chapter 32
32. Shouldn’t I pursue shoveling in dungeons (4)
“Foul play?”
“You have to clear according to the rules!”
Anne What else?
“What are the rules?”
“Rules are rules! Solve the riddle in fairness and go down to the next floor!”
“If there are any rules, maybe let them know.”
What do you know? I was suddenly trapped in an endless aisle. I sighed as I looked at the chattering head. What the hell is this guy The manager of this dungeon? Or an NPC? And is it nailed to the wall? Or is it just the head?
“It wouldn’t be fun if I told you that! You have to figure out the rules yourself!”
“…Can I bury it again?”
“Wow! Do not do that! It’s been a while since I had a conversation partner!”
After shouting that, the head began to cry. This made me feel like I was bullying the kid. I sighed and looked at Lenny and Karina. Lenny glanced at his head and shrugged his shoulders as his eyes met.
I guess it means take care of yourself.
Karina was fidgeting with her hands and staring at her hair. My lips are also swollen, so it seems like I want to purify it right away. Well, the talking head deserves some physiological revulsion. It’s a saintess who serves the god of light, but seeing that it looks like a crystal of darkness, I can’t help but feel that way.
“So, what are the rules?”
“Don’t destroy the dungeon! Do you know how hard it is to recover? And solve the problem fair and square! You made it hard!”
“I just need to destroy it fairly, but why?”
I’ve already confirmed that it’s broken, so do I really need to listen? I put the shovel on my shoulder and stared at the throbbing head. The head, which had been glaring at me with an angry face and constantly talking, muttered with a depressed face, perhaps realizing that it was of no use.
“If he finds out, he’ll really go downhill like this…”
“That guy?”
“Oh, I didn’t say anything!”
…That’s absurd. It’s nonsense.
I sighed when I realized the reality of the head that suddenly appeared. I was preparing to stick the blade of a shovel into my face just in case I didn’t know, but it seemed that it was not necessary. Apparently, that guy, no, he doesn’t seem to be doing it because he wants to.
“Anyway, solve the problem! We will repair the wall!”
“Wait.”
I drove the shovel over my head before it started to disappear. The startled head tried to run away. Before that, it’s faster if I can’t lift the shovel up like a lever and make my head run away…
Took. Degururr…
“Something was said to be strange, but it only had a real head.”
“Mmm, my head is talking to itself…Jeonghwa! I need to purify! Such blasphemous beings shouldn’t exist in this world…”
“Calm down, Miss Karina!”
What a mess.
My head hurts seeing Lenny and Karina in the chaos. How did the atmosphere become like this? First, grab the head that was pulled out of the wall. Voluntarily or unintentionally, I ran and grabbed the head that was gradually receding while rolling on the ground.
“Leave this!”
“I can’t do that.”
How did you find the hint?
I turned to rejoin with my head.
Oh, f*ck.
“You must be crazy.”
It looks like he’s gone too far trying to pick up his head. Still, I couldn’t help it. This head is the only hint, but we can’t let it run away. I prayed that Lenny and Karina, who had gone nowhere, wouldn’t be separated from each other. Even if I fall apart, I can do something, but not the two of them.
“Bring it back! Give it back! You pervert!”
“Why do you call me a pervert?”
“Are you asking because you don’t know that?”
He glared at me with his head lifted. I turned my head up and down and left and right, looking for anything unusual, whether or not it glared at me. But there was no sign of anything like that. Is it because I am ignorant of magic, or is it just not there in the first place? There’s no way he’d be alive with a normal head, so I thought there must be something.
The neck section is open. If you put food in your mouth, does it come out through your throat?
“Where are you looking!?”
“Your throat is pierced.”
“Is anyone blocked?”
Why do you want to punch a face that says it’s astounding? I really wanted to hit it, but I stopped at first thinking that I would lose money if I didn’t tell him the information.
“You’re not human.”
“It’s a human! Hundreds of years ago!”
“We decided to call it non-human.”
“It’s too much!”
Watching his expression change wildly in real time, it’s kind of like teasing him.
…Come to think of it, it’s a talking head.
“Wilson…”
“My name is not Wilson!”
Wilson, no, the head, not Wilson, screamed for the cave to leave. He didn’t seem to like the name Wilson. But everywhere you look, isn’t it Wilson? A talking volleyball…No, the head seemed to lack the sensitivity of an uninhabited island. This is why you should read a lot of books.
“Since it’s annoying, I’ll call you Wilson.”
“I have a name called Milia! Oh, I shouldn’t have told you!”
“I see. Millia.”
“If he finds out about this, he will harass me as an unhelpful madman…”
This is such an easy head. Watching Milia get caught in the Judo Newspaper, I thought that things might be easier than I thought. If you just throw bait and coax them, you’ll be able to extract the information you need to explore the dungeon.
As if she didn’t even know I was thinking that way, Milia stretched out with a melancholy face. I lifted her head high in her downcast Milia and met her eyes with her. Milia averted her gaze in embarrassment when I suddenly lifted her head high and met her eyes.
“Don’t look at me like that…”
“Who the hell is that guy?”
“No, I can’t talk! I know what he will do to me if I tell him!”
“If I kill him, won’t it be solved?”
“No! If you kill it! You must never kill me!”
What are you talking about? It’s not that I hate him, but I hate killing him. Is it because the soul is tied, so if that guy dies, this head dies as well? I don’t know any of this, so it’s hard to guess. But if you ask him openly, he doesn’t seem to be able to tell you what to do. Should I prioritize figuring out how to destroy this passage?
“What is the secret of this passage?”
“I will never tell you!”
“Is that so?”
I saw Millia’s pupils go up for a moment. The hint is the shape on the ceiling. And if it’s on the ceiling…
“Is that lighting a secret?”
“How did you know?!”
I’m an idiot if you don’t know when you openly show off. I held Milia in both hands and held her in her position.
Good posture. Good location. Angle for sure.
“What, what are you trying to do?
Oh, that’s correct. The skill with which I used to throw a ball when I was young is not dead yet. I stared at the darkened space because the lights had been broken. Looking at it this way, it seems that there is nothing special. Should I break everything?
It was at this moment that I was seriously contemplating whether I should break all the lights.
“…Sir! John!”
“Looks like the answer is correct.”
Is that light a device that shows some kind of hallucination?
“This is a humiliation…”
Seeing that I can still only hear the voice, I wonder if I can break it down more. I picked up Milia’s head, who was rolling on the floor and whimpering. I’m glad it’s the right size to hold in one hand.
“Now, wait, let’s solve it through dialogue like civilized people.”
“Yes. We will solve it through dialogue. Break it all down.”
“Save me! I don’t want to be thrown! I feel like I’m going to vomit aaa!”
He also broke the second light.
I kept breaking the lights. Milia, who reacted violently at first, now can only say “Stop it…” As if she understood my feelings.
“I feel strange…”
“Is there a stomach?”
You don’t have a body. How could a guy with only a head throw up? Actually Milia did pretend to vomit, but all she got out was a little saliva. Yes, saliva comes out.
“John!”
“Karina! I’m on this side!”
Lights twinkle in the dark passageway. It was the lamp Lenny was holding. I walked towards the lamp and reunited with the two of them. When they saw me, the two approached with relieved expressions.
“What happened? And this… did you solve the secret of the passage?”
“Yes. It just seemed like the lighting was acting as a hallucination device.”
“It was a simpler problem than I thought.”
“It hurts…”
Everyone’s eyes were fixed on Milia at the gloomy voice. Either that or not, Milia only complained of her pain with a drooping face like a tragic heroine. Lenny looked away from Milia, met her eyes, and asked.
“Why are you like this?”
“I used it to break lights.”
“Ah…”
Lenny looked at Milia with her pitiful eyes.
“It looks like the secret of this passage has been solved now, so let’s take a look around.”
We walked through hallways where hallucinations disappeared. As the lighting broke, it was revealed that this passageway was actually a donut-shaped passageway. The hallucination is that the entrance and the central column on the way down to the next floor are hidden from view, and the winding path is made to appear as a straight line.
What is this moderate level of difficulty?
Looking down the road to the next floor, I turned around and looked at the two of them.
“Let’s go back to the camp first. I have something to find out.”
“Outside? Can you go outside?”
When I looked at Milia with a voice full of anticipation, I saw a face that looked like a clown would ascend to heaven at any moment. You’ve been stuck here for hundreds of years, so you want to look outside.
“If we take a look outside, would you like to help us solve the mystery of this dungeon?”
“Uh, that’s kind of…”
“Then I will leave it alone.”
“Wait! Ok, because ok! Please let me out! I want to see the sun too!”
Well, if that’s the case.
I hung Milia roughly around my waist.
That’s how a new person, no, a head, was added to our party.