Vol 4 Chapter 61 (1/2)
Pursuer
“Are we being followed?”
Having entered a space to rest on the sixteenth floor, we decided to bring our third day to a close
Even like this, ere able to reach the eighth floor on our first day, but with a coreatly
We had planned to get through the fifteenth on the third day, so we had already cooal
On the first day, our rest point was taken up by another group of adventurers
Froone further in then previously planned, but we didn’t have the necessary degree of rest
Looking over our party, Poyopoyo and Shannon were clearly sensing so
“They’re holding a set distance, and pursuing in a range where they’re sure ould not be able to detect theine it to be a coincidence”
While thinking of how capable Poyopoyo was, I found that Shannon was capable as well
“I’m of the same opinion as that scrap, and it seeet into battle, theyany materials”
Miranda and Aria were lying down asleep
For Aria, ent up front to scout out the area, her physical expenditure was the most severe Clara and Noveinally, I wanted to have them rest
However, with our low nu to happen
Shannon spoke
“Before we departed, they were at the mansion as well”
Hearing that, I grasped both of her shoulders
“Why didn’t you say anything about that!?”
And…
“Eh? I mean, Novem and Onee-sama both noticed it as well, so I assumed…”
Poyopoyo let out a condescending laugh
“Oh, so you didn’t notice it”
I couldn’t say anything back to that, but having finally received the inforht
(They’re keeping a fixed distance? What does thisus? Will they aie is fully loaded? I don’t think they have one ah)
From the Jewel, I heard the Third’s voice
『So you guys’ve been targeted… how troublesome』
The Fifth spoke hypothetically
『Lyle, if the situation becoerous, abandon the task I’ll permit Skill use as well Or do you want to be able to use Skills from now?』
To indicate refusal, I tapped the blue Jeith the tip of er
The Seventh spoke
『This is why I hate adventurers Lyle, I think you get it already, but getting pincered is dangerous』
If ere to be surrounded in these narrow passages, and the front lines were in the middle of battle, it would be calamitous
(I can deploy Porter as a shi+eld out back, so should I start doing that? If they’re targeting us, then…)
I looked around Aria and Miranda were asleep, while Nove watch
Finally, I turned to Poyopoyo and Shannon
“What is it, daet it up in a place like this, dammit…”
A rustling sound reverberated as Poyopoyo tried to start taking off her clothes, so I hit her head, and started pondering whether to use Shannon’s power
(It’s not ht)
The require Skills
“Shannon, can you tell their numbers?”
But she shook her head
“Nope, no idea They’re keeping themselves quite a ways away, and I’ around in the labyrinth sure is tiring I was lying atop Porter’s load cart, so I’d like it if you made it move more quietly… o!!”
I grabbed the top of her head in an iron claw, and spoke once more
“How about you take a better look this time?”
“I’ll do it! I’ll do it, so please let go”
I released her She seemed to be out of breath, but she spoke to me
“It’s hard to see in the labyrinth, you know This sort of… thickness, and all sorts of infor it all muddled up Also…”
Shannon looked at one of the corners of the room
There, a bug was fluttering around
Perhaps it followed us to flock to the light of Porter’s lantern
The Second screamed out
『Lyle, crush that bug!』
I instantly threw the knife I had on hand, and the slightly large round
(What?)
As the knife collided with the wall, it drew the attention of everyone in the room
And while she hadn’t been paying it any mind before, Poyopoyo approached the moth, and spoke
“What an ominous lifeform you’ve found there”
Shannon’s opinion differed Even when looking at the strange , she remained unsurprised
“Really? I don’t think that’s even a lifeform, that one”
With the bug hater saying that, there was likely no doubt about it When I approached it, its eerie silhouette faded away
Shannon spoke
“It was a peculiar mass of Mana Ifro it from somewhere”
When I began wondering why the hell she hadn’t said anything about it before, she looked at me, and puffed up her cheeks
“Hey, you were just thinking that I was useless, weren’t you?”
“Wrong I ondering why you didn’t bring it up earlier So letabout it?”
Shannon offered an excuse
“I just noticed it now! I didn’t see it on the first or second days or anything”
Poyopoyo spoke
“I’ll bet Today is the first day it appeared”
As I becaht, Clara came over to inform us of the time for shi+ft rotation
“What’s wrong? You see lively?”
Aria’s eyes were also open She was glaring in this direction, and her hair was a mess, and she looked sleepy I think she seemed irritated
“How loud… let me sleep already”
Novem remained watchful over the roo in our direction
Miranda raised the top half of her body, and was stretching out her arms
“It was about ti happen? If an ene, we proht?”
I offered an apology to everyone, and started explaining the situation
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Rushi+ng through the fourth day, we stopped to take a rest on the twenty first floor
Back then, we had a discussion on whether to turn back, or proceed However, we choseforward as the option to take
I said it was fine even if we didn’t reach our goal on this voyage, but Novem and Miranda asserted their desires to continue on
Surprisingly, Aria sided with turning around, of all things
That one surprised even me
As a teive an opinion However, she did give a warning that we should be careful if we chose to turn back
On the twenty first floor, I issued my orders
“Aria, Miranda, fall back! I’ll take up the front Noveic!”
Letting loose an arrow, I made an orc drop its shi+eld froout towards it
Goblins ran at us along the passage through the orc’s sides
They ignored me, and tried to launch attacks on the members in the rear
“You guys are underesti us way too much”
By the tioblins had already been cleaned up by Aria and Miranda-san
Miranda-san took down three, and Aria finished off the other two
I slashed at the orc, and severed its arain, I retreated behind it
When I turned back to look at it, the orc burst into flames
It was Noveic
“No matter how many times I see it, I can’t help but be impressed by her output”
As I muttered that, the Second spoke
『Don’t drop your guard Concentrate on your surroundings You’ve been delayed here by monsters… perhaps the distance between you and your pursuers has shrunken a bit』
I looked past the blazing Orc
There were no signs that another adventurer party was close by
I sheathed my blade, and as there was a distance to my comrades, I answered in whisper
“Is it possible that they won’t give chase if we split up?”
The Third spoke
『You sure are naïve, Lyle Think about the sorts of Skills you have in your possession Within this world, there are loads of people with Skills even more troublesome than ours, you know』
Meaning they think it’s likely the other party has a Skill proficient in pursuit
Fights between adventurers aren’t soth
When Skills coht and day I tread over the orc, and looked at Porter, as it climbed over the obstacles in its way
Even within the labyrinth, because of its legs, it could proceed forithout a problem
“How reliable”
And Novem approached
“Are you alright, Lyle-sama?”
I nodded
“Yeah, no probleuess I’ll never beat you when it coic”
As I said that, she lightly brought her clenched fist to her mouth, and smiled
“Then I guess there was so myself”
Usingic stones from the orc’s carcass
I’ beco an orc’s body
Novem asked me
“Are you still curous about the people on our trail?”
“They’re a troublesome lot This is the twenty first floor, you hear? If they can even h merit as adventurers to put food on the table”
Adventurers that earned by targeting other adventurers definitely existed
Especially in the labyrinths, where they didn’t have to trouble the of the bodies
As time passed, the walls would just absorb them
The reason that trash and death aren’t littered around the place is because a mechanism like that’s in place
A corpses and the like, the labyrinth grows, and becomes deeper
“… Should we turn back?”
I shook my head
“We’ll get back on track io through with it If it gets dangerous, ill turn around, though”
As Shannon took Miranda’s side, it was decided ere pressing forward
I wonder what she’s thinking…