Chapter 614 – Tracking
I completely defeated Dwight in the duel. But of course I didn’t think from the beginning that these scoundrels would let me go cleanly.
When I saw the guys running at me, I stopped beating Dwight and headbutted the guy who was running from behind.
“Oops!!”
Due to my unexpected surprise attack, it jumped up, flew 5 or 6 meters, and rolled on the ground.
Having broken through the siege with a surprise headbutt, I quickly grabbed the pickaxe and the money bag I had left on the floor and fled into the dark tunnel.
“Now, shouldn’t you catch it?”
“I went inside, so I’m a rat in a poison anyway. It’s not urgent.”
“Are you okay, Lieutenant Dwight?”
“It looks like it’s alive… But it turned out a lot of mush in that short period of time…”
I moved inside the tunnel, listening to the guys talking in confusion.
The inside of the tunnel was dark, with not even a single car in front of you. However, there was no hesitation in my movements.
Because darkness is not an obstacle to me.
He could have escaped to the outside of the tunnel.
But I chose to escape inside.
This is because this problem will not be solved by going outside.
Of course, even if a truckload of guys like that attack me, I can easily deal with them. But the problem is that we need to be cautious until we find Helena.
Even if we assume that it is just one guy.
If I were to easily dispose of 8 military inmates by myself, unless you were a fool, you would start to question my origins.
That’s why I had no choice but to roll over this useless nonsense.
There was no sign of being chased from behind.
I think they probably thought there was no need to rush because I escaped into the tunnel.
A crossroads has appeared.
Left, right, center.
There were three crossroads.
“If it’s a man, it’s in the middle.”
After muttering that, I slowly walked towards the middle tunnel.
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“… T… Lieutenant. Are you okay?”
Dwight slowly regained his momentarily lost mind. At the same time, she gritted her teeth as she felt pain throughout her body.
“Big…”
Memories from before I lost consciousness come back to me.
The devil-like face of 8702, which was crushing me and punching me with a sneer, glimmers.
I tried guarding, but there was no point in punching ignorantly with the guy’s weight.
His arm was not in good condition, and it seemed like his bones were cracked as he tried to block the guy’s fist.
He was barely able to raise his upper body after being supported by his subordinate.
I couldn’t speak well because of the blood that filled my throat.
“Kyaaak!! Hehe!!”
Dwight spat out the blood that was clogged in his throat. Pure white teeth were visible in the blood.
When I saw that, my anger toward 8702 boiled over once again.
“Palchigong… Who is that guy?”
Dwight asked, looking around fearfully with his swollen, one-sided eye.
“… I ran away.”
“You missed him with this number of people?!”
The biggest reason why 8702 ran away was because Dwight was defeated.
The subordinates were annoyed that the person who caused this started yelling as soon as he woke up, but they were not in the mood to argue about it right now.
They are not locked up in Karaz indefinitely like other prisoners.
These are people who will return to military service once they complete their sentence.
The same goes for Dwight.
Among the humans here, Dwight has the highest rank and the shortest sentence.
There is nothing good about being filmed by him like that.
If you don’t want to get tired later on, whether it’s in the military or in Karaz, you have to wake up while paying attention to the mood.
On the one hand, Dwight’s anger was somewhat understandable. He got smashed by the same guy twice… No, three times.
8702 was a clever guy.
After catching everyone off guard with his clumsy movements, he instantly left Dwight in complete disarray.
No one here saw the low kick that shattered Dwight’s knee.
He was hiding his skills.
If 8702 had the upper hand from the beginning, Dwight’s subordinates would have intervened before he was ruined.
Because he knew that, it was clear that 8702 acted to make it look like Dwight had completely won.
“I’m sorry, Lieutenant. He was unusually quick, so I missed him. But you don’t have to worry. He ran inside the tunnel, so you’ll be able to catch him without difficulty.”
When Dwight heard those words, his face relaxed a little.
“Trace.”
“Yes? Lieutenant. You should get treatment first…”
“No! I have to watch him crawl on the floor myself. Wow!”
Dwight, who spoke while gritting his teeth, had an eerie expression that made his subordinates flinch.
It’s not that Dwight didn’t hurt where he was injured. However, that pain was transformed into anger against 8702 and was burning brightly.
In the end, unable to overcome Dwight’s stubbornness, his subordinates carried him, whose knees were shattered, and began to chase 8702.
And then three crossroads appeared.
“…”
“Hmm… Lieutenant Dwight. I think it would be better for some troops to blockade this place and the rest to search each tunnel.”
“Wait… Quietly.”
Dwight stopped his subordinate from expressing his opinion.
“Can’t you hear something?”
His men listened to Dwight’s words.
-Kangkangkang… Kang…
A faint sound was heard from the central tunnel.
“This can’t be…”
“Sounds like a pickaxe?”
“Isn’t there another mining party?”
“You know this tunnel has been under control since dawn, right? There are no other parties?”
“So then it’s something that Baekilgong does…”
“Why did the guy who ran away tell me his location like this?”
“… Are they selling traps?”
Dwight thought that didn’t make sense either.
The only items 8702 brought with him were a pickaxe and a small bag. There was not enough time and equipment to prepare a trap.
“Are you trying to lure monsters…?”
“Does that have any meaning?”
Actually, that would be stupid.
They also lived in Karaz for quite a long time.
Of course I knew that I could lure monsters with a pickaxe.
But the mine monster is not on 8702’s side.
If you try to lure him, only he will be in danger.
And Dwight and his group were not people who would be scared by mine monsters.
The mysterious sound of a pickaxe coming from far away did not stop Dwight and his group.
They entered the central tunnel where the sound was heard.
As we went inside, the sound of pickaxes grew louder.
The end of the tunnel.
Sparks fly in the dark.
-Kang! Kang! Kang! Kang!
Dwight and his party could see a large man powerfully swinging a pickaxe at the end of the tunnel.
It was also 8702.
His gigantic physique is something that no one else can imitate.
But Dwight and the others still couldn’t understand why that person was doing such a thing.
“What…? Are you really using a pickaxe?”
“… Have you gone crazy after being cornered?”
It was not a formal act of pickaxing, but rather a pickaxe movement that was enough to make a dent in the end of the tunnel in that short period of time.
“Eight seven balls.”
Dwight growled and called out to the large man.
Only then does the man stop using the pickaxe and turn around.
He didn’t even show a single drop of sweat despite the intense pounding.
“It’s finally here.”
8702 spoke in a deep and relaxed voice.
Dwight and his group had a numerical advantage that could not be defeated.
However, I felt my body tense for some reason when 8702 said that it was as if he was waiting.
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-Kang! Kang!
The stone hit by the pickaxe shattered with sparks flying, and the magic stones that often popped out entered my inventory one by one.
Of course, the pickaxe was tightly wrapped with my magic to prevent it from being damaged. Even if it is a strong pickaxe, it is not easy to withstand my strength.
As I was working with the pickaxe, I felt the sound of many footsteps getting closer.
And with good timing, the vibration is transmitted from the toes.
With the sound of whispering, the dark inside the tunnel was once again colored with the light of the lantern.
“… Eight-seven balls.”
A voice suppressing anger calls my prison number.
I stopped using the pickaxe and turned around.
Dwight, whose face was swollen, was looking at me with life-filled eyes.
Dwight was carried on his back.
One of his legs was shattered, but he seemed to be chasing after me.
In that case, let alone 0 servings, it was a minus.
In short, it was a nuisance itself.
Well… Even if he is fine, the result won’t change.
“It’s finally here.”
The vibration felt in my toes is getting louder.
– Jeokjeokjeok.
With the sound of something crunching, a penis monster was seen sticking out through the wall of the tunnel.
As expected, unlike the eastern mine where the novice magic stone mining party went, the monsters in the western mine were at least twice as large.
‘Did you say Sapenta?’
That’s what Karaz seemed to call that monster.
Isn’t it correct to call it a penis?
Or Dick.
Whatever their name, the penis monsters that invade at the right time are important tools to prove my alibi.
I don’t know anything else, but murders between inmates are not tolerated in Karaz.
But what if it was an accidental death rather than a murder?
I was not responsible.
