The dungeon has been parasitized

Chapter 108 Black Tower

Why, when discussing the origin of magic cores, do we bring up the even more explosive event of taming a dragon?

Klein instructed Yanami to tell them directly that he had tamed a dragon, and that the dragon was surrounded by many winged serpent dragons, which was why he was able to obtain so many magic cores. In fact, this was to tell the rat-people that Yanami possessed corresponding strength.

Every husband is not guilty, and he is guilty of his crime.

If you don't properly demonstrate your strength, having too much wealth will only harm you.

Although Klein didn't think the Ratfolk would definitely try to take over the plantation, it was always better to be cautious.

It's unrealistic to say that so many magic cores were found by chance; magic cores couldn't possibly be left in the wild undetected by monsters.

If it's about picking up corpses, that's even more impossible, because the smell of so many corpses would only attract more monsters, which is not ideal.

But whether they believe it or not, the fact that Yanami tamed the dragon at least makes them wonder if Yanami really tamed the dragon.

Most importantly, the rat-like people did know that Yanami could tame powerful magical beasts. Taming a dragon was unbelievable, but at least there was a guarantee of trust.

However, to Klein's surprise, they seemed to connect Yanami's taming of the dragon with the previous dragon roar, and they were going to see the leader.

They might mistakenly believe it was the roar of the dragon that Klein had tamed.

And it seems they take this matter very seriously.

At this moment, Hyacinth and Daisy continued to tie up Yanami and moved the items from Shadow Wolf to Rock Smash, while the Guard returned to their posts.

"Yana, could the other bags be...?"

Hyacinth and Daisy continued to help move things, but as they moved, Hyacinth suddenly thought of something.

"These are other materials from the Pteranodon."

"I knew it... I feel like I won't be surprised by anything anymore."

Hyacinth sighed, seemingly already used to the surprises Yanami brought.

"I'm really curious about what's happened to you all this time... But let's see the leader first. With so many magic cores, we have to report to the leader. Hehe."

The Rockbreaker was carrying a cart. Hyacinth lifted the bag and put it into the cart.

The three of them carried everything onto the bus. Daisy walked over to the Rockcutter, pulled on the reins, and led it towards the city gate, while Yanami and Hyacinth walked alongside.

Shadow Wolf remained where it was and could not enter the city, while Klein went to the seedling that Yanami carried with her and moved with it.

"Alright, let's go inside together now."

"Um."

The Rockcrusher dragged the cart forward, passed through the opened stone gate, and entered the city walls.

Beyond the stone gate lies another man-made passage, clearly carved out of the rock, but much more refined and with a smoother surface than the outside.

It must be said that such an underground fortress must be extremely safe.

"You'll be the one who's surprised when we get into the city, hehe."

Hyacinth squinted at Yanami, a hint of smugness in her eyes.

"Hmph~ Is that so?"

Following the Rockcrushing Rat Car slowly forward, the passage was still slightly dim despite being illuminated by torches. However, after traveling a distance, light appeared ahead in the passage.

Stepping out of the passageway, you enter a wide street lined with buildings of distinct architectural styles on both sides.

The corridors with stone pillars connect the streets, the buildings are made of brick and stone, and the pedestrians walk on the road... If it weren't for the fact that the pedestrians all have big round ears and long, thin rat tails, Klein would have thought that he was still in human society.

Some pedestrians had already noticed Yanami's presence and looked over with curiosity, but they weren't particularly surprised.

It's very likely that the rat-like creatures were originally familiar with humans.

"Wow...what a gorgeous and clean street."

Not only Klein, but also Yanami, who had been living in a human city not long ago, was surprised.

"Right? It's a nice place, isn't it? And this city is really, really big."

As she spoke, Hyacinth pointed to the end of the street, which looked like a very far place.

"Hmm, it feels much bigger than Quilton City, and the streets are wider too."

The street is wide enough for at least four horse-drawn carriages to pass, right?

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But wasn't this supposed to be a temporary stronghold for the rat tribe? How come it's so luxurious...?

Klein asked this question through Annami.

"Didn't you say this was a temporary base? How come it's so big?"

"Ah...you asked that? It's fine to tell you."

"Because this is the site we found, the ruins."

Before the hyacinth could explain, the daisy spoke first.

"Remains?"

Yanami stared wide-eyed with curiosity, her expression filled with surprise.

"That's right. We didn't build this place ourselves. It's an existing urban site. We just renovated it and moved in."

"Huh? Was this city originally uninhabited?"

"No, not a single person, or rather, not even a single monster."

"The absence of humans is understandable, but why are there no magical beasts?"

"Because the city was sealed off, the original entrance was buried. We discovered it by accident when we were digging the tunnel. Because it is very enclosed and not directly connected to other caves, it is very safe and hidden. So when the demon tide broke out, we rat people moved here to live."

Hyacinth paused, then continued with a smile and a touch of emotion.

"We rat-people have a high fertility rate, and fortunately this city is large enough to accommodate us. However, although it is safe here, it is too isolated, and many supplies are unavailable, so we have to go out to find supplies ourselves, and that's how we ended up coming to your place."

"Ah~ I see, that's why. What a strange coincidence."

Ruins... the ruins of an entire city, that's quite an exaggeration. And it's probably only because they're good at digging that they were able to discover such a ruin.

"And besides, this place used to be inhabited by humans."

"No wonder these buildings look familiar; they're all in our human style. But why did the original inhabitants disappear from such a beautiful city?"

"Yeah, why? I'm not quite sure either. Maybe our leader knows something? It seems like the leader has a special team investigating the reasons, right? After all, maybe they moved away because of some kind of danger. If we don't figure it out, it feels a bit scary to live here."

"The intelligence team is doing these things, and my sister is in it too."

Daisy added.

"Right, right, it's the intelligence team."

Speaking of which, Yanami mentioned that the two of them seemed to be some kind of prospective guerrillas... Is the intelligence team the same kind of organization?

"Ah! What's that?"

After walking around a street corner, an unexpectedly enormous object appeared in the direction that had been obscured by buildings.

"Ah, that's the Black Tower. We don't know what it is either."

It was a black tower standing in the center of the city, a spiral cone that rose from the ground and extended all the way to the top of the cave, with a long section seemingly extending into the cave ceiling.

It looks exactly like a black drill bit.