Abel dan Pahlawan Roman bertempur di pangujung dan Rin, Alicia, Bellrock, Graham, dan Penyihir Fire-Attribute yang masih terguncang karena menghilangnya Nancy, Gordon melembarkan serangan mantra berulang kali.
Sesampainya saat-saat itu, para pendeta yang telah bertarung sejak awal akhirnya bisa rehat dan fokus pada pemulihan.
Meskipun hanya lima orang yang melakukan bombardemen, itu adalah Rin, Penyihir Wind-Attribute dari party kelas B, dan Penyihir dari party Pahlawan.
Para pendeta memang tidak cocok untuk serangan sejak awal, jadi bisa dikatakan pasukan pengganti memiliki daya tembak yang memadai.
Selain itu, meskipun hanya dua orang yang berperang di garis depan, mereka adalah pendekar pedang jenius Abel dan Pahlawan Roman.
Pertempuraan mereka sungguh heroik.
u201cWah... hebat sekali.u201d
Sulit untuk menentukan siapa yang mengatakannya.
Namun, kata itu mewakili perasaan semua para pendeta yang sedang istirahat.
Sebab, tidak hanya para pendeta tetapi juga Para Pendeta Tinggi Gabriel pun tidak bisa memahami mengapa Pahlawan berada di sana.
Akhirnya, ia menyerah dan menganggap itu karunia Tuhan, seperti cara Rihya berada di sana.
Pada saat-saat seperti ini, mereka yang melayani Tuhan memiliki keuntungan.
Karena Tuhan bisa mengambil seluruh tanggung jawawab.
u201cSeperti gelombang pasang besar.u201d
u201cYa, benar juga.u201d
Meskipun masih fokus pada bombardemen, Rin punya waktu untuk berbincang dengan Rihya karena dua orang di garis depan memiliki kekuatan fisik tertinggi di antara umat manusia.
Dan Rihya, yang telah memerintahkan sambil cemas sejak pertempuran mundur ke lantai basement ke-4, akhirnya bisa berehat.
u201cApakah Great Tidal Bore adalah fenomena di mana monster muncul tanpa henti dari sebuah dungeon?u201d
Alicia, yang mendengar percakapan itu, lalu bergabung.
u201cYa. Sekitar setengah tahun yang lalu? Itu terjadi untuk pertama kalinya dalam sepuluh tahun di dungeon di Kota Rune, tempat kami berbasis. Tapi ini bukan dungeon, bukan?u201d
u201cYa. Ini hanya kuburan bawah tanah. Hingga lantai basement ke-5, hanya ada tersisa para pendeta, kudus, dan kudusan dari masa lalu.u201d
Rin menjawab dan Rihya menjelaskan bahwa ini hanya kuburan bawah tanah.
Ada mayat yang dibungkus kain kafan tetapi pada dasarnya berbeda dari dungeon.
u201cBerarti ini terhubung ke tempat lain...u201d
Alicia mengangguk sambil melanjutkan.
u201cMemungkinkankah itu?u201d
Rin kaget dan bertanya pada Alicia.
u201cManusia tidak bisa melakukan itu dan aku tidak pernah mendengar tentang barang semacam itu... Tapi di masa lalu, Seekor makhluk muncul di hadapan kami. Bagaimana aku menjelaskannya... rasanya seperti ia membelah ruang. Bukan manusia tetapi mengerti bahasa kami. Kami membuat altar untuk mensummon dan mengalahkan Tuan Setan, tetapi ia muncul instead. Karena hal itu memungkinkan, aku pikir mungkin kuburan ini terhubung ke tempat lain.u201d
Alicia teringat pada Akuma Leonor di dalam hatinya.
Rin dan Rihya tidak bisa memahaminya tapi akhirnya bisa merasakan bahwa itu adalah keberadaan yang konyol.
Tanpa ada hubungan dengan percakapan, Rihya teringat pada sesuatu dan memandang kembali ke Para Pendeta Tinggi Gabriel, yang sedang beristirahat di baliknya lalu bertanya.
u201cKenapa tidak ada Knights yang datang, para Pendeta Tinggi?u201d
Ya, ketika ini terjadi, Ordo Knights Kerajaan adalah yang pertama dihubungi oleh Sanctum.
Namun, hingga saat ini tidak ada seorang pun yang datang.
Sebagai dasarnya, Ordo Knights Kerajaan hanya berjarak tiga blok dari sini.
Meskipun mereka berlari dengan armor, seharusnya mereka bisa tiba dalam waktu 30 menit.
u201cAku merasa itu aneh juga dan sudah kudikonfirmasi lebih dulu, tapi sepertinya mereka secara resmi menolak untuk dikirim.u201d
u201cHah?u201d
Para Pendeta Tinggi Gabriel menjawab dengan raut muka cemberut, dan Rihya menjawab dengan suara yang hystrik.
u201cApa yang sedang pikirkan Knights itu...u201d
u201cMereka berkata bahwa peran Knight adalah untuk melindungi Raja. Benar-benar menjadi organisasi yang putus asa setelah Knight-Captain mengambil posisi itu.u201d
Rihya terkesiap, dan Para Pendeta Tinggi Gabriel bahkan lebih frustasi.
Dua jam setelah kelompok Abel tiba.
Para pendeta yang telah pulih parsial bergiliran dan telah terus bertarung untuk mendorong kembali ke pusat lantai basement pertama.
Dengan kekuatan tempur yang baik, tidak lagi perlu untuk pertempuran mundur.
Namun, masih tidak ada habisnya monster.
Abel dan Pahlawan Roman berhasil mengalahkan banyak musuh di garis depan tetapi mayatnya akan ditarik kembali setiap kali mereka tidak memandang.
Renungan Abel untuk membuat tembok mayat setelah mengalahkan banyak di antaranya terlalu naif.
u201cIni benar-benar tak berkesudahan. Roman, kamu masih baik saja?u201d
u201cYa. Belum ada masalah. Tapi aku prihatin dengan kekuatan sihir para Penyihir yang menembakkan bombardemen.u201d
Pahlawan Roman menjawab pertanyaan Abel.
Abel menatap ekspresi Rin, yang ada di squad bombardemen.
Dia tidak akan kehabiran kekuatan sihir begitu saja, tetapi merasa bahwa dia sudah mendekati batasnya.
Dia bisa merasakannya karena mereka pernah bertarung bersama dalam party.
Abel dan Roman mundur, dan squad Biksu menggantikan mereka.
Saat itu, Abel memanggil Rin.
u201cRin, hematlah kekuatan sihirmu... Aku ingin mengatakannya tapi rasanya terlalu larut...u201d
u201cYa, memang begitu. Para Penyihir tidak bisa bertarung begitu lama. Penyihir dari party Pahlawan di sampingku masih punya lebih banyak kekuatan sihir, tapi aku pikir mereka juga hampir kehabisan.u201d
Rin menjawab dengan tenang.
Abel menatap Penyihir dari party Pahlawan.
Tentu saja, bahkan dalam mata Abel, dia bisa melihat bahwa mereka sudah mendekati batas kehabisan kekuatan sihir mereka.
u201cItu buruk. Ada yang memanggil Ryo?u201d
u201cRyo?u201d
u201cYaa, dengan dia di sekitar, akan sedikit lebih mudah.u201d
Abel menghela napas saat mengatakan itu.
Pada saat itu, ia mendengar suara dari belakang.
u201c<Water Jet 256>u201d
Musuh yang ditakdirkan oleh squad Biksu itu dikepalkan kepala satu per satu.
u201c<Perma Frost>u201d
Di samping itu, seluruh area hingga tangga ke lantai basement kedua berubah menjadi es.
Bukan hanya squad Biksu, tetapi semua orang di sana berhenti bergerak karena perkembangan mendadak itu.
u201cAbel, kamu tidak bisa berkembang sebagai Seorang Pendekar Pedang jika selalu berpikir untuk mempermudah hidup,u201d katanya sambil tersenyum.
Ryo, Penyihir Water-Attribute yang paling kuat menurut pengetahuan Abel, muncul.
u201cKamu telat, Ryo.u201d
u201cMeskipun kamu bilang begitu, aku punya banyak hal untuk dilakukan.u201d
Abel mengeluh sementara Ryo mengeluh bahwa dia sib.
u201cSejauh yang kudengar, Penyihir sudah hampir kehabisan kekuatan sihir. Apa yang ingin kamu lakukan? Haruskah aku membuat tembok es sehingga mereka keluar satu per satu dan Abel bisa mengalahkan mereka sendiri?u201d
u201cKenapa hanya aku? Bahkan di party Pahlawan, Roman masih punya banyak stamina.u201d
Saat Abel berkata begitu, Ryo juga menatap ke arah Pahlawan Roman.
u201cBenar juga. Dia penuh semangat.u201d
Ryo menatap Roman dan mengangguk.
u201cM-Maaf, kamu adalah orang yang menjadi mediator kemarin, bukan? Terima kasih ati...
Abel and Hero Roman fought at the forefront and Rin, Alicia, Bellrock, Graham, and, the Fire-Attribute Magician still in shock by the disappearance of Nancy, Gordon bombarded with spells.
Meanwhile, the priests who had fought the entire time finally could have a break and focused on recovery.
Although only five people were focusing on bombardments, it was Rin, a Wind-Attribute Magician from a B-rank party, and the Magicians from the Hero party.
Priests were not suited for attacks in the first place so it could be said the reinforcements had sufficient firepower.
Furthermore, although only two people were fighting on the front line, they were the genius Swordsman Abel and the Hero Roman.
Their fight was heroic.
“Amazing......”
It was hard to tell who said that.
However, that word represented the feelings of all the resting priests.
In the first place, not only the priests but also the High Priest Gabriel could not comprehend why the Hero was there.
Eventually, he gave up and assumed it was God’s grace, just as how Rihya was there.
At such times, those who serve God have an advantage.
Because God could take all responsibility.
“It’s like a Great Tidal Bore.”
“Yes, you’re right.”
Despite focusing on the bombardment, Rin had the leeway to speak to Rihya because the two people on the front line possessed the greatest physical strength in humankind.
And Rihya, who had been in command while fraught with nerves the entire time since the withdrawing battle on the 4th basement floor, could finally take a break.
“Isn’t a Great Tidal Bore the phenomenon where monsters spring up endlessly from a dungeon?”
Alicia, who heard the conversation, entered the conversation.
“Yes. About half a year ago? It happened for the first time in ten years in the dungeon in the City of Rune, where we are based. But this is not a dungeon, isn’t it?”
“Yes. It’s just an underground tomb. Up to the fifth basement floor, there are only remains of the great priests, saints, and saintess of the ages.”
Rin answered and Rihya explained that it was just an underground tomb.
There were mummies but it was essentially different from a dungeon.
“Does that mean it is connected to somewhere else ...”
Alicia nodded as she continued.
“Is that possible?”
Rin was surprised and asked Alicia.
“Humans can’t do that and I’ve never heard of such an item ... But in the past, a being appeared in front of us. How do I put it ... it felt as though it split through space. It wasn’t human but it understood our speech. We made an altar to summon and defeat the Demon Lord, but it appeared instead. Since that’s possible, I think it’s possible to connect this basement with another place.”
Alicia recalled the Akuma Leonor in her head.
Rin and Rihya could not comprehend it but somehow they could understand that it was a ridiculous existence.
Without any connection to the conversation, Rihya remembered something and looked back at the High Priest Gabriel, who was resting behind her and asked.
“Why didn’t the Knights come, High Priest?”
Yes, when this happened, the Kingdom’s Knights’ Order was the first to be contacted by the Sanctum.
However, no one came yet.
In the first place, the Kingdom’s Knights’ Order was only three blocks away from there.
Even if they ran in armor, they should be able to arrive within 30 minutes.
“I felt it was strange too and I confirmed it earlier, but it seems that they officially refused to be dispatched.”
“Hah?”
Gabriel, the High Priest, replied with a frown, and Rihya replied with a hysteric voice.
“What are the Knights thinking ...”
“They said that the Knight’s role is to protect the King. It has truly become a hopeless organization after that Knight-Captain took up the position.”
Rihya was astounded, and Gabriel, the High Priest, was even more exasperated.
Two hours after Abel’s group arrived.
The priests who had recovered to some extent took turns and they had continued the fight to push it back to the center of the first basement floor.
With their battle strength in good order, there was no further need for a withdrawing battle.
But still, there was no end to the monsters.
Abel and Hero Roman defeated quite a few enemies on the front line but the corpses would be dragged back whenever they were not looking.
Abel’s plan to create a wall of corpses once they defeat a lot of them was too naive.
“This is really endless. Roman, are you still okay?”
“Yes. It’s not a problem yet. But I’m worried about the magical power of the Magicians firing bombardment shots.”
Hero Roman answered Abel’s question.
Abel glanced at the expression of Rin, who was in the bombardment squad.
She would not run out of magical power right away but he felt that she was approaching her limit.
He could tell because they fought together in a party.
Abel and Roman retreated and the Monk squad replaced them.
During that time, Abel called out to Rin.
“Rin, save your magical power ... I want to tell you to but I guess it’s a little late now?”
“Well, yeah. Magicians can’t keep fighting for such a long time. The Magicians from the Hero party next to me have more magical power remaining, but I think they are close to depletion too.”
Rin answered Abel’s question quietly.
Abel looked at the Magicians of the Hero Party.
Certainly, even in Abel’s eyes, he could tell that they were approaching the limits of their magical power.
“That’s bad. Did someone call Ryo?”
“Ryo?”
“Yeah, with him around, it would be a little easier.”
Abel sighed when he said that.
At that moment, he heard a voice from behind.
“<Water jet 256>”
The enemies that the Monk squad was facing were beheaded one after another.
“<Perma Frost>”
In addition, the entire area up to the stairs to the second basement floor turned to ice.
Not only the Monk squad but everyone there stopped moving due to the sudden development.
“Abel, you can’t grow as a Swordsman if you always thinking about having it easier, you know?”
Ryo, the strongest Water-Attribute Magician as far as Abel knows, appeared.
“You’re late, Ryo.”
“Even if you say that, I had a lot to do.”
Abel grumbled while Ryo complained that he was busy.
“As far as I can tell, the Magicians are on the verge of running out of magical power. What do you want to do? Should I set up ice walls so that they come out one by one and Abel can defeat them on your own?”
“Why is it only me? Even in the Hero party, Roman still has plenty of stamina.”
When Abel said so, Ryo also looked toward the Hero Roman.
“That’s true. He’s brimming with energy.”
Ryo looked at Roman and nodded.
“O-Oh, you’re the one who arbitrated yesterday, right? Thank you for that.”
The Hero Roman bowed his head.
It was doubtful that the conversation was appropriate for the occasion, but expressing gratitude and apology was essential for smooth communication.
“It’s okay, don’t worry about it.”
“Yeah, don’t you think it’s a little weird to say that at this time?”
Ryo was humble while Abel retorted.
“For the time being, the people who are fighting in front ... the knights of the temple? Have them fall back and rest. They appear quite tired as well.”
According to Ryo’s opinion, the Monk squad should fall back and have proper rest.
“Hey Ryo, you froze everything, but what are you planning to do?”
“What do you mean?”
Ryo asked back without understanding the intention of Abel’s question.
“They die once frozen, right?”
“The goblins and orcs are dead. But undead like skeletons ... it’s hard to say if they died.”
“Yeah, well, I don’t think it matters much ... I think there will be more coming from the second basement floor ...”
After saying that, they could see more monsters coming up the stairs leading to the second basement floor.
“Skeletons walking in a world of ice ... that’s quite a surreal image.”
Ryo said in a monologue.
“I envy that carefree attitude.”
Abel sighed loudly.
“But we shouldn’t spend so much time here. Abel and Roman should annihilate the monsters in front. I will deal with the enemies who slip by or support the two of you. In the meantime, the other Magicians should devote themselves to recover their magical power.”
Ryo said the last line to Rihya and Gabriel, the High Priest.
Of course, he didn’t know Gabriel, the High priest, but because he wore the finest attire, he decided that he had the highest authority.
“Yes, if Ryo can do that, please.”
Rihya nodded and gave the go-ahead.
With that as a signal, Abel and Roman charged forward and the two of them began their annihilation battle again.
“Oh, this is amazing. Both of you are amazing.”
Ryo’s impression came from behind as he watched the movements of the two.
Most of the monsters that attacked were defeated by the two.
The few that escaped from the two’s hands were beheaded by Ryo’s water jet.
The extra-fine lines of water were so thin and so invisible that to most eyes, it seemed as though the monsters’ heads suddenly fell off.
However, it was also a fact that the annihilation battle Abel, Roman, and Ryo showed gave the people present an absolute sense of security.
At last, those who fought felt that they could see a possible future.
A while after Ryo joined.
Ryo suddenly turned to Rihya and Gabriel, the High Priest.
“Is there a passage leading to another place along the way?”
“There shouldn’t be ...”
“No ... why?”
Both Rihya and the High Priest Gabriel replied no to Ryo’s question.
“Somehow, I feel that the number that appeared has decreased ... Is it because the number itself has decreased?”
“Then, I wonder if it will be over soon.”
Rin replied happily to Ryo’s mutter.
“Ah.”
At that time, High Priest Gabriel exclaimed a little.
Ryo, Rihya, and Rin looked at Gabriel.
“The third basement floor leads to the basement of the old monastery. But there are three doors along the way, all with sacred seals.”
Gabriel, the High Priest, said as it came to mind.
“I did not know......”
Rihya was surprised as she didn’t know about it.
“Yes, that’s expected. It’s not used at all. In the first place, the monastery was relocated so I don’t think anyone has confirmed that the passage itself is still there since then.”
Gabriel, the High Priest, nodded.
“What is at that old monastery ground now?”
“Now ... it is the second training ground of the Kingdom’s Knights’ Order.”
“If they tear through there and went through that side, I guess it won’t be a problem since it is the training ground for the Knights?”
In response to Gabriel’s answer, Ryo decided to concentrate on dealing with what was in front of him with peace of mind.
Was it unfortunate that the standard of 『Knights』 that Ryo thought was the Knights of the Margrave of Rune?
Leaving aside the former Kingdom’s Knights’ Order, the current Kingdom’s Knights’ Order was ...
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