“Block the attack!”
A man with a glittering attire was issuing a command. Some men clothed in the same armor and holding their shields were shouting while organizing their defense. They were currently trying to block the ramming of 「Rhinoceros zombie」. The attack met the wall of shield but the results was the men being blown away backwards.
The undead monster mentioned was living in 「Enrio of Kusakai」 dungeon from the 50F to the 54F. The weight of the rhinoceros was almost forty times of a normal human. Taking that into consideration there was no way to stop its charge. The man who was in the front when blocking the attack, had his armor bent and in turn it, penetrated his own body when the Rhinoceros zombie charged. However the rest of the army tried their best to attack the Rhinoceros zombie that was now within their encirclement.
“What is this? It’s instant death. The victim… 46? no 47 people? Peter, how many is fallen?”
“Connie, have 53 people became victims.”
“The pearl river squad was only some cannon fodder. If it wasn’t for me and Connie, you won’t make it this far. Why were you called the pearl river squad in the first place?”
The man who was saying that was an elves that is called Moruderon and was in a party with Connie. They were hired by the finance minister, Ivory. Right now they are accompanying Peter to do a mission from the finance minister.
“Even if we have tried hard to take you through the safe route, if we’re not here at the 48F or even 49F your party will be wiped out. Only because me and Connie are present that you can make it here to the 51F with this damage. We even took some shortcuts. Peter, you already given a knighthood but your skill is lacking if it’s compared to me and Connie that are only B rank adventurer. Won’t you be ashamed to the knighthood rank you have?”
“Watch what you are saying. You are hired by Ivory-sama. Your role was to follow my command with full obedience.”
Connie and Moruderon actually reluctant to follow Peter’s words but after all they are hired by Ivory-sama. They still need to follow their contract while didn’t hide their discomfort.
“You two stop bickering right now and help dismantle the rhinoceros zombie.”
“ Our duty here was only to guide you, the pearl river squad to hunt the 「Black Dragon」. Why don’t you show us later how your squad will defeat the black dragon when we find it?”
Connie said that as he spit on the ground and saw the state of the soldiers. The soldiers had defeated a superb rhinoceros zombie and now were stripping the materials and magic ball from it.
It’s been ten days since Peter entered 「Enrio of Kusakai」 dungeon with Connie as his guide. Originally he brought 300 people which thus reduced to 247 people on the way. If it wasn’t for Connie help, it wasn’t possible to reach the 51F in ten days and lose that little number.
“Moruderon-san, at any time you can start.”
“All right, now pearl river squad, be prepare I’ll try to search for the black dragon.”
The soldiers that were led by Peter were originally mercenaries and adventurers that were also taking the job because of the money. Their equipment were given to them by the enormous financial power of Ivory, the finance minister. Of course because of that, the skill, quality and equipment has been optimized for clearing the 「Enrio of kusakai」 dungeon. The cause for this operation was because a piece of information that was brought back by an adventurer after he dived the 「Enrio of Kusakai」 dungeon. There was a dragon sighted inside the dungeon. When the adventurer confirmed that it is indeed a dragon and a black dragon to boot, the report that was relayed to the guild become a massive uproar.