The World After Leaving the Hero Party - The World After Leaving the Hero Party chapter 186

186 – Side Story – Their Story – 2

Couldn’t take too long. The magician belonging to the principality who purifies the poison from the underground waterway is getting tired.

Unless the pollution that occurs within the underground waterway continues to disappear as it is.

In the worst case, you may have to abandon the city.

“Shall we go soon?”

As Cecil spoke, an old man appeared.

A man with an impressive white beard.

Cyron, who tilted his head at him, was startled.

“Who is that?!”

“Palhahaha! Palhahaha!!”

“Mr. Edward?!”

Cecile was taken aback by the sight of the old man walking out with a loud laugh. Because she was someone I knew.

The former head of the thieves’ guild and the one who is called the teacher of all thieves.

Now that he is retired and travels leisurely, why is he here?

“Isn’t this your highness with small breasts? In addition to that, there’s an exposure light kid with hair and a human body!”

“……”

Everyone frowned at him as he greeted them with a strange temper-scratching tone.

In the meantime, Gwalteirak looked at Edward and flicked his tongue.

“That old man… I can smell it.”

“What does it smell like?”

“The smell of Wheeloth…”

In other words, it means that you don’t care about people’s feelings and talk nonsense.

Cyron nodded slightly and called out to him.

“What’s going on here, sir?”

“Whoa… you guys. Do you know this?”

Everyone was nervous at his serious tone. Even though he is retired, the old man in front of him has served as the head of the thieves’ guild.

So you may have information about an anomaly in the ruins of the city’s aqueduct.

As everyone gulped and watched, Edward looked around to see if anyone would hear, then spoke in a small tone.

“This city. The bar in the center of Okalje City, the bard’s song, says the spicy grilled fish is so delicious.”

“……”

Is the old man senile?

Why did you come all the way here to talk about restaurants?

Everyone frowned, and Edward tilted his head.

“Huh? Other than this? Well, hmm. Do you know that similar incidents to what is happening in this city have happened in other cities?”

“…what?”

this is worth listening to

To them, Edward continued with a relaxed look.

“Doesn’t something come out only when there is something in the mouth?”

oh want to hit

Cecile clenched her fists and trembled.

“…I’ll buy you enough grilled fish to make you sick of it. Tell me, Edward. Where did it happen and how did you deal with it?”

“You should have said that earlier. It’s a small village in the south. There was a ruin near the village too. It’s a ruin that has already been investigated. Demonic spirits suddenly appeared in that ruin.”

“So what?”

“So what’s the matter? Constantly thinking there must be a reason, so I did some research with my friends. We figured it out.”

“What?”

“The reason those monsters gather is to get one thing.”

“…Hoo?”

This is a rather interesting story.

As everyone showed interest, Edward began to lick his lips as if he was thirsty.

When I handed out the drink that Six Man was carrying, he happily inhaled it and continued his explanation.

“The monsters were fighting inside the ruins. And, when the fight was over. One monster swallowed a fingernail-sized blood jewel. And do you know what happened?”

“I don’t know.”

“That monster has become stronger. Very much. Well, even so, it’s no match for us. If it’s not as strong as the hero’s party, it’s not as strong as the bond between me and my friends.”

In the end, it means that he beat them all and won.

But that’s not what’s important now.

“A jewel the size of a bloody fingernail? Is that sweet?”

“Hmm. I didn’t know the details because there were no wizards around me. Anyway, I took the monster I caught and took it to the wizard’s guild…”

“Have you gone?”

“That monster was an orc. That orc’s body… as soon as he swallowed the blood-colored jewel, it became almost as strong as a troll.”

A monster troll with great restorative powers that rips people apart and eats them.

Orcs aren’t weak monsters, but they’re not as good as trolls.

By the way, you’ve grown to the level of a troll?

Then high oak.

In other words, it is a story that has changed into a monster that is one level higher than an orc.

Edward calmly nodded to everyone who was bewildered.

“Anyway, it was like that. And… it seems to be a similar situation now. I heard that monsters are flocking to the ruins?”

“…Yes.”

Cecil nodded, and Edward spoke earnestly.

“Then I’ll have to eat and pop out quickly.”

“…..”

“If a monster that uses poison becomes as strong as that orc… it might become as strong as a hydra.”

Hydra.

A monster with nine heads that emits powerful poison.

Cecile gritted her teeth as the complexions of those who recalled the highest level of monsters that were hard to catch were blurred.

“If you eat that gem and get stronger… After all, you’re saying that getting that gem before you eat it might solve the problem.”

“I can see that.”

“Okay. Edward. Can you help me?”

“Hmm… I want to refuse to do dangerous things in my later years.

Edward smiled, showing his dagger.

“You know it’s not free, right?”

Cecil nodded seriously.

In the worst case, all the citizens living in this city could die, so it would not be a waste to hire someone as strong as Edward at any cost.

“let’s go.”

Cecil, Cyron, Sixth Man, Rachel, Gwalteirak. In addition, Edward, who was added this time.

The expedition, which consisted of a party of six, took the medicine given by the Cherubim and headed straight for the underground water canal.

As soon as you enter through the entrance to the underground water, a terrible smell stings your nose. Cecile gritted her teeth and used purification magic. That was only for a moment.

“…The poison is very strong.”

“There’s something called ‘solitude’ in witchcraft. You put worms in a jar and make them eat each other.”

“…..”

“Then, they use witchcraft using the surviving bugs. It’s called solitude, but surviving bugs are said to be able to use most of the power of the bugs they ate.”

“Then this ruin is a jar. Is it because the monsters are insects?”

“Can you say that? If the monsters gathered here are poison-related monsters…”

The miasma emitted by the monsters that ate each other might be even stronger.

“I know about solitude. The jar used to create solitude should be treated magically, but there is no such thing here.”

“It’s not impossible if you think of the ruins themselves as jars. The power of the ruins is shamanistic…”

When two shamans are having a heated discussion.

Gwalteirak raised the spear. In the darkness he was aiming at, something was moving.

“That’s…”

It was a slime that emits an ugly purple light.

It was Poison Slime, a slime made of strong poison, different from normal slime.

“Prepare for battle. Cecil. Do not use flame-type magic.”

When catching slimes, it is common sense to use fire-type attacks. However, in the case of Poison Slime, if you use a flame attack, you cannot ignore the poisonous smoke that rises as your body burns. Fire attacks should never be used.

“Ice Ball!!”

That’s why ice-type magic was used.

The moment Cecile aimed her wand and activated the magic that froze the poison slime, Rachel and Cyron stepped forward.

“Shadow! Swallow my enemies here!!”

“Nya-nya-nyang! The power of light will descend here!!”

The light in Rachel’s spear flashed and raised Cyron’s shadow, and Cyron activated magic based on the shadow.

The shadow monster begins to eat the poison slime, which is completely frozen and unable to move.

Gradually, Cyron’s complexion began to fade.

“Cool!! What… Poison…”

The poison of the Poison Slime swallowed by the Shadow Monster also affected Cyron. When Cyron, who vomited black blood, frowned.

Edward lowered his stance and gripped the dagger.

“Come again.”

-Krrrrr…

A fire was burning in the darkness. They knew that it wasn’t just fire.

fire poison.

The flame itself is poisonous, so if you use that fire once, the poison will spread throughout your body and you will die in an instant.

Also, there weren’t that many monsters that could use that fire poison, so everyone was nervous.

“…acid trolls…”

A powerful troll with the power of poison, enduring the poison with strong resilience even though his body has been melted down by poison.

Edward clicked his tongue briefly as he saw it walk away, spewing fire poison.

“I can’t answer this with one or two fish dishes.”

“…then three?”

“…that’s nice.”

You know how to tell a joke in a situation like this. Edward recalled the time when he was traveling with the sage. He was like that too.

In moments of crisis, I always relieved tension with a joke.

“Then let’s go.”

“Yes.”

Since the ruins had already been investigated, there were no traps, but even so, there were plenty of places to hide.

The monsters that had already entered and hunted were clever and vicious enough.

And Cecil’s party was strong enough to defeat those monsters and head for the center of the ruins.

Of course, I couldn’t say it was overwhelming.

“Heh-uh-huh-huh-uh-huh-huh-uh…”

As the black bird, which sprayed strong miasma, could not withstand the lightning magic and turned into bloody water and disappeared, Cecile breathed heavily.

Each feather the black bird shoots is a powerful poison.

Since he was hit by it, it is only natural that no matter how much he took Cherubim’s medicine, he would become so addicted that he could not use his left arm.

She looked at her left arm, which was turning blue, and gritted her teeth.

I feel like I’m going to lose my mind, and the pain soars.

But I couldn’t back down.

So she put the bitter antidote in her mouth and bit hard.

“Kaak! Koouk… Cool! Cool!”

I felt like I was going to lose my mind at the bitter taste that made my tongue go round.

As nausea and chills passed through her body, Cyron murmured with a weak expression.

“Now…how far do I have to go…?”

“…Looks like we’re all there. There they are.”

Everyone raised their heads at Gwalteirak’s voice. The place he pointed to was the center of the ruins.

There were several monsters nestled in it, and what they were staring at…

It was a red jewel the size of a fingernail floating in the air.

“…Mr. Edward. Is that… right?”

“right.”

“But why are they sucking their fingers while looking at me like that…”

“I can explain that.”

Gwalteirak stared at the red jewel in rapture.

“That. A fragment containing the power of the world. It is a proof of power that only those with willpower can obtain, so monsters cannot tamper with it.”

“…What do you mean? What is that?”

“That’s… Goods to trade with the world and obtain great power.”

“…What?”

“It’s a soul stone…”

fragments of the world? Only those with the will can get it?

what the hell is that about

However, Cecil, Rachel, and Cyron could see that the jewel was not an ordinary item, putting aside Gwalteirak’s words.

That would be the case, because the magic power emitted from that jewel was unusual.

And if those dangerous monsters got their hands on that.

It wasn’t this city that was the problem, it was that the entire principality might be in danger.