Free Life ~Record of the Struggle of a Different World General Merchant~

Keen corn. Keen corn......

"Hey, get up. How long have you been asleep?"

"Mm, ah..."

When did you fall asleep...... Already, the classroom, where no one was left but us, is illuminated by the sunset and painfully red stained in your sleeping eyes.

Yes, this is a classroom... my class at Ming Chi High School.

I see a close friend in front of me...... I wonder what it is, strangely nostalgic. Yusuke, a dark-haired friend with a little natural perm, rushes me by waving his school-designated coat into his student clothes.

"Let's make curry and eat today at" Another World Online ", right? Let's go home."

"Yes, you were..."

That's right... The last week has been all about what curry tastes like eating in the virtual reality of "Another World Online".

Last night, you finally got the last ingredient to make curry powder out of Spice Drake.

Yeah, I remember. Today, we finally talked about eating a curry with it. Not if you're sleeping here! Don't go home...

But I get caught a little bit.

"Hey, Yusuke..."

"Hmm? What?"

Yusuke frowned a little, narrowed her eyes and looked back at this one. The way it always is, there is no discomfort anywhere. Then the cause is not this guy...

"Was I on my way to work on something?

"Huh?"

Yes, that's right. I should have done something before I went to sleep. Was it the teacher's help, or every classmate's request... no, none of them. I can't remember anything. But, sure, it's supposed to be on the way to some kind of job.

But Yusuke laughs at it and denies it.

"Ha ha, how dare you work before? What kind of dreams were you having?

"Dreams..."

Maybe so. I guess I was just mistaken for talking about my dreams, about reality while falling asleep. That's right, that's a dream.

I can't believe I just got lost in the world of Another World Online... nothing but dreams. This is absurd. Look, to that proof, now that I've woken up from my dreams, I can barely remember what I was doing there. That's about it. It's not enough to care.

Let's go home. Yusuke, who went first, is calling.

You're going home to me.

And I walked out with my friend Yusuke on the streets where the sunset lit up.

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"Damn, I don't care what happens..."

An investigative escort in a dysfunctional labyrinth... was supposed to be a scholar's "amulet", only known as an escort.

How about that? The warp trap was activated, and now the investigation team is split apart, unable to contact even one crack of just (d) amulets or ground troops. [Cole] Is there some kind of force working that inhibits you, interrupted by rough noises, and you can't communicate.

In addition, there is a group of demons that you will not see outside… [Scan] to check the level, but 120-125 and all demons in the dangerous level zone even if I am now alarmed. It's bad when you get your hands on these guys. I don't even know what special abilities I have. I don't do boulder stuff like standing around with people.

This place is limited to using the hidden skills you remember when you become a "light striker" to lurk your breath and spend time. Let's start moving after we make sure it's safe. When you should fight, it's my house training that you never pull off, but not now.

Protect the guys on the investigation team. Rendezvous with ground units. These are the priorities. I can't deal with demons either.

"Ahhhhhhhh!!?

From beside that decision, I discovered an asshole exposed defenselessly in front of a small group of demons. That was... one of the investigative teams, a kid named Celier. Damn, not if you're hiding!

Jump to the ground floor of the blowout hall from the upstairs aisle with the many columns that lurked you into a breath. And at the same time as he landed, he rolled forward to disperse the shock, sticking a knife up the back of the demon that was about to hit Celier as he didn't wake up!

"Gah!?

To the boulder, a blow. Then why don't you fall? The attack from the blind spot targeted the heart, which is still a steep spot... School-Kobolt, a dog-faced bastard in black clothes of a material he had never seen, looks back in momentum as he sprays blood from the wound and shakes his nails up loudly.

I still have demons. I can't afford to take the trouble out of a guy like this. Use your skills, fast knock them down!

"[Mirage Dagger]!

Three phantoms emerge around the Lightning Dagger in my hand that look just like the Lightning Dagger. Looks like a blurry mirage or something. This isn't just an illusion. Oh, my God, each is a magic blade with half the power of the gear. Take this. There's no such thing as a safe demon!

"Ha ha!!

Before the "School Cobolt" arm is swung down, he chooses his chest to snap up from the lower section. The mirror image that accompanies the "lightning dagger" also pierces each other again, punching holes all over his throat.

"Ga......!

A black cobolt that spits black blood and falls. All right, demons I've never seen, but the attack seems to make sense. I can handle this alone! Three left...... one piece at a time!

And I pointed Dagger's blade at the "school cobolts" who set a target here.

"Stay away... damn, you got me one last time"

Before other demons come over with the screams that Celier emitted or with the fury and interruption of the fucking Kobolt, he jumps into a small room that was nearby and builds a barricade in front of the door.

Apparently, this room is a simple resting place. (d) Put up a bed and a fucking heavy shelf with drugs in it to keep the door from opening immediately.

In the meantime, the dog face bastard's nails stings over his blurred ear. But we need to make sure it's safe. The treatment then......

"Hih, [heels]......!

"Am I?"

Turning around, Celier stood with the pale light of [heel] in his hand. but when he meets me, he trembles and falls back. Yeah, this guy's been like this since he was face-to-face when he went out to investigate.

"A boxed lady, unfamiliar with crude adventurers," the rat says. Don't let that guy get out of town. Damn, it's hard to do... but it's true that you treated me. I have to thank you, or the woman will get rid of it.

"Thank you."

"Ha ha...!

Kah, you're freaking me out... oh, I hate these twisted guys. But for once, this guy is also eligible for escort. I'm responsible for sending you to the King's Capital without a scratch.

That doesn't change the fact that the labyrinth that I thought was dead was actually alive and was flown near the bottom of the trap the moment I stepped in.

I mean, I have to take this guy and break through the demon-spreading labyrinth. Damn, how did this happen...... I sighed softly as I leaned against the nearby wall and remembered the other day.

"Artie, it's time for you to do a" pair "job."

At the dinner table, my father suddenly mentioned this.

"Father, it's too early for Alti."

A worrying mother denies it with ease. When I say "pair" jobs, at least unlike a threesome "team" job, it's something that only the ni do troublesome requests. That's all the more dangerous. I can say that my mother's worries are best.

But my level is already over 130, and I don't think it's time to say I'm intermediate enough to gain strength. Even myself, I have long been willing to try a "pair" of jobs. It's bad for your mother, but you should take it here.

"Mom, I'll try."

"Alty!?

A mother who blues her face and gets momentum out of her chair. This person feels even more worried since I was about to die against an angry demon.

Well, I don't know what else to do. My mother wasn't originally a person in the world who hung up. I'm a craftsman who plays with gems and precious metals to create magic items. Fear of outside the city or the labyrinth, where demons travel, will not be the ratio of adventurers. I can't stand this guy throwing his daughter out there.

"Alty, please. Rethink, huh, hey? It's not too late to grow up."

Evidence suggests that my hands are bloody and white. I even have tears in my eyes. Seeing that hard work makes me feel sorry for what an adventurer is doing. But...

"Sorry, Mother. I want to try. I'm an adventurer."

I'm a proud adventurer, too. I can't be satisfied with the "team" forever. If you lose your upliftment, you'll end up as an adventurer. I want to grow up as a solo adventurer.

I want you to draw that thought.

I hope so, staring into my mother's eyes.

"Alti......"

My mother gently untied my hand grabbing my clothes and drew it to her chest. My determination must have been conveyed. The sad face remained intact, but the words to retain, tied his mouth to one letter across and enclosed. What you say instead is at least your wish as an adventurer's mother.

"Ok...... but just listen to this! I choose the request. Isn't that good enough for your father?

"Mm... ok, ok. You should do as your mother pleases."

I don't mind that either. Even when it comes to "pair" jobs, it's natural to have a pin to a kiri, but that's just not a job to do with ni people. Requests labeled as "pairs" are mainly labyrinth-related. There can't be a job.

A treasure hunt in the labyrinth or a collection of demonic material that only appears in the labyrinth...... perhaps the mother's hands make it somewhat easier conditions. Is it the adventurers with great arms against each other, or do we only have to dive to the shallow hierarchy...

Either way, if you can do a "pair" job, I have no objection. I'm not complacent that I can do any kind of request. At first, the trick comes from being tough. "Scarlett", which is sold for its audacity, isn't wearing it all wrong.

Come on, whatever it is, my arm's gonna beep! I don't care what kind of work you do. It would be nice to have an adventurer far stronger than me. One step at a time from here, as an "pair" allowed adventurer, you will gain experience!

"So why are you here?!?

"Don't ask me..."

On the day of the team's departure, we gathered at the designated location as follows: Scholars like me, rats (Takahiro Sayama) and Eru (I met them once), kids like their assistant Celier. That's all.

If you ask me, the labyrinth, even in the labyrinth, is the job of investigating a dysfunctional labyrinth, commonly known as a "ruin," which has been excavated from here only for half a day.

This is supposed to be a national survey. Pick up and drop off is a Knights carriage. Ground guarding of the ruins is also the job of the Knights. Naturally, the escort to the ruins should also be a job for the Knights...... perhaps my mother used a wide face in vain to screw me into the job this safety promised.

I can't believe this is the first job of a "pair"......! And the other guy!!

"I didn't hear a rat..."

"I didn't think you'd come either..."

Yeah, hey, I hear this elf scholar and rat are strangely close. I got this job with that handler. Oddly enough, a store would not be enough to do anything that works in the city, and I would have liked to try to get out of the city... I'm afraid that's what this safety-guaranteed investigation is about.

"What are you doing? Get in the carriage."

My client's in a hurry... Damn, do I have to go? I can't even put it on the wind of adventurers to refuse a request I received once for my own convenience. There is no way that a father's daughter, who can also be described as the representative of an adventurer in this country, could imitate that.

Reluctantly, he boarded a silly big carriage with two horses of war. The carriage progresses as the horseback riders surround it as escorts.

I can't go back. I guess I'll end up doing nothing until the end of the day with an easy request that I can't even get a mame on my leg. A knighted journey, a labyrinth where destinations have stopped… If this is the case, I won't even have a chance to fight.

(ahhh this is going to be such a boring picnic...... damn)

The swinging carriage proceeds pale. Occasionally, the weak demon shelter bell rings calo ~ n, calo ~ n. This is my first job as a "pair"? Impossible... Impossible! Even spitting evil in my mind, I was just thinking about how to at least be meaningful for the next four days......

"Damn, how did that happen..."

With clairvoyance skills [clairvoyance], take a peek across the wall. Apparently, the demons that were gathering scattered. Then we should move within the present.

This place, bent inside the labyrinth… is not a place to know what will happen. Even in this room, where safety is ensured, it's actually a common story that it's a trap in itself.

We need to move out of here before we can harden the perimeter until it's impossible to escape. Fortunately, there is a map compiled by some of the Knights who entered in advance during the "ruins" state. Rely on it, let's go for the exit.

The current location can be determined as "East Hall Ground Floor/Infirmary" based on the terrain to this point and the shape of this room. That's what I learned when I was briefed on the road, but apparently this labyrinth is a building buried underground.

It can also be seen from the fact that this floor at the bottom is marked "first floor" instead of "third basement". Speaking of which, the hall that helped Celier also looked like an entrance leading from the front door.

I got an idea of the current location. From here, the exit we are aiming for is the "door to the third floor and rooftop of the West Hall". Funnily enough, we have to manage to get there on the diagonal.

To see the map, the doors to the rooftops of the central and eastern halls, i.e. the exits to the ground, are only there on the surface. Others still seem to be buried and are described as inaccessible.

"Well, then let's go."

To do anything, move first. Let's find a way through the corridors to the other buildings that are only on the ground floor. When we get to the Central Hall, we'll rendezvous with the rats first.

I still don't know if he's strong or not, but he still has level 150. Besides, my arm as a scout is good. It's a big difference if you're not here.

Having set a purpose for the time being, I slapped the frightened celier's ass and walked out to the third floor of the central building, the mouse position indicated by the red light point of the [marking].

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Nobody notices.

Nobody notices.

Yeah, I wouldn't notice if it wasn't for him.

This is the place...

"Ming Zhi High School".

Wouldn't you?

... expensive.