29 – …… It’s not like this.
“Because the direction itself is going in the right way…. Let’s not worry too much.”
“Yes. We are doing well enough.”
Becky’s group 5 encouraged each other. The teamwork was the best, so the atmosphere was very warm regardless of the performance.
The progress was quite good.
『Observation』, 『Risk detection』, 『Leap』 …. Group 5 set up a strategy to somehow avoid the battle and equipped them with scrolls, and the strategy worked well, and they are not tired at all even though they have been able to overcome it to this day.
“There is a checkpoint in the form of a maze. Let us aim for that.”
One agreed with Becky’s words, but the other tilted his head.
“By the way…. Something is wrong. This time, the notation of the location scroll should be accurate.”
“Sure.”
However, if there was a problem, it was that the notation of the scroll page was quite wrong.
I’ve already visited three checkpoints, but all of them were in vain. There is a problem with the location scroll, or a problem with the labyrinth, or one of the two….
“Didn’t you bring the wrong scroll?”
“Hey, absolutely not. How hard did you find this… “
The moment Jo Won looked at every aspect of the location scroll.
Koo-goo-goo-!
Suddenly, a tremendous roar came from beyond the right wall of the aisle. I don’t know exactly, but it was clear that something was going on.
Team 5 was surprised and focused with their ears against the wall.
Kiehehehe!
Creepy sounds. Becky shook her head.
“Ugh…. Creepy Not breaking through head-on was a really good choice for us.”
The other members nodded. How long did it take to walk down the aisle again?
Koo-goo-goo-!
This time, the right wall started to collapse.
“What, what is this?”
“I didn’t feel like a trap was triggered, did I? What?”
In the midst of being embarrassed by the sudden phenomenon, at the same time, another group of people began to come into view.
The first thing Becky noticed was flan.
“Uh, hey. Flan….”
I tried to say hello, but I hesitated halfway through.
Firstly, it reminded me halfway through that the evaluation of the expedition was a competition, and secondly, it was because I saw not only Plan’s group, but also Haley’s group 1.
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Perhaps because of the bizarre phenomenon inside the labyrinth, everyone’s expression was not bright.
The trio looked at each other without saying anything. There was an awkward silence for a moment.
Looking at the shape, it was a painting in which all three groups were embarrassed by the collapse of the wall.
“Hello kids.”
Haley was the first to step forward with a friendly attitude.
Haley snooped around, checking things. It seemed that he was interested in other groups.
“How is everything going? But isn’t the labyrinth a bit strange? It seems very different from the labyrinth we were originally guided through.”
Haley moved closer to Becky. It seems like Becky is the leader of Team 5. He parted his lips reluctantly.
“What…. So so.”
Looking around, Becky looked over at Hayley’s Joe.
Hayley’s 12th group was composed of Louis and transfer students who had just joined Arya after they had a vacancy.
It seems that Louise has overcome her crisis without much difficulty because she is her crew member. In fact, it will.
More than that, Becky was concerned because the transfer student’s face was so pretty. He seems to be good friends with Plan.
I can do anything for Sir Plan…. I remembered something like that.
Maybe it was that transfer student that Plan contacted on Trivia, Becky guessed.
“Ah~ Sir Plan! Are you here!”
The transfer student, as white as snow, ran towards Plan.
At first glance, it seems that he was trying to hug Flan, but as Flan shrewdly avoided it, it looked like he was hugging the air.
However, the transfer student continued without hesitation.
“Are you doing well~ I was fine thanks to the great team members! And, by any chance, would you like to use this if it is helpful?”
The transfer student held out three of his scrolls towards Plan. Louis caught up and let out a deep sigh.
“Yusia, this is the scroll that our group has to use. What if I give it to another group?”
Usiah. That’s that transfer student’s name. Becky put those three letters into his memory first.
On the other hand, Louis has a kind smile and a gentlemanly demeanor even when admonishing others. Indeed, it seemed that he had no ill will toward others.
“Ah~ can’t I give it to you? I didn’t know!”
But somehow, Trixie suddenly stepped out and said something to Yusia.
“It is illegal to pay bribes. Go.”
“Bribes… ? My sister likes that….”
“Be fair. Go.”
Neither Yusia’s attitude nor Trixie’s attitude were something Becky could understand right away.
However, the appearance of flan surrounded by two girls who were like works of art was too calm.
A man would normally be in a situation that would make him happy, but Flan doesn’t show the slightest hint of joy or nervousness.
No, he didn’t even seem to know that someone was attached to him in the first place. Even now, he was only looking at the location scroll.
Because her mind was confused for some reason, Becky stomped on only the rough ground.
“Hey, Becky.”
Then I heard Haley’s voice. Becky answered, shaking his head vigorously to clear his thoughts.
“Eh. Why?”
“Can we talk for a while?”
Becky silently accepted Hayley’s offer. The two distanced themselves from the other members of the group.
“What is it?”
“Don’t you want to get high grades?”
“That’s it.”
“Then let’s go together…. Would you like to try?”
Haley pointed to Plan 11 with her eyes. Following that gaze, Becky crumpled her expression before I knew it.
“What?”
“The labyrinth is in a very strange state right now.
“Hey…. No.”
Becky shook his head.
I’m saying it backwards, but in the end Haley was offering Becky a pincer. And Becky didn’t like it this way.
[ Everyone, can you hear me? ]
At that time, Professor Violet’s voice suddenly started to resonate inside the labyrinth.
The eyes of the students naturally wandered in the air.
[ I’ll continue talking assuming you can hear it. The situation inside the labyrinth is very strange right now. ]
Most of them nodded their heads as if they knew that. I already felt that the inside of the labyrinth was strange.
[ Evaluation is suspended because the interior cannot be observed at present. We will send each one directly to the outside, so don’t do anything and wait. ]
Violet’s voice was twice as firm as usual.
[ I definitely warned you. You probably won’t even hear the protection spell now. If you get into an accident, you will die, so don’t do anything at all. ]
For a moment, the atmosphere became heavy.
Isn’t it no different from the story that if he had suffered death damage during the evaluation of this expedition, he would have died as it was?
“Repatriate…. How long will it take to send you back?”
“What if we get involved in an accident even if we stay still? Are you just going to die without doing anything?”
The gathered students started to get confused. Louise was the first to calm them down.
“Everybody calm down. Nothing will happen.”
However, it was impossible to calm the students down with just a few words.
The fear of death is greater than you can imagine, and no student wants to die here.
After all, it was the repatriation magic that calmed the students down.
“Uh…. What?”
Martin was engulfed in the white light, and she was the first to disappear.
“Oh, thank God!”
“Me too!”
After that, the bodies of the other students also began to be wrapped in white light one after another. First of all, it was Becky’s two members.
Relief spread across the faces of the remaining students as they began to be repatriated one by one.
“Oh…. Sir Plan! Let’s go first!”
Yusia is being extradited.
“Everyone will be fine. See you outside.”
Lewis has been extradited. After being repatriated one by one, the last ones left are Hailey, Plan, and Becky. It was three.
There was no conversation between the three of them.
Flan was engrossed in his own thoughts in the first place and didn’t even care about the two of them, and Becky couldn’t open her mouth easily because Hayley’s eyes looking at her were so subtle.
[ There are only three left, right? ]
[ The more the labyrinth goes on, the weirder it gets…. Professor Leonard, they hear my voice now…. ]
[ That’s right…. ]
Violet’s voice fades and then completely dissipates.
“Something is not going well~”
Haley said as she brushed her hair behind her. Afterwards, he scans Plan and Becky with a subtle gaze.
“I don’t want to die stuck between lovers. Hmm.”
“Nu, who is the lover.”
Becky immediately countered Hailey’s comments. Haley, however, only shrugged his shoulders.
“Does Plan think so? Plan, what do you think of Becky?”
“What are you talking about? !”
While screaming, Becky rolled her eyes and glanced at Plan.
What does Plan think of himself? He’d be lying if he wasn’t honestly curious.
But at that moment.
“…… !”
Becky, wide-eyed, involuntarily stepped back from him. The 『Danger Sensing』 Scroll he had kept in his bosom began to vibrate.
Koo-gu-gu-gu-gu!
The ground on which the three of them were standing completely collapsed before they could even recognize something and deal with it.
There is no room for screaming or quick response.
All the ground in the labyrinth was scattered like pieces of a puzzle, and the three began to sink into the endless darkness.
ㅡㅡㅡ.
Wrong.
The accident circuit stops. The thought of dying filled my head.
Becky just kept his eyes wide open, staring into the receding light.
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As expected.
The flow of mana inside the labyrinth was unusual, and it was not difficult to predict, especially since the ground was unstable.
It’s just that there was a setback in Violet’s repatriation, and the plan went awry.
There were two other people falling besides me. I saw Becky and Hayley not far away.
After thinking about it for a while, I poured all of my remaining mana into ‘maintenance’.
The falling body moves through the darkness at terrifying speed. The sound cutting through the air feels like my eardrums will be torn.
However, despite this, my body does not flutter in an ugly way. The densely woven manamak does not allow the body to lose its dignity.
Thanks to that, I was able to fully see Becky and Hailey’s appearances.
Hailey seemed to have passed out right away, his head bent at an angle, and Becky’s unfocused eyes were open blankly.
When you finally consumed all of your mana.
“Impossible….”
Muttered Becky with unfocused eyes. As soon as he heard that, he burst out laughing in amazement.
“A pitiful thing.”
I reached into my chest and grabbed the artifact. The mana contained in this crystal ball received from Violet is by no means small.
By the time the distance with Becky was finally close.
Kwadeuk-!
I clenched my fist and broke the crystal ball.
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Becky caught a glimpse of Plan.
Actually, none of that mattered anymore. Worry fades away
He was slowly accepting the fact that he was about to die.
I want to be born as a magical genius in my next life. If that’s excessive greed, I want to at least have a noble birth.
If even that is excessive greed…. I don’t want to be born again.
Flan’s figure still caught my eye.
The distance between him and him was strangely narrowing. Another thing that surprised me was that even while he was falling, his grace and manner were impeccable.
…… Yes, the ‘magical genius’ was right in front of his eyes.
“I am like you… “
Becky muttered involuntarily. The girl’s empty eyes contained the image of a boy.
“It would be nice if I could use magic well.”
But still.
“Forever, it will be impossible….”
Getting used to even the sound of cutting through the air, Becky quietly closed her eyes.
Facing death with open eyes is also frightening. I close my eyes and wait for this simple life to end.
“A pitiful thing.”
Paji weave.
Patching!
A blinding flash struck Becky’s closed eyelids. At the same time, the feeling of falling disappeared all at once.
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I can no longer feel the sound that seemed to tear my eardrums.
Are you finally dead?
The moment Becky carefully opened her eyes with a sense of incongruity, Becky’s thought circuit stopped.
“…… Uh?”
I was floating.
The falling rocks, Haley on top of the rock fragments, no, everything around her…. It stayed in the air as if time had stopped.
Blue lights were scattered like star dust, illuminating the surrounding area. Becky opened her mouth involuntarily at the fantasy-like scenery.
“What…. Why….”
I gulped and looked around.
Looking at it again, it’s the same. As if time had stopped, everything floated in the air and stayed at a specific moment.
And that moment.
“Becky.”
That cool voice came from above. There was a flan engulfed in blue light.
Even in this empty space of only darkness, he is still at ease.
Becky’s body floats when Plan points her finger at her.
Until the moment her body came to mind and the two of them naturally met at eye level, Becky couldn’t understand the whole situation at all.
One of the stones stuck in the air hit Becky on the head.
“Ouch!”
I rubbed my hair right away because it hurt so much, but thanks to that, the reality of being alive came back. Becky squinted one of his eyes and studied Ser Plan.
He was determined and calm as usual.
“Where is the impossible for a wizard?”
“Ugh, yes… ?”
[Ah, can you hear me? Are there three left? Wait three minutes.]
I started to hear Violet’s voice again.
“Three minutes….”
Flan muttered, rubbing her chin quietly.
Then she put her hand inside Becky’s uniform jacket.
His hand casually brushes Becky’s chest, and a beat later, Becky’s face turns red.
“Ugh, ugh… ?! Hey! What, what, what are you doing!”
“Three minutes is enough.”
Flan quickly took out the trivia from Becky’s inside pocket. Afterwards she nervously flipped through the pages of the trivia.
“Look Becky.”
He called Becky’s name once more.
His red eyes were shining. His sharp appearance engulfed in blue energy…. It’s pretty cool.
Trivia is pushed out in front of Becky’s face, who is staring blankly at Plan’s face.
A page full of Magic Missile spells.
These were the techniques Becky drew based on how she felt after seeing Plan’s simulated battle.
“This spell.”
A blue space like a piece of art where everything is still and fixed.
In that strange moment when even time seemed to be held back.
Plann parted his lips quietly.
“…… I don’t paint like this.”
He’s in teacher mode even now hahaha.