Chapter 39 (1/2)
The First Exploration
shi+zuna woke up fro
It wasn’t really a sword, it was a katana
It was still dark in the cave Alht caure froic
At the center of the light, Ria inging her katana
Though she had learned her father’s style of swordplay, she understood the principle
Each forht from its initial motion, the end of its motion was beautiful
The blade was glittering
The sa the katana Her beauty was beyond comparison
(Even though she’s a pervert…)
Her personality and skill didn’t match
Though she felt shi+zuna’s gaze, Ria swung her katana with a peaceful heart
To be bloodthirsty and to sexually harass irls, she was pure when she ith her katana
Better yet, because she purified her corrupted heart when she ith her katana, she was able to live in rivers of blood
Finishi+ng her forms, she quietly sheathed the katana
Turning around, she met shi+zuna’s eyes
Though shi+zuna looked aith an a momentum, Ria’s current mind and body were filled with purity
“It’s still early in theWant to have a quick match?”
Not knohy, shi+zuna found herself obediently nodding towards Ria’s question
Their bout was held outside the cave
shi+zuna wassword techniques
Now that she didn’t use ai intent, she put her whole spirit into it and let out her techniques
Even with all of that, though, she couldn’t surpass Ria
“Well, since you’ve fought against demons the whole time, it’s no wonder you couldn’t win”
Ria adainst shi+zuna’s neck many times by then
“If you’re just speaking about talent in the sword, you ht even be better than me Still, you haven’t practiced one on one combat and your experience is a problem”
Her words didn’t help to recover shi+zuna’s pride Though it is true that shi+zuna ainst hts
“Have you ever been trained in war?”
To that question, shi+zuna shook her head An explorer’s swordplay was to fight against demons
However, the knights that trained Ria polished her capability in the theory behind human wars Moreover, she had mastered that art in her previous life
Though you couldn’t express ability with a simple Skill, it was Ria after all
“Use the rest of your endurance One last tiive me your best shot”
Ria opened her hands to usher her in Meanwhile, shi+zuna brandished her sword grandly and charged
But then, she wasn’t able to swing it down
Before she had noticed, Ria as a good distance froh for their noses to touch When she flicked shi+zuna’s sword away bare-handed,
“W-why…”
“The secrets of the nonexistent katana By fighting unarmed, neither the opponent nor yourself will die It’s the best technique to use if you don’t want to kill soree if you asked me”
Ria didn’t use body strengthening ic shi+zuna had been completely overwhelmed by skill
“For no about some food?”
Contrasting shi+zuna’s ragged breathing, Ria hadn’t even broken a sweat
“No way, for shi+zuna to be unable to do anything…”
Gates, who had been watching fros, he was the eable in person to person combat
“Vargas, could you win?”
He asked Vargas, but he was already shaking his head slowly
“Though I can’t know for certain without trying, I believe it’s impossible”
Vargas continued
“For the millennium, it’s said that heroes who exceed the limits of ordinary people will appear Perhaps, that Ojou-chan ht be one of them”
Vargas was confident in his skill As an explorer that challenges the Dark Labyrinth, he also had fighting spirit
However, the fact was that he’d co a floor
He was still alive However, he wanted to feel even more alive
Getting to his age, he was finally able to find it
The group finished breakfast and ian their exploration
Since they had already thoroughly explored the first floor, they headed towards the stairs leading to the second floor
Going ahead of them was Shar and Maal, the cat beastkin combo
In the Dark Labyrinth, there were few mechanical traps You could say there were hardly any at all However, ical traps were abundant Maal’s Fairy Eyes were very useful for finding them
The labyrinth’s traps weren’t constant Particularly the ical ones The ones found most often in the Dark Labyrinth were those that ic formation
“Howon the aood way to raise levels”
Vargas responded to Ria’s absurd statement calmly
“It’s usually between ten and twenty Since there are a lot of ene”
This was different than the Immortal Labyrinth, Ria warned herself It would have been different if she were going by herself, but she couldn’t afford to bring her comrades to their death
Salae insect-type ic crystals There was definitely no comparison between the Immortal Labyrinth’s enemies and this one’s
Before long, the two people that went ahead returned
“There’s the sound of ood if that was just the normal sound of armor, but…”
According to Shar’s explanation, it would be bad if the eneht-type
“A detour huh”
Vargas’ judgeer was a necessary talent for an explorer
An attack froht inflicts an abnor labyrinths It’s fine if it can be fixed, but the speed you can escape from the labyrinth with falls if you can’t
In that sense, Ria probably didn’t have any talent at being an explorer
“Hey, is it no good for o by myself?”
Vargas frohen she said that Though he looked to Carlos for his opinion, he only shrugged
“The Ghost Knight’s attack will cause a different abnorh you’ve probably fought one, it’s dangerous”
However, he didn’t forbid it
“If you’re fine with it, then I’m off for a moment”
Ria broke into a run as if she was just heading out for a bit
Shuzina was dumbfounded and went up to Carlos
“Hey! Aren’t you that girl’s guard!?”
She wasn’t worried She wasn’t worried, definitely But still
Just, she just didn’t want to approve of that lack of common sense
“I’ Well, I can’t say I’ve accoh…”
Carlos already thought that worrying about Ria was useless She was just unaware of danger
The s orried
The sound ofmetal could be heard froe
Before long, it grew quiet Ria popped back out into view
“I defeated it Though, it wasn’t a Ghost Knight, it was an Evil Spirit Knight”
Despite being duroup ran over to Ria
The armor had decayed Just the sword remained
“An Evil Spirit Knight…? That’s a higher-ranked version of the Ghost Knight”
Vargas firmly recalled how troublesome those were