Life in Another World With Narration

47 – Underworld of the Demon World

The Karia people basically live by hunting.

Picking various types of mushrooms that grow underground and hunting beast-type monsters were their main daily tasks.

Benos taking Kiki out to pick mushrooms was a very routine occurrence.

But Kiki said she was particularly excited today.

Benos testified that while he was briefly distracted by the delicious mushrooms, Kiki disappeared.

When Benos realized that Kiki had disappeared, he searched around and called out Kiki’s name, but in the end he could not find her.

So I wondered if he had returned to the village alone, but that was not the case.

The spot where Benos lost Kiki was connected to a place called the Abyss Passage.

It was the only passage to the surface that led directly to the vicinity of the Demon King’s Castle that he told me about.

However, this passage is so complex and full of dangerous monsters that even the Caria tribe has not actually used it for a long time.

The reason there was almost no interaction between the demons on the ground and the Caria tribe was because it was very difficult to pass through this abyss.

I was searching around the abyss passageway with Benos to find Kiki.

“If we go inside, we have to be careful. “If you don’t remember the way you came, you can’t get out.”

Benos, who had barely regained his composure, pointed to a hole in the wall that could barely fit two people.

Although he seemed determined to find his younger brother, there was still an anxiety in his eyes that he could not hide.

In response to my offer to help search for Kiki, Benos lent me his spare sword.

It was a unique sword with a slightly yellowish blade, and it was said to have been made by carving hard mushrooms.

Not only this sword, but all the weapons used by the Caria tribe were made by carving mushrooms that were as hard as iron.

I felt like I couldn’t get used to the mushroom sword, but now that I had the sword in my hand again, I felt more confident about dealing with monsters.

『Yunoa, who had been living in the village of the Karia tribe like a bedbug, set out to find Benos’ younger brother Kiki to repay her kindness.』

As I slowly entered the abyss passage and advanced with Benos, I heard a narration.

Good timing. If the narration tells him the location, he will be able to find Kiki in no time.

『Not long after Yunoa began her search, she thought it would be nice if someone could tell her Kiki’s location.

His attitude of wanting things to be resolved easily without even making the slightest effort to search was truly pathetic.

It was a foolish wish, hoping that it would sprout without sowing seeds and reaching its destination without walking.』

Yes, I am sorry.

But Kiki is a child, and you never know what might happen if you don’t find her in a dangerous place like this quickly.

I never thought that way because I wanted to eat it raw.

『This maze-like underground cave, called the passage of the abyss, was connected to various places underground, including the Demon King’s Castle Kuthranux.

There were many useful resources deep in the abyss passage, which had not even been visited by demons for a long time.

But just as there is a reason for places that people do not go to, there were scary monsters living in the passageways of the abyss.』

“Benos, have you never been deep in here?”

I asked Benos, who was marking the way back by crushing glowing mushrooms on the cave wall.

“Because there is no need to go into depth. You can get everything you need by just looking around here. Where on earth did Kiki go… …. I’m not really the type of kid who wanders around on his own like that. “I should have taken better care of it.”

Benos bit his lower lip and blamed himself.

I observed my surroundings and wondered how I could find Kiki.

The abyss passage was like a large ant cave.

One cave room is divided into several caves that are connected to other cave rooms, and that cave room is connected to several other cave rooms, making it a natural underground labyrinth that you may never be able to escape from if you don’t know the way.

Benos said that you can go to the surface where the Demon King Kuthranux is located through the passage of the abyss, but if you come in without a way or a map, you will not be able to return to where you started, let alone go to the surface. It seemed complicated.

Finding Kiki by just leaving marks in a cave with this structure didn’t seem to be very efficient.

Although other Caria tribes in the village were helping Benos in the search, finding Kiki was still a long way off.

Although Kiki was a demon, she was a child.

If for some reason he entered the abyss and got lost, he would not have gone very far.

If more time passes here, Kikido will get more lost inside, and the distance will increase, making it difficult to find.

“Shari.”

The shari that was attached to her head answered my call and flew up in front of her eyes.

“Could you please look for Kiki in a spiral around me, moving farther and farther away and as wide as possible? “Do you understand what I mean?”

I asked Shari for a favor.

It is much faster for Shari to search than for us, who have no choice but to physically move along the passage of the underground cave.

In addition, Shari had already shown herself to the Caria tribe, including Kiki.

If Kiki was found, she could have asked Shari to stay still and wait for rescue.

Shari tilted her head and looked at me.

Did I explain it too difficult?

“Look carefully, I think this is me now. This finger is Shari. Then, it circles around me like this and searches for it. Do you understand now?”

I explained using my fingers, and only then did Shari nod her head.

“And when you find Kiki, tell her not to move and to hide and wait there. “If you keep moving, it gets harder to find.”

Nod.

“Then, I will wait here. Please take care of me.”

As soon as I finished speaking, Shari sped up and disappeared into the cave wall.

I stopped Benos, who was heading to the next cave.

“Benos, let’s wait here for a moment.”

If we move now and continue the search, it will be worse than trying to find Shari by flying through the wall alone.

So it was better for her to wait a little while until Shari came back.

Cheer up, Shari.

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Benos and I left the search to Shari, and decided to rest for a while by sitting against the cave wall and chatting.

At first, Benos insisted on continuing to look for Kiki even if he had to do it alone, but he was convinced after listening to my explanation.

I decided to take this opportunity to ask him something that bothered me a little.

“Now that I think about it, I think Shari said you were a pure-blooded demon like the Demon Lord. “What is that?”

This is what happened when Shari deliberately showed herself to protect me.

At that time, Benos looked at Shari with a clearly surprised expression and said, ‘She is a pure-blooded demon like the Demon Lord.’

I was worried that Shari might be a member of the Demon King’s family or something like that.

“Pure-blooded demons are literally the first demons.”

“The first demon?”

“The current demons have many races, including us. If you go back to the ancestors of those demons, they ended up becoming demons by transfusing blood from different demons. However, pure-blooded demons do not become demons through a blood transfusion; they are pure demons in and of themselves.”

“So Shari is the family of the devil you are talking about?”

Benos shook his head at my question.

“Are you all family even though you are the same human being?”

“No.”

“Well, something like that. “If we go back, could it be that we are distant relatives?”

After a while, Shari came back through the cave wall.

Shari opened her eyes wide and waved her arms as if she had a lot to say.

“What do you think? “Did you find Kiki?”

Shari nodded her head very quickly, and immediately scenes began to play through her consciousness.

In a large cave room, Kiki was squatting down, hiding behind a large stalagmite.

But the problem was another being in that cave room.

Like a lamprey, it has a smooth, long neck and a circular mouth full of disgusting sharp teeth.

There was a monster that looked like a small bipedal dinosaur, with a white and chubby body without any hair.

It looked so scary just looking at it that I got goosebumps even when I observed it indirectly through Shari.

“Key… I found Kiki. “I found it.”

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“What? Where? “Where can I go!”

“That…… Hiding from some strange looking monster. “I feel like I can’t even move because of that.”

I explained to Benos, who was very excited, what I saw through Shari.

Benos’ expression hardens.

His face, which was originally a little bluish, seemed to have become a little more blue.

“It’s a worm dragon. They say they sometimes wander through the passages of the abyss. It’s a big deal! If we don’t save her quickly, Kiki is in danger! Where are you? Where should I go? Hurry!”

Shari spun around in the air and motioned for me to follow her.

We quickly followed Shari to where Kiki was.

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