Mura Village Underground Dungeon
A fairly enormous area in the shape of a circle is under the village of Mura. part of the area's wall is made of earth as if this place was a quarry. The floor of this area is made of neatly arranged stones. At first glance, this place looked like an underground cemetery.
"Gin, look!" Rieze called out my name and pointed in the direction in front of her.
My gaze rushed to follow her finger and saw a staircase leading to what looked like a passage. then, I walked over there, followed by Merinda and Rieze.
I climbed the stairs and headed into a room that looks dark. Rieze used light magic to help light the way, and we headed down the passage. sometimes, animals and monsters like bats attacked us, but it was not a problem to deal with them.
After a while, we arrived at another large circle-shaped area, quite wide in diameter if I had to estimate it, maybe around 500 meters. The area has two entrances of which one is from where we came from and the other is on the opposite right side of where we are.
However, if there is something that attracts attention from this room, it is a large door that is right at the end of the center of the room, parallel to the two entrance halls. The door wasn't the major problem, but the presence behind the door made the three of us subconsciously raise our guard.
"Creak! Creak!" A footstep suddenly sounded from the direction of the other entrance hall.
Is it another adventurer? Or enemies? The sound of the footsteps grew louder and louder, and shadowy figures whose forms we had not seen yet appeared from the passage and getting clearer and clearer.
"Eh!? How come you are here?"
[a while ago]
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I threw the wood that I randomly picked up from the forest into the fire I lit. Of course, the wood I picked up was flammable. What? How do I start the fire? Of course, I used the traditional otherworld style using the hand drill technique. I will not explain it at length, but one thing is for sure, the technique is frustrating and makes me remember how bad not being able to use mana is. of course, I could use my sword technique with Ki manipulation to create fire, but the result would be a huge fire that would burn the forest and its surroundings. After all, only fools would use large-scale fire magic in the forest.
"Uhmm…" a voice suddenly sounded from beside me. It seemed the little girl had woken up.
"Hey, good morning" it's still night but somehow I just said it
The little girl slowly opened her eyes, sat up, and looked around her. For a moment, she looked at me.
"Please! Help papa and mama" it hasn't even been that long since she woke up and immediately asked for help. something bad seems to have happened that makes her alone in the forest and act like this.
"Eh? What's wrong with your papa and mama?"
"A monster suddenly appeared in the village. He caught everyone in the village including papa and mama," this little girl told me while holding back her tears.
"OK, OK, calm down. If that monster kidnaps everyone in the village it means they might still be alive" I patted the little girl's head while saying that.
After calming down a bit, she told me everything she remembered. She said that in the morning a strange symbol suddenly appeared in the middle of the village. It wasn't long before a monster with a large body and an ugly face suddenly emerged from the circle. The monster immobilized all the villagers and captured the villagers one by one.
The reason this girl escaped was that her parents had led her and because the clothes she wore contained resistance to mental magic and camouflage magic. I guess that's why this girl could survive until now.
If there's one thing that worries me, it's that it's been a few days since the incident. I'm not even sure that the people of the village and this girl's parents are still alive. Ah, f** why is it always like this, I don't want to get involved but that doesn't mean I'll just let it be like this right? If I go back, it will take more time and who'll knows what would happen to her parents in meantime.
Hey, little girl. Do you know where the monsters go?" It's impossible for the monster to still be in her village, right?
"(nod) hmm." she nodded showing she knew while wiping away the few tears that came out with her hand. smart kid, whether it's Lulu or this kid, why have I met kids with a strong mentality recently?
The little girl then pointed towards the deepest part of the cave where we were now. She said when she escaped from the monster's lair, she came out of this cave.
Okay, at least I know where I have to go now. The rest is… there's no way I'm bringing this child right. Hmm…now what should I do?
"Kajin!" I called out a name whose figure wasn't even there.
"Did you call, master?"
A man dressed all in black with a cover like a ninja suddenly appeared in front of me. Wait, he's a ninja or at least I made him wear that costume.
"Ah!" the little girl screamed in surprise.
"Don't worry, he's my acquaintance" I calmed the little girl while patting her head.
"Oi! Can't you just appear more normal? Look! You surprised her."
"Sorry master"
This man Kajin is one of the 10 pillars of the underground organization I lead in the Ignite kingdom. Specializes in gathering information. I'll explain that another time.
"Can you take this little girl to town?"
"Eh!? Alright… master Rean"
I then turned my face to the little girl and asked her to come with Kajin.
"Oh yeah, what's your name little girl?"
"Felis"
"Okay Felis, big brother will save your parents and villagers. So come with this uncle in black into the city while waiting for me okay?"
"Is that true?"
"Yep, leave it to big brother"
"(nod) uhm" the girl just nodded in agreement.
"Are you sure master? There is a possibility that they already…"
"I don't know, let's hope that I can keep my promise."
Kajin just closed his eyes showing he understood what I meant, and he held Felis' hand and left.
Ah…in the beginning it was just a search for an Erath Honey, why did it suddenly become rescuing the parents of young children again. This is the second time, and because Felis is so cute I don't have the heart to ignore it.
<You're only weak in front of a sweet and cute little child. Admit it..>
"No! I won't admit it. Well…"
Even though it's only a village, it's still Luna's kingdom. Despite, I'm still a prince, and even though I've never met her I'm still the fiancé of the first princess of the Luna kingdom, so I have responsibility although not really mandatory.
< you have a fiance, yet you still try to approach Carmila?>
"Hey, what's wrong? Having 2 or 3 wives in this world is not a problem" if there is something I should be thankful for not living in another world, because here polygamy is legal as long as you have sufficient finances.
<....> Rain was silent, and I walked towards the deepest part of the cave.
I didn't expect that the cave would lead to a dungeon. Because it was so dark, I couldn't use my eyesight to walk at all. Thankfully, I carry a flashlight that is always ready in my inventory ring, powered by a magic battery, it can light up non-stop for 12 hours. Truly an extraordinary technology created by the professor.
This dungeon was a long dark passage, there were hardly any monsters that I encountered along the way. After walking for a while, I saw a light at the end of the hall. I strolled toward the direction of the light and finally arrived at a large room.
"What are you doing here?" someone suddenly spoke when I just reached the spacious room. The man had silver hair and was wearing a long white coat. On his side, there are two beautiful women, uh wait a minute isn't he Gin? Why is this kid here?
"I'm the one who wanted to ask that"
"Kufufu, we are here because of a request to investigate the village of Mura where all the villagers disappeared overnight. How about you Rean?"
Oh…Linda replied. I'm weak in front of her so I can only answer honestly.
"I met a little girl named Felis unconscious in the forest while doing a request."
I explained the details to them and how Felis escaped with her dress filled with magic effects and how I end up with an additional request to save her parent.