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"Okay, it's a break"

A knight who kept knocking down 50 goblins and 20 slimes from fatigue sits by the metastatic crystals.

That's why I said we shouldn't attack as hard as we can.

"Is it okay to be tired even though you're still in the middle of it?

"I have the strength, but this is the first time I've fought this far."

I do beat my goblin opponent.

I have no problem with combat.

But as far as exploration was concerned, the amateurs were alike.

The labyrinth cave field is structured so that you can go from where the entrance is to the other side to the next level. That was no different in the labyrinth of the king's capital. For this reason I proceed with faith in my sense of direction, but the knights, who do not know the importance of mapping, waste their strength because they proceed appropriately, marveling at the sudden appearance from the bend of the road into which the goblins entered, frightened because of the slime coming down from the blind spot like the ceiling, and the knights proceeded with much vigilance.

Exploration in a state of alert drains both physical and mental strength.

An adventurer would get used to it, but it seemed hard on the Kingsguard knights, who only came to guard at the Royal Castle.

"Totally pitiful"

A wizard who had never fought before grumbled as he watched the fallen knight.

You seem awesome even though you were avoiding combat by saying that using magic on your goblin opponent is a waste of magic.

"My people are tired, so why don't you work harder?

"I can't stand to be shown pity because I'm one of them"

How dare you think differently of your fellow adventurers.

If you're an adventurer, I try to make it up to you if the party members are wearing out. Because the depletion of party members can also lead to the total annihilation of the party as it is.

However, it is believed that there is no alternative to the loss of one or two in a group of dozens called the Knights compared to a group of several people called the Party of Adventurers. What's more, the soldier's wear is lighter. I think it would have been nice to have made the choice to be an adventurer rather than a soldier if you thought so.

"What do you want to do? If you're wearing out, retreating once is one option."

Luckily, now I just went down the stairs and reached the next tier.

There was a metastatic crystal in front of me. It is possible to touch this and return to the first basement floor.

"I'm not kidding! There is no way that we, the flourishing Kingsguard, can retreat from depletion!

Drink out the potion the captain removed from the storage ring as he vandalized his voice.

That's what I would call the Kingsguard Knights to protect the royalty. As standard equipment, everyone was provided with a storage ring that was a magic tool (magic item) capable of expanding space. The main use was the storage of knight swords in situations where they could not be worn, but the potions and canteras that had been prepared in advance were stored.

Consumables are supplied by the state, so knights use potions without concern.

For me, I see it easier to drink out the potion than to save magic.

"Is that okay?

I think I've decided to move on, so I'm only going to register the metastatic crystals and move on.

If you look at the hierarchy displayed in the metastatic crystals, it's now on the fifth basement floor.

"You've never been able to find the trail the knights explored before, have you?

"No, there can't be any trace of the knights in the labyrinth"

"What do you mean?

Even the Goblins attacked 50 bodies between the first and fourth floors of the basement.

If the knights who preemptively challenged the attack had reached the fifth basement floor, it wouldn't be strange if the goblins were swept more. It's clear from the strength of the knights we're exploring together that the knights have enough strength to sweep the goblins.

There were tons of goblins anyway.

It is not unswept by the hands of the knights.

It was replenished after it was swept away.

"The labyrinth may be replenished with demons and materials that have been crusaded, with internal structures altered over a period of time by saying structural changes. There was a massive amount of goblin in the upper layers, probably because of structural changes after the crusade."

A few days have already passed since the last exploration.

In the meantime, the goblins must have been replenished because of structural changes.

"But how does that relate to the absence of a knight's artifact or body?

"When structural changes occur, everything that is abandoned in the labyrinth is eaten by the labyrinth and converted into magic. If this labyrinth has the same functionality, all the artifacts and bodies have been eaten by the labyrinth and converted into magic."

At first I was wondering if I could guess what had happened from a knight's body or something.

However, the recovery of the bodies had given up because of the way structural changes had taken place.

"Well... I was hoping I could at least bring the body back to my family for those who scattered it for me."

"Now let's focus on attacking the labyrinth"

One who held back behind Prince Randolph sucks.

"What, that one?

Everyone pays attention to the voice of the knight who was leading the way.

There was a translucent object there that looked like a person.

I'm not a person. Despite the lack of knee-to-bottom evidence of it, he had his hands stretched forward while floating in the universe.

It's easy to make mistakes because it looks like a person, but it's a demon.

"That's a ghost"

"Ghost, you say?

Ghost is a demon of the spirit body created by man's resentment gathering the magic of his surroundings.

Originally, it is the first demon created by the gathering of hundreds or thousands of dead resentments in sites where there was a massive war, etc., but also a rare demon called Ghost was produced because of a special environment called the Labyrinth.

As a result, it is likely to occur in the vicinity of war-ridden Krashel.

"Don't be a coward, Kingsguard knight."

"" "Whoa!

Four knights head for Ghost with their swords in their hands.

No, I don't know anything.

"What, this guy?

"The sword will slip through."

"Why, no offense!?

"Whew!"

Ghost is a spiritual body, so all physical attacks slip through.

For this reason, no matter how much you attack with a sword, you can't even hit the sword instead of damaging the Ghost.

One of the knights who was attacking me while I was waving empty like that was reaching down my throat and about to suffer.

non-entity ghosts, but can produce solid hands by further condensing the magic power. Sounds like a knight who's about to suffer is strangled by the hands of a materialized ghost.

"Well, it's time for you guys to come along."

Call the wizard who had refrained at the rear.

An ineffective ghost for a physical attack, but a physical attack that is inflicted with an attack or magic effect that is created by converting magic can do damage. Originally, we should have stopped attacking by the Knight at the time Ghost appeared, granting magical effects to magical attacks by wizards and swords held by the Knight before attacking.

"Leave it to me."

Wizards practice magic.

"Fireball"

A fireball released from the wizard's hand flies off to the Ghost.

The moment it hits Ghost's body, the body that was slipping through all the attacks burns up.

"Ho, ho..."

A knight who was about to suffer from being grabbed in the neck is falling to the ground and coughing.

"Damn, if you want to help, help faster"

"Can't you even thank me for the help?

"What!?

Fighting has begun between the knight and the wizard.

Everyone leaves it because arbitration doesn't seem to make sense.

We have things to worry about.

"Is it a ghost..."

"It's going to be a little rough."

Illis and I with labyrinth manipulation knew the Ghost was a demon created using the magic of the labyrinth.

That creates a different part from the prior explanation.

When King Patrick challenged him before his reign, he said that even goblins, slimes and strong demons were only about an orga. No information has been conveyed that the ghost will leave, etc.

I can't even think about the possibility that King Patrick gave us false information to set us up, but I don't see why he would do that. If anything happens to Prince Randolph, there will be only a second prince left who can inherit the throne. I don't think I would be so unscrupulous as a king.

Then it is believed that there was some anomaly in the labyrinth.

"It is likely that this anomaly will cause the knights not to return. Let's move a little carefully."

All four of us nod when we ignore the knights fighting and tell the party members.