Master SSS-Class Magic Swordsman

Chapter 40

Grave Cave 040.

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“After all, it’s scattered like this.”

Eli Li, who finished her first aid on her wound, pulled her bandage tight to her mouth.

The blood has stopped to some extent. The wound was healing little by little thanks to her potion.

Is Tiana's fruity potion really giving her strength here?

The bitter aftertaste of the potion erases the bitter sweet taste in the mouth.

At least one more drop of fatigue that seemed to die is relieved.

“Make sure you tie it up straight. If the smell of blood spreads incorrectly, the undead can become entangled again.”

“I know, I know. .........Tiana-sama, you also got rid of the smell of this potion.”

“Because you are really good at alchemy. At first, he forgot about it, but just in case, he said that he only got rid of the smell.”

“Well. After all, I almost got caught by bugs again with this. To the undead, to the bug... Oh, I'm going crazy."

An unknown corner of the current dungeon.

Eliri and Dian were hiding there together.

Leaning against the wall, she saves the remaining potions and somehow recovers her stamina.

Most of the bug-type monsters are very good at dungeons.

Therefore, when subjugating such monsters, odorless potions are used, but this time it was not foreseen.

In the meantime, the potion that Tiana gave was an odorless potion. Thanks to this, she did not feel burdened by drinking the potion.

Diane checked her pocket watch. More than half a day has already passed since the incident.

Insect monsters flock, hunters die in an instant, and a series of moments leading to panic.

Still, the Phoenix Hunters could barely respond to Diane's orders.

Using what he had learned from Alberto, he fought with the priority of survival.

Of course, that is until ‘risk S’ appears.

A giant centipede monster with an S level of danger that does not end with one.

One with his head sticking out, the other with his head sticking out.

It was to the point that I thought I was seeing a monster with multiple heads. They appeared all at once.

One of the members - Anna had a lot of knowledge about monsters, so she even heard that she was a monster called 'Mine Centipede'.

By the way, five of the risk S are appearing at the same time. The joke is serious enough.

In addition, as the fight intensified after that, the Phoenix Hunter squad also split.

At least Dian and Elli, and the other members- these two groups.

Or two or three people would have been scattered.

It is a complex dungeon with many routes.

In the midst of moving away from the many dangers S, it was unintentionally divided.

It's already been 6 hours since we broke up and ran away.

“……The expedition, how many people died?”

“A total of 60 at the start. Five scouts. heat when the incident occurs. With that, there were already 45 people left. And as soon as Mine Centipede appeared - another eight died. With this, including us, 37. The rest are A-class veterans. However........"

Dian roughly predicts the current situation through his experience and knowledge.

“Probably five more died there. Besides, we've been preparing for a fight against the undead this time, but the insects that have come to threaten us are the insects.”

“The good news is that the ‘fire attribute’ works for both undead and insects. ……They are the problem, Mine Centipede.”

Dian's team members, Hunter and Anna, gave information quickly to the Hunters before they dispersed-

"Mine Centipede is a fire attribute, don't use fire magic on them!!!"

The wizard who shot fire attribute magic without knowing the information was immediately counterattacked and died. No body was left behind.

“……Our kids.”

“I’m not dead.”

To Eliri's hesitant remarks, Dian answered firmly.

“…are you feeling it?”

“It’s a feeling.”

“I’m going to die of exhaustion, but why are you joking, Diane?”

“If you were joking, I would have laughed too.”

Saying that, Dian finally let out a small laugh.

“Everyone has enough survival skills. Just before they dispersed, the policy was communicated to each other.”

policy. It was a story that was shot at Dian's sudden judgment at the last moment.

I'm aiming for one of the two.

‘If you are safe, somehow climb up and escape.’

Or, ‘Don’t go up at all and hide until rescued. In that case, the battle that takes place should be avoided somehow. Never spill blood on the ground, and save your potions.’

“Even if you hide, can you be rescued?”

“When the first raid occurred in the safe area, luckily there were two hunters who were the closest to the top. And when the melee started, they weren't there."

"Really.......?"

“Think of an escape.”

Abandoned the expedition and ran away - It must be too much of a situation to say.

It is the norm for the hunter to protect the body of the hunters to the end.

“If it goes up successfully, there is no choice but to report the incident. Then at least the Guild Situation Headquarters would know what happened. At least there is hope for help.”

“I’m too optimistic for a hunter.”

“No.”

Dian temporarily repaired the armor that had been broken in battle with some tools.

“Being a phoenix hunter, I am optimistic.”

“Good.”

tens of minutes after that.

It was time for Dian to constantly check his watch.

“……?”

Elli Lee, who was looking around her with the Ranger's skill, tightened her eyes as if she couldn't believe something.

“What-”

The moment Dian opens her mouth at the sight, Eli Li delivers a shh sign.

And then, she moved a gesture towards Dian.

The password used by Phoenix Hunter University.

It was a sign language they improved on the basis of the Eugrassia phonetic language.

Dian also understands Eliri's sign language.

(Who is there. Is it a Hunter?)

(........)

Dian's expression became serious at Eliri's sign language.

You must feel bad. That's why Eliri asked Dian for his opinion first.

(I keep the situation-)

(Elli, wait.)

Dian comes to Eliri's side and listens.

jiy profit ...... jiee profit . . . . . . . . . . .

Hunter. It was Hunter. A total of three people.

Yes, obviously the hunter is the hunter.

However-

“Nutrition, I need nutrition-”

JI EE profit- JI EE profit-

““……!!””

Those hunters were already dead.

Even Dian and Eliri knew roughly who it was. These are the people they had met a few times in the guild and talked to before this expedition.

So it was even harder to believe.

The Hunters were being dragged around as corpses covered in blood with their eyes wide open.

Eliri and Dian could barely hold their breath.

And here the problem arises.

So, who the hell is speaking now?

Who the hell is dragging the body?

a little later-

“Larvae. Time to eat-!”

[Kirly, Lily, Lily!]

[Kill Lil L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L different!!]

The voice of someone who was dragging the body.

The giant caterpillars that appeared in an instant in response to it devoured the bodies of the hunters.

Both Eli Li and Dian were starting to get goosebumps all over her body.

Do your best to stop breathing hard.

And at that moment, Dian remembered the “caution” he had heard from Gareth and Alberto before.

(Eliri, do you remember......? Right after the Mother Mage incident.)

(Mother Mage.......?)

(Information was probably taken out by the 'worm magician'.)

“……!!!”

I realized it too late.

Of course, even if I realized it earlier, nothing would have changed.

Still, he caught too few Sims Awakened.

(When this happens, the tomb caves don't just change. This doesn't happen simply because of bad luck.)

Numerous bugs between D-A.

More than that, boss-level insect monsters with an S level of risk.

If all of this happened to someone.

(I can't believe it, but anyway, then... this dungeon may have been artificially altered.)

That was then.

"........Yes?"

is it a boy Are you an adult?

A being with an ambiguous shadow turned his head to each other.

“Is it an illusion? What did you smell?”

The tension between Dian and Eliri soared to the worst.

It reduces the sound like a mouse dead.

In the meantime, they prepare their weapons for each other in order to somehow cope with the battle.

Is it a preemptive attack?

Is it a run away?

Do I have to keep hiding like this?

Dian and Eliri's cold sweat flowed one after another at the countless life choices.

[“-‘Craft’.”]

But another voice was heard.

As the black shadow approached with the sound of footsteps, his gaze turned to the other side.

“Ah, what is it? It was you.”

[“……? What are you talking about?”]

"no. Just my illusion.”

The one called Craft turned his head to the approaching shadow.

....that shadow was well known to both Dian and Eliri.

Because it was a shadow that had been engaged before.

“-Still, good timing, ‘Mother Mage’. I think the saboteurs have come.”

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Maybe it's because they've been practicing for two months with each other only in practice.

Or is it because of the genius of Eud and Alberto?

The two warriors annihilated the monsters in a ruthless way, and dug into the dungeon.

They determine the connection with a glance and accurately complement each other's gaps.

The moment Alberto slashes the monsters with his sword, Eud's fists turn the follow-up into debris at once.

The reason why such communication was possible was also in Eud's own knowledge of monsters.

Over 500 fights in Dreamland.

There, it is said that Eud had dealt with a significant number of monsters from D to A.

Regardless of the type of monster, he fought several times and risked his life to learn how to survive alone.

Because of that, he knows more about monsters than most hunters.

For example insects -

What monster's sap was poisonous.

What kind of monster has a paralytic component in its human feces?(Read more @ hotmtlnovel.xyz)

Which monster's vital points are located where.

He is familiar with all the extreme practical knowledge, such as which monster's attack reaches where.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!

Alberto is the last insect monster left in the current area-

Severed a mega moth of risk A. Human waste with paralyzing ingredients is scattered around it. Both Eud and Alberto quickly turned back.

First of all, this area has been cleaned up.

But it can't even be called improvement.

After handling the first battle area, every time you went inside, the monsters came endlessly.

Tiana drinks her potion one at a time, reducing her fatigue a little.

Eud brushed away the sap and excrement from his body.

The number of monsters removed so far is uncountable.

No survivors have been found yet.

In the first battle, killing all the bug monsters, Eud had checked their snouts and guts.

.......Fortunately, there were no traces of the Phoenix Hunters uniform.

“But we’ve already dealt with quite a few monsters when we arrived. ...At least for the number of people we find from now on, we'll be able to somehow secure an escape route."

Alberto shakes his sword once heavily.

- Jarlarak.

“……I hear a sound.”

"what?"

For a moment, Eud focused his attention on the sound he heard behind the helmet.

It blocks the rustling sound from the monsters' corpses in their ears.

He searches for only sounds that can feel the breath and has a human feel, and captures them in his ears.

“……!”

Eud quickly looks around this area full of holes.

And there, he found a place where strange energy was transmitted.

It looks like the same dungeon wall.

However, if you look closely, there is a slight sense of incongruity.