Genius Corpse-Collecting Warrior - Chapter 114

Headwind (1)

The sandy soil goes down to the ankles. The moist ground was almost like a swamp.

The water streams flowing down the slopes of the sand dunes ranged from small streams to deep streams that could submerge a person up to their head.

A hole leading down to the third floor of the labyrinth.

The vicinity of this huge sinkhole, with its watery updraft spewing out, was in fact the only water source in the parched scorching desert.

“Be careful. It’s water with all kinds of sediment and unstable magic particles dissolved in it. It doesn’t matter as long as it goes into your nose or mouth naturally, but there is absolutely no benefit to drinking it.”

Bjorn warned the task force agents.

At those words, several agents who had been looking at the stream flinched and averted their gaze.

Executor Sasha went around and punched those agents in the back one by one. She said.

“Keep your wits about you. This is a labyrinth. Your enemies aren’t just rebels ready to rip you to death! “The whole environment here is baring its teeth at you.”

“sorry!”

Agents shouting in unison. Sasha handed over the spike rope to those who had been hit on the back.

“From now on, we will descend to the third floor of the labyrinth. “Tie each other’s bodies with rope.”

At her command, the agents began tying themselves with ropes one by one.

The way to go down to the second floor of the labyrinth is to pass through the long caves located to the north, south, east, and west of the first floor.

The way to go down to the third floor was a little simpler than that. All I had to do was go down to the hole in the middle of the scorching desert.

However, there is one problem: the strong upward current does not stop in that hole.

A gust of wind full of moisture is enough to easily blow away at least one person.

That was why, even when descending a steep cliff, they tied themselves with ropes as if climbing a rock wall and even prepared wedges to drive into the wall.

gulp.

One of the agents swallows nervously. Bjorn spoke as if comforting those agents.

“Don’t worry. Unlike caves, there are almost no monsters living there. “You can just think of it as climbing a rock wall comfortably.”

A dwarf smiling and patting his back. He seemed like a kind uncle from the back house, unable to recall his usual explosive side.

Dallen, who had just tied a rope around his body, chuckled at the sight. Sienna, who was next to her, inserting a wedge into her belt, did the same.

She spoke with the corners of her mouth tilted up.

“They said it has become difficult to obtain some of the ingredients used in gunpowder these days. “That guy will have a dozen as big as a special task force agent.”

That’s probably just for the people who are still alive. Information Minister added meaningfully.

In fact, smuggling would be the easiest way for an individual to obtain gunpowder.

In that sense, it is not strange for a one-eyed master craftsman to develop personal relationships with agents of the empire or the tsarist state.

‘It’s true that there are very few monsters living, but it doesn’t mean that they don’t exist at all.’

I quickly erase the thought that suddenly came to mind and finish the maintenance.

He doesn’t really believe in superstitions.

However, in this world where magic and even demons exist, it would be better not to think about cheating.

Seeing him shaking his head to himself with a sullen expression, only Sienna tilted her head.

***

Soon enough, the group was ready to go down. The special task force agents, including Sasha, took the lead.

Hwiiii…!

The area near the hole where strong winds blow.

Hold the rock on the floor firmly with your right hand, and hold the wedge wrapped around a strong rope with your left hand.

The leader lowers his posture as much as possible and begins to crawl on the floor as if he were climbing a wall.

“Insert the wedge into every gap in the stones! In the worst case scenario, if your hand slips, only a wedge embedded in the stone and a comrade connected by a rope will be able to save your lives!”

Sasha shouted. Several agents carefully inserted the wedges they were holding into the cracks in the stones on the floor.

Meanwhile, Dallon roughly pushed the wedge into the stone floor.

The rock was a little resistant at first, but when I applied a little force, it split apart and accepted the wedge.

Hwii…! Grumble!

The group begins to enter the passage little by little.

The deeper we went, the stronger the wind became. I wondered what it would feel like to be in the middle of a storm.

Hair and the hem of clothes flutter mercilessly, and if you raise your head even a little, your cheeks and mouth, crushed by the wind pressure, turn flat.

“Bbbbbbbbb!”

The dwarf shouted with a flat face. Dallen couldn’t help but laugh.

It looks like something I saw on YouTube a long time ago.

A soldier looked like that when he looked out of a helicopter flying overhead.

Kwiik profit…!

At that time, the wedge inserted into the rock crack screamed.

Ting! Pararae rack!

One of the dogs was completely pulled out, hanging on a rope and flopping towards the top of the hole.

“Ugh…!”

“Retrieve the pulled wedge immediately! “So that the person following you doesn’t get hurt!”

Sasha shouts again. The sound, loaded with powerful magical power, managed to penetrate the strong wind and reach the agents.

“Aaaah!”

“Pull the rope! rope!”

Of course, it was an order from their superior, and the agents, appalled by the spike flying right in front of them, could only scream.

Fortunately, the screams were quickly drowned out by the sound of the wind, and the agent quickly pulled the rope and retrieved the wedge.

The group steadily, little by little, went down the hole.

There were no major accidents, but my physical strength was gradually being pushed to the limit.

Hwii…!

The fingertips that exert excessive force against the wind turn white, and small abrasions increase all over the body.

Since you are hanging upside down, blood begins to flow to your head. On the other hand, the body looks like it might fly out of the hole at any time.

The fact that there were no casualties in this situation meant that the royal special forces of the Tsardom were talented people who had undergone extreme training.

Sasha, who was walking down the aisle first, suddenly frowned.

As soon as I stop, my limbs begin to tremble. The wind blowing over clothes.

It had already been three hours since I crawled down the passage against the strong wind. But that wasn’t why she stopped.

The reason is a dull warning from a sixth sense that crossed my mind at some point.

I slowly stepped back and looked through narrowed eyes to see a faint solid line blocking her path.

A thin, thin line that was barely visible in the humid wind.

‘trap.’

I flinched at the word that instinctively came to mind and shouted at my subordinates at the same time.

“be careful! “The rebels set a trap…!”

Ting…!

But it was a late cry.

Similarly to her, an agent who was leading the way got caught deep in the thin rope in front of him.

Tidididik…!

It was only for a moment that the thin wedges and ropes embedded in various places on the wall were pulled out one after another.

The agent, who only then realized that he had touched the tripwire, belatedly flinched and pressed himself against the wall.

and.

“Everyone hold on tight…!”

Kkwagwagwagwang-!

Before Sasha could finish shouting, an explosion erupted from the opposite wall, echoing faintly through the passage.

***

Fortunately, the explosion subsided quickly.

To be precise, the aftermath of the explosion was blown upward by the constantly blowing upward air current and the moist moisture contained in that air current.

Of course, it was a disaster because the explosion occurred on the other side of the passage. If the explosives had been buried nearby, everyone in the group would have been caught in the wind.

If you get caught in a whirlwind-like air current and hit a wall, there is nothing you can do other than crush your body.

“I almost got into big trouble.”

Bjorn, who realized what had happened, gasped and said with a white face.

Beside him, Dallon was leisurely stroking his chin, holding on to the stone beak with only one hand.

“It’s still too early to feel reassured.”

“is it? But the explosion just happened…”

“The explosion is not the problem. “The problem is the vibration that shook the entire passageway due to the explosion.”

Dallen’s senses quickly expanded to cover the entire aisle.

My senses examine the twisted magic wind, and my remaining senses scan the walls and crevices in the rocks.

Between the rocks. It wasn’t long before I could feel the deadly spirit shining towards the prey.

In the aftermath of the previous explosion, the only monster inhabiting this passage woke up from its sleep.

The problem was that the number of those dead was not one or two, but dozens or hundreds.

“You’re coming.”

“Dallen? What on earth…Woo!”

Wow!

The translucent tentacle bounces off the double-edged ax that I instinctively pull out and swing.

The flaccid tentacles were not cut by even an ax blade. Rather, it is a tentacle that makes a metallic sound and sparks.

‘Tentacle Maw.’

I repeat the name of the monster I haven’t seen in a long time. Dallen pulled an ax from his belt.

And from that point on, screams began to be heard from everywhere.

“Whoops…!”

“Kwaaagh! Super tentacles!”

“Watch your back!”

The air in the passage is so full of moisture that it is almost like fog.

Dozens of tentacles flew out from beyond the hazy vision and attacked the agents.

“It’s a monster attack! Take up arms!”

“Ha, but if you let go, it just flies away! how…!”

“Hold yourself to the rope and fight! “Isn’t that the wedge that was driven in for that purpose?”

“It won’t be able to support all of our weight!”

Shouts come and go between the screams. It was a dilemma.

If we continue like this, there is no way to stop the attack. It wasn’t easy to respond that way.

The limbs are already pushed to their limits, and just holding on to the wall is a dangerous situation.

The pegs placed here and there might be able to hold the body in place for a while, but they wouldn’t be able to last long on their own.

And the last of the group.

Dallen, who was watching all this, gently smoothed the handle of his axe. He said.

“Siena.”

“huh?”

“Please put protective shields on the agents. Don’t overdo it, but do as much as you can. And Bjorn.”

“Kick them out with an explosion, right? I’ll give it a try. “I don’t know how effective it will be because the humidity is high.”

“It’s enough just to pass the time.”

Bjorn nodded. At that time, Sienna intervened.

“What are you going to do? “I can’t believe you’re going to fight here alone…”

Sienna stopped talking. It was because of Dallan’s laughter.

The corners of his mouth turned up in a slightly different smile than usual.

The twitching lips were neither light nor soft.

The fangs exposed between them shine with the greedy color of a predator.

The smile he wore in front of the corpse giant in hell and the human-eating warlock in the labyrinth.

It was a smile that did not change even in front of the vice-captain who descended into hell, a blue-scaled dragon and a huge sandworm.

After donning this body that can easily bend steel, the expression that has been established without even being aware of it has passed through numerous battles.

Even he himself couldn’t tell now whether it was greed for the reward after the fight or whether he had come to enjoy the fight itself.

But that didn’t matter.

The important thing is that you can catch and kill them to become stronger.

And after becoming so strong, there was a possibility that he might overcome the apocalypse at the end of this final episode.

At some point, even the fight against the apocalypse no longer felt like a burden weighing on my shoulders.

Perhaps the vague hope of victory that I felt lightened the weight.

If so, it just puts a weight on the scale of possibility so that it can tilt more towards that hope.

Swing –

Dallen lightly swung the ax. A rope that suddenly breaks.

The ropes connected to the wedges that were driven in also break with a light gesture.

“I need to gain experience.”

He said that and lightly kicked the cliff. The large body floats and is instantly swept away by the air current.

Ugh….

And in that split second, divine power gathers like a haze and the ax blade begins to resonate.

Dallen’s eyes sparkled with magic light.

With a vision that could see through illusions and even spells, I caught the image of an executioner gritting his teeth and swatting away a tentacle through the fog.

A moment of concentration was enough.

Pajijit!

A clear shape formed on the ax blade along with a broken discordant sound.

Beyond the blurred right hand. The hatchet was already gone.

Shhh – pabababak!

It goes beyond space.

Not once, but five times.

Damn it!

At each stop, a translucent monkfish-like fish the size of a wolf split into two pieces with an eerie breaking sound.

Translucent blood scattering in all directions, ignoring the strong air currents. Fluorescent colored hearts and writhing internal organs.

After confirming that the ax split the tentacle maw that was attacking Sasha and stuck it in the wall, Dallon pulled out the spear from behind his back.

Tuung –

It goes down against the air current, lightly creating ripples in the air.

Red magical light slowly began to seep into his wide-open eyes without frowning even in the strong wind.

What those eyes are looking at is the fiery snake’s tail burning in the realm beyond the image.

It was the moment when the small flame that had bloomed near the cabin in the area more than half a year ago was born into a new possibility.