SELECT DUNGEON'S STORY - Nephilim's Corruption

Chapter 15 - Detective Game

Vezda, Laris, Aleratha, Celia, Calia, Syllia, and Samir finally reached the 18th floor which was the first safe floor inside the dungeon and the only safe floor that had the city below the surface.

“It turns out that it has been past 24 hours, adventuring together does not give a tiring effect.” Vezda said to the others because on the 18th floor the light was already brightest which signified it was already noon and it was true that when Vezda saw his watch, the time had already shown at 2pm.

“It takes you how long to get here?” Celia asked Vezda while walking towards the city.

“The first time I was in Femi City, I reached the 17th floor in less than 3 hours and after arriving, I fought Titan first before entering the 18th floor.” Vezda.

“Even if I myself to the 18th floor, it seems unlikely also be able to get there in less than 6 hours.” Celia said to Vezda.

“It just so happens that I am used to exploring dungeons myself while in Araga City to find platine quickly.” Vezda explained.

“Oh yes talk about heading to the dungeon yourself, you look fresher than the rest of us.” Laris said to Vezda.

“Iya, I can basically run non-stop for more than 2 weeks. It was because of the Blessing that Archon gave and also the breathing arrangement that I mastered.” Vezda.

“Because we are all different from you, we will still rest here. Does that not matter?” Lopez asked Vezda.

“Of course there are no problems. We are a team and an alliance so I should be able to adjust to the other friends.” Vezda said, and Laris understood very well that Vezda was someone who always put other people ahead of himself.

“Only today it looks quieter than usual.” Aleratha said and it was true that the area of the city on the 18th floor was quieter than usual.

I have a bad feeling about this. Vezda's intuition immediately said something bad was going to happen.

“It looks like there was a murder case inside the inn today.” Said an adventurer who was there.

“Iya. Though the murder in this city almost never happened, but this time there was a murder.” Said another adventurer who was next to him.

“Captain, it seems good if we come to see first what happened at the inn. Looks like the inn is also crowded with other adventurers.” Vezda said and pointed towards the inn in the city.

“Good idea. Because suddenly my finger felt really itchy. Looks like something happened.” Laris said and they all went to the inn.

Underground City or Underground City is the name of the city. A city that is below the surface and not bound by guild rules. The figure leading the place was an adventure of the highest level. Vezda had come here and found out some people whose faces Vezda had seen, but Vezda did not know who they were. Unlike Laris and the others because they know enough of the leaders in this city.

The blood? Not wrong anymore. It's the scent of blood. Something really happened here. Vezda's intuition is right that something interesting happens.

“This aroma?” Samir said to the others.

“True. It's the scent of blood.” Calia said to the others.

As they walked towards the scent, they all saw that the condition of every corner of the room was very clean and neat as if no one else was staying there. No one knew what was going on until they saw the room emitting the scent of blood. The body of the man with his head already crushed lay in that room and all were shocked.

“Wah his murder was also very sadistic.” Celia said as she looked at the corpse.

“Why should it happen here?” An adventurer who was the owner of the inn said with great emotion and depression.

“Hey what are you doing here? This place is closed from the public.” A male adventurer walked in and shouted at the group of the Aliviah Alliance.

“Hey, Jays. We were planning to stay here, but it looks like something happened. So we'll help you guys finish the job quickly. How?” Laris said to the adventurer the man who had just arrived.

Ram Jays. Level 3 adventurers who are leaders in the Underground City and responsible for all facilities in the Underground City.

“Good Best because you want it and you are one of the strongest alliances in Femi. That will help us a lot.” Jays agreed to Laris' advice.

“Well, in connection with this, is there any info regarding the person who might be with him?” Lance asked Jays.

“Oi, Morad. Don't just hold your head like that. Explain to them the chronology of the incident!” Jays sent Morad who was the owner of the inn.

“Ah Yes. Early this morning, this man was with a woman wearing a robe that covered all parts of her body and also her face. So did this man come in wearing armor all over his body and a helmet that covered his entire face. I couldn't see how he looked. But what is certain is that the two of them rented this entire inn room for the two of them.” Jays to Aliviah Alliance.

“Both? I wonder what kind of relationship they have.” Laris said and of all things probably only Syllia looked flushed, Samir looked confused, and Vezda, Celia, Calia, and Aleratha looked ordinary.

“That question is actually still on my mind, but as long as the payment I received is in accordance with what I asked for, there is no reason for me to reject it.” Morad.

“Our talk voice also resonates throughout the inn hallway. It has been more than 8 hours since the incident. If according to what Morad said early this morning, most likely also happened between 8 to 12 hours ago.” Vezda looked at his watch and explained to Laris.

“Time for 8-12 hours is very unlikely if the hug is still here, unless he is still circling here.” Laris was trying to find a clue around the mess.

“After the incident as well, I asked all my men, but no one seemed to have any information regarding the culprit.” Jays added to what he had already gotten regarding this incident.

“Does this mean the culprit has already blurred to the surface or to a deeper floor?” Calia asked them.

“OI! Did you guys get the stuff?” Jays yelled at one of his subordinates.

“Already Jays. This stuff is very expensive. Fortunately someone sold it.” One of Jays' subordinates ran towards the scene carrying a bottle.

“Force Status Reveal.” Jays said to everyone there.

“This is unethical to do, but we have no other choice.” Jays subordinate said to all who were there while using the item and after a while appeared the image on his back which was the complete status along with the name and ability that the adventurer had.

“Ware I can't read this. Elf, can you read it?” Jays pointed at Aleratha because she saw Aleratha was an Elf.

“I can read it.” Aleratha said walking closer to the corpse.

“I can also.” Samir said and together with Aleratha they both saw the status of the corpse.

From far away Vezda can also read it clearly because he used to learn how to read the language and its actions. When Aleratha and Samir read, Vezda understood everything first, but chose to stay silent and let Samir and Aleratha tell the status of the corpse.

“Name Grigg Nelson.” Aleratha began to recite what was written on the body.

“Wait a minute. That's Grigg from the Daimon Alliance?” The Jays cut Aleratha and Samir.

“What's the matter?” Lance asked Jays.

“Level 4, its strength and durability are at level S. From the special ability he has, most likely he is a sword user 2 hands or a sword and shield.” Vezda continued with what he had read.

Vezda can read other characters. Aleratha immediately understood that Vezda can also read special characters that can only be read by a few people and not common characters to read.

“What do level 4 adventurers do at a inn like this?” Laris wondered as there seemed to be a missed clue.

“Captain, pay attention to the bag that is there. Sobek and also there is a large package that is empty.” Vezda pointed at the bag that had been torn and Vezda also saw that there was a large package that was empty made of hard cloth.

“Theft? Then there were the mission instructions from the Union, but most of it had already worn off due to blood spotting.” Laris pulled a piece of paper that was almost torn because it was covered with too much blood.

“Hmm. ‘Floor 32, alone, bring, secret’. There is only that writing that reads.” Laris said while trying to read the writing.

“In other words, whatever is carried by grigg, is something targeted by the perpetrator of the murder.” Vezda said to Laris.

“If it were true it must be so. Then, Morad is there any equipment or furniture moved after this incident?” Laris asked Morad.

“Nothing. Everything is still as it was.” Morad answered Laris.

“Then, this murder happened before anything else happened because every item in this room was clean. Surely also this killer is at the level of at least 4 or higher.” Vezda said while looking around.

“Can be a classmate or higher than us” Samir said to everyone in that place.

“Then you find out how physical of the woman is?” Laris again asked to narrow down the searchable targets in the City.

“Oh if the matter is, the woman has a large chest and very beautiful curves.” Morad gestured by moving his hands in front of his chest to signify the woman he saw had a nice body.

“WAIT A MINUTE! What if you were the ones who actually committed this murder and acted like you didn't do anything?” One of Jays' subordinates said while pointing at every woman in Aliviah's group.

“Maybe because the size is exactly.” Jays said to the one who was there looking at Calia's chest with a perverted face.

“It looks like so. His body is also very good.” Morad also uttered words with the same tone and face.

“TIMES OF ASSHOLES! MY BODY IS FOR CAPTAINS ONLY! IF YOU ARE NOT SILENT\, I WILL DESTROY YOUR **** RIGHT NOW!” Calia's shout was enough to scare Jays\, Morad\, and his friends until they covered up their.

“As you can see, none of us have the ability to seduce men.” Laris said with a smile.

“Whoever it is most likely already out of this city, but see that the bag is torn while the contents are still very neat, but see if the bag is still very neat, most likely the perpetrator is still in this city and the empty cloth was long empty and just opened from the fold marked empty since the beginning.” Vezda explained to everyone in that place.

Some things are still unclear, but I'm not sure. The armor and the upper scalp were not found at all. Vezda suspects that the perpetrator is still in this place undercover, but Vezda is also not sure about it.

“Then we will create parameters to prevent anyone from going out and getting into this place. Jays, bring your subordinates to gather all the female adventurers who are in the City. We will do the overall checking.” Laris gives orders to the Jays and Jays' friends.

“Good we'll do that.” Jays and his subordinates immediately headed to the city center to gather the adventurers.

“It looks like this is becoming a big thing huh. There's at least something we can do.” Celia said to her other friends.

“Ya, we can also avenge the death of Grigg.” Calia is eager to catch the perpetrator of the murder.

After that, Vezda, Calia, Celia, Syllia, Aleratha, Samir, and Laris came out of the inn and discussed arresting the perpetrator of the murder by trapping the perpetrator so that he could not run anywhere.

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“Laris, do you still feel the strange thing?” Aleratha asked Laris who was constantly thinking about this incident.

“Of course. As if there were pieces of a puzzle left behind, but I don't know what.” Larsi said to Aleratha.

“Currently all will be preparing to check out the adventurers who are in place.” Aleratha said to Laris and Laris to see every adventurer who had gathered.

“All right, now gather per line and start undressing you to ease the process of checking.” Your status Jays said with a very perverted face along with all his subordinates.

“Low-men.” Aleratha said with her face quite angry, Calia and Celia also felt the same and engraved clearly those expressions on their faces.

“We take over here, Jays.” Aleratha said to Jays and her gesture had told Jays to step down.

“Please line up into 4 lines to speed up the inspection process.” Laris said to all the adventurers who had been present, but instead all the female adventurers gathered in front of Laris who instead he would not check on the adventurers.

“THIS WHORE-SLUT!!!” Calia had gone up in black to see a group of women had seen her lust from their faces approaching Laris.

“Calia, don't make anything unnecessary.” Celia's holding Calia back from doing anything.

At that time Vezda noticed all the adventurers who were there without exception to look for someone who might be suspicious and try to find a piece of armor that is a little strange, but Vezda still did not find anything suspicious.

“Eh.” Syllia said that when she saw that someone was going to run to the 17th floor.

“Why Syllia?” Vezda asked and Syillia pointed towards a female dog-human race who was about to flee towards the 17th floor.

“Samir, Syllia. Chase!” Vezda gave the order and the three of them immediately darted to catch the woman.

Vezda and Samir headed straight to the front of the woman, then Syllia from behind. That way they surrounded the woman and the woman would not be able to escape from all three of them. Vezda and Samir pointed their swords so that the woman would not dare to fight and from behind, Syllia also pointed her wand.

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