My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin — Chapter 30

REINA-!!!!!!

PLEASE HOLD BACK!!! SHE IS NOT EVEN WORTH OUR TIME!!!

LET ME GO!!! I AM GOING TO PULL OUT EVERY LAST STRAND OF HER HAIR!!!

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TO INSULT FELIX AND IRENNE?!!!

IRENNE, REINA! SO THIS IS WHERE YOU WERE!

EVERYONE HAS GATHERED AT THE ASSEMBLY POINT...

WHAT IS GOING ON?!

CYNTHIA!! HELP ME!!

CYNTHIA!!

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS WOMAN JUST SAID— #$@%@#

CYNTHIA—!!!!!!

AAAAAGH!!!! YOU CRAZY BXTCHES!!!!!

HUFF, HUFF... YOU HAVE NO MORE REFINEMENT THAN A TROLL!!

DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT BEGGING OUR RAID FOR YOUR LIVES INSIDE THE DUNGEON!!!

FLEEING

WHO IS GOING TO BEG WHOM, YOU CRAZY WOMAN!!!

CYNTHIA...

I trusted you...

HANDFUL

I AM SORRY.

I TRIED TO STOP HER, BUT AFTER HEARING WHAT SHE SAID, MY GRIP TIGHTENED BEFORE I KNEW IT...

BUT SHE IS THE ONE WHO INSULTED US FIRST!!!

ARE YOU NOT ANGRY, IRENNE?!

IT'S NOT THAT, BUT...

THE PRINCESS MUST HAVE SENT HER TO SCOUT BECAUSE SHE IS ANXIOUS THAT WE MIGHT ACHIEVE BETTER RESULTS.

RATHER THAN LETTING THEM SWAY US AND WASTE OUR ENERGY,

WE SHOULD FOCUS ON OUR OWN RAID AND PROVE OURSELVES WITH OUR RESULTS.

RIGHT, PRINCESS CECILIA'S RAID CONSISTS OF 250 PEOPLE.

WE ARE A MERE TWENTY,

A NUMBER THAT CANNOT EVEN COMPARE TO THE PRINCESS'S RAID, WHICH EVEN BROUGHT CARRIAGES...

LADY IRENNE, YOU HAVE ARRIVED!

I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO LEAD THESE PEOPLE.

I CANNOT AFFORD TO BE SHAKEN BY THE PRINCESS’S SHALLOW PROVOCATIONS.

ACCORDING TO THE FORTRESS’S OBSERVATION USING THE ARTIFACT “EYE OF EXPLORATION,” THE DIFFICULTY OF THIS DUNGEON IS MID-GRADE.

ITS SCALE IS EXCEPTIONALLY VAST, BUT NO TRACES OF POWERFUL MONSTERS WERE FOUND.

THIS INFORMATION IS EXACTLY AS I REMEMBER IT FROM MY PAST LIFE...

HOWEVER, THE APPEARANCE OF AN UNEXPLORABLE AREA

THAT THE EYE OF EXPLORATION COULD NOT ENTER TROUBLES ME.

I WONDER WHAT KIND OF VARIABLES AWAIT US...

BECAUSE OF THIS UNEASE, I DECIDED TO PREPARE THOROUGHLY.

I PACKED AND CATALOGED AS MANY RESOURCES AS POSSIBLE, SUCH AS RATIONS AND EQUIPMENT.

I ALSO COMPILED AND SHARED THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISTORTION DUNGEON FROM MY MEMORIES,

CONVINCING THE NEWLY JOINED, WARY MEMBERS TO OPEN UP ABOUT THEIR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES.

BASED ON THAT, WE DISCUSSED TOGETHER HOW WE WOULD CONDUCT OUR BATTLES.

...EVEN THOUGH I PREPARED AS BEST AS I COULD,

I FEEL NERVOUS NOW THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY DEPARTING.

CAN I REALLY DO A GOOD JOB...?

UNTIL RECENTLY, I WAS NOTHING BUT A KITCHEN MAID IN THE COUNT'S ESTATE...

A NOBODY...

I AM MERELY...

IRENNE.

I AM RIGHT BEHIND YOU.

NO.

I MUST BELIEVE IN MYSELF.

BELIEVE IN MYSELF,

BELIEVE IN SIR MICHAEL,

WHO BELIEVES IN ME,

AND BELIEVE IN THE PEOPLE WHO TRUST US—

I HAVE TO BE BRAVE!

WE ARE IN...

THE ATMOSPHERE FEELS SIMILAR TO A REGULAR UNSTABLE DUNGEON.

DID EVERYONE ENTER SAFELY?

YES, EVERYONE IS HERE!

THEN, LET US FALL INTO THE FORMATION WE DISCUSSED BEFOREHAND.

YES!

WE DO NOT KNOW WHEN OR HOW WE MIGHT ENCOUNTER THE AREAS OR MONSTERS THE SCOUTING PARTY MISSED,

SO WE MUST NEVER LET OUR GUARD DOWN.

WE MUST NEVER LET...

GASP! WE HAVE NOT EVEN DEFEATED A SINGLE MONSTER,

SO WHY IS THERE ALREADY A TREASURE CHEST?!

OUR GUARD...

GASP!!!! IT IS A FLOWER OF HEALING,

WHICH ONLY BLOOMS IN DUN- GEONS AT A VERY RARE RATE!!!

DOWN...

GASP! IT IS A CAT-BAT, A LOWEST-GRADE MONSTER

THAT IS SO ADORABLE PEOPLE EVEN KEEP IT AS A PET!!!

Aaaah, so cute!!

WHAT IS THIS?

IT IS MUCH SMOOTHER THAN WE PREPARED FOR...

Exactly!!

we have barely defeated any monsters, yet we have already obtained this many rewards!

WELL, A GOOD THING IS A GOOD THING, IS IT NOT?

I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE HOW MASSIVE THE REWARDS WILL BE ONCE WE ENTER THE "TRUE REWARD ROOM"!

THAT IS TRUE, BUT...

THIS IS STRANGE.

PRINCESS CECILIA'S RAID WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS FOR ENTRY,

AND I HEARD THE ADVANCE PARTY, WHICH DID NOT INCLUDE THE PRINCESS, ENTERED MUCH EARLIER THAN WE DID.

SO WHY IS IT THAT EVEN NOW, AS WE HAVE REACHED THE CENTER OF THE DUNGEON,

THERE IS NO ONE ELSE HERE BUT US?

THERE ARE THREE PATHS IN THE DIRECTION WE CAME FROM,

AND TWO PATHS AHEAD OF US...

THE LEFT PATH LEADS TO THE UNEXPLORABLE AREA, AND THE RIGHT PATH CONNECTS TO THE ENTRANCE OF SECTOR 1.

WHICH WAY SHOULD WE GO?

LET US REST HERE FOR A MOMENT WHILE WE THINK IT OVER.

NO ONE IS INJURED AT ALL,

AND THE REWARDS WE HAVE GATHERED ARE PLENTIFUL.

BUT WHY DO I FEEL SO ANXIOUS?

THE PATH THE SCOUTING PARTY COULD NOT ACCESS EVEN WITH THEIR INTERNAL SCANNING ARTIFACTS.

IF WE TAKE THIS PATH, COULD THERE BE VARIABLES I AM UNABLE TO HANDLE?

HOWEVER,

THE REWARD ROOM, WHICH SIGNIFIES A COMPLETE CLEAR, IS NOT MARKED ON THE MAP EITHER...

IF POSSIBLE, IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO ARRIVE BEFORE PRINCESS CECILIA'S RAID

AND OBTAIN A RESULT THAT COULD WEAKEN HER HIGH- NESS'S INFLUENCE...

SIR MICHAEL.

YES, PLEASE SPEAK.

ONCE WE FINISH RESTING, COULD WE BRIEFLY SCOUT THE PATH LEADING TO SECTOR 1?

I WOULD LIKE TO CHECK ON PRINCESS CECILIA'S PARTY BEFORE WE CHOOSE OUR PATH.

UNDERSTOOD. I WILL TAKE A FEW HIGHLY MOBILE KNIGHTS AND QUICKLY SCOUT AHEAD.

AH, I WILL GO WITH YOU...

NO.

PLEASE GET PLENTY OF REST HERE, LADY IRENNE.

I'VE ALREADY RESTED ENOUGH...!

THE PURIFIERS WILL FEEL AT EASE IF YOU STAY WITH THEM.

IT WILL ALSO ALLOW ME TO GO WITH PEACE OF MIND.

YES, UNDERSTOOD.

THEN I WILL BE WAITIN—

SIR MICHAEL...!!!

WHAT IF THE PEOPLE BEHIND US SEE...!

WELL THEN, I SHALL BE BACK.

LADY IRENNE,

COME OVER TO OUR SIDE. LET US BREW SOME RECOVERY TEA AND WAIT TOGETHER.

YES, SHALL WE?

IT SEEMS EVERY- ONE'S GOTTEN QUITE CLOSE WITHOUT ME EVEN REALIZING IT.

IF ONLY THINGS COULD KEEP GOING LIKE THIS.

JUST LIKE THIS...

W-WE HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM!

TH-THE ADVANCE PARTY OF THE OTHER RAID...

THE ADVANCE PARTY OF ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE...!!

THEY WERE FOUND COMPLETELY ANNIHILATED!!

AND THEY WERE ALL PROMINENT PURIFIERS AND KNIGHTS!!!!!