Cardboard Houses Do Not Tear

59 – Cave Exploration 2

After corpses all those bastards, I presented the party with one thing.

“Let’s make this one thing clear.”

I had only one opinion.

In this dungeon, never mention the enemy’s death or elimination.

“Outside, you can do whatever you want. But let’s not do that in here.”

“How come?”

I answered the squad leader’s question.

“There is a saying in the Far East. ‘Knock on the stone bridge and cross it.'”

“Wait a minute, mercenary.”

Hearing my words, Priest Rien raised his hand and asked. He doesn’t have to raise his hand.

“Isn’t that what you mean by giving importance to kill confirmation?”

I shook my head.

“No, it means that I will cross carefully when I cross once, so don’t ask twice. It’s hard to deal with those who have already been buried and then resurrected.”

Not knowing about the Far East, she just nodded her head, but in fact, Priest Lien meant it.

However, if a person who has been to Seoul and a person who has not been to Seoul are pitted, the one who is more well-dressed wins.

I’m not the one who couldn’t go.

And now, in the middle of the dungeon, we ran into corpses sporting even more unique sh*t and drab red eyes.

“aaa!!!”

Those who discovered the intruder howled, and Priest Rien repeated her prayer over and over again.

“…So hopefully. We can only borrow his wisdom.”

Today alone, the halo of light has already appeared for the fifth time, and she continues to recite the next incantation.

“When the sun rises, the farmer wakes up and plows the fields during the day, because he has strength.”

It was a prayer I had never heard before. The corpses, who felt that the sacred text was disrespectful, began to approach erratically.

-Tung!

A bolt was lodged in the nape of one of them, and a warning from the squad leader who was loading the crossbow came from behind.

“Mr. G-House. Right!”

When I looked to the right, I could see red eyes and gray skin between stalactites that rose sharp like shark teeth.

Those who felt the holy power took a detour to my right and tried to attack Priest Rien.

I need to deal with the guys in front of me a little faster.

The one with the shiny head and the one with the shiny left side.

As he parried the battered ax that slashed vertically down, he twisted his body to reveal his hand to the squad leader in the rear.

‘Left flank.’

Tak, tak.

Priyanian squad leader stamped his foot twice. I meant confirmed.

“Turn it off!!”

As soon as I heard her confirmation, I pushed her forward with strength in her legs.

With a crackling sound, the rotten ax handle splintered, and the shiny-headed one fell down.

Thump!

After struggling to balance, I put the knife between the corpse’s eyebrows.

“Kiaaak!!”

The twentieth.

As I was about to pull out the knife, I heard something knocking down next to me.

It was clear that the prianian squad leader had shot and killed him, seeing as he fell with a bolt on his side as he raised his sword.

I didn’t say anything blasphemous about getting rid of it. After confirming that the red light had gone out of their eyes, I immediately headed towards Priest Rien.

Standing still, she was reciting her prayers while burning incense in all directions around her.

“We believe it is because he gives vitality.”

I heard the sound of a crossbow being loaded behind my back.

Everybody was doing their job.

So what I had to do was simple.

Tung, Tung. When I hit the shield with the sword side, their heads turned this way.

The bright red pupils, half buried in the darkness, made it easy to associate a double desire in my head.

“You bastards who are already behind and their mothers are also behind! I am here!!”

I decided to play the role of the vanguard.

My job was to create an environment where I could do comfortable free deals from the back, and the best of them was to taunt me to draw aggro.

So, while discussing their parents in a colorful way that comes to mind within 5 seconds, I discovered a fact.

I don’t know if corpses have their own line, but at least they reacted extremely severely to the keyword death.

That’s why when I provoke them, I always put death in my words.

“aaa!!!”

And as you can see, it was very effective.

Three of the five jumped over the stalactites and started charging at me, tearing one or two places along the way.

Seeing them running with their arms wide open as if asking for a hug, I greeted them with a smile trying to relieve the stress that was building up.

“Yes! Even if I can’t hug you-“

“Kiaaak!”

The guy who cut off his line with a scream raised his tattered arm from the stalactite and pulled the club over his wings. The intention was to strike vertically.

“Oh my God, how did you learn how to be a jerk?”

But at least I wasn’t a retard who could just stare at it.

-Boom!

I took a step forward and hit him on the elbow with my shield.

With the sound of something breaking, his arm snapped outward.

Dalgrak.

With the sound of a tree falling to the floor, he stumbled, and I took a step forward.

“After the sun goes down, all people fall asleep.

At the same time, a line of writing came from behind.

It felt like the eyes of a group of enemies hiding in the dark, no, the eyes of the corpses were a little dimmed.

The corpse’s reddish eyes turned white when the knife was stabbed into the abdomen.

Twenty-first.

The corpse that found a place to lie on itself saved me the effort to draw the knife.

There are still four enemies left, and half of them are heading to the rear.

I shouted one more word.

“You bastards who won’t even have ink on the death certificate! It’s this way! It’s time to come this way and get back to the coffin you came out of!!”

The guys who were heading for the prianian squad leader heard me and turned this way.

―Kiaaag!!!

In the midst of that cry, ‘Persimmon’ whispered.

―Swords, maces, axes, and far away bows.

There was nothing more.

It was fortunate.

Even though I had to face four colorful pieces of sh*t, at least I didn’t get aggro from two of them.

A worn-out blade made me worry more about tetanus than cuts, and red eyes reminded me of boredom more than fear.

So, I just greeted them by beating my shield.

“Wow!”

“I hope, give us a ray of vigor to awaken from the disillusionment in the dark.”

Before clashing with them, Priest Rien’s prayer came into my ears first, and as her voice cut off, I felt something weak.

But I didn’t have time to feel that weakness.

―Cheer.

From the front, a corpse holding a blunt ax cuts through the tattered leather gloves at an angle,

Tuong! Kagak!

With the flap of her wings, she struck the side of an object that might be a mace or a piece of rusty iron, entangling it with the arm of another corpse who swung it at the wrong timing,

– Bounce!

In order to stop something reddish from far away with a broken bow, I had to kick one of the guys staring at me with a split hand and send me into the line of sight.

“Sure.”

After facing the dying eyes of a guy with an arrowhead protruding from the middle of his mouth like an alien. I put the guy to rest.

Twenty-second.

I heard the sound of a crossbow being shot behind my back, and I heard a scream in the distance.

I looked at the remaining guys.

“Kieah!”

“Turn it off.”

Two corpses were pulling out weapons embedded in each other’s limbs as if splitting them apart, and I had to stop them.

They’s weak points were the left thigh and right shoulder, respectively, and the dark red metal began to reveal its sticky surface.

One shot was enough, and the sword moved quickly.

Kung.

The twenty-fourth.

At the same time, even at the moment of falling down, the faces of those corpses who had not fully drawn their weapons showed a look of bewilderment.

And the prianian squad leader gave his impressions of what I had done.

“…Mr. G-House?”

Instead of answering, I checked her condition.

“Looks like you are not hurt. Fortunately, the. Squad leader.”

“Thanks to Mr. G-House.”

After answering that, the prianian squad leader looked away.

Next, I looked at Priest Rien.

Because the little ones holding the bow started to come out, so it would be a big deal if they were even brushed by blind arrows.

“Good job! G-House mercenary! Mr. Prianian!”

She was smiling at me as she sat there.

The incense burner that Priest Rien held short was spreading incense in all directions even at that moment.

Her grip alternated between her hands, but she did not let go of that incense burner.

So I approached her and held out her hand.

Priest Rien said, expressing her disapproval at her bloody gloves.

“Ah, rest a little and then get up and go-“

“Yes?”

“Doesn’t that mean we should go out faster?”

I think she misunderstood, I shook her head.

“The incense burner looks heavy.”

“Yes?”

Even though her corpse was protruding from all sides of the darkness, she did not stop her prayers.

At least considering that she had been doing that before, she was probably on the verge of psychological burnout.

I was able to hold on thanks to the strange power I felt just now, so I can give you a shift for a while.

“I’ll light the incense instead, so take a break.”

None of these people were the most important, but none were not necessary for survival.

Her eyes widened slightly. And she shook her head right away, she said.

“G-house mercenary doesn’t believe in God, so it won’t work.”

“Then shall we do this?”

“Yes?”

I sat cross-legged next to her.

Then she took off her bloody gloves. Because it can be unpleasant.

It took a while to enjoy the feeling of refreshing my hands. I decided to get to the point.

“I will support Priest Rien’s arm.”

The eyes of the prianian squad leader who was looking at me from the other side became slightly sharper.

“Mr. G-House. What does it mean?”

At that questionable hostility, I explained the reason.

The priest needs a break. However, for the safety of all of us, the incense must be blown continuously, and the incense burnt by others is ineffective.

In such a situation, I still have the strength I gained from the previous prayer, so even if I give you some support, priest Rien’s fatigue will not be relieved.

“Priest Rien, can you use the Vitality Prayer now?”

She shook her head.

“Then I will hold your arm until you can use that prayer.”

Priest Rien’s eyes were on me.

“I have no other intentions.”

I said, holding my elbows on my knees and supporting them like a knife stand.

“I would appreciate it if you would consider it just an action to prolong the life of our party.”

“Life-sustaining behavior.”

At her murmur, I nodded.

“Yes, life-sustaining action.”

Priest Rien carefully placed her arm on top of mine. But I didn’t feel any particular weight, only trembling.

“Mercenary, are you done?”

“I will only say that, at least, this will aggravate the fatigue rather than cure it.”

I said with a wry smile. It’s not like taking a motorcycle pose.

“Relax your arms, don’t let go of your hands. Relax.”

“Relax?”

“Relax.”

She unleashed her powers. I tried to ignore the outline of the arm that I could feel through the baggy priestly clothes.

But while the sense of touch could be ignored, the sense of sight could not be ignored.

Because of the posture of leaning forward, my gaze was fixed forward, so I had no choice but to observe Priest Rien’s hand semi-forcedly.

Her white hands were quite rough. But she didn’t say it.

This is an activity to prolong life, not an exploration activity.

“……”

But, this was a bit like that for me too, so I tried to look away.

“……”

“……”

The inside of the dungeon was filled with silence, and no sound was heard.

How long has it been? The prianian squad leader opened his mouth.

“Mr. G-House. It must be heavy, but I will lift Priest Rien’s arm.”

“Are you okay?”

She said it was nothing.

“Mr. Don’t forget that I am too. Mr. Ghouse.”

I nodded right away.

“Thank you, squad leader.”

Because now my arm is starting to ache.

“Then now-“

“Hoo, I think it’s done now!”

Then Priest Rien raised her arm.

“Yes?”

“……”

“Thank you. G-house mercenary. And just Mr. Priyanian!!”

It was only then that I looked at Priest Rien’s face.

I couldn’t confirm it because I was half-forced to look only at her hands and the sleeves of her habit, but her face had been red for a long time.

“Wait a minute, Priest Rien-“

Perhaps because he was embarrassed, Priest Lien immediately started reciting her prayers without the words of the Priianian squad leader spilling over.

“When the sun rises, the farmer wakes up and plows the fields during the day, because he has energy-”

The timing was good. I almost wasted both of my stamina.

I woke up shaking my hands.

“Thank God. At least we don’t have to strain out-“

Then, after wiping the sweat from his hands, he reached out to the prianian squad leader and said.

But she didn’t hold my hand.

“…Squad leader?”

“I will. It’s a relief.”

Prianian Squad Leader said, instead of holding my hand, looking at Priest Rien next to him.

“Seriously, it’s prudent.”

Then, holding my hand, I got up and ran around to retrieve the bolt.

I was at a loss for words at the actions of the squad leader, which was different from usual and gave off a sense of coolness.

“…Hopefully, give us a ray of vigor to awaken from the disillusionment in the dark.”

In the darkness, only the priest’s prayer, repeated at a low speed, resonated.

***

After Priest Rien regained her power, how much more did she have to walk?

Even after two more fights and forgetting the faces of nearly forty corpses, the round room I had seen did not appear.

It’s strange. Obviously, if I had come this far, I would have reached the end of the dungeon.

In the meantime, we heard a voice calling us from behind.

“G-house mercenary, and just Mr. Prianian. I think we can stop now!”

“Can you tell me why? Just Rien Priest?”

At least there must be a reason for her saying that.

She answered the question of the prianian squad leader.

“It is time to leave.”

With that said, she rocked her censer back and forth a bit.

It’s okay.

The incense that stretched forward became stagnant in the air at some point, and was soon sucked into the darkness ahead with a crackling sound.

“Tada.”

Across the other side Priest Rien pointed out, the strange veil I had seen was outlined in white smoke.

“The end of the dungeon! Perhaps there is the plaza that G-House mercenary saw!”

We’ve finally reached the end of this damn corpse hole.