606 Recovery (1/2)

Not even one day after the news that Chaos War God Donatis was seen in the 100th level of the Chaos Abyss spread everywhere, a group of dimensional travelers hurriedly took some rooms at a hotel in the Bloody Arena, a city in the 137th level of the Chaos Abyss.

These adventurers seemed quite rich. They instantly took every single room in this three-story hotel and paid the rent for two months in advance. In the mortal plane, this would be seen as an extravagance of the rich, and maybe attract some looks of envy at most, but here in the Chaos Abyss where there were no rules or laws, this would only attract vicious villains who were intent on killing to rob money.

But, anyone who tried to enter this hotel was instantly tossed out again. When a six-armed snake demon who attempted robbery had all his arms broken and was tossed out by a red-haired warrior, nobody dared to disturb these adventurers anymore, at least for the short time being.

However, the adventuring group didn't dare to relax their guard in the small and cramped hotel. The mages constantly cast and reinforced all sorts of magical defenses and guard spells. I guarded the front door, while Adam guarded the back door as we sent off all ”curious visitors”.

Donatis was a pure warrior, so it was unlikely that he had any tracking abilities. To my knowledge, plenty of pure warriors were the type who trusted their instincts more than anything. For these warriors, they would either have ridiculously good instincts for tracking, or they wouldn't be able to tell north from south on a map. Considering how it took so long for Donatis to catch up to the adventuring team, I felt it was far more likely that he was the latter type.

But even if he personally wasn't skilled at tracking, he would surely have subordinate heroic spirits or demons who were skilled trackers. We had spent a great deal of money to purchase the use of a teleportation portal from the fairies in order to prevent us from being followed. We directly escaped to the 137th level of the Chaos Abyss.

Oh, was there a prerequisite that I hadn't mentioned? Indeed, our escape plan had the prerequisite of Donatis knowing that we had left.

Since our enemy was the Main God Donatis, it was likely that he would be able to find out that we had escaped to the 137th level. However, every dimensional level was gigantic, so finding us would be no easy feat.

Even though Margaret promised on her job class's honor that as long as I, Roland, was around, all detection spells would become completely inaccurate, we still took anti-detection measures as well as made preparations to leave at any moment.

Since we had already antagonized a powerful opponent who was truly difficult to deal with, I had no intention of staying here for long. We would temporarily stay here to reorganize ourselves before immediately heading out again.

But before that…

”I'm so tired. Everything else can wait until tomorrow.”

After confirming that at least the nearby surroundings were safe, I immediately headed to a room on the third floor and fell asleep.

I wasn't the only one to do so. Aivla, Casio, and the other adventurers all immediately went to sleep in the foyer right after entering this hotel. They were injured and fatigued, and it was quite difficult already for them to withstand everything until now.

They were indeed quite pitiful. Powerful enemies were hunting them down, and they had to constantly remain in a state of high vigilance. They had kept retreating as they fought many battles. When they finally reached an area that they viewed as ”safe”, a Main God arrived to hunt them down. They also had a deathmatch against devil general Salor, and one of their companions had died in battle. All of them were suffering from frostbite after using my ice equipment. They were completely exhausted, with both physical and mental trauma.

They also had to go through dimensional teleportation and rush here overnight before they could recover. Their mana and stamina were completely depleted. Casio and Aivla were in the worst condition as they had been severely burned by my cleansing Holy Light. If it wasn't for Adam helping them on the way here, it was likely that one or both of them might have died already.

”You were the one who struck Casio and Aivla with such fatal injuries, weren't you? Wasn't this avoidable?”

”…Would you believe me if I said it requires lying to one's own allies in order to fool the enemy?”

I could only shake my head helplessly. Even I'd never expected that I would be forced to create a half-completed holy sword. Neither had I expected that my half-completed holy sword would be so strong. Reminding my allies to watch out hadn't been possible from the very start.

”Still, the adventuring team downstairs should finally be able to get a good night's sleep tonight…”

This hotel's facilities were quite average. However, having clean blankets and hot water was more than enough for me. I could no longer even remember just how many days I had spent outside in the wilderness.

Despite Adam's mysterious confidence in his sense of direction, his senses would indeed always be quite sharp whenever he was on guard at night. With him guarding the door, not even a SemiGod rank thief would be able to sneak in. Plus, we also had defensive spells from Harloys and Margaret combined cast upon this hotel. This should allow us to sleep safely in peace.

Adam's party was in the best condition out of everyone among us. They had rested at the Dragontail Bar for so long already. Even though they'd had a battle against Donatis, the War God hadn't entered his serious mode, so Adam's party's energy and mana consumption was within acceptable limits.

Actually, even though I seemed quite spirited, I was probably in the worst condition out of all of us.