Vrmmo Của Slime Master-Chan - Chương 113: Tập 113

Giiiiii... Gakon!

"Phew, finally opened it..."

An iron door tucked away in a back alley. It was rusted shut and gave me a hard time, but I think it was worth it... after all, this door is...

"The entrance to the Underground Street."

A sign attached to the top of the iron door. Unfortunately, half of it was too corroded to read, but it said 'Underground Street Entrance No. 5'.

(So there are other entrances... Well, let's just go in.)

I slipped through the door and descended a dark staircase with not a single light. The lights... I have a lantern I don't remember buying, I'll use that.

Pichon... Pichon...

The only sound I could hear was water dripping. It's a sealed space again, and the smell is stronger than outside... I wonder if my nose will go numb and I'll stop noticing it soon? As I was thinking that, the stairs ended, and I found myself in the Underground Street.

"This is the Underground Street... the air is more stagnant than outside."

If the place above is a lonely city, this is a forgotten city. The buildings don't look much different from above... There are glowing shell creatures stuck to the ceiling and high parts of the buildings for lighting, making it brighter than the stairs. Still, it's so dark I can't let go of my lantern.

The buildings aren't broken... but they have boards nailed on them and sturdy iron grates fitted, giving it a tense atmosphere. There are also what look like bloodstains.

"Gah... Ahhh..."

"Monsters already? But they look different from the ones above."

Before us, illuminated by the lantern, was a dead spirit, or a mummy-like creature with skin and bones wrapped in a wizard-like robe. It had a gold star-shaped pendant hanging from its neck. It gave off a somewhat priestly vibe.

"Gah... Ahhh..."

"There are more of them coming..."

The dead creatures were coming out of back alleys, drainage ditches by the road, and broken buildings. They were reaching out their withered arms towards us.

"Piri-ri-ri-ri!"

Lemon discharged a wide-range electric shock at the horde of dead creatures. Before evolution, the power was reduced and could only serve as a deterrent or for suppression... but after evolving, the original power increased.

"Ahhh... Ahhh..."

The dead creatures exposed to the electric waves were being defeated one after another, collapsing. But they were being replaced from the ones they defeated...

"Vorororo..."

And there were also some that looked clearly evolved. One was wearing a slightly fancier robe and holding a staff. The dead creature with the staff raised its staff and fired a black skull-shaped projectile. It's a ranged type, troublesome... and it looks cursed.

"Noroo!"

"It's Lberry's snack, right?"

All the attacks from the staff-wielding dead creature were absorbed by Lberry. Then the dead creatures were cleared again by Lemon's electricity... but they kept coming out one after another.

Cherrimo was shooting from above too, but the rate of increase was too fast. If Lemon hadn't evolved, we might have been overwhelmed.

(These guys... could they be an infinite spawn?!)

If so, defeating them is meaningless. Should we run? I was wondering if I should retreat when suddenly, the dead creatures behind us were thrown into the air... and I saw black tentacles.

"Ahhh... Ahhh..."

"Terra-ra-ra-ra-ra!"

What scattered the dead creatures like dry leaves and captured them with tentacles was an octopus. It was about the size of a small house, with a black body, glowing purple eyes and suckers... it looked really dangerous.

"Terra-ra-ra-ra-ra!"

The octopus didn't seem interested in us for now, just grabbing the dead creatures and bringing them to its mouth to devour them. This is our chance to run.

"Everyone, let's run!"

I led Lime away from the dead creatures and the octopus. As we ran, the groans of the dead and the chewing sounds of the octopus echoed continuously. Yeah, this is that kind of place.

"It's hell for people who hate horror."

This event is really dangerous...

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"Phew... we finally escaped."

We managed to escape and hid in a nearby building. On our way running, we were almost swarmed by dead creatures, but we found a sturdy-looking building and managed to shake them off... thank goodness their legs are slow.

"Thanks to Cherrimo showing us the way to run from above. Thank you, Cherrimo."

"Huuh."

I patted Cherrimo. Now that we've escaped, I should resume exploring... but the dead creatures are still wandering outside.

"Let's first look around inside this building. If we're in, there might be something."

Thinking so, I started exploring the building... but it was heavily corroded, probably because it had sunk to the bottom of the sea. Books were completely soggy and tattered. There's nothing good... Was exploring this place even worth it?

"Drooo..."

"Schtin, did you find something?"

As I was sighing, Schtin brought something over. When I received it, it was a picture frame... inside was an article with a photo, like a newspaper from before this city sank. It was a waterproof frame, so the paper inside was intact.

(Is it for game purposes that I can read the text? ...)

It was written that the king welcomed a priest group that came from a foreign country. Since then, a new church was built in the country, and a new religion spread throughout the country.

"Religion... huh? Look at the priest in this photo."

I looked at the priest in the photo. They were wearing the star-shaped necklace that the dead creatures outside were wearing... so the dead creatures are the remains of those priests?

(It's a pretty suspicious article... I can't determine why this city sank from this.)

There might be other items that reveal this kind of past. Let's search for them... Also, I should ask Cutia about this cult.

The Slime Temple has a long history... there might be information about this cult too.

"I'm not much help in combat... I'll do my best with this kind of speculation."

I myself am more interested in what happened in this city than in fighting. Since there was nothing else in this building, I headed to another one.

"Gah... Ahh... Ahhh..."

"Ugh, these guys are in the way. I'll bring Acerola tomorrow and burn them all."

As soon as I stepped outside the building and was attacked by dead creatures, I felt a surge of killing intent and let Lemon deal with them. This Underground Street... it's a place that would stress out people who hate undead, huh.