Episode 168 – 2nd Floor
It’s nice to have stepped into a new realm, but a small problem has arisen.
‘I used up more stamina than I thought….’
Because of the momentary and sudden growth, I was more exhausted than I thought.
It’s not like I’m going to faint right away, but considering that this place is a labyrinth, it wasn’t very good in the long run.
Stia, Scarlett, and Dina decided to take care of the second floor, so all I have to do for a while is quietly follow them around.
Because you don’t know if your health will recover well in the meantime.
It would be nice to recover safely, but….
If not, I might be the first to retire.
Fortunately, this virtual labyrinth is still in the development stage, so there are only four floors.
‘I don’t think I’ll be able to survive at that level.’
It is different from the real 15-story barbell.
But that doesn’t mean we can’t be optimistic.
Because if you do it the same way as now, it might be the limit to hold out until the 4th floor.
Even if you consider that the 12th floor has been attacked so far, it means that only one-third of them can be reached.
“Su, good work Siwoo….”
As he was making a serious expression, Dina sneaked up to him and started talking to him.
“Ah, yes. Thank you.”
Now it’s your turn to work hard.
As I was thinking about that, Kania suddenly intervened from the side.
“Me?”
“Ugh, huh?”
When Dina stepped back slightly in embarrassment, Kania asked again.
“Did I work hard too?”
“Yes? Yes… Thank you, Kania-san, for your hard work…….”
“Mr.”
“… Good job Kania too….”
“Yo?”
“…… Good job Kania too… ?”
Only then did Kania nod her head in satisfaction and fall behind her.
I couldn’t help but admire the sight.
Kania is strong… !
I was worried about friendships because he seemed too strong, but he was rather strong and seemed to have no problem.
After gazing at the two people’s different appearances that I couldn’t normally see for a while, I followed Stia and Scarlett, who had already walked away before I knew it.
They didn’t even say that they worked hard.
‘As expected, Dinah is the best.’
After catching up with the two with a slightly twisted heart, I realized that what I was thinking was a little wrong.
“Eup! Oops! Town!”
Stia was the only one who went without saying that she had done a good job, and Scarlett was just being held by her.
… Why are they doing that?
Come to think of it, from the moment she just entered the virtual labyrinth, Stia took extra care of her scarlet.
Throughout the day, he watched me and Kania fight and explained things like fighting methods and theories.
Well, if you teach something to the weakest subject, it will be fun to teach if you see how quickly it absorbs and grows like a sponge.
Other than that, since Stia is the most relaxed person here, she might take care of Scarlett.
Anyway, there was nothing bad about it, so I cleared it out of my head and headed to the second floor.
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Shaaa——.
A cool, clear wind brushes the blades of grass.
If you look up, you can see the infinitely blue sky.
Meadow.
The theme of the second floor of the labyrinth was grassland.
There’s nothing strange about it being the same as the outside.
In the first place, the labyrinth itself was not small enough to fit inside the Tower of Babel.
It is not simply a space composed of mechanical devices and designs.
Concentration of ancient magic.
Modern knowledge was not allowed to understand even that fragment.
I just imitate it so that it looks similar.
There must be a boss somewhere in this wide meadow, and there must be a foothold next to it that will be activated when you defeat the boss.
If you step on it, you will be able to go to the next floor.
By the way… As I look at this scene, I have a sudden thought.
‘… It looks like a Windows 10 wallpaper.’
In fact, isn’t the background picture taken here?
Based on the distant horizon, you can see only the blue sky above and green grass below.
If you look a little more alert and focused, you can see a small forest, a pond, and a small shack in the distance….
Of course, there was a reason why those things weren’t so obvious.
Fu Lung! Thud!
That’s it… It’s because beast-type monsters are scattered all over the place.
Starting with the wolf monster I saw during the entrance exam, bear, lion, tiger, horse, rhinoceros, eagle, and elephant.
You can even see monsters resembling mammoths and dinosaurs.
‘No, is it really correct to classify that as a beast type monster?’
This doesn’t sound like much.
They don’t really look like beasts, and all of them radiate demonic energy unique to monsters, and they also have strange horns or wings.
… If I do this wrong, all the monsters around me will attack me.
I think it would be better not to make loud noises.
No, since we won’t make noise first, we should kill the monsters before they make noise.
‘Of course, it’s none of my business, so it doesn’t matter.’
Stia, Dina and Scarlett will take care of themselves…. I believe so.
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“aaagh!”
“Kyaaak!”
“Oh.”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry!!”
To explain the current situation in a simple way… That’s it. f*cked.
It was also very complex and seriously f*cked up.
The start must go back 30 minutes. Scarlett decided to try the first hunt, and everyone was waiting by the side.
The first target to hunt is the guy who looks the most easygoing.
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That guy looked like a rabbit. I would have mistaken him for a rabbit if he hadn’t had a unicorn-like horn on his head.
Since we’ve never seen a monster like that outside, we decided on it as our first prey….
That was a huge mistake.
Rabbit’s combat power? It was right that there was nothing to see. The problem is….
“Go, go… !”
“Fighting… !”
The moment Scarlett approached, eating her heart and drawing her sword.
Her rabbit, who glanced around at her, started screaming at her frantically.
“Keee!”
Why aren’t there guys like that in comics?
A character who screams, but an ultrasonic attack flies with an effect from his mouth.
It felt like that.
A loud sound erupted from inside the mouth with a purple wavelength.
“Wow!”
“Oh.”
Actually, there was no problem up to that point.
Because we weren’t weak enough to take that much, we weren’t directly damaged.
But the problem is….
“Kyrrr!
“Err….”
” Bubbly redbub!”
All kinds of monsters in the surrounding area started to gather!
No, to be honest, I was able to fix it somehow.
If you add them all together, there are only a few hundred monsters.
It’s tough, but it’s not to the point where Kania and I can’t win if we do everything in our power.
But we ended up making the dumbest choice possible.
Rather than fighting a large number of enemies to conserve health, he chose to run away.
Why is this the dumbest choice? It’s obvious.
There are many monsters in the meadow.
There are demons wherever you go.
At least, if I had continued to fight on the spot, I would have only had to deal with enemies within the rabbit’s roar range, but….
We ran. Yeah, that means it ran great.
Because of that, all the monsters on the way joined the ranks chasing us.
Thirty minutes passed without any help.
So… Looking back now….
Koo-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu
A huge wave of monsters was attacking us.
It is impossible to count now.
Wouldn’t it have exceeded 3,000 even if I couldn’t do it?
It was so absurd that I burst into laughter.
“Ahahahahaha!”
“Siwoo! Ooh, don’t laugh!”
Dina, who was riding on her back and her face was red, shouted as if she was dumbfounded.
But I couldn’t stop laughing.
What can he do?
In the future, a party of warriors who say they will go beyond the demon lord and catch evil spirits are being chased by demons while screaming.
Even if it’s a warrior’s party, since it’s a group of people, they’ve had their first time, and this might have happened….
‘f*ck. It can’t go on like this.’
Since our innocent Dina shouldn’t listen, I made a decision while swearing in my heart.
Stop running away.
Since continuing to run here, in the end, the only thing left to do is to retire one by one, starting with those who are exhausted quickly and get tired first.
Rather, signal to everyone and defeat the enemies at once.
My grand goal of resting on the second floor was shattered, but what can I do?
If something like this happens in a real labyrinth, I’ll have to shut up and move, even if it’s difficult, so I decided to call it a preliminary practice.
Stia exchanges glances with Scarlett. Kania felt like a connected soul, so she didn’t even need to exchange glances.
“… ….”
Maybe he was dissatisfied with not looking at him, but he kept glaring at me, so in the end we exchanged glances.
Fortunately, everyone seemed to be thinking the same as me, so there was no need to verbally exchange strategies.
Now all that is left is to match the timing and turn around at once to repel the monsters.
And the timing… Right now!
I threw Dina forward as hard as I could because it was impossible to stretch out in front of me.
“Kyaaah?!”
Suddenly, Dina was thrown like a baseball and flew away with a dainty scream.
With that sound, the four of us drew our swords at once and turned around.