Vol 4 Chapter 60 (2/2)

(As I thought, there so a little off about Lyle somewhere… and wait, within this party, there isn’t a decent person besides me…)

Aria had beco decent as an adventurer

But how about as a woman? She was much more of a man than ever before

(Hah, I’ve got to keep it together)

She thought so like that…

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Having entered Aruether the members and equipe presented by the ancestors

I spent a fewI also earned an allowance

I think I’ a little as well

Aria and Miranda-san were stationed at the front, and I was directly behind them

The center held Novem and Clara, and Porter followed up in the rear

As Porter proceeded along the passages that were relatively wide, Shannon sat atop its roof

Next to Porter, Poyopoyo was atte to pull her off She looked at Shannon, and warned her to dis cart if she had to

Clara spoke to me

“We’ve been diving in a lot as of late, so we should be able to make it to the fifth lower level quite quickly”

I challenged the place nus and personnel back and forth

That being the case, I remembered the paths to the fifth floor

Even if the labyrinth shi+fted, and the passages changed, they shouldn’t differ too much from the last time I was here

“Well, I have been challenging this place a lot”

As I told Clara that, Novem looked at me

“Lyle-sama, please don’t push yourself too much”

She appeared to be worried

“I’ Porter transport luggage and people 『Lyle, the Burden』’s Porter has beco adventurers”

The reason I said that with a little pride behind it was so as to soften this tense atmosphere

Novem cautioned me

“That’s no good, Lyle-sarow lax here”

“Exactly”

Clara agreed, and Shannon, who had been looking down on us from Porter’s roof started to smile

“No good leader”

She pointed and gave an annoying smile, so in response, I…

“Hey, they’re cooblins”

Aria raised her voice, I drew a sabre, and issued orders

“Aria and Miranda-san, take care of theilant”

Miranda-san and Aria easily dealt with theat us This shallow into the labyrinth… anywhere before the fifth floor, we could proceed onwards just be rotating the frontlines

The two htly aroblins were defeated immediately

Aria ier to slash at the other one’s eyes and dull its er into a vital…

(What, with that… it was over in an instant)

I thought it would take a little more time, but the two’s movements had become much sharper than before

Aria stood to keep watch of the surroundings, and Clara started

As ould be going in quite deep, ould only be collecting e amount of materials flow into our hands here, ould be fully loaded before arriving at the thirtieth floor

I was assisting with the stone collection when I heard the Second from the Jewel

『It sure is a wonder』

The Third spoke as well

『What is?』

The Second went on

『Hu out up to nohen you leave work to them, you see they can suddenly accomplish it?』

The Fourth agreed

『Yeah, that happens Up to that point, they thought it was fine if they didn’t do anything But ork’s left to them, they suddenly feel no one but them can do it That type』

The Fifth also spoke up

『If there are ten people, then of thee, of the re members, two to three of them will persist on』

The Sixth addressed me

『In that case, up until this point, Lyle’s as ood』

My heart hurt a little

As plenty of instances ca in response

The Seventh followed up

『It’s because the performance of the Skills is extraordinary It’s not just Lyle’s fault, is it? The fact that Aria has becoe』

He even followed through for Aria

While she had becootten much more adventurer-like

She didn’t just do what she was told, she did whatever she could even before asked

Because of that, I didn’t have to focus on orders, and I could concentrate on other tasks

But… the Second spoke

『But I’et a prickly sensation in another sense』

The Fourth spoke

『What is it? That sort of intuition the First had?』

I was curious, so I concentrated on their conversations as I assisted Clara with her work

『No, Miranda-chan is overly wary of her surroundings, Novem-chan’s atmosphere today is a little… well, it would be nice if it was just ination』

I looked over my party

Truly, they looked much tenser than usual

(Isn’t it just because we’re ai for the thirtieth floor without Skills?)

But stopping here to talk wouldn’t’ get us anywhere, so I signaled for us to move onwards

“Collection is finished Now then, let’s get et as far as we can today”

Saying that, I I started walking forward, and everyone took up the same formation as before to follow

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We were on the way to our planned rest point

There was a nice spot on the fifth floor, so we headed there, and found the inside of the rooht

I scratched my head

“We’re out of luck It’s already booked”

A different party was taking a break there

Theyto leave shortly, but we didn’t intend to wait for that

Clara spoke

“The right of priority lies with the first party to find the spot Do you want to try negotiating? Theyto depart”

I confirmed the time that had elapsed

(It was relatively suess we should proceed further in, and secure an appropriate spot)

With the Fifth and Sixth’s Skills, we had rarely ever met another adventurer party

But these sorts of small unplanned occurrences were common in this job

“No, let’s go on We’ll take a longer break next chance we get Miranda-san, swap out with o on?”

Aria nodded

“Naturally”

Miranda-santo abide by my directions

“… Well, it’s the leader’s orders I’ll fall back”

I took up her front position, and resumed movement

The Second spoke

『Your lack of nue And wait, a break here…』

Regardless of whether ent on, or backtracked, there were a large number of adventurers on rest here

Like us, there were parties resting a night to prepare for a longer journey

(Since those sorts of adventurers are nuh)

Because there were sotheir own safe respite, most of the monsters would already be defeated Therefore, if we found a space in this area, ouldn’t have a high chance of being attacked

(But sudden changes in plans are a pain)

Thinking that, I started descending to the sixth floor

The Second spoke

『So someone went ahead of us』

There are quite a few parties that co their planned rest points

But that’s just pointing fingers

While I did want to say a thing or two, I didn’t think I would actually say any of it

However…