
But I feel something different. Like, my field of view is starting to feel weird.
"Is it my feeling, but is it true that it's getting dark here?" I was curious about the natural symptoms around me.
Maybe it's time for the night? Well then, it breaks my hypothesis about this world that it's never night. With that in mind, I sped up my pace to quickly reach base before it grew darker.
I plan to end the day by removing blood from these animals, and if possible I want to skin them.
But no one knows what will appear when it is dark, I will try to stay at the base if my vision starts to be limited.
With that confidence, I work fast. Hanging and drying the blood, while occasionally skinning and separating the flesh and skin parts that I will use later. Honestly, I had trouble with that at first. Especially with this one hand.
But after all this time I did, I got used to the one hand I had, and I'm sure my results in skinning aren't bad either.
"Hummm?" I got up, was chopping the meat up to the appropriate part with the minimum increase I could get.
This feeling, I feel that something is not right here. But I don't know what it is.
"But even though they look like animals, they are monsters? I didn't expect that any of them would just disappear." I sighed, looking at one of the cow-like animals that had now turned into a magic stone.
Thanks to that, I knew that the corpse would disappear after about 5 hours of his death, so I would make good use of it.
?!!
"this feeling? Monster, huh?!" I immediately turned my head towards the direction I felt a bloodlust appearing.
I prepared myself, preparing with a small knife in my hand. Whatever will emerge from the forest, I'm ready. That can't be the Minotaur chasing down here, can it? I asked a little.
Krasak Krasak!!!
A creature with a humanoid shadow approached, making me weaken my guard.
His clearly visible silhouette made me certain, it was a human. But I wasn't able to see his physique, because the twilight really bothered me.
But people, right? I haven't talked to humans for a long time.
Was he one of the adventurers who dived into this Dungeon? No, it's not possible. This Dungeon can only be entered by teleportation, because the gospel Dungeon is pointing up, not down. In other words, behind the door above, was the strongest Boss.
No, it could be, he was the one who could defeat that strongest boss, and was now on his way to conquering all the floors?
That's more unlikely. What's he doing that for?
"Umm, hello? Do you understand what I'm saying?" I asked him to start greeting the man.
There was no answer, but there was a slight backward movement. Was he wary of not expecting to find a human within this Dungeon?
"Ahh, I know this sounds stupid, but I don't know the way out. And I can guarantee that I'm not the enemy. Therefore, there's no need to be too wary of me, okay?" I continued by opening my hands, giving a sign of acceptance.
Oh, I forgot. Can he understand what I'm saying? What if the language we speak is different. What can I do if there is a communication error?
"So..."
?!!
The bloodlust had appeared again! And now even stronger! It was gone when I met this person, but now it appears, when the sky is getting darker!!!
"Hey you! Say something, because there seems to be a dangerous object behind you, and the light starts to disappear. You have to be careful." I said slightly waving my hand.
The light from the crystals in the sky began to disappear, and darkness began to envelop the forest.
GRAAAGHHH!!!
People, no. The human-bodied creature shouted furiously, while running towards me. And in this darkness, I could see that it was not a human being!
"Damn! What is that thing?!!" I shouted, while jumping backwards for a moment to avoid his hand trying to reach me. And a second later, I jumped pushing, trying to slash his head with my knife.
"Hard! What the fuck is that? It was almost the same as the Minotaur skin!!" I who was only able to give a wound, jumped back to keep my distance.
GROOAGGHH GRUUUU GRAAAGHHH GROOOGHH!!
The monster sounded growling, as it continued to swing its hand to claw me even though I was far from the reach of its hand. But for now...
"Hupp!!!" I kicked the ground, and channeled wind magic into my short blade. And by sharpening it, I now managed to slash the monster's head with a single strike.
Boff!!
The monster suddenly disappeared with a reddish-black ash looking like it was burning. And from the middle of it, a magic stone appeared that was not too big, it could be said to be even smaller than the bird monster I had defeated.
"What the hell is with that monster? I don't even know her form clearly, but she's humanoid?" I asked while picking up the falling magic stone.
?!!
"appearing again! If this is far enough. Should I chase him or let him?" I hesitated a little, when there was one more monster appearing around.
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They're popping!
I don't know how, but now my feeling is that they show up one by one!
GROAGGH!!
One suddenly moved to attack me from behind, and I quickly cut off his head with a knife and wind magic. It's really terrible, when attacked from behind, you know?!!
That's what I was thinking, when I realized this monster was still growing. And by the time I refocused, around me there were already 10 of them!
"What the hell is this?!! Will they increase if I kill them?!!" I'm raising a hypothesis.
Not waiting for long, I picked up the falling magic stone and immediately ran towards the base to defend, not fight. If killing them would only increase their numbers, then the best way would be to escape and not to defend against every attack.
But I was wrong.
"HII?! WHAT'S THAT?!!" I shrieked softly while jumping back a little disgusted.
In front of me, dozens of swarming monsters attacked like maggots moving in a carcass. And just like I said before, it moved around the flesh that I had cut into pieces, and there were even some that dug up the ground where I threw out its blood!!
"What is this What is THIS?!!" I screamed out loud, looking at the chaos that was before me now.
That monster, just one thing a suitable name to call them.
Ghouls.