𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟑: 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (4)
In a day and a half, the group arrived at a city called Abu Dhabi. The tribe that ruled this great oasis was the Abu Dhabi tribe, hence the city’s name.
In particular, the area surrounding their location was a salt desert, and the salt from this desert was traded with Abas City for food.
Since it was a desert. . . . . . water was the most expensive thing here. . . . . .
“It seems that CID has considerable influence in Abu Dhabi as well.”
“Well, it’s an international organization. There are quite a few agents from Abu Dhabi.”
Thanks to this, they were able to easily acquire dozens of camels and some extra camels to carry their drinking water.
“Is there a reason why you’re carrying a flag?”
“There are quite a few bandits in the desert, as well as tribes that engage in banditry. However, they don’t dare to mess with the CID.”
That’s because there was no other organization as large, powerful, and influential as the CID. If the CID were to be attacked here, the other tribes would use that as an excuse to attack, so they tried to avoid such incidents as much as possible.
“There are rules, even in this desert.”
That was thanks to the law of Anubis, the god of the desert.
[𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞.]
Of course, Anubis was not the mainstream god of Century, but he was a god worshipped among the desert people. Fortunately, he was not branded as a heretic because he was the son of Pluto, one of the nine Divines.
Thus began the desert crossing. . . . . .
“Ah. . . . . . Damn.”
When playing the game, I could adjust my sensory perception so that I didn’t feel the heat when it was hot. . . but this wasn’t a game, it was the real world. I was wearing an academy training uniform underneath, which helped regulate my temperature to some extent, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t hot.
Fortunately, I had also brought a magic backpack, so I didn’t have to worry about running out of water.
How long had I been walking through this scorching inferno? Before I knew it, the sun had set and night had fallen.
‘𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘸?’
Oswald stuck out his tongue at the freezing weather that had dropped below zero. This place had such a drastic temperature difference. . . no wonder the desert people were so strong.
‘𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮, 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦. . . . . .’
The problem was that the tribes wouldn’t unify.
Their clannish nature prevented them from seeing other clans in power. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call them a treacherous people. . . . . .
The only way to unify the desert was to wipe out all the clans and unify the people under them into a single clan.
How much blood, time, and money would it take to get there?
Oswald had also tried several times in the game, but it was impossible. The end came first before the desert was unified.
After a week of repeating the cycle of cold, heat, and thirst, Oswald approached their destination.
Oswald led the way, consulting the map. With the help of the observation device, he was able to check his current location, the distance and direction to his destination, and more, so he was able to find his way without any problems.
On the tenth day, they finally discovered a huge, pyramid-shaped structure. To be exact, it was a structure that was half-buried in the desert.
“What is that. . . . . . ?”
“It’s a relic of the ancient Egyptian Empire.”
“The Egyptian Empire. . . . . .”
Egypt, a great empire that once held sway over the southeastern region of the empire in ancient times. As time passed, they too fell into decline due to internal strife.
“And this pyramid is where the ancient blood god Lamia was worshipped.”
The ancient blood god.
There are many gods, and the evil gods of Chaos are not always sitting still in their place. There were times when they were robbed of their place by a lower god and absorbed by that god. There were even cases where good gods fell to become evil gods, so it was not a strange thing.
“The entrance is buried, but. . . the chimney used for sacrifices remains.”
It was actually just a light hole to let in sunlight. . . but it was a square hole measuring 2 meters by 2 meters.
“The height is probably about 100 meters.”
At those words, the CID agents shook their heads.
A moment later, they connected all the ropes they had and secured them firmly next to the hole, and two people began to descend first as the advance party. Then, more ropes were connected, and one by one, they entered the pyramid.
Of course, half of the group decided to stay outside and establish a base camp in case of emergencies.
“Now, let’s go down.”
Led by Oswald, Gilgamesh, Abigail, and the other members, Burroughs and Trender, began to descend together.
A moment later, they arrived in a large, open space. . . the place where sacrifices were made, so it was very spacious, and the place where they landed was the space for offering sacrifices.
Then, behind them, they saw a statue in the shape of a half-human, half-snake. The lower body was a snake, and the upper body had the body of a woman. The hair was made of snakes, reminiscent of Medusa.
“The ancient blood god Lamia. . . . . .”
And behind that, a huge crack. . . no, a gate.
Perhaps because of the demonic power emanating from the gate. . . the interior of the pyramid was in a state of erosion. Reddish cracks spread like blood vessels all over the walls, and thick demonic power was pouring out from there as well.
And several magic circles seemed to have been activated by the demonic power. . . . . .
One of the CID agents who was examining the magic circle said,
“It’s a concealment spell. It seems to be hiding the existence of the gate.”
“Now, it’s our turn to enter. . . . . .”
Everyone nodded at Oswald’s words and soon entered the dungeon through the crack.
A huge river of crimson blood flowed, and giant bat-like monsters and vampire monsters flew around it.
In addition, a huge number of legions were stationed in their camp, which meant that. . . the dungeon had been around for quite some time.
“A legion is stationed here?”
“. . . . . .”
“Is an archduke demon about to manifest?”
At those words, everyone’s faces turned serious. Archduke Demons. . . It was an unimaginable level of enemies for the people here.
“There’s a high probability that there will be a noble-class chaos demon. . . . . .”
“It would be better to go back and request support. . . . . .”
Abigail started to speak, but then she turned around with a look of horror on her face.
【You’re a guest.】
A horned creature with long fangs. It was a blood chaos demon.
It looked like a vampire, but. . . The difference from a vampire was that it had the horns of a demon. And behind that guy, twenty knights with fangs were standing in formation, and they must have been vampires.
Ta-ang! Kwa-ang!
The first attack was Oswald’s explosion magic bullet. The explosion swept away the blood chaos demon and the vampire knights, and the CID agents formed a battle formation in the gap.
Soon, the smoke cleared. . . and in the midst of it, the chaos demons emerged unscathed.
【No point in talking, is there? Okay, attack! 】
As the chaos demon’s command rang out, the vampire knights charged towards the CID agents. The agents drew their weapons and began to fight.
The CID agents, who were the same number as the vampire knights. They were proving their strength as individuals with skills at the level of a Gold Knight or higher, and were actually driving back the vampire knights.
“You deal with us!”
Oswald fired a normal bullet imbued with holy power. The high-speed, piercing magic circles engraved on the Winchester V11 were activated, increasing the speed and piercing power of the normal bullet, and the holy power imbued in it inflicted great damage on the chaos demon.
Pew!
【It’s a Chronos’ lapdog! 】
The bastard charged at Oswald with a furious expression. In a flash, Oswald engaged in close combat, quickly loaded a silver shotgun, a silver bullet, imbued it with holy power, and immediately pulled the trigger.
Ta-ang!
Puh-whoosh!
【Ugh! You bastard】
Whether it was a lower-level demon or not, the guy fell over, unable to withstand even Oswald, and Gilgamesh, who had arrived behind him at some point, cut off his neck.
The chaos demon’s head flew through the air. Soon after, his head and body crumbled into dust.
A black orb remained where he had died and disappeared. . . . . . Of course, this was a demon’s essence, visible only to Oswald’s eyes.
After collecting the essence and turning around, he saw the CID agents who had just finished off the vampire knights.
At that moment, Oswald’s senses caught a strange presence. The presence felt very familiar.
“Let’s divide the team into three for now.”
“Divide into three?”
“I mean, a team to scout, a team to guard the entrance to the crack, and a team to wait here in front of the crack and, if any of them try to go outside the crack, block them with the team guarding the entrance and let the outside world know and request support.”
“Surely we’re not the scouting team?”
At Abigail’s words, Oswald simply smiled, and she slapped her forehead and cursed.
“Crazy! You’re crazy!”
“If you’re scared, you can leave.”
“Then I’ll leave.”
Abigail said she would leave without hesitation. Oswald looked at the other two, and they decided to leave after some deliberation.
“Why don’t you ask me?”
“You’re not going to leave, are you?”
“Well. . . . . .”
“Okay. Gilgamesh and I will go scouting.”
“As you can see, he’s a Gold-class swordsman who knows how to handle an aura, so you don’t have to worry.”
“Sir Oswald.”
“Yes?”
“Why are you trying to go scouting when it’s so dangerous?”
“Hmm. . . . . . To be honest, I’ve been sensing holy power since earlier, so I think it’s worth investigating.”
“Holy power?”
“Yes, do you have any idea who it might be?”
“Hmm. . . . . . Could it be. . . pilgrims?”
Pilgrims.
It was a bit different from the concept of pilgrimage on Earth. On Earth, a pilgrimage was a visit to a place with religious significance, but here, a pilgrimage meant that paladins or priests traveled around helping those in need and purifying the world from evil.
“Pilgrims. . . . . .”
The desert was the perfect place for paladins to go on pilgrimage. There were bandits everywhere, and there were many places where chaos dungeons had opened up. It was the perfect place to test oneself and fulfill one’s mission.
“Then take this. It’s a communicator.”
Oswald took the magic communicator that Abigail handed him.
“If there’s any danger, please contact me. I’ll do my best to find a way to help. . . . . .”
After leaving the crack, the two of them began to head in the direction their senses were leading them. They spent some time clearing out the ghoul-like blood sac monsters that were wandering around, but. . . there were no intelligent beings like chaos demons or vampires, so they were able to proceed without any problems.
“How much farther do we have to go?”
“We’re almost there. Why, do you regret following me?”
“Stop talking nonsense and just guide me.”
After walking with Gilgamesh for some time, someone peeked out from the grass.
“Huh? It’s a person.”
“One of them looks like you?”
Then an old man walked out of the tree on the other side.
“Hmm?”
Then, the person who had only peeked out came out of the grass completely. A woman with a huge great sword on her back that didn’t match her appearance, and an old man wearing a surcoat with a lightning bolt logo. He looked like he was wearing nothing but chain mail underneath.
“Who are you?”
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