41 Chapter 41 - Underground Adventure (1/2)

Gren arrived at the area where they were cleaning rubble.After asking the women around him he found out that a large rock had fallen from the ceiling and that none of the women were harmed.There was an opening that he and the smaller women could fit through above the rock so he thought about checking it out.He still had the magic light so he'd be able to see even though it was dark on the other side.

Still, his body was tired so he didn't want to go alone.The goblins were too uncontrollable and the dwarves had too much muscle so they wouldn't fit.There was only one girl near the hole that was small enough to fit that likely wouldn't be a liability.She had a pinkish skin tone and was a bit shorter than the goblins.There were also two nubs that seemed to be horns on the top of her head.

Gren walked over to her.”Hey.”The girl looked behind her, thinking that he was talking to someone else.”I'm talking to you with the little horns.What's your name?”

”Impa.”She seemed to be worried about what Gren wanted from her.

”Want to go help me explore what's on the other side of the hole, Impa?”Impa nodded but Gren didn't realize that she thought of it as an order.The slaves that were owned previously were rarely ever given a chance to have their own opinion.

Gren decided to store a bunch of food in his pocket dimension just to be safe after asking Impa to wait for him.The last time he went through a hole he wished that he had brought food with him.Maybe he'd find something interesting through the hole just like the last time.

Ready to go, Gren helped Impa onto the rock before climbing some of the remaining rubble to get next to her.Gren brought out the light and pressed the button to turn it on before tying it to one of the metal rings at the bottom of his chainmail.”Okay, let's go.”

Gren squeezed through the hole first.The light almost got caught but thankfully Impa noticed it and held it to one side so he wouldn't get stuck.Impa was smaller than him and wasn't wearing anything besides the hooded traveling cloak so she was able to fit without a problem.

The first thing that Gren noticed was the smell--there was a musty smell similar to that of a wet dog.There was a small ledge on the other side of the rock that Gren had hopped down from.It wasn't enough of a distance to hurt him but it did look like it'd be difficult to climb back up without a ladder or at least a step stool.He had the system so he could just buy either one of those; there was nothing to worry about.

Gren looked around and was impressed with the size of this underground structure.The newly-revealed area was much more open than the passage he was more familiar with.There was an opening in the middle of the wide room and Gren could see that there was a floor below him when looking over the stone railing.Giant pillars surrounded the opening and helped support the walkway they were standing on.

Thanks to the properties of the magic light, they could see the entire room in a dim light.There were some doors on the upper level that Gren and Impa were on and Gren wanted to check them out.One side of the walkway was completely collapsed--crushed by a fallen portion of the support pillar next to it--so there was only one way to go if he wanted to continue.

Impa stuck close to Gren as the two went forward.Gren tried to open the door but it was either stuck or too heavy to be pulled open with his strength alone.”Come, help me with this door.”Impa tried to help but the two of them still weren't strong enough to open it.”I guess we'll have to wait to see what's in there.There are still a couple of rooms and another passage we can check out.Come on.”

Gren decided to save the passage for after they had checked the remaining doors.In the end there was only one door that they could open.”It seems like there's nothing of value here.”There were some tables and chairs but many of the tables collapsed, likely from their own weight.The people that once inhabited this place must have been huge since the chairs looked like they were made for people around Ahk's height; maybe even a little taller.Well, Gren had expected this since all of the passages and doors were made for people that size.