The Escort Knight Who Is Being Obsessed Over by the Villainess Wants To Run Away

31. Chasing Warlocks (2)

Pandemonium.

In the very distant past, people lived there and civilization flourished.

The land is no longer inhabitable.

It’s not like there are always dark clouds in the sky, or a suspicious purple fog flows.

It has many similarities with the land where people live.

The sun and moon also rise.

‘Of course, if you go deep into the depths, there are more differences from the land where people live, but….’

Anyway.

The environment of the Demon Realm is harsh enough to be barren.

Most of it is desert.

Sand or rocks.

Sometimes there are also steep canyons.

There is no shortage of places for people to stay for a while.

A place like an oasis made up of a very small forest.

It’s raining.

At such times, the road where the water flowed becomes a river.

You can drink it, of course.

It is a harsh place for humans to live in, but it is not an environment in which people will never live.

There is a really dangerous problem.

It is a monster.

Even if you try to achieve it with human hands, it is often interrupted.

Anyway.

In Room 13, we were walking through the Demon Realm, where there was not a single trace of human beings.

It’s been a week since we marched towards our destination.

It has finally arrived.

Dylan said.

“Starting from this rocky canyon, it belongs to the area marked on the map.”

A steep rocky canyon.

As a result of my leading the way, I arrived relatively easily without encountering any enemies.

A warlock is also a human after all.

Even if you eat monsters for food, you still have to get water separately.

There is no choice but to set up a site near a place where water is easy to obtain.

One of them is this canyon.

When it rains, it becomes a river, and it is easy to get underground water.

There is a lot of shade.

“Huh…. It’s shade….”

Esmo muttered as he wiped his sweat.

I’ve been walking around in the scorching sun, so I’m tired.

For those who are in a hurry, Dylan warned.

“It’s dangerous to go ahead. The shade is also a good place for monsters to rest.”

“Okay….”

First, we looked around the entrance from outside the canyon and searched.

Are there any risks?

Me and Yuel, who had worked hard while coming, took a break.

I gave Yuel some water and stroked his head.

“Isn’t it hot?”

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He also had a hard time.

It’s the first time I’ve looked tired like today.

“I’ll take a break in the shade.”

While the party checked the surroundings, I organized my thoughts.

‘No matter how much a black magician is, he doesn’t live in such a deep level of darkness….’

A black magician who imitates magic by sacrificing life.

They are inevitably kicked out of society.

Fascinated and addicted to magical powers, I can’t help but show off.

The expelled black magician settles down on the side of the demon world and lives in hiding.

‘Still, if the map Elijah gave me is true, there are a few places where a warlock could live.’

One of those places is the canyon right in front of you.

To be exact, it is a hidden place under this gorge.

‘What are you doing as a black magician to enter such a deep place?’

The investigation was over when Yuel whined for more water.

Dylan declared.

“There are no hazards at the entrance or around the canyon. Enter first!”

This time, Yuel and I took the lead.

As soon as I came into the shade, the air changed.

It’s much cooler.

“I will take a break here for a while.”

Everyone put down their luggage and leaned against a rock or sat down to rest.

Sounds of pain come from everywhere.

“Oh, it’s hard….”

“I’m dying from the heat, not from the warlock….”

“Who is left with water?”

Meanwhile, Dylan and Richard were looking down at a map.

I was caught between the two.

“Ah, Judas. Thanks to that, I was able to come comfortably.”

Dylan laughed.

“Nothing.”

“If only I had one guy like this….”

Richard reached out to her deer with envy.

But Yuel slipped away.

“Sheesh. You still hate me.”

“It’s only natural that you treat me like that.”

“Someone said that he was beating up. Anyway, who does Ji resemble so much only the master he serves….”

“… Can I hit you once?”

“Yes, you are the worst.”

“I’m not that candidate anymore, am I the top?”

“… What? You, what did you just say!”

“Isn’t it?”

I pretended not to know and leisurely stroked Yuel.

Richard muttered to himself as if he couldn’t retort, and Dylan rubbed his forehead tiredly before sitting down against a rock.

Everybody was quiet during the break.

It was because he was exhausted from the forced march.

‘Let it rest for a while, and when it moves again, I can guide it naturally to the place where the warlock is.’

The break was over soon.

It’s time to walk again.

Across the canyon, Dylan conferred with his teammates.

Then Gauss spoke.

“What about underground cities?”

“An underground city?”

“Yes. An underground city where the ancients lived in hiding. Isn’t it famous that it’s hidden here and there in the demon realm?”

“Hmm…. I thought it was just adventurers’ rumors…. It’s something to think about.”

The underground city is not just a legend or rumor.

It is real.

‘And, it’s under this gorge.’

A space for a black magician to live in this neighborhood.

The first place I picked out is right below.

This is also the reason I brought him to the canyon.

‘But it’s a bit strange. This underground city I know is just empty….’

I have experience exploring the underground city here before being possessed.

Though the point of view is different.

At that time, there were no black magicians.

‘I’ll find out if I look for something.’

While thinking about how to lead them to that place.

Suddenly.

Yul stopped.

An arrow stuck right in front of me.

Someone shouted.

“A raid!”

At the bottom of a narrow gorge.

The two sides were blocked by steep rock cliffs.

One by one, shadows emerge from the cliff that is divided into several layers.

Red skin.

Small physique, but firm muscles.

The sprouted tusks are menacing.

An enemy who snorts violently with a snub nose.

A monster with an intelligence slightly inferior to that of a human, and a far more overwhelming fighting spirit.

Hunting prey in groups….

“It’s a red oak!”

Dozens of red orcs appeared all over the canyon.

Tap their shields, roll on the ground and threaten us.

The canyon trembles like an earthquake.

A thumping sound knocks on my heart.

The orcs raised their bows.

Pull and release the string.

A rain of arrows fills the narrow canyon sky.

It pours pointedly.

Dylan exclaimed urgently.

“All ready for battle!”

*

Dylan ordered loudly.

A brief moment before the arrow lands.

“Everybody calm down! Raise your shield and lower your stance! Hide behind a rock and regroup!”

Everyone moves in perfect order.

I turned around and hid behind the biggest rock.

I had to soothe the surprised Yuel.

“Right, right. Are you okay. Wait here.”

Yuel quickly calmed down.

I crept out from behind a rock.

‘I didn’t see a trace because I was going to the bottom of the canyon. I never thought those orcs were here….’

All of my colleagues took cover before I knew it.

Five proficient in archery.

Jerry, Gauss, Feline, Nils, Esmo.

They immediately drew their bows and fired back shots.

A rain of arrows falling in a parabola.

Several arrows soar in an oblique line, like raindrops flowing backwards.

Hook! Hooked!

Two orcs were knocked down by arrows in the neck.

Several more counterfires were fired, and the orc fell that much.

“Look at the gap and get out of the back!”

“Stuck behind!”

Lindel exclaimed.

The passage we entered was blocked by infested red orcs.

The same goes for the front.

The narrow passage was filled with red orcs.

“Oops… !”

Dylan gritted his teeth as if in dismay.

On the other hand, I was a little puzzled.

‘Why are there so many… ?’

Red Orcs hunt their prey in small groups.

It’s not unheard of to combine groups from time to time, but not on such a large scale.

‘Besides, why are you so calm?’

By nature, red orcs are fierce and impatient.

It is smart enough to dig traps and ambush, but it is not so systematic.

‘Something is strange….’

While thinking for a moment, the allies responded quickly.

The five people with bows responded by hiding behind a rock.

The rest were divided into threes and twos.

Two of them pushed back the red orcs rushing in from the front.

The other three tried to clear the way by fighting the red orcs in the rear.

I thought quickly.

‘5 Bows. 5 Melee. Dylan is one as a commander. Melee replacement available. So the best I can do here is….’

“Captain! I will ride the U-El and go up the cliff and take charge of the archers!”

“That… ! Request! If it’s dangerous, you can fall in, so don’t get hurt!”

“Yes!”

I slapped the neck as I climbed onto Yuel.

Having calmed down, Yuel immediately followed the order.

The feeling of floating in the body.

The bottom moves away, soars high.

Uel jumped up.

‘It’s a bit lacking.’

The orcs are much higher.

It didn’t matter.

Yuel stepped on the wall and jumped up again.

I soon reached the top lined with orcs.

The cliff on the left.

On the right is the canyon wall.

A bit narrow road that stretches straight ahead.

It is an environment suitable for dealing with many people alone.

“Chwiik-!”

The orcs snorted and drew their weapons.

A short sword or axe.

A poor shield.

The level of their armament is insignificant.

A monster that torments humans with strength and tenacity.

The pupil of the moon comes out of the scabbard smoothly.

I checked the other side with a sneak peek.

A canyon that splits on both sides.

There are also many orcs with bows on the opposite cliff.

I told Yuel.

“Go get Richard over there. Even if you don’t like it, just this once. Understand?”

Yuel went down without hesitation.

It is a clever animal that knows how to notice.

After that, I immediately ran forward.

Red oak.

This is the first time we met in real life.

But don’t be afraid.

Because I’ve defeated monsters stronger than this in actual combat.

“Chwiik-!”

The orc screams and runs.

An attack that relies on strength, without skill.

There is no need to reinforce weapons with magic.

Break from the front.

Step forward and cut diagonally.

The orc was cut down with the axe.

Clear the falling corpse to the right.

On the left is a cliff.

Don’t fall to your allies.

The second is to poke and push aside.

At that time, someone cheered.

“Whoah-!”

It was Richard on UL.

“Did you ride this fun ride alone, man!”

Anyway, that crazy person….

I shook my head and ran.

Me on the right side of the gorge.

Richard on the left.

I’m steadily reducing orcs.

Dylan hurriedly ordered.

“Seung Gi! Reduce the number of people in the rear to two and focus on defense! Advance while penetrating the front! At the pace of Richard and Judas!”

I was puzzled by one thing.

The corpse of an orc struggling to kill me with his eyes wide open until he was about to die.

No matter how combative the okra is, it goes too far.

‘The area where the black magician is presumed to be. An orc with a strange mental state there…. Did you use brainwashing and suggestion or something like that?’

The probability of having a Warlock nearby has increased.

*

By the time I killed all the orcs in front of me, everything was organized.

I came down by UL.

“Are you okay?”

Dylan asked.

“Yes. It didn’t even touch me.”

“Good thing.”

“Yaah-!”

Richard shouted from above.

An echo rang.

“You don’t have to drop me off-!”

Yuel pretended not to hear and rubbed her face against me.

“Yumma-!”

“Since it’s noisy, it wouldn’t be bad to throw it away right now….”

“What did you say, Dylan, man!”

“What, what… ? I can’t hear it… ?”

I laughed and patted Yuel’s butt.

“Just give me one last ride.”

He brushes her face reluctantly, then climbs up the wall.

I looked around at my colleagues and asked.

“Are there any injured?”

“Yes. Thanks to you drawing attention from above, I felt comfortable right away. I was surprised, but no one was hurt.”

My colleagues were actually fine.

The appearance of skillfully ending and organizing battles was a veteran.

This is the result of working together without any change in personnel for 5 years.

Yul has come down.

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I put Richard down as if brushing it off and hide behind me.

Richard grumbled, brushing his ass.

“Whom do you resemble and your personality is like that….”

Dylan muttered with a tired expression.

“You don’t have a conscience for pointing out other people’s personalities.”

“What man?”

“Oops. You made a mistake. You don’t have much conscience.”

“I am dumbfounded.”

Moderate tension.

Sufficient margin.

Red Orcs are strong.

It’s not terrifyingly strong, but it’s intimidating enough.

However, they overcame it without much difficulty.

It must have been exhausting after running for over a week, but he reacted sharply.

‘Isn’t this enough to become a member of the SS?’

*

“Uel? Where?”

Judah entered the canyon gap.

I followed suit.

“Judas? What’s the matter?

“Wait a minute, this guy….”

The end is the wall.

A dead end.

“What is here?”

Yuel stepped aside.

A wall is exposed.

The overly straight walls are somehow heterogeneous.

I touched it here and there, then pushed it like a sliding door.

It slides smoothly.

“Ohh… ?!”

“What, I can’t see! What!”

Across the wall, a staircase leading down is revealed.

It is the entrance to the underground city.

I don’t have the confidence to convince you how I know the identity of the underground city.

So, I decided to use Yuel’s cleverness.

It was faked as if Yuel had found it.

With UL, we became so close that complex and high-level communication was possible with just a few glances.

“There must be something under here.”

“Is this the underground city or not?!”

“How did you find something like this?”

“Thanks to this guy.”

I patted Yuel and avoided her gaze.

I’m still clumsy at lying.

If you make eye contact, you might be caught.

Fortunately, they were preoccupied with discovering a new area.

“But to go in, you don’t know what’s inside….”

“Adventurers say there are even traps that cause the ceiling to drop and the floor to sink!”

That’s all lies.

An underground city said to have been used by the ancients.

Very mysterious, but nothing special.

It’s just a tunnel.

I know it was mainly used to avoid disaster.

However, it is not without danger.

Some monsters and outcasts live in underground cities.

It’s likely a dark mage’s abode, so there may be some magical traps there.

“I will take the lead. Yuel, resting in a high place. If there is danger, run away.”

You don’t have to worry.

The adult moon deer, a spiritual creature, is strong enough to roam the demon realm alone.

It’s not easy to catch because it’s fast.

I stepped on the stairs going down.

He put his sword forward to be on guard.

Thanks to the magical energy poured into the pupil of the moon, I did not carry a torch.

Lindel muttered behind him.

“Oh, do you think a ghost might come out….”

“Don’t say that… !”

The stairs weren’t that long.

The path is revealed.

Walls, ceilings, and floors made by digging and compacting the soil.

There is a fork in the road, and there is a space dug like a room.

It’s like a huge ant nest.

There is no light but us.

I can’t even see an inch ahead.

I looked around and activated [Hunter’s Sense].

If a warlock used this place, any traces….

‘… There is. It’s a footprint Wait a minute, why are there so many of them? How many people here….’

“Over there!”

All eyes were on the front.

“Can’t you hear anything?”

Sound?

Everybody held their breath.

It was clear that everyone was listening together.

That’s right.

A bruise, a bruise….

The sound of footsteps on the dry floor.

Very slow and heavy.

It’s coming.

‘Are there only two people?’

I looked ahead with caution.

One by one, the comrades took out their weapons.

The edge of the darkness pushed away by the light.

Someone’s feet invade the light.

A poorly worn armor.

Slow, limp movements.

I smell rotten.

‘… Is this a ghoul?’

Did you even bring the dead back to life with dark magic?

Finally, the face was revealed.

It has a relatively calm face for a corpse.

“That…. Have seen… It’s a face like….”

That’s right.

It was an enemy I was very familiar with.

5 Years ago.

A knight who received Balak’s instructions and, as it turned out, was from the Church of the Moon.

And a candidate who made a deal with the knight and assaulted Dylan.

‘Why are these two here… ? No way. Is there any connection between the Moon God Cult and the Warlock?’

Gaston and Salaman.

They stood in front of me as warlock ghouls.