15 - Nightmare in the Underground Canal

After that, there were only big cockroaches in the canal, and the numbers ranged from one to five at most.

We proceeded without any particular danger.

On the way, Reinya asked me to try to fight one, so I reluctantly accepted.

I threw a knife at the Big Cockroach that was scurrying towards us, hoping to kill it with a single blow.

The knife was the sharpest I’ve ever thrown, and it hit the cockroach right on the head, piercing it deeply.

Yes! I thought, but it was too late.

The cockroach didn’t stop its scurrying march and came towards me!

I took out the corpse of the pebble soldier from my inventory, and with all my might, I lifted up a rock that held a ton of weight and threw it at the giant cockroach.

The Big Cockroach was crushed with a crunching sound and splattered with bodily fluids.

I silently thrust my knife at the Big Cockroand and the pebble soldier whose body fluids were attached to it.

Pebble Soldier’s Magic Stone Quality:C Rarity:2 Durability:C

Note: A small magic stone that has a small amount of magic power.

Oh, I heard that the drop skill can be activated by thinking.

“Yuki is surprisingly strong.”

“I’m just as surprised as you are.”

Yeah, I guess I’m a fool in a fire.

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As we were making our way through the dimly lit canal, we saw an unnatural hole in the side of the canal.

The hole was bare of soil and did not appear to have been maintained like the previous waterways.

Me, Reinya and the cats peeked inside the hole.

“….Lies”

“….This is……bad nya.”

“…..Koon”

It was a rather long rock passage, and at the end of it was a large cavern. And then—-

? LV?

——-I had eye contact with a huge cockroach, incomparable to any cockroach I’ve ever seen.

A feeling of fear runs down my spine.

It was not only from disgust, but also from the intimidation I felt from the giant cockroach.

It made the ordinary cats raise their hair, and even Reinya shivered.

From here, the cockroach’s body obscured my view, but the walls of the cave were partly wet and slimy, and seemed to be very uneven.

Could it be a limestone cave?

“What should we do, Reinya?”

“If we let it go, we’ll endanger the capital.”

“Are we going to defeat it?”

“…..It looks like we don’t have time…..I have no choice but to do it nya.”

“How?”

From the intimidating feeling I felt somehow, there must be a difference in power between me and them that I can’t even compare.

“Nya…..That huge body can’t come this way nya, I’ll take him down from here in one blow with my strongest magic nya.”

Reinya then told us to stay back.

A tablet was taken from somewhere and a yellow magic circle was drawn all over it.

In Reinya’s hand, instead of her usual wooden staff, she held a staff with a yellow stone attached to it.

Reinya got on top of the tablet and started chanting.

The magic circle and the stone on the staff begin to glow. And then—

“Hasten, thunderbolt, great servant of nature, manifest with my magic power and make this land known! Great Thunderbolt Arc!!”

In the blink of an eye, the white lightning Reinya unleashed rushed through the passage.

It penetrated…… the magical walls and hard shells of the cockroach that reacted to it and took defensive action.

All I could perceive was a trail of lightning, a deafening roar, and the wall of magic that dissipated.

《Your level has been raised.》

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I wasn’t sure, but I knew I was lying on the ground.

I opened my eyelids, but it was pitch black and I couldn’t see or hear anything.

I wonder if my night vision has gone out.

I go to the menu and look at my status.

Yuki LV9 Status: Blindness, Deafness, Hunger

Skills

Alchemy LV3, Summoning LV5, Deciphering LV10, Revelion Kingdom Language LV6, Appraisal LV6, Map LV3, Inventory LV5, Command LV5, Leadership LV5, Coordination LV5, Centripetal Force LV3, Pets LV3, Follow Magic LV4, Demolition LV3

The physical strength bar has been halved and on top of that, I’m blind and deaf….

As I wondered what was going on, something warm flowed into my body, and my sight and hearing returned.

“Yuki, are you okay nya?”

“Yeah, yes, I’m fine.”

I looked around and saw that the cats and Uluru had collapsed, they seemed to have fainted.

Reinya’s hair was partly sticking up and smoking.

“Reinya, are you okay?”

“Nya, nya, just a little magic recoil fire, that’s all.”

“….So, what happened to the monster?”

I asked, looking around.

The yellow stone on Reinya’s wand has cracked and shattered into a mere stone. The tablet has also lost its magic circle and was shattered into pieces.

“Nya, it looks like we managed to defeat it.”

Reinya pointed her wand at the giant cockroach that had a large hole in its body and was dead.

Passing through the aisle, I went in front of the giant cockroach.

“It’s really big when you look at it again.”

“Nya.”

The bigger the cockroach, the bigger the cavity is in.

“Can I have this too?”

“Nya, I don’t have any use for it except for the magic stone, but I’ll give them to you.”

“I see, thank you.”

Then I put the cockroach, which was bigger than a house, in my inventory.

“That’s it. Let’s go home.”

“Nya?”

Having defeated the source of the cockroaches, I told Reinya to go home, thinking that there would be no more cockroaches.

If anything, this underground canal was a bit smelly. Uluru didn’t like it, and I didn’t want to stay too long either.

However, Reinya raised her voice in doubt.

“Eh? Is there anything more?”

“No, there’s no point in leaving it there nya.”

She pointed to a hollow wall with her cane.

The only thing there was an uneven wall.

“What is the….re…..!?”

The walls and ceiling in the cavernous space are all uneven and rugged, and—-

“Incineration nya.”

《Your level has been raised.》

《[Kingdom Quest] [Urgent Quest] The Black Shadow that Stirs in the Dark completed.》

[Kingdom Quest] [Urgent Quest]

Defeat the Big Cockroach

Achievement Conditions

Escape from the crisis

Failure Condition

The Big Cockroaches will overflow from the underground canal.

Achievement Rewards

Participation Reward

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3 skill points

Participation Contribution Random Reward

5—-100% contribution

Skill Cristal “Night Eye” x5

Skill Crystal “Deodorant” x5

Skill Cristal “Odor Resistance” x5

Extra evaluation reward

Friendship with the individual name “Reina”

10 Skill points

Skill “Telekinesis – Special”

Skill “Contract – Special”

Overall Reward

Opening of all entrances to the underground channel

New skills added to the skill shop.

TL: 4/5