Munou To Yobareta Ore, Yottsu No Chikara Wo Eru

"Nah......!?

It was exactly a moment.

I know it was low rank...... so light on the dragon......

"We'll do it... I'm glad we have Lord and Levi. Right?"

"Ugh, um... that guy fell...!

"It's okay."

Then Levi was right, Lord flew towards us... walking in the sky rather than...?

"I've looked around for once, but it looks like there's no one else"

"Okay. By the way, you use magic, don't you? Mine's low on magic, so it's time to put it back."

"Yeah, I will"

Lorde grabs on Grawdy's shoulder again, turning the great sword and shoes into a notebook.

This guy... the atmosphere was like...

"You've never had a snug dragon here before... maybe it's rough in the dungeon due to the emergence of the Divine Beast"

"Perhaps the appearance of the divine beast has pushed them to the lower level and the lower level to the middle level…"

Sure. That's a good chance.

Monsters basically don't take risks.

As long as he's strong.

"Well, you should get rid of what you've been thinking."

"Right. We have to be careful."

This man... more than me...

Well, that guy just admitted... chip... in the end I...

"Hey, what's up, Jill? Shut the fuck up."

"... no, it's nothing. Lord's right... we're gonna keep our heads together."

I don't want to admit it.

I just can't forgive you.

I don't know what's making that man do that, but I think those with power have to fight.

Actually, that's what that guy's been doing. Even if you despise our family.

But after only one failure, the man quit everything.

Then how do I feel... how does my mother feel...?

Until the time of his death, he said, "Please father. Support him," he said... how did his mother feel when she said that...

Because that man was fighting for someone... because he believed in that man... so we...!

No... let's not do this now.

Anyway, defeating the Divine Beast is a prerequisite.

Whatever......

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It was about an hour before we reached the bottom of the vertical hole.

There have been no monster raids since then, and it is huge that we could have broken through what would have taken us a day.

I have to honestly admit I'm glad Grawdy's here for all this.

But......

"You're kind of still fluffy..."

Yes. Levi is right. I still have a strange feeling.

That was true during the fall, but honestly it didn't feel very good to me.

Should I say it feels like that gut floats...... I can't really like it.

Well, I know it's not if you care about that.

"I'll be right back. So, Lord, what do you say?

"... you're not within your grasp"

"Okay...... then look at this"

Grawdy took the map out of his hip porch and spread it on the floor.

Apparently it's a cross-sectional view of the dungeon... this is...

"Is that your own map?

"Oh, yeah. Well, it's simple...... I made it because I was free while I was waiting. Easy to explain."

The map was shown on longitudinal paper with a schematic view from the ground to the deepest part.

It's easy to understand... you had such talent too, this guy.

"Wow... the deepest part is completely ahead..."

"I haven't even gotten a tenth yet. Now I'm here with a picture of the pillars. So, here's the entrance to the middle class we're looking for today."

Hmm, you've never seen the whole picture like this.

If this map is correct, if the whole is 10, is there a ratio of 2 for the upper layer, 4 for the middle layer, 3 for the lower layer, and 1 for the deepest part?

In other words, despite all that height down, there will be only a slight advance on the map.

I knew it, but once again, you know how vast this dungeon is.

"We'll be walking for a while from here. Break through the upper level by the end of the day to proceed near the entrance to the middle layer. For once, this is a safe zone, and there aren't many monsters. Well, I don't know what's going on now."

"Sure...... that might be out of the ordinary there too. Therefore, Master Grawdy, what is going on ahead?

"There are several types of hierarchies in the dungeon. It's a relatively easy labyrinth up ahead. It's on the other wall. See that gate? I creep through that and I enter the labyrinth. Well, even when it comes to the labyrinth, I know where the routes and traps are, and the monsters that live are no big deal. Normally... You wouldn't eat unintentional hits if you had Lord, and if you had a middle class monster, you wouldn't have a problem."

"All right, let's go."

"Well, as I was saying, me and Lord are the avant-garde, Jill and Levy are the rear."

"Okay."

Grawdy and Lord lead the way and me and Levi follow behind it.

Straight ahead looking sideways at the giant pillars, the area suddenly brightened as they passed through a narrow passage through the previously curly gate several times.

It's a square aisle made of stone bricks all the way from the floor to the wall to the ceiling.

It is a wide aisle that can still be afforded even if four people line up beside it, and the ceiling is about 5 meters high.

It's been a long time since I've been here... but you don't seem to have changed at all.

"Bright... it's like being in a house during the day"

"Researchers talk about this stone brick itself emitting light. Seems to be different from the light-emitting crystals on the walls and the columns, but I don't know how it works. Let's go."

The four of us rush ahead as we guard our surroundings.

We proceeded along the divide as guided by Grawdy, bypassing and doing if Lord felt something.

"Nevertheless... how did you build this? It's a mystery why you built it in the first place."

Lorde says that as he walks.

Well, you used to think the same thing about me.

I can still tell if it's just the pillars from earlier.

I lived in that pillar to hide myself from the terrestrial threat... because it makes sense.

But I don't know why I'm building this labyrinth.

"Well...... I went into the dungeon a few times and thought... I guess I feel like I'm busy"

"Free time?"

"Oh. About 10,000 years ago...... something I decided to live underground for some reason. Some of those pillars were like traces of a field, so it is assumed that they lived a self-sufficient life underground. I mean, he didn't get out on the ground and most likely lived entirely underground alone. Then naturally you're free. So they dig further underground. But I already have a place to live, and I don't need to build a new one."

"Then what is this labyrinth..."

"I don't know if it was human or demonic living in this dungeon, but either way, I'm not as lazy as bored. That's why I'm so busy. Years, decades, hundreds of years... I don't know how long they've been here, but I wonder how free they've been."

"Well, I don't know... just for that matter, isn't that a little too much of an argument?

"Well...... sure. But there's also a reason I thought so. It's still a simple structure, but the more you go underground, the more elaborate the decorations, and there's a little hidden room. It was like a treasure chest containing all the rewards and precious magic items. That's not why I was playing in this dungeon. I just thought it was hard."

This man... you're an outgoing romantic.

"Pfft... that's an interesting discussion. You might be on the lookout, right?

"Oh, we've got more allies."

"Don't spoil this man, Levi..."

"Don't you mind being playful? And I was wondering who built it, but I don't think it was made by the Demons."

"Hmm... what's the basis?

"If it's true that about 10,000 years ago... then it will be a time when man was given magic by God and won over the Demons and Dragons, right? I mean, there's no need for humans to run underground. If you were to escape, you would be a demon clan. Even if it was the time before that, it would be impossible to create this dungeon because humans don't have magic yet by then."

"I see. Then it's inconceivable that humans, on the contrary, got magic before they built it? It wasn't exactly 10,000 years ago, because there would be hundreds of years of discrepancy. You know, accumulating power here, then invading the ground."

"Maybe that too. Well, it's possible he's not a demon or a human being in the first place."

"Huh? Who else is there?

"It will be decided. That's..."

"... stop"

Responding to Lord's voice, everyone stood up in an instant.

I have been able to avoid combat by the Lord's perception... but things are very different this time.

"Is this... coming this way in a straight line...? He's noticing us...!

"Shit......! There's no place to hide yourself, and if you're aware of us, it's inevitable... we'll intercept you."

I pull the spear that was on my back.

He poured in his magic and turned his cutting edge ahead of Lord's sight.

"... Coming"

Long passage ahead.

He showed up from the corner with Lord's voice. It...

"Dude......!

Golden nails and fangs on emerald-colored bodies.

The musculoskeletal four-legged beast opened its red mouth wide when it found us.