Black-Haired Alien From Another World 164

## Chapter 164 – Kobolds and the Underground Labyrinth

There are no problems in this world that can be solved with words.

If problems could be solved with words, wars wouldn’t happen. A prime example is the World War that plunged humanity into hell.

In my opinion, there’s nothing more useless than communication through dialogue. If ideologies and thoughts differ, there’s no point in talking because communication is impossible from the start.

Sadly, humans are still just monkeys who can’t control their violence. In professional terms, they’re called “fucking humans.”

ㅡSwish!

The six-member adventurer party, no,

The six-member robber gang drew their weapons.
They were disguised as adventurers, but now they were showing their true colors.

Now that they’ve drawn their swords, bloodshed is unavoidable.

“Hey, are you planning to hog all the treasure? That’s not right. I mean, how about we share the treasure a bit? Honestly, we all worked hard, and I don’t think it’s fair for just one person to take all the treasure.”
“You fucking bitch, there’s a limit to how much bullshit you can spew. I feel like I’m the only one who worked hard here?”

Specifically, while these guys were exploring the Kobold Dungeon, full of dreams and hope, we risked our lives fighting the Cursed Queen. The quality of effort is completely different.

And I don’t even understand what the hell they’re talking about, saying we should share the treasure because we all worked hard. What does your hard work have to do with us? Criminals must have a different way of thinking than us.

“Hehe, can you imagine how many kobolds we killed? We’ve been fighting for a week without even seeing sunlight. All for the treasure.”
“Wow, then you can just rummage through those corpses.”
“Do we really have to see blood?”
“Then why did you draw your swords if you were going to say something else?”

As I was sizing them up, wondering who to kill first,

“Stop!”

Eliza shouted like a thunderclap, pointing her mace.

“You are now being greedy to steal the property of others! Come to your senses! That is a very evil thought! You haven’t done it yet, so it’s a sin that can be forgiven! Put down your weapons and ask God for forgiveness! Only then will there be light!”

With her mace raised high, she spoke loudly like a true religious person, fervently preaching. Eliza seemed to be the only one here with her head on straight.

“Oh, a cute little nun. But isn’t what you’re saying a bit strange? I’d like to ask if you’re the ones being greedy right now. Hehehe.”
“Nonsense!”

Eliza’s face began to contort like a demon at the robber leader’s bullshit. I whispered to her.

“Eliza, you can’t reason with these guys. They’re clearly corrupted humans tainted by evil… Come to think of it, something’s suspicious. Aren’t these guys heretics? Heretics…! I’m sure of it! These guys are heretics!”
“…!!!”

At those words, Eliza’s eyes widened, and she looked at the robbers again.

“Certainly… it’s suspicious. If they are humans tainted by evil, then they can certainly be called heretics, but we can’t be sure since they haven’t actually committed a crime yet.”

I can’t persuade her.

Claudia was laughing as if she was enjoying the situation too much, and Winia was just frowning, annoyed. It seemed like she was urging us to kill them quickly. Such homicidal maniacs!

“This is your last warning! If you don’t back down, I have no choice but to save you!”

As Eliza stepped forward, the robbers’ laughter was heard. Eliza’s height is about the same as Winia’s. No matter how much she shouts, she looks like a little girl, and the robbers probably just find it amusing.

But what to do?
Eliza is fucking strong.

“Oh, I’m so scared. I was going to try to solve this with words, but it doesn’t look like it’s going to work! Hehe, we can just kill them and take it! Guys! Show those bastards who hogged our treasure what’s what-Gheuk??!!”

ㅡThwack!

His words were cut short.

“Repent with death! Evil human! Light, there is no mercy for heretics!”

Eliza, who had leaped out like a panther, shattered his head in one blow.

He spewed out his insides like a watermelon split open in the summer, muttering something as he fell forward. Gheuk, geuk. Deohak? It was a completely incomprehensible word.

Could it be the language of curses!

So they were heretics after all!

“Huh?! L, Leader!”
“You heretic bastard!”

At the same time, I also jumped out.

The guy who had initially picked a fight with me was freaking out after seeing the leader’s head get smashed. How dare you lose focus with your sword drawn? What a noob! My furious blade tore through the air and flew fiercely.

“W, wait! You fucking-!”
“Too late, you bastard!”

The panicked guy flailed his arms and raised his sword, but his defense, which lacked any skill, couldn’t break through my technique. What. I’ve already been taking swordsmanship lessons for three months. It looked so pathetic.

ㅡSwish!

My blade dug into his and pierced his neck.

“Gweh!”

The guy, whose carotid artery was severed in one blow, collapsed, spewing blood. These robber bastards probably picked a fight with us because they saw there were four of us, but unfortunately, it’s now 4:4.

No more words are needed.

Kill them all.
No hesitation, no compromise, no conversation!

Now that things have escalated, the only option is to kill them all!

I immediately pounced on another guy.

ㅡClang!
“A, aaaaagh!”

A surprise attack taking advantage of the chaos!

They must have been mistaken that they were the attackers until just now. Since the situation has been reversed so quickly, they must be extremely flustered.

The one who knows how to exploit such gaps is the true warrior.
A warrior never misses an opportunity!

“Punishment! Salvation! You are not worthy to live!”

Eliza mercilessly slaughtered the robbers as if she were smashing the skulls of monsters. Watching her, I recalled the old rumor that “the Holy Light Crusaders are all psychopaths.”

To Eliza, these criminals probably look no different from monsters. Well, she probably actually has such a doctrine, and she seems to believe it herself, so she can kill them without hesitation.

“S, stop it!”

Among them, there was a guy who was quite skilled with a sword. An old man with an impressive white beard. He had blocked my sword when I was about to finish him off in one blow. How dare you block my sword? I unleashed another barrage of attacks.

“You stop it too!”
“Keuh…! Why are you doing this!”

ㅡClang! Clang!

The blades crossed, creating metallic sounds.

A composed stance. He seemed to be someone who had learned swordsmanship. It would be difficult to finish him off in one blow. But there’s no time to catch my breath. This is the best time to kill him, while he’s still trying to negotiate!

“Why are you doing this too!”
“L, listen to me!”
“You listen to me!”
“Kuaaaagh!”

Whirl, the guy’s entangled sword aimed for my neck. This bastard knows how to use that too? But it still doesn’t reach me. I easily deflected the blade and countered.

He doesn’t seem to be as skilled as I thought.

ㅡFlash!

At that moment, a strong light burst out from behind. It was Winia’s light magic, with increased output. Of course, I was facing away from the light, so it didn’t affect me, but the guy who received the light in front of me squinted.

“M, my eyes!”
“Who closes their eyes while fighting!”

ㅡThwack!

“Keuheok!”

Using the gap that was created, I kneed the guy in the stomach. The impact made him fall backward. This is the end! It was commendable swordsmanship, but he was no match for me!

I’ll slice his neck off like this!

“H, surrender! I didn’t do anything wrong! I’ll pretend I didn’t see anything, so please spare me!”

Suddenly, the fallen guy threw away his sword and said.
He had been trying to negotiate throughout the fight, and now he had finally lost it.

“Bullshit. You drew your sword earlier too. That means you participated in the robbery.”

Of course, I have no intention of being lenient.
Wasn’t this guy one of the ones who drew his sword at the leader’s command earlier?

If so, he’s an accomplice.

“B, but I didn’t intend to…!”

The guy’s face turned pale.

He immediately started babbling and spouting nonsense. Of course, there’s no reason to listen. If I let him live, word will spread somehow, and that might cause trouble.

It’s easier to just kill him.

“Hehehe! Just die, you fucking bastard!”
“Kkeuaaaagh!”

ㅡThwack! The blade pierced his neck. He still seemed to believe that he would live, clutching his neck where blood was spurting out, trying to stop the bleeding. His eyes, filled with emptiness, followed my face.

Who can you blame?
Blame your fate. You fucking robber bastards.

“It’s over.”

Eliza said.
Looking around, the situation was already over.

I killed two.
There were three corpses with shattered heads.
And there was one guy lying face down in front of me with a curved blade stuck in his back… Claudia must have thrown her sword and killed the guy who was running away.

“Then shall we take the spoils?”

I was seriously annoyed that I had to fight the robbers out of nowhere, but I started to feel better when I thought about taking the spoils. Finally, something that will make money has happened.

As the saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining.

“Winia. Thank you. Thanks to you, it was easy to catch them.”
“Yeah. Good job, my darkie. Then hurry up and search their belongings. You said they had a map, right? If we find that, we can go up quickly.”
“Alright.”

I started to get excited.
What will these guys have?

“Katt. That was really cool just now. Your technique seems to have improved.”
“Hehe, really? I definitely felt it… my ‘strength’.”
“Hmm, what’s with that strange emphasis?”
“It’s nothing.”

Claudia, who had retrieved her sword, grabbed the corpse’s ankle and dragged it over here. Now it’s time to collect the spoils. Me, Eliza, and Claudia were all excited and stripped off their clothes.

Their equipment level wasn’t very good.

Of course, the leather armor that could be sold for a decent price as used was a satisfactory harvest, but it was a shame that there was no iron armor that would really make money.

“I found the map.”
“Ooh!”

Eliza found the map, and Claudia searched the bags they had. In the place where the darkness was illuminated by Winia’s light magic, we rummaged through the corpses and rejoiced over the newly acquired harvest.

“There’s some cash too.”

In the end, we were able to collect about 12 silver in cash, along with other miscellaneous items. Not to mention the exploration supplies that were in the newly acquired bag. Weapons and leather armor. And small knives and valuables.

“Katt. What about the corpses?”
“Hmm… we can just abandon them nearby. There seem to be some kobolds left.”

The dead bodies were thrown into the kobold holes nearby. There were a few remaining kobolds, so the guys who smelled the blood would take care of it. We could just leave them, but it’s better to put in a little effort and eliminate any future problems.

We abandoned all the corpses and divided the money.
The equipment can be disposed of when we return to the city.

“Today is a happy day.”

Winia checked the map. She complained, saying, “What the hell is this drawn like?” but she seemed to have located our position. As she was doing that, Eliza smiled and said.

“Whatever the process, as a result, we have returned the evil monsters to ashes, and we have also saved the fallen humans who have fallen into the demonic path, so God will be pleased.”
“Of course, you idiot. We did a really good thing today.”
“Saintess’s help was the greatest.”
“Don’t mention it. We’re all in this together!”

Anyway, we went back up, following Winia’s instructions.

The luggage we were carrying was heavy, but since we had a new bag, Claudia and I distributed it. More than anything else, it seemed like we could make a fortune just by selling the equipment we got today.

I always think about why catching people is more profitable than catching monsters.

Could it be because people are beings that can’t communicate?

That may be part of it, but the biggest reason is probably because this world is wrong.

What a world.