Two more weeks passed. Lee Shin-Woo and Jin started from the southern outskirts, and after searching through the city in the area, they took the train back to the east. Once they were done going through the region as well, they hopped on the train again and left for the Empire's northern border.

They had been slowly clearing the outer edges of the Empire, something that no other hero could have even attempted. They might as well do it since they had procured a means of transportation. It was a task too large-scale to attempt ‘just because they could’, though. It was an understatement to describe what they were doing as such.

"Ah, there's a hidden facility here, too,” said Lee Shin-Woo. “No one has gone through it."

Of course, most of the areas had been cleared by the other heroes, and in some places, it seemed as though all Golems had vanished without a trace. Their exploration was therefore fruitless at times, but there was a place that was always left untouched, which was none other than the city’s underground sewers.

"I hope this dungeon is less dirty than the last one..." Jin grumbled.

"Give up. Let's enter."

"Damn it!"

Lee Shin-Woo was now fully aware that the other heroes had left the underground sewers alone because they were ‘dirty’, which was the greatest folly...