Chapter 17 (2/2)

“Break it? With a ha?”

Towards the moderately amazed Maal, Ria shook her head

“No, how you’d normally do it”

She bashed the stone ith her fist It collapsed

“Yup, it wasn’t that hard”

“Y-you shouldn’t do that! When a passage is broken, ather! If we don’t hurry and–”

Putting her hand on the upset Maal’s shoulder, Ria spoke calmly

“It’s fine isn’t it? Let’s raise our levels They’re only going to come from in front and behind us”

According to Maal’s common sense, it was ridiculous

Heading farther into the labyrinth, one would be careful, be serious, sneakily slip through traps and rejoice at getting treasure

But Ria was different

“Since the monsters from this ill all be handled byon you to finish the them”

In the straight passage, they divided into two groups Maal a little behind Ria The other four stood in a line about twenty meters away

Before long the first group arrived Twenty monitor lizards

Ria severed their li them to hop about as Maal was able to easily deliver the fatal blow

On the other side was Carlos skillfully using his shi+eld in the center, with Gig and Serge’s firepower overwhel the enemy

Lulu occasionally used offensiveto heal at first, reducing the number of enemies took priority

As many as one hundred reptile and insect enemies were killed, and the wave finally ended

Everyone other than Ria were gasping for breath

“N-Nee-chan, next ti a bit more…”

Though Serge was proficient in the offensive fire ic, it seems he was still tired

“Did your level increase?”

“Yeah,up by two”

They collected thethem for raw materials such as the insects’ blades The party then moved locations to try and recuperate

Ria wiped down her katana, but there was nothing bes the beautiful blade

“Apart froth, the number of them was a problem It’s not like they’ll disappear when you defeat theame”

“Yeah Since I’ve always fought in open areas, I didn’t consider that”

When she fought against the army of orcs, it was in an open space in the town

“Fighting in an open area, you’d be crushed by the numbers instead”

Carlos said wearily He’s probably really tired Using his shi+eld to keep the eneood way to fight

“Then let’s go down a floor now that the distance is shortened a lot”

“Before that, let’s eat”

Everyone nodded towards Lulu’s words

“Geh, you eat monsters?”

Though Serge grimaced, they weren’t any different from normal monitor lizards

“But, there are rations…”

Serge came to store it expressly

“Of course, those are also good But in case an eency happens that causes us to leave the in front of me”

“Even if we leave theh…”

Slimes are a small fry monster that became famous due to a certain nation’s RPG, but in reality it’s a terrifying foe

Since it has a viscous body, it can soundlessly creep up and absorb it’s prey whole, digesting it

Especially forattacked on the face is a definite death

“Nn, lizards are delicious Even this place’s insects… yup, they have a shriood with just salt”

When there’s a poisonous part, her tongue would sting and she’d learn it Poison resistance is convenient

Maal moved towards the insects without poison It seems this happened often in her previous party

Surprisingly, Lulu also didn’t resist against eating insects She said that she often ate them in her hometown

Serge, who’s memories of his past life coerced hiusted after all After trying a bite though, it was alright

“But we killed too much Slime-kun will have to do his best”

The party relieved its thirst ater that caic and advanced further toward the interior of the labyrinth

As planned, shortening the distance by breaking walls shortened it

Of course ain and attack, but they disposed of them in the same way As they became accustomed to it, their speed rose

Without co across another explorer, they arrived to the center of the first floor much faster than first estimated

The rooe had one way to go On the opposing as ain wait in front of it

“Skeletal Swordsman, level 35”

Serge used Identify as usual Even if we fought as is, it would be an easy win

“With that sword it would be a hard fight huh”

Carlos frowned The skeleton wielded just a sword and shi+eld, definitely a bad match for him

“Guess I’ll do it? It looks like he doesn’t even have long distance attacks, I’ll finish it in one shot”

Offensive space-tiic rips apart space, so if the eneic they’ll be killed in one hit

However, this skeletal warrior is soic resistance

“Gig’s cohtly Just in case, Lulu, prepare to use healing ic”

“Alright”

Speaking of unexpected, the fight was unexpectedly a bit of a struggle

Gig attacked with his warhath, the Skeletal Warrior sidestepped, caught it, and warded the blow off

It was a good fight until Serge blew off one of its legs with ic

“Magic stone, GET~”

As expected, the e monsters The color was red, too

“Incredible Everyone is so strong”

Though Maal felt ado

When the party touched the mirror with their hands, they teleported to the second floor