34 – Episode 34. Hardcore route.
[1F Kronos’ Labyrinth/Intersection Area]
Compared to the last one, this one is like heaven.
I’m dying of pleasure.
From the entrance of the tower, the crowd disappeared, and no one had met them for a day since they entered the tower.
Are climbers and hunters so scary?
Anyway, it was the best environment for us.
You can easily find the room you want, reverse the tower, and practice.
I still do.
Tilda is fighting another dead bird, and since she doesn’t have to worry about anyone breaking in, she practiced the catch techniques I taught her to her heart’s content.
And I’m sitting on the floor watching it.
Tilda is included in the reason why this expedition is pleasant.
Oh, it’s comfortable.
“Don’t turn too much, stick tight. Didn’t you catch the attack card this time? If I miss again, I just discard 3 turns?”
“Uh… Uh… Wait! Head…”
“Are you still lacking in practice? No food after 30 minutes.”
“No way!”
Certainly, the reaction speed is good, but Tilda lacks courage even if she doesn’t have the courage.
It is ingrained in my body to run away as far as possible once an attack arrives, and it is difficult to calmly receive an enemy attack.
So if you watch them fight…
It looks like the two of you are doing a sports dance with the fluttering grotesque bird.
The result of wasting countless turns like that.
It took 30 minutes for the fight to end.
How many turns did you use…
“How much stamina do you have?”
“Whoa… Whoa… 77… hehehe… Great, right? Did you do well?”
“Good job. But what about what I taught you?”
“Ugh… But… That’s too hard…”
“Will you say that even when your life is at stake?”
“It’s not like that, but…”
Then Tilda shook her head sullenly.
To be honest, I did about 200 times better than the last time I fought a monster.
I used good timing on defense, and I used shorter dashes to create more attack chances.
But when it came to deception, he seemed to have no talent whatsoever.
Even though I taught him all the tricks he learned while fighting Flick, he couldn’t pull off a single one.
Perhaps the person himself was also frustrated, his lips were sticking out from earlier.
“Ugh… I’m in a hurry, but how do I walk… When I’m scared, I run on my own…?”
“Then it fits better. When there is a cost, you have to pretend to be a penalty to hide the real penalty time.”
“That’s true, but… No. I will definitely do it next time! If you make noise when you are hit, I will starve!”
“No, that’s fine. I won’t do that anymore.”
“Yes!? Why! I can do it! One more chance…”
“I think it will become more dangerous if you force yourself to do something that doesn’t suit your body. I’ll find a way that works for you, so let’s give up cheating. You don’t have much talent for groping. No, I don’t think there is at all.”
“Lee Ik Lee…”
“I’m not giving up on you, I’m going in a different direction. Put your lips in and check the card reward.”
“Yes…”
As soon as I knew there were other players in the world, I thought of how to trick them.
Anyway, I don’t think anyone can use my method.
Well, with claws the size of a forearm flying in front of their eyes and blades dancing, how many humans can walk calmly?
Maybe I’m weird.
Tilda is better off focusing on her strong points of reaction and quick escape.
And the result of killing the rogue bird.
In front of us, the corpse of a monster and a card reward are floating, and in front of it we can see the intersection room we finally found.
I threw away a whole day to reach this place and accumulated 20 return soldiers.
Still, it’s been a while since card rewards have been released, so isn’t it a surplus business?
I had already received all the rewards from the beginning, so even when I killed monsters, only japtems appeared, but it seemed that Tilda’s rewards were still left.
Tilda could hardly contain her excitement in front of the card reward.
“Hee hee… Finally, the first card… Last time, I thought I was going to die because it was unfair because I was taken away by that bastard…”
“I should rather thank him.”
“Thank you? Flick?”
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“Yes. When I was fighting him, I saw that there were no good cards. If you stupidly picked up a card you didn’t need, you would be ruined, but since he took all of them, you were rather saved.”
“Wow… Are you serious? Aren’t you comforting me?”
“Because it’s real.”
Tilda’s deck is an extreme rotational deck with only one attack and one defense, so it was a relief that I didn’t pick up her job card.
Rather, it’s a situation where it’s better to discard all cards until the key card comes out.
After that, I just have to keep the remaining cards.
The best thing about party play was that you could pick up the cards according to your taste.
Now, let’s check the card rewards.
[Song of Sorrow/Skill Card: Sings a song to grant a 10 shield to all targets in battle. Draw 1 card. ★]
[Ambush/Battle Card: Inflicts 12 damage to the enemy. When stabbing, adds 8 damage. Can only be used when there are no other attack cards in hand. ★★]
[Glass Wall/Battle Card: Get a 20 shield. When used, it is removed from the deck for this battle. ★★]
I asked Tilda after looking at the card reward.
“Which do you think is good?”
“Um… Since the chef said that the card drawing function is the number one priority… A song of sorrow?”
“I remember it well. Are you good at singing?”
“Ugh… No.”
“A kid who can’t hold back when he gets hit can sing while fighting?”
“I don’t think I could ever…”
“Yes. No matter how good the card draw function is, you have to be careful with skill cards.”
Usually, there is something called an infinite deck in deck building games.
The game is over at the moment the deck is built.
The principle is as follows.
Increase the cost with a card that recovers the cost, and use a large number of draw cards to use infinite turns without ending the turn.
Then you can finish the battle alone while the enemy can’t do anything, so you’re usually invincible, but…
Not in the TOE.
Because the TOE does not rotate in turn, each person uses the turn in their own time.
Assuming there is an infinite deck that draws cards by singing and recovers cost by dancing.
Have you been playing against her?
It’s the same thing to die if you get hit while wasting time cycling through decks.
In TOE, the key is not “How long you use turns.”, But “How efficiently you use them.” Am.
If you can roll your deck infinitely, but you have to waste time, you may be better off taking your turn early and taking the penalty time.
You still have to sing, but you’d better avoid things like [Song of Sorrow], Which gives shields even to enemies.
“Chef, which card do you like?”
“Your choice seems to be important. Is it better to be hit safely or to be beaten dangerously?”
“Um… I hate both, but I prefer beating.”
“I think so too. You are too cowardly to use as a body breadter.”
“Uh… That’s right… But with a bit more training, you might get used to it…”
“I didn’t mean that, I meant to share roles. If you don’t feel comfortable being fit, I can fit you. You just have to make sure the attack succeeds in the meantime. Would that be equal?”
“Ah…”
Then Tilda looked at me with his mouth wide open.
“Why?”
“Oh no! Then I think we’ll be equal hehehe…”
“Yes. Your role from now on will be assassination. However, if you scream during an ambush like last time, you will die.”
“Eh… I don’t want to shout…”
『I acquired a [Surprise] Card as a reward.
The owner of the card is Tilda Crown.』
This time, the [Surprise] Card was decided to be owned by Tilda.
If this is the case, it seems that the direction of Tilda’s deck has been set to some extent.
The role of quickly cycling through the cards to buy time with [Dash] And [Crouch], And attacking from behind while I fight.
In short, it is an assassination build.
If you do this, there will be less work to do in front of you, and efficiency will go up even more since the traffic lines don’t overlap with mine.
There’s even a critical hit effect in this world, so if you hit the weak point well, you’ll be able to inflict massive damage.
Tilda was thrilled with her first card, and she checked her dog tag over and over again.
A smile never fades from his lips.
I think I’m more moved because I hunted myself, got rewards, and was only used by Flick last time.
Perhaps this is what he wanted.
But this isn’t enough.
Tilda’s role in this expedition begins now.
“We are going to camp here today. Get ready to start a fire.”
“Huh? Already? You worked so hard to find a room at the intersection, but you’re not going anymore?”
“Didn’t I tell you that the room changes here? From now on, I have to choose a room while waiting.”
In Kronos’ Labyrinth, players cannot choose the next room.
After clearing one room, the next room is randomly selected.
So I have no choice but to receive the remaining rewards from the second half of the first floor at random.
When you find the room at the intersection, the story changes.
Because here you can wait until the room you want is available!
As this is a one-time reward, I want to choose a special room.
If possible, take a hidden route with a chance of winning less than 10%.
“Which room should I be in?”
“I can’t tell them apart with my eyes.”
“Really? Then… how do you know if the right room is available?”
“I will use your sense of smell. We wait here until we smell the room we want.”
Then Tilda’s mouth opened wide again.
If you give me a job, I’m very happy.
“Uhhhhh… I’m getting more and more things to do Chef… I feel competent.”
“If I can’t find it, I’ll be alone again.”
“No!? I feel like I can do anything today. What should I smell?”
“Rusty metal, water. And… fishy smell?”
The name of the route we are going to is [Tomb of Weapons].
Since only weapon-type relics come out as rewards, it’s perfect in a situation where there is no weapon like now.
I’m a basic dagger, and Tilda is a fist.
Of course, there is a difficulty as it is a hidden route, but this time there is nothing to be afraid of because I got a good card in the town.
“Yes Chef! You will definitely find it!”
“We just changed rooms, so the next one will be in an hour. Let’s rest in the meantime.”
“Oh, so you’re bringing out Dillogun again?”
“That’s because the tone is strange.”
“How is it? I like Dillo-kun.”
“Ugh… That’s really weird.”
“The chef named his knives… I will too!”
“Jessica is different. If you insult Jessica one more time, I won’t let you go.”
“Hee hee… Dillo-kun will get better as well.”
There are no people in the labyrinth, or Tilda.
Other than that, there is another reason why this expedition is pleasant.
That’s right, Hotel Armadillo, the strongest artifact obtained from the town!
I tested it as soon as I entered the tower, and I liked it more than I thought.
『Hotel Armadillo is used. Please place the artifact in the place where the entrance will open.』
When I put the artifact down in front of the exit of the crossroads room, the artifact disappeared in an instant, leaving a hole in the floor.
Though the hole is cramped.
When you go inside, an amazing scene unfolds.