After that, judging that it was impossible for the monsters of this dungeon to be able to hurt Yanagi’s and Katagiri's bodies with their abilities, Hana and I left their corpses and returned to the surface.
On the surface, the students and their escorts who participated in this dungeon exercise had been waiting. And they seemed relieved after learning that Hana was safe.
When Hana was asked why she was left behind, she explained that as a result of desperately trying to escape when she was being attacked by another monster on the way, she got separated from everyone, which was the answer that we had prepared before.
And as I added that I went searching for her and safely brought her back, they were easily convinced. However, the problem was Yanagi and Katagiri who haven't returned.
After waiting for a while, the people from the Adventurer Association arrived. And they, who seemed to be experienced adventurers, went inside the dungeon to help Yanagi and Katagiri.
Then approximately 20 minutes later–they were back, along with two corpses and a stone board.
Looking at that, my heart quickened.
They gathered around the stone board and started a discussion in a panicked manner. Although they're talking in a voice that couldn't be heard by the students, I could hear it clearly.
"Do you think the things that are written on this stone board are true? About how Yanagi-kun killed Katagiri-san…"
"It’s totally unbelievable. Because he didn't look like someone who would do such a thing…"
"At any rate, we should verify this information. If he indeed possessed a skill called Plunderer, and has plundered Tame, that situation can be explained."
"Although we can't say for sure yet, the fact that the Tamer had died mysteriously in another dungeon is true. Therefore, we'll have to ascertain the situation at the time of that murder once again. With that, everything might be revealed."
"Then, we'll have to trouble you."
_On that stone board, I have written down everything about the chronology of this matter, except for the fact that Hana and I were there.
My current ability was still far from competing with the strongest in the world. That's why I still can't let [Transfer Within Dungeon] be disclosed yet.
… If they knew that I have the ability to kill Yanagi, there was a high possibility that my skill would be revealed because of the domino effect too.
Even so, I couldn't just silently overlook this matter. Yanagi tried to take many lives by exploiting his position as a member of the Adventurer Association. At least, I had to make this fact known.
Thus, as a compromise, I decided to leave a stone board with a note about this matter.
The stone board was created by cutting out the stone that was there and the letters were written using a knife. If it were the characters that were written using a knife, surely it would be difficult to determine that I was the one who wrote it even if they tried to appraise the handwriting.
Anyway, while I was thinking about that, their discussion continued.
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