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Episode 5: Mauria Volcano Dive
After that, the more I went forward, the more variations the monsters had.
Magma armadillo rolling in while spreading flames, magma lizards crawling out of the magma secretly, magma snakes swimming regardless of whether it was a magma river... Only when several fish were firing magma bullets with their heads out of the magma river was I forced to struggle.
But none of them were against the Labyrinth Lord or his family.
In the first place, the Maulian volcano needs to be frightened and calmly fought in front of the heat of the surrounding magma and the monsters created from it. In that regard, we are used to the volcanic field of the labyrinth.
However, wear and tear cannot be ignored. Sylvia and Aira are limited to attacking from a distance, as it is dangerous to just touch. Iris, who was particularly good at combining the magic of ice with her sword skills, wasn't very effective.
Well, I knew it from the beginning because this is a volcano.
"Finally, the middle class..."
Iris muttered in a tired manner that she could not see much. From our foreheads, we sweat a lot, and we know we're the most tired of us all.
Are you okay?
“It's okay, I'm just a little tired from the volcano.”
No, you weren't that tired when you trained in the labyrinth before.
"I really didn't know that either."
Iris is tired for a reason.
The Ice God she is blessed with. Ice God, a god of snow and cool air, doesn't like to be hot. Of course, it was not a lie to say that the volcano was unbearable and its effects appeared as Iris's fatigue, but it was one of the big reasons why she didn't like the heat.
”Hah, hah... it's hot”
Aira keeps saying "it's hot", as opposed to Iris, who is enduring all the pain.
"Isla, I think it's hot, so it's hot."
"How can you stay cool?"
Neither Silvia nor Magma's enthusiasm was there.
How hot do you think I am in a normal place?
"Ugh..."
"Oh, sure, my kitchen is always hot."
Even though the number of people was large, the meal relationship was like Sylvia doing it alone. If this happens, it will be necessary to handle several fires at the same time, and the temperature in the kitchen will increase. It's not a big deal compared to a volcano with magma, but Sylvia, who is a proud maid, usually tries to keep us away from the heat of the kitchen.
And there's another one at the party who's patient.
"The road from here is very narrow." If you move a little hard, you'll fall down. "
Unlike Sylvia's faint patience, Noel was really trying not to do anything like this.
"You look fine."
"Yes, it was fine when it was cold, wasn't it?"
When it was closed to the snow, Noel was fine.
With such an environment, it would be perfectly fine compared to the bitterness of when I was a shrine maiden.
"... don't ask me how harsh it was"
"That's better." Jeez... what the hell was that supposed to mean? "
Noel is complaining, but can someone who has climbed to the highest position among the shrine maidens and become a "shrine maiden" make such a statement? Well, the place is only the glory of the past that has been abandoned.
"At first, you were able to become close to God because of that kind of training."
Well, that's right.
It was against God. I hope you don't make inadvertent remarks without preparation because you may have heard it from somewhere you can't perceive it.
"You can still see lizards and fish swimming in the magma from here." It doesn't seem like the monsters will get stronger just because they've entered the middle layer, because there doesn't seem to be any major changes. "
It is more difficult to deal with because the scaffolding has become narrower than that. It was easy to take on the middle level as long as I was aware of the surrounding situation.
That's why I think of ways to shorten my time.
The Fire Dragon's Nest is over there.
If you go down to the middle floor, you can see where the fire dragon was nesting.
Large bedrock protruding from the rock wall. There's nothing around, there's no other way to get there than to fly.
A short descent leads to the lowest level of the Magma Sea, which is dangerous to reach near the nest.
"The strategy so far has been good." If the middle layer isn't alarmed, it won't be a problem. "
I'm going first.
"Huh...? Hey!"
When I noticed it, Iris was jumping into the center of the volcano.
The ocean of magma, the bottom layer, is just falling down. There are no obstacles to falling.
Iris also has to be able to fly. Therefore, you can stop before falling into the magma, but if you don't act calmly in a state of being conscious of the heat, you will fall into the magma.
I couldn't stop the Iris from falling.
We're coming, too!
It takes less than ten seconds for the magma to fall into the sea.
I was anxious to catch up with the sudden event, but Iris, who had jumped, was more calm.
"[Ice Age]"
"... what about you?"
Just before she fell into the sea of magma, Iris stepped on it.
With her feet on the ice, which Iris is most proud of.
"Nonsense."
At least everything we can see from here is covered in ice. The cold air did not arrive from the core of the body as usual, but the whole body was still frozen like a glacier.
Standing on the ice, Iris leaned down in her coat.
"... we must hurry too."
"It's not like Melissa. If you can secure a safe place, you can take it slowly."
"Do you really think this kind of recklessness will last for a long time?"
It certainly seems to be weaker than usual.
And freezing the inside of a volcano was reckless.
Let's go down to the bottom floor first.
On the ice that landed, it felt so fragile that it made me feel anxious, unlike usual.
No, I usually freeze it from the ground, including the moisture on the ground, so I can stand on the "ice ground". But right now, I just put a "lid with ice" on the magma to create a foothold.
We're standing on that ice.
Even now, the magma under the ice is desperately trying to dissolve its heat.
"How long do you have?"
"I think it will last at least ten minutes. However, from there on out, I can think of breaking out of the ice and making magma squirrels."
Then you don't have to stay in a place like this for long.
I walked on the ice and stepped into the Fire Dragon's Nest.