There is nothing impossible in advanced alchemy. -Universal skill to match the other world-

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A while later.

I had reached the Eighth Hierarchy of the Soil Labyrinth without a thing.

The dirt labyrinth is cave-like in structure and has poor prospects.

The ground and air are pretty dry, too, and I don't think I can look for demons in The Eye of Water.

"Well... look for it"

The presence of demons creates distortions of magic power around them.

In the case of mighty demons, the distortion becomes extremely large and easy to find even from afar.

It does not create that much distortion in the case of Docsenzan, but it will be noticeable if it gets some closer.

The question is, how can we get closer to the demons... but we'll have to look for lice on this already.

The trick would be to target hard-to-get places because humans would already be out of places to get in.

With that in mind, I began to explore the labyrinth.

"... hmm?

Some time after I started exploring.

I found suspicious traces in the labyrinth.

It's like a bunch of humans walking with heavy baggage.

The floors in this hierarchy are made of rocks, but they are obviously sharpened differently from the surroundings.

A trace of a level you wouldn't notice if you looked at it blurry... but for an alchemist who even has to notice a scratch in microns with a magic prop or other workmanship, it's a harder level to not notice.

Traces of movement were also found on the walls.

Apparently, he hit something hard.

I approach the wound and observe it in detail.

"... normal condensed iron"

Slightly on the wound, the iron was attached.

Probably something that shredded when I bumped into it.

The iron adhered to is less carbon than the steel used for weapons and so on, and instead of less hardness it is a sticky smelter.

There's nothing like using iron smelting for equipment that adventurers use and hit walls.

Obviously, it's an unnatural trail.

This could be... a trap.

"There was a doxenzan," he said, drawing me out and trapping me by some means...

"Okay, that sounds like a good idea to try and catch on"

Just thinking for a moment, I decided to try and catch a trap.

If you're serious about trapping me, you should have some pretty good food too.

By deliberately treading a trap and breaking through from the front, we also identify the power of the target while only acquiring bait... that's the strategy.

"Right this way."

I followed the tracks on the ground and started moving towards the trap.

Well... shall we take a look at the arrangement?

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Then when I walked for about twenty minutes.

I was on my way to the entrance to the little room.

Nevertheless, the entrance to the room is completely hidden by a door that resembles a rock.

"Hmm... that's how it works"

A short distance from the room is a magically-sensitive demonic prop disguised as discreet.

Even if it's hard to see with your eyes, it's easy to tell by the magic.

Perhaps this hidden door was set up so that unrelated adventurers and others wouldn't get caught and traps would be wasted.

And you lure me into a trap by opening the door at a time when you detect that the human magic reaction you're looking for is approaching.

... Well, I've assumed these traps and taken care of them.

Naturally, magic detection magic props do not respond unless the subject has released magic.

I'm not releasing magic right now, so the device won't even respond.

Alchemy is a technique that requires delicate magic manipulation.

Stopping the release of magic is not difficult or irrelevant.

But... this is a good opportunity to find out what the enemy is capable of.

"I have no choice. Let's get you hooked."

That's how I squealed and unleashed my magic.

Then - soon the demon prop reacted and I heard the hidden door open.

Again, I'm the one the trap is targeting, and it didn't seem wrong.

While I was thinking about it, I headed to the hidden door.

That's where I waited - in heaven.

"Shh, great......!

Inside the hidden doors, there were nearly thirty doxenzans.

I thought you had some for me as bait to trap - but I didn't know there were so many.

This is a great gift.

With that in mind... the Docsenzans turned to me.

"Yikes!"

Docsenzan jumps toward me, raising his voice of intimidation.

This doxenzane is an ingredient in medicine, as well as a powerful poisonous demon that goes beyond even Bacuentake.

For what it looks like, it moves quickly.

Judging all 30 simultaneous attacks is a difficult business.

If you are a human with no resistance to poison, you will be poisoned nails in no time and addicted to death.

Nevertheless, it is only a bonus stage for alchemists with strong poison resistance.