# Chapter 79: 79
He thought so because the bricks were engraved with ancient runes along the passage.
It wasn't managed well like the teleportation gate and the runes weren't glowing, so Gorz and Luke didn't seem to have noticed it at all.
No, Radis wouldn't have noticed either if he hadn't seen the door in Larrings and Dvirath.
Maybe this passage is an ancient magical relic, like a door.
Sometimes, as they passed the chest between them as they took turns carrying it, Gorz and Luke chatted as if to fill the long silence.
—When we first came here without knowing anything, I didn't know how many times I had to come and go. It was dark everywhere and there was no end in sight.
—Bwahaha, just like our futuwe!
—……
Then, silence again.
—Did they wash it the first time? We prepared everything and finally we arrived at the end!
—Yes, that's true. When we opened the stone door, a large clearing appeared, and we looked around because it was truly incredible. There were white trees all over the place…
Seeing Gorz talking non-stop, Radis decided to put aside his suspicion about him for the moment.
The landscape she described matched exactly the forbidden region she remembered.
It seems that that passageway was actually connected to the forbidden region.
—…and there were eggs at the edge of that clearing. I knew instinctively the moment I saw them. Those are monster eggs!
—Kehehehe!
—I heard they were a little salty!
Radis shook his head and asked.
—Did someone buy them?
Gorz responded excitedly.
—I heard they boiled them and ate them all.
—They are completely crazy.
In fact, there were more weirdos out there than I had thought before.
Such requests were usually sent to the subjugation squads.
In case they could find the horn of a black unicorn, or if they ever came across the fangs of a shabel tiger, collectors would appear and purchase them for prices even higher than a mana stone.
There were times when only parts of a monster were more expensive, like a specimen of a night mist butterfly, for example. And although they didn't know what they would be used for, there were also times when certain people wanted to buy monster meat or blood.
—Once we accidentally broke a monster egg, geh, and then a low-ranking monster came here, right?
—A ghoul, an imp and a harpy suddenly appeared, and we were so terrified that we lost our minds.
Radis' jaw dropped.
—Were they so terrified that they thought of using them to terrorize the border villages? Are you bragging? Do you want me to hit you again?
—Nooo!
Gorz growled.
—We did that because we didn't want to die of hunger! After rumors spread that the Viscount who boiled the eggs suffered greatly due to the spread of the miasma, we were unable to sell any eggs. You can't even imagine it, but it's difficult for mercenaries like us to survive without having to resort to such tricks.
—And this is how you justify the cowardly acts you do? It was clear that one day they would catch you anyway. Like it happened to me.
—Ah, yes, ma'am. How can a lady of noble status, who does her part as an apostle of justice, understand lowly beings like us?
After hearing Gorz's response, Luke tapped his feet, which were already going numb, on the ground, and then repeated the same words again.
—We made a mistake! We won't do it again! Let's start again...!
Radis looked at them coldly and turned around.
Apostle of justice. Ridiculous.
He wasn't doing it because he was getting involved in other people's business.
She never wanted to be an apostle of justice.
His principles remained the same as in his first life.
Her hands were busy only with protecting herself.
Sure, he sometimes escaped from the Marquis' mansion and hunted some monsters, but it wasn't for a great cause.
The main reason was because he wanted to collect magic stones that were sold at high prices, and also because he knew that actual combat experience was the most efficient way to train.
There was also some hope that it could be beneficial to the Marquisate.
In any case, she wasn't doing it because she saw herself as an apostle of justice or anything like that.
Should I say it's also because I don't want to starve?
Ridiculous, really.
After Gorz repeated what he had done with the monster eggs because he "didn't want to starve," Gorz harmed countless people and soon became a wanted criminal. Then he was executed.
No matter who discovered it, they would do the same and stop him.
Radis came to that conclusion.
He wasn't doing it because he had some great cause in mind, as Gorz sarcastically put it.
Since he knew that a tragedy was about to happen, he simply would not allow it.
That's all.
They took breaks from time to time, but how long had they been walking already?
At last, the end appeared.
There was a round clearing there, and a huge stone door could be seen.
Luke held the torch between the cracks in the stone, so that the clearing could be seen more clearly.
-This…!
Radis was sure.
This passageway really was an ancient magical relic.
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