Boundary Labyrinth and the Foreign Magician

"Good morning, Theo"

Good morning, Theodore.

"Morning."

When I woke up in the morning and went downstairs, Claudia was coming. I help prepare breakfast meals as a matter of course.

"Oh, good morning"

"I'm interrupting. Because I heard you might move on to the Great Decay Lake offense today."

Oh. I had told him before that when the Marquis banquet seat day passed, he would move on to the offense...

"You mean you should get used to the Great Decay Lake, right? Then you don't have to move on from the sewer attack, and I'll take you to the entrance to Decay Lake."

"I appreciate that, though. Does that mean we're headed from the stone tablet at the entrance to the labyrinth?

"Right."

Claudia answers with her eyes closed. Sure... you said you didn't want to catch my eye. I had a hooded coat, so it seems like it would be a good idea to have it used until I get into the labyrinth.

If you think about it, does Claudia have the least noticeable idea of having a meeting here?

"I guess the meeting is after breakfast..."

"The place is the place, isn't it? I think that's a good idea."

When I shrugged, Claudia nodded knowing the truth.

Finish the whole meeting and we all head to the labyrinth entrance. As we descended from the temple towards the stone tablet at the entrance, people were gathered in the square in front of the entrance.

"... smells like blood. I thought you were an injured man."

"Maybe I can help. I'll take a look."

"Okay. Let's keep Grace sealed until we get into the labyrinth."

Ashley heads to the injured. Activate Grace's curse and immediately follow Ashley.

"Trisha! Hold on!

There was the appearance of a heavily injured female adventurer there. He seemed pretty deep, had a big laceration in his belly and raised a distressed voice. The bleeding is terrible, too. Apparently, healing magic can be used. The temple witch is diligently continuing to treat her by magic, but she didn't seem to be recovering in time.

"I'll help you! Hold your hand and speak to her so she doesn't lose consciousness!

Ashley says it's quick, but hands on the injured man's wound. With two witches, the healing magic glow illuminates the wound.

"Yay, that helps! Trisha! Trisha! Hold on!"

The unexpected reinforcements have bright colors in the faces of the adventurers.

Justia of Seylan and Dominic of Harpy have also rushed there.

Start healing magic treatments to match each Ashley. Justia and Dominic also perform healing magic reinforcements with a curse, a curse.

As shown, Illumhilt will also strike a ringing string to strike a matching hand, concentrating it on the place where Serafina, who sees it, is collecting and treating the magic of the performance. All in all, the effect was dramatic.

First of all, the pain seems to be relieved, and the bitter voice the adventurer was raising turns into a slow, deep breath. The bleeding stops and redness appears on the pale complexion.

Cheered from the surroundings. The flesh of the wound becomes buoyant and blocked. My skin was renewed...... although it left a slight scar, the adventurer is immediately getting upper body and stroking his belly with an incredible look.

"Ashley. You should also use Clear Blood"

"... you were talking about a bad mix of blood could make you sick, right?

"Yes. It's easy to wake up when you're injured"

Preventing infection means that Clear Blood, which purifies the blood, should be used in other settings than detoxification.

Ashley immediately purifies the blood of the adventurer with the magic of Clear Blood. This means that the prognosis is reassuring.

"Yes, thank you."

"I'm sorry. I'm grateful."

"What happened?

One of the group of adventurers answered me when I asked because he seemed to have gotten over it.

"I'm stuck in the demon room. He managed to carry his injured companion and escape to the tablet."

"... I see"

For now, it doesn't seem to be the emergence of the Guardian or anything.

"You guys just came to Termwilds and you're still in a shallow hierarchy, aren't you? They told you the big room was marked, didn't they?

"I knew that..."

People often leave and come in early in the spring. There seems to be more new adventurers, and more injuries like this.

Around that I escaped into the stone tablet, I guess I tried the big room after figuring out the directions in advance, but since the appearance of demons is sporadic in shallow hierarchies, I was looking sweetly at the dangers when it was the demon room.

"Good luck"

When she tells Ashley after the treatment, she smiles embarrassingly.

"I've tried what Theodore said."

That would mean a sonar method based on magic reflexes.

"How'd it go?

"It's easier to see where the damage occurred, so I think the treatment was more effective than usual."

"Well, that's more than anything."

"Because it was the same thing that Lisa was doing. We practiced."

Mallane smiles and takes Ashley's hand and rejoices. Justia and Dominic also seem to be having a colloquial conversation with Illumhilt.

Looking at it, I could see Claudia watching the adventurers after a sigh of relief in the back of the hood.

Oh well...... Is she because she belongs to the labyrinth?

If you go into the labyrinth, you will fight demons and get scratched. I mean, isn't it true that she doesn't want to be in the public eye and doesn't want to interact as much as possible with the people coming to Termwilds?

"... at least nobody asked us to go into the labyrinth."

Speaking to Claudia, she looked up at me a little surprised.

You enter the labyrinth knowing the battle against demons. I know Claudia is sick of it. Because of that personality, I would be doing it if I could solve those problems. But I can only conclude that Claudia's power does not extend that far beyond looking at the status quo.

The invading side weighs the risks and returns. In that regard, nothing is different from hunting demons elsewhere.

There is also a place where the lives of the people of the Kingdom of Verdogal are made up of materials, food and demonic stones that can be picked from demons. So I guess it's probably different to enjoy the benefits and resent Claudia for responsibility when there's an inconvenience.

"... though you don't have to say it that way. Thank you. I'll take care of it. Than that... those two aren't from that village, are they?

Claudia asks me to change the subject.

I see. This seems to be one of those topics I don't want to talk about very deeply. If that's the case, this story should end here.

Those two are about Justia and Dominic. Now it was an occasion when they were thanking the adventurers they helped.

"Oh. They pulled me with summoning magic. The Adventurer Alliance is protecting them... and they've decided to use their abilities to help them."

"... yes. Looks like they're accepted. I meant I knew things were different than they used to be. There's something emotional about it."

Claudia narrowed her eyes and said quietly.

Termwilds has been opening its doors against the Fae for quite some time. I don't know how long ago it used to be... but I guess there were times when it wasn't. I can imagine that from the demonic village behind Claudia's administered labyrinth and the residents of that village scared of the outside.

And I can also say that the idea is correct in a way. I'm sure there are people who see it as "friendly, but still demonic," and they're a minority among humans no matter where they go.

For example, if a country changes its policies depending on the circumstances, it is powerless to do so. The choice not to leave the labyrinth, I guess that's the right thing to do.

Claudia just seems to welcome the fact that at least… two people are accepted.

The adventurers who helped said they would thank you later through the guild. Ashley's magic consumption was also at a level where there were no problems, so she moved on to the Great Decay Lake offense as planned.

Claudia touches the tablet and takes it and transfers it.

Wrapped in light, I opened my eyes... There was a poisonous swamp spread out there. Dull mossy swamps and dotted land stretch. Great Decay Lake.

It is used as a defense against odors by building shields with wind walls and purifying the inner air.

"Is Sheila okay? How's Lavine?

Sometimes it has been defended beforehand, and I don't particularly feel about the expected odor at this time. But that's just us.

If you're talking about Sheila and Lavine, who have a good sense of smell, there may be some tough spots in their current state.

"So far so good"

"Lavine seems fine, too."

and received a reply from both Sheila and Ashley.

"Copy that. It's both information-gathering and improvement, so I'd like you to tell me if there's a problem."

"Okay."

"Yes."

Well. Shall we begin our attack on the Great Decay Lake?