Arcadia’s Labyrinth

- Here, I'm going to sort this out for once about the Labyrinth City Raid Event.

The Labyrinth City Raid Event is an artificially caused labyrinth flood caused by the Demonic Woman Altena.

The core present in the deepest part of the labyrinth has the ability to accumulate Qi (said to be contaminated magic) and convert it as a monster, but the labyrinth, left unattended for a long time, continues to accumulate Qi in the core without Qi being converted into a monster. When the accumulated temper exceeds the core tolerance, it becomes a monster at once and overflows out of the labyrinth. Those monsters advance to the labyrinth city - precisely the 'ideal home of the legendary gods' - while attacking the nearby villages.

This is called a labyrinth flood.

One of the adventurers' tasks lies in not causing this labyrinth flood, and the labyrinth, which was not attacked for a long time, appears red on the labyrinth group map, and those who attacked it may receive a bounty from the Governor's Office.

The Demon Man is said to be able to manipulate this labyrinth flood to some extent by infusing the core, and the Demon Altena tries to go around the twelve labyrinths under the water and flood all twelve labyrinths simultaneously to take down the labyrinth city at once.

It is a series of currents that the protagonist (that is, me in the game), by noticing early anomalies in the Twelve Labyrinths from mundane things, works with His Royal Highness Chris, Governor of the Labyrinth City as a brave man, to solve this event.

You can reduce the difficulty of the event by attacking the reinforced Twelve Labyrinths within the deadline, but even if you defeat everything, this event itself will not go away. Because Altena floods a number of random dungeons besides the Twelve Labyrinths.

Well, the point is we're just talking about reducing the number of medium bosses during the event.

Within the game, monsters who are attacking cities by assigning adventurer troops in a mini-game-like fashion are dealt with, and subsequent praises from the country and popular fame change with the defense rate at that time.

Upon successful completion of the mini-game, the event progresses, striking a single ride with Artena, who has invaded to break the sealing essentials of "The Ideal Home of the Legendary Gods" in the castle.

If you fail a mini-game or defeat an altena here, the labyrinth city will be occupied by the demons, and after a while the demons will come back to life and bad-end...... so.

And, well, let me give you a rough explanation about the Labyrinth City Raid event, but here's one question I can't help but wipe.

It means, "Why did this event happen in the first place?"

Because the Demon Altena is in a sealed state just like the Orioles, and the key to solving it is to become a devil crystal scattered all over the world at the end of a chapter.

Devil Crystal...... that is, the crystal that was sealing Oriol has the ability to amplify the evil of what it holds, causing all sorts of confusion around the world, but the true threat of this lies in resonance with the seal of other demons to unseal it.

The demon Altena should also have been a development wherever it was sealed in a distant exotic land, a merchant who did not know that would accidentally resurrect it.

In other words, now that the seal of Oriole has not been lifted, there can be no revival of Altena, and naturally there can be no labyrinth city raid event.

That's why I couldn't be sure of this anomaly as a Labyrinth City Raid event.

... Is this another leap by its kind? No, is that just unlikely this time?

At any rate, the place where the Altena was sealed is not even specified by simply saying “distant exotic land”. It's almost impossible for an individual to find it. Therefore, this time you can pull out the line of work of your kind.

So do you even say that the Devil Crystal of other demons left over from time immemorial - if there is such a thing - accidentally revived Altena? Or, like, a demon who wasn't an altena in the first place caused this event? The official setting said that all demons were in seal...

... no matter how much you think. Whatever the reason, events are happening as a reality, so we'll have to admit that this is the place to be.

I can do as much as I want with the hypothesis, but I can't solve this anomaly with it.

What matters now is how to solve this event, which has gone completely behind the wheel.

First of all, the problem is that this event cannot clear a positive offense.

Unlike the game, I am not a brave man and I am not in a position to move many people. That means I can't take command of urban defense.

Well, I know His Highness Chris will do it instead, but he won't be ready for defense because he won't be sure that there's going to be a labyrinth flood if he makes it his Highness. I can't move adventurers around the city as quickly as I can say how royal they are, and the only thing I can move around is the Labyrinth Saints under my command, and it's impossible to complete this event with that.

And the next problem I can give you is that even if you succeed in defending the Labyrinth City, the Demon Sword Soul Eater is not in an Awakening state, so you have no chance of winning the Demon Wars that you wait for afterwards.

Maybe if I put the demon man in front of me again, my intent to kill will boil and I can put the soul eater in an awakening state, but the last time I hit this demon sword awakening, I almost punished him.

... once, really once, but there is a way to deal with demons. But in a way, it's harder than Soul Eater's awakening.

But now I just had to bet on it.

The next morning. After confirming the usual routine, Oriole's seal, I was in the dining room picking up a meal with Mosomoso and turning my head about my plans for today.

Today's plans are an attack on The End of Time Traveler, gained in a recent labyrinth expedition.

I suppose we should have moved on to investigate the anomaly of the Twelve Labyrinths, but I can't successfully explain to Leriana why we prioritize the investigation of the Twelve Labyrinths, which seems more irrelevant to us at first sight than the "Moonlight Crystal of Time Flow," and more importantly, if the event fails in just one day of L.A., the situation is already packed.

Today, then, priority will be given to obtaining the "Moonlight Crystal of Time Flow”, which was the original purpose, and on top of that, it will be more certain to draw Leriana into the side and prepare for it afterwards.

It's more painful to hang out here with Leriana and lose your power. Now, I want to borrow the cat's hand.

Now, if you've reconfirmed your policy, let's go back to thinking about the labyrinth.

"The End of the Time Traveler," but this is almost a special dungeon on the main road, with only five enemies coming out. This is an easy labyrinth called Clear if you defeat the Fire, Aqua, Wind and Earth Elementals and the pending Saint Elementals at the end of it.

The problem is narrowed down to saint elementals because the various elementals can be defeated reliably without taking damage if each attribute's resistance gear is worn.

The Sacred Attributes administered by Saint Elementals are resistant to all but the Dark Attributes, and in this world the Dark Attributes are attributes that only demons and demons can possess. It was also thought that the resistance gear of the Holy Class was rare and its performance was not good enough to be on the market, thus forcing a battle against compatibility in the Saint Elemental Battle.

... During the game, the Awakened Demon Sword Soul Eater was written on the offensive site as a fucking easy labyrinth to have dark attributes, well... there's no choice but to...

First, I planned to procure various elemental measures in the morning, then pick up lunch and join Leriana for a labyrinth attack.

"... Dinner hasn't progressed at all, but it didn't fit your mouth?

Ha, face up to the voice hung unexpectedly.

"E, Elise... Oh, no, I was just thinking."

I managed to return it that way even though I was quite upset inside.

I haven't spoken to Elise since Leriana came by the other day and caused one disturbance. No particular reason, but oddly awkward.

"Thoughts?... maybe troubles or something?

To my response, for some reason Elise looked worried with her eyebrows in the letter "C".

"Heh? No, I'm not... why?

"No, because... Seems like they've been saying a lot lately..."

"Oh......"

Convinced.

I was totally blown out of my mind because of the demon raid event, but, no, my reputation has been scattered lately. Time has passed since then, and even more rumors would be that they have added tail palms.

Thinking about it, Elise used to speak to me.... an angel?

"No, well, there are some things you deserve when it comes to rumors. And for adventurers, bad reviews are one of the foils."

Making bad reviews means that's all the attention you get. And in this labyrinth city, nothing weak is rumored to do anything. Not subject to interest. Therefore, the fact that there are rumors of good and bad is in itself a testament to the power of the adventurer.

"Huh, that's what it is...... I think it would be better to have a good rumor anyway"

To my explanation, Elise looked somewhere uncomfortable.

"Haha. Well, I guess so. Well, I'm going to fix that."

"Hehe, good luck, I'm here for you. Because the more famous Kane becomes, the more famous this inn becomes."

"Oh... thanks"

Just a social dictionary. Even though I know that, Elise is there for me... it seemed like blood would boil just because I think so.

"... by the way"

Elise shifts her gaze toward the entrance.

"If you've been staring at this one since earlier...... Kane's customer?

Looking at you so that Elise could follow you, there was a figure of Leriana asking this one, trying to hide her half in the door.

Looking at this one with obstinate jitsu eyes, it seemed as if "Ji ~ ~ ~" and the phonetic sound floated behind it.

... What are you doing, that girl?

Give Elise the breakfast set and head to Leliana.

"Ahhh, Leriana? What are you doing, man?

"... I'm here to pick you up"

Leriana says with her body hidden in the door.

"No, we were talking about meeting at the fountain square, weren't we?

For a moment, I thought I might have missed the time, but I still had enough time to meet up with Leriana.

"'Cause I couldn't wait."

Leriana finally came out of the shadow of the door, saying so and pointing her lips.

... I've been waiting a long time for this. I must have gotten up too early feeling that I might get the memorial "Moonlight Crystal of Time Flow”. And as the momentum continued, he went to the rendezvous point, and he couldn't wait to pick me up.

It was like an amusement park waking up early having too much fun.

... Can't you help it? My life is stupid, I guess the life of a clan romantic party is at stake. It's a distraction.

"Okay, okay. Well, that's a little early, but let's go."

As I smiled painfully, Leriana let her face shine.

"That's Kane! Yeah, I got to go!

And I was taken so she could pull me off. [M]

"So where are we going to start?

A little away from the inn, Leriana slowed down and asked so.

"Um, let's first look around the outdoor market to see if there's any digging, and then we'll go shopping for what's missing"

An outdoor market is a place near a fountain square where merchants and adventurers who do not have a store in a labyrinth city sell their own acquired substitutes. It can also be described as a mountain of treasure for those who can see because there are many scams but sometimes unexpected excavations.

I couldn't get close because I couldn't see it before, but the inheritance of knowledge of the Devil's Sword allowed me to see it, so I decided to try it this time.

You can always go shopping for products in the store, so it would be a smart flow to look around here first and source high-performance items that aren't on the market or inexpensive items before replenishing what's missing in the store.

"I see, then let's go!

So nodded Leriana, walking out of my arms in a natural way.

The feeling of something big and soft hitting your elbow and the good fragrance of fluttering from the golden hair dancing at the edge of your sight.

"Oh, uh, hey..."

Huh? Are you going to arm it? Seriously? That's just a little...

I'm not wearing any armor right now, so the feeling of hitting Munyu just now sucks, makes me smell good about girls, and I'm worried about my surrounding eyes.

I gently tried to take her arm off...

"What?"

I looked up at Leriana's eyes, looking up at Kyoton and me, and stopped moving.

Her eyes with full confidence. I bet if I shook this arm off, it would be like a puppy's eye suddenly kicked in by its owner.

No matter how many alleys I was called Alcaine the Livestock, I couldn't do it.

Well... that's about it. I'm a little embarrassed... but it's soft and smells good, and I don't feel bad.

When I convinced myself so, I went straight to the outdoor market with my arms around her. [M]

- The outdoor city, which arrived shortly after, was still crawling with many people despite the early morning.

The neighborhood was lined with commercially enthusiastic stalls, and many seemed to have set the rules by peeking into the outdoor stores while clearing breakfast with it.

The smell of deliciousness and the hustle and bustle of people reminded me of the festival, and it got kind of tense.

Leriana was already a tension max, and she was not supposed to drag me into the stalls or the outhouse.

"Oh, Kane! Skewers, skewers! Let's buy that one. Grandma! Two Chicken Thigh Skewers!

My hands were blocked by food such as skewers and fruit cuts by Leriana, who bought what was on her eyes impulsively.

For once, I've had breakfast... well, I'm still in, okay?

afterwards.

"Wow! This gold necklace has ten silver coins, seriously!?

"Ooh, your daughter is special because she's beautiful!

"Yay! Thanks!"

"Mr. Leriana, he's plated..."

And?

"Kane, Kane! This leather armor, made of salamander, halves the fire attribute!

"Yeah, normal cowhide."

And?

"E, e, e, elixir!? Legendary spiritual pills are here!? And one gold coin! Cheap! Uncle, please have all these hundreds!

"Exactly. Come on, man, let's cut it out, huh?

And well, one dewstore caught my eye as I looked around the dewstore as I stopped Leriana from being fooled in the essentials that way.

No, not an outdoor store, to be exact, but the lord of that outdoor store?

In my late teens or so? The girl, with her distinctive black and white hair color, had what an eye-catching appearance.

First of all, it's big. Everything is big. It was easy to predict that the back length of a sitting adult woman would exceed three meters if she stood up. His chest and buttocks were also plentiful enough to match his physique, causing his tank top chest to stick to the bread.

"Ah, it's Titan"

Leriana, who saw the girl, snapped at nothing.

A Titan is a giant tribe with about twice as much giant and power as a human being.

It is a species that, contrary to its appearance, has a calm temper, lives quietly in the mountains of the north, and rarely sees it because of its weak reproduction and low numbers as the fate of long-lived species.

That said, I didn't pay attention to her because she's a rare Titan girl.

Because she is one of the heroines in the Arcadia of the Labyrinth - an essential figure in the True End.

She - Elle is a genius blacksmith and has the role of making the Sacred Sword after the Demon Sword Soul Eater is lost.

That said, I just met her. She's still a new American blacksmith. Many species called Titans themselves were clumsy because of their giants, and they lived without sounding and flying from the reputational damage of not making Titans = things.

That's where I met the protagonist, who was also a new American adventurer, who provides her with the material and forges a cooperative relationship that she processes it.

Since then, she has been able to handle abundant materials, which will gradually blossom, eventually creating a holy sword that will save the world.

I mean, what are you trying to say, the girl in front of you will eventually be the highest blacksmith in the world, a golden egg.

I'm gonna have to stick to this right now.

I stopped in front of her outdoor shop under the guise that I was casually intrigued. [M]

I didn't know how many guests were coming. I was making that big body smaller, but when I noticed my shadow, I looked up.

Her face, seen up close, was cute besides her thoughts, and her large, crushed eyes, which tended to drool, were what an attraction.

"Yes, welcome, sss! Um, um, I wouldn't look at that if you don't mind!? It's a big service now!

I'll take a look at a bunch of firearms lined up in an outdoor shop, bitterly laughing at her for what she misses when she waits for the presence of a guest.

All the products lined up there were for beginners, and honestly they weren't what we deserved today.

But......

I'll take the iron long sword that was in front of me to try.

Iron long sword with no decorative or any philosophy, about 70 cm across the blade. He observed the shade of the blade in heaven and swung it in an unpopular direction.

The shaken body drew a single straight line without making a wind-cut noise and without any blurring.

... Yeah, good sword. The iron trim is still sweet, but the grip on the center of gravity and pattern has been devised with care to make it easy to use.

Unripe, but tasteful, the experience of the Sleeping Swordsmen told me.

I smiled when I returned my sword to Elle, who was looking at me only with his sawdust and spit.

"Nice, it seemed so easy to use"

"Oh... thank you!

To my praise, Elle sparkled those obsidian eyes.

"Can I see something else, too?

"Duh, go ahead, sss!

"Take a look at Atashi, too."

Leliana and I are going to get the products lined up together and fix them.

I'd like to buy a few items to make a good impression on her, but it's a weird story that someone with good gear like me is now buying a novice weapon, which will distrust her.

To avoid that, I looked carefully for anything that might not be strange for me to buy.

"Oh, this is"

What caught my eye unexpectedly was a talisman buried with little tourmalines.

Tourmaline is a material well used for lower class attribute resistance, which reduces each attribute by its hue.

The good thing about Tourmaline talismans is that they only reduce them by a few percent if equipped, but they blocked the majority of their attributes by crushing and disposing of Tourmaline. Sometimes if it was of good quality, it would totally block me off.

It's too painful to throw away for new American adventurers, but it was a worthwhile investment for adventurers like us who make a midsize labyrinth a place to earn money.

It would not be unnatural to buy a quantity of this, and it would help with today's attack. More importantly, it is good that it is not strange to come back to buy this.

I point to every talisman in the line, I said.

"I'll buy all these talismans."

"Yes, but... it's all sss!?

"And if it's in stock, I'd like that, too."

"Oh, wow."

To an unexpected mass purchase, Elle was moving to make his eyes black and white.

"You just bought too much, didn't you? You don't need Talisman that much."

Leriana looked surprised at my adult purchase. [M]

"If you're ready, you won't suffer. Talismans don't shudder, and if there is, there is only one."

"I don't know."

Leriana pulled back lightly to my answer. She doesn't particularly want to disagree either, maybe she just wanted revenge for stopping me from shopping with her earlier.

"Uh, uh, uh, even if you discount all of them, it's going to be four gold coins at a time for ten of all kinds... are you sure you're okay, Sz?

Elle, who restarted while I was talking to Leriana, asked me if I had the talisman in the bag.

Just say cheap talisman. This much would be a good amount of money.

To Elle, who looked worried, I took out five gold coins.

"What, five!?

"Yeah, that's the price tag."

"No, no! You bought a lot of them, and one is a good value for money, sss!

"Then you're not making a profit. Just keep it."

I picked up the talisman and stood up when I gave him the gold to push him in the middle.

It would be more profitable for me for her to buy and grow materials with the profits she has earned. We should have pushed it here somewhat forcefully.

"Oh, thank you!!!

Leriana spoke as she left her dew shop with Elle's voice hung on her back.

"You like people. Could that be the type?

"It's simply an investment. She seems talented."

"Phew...... I wasn't sure about Atashi, but if Kane says so, I guess so"

I snuck a bitter smile at Leriana, who seemed bored even though she said so.

So, Koz, you're stubborn because you couldn't even get your own opponent to do it, huh?

He's totally childish.

With that in mind, I pointed to the stall that I had been worried about with the smell of good earlier.

"Look, it's a white bread honey hanging. Why don't you try some? I'll treat you."

"Really!? Yay!"

Leliana was in a good mood, and I thought I was going to the stall. [M]