84. Parents who think of the devil and their children




 I returned with a map and a story and told my friends.
 The others, gathered in the warm, cheerful and usually relaxing living room, listened with a serious look on their faces.

What's the name of the village?
Well, the map says it's in Indore.
Yeah?

 Alice raised her voice.

'What's up, Alice?'
That's my village. Is it really Indore?
'Oh, ...... is this it?'

 Slightly confused, he showed Alice the map Clint had given him.
 She received it in a hurry and instantly responded.

'Yeah! There's no doubt about it, Indore. I didn't know this was going to happen: ......
Ta, we're in big trouble. ......
Lyota! I'm coming with you. Take me.
Okay, let's go. I just need one more person to come with me.
Why are you alone? Wouldn't it be better if we all went together to increase our strength and increase our chances of rescue?

 Celeste asked the obvious question.

'No, from what I hear, it's a rogue dungeon that changes its structure every time someone enters. Even if you go in at the drop of a hat, not everyone can get in. Every time the structure changes, you might endanger the village for the amount of people swallowed up.
I see. ......
So there's only one left: ......

 I was wondering what to do.

'The rabbit goes.'

 And then a hand went up from someone unexpected.
 A s*xy bunny suit and her own bunny, Eve.
 It was surprising that she would come forward with a matter that didn't involve a carrot.

'Are you sure?'

 Eve nodded quietly but clearly.
 And so it was that Eve and Alice and I headed to Indor.

     Stars.

 Indor was a small, empty village located between the foot of the mountains and a small river.
 The buildings are simpler than in Cyclos, and the place has a more rural feel of the countryside.
 But it's not a farming village, there are no livestock or farming tools.
 It's a place where you wonder how they make their living.

 But this was not the time to worry about it.
 As soon as they arrived in the village, they heard a commotion.

'What's going on?'
It's coming from over here!

 With that, Alice is the first to run off.
 I was late getting out and I and Eve ran after her.

 After passing several houses, we saw the entrance to the dungeon in an open area.
 The entrance to the dungeon, which is usually located on the outskirts of town, is somehow in the center of the village.

 The surroundings were unnaturally empty. Even though it is an empty village, there are traces of human habitation and paths that people have taken, but there is nothing there.
 It was as if the entrance to the dungeon had been erased with a rubber band.

 There was a group of villagers gathered around the entrance of the dungeon, who were shouting at each other.

 Alice ran over to them and asked them.

''Everyone! What's going on?
Alice. When are you back?
'I came back to hear that the dungeon had consumed the village. What's going on?
'Yeah, one of the guys who was trapped in the dungeon came back. He escaped from the dungeon to get help.

 A villager answers Alice.
 If you look closely, you can see a villager dressed in tatters at a distance.
 The guy is being treated and talking about the situation of the villagers and the village that was swallowed up in the dungeon.

''I see. ...... I was able to escape.
But, you know, the other guy who ran away with me, Rick, he got lost in the process.
You lost?
He got separated from her before the entrance.
So he's still in there?

 The man nodded and Alice was speechless.
 She had a bad feeling about this.

 As she was thinking about this, the villagers started to make a commotion.

'Someone's coming out!
It's Rick! That's Rick!
He's down in there!

 I looked at the entrance to the dungeon.
 I saw a young man, even more battered than the man who had escaped earlier, collapsed in the dungeon, beyond the entrance.
 His hands were outstretched, waving, severely wounded, but still breathing.

'Rick!'

 An elderly man started calling out to the villagers.
 By all appearances, he was the young man's father.
 The man ran desperately to get away. It was a natural reaction to see his son running away from him.

Wait! Stop that man!

 I shouted, but the villagers were stunned.
 Some of them were staring at me, saying, "What are you talking about?
 I don't have time to explain, we have to stop them.
 So I kicked the ground and dashed off, but the man entered the dungeon before I did.


 I went in to help my son, who can be seen in the doorway of .......

"Ki, he's gone.
Where are the two of you?

 As soon as the man stepped in, two figures came out of the doorway.

'Too late. ......'

 I let out a sigh.
 The structure of the rogue dungeon changed every time someone entered.
 Even if I could see it in front of me, going in and trying to help was the worst thing I could do.

     ☆

I'm going in.

 With the villagers still buzzing, I say to both Eve and Alice.

'Lyota, are you going in alone?'
Did you see that? It's no use slipping in and out of the dungeon. In fact, each time you do, you might change the structure of the dungeon and make things worse.
Yeah, that's true.
What should we do about the rabbits?
Lock off the entrance. The villagers could come in every time something happens like that." "Okay! I'll convince everyone.
"Force.

 Alice clenched her fists with enthusiasm and Eve flicked her sword with a blank expression.
 Leaving the spot to the trusty pair, I walked into the dungeon.

 Instantly, the landscape around me changed dramatically.
 The dungeon is an underground cobblestone dungeon, and I'm standing on a single street.
 You can't see the entrance to the dungeon you just entered, no matter what you look forward or back.

 It's a tricky dungeon, not suited for a large number of adventurers to enter and circumnavigate.

 I'm becoming a part of this world, I thought to myself, as I continued onward, my gun loaded with all kinds of bullets, ready for any situation.

 A monster appears.
 It's a humanoid monster, but it's small in size. It's a size smaller than Emily's 130 cm.

 It's not that it's a child, it's just that its face is disgustingly adult, with horns and sharp fangs. It had bat wings on its back, which it flapped and flew.
 It's a small, demonic monster.

 I wonder what the name of such a monster is, and as I held my gun up, the other side ran away.
 I froze with my gun at the ready in an unexpected situation.
 This is probably the first time I've ever been run away by a monster at an encounter.

'Maybe it's monsters like that--'

 Gasp! And then there was a shock from the back of my head.
 I was caught completely off guard and almost fell down, I stopped dead in my tracks and turned around.
 The monster from before was there, attacking me from behind as if it had somehow gotten around.

 I'm not sure if the fake retreat and surprise attack was successful, but he had a more disgusting look on his face than before.
 The guy escaped further - but...

"Ni-Ga-San!

 I went around with my speed S. I saw that guy's giggling face as it flew by and pulled the trigger.
 As a counter, a bullet pierced its wings.
 One of its wings is hit and it wobbles in the air.
 It's a stop--.

''Gwaaaaah!

 I heard a man scream.
 I heard a scream, the scream of the old man who had just come to rescue his son.

 I threw the monster out and headed in the direction of the scream.
 I ran through a cobblestone underpass and came to a slightly open area.

 There was a man there, and his son was there.
 The monster, too, was there.

 His son lay on the ground, seemingly out of breath.
 A demonic monster with sharp claws against the neck of its son.
 And the other monster was torture the father who couldn't rebel because his son was taken hostage.

''Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ......!

 The father was at the mercy of his father, there was nothing he could do.
 All he could do was stare at his son, who was lying on the ground with desperate eyes.

 The two monsters laughed at the sight of his father, "Keke keke".

 He felt his blood run cold. He felt even angrier than he had been when he was ambushed earlier.
 I sucked in my breath and kicked the ground and rushed forward.

 First, I rasped the monster holding my son hostage, that one's head with my left hand.
 Then he rushed forward further and grabbed the head of the monster that was torture his father with his right hand while still laughing "keke keke".

 The two bewildered monsters, holding onto them, slamming them against the wall and pushing them down.
 Gggg--gush!

 I felt my head crushed against the wall of the dungeon.
 I let go of my hand and two small demons that had lost their heads fell to the ground with a thud.

''Li......k.......''

The father crawls on the ground towards his son, no longer having the strength to stand up after being tortured so much.
 The son is also seriously injured, but the father no longer looks more seriously injured than the son.

 It's bad for both of them if this is the case .......

 He pulled out his gun and reloaded it.
 Five reinforced rounds and one recovery round.
 In the best possible recovery configuration, a father and son, and then you shoot into it.

 A white light enveloped them both.

"Rick! Are you okay, Rick?!
Dad? Why are you here?

 A father and a kneejerk reaction from his son.
 First of all, they were able to help.