Chapter 22
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
? ? ? Perspective
”Take this!”
*Slash*!
”Gotcha!”
*Stab*!
”Hmph!”
*Thud*!
”…”
In front of me, 3 men are taking down goblins.
They helped me yesterday when I was surrounded by a group of adventurers in line at the city and they were touching my body… or so it seems.
I think they are suspicious.
They approached me after I finished my business.
They didn’t reveal their true identities on the spot because they were probably worried that if any of them got taken away by the guards, it would cause problems.
It seems they were cautious about their actions being reported to the “Gem Snake” group those men belonged to, but considering that those guys might not give up easily, it would be better for them to avoid getting close to me afterward.
So, I watched them with suspicion… but they could answer my question about “what they did to those men.”
They said, “We strangled them with invisible threads.”
At that time, the marks on the necks of the “Gem Snake” guys were thin enough for me to barely see, even from where I was standing.
In other words, they knew information that only the involved parties would know.
The problem is which ‘side’ they are on; they might really be the ones who helped me… or they could be allies of “Gem Snake.”
I understand that the latter possibility is more likely.
However… since my business ended up being a “miss,” I really wanted to believe they were the former.
Well, half of the reason for that is because of those men…
After I finished my business, they invited me to join their team, and when I declined, they said they were the ones who helped me yesterday and wanted to show me their power to prove it.
As we continued on our journey, I couldn’t help but think that using unnecessary skills was a waste. So, I suggested that we head to the dungeon to see what kind of monsters we could find. And so, we set off together.
Apparently, that power has limits in terms of number of uses and time.
Right now, we have defeated a group of goblins in 1st District.
Even though it was just two of them, I’m confident that we can handle this level of difficulty.
”Why don’t you use skills?”
”It’s not necessary for this district, is it?”
One of the men, Muron, who had helped me earlier, replied to my question.
It’s true that they didn’t need to use their skills in this battle.
But I’m here to see them use their skills, so it’s okay if it’s an easy opponent. I wanted to see that.
Maybe they sensed that, because Muron made a suggestion to me.
”If you want to watch that much, let’s go all the way to the second area. There will be more monsters there, and we’ll need to use our skills, so it’s a good idea.”
”Well, we were planning to go to the 2nd district anyway.”
”It’s not bad to go deeper while we’re still energetic.”
The other two people agreed, and I didn’t have any objections, so we decided to head to the second area.
”From here, it’s the 2nd district. We’ll encounter magic wolves too, and the number of monsters we’ll face at once will increase, so be careful.”
”I know. But can’t you just use the skill to stop their movements?”
”If necessary, I’ll use it, but otherwise, I won’t. So, remember to hold onto that sword on your belt as well.”
”…”
I remained silent, but then I pulled out my sword.
Muron looked at the sword with a puzzled expression.
”It’s just a normal short sword, isn’t it?”
”What’s wrong with that?”
”Ah, if you’re a female adventurer, you must have some kind of skill or special equipment, right? If you’re a magician, you wouldn’t even need a sword.”
”…?”
”Well, even if you just have an ordinary sword, that’s not the point. The question is, what kind of power do you have within yourself? And if you don’t have one, then getting tangled up with ‘Gem Snake’ and relying on others is strange. What’s your plan for being an adventurer?”
”Skill or no skill, it’s not like it’s guaranteed to be useful in battle. If you can show me the power that helped me, then I’ll show you mine too…”
I replied, and Muron began to move forward, looking ahead.
”Well, I’ll show you later. Be careful around here.”
”I understand.”
It seemed like he was focusing on the sword, thinking it was a valuable treasure, maybe a cursed sword or something, and was waiting for the right moment to snatch it.
But since he went easy on me, maybe he just wanted to know my skills…
As we continued on for a bit, the 2nd district…
”That’s strange…”
My muttering caught Muroon’s attention.
”Huh? What’s wrong?”
”Not encountering any monsters despite walking for a while…”
”Ah… it’s because there’s a newcomer who’s really good with their sword, so it’s no wonder…”
Muron’s words were followed by the other 2 opening their mouths.
”Hey, I heard that guy made a lot of money yesterday…”
”But he was only carrying a small bag, right? That’s not enough to make that much money…?”
Muron responded to their words.
”He must have had a large share since there were fewer people. But, it’s likely that person has that kind of ability, so he might be causing trouble again today…”
”…”
I’m curious about the newcomers. But for now, the problem is that I can’t confirm Muron’s skills.
If I don’t run into a monster, I’ll be a waste of steps.
”Ah, don’t worry. We’re not going to run into anything, so there’s no need to worry. Let’s go!”
I thought Muroon was trying to comfort me, sensing my unease.
However, it turned out that he was right, and we ‘didn’t run into anything’. But that’s not what I had expected.
”Let’s go this way.”
A while later…
We repeatedly stopped at branching points, following the path chosen by the leading Muron.
The other 2 were behind me, preparing for an attack from behind, but… the atmosphere felt off.
I don’t know what it is, but I’m getting a bad feeling.
Or maybe it’s something else.
Muroon is thinking about the route at the branching point.
Sometimes I also propose a route, but the routes that are easily accepted are the ones that are accepted, and the routes that are not accepted are never given in.
What’s going on?
Could it be… that they’re planning to attack me, and they’ve already decided on the location?
That’s possible in a dungeon where you don’t know when or where monsters will appear. And then, I got the answer.
”Is it a dead end?”
After walking on a straight road for a while, I passed through a spot where the road suddenly curves… and then I found a open area similar in size to the dining hall of the inn where I stayed
”We’ve been walking for a while, and I think it’s time for a break.”
”This place?”
”This is why. It’s wide enough, and there’s only one entrance. Even if a monster comes, it’ll come from there, and once you’re in, you can control the number of people who enter.”
”Will monsters appear inside?”
”Did you hear it from someone? There are some places where monsters won’t appear, and this is one of them, so it’s often used as a rest area.”
Muron said that and walked into the middle, lowering his own bag.
”Hey, you’re holding the torch, so come quickly! I can’t see inside the bag over there!”
”Eh, yeah…”
As I was supposed to participate as the one holding the torch this time, I said that and entered the moment the words “Yeah” and the guys who had contacted me yesterday as the “Gem Snake” appeared in front of my torch.
”!”
It seemed like they had been hiding in the shadows near the entrance, where the light couldn’t reach, and were waiting to ambush.
The one covering his mouth with cloth seemed to be doing it to suppress his aura.
”Hehe…”
As I turned around, I saw that the two people who had been accompanying me had a weird look on their faces, blocking the entrance, and some guys from the group that had been hiding in the room had joined them.
I thought they were suspicious, but… Muron and the others seemed to be friends with these guys.
I didn’t expect them to take action like this just a day after yesterday.
I stood out quite a bit yesterday, and I thought they would keep a low profile for a few days.
But this time, they didn’t get caught or gagged, and they could even talk.
The reason was explained by the leader-like guy from this group.
”Looks like you’re wondering why the guards didn’t catch them right away.”
”…Is it okay to shout for help?”
”Go ahead and shout. We’ve set up a normal team at a different location to put innocent people over there, so no one will come over here. It’s unlikely that anyone will hear us, unless it’s someone who’s within one block.”
Since the guards are being cooperative, there are many people who can move around freely.
So, what this guy is saying is probably true.
I’d like to get out of this situation somehow, but… oh, wait.
”Considering yesterday’s events, I’m sure my body is the main attraction. But is it okay? You’re going to suffer again, okay?”
Well, that’s the power that has been used to strangle those guys yesterday.
If they think that’s my power, it’s likely to be used in an emergency.
However, things didn’t go as smoothly as that.
”Hey? You’re saying Muron used that power, and you followed him here? You’re not even worthy of calling it your own power, are you?”
”Umm, I was thinking of pointing out the lies and then strangling you to get the money… maybe.”
”Then just go ahead and do it!”
”Hmph!”
I was about to respond to the leader-like man with a relaxed expression, but my words got stuck.
The guys surrounding me slowly closed in.
*Boom*!
”Haah?!”
I was kicked in the back and dragged deeper into the room.
If it keeps going like this… it’s no good.
”We’ll make you one of us and make you behave. You won’t have to worry about eating. And if you can withstand being with more than 30 of us today, that’s fine. Guys, do it.”
””Oooohh!””
The guys closed in on me with that phrase.
I pointed at one of them and said something.
”Release!”
*Boom*!
””Aaaahh!””
The flames that appeared with my words shot towards the direction I was pointing.
The guys wrapped in flames rolled around on the ground, trying to put out the fire, but… the leader guy gave a calm order.
”Shh! Keep your mouth shut!”
””Okay!””
”Hmph! Release!”
*Boom*!
”Gah!”
Once more, I unleashed the flames. But it was blocked by a larger shield, which the enemy must have been holding to prevent my escape. They charged at me immediately, knocking me down and causing me to drop my sword.
Thud!
”Eek!”
“Hold her down!”
“Ugh! Mmm.”
In the blink of an eye, both my arms and legs were restrained, leaving me nearly immobile.
Something, probably a cloth, was stuffed into my mouth.
The leader approached me.
“I never expected you were a magician. So you were carrying a sword and wearing armor to hide that, huh? Damn, I was completely fooled.”
“Grr…”
Unable to speak, I listened as the man continued.
“Still, magic needs spells and catalysts, right? Short spells are fine, but what about the catalyst?”
“…”
Unable to answer, one of the men suggested an idea.
“Maybe she hid it in her gloves?”
“Is that a possibility? Well… we’re stripping everything anyway, so if there’s any catalyst left, collect it. It probably isn’t much, but someone might use it.”
“Got it!”
As the men responded to the leader’s instructions, a voice inquired about dealing with the people who had fallen from my magic.
To maximize the number of casualties, I had widened the range, but it seems some survived because the power has been diminished.
“Um, what about them, boss…”
“Hmm? Let them join once they can move. If they’re still alive when we leave, carry them out.”
“Yes, boss.”
With the handling of the injured settled, the leader’s gaze returned to me.
“Now, let’s get started. First, we’ll strip her of everything. Don’t forget about the catalyst.”
”“Understood, boss!””
Clank, clink, rustle, rustle…
They started taking off the backpack I was carrying, along with the leather armor, boots, and sword belt.
”Ugh! Hmmm!”
”Haha, yeah, she’s still full of energy, isn’t she? It makes me really getting into it!”
”She’s not weak or anything, but if we wait too long, she’ll get really dirty, you know?”
”What are you talking about? That’s not a problem at all!”
I tried to struggle and break free from the guys’ grip, but they just laughed and kept moving their hands.
Before long, they took off all my gear, leaving me in just my clothes. The leader of the group then sat on top of me.
Ugh, this is so humiliating…
”You’ve got some nice stuff, don’t you?”
”!”
I felt a growing sense of disgust as they touched my chest without hesitation.
I’m not ignorant of this kind of thing, but I never wanted to experience it in this way.
For a while, the guy kept fondling my chest, and then his hand grabbed the middle of my clothes tightly.
”There are a lot of us, so we can take our time and enjoy it. That’s what I mean… Alright, let’s go! .”
*Rippp*!
”Hmmph!”
My clothes were torn, exposing my underwear.
Since it wasn’t that cold yet and I was moving around in the dungeon, I was only wearing one layer on top, held in place by leather armor. The underwear underneath was also made of thin material.
”Oh, so the bra fabric was thin, huh? I thought it felt pretty nice. Well, this is what happens.”
Rip.
”Oh….”
As the man said that and moved his hands again, the underwear was easily torn, and my chest was exposed to the gazes of the men.
”Hmm, even on your back, they’re not flattened. It might be your body type… or maybe you’re still a virgin?”
The leader of the men said this, looking at my chest.
It was incredibly embarrassing, but the man’s next words made me realize that the humiliation was only just beginning.
”Hmm… Alright, someone take off her lower clothes. I’ll start getting ‘ready’, so anyone with free hands, do as you like.”
””Yes, boss!””
Rustling… Clink, clink… Slip.
The man who had been sitting on me, with a penchant for ripping off his shirt, stood up, exposing his groin along with the other men who weren’t holding me down.
”Look, take a good look. Something’s about to go in.”
Geez”Ughh…”
The sight of all of them, their sizes varying, but all of them hard and pointing upwards, was forced upon me by the man who had been idle.
What, is this inside of me?
I was left stunned, and my pants were pulled down, and then taken off, along with my underwear.
This is terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible…
”Mmmmmm!”Bata-bata-bata-bata!
”Is this your last resistance? Well, okay, spread your legs.”
”…”
My legs were opened silently.
The leader of the group sat down in front of me, looking at my groin with a grin, and then turned his head and eyes towards me, making me look at my own groin again.
”Look, the first one’s going in. And after this, you’ve got 30 more, so make sure to get ‘used’ to it.”
He said, lightly swishing his hand left and right, and then directed the tip of his thing at my… thing.
”Then, I’ll take it.”
With an attitude like he was going to eat a snack, he moved closer to me.
”Mmmmmm!”
*Rustle, rustle, rustle*!
I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it!
”What’s wrong, give up――Ugh!”
*Twitch, twitch*!
At that moment, I should have received a cruel experience from that man… but the sound didn’t come from my body.
”Ugh!?”
””What!?””
It’s no surprise the men raised their voices.
The man who was about to attack me had a familiar “line” on his neck.
That’s definitely… the same as yesterday!
”Are, are you okay!? You should get away from that girl…”
Hearing the voice of his subordinate, the leader seemed to remember what happened yesterday and tried to pull away from me to escape whatever was tightening around his neck.
But… he wasn’t just bound at the neck; his arms and legs were also restrained, as if he was being dragged and stuck to the wall.
*Thud, bang*!
”Ugh!”
The man, thinking I had done this to the leader, grabbed my hair and yelled at me.
”It’s you, right!?”
I couldn’t speak because my mouth was stuffed with cloth, and besides, I didn’t do this.
As I wondered what to do… that man was also stuck to the wall like the leader.
”Ugh!”
*Bang*!
”What’s going on!? If we get away from that girl, will the ‘thing’ around our necks loosen!?”
”It was supposed to be like that yesterday! But that girl didn’t do it!”
”Then who is doing this!?”
”I don’t know! …Ugh!”
”What!? Damn it, who is… ugh!”
The panicking men were stuck to the wall one after another, and soon all the men present were lined up against the wall.
”Huh?”
Naturally freed, I looked around, but… there was no one else besides me and those men.
”…Phew.”
After spitting out the cloth stuffed in my mouth, I stood up and pointed my right hand at the men.
The guys watching my magic know what might happen, so they’re trying to convince me not to do it.
”Hold on, if you kill us, our company, will take action!”
”If you just leave now, they might overlook you!”
”Oh, I have a lot of money…”
They mention having some money, but I reply,
”It’s uncertain when I’ll be targeted even if you survive. But in the dungeon, I’ve heard that monsters clean up, and I won’t leave any evidence there.”
”How are you planning to deal with our surveillance!? They’ll find out you’re here and send pursuers after you!”
He was being strangled, and even though it seemed like he was in pain, he still managed to speak so.
”I’m just giving you a taste of your own medicine. The same thing that’s about to happen to you now.”
And then… after a while, with charred remains scattered around, I pointed my left hand towards the entrance of the room, still completely naked.
”How about you come out!?”
”…”
After a brief pause.
*Shuffle*.
Responding to my call, a figure emerged from the hallway… it was the boy of the same age I had seen when yesterday’s trouble was settled.
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