Final Trial of Mankind

Finn asked her in a dress that looked like a dancing girl.

"Are you sure it was killed by someone?"

"Who knows, I just heard other people yelling, so I don't know the details."

"Then do you know where that body was found?"

"It's Billy's hotel that we went up here. There should be a lot of people, so you can know it at a glance, right?"

Several people left the tent after selling the magic stones and dropped items.

"What do we do next, Commander?"

"Since you want to live here, you can't just ignore it all the time, let's go and have a look."

Finn, who answered Tione in this way, got up and walked up the street from the place where many shops were set up along the edge of the cliff according to the information he had inquired.

048 The Shadow of the Murderer

The top of the island slopes toward the lake, so [Rivera Street] has many slopes and slopes. Surrounded by countless crystals and vegetation, Mu Chen and others climbed up the stairs made of tree trunks. climb.

Not long after, the missing adventurers were found a little past the center of the town.

On the not-so-large alley, the crowd gathered in front of the entrance of a certain cave, and now the sign hanging on some sloping walls reads [Billy's Inn] in the common language.

It seems that this is the inn that I heard about.

"Wow~ this, I feel like I can't get in at all..."

"In the hotel, can I go in?"

It is no exaggeration to say that the human wall formed by many demihumans cannot be squeezed in at all. When Tiona and Refia stretched their necks to watch amidst the endless noise, Finn took action.

"I'll go and have a look first, you guys wait here first! Riveria."

The little human made full use of his petite body to shuttle between the crowd. When Aisi and Tiona gasped in amazement, Tione panicked by herself.

"Head, wait a minute!? - Hey, get out of the way!"

"Hmm, [Loki Familia]...!?"

Under Tione's intimidation, the adventurers immediately split into a path.

Although they felt a little sorry to see the people who were terrified to get out of the way, Ais and the others followed Tione into it.

To be honest, Mu Chen wondered if Finn knew Tione would do this and deliberately left them alone to get in.

Thinking of the bell on his desk that was specially used to summon Tione, Mu Chen felt that it was really possible, but the speculations of other people besides the person concerned were only speculations after all, so he still thought about it in his heart. Yes, there is no need to say it.

Although there were a few guarded adventurers standing at the entrance of the cave, it seemed that Fenn had already passed by, allowing Mu Chen and others to enter easily.

In [Billy's Hotel], which uses a naturally formed cave as a hotel, there is a path that Ais and five people can walk side by side in a gentle manner.

After entering the entrance, there is a counter next to it, and several expensive candlestick-shaped magic stone lamps are set on the surrounding walls, and three daggers placed at equal intervals are also decorated there like ornamental paintings. The fur carpet laid out is probably a drop from monsters.

Just this spacious entrance can make people see that [Billy's Hotel] is also considered a high-end hotel in [Rivella Street], surrounded by exposed stone walls and cyan crystals growing in the cracks of the walls, Ais and the others reconciled with Finn who was in front and went inside the hotel.

There are several door-shaped caves on the left and right sides of the road, covered with a rouge-colored cloth hanging there. This curtain seems to function as a door, and there is a space for a bed inside. Aisi and the others found three people standing at the door of a room. Adventurers, please, they entered the room in a panic.

"...!"

When Mu Chen entered the room, seeing the corpse, he suddenly had the thought of "how much hatred is there to whip the corpse like this".

Yes, other than the first time, he didn't have other thoughts of nausea and fear similar to those of Ais or Refia.

The room at the deepest part of the cave has been dyed red, and the body of a man who lost his head is lying on the ground.

Only the lower part of the body is covered with clothes, full of muscles, and the taut brown body has been trained. The limbs that have been thrown away seem to express the man's depression. In this way, there is no way to know what he looked like before he was alive.

Thin red pieces of meat and brains floated in the sea of ​​blood.

"Don't look, Refia."

With a strong tone, Ais unwittingly blocked Refia's sight.

[Are you overprotective?However, this is indeed not suitable for people with low psychological endurance. 】

Muchen glanced at Ais and Refia, then looked around the room again.

The originally red carpet turned crimson black due to blood, and even the blood splashed from the straw woven marks ⑿欁狁痛打笔川> stirred up the rectangular room illuminated by several magic stone lamps brought in. The upholstery was painted in miserable colours.

The crystal decorations placed in the room were dripped with solidified red tears.

As the final trial of human beings born out of human malice, although his sense of existence is a little low, and he has never done anything to destroy the world, he never wants to vomit because of such things.

"gross……"

After Tiona frowned and muttered, the two men in the room turned their heads.

One of the people who was kneeling next to the corpse for on-site inspection frowned his thick eyebrows when he saw Ace and the others.

"Ah huh? Hey guys, it's forbidden to enter here!? What are the guards doing!"

"Hai, Porus, I'm sorry to bother you."

Finn spoke to the angry human man as if he understood the situation.

He is a muscular giant, with a ferocious face and black eyepatch, he has the force to make everyone who sees it feel scared. He wears a battle suit without sleeves on his upper body, revealing his bulging shoulders and abdominal muscles.

Porus Eruda.

He is a high-level adventurer who runs a buying house on this [Rivella Street], and he is the one who says without hesitation, "My things are mine, and your things are mine too." He belongs to this street. chief.

[Rivela Street] where various [Families] gather. There are no people related to the guild or landlords. They don't want to be bound by troublesome rules, and they can buy and sell casually. What is needed in Rogue Town? The only thing—all that is required of a man of influence—is the power to shut other people up.

On this street pure power is directly linked to status.

Porus, the strongest adventurer on the street Lv.3, has the position to deal with the entire street in an emergency, so he also cooperates with the leaders and members of the various high-ranking factions who use [Rivella's Street] There is a deep relationship.

As for Porus, who was in charge of leading this investigation due to the usual practice, Finn raised his hand "it doesn't matter".

"We also plan to borrow a hotel on the street for a while, so even if we want to focus on exploration with peace of mind, we hope to help you solve this case as soon as possible. How about it, Porus?"

"Ha, you really know how to speak, Finn, no matter you or the [Freya Familia], the powerful guys just think they can do anything and show off everywhere."

"Won't this guy talk about himself?" Tione stared at Porus who was talking to Finn in an arrogant tone, and Refia, who was sweating from fright, hurriedly said "Calm down, calm down" to comfort her desperately.

"So what's going on? Did you know the identity of this adventurer and the killer's information?"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh...the guy who hit the street brought a woman in a long robe, an adventurer wearing a full-body armor, and he was wearing a helmet so I don't know his face, but the woman he brought over disappeared, so the prisoner was that guy Is that... is that so, Billy?"

"Well, at least I only let that couple in."

Billy, a young orc who stayed in the room besides Porus, nodded in confirmation of him. He was of medium build with disheveled hair, and red lines were drawn on the left and right cheeks.

As the owner of the inn, he continued as if making a supplement.

"The two came last night, both of them hid their faces, please ask me to reserve the hotel."

"It's just two people who want to reserve all the guest rooms... Ah, so that's what happened."

"Well, that's it. Our hotel doesn't have such a convenient thing as a door, so every call can be heard in the cave, and you can sneak a peek if you want to see it."

Finn immediately realized what he wanted to say, and Refia, who was listening, blushed as if she had realized something.

Of course Mu Chen also understood that he was not that innocent, he knew what was going on just by looking at the situation, even if his reaction was a little slow, but if he hadn't listened to the previous words, he might have thought of it immediately, but Mu Chen had heard everything, why? May be unexpected.

[Gentle Township is a tomb of heroes, living in the secular world, pink skulls, purgatory on earth. 】

"Well, as soon as I heard the man's excited tone, I immediately guessed what he was here for. Although I was a bit disappointed here, I also accepted the money... I was thinking about dying, after borrowing the room , It became like this, it just makes people feel chills down the spine."

Although Billy's tone was frivolous, the frightened emotion was still evident on his face. He put a hand on his neck and let out a heavy sigh as if he couldn't stand it anymore.

While Riveria covered the shattered head with a cloth as if mourning, Finn asked a question.

"Did you see the face of the woman in the robe?"

"She covered her hood so deeply that she couldn't see her face at all just like a man. ...Ah, but her figure is so good that it can be seen from outside the robe, she is a woman who makes people want to push down Woolen cloth."

"Oh, actually, I caught a glimpse of her on the street... She is such a nice woman. Although I didn't see her face, she must be right."

After the emphatic Billy, even Porus asserts her coveted figure.

For them whose breaths began to rush, the female camp headed by Tiona cast an extremely cold gaze.

"...But, since it's your own store, don't you even know what happened in the room? Didn't you just stay at the counter in front of the entrance?"

"Forget it, if I bring such a good-looking woman into the house, I will go mad with jealousy when I hear the voice again. I will go to the bar after I put the full sign in front of the store."

Billy shrugged at Tiona's question.

It's unbearable not to drink. He drank until morning. His testimony was confirmed by those who were at the bar last night.

Between Billy's going to the bar last night and his return this morning, the man was killed, and the woman in the robe disappeared. This should be the case.

Judging from the fact that the clothes were thrown on the bed and the man was half naked, it is not difficult to imagine what he wanted to do before he died. I am afraid that the man who wanted to indulge in pornography was killed by the false.

Tione, who was looking at the situation in the room feeling bored, asked Porus.

"It looks like there is no witness to the robed woman?"

"Well, there isn't a single one. Although I have asked my men to inquire, there is still no clue."

"Is there no paperwork for payment at the hotel?"

"Sorry, no. Because he gave a very good magic stone very generously, and said that there is no need for change, so let's forget it."

Beside Tione, Billy replied to Riveria as if he felt sorry.

Generally speaking, the process of exploring the maze will not bring money to increase the volume of luggage, so this [Street of Rivera] that exists in the maze is all through written documents when trading weapons, armor, or accommodation.

The adventurers who bought something would engrave their name and the coat of arms of [Family] on the prepared certificate, and the store would ask for it from the faction it belonged to when they returned to the ground.

Therefore, if the transaction is through written documents, the name and faction of the other party can be known, but if it is resolved through the exchange of items, it cannot be confirmed.

The man in the full-body armor who was killed was not a solo adventurer, and he didn't even have a teammate—at least he hasn't claimed to be his teammate yet—so his identity, whose face was shattered miserably, There is no way of knowing.

"Well, but I was about to ask his body directly. ——Hey, haven't you brought the "unlocking potion" yet!?" Porus roared towards the corridor, just as a human adventurer ran over up.

He ran over in a panic and entered the room together with the short orc man who was standing by at the door of the room, and the vial he was holding—which contained crystals of fragments that resembled magic stones and a somewhat transparent red liquid— — handed it over.

After Porus turned the corpse lying on his back without hesitation, the short man with his sleeves rolled up came to the side.

After squatting down, opening the cap of the vial, and pouring the red liquid onto the back of the corpse, he drew on the back with his fingers as if he were drawing something.