Chapter 38 (1/2)
The Road to the Labyrinth
The party ‘Thunder’s Fangs’ consisted of eight people
First was Vargas, the leader, and his daughter shi+zuna Vargas specialized in greatswords and shi+zuna in longswords
There there was Vil and Gates who used shi+elds With his stature, Vil used a huge shi+eld and held a maul Gates used a one-handed sword and an ordinary shi+eld, the same style as Carlos
The scout was Shar, a cat beastkin like Maal However, his fur hite with black spots
As for the three people in the rear, the first was Zoro, using a bow It looked like he could also use a sword He was also in charge of creating the map
The ic Excluding shi+zuna, everyone this far was all around forty years old The party had been together for ten years
The last person, Celfele Three hundred years old Still young for an elf
All of theroup
The afternoon ain
After seeing the veteran party, Ria’s group felt they were lacking preparation Then, saying the shopkeepers were their acquaintances, they took out some prized articles
In this area too, it could be said they couldn’t compete
Incidentally, Ria looked for a caravan heading to Anise, entrusting it with a letter to the royal palace
Including everything froainst Cordova’s ar letter In addition to the relevant facts, it became like that after she also added her own opinions
She put the letter into a package and sealed it ax She securely made it so they hadn’t seen the contents
Of course, it took a suitable aold coins to entrust it with them Moreover, they would receive an additional reward on delivery, writing a few lines separately for that
Worried about taking too long and earnest to deal with Cordova, she wanted to send someone to the country
With Ria’s sense of values, even taking Casalia’s national interests into consideration, she felt the Cordova problem would be bad if it wasn’t dealt with immediately Of course, Ria’s intuition was very likely spot on
Then, at noon the following day, the group left Jaeburg Reaching the labyrinth’s entrance half a day later, it looked like the plan was going to be heading in and defeating it after one they stopped for a night
Actually, there were several parties in front and behind them on the saroup
“The area around here has strong flying type demons I’ll help when push comes to shove”
As for whether or not he’d actually help, that’d depend on the situation at the time
According the Vargas’ explanation, they would be attacked by a lot of demons
There weren’t any Goblin settlements nearby The reason for that was entirely due to the beco food for the demons
It seemed they would frequently encounter Gryphons, Wyverns, and Salamanders around level 70
When a Wyvern attacked, Thunder’s Fangs fought it as an example The two shi+eld bearers prevented its attacks while Vargas and shi+zuna gradually cut it down The ical power
Though it was siht
“Show me your skill on that next one there”
Seeing another Wyvern heading towards theas spoke
Vargas’ reason was probably to see the group’s roles and cooperation
However, there was a single guy that couldn’t read the atmosphere
“Longinus”
With a single space-tih
“It’s not easy to eat Wyvern h~”
Sergeon Rudolph’s back, and though he was thethem, it couldn’t be helped since he was a child
“W-as that ic just now…”
“I don’t get it It felt like a ic, but it also could’ve been physics ic…”
Despite the ic stones out of the crashed Wyvern with a hatchet It was pretty big, one step short of a ic crystal’s purity
Regarding Jason’s view of preserving as ical Power Cost Reduction Skill, he took it back since he reical Power Recovery Speed Increase Skill
Day after day, although he used hisit His Natural Talent in Magic Gift was probably playing a big role
The group resu They still had to pass the halfway point
At sunset, they finally neared the summit of the mountain they aimed for
When descending deep underground into the on’s abode
“F-finally, we’re here…”
Lulu was dead tired froed with Serge on Rudolph’s back, it see motions made her feel sick
A donkey’s back is for these kinds of things, but that was impossible There was no place to safely keep a donkey
They entered the gaping and glooroup was already ca
“We’re not ca outside?”
Though they had occasionally camped in the labyrinth, Ria asked curiously since she knew deas’ ansas simple
“It would be unfortunate if a surprise attack fro in here is safer”
Right So it was a erous
“Well, how about taking a bath?”
When Ria said that, the s had looks on their faces as if to say, “What’s this person saying?”
“A bath Bath We’re sweaty fro the mountain road How ’bout an open air one since it’s a special occasion? Serge, please take out the tools”
Next to the cave’s entrance, Ria built a bath Earth ic With her technique it wasn’t an exaggeration to call it bath ic, it was an advanced ic
Since there were people looking, she set up a proper wall It was perfect