Chapter 44 (1/2)

The Gatekeeper

The labyrinth conquering advanced smoothly

Since they knew the way to go, they naturally ith the shortest route They didn’t completely map it out

Another reason they were progressing so as because the deainst before hadn’t revived

In this respect, it was different froed by Labyrinth Just being able to gradually decrease the danger was preferable

Still, the Cerberus and Mithril Golem that appeared weren’t enemies to joke around with

“Hyaaahah—! Skin off its mithril—!”

Serge ran around in glee froic

However, mithril only coated its surface Its insides were standard iron

It had been one week since they entered the labyrinth

The group had reached the fiftieth floor

This was obviously a different floor than those up till then More than anything, the ceiling was tall Its height was reminiscent of Casalia’s royal castle

In other words, it was tis that even Giant Bats were no match for

“A Gargoyle…? An annoying enee my katana…”

For the stone statue flying in the sky, Ria countered with a warhammer

However, a Gargoyle was a de like a Wyvern Attacks from a warhammer wouldn’t hit

Moreover, since it was flying in the air and firing fireballs from its mouth, their warriors had a bad compatibility with it

“I can see it, it’s Level 120!”

Serge shouted out At first, he was negligent and didn’t think he would need to use Identify on sooyle or a Golem

To ic painted on its surface, nullifying ic

As for Serge’s Excalibur, it didn’t hit due to the enemy’s quick movements

Rather than a Gargoyle, it was already an eneoyle-sama

“I guess it’s the gatekeeper after all!?”

Placing acceleration on hie desperately evaded the fireballs He hid behind Vil’s tower shi+eld

“There’s a pretty good possibility of it!”

Ria also avoided being directly hit by the fireballs Though it would really just be a little hot with no da half-naked if possible

“Ria! Give back my sword!”

shi+zuna shouted Certainly, if she had her Blazing Snake Sword, it would probably be effective in this situation

“Here”

Vargas took the sword out of hisand passed it to her

As if to ask why he had it, shi+zuna was momentarily stunned

“I planned on returning it from the start Reflect on it”

She had actually received another ed

“Alright! With this—!”

The sword she was accustomed to back in her hands, shi+zuna shouted

“Warp!”

The garian sword extended, twining around the Gargoyle However, it folded its wings and accelerated

Even with its lashi+ng oyle was unable to be captured

“Oooh!”

With a yell, Vargas swung his greatsword

He emitted a thunderous shock wave Worthy of his sword flash being called thunder, it sla

Even with that though, it didn’t destroy the Gargoyle’s body It stretched out the lih the air once again

Though the Gargoyle’s fireballs weren’t that strong, they looked as though they barely consuical power Moreover, it could rapid-fire them

“Even though ordinary Gargoyles are small fry—”

“Oi, e, find some other way to hide!”

Since Serge was hiding there, Vil couldn’t move He couldn’t do that and protect him with the shi+eld

Cell and Maal protected theh Lulu and Jason were also cooperating to erect a ical barrier, they didn’t have the resources to return fire

“It can’t be helped huh Guess I gotta use my new trump card!”

“Use it sooner if you have so like that!”

Ria also slipped behind Vil’s shi+eld to hide

“I call it Unlimited Short Blade Works, but I wonder if there’s a probleht?”

“No idea”

Serge concentrated and coic Around the boy floated an innuical power

Seeing a chance to attack as the Gargoyle was slightly interrupted, he dashed out from behind Vil’s shi+eld

“Fire!”

Nearly one hundred distortions in space assailed the Gargoyle

They were sh there was a massive amount of them and it couldn’t evade them

With its stone wings crushed, the devil stone statue fell to the ground

The warriors were then able to flood over it

“I’ve… never seen that color before”

Vargas had taken a black oyle’s body

Standard ic crystals also had the same colors, this one had no red at all

“Maybe on’s residence are black? I feel a strong darkness power from it”

Jason wanted to do a thorough analysis, but that wasn’t possible for the ti

Then, even though they believed the Gargoyle was the gatekeeper, they continued to be attacked by demons

Though the flying demons were troubleso

“These aren’t demons They are spirits”

Making use of masses of fire, Cell confronted them alone