Okami Wa Nemuranai

10

"Excuse me for this. Have you noticed?"

"You followed me after yesterday's tournament."

"Oops. Please forgive me if I touch you."

It was a young woman, putting together neat and elegant clothes.

As a woman, she is tall and has a solid skeleton.

I had grasped that in 3D Perception, but Lekan looked at the woman's face and remembered a mild surprise.

Similar to Norma.

It would be just a coincidence, but that's all that resembles a norm made me fool around with something similar to intimacy.

This woman is neither a therapist nor an adventurer.

Classy stand-up behavior and language, but with a fierce style.

Above all, a sword band wrapped around the waist and a sword hung on the waist.

The construction of the patterned part is extremely solid, with intricate texts engraved.

And a metal sheath.

No adventurer raises something like this.

This is a knight's sword.

"I need to come in and talk to you. Can you ask while eating in the nearby dining room? With my luxury, of course."

"Hmm. How about you guys?"

"I'd like some tea. I haven't had much since breakfast."

"I'd love some tea, too."

"Well, there's a good tea and confectionery shop"

That's what they say. When Lekan looks at Edda, he's making his eyes shine.

"Let's do it there"

The female knight called herself Jerez.

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"I mean, you want me to be at our party."

"I want us to act together until we step through this labyrinth."

"We're not here to break through the labyrinth."

"Huh? So how many tiers are you aiming for?

"To this guy."

Rekan indicated Eda with his gaze.

"I came here to teach you the labyrinth. With this guy."

Now I showed Arios.

"He's never dived into a labyrinth."

"Did you?"

"That's why I'm not going to be able to. Aim at the bottom."

"But I saw that you had the power to look to the bottom."

"Yeah."

Rekan took a sip of the less tea left.

"You can ask for a party diving at the bottom."

"I asked. And they said no."

"How many parties have you ever broken through the labyrinth here at a party that's now active in this town?

"Vegar, Gyra and Azkalis."

"How many parties are there each?

"Six, five, five. However, Gyra is now four because one of them is dead."

"I wonder if it was the recoverer who died"

"Yes."

"Well, then, can't you replace me?"

"I am a swordsman. You can't use attack magic or healing magic."

"It's magical."

"You know what I mean? You have hidden abilities."

A party is like a single creature, and if it is also a party diving into the lower labyrinth, it is built on a high balance.

Just because you can run faster with two legs doesn't mean you can run faster when you have three legs. Running is not like that.

So is the battle. Just because the number of people has increased doesn't mean they will be stronger. Instead, I can lose balance and weakness.

I will not accept extraordinary participation or anything, unless it is a party in which I am so short of firepower. If I were to accept it, I would be someone who already has a track record of temporary participation.

"Go to the bottom, what do you want?

"I want proof that I defeated the Lord of the Labyrinth"

"You want to be a labyrinth trespasser."

"Yes."

"For what?"

The question was given a slight hesitation before Jerez answered.

"I am the king's capital, and I have been commanded to serve a noble man. But I didn't feel comfortable with it, but I made a deal."

Maybe this is a pretty stepped in answer. Even if we expose our hands, Jerez wants the Lecans to cooperate. Maybe that's all they're hunting me down.

"What's the deadline?

"I had five months, but three of them had passed."

"Was this labyrinth nominated by the one who didn't think it would be pleasant?

"It's not. It's not called any labyrinth. But in a labyrinth so small, it dishonours him to serve. It's a labyrinth that seems offensive to me, a labyrinth where trespassing becomes an honor, so I chose this place."

"You didn't have anyone inside to help you?

"It's a condition that I don't rely on the power of the house. However, you are allowed to hire temporary employees."

"If you have money, hire either Vegar or Azkalis. And I don't know what it is, but buy it."

"If I don't join the fight, I won't find the terms"

"I don't think they know that."

"No false report can be made before God by a man who has taken a knight's oath. Moreover, this time, the opponent may apply to use the Truth Bell."

"The Truth Bell"?

"Yes."

I've heard that name somewhere, but I couldn't remember who I heard it from at this time, Lecan.

Here Edda put out a help ship.

"It's a sacred object one at a time in each temple. If you lie, the bell rings with a khancorn. They only use it once a year or so."

I am greatly surprised that there is such a thing.

Jerez looked at Eda with a slightly blurry eye. I guess it's strange that anyone bothered to explain what they know.

"I see. Is that what this is about? But I've never broken it before, but there will be a number of parties that are likely to break it"

"There are four parties that can reach the 44th tier."

"Do you have four? Can't you get me to put it in one of them? Pay me, of course."

"One of the four assured me that we would not go to the bottom. The other party accepted me and took me to the forty-first tier, but although my mouth says I will dominate the labyrinth, I really knew I didn't feel like it, and there were other circumstances that led me out. Looks like we've reached level 44 recently. The other two didn't accept my accession"

"Why don't those two go to the bottom?"

"I think that is the case in any labyrinth, but the enemy up to the forty-fourth tier and the Lord at the bottom are isolated in their fighting power. I don't like anyone dying."

Speaking of which, even in the Golbull Labyrinth, the strength of the lowest Great Congolese Ghost (Urgang) was far from one upper Warcraft. That seems to be the case in every labyrinth.

"Well, I guess I'll just have to let you join another party in that lower rank."

"I was allowed to attend two parties of that rank. But neither party moves to a certain level, but they don't try to dive any further."

"I see."

"Again, the only party in the middle class has the power to fight in the middle class. I gave up on existing mid-level parties and was looking for new challengers with momentum."

He said we showed up there.

"From a glance at you, I thought it was nothing, but I was stunned to see the struggle in the tournament over that honorable shield. Plus, it's that curse."

Here Jerez whispered.

"I've seen the same thing. That is not something I can do very well. You must have gotten it yourself."

"Oh."

"I thought a party led by you could break through this labyrinth."

If you ask me, it's a muscular story. There is nothing particularly suspicious about it.

"I understand your situation. But we're not going for the bottom line."

"Haven't you ever dived into the labyrinth here?

"Oh."

"Then try diving and maybe even go to the bottom."

"It's annoying to be expected"

"I'll be useful."

"Hmm?"

"The information about the labyrinth here came here after properly collecting it. I also have maps of all tiers. I know all about which hierarchies there will be warcraft and what abilities they have. And then we actually dive to level 41."

This is valuable information. You can let the haulier earn you money, but it's still worth a thousand bucks for the information you get from a man with solid knowledge.

For the purpose of teaching Edda the labyrinth, it is better not to have prior information. But Lekan himself wants to have some fun fighting. You should also teach them the importance of obtaining information.

"If you let me participate, I'll pay you for each tier. I don't need demon stones, crates, or materials. Also, I would never tell you to move on at my convenience. We just need you to move on."

When this happens, for a few levels or so, you can go along with this lady knight.

Lecan's feelings moved a little.

"Edda. What do you think?

"What? Oh, I am. I'm not sure about you. I guess I should just do what Lekan thinks."

That said, I'm looking at Jerez here. It is clear that I am sympathetic to the situation.

"Arios. What do you think?

"It's up to Lord Lecan, of course. But if you seem lost, why don't you take an exam? Like when I was."

"Ho."

"Does that mean you can look at the arm of the sword?

"Hmm. I see. Do you want to cross swords first anyway? Jerez. Is there such a place near here?

"Behind the Adventurers Association, there's a practice room"