Vol 8 Chapter 129 (1/2)
BF Eight
After loading aquatic Porter and one of the other Porter with the necessary supplies, I used the Skill 【Box】 to shut them away
At just a glance, it looked like ere only equipped to venture to the fifth floor, and defeat the monsters around there
WithMini Porter at the center, we planned to use the h
Until we breached the fifth floor, we decided to ignore , it would only be the ic stones
The preparations done, I turned and reconfirmed this mission’s participants
Me
Novem
Aria
Miranda borrowing a spear from Aria
And Monica
Of the five of us challenging it, Monica was in especially high spirits
The night before, I even saw her happily polishi+ng a haer than the one she made back in Arumsaas
Everyone earing clothing easy to move around in, and we had re the seventh floor onwards into consideration, rapped our body in leather-based armor
The fact that such ar we’d confirmed ourselves
When oke up early in the ot all our preparations in order, Shannon stood around sleepily
May lay flat over Porter’s roof, looking over us
Eva was confir the details of their meals with Monica
“Make sure to properly preserve the food left behind The Chicken dickwad even went out of his way to produce ice for you And eat starting with the things that go bad easily If you soo out and buy so”
Eva spoke
“I know all that already, but you know about May’s food expenditure, don’t you? Will this really be enough?”
Eva worriedly looked between a bag of gold coins, and May atop Porter
May
“It’s alright If I don’t have lunch, I’ll scavenge the area I’ll just throw this out there, but I’ve lived a er life than the lot of you”
Her youthful appearance was deceiving, but she was at least over eighty years old Of all else, she was a personal acquaintance of the Fifth Generation Head in the Jewel
Novem spoke to Eva
“Well then, I’ll leave the rest to you And please don’t concentrate too s”
Eva raised sohter, as she retreated a little
(So Novem hit the hammer on the head)
Finally co out of the tent, Clara spoke to us
“Don’t worry; once you return, I’ll report everything that’s happened You guys should be careful too Also, here’s the requested item”
I accepted a book froave my thanks
“Thank you Well, we’ll work hard to let you hear a good report from us”
I nodded, and started walking in the direction of the Labyrinth
I pulled Mini Porter behind
Miranda and Aria called out to Shannon before going off, while Novem to May and Eva
It should have been a pleasant scene, but I felt a large wall erected somewhere
The Fourth in the Jewel let out a bit of a troubled voice
『Yeah~, at this rate, the at to finalize itself like that If there was soh』
I also wanted to do so to resolve the present situation, but I didn’t know the means, so I’d yet to act
(I really do want to do soh)
Is the fact there haven’t been any frontal confrontations yet a good sign, or would it resolve if they went at one another… I just didn’t know
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Entering the Labyrinth, I used 【Map】 and 【Search】 on top of the movement speed elevation Skill 【Speed】 to avoid battle asthe shortest possible route
Differing froh with Creit-san’s party, it was a speed that both Miranda and Aria were satisfied with
“As I thought, it’s a good feeling to be going at this pace”
The one to agree with Miranda was Aria
“Last time was so slow, that it makes this one feel much faster than usual”
In my head
(No, I think that’s also partly because I’ a Skill)
There, Novem…
“Was Creit-san’s party really that slow?”
Called out
After a brief silence
Aria sent a troubled glance to Miranda, and Miranda forcedly pushed back the hair hanging past her ear
“… Right”
Saying only that word
The Sixth, perhaps recalling so voice
『Stop it… put a stop to this atmosphere』
He said so like that
When I was about to explain it to Novem, Monica jumped into the conversation
“What a fing pain this is More so, you’rethe Chicken dickhead shake, so I’d appreciate you don’t scare hi in the Godforsaken bastard’s shoes for a h to endure the grating tensions betomen!”
I won’t say she’s wrong, but for so
When I was about to reply, the Fifth stopped me
『Do not enter this conversation It’ll bring nothing but trouble』
I touched the Jewel to see if any of the ancestors had an idea to break through the situation, but…
The Third spoke
『A our numbers, the ones with a hareive any helpful advice, asking us for an opinion on theside here, so have at it』
It doesn’t see advice
(What, so the wisdom of my forefathers runs short when it comes to women!)
When I became a little irritated, the Fifth tiredly:
『… Once is enough, but you have to make an environment where they can talk it out for real Where you yourself aren’t there, or where you can’t have a say in it, that is』
There, the Fourth
『… Why not just use Connection?』
To show ertip, and rolled it The reason being Connection… had a need to form a link, and to form that Mana Line, required a contact of mucous membranes
In ter, it needed a deep adult one
To create a space for all of the them all… wouldn’t that just fan it further?
So within that grating atmosphere, we arrived at the stairs to descend down to the third floor
Another group was ascending, so we opened up the road for them
The other party was Alette-san’s
(What’s this feeling? In this strained at But she’s quite worn out… did so happen?)
She was ued expression, and her hed down than usual
“Alette-san, what happened?”
When I raised a questioning voice, she looked at me, and smiled
“Oh, Lyle-kun Perfect ti We’re on the way back here, so could I ask the way up? Simple directions are fine The truth is, we’re exhausted”
Hearing that, I took out a memo pad, and drew up a simple map
While I was doing that, Alette-san’s party took a rest They sat around, and seemed pained
With a bitter smile on her face, Alette-san explained
“The truth is, we defeated the seventh floor’s boss But that’s where it became troublesome, you see”
“Was it strong?”
She shook her head
“Not an enehth floor, and going on would require a boat Albano’s party deter on monsters in the seventh floor”
Water above the hips
There were places where water even rose further than the chest, and it see the boss’s roo it
“We’ll have toup so boats or rafts Anyways, this is a troublesorace if it ends at ten floors”
The tenth BF was soathered It could be a measurement error, and there was even a possibility it was shallower than that
But if it kept going down, that would be quite a trial
Finishi+ng up the map, I handed the memo to Alette-san
“Here you go”
“Thanks Unfa we had to reach the surface in all due haste, we pushed ourselves a bit… we’ll be on rest for a while”
Rather than the strength of the monsters, it was the troublesome elements of the Labyrinth that had her party so hard-pressed
But watching theain, Miranda approached me
“Well isn’t that nice? The eighth floor is untouched I’ll bet there’ll be mountains of treasure”