Resurrected Immortal 628

Chapter 628 – 628. Unidentified Dungeon Exploration (5)

Eunhyeon and Erin returned to Tyrnis territory for now.
We set off early in the morning, but the sky was already getting dark as the sun went down.
The fatigue accumulated from clearing the dungeon wasn’t that great, but it wasn’t small either.
It wasn’t a matter of difficulty, but the amount of mana consumed and a considerable amount of mental energy was spent keeping the nerves on edge while maintaining close vigilance for several hours.
It wouldn’t matter if the dungeon raid was in full swing, or if it hadn’t reached the destination yet.
Above all, it’s not a dungeon, but somewhere in this forest, there might be something dangerous that even a gold-tier adventurer can’t do, and sleeping alone in a forest like this is no different than shaking hands.
It would take a full day if you were walking, but as long as you had a fraudulent means of transportation called Retona, there was no reason to stay homeless in the current situation.

“An investigation is an investigation, but let’s go back for now. I think I should report it to the Adventurer’s Guild.”

“Huh.”

Erin agreed with Eunhyun’s judgment.
She also refused to sleep in the woods even when she could not recover from her exhaustion.
The two rode Retona and immediately returned to the Territory of Tyrnis.
The first place they stopped by was, of course, the adventurer’s guild.
The guild’s receptionist, who was on duty in case of an emergency, noticed Eunhyeon and Erin and made a surprised expression.

“Bur, are you here already?”

Although it was dawn, it was only natural for the two of them to look bewildered since they reported to the guild early in the morning and returned in less than 24 hours.

“Do you have a guild leader?”

“Please wait a moment.”

The staff who greeted Eunhyeon and Erin at the reception desk hurriedly went upstairs.
Originally, it was time for the guild leader to leave work and head home right away, but the guild leader in Tiernis was currently staying in this guild building and was always on standby.

“You are a sincere person.”

“I know.”

Erin, who understood the situation, was slightly amazed.
Come to think of it, the guild leader she first saw in the meeting room was also impressive in Erin’s eyes.
Maybe he hadn’t had a good night’s sleep, his eyes were wide open and his hair was dirty.
It wasn’t long before I heard footsteps kicking down the wooden stairs from upstairs.

“Bur, are you here already!?”

Perhaps he was sleeping in the night shift room, he couldn’t even tidy up his messy hair, and the guild leader ran out in a hurry and put on a puzzled expression.
That reaction was the same as that of the guild receptionist who first greeted Eunhyeon and Erin.

“I had something to report urgently, so I returned right away.”

“…”

When Eun-hyeon conveyed her business with a serious expression, the guild leader hid his embarrassed face and showed sharp eyes.

“I will guide you to the conference room.”

Eunhyeon and Erin, who arrived at the conference room guided by the receptionist, immediately informed them of the dungeon raid.
At first, he looked surprised at the fact that he had attacked an unidentified, unidentified dungeon whose danger could not be measured.

“This is the dungeon core obtained inside.”

The guild leader checked the dungeon core given out by Eunhyeon and made a puzzled expression.

“This… Than you think… No, it seems too small?”

“Yes.”

Eunhyeon nodded his head as if agreeing.
In general, the core of a dungeon, the dungeon core, is divided in size according to the grade of the dungeon.
What the guild leader questioned was that the core of the dungeon was too small for a dungeon that was too dangerous even for adventurers of the gold ranks to do anything about.
Isn’t that size a size that only appears in low-mid dungeons?
The guild leader looked at Eunhyun with a suspicious expression.
I don’t know what he did, but I was suspicious that he might be trying to make a false report that he took a core from another dungeon and attacked the dungeon.

‘I don’t see him as a nobleman who would commit such a low-level fraud…’

However, despite the suspicious glances from the guild leader, Eunhyeon stared blankly at him.
Seeing that he was not saying anything, as if he was waiting for him to realize something, the guild leader was lost in thought.
Soon after thinking of one possibility, his complexion hardened.

“No way…”

The guild leader carefully put that possibility into his mouth.

“What is really dangerous is… Are you saying it wasn’t a dungeon?”

“You’re right. At least we think so.”

That something unknown that erased more than 30 adventurers without leaving a trace was not inside the dungeon, but outside it.
It was not as light a matter as that remark.
In general, conditions are required for the demons inside the dungeon to come out.
Beasts inside the dungeon are continuously created, and when the number exceeds the acceptable limit, then the Beasts pour out and overflow.
This is the dungeon stampede phenomenon.
A disaster caused by a large number of monsters appearing at the same time was no different from a nightmare.
However, in other words, this phenomenon does not occur until the number of monsters inside the dungeon reaches the capacity limit.
That means there is a grace period.
Even the demons that are presumed to be in the dungeon are highly likely to have combat power so strong that even the adventurer party of the golden ranks can’t do anything about it, so if it crawls out of the dungeon, there is no such thing as a disaster.

“I can’t…”

The guild leader was shocked.
The reason why he or the lord, the owner of Tyrnis, was gathering resources to attack the dungeon was to prevent a huge damage that might come out and sweep the territory.
However, if that powerful demonic beast was already active outside, it might come to Tyrnis territory at any time.
To put it bluntly, right now, in the early morning when the dawn doesn’t even break, something might come.

“…”

The guild leader’s expression, imagining the worst situation in his head, was extremely dark.
Unable to give an answer right away, he was immersed in deep thoughts in his head.
The possibilities Eunhyeon suggested are shocking.
Because it was so sudden, it was absurd and difficult to accept at first, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought about it, the more it wasn’t a story without possibility at all.
It was Eunhyeon and Erin who had been talking about it, so I couldn’t deny it as nonsense.
Above all, the thought that the future of the people of the Tyrnis region might be determined depending on what kind of judgment they make after hearing this story put a heavy burden on their shoulders.
However, the guild leader finally gave an answer.

“… I will meet the lord and tell you the story.”

The guild leader’s wide eyes facing Eunhyeon had power before he knew it.
It is the eyes that made a decision after much thought.

“All right.”

Eunhyeon also nodded and replied.

“What do you two plan to do next?”

“For now, I plan to go out again after taking a break and investigate the area around the dungeon we attacked.”

“… Are you okay?”

“It’s embarrassing for us to be in this state. The reason we hurried to return was to convey to the guild leader this possibility we came up with along with the fact of clearing the dungeon.”

Eunhyeon also wanted to gather as much information as possible before Riod and the Knights of Artia arrived in Tyrnis.
Upon hearing Eunhyeon’s plan, the guild leader lowered his head.

“… Please.”

After reporting to the guild leader and leaving the adventurer’s guild, Erin leaned against Eunhyun.

“Hyunah… I’m sleepy…”

“Okay. Let’s go to bed now.”

Erin was dozing in a drowsy state, probably because her tension had eased since she entered the territory of Tyrnis.
Eunhyeon swayed and carried Erin, who was leaning on her, on her back.
I went to a luxurious inn that I had reserved in advance and took a good night’s sleep.

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“Hey. Are you really okay?”

“What?”

Early morning when the day just dawned.
Sitting in the driver’s seat and driving the Retona, Eunhyeon glanced at the rearview mirror.

“I’m really worried about whether it’s okay to keep moving like this without resting.”

Sitting in the back seat was Belldandy, who had materialized after a long time.
The goddess who does not materialize in a crowded place, with her worried expression, nags her own apostle all the time.

“Yes…”

Perhaps it was because she was driving on rough roads that were not properly paved, Erin whined, frowning slightly at the vehicle’s body that rattled on occasion.
Erin, who is weak in her toxic morning, is still asleep and has not woken up.
After resting at the inn, about 3 hours.
It was understandable since Eun-hyeon was in the midst of moving toward the dungeon she had attacked again after leaving her estate with Erin on her back.
As if to soothe Erin, Belldandi gently brushed her hair as she lay on her lap.

“Are you okay. That’s about it. What.”

Eunhyun smiled and brushed aside Belldandi’s worries.
In reality, she was nothing to Eun-hyeon this much fatigue.
More than anything else, she couldn’t take a proper rest because she was very concerned about the existence of an unidentified magical beast that she hadn’t even confirmed yet.
If only one of her body and mind can be comfortable, Eunhyun tends to be comfortable with her mind, even if her body is a bit tired.

“If the child says so, she can’t help it…”

Belldandy let out a small sigh as if he couldn’t help it.

“I’m just happy that you care so much.”

“… Huh?”

Erin, who was asleep at the moment, opened her eyes and stared at a place beyond her window.
Eun-hyeon checked the figure of Erin, who raised her body in the back seat of her, and stepped on her brake to stop.

“What’s the matter?”

Erin, who is on the weak side of her morning, wakes up because she senses something serious enough to startle her so much.
What did Erin, with her particularly sensitive senses, feel?

“… It smells strange.”

“Smell?”

It is a special unique ability that only Erin, except for the nine-tailed fox, possesses, which is a sensitive sense born by inheriting the characteristics of Shinsoo, which Eunhyeon does not have.

“I didn’t smell this when I returned to Tyrnis territory…”

After concentrating on sniffing the scent, Erin frowned as if her mood had gone bad.

“It smells like bones.”

“Bone?”

“Huh.”

It wasn’t a human smell, but the smell of bones was very unique.
Erin explained in detail about the unpleasant smell she was taking on.

“It usually smells like this… A lot of it came from long-rotted white bone corpses… It’s a little strange.”

It was a smell that she often smelled while exploring ruins solo while doing adventure activities.
At first, she was so disgusted that she even vomited, but by the time she was in her second year, she had various experiences, and the time came when she had to get used to even this.
After hearing Erin’s explanation, Eunhyun asked her in detail.

“It doesn’t smell rotten.”

“… There is a white bone corpse, but are you saying it hasn’t decayed?”

“… Maybe?”

“Berdandy.”

“Okay.”

Belldandi nodded and released the materialization.
With the goddess transformed into a translucent state, Eun-hyeon turned her steering wheel in the direction Erin was pointing.

“Huh. This way.”

The smell of white bones getting closer and closer gradually got thicker.
In order to determine the location of the landmarks around her and the white bone corpse Erin mentioned, Eun-hyeon scattered a wide range of mana in front of her and activated her senses.

“…”

Eun-hyeon felt something in her own senses, and Eun-hyeon stepped on her brake and stopped.
Erin, who was poking her head out the window to find the location of her uncorrupted skeletal corpse, also hardened her face.

“Hyunah. This…”

It was impossible for Erin to grasp the terrain with her wide and precise senses like her silver string, but because she had a keen sense due to the nature of Shinsoo, she could feel the flow of foreign air on her skin.
A flow of air that gathers in a specific place and flows as if being sucked in.

“Okay. … I think I found it.”

What Eunhyeon found was a huge hole in the ground.
A total of five bodies were strewn about in front of a deep sinkhole whose end and depth could not be measured.

“Ah…”

Erin sighed lightly.
This is because she found dead bodies of white bones with no flesh.
Leaving their equipment and clothes behind, the appearance of clean white bones, as if they had eaten only their flesh, made me feel very bad.
However, the reason Erin sighed was because of the equipment the corpses of the white bones were wearing.
Because it was equipment that remained in Erinn’s memory.

“These are those people…”

It was the equipment worn by the male adventurer party who continued to talk behind Eun-hyeon with vulgar jokes in the adventurer’s guild.