More than a hundred swarms of needle mice completely surrounded the tenge.
Mizue already looks as if she has decided that there is no way to live.
Tachibana was still struggling to get out of the agitation and was looking for an escape route.
Meanwhile, Tenji was beginning to think that there was no escape except for his own actions.
(Even if I summoned two little demons... I don't think this number is enough. Even if I joined there, my current status will only be honest)
The demon is certainly strong.
Perhaps we can afford to keep fighting fourth-grade monsters in Hell space on a daily basis at this level.
However, when comparing the number of demons with the number of needle mice, it is obvious that the labor is insufficient and it becomes dirty. Tenge has experienced several strengths in the dungeon.
Even if a powerful Explorer is at a party, it is in this world that everyone is often poor if the monsters push him down by the number.
If there were three targets to protect, it would be quite restrictive to be a little demon.
(What do I have to do... to hope for the benefit of level-ups?
Tenge was desperately accelerating his thinking to find a way to survive here.
Escape, fight, pray for help, it was still difficult to take any of them.
--It was then.
Mizue gently laughed at Tenji and Tachibana, her companions who were facing each other, with a smile she had never seen before.
"Unfortunately, this isn't Chariot's test. Looks like they were right."
"Mizue... you?
"Even with a weapon, the average person is no match for a swarm of Grade 4 monsters. This is common sense. There are countless enemies in front of us right now... no matter what we think. Chariot couldn't have bothered to prepare such an enemy. Isn't that right?"
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"Silence has always been a positive quote. What do you want me to do?
"Ah, even if I say I will resist... what am I supposed to do with this number?
"My eyes, my brain, my heart, if I don't get stuck in a needle, I won't die. Fight through it, ready to be pierced with needles. Or die without resistance."
Tachihua dyed her face pale blue and closed her mouth to words like Mizue's notion.
When I thought I was going to die today, there was too much left to do, and regret overflowed. At the same time, the needle mouse gathered in front of me felt a constant fear.
"No, I don't! I don't want to die yet! Here it is!
Is that what Tachihua was prepared for? If you want to be an Explorer, be prepared to die. If you're not ready, you can't be an Explorer. "
"Yes, it is! But it's not weird! Why do I have to die just for the entrance exam!?
"Even if I tell you that, you can only listen to me. It was bad luck. It was all our destiny."
"Bad luck and I'm going to die!?
"Yes, accept it. It's a creature called the Explorer."
"No!
"You're a selfish woman. So what's the last thing you want to do? What do you want? I also hear some stories about my natural awakening at times like this. I have no choice but to pray."
Lihua realized that nothing would happen if she screamed, and finally stared back at Mizue's eyes without contesting. Then I started staring at Tenge's eyes.
Looking at Tenji's pure eyes, Tachibana changed her complexion as if she remembered something.
Tenji kun
"Hmm, what is it?
Tachibana suddenly talked to Tenji who was thinking.
From a tenge that didn't have much to do with Tachibana, I was thrilled to know what words would be spoken from now on.
"If you'll excuse me. Tenji is the survivor of the Ochanomizu incident the other day, right?
"Huh? How do you know?
"My acquaintance works for the association. I'm a woman named Asamiko Spring Bud, but I heard that a young man in black uniform from the Japanese Explorer High School survived four days in front of Black Keroberos. It seems that the young man recently woke up to the Swordsman. It's you, right?
Huh?
Tenge was confused.
The information Lihua just told us is confidential and confidential. That was the information that only the 25 Explorers who survived the raid and the doctors involved in Leon, the seachildren, and a very small part of the association's upper echelons and tenge knew.
That's why ordinary women didn't know.
(Asuko Harumi... I don't know her name, but she might be a person to watch out for)
Tachibana began explaining that she would supplement it because Tenji was silent.
"Is it possible to connect with Chariot, the expression I was talking to Godais-san intimately before I left, the Swordsman in black, something like Tenji's story?
"You guessed from that?
"That's right. Asamiko-san didn't tell me much about it, but how did you survive Black Keroberos at that time? Is it possible to do it on this spot?
The question convinced Tenji.
Tachibana identified the person as Tenji from the fragment information she had heard from an acquaintance and wanted to know if the method could be used on the spot.
That's how you heard your last wish.
"Tenge... is that true?
Mizue also opened her eyes surprisingly and looked at the tenge.
Tenge was worried about how to answer.
The answer is a fabricated story by Leon, "I've been through a corpse." However, this method cannot be used in this place. We don't have any bodies.
Then you can make a corpse, and if anybody thinks so, the worst can happen.
We must definitely avoid situations that could even lead to killing each other with this as their starting point.
Thus, the true answer to Tachibana's question was "Awakened to the superior vocation."
If you answer this, Tenji will unleash the demon and fight with all his might on this spot.
Still, it is obvious that they will be poor, so they will wager a battle that is close to the bet that level-ups will benefit them.
Which story should I tell you?
(No, there's no point hiding it here anymore. It is already obvious that this is a dungeon that Chariot has left behind. As Mizue-kun said, there is no way that participants can handle this number of needle mice)
For the first time, Tenji looks up like he's made up his mind, even though he's nervous about talking about himself.
"Hiding in a pile of corpses, that's the answer."
Both Mizue and Tachibana turned pale in response to the unimaginable answer heard from Tenji's mouth.
Words could no longer be said. A single high school student spent four days hiding in a corpse, because it was clearly a way that only a mentally insane person could do it.
Or someone who's gone mad to death trying to escape death.
However, Tenge quickly spins the following words.
"... and this is a false testimony from the association."
"What? You think it's a lie?
"Huh? What do you mean?
"The truth is that I woke up to an unknown vocation and defeated Black Keroberos."
The two of them gently open their mouths.
"So, please keep it a secret what happens to me from now on. Don't listen deeply, don't tell anyone. Also, it's going to be a pretty close battle, so be sure to follow my instructions. So let's see.
The young man in front of me defeated Black Keroberos.
It was too unbelievable, but if it's true, we might make it through here alive.
They came up with the same idea aggressively.
"Okay. It's obvious that I can't do anything anymore. I'll ask you about it later, so do your best now."
"Yes, I believe Tenji now, too."
"Thank you. Now, Mizue, can you hold this sword?
Tenji thanked the two men who had stopped at once, forcing the iron sword in his hand into the river.
It was a river that I accidentally received, but when I looked at the tenge that became useless, I could see a puzzled expression.
"Are you sure? You can use my serial sword."
"I'll just let you feel it. But don't worry, I have a stronger weapon."
The three of them had their backs together until now, but Tenji stepped out of the scene a step earlier.
I summoned that sword while wrapping the Book of Demons around the universe.
It's been verified that you don't have to say anything when summoning. However, in order to show both of them in words what to do now, Tenji dared to make a request in the book of the devil.
"Come out, Red Demon Sword."
At that moment, a red and black sword was held in Tenji's right hand.
I didn't think of Mizue as intuiting the evil of the red demon sword and the sense of intimidation that can be exerted, and I was breathing heavily.
Tachibana also instinctively raised her skin to the scourge.
"Huh? Where did you come from?
Tachihua shouted and was surprised at the phenomenon.
But Tenge's behavior didn't end here alone.
Put your hands in front of you and prepare to exercise another ability that is also the spirit of the Prison Beast Summon Monster.
"Summon - 'Kid'"
When that word is spinned...
Two small gates with a terrible purple color appeared on the ground.