The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter - Chapter 121

Chapter 121

Translator: “Pink Tea” Editor: ”Weasalopes”

Still surrounded by a tense atmosphere I attentively listen to the King’s words . Quite reluctantly to be honest .

If I resist here, I will expose Emma and others to danger, and even more importantly, being raised by a puny lowest noble I was under the curse that made me shrink in front of people of high position .

Father, for this I blame you .

Now, as expected, the king’s demands were simple . He wanted to punish Fangs of Counterattack that kept causing unrest in the city and even attacked the castle at times .

Of course, that means subjugating their leader S as well .

As King Gyro casually told me, S is the most troublesome for he has charisma and ingenuity, so he should be assassinated .

「They are using as assassins kids that didn’t even turn ten . So there is no need for us to be reluctant about doing the same . 」

He is totally unreasonable, this person . I’m really glad that he isn’t our king .

「That being said, there is a huge risk for me . Can I, an outsider, do anything about the enemy so powerful that he cannot be disposed of by his own country?」

「Ugh……」

As one would expect, this irritated me a little, so I replied with some acidity . But since I’m dealing with a king, I won’t go too far .

We managed to settle on it that I won’t accept an assassination, but I will assist with capture . After receiving information on the organization we left the castle .

Looks like Emma was extremely happy with me opposing that king since she kept squeezing my arm all the time .

Completely without caring about her breasts pressing against my arm . Thanks to that I got a bit of LP . Thank you!

At the town’s gate, I decided to part with everyone . All four of the girls offered to help, but I refused .

It was about time for everyone to return after all .

「Make sure to run away if things get dangerous…… I will punch you will my full strength if you won’t come back!」

Emma, looking like she is about to cry was quite cute .

Seeing off the carriage that everyone boarded, I went to collect information in the town .

After all the king’s information wasn’t that useful . Well, it also meant that S is that proficient in covering his tracks .

There wasn’t a single person that didn’t know about Fangs of Counterattack .

But nothing but scary stuff came up, like famous adventurer getting utterly defeated by S or soldiers being completely unable to deal with them . Eehm, I kinda might have to fight him, you know……

I’d like some more optimistic information .

That aside, the number of supporters for Fangs of Counterattack was surprisingly high . An old man with whom I spoke a moment ago was also one of them .

「Indeed, Fangs of Counterattack might be radical . But their objective is to kill the king and annihilate royalty . Which is, you know…」

Many refused to say anything beyond that . They can’t say it in public, but I guess they do wish for the king to die .

It caught my interest, so I decided to also gather rumors on royalty’s infamy . As result…… I learned the facts that made me feel sick .

It seems that the royalty and nobility of those lands frequently abuse their power and authority . Especially revolting was so called game known as noble battle .

That alone made me infuriated after learning a bit of detail . They use commoners troubled for money as some kind of pieces in their game . For nobles, it’s a game, but for commoners, it’s a battle with their life on the line .

…Maybe I should just go home? My legs carried me to the gates by themselves .

「…Is what I thought, but I’ll do my best to find S! I’ll certainly capture him . 」

Why I suddenly became so motivated? It’s simple, someone was stealthily following me . Must be the king’s underlings . They are near a signboard of a curio shop .

I asked【Great Sage】 if S is in this town, or a person acting under such alias .

【One 256 meters south-southeast, one 439 meters north-north-east . 】

I’m glad that the name was that rare we managed to narrow it to only two people .

Next one . This time I ask about distinctive traits in their appearance .

Both of them were young men, one of them had brown hair and slender build . A large mole on his neck . Another one was tall and had short grey hair . It seems that he also has a cut around his elbow on the right arm .

Questions end here . I have resistance to headache from the skill, but it’s not a complete one . If I keep pushing my luck and barraging with questions, the headache will surely make me cry .

If Emma was with me I could’ve eased it with a kiss though .

First, I will try the nearest one . Measuring the distance with steps I arrive at a park .

「Brown hair, slender, a mole on the neck . 」

I mutter as I walk . A passerby gave me a look of pity . I’m completely normal! While I was asserting so in my mind, I found a person that matched the description .

A person smoked a cigar, lying on a bench . Slowly, I approach . I can learn his identity by using【Appraisal】when I get closer . Won’t work if he has concealment-type skill though . ……Yet .

「Hey, you brat . 」

「……Huh? Wha-what?」

Oh, snap! The moment I was about to confirm his abilities our eyes met and he called out to me . To be honest, his low and keen voice startled me a bit .

「You, you are not from this area, aren’t ya?」

「Yes . I actually just arrived for sightseeing . 」

「That’s interesting . 」

With those words, he stood up and covered my eyes with his hand . No way, does he already know everything? I reached for a sword on my waist in panicー

「Don’t be rash . I just want to hear about other countries . 」

His hand moved away from my eyes . His fingers held a small mosquito . Squashing it, he then donned a broad smile . Is he perhaps not a bad person?

Since he did have a mole on his neck, I use 【Appraisal】while thanking him .

Name: Jauce Trobia
Age: 24
Race: Human
Level: 69
Occupation: Explorer
Skills: One-Handed Swordsmanship A, Stone Bullet, Tackle Enhancement

Oh my, he is strong…… My level is far higher, but having Swordsmanship A is amazing .

His occupation column has only an explorer in it, I wonder if he is not S? In the first place, would S activities even reflect on the occupation field? His name a false one, so it might not come up .

「I thought about going on exploration soon, so I’d like to hear about your country . 」

「I’d like to talk as well, but I’m a bit busy at the moment . 」

「Then come back when you are done with that . 」

Promising so, I head for another S candidate . Actually, going by the aura, this one doesn’t seem like S . It seemed like he really only wanted to talk, and he had no wariness at all .

Not making any conclusions I make my way to the second one .

Moving north-north-east from the original location I arrived at a plaza . Lots of street performers entertaining people with tricks or special skills .

A wide stone stairway was nearby, with people of all ages sitting on it, resting . Such carefree space was to my liking . Just how nice it could’ve been if I came here for sightseeing with everyone .

Now, do we have any grey-haired man here? As I was looking around restlessly, one of the street performers beckoned me . His whole face was covered in a white powder with nose alone being red in color .

He had several juggling balls in his hands, but he gave all of them to me . He also spoke in a strange accent .

「Pophew! Little master, throw them . 」

「I’m not a master, and just so you know, I’m already sixteen!」

「And even such confident lad will soon be surprised!」

I absolutely won’t, thinking so, I tossed him the balls, one after another . In turn, he caught them . But strangely, his hands remained empty .

The balls disappeared . Surrounding spectators were delighted with that trick . I narrowed my eyes and checked his abilities .

As I expected, 【Subdimensional Storage C】 was there . Creating an opening on his palm, he stealthily stored them there .

That is a great technique . But can he stop looking at me with such a self-satisfied look? As he pulled out the balls again the spectators once again showed their enjoyment .

「I can do the same . Try to throw them to me . 」

「Hmm? It’s not that simple . 」

「It’s fine . 」

Showing some suspicious, he then threw them at me all at once . Won’t you normally throw one by one! For a moment I was about to give up, thinking that it might be impossible, but I managed to somehow put them into the storage . Well, in my case it was obvious to the observers though .

Then announced to the confused performer .

「This skill seems to be quite rare, right? I never thought about using it the way you did . I shall use this as a reference . 」

Even a strong skill might not show its full potential because of a user . While a user’s approach or ideas might allow for a breakthrough, they also can limit one to only mediocre effects .

It’s important to stay diligent without indulging in a vain prideー AH, it was not the time for this stuff?!

In a hurry, I resume my search of the gray-haired man . Eventually, another performer and a man caught my attention .

They were fighting . By the way, the man had ashen hair, so I couldn’t afford to miss that .

Judging by the contents of their abusive shouts, the stout performer was doing some fire breathing tricks, but messed up and fired hopped onto the man’s clothes .

Though the fire was immediately extinguished, the man still had his complaints . To which the performer snapped and tried to put the blame on the man . Yup, the fault here lies overwhelmingly on the performer .

If you screwed up, you should apologize . This is basic stuff, but some can’t do that even after becoming adults . Or rather, it might be hard precisely because they are adults?

With pride and position and all that stuff . In the future, if I get to a high position, I will make an effort not to turn like that .

And while I was absentmindedly staring at them an actual fight started .

「Kyaaa . 」

As the man drew a sword, women and children scrambled for cover . It turned into a standoff between the two . The first one to make a move was the performer .

Taking a gulp of alcohol he then spat a fireball big enough to engulf a grown person . I was taken aback seeing an attack brimming with an intention to kill .

Though his opponent is a swordsman that’s still an overkill . And after the flames dissipated no one actually was there . Eh?

「Eh……?」

My thoughts overlapped with the performer’s surprised voice . The next moment his face turned pale . A sword was thrust at his back .

Just when did he get behind the performer?

「You either die or get the hell beaten out of you . Choose . 」

「What if I say that I prefer neither?」

「Then do your best in the other world . 」

「Stop! You can hit me once, so please don’t kill me . 」

After making such a choice, the performer had the hell beaten out of him . It didn’t stop at one hit . I counted up till twelve punches and then closed my eyes . That swollen face was too painful to look at .

Since the swordsman seemed to be done here, I tried to quietly follow him…… But then stopped . Another person began quietly moving in the crowd .

Seeing that man’s face I open my eyes wide in surprise . Of course, I’d be startled, after all, he also had gray hair .

What a confusing town this is……

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