We were exploring the underground labyrinth that day.
I don't mean all the time that I always get stuck breathing when I dive underground, but having a bandit Phil makes me financially efficient and even less likely to catch on to weird traps, so I sometimes spend a lot of time leveling here.
In all of that, I haven't seen a player at all in the last few weeks.
Perhaps this is the harm of not moving on a party-by-party basis.
Fighting inside a small labyrinth is often difficult.
But not today.
We reached the 19 levels below Yugdrasil, where we discovered a strange group.
It's a party of Zaire and the others who belong to one group a year.
"... Long time no see"
"... oops"
It was the first time I met these guys inside the labyrinth.
I haven't really wanted to see these guys since I had a bothered exchange before, but, well, I can't help but stumble upon them.
"Let me get ahead of you."
"Don't take it personally."
We walk barely through the Zaires resting on their hips in a slightly larger space, and we move on to the back of the labyrinth.
"Front enemy. 2 Lizardmans"
Copy that.
Then a few minutes later, Phil reported the enemy appearance from the end of the aisle, so I rebuilt my shield and went into battle preparation.
"'Flame Arrow'!
"'Heels'"
And within the Lizardman who showed up, Sakya's magic hits him directly on the right from me.
Also, after checking that, I kept on heeling and pointing my enemy's gaze this way.
"Shh."
"'Power Slash'!
Further, Phil releases a 'stance rush' to the MOB of those who are injured, and Mina hits a todome blow where the movement stops for a moment.
This turned one Lizardman into smoke and one more enemy left.
I turn my gaze to that MOB.
... but that's where the unexpected attack poured on us.
…… Come on!?
I heard a scream from behind me, so I looked back, and there was a figure of Sakya bleeding from her shoulder about a bow and arrow.
No MOB comes to use bows and arrows in this hierarchy.
If there is, it's...
"... Phil, Mina. The MOB in front of you, you two, please."
"Wow, okay!
"... n"
I will recieve the sword of Lizardman in front of me and walk backwards towards the path I have just come.
Passing next to Phil, Mina and Claire, I pulled out an arrow and put a heel on Sakya, who distorted his face, before giving him a glimpse for a certain party that was ahead of him.
"What does this mean! PK (Player Kill) is a clear violation of school rules!
I had a party... I yelled at Zaire and the others.
PK, or acts sequential to it, are prohibited by the school.
Because we don't have the concept of a return to death, which is almost synonymous with murder on Earth, and therefore is not ethically or school-run preferred, it is a rule that we should never commit, even if it is attempted, without just cause.
So Zaire and the others are not allowed to act naturally, and if we sue them with evidence, they will be expelled in addition to disposing of their accounts.
"Violation of school rules? What's that?"
"You know where we are? It's an underground labyrinth that's impossible to communicate with outside, isn't it?
"Whatever you do here, you can't go outside. Witnesses will disappear."
"Nah..."
I was stuck with the words of Zaire and the others.
These guys are like saying they're gonna wipe us out here right now.
"Why would you do that! What's your purpose?
"Purpose? That's what I'm talking about."
"I just don't like you guys. You know, two pairs of jerks have a higher level than us or something."
"You told me before to walk behind us, didn't you? Ignore the advice. Seriously, you're gonna die."
Zaire and the others tell us one after another why they're so selfish.
When I heard that, I bit my teeth tight.
"... for us to do that...?
"If it weren't for you guys we'd be at the top of the year... then I'm sure you'd treasure us too..."
…………
Treasure?
What the hell does that mean?
I don't think these guys want to be treasured by the school side for doing this and adding up to being disgusted with school rules, etc.
"Hey, who's behind you guys? Answer me."
"... well, who's going to teach?"
When I asked, Zaire shrugged her shoulders and ran towards the aisle where she was lying.
I guess that doesn't mean I ran away.
Perhaps they're waiting for us to fight MOB again to show off our skis.
This is an underground 19 hierarchy.
To get out on the ground, you have to go up to the basement level of 10 with the Transition Magic Formation.
In the meantime, are they stubbornly chasing us around?
Then I have no choice.
Let's slap those guys here once and have someone from the faculty players pick them up when they get back to the ground safely.
"Sakya, keep that arrow without throwing it away because it will be proof"
"Oh, yeah, okay"
It may be a little weak as material evidence to prove the PK attempt that happened here, but it would be better than not.
I made sure Sakya put the bloody arrow in the item box and turned to Krall.
"Crail. Can I leave the party members to you for a little while?
What the hell is that supposed to mean?
"I'm going to punish the people who just fled. I want you to wait here until we're done."
"Hmm, you mean... aye, okay. Leave it to me."
And when I left Claire with the party members, I changed my gear once, and I handed Mina and the others most of the contents of the item box and immediately started chasing Zaire and the others.
Probably Zaire and the others won't show up until we show him the ski.
So this time I dared to commit the foolishness of acting alone, and the operation to fish for them.
"... you think you can do something about us by yourself?" []/(exp, adj-i) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk)
"Oh, sort of."
Then Zaire and the others appeared before me in terms of niggas.
That's a little spacious space they were resting in.
It's a great place to fight.
"Apparently you can tank while you're a monk... but that's why you can't win 5-on-1, Build Error"
"Really... I wonder how far you can lick us"
He doesn't even have a lot of abilities. He's in good shape.
Zaire and the others came alone. They looked at me and said so verbally, and began to build up the weapons they had.
The party consists of warriors, swordsmen, archers, bandits and monks.
The archers are a little far away, but if you run a little, you're in range.
"I'll make you regret coming alone!!!
As I measured my distance, warriors, swordsmen and bandits began to run this way.
Look at that. I start running forward, too.
An archer in the back came at me with an arrow.
But I play lightly with a shield in my hand.
"Oh, come on!" Power Slash "!
"'Benomslash'!
Also, swordsmen and bandits are slaughtered while using their skills.
But that's the skill I see every day.
I can predict at what orbit my body will be swung from the preliminary stage of operation.
I avoided the two imminent attacks without difficulty.
And I put the five Zaires in range and cast one magic skill.
"'Healing'!
"... guh!?
"Damn...... what!?
"Duh, what... what..."
Range recovery magic 'healing'.
This healing magic that I unleash takes as much damage as my heels.
This probably wouldn't have happened in the game, but the 'healing' of range healing magic in the Earth world takes a 'heel' on all the creatures around it, regardless of the enemy allies.
But in my case, it's a pretty handy magic that you can visit all the enemies around you except the minas with the Necromancer gear and the immortals, Krall.
Besides, unlike attack magic, healing magic has no other way of preventing it than to disable the magic itself.
As long as you are in range and can see the target's position, you can hit allies and enemies without asking questions.
It's an amazing performance.
As a result of me releasing such healing magic, Zaire and the others reduced their HP to a near-death with one blow and fell on the spot.
I figured out an approximate amount of HP in anticipation of their level and adjusted the MND numbers to make them dying, but I didn't expect the battle to be over so far.
"... Well, then I'll have the monks there come into my item box from now on. I won't allow objections."
But the purpose was achieved.
So the next time I asked for hostages to take these guys to the ground.
All of us players can use the space magic called 'Item Box'.
This is convenient magic that you can take items out of space gaps anytime, anywhere with MP consumption 0, but this item box can also carry people.
However, because the human weight is quite large, I can only get one person in my item box.
By the way, the contents of the item box seem to be sprinkled around after the player's HP reaches 0 and the 300-second grace period has passed.
So I guess I won't be locked up forever just because I got inside the item box.
So I turned to the only monk man who could handle healing magic and instructed him to enter the item box with due attention to his behavior.
If it wasn't for the monks, Zaire and the others would have to rely on us to get back out there.
I'm talking about restraining my hand so I don't have to take any healing agents.
"Look, come on in."
That's how I felt a little uncomfortable the moment I opened the item box in front of the monk man.
Surely when I met these guys before, it wasn't a party composition: warriors, swordsmen, bandits, monks, and magicians.
If so, the archers who are here now will have changed members with skinny men who use the abilities of the Mage - [Mind Power].
We may have changed party members a little bit, but I'm guessing these guys have changed members for some reason here lately.
So it's not a big deal.
Rethink that and I will give orders to the monk man again.
"Can't you hear me? Quick Item Bo - Huh!?
But there I open my eyes.
Because my body was floating in the universe.
I have tasted this feeling once before that I am forced to float by someone's hand.
"Hihi, Hihi... You've been so sweet on us..."
…………
When I turned around, there was a skinny man standing there using [mindfulness power].
What do you mean?
He said there was no sign of this guy until just now.
And the moment I questioned that much, I had in mind certain possibilities that I didn't envisage.
"... you lurked in your buddy's item box, didn't you?
"Thank you... we've been acting together for six."
"Heh."
What a waste.
That's not a very meaningful thing to do except ambush a player like this one.
If you're about to do this, it's more efficient to pack a little more healing agents in an item box.
But from my point of view, futile behavior became an unexpected trap and came down.
"Ooh!
"... hmm"
But what happened?
I'm talking about using that degree of incompetence.
That's what I think even though I'm being flown to the far ground, moving my body to land so my legs are down.
"Huh?"
And I thought - suddenly my scaffold collapsed.
I follow it and fall below the ground.
Trap.
I instantly understood that this was a "pit trap" that would be forced to drop downstairs.
"Die. Bye."
A skinny man said that to me.
As I saw it and heard it, I lost my scaffold and fell into a big hole without exchanging it.
- You're kidding.
Perhaps they fought knowing there was a pit trap.
As an insurance policy, I was daring to fight on that spot to trap me.
I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm kidding.
"Gu......!
Zaire and the others hit me. I'm going to land on the ground 20 floors below the basement.
The impact of the fall was considerable, but the high VIT didn't do much damage to me.
I looked up after checking that while looking at my HP bar.
"... Shit"
The hole I fell into just shrunk to say I was done with the role and turned into just rock skin.
Can't you get out of the ceiling now?
Besides, when I turned my gaze around, I could see that there were two doors in the big room I was in right now.
Also, I can see something stupid big creature sitting in the center of the room.
"Reid Boss......"
The creature - King Cobolt - rises from his doggy mouth when he turns his red eyes towards me.
The hand was fitted with a large sword and a large shield that seemed to be 5 metres long, and the body was fitted with black armor, clearly creating an atmosphere different from the normal MOB.
"You're kidding..."
That's definitely Reid Boss.
Think from the hierarchy. That's for sure.
Which means I'm standing in front of the Reid boss by myself right now.
The boss and I are confronted by a boss who surpasses the reid boss in the basement 10 tiers who was able to bring those 10 men together for a critical defeat.
Normally, the packing situation.
Another dream of dreams, such as destroying the Reid boss single-handedly.
Lonely players can only wait to be ravaged in front of the Reid Boss.
But.
But.
The enemy in front of me like that didn't matter to me.
"I don't have time to be your opponent right now!!! Fuck you!!!!!
I had to sort things out to get to Mina and the Zairees, who would be right around the corner, who had left me on the 19 basement levels.
This is no longer a game.
You've been denying me, it's just reality.