Tale Of Unknown: Hero From Zero
20. Outer Labyrinth
After completing his task of killing Luctas, Riyan did what the undead said one last time and jumped into a magic circle drawn on the floor, thus making himself teleport to the entrance of the labyrinth. At that instant, he immediately came out without further ado, but his eyes were disturbed because a large amount of light attacked his retina.
'Si-shit, I forgot about this.'
Finally, he decided to take shelter in a tree that he vaguely saw until his eyes got used to it. He sat down below her and slowly opened his eyes little by little. It was heartbreaking, but inevitably he had to do it.
After a few minutes of adjusting, Riyan stood up. Then, he tried to walk towards the city and improve on his dull, muddy appearance. It had been more than two weeks that he had not bathed, so he realized he had to find lodging or public baths to wash himself.
When he wanted to take a step further, at that very moment Riyan saw a man and woman sitting at a table. He suddenly recalled the incident when he fell into the abyss connecting the third floor and the sixth floor of the Hexaphilia labyrinth directly. Then, he realized that the necklace that used to be loaned to him from the union before entering the labyrinth.
'Gawat, the necklace is missing inside the labyrinth. Well, now how?'
While thinking of a plan that could get him off the hook, he took Luctas' gift box and opened it. Inside there were some fragments of transparent white crystals. He looked confused at the crystal fragment, what was the point? At once, he got the initiative to exchange it for money, because he had no money at all. Other than a holy sword and a box of crystal shards, there was nothing else he had obtained from Luctas.
Moments thinking of the escape plan from the two labyrinth guards, he found one quite powerful way. Actually he did not want to use this way because it was troublesome, but he had to be able to escape from the bill of the necklace. In addition, he also tried to make his living self unknown to his existence.
Riyan stored the box containing the white crystal shards into his sling bag, then took out a stone from the ground. He and the two guards were about 40 meters away and the existence of Riyan was so small that he was not aware.
Then, he took a swing to throw the stone in his hand as hard as he could. His nose took a lot of breaths, then began to swing his right arm.
'[Throwing Stones]! [Distract]!'
Wusshs... Jdaar!!
When he threw the stone, suddenly a small explosion rang out in the forest behind the labyrinth guard. Hearing the explosion, those who were there were shocked, not to mention Riyan himself. The two labyrinth guards immediately looked back in surprise. Seeing this great opportunity, Riyan ignored the explosion just now and activated [Overload], then kicked the ground darting forward.
Wush!
As a result, Riyan managed to escape from the labyrinth guards unnoticed. There was indeed wind left over from his run, but they did not notice it as they checked for explosions in the back forest. Perhaps the two people thought that the explosion came from someone fighting a powerful monster, so they left the guard post and checked the origin of the explosion.
Realizing that his plan had succeeded without a hitch, Riyan stopped his run. When he stopped, he realized that he had run more than 100 meters in duration of less than 5 seconds. Riyan was quite surprised by his own abilities, but he remembered that he had killed enemies whose levels far exceeded his, plus he deployed [Overload].
'I don't think my speed has increased so far. Is it possible that my level rose drastically from killing Luctas?'
With a question floating in his mind, he raised his left hand and opened the status to satisfy while answering his own curiosity and questions. When the holographic status screen of his iron bracelet appeared, he was again shocked, but his expression was very flat.
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Name: Riyan Klaint
Race : Human
Class : Residents
Level 127
Life: 2340/2340
Mana: 3600/3600
Physical Strength: 1430
Magic Power: 2600
Resilience: 4200
Attribute: Hollow, Darkness
Skill: Appraisal, All Three, Distract, Eye Analyzer, Mana Manipulation, Comprehension, Auto-Counter, Mana Shield, Mana Burst, Mana Slash, Owl Vision, Sense, Mana Bullet, Stealth, Throwing Stone, Silent
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'Wow.. a very drastic change.'
Riyan was speechless staring at the screen of his own status while saying that in his heart. Seeing his different status far from before, he could only be amazed by what he got. Since he had killed Luctas who had levels over 800, his level and status rose significantly. But something's weird.
'Dark attribute? Where's this from? And also, if Luctas is level 800, I should have a level of around 400 and above. Is something wrong?'
Confused by her own status, Riyan's brain began to work hard at thinking about it. There were two possibilities he found. One, because the level was too large, part of the level turned into a darkness attribute. Two, the darkness attribute was Luctas's giving before he died and the result of killing Luctas was indeed only a little.
Although there were two possibilities that he had thought of, Riyan could not choose one of them to believe because of the lack of evidence. Riyan is a person who always talks with evidence, even though he sometimes lies.
'Ah, let it be, after all my status also exceeds Faleon.'
Unable to choose, he gave up and was grateful for what he got from killing the undead ruler of the labyrinth who had lived for more than two millennia. He was satisfied with it, even too satisfied. Being stronger in order to survive, it was one of his goals of hunting monsters inside the labyrinth all along.
After accepting the reality and ignoring the reason, Riyan also stepped foot into the area of the capital Alivonia. He needed some decent items such as bags, robes, pants, even healing pills for his provisions on the way to the Tendo continent so as not to meet his classmates.
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Arriving at the city, Riyan directly walked towards the clothing store. He needed to buy a robe to cover his identity if one of his classmates came here to buy necessities. He walked like an ordinary person so as not to arouse suspicion from the surrounding community. Although the existence is very thin, there are times when Riyan can be realized, for example when accidentally hit someone of course.
"Welcome!"
Once inside the store, he was greeted by a big, burly macho man. From this body shape, it can be concluded that he is a former adventurer or something, but unfortunately there is one thing that will disturb everyone who ends up here, including Riyan.
'Wary!?'
Yeah, that's what's disturbing. In terms of body, good, but in terms of overall appearance everyone will definitely feel disgusted, except for certain groups. Riyan who looked at her greeter was surprised, but her face remained flat as usual. How his flat expression held up, it was still a mystery.
"Well, young and handsome customer!"
'This guy disgusts me. I think I'm moving to another shop.'
After saying that inwardly, Riyan hurried to turn his body and walked towards the exit without hearing or answering the shopkeeper's transvestite. The guard was disappointed in Riyan who was about to leave, but his disappointment soon disappeared during the next incident.
When Riyan grasped the doorknob, he saw a familiar person from the shop glass. The handsome young man, dark red-haired, and black-eyed, wearing a full-plate iron armor in white as well as the purple robe on his shoulders was passing in front of the shop. On his right and left were some girls that were completely unknown to Riyan.
'Johan? What's he doing here?'
As he asked that in his heart, he immediately paused his intention of leaving. Yes, the red-haired young man was Johan, one of the group of heroes summoned from another world. Seeing this, Riyan turned towards the guard without looking into his eyes, then stepped out looking for an inconspicuous hooded robe. Of course this makes the shopkeeper happy.
"Master customer, what are you looking for?"
"hooded cloak. Is there?"
"Oh, they're over here."
The transvestite guided Riyan to the robe, and Riyan followed him without protest. Arriving there, there are various kinds of robes with various colors as well. There was a hero-like robe, a robe that covered the entire body, a short cloak as a bundle, and so on.
Riyan looked for a hooded robe that had a common and inconspicuous color, but he had enough trouble. Wh why? Because all the robes available are eye-catching robes and have a bright color, thus attracting attention. He breathed heavily knowing that what he was looking for was not there.
"Is there a hooded robe with an inconspicuous color?"
"Hm? If they're on top."
Pointing and looking up at the ceiling, the transvestite replied to Riyan. Riyan also looked up, in the direction he was pointing. Hang regular robes lined up on the ceiling there. Seeing him, Riyan felt annoyed at the transvestite for being played with, as well as his own scrupulous self paying attention.
Without retaliating, Riyan looked at the robes one by one from below. Moments later, he picked a dark brown hooded robe approaching black. He told the transvestite about his choice, and the transvestite took his chosen robe.
"It cost 5 pieces of bronze. It's okay, handsome?"
'Disease!'
"Yes, no problem."
Without extending any more time, Riyan answered him with a short positive answer. He wanted as much as possible not to speak to this one waria because he felt disgusted when he heard the voice of the woman who was made up, then her appearance as well. Pink tight clothes that leave the stomach open, as well as black shorts that are also equally tight.
"Alright, let's go to the cashier's table."
The transvestite walked towards the cashier table with a carefree heart, followed by Riyan from behind. While walking, Riyan's gaze was attracted by a brown sling bag made of leather. He thought it was time to change the sling bag that used to be a robe on his back. He walked up to the bag, picked it up and took it to the cashier's desk, then put it up there.
"Hm? Do you also want to buy this, handsome?"
'Can you stop the mimicry and the sound? I want to puke."
"Yes." Yeah."
The transvestite simply nodded in agreement and started counting everything. Riyan had no money, but he had some white crystal shards given by Luctas that were definitely worth quite a lot. Though unsure of how much it is worth, he must take the risk to find out.
"Everything 1 piece of silver and 6 pieces of bronze, handsome."
Riyang ignored the additional word from the shopkeeper's transvestite and took out a box containing crystal fragments. He took one crystal fragment and thrust it at the transvestite. The shopkeeper was surprised by what was given by Riyan.
"Can this pay for it?"
"Where did you get this, handsome?!"
Riyan flinched backwards to find his interlocutor approaching to his face until 3 centimeters away. Reflexively, Riyan's body would respond immediately using the right hand pushed forward, but fortunately he managed to hold it in the last moment.
"D-in the Hexaphilia labyrinth."
"Maze? I didn't know the labyrinth had this crystal."
Riyan looked puzzled at the transvestite's words. He knew nothing about this white-colored crystal he held, it was only natural that he was confused. Rather than continue to know nothing, he inquired about this white crystal fragment.
"What's wrong? Is it expensive?"
"Well, when compared to other crystals not really, it's just that the color attracts my eyes."
'Hey, if you pull your eyes, it means that this crystal is quite valuable, right?'
After the conversation, the shopkeeper transvestite explained the value of the white crystal to Riyan. The small fragment he held was worth about 5 pieces of silver, that was a very large amount for a minimalist person in meeting his needs. Commoners usually cost about 4 pieces of silver each month in order to survive.
The world knows five types of currency, namely iron, bronze, silver, gold, and platinum coins. Every 10 pieces of iron, the value is equal to 1 piece of bronze. Then 10 pieces of bronze equals 1 piece of silver, and so on. Judging from the number of white crystal pieces that Riyan had, he had 6 gold pieces of money.
'Lumayan. I don't need any extra clothes at the moment. Hm, it looks like I also need a change of clothes.'
While saying that inwardly, Riyan looked towards her dull and dirty looking clothes. He was disappointed, but his expression did not change. Come to think of it, wearing that unsightly [Minotaur] leather armor gave the impression of being suspicious of others. Finally, he picked up a gray shirt, a brown vest, and black pants.
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Finished shopping at the clothing store, Riyan immediately looked for the nearest inn as the sun was increasingly leaning west. It seems that he came out of the labyrinth of days before noon so that the time available for him to prepare to leave for the Tendo continent is not much. He hoped that there would be a train that would go somewhere on the Tendo continent, because as much as possible he wanted to save energy.
About 10 minutes later, Riyan saw an inn and entered it. The inn looks pretty nice and well maintained, then the cost may be a little high. But it seemed that Riyan did not care about it and entered like a rush.
"Welcome to our inn!"
When he entered, he was greeted by a bright blue-haired woman from the reception desk. Riyan breathed a sigh of relief because this time he was not dealing with a transvestite like in the clothing store before. He immediately continued his steps towards the woman.
"Do you want to stay or enjoy a meal at our restaurant?"
"Stay."
"How long will you stay?"
"Every night."
"Well, it costs 3 pieces of bronze."
Riyan immediately took a piece of silver and gave it to the woman, then received her change a moment later along with a key with the number 12. Perhaps that number was room number 12 which was the room Riyan had rented. Without much ado, he immediately went to his room on the second floor.
Arriving at room number 12, Riyan opened the lock that locked the room for safety. As soon as the door opened, he went straight inside while bringing in his padlock. The receptionist woman had reminded him that the padlock must be brought in to be locked from the inside.
After locking the door, Riyan placed all his luggage on the available mattress, then laid his tired body. He wanted to close his eyes and go straight to sleep, but he missed two important parts. He got up again, then went out of the room and looked for a bath, since there was no bathroom in the room.
Knowing that there was a hot spring in the back, Riyan walked to the place where the hot spring was located. It had been two weeks since he had last taken a bath, it was only natural that he wanted to wash his body as quickly as possible. Hot spring is powerful to overcome fatigue, hearing this of course Riyan became excited.
Arriving at the hot spring, he immediately entered a large tub made of wood and stone. His entire muscles that had been tense ever since falling into the sixth floor of the Hexaphilia labyrinth were limp instantly. This warmth and comfort provided a very pampering relaxation after more than three months of struggling to survive in the labyrinth. He sees this as a reward for his hard work.
"Baking with hot water is really delicious, different from the cold lake that is there."
Soaking in the hot water, his face revealed a feeling of comfort and enjoyment. His expression that rarely came out, now seemed very satisfied. Relieved to be able to get out of the labyrinth and get something like this, that's what he had in mind. Finally, he soaked for over an hour to pamper his body.
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Author
Maybe this chapter is the last one published in Mangatoon before ane delete, so if there are readers who still want to continue reading please visit the next page (wattpad) with the title and name of the same author
Reason: it seems that the Mangatoon is not happy with the existence of saia, so it is possible that he just stop his update
