Depraved Hero's Path: Enslaved Monster Girl Harem In The Apocalypse!-Chapter 40: Museum Dungeon?

"While you're at it, tell me how things are further from here." Elijah demanded. "We still haven't completely left campus. It's a pretty big park they've got, since buses pass through it."

The silence that followed his words was cut by the Chimera's thumping steps.

Her whole body trembled for a moment, her gaze stuck to the ground.

"W-We were attacked by another group and forced to give them everything. That's why we decided to do the same thing." She explained with an expressionless face while tears ran down her face.

The horrible Chimera was looming over her, standing to her left. "The closer you get to the city, the more Monsters you will find."

"In Dungeons?"

"D-Dungeons have appeared, but many of the Monsters are all over the place."

"What do you mean by appeared?"

"Places have changed, and a message pops up when trying to enter those places. The museum is such a place. Trying to enter it made a message appear in front of us. It warned us that we were entering a Dungeon."

"What about the city? How does it look?"

She went silent for a moment. Elijah didn't rush her, even though he could.

"Monsters are everywhere... Buildings have been brought down... Airplanes and cars crashed all over... People... Dead people..."

'Hm.' He frowned. 'I would have rathered them not have to see corpses, but I guess it was only a matter of time.' Elijah noticed that her shaking had ceased. Instead, it seemed like the life had left her body. 'Seeing where you're from turn into bloody ruins... Must be tough. For some people.'

The Chimera took a step back, and she seemed to snap back to reality.

"It's terrible. The world... The world is..."

"And you took that opportunity to become bad boys and girls." Elijah said bluntly before chuckling. "I don't blame you though. Tell me more about that museum. What happened after you went in?"

"We were chased out." She answered after a moment. "They took everything we had and chased us away."

"They're keeping it for themselves? That's surprising. Must not be that dangerous a Dungeon for them to have the time to do that."

She clenched her teeth for a moment before answering.

"We entered through the emergency exit. There didn't seem to be any Monsters there. The only thing that was there..."

"Yes?"

"The emergency exit directly leads to the underground floor of the museum, where tombs and mummies are showcased. We thought... We thought they would come to life for a moment... That's when the other came for us."

"What was there?" Elijah asked, his interest piqued.

"There was someone. Someone was in one of the caskets. A casket at the center of the room... An open casket."

"..." He scratched his cheek.

"Before we could get a good look at it, they attacked us... But there was a message."

"A message, huh?" Elijah's lips curled upwards, guessing what was coming. "A Special Event, right?"

"H-How did you know?"

"When did the Main Quest you were part of end?"

"A... About two hours ago."

"You were faster than us." Elijah thought for a moment. "What was the Time Limit?"

"F-Four hours."

"Number of Participants?"

"A hundred or so..."

"Right." Elijah clapped his hands and turned around. "Now get out of the way."

She slowly nodded as he walked away.

"The main entry!"

Elijah turned around at the sudden shout.

"Many people entered the museum through the main entry... But not one made it out."

"I see." He answered, and started walking towards the bus again.

She gulped and ran towards one of her unconscious comrades.

"If they don't decide to do things differently after this," Elijah talked as he walked away. "You would be better off alone."

Seconds later, he stepped back into the bus.

'Alone...' She stared at her unconscious friend. 'How am I supposed to survive alone?'

Clenching her teeth, she watched as the bus started moving again, leaving her and her friends behind.

'How can you say that when you're so much stronger... And still not alone?'

A moment later, as if channeling the burning sensation in her cheek, she threw a devastating slap.

Only then did her unconscious friend wake up.

***

"I really thought you were going to bring her with us." Marianne whispered while leaning towards Elijah.

"Why would you think that?"

"Hm." She turned back around and sat down on her seat. 'Maybe the Slave Harem thing won't actually be a thing... Hopefully. Though I don't really care.'

"The two of you talked for a while." Katherine muttered while looking away, her cheeks slightly puffed.

"Yeah, she told me about this museum that's turned into a Dungeon."

"Ugh, the museum is so creepy." Marianne said without turning around.

"I like it quite a bit." Katherine shrugged.

"Wanna go there?" Elijah suggested.

Katherine thought silently with a finger to her chin. Léa scratched her head. Marianne turned back to stare at him.

"Why do you say that like we have a choice?"

"You do have a choice. Can you stop painting me as an evil person?" Elijah sighed. "Six people came at me ready to smash my skull in, and I let them go with a warning. Wasn't that nice of me?"

"You punched them so hard they crashed into cars and trees!"

"I went easy on the girl, like Katherine told me to." Elijah explained, crossing his arms.

"You did." Katherine nodded.

"I don't know if that's..." Marianne frowned, her gaze looking beyond Katherine and Elijah's seats. "I forgot about her."

A hand was waving right behind their heads. It was lowered and tapped the upper part of Elijah's seat.

Both Katherine and Elijah turned around.

"Msshhhterrrrr~" She called out with a muffled voice.

The blushing Succubus had even her mouth bound by the chain.

"Should I take off the chain?" Elijah asked.

"I don't like the fact that she's blushing..." Katherine muttered. "Yes, please take it off."

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Finally, Zarath was set free.

"Masteeer! That was so mean! How could you bind me, choke me, and gag me like that? That's way too extreme for..."

Katherine and Elijah exchanged looks while the Succubus complained.

"Can you put the chain back on her?"