Chapter 139

Euma-senpai

The black wolf and the saintess walked together in the dungeon . They were attacked by golems several times on the way, but the saintess would either stop them herself rather easily or the black wolf would prevent all attacks against her . Either way, the saintess cleaned them up in the end .

The golems weren’t just the multi-armed variations that wielded bows, but the spiked shell tortoise-like golems rushed her as well… The saintess took care of them like the other golems, she wasn’t having any problems .

But there weren’t just golems; there were traps as well .

The saintess got caught in a pitfall trap, but the black wolf saved her by holding her in its mouth . Swords occasionally burst out of door that the black wolf attempted to open .

Incidentally, the wolf stayed calm despite being struck by multiple swords .

The saintess asked it it would like [Healing] used on it, but it simply responded with: [I’m not injured, nor tired, so why?]

… It looked like it had been pierced all the way through though .

Meanwhile, the entire floor was made visible through [Mapping]… Soon there wouldn’t be any ways to go . It was a last resort measure, but it was about time that they’d have to try breaking a wall .

They found a golem sitting defenseless in front of a wall . It looked like an ordinary golem… however, this golem was the most variated species the saintess had ever seen .

[Gururu, garu, gow . ]

[Mu? … Gururu, goooarga, gururu . ]

The golem spoke with wolf words .

It wasn’t like it was just randomly barking, it was definitely talking with the black wolf . In any case, the saintess had no idea what was being said .

After talking with growl-like sounds for a while, the wolf faced the saintess .

[Garuru, gururuu?]

“Eh?”

[Ah, human, right . Mmm, what is, your name?]

“Ah, um, yes, it’s Alka . ”

Asked by the black wolf, the saintess answered obediently .

[Let me, introduce . Your senpai, Euma . Euma, your junior, Alka . Get along . ]

“Eh? Senpai?”

[… I’m Euma . Your senpai as a follower . If possible, I’d love if you could hurry and leave . ]

It used human speech . With a strange quality of voice, it unmistakably had just introduced itself . She felt that it somewhat resembled the village chief’s voice .

“You’re… a golem, right?”

[Did you not expect a golem to talk? You’ve been talking with Rin, so I don’t think it should be too much of a surprise . ]

“Rin?”

[My, name . Call me boss, Ke—… Euma . ]

So the black wolf’s name was Rin?

The saintess engraved that name into her mind .

[Oi, Alka . It’d be a favor to your senpai, could you leave?]

“I can’t do that . I… only have until today . ”

[That so? Unfortunate… Oi, boss . I’m going to be defeating this one after this, please don’t get in the way . ]

Slowly, Golem Euma stood up with its back still against the wall .

“Wait, what do you mean?”

[It’s like this . You’re an adventurer that came to capture this dungeon, and I’m… a dungeon monster, different from boss . Isn’t it obvious?]

Suspiciously human-like Euma shrugged its shoulders as it responded . Even though it was a golem . However, dungeon monsters would fight to defend the dungeon . It was something natural .

“Monsters with intelligence are not bound to dungeons, there have been studies that show that they survive even if the dungeon core is destroyed . Euma-san, wouldn’t that path be more convenient?”

[No, it wouldn’t . I strive to protect the dungeon core after all . ]

Was it a boss, then? But was it alright to allow a boss to leave the boss room and wander around?

[You might have noticed already, but you have to kill me to leave this floor—moreover, I will battle using my subordinates… Rin, could you please not interfere? Honestly, you’ve already gotten in the way of the arrows and traps . ]

[Hmph, of course . Euma, and Alka, are week . So, I’ll defend, both of you . After all, I am, your boss!]

“Huh?”

[Eh?]

Apparently, Euma didn’t understand what Rin meant either . It looked just as puzzled as the saintess was .

[… Then, please don’t stop me from repulsing Alka . ]

[Refused . I’ll defend . ]

[… Then will you stop going any deeper than this?]

[Hmm? No . I promised, after all . ]

Giving up trying to communicate with Rin, Euma turned directly to the saintess .

[Even if you go, it’s useless . What you’re looking for isn’t beyond here . I put it away . ]

“… That’s a lie, isn’t it?”

The saintess muttered .

[… A lie? What’s your basis? I don’t lie . ]

“My [Eyes of Truth] can tell when people are lying . Right now, you’re bright red you know?”

[That so… then, what’ll you do?]

Bang!

The saintess swung her battle hammer, but it was blocked with a black tail .

Euma didn’t budge an inch . What it that confident in itself, or did it simply know that Rin would stop it?

[… Rin, don’t interfere . ]

[Interfere? Why . ]

[The conversation’s gone off track for a while now . Oi, Alka . If you don’t kill me, I won’t let you advance . ]

“Boss? Since this is the case, is it alright?”

[Can’t be, helped . If it’s between, fellow followers, can’t be helped . Euma, eating you . ]

Immediately following that, Euma got eaten by Rin… What happened to protecting it?

“That’s… protecting?”

[It’s all right, Euma can revive, over and over, too . ]

With a crumble, the wall that was behind Euma’s back was broken .

Beyond it was the path onward .