Holy Emperor’s Grandson is a Necromancer - Chapter 113
Episode 113 〈 Monster in the Underground Waterway 〉
Fortunately, the girl named Yuria was alive.
I checked Yuria’s condition.
These are the average characteristics of a 14-year-old peer. However, his calmness, wisdom, compassion, and agility stood out.
In addition, I am now exhausted and addicted to poison.
They are also suffering from diseases.
He is infected with the miasma and magic flowing in the underground waterway.
If he is left like this, he will slowly die from his weakness.
I reached out my hand and grabbed Yuria’s arm, looking forward through the helmet.
Something popped out from the sewage in the underground waterway.
This time, the monsters have a different appearance.
They are 2m tall, almost human-like, and walk perfectly on two legs.
The rat head, sharp teeth, long nails, and muscular muscles are impressive.
Red Ratman with red fur.
It’s like putting a rat’s head on a bodybuilder’s body.
That’s gross. Are things like that crawling under the city center?
-Kyaaaaaaa!
Red Ratman came running with his hands wide open.
It is much faster than a typical Letman.
That superpower must be on a different level, too.
I don’t know how there are monsters like this in the underground sewers of such a big city.
I pulled Yuria’s arm, hugged her, and stepped back.
“Who are the survivors?”
“I don’t know. “Probably not.”
“Then that’s a relief.”
I covered Yuria’s eyes with my hands.
Then he carried the musket on his back and summoned the Holy Beast. Soon, holy water was poured into her mouth.
Yuria’s body began to heat up. The sound of breathing is also heavy.
As he was addicted to the miasma and magic power, he reacted in rejection.
Yuria’s expression, which had been distressed for a moment, became relaxed.
Yuria fell asleep, perhaps because she was relieved to be in his arms or because she was tired.
It doesn’t matter now.
They say there are no witnesses or survivors.
“Let’s get this over with now.”
Rain poured out from behind.
As the Red Ratmen attacked me with their eyes wide open, my entire body was pierced by arrows of light.
Splash, flop, flop….
The metal armor bounced off the splash of water.
An army of light that appeared in the underground sewer.
There is a banshee wearing dwarven armor and carrying a bow behind a shield and spear.
There was a request from the Adventurer’s Guild to investigate the underground waterway and to exterminate monsters directly from the lord.
I didn’t receive that request separately, but I wouldn’t mind receiving the reward after completing the request.
Simply rescuing a child is not enough.
so.
“Wipe it away.”
Let’s clean up this place.
**
-Shoot! Snap!
Newly born Ratmen, only 1m tall, rushed through the underground waterway.
They ran away with all their might, sweating coldly.
My fur trembled in fear.
Born in an underground waterway, they thought this place was heaven.
Thanks to the warm climate and dirty filth, they preyed on prey that came down on their own.
When there was a shortage of food, they ate their own species to grow and evolve.
As he grew in power and acquired wisdom, he was even able to use weapons.
The manager who rules this place.
The queen said.
-We will increase our power and rise to the ground. It will sow plague and devour weak prey when they fall.
What a great thing this is!
Ratman, who lived hidden underground, has grown wise, multiplied, and grown stronger.
Also, I was able to escape the humiliating days of living as an experiment subject for ‘certain wizards.’
Thanks to ‘those wizards’, the queen gained great strength, poison, and infinite reproductive power.
Hundreds and thousands of Ratmen were born in just three months.
Now, it wouldn’t be strange if ‘humans’ dream of building a kingdom or an empire.
The world of rats.
A world ruled by them will arrive.
‘We are smarter than humans!’
‘We are stronger than humans!’
‘Our first step begins!’
The thoughts of animals trapped in cages.
But they thought it was right.
They were preparing to spread their wings of leap forward with dreams and hopes.
However, an ‘invader’ came to that underground city.
The Ratmen looked back.
Crumbling, clanking, clanking….
It’s a huge army that appears to be 2 meters tall, and its entire body is covered in armor.
Hold your shield and raise your spear.
The Ratmen rushed in, but the invaders were overwhelmingly strong.
They pushed him away with a shield, trampled him with his feet, and struck him down with a spear.
A rain of arrows slaughtered them mercilessly and
the Ratmen were frightened.
I have never seen such monsters underground before.
Could it be that it is an army of humans living on earth?
Is the human army that strong?
-Wow….
The Ratmen gave off a unique venom. They also vomited the contents they had eaten into the sewer.
Poisonous mist flowed from the mouth, and sewage containing plague flowed from the vomit into the sewer.
No army would be able to withstand this.
All humans who have come here so far have collapsed helplessly from this attack.
Surely this time too…
The Ratmen’s eyes widened.
The beings with flashing eyes inside the helmet had no effect.
Rather, white smoke flowed from wherever I stepped.
The Ratmen were shocked and looked at the area where the army was trampling.
Wherever the White Army steps, the water is purified.
All kinds of dirt was washed away.
The Ratmen got goosebumps and took a step back.
In order to cleanse this dirty and filthy filth, the invaders planned to destroy their homeland.
The Ratmen just ran away.
They shouted and shouted at each other.
‘Run!’
‘Let’s go to where the queen is! ‘I have to report!’
‘Our city and our kingdom are in danger!’
At that time, the corner right in front of Ratman, who was running away, collapsed.
Kuoooooo….
A being wearing plate armor with a huge body measuring up to 3 meters.
The Ratmen were able to see into the spaces inside the armor through their small stature.
A dead man made of bones.
Bone Golem.
The faces of the Ratmen turned pale.
I raised my head and looked up at the being holding the mace.
‘My queen!’
‘Please save me…’
The mace was lowered.
Hundreds of legions of the dead ruled the underground waterway.
Wherever we passed, filth was purified.
The dead were also in a hurry.
This is an order from the owner
– sweep it away before anyone finds it. Do it as cleanly as possible.
The dead moved as ordered.
Before others invaded, they hunted down all the rats here and used their holy power to purify the underground waterway of the plague and filth.
The monarch’s word is absolute.
The Legion of the Dead looked deep into the underground water, where all the waterways were connected as one.
**
It was a disgusting and disgusting place by human standards.
A place where humans’ discarded food, spit-out excrement, and corpses eaten by rats are strewn about.
It was a place where all kinds of filth gathered and rare food gathered.
The queen borrowed human language and called this place the royal palace.
The 8m tall red-haired Queen of Ratman.
With the body of a giant mouse, she gave birth and reproduced.
Her physical abilities developed and she gained great strength thanks to the ‘wizards’ who studied her.
She continued her breeding spree.
After giving birth, they ate food flowing from the underground waterway.
They also worked hard to provide the optimal environment for their children to hatch.
At that time, Ratmen came in from all directions.
-Squeak!
-Jjijjik!
-Shoot!
The Ratmen trembled in fear.
could be seen at the same time.
The blood and bodies of dead Ratman flowing into the underground waterway.
The queen was furious and raised her head.
The military walked out from the central entrance to the sewer channel.
The dead communicated by clicking their jaws.
What are you talking about?
As a queen, I had no way of knowing.
However, he could not see his kingdom being brutally trampled like this.
When the queen tried to get up and scream, the dead jumped up.
The dead people clutching spears had their eyes curved like a crescent moon.
Numerous weapons cut the queen to pieces.
Only terrible screams rang out from the sewer.
**
I lifted Yuria up and left the underground tunnel.
When we arrived at the church, we saw children gathering.
Even though there was a bad smell, the children were worried about Yuria.
And Director Evelyn hugged Yuria tightly.
After the reunion, I left Yuria in the care of Hans and Ellis.
Director Evelyn took me into the church and immediately knelt down and bowed her head.
She put her hands together and prayed.
“I owe you a great favor to the prince.”
“Do you know me?”
It was surprising.
How did you know?
Because of the name Allen?
no. It’s a common name. It’s hard to be certain about that.
Evelyn soon explained the reason.
“I heard that you used something called a gun on Yuria. Since it is a church connected to the Holy Kingdom, like no other place, I am familiar with the rumors coming from there.”
“…Do other people know too?”
“no. Guns are unfamiliar weapons to commoners. “I know about Yuria because I heard the story from an old merchant.”
“What about the shovel?”
“yes? “A shovel?”
The story of using a familiar shovel doesn’t seem to have spread yet.
In fact, it has rarely been shown anywhere except in the north.
I don’t intend to hide my identity in the first place, but maybe I should refrain from using guns even if it’s annoying.
“Also, thank you for watching the third prince’s last appearance until the end.”
The only people who know if Ruppel is alive are Charlotte Harmon and me.
Besides that, even the brothers of the Seonghwang family and the Sunghwang Celt do not know.
Because keeping a traitor alive is that dangerous.
“I don’t know why you are here, but it must mean something.”
I’m just an adventurer for fun while on vacation. But I never said it out loud.
Evelyn offered him a reward, but he refused.
If it’s a reward, you can receive it separately from Brother Rupel later.
I don’t know if the day will come when we can meet.
This too was fate.
I held out a bottle of holy water.
“Dilute it in water once a year and give it to children. Then, they will grow up healthy without any minor illnesses.”
“Another favor like this…”
Evelyn bowed her head and thanked him.
Ellis and Hans approached.
It was reported that Yuria had fallen asleep.
“Yuria says she misses you, but you’re not meeting her?”
I shook my head at Ellis’ question.
“If there is a relationship, we meet, otherwise we leave.”
I’ll be in this city for two months anyway.
We’ll meet each other someday.
I made sure the girl was okay. Now there is only one thing left.
Making sure the rat cleanup is complete.
I headed to the entrance to the underground waterway connected to the church.
thud!
A large rat’s claws and fingers were placed right at the entrance.
Blood is flowing as if it was forcibly torn.
The dead gradually disappeared, kneeling and bowing their heads.
I smiled and grabbed the queen’s finger.
It was my first quest as an adventurer.
**
Everyone’s attention was drawn.
Queen Ratman’s 1 meter long finger was still dripping with blood. When they entered the adventurer’s guild with it in tow, all the adventurers stiffened.
The mercenaries who were laughing also silently stood up from their seats.
The young adventurers who came the day before yesterday.
They thought they were just apprentice knights and female food merchants from noble families. But now they are putting a giant finger that is up to 1 meter long on the counter.
The leader of the Adventurer’s Guild swallowed dry saliva with his eyes wide open.
I looked at the Wood-level adventurer who came to visit not long ago.
“How much compensation is this?”
The guide glanced at the parchment containing the request that Lord Elusha had personally given.
What is written there.
-Recruit adventurer mercenaries in a party of 50 people. An underground waterway investigation team was dispatched with 50 private soldiers and 4 regular wizards. Exterminate monsters.
Comprehensive exploration of underground water with over 100 party members.
That is why the authorities judged the underground waterway to be dangerous.
And now, in front of me, there was a man who had cleared the underground waterway.
The receptionist looked at the man and said.
“I’m sorry, but what did you say your name was?”
The tone of the announcement changed.
The opponent is wearing a helmet. I couldn’t tell his expression, but he seemed to be smiling.
He opened his mouth.
“My name is….”
**
“Allen Lupus?”
An underground waterway investigation team consisting of about 50 private soldiers.
They were in the underground waterway wearing masks.
The investigation was underway in a center connected to dozens of underground waterways.
Among them, the one who received command as this adventurer.
A man named ‘Edolph’, who had the highest level of skill among the iron grades, was reading the report with his eyes wide open.
“Is he really a Wood-level newcomer?”
“It looks like it was registered a while ago.”
Edolf lowered his gaze at the soldier’s report.
It must have been an underground waterway filled with sewage. But now clean water is flowing.
All dirty foreign matter has settled on the floor.
As it is a city where hundreds of thousands of people live, underground waterways are bound to be somewhat dirty.
But now it was the opposite.
On the contrary, I was astonished at how clean it was. Moreover, even though it was faint, I could feel a sacred energy.
Adventurer Edolf He was a ‘prisoner’ who worked in the north, so it wasn’t that difficult to realize that it was ‘holy water’.
He could also feel it because he had been able to use his holy power for a year.
He looked into the center of the underground water.
“I’m sure if it’s the person I’m thinking of, this will be easy.”
A huge rat measuring 8 meters is torn to pieces.
A monster that cannot be defeated even if a dozen ogres attack it.
A monster that even a party of more than 100 people cannot defeat if you make a mistake.
Three adventurers did it.
Edolf smiled bitterly.
“You will find out if they are the same person when you meet them.”
Edolf looked at the portrait in full armor in the report.