Less than a day after news spread that War God Donatis had appeared in the 100th level of the Chaos Abyss, a group of travelers from another world hurriedly checked into a certain hotel in the 137th level of the Chaos Abyss's Bloody Coliseum.
Since they were quite wealthy, they instantly booked all the rooms in a three-story hotel and paid two months' worth of rent. In the mortal plane, this might be considered extravagant behavior by the rich, and it would only attract envious gazes. But in the Chaos Abyss, where there were no laws or rules, this would only attract villains who would kill and rob people for money.
However, no matter who it was that entered this small inn, they were all thrown out immediately. When a six-armed naga that came to seek money was beaten to the point where all of its arms were fractured, a red-haired warrior grabbed it by the neck and threw it out, no one dared to disturb these adventurers, at least for the time being.
However, no one dared to let down their guard in this small and narrow hotel. The mages were constantly adding and reinforcing all sorts of defensive and warning spells. Adam and I guarded the front door and the back door respectively, chasing away all the "curious" people.
Donatis was a pure warrior, so he probably didn't have any tracking abilities. And as far as I knew, there were quite a few pure warriors who believed in their own instincts. In that case, Donatis was either an expert tracker with god-like instincts, or he was a scoundrel who only knew how to lead the way. Considering how Donatis had taken so long to catch up to those adventurers, I felt that it was highly likely that he was the latter.
Even if Karwenz himself wasn't skilled at tracking, his subordinates, Valkyrie and demons, would definitely be skilled at tracking. In order to prevent Karwenz from following us, we spent a large sum of money to purchase the right to use a teleportation portal from the fairies, which allowed us to directly escape to the 137th level of the Chaos Abyss.
There seemed to be a prerequisite that wasn't mentioned? Yes, our escape plan is predicated on Donatis knowing that we are leaving.
Since our opponent is the Main God Donatis, it's likely that he'll find a way to find out that we escaped to the 137th level of the Chaos Abyss. However, this level of the Chaos Abyss is so large that it won't be easy to find us.
Even though Marguerite used her honor as a Great Saint to guarantee that as long as I, Roland, was here, there would be no chance of any detection magic being accurate. Not only did we use anti-detection magic, but we also made preparations to instantly depart.
Since I had already provoked a powerful enemy that was difficult to deal with, I didn't intend to stay here for long. I would only take a short break before setting off.
But before that …
"I'm dead tired. Let's talk tomorrow."
After confirming that the surroundings were safe, I asked for a room on the third floor and slept there.
I wasn't the only one who did this. Aivla, Casio, and the others immediately slept in the lobby the moment they entered this hotel. They were injured and exhausted, and it was already quite a feat for them to last until now.
They were quite pitiful. They had been chased by a powerful enemy, and they had maintained high vigilance for such a long time. They fought and retreated several times, and when they finally reached a psychological "safe zone", even a Main God level powerhouse had caught up to them. Then, they had to fight to the death against the Devil General Salor, and one of their companions had died in battle. All of them had suffered frostbite and overexertion, and they were both heavily injured both physically and mentally.
Before they could even recover, they had to use dimensional teleportation and travel through the night. Their mana and stamina had long since been exhausted. This was especially true for Casio and Aivla, who had been severely burned by the Light of Purification. If it wasn't for Adam and the others helping them along the way, it was likely that one or two of them would have died.
"It seems like you're the one who gave Casio and Aivla a fatal blow, right? This can actually be avoided. "
"… Would you believe me if I told you that in order to deceive the enemy, you must first deceive yourself?"
I could only helplessly shake my head. Even I never expected that I would be forced to use a half-finished holy sword, nor did I expect that a half-finished holy sword would be so powerful. It was impossible for me to warn them from the very start.
"Still, with those guys downstairs, we should be able to have a good night's sleep tonight. …"
The hotel's facilities were quite ordinary, but clean bedding and hot water were more than enough. I couldn't even remember how many days I had been wandering in the wilderness.
Although Adam was mysteriously confident in his sense of direction, his instincts were indeed quite sharp when it came to being vigilant and keeping watch at night. With him guarding the door, even a SemiGod level thief wouldn't be able to sneak in. Plus, Harloys and Marguerite had worked together to set up a defensive spell formation, so at the very least, I would be able to have a good night's sleep.
Adam and the others were in the best condition out of all of us. We had safely rested in the bar for so long. Even though Donatis had just fought against him, he hadn't gotten serious yet. His energy consumption was still acceptable.
Actually, even though I seemed quite spirited on the way here, I was probably the one in the worst condition out of all of us.
Just the battle to defeat and seal Lasnina had used up a tremendous amount of mana and stamina. Everything after that and before that had been training for survival in the wilderness. We had finally managed to enter that city with great difficulty, intending to rest and reorganize, but then we had to fight against Salor and then directly face off against Donatis.
First, I had gotten severely frostbite from playing with my Frostflame Double-edged Sword. I had been forced to forcefully reforge my sword, and even Harloys had used up all of her mana. My mana and stamina had been overused, which brought me a tremendous headache and weakness.
My expression was so unsightly that even Adam and Elisa, who had been quite chatty, let me off the hook.
Yep, I definitely hadn't used Holy Light to pinch my blood vessels and force out an unsightly expression in order to escape.
"Will we be able to escape? We'll have to face it eventually. "
"One day at a time is one day at a time."
I wiped myself down with a towel and lay down on my bed. I stretched lazily as I felt the soft blanket on me. I finally felt alive again.
Meanwhile, the silly cat also rolled around in the basin before shaking her fur and jumping back into the blanket.
"Hey, hey, hey! How many times have I told you? Clean your feet first before you get on the bed!"
I complained, but I didn't have the energy to toss the silly cat off the bed. Now that I relaxed, I felt even more attracted to the bed. I wouldn't want to get up even if I was beaten to death.
"Ah, I'm alive again."
"I can finally have a good rest. I really want to complain about cat abuse."
Just as we were sighing about how wonderful life was, the door suddenly opened, and Eliza walked in with a smile.
I suddenly trembled when I saw that it was her, and hurriedly covered my lower body with the blanket. I glanced around, wondering where my pants had fallen to the ground the moment I entered …
"It's already so late …"
Before I could even scold her like an elder, she had already walked up to the bed and grabbed the silly cat's tail, lifting her upside down.
"Master, you're so careless. How could you allow someone of the opposite sex to get on your bed so easily? Especially something like this. As your current girlfriend, it's only natural for me to take her away. "
Her words were so logical that I was unable to retort.
Not only did I pause in surprise at her strange way of addressing me, even Harloys stopped her pointless struggles.
Then, she took out a set of underwear from her dimensional storage and placed it by the bed. She even quickly cleaned up my dirty clothes.
"Go to sleep early. Wash your clothes tonight, and you'll have clean ones tomorrow. Tomorrow morning, you'll still have your favorite food to eat. If there's anything else, wait until you wake up. Good night. "
* Clap! *
The sound of the door closing snapped me back to my senses. I was rather happy that Eliza was being so reasonable, but I kept feeling like something was wrong. Looking at the clean underwear that perfectly suited my body shape, I felt mysteriously reassured.
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