Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

Lesson 23: The Alarm of the Labyrinth of the Water Moon

"... End of story, huh?

That's what I whine about as a man chases me through and looks around the hall wall, slowly and vigilantly advancing my legs.

In fact, the hall looked like a dead end.

But it is applause that there is nothing more to this untouched area that has not been discovered for so long.

No, I'd rather something happen, it's the humans I think.

Well, in a way, I can't even think that something has already left...

I mean, that's what the dragon I ran into.

But when it does, it still means there's nothing more here.

I miss that.

So at least I walked around with the guy wondering if there was anything else.

Then,

"... Hey! There's a gap over here!

And a man screamed.

When I approached the man to see if he had found anything, I see there was a gap in the wall the man was pointing to.

As I move my face closer, I feel the wind on the slightest skin sticking out of my mask.

... Something seems possible.

So he thought, messing around with the pepper and the wall, a part of the wall receded as if he had pressed something, and then, making noise, a part of the wall crept up and created a new passage there.

"... kaku, kaku, kaku, kaku"

"... oh, sounds like it... but seriously. In addition to new passageways no one's ever been to before, hidden passageways... this is a piece of property to report to the Adventurers Union (Alliance), isn't it?

That's not unlikely to happen.

Now you're going to be able to handle your debt, and when I look at the man, he panics,

"Yes, do it! Of course, I know it's your discovery! I'm just getting here, and I'm not taking down any demons. We found it together, I can't tell you how torn my mouth is..."

And shaking his head, he says to himself in disgrace.

Nothing more bothering me right now, and I feel like I could demand a little more glamorous sharing when I got here, but in that case, the guy seemed disciplined.

Well, I want money, too, but there's only one place I can use it in this look.

It doesn't matter if you don't make money here all at once, it gradually builds up, even if it's meant to be.

I feel a little too popular, but I can't report it to the Adventurers Union (Alliance) in the first place...

"... you can, uh... that's it, Ri, Sachi, that's it..."

The passage is still going on.

I'm more concerned about you.

I didn't hear back from the man and walked out again.

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The hidden passage was no different than the path we had been walking on.

The demon quality had improved somewhat, but at best it was like poison slime or bone soldier (skeleton soldier).

For me right now, I don't even want to be with miscellaneous fish, but I'm just a level opponent who can fight to make sure I'm safe enough.

Besides, the hidden passage was short, and soon again, it was in an open place.

In the hall again this time, I walked frightened that "dragons" would appear again, but such worries were useless.

It's just that there's nothing at all this time, not that there was a magic formation engraved around it.

This is a rare thing, and it just doesn't mean it's not at all.

Sometimes deep in the great labyrinth, by riding it, the trick can move, and if you don't, you can't move on.

It is possible that the magic formations here also have some function that said so.

I've never seen it before...

But the man who stepped into the hall as well,

"... again, a room with nothing. Is it a hidden passage somewhere again?

That's what I'm whining about.

Besides, the magic formations that are chopped to the ground have no eyes at all.

"... oh man...?

The man is unresponsive, even though he speaks so loudly and draws attention with his gaze down.

On the contrary, you don't seem to know what I'm trying to say, tilt your neck,

"... something happened?

That's the end of the question.

Now I know the man apparently doesn't see the magic formation.

But what do you say it is when you find out?

Does it only look like me, or does it not look like a man, but does it look like other people besides me?

I don't know that.

It's just that I'm so caught up in the magic formation in this situation that I'm scared of boulders to try that feature......

Yeah, I just thought, I saw a guy thinking about me and he came up.

And in doing so, I stepped on the magic team.

"... ah..."

At that moment, the magic formation was the light, and the man was swallowed up by the light and disappeared.

Look at that, I regret it.

Should I have stepped first, or at least cautioned, or something.

It's just no use doing that kind of reflection now.

I guess what we should think about now is what we're going to do.

Fortunately, I somehow understood the effects of that magic formation thanks to the man stepping on it.

Probably, a metastatic formation.

A very special magic formation that can be moved anywhere by treading.

They're positioned in a giant labyrinth with dozens of levels, every five or ten, which unfortunately cannot be created at the hands of people.

It seems that imitating the magic formation doesn't run, and it seems that the mechanism itself is different from the magic formation used by people, so they can't analyze it.

Still, there seems to be a large number of researchers trying to create one day at the hands of people, but so far the aim has not been to do so.

That's the thing.

I mean, that's a labyrinth-only substitute, and I can't even look into where they're going to fly.

I wouldn't know if I didn't try it on.

That's what it is.

I mean, I have two options right now, so...

Go after him or give up.

It would be right to give up if we were to act cautiously.

Because if, on top of that, you get flown to a hell of a place, and you can't come back, you can't even see it.

But abandoning......

In the first place, the reason I didn't pay attention when I was in the sight of the magic team was the cause in the first place.

Yet it's also not sleepy to say you'll abandon it and go back.

Besides, it's not like we're ever going to be able to come back.

To recall the information of the confirmed metastatic formations, he said that some were possible to travel in both directions.

But that's what it looks like to that guy, it doesn't seem to know.

Anyway, I don't even have the basic knowledge to be an adventurer.

I can't expect to be purchasing information about the transfer team that I don't even seem to use.

Besides, he doesn't look like him.

Given that, even if it were a two-way transition formation, you can't expect to come back on your own......

"... Damn, dude..."

The more I think about it, the more I regret it.

And when this happened, it was already decided what to do.

If it's enough to abandon you here and run back and feel like you're sleeping badly...

I walk to this and the Transition Formation, and stare at that magical formation, which is only slightly glowing, for a little while, before taking a step forward.

The magic formation's light grew and soon became big enough to cover my entire vision.

Oh, don't let them fly.

Speaking of my choice, when I got on board, I was anxious about everything.

But when this happens, there's no other way.

Please, make sure that the place to be flown is a safe place.

The only thing I could do was pray for it.