Out of the filth.

The moment we entered the wormhole, things went quickly. We were put in a hall, which had nothing but a few runes we couldn't understand scribbled along the walls. I ended up cutting chunks of the wall which had the runes off and putting them into my inventory, for later analysis or something.

At the end of the hall was a stage, and when I stood atop of it, a pedestal appeared out of the ground before me. There was a trashcan-shaped trophy on it, and when I placed my hands on the pedestal, I received a title.

[Trash Cleaner] - Sounds bad, really isn't.

Trash Cleaner MAX

<how to obtain>

•{given to a person who played the biggest role in clearing the Dump}

(Can only be received by one person, doesn't transfer over to anybody else who clears the Dump)

<effects>

•{Dungeon monsters whose level is below yours will bow down to you}

•{You are able to enter any dungeon}

"Another overpowered title for my collection. Nice!" I heard a rumble, and chunks of rock started falling out of the ceiling.

"The room's collapsing. Let's leave." Tetra hurried me and Blood, while we were discussing how I could use the new title I received.

"We won't get hurt by the rocks even if we try to. No need to rush." Blood wasn't too eager to go outside, it seems.

"To be honest, I'd rather leave now. Hmm, but there doesn't seem to be an exit. Oh well, I'll have to leave the good'ole way." I got ready to jump.

"Which is?"

"Through the roof, of course." I jumped up, breaking through the stone with a small barrier of [White Spawn].

~~~

"Finally! Fresh air. Haha, this is great." We broke through the ground and came out in a forest.

"Damn. So that's what the outside world is like. It looks similar to some of the floors, but it has this natural feeling to it." Blood excitedly took in the scenery.

"Those flowers are so much better than the ones in the dungeon. I bet my bees could make some top tier honey with them." Tetra also looked excited to be outside for the first time.

"Heh, I didn't think you two would be that interested in the outside world." I pointed out.

"Of course I am. I've spent all my life in a fucking cave. this forest is a great change. That said, I don't really care about seeing human villages and stuff. I've already seen how that works on my floor." Oh yeah, I guess Blood spent years watching humans live, so he wouldn't be interested in that.

"Welp, I'm gonna disappoint you. We're going to a city right now." I need human interaction to stay sane because these two have their own sense of reason, and I also just feel like going to a city right now.

"Okay." Now that that's out of the way, I need to actually find a city.

There was a path right next to us, but they didn't necessarily lead towards anything worthwhile, so I focused my senses instead.

"There are tens of thousands of people in that direction. That must be a pretty large town." So the path does lead towards a town after all.

~~~

Going along the path was pretty uneventful, and I also knew it would take us a day or two to reach the place. Of course, we could go there at full speed and reach it in seconds, but I didn't mind a walk.

I also remembered about my slave, Lime, but I told her that if I don't come back in a few month's time I'm probably dead and she's free to leave, so there's no point in going back to where I started. Instead, I want to get to the Demonic Kindom and Beastmen Kindom, but that's also some time away.

"Oh, I didn't expect to meet a person on the way. If he's a traveler, he might have some good food on him." I came up to the cart, which was being towed by two horses.

"Hello, do you have a minute?" I asked the elderly man driving the cart.

"Oh, a young lass. You must be quite a special one, going around here on your own during the invasion." He was quite special himself. I could tell his level was over two hundred, judging by his amount of mana, which is considered extraordinarily high.

"Heh, I'm not on my own. I'm with Tetra and Blood." I raised my right hand to reveal the goat head, and he greeted the man. Tetra also walked up and said hi.

"You three are very strong. I didn't even feel your presence, and that's my specialty, hahaha. I'm not in a rush anywhere, so why don't we have a chat over a cup of tea?" Of course, I agreed.

I've decided not to harm anyone who doesn't have anything against us, since I don't get much experience from killing humans below my level anyway, but if someone does decide to annoy me, I'm not gonna let them leave alive.

I took out the Cerberus' hide and laid it like a carpet. The old man heated some water using a weak fire spell, and put some dried tea leaves into the teapot.

"What kind of cooking skills do you have?" I asked the man.

"I don't want to brag, but I used to be a chef in one of the royal families." He smiled, remembering the past days.

"I've got a request, then. Can you cook us some of this here meat? We can have a chat during the meal, how about that?" I pulled out the high-level meat I got from the Dump.