Chapter 39

My Villains Episode 039

10. Around the time the slime shriveled by the flames on the 4th floor of the basement (4)

turned into sticky charcoal.

The search must have been over, and it was time to eat, so I declared a break.

There was a staircase leading to the third floor nearby, so I went there.

As Mr. Luke and Arnal lit a small fire near the landing, I helped Grania take off her armor.

Grania’s armor, which had been hit by the slime’s acidic liquid, was melted here and there, and all of the attached iron plates and rings had to be torn off.

It turned into rags with holes torn here and there- but thanks to something, I saved my life, so I shouldn’t regret it.

Thinking so, I took off the melted armor, but a handful of peeled skin stuck to my sleeve.

“Ugh, did your skin peel off? Doesn’t it hurt?”

“Oh, of course it hurts.”

When water was poured on the acid-stricken left arm, Grania gritted her teeth and groaned.

There are red swelling and white bubbles all over the left arm – it’s a visual that makes you want to vomit.

After wiping off the water with a bandage and applying ointment, I said in a reproachful tone.

“Is this your first time seeing slime?”

“Where have you seen a guy who comes out of a dungeon? Is it a little hot?”

“But why are you attacking so recklessly? You almost died.”

“Whoa- what is it?”

...is that the end?

After answering concisely, Grania took out a leather canteen and drank it down.

It seems that I don’t really care what I say.

“I thought you were cautious, but

why are you like that?”

“...why did you do that? Did you just do my job?”

“Nail?”

To my question, Grania answered with a frown as if she was asking something like that.

“Are you Ellen a wizard? It’s a precious body, so I need to protect it.”

“Didn’t you see I was running? Do you know how to protect it?”

“You believe that you will do well and keep sucking my finger?”

“That’s not the case”

“Ugh, now I’m going to stop asking useless questions, can you put a bandage on me?”

“...okay.”

I wrapped the bandage around Grania’s shoulder and thought for a moment.

As I passed through my well-muscled forearm and tied a knot at the scarred elbow, I abruptly opened my mouth.

“So you did it to save Ellen?”

“It’s just a job.”

At first glance, he looked sad, but upon closer inspection, I furrowed my brow slightly as I peered into his sharp eyes. because I didn’t understand.

“But Ellen hasn’t been very kind to you- well.”

“however? What does that matter?”

“To put it bluntly, is it worth the risk for Ellen? You always acted harshly, and there were things like going, you know?”

At my question, Grania slightly turned her head to look at Ellen. Grania, who confirmed that he was preoccupied with tidying up his bag, shrugged his shoulders and answered in a small voice.

“To be honest, it wasn’t for Ellen.”

“then?”

“hmm. If I had to say about value – should I say that it was for my own value?”

“It’s my own value...”

I tilted my head and started wrapping Grania’s chest with a new bandage.

Grania, wearing only a sleeveless linen garment, had her shoulders and arms exposed. Her forearms were almost messed up, with toned forearms, blurred scars and newly burned burns.

“I am a mercenary. A person who works for other people for money. And most of that work is fighting the enemy.”

twenty seven years old The twenty-seven people I met when I was Kim Seung-soo were mostly job seekers or newcomers to society.

It was the age of being thrown into the waves of the world, yet still retaining the innocence of youth.

“So my worth... is determined when I step out into danger, when I swing my sword at a formidable foe, when I raise a shield for my comrades behind me.”

twenty seven years old Twenty-seven years in Middle World was enough time to create a skilled mercenary with numerous scars all over his body.

“But why do you say thank you for that? It’s my job.”

“Because you would never say anything like that. You never properly talked to Grania in the first place, did you?” “...Yeah, but.” The boy closed his mouth again and lowered his eyes. I was looking for something to say.

“Don’t uselessly try to hold on to the horse’s tail.”

“When will I”

“A horsetail again. thank you Just say that.”

Ellen didn’t answer anything... but considering her usual words and actions, she must have accepted this.

“okay. If you’re grateful, say something nice as usual. I wouldn’t even want to have a nice conversation with other people.” “huh? I’m worried about you. I’m afraid you’ll get hit by a knife if you keep acting like that.”

As I spoke softly, the crouching guy buried his face in his knees and murmured.

“Why are you suddenly hit with a knife?”

“That’s what it says. So, be careful now. Especially, old maids and grandpas are forbidden to say what you say?” Ellen was silent for a moment with her eyes down.

“...okay. I’ll be careful.”

When he finally said that, he nodded slightly.

For some reason, I felt a sense of pride and smiled silently.

“Well then... how much time has passed?”

At my question, Ellen took out something that looked like a transparent conch shell from her sling bag. It was a magic hourglass.

Well, it didn’t have a particularly great effect because it was a magic hourglass. If mana was blown into it, it was about the extent of flowing sand in a constant direction no matter which direction it was turned over.

Thanks to its simple but useful effects and portability due to its small size, it is said that the wizards of La Palais Palace have it all.

Ellen answered while examining the markings on the hourglass.

“It’s just- it’s been twelve hours.”

“Twelve hours.”

It’s ambiguous.

The sewage system of the ancient empire was a facility that had existed since a very long time ago.

During that time, proper management was not carried out, so the deeper you go, the more often the wall collapses or water leaks.

The problem arose here.

This is because the hidden stairs leading directly to the secret passage from the 4th floor of the sewer had already collapsed.

In the end, in order to access the secret passage, there was no choice but to find a way through the naturally created crypt.

Fortunately, it was the fact that if you only entered the crypt, you would be able to specify the direction of the secret passage using the blueprint.

So... First we have to find a way to the crypt, and then find a way to the secret passage in the crypt. oh my butt hurts

After thinking for a while, I looked back at my colleagues sitting around me and said,

“Once the surroundings have been roughly cleaned up, there is no other way but to find the crypt... but the situation in the city isn’t very relaxed, so you’d better hurry.”

good. Everyone seems to have no disagreements.

“Mr. Luke. Didn’t you say you’ve been in a crypt?”

“Right. To be precise, it

didn’t go in, but it was left out.”

According to Mr. Luke, he went down to the sewers with the townsfolk about two weeks ago.

After twists and turns, Luke’s party reached the 4th floor of the sewer system, but the floor suddenly collapsed and they fell into a spacious cavity.

Most of them drowned or were eaten by monsters, but thanks to luck, only Mr. Luke managed to escape and climbed up.

“When I passed by earlier, I saw that there was a pile of dirt where it collapsed. I don’t know why, but digging that hole again would be dangerous. Besides, falling into a cavity full of groundwater is not very wise.”

“That’s right.”

As I quietly nodded, Arnal, who had been fiddling with the arrow feathers, shrugged and said,

“In the end, is there no other way than to scrape the floor one by one?”

“...I guess so.”

Of course, it wasn’t just hunting the rat man while searching the 4th floor until now. I looked for holes that could lead underground, such as small cracks or cracks, but nothing came of it.

How to do it. It seems stupid to search blindly, but is there really no way?

I had some discussions, but no useful opinions came out.

“What can I do? Let’s find a way down.”

“Isn’t it going up to the ground? We need to reorganize.”

When Ellen expressed her dissatisfaction close to whining, I calmly told her.

“I don’t think we can afford that. We still have enough supplies, so let’s search for it with the intention of camping for the day.”

Ellen pursed her lips for a moment, but as everyone nodded their heads as if they were determined to this extent, they kept their mouths shut.

It’s good that we gathered opinions without any conflict...

Hmmm, I think I’m going to have a hard time.