Fabre in Sacheon’s Tang

Apparently, one bat wasn’t enough for Hyang.@@novelbin@@

She wanted to show off by taking down three.

And so, three more unfortunate bats met their demise.

Yet even after that, she was still having fun and kept begging for more.

Chrrrrt!

"Aigoo, that’s enough now. Three is plenty. Hyang, you did great."

"Yes, very well done."

Chrrr…

Barely managing to appease her, we finally stepped into the tunnel.

But their soft chrrrt noises continued for quite a while.

Perched on my shoulders, Hyang and Bin seemed to be practicing their killing intent—chittering at the occasional bug that crossed our path.

In the end, I had to firmly scold them about not killing living creatures recklessly.

"Listen here, we do not kill indiscriminately."

Only after my strict warning did they quiet down, allowing us to move forward.

For a while, the only sounds were our footsteps and the occasional drip, drip of water falling from the ceiling.

Then, Sister Seol's voice echoed through the cave.

"You know, I expected something more considering this place was supposedly sealed away by the Five Poison Clan. But there's nothing here."

She had a point.

The tunnel stretched endlessly, and we had yet to find anything remarkable.

There were no traces of human activity.

All we saw were streams of water trickling from the rock crevices and stalactites merging with stalagmites to form stone pillars.

Chrrrk!

Hyang, perched on my shoulder, flinched as a cold droplet of water hit her head, shaking her antennae in surprise.

"Did that scare you, Hyang? Hold on, Daddy will dry it for you."

As I wiped her head with my sleeve, I answered Sister Seol.

"There might have been something in the first chamber, but the entrance collapsed and got buried under guano… This tunnel, though, looks like a passageway. Let’s keep going."

"Yeah, but how long is this tunnel?"