The next day, we were exploring the labyrinth again.
The enemies of the first tier underground are the goblins of the Little Ghost MOB Monster and the Large Worm of the Misty MOB Monster, as well as the flying bat of the Bat MOB Monster, which we were hunting for without jeopardy.
If you are a single enemy, you will almost die from Sakuya's attack magic, which is polar to INT, and if you are more than one, you will eat quite a bit if I use a damaged heel. Because of the narrow passage, it is easy to physically stop, so Mina and the others will not take any damage.
Honestly, Nurgue is a good place, but I went on to explore the labyrinth with the reckoning that the difficulty would increase with each descent from the floor.
And when I mapped a labyrinth basement tier for about two hours, I suddenly heard screams from behind the cave.
"! We're gonna run!
"Wow, okay!
"Ugh, yeah!
I rush out the moment that scream gets in my ear, gently confirming that the two people behind me will also follow and look back forward.
My voice is right around the corner.
You probably heard it from the corner bent in front of you.
With that hit, I run with my shield in front of me and reach the corner.
Then I saw one party there surrounded by dozens of MOB monsters.
The party was under saturated attack by MOB and the hand of the attack was even on the rear guard.
…… "Heels"!
I saw that. I was nearby. Deal damage heels to the MOBs and draw the attention of the surrounding MOBs.
"I'll add up! I'll draw the MOB, so get in formation!
"!? Okay!
One of the parties surrounded by MOBs answered that when they made sure MOB's eyes pointed this way and skipped the instructions.
... If you look closely, the kid was Phil.
What are you doing? In here.
"'Fireball'!
"'Slash'!
Mina and Sakya caught up from behind and started attacking MOB.
Now it's a mess. Let's just focus on knocking down all the MOBs.
I thought so. I took my eyes off Phil once and continued to inhibit MOB behavior with two shields.
"Ha... ha... looks like we're all safe"
And after more than a dozen minutes, I breathe when I see that I've finished slaughtering all the MOBs in front of me.
He also approached a party of five people sitting around breathing on their shoulders trying to ask them why there were tons of MOBs here.
"You guys are junior high school students from what I've seen. How did this happen?
I had some conjecture from the fact that Phil was there, but all the parties that were attacked by MOB looked younger than me.
Probably 2 in the same as Phil.
"Yes... Kyoya, you opened the chest that was there..."
"Then all of a sudden the monster came out boiling..."
I see.
Trap.
Several traps are planted inside the labyrinth.
According to the information on the official website, if you step on it, it's poisonous or you fall downstairs... there must have been something about the level dropping.
Probably monster house straps like that this time.
But.
"Then how could you not know? Surely bandits must have had trap-sensing skills."
As I turned to Phil, I asked the party about the discomfort I had just had.
Phil's job is a bandit.
Bandits have slightly weaker skills and poor HP growth compared to combat positions such as Swordsmen, but can acquire a number of useful skills for that matter.
Some of these skills include Trap Sensing, which allows you to find out if there are any traps around you.
So it didn't seem like this would happen any more than Phil did.
Was the skill level low and imperceptible?
Or did you put 'trap sensing' behind you and acquire other potentially useful skills first?
I'm not convinced by these circumstances.
"I didn't hear that! I'm not so bad!
That's what a warrior boy student said when I was thinking about it.
"Kyoya, calm down."
"Can you calm down! We're dying now! Because of Phil's silence!
... apparently the player who opened the chest where he was the culprit.
But didn't Phil say anything?
"No... Phil said that." That's a trap, "he said.
"To?"
What the fuck?
What's this all about?
Then how did you get caught in the trap?
"Kyoya, you were rushing over with great joy as soon as you found the crate then...? Phil said it was a trap right after... maybe he didn't hear it..."
…………
... I mean, it's your fault, Kyoya.
He opened the chest without taking into account the possibility that the chest was a trap, and did not get confirmation from Phil, who could detect the trap.
"Nah... well, I didn't hear that! I'm sorry Phil didn't tell you such an important thing out loud!
But Kyoya refused to admit her sins, and began to say such things to Phil.
Surely Phil couldn't tell all the party members that it was a trap.
But that's why she's guilty of everything. It won't happen.
Or worse yet, this man who did not consider the possibility of being a trap this time.
"I didn't mean to throw you into a party! I can't grab it. You're a bandit!
…………
Yet Kyoya had put herself up on the shelf, causing Phil to curse without heart.
And Phil bursts into tears in his eyes, shuddering but indulging in those words.
"Hey you......"
"Wait."
I put my hand forward and stopped Mina from trying to come forward.
She probably feels the same way as I do.
Sakuya also has the look that she's frowning and is clearly unpleasant.
"I say, you two shut up and watch."
So I stood in front of Kyoya carrying their thoughts.
"Hey, like Kyoya, you"
"Hey, what are you..."
"Word now...... correct it and apologize to her"
Because he was winning at height, I looked down and asked Kyoya to correct and apologize.
Phil is never incompetent.
Again, there's no way she can cry about this.
This case is a joint responsibility of the party, and if someone is still to be disputed, it is Kyoya who acted inadvertently.
Because I thought so, I was seriously angry at the younger boys students, even though I didn't think they were very popular.
"I know she has some things to do, but you're the worst in the situation this time. So before I blame her, shouldn't you apologize to the party members first?
Plus this guy hasn't apologized a word to the party members yet.
I also felt irritated about it and asked in a slightly tight tone, staring at it.
"... I appreciate your help, but why don't you stop making it our problem? Uzanjo."
"............... right"
But it was pointless.
It's also conceivable that you just can't pull in anymore, but I guess this guy named Kyoya is typically self-absorbed.
I am too young to take care of my surroundings.
I'm assuming it would be great if you slapped a big mouth.
He's like looking in the mirror and throwing up.
"Then I helped you. Pay the reward. Then we'll disperse."
"What? Reward?
"Yes. You don't think we did this for free, do you?
That's why I asked Kyoya for a reward.
If it's true, I didn't mean to say this, but I can't help it this time.
"The reward is your money, your gear, and everything in the item box."
"Hey, what are you talking about!? You're not stupid!? You're not paying me like that!
You won't pay, normal.
"Then would it have been better to have been slaughtered by MOB like that? If we hadn't helped, you'd be dead for sure."
He insults MOB.
The hell is weak or even dozens of them, unless there is a huge level difference, it will be in the eyes of a strangler.
And our students are only in Earth for a little over two days, so it shouldn't be such an extreme level difference.
Then what happened earlier would have been a fatal injury to this junior high party.
"Kyoya, do as this man says, okay? We were saved by these people, weren't we?
"What... but I didn't say a word to help..."
"I agree with Aya. It also means as a stopping fee for us being here..."
"What? Shut up?
And so unexpected words for me leaked small from the mouths of junior high party members.
"The truth is, we came here... out of the hunt we were doing on a class basis."
"Dude..."
Was it?
Well, if you think about it, I don't see many middle school students currently acting freely among players.
Besides, this is the first time I've seen a player in the labyrinth.
I didn't really care because Phil and I normally saw each other all over town yesterday, but middle school students would have tougher eyes than us.
In addition, it should have been the basic policy of the school since teachers decided that it was quite powerful for players to go party-by-party, individually, out of town or somewhere close to death such as the labyrinth.
"So if I may, I'd like you to keep your mouth shut about this one..."
"... ha, okay. I'll keep my mouth shut. Instead, all our interactions are off-limits."
"Wow, I get it"
I walked into the labyrinth on my own, dying. I didn't know what punishment would be imposed if I said anything.
Besides, I'm doing a bad thing about winding up money from a middleman.
It's wiser to keep our mouths shut.
"Wait a minute! Then what are you going to do when you get home! You can't safely escape the Labyrinth with your gear and items removed!
A little off the record, but here it finally started to unfold the story I had planned.
Kyoya has raised concerns with other party members that they will not be able to return when all their belongings are taken.
"If that's the case, I'll give you a concession. Don't take gear and consumables. Instead, I'll take one of you to our party."
That's why I speak the dialogue I've been thinking about in advance.
All I wanted to do was make Kyoya pay a painful price to reflect on it and pull it out so Phil wouldn't get a bad impression.
This junior high party could eventually be wiped out by the same mistake again if we were here.
Also, it didn't seem like a very good thing to leave Phil at this party.
Hi Phil, I can't argue with Kyoya's words because it's like being invited to a party where he was isolated.
I know some parts of it are just Phil's idea to pull in, but it would be tight to stay at this junior high party after all this has happened.
Besides, if we pull Phil through here in a forceful way, we'll be the only bad guys for the junior high party.
Phil, who I'm going to have to deal with as a classmate, won't stand a corner if I make sure he's only the victim generated by this deal.
So as a way to solve all of them, I made this demand for the junior high party.
From five to four, you'll lose your attack power, but with all the tanks and healers, you'll be able to do enough if you just get out of the labyrinth.
"! Oh, I'm not giving you Aya! This is our lifeline!
If I thought... they seemed to have concerns about pulling out another human being.
Kyoya had been trying to shelter the monk girl who had been an active participant in our conversation earlier and spread her hands.
Could this guy like this aya kid?
Well, I don't care. I'm not as animal as pulling out a healer, either.
"Then I can't help it. Give me a bandit named Phil over there. I just wanted a bandit position in my labyrinth expedition."
But I thought I could use this again, and I kept throwing up that kind of dialogue.
"Hey, I'm not taking anything else and eating it. I'm just asking her to help us."
"Ma, wait! Just Phil."
"... no, fine... o... I'm coming"
Then a girl named Aya was about to raise her voice of opposition, but there she sensed my thoughts and Phil spoke to take them in.
Or is it ”me” instead of ”me” in front of my classmates?
I'm not used to it from the way I reworded it.
"... if I go, it all fits round. Aya and the others care... don't"
"So, but!
Aya stopped Phil from coming with us.
Well, it's a situation where a junior high school girl is about to be taken away by a stranger.
I don't know if I can help it if I think it's dangerous.
"Don't worry. We just really want the bandits."
"Huh...?
That's why I guarantee your safety.
So they saw my share was bad. Mina stepped forward and persuaded Aya.
I'm glad you have a female member.
Persuasion becomes smoother.
"Our party has a higher proportion of women. So if this guy is going to do some weird imitation, we're not shutting up."
When Mina said that, she turned to me with a nibbling grin.
Seeing her like that, I raise my hands gently as I sigh.
"I know. I don't give a shit about junior high."
"Pfft, I'm glad to hear that... so could you let me keep that kid with us?
Mina laughed thinly when I claimed to be "harmless," and she was winking at Aya in such a position that she didn't look like Kyoya.
"That... could it have been Meena who used to be on TV before...?
Then Aya was asking if she recognized Mina's face.
Speaking of which, was Mina doing a celebrity idol there?
Then it's no wonder there's a kid who knows Mina.
"... Yes, it is. But here you call me Mina, Aya."
………… Yes. Well, thank you Phil, Mr. Mina!
"Yeah, I'm in charge"
She looked at Mina and she thought Phil was safe. She breathed howlingly and lowered her head to us with a peck.
I guess a kid named Aya was a fan of Mina or something.
"All right, you got the story covered. Then let's get it all out of the cash."
"... that's unchanged, isn't it?"
"Naturally."
This party is painful, and it's part of the proposal to get reflection.
Move more carefully in the future.
In this way, we succeeded in snagging hardware from junior high school students and getting one more female junior high school student.
We're bad guys.