Vol 8 Chapter 135 (2/2)
Novem and the others were on standby there Aria and Clara, Eva and May, and Monica were doing work around the temporary base
We had brought Porter in, boxed up and labeled the Magic Stones and Materials collected by other parties, and loaded them on
Next, we’d collect Materials and Stones for ourselves as wel returned, and ferry returning parties to the entrance of the eighth floor
When we approached, Eva waved her hand
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… Basement floor ten
In the boss roo the Boss
Knights with iant snake as they used their weapons to cut at it
Protected by its hard scales, the snake’s eyes let off a red light in the darkness It contracted its body for aa while and opening up its large mouth as it fell back from the sky
Its ai orders: Alette
Alette drew the long sword on her back, and muttered
“Good grief… 【Air Blade】”
When she activated a Skill, wind began to break out froe, two-handed sword As wind blew over the room, her subordinates distanced themselves from the monster
“Fall back! The captain is using a Skill!”
Her adjutant had everyone retreat, and watched over Alette as she was about to be sed up Her expression under her helhtest bit of impatience
The monster closed up its mouth with the woman inside, but…
“It’s over”
When the adjutant said that, blood gushed from the snake’s eyes
And a vertical slice slowly began to run up its body, splitting the beast in half
Monster blood flew around, but the knights soaked in it raised their fists to the sky, and raised cries of joy
Holding up her sword in one hand, Alette swung it once before her before returning it to its scabbard on her back
Walking back to her adjutant, she was surrounded by her men
And the support in wait nearby swarmed in to disassemble the corpse
Re her helmet, Alette offered a line
“I wanted to have my men defeat it, but perhaps I was too prudent”
The adjutant
“It’s still too soon I believe taking that one on would still be a harsh task on new recruits In a few months, a number of them shall return to the country, so I wanted to have them beat it and build confidence as well, but there’s no point if they die in the process”
Alette planned to leave the matter to her subordinates, but as it was a more troublesome one than expected, she was forced to raise her hand
The innermost chamber
With the defeat of the Boss, the ated
As it lost its characteristic suffocating air, Alette looked around
“It seeun to wither I don’t think it’ll collapse before we can get out, but there are no absolutes Let us hurry and collect the Magic Stones and et our hands on the treasure, and leave”
When she gave those orders, her adjutant ran off to give the finer details
Her subordinate that’d confirmed the treasured rushed up to her
“Captain! The treasure is…”
“What happened? Was it gold? Then bringing it back to the country will alleviate the financial problems a bit…”
From her face to joke around with the man, Alette’s face turned serious
“… What did you find?”
Perhaps searching for the right words, the knight’sin order, he reported the treasure that had come out
“It’sappropriate for this Labyrinth!”
(At a tis!?)
As Alette listened to her subordinate’s report, her head began to hurt…
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Around the entrance to the eighth floor, I could instantly tell the ated
Sudden changes began to spring up in the Fifth’s 【Map】 Skill
The movements of enemy monsters faded out from the Sixth’s 【Search】
I stood from my seated posture, and it seems Miranda had noticed as well
“The air has changed It’s become somewhat quieter”
Monica looked at our actions
“There are some peculiar tremors And some roo… so this is a Labyrinth”
Clara lifted up her glasses with her index finger, and corrected their positioning, as she picked up her staff
“I’ve entered a Labyrinth a nu one wither”
Wither… when an adventurer cleared a Labyrinth, and the monsters and treasures disappeared, it was referred to as withering
It varied greatly by the Labyrinth itself, but there were tiin to collapse And on the way back, no one down, it’s been reported that people can suddenly find themselves back at the entrance
Shannon looked at the water’s surface, and cried out
“Ah! The water level is falli… and it’s gone”
The water drained away, and the boat fell flat on the ground
The surrounding shi+ps were pretty much the same story
I spoke to Novem
“… We’re retreating earlier than I thought Start loading luggage into Porter”
There, novem
“We already finished those preparations when Alette-san’s party went off to fight the Boss Should we startat once?”
I nodded Waiting for her party here held no
It would be reet them on the outside
“Yes, we’ll set out at once The road back is safe No et outside, and make preparations to return”
The world above was now a full-blon
There was no need to return it to the state we found it in, so all we had to do was make the trip back to Beim
(So noe’ve taken part in Labyrinth subjugation, but the earnings were ather inforuess)
I also piled up some memories I didn’t want to recall, but for now, let’s just say I accooal, and call it a day Once we return to Beim, I’ll need some time alone
I need some time
Time to heal the wounds of my heart…
Novem looked at me with a wry smile
“Um, I don’t believe you need to corner yourself so It’s so everyone experiences, and more or less, everyone experiences failures in them”
From the Jewel, the Third let out his voice
『Novem-chan sure is kind But Lyle’s failures, or perhaps ht in a sense Lyle, you should strive to have that level of decisiveness on a regular basis』
Definitely not
I shook my head, and spoke to Novem
“… If I could forget it, how happy I would be”
Saying that, I went into the preparations to retreat