This outburst from the druid, who had a transparent image from Nafız's point of view since they met, would ensure the female orc remained silent for a while.
"You're sure you're not biting off more than you can chew, right, pipsqueak? If you're trying to play games with me, it means you're swimming in very dangerous waters!"
The offered proposal was too attractive to be true; in exchange for the use of one dungeon, the young druid had revealed the locations of four others they hadn't discovered before.
"I know no matter what I say, you won't be sure until you see it with your own eyes; I put my life on the line, what do you have to lose?"
Considering the behaviors he had displayed until today, this attitude of Ainle would astonish anyone; it was as if Nafız saw a wild orc eyeing his enemy's throat in front of her, not a druid.
"Have it your way, as soon as darkness falls in the evening, we will set off towards the first dungeon!"
Although many people inside the headquarters weren't aware of it, there was the smell of a tense wait in the air, and this situation would continue until the sun's rays stopped falling onto the earth.
"Nafız, you took me out of the castle in a rush, what's the hurry before I could even fully enjoy myself?"
While two orcs and a druid were walking with rapid steps inside the dense forest, the person who was the largest of the group was speaking in a grumpy tone.
"Don't ask me, let the polite boy explain everything to you!"
With the fear given by the hulk-like orc looking at him crossly, the young druid would jump into the conversation immediately.
"In exchange for showing the locations of the four dungeons found on the Wild Swamp continent, we made a deal with your friend to help me earn my Spirit Animal. We are advancing towards our first target right now; if we continue at this speed, we will have arrived in about two hours!"
The moment Ainle, who was chattering away, finished his words, Alyon would throw the druid, whom he lifted as if tearing him from the ground, onto his back and start running.
"We're screwed if we keep pace with him; come on, let's race until there!"
The hulking orc had no patience left; due to his enjoyment being cut short, he was calculating finishing their business as soon as possible and returning.
Two wild creatures running one after another would arrive at the desired place in half an hour; although they had to wait ten minutes for the young druid to vomit, these actions had gained them quite a bit of time.
"Spill it, naive beauty, where is this dungeon!"
Although his lime-colored face hadn't regained even a bit of color yet, Ainle was the target of the female orc constantly bullying him.
"Inside the forest where trees live in friendship,There is a swamp you must see with your eyes,Without sinking to the bottom of its mud,You cannot find peace in your soul in any way."
Following the quatrain he recited with a passionate tone, the young orc was looking into the eyes of the two orcs confidently.
"It rained, lightning flashed; did you become a poet too, you son of a donkey!"
"I wonder if he got shaken too much on the way; his brain has turned to mush!"
While Nafız and Alyon, who couldn't make sense of the druid's words, started talking to each other, the young man had already started undressing and reached the edge of the swamp.
"Believe it or not, the dungeon is at the bottom of this swamp; are you coming with me now?"
Although the druid's determined manner was quite reassuring, the duo, who had survived so many dangers, wouldn't stop being cautious.
"Alis, go with this guy! You return at the slightest sign of danger, okay?"
The tiny white rabbit appearing from nothingness was on Ainle's shoulders a moment later; her red bead eyes were very cute, but unlike them, her sharp teeth were looking towards the young druid's neck.
"If something like that happens, I'll eat this one first!"
The young druid, feeling the puny breath coming out of the tiny mouth of Nafız's Power Animal on his skin, would flinch involuntarily; while the large part of the reason for this movement came from fear, a not insignificant part was from the excitement he felt towards Spirit Animals.
On top of everything, even though trembling, the young man just let himself into the swamp; even the fact that what he had to do outweighed the fear of death could be counted as miraculous progress for him.
After the duo slowly sank into the slime, the wait, which was the hardest part of the job, would begin; while Alyon hoped for the druid to die as soon as possible, Nafız had some hope, however little.
These optimistic thoughts of the female orc would leave their place to pessimism when a period of two hundred breaths passed; the only subject she worried about was Power Animal Alis still not returning.
"Boss, jump in too; this soft cartilage wasn't lying!"
Finally, the expected news had arrived; Nafız, experiencing astonishment for a second or two, would tell this to Alyon immediately.
"Don't hold me back, cannonballllll!"
The movements of the mountain-like orc after what he heard were unbelievable; after going back a step or two, he ran rapidly towards the swamp and fell into it like a bomb by jumping with all his might.
"So there is a possibility that those jumping into the sea like this might have passed through this world!"
The female orc watching her friend with a smile dropped herself into the mud without waiting too much either; when she sank up to her chin level, she would take a deep breath and make her final preparation.
They were covered in filth; they could feel the runny mud almost passing through the pores in their skin and filling up inside them.
The two orcs were experiencing a truly disgusting experience; since they didn't know when it would end, they had no worries, but on the other hand, they desired it to end immediately.
Finally, the feeling of slowly sliding away left its place to free fall; this wouldn't last long either. Before three breaths passed, they were in a large stone hall where Ainle waiting for them was also located.
Everywhere was covered with small stones as if carpeted from wall to wall; the walls, floor, and ceiling were made with stones of the same size and color without distinction.
This place, closed on four sides, was illuminated by a few gas lamps hung on the walls every two steps; although this situation caused small shadows to form in some places, generally everywhere could be seen comfortably.
"Good for you, vitamin-deficient wretch; our agreement is officially approved."
When Nafız spoke turning to the druid watching them along with the tiny white rabbit on his shoulder, she would see that Ainle was already cleaned and spruced up.
The short-haired female orc checked her own condition immediately; what a coincidence that she and Alyon were as clean as when they entered the swamp.
"I will proceed on the path I chose myself; let's agree for the three of us to meet here!"
Before entering one of the tunnels leaving the stone room with its arched door, the young druid called out to the orcs examining the surroundings.
"Walk on, my pasha, continue but don't be too late; if my patience runs out, I'll tie that tongue of yours, which is starting to loosen up, into a bow later!"
As soon as he heard the insults that were now a part of his life, the druid entering the tunnel had disappeared into the darkness; he was alone on this path, Alis whom Nafız sent with him wouldn't be able to accompany him on this journey.
"Nafız, this job won't take long, right?"
Alyon, having become obsessed with time more than ever, was constantly making speeches indicating his desire to return today.
"This won't do; let's just get out of here, let me twist your balls and see!"
After this outburst of the female orc whose patience was about to run out, Alyon would enter the first tunnel he found at full speed as if ammonia was rubbed on his ass. Nafız, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, had started thinking to decide on the path she would choose for herself carefully.
"Oh well, is there anything functioning according to logic here anyway?"
The slim orc, examining the paths going from the stone room towards the unknown for a while, finally gave up and took her first step into one she felt like taking.