Mob, if I were a high school student, could I be an adventurer, too, Leah?

Lesson 26: The Thing That Waits Beyond Its Door ①

We were stunned by Lianhua's words.

... Irregular Encount, he said. Such an idiot.

Is it that the takeover of the labyrinth took place at this time?

I've never heard of an example of a takeover taking place with an adventurer already at the bottom, even if humans ever step in where the Irregular Encount is waiting.

Or maybe it just hasn't been reported before because the adventurer has been killed as it is... there was no doubt that this was just the irregular one.

My master shouted.

"Coming!

At the end of our gaze, the captive hellhound swallows up and disappears into a distortion of space.

... No, it's not. It wasn't swallowed up by space distortion. There was a distortion of space coming from the hellhound.

It was the scratchy Anubis of the whole thing and... the young woman who showed up to replace her with a disappearing hellhound.

Human......? Wasn't that Irregular Encount? No, more than that......

A face as neat as a doll. Red eyes like blood. And...... too white skin and hair characteristic of Albino.

The woman who showed up - was the Virgin of the Society of Star-Mother.

He's a hound. After all, the killer is the Star Mother's Party, is it...? No, houndsters have demonic props to change their appearance. Not necessarily.

The woman with the same face as the Virgin gave this one an abominable glance.

"... chip, was there an ambush here too"

So, an alarm sounds from our license. Alarm for rescue request. It was the master who rang.

"... I just sent a rescue request to the ground. On the ground, police officers are blocking Dungeon Mart. Other similar labyrinths are also blocked by the adventurers. Resistance is pointless. Surrender, my lord."

"... I see, were you grabbing that far? Well, that's exactly what any idiot would notice if you just repeat it."

A hound who says so to mock himself. From then on, I felt similar emotions to giving up.

... were you prepared to get caught one day? Then why didn't you stop the crime...?

Houndsmen, the cover-up of their information was perfect. You could have done it anytime you wanted to dive into the ground.

Yet why......

That's when Lianhua whispered in the link.

"Sing, be careful. There are signs of Irregular Encount, Koitz '

"What? You're not human?

'No... human, it should be. But there are also signs of Irregular Encount...... honestly, it's creepy'

As we watched, the houndsman said in an atmosphere somewhere tired.

"Huh... so far, huh? But the purpose was largely fulfilled."

Then turn your eyes to Anubis, the full-blown Creator.

"You've had a hard time... Anubis. - Sacrifice."

Yes, the moment the houndsman said it, Pakin! and the sound of the cards losing.

"O, martial arts,..."

Anubis' body crumbles away like sand.

What...? Did you hurt yourself with your card? The hell, why......

Too inexplicable for us to move.

- Dokun!

The space pulsed.

"... Gah!? Ahhhhhhhh!"

A hound man screams.

My body is eroded by the red and black shadows.

Eventually, when its entire body was completely eroded, it flooded out of its body and even began to invade the surrounding space.

"Run!"

Who told you, we ran out of the shadows at the same time.

But the mysterious rate of erosion of the shadow is not something that can escape.

We were instantly swallowed up by shadows - and the world was repainted.

"Here, is..."

When I realized, we were standing in an old western hall from the woods.

Entrance hall...... I wonder. On the front there is a large and heavy entrance door, behind which is a pair of curved stairs leading to the second floor. A large pendulum clock was placed that reached to the ceiling upstairs so that it was sandwiched in that staircase.

"Shh, seniors, what the hell happened? What about hounds...?

Anna asks terribly.

"I don't know..."

When I shook my head, Lianhua said with a rude look on her face.

"It's an Irregular Encount. Careful, it's their garden."

Again... Really? I can only think of about them, like being able to rewrite the field.

But......

"Does that mean... the houndsman summoned Irregular Encount,?

"Oh no... I've never heard of an Irregular Encount card. They're not supposed to drop cards."

Anna shakes her head with a blue face in my words.

But it's incredible, but that's all I can think about.

Lotus Hua's words that there are signs of Irregular Encount from a hound user. Hound users who have transferred to replace the original labyrinth lord, Hellhound. And rewrite the field......

None of them could be made into regular cards, but remained the hallmark of Irregular Encount.

"... no, huh? None of the metastatic magic cards seem to work. And a rescue request..."

So a weave that seemed to be trying a lot shook its head and said.

... Confirmed, huh?

"... So, but when I say Irregular Encount, this is an F-rank labyrinth, and it's no big deal... right?

Anna asks me about the sleeve of my clothes.

Sure, normally though Irregular Encount, they all have only the equivalent of an E rank and shouldn't be our enemies right now......

I silently summoned Eliza and Meir to retrieve their cards.... summoned, done.

"Huh!?

Anna and the others who saw it rush to start summoning each card.

As a result, it was confirmed that up to eight cards could be summoned.

Eight... That means a limit on the number of summonses equivalent to the C-rank labyrinth.

"Duh, why... this is supposed to be an F-rank labyrinth"

My master answers Anna's words.

"Was the Irregular Encount card obtained by the houndsman B-ranked?... or does it make sense that you let Anubis self-destruct just before"

Anubis is a B-rank monster. The fact that this is C-rank equivalent means that the enemy is likely to have a B-rank monster-like fighting power. At least, the rank is commensurate.

Plus the last word the hound said...... Sacrifice. Sacrifice, huh? I don't think it has anything to do with it.

"So? What do we do now?

So Lianhua asked me to shut up and watch what happened.

What to do,...... There is no better way to escape than to defeat the enemy than here in the territory of the Irregular Encount......

"We should wait for reinforcements here. Defeating the B-rank Irregular Encount is just as tough on us today. Fortunately, I've already sent you a rescue request. My sister will be on her way here, and we can expect reinforcements from adventurers around us."

We nodded so much to the Master's words.

Sure, we don't have time to send a rescue request on a regular irregular count, but we can already send a rescue request.

You don't have to defeat your enemies here.

That's when I thought of it, and there was some hot air flowing between us.

- Don't! Don't! Don't!

Suddenly, a knock rang from the front door.

As we sip and watch, the Lord of Knock will sue us out loud.

'Excuse me! Will you open up here!? They're after me!

We looked at each other unexpectedly.

The Lord of the voice was like a young woman. Emotions such as haste and fear came from that voice. The way it looked was so real that I didn't think it was a lie or an act...... the visit at this time was just too unnatural.

Wondering if I should answer...

"... I'm sorry, what about you?

That's what the weave asked.

... do we have a conversation? No, but there's also the possibility of a good will rescuer whose voice lord came to help us.

The professional adventurers won't be able to move out of the similarity labyrinth blockade, but maybe the three-star adventurers on that team are sending me to reinforcements.

Such a three-star adventurer has escaped into this western hall after being attacked by Irregular Encounter. That possibility was not zero either.

The Lord of the Voice answered.

"- I say Shoko Sato! If you come to the bottom, you suddenly get attacked by a weird card!

...... ugh!?

I felt my skin poppy.

Those who deceive the names of the dead are on the other side of the door.

There is no reason for him. I know that. But why deceive the name... there was only an unidentified creep.

Nanica, who deceives Shoko Sato, keeps knocking on the door.

'Please! Please help! Why won't you open it?!? Open up! Open up! They'll kill you!'

The cry for help gradually turned into words of resentment that never opened the door.

'I don't want to die! Help me! Oh, oh! Open up! Hey! You're hearing me!? You bastard! I won't allow it! I'll curse you!

A grudging voice slamming our breasts, along with the sound of guns and knocking on the door.

That's a trap, and even when I told you it was fake, it eroded our spirit.

"... hih!? Hey, no! Please, open it, open it, open it. Whoa, whoa!? hhhhhhhh!?

A voice that gradually turns away and a scream of the disconnected demon.

The silence returns. Cold tranquility.

Eventually, like Anna was talking to herself, she groaned in a potpourri.

"It's not his spirit... or anything like that, is it?

No one could answer.

It's a fake, to say the least, that cry was really overwhelming.

This is definitely a trap. But Irregular Encount uses the soul of the man who killed him. I know that in my battle with the Harmeln whistleblower.

Given that, that's...

- Bang, bang, bang!

The sound of knocking on the door again. Dokiri, and my heart bounces on a bad feeling.

'Is there anybody out there?!? Open it, please! They're after me!

Now, the voice of a young man. I felt like the voice sounded familiar, and I squealed unexpectedly.

"Lions, halls...?

"... North River!? Is it the North River? Oh, thank God! Open up here, please!

I can't imagine from Lion Hall, who was always confident and strong, a frightened voice.

Lion Hall is, indeed, dead. We also identified the body. But......

My master grabbed my arm gassily as I took a step toward my classmate's voice

"You can't open it! I know who the enemy is. This enemy fairy tale... is a wolf and seven child goats!

Ha, open your eyes.

In my brain, numerous dots tie together in a line.

Ability to break into other labyrinths. Ability to transform. Ability to mislead gate access control. Anubis dedicated to sacrifice. Hound user's preference for using all dog-based cards for some reason......

The wolf and the seven son goats are stories of wolves trying to trick the son goats into the house with those hands.

As the anecdote suggests, if you have the skills to 'deceive' people and machines, and that could have been used outside the labyrinth... all the human detached abilities of hounds can also be explained.

If the houndsman's focus on dog-based cards was also to sacrifice the cards at times of need, I'm convinced.

Because we can never open this door.

Because in the book, child goats are tricked and eaten by wolves...

'Hey! Why won't you open it, Kitakawa! Could you be mad at me!? Oh, I apologize! I apologize! You were right! I didn't mean to be an adventurer! You could have just sat down in front of everyone in your class! Please, forgive me! I still want to die. Whoa, whoa!

... Again, it's the person behind this door.

'Cause I don't really think this is an act.

This is Lion Hall himself, who hasn't realized he's dead yet...

"Kitakawa aaaaaaa! Are you kidding me! This killer is aaaaaaa!

So this resentment voice was true, as was my abandonment of Lion Hall.

The voice turned away, eventually the voice of the disconnected demon. Finally, the silence returned.

"Senior, it's not the seniors fault that Mr. Lion Town is dead, and all the bad news is that the killer..."

"- I know!

Block out loud what the weave tells you to comfort.

"I know... sorry, don't say anything now..."

"... sorry"

... I felt the worst. Including the fact that I've had an eight-win attitude towards junior girls.

Reason knows that this was the right thing to do. This is obviously a trap, and it shouldn't be opened.

I told him not to do it now, and I couldn't help him if I didn't dive with him. I was helped by Mr. Shinosomiya not because he was attacked by a houndsman himself, but because it was a rampage at the bottom of it, which means he's just lucky.

Even now, Lion Hall is already dead, so I can't help you that I opened the door, and I never abandoned you.

I mean, I'm not bad. I just, and I can't even take responsibility for the lives of my classmates who weren't very close.

Yes, reason knows.

But it was different with emotions.

The resentful voice of Lion Hall can't get out of my ear. Whatever the excuse, I abandoned him. Not life...... his heart, his soul.

Really, what a vicious trap. Even if I choose the right answer, it kills my heart. Harmeln's whistling man was ugly enough to make him look cute.

That's when the Adventurer's Department badge spoke up.

"Hey! Can you hear me!

The Lord of the Voice was Jing. The master responds quickly.

"Sister! I'm fine over here! Where are you now?

"You're safe! This one has just arrived at the lowest level, joining reinforcements. What the hell happened?

"The houndster, Announ, summoned the Irregular Encount."

"Summoned the Irregular Encount," he said? Such an idiot...... no, that's later. Do you know who the enemy is?

"Probably a wolf and seven child goats"

"Okay, so now you're in the hall, right? All right, listen up. Never open the door until I get there. The signal is done using this magic prop. Think of all the voices through the door as lies!

"Okay."

The master nodded and cut the communication...... at that moment.

The sound of a third knock on the door began.

Are you here... and the loose air tightens with reinforcements' news.

Perhaps the wolves rushed to settle before Jing's arrival.

But if you get this far, you won't be fooled anymore.

In fairy tales, the child goats opened their doors on the third visit of the wolf. I mean, if we survive this third time, there's a good chance that both of these malicious traps will say goodbye.

Come on, who's next? And it reached my ear waiting for me to feel like a challenge -.

"Hey! Sing! Open up! You're gonna die like this!

- - It was the voice of Lianhua, who was supposed to be next door.

"Heh...?

See Lotus Hua standing next to Ha. She opened her eyes to her surprise, but immediately laughed invincibly.

"I see, you think it's hard to fit into a trap out of guilt, so you go on to incite distrust? Hey, I think I know..."

"Oh, I know"

There's no way I can get caught up in such a clear trap.

... but it was also true that a slight suspicion arose in my mind.

Even if I knew it was fake and my head...... there was something in this voice that, for some reason, attracted me.

'Look, listen carefully! This isn't a trap that lets you open the door! It's a trap to lock you in there!

"Don't ask. The most effective way to deal with this fucking trap is to block your ears."

"Three times, singing! You already know how many mistakes you've made - but perhaps the third time is your last chance. Open the door!

"Remember the fairy tale of a wolf and seven child goats! What happened to the kid goat who opened the door!?

Two identical voices come to me alternately.

You should believe in Lianhua next door... Link's line is also connected to Lotus Hua next door. Looking back at the way things have been, this is a trap to make the door open.

"Are you listening to me, Ola!

But... why? Why so...... this voice is loving.

"Believe in Atashi - - Sing!

Dokun and his heart bounced.

I was convinced by intuition, not reason. Lianhua, the real Lianhua is beyond the door.

"!? Fool, stop it Malo!" "Senior! Stop!?" "Don't be confused, seniors!

I'll jump to the door, jerking everyone off.

And...