The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 426
427 – Being hunted
Raelan understood the situation and gathered everyone together. Everyone was feeling strange looking at the hourglass above his head that did not disappear as time passed, so it was an instant for them to come together.
“It looks like the monster is disguised as someone inside.”
At Raelan’s words, everyone turned their heads towards the people around them. Raelan, who was stroking his chin, asked quietly.
“Is anyone injured?”
When everyone shook their heads, Raelan raised his staff and pointed at the people without hesitation.
“You, you, and the two stupid-faced idiots next to you.”
Raelan’s staff pointed to a path.
“Get out of the area.”
If there are no monsters in the area, the hourglass disappears. In other words, even if they disguised themselves as someone and were hiding among us, we could find the culprit if we sent them out of the area. No one here knew that if they refused to leave the area, they would be accused of being criminals.
The people pointed out by Raelan looked anxious, but did not refuse and left the area. Everyone watched the scene from the boundary of the area, but Raelan, seeing that the hourglass did not disappear, pointed to someone else and took their place.
I repeated this several times, but the hourglass above my head did not disappear until the person who left first took his turn. Everyone looked at Raelan, confused that there were no monsters among us.
“How did this happen? “I did as you said, but there were no monsters among us.”
Raelan, who was tapping his temple with his cane in response to Derok’s question, spoke to everyone.
“Everyone, stay here. Me and Lily. “Just the two of us will move and solve this problem.”
“Stay here? “Are you telling me to just watch when my head could explode?”
When Derok growled, the adventurers’ eyes lit up as if they were agreeing with him. Then, as if it was natural, Raelan aimed his staff between Derok’s eyes.
“If it moves, it thinks it’s a monster and kills it.”
“… “Insolent b*stard.”
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Derok looked like he was going to attack at any moment, but in reality, he kept quiet as he glanced at me. It seems that the memory of a spear blade touching his shoulder made him better at controlling his anger. When the guild leader, who seemed as if he would attack at any moment, did not move, the seasoned adventurers also quickly noticed and just kept quiet with their eyes focused.
“Let’s get rid of the corpses in the labyrinth first. “There might be a monster living inside the corpse.”
At Raelan’s words, I skillfully used my spatial telekinesis to blow all the corpses out of the area. Including all the severed arms and legs, just in case.
Raelan quietly watched the scene and smiled with satisfaction.
“Certainly the Transcendent is different. “It’s easier to handle and eat.”
But the hourglass above our heads still hasn’t disappeared. I could feel people getting nervous because half of the sand was already gone.
“It’s not even a corpse. It’s not even a person. “Then there is only one correct answer.”
Raelan turned around and slowly observed the people, then fixed his gaze on someone. That person was the man next to Derok. Raelan slowly looked down and looked at the shield placed next to the bridge and asked.
“Is that shield yours?”
“… okay.”
“Then, did you take a shield with you when you left the area earlier?”
The man’s eyes widened at Raelan’s question. The man who was taking a pause said while looking at his surroundings.
“No, that’s not it. I was wondering if it was really necessary to bring a shield….”
As the man trailed off, Raelan’s eyes lit up. But suddenly Derok intervened.
“That’s stupid. “You were wrong.”
As Raelan narrowed his eyes and glared, Derok raised one corner of his mouth and said.
“That shield was obtained by Keron on the third floor. So he had a shield in the previous wave as well. But then there was no hourglass above our heads. In other words, the shield cannot be a monster-”
Tung-!
Kueeeeek!
“… .”
“… .”
The shield that fell outside the area made a sound as if it were alive, and at the same time, the hourglass above the head disappeared.
If the shield is really a monster, I don’t think there’s any need to make a fuss, I just need to check and it’s done… The shield was moved out of the area using space magic. The result was that Raelan’s thoughts were correct.
“… Please return to your seats. “I won’t say any more.”
Raelan spoke without even looking at Derok. The others also returned to their seats in silence for Deroque, but the person concerned seemed to be having a hard time accepting the clear evidence.
“How can a shield become a monster? “Even when we experienced waves twice, there were no problems.”
Raelan sighed at Derok’s words.
“This is a labyrinth. Anything will happen. The shield you got from the labyrinth in the first place? The shield-shaped monster may have awakened from its slumber due to the power of the labyrinth, or it may have simply changed the shield into a monster. “Do you really think that’s important right now?”
When Raelan lowered his head as if he was pitiful, Derok continued wiping his face before sighing and turning his head toward me.
“… sorry.”
It was an apology that had a strong feeling that it was only being apologized to me, not to Raelan. Before Raelan could laugh at that, Derok quickly turned around and went back to where he came from.
***
As we were blocking the 10th wave, one adventurer spoke in a panicked voice.
“… “Monsters don’t enter the area?”
The adventurer narrowed his eyes and looked into the darkness, and the helmet he was wearing on his head was blown off by something flying. He felt dizzy, but the adventurer expertly checked what had attacked the helmet. It was an ordinary rock that you often see. The adventurer who saw the dented helmet that fell on the ground shouted loudly.
“sling… It’s a sling! “The monster used a sling—”
puck–!
A rock hit the back of the adventurer’s head while he was alerting his colleagues to the danger, causing his head to explode. Everyone panicked and hid themselves as rocks started flying menacingly from unseen places. Although the ogres used crossbows, there were only two of them. It wasn’t that threatening as it shot straight through the head and hit me with a crossbow in plain sight.
However, the monster currently using the sling cunningly had no intention of entering the area and was hiding in the dark, shooting out rocks. It was like gathering game in one place and organizing it safely.
Unlike wizards who could create cover, adventurers had to hide behind walls to avoid rocks that could come from nowhere. Because of this, monsters entered areas where visibility was not possible. As the hourglass rose above his head, the adventurer realized that a monster had entered his area and asked for my help.
“There’s a monster in here! Shit, I can’t clean up because of the rocks!”
As I was trying to secure my vision using space magic, I quickly moved my head to avoid the stones that fell out of the dimension entrance. It was as if they were waiting for me to use space magic. In that case, all I had to do was adjust the angle of the exit to prevent the stones from hitting me back.
I used spatial magic as close to the walls of the maze as possible to ensure visibility. I immediately checked to see what monster had crossed the area. It’s a goblin. However, it was completely different from ordinary goblins. He was hiding in the darkness by applying something black to his skin, and he was holding a shield made from what appeared to be monster bones.
The goblin even cleverly hid behind a shield with only one foot at the edge of the area. The goal of the black goblin, like other monsters, was not to kill us with their own hands. They were planning to invade the area and use the hourglass to hunt us all at once.
I immediately used space magic to pierce the head of the goblin hiding behind the shield and shouted with magical energy for everyone to hear.
“Monsters are hunting us! “You’re acting like an adventurer!”
The goblin’s behavior was similar to that of an adventurer entering a dungeon. Stage-type dungeons do not require killing all monsters. Because the goal is to safely overcome the stage. There were many cases where I used shortcuts to overcome the stage without killing the monsters at all.
The black goblin, like a seasoned adventurer, didn’t bother to fight with us, but tried to kill us by just waiting with one foot in the area. In other words, the enemy knows that if we fail to protect our territory, we will die.
Pukpuk!
The adventurer shouted along with the sound of something exploding one after another.
“It’s oil! “They’re shooting bottles of oil!”
The oil was on fire, and the path the voice had come from began to light up brighter than the others. An hourglass also appeared above his head. The goblin had lit the fire to block his approach, and he had once again set foot on the area.
Immediately, as I was about to use space magic to support them, I heard the sound of something exploding behind me.
Kwaaang―――!
“Kuwaahiah ―――!
What appeared after breaking down the barricade behind was a troll so large that it could fill the passage by itself. I also saw an adventurer who seemed to have given up on protecting the area, leaving his spot and running towards me.
“Huh! “T-it’s a troll!!!”
“Kuaahiah ―――!
“… .”
Realizing that the situation was getting worse, I decided to spare no effort. I took out a box that Amber had brought me from the space warehouse. That box… It was a box full of magic stone bombs, all collected to be used on the northern wall.