Chapter 130

Chapter 130: The Underground World (1)

My body was heavy . My heart was so hot it felt like it was going to burst . Sweat flowed down my body and I could barely maintain consciousness .

“Alive . ”

“Oh . . . he is still alive? Is his heart really beating?”

“Listen . Can’t you hear the sound?”

Something was moving around me . Cool skin made contact with me .

“Really! He is really alive! He is still living! Crazy!”

"What do we do? Shouldn’t we notify the village?”

“No . Don’t you know Elder-nim’s personality? He has a safety first policy . Only we should know for now . ”

“But his condition might get worse . He is severely burning up . ”

“Wait a minute . What good will that do? Remember what happened last time . . . Torium, do you remember?”

"It will be okay if a cloth with cold water is put on his forehead . ”

"Ah, that's right . Indeed . It was so long ago that I had forgotten . Wait a moment . I will go and get it . ”

"Jeff, there is no time . He might be alive but he is weak . ”

“I know!”

Torium and Jeff .

Among them, the one called Jeff departed .

‘It is frustrating . ’

However, I didn’t have time to worry about such things . My chest felt tight . It felt like something was strongly pressing down on it . Perhaps . . . the origin of this pain was my heart . My heart was beating like crazy . It felt so horrible that I wanted it to stop .

"Ha, a living person . He showed up in the Underground World of the Dead . . . ”

Kung! Kung! Kung!

The sound of my heart beating echoed loudly in my ears .

How much time had passed?

My mind drifted to far away places .

I was trying to move my body when sounds were heard .

“Torium . Should we take turns? We need to create a story . ”

"We can come up with a story here as well . It's not like the lord will listen to my story anyway . He will probably only listen to pass the time . "

“Perhaps . Torium, your stories are very interesting! I am envious that you have such a talent . Doesn't the lord in the castle find you interesting?”

"That would be nice but . . . he doesn’t like looking at ugly things . He won't want to listen . In addition, a war is happening in the central area . ”

"Phew, aren’t you also tired of it? This war should be finished . How many have already died?”

"The commander won’t let this end easily . I heard rumours that he suddenly showed up with a sword after disappearing for a while . Maybe he might be able to conquer Central this time .

"No . There is an eternal curse on that area . The legitimacy doesn't matter . Everything will remain the same . They are only concerned about their self-interests . . . those with a lowly status like us are always suffering . ”

"But even so . . . the momentum is with the commander . There might end up being a conscription in our village . ”

"Eh~ . Aren’t we to the very south of Central?”

"Actually, there are rumours that the south will soon become a battlefield . ”

“Why?”

“They are rallying forces . They think the south is easy prey and are intending to grab it . There is already talk that an active army is heading here . ”

"I’m already tired of war and it is coming to the south . . . there is no safe place . ”

"Will the matchless warrior move?”

"Shut up . We can’t talk about this here . By the way, don’t you think he has been sleeping for a while?”

"The fever is gone . He is resilient and has a strangely fast recovery . In this state, he will soon . . . eh?”

“Finger! His fingers are moving! I saw it!”

"Jeff, don’t make a fuss . He is still moving . ”

"Is he trying to write something on the ground?”

"That . . . are they letters?”

“Torium, do you know what he is doing?”

"Ahh, letters . It is really bad handwriting . Anyway . . . ”

“Anyway?

"He is asking where this place is . ”

"This place is the Underground World . The world of the dead!”

“We are the undead . I am Torium . The noisy kid sitting next to me is Jeff . ”

“That’s right, that’s right . ”

"Who are you?"

"Write it!"

"Still got a bit of a look . Let’s see, Randalph Brigsiel . ’

“Randalph Brigsiel! Ask him . How did he manage to come here alive?”

“Did you hear? Please answer . We have been very curious about this . ”

“ . . . Not moving?”

"Um, I guess he is unconscious again . ”

"How weak . ”

"His wounds were very large . It is great that he is already healed enough to move . Jeff, bring me some ‘Jellim’ from my room . ”

"Isn’t that precious?”

"Hurry . ”

"Sheesh, don’t yell at me . Wait a moment . ”

My body was gradually stabilizing . Even the wildly beating heart gradually slowed down .

My depleted magic power recovered and my colour returned .

Soon, I was able to open my eyes .

‘They really are the undead . ’

I was inside a cave .

Four eyes were watching me .

They were missing their hair, had violet skin and fungus all over their bodies . The undead .

I remembered asking a few questions with my fingers . I remembered that this was the Underground World and the presence of the undead .

'The problem is . . . I’m not sure where the Underground World is . ’

The circulation of magic power was different . It was unfamiliar, but there was also familiar magic power hovering around me . At first, I felt a little bit panicked .

This wasn’t Earth, the Demon World or even the Spirit World . It was a place I wasn’t familiar with .

‘My physical condition is in the worst state . ’

I frowned after checking the state of my body .

It couldn’t be worst than this . In this state, I wouldn’t even be able to handle a lower grade creature . My muscles were almost dead and my magic power was still mostly depleted . I couldn’t even afford to call Lightning God .

"What are you looking at?”

I used the wall as support to stand up and spoke .

"He is speaking!”

"It really is amazing . ”

Was Jeff his name?

He seemed to be the one making a fuss .

Anyway . . . they had saved me but I was still skeptical . I couldn’t trust anyone in this post-battle situation . I had occasionally heard their voices while drifting in and out of consciousness .

"Where did you come from?”

“You are Torium?”

"Correct . ”

“Torium . I’d like to ask something first . Is this place really the Underground World?”

"Yes . ”

"It isn’t the Demon World or Middle World?”

"Technically speaking, it is a place that exists in the middle . ”

"I can’t believe it . ”

I walked out while still leaning on the wall . Torium came to my other side in order to help .

Not long afterwards, I exited from the cave . I couldn’t help snorting . The cave was at the bottom of a cliff and I was able to see a pretty wide area .

'It is worse than the Demon World . ’

A place full of death .

No, it was a place for the dead!

Everything was different . It was a similar feeling to when I arrived on Earth from the Demon World or when I first entered the Spirit World .

‘What happened in the confrontation with Contegonom?’

I frowned .

I remembered up to my confrontation with Contegonom .

But afterwards, there was just a gap in my memory .

‘I can’t communicate with Yihi or check the status window . ’

It seemed like the system was still broken . I clicked my tongue .

"I can’t exist here . ”

"Of course . This is a world that only contains the dead . ”

Torium said from next to me .

“Do you know how I can get back?”

"I don’t know . In fact, it is still unbelievable . From what I understand, this is the first time something like this has happened in the Underground World . ”

"It is possible that others might know . ”

"Maybe . . . but shouldn’t you become more stable first? You still don’t look good . ”

It made a lot of sense .

It was important to understand the situation, but first my body needed to heal . I wouldn’t be able to move around comfortably in this state .

'Even one orc will be troublesome right now . ’

I was in the worst state . The reason why my body was like this?

The skill Corruption gave me wings and horns . My status . . . I made a fist . Bare bones and blue veins were visible .

"Do you want anything to eat and drink?”

Torium was an undead so he didn’t worry about my emotional state .

“Very presumptuous . "

"I don’t intend to get things for free . I will answer some of your questions . ”

It seemed like Torium and Jeff had a lot of questions for me . Then I would use it to accomplish what I wanted .

"It might be hard for you to eat . ”

"It doesn’t matter . "

I shook my head .

I could eat anything .

‘Jellim’ was a tree and the branches could be used to make a porridge . It was the only food they had but . . . it was still better than nothing .

"I'm a storyteller . Every week, I would make up a story to tell the lord and I would receive a branch of Jellim in return . Jellim is very important in the Underground World . It is good for increasing the ‘shelf life’ of a rotting body . ”

Torium spoke in a condescending tone .

Indeed, I had never heard the name Jellim .

"It is like a preservative . ”

"Preservative?”

"There is such a thing?”

"Hmm, it seems to be something in the other world . By the by, who are you? I know that your name is Randalph Brigsiel but how did you come to the Underground World?”

I already received food and water .

I needed to cooperate to continue obtaining them in the future . I also needed to find out about this place .

“I was operating a dungeon . ”

“Dungeon? A dungeon filled with creatures?”

“That’s correct . ”

"I heard that warlocks or lich normally operate a dungeon . . . ”

"That’s it for today . ”

“Wait! It can’t end here!”

"I will tell you more tomorrow . ”

I sat down and shut my eyes .

First of all, it was necessary to examine the insides of my body . And I got an idea about how to recover my magic power .

“Hu! I understand . I will come back tomorrow . ”

"Come with something to eat and drink . ”

"The Jellim is precious!”

"It doesn’t matter to me . ”

“ . . . . . . ”

Torium abruptly left! He turned and exited the cave .

He was quickly followed by Jeff .

"Is this really okay?"

"Jeff, I am a storyteller . I can’t stand wondering . ”

"Aren’t you scared?”

"Those eyes . . . I’m not an opponent for him . He seems to have killed a lot . ”

“What?”

"Shit! Where did he fall from? What is a preservative? I really want to know!”

"I am also curious . You will be able to make a better story . ”

"So please lend me some Jellim . I don’t have enough . ”

"Are you crazy?”

"It will be worth it . A person has shown up in this world . I think that it is very significant . ”

"Anyway Torium, I’ve known you for a long time but I still don’t know you . ”

Jeff sighed .