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Chapter 97: The True Nature of the Cave

The badly injured adventurer had his major wounds closed, but his bones were broken, so the C-rank team immediately made a makeshift stretcher, he was carried on it and escorted away with the other D-team members.

Bob alone remained.

He stayed behind to show the way.

Bob and the rest of his hastily-formed D-rank team had initially made good progress in defeating the Orcs, the number of Orcs exceeding tens.

Bob and his team imagined that there might be a village nearby, and since they had already met their quota, they decided to explore the area.

As a result, they found a cave, from which the orcs were coming out of.

After carefully using “search for enemies” and confirming that there were no figures in the area. They went inside with peace of mind, but what they found was that there were not only one, but many inside, and one of them was injured by a surprise attack.

They retreated while trying to defend, but gave up trying to escape because of the injured, and took refuge on the slope using earth magic, then called for help.

If Bob’s explanation is correct, it means that the cave has a hindering effect on the “search for enemies” skill.

Since the B-team was there, they thought it would be better to check it out while they could, so the rest of the teams decided to head there with Bob as their guide.

The cave seemed unnatural, as if it had just recently “appeared” rather than having been there for a long time.

It didn’t feel old at all.

This made the group feel eerie about its existence.

When the B-team’s thief tried to use “Search for Enemies”, it caught nothing.

However, Tauro’s “sense of presence” detected the presence of two orcs.

But his “True Eye”, which was supposed to be linked to the “sense of presence” didn’t show the silhouettes of the orcs.

“Two Orcs are coming up from below.”

Tauro said.

“What?”

The man in the thief position looked incredulous, but the Orcs actually appeared from the cave.

The orcs were quickly defeated by all of us, but we came to the conclusion that the cave might have been built in such a way that it could not be interfered with from the outside.

“It’s hard to say for sure without going inside to check.”

The leader of the B-team suggested, so they went in.

When Bob and his team had gone in, they had found a proper staircase in the middle of the building, with paved slightly shiny floor and walls.

“No way…”

The D-team leader was skeptical when he heard this, but as they continued down the cave, they found a really solid staircase.

As we descended the stairs, we found a space with a paved, lightly shining floor and walls, just as Bob had described.

“…I’ve never seen this before either, but it could be a dungeon.”

The leader of the B-team uttered in dismay.

“Let’s take a look around a bit.”

The group nodded at his suggestion and took a look around.

The place was smaller than they had expected, and there were no stairs to go down.

One thing that was suspicious, or rather everyone noticed it and stayed away from, was that there was a pedestal in the back with a diamond-shaped stone that looked like a crystal floating on it.

“…This could possibly be the core of the dungeon…”

Aeris made a hypothesis.

“The core?”

Tauro asked back to Aeris.

Everyone also turned to look at Aeris.

“ It was said that dungeons used to continuously grow every day. There is a theory that the old dungeons that have existed in this country are also growing day by day, and there may be a nucleus somewhere, a ‘core’.”

“…Is that right?”

“Maybe. I don’t think this dungeon was built that long ago. It’s a newly made dungeon. That’s why the rooms are small and this is the only level.”

As Aeris was explaining her hypothesis, the ground on the side of the core began to rise.

“What the…?!”

They all became alarmed, as it began to take the shape of a person, and eventually an orc.

“Oh no, the orcs are forming!”

They all rushed to stop the Orcs before they could make a move.

“I guess the rumors of monsters forming from dungeons are true. If the promising newcomer there is right, this is the discovery of the century. But considering the nearby mountain village, I think we’d better destroy this one.”

The leader of the B-team suggested, pointing to the “core” with his sword.

“…Surely, leaving it standing is tantamount to leaving the villagers in danger, and as adventurers we can’t let that happen.”

Tauro nodded.

He thought Aeris would disagree, but she agreed with him.

“I think it’s better to destroy the dungeon if we can.”

Aeris quipped.

It was unanimously decided that the core would be destroyed.

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