V7C153 (2/2)

If there was a boiler, I would definitely want to take it with me.

If I could do so, then I might even be able to create a hot spring inside My World.

“Carol will accompany you.”

“I see, then, let’s go.”

“Since Ichino-sama has to look for the reason that you were forcefully transferred here.”

… Ah, now that she mentioned it, we’re here to investigate that.

I was too excited about the hot spring that I completely forgot about it.

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As expected, there were no monsters in the labyrinth.

Moreover, compared to the layered structure we’ve encountered for the labyrinths to date, this labyrinth spread out in a flat plane.

” … There’s nothing.”

“Yeah. Would this long passage be the last?”

Carol was sketching the map of the labyrinth.

Just like the grid paper mapping I did for old dungeon games.

Apparently, that mapping was regularly performed in labyrinths without maps.

“Ichino-sama has been relying on nothing but Haru-san’s olfaction until now after all.”

That’s true. Haru’s nose is able to tell if we had passed a certain location before or if a lot of people had passed through there before so there was no need to do this kind of mapping.

“Looking at this map, this place seems to be an artificial space after all.”

“Maybe there would be something like a hidden door.”

Carol doesn’t know about it but last time there was a hidden door when I went to save Norn-san. It looked like a regular wall but just like a hologram, there was nothing when I went to touch it.

Maybe there was something similar here.

As we have not encountered a boss room until now, perhaps the boss room or staircase was inside that hidden space.

While pondering that, it happened when we entered the long passage to investigate for now.

— 『Gaban!』(TL: Slam!)

Along with that loud crash, a wall appeared at the end of the passage. Not only at the end. When I turned around, there was also a wall at the place we entered from.

“We’re trapped!?”

Just as I had that thought, the walls started shifting closer.

Moreover, at a considerable speed.

“Ichino-sama, this —”

“Shit, I’ll break the walls!”

I pulled out my steel sword from my item bag.

“「Slash」!”

And released a sword wave with it.

However —

“No way, there’s not even a scratch. Even though I have the confidence to even crush rocks.”

“Ichino-sama, labyrinth walls are indestructible!”

“Oh right, I forgot!”

I immediately place the sword horizontally.

To serve as a rod.

I also took out other long objects from my item bag.

The walls closed in to about 50 cm when it stopped. Rather, it was still shifting slightly but the steel sword had become a jamming rod.

“Shit, it’s narrow — Carol, are you okay?”

” … I’m okay … since I don’t have anything to get stuck with.”

Carol touched her own chest and said somewhat regretfully.

“Chest size doesn’t matter at all now … More importantly, wall! Why don’t you give up already! Is there no system that automatically opens when a foreign object is caught like for elevator or train doors!?”

After I shouted that, the steel sword could no longer withstand the pressure — and broke.

“” …. Shi— !””

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The next instant, the walls were almost stuck together, leaving just a minute gap.

Then, the walls returned to their original position and there was nobody left moving in that passage.