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Chapter 121: Yaou’s Punishment Course

≪Yaou, can you hear me? ≫

≪Oh, it’s you! It’s been a while! What’s the matter?≫

≪There is an adventurer party that I want you to punish a little. They are suspected of using the dungeon to commit robberies and murders. I’ll use a teleportation trap to send them over to you once I’ve captured them in the act, so instill some light trauma in them.≫

≪Hou? That sounds fun! Leave it to me. I shall live up to your expectations.”

≪Please don’t kill them though, okay? I have to hand them over to Barbaru.”

≪Fuhahaha! I understand. Just a light “punishment”, right?≫

≪Well, that’s about it. I’m counting on you.≫

I made sure to tell him not to kill him, but I’m a little worried that he might go a little too far with the “punishment”…

「Yaou… That guy seemed like he was in such high spirits. That guy has a “good” personality, doesn’t he? Well, I guess he was bored all this time and this opportunity came at just the right time.」

「Aun, the adventurers on the 8th floor have started moving. What are you going to do?」

「Okan, then. Let’s add a couple of traps and–… okay, this should be good. The rest, I have to do manually!」

「…You’re making a really scary face, you know?」

「It feel like it’s a fun prank.」

「You have no right to talk about Yaou’s personality when you yourself also have a “good” personality.」

「If you do something bad, punishment is only natural, right?」

Then let’s watch what is about to unfold in the video!

Displayed on the video was two female adventurers running away from something, and beyond that was the crossroads where the members of the [Crimson Plume] were lying in wait. One of the women had a knife stuck in her thigh, suggesting that someone had attacked her.

The thief from [Crimson Plume] was chasing after them while throwing knives.

「Gyahahaha, why are you running! Why don’t we play some more?」

「What are you doing!? Attacking us out of nowhere!」

They’ve gotten quite used to this. The timing and direction of the throwing knives skillfully guided the female adventurers to the trap.

And the three other members easily cornered them to a dead end of the passage.

「Unfortunate! This is a dead end!」

「You two, give us all the money and equipment you have. We might let you escape depending on how much you have.」

「No way we’d believe that! You’re obviously going to kill us after taking everything anyway!」

「Ha, you’re smart, aren’t you… But you want to die suffering, do you?」

「Kuh…」

「Y-You can do whatever you want with me! But please let my little sister go!」

「What are you saying, onee-chan!」

「I don’t care about your farce… Hurry up and get all the valuables out of your magic bag!!」

The older sister, who had an injured leg, was kicked by the warrior and rolled into the wall. Seeing that, the younger sister immediately rushed to her sister’s side…These two really cared about each other.

It’s okay, you two will be saved.

As the younger sister covered her older sister to protect her, a click sounded from the floor, and a slide-shaped pit opened at the feet of the two female adventurers.

「Kyaaaaaaa!」

「P-Pitfaaaaall!?」

As the two female adventurers were swallowed by the hole, the entrance to the pithole automatically closed.

They will be sent to an exit near the entrance on the 2nd floor. They’re going to be sliding for a while, but that’s okay. Even if they get injured, it’s probably just going to be a sprain or a bruise.

In addition, Barbaru was waiting at the end of the exit leading to the city. They will receive help no matter what.

On the other hand, the four [Crimson Plume] members couldn’t do anything other than being surprised by the unexpected disappearance of the female adventurers they had cornered, and were not aware of the teleportation magic circle that suddenly appeared at their feet.

As the magic circle glowed pale, the four disappeared from the 8th floor.

「Haaaaaah!?」

「What the hell…! What’s going on!?」

「You were suddenly teleported!?」

「Weren’t there supposed to be no traps in this dungeon!!」

Well, it’s no wonder they’re surprised.

The 30th floor was currently displayed in the video. It was a floor rich in nature with a forest with large trees and the entrance being a plain covered by rock cliffs. The scenery was completely different from the passage type floor on the 8th floor.

The four foul-looking men looked around restlessly. Listening to their conversation, they seem to have understood that they were caught in a teleportation trap.

Usually there is a teleportation circle near the entrance of this floor, but this time it has been removed. The only way these four can return safely is by defeating Yaou.

However, it would be extremely difficult to beat Yaou in a forest area.

In other words, these four people were checkmated the moment they were teleported.

『GOAAAAA! ! ! 』

A loud roar suddenly resounded. At the same time, the four were startled and began to tremble.

At the end of their line of sight was a giant monkey-shaped monster illuminated by the moonlight on top of the huge rock cliff, raising its hands up and demonstrating its presence.

In response to that roar, a large number of small monkey-like monsters called “Kakuen” overflowed from the forest.

These monkeys were only D-rank monsters, but in such large numbers, even an A-rank party won’t be able to deal with them that easily. Moreover, there was no way that the [Crimson Plume], who had been frightened by Yaou’s roar, would be able to handle the situation properly.

「What the hell is this!」

「Oi oi oi, what’s going on! Where the hell are we!」

「Who was it that said there were no traps!?」

「T-That number of monsters is impossible!!」

　

It was unbearable to watch anymore.

One of them was mobbed by the monkeys, and carried away covered in blood and passed out.

Well, that blood-like liquid was just smeared from a crushed berry…

The monkeys wet their hands and mouths with that bright red liquid, and stared at the remaining adventurers with cute smiles while emitting a strangely fruity scent.

However, from the point of view of those three who couldn’t make calm judgments, it must have looked like a terrifying and hideous sight. The remaining three were unable to hold their weapons, their elbows and knees trembling.

「What… is that monster! Is it trying to eat us!?」

「Uwaaaaa!! S-S-Save meeeee!!」

「NO! NO! NOOOOOO!」

Yaou’s punishment wasn’t over yet. Before anyone realized, Yaou, who had moved from the rock cliff and quietly went around behind the adventurers, clapped his hands to produce a loud sound. Surprised by the sudden sound, the three started running and scattered into the forest.

……There was no saving them anymore.

A few minutes later, the adventurers who were successfully guided by the monkeys were caught in the traps set in the forest and were completely unable to move.

Some of them were dropped into a pit and had that pit filled with sand, mud, and large insects from above. While the others were tied up with ivy and hung from a tree and had stones thrown at them. Beneath them, the Kakuen monkeys munched their cheeks deliciously on a bright red something, stirring up fear and anxiety…

From that point on, fear continued to be stoked until they fainted, and water was poured on them to wake them up, and fear was once again instilled into them in various ways until they passed out again.

This continued for about 2 hours, and the 4 [Crimson Plume] who had their mind and souls completely broken were sent to the crossroads on the 8th floor by a teleportation magic circle while unconscious.

After that, the two adventurer sisters who had been injured were safely rescued by Barbaru, and the four [Crimson Plume] members were secured on the 8th floor by the adventurers dispatched by Barbaru.

From now on, further crimes will be investigated, and punishment will be given accordingly. Perhaps they will be punished with forced labor for ten years…

The next day, when I was eating a fruits platter on the 30th floor of the Plainevelt Dungeon after thanking Yaou and the Kakuen monkeys, I received a telepathy from Shinku saying that they had returned.

At that point in time, I didn’t even expect that… Kinu would’ve undergone such a change…