"It stinks! The smell is so strong! Why am I a dog!"
In the dark, damp sewer, Susie was falling apart as never before.
A dog's sense of smell was far more developed than a human's. As a pampered "young lady dog" who had lived in comfort since puppyhood, Susie could barely endure the pungent stench of all the rotting substances mixed together in the sewer.
Had she not been a "Beyonder animal" whose physical constitution had been greatly enhanced by her Beyonder abilities, she might have passed out from the smell long before she could even begin tracking the scent left by the thief.
"Whimper..."
When will I ever get out of this awful place? Susie hung her head, feeling that her entire life as a dog had turned bleak.
"The drainage systems in this era are already this well developed?"
Meanwhile, Lorne, who was following behind her, marveled at the wide city sewer around him, built from sturdy brick and stone.
Unlike the filthy, narrow ancient sewers he had always imagined, Backlund's drainage system was already quite sophisticated. It rather resembled those of the modern cities he had known before transmigrating.
I bet Roselle had something to do with this again. Emperor Roselle really could do anything... Lorne grumbled silently.
"Woof! Woof! Woof!"
Just then, the Golden-Haired Big Dog ahead suddenly reacted, barking loudly toward something overhead.
"Is this the place?"
Following her gaze upward, Lorne spotted a rust-covered ladder leading to a manhole cover at street level.
"You mean the thief climbed out here?" Lorne asked.
"Woof! Woof!" Susie nodded in a very human manner.
"Heave-ho!"
Lorne climbed up first, then reached down and grabbed the Golden-Haired Big Dog by the scruff of her neck. With a heave, he pushed aside the heavy manhole cover and hauled