Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou (LN) - Volume 3 - Chapter Ep

Epilogue 

The shadows in a dimly lit corridor suddenly began to writhe and squirm. A humanoid figure emerged from the wriggling mass, as if oozing out of the darkness. Like a developing film, her features slowly came into focus. Young, red hair, dark skin, and pointed ears. The wriggling mass of darkness didn’t dissipate. Upon closer inspection, it was revealed that said mass was actually a living creature. It was like a chimera from hell, a mishmash of ferocious beasts all fused together into one black thing.
The woman looked down the dim passageway. Kouki’s party lay in that direction, though they were too far to see with the naked eye. She deftly hid her presence and waited. The party passed by her hiding spot, never realizing she was there.
“Hmm, so that’s the fabled hero. Looks like nothing but a spoiled brat to me. Do we really need someone like him? A shame my orders are absolute. Well, I’ve assessed his abilities. I should hurry up and finish this job so I can move onto conquering the labyrinth.”
She touched the creature at her side. The wriggling darkness absorbed her, and she slowly faded from sight. A second later, it was as if there had never been anyone there.
Kouki and the others were still unaware. Unaware that countless enemies lay in wait mere feet from where they were.

“Mama...” A young girl huddled in the corner of a cell. Iron bars and cold flagstones surrounded her. She couldn’t have been more than four or five years old. Weakly, she cried out for her mother over and over. But there was no reply.
After a few minutes, she heard the sound of footsteps. She started trembling. She hugged her knees and shrunk back. A boorish looking man passed by her. Following behind him was the young boy who had been in the cell next to hers.

This was all information she inferred from what she heard. She didn’t dare raise her head up to look. She was too afraid. That boy was the fifth. The fifth one she’d heard led out of here. The other four had never come back. This boy too, would probably never come back.
Young as she was, the girl still understood that they hadn’t been released. Now and again, men would come into the room and examine the kids locked up here. Even if she didn’t fully understand their haggling over prices, the girl knew that being taken from here wasn’t a good thing.
“Mama...” Her faint voice trailed off, heard by no one. Swallowed up by the dark underbelly of the city...for now.


The monster of the abyss drew closer.
With him was a seductive vampire princess, an airheaded, worthless rabbit, and the newest addition to their party: a hopeless pervert of a dragon.
They drew closer to the intersection of fate, where a new meeting and a miraculous reunion awaited them.