Chapter 449 – Eugenics in the New World (16)
Dana Verbeia is not afraid of the dark.
As she herself thinks, it’s not particularly because her mental powers are superhuman. It just happened because of my job. This is because ruins are usually darker inside.
It must have been that the town that grew up was apt to get dark at night.
Even if she didn’t drive away the darkness with a light or a lantern like her cheerful pink-haired brother, she never thought of a space without a single light as frightening.
But that doesn’t mean I’m not afraid of the ‘dark’.
Even Dana, who was okay with the damp darkness of the basement, was not afraid of the existence of the monster that lurked in the darkness.
Drop, drop…
It was when the light of 〈Space Shift〉, Which he had become accustomed to before, had subsided.
Dana blinked her eyes as she adjusted to the damp darkness even in the dry winter. If she had no sensation in her eyelids she might have wondered if she was opening her eyes. She was quite pitch black.
A stench stung her nostrils, mixing in the damp air.
‘Tsk.’
Dana wrinkled her nose and forced her breath. It was a reflex action like a scholar accustomed to exploring ruins.
My husband said, ‘That’s Lehu, drinking stink molecules. Lehu, I don’t want to do it,’ she said, hating it, but if it was a smell she had to smell anyway, it was easier to drink it quickly and let her nose adjust.
Of course, the darkness doesn’t go away.
The urge to light a torch took over. Dana wiped the sweat from her hands on her pants.
If there’s a troll with a club right next to it.
If he’s secretly holding my head in order to break it.
The situation of not being able to turn on the light in a dungeon with monsters hit the fear that was written in her instincts. Since battles were premised on her in the ruins, she could comfortably turn on the lights, but that couldn’t be the case here. Darkness brought forth ominous imaginations.
He quickly missed his strong back without his side, but he would really be fighting those monsters. I can’t complain immaturely. No, he doesn’t even want to come.
Since I couldn’t see, the only thing I could trust was my other senses. She doubted that the people she had been with for a moment might not be around, but fortunately she caught her breath immediately.
“Yeah, really moving in space…”
It was her mother’s voice, which she longed for but was unfamiliar with. Maybe I heard an explanation, but I was dubious. Even if I persuaded him properly, I couldn’t help it, as it would be hard to believe.
Sirona, who had been muttering, also stopped talking. She smelled the stench.
Troll. Or an ogre.
I don’t know which one, but this space is used as a habitat for those monsters to the extent that this stench permeates. Unlike humans, this is the domain of monsters who can see even in the dark. It was dangerous to open your mouth carelessly.
However, if you turn on the light, you advertise the location.
The darkness that filled this place was a blindfold that was unilaterally placed on Dana and Sirona.
“Come this way.”
But there are also people who are not wearing the blindfold.
Half of the blood flowing through Frank’s body belonged to a tribe that once built a country under the ground. With blue eyes that can even read the temperature of a flame, she led the party through the darkness.
– Chuck.
Fran took her party and hid her body behind a rock.
It is a position with your back against a wall far away. The enemy’s raid route can be limited to the front 3 sides.
Using an unreliable boulder as an obstacle might buy you a moment and secure your retreat. Her positioning made her feel a little proud of her own eyes, but she wasn’t young enough to show it off.
With the power of the ring, she expanded her five senses.
Have you checked out a safe place? There was no sign of feeling.
Those gigantic monsters that gave off strong body odor were not suitable for stealth unless they were helped by mana. She wouldn’t have thought that her base had been discovered, so she was confident that she would sense her negligence first.
“I’ll let you know as soon as I sense it. But if we are detected by smell, they will find out if we are hiding.”
“If that is the problem, I will solve it.”
Shirona ran her finger over the tattoo on her forearm. A brief flash of light revealed her face resembling Dana’s.
Ulster’s sorcery did not have grandiose names. It was simply a spell that was passed down through word of mouth, such as [Hunter’s Secret], Because it could hide the smell from enemies with a sensitive sense of smell.
Fran nodded her head, noticing that even her own heightened sense of smell was fading away, then she laughed a little at the thought that she would be invisible to them anyway.
Just in case. Dana and Sirona were looking at the wrong place and were wary with hard faces.
“Franc. Are you going to wait until Norr comes before you move?”
“Yes. It’s probably close to the Troll King.”
To Dana, who spoke with her hard face toward the rock, Fran, who was slightly lower left than him, replied with a wry smile from her.
They held hands with the tension of the two.
The party, who was surprised for a moment, swept their chests as if relieved by the hand that was smaller than them, and fell silent. Fran was somehow happy about that. For her, the fact that others depend on her is proof that she is trusted.
Of course, not as much as the blind girls, but Fran was also quite nervous.
While they were fighting fear, Fran was eating away at her nerves, being wary of an enemy that might appear at any moment.
If, by any chance, you miss the enemy’s presence, the party will be completely defenseless for a moment until you turn on the light. In such a state, it was natural that the attack would be fatal.
The darkness without even moonlight is deep. And as long as it is deep.
─Sap, sap.
Dana squeezed her hand holding her gauntlet as she tried to contain her tension. Even if she held her breath at best, her breath would come back like an undead and try to come out of her throat. She felt more comfortable charging.
… Kwak!
Frank suddenly squeezed her hand tightly. It was a reflex action and a warning sign.
-Turok, Chuck.
-Turok, Chuck.
As her shoulders were filled with strength, there was a sign that she was heading toward this place with a step that she couldn’t even hide.
Dana heard her footsteps and imagined her one-legged gigantic figure perched on her wooden staff. It was because it was such a disjointed footstep.
She moved to hide her body and was pulled by Fran. It must have been crouched in the opposite position. My heart was beating wildly and I had a temper. I just hoped I didn’t hear my heartbeat.
The sound of walking stopped. In the direction from which the sound came, faint mana spread that I thought it was an illusion.
Was it like that? Even though it was pitch black, Dana noticed her mother holding her breath, her eyes wide open and her head raised.
“Turn on the light!!”
Cried her francs, pulling her hands that held her together.
All she knew was her arm being pulled out in her rough hands, but Dana didn’t protest at that. She’s because a piece of her stone flew wildly from where she stood a second ago.
Faaaaa!!
Shirona’s magic was activated faster than Dana’s, who fell into her fleeting confusion.
A sphere of light exploded behind the party. The artificially hewn stone wall was illuminated with just enough light to not hurt her eyes.
And even the bizarre creatures that landed there.
Hee heehaha——!!!”
He was a man with green flesh covering half of his face, including his healthy-looking face.
Half of the young man’s body was covered with gross muscles that looked like he had grown moss into flesh. The left and right balance of the body was not right at all. It was clear that it was not a naturally born life.
On the face of a troll and human joined side by side, yellow teeth too large for a human’s mouth protruded irregularly. The bloodshot troll eye popped out like it would pluck out if touched.
Shirona muttered in disbelief.
“… Conand.”
“I’m sooooo–I’m happy to see you again–“
It sounded like a twisted flute. His mouth opened to the size of a troll, drenching his torn robes with drool.
“──Sup!”
Only his teacher and Dana hesitated to deal with Conand’s disgusting appearance.
The knife was fired from Fran’s hand like a cannon. Its power alone was enough to pierce through a single person and pierce the rock behind it.
─Pushyuk!!
However, the knife aimed at the neck was blocked by the thick troll’s left arm.
To be precise, the knife pierced his palm. It didn’t mean much to me because I just pulled it out and played it right away. His left half was completely a troll’s, and his right half had green arms and legs.
Shirona brought her back to her senses and said.
“You have become a monster. Is it the sorcerer’s sorcery? I would have been better off dead.”
“Are you terribly depressed? No it’s not It’s about adapting to the new era.”
His body was of different sizes on the left and right sides, and he hunched over as if the half body of a boy was joined to the body of an adult man. The clumsy remaining human figure incited hatred even more, but he smiled as if he was happy while standing crookedly due to the difference in leg length.
“I am the master. Is it true Even before I left your side, there is something I was curious about.”
─Thump! Touching the ground with his human arm, Conand raised his massive right arm.
Its ugly face was horribly distorted like a painting of a cultist blaspheming human dignity.
“Me or Master——Which one is stronger——?”
