Dungeon Exploration (3)

Saving the merchants was incredibly easy.

For the Hero’s party, choosing tonight’s dinner would have been harder.

“Are you all right?”

Having driven back all the monsters that came swarming toward them, Shabel asked after the merchants.

A middle-aged man stepped forward from among the merchants.

“Y-yes. We owe our lives to you.”

Though he still looked visibly shaken, the man quickly composed himself and bowed to Shabel.

“Thank you so much. If you’d been even a little later, things could have gone terribly.”

“Is anyone injured?”

“A few people, but thankfully, no one’s seriously hurt.”...