The dungeon has been parasitized

Chapter 122 The Return Journey

Good morning, Yanami.

Good morning.

Upon opening the door, Hyacinth and Daisy were already waiting outside, and Yanami was fully awake and ready.

Good morning, hyacinths and daisies.

Hyacinth looked refreshed, but Daisy looked a little uncomfortable, as if she had a headache.

Judging from this, he must be hungover.

"Daisy, are you alright?"

"Um... I... I have a bit of a headache."

"Who told you to drink so much? I was the one who took you home yesterday, you stupid Daisy."

"I'm so sorry..."

Daisy lowered her head timidly, a stark contrast to her carefree personality after drinking last night.

"Alright, alright, let's go."

"All right."

The hyacinth glared at the daisy one last time, then turned and left first, with the daisy quickly following after it.

"Ah, wait a minute."

"What's wrong?"

Hyacinth and daisy were stopped by Yanami and turned to look at her.

"Your beds are very comfortable, so, can I buy them?"

Hyacinth stared at Yanami in silence for two seconds.

"What's wrong...?"

"...Of course you can, it seems you slept very well last night."

"Yes, haha."

They grabbed a set of bedding directly from the hotel, and the three of them struggled to stuff the soft blankets and other bedding into a bag before leaving the hotel.

The city was shrouded in a light mist in the morning, and a hazy white light streamed down from the dome, vaguely reminding Annamy of her life in Quilton.

This city is very similar in style to Quilton, is it because it's not too far away?

Yanami and the two arrived outside the inn, where two rock-crushing rats pulling a carriage were already waiting by the roadside. One carriage was loaded with things Yanami had bought, while the other appeared to be loaded with tunnel-digging tools.

"You've been prepared for a long time."

Hyacinth nodded, then shook her head.

"Yes, but actually it wasn't prepared by us, it was arranged by the leader, we were just responsible for bringing it over."

"Oh, I see. But I didn't see Miss Sunflower today."

"The leader originally wanted to come and see Yanami off, but he seems to be quite busy today, so he couldn't make it."

Yanami suddenly realized that Sunflower had been keeping her company all day yesterday, perhaps temporarily putting aside her work, which was why she was so busy today...

Although she didn't know if that was true, Yanami was still very grateful to her nonetheless.

"Let's go then."

"it is good."

Hyacinth and Daisy each led a rock-crushing rat, pulling the carriage along the road in time with the three of them.

"Are you going to use this big rat to dig?"

"It's not a big rat, it's a rock-breaking rat. Its teeth and claws are very hard and sharp, and it can easily dig through rocks. Otherwise, it would be too troublesome to dig by itself."

Yanami looked at the Rockbreaker's teeth and claws. Unlike the large, yellow teeth of ordinary rats, the Rockbreaker had very large teeth and long claws.

Although the teeth and claws of the rock-crushing rat have many scratches on their surface, they have a metallic sheen and look like they are very good at digging.

"However, if we encounter very hard rocks, we'll have to rely on ourselves, for example, by blasting them open with explosives."

"Ah, they used explosives when we first met."

"Th-those are made of hyacinths."

After Yanami finished speaking, Daisy added a sentence.

"Please forget about that... and you silly daisy, you were excited back then too, weren't you?"

The two glared at each other, then awkwardly turned their heads to look at the ground.

"But if we use explosives to blast the rocks, won't that collapse the tunnel?"

"Of course... but only inexperienced people can do it. We are already experts with explosives. As long as we control the direction and amount of the explosion, we can blast open the rocks."

"Wow, that's amazing."

As they chatted, they arrived at the tunnel through which they had entered the city. The three of them followed the tunnel and finally reached the exit with its doors tightly closed.

"Good morning, are you going out?"

The guard greeted the three of them.

"Good morning. Yes, we're going out. Here are the papers."

Hyacinth took out a piece of paper from her person and handed it to the guard.

After confirming, the guard nodded to the hyacinth.

"No problem, open the door!"

After the guard shouted overhead, the entire city gate began to shake.

Click, click...

The city gate and the fence were slowly raised at the same time, and finally disappeared into the city wall.

"You can go out now."

The three of them went out through the open city gate and came into the rough tunnel, while Shadow Wolf was still waiting in the same spot, his body covered with a layer of white mist.

When the Shadow Wolf saw Yanami come out, it stood up, wagged its tail, and flicked its fur, sending mist flying everywhere.

"It's so well-behaved, waiting here the whole time."

"Yes, I don't know if it's hungry."

"Ah, don't worry about that, someone should be feeding it meat."

The shadow wolf approached the three, but several pieces of meat appeared where it had been lying, and only then did the three notice this.

"Oh, it didn't eat."

"Maybe it's because I didn't let it eat..."

The shadow wolf came over and tried to rub against Yanami, but its fur was wet, so Yanami dodged it.

"Eat the meat."

As Yanami gave the order, she repeated it telepathically, because it couldn't understand her if she spoke to it directly in human language...

After receiving the order, the Shadow Wolf quickly ate the meat on the ground.

"Alright, let's go."

"It's so obedient. This is the first time I've ever seen such a smart monster."

"Haha, is that so...?"

They would never know that all of this was thanks to Klein and Heart's Words.

To command monsters with low intelligence, you must first make them understand human speech. Klein made the Shadow Wolves obedient, while Yanami made them understand, so the Shadow Wolves naturally became docile and intelligent.

With the well-fed Shadow Wolf leading the way, the group of three, one wolf, and two rats began their journey toward the plantation.

"The demonic tide has been quite strong lately, and all sorts of monsters have become active. The tunnels are not sealed off and connect various areas. Although each area is sealed, unexpected situations can sometimes cause the entrances to be opened, so we still need to be careful."

As they moved forward, Hyacinth reminded Yanami.

"Shouldn't you have reminded me before I arrived?"

"Sigh~ The demonic tide wasn't this powerful back then, was it?"

"I was just kidding, but even if there are monsters, they probably won't be that big."

Although the tunnel wasn't very large, it was big enough for creatures the size of rock-crushing rats and shadow wolves to pass through. However, what Yanami thought of were bloody slimes as big as mountains.

"Huh...? Even small monsters can be very dangerous."

"That's true."

"And I'm actually quite curious about how strong a monster that's so big it can't even fit into a tunnel must be."

"...Very strong, I've seen it before."

"Really? I'm curious what it looks like."

"You don't want to see this..."