The flying ants formed groups of 8 ants and then started to head toward this wagon.I pass 4 crossbows to everyone except Lulu who is handling the wagon, and give them a simple lecture on its operation.Use the lever to pull the bowstring, then put the bolt on the rail and pull the trigger. If you don't think the hitting the target part, it is actually quite simple."Take a stance... shoot!"Matching my signal, the bolts fly. The target is the approaching swarm.Three ants were shot down. After setting the next bolts, we shoot once again. This time we hit two.We won't make it for the next volley, but Kagari unleashes Shock Wave as we've arranged before, and shoots down the remaining three.Because the next group is getting closer than the one before, after shooting one volley of bolts, we decrease their number with Shock Wave, and then, the remaining two ants fall prey to Liza's spear and my zero-distance bolt shot."Master, do you have any MP recovery medicine?"I gave three of them
"Have you come to?"I asked gently while feeling relieved. However, the girl takes a leap to distance herself from me. No, she tried to but because of her anemia, she got her feet tangled and tumbled over."...Where is Mize?"I don't know that name, but I could only think one person."Is that the red helmet from the rat-man cavalries?""Yes."Although she's right to be on guard, she sure is a taciturn girl."After entrusting you to us, he went to bravely fight the monsters... and died.""It can't be..."I hesitated for a bit about whether to tell a lie to prevent her from getting shocked, but I decided to tell her the truth.Her face went pale, she must have been shocked."I am Rin. A traveling merchant. May I ask your name?"I can see it with AR, but it's proper to introduce yourself to start a conversation."...Mia."A short answer came out after a beat of silence.Hu~m, it's difficult in quite a different way than Lulu."Princess-sama, have awaken~""Ah, her name is Mia it seems."
Now then, shall I pay a visit to our magician comes midnight?I'd hate to get attacked by the army of ants when the morning dawns...ants are not nocturnal right?I go inside the wagon alone and begin to change my clothes. Since Kagari is peeking, I roll up my smelly sweaty shirt into a ball and throw it on her face. Suffer well in that stink.I'm still wearing a mantle on the outside, but I change into thick trousers and a shirt inside, and also knee-high leather boots. Since I will be trekking the mountain, it'd be inconvenient to wear a robe."Sniff, sniff, snifff.""Kagari, stop it, that's vulgar."This is the first time I saw Lulu scolding Kagari. Still, what the heck is this girl doing? No, I understand when I see it, but I refuse to acknowledge it... Aren't you too much of a pervert to sniff on a smelly shirt?I take the shirt away from Kagari and give it to Lulu."I'm sorry, but please wash this when you're doing laundry.""Yes, master.""Before that, let me enjoy the teens' sc
Just before Liza and Kagari's night watch duty is over, I see enemies on the map.There are three monsters called Shadow Stalkers. Since I've never heard of it, I check their details. Level 12, it has [Physical Damage Halved], and [Stamina Drain] as race-specific skills, if I don't have any means to counter it they might become formidable enemies. It doesn't like they're undead. Their speeds aren't that fast, but they would probably get here in 1 hour. The enemies probably have run out of flying-type monsters.I'm arranging various things related to the battle to be displayed on the menu.And then I turn my view to my chest. I had thought that something had been pressuring my chest for a while but as it turned out, it was Pochi and Tama who climbed on my chest and stomach while letting out , "Gude~", sounds, sleeping there lying on their bellies.I place them on the sheet while being careful not to wake them, and get up."Ara? Master, are you doing?""Are you having trouble sleeping?
The enemy who suddenly springs up comes from the direction of the owl just before.Appearing from the stretched shadow behind the owl, it's a figure of a person wearing a black robe. I can't see its face because it's wearing a hood and long sleeves."I've come to pick you, Mia."Mia who's beside me is trembling."...No."This man with the bent back is, without a doubt, the magician. The owl from earlier is nesting on the man's shoulder. Is it a pet or a familiar one?I put myself to protect Mia behind me and check on his status. His name is Zen, level is high at 41. Skill is--- [Unknown].This unpleasant feeling, is he the same kind as Kagari and the heroes?While agitated I continue to read his status--- What is this?! Skill [Unknown] also appears there.Mia is trembling behind me.I can roughly understand the details. This guy is too dangerous for anyone but me. Let's deal with him carefully. It seems impossible, but I'd like to settle this with a discussion if possible."Nice to me
Right now I am falling.I had prepared myself for the enemies when the door beside the throne opened, but instead, the one who came out was a beautiful woman who looked exactly like the woman who was caring for Mia.Right when I was distracted by that, they activated the true mechanism to reject me out of the master room.The entire floor disappeared. To make the entire room into a pitfall, even a death trap has its limit. No, the trap discovery skill didn't activate so it might have been an impromptu trap.I don't think that I'd die even at the current falling speed but I'd hate it if I'm sunk deeply into the ground without any means to get out.Maybe I should stick some things on the wall to decrease this speed like often seen in manga.I take out a sledgehammer from the Storage and kick it strongly, the reaction force makes me collide with the wall on the opposite side. The wall is soft and smooth, there is no place for gripping.I take out a great black iron sword from the storage
The maze's entrance is a tower about one and a half meters high. The tower is hidden by the vegetation, so one wouldn't find it if they didn't know about it in the first place.There are some traces of people going in and out, but even those are few. According to the map, there's a back door used for monsters to go in and out.I open the door and go inside the tower. It's carelessly not locked.I was contemplating wearing the silver mask before I went in, but since the magician is the same kind as Kagari, he probably had seen my name. Since it's better that silver mask = Rin is not known, let's not transform into the silver mask this time.I look up the enemy's information inside the maze to prepare the necessary weapons. The majority of them are flying ants at level 5-8, and skeletons are at levels 1-3. The slightly stronger ones are the level 18 bone golems and the level 15 wood golems.The other curious ones are like slime-based enemies and homunculus, but they're small fries at le
The purple aura gushing out from the magician not only wraps the women and the golems but also me.I checked on the log for once, it seems that it was properly resisted. I didn't get the skill because it was probably a unique skill."Well then, I'm expecting a desperate struggle."While saying so the magician runs his fingers on the maze core operation machine that looks like a music stand.Walls come out to separate the throne from the hall in the master room. From the map, it doesn't seem to be simple walls, but other blocks from the maze that have moved here.I tilt my neck to avoid a magic arrow going straight to my face.I look at where the arrow flew from, the former beautiful women who have turned into demonic figures are there. The golems that are coming here while flinging their arms around have the same atmosphere.I could kill them instantly, but I'd use the golem to understand how the magician's unique skill works.While dodging one, the other is coming.While maintaining