The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter - Chapter 111

Chapter 111

Translator: “Pink Tea” Editor: ”Weasalopes”

It was early in the morning when I arrived at Tonell Village .

On the way to the village, I was attacked by monsters several times and it took somewhat longer than expected .

Fortunately, I wasn’t injured, but when I understood that there is a lot of nocturnal monsters around here, I became even more concerned about my brother’s well being .

I avoided confirming his life and death with Great Sage . If I got a headache for rapid activation it would be hard to fight, and most of all, I was scared . I would be shocked if it announced that he is already dead…

From the outside, Tonell village seemed to be small and rural . The population must be around several hundred . There was a man on the lookout at the entrance, so I called out to him .

「Did a tall brown-haired man come to this village yesterday? A person dressed like a knight, around twenty years old . 」

「Brown hair and dressed like a knight… No, no such person has come here . 」

「Maybe he stayed for the night?」

「We had no one like that here . In the first place, you can’t stay at our village in this season . Anniversary of Gaien-sama’s birth is on this week, so for one week we cannot allow outsiders to stay . 」

Strange . Great Sage certainly told me that he is in Tonell village . There are no other villages or towns near here .

Then I asked if they were attacked by monsters or bandits last night, but that also was negative . Since I kept repeatedly asking questions he grew suspicious of me, so I decided to tell a made-up story .

「I thought that my brother arrived here first . We were planning to visit the village of the hero together . May I come inside?」

「Leave before the evening . 」

「Understood . 」

The hostile tone of the villager bothered me, but for now, I enter the village .

「Are you a traveler? Hello . 」

Among the people passing-by some were greeting me . However, their eyes seemed cold . I’m treated like a nuisance .

I walk around for a while, but brother is nowhere to be seen . This village had nothing but one-story wooden houses, small fields, farming tools, and wells . Just in case I checked wells, but my brother was not there .

Because the square had marks from a bonfire, I come closer .

「…Clothes?」

A cloth that looked like it remained from burning was lying on the ground . Although I don’t think that it’s brother’s clothes .

If I wanted to use Great Sage this was the time . I ask for the location .

【To the right, location is 30 meters ahead . 】

As I confirm that direction there is a warehouse-like building, so I approach it . It has an iron lock and is unlikely to open easily .

「HEY! What are you doing there!」

An aggressive middle-aged man rushed over with his all, and on the spur of the moment, I apologize .

「I am sorry . I was just wondering what might be there . 」

「There is nothing besides the tools of this village . Don’t approach it as you please!」

He was abnormally outraged . There is a limit to how suspicious one can be, so I bite into it .

「Actually, for my school assignment, I wanted to study the hero’s village and write a report on it . Could you show me your farming tools?」

「No, absolutely no . What do I gain from doing that . 」

「I can show my gratitude in gold if you don’t mind it being not much . 」

「It’s not about money . 」

I can’t get to him at all . If I use high-handed methods here it will turn into an uproar . As I was thinking of what to do, an old man with grey hair approaches .

「Why are you yelling?」

「This brat says that he wants to see farming tools and pestering me to open the storehouse . 」

「We welcome you at Tonell Village . However, that, we cannot do . That place also contains the village’s treasures . I shall tell you about them so come with me . 」

The mood wouldn’t allow me to refuse, so I follow him . I was worried about my brother’s safety, but I cannot get to him at the moment .

I’m guided to the village mayor’s house which looked slightly better than others in the area and was served tea . Without touching it I asked about my brother .

「I agreed with my friend to meet in this village . A blonde, tall person . 」

「No such person has come . Even if he came during the day, at the moment travelers cannot stay in the village . Gaien-sama’s anniversary festival is conducted with the people of this village only . 」

「The hero Gaien is from here, right?」

「I am his descendant . 」

「That is… A great honor to meet you . 」

I pretend to flatter him and confirm abilities . The name Oohora Gaien, level 38,【Alchemist C】appears to be his only skill .

Well, it seems there is no doubt that he has inherited Gaien’s blood . I was encouraged to have the tea, but I refuse, stating that I don’t want it .

Throughout the morning, I was told a lot about Gaien . His great achievements, still benefit the village for more than two hundred years .

The tax seems to be light because it is the birthplace of the hero .

「By the way, do you have a fire in the village at night so you can conduct a festival?」

「Why do you ask?」

「There are remains from the bonfire . There also was something that looked like a burned clothes . 」

At that moment, the village chief was noticeably disturbed . He tried to fix his expression right away, but his eyebrows were still twitching .

「Oh right, last evening we had a drunkard that nearly burned himself alive . 」

What a load of bull . While making a smile, I was convinced . Those people have captured brother .

「How about eating with us at noon?」

「No, I’m fine . 」

「Sorry, but can you leave in the afternoon?」

「Yes, I will follow the rules . If a man comes, please relay what Noir is looking for him . 」

「Aye, sure . 」

I bid farewell at the entrance and left . The mayor was staring at the tea I left behind with squinted eyes .

Most likely, the whole village is involved in keeping my brother in that warehouse .

Suppose, brother was burned yesterday . Would they put that burned corpse into the warehouse? In the first place, you don’t have to burn someone if you want to kill him . Furthermore, I think that piece of cloth didn’t belong to brother .

Despite being a poor noble, brother preferred high-class items, and for his innerwear, he also wouldn’t choose cheap clothes .

Then, brother was kidnapped on yesterday night? Or maybe he saw some else being burned and asked for help?

When I approached the storehouse, that middle-aged man was guarding it .

「You are annoying! You still haven’t given up?」

「No, it’s not like that . I caused you troubles so I came to apologize . I’ll be going already . 」

Giving a quick bow with my head, I leave the village temporarily . Of course, I won’t really go home nonchalantly .

I ask little children playing near the village entrance about my brother .

「Don’t know . 」

If seems even kids were told to keep their mouth shut . Leaving the village, for now, I move to the place outside, from which that warehouse will be visible . Because the density of buildings in the village is low I can check the warehouse, but in this case, villagers might discover me .

Therefore, I pick a stone large enough for me to cover behind it and store it in subdimension, I will put it at the place five or six hundred meters away from the village . In this case, they won’t be able to see where I’m hiding .

But, now I’m too far away and can’t see anything as well . Therefore I create【Eyesight Adjustment】for 400 LP and make it possible to see in the distance . Since it’s a human’s eye there are limits but at this distance, it’s more than enough to just make a confirmation .

Poking only the face from behind the boulder, I examine the state of the warehouse . The village chief came to the warehouse and talks about something with the man . Probably informed him that what I went back .

The man stopped acting as the guard . I continued to observe .

Then, people come to the village in the evening .

「It’s Emma and others . 」

They probably followed after me after seeing my note . However, since it already was late and the sun was setting they were turned away at the entrance .

I thought about coming out and joining with them, but in that case, men at the entrance will be really suspicious . Didn’t he go back, why is he still here, and such .

It’s a pity, but I silently look how everyone head home

When the sun completely disappeared I shortened the distance with the village quite a lot . Although I have【Night Eye】it’s difficult to see from afar .

Villagers also shouldn’t be able to see me in the darkness . Even during the night, nothing happened in the village . However, men and women were having chat near the warehouse, so I cannot go inside yet .

At midnight they moved to the square . There, I sneaked into the village, went to the warehouse and tried to break the lock .

However, for some reason, villagers one after another emerge from houses and run through the village . All of them are heading for the square .

A fire was burning over there and villagers were cheering . Several men, such as the one who was standing on guard during the daytime, came to the warehouse, opened the lock and took out a person from there .

「Nn Nn, NnNnNnh . 」

Brother! Looks like he is gagged and can’t talk properly! The wrists were tied up so he was unable to resist, on his face were marks from being hit . It… Wasn’t that bad, but it pissed me off anyway .

「Come on, come on, bring him faster . 」

Villagers, all at once flock to the brother . Villagers are level 10 to 30, with several of around level 40 . Most didn’t have skills and those who did had only shabby stuff . However, there are around two hundred of them, so forcing my way wouldn’t be easy .

When they arrived to the square, brother was seated in front of the fire and his gag removed .

「Please, spare me, even if you eat me I’m not delicious . 」

「Aah? Caan’t hear you . 」

「I beg you, I’m really not tasty… Since I was training my meat should be hard, you will get sick…」

「Though you were so weak we wouldn’t even suspect that you were training . Ghahahahaha!」

My brother desperately begging with villagers laughing at that sight . Children also were among them, which surprised me a little . And from the contents of the conversation, do they eat people?

「Today is the last day of the anniversary festival . You were chosen for the finale, act happier . 」

「As if anyone would be happy about getting eaten…」

「The man from yesterday was roaring with laughter when he was burning . 」

「That’s called screaming…」

「No difference . But rest assured, we won’t burn you! This fire is for the light . 」

「… That is…」

「You will be eaten alive!」

Just how crazy can they get . The village chief clasped his hands and gathered everyone’s attention .

「Today is the last day of the birthday festival . Today, eat plenty of meat and blood! By doing so, we will live another year strong and vigorous . 」

*Uhoooa* From the villagers comes the earthshaking battlecry, and the village chief pointing at my brother gives a signal .

「First come, first served!」

Everyone starts running simultaneously and try to take the first serving of brother .

「Hee, god, or even devil, I don’t care, but please save me . 」

Here! I stop hiding and jump out, attacking the villagers with【Stone Bullet】 . When several people fall down, those behind them get stuck on them and also tumble down .

I completely killed their momentum . After that, there was a man from the daytime near my brother so I slash at him .

「Get away from my brother!」

「Tch . 」

The men retreated quite far with a backstep . I knew he would do it since he had【Enhanced Backstep】in his skills .

「Noir?! Why, this, is not a dream, right, ekkuh…」

「Brother, if you will cry so much you won’t see in front of you . 」

While intimidating the villagers with a sword, I pull out a knife with the left hand and cut the rope that is holding the brother .

Seeing how he immediately stands up, I feel somewhat relieved .

「Can you move?」

「I can also run . Well, that is if these guys will stop clinging to me…」

「Brother, please use this . 」

I hand him over the double-edged sword . Brother is not too good with anything except swords, so I will use a different weapon . The weapons that I still have stored away, that would be either penetrating spear or nameless huge mallet, I wonder which would be better .

「You idiots, don’t waver . 」

「But elder, this kid is pretty strong . 」

「Fine, then I will do it myself, step aside . 」

Red stone is held by the village chief . I use【Item Appraisal】and focus on it… That is『Explosive Stone』?!

Since the village chief threw it, I pulled out Champion’s Shield by reflex and stood with it in front of brother .

*BOOOOOOM*

The explosion was loud and powerful, but the shield wasn’t affected at all .

「What is that shield?!」

The village chief shouts . He probably created that thing with his favorite alchemy . I probably can make the same thing .

Anyway, our first priority at the moment is to escape from here . Changing my weapon to the great mallet I swing it around to open the path . I let my brother ran first and follow after him .

「Don’t let them escape, you mustn’t let them get away!」

It’s annoying how villagers keep attacking from behind on desperate orders from the village chief . I throw stones into their faces .

「Guh . 」

「Ugah?!」

Since a lot of villagers had a low level, they were easily getting hit by them and the number of pursuers gradually dwindled .

There are two, no, three persistent people I shorten distance on purpose and take them out with【Purple Lightning】 . The last one was that mean old man that stood on guard, as he threw his scythe at me, I repelled it with a sword and hit his legs with【Freezing Sphere】 .

「What is this?! My legs won’t move!」

Well, they are frozen, so of course they won’t move . Well, we could escape just like this, but I stop my feet .

「This is for the person who was eaten yesterday!」

With the full force right straight punch I hit the old man in the face . I succeeded in breaking several of his front teeth, causing bleeding from the nose and making him pass out .

Recently I often think, that it is also important to punch people who don’t understand words .

「Let’s hurry up, brother . 」

We escaped from the village and then kept going through the darkness all night long .

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