I Own A Brothel In Another World (Ch. 1-196)

Chapter 107 - Jackpot ❤❤

Wrapping up our short break, we get into the formation again and move out. It would be great if we found a decent spot for the night before we get too tired and exhausted. We've been fighting for quite some time and we've also been walking on the surface for a bit before the worms sent us into the abyss.

Granted, pretty much all of us are tougher than common Humans, and the other, non-human girls do have my support, so we can go for a bit longer than normal people. Still, that doesn't mean we should. Especially when constantly in a hostile environment. We should take any rest we can.

Therefore, while following the path leading up from time to time, we mostly focus on checking the caves and chambers to find a nice place to set up a small camp. There's no doubt the hour is quite late as of now. Again, it doesn't impair me even a little yet, but better safe than sorry if we do stumble on a decent spot.

The underground passages aren't exactly completely empty. Fortunately, we do not walk into the territory of another subspecies of Arachnes, like a different tribe that is hostile to the other one, I don't know, like red spiders this time, so there's that at least. I'm honestly starting to think in cliches and such. I can see them around every corner.

I'm not exactly sure about the ecosystem of this underground area but we can spot some flora too, not just the usually very aggressive fauna which attacks first and asks questions later, or just feasts on your corpse. I guess it is survivable here or there wouldn't be so many different monsters snooping around.

My guess is that most of them lived on the surface in the past or something. My lore senses are tingling. I could bet that the Barren Valley wasn't so barren originally. Or at least not so deadly. All the scorpions, spiders, lizards, and other species must have evolved a lot to fit in the spooky, dark underworld.

So, as time passes, we move forward, slowly continuing our journey while fending off the occasional ambushes or straight-up attacks from various monsters. Our party is decently balanced so there's not much of an issue dealing with any opponents. We almost always have something acting as the enemy's weakness.

It is quite creepy, though. As one would expect, there are more spiders and each species looks even creepier than the other. I'll omit the details as it's really easy to imagine with just basic knowledge about arachnids from back on Earth. They come in all sizes, shapes, textures, and such.

Thanks to our duo of amazing archers, most of the light-armoured enemies are turned into porcupines before they can react or reach us. Ghilerie is having a lot of fun with her new weapon and I catch her smiling at it at times, surprised with the amount of power she can now put into her arrows thanks to that clever magnetic system Sirgia came up with.

Shino is in her own world down here. Fighting in darkness is a boon for her. All her shadow-based abilities and skills work twice as efficient and good. She turns into a literal angel of death, teleporting from place to place and beheading or mutilating her targets.

I can also tell that Teffith enjoys herself at least a little bit. A good thrill of battle was certainly what she needed after sitting at the mansion since she has been freed from that public execution. She's a magnificent fighter with her naginata. And her tail is just as deadly as her polearm. I know that from experience, though.

Four hours later, we've made some decent progress, definitely moving closer to the surface but still not close enough. I'm pretty sure we've come across everything this place has to offer in terms of its fauna. And man, there's a lot. Great training place. We are visibly getting better at fighting together.

Our front guard gradually slows down in front of an intersection and Shino starts glancing around. We stop and also examine our surroundings. Nothing out of the ordinary catches my attention.