Chapter 621: The Only Escape Path...

Bang! Craaack~!

Having little time to react following the group of adventurers finding them, the group of around a dozen barely scrambled together before escaping in the opposite direction just as a large mallet thrown by one of the adventurers behind them crashed into the brick wall next to one of the escaping adventurers face. "Damit! We don’t even have the crystal bunny, and these people are still chasing us like this! I swear, if I find that cursed dwarf and-"

Whoosh~ Bang!

"Aaaaah!"

But just when the one who had barely avoided having one of his limbs crushed by the heavy mallet, several magical runes ignited across the mallet followed by the mallet flying back the direction it had been thrown. Crushing the shoulder of the complaining adventurer in the process.

"Don’t waste time complaining, we need to get out of here before more of them show up and cut off our path out of here!" And seeing the horrible state of his companion, the leader of the group didn’t show any empathy. Knowing that wasting any time on something like that in this kind of situation could end up with them getting surrounded and killed by those greedy adventurers who only saw the crystal bunny that they didn’t have.

Rustle~

Complain as he might in his head, the one whose arm no longer functioned, could only silently nod his head while biting his lips to suppress the pain he was feeling.

"CATCH THEM! DON’T LET THEM ESCAPE AGAIN!"

And seeing them turn a corner just in time to avoid the other throwing weapons and magical projectiles coming their way, the group of twenty behind them wasted no time chasing after them. The large commotion caused by the clash and loud yells instantly drawing the attention of the other adventurers who had entered the sewers, as news soon spread among them that the crystal bunny thieves had been found.

"""..."""

Of course, the group being chased understood just how horrible their current situation was and wanted nothing more than to use the teleportation scroll even if it meant they would end up losing out on 10.000 gold because of it.

Unfortunately, now that they finally came to the decision of using this precious teleportation scroll, it was too late.

After all, while in essence, using the teleportation scroll didn’t require anything more than tearing it, it took some time to active. Time which the group didn’t have any of with the adventurers chasing behind them already hot on their heels.

Stopping for even the few seconds it took for the spatial power of the teleportation scroll to engulf them and bring them away, would give those chasing them a chance to catch up and attack them- and during the activation of the teleportation scroll, even a slight disturbance could cause it to fail.

In other words, for them to successfully get out, they had to somehow shake off the group of twenty or so adventurers that were right behind them, something easier said than done when they also had to ensure that they didn’t accidentally run into any of the other groups of adventurers rushing in their direction hoping to cut them off.

"Leader... I think out only option is to go to that place..." And amidst this increasingly chaotic chase through the sewers, one of the escapees spoke up with some hesitance in his voice.

"That place... No! We can’t enter somewhere like that! Even if we-"

"But do we have another choice? Not to mention, we are already covered in filth from head to toe."

"I agree, getting out of here should be a priority- and I doubt those adventurers chasing us would enter that place without any hesitation."

Following this, the rest of the escaping adventurers broke into loud chatter as some directly opposed the idea while others spoke up in agreement with the suggestion. Voicing that it was the only real way out of the deadly situation they had found themselves in.

"... We will go, I will tear the teleportation scroll the second we land in that place and are safe." Hearing the voices from both sides, the leader himself hesitated for a good few seconds before ultimately deciding on what to do with a difficult look on his face. Knowing just what this escape plan entails them going through.

A choice that the rest found themselves reluctantly following as they quickened their steps behind the leader as he turned another corner heading towards their promised way out.

"That... Why are they heading towards the slimes?"

"I don’t know? Maybe they want to make a last stand there or something?"

"No matter, catch up to them and don’t let them pull some strange- Huh!? T-they jumped!?"

But as the adventurers chasing behind them were about to catch up, they watched in horror as the group of adventurers in front of them jumped into what could only be described as a bottomless cesspit where the filth and other things in need of slimes to clean up, ended up.

Sure, to enter the city through the sewers, they also had to pass through a cesspit like this, but different from what they were doing now, they would only be using a narrow passage that the filth washed over and never enter the cesspit itself.

This time around, they jumped directly into the cesspit itself, an act so baffling that the adventurers chasing behind them found themselves unable to comprehend what to do next as there was no way out of the cesspit itself. Only able to stand and silent stare towards them as they disappeared into the darkness below.

Splash!

Splash!

Splash!

Splash!

"Argh! Use the cursed teleportation scroll! NOOOW!"

"Leader! I can’t swim! Fast!"

And down below, the second they landed in the filthy waters and managed to get their head above the surface, every single one of them began calling out for their leader to use the teleportation scroll.

Unfortunately, the leader didn’t do so and instead used the next minute to gather everyone on a small floating island made trash that the local cesspit slimes had made their home.

Riiiip~!

Only with everyone gathered on the floating island of trash, did he tear the teleportation scroll that would take all of them out of the disgusting place they found themselves trapped inside of...