Isekai Online's
Chapter 25 - The Case of Failure?

A shocking sight occurred before my eyes. The confinement cells are made of iron, the circulation of air that feels cold and foul smelling, and a dark room without light.

Right in this room, there is a cage that breaks my heart. These people didn't they say they kidnapped children? But why do these confinement cells contain girls with less clothing covering their vital bodies?

“KYAAAAAA!!”

At least one of them is ashamed. This girl was seen actively covering her exposed body parts. If I knew the situation would be like this, I would definitely bring them a change of clothes.

Trouble is...

Their numbers are too many.

I don't know how many of them are in each cell of the cage, which must be ten blocks of confinement cells divided into two on the right and left. On the left is a cage filled with mixed girls. I could see some mixed-race girls with bunny ears, cats, and some races I didn't know about.

Honestly, it's interesting, I feel like I'm in an animal-buying space and picking out animals for adoption. Yep, it's a little rough but that's the reality. The cage next to Kann there are some beasts or monsters?

I'm not sure to call it, but with such body size and monstrous appearance. It's not wrong to call him a monster, is it?

The illuminating flashlight slowly displayed one by one the physical form of another monster. I don't know what the monster's name is so I'd better let them be in that cage. Even though they are victims of human crimes, the chances of them attacking humans are higher and I don't want to risk it before saving the kidnapped children.

Oh, that's right too. Where are those kids? did they cheat after that peaceful little talk? if they trick me, I will bring their bodies into the confinement of these monsters.

Uh, isn't that an effective way to get rid of a corpse?

Isn't that a good idea?

Why not think about it before?

The room was already too clean, to the point that only seven bodies remained hanging. Thinking about their behavior was enough to make me remember how cruel humans are.

It is still a mystery, why do humans have the courage to commit such crimes?

Forget about that problem.

I rushed towards one of the girls who shouted earlier, her screams were so powerful after her body was seen by someone. Is it possible that she was traumatized by the treatment of those people here?

I've heard that merchants always pay attention to the quality of their goods, not infrequently they try some samples available to their customers. Something like that could have happened or it was just my bad thinking.

When our gazes met, I could see her eyes filled with hope. That look was like begging me to free him from this place.

“Jawab my question or you will stay inside here forever.”

“I'm looking for a girl, tomboy girl I guess, have a close relationship with Mile Soniv or better known as the owner of Nekoya Inn.”

I don't get any answers to my questions. Merely, the girl's eyes started to water and slowly her sobs came out.

Is that crying an answer?

Or just a feeling of pleasure to be free from here. Well, I guess the key I have in my hand is his hope to get out of here.

“G-That girl is me.”

A small and faint voice was heard. I don't know why but the information I got was very different. The person I'm looking for is a child but all I find here are girls?

My gaze immediately headed to another cage cell. It contained only girls with clothing conditions that seemed very crowded to wear. Some torn clothes I could find and it seemed like they were the marks of the previous occupants of this cage.

I can't find the kids here.

All I found was a girl claiming to be the kid I was looking for. I could have left them behind and reported to Mile if his grandson wasn't in this place.

Something's stuck in here and somehow I have a strong feeling about the weirdness of this place.

Well, if this girl lied to me. I can still understand the reason behind it, he is already too desperate to survive in a dark place like this.

“Do you know where the other kids are?”

Just like before, this girl did not answer my question. He just looked at the other girls in his brackets.

“K-We are the girls.”

That thin and vague response bothered me a lot. Perhaps this is what is felt if someone is locked inside a dark place and gloomy conditions like this. Getting information from a caged girl like this was a bit of a waste of time. I should have just released them, before they went crazy in a place like this.

The sound of a key rubbing in my hand made them stare at me. As if to be free from this deadly cage. Not only are these girls alone, but the animal or monster next to me is staring at me with the same gaze.

They all wanted to feel the freedom of this confinement.

“Ekhem, Well, I don't know if you can understand what I'm saying but next to this room is someone you need to take care of. If I set you free, will you take care of those people?”

Well, I'm getting a little crazy right now. Talking to animals or monsters who either understand my words or not. But somehow their eyes seemed to understand my words.

Should I test them?

“Oh, almost forgetfulness. Actually I came here by entering the teleportation magic circle. If you can share tasks, can you find a way out for us?”

When I asked like that, the figure of a slimy gray-white creature appeared. Seeing the size is round and covered by flat iron on top of it is a little disgusting.

Guh, what is this thing?

For no meaningful reason, they left behind the iron that covered their upper layers and moved away past me, towards the exit I had just entered.

Does this animal or monster understand what I'm saying? Or do they actually have their own intelligence? Well, it looks like I should hold onto my words.

“Are you guys still able to stand?” I asked the girls in front of me and they nodded their heads.

“Maybe it's too much to ask you but can you find clothes or cloth to cover the bodies of these girls? I do not know the principle of clothing for you but for humans, clothing is an important object to wear.”

Either I ask too much or trouble them. A red-colored eye and an intimidating groan sounded in my ears. I immediately headed towards them and looked for the right key to unlock their confinement.

The light rays of my flashlight slowly reflected the shape of the creature. A white and slightly dirty wolf was in front of me. Her bushy tail intimidated me a little.

Out of curiosity, I tried to look at these cell confinements one by one. The confinement varied and the ferocious beasts or monsters inside were extremely varied. I don't know what animals or monsters these are but their shapes are very unique.

Some of them are animals that can be found in the real world such as wolves and foxes with large body sizes but for other confinement. I don't know what it is.

There are six forms of confinement that contain foliage that forms a large sphere inside a glass tube. Something that seemed like a striking colored bee was inside. I'm not sure if it's a bee or a wasp, because the shape is very large and if measured then it's equivalent to the size of my character's palm.

Can this still be called an animal or a monster?

Isekai Online seems to be very rich in race variations in it. But something like this? it was a fantasy for me. Seeing them, I realized I was playing a game. This sensation of reality slightly made me fall asleep.

One by one, I freed them from this cage. The big wolf that confronted me immediately ran out of its cage. He was in a hurry to do something. Well, I slightly understood why he was in such a hurry after hearing the sound of friction of a broken object next to this room. Looks like the wolf is cleaning something I don't want to clean.

I freed this creature without considering the danger it might pose. The fact that I don't know what this thing is gonna bother me a little. But, if they make trouble, I'll take care of it right away.

After liberating these creatures, I freed these girls. All of a sudden, the wolf I just released is back. He brought back some bones that were clean enough to see.

These girls were a little frightened when they saw this wolf coming back. Just in case, I held the Gross-17 pistol in my hand. While watching the movements of these creatures, I freed the few remaining girls. A plant, a slime, a tail, and the hum of wings that pulled my body, made me glance and pay attention to the figure of the creature.

To explain what kind of creature I freed, it's a little complicated. Briefly, some of them are animals and the rest have a shape that looks like humans but not humans. The animals I know from this form are wolves, foxes, and bees? I think it's a bee or a family of some kind. It is very difficult to distinguish a bee or wasp from its size, but this body is so large that it is equivalent to the palm of my character. Meanwhile, creatures that have a body shape resembling humans have physical like sticky fluids and plants? Well... the little boy is green and covered with plants in his body? Well, I don't know what it is.

The plant girl gave me a leaf that was quite wide and shaped like a garment. It seemed, the girl wanted to give it to these girls to wear. I immediately accepted it and slightly stroked the part of her body that looked like hair.

“Thank you, this will be useful for those girls” while saying that. I could see the flowers on his body turning bright red.

I didn't find the kids, but found the girls. A mystery that remains unsolved. Now, how do I explain this situation to Mile Sinov? The fact that his grandson I still haven't found bothers me a little.

I could see the foxes I set free handing out clothes made of leaves to them and the seemingly limp bees working together to hook loose leaf clothes with the needles of his body.

Suddenly, the entrance of this room was wide open and the floor below was a slimy creature that turned green. Meanwhile, the slimy creature I just released formed his body into a human and gave body language like to follow the path aimed at the slimy creature.

“So, have you found the way out?” ask me.

The creature immediately nodded its human imitation body.

“Everything, follow this creature” I said.

It seems a little difficult to entrust these creatures but if this is a form of return for their freedom. Why did I refuse him? I'd rather accept it than have their minds changed all of a sudden. Protecting these girls from their safety would be troublesome.

Armed with a beam of light from a flashlight in my gap, we walked down the moss-filled hallways. The cold weather that enveloped these hallways made me a little curious about this place. Our little trip came to the stairs covered in moss. The shape of the stairs was slightly eroded with moss growing on it. A small light was seen above, it seemed to be the exit.

Slowly we went down the stairs, the floor was a little slippery thanks to the damp moss on top. All of a sudden, the plant girl pulled out a long rope made of plants and wrapped around the girls who had trouble riding it.

Seeing this action that is beyond my command, is it possible that these beings have the intelligence to act on their own? If that's true, they're not that stupid to get caught, are they?

This information I keep finding opens up new pages that make me interested in learning Isekai Online. These creatures can be a valuable asset to learn.

Without feeling it, we arrived at the top of this ladder. An open pit that sits in the middle of a tall plant. This location looks like a forest, to make sure I open the MOCAD system.

[Location: Extreme Dungeon - Deep-Forest of Death Lv.300]

Eh? We're in a dungeon?

From a distance, an explosion and soaring black smoke were visible. The sound was getting closer and something moving within it seemed to be getting closer.

These beings I have freed enter their survival mode. Seriga and the big fox moved forward. The bees that were flying beside me took out objects that looked like shields, the calm looking plant girl suddenly grew spiny plants, and the slimy creatures that suddenly enlarged covered the girls inside.

“SEEEENPAAAAIIII!!”

A familiar voice sounded in my ears.

The three figures I knew arrived in front of me, it turned out that the smoke that was getting closer was them, but why did it look like the troops behind them wanted to destroy somewhere?

“Oh, you guys out?” ask me.

“You just came out?” ask Will.

“Well, something happened inside. By the way why are so many people here?”

“I also want to ask the same thing, why are there so many monsters here?”

“Oh, them? Take it easy, they are within my control.”

“It so happens, these people are also within my control as well.”

“You can lower your vigilance, these people can be trusted” said I. Hearing this remark of mine, something that the monsters said by Will slowly returned to their calm state.

“May I know, where have you been all this time?”

“Well, something that caught my attention was inside and this happened.. and it was. Then like it mixed into this and came to be this.”.

“Hans, you know.your explanation doesn't explain everything. And why did you find these girls?”

“Well, I just happened to find them. Why are you here to bring your troops?”

“This? where you came out it was a dungeon with an unusual level of difficulty and my people wanted to try this dungeon.”

“Oh, I see, just deserve Pocket directly into.”

“Heh? She's already inside?”

“You didn't see it coming in?”

“Sial! I'm fooled! It's all your fault, Hans!”

“Em, why am I to blame?”

Regardless of the other players scrambling into this dungeon, I immediately brought these girls out of this dangerous territory. With the help of the MOCAD navigation system, we found a nearby village and borrowed some horse carriages to carry the girls.

Some of the monsters I set free escorting our way, I had great difficulty explaining their circumstances but after knowing myself to be a Player, some NPCs considered these monsters to be tamed monsters. Without wasting any more time, we and some residents rushed to the Nekoya Inn to report the discovery of the girls.

It's a little hard to explain all this, especially when Mile Sinov's grandson is still unaccounted for.

But, after all, Mile Sinov might find information that could direct the location of his granddaughter from these girls.

“For some reason, why am I a little frustrated with this case?”

“What is the feeling of a detective, when a case he is working on is not solved?”

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