Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

"... come on, come on, come on, come on"

After that raid, we made our way through the labyrinth, leaving several demonic raids and finally arriving just before the destination point.

Although it is a tier of the labyrinth, it is a "labyrinth of the crescent moon" that boasts considerable breadth if moved laterally.

I didn't feel anything emotional about what I could get to this point.

But before us like that, it is the heavy doors of the cold stone, not the wreaths of congratulations on the goal, that stand now.

"That's what this door is all about after all..."

Laura asks me while she's a little frightened.

"Oh... the cramps, don't they?

When I heard that, Rise answered better.

"Not yet. Because I know we don't have enough strength to challenge the boulders..."

That would be a prudent, smart choice.

The experience they don't have, it's the biggest gateway they can't avoid to attack what they call a labyrinth.

I mean...

"Bosu, beya. Yes, there is, but, fuzzy, there is. One of them."

It's the boss room.

Labyrinth boss room presence formats can vary from labyrinth to labyrinth, and can be avoided if there is only one on one level, if there is more than one, or if you must always pass it to get down to the lower level, or if you want to avoid it.

The boss room we are facing this time was not a must-have boss room to get down to the lower level, but also one of the boss rooms that seems to have more than one in this "Labyrinth of the Crescent Moon" level.

And it's beyond this room that's our destination, and as far as the map goes, they can't reach it unless we cross here.

So if you want to pass the exam, you feel the ultimate and utter intention to defeat the boss and show strength.

It is a gateway of different colors from the very Nettinese trials we have had.

Well, no matter what I say, I can't do adventurers without power in the end, neither can I feel the aversion, but I can't say I don't like it even if it is more than a terminal fact.

"What about you, Lent? Boss, what's your experience with the room...?

I may have suddenly wondered how much experience a candidate with the same promotion exam as myself has gained.

That's what Rise's been asking me, so I answer.

"Somehow, there is."

That's exactly what the Bone Giant (Giant Skeleton) room was all about during this time.

Besides, it's an inescapable type of room, which I wouldn't really want to encounter if I could.

Plus, I've been an adventurer for ten years.

If it's about a regular boss room, I've had it many times.

So it's a mistake to ask me in the first place, but Rise doesn't know that.

Rise seems to have felt inexperienced in my answers and looks a little pale.

I saw it, I tell Rise.

"... Huh, huh? Then why don't you stop?

That's not an option either.

I just want to get promoted, so it's an option I don't want to take if I can, but I don't want to shorten my time until I jeopardize the future of promising young people.

I'm only twenty-five, and I still have time, so...

... Speaking of which, I wonder what my life expectancy is, but let's just put that aside.

Rise looked up at my words,

"That's not how it works. If I run away here, I don't think I'll ever be able to come back..."

and say in a powerful voice.

I certainly can't say that's not true either.

It is weak to say once a heartbroken adventurer.

It can be much stronger if you get back on your feet, but it's often because you'll never be able to get back on your feet again.

I guess what Rise says is because he instinctively knows that.

Well, if it's the character of this boy I've seen so far, even if he retreats here, I think he'll be able to come back sooner or later, but that's not what we're talking about.

Anyway, if you don't want to run, if you're in the mood for it, that's what I guess.

I nodded to Rise,

"Well... then, okay. It's just that if you're stuffed, you're stuffed, you're stuffed."

"Huh?"

To Rise leaning down my neck, I looked back at the aisle I had walked this far and squeezed my jaw.

Then four adventurers walked from there.

"Those guys..."

"Probably something else. Just let them lie to you."

That's what I said, Rise opened his eyes.

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"... what? It's funny what a kid and a funny masked bastard's party is."

The leader of the quartet and the man talk to me like that.

Rise tries to come forward and say it back, but I stop and respond.

"Uncle, what the hell. That's fine, Kann, I won't"

"... keh. Fucking weird way of talking... Same exam? We take it, but you guys fall anyway. I don't want to be treated the same way... Oh, isn't that cute when you take a closer look at her? Why don't you come with us now? I'll take it. See?"

That's what the man said, trying to get close to Laura, but Laura hid behind me and didn't respond.

That seemed to hinder the man's mind, trying to pull out his sword, but earlier than that, the tip of my sword was stroking the man's jaw tip.

"... Huh!? Oh, hey... stop it, you're just kidding...?

"Not anymore, but just, not really, with us..."

"Yes, no, I'm sorry... because I'm not doing anything anymore. Please, pull..."

"... hmm"

When I reluctantly drew my sword, the man pulled out his body as relieved.

Thank you. Maybe I'm more timid than I look.

Then,

"... so? Are you guys gonna go first? That's the boss room. It's an exam, so I think it's one pair at a time..."

And I've been calmly asking, so I tell the man.

"No, just now, come on, that's good. We're gonna do it easy and then we're gonna go."

"Heh? Doesn't that mean you better win when you get there first? Why don't you give it to me?

"... ah"

"Right. Now if you'll excuse me... hey, let's go."

And he said unto the voice of the man, Whoa, and all four went to the boss's room.

The door opens, making sure the men enter it, then Rise says.

"... was it good?

"What?"

"I let you go first... you should follow me soon..."

Sure, the Adventurers' Union (Guild) talked about that, but that's also one thing to catch on to.

That said, you should realize for yourself about this.

I guess it's an exam for that.

So I say.

"... shrug, shrug, look. It's a good, funny phrase."

Then Laura looked annoyed when she'd been listening.

Apparently, he figured it out.

And I tried to tell Rise, but I shook my head at her and looked at her to keep her quiet.

Rise is a little too honest.

Let them worry a little more in order to gain the power to think.

That's what I thought.

It seems Laura understood my intentions, she nodded and smiled and closed her mouth.

Then we approached the boss room and pointed Rise and Laura inside the boss room to indicate.

Yes, the door has been open since the earlier quartet came in.

The door will not close because the boss room here is not of the inescapable type.

That's why we can watch the inside from the outside.

Rise looked at it, with a convincing look,

"... Are you saying that if you look at this and then try it, you might also lose your anxiety?

I nodded and affirmed such a question of Rise.

A much bigger demon appeared before the quartet that went inside.

Come on, the earlier quartet and the battle against the demons begins.