren't for elder sister Yona in the Sota Desert, Sir Hedo would have killed everyone, for sure.'

Before Jin landed on the ground, Hedo once again struck the pit with an immense force imbued in his sword, Rock. Giant boulders were soaring high into the sky like popcorn.

After several more deafening sounds, Jin pushed Sigmund into the shattered ground. With each explosion of energy from the sword, the pit deepened by two steps. The deeper it went, the harder the pit became, and occasionally debris poured down like landslides.

Of course, neither of them was buried in the debris. The debris turned into particles and disappeared in all directions due to the scattered sword energy and shockwaves.

At some point, Jin and Hedo began to synchronize their movements like skilled laborers, taking turns swinging their swords. The headquarters of the Dark Magic Council was quickly swallowed by the pit without a trace, and the ground continued to scream.

Slurp.

Valeria watched the bizarre sight of the two humans relentlessly attacking the ground while sipping ice tea.

Partly because there was nowhere else to look and partly to avoid facing Sandra, who was sitting in front with an annoyed expression.

"Hey, Shuri!"

[Mya?]

Before Sandra could unleash a barrage of curses at Valeria, she called Shuri first.

"Why are you wagging your tail at that redhead? Turn towards me. I want to lean against you too."

[Mya-myaa.]

"Ah, quickly!"

[Mya, mya.]

Shuri, who was keeping an eye on the situation, subtly shifted her tail towards Sandra when she noticed that Valeria didn't respond. Of course, Sandra's antics didn't end there.

"Redhead, stop looking at my Jin."

"Jin disappeared into the pit a while ago."

"The point is to look somewhere other than where Jin is."

"Well, I was looking into the empty space beyond the pit."

"Sure, whatever."

Sandra was momentarily speechless. And surprisingly, in that moment, Valeria felt a hint of sympathy towards Sandra for the first time.

It felt like dealing with a wayward child, driven to misbehavior due to unfortunate mistreatment, not with Sandra "Zipfel". Yeah, what could be wrong with the kid? The monsters that turned her into that were the problem, that's how Valeria felt.

So Valeria pointed to the cookies in front of her.

"I left that for you. Stop staring and eat this."

"Hah! My share? From the beginning, everything Hedo took care of was my share. Your cookies were never yours to begin with, you stole them without my permission. Got it?"

"How come these are all your cookies? Latrie gave them to all of us to share. Strictly speaking, since you and I ended up eating everything without leaving anything for Jin and Hedo, if this is stealing, then you're an accomplice too."

Sandra was once again left speechless.

Her random barrage of words couldn't land a single blow on that damn irritating redhead.

"Who... is eating everything? I'll make sure to leave Jin's share for him."

"Then I'll leave Hedo's share."

"What right do you have to take care of Hedo?"

"Then you take care of both of them."

"But then I won't have anything to eat!"

Pfft.

Valeria burst into laughter, and in the end, Sandra couldn't bear it and stood up, swinging her fist, but Shuri grabbed her with her tail.

"Let go! You're dead, seriously!"

Thanks to that, Valeria had more places to divert her gaze. The sight of Jin and Hedo ruthlessly digging the pit and Sandra struggling helplessly, bound by her Shuri's tail. It wasn't a scene one would commonly see.

'Well, thinking of her as a child, she's not that annoying.'

Fizz, thud!

Just as Valeria had that thought, the ground near the table suddenly split open with a thud.

Despite the distance of about 1.5 km between the pit and the table, the entire ground in the area started collapsing due to Jin and Hedo's digging.

There was a need to find another spot farther away from the pit.

[Mya-myaa!]

Shuri bit onto the tablecloth and the table. Valeria, naturally, grabbed the teacup and smoothly climbed onto Shuri's back, while Sandra was still bound by her tail.

"I can not move right now, redhead, so you are alive!"

"I already told you, eat this."

Valeria swiftly threw a cookie into Sandra's mouth. Sandra, for some reason, swallowed the cookie with a feeling that it was Jin's, and she blurted out her words while chewing. Shuri picked up speed, heading towards the area outside the influence of the digging.

"Indeed, when I went up just now, I noticed that the ground near the table started having problems. Shuri is moving the girls. My lady, for some reason, was bound by Shuri's tail like luggage."

"Fortunately, it doesn't seem like the atmosphere there is too bad."

"I have to thank Ms. Valeria for that. Hoo, I wonder how deep we've dug. It's probably around five hundred steps, roughly."

"I think it's around that depth as well."

"If we keep exerting ourselves like this, you and I might end up digging the deepest pit in human history."

"Well, Sheenu said that even if the Demon world exists on the same planet, it's an area that can never be reached by conventional means, so we have to do what we can."

Naturally, the depth of the pit they had dug far exceeded the limits of modern technology. It was possible because of the exceptional abilities of the two superhumans engaged in the excavation.

"By the way, I can't understand why there are so many monsters under the ground."

Countless monsters had already met their demise due to this immense excavation. Most of the monsters hiding under the ground perished alongside the soil and rocks without even letting out a scream.

"Those bastards who would have wreaked havoc if they had come to the surface got what they deserved. Keep digging. I have a feeling it's not a bad idea."

Jin and Hedo felt a certain pleasure in exerting their full strength in the act of excavation. They continued digging like enthusiastic laborers. It went on for a whole day.

Covered in dirt and sweat, the two finally stopped swinging their swords after a day had passed and two more hours had gone by.

Thud!

For the first time, the sword bounced off the crumbled ground, which had been continuously cut like tofu. Something solid and resilient enough to withstand the force of the sword was generating a counterforce.

"Oh!"

The two of them exclaimed simultaneously as they looked down. When they swept away the dirt and rubble covering the sword marks, a squishy and massive mineral-like object was revealed.

However, to be precise, it wasn't an object but a living being.

"...Scales? Jin, this... It looks like dragon scales."

"Yes, Sir Hedo. That's how it appears to my eyes as well."

Why do dragon scales randomly appear here?

At that moment, as the two of them had such thoughts...

[Who dares... disturb my slumber.]

A deep and ominous voice echoed throughout the entire pit.

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