Volume 2 Chapter 27 The Hero Gets Lost in the Hidden Dungeon
Zeke went to rescue his friends with an S-rank adventurer.
Meanwhile, the hero Makhen was.
He was also visiting the dungeon.
"That Demon Lord bastard, pretending to be a good person by helping others. It's you, isn't it? You're just plotting something evil, right? I'll expose you!"
He had secretly followed Zeke and the others.
"...But why aren't any monsters attacking? Are they scared of the Demon Lord... No! That can't be! Those guys are weaklings!"
When the Demon Lords touched the wall, the teleportation magic activated and they disappeared.
"Alright, I'll follow them."
He touched the wall after Zeke.
As his vision swayed, he found himself teleported to a different place from where he had just been.
"So this is... the hidden dungeon?"
Unlike the cave he was in before, it was a stone-paved corridor.
It had a somewhat castle-like atmosphere.
"Damn...! That Demon Lord bastard... where did he go!?"
He thought he would arrive at the same place, but he couldn't see the Demon Lord.
"Well, since I'm pretending to go to the rescuers, I should head there and I might catch up."
He looked around and chose the right corridor to proceed.
"I'm the hero, a chosen one, you know? Right now... I'm not feeling great, but if I can unleash my true power, this place will be a piece of cake!"
Just then, as he moved forward.
Clang, clang, the sound of metal approached.
"An enemy...? What is it, a headless knight (Dullahan)?"
It's an A-rank monster.
Even veteran adventurers would struggle against it.
However, Makhen drew his sword with a relaxed expression.
"Sure, fighting in a situation where my power hasn't fully returned is suicidal. But I'm different from the common folk; I'm a chosen one. It's in these dire situations that my power awakens...!"
He elegantly drew his sword and pointed it at the headless knight.
"I'll defeat the enemy, easily break through the hidden dungeon, and while I'm at it, I'll save the lost S-ranks too. The revival of hero Makhen!"
Thud...!
Makhen kicks off the ground.
"Die, you weakling!"
The headless knight lightly raises his sword.
Whoosh...!
With a sound of slicing wind, something drops.
"Huh...? H-huh?! My arm! My arm!"
Makhen's sword-wielding arm was severed.
It was too fast; he didn't even realize what happened.
"My arm! My! Hero's arm!"
Panicked, Makhen couldn't think clearly to stop the bleeding.
As he tries to pick up his rolling arm, he is crushed by the headless knight.
"H-huh?! Nooooooo!"
Sobbing pathetically, Makhen retraces his steps.
"I'm not running away! It's a strategic retreat!"
After running for a while, he finds himself in a completely unfamiliar room.
"W-what!? What's going on!? I came back the same way! Damn it! Where did I go wrong!?"
Makhen does not know.
This hidden dungeon constantly changes its paths.
Due to connecting to different places and being sealed off, he could not return to the original room.
"Grooooooaaaar!"
The headless knight is chasing him.
"Eek! Don't come! Please don't come!"
Makhen tries to escape from the knight at all costs.
But he just runs wildly, so naturally, he gets lost.
He can't reunite with the Demon Lord, nor can he reach the warp gate room.
"Hah...! Hah...! Damn it! Why is this so miserable...? Is this the Demon Lord's plan to kill the hero!?"
That can't be; it's just the nature of the hidden dungeon.
It's a place where entering unprepared means death.As he wanders around, click!
He hears the sound of stepping on some switch.
"What...!? Yikes! A trap...! Ughhhhhh!"
Suddenly, he falls down through an open hole.
Thud!
He crash-lands hard on his waist.
"Ouch... that hurts..."
Makhen looks up.
It seems he fell from a height so great that he can't even see where he landed.
"How do I... get out of here...?"
The bottom of a deep pit.
Walls surround him on all sides.
Even if he tries to climb, the distance is considerable.
Moreover, the dungeon walls are smooth and sturdy.
It's impossible to break them, and climbing is out of the question.
"Damn it... why am I in this situation... I'm a hero, you know... damn it!"
In the bottom of the pit, where no one can help, Makhen cries miserably.
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