It's a little dusty inside.

It's been off-limits for a while now.

　After dealing with a large amount of sandworms, we entered what looked like a pyramid and found a series of stairs that led down to the bottom.
　Perhaps it was because no one had entered since the Adventurer's Association's advice, but the stairs were filled with sand that must have come in from outside and became somewhat dusty when you walked down them.

''It was pretty big from the outside, so it looks like it's pretty big inside too.''

We've got lamps, but it's still very dark in many places.

'Well let's check it out in the map app, shall we?

　This pyramid was more than 100...or maybe even 200 meters on one side when viewed from the outside?　At any rate, it was so big that it was too long to be measured.
　We went down the stairs and came out to a place like a plaza, but it is so large that it is not illuminated by a high-class lamp.

　Support pillars and posts, and statues and other things that have been placed in the shape of obscure, and a little bit of poor visibility.
　Unlike the labyrinth, it's quite unsettling that the inside is not illuminated by light.
　At any rate, let's be careful not to get caught off guard by the map app.

'This level of darkness, though, is tantamount to nothing for me.

You see that, Luna?

Yeah, it's right in the back. There's something coming this way.

　Luna pointed without hesitation toward the darkness, which I couldn't see at all.
　I checked the direction in the map app, and sure enough, the red dot was moving little by little towards us.
　As expected of a vampire. It's very reliable in the dark.

"Wow.........this is some creepy stuff coming out of nowhere.

What is going on underneath that bandage, sir?

I'm feeling a bit dried up, aren't I?

　As I waited to see what would come, a demon finally entered the area that even I could see.
　The demon is humanoid, its entire body is covered in white bandages, and it is walking slowly and slowly while lowering its hands. The bandages are a bit yellowish and smelly.
　Only the eyes are unbandaged and have a red luminescent look to them. It's a complete horror.

　It's not like I'm just going to wait for them to come towards me like this, but Luna, who immediately took out a spear, throws a spear at the mummy.
　The mummy, without pretending to resist in any way, took a bite of the spear she threw at its head and turned its body upside down significantly.

''Mmm, not very effective.''

I'm afraid that physical attacks are not very effective.

　With that blow, it looks like the head could have been torn off, but the mummy, which was on its back, regained its position and proceeded as if nothing had happened.
　The spear is still stuck in its head, which is a bit scary.
　After a little while, the spear was enveloped in light and returned to Luna's hand. Is this an automatic recovery?

　Even so, it doesn't look like you're being damaged at all, even after getting hit by that blow.
　I guess I'd better take a look at its status for now.

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Species:Mammy
　Level: 40
　HP: 15,000
　MP:0
　Attack Power:850
　Defensive Power:400
　Agility:10
　Spell resistance:20
　Unique Ability Physics Halved
　Skills Regeneration
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　It's not as strong as it should be. The combination of half-physics and regeneration is tricky, but it moves so slowly that I'll just end up hitting it with a kite.
　Me, Nol and Luna beat him up with a kite. Mammy's drop item is a yellowing bandage. I don't want to touch this....

　After defeating the first one, I proceeded often, and in the meantime, I dealt with multiple Mammy's, but I handled them with octopus strikes without any problems.

'Okura-san, may I take on the mummy once?'

Hmm?　Oh, good.

　The fact that Nol couldn't do the usual blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of thing because of the physics half-reduction and regeneration was plainly annoying. When they come out, they get stranded a bit.

　And when Mammy appears in front of me again, this time Sisha starts saying she wants to try to deal with him.
　Oh no.......the battle madness has started to kick in here as well? Well, I've been quiet until now, so it's fine if it's just a little.
　I'll be satisfied if I take out one or two of them.

　Sisuha started running as usual and headed towards Mammy.
　Mummy has a decent amount of attack power, but she can easily avoid that attack, so there's nothing to worry about.
　We all watch Sisha's battle while preparing to help her at any time, just in case.

''Huh!　Phew!

　When she thrust her wand out towards Mamie, it hit her arm. I thought that would only cause her to fall on her back like she did with Luna, but to my surprise, the arm that hit her flew off in a thousand pieces.
　After that, when I hit my head with my fist, the head shattered and I knocked it down just as fast as I did when Nol and the others and I were beating up on the octopus alone.
　Whoa, what's going on here?

Seriously....

Oh, no!　How is it possible to defeat them so easily!

　Seeing this, Noor exclaimed in surprise.
　He was confident in his firepower, so he seems to be soberly shocked.

''Ufufu, I apply an axial rotation to my arm when I hit him. This allows the impact to reach the core of my body. And on top of that, there is a divine blessing attached to it.

　Instead of reaching the core of your body, you're just shattering it. And that axial rotation is a corkscrew blow!
　Or rather, the divine blessing is more of an afterthought........

''Isn't the extra one the real deal?

Is this guy really a priest?

Oh, I'm afraid it's a priest.

　Apparently, is it because of the divine blessing of Sisha?
　It seems like there's an element like that kind of special effect besides the status. If it's a priest, it's no wonder that he's able to attack undead-type opponents with massive damage and instant death effects.

　When Luna saw Sisha fighting for the first time, she tilted her head as if she doubted if he was really a priest.
　Even the vampires are starting to doubt if he's a priest.......

''Hmm, so far, no demons seem particularly strong.

Do you think the only thing wrong with the demon was outside?

The Mummy is also durable, but it's slow, so it's not a threat at all.

　Even after we were all dumbfounded by the battle of Sisha, we continued onward.
　I thought that with ruins like this, there would be traps and such, but there doesn't seem to be anything like that.
　I wonder if they were deactivated because other adventurers had already explored them?

　I came here just in case there might be something unusual, but so far I haven't seen any unusual demons.
　Well, I'm going to go deeper and conquer it!　And that's good for me.

"Huh?　This mummy, why doesn't she disappear after you beat her?

Yeah, well I knocked him down and he didn't change.

Isn't this sort of thing possible?

　As I was taking down the mammies that still appeared, I found one individual that had fallen but hadn't disappeared as a particle of light.
　I stabbed it with an Excalibur to make sure it was dead, but it didn't react particularly well, so it must be dead.
　Even the map app has a gray mark on it where the mummy is, so it's definitely out of breath.

　It was strange that this had never happened before, I thought, as I looked at the map app and moved on again.
　When we got some distance from the mummy, the map app started to notice something strange.
　The gray mark suddenly turned back to red and began to head this way at a terrific speed.

What?　Oh, hey!　They're coming up behind you!

　I hurriedly looked behind me and saw a mammy running towards me, her hands buzzing as if she was walking at a slow pace, her entire body bandaged in bright yellow.
　Her covered mouth was ripped open with fangs sticking out, and her hands were also jutting out with sharp claws extending out.
　Hey, what the hell is this guy!

Geez....well, he's stronger than before...

　I was the first to react, and I stepped forward and caught Mummy's attack with the lid of the pot as she swung her clawed hand down.
　I could feel a zesty weight on my hand and it seemed to be quite powerful.
　Clearly, it was stronger than before, and it could only be a completely different demon.

''Eee~''

"Oh, my God!

　As I was catching the attack and stopping Mummy from moving, I heard the usual loose voice of Esther. This is a signal to use magic.
　Immediately after the voice, the stone wall around me began to grow and the mammy in front of me was crushed in an instant from both sides.
　Only the arm that was sticking out remains uncrushed, and it's swinging around like it's growing out of a rock.
　Hey, this is too scary!　I thought I was going to be scared for a moment........

''We can't use fire magic in a building, can we?

'You've come up with another gruesome attack method...'

　It seems that no matter how much you're half-physical, if you get flattened, you'll die instantly.
　It seems they took it into account because it's indoors, so if they used flames, it would cause damage to us, but on the contrary, it seems to be more gross than usual.
　The trapped mummy finally turns into light particles and a bandage that's even more bright yellow than the normal mummy comes out of the arm area.
　It's looking even stinkier than usual.

And what was that all about, sir?

'Hmmm ... from the way I was looking at the map app, it was a gray mark, and then all of a sudden it turned red and was coming towards us.

'Does that mean ... you've come back to life?

Not only did you come up for air, but you seemed to be getting stronger.

　Based on the map app's reaction, I'm pretty sure that the mummy from earlier was the one we took down once.
　It's back, and it's attacking us. What the hell is going on here?

　After that, I continued to go on, taking down the mammy, and I found an individual that wouldn't disappear after falling again.
　We don't want it to get up and attack us again, so we'll have to deal with it now.
　Before that, let's see if we can figure out why this is happening by looking at the status.

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Fullerum Mommy species:Mommy
　Level: 50
　HP: 8000
　MP:0
　Attack Power:2400
　Defensive Power:300
　Agility: 150
　Magic Resistance:0
　Intrinsic Ability Physics Halved
　Skills Activation
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　........I see. At first, it looks the same as a normal mummy, but once it's defeated, there's someone who changes with activation?
　For now, I decided to have Estelle burn this mummy before it got up and erase it without a trace.

'There isn't much difference in appearance, but they look like different demons in one way or another.

That's trickier than most. But it's easy enough to burn them before they get up.

For a normal adventurer, it's still pretty cumbersome, but...

　I noticed it on the map app, so I didn't mind, but if this guy attacked me from behind, there wouldn't be a moment's peace for a C-ranked adventurer.
　If there were no mages around, it would be a lot of work to take it down and burn it every time.
　Maybe it was a good idea for the Adventurer's Association to keep this place off-limits.