Alright, Let’s Turn Slaves Into Adventurers

Chapter 16 Catacombs Pantheon (2)

I rode a carriage in the city for two days.

After passing through the woods, I saw a castle that stood quietly.

Adventurers got off from several wagons one after another.

The undead are the main enemy, so clerical adventurers stand out in particular.

Azu casually looked up at the castle. The first huge building I saw gave off an ominous aura.

Instinctively, I knew that I should never go in, something like a thick aura of death.

Elsa lightly tapped Azu’s back with her left hand as she stared up at the castle.

“It’s okay. Because I’m not going in there.”

“… Yes. It’s just, I’m too scared.”

“Don’t forget that feeling. Because dying is an instant.”

Az only laughed dryly at Elza’s smile, not sure if he was serious or joking.

The party where the clergy gathered naturally took the lead.

There is an entrance to the graveyard a little far from the castle.

It is a door with clear traces of the years. Plant vines were eroded and covered, but showed no sign of collapsing.

The party went inside. An inner slope leads to the basement.

The inner aisle is brighter than expected.

Candles hung neatly on the wall lit up.

… The candle is burning, but no wax is dripping.

This is no ordinary candle.

As Azu looked around her curiously, her white hand suddenly protruded from her wall.

Leaving Az, who was so shocked that he couldn’t even make a sound, Elsa sprinkled her holy water on her white hands.

Her white hand disappeared with the faint light.

“Come on, Az, it’s okay. The hand is gone.”

“Yes.”

Az was able to move again, but her hands and feet moved forward at the same time.

Adventurers nearby laughed quietly when they saw Arzu.

Feeling even more ashamed, Arzu couldn’t see her properly.

Her laughter stopped as Elsa glanced at her other adventurers.

… Except for Elsa, the clergy were, of course, those who worshiped the Sun God or a god related to it.

Elsa took out the rosary of the Genesis Kingdom to prevent any accidents.

“You should look ahead. Because this is a labyrinth.”

Bewildered by Elza’s words, he looked ahead and inhaled deeply before exhaling.

“What was that?”

“It’s just that I became a Ghost. It’s not dangerous because it can’t reach people. I am just amazed.”

“Oh, I see. I’m surprised.”

Azu is relieved.

Seeing that, Elsa patted Az’s head. She is a very good kid so pitiful.

She is not a suitable child to come to her graveyard to exterminate the undead.

Elsa prayed to the King of Creation that Az would be safe.

After passing through the long aisle, she came out into an unbelievably wide space.

It was big enough to fit a city.

This is the Ruindheim Catacomb.

It is called the Labyrinth because it is the place where the people who were once ruled by the Ash King sleep, and the undead are constantly being born.

The interior, which was built in an orderly manner in the architectural style of the time, was magnificent, but the undead created whirlwinds everywhere.

At first, we decided to fight together. The warriors marched forward, receiving blessings and purification.

“Az, if you get bitten or scratched by the undead, the poison spreads, so come back right away.”

“Yes!”

Az also went forward under the protection of Elza.

She was surprised at how much lighter her body was than she had imagined.

As a result of her blessing, all of Az’s stats increased.

The Bongsword Grungauss, which used to be quite heavy, can do just fine with the current Azu.

Cut the nearby skeletons and zombies in half.

I was able to defeat it easily because I received the protection of a blessing and the power of purification was added to the sword.

Cut and cut again.

As Az had never systematically learned her swordsmanship, she learned how to move her body effectively in combat.

Azu’s rudimentary swordsmanship, which seemed dangerous at first, became more and more sophisticated.

In the first place, general swordsmanship is based on the premise of interpersonal warfare, so it is not suitable against monsters with various movements and shapes.

Az developed a swordsmanship suitable for dealing with monsters by self-taught.

Skulls move lightly, but they resonate every time, making them easy to understand, while zombies move slowly.

I didn’t bother dealing with huge zombies. Az roamed freely.

As her breathing became more and more rapid, she approached Elsa.

Elza also wielded a mace in her own way, crushing zombie heads and breaking skulls.

Anyway, the clergy are overwhelmingly strong when dealing with the undead.

From Az’s point of view, Elsa is stronger than the other priests.

She seemed quite used to fighting.

Looking at the skull bones scattered around, he must have already defeated Azu.

I asked Elza for the support of the blessing and defeated the undead again.

The more she repeats, the stronger Azu’s power becomes.

It must be because she has defeated many more monsters than other monsters.

I understand why priests gather here.

The other parties also took less damage.

Occasionally, a warrior who rushed into the undead hordes was injured, but it was no problem because there were so many priests.

The downside is that you get very little.

In addition, the unit price for commissioning is low.

The numbers are accurately measured on the adventurer’s certificate, but even if you defeat them like this, you won’t be able to earn a lot of money.

Soon after, the number of undead decreased noticeably. All scattered according to the suggestion that it would be more efficient to scatter individually rather than gather in one place.

Elsa held Az’s hand while Ars was thinking about where to turn and walked with her.

“Elsa? Where are you going?”

“Follow me first.”

Going deeper and deeper.

Only undead similar to before appeared.

Elza’s mace (6 gold coins) and Azu’s sword Grungauss (cigar) knock them down one after another.

After walking for a while, there were no adventurers around. I came to the end of the graveyard.

Only there was a wall decoration, and two of the three wall holes had blue lights.

Turned on.

Elza sprinkled holy water on the ground and created a simple barrier using a blue stone catalyst.

The undead seemed to hate the barrier and gradually fell away.

With a beckoning motion, Elsa brought Azu into her barrier.

“Az, I will tell you properly about this place.”

“Isn’t that a graveyard?”

“That’s right, but no.”

Elsa places her hand on the pattern drawn on the wall.

It was a picture of a king holding a sword and leading a warrior and a skeleton holding an objectionable equipment fighting.

“This is the tombstone of the warriors who fought alongside the Ash King. The undead from here are not those warriors. I was just born with the evil energy of an undead.”

“Mr. Elza?”

“As long as this undead exists, the king of ashes cannot leave the castle. I just stayed there to stop it.”

Az couldn’t understand what Elsa was saying.

Elsa looked more eerie than this cemetery.

“As for the undead, before….”

The last blue light came on in the third hole.

“I was an apostle of the sun god.”

The Catacombs of Ruindheim shake.