EP.37 Please don’t work with adventurers. (6)

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"What about the loot?"

-Equal distribution

"Who owns the treasure on the 30th floor?"

-Cloud

"Who is the leader of the party?"

-Cloud

"What if you don't follow my orders?"

-Death…

"No, no. There's no killing. Did I ever say that? Like I said, this dungeon can only be cleared with four people. If one dies, its just not his death, we are all beaten backwards. Did you get that?"

The three adventurers on their knees nodded their heads.

Okay, I did it.

I have tamed these three ferocious beasts.

Catharsis climbed up my spine.

"Come on, let's start our exciting adventure~!"

I went down the dungeon while feeling intoxication of my achievement.

But that excitement didn't last long.

"Pretty female! Mating~! Mating~!"

"Goobriel…"

Yeah, I thought it might end up being like this.

He probably had attempted suicide once in these 500 years.

Even suicide didn't work, so he must have been waiting for an explorer like me.

Hoping to get liberation of his soul tied up in this dungeon.

But I couldn't clear the dungeon.

How frustrated would he be?

He even informed his name to the explorer who he got to met after so long and thought he would finally die peacefully, but then he again came back to life.

It's understandable that a bit of sanity is gone.

"Ugh… what, a goblin? Damn, it's big. Well, after all, a goblin is a goblin."

"Strong goblin. Kill him, sacrifice to ancestors."

Graveliya and Garuda tried to reach for their weapons. I raised my hand to stop them and walked towards Goobriel.

"Cloud? Um, are you going to do it alone?"

I nodded at Graveliya's words. I drew out my silver sword hung around my waist.

"Mate! No fight! Die!"

Goobriel's iron rod sweeped with exemplary force. I stepped up. In an instant, the distance between me and Goobriel narrowed.

A silver sword was lodged into his heart.

Slurrp! Goobriel's body leaned forward.

""

I whispered to him.

"Sorry. I'll make sure to finish it this time."

Goobriel didn't answer. He just collapsed with a relaxed expression on his face. I looked at him for a moment and then turned my gaze to the party members.

"What are you looking at? Let's go down."

* * *

5-10 floors.

A labyrinth presented in form of a meadow.

A place where giant blue wolves and king-toothed tigers roam around, the place where the last party struggled.

No, it's a bit wrong to call it as struggle.

They didn't even kill a single wolf in the end, did they?

On the other hand, the party now…

"Garuda, smash! Oogh!"

""

Garuda held an axe in both hands and rotated like a top. Even though it looks like a very simple technique, it was just like a blade against fruits with wolves put in a blender.

"Go away, you bastards! Oh shit! Hath! You savage bastards! Put away the flesh in your mouths, you beasts!"

Unlike Garuda, Graveliya ravaged the wolves with a colorful spear. She pierced the vital points like the nape or eyeballs.

When sometimes, another wolf ran into her gap…

"..!"

Kyle blocked it with a large shield.

The repelled wolf got wounded and then had no choice but to retreat and launch pincer attacks on the shield from a distance.

So, the party members gradually killed the wolves.

It was not at the level of slaughter, but the expression of hunting was not wrong to present this show.

Thanks to that, I didn't have to go through the strange incident of meeting the boss on the 6th floor again. We properly went down to the 10th floor and met the boss.

– Whoa!

The lightning from the wolf boss's horns spread out in all directions. Kyle raised his shield and we hid behind him.

Kaga-Gaga-!

A strong fricative was heard, but Kyle's shield remained firm.

This shield looks like one with good magic resistance.

The lightning emitted by the boss disappeared.

"The lightning shower is over. I will go from the front, while Graveliya and Garuda will enter from the sides. It can no longer use lightning shower as big as this one while engaged in battle. At most, it will be a single blast of lightning, like a lightning bolt. Kyle, you will look at the situation and stop those lightning bolts."

Start.

As soon as the word was uttered, everyone dispersed. I ran straight ahead and caught the wolf boss's attention.

In the meantime, Garuda and Graveliya will accumulate their power and charge attacks, when the Wolf Boss got furious and shot lightning bolts, Kyle moved quickly and blocked all of them with his shield.

Hèll, yeah! This is a party play.

The proper party play that I had tasted in a long time was just so sweet. To the extent that I wished this moment would continue.

'No.'

No matter how enjoyable it is, you need to know when it's over.

Otherwise, you will become addicted.

I swung my sword at the weary wolf.

[Wolf Buster]-!

The wolf boss's neck was split.

Losing its head, its body collapsed, and its head fell onto the floor and jounced.

When the wolf boss fell, the party members relaxed and sighed.

"I had heard that the dungeon bosses were strong, but it must be this hard, I never thought. If that's the case, I will be tired to death…"

Graveliya, who was sitting on the floor, grumbled.

"I wonder if you will be still saying that after seeing this?"

I said, tapping on the large treasure chest at the end of the boss room. When the three adventurers approached, I opened the treasure chest.

The treasure chest contained rewards for clearing the 5th to 10th floors.

Sword of Insight.

Windfortune Ring.

Storm Shield.

Lightning Earrings.

Wealth, about 10000 gold.

and so on.

Graveliya and Kyle, as well as Garuda, opened their eyes wide in shock.

Soon a smile bloomed on their lips.

I understand their feelings.

The more reward you get after hard work, the sweeter it is.

After discussing the distribution of loot, it was decided who would get what.

Graveliya, Lightning Earrings.

Kyle, Storm Shield.

Garuda, Sword of Insight.

Me, Windfortune Ring.

Originally, my eyes were on Sword of Insight.

– Warrior, wear no accessories. Wear the ring. Shame on ancestors!

I decided to yield to Garuda's stubborn persistence. In the first place, it seemed bizarre for a savage, bulky barbarian to wear a tiny ring on his fingers. It is even doubtful if the ring will even fit into his fingers.

Dispensing after that, we took a break in front of the bonfire.

Maybe it was because we got good loot, the atmosphere of the party was much more relaxed than before.

"Me. Have a wife. Have a son."

"Is your wife pretty?"

"Kind of. She listens to me well, teaches my son well. She, a good mother."

"Why does it look like empty words, ha ha, you didn't even say that she was pretty, only kind of. But if you're a barbarian, you should be from the Principality of Polycia. Why did a guy with a family came to another country to become an adventurer?"

"My son, be an excellent warrior. Must make, him a better warrior. Takes a lot of money."

Uh? So, working daddy, is it?

I thought he was just a stone-headed barbarian…

Suddenly, I started to feel a lil complicated.

"Do you miss your family?"

"Miss them, my wife, son too. A lot. Me wonder, when we meet again."

Garuda eyes looking at the bonfire were wet.

Instead of offering empty words of consolation, I patted him on the back.

While I was doing so, Graveliya, who had been quietly listening to our conversation, opened her mouth.

"I've been wondering for a while, are you a nobleman?"

It was a random question.

A noble, huh?

"I admit that I'm terribly handsome. Still, I am not a noble."

"No… I didn't ask for the face. That gorgeous pommel. I have seen it somewhere."

I looked at my pommel.

A silver-colored pommel engraved with an eagle looking ready to soar in the sky.

"Picked it up from the road."

Not on any road, but on the floor of the arena.

Who was that?

It must have been that kid, with the name of Blue Rose or something, the sword he used was lying on the floor. The decoration on the tip of the sword seemed to be of quite a special material, so I picked it up at a glance.

"By the way, is this the pattern of a noble family?"

"I'm not sure, but I think I have seen it somewhere. It must have been in the Kingdom of Alitia…"

Saying that, Graveliya got mum at the end of her words, looks like even she is not sure.

"Whatever. I can find it out later and return it if it belongs to a noble family. Stop talking nonsense and go to sleep. Tomorrow will be harder than today."

* * *

Naturally, the difficulty increases as you go down the dungeon.

From the 5th to 10th floors, even an S-class party that easily hunted down monsters—

—on the 10th to 15th floors, there was no choice for them but to suffer.

"Die, you bastard!"

The spear of Graveliya pierced through the kobold's face.

Kobold.

A dog-like monster that walks on two legs, it is characterized like a old dog with a hunched back.

Their level is about 20-25, so if you are an S-class with your average level in 30s, you do have to give effort…

– Knock, Kung, Krrrr!

– Kung, Kung!

– Kung, krrrr!

"Noisy motherf**kers!!"

They were too many in numbers.

At first, there were only two or three kobolds, but as they barked, more kobolds began to appear from everywhere.

As it continued, we ended up getting chased by dozens of kobolds, just like now.

Shhh-!

A crossbow shot by a kobold passed by Graveliya's cheek.

"Hey! Hey, Kyle! Can't you stop it properly!? Wanna be a widower?!"

"…!"

"Shut up! Don't reply, just block it properly! Are the shields you received as loot decorations? You should carry one shield in each hand!"

"…!!!"

"Don't make the expression that you just realized, just do it quickly!"

"Hunting. Many more. Warrior's blood, boil!"

"This bloody lunatic! Hey you, savage bastard!! Run you hot-head, don't drag us! Ugggh, this is really killing me! Oh really, why am I doing this? Yes! Order, Cloud, you give him one… What. Are you smiling now, smiling?! Really?! Is the situation so funny, really?!"

Graveliya looked at my face and frowned and cursed.

It seems that I just failed in managing my facial expressions.

But what do I do when I'm having fun?

'How long has it been since I was chased like this?'

The most memorable one is being chased by the extermination unit directly under the 3rd Corps commander. After running around for a whole week in Eliath Forest, I barely managed to get rid of them, right..?

"Hey, fuck you! Don't laugh and tell me what to do now! You said you would be the leader, be responsible!"

"Let's go all the way to the boss room."

"…Did I hear it wrong? Can you tell me once again..?"

"Let's go to the boss room, damn straight."

"Huh… heh heh… heh heh heh heh…!"

Graveliya giggled in surprise, then pointed her finger at the kobolds that were chasing us.

"To the boss room? With these bastards? Why are you making it so difficult for everyone, leader?"

"Come on, we won't die. Trust me, come follow me."

"What dog-"

"Break the block. Garuda, go with Graveliya!"

"Start!"

"Kill!!"

Graveliya and Garuda broke through the kobolds that stood in their way. Graveliya delicately gave her own finishing touch while Garuda slashed through roughly with his axe.

While they tore through like that, I deflected the crossbow arrows Kyle couldn't stop with my sword.

Each of us were faithful to our roles, and thanks to the hours of running, we were able to get right in front of the boss' room on the 15th floor.

From the 11th to the 15th floor, in just a few hours!

What a wonderful record!

"I know it's hard, but just a little bit more. See that big stone gate over there? If we open it and then lock it, the kobolds won't be able to get in."

""

No answer was heard.

Maybe it was because they were too tired to even answer.

We arrived in front of the boss room and opened the stone door and went inside.

"What? Why isn't it getting locked? It can still be opened from outside. Hey, Cloud! What happened? Are you sure about what you said?!"

Graveliya, who had closed the stone door and tried to lock it, was perplexed.

"Oh? Of course I'm, I'm not sleeping. It is supposed to be locked the moment intruders enter."

Graveliya continued to push the stone gate with a strange expression on her face.

But the gate didn't budge.

"So now what? Imprisoned from both sides?"

"To be precise, it hadn't locked up."

Thud!

Now, it did.

The 15th floor boss room is in the form of a round corridor.

A heavy, heaving sound was heard from inside the corridor. Through the darkness that the torch light could not reach, a large figure began to appear, and then it appeared.

– Crer…

What appeared was a strange kobold.

About 3m tall, with muscles that fit his size. In his four arms, he was brandishing weapons like blunt hammers, axes, and swords.

Just by looking at it, it seemed to be way stronger than any normal kobold.

This is the boss of the 15th floor, King Kobold.

Maybe it's because he has four arms, in the game, he was a boss with double chances of action.

The damage was great too, so it wasn't a easy boss.

But this isn't a game.

'Um, so one person per arm?'

With that thought, I turned to the party members.

They had been chased for hours by the kobolds, and their form was a mess.

They had wounds all over their body, and blood was dripping from the wounds. But even so, it wasn't that everyone was totally exhausted or the sound of breathing was low.

'…I think a party raid would be overkill.'

That would be of course—fun. Unfortunately, not now. I coughed and said to the three.

"You guys rest for now. I will take care of this one."

I swung my sword and walked towards the King Kobold.

* * *

"…wanna just ask one thing."

Kobold meat was being grilled over the bonfire, when Graveliya suddenly asked.

"You finally decided to open your mouth. I've been feeling lonely, it's too quiet ever since without your bla-bla and chirps."

"…You, if you had that level of skill, why did you stay still when we were chased by kobolds?"

"I didn't stand still… but I know what you're trying to say. The reason is simple. I feared one of you would die."

""

"What..?"

Graveliya narrowed her brows as if she didn't understand.

"I said, I feared that one of you would die. No matter how strong I am, there's only one sword I hold. And there were too many kobolds to count. Is there any guarantee one of you won't die while I kill them?"

"…No."

"Yeah, now you get it. So stop asking strange things and eat meat. You must have spent a lot of energy running around."

I handed the meat skewers to Graveliya. These delicious skewers that have just been grilled nicely, with juices dripping down.

She accepted it and asked one more thing, still not eating her food.

"I'm just asking, do you have any intention of leaving just after this?"

"No."

I answered firmly.

If I was going to quit here, I wouldn't have come in the first place. Because every try consumes a chance. There is a lot of potential in this party. There was no reason to quit.

"Yeah… I see."

Graveliya nodded her head. Then she placed the meat skewers back on the fire that I had just given to her.

"Isn't it already cooked?"

"I will eat in a little while. I still have some energy left to spend."

"For what?"

"I'm going to have sex with Kyle."

"…?"

I beg your pardon?

Did I hear it wrong?

"Sex in the dungeon…? No, I understand that you guys are a married couple… But, anyway, isn't this a bit too much?"

"Why? It's safe here. And if I don't have sex, I don't think this f**king stress will go away soon."

"Are you two going to do it in the corridors? What about Garuda and me?"

"Of course you two should go."

"…what if there are still kobolds left out here? It's risky."

"Well, how about it? You guys are adults, or would you like to do it all together? I'm fine with that."

No…shit

"You are crazy…"

"It's interesting. Hey, barbo guy, how about you? You agree?"

Graveliya laid her hands on her bulging breasts, showcasing her sex appeal.

I frowned.

"Hey, no matter what, Garuda has a family…"

"Would."

"Is this bastard crazy?"

I looked at Garuda with a puzzled expression. He confidently looked into my eyes.

"You…too? Really?"

"To make things go, smoothly. Rest and entertainment, needed."

"It's true about rest and entertainment… but your family? You have a family, dude. Don't you think if you do this, that sweet family would crumble?"

"Opposite, also true. Has to be done, to keep our party, this new family together."

Garuda said with a very serious face, without stuttering in a single word of his.

To keep the family together like this?

What kind of bullshit is that…

"…Hey, isn't your pretty wife still waiting for you? How would you meet her eyes after this, would you really have no guilt in your heart… so, let's not, right? I believe not."

Garuda avoided my gaze.

Hey, why avoiding it, you punk?!

Look straight into my eyes!

"…I don't know anymore. Do what you guys wanna do."

I sighed and stood up from my seat.

I huffed and walked out of the corridor.

Before closing the stone gate, I heard Graveliya's shout.

"Don't come in before I say we are done! Don't dare to peek either~! You missed the chance!"

I closed the door without answering. Leaning my back against the stone door, I sat down on the floor as if sliding on it.

"Orgy… Orgy in the dungeon…"

This is an insult to the dungeon!

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