Tale Of Unknown: Hero From Zero
25. The Hexaphilia Labyrinth Report
Inside the Hexaphilia labyrinth, a group of dashing and graceful looking young men were facing a giant tanned black scaly monster, the [Collision Lizard]. Unlike the [Collision Lizard] that Riyan had once fought, this one was weaker than the [Chimera]. Each floor of the labyrinth could have the same monsters, but of course its strength, abilities, and status were vastly different.
"Rizu! Layla!"
""Yes! [Niflheim]!!""
Following the order, the two girls who were at the back of the group formation exerted magic with a magic wand that bounced forward. A magic circle as wide as a car tire formed in an instant, then it let out a gust of cold wind followed by snow and ice right towards the giant lizard. The body and the four legs of the [Collision Lizard] froze instantly so struck by the cold wind.
[Nifleheim] is one of the rare high-level magic among witches. Wh why? In order to use this magic, one must have the attribute of ice. Besides being rare, [Nifleheim] was also endowed with incredible freezing power. Because of the cold, even lava can be cooled in an instant.
Graaah!!
"Corona!"
"[Decrease]!"
Craang!
While swinging her magic wand, a loafy blue-blonde sweet girl exerts a unique skill that only she possesses to the [Collision Lizard], the enemy they are facing right now. At that very moment, a group of passionate young men complete with swords and all preparations immediately hit the enemy.
""Dead!!""
Duaarr!!
At the same time, almost all close combatants hit their strongest attacks on their opponents as hard as possible at the same point. So strong, as a result of the attack the giant lizard monsters they faced crashed into the wall and caused a giant vibration.
[Collision Lizard] who had been attacked by various magic and sharp weapons, fell immobile on the labyrinth floor. His scales, which had been tanned black, had now turned red due to the blood itself. His neck, head, back, and stomach did not look like a [Collision Lizard] in general.
"Huft, we did it."
"Yes, we haven't had this kind of trouble in a long time."
After confirming that the lizard monster was actually dead, the red-haired youth and the young man who had blond yellow hair were conversing about the battle they had long since lost. They are Johan and Gilbert, two of a group of heroes from another world called Alestein about four months ago.
True, if Gilbert and Johan were inside the Hexaphilia labyrinth, then the other heroes would automatically be with them both. Typhania, Rizu, Layla, and the others sighed at the certainty that the [Collision Lizard] they were facing had died from Johan. Of course, they were not used to these powerful monsters on the fourth floor yet, it was only natural that they were worried.
"Let me heal you. [Heal Area]!"
Exerting one of his skills, Typhania healed everyone who was injured from the battle against the [Collision Lizard] just now. It is not only Typhania who has attributes and healing classes, but he is the only one who has healing skills that cover a wide scope so that he is more reliable.
On the floor, a white magic circle was created that was 20 meters in diameter and Typhania as the center. There appeared a flickering white light from the white magic circle in the place of all the injured. A few seconds later, the twinkling and magic circle [Area Heal] belonging to Typhania disappeared, along with the recovery of the parameters of their lives.
"Thank you, Typhania."
"You are truly my savior!"
Highlighted by her friends, Tifania who slightly blushed in embarrassment, then sat in the middle of Rizu and Layla who were resting. Unlike the others, Typhania did not exert much energy nor mana in this battle. Wh why? Gilbert tells Typhania to focus on healing magic rather than attack like his witch friends because his healing power is the strongest among them. In addition, Faleon also suggested the same.
After all, although Faleon did not advise him and Gilbert did not tell him, Typhania would still focus on his healing magic rather than on attacking magic. Most magicians with a healing attribute do not have the status of being an invading witch, but Typhania is different. Although she is a healing witch, she can also turn into an invading witch because of her status.
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Name: Tifania Raenhill
Race : Human
Class : Healer
Level 77
Life: 8600/8600
Life: 2200/2300
Physical Strength: 80
Magic Power: 1600
Resilience: 680
Attribute: Light, Healer
Skill : Appraisal, Heal, Healing Area, Angel Bless, Magician Disciple, Magic Transfer, Life Boost, Holy Aegis, Sacred Halberd, Licht, Purgatory, Summon Knight: Heavenly Knight, Light Devour, etc, Angelic Armor, Undead Purification
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In addition to his magic power status that was far above that of an average healing magician, Typhania also had some skills and magic that could be used to attack. This is not only because the level is quite high, but the results of the exercise are quite hard. Since the fall of Riyan into a dark abyss on the second floor, Typhania has been training very hard to find Riyan's body at the bottom of the abyss.
Initially Gilbert, Typhania, and a few others wanted to descend into the abyss using ropes, but unfortunately no one knew the depth and base so they undo it. For this reason as well, Typhania trained hard. There is no shortcut for him to save or return the body of Riyan, which he may have encountered, to earth as it should.
"Tifania, your goal is to enter the labyrinth to find Riyan, right?"
"Yes." Yeah."
"Why are you so close to him? I don't mean to vilify her, but you don't know anything about Riyan either. Suppose that Riyan is really the one who messed up that teacher room, do you still want to be friends with him?"
"Riyan is not that kind of person!"
Unknowingly, Tifania shouted in response to a question from Rizu. Suddenly, the entire group of heroes present there were shocked, not least Rizu and Layla. Not only her screams, Typhania also rarely let out a loud voice like just now. The last time he shouted this loud was when Riyan fell into the abyss.
Moments later, Tifania awakens to the cry, then returns silent without anyone being able to reply. Based on what the great general of Alivonia, Faleon Hazefaith, the matter of the master room that was the reason why Riyan was shunned was just a mere misunderstanding. Having not known this for over a year, they could not judge what the real figure of Riyan Klaint was.
"Riyan isn't who you think she is, Rizu."
"T-but we haven't ta—"
"Then, why did he save us at the cost of his own life!?"
Before Rizu could finish her words, Typhania immediately interrupted at lightning speed. Tifania's words made Rizu remember how Riyan fell into the abyss and was said to have died. All the other heroes who were on this floor listened to their conversation, although they did not dare to refute it at all.
With everything Riyan received from his classmates, he had no intention of revenge at all, even he was willing to sacrifice his own life to freefall together [Chimera] into the abyss so that his friends could survive. This made them unable to say anything about Riyan which could be said to be still a mystery.
"Why are you so sure of him, Typhania?"
Typhania was quite surprised to hear Rizu's question being asked to her. After a few seconds, Tifania showed her panicked expression and was at a loss for what to say. But after overcoming the panic and confusion that grabbed his mind, he pulled and exhaled heavily, then told Rizu the reason why he believed in Riyan.
"Actually, on my first day of high school, I was almost raped in a deserted alley."
What Typhania said is true. Because the distance of his home and school is quite close, he decided to walk to the destination. Unfortunately, when he was about to arrive at school, some thugs showed up and took him to an alley that people rarely pass.
There, the thugs tied Typhania's body with a rope and gagged his mouth with a dirty cloth so that he could not fight or scream for help. After making sure there was no one around the alley, they began to move the blond brunette girl's body. Wanting to enjoy it, they groped Tifania's body first before entering the main event.
Ten minutes since her body was touched disrespectfully, Tifania began to lose hope and surrender to this fate. He knew there was nothing he could do to fight against that group of fierce thugs, let alone in a bound state. But just as he was about to make a complete surrender, a rock floated up to one of the thugs heads and a male scream echoed in the alley.
Of course this makes the thugs surprised instead of playing. Most of them immediately ran towards the direction the screaming sounds came from to chase after the owner of the voice. Only two thugs remained who continued to feel Tifania's body without any vigilance at all. Shortly after, the two thugs fell to the ground and lost consciousness instantly. Tifania who saw the two thugs fainted for no reason clearly felt relieved as well as confused.
All of a sudden, the rope that bound him also came off. As soon as he knew the rope that was tying his body had come off, Tifania was once again shocked. Not seeing anyone around him, he felt a little frightened, thinking he was being freed by a ghost. Tifania is afraid of ghosts.
But just as he was about to shout in fear, a black-haired young man wearing the same uniform and school name as him, appeared before him with his index finger placed in front of his lips hinting at Typhania for silence. After tidying up her uniform, Typhania came out of the alley and followed the young man to reach school, without informing anyone of this.
"What's helping you is Riyan?"
"Yes. I don't know if he forgot it or not, which is obviously my savior. To be honest, if I hadn't been helped by him back then, I wouldn't have been able to be cheerful in school."
While staring at the labyrinth floor full of sadness, Tifania ended the story that only Rizu and Layla, her closest friends, listened to. It was not that the other heroes did not want to listen, but that Typhania herself who played down her voice as little as possible until only Rizu and Layla could hear it.
"Riyan has saved me from those thugs without expecting anything in return, why don't I trust her?"
Rizu and Layla who heard the words of Typhania were stunned to find out the reason why Typhania was always watching Riyan. In the classroom, Typhania often looks towards Riyan without anyone knowing it, except for Rizu and Layla. The sight of the eyes was quite difficult to follow, it was only natural that no one knew that Typhania had been paying attention to Riyan.
'Hm, she likes Riyan, huh?'
Muttering that in his heart, Rizu began to understand why Typhania had fainted when she saw Riyan fall into the abyss right before her eyes. Perhaps consciously or unconsciously, Tifania has fallen in love with Riyan Klaint who saved her from the rape about a year ago. Layla also seemed to think about what Rizu was thinking, it was evident from her wry smiling expression.
"Alright, enough rest, we move on to the next floor."
""okay!!""
Along with Gilbert's exclamation, the other heroes stood up and answered him excitedly. In fact, only about ten to fourteen people entered the fourth floor, including Typhania, Rizu, Layla, Gilbert, and Johan, because the rest still did not dare to enter due to the events of Riyan about three months ago. The incident gave lessons and trauma to the heroes before.
In the royal palace of Alivonia, located right in the middle of the city of Lasfile, in the courtyard there are heroes who are training with other soldiers, because they do not enter into the labyrinth. Rather than wasting time doing nothing, they decided to practice to improve their status and abilities.
"Geeh!!"
Wush!
In the backyard, Faleon who swung his wooden sword slashed through the air horizontally. Due to the influence of his status, ability, as well as his strong determination, a single slash from his wooden sword created a small storm around him. As expected of a great general, his position was not just a name.
The sweaty waters running down each bulge of his large and hard muscles is proof that despite having received the high office of Alestein, king of Alivonia, Faleon was still one of the great knights recognized by the five kingdoms. The name Faleon Hazefaith is quite well known among knights, nobles, bandits, even demons.
"Alright, today's practice is enough to get here."
He walked closer to the available seat, then sat down and wiped his sweat using a small towel brought by a servant. Finished taking care of his body that was soaked in sweat, Faleon inhaled and exhaled heavily.
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Name: Faleon Hazefaith
Race : Human
Class : Knights, Holy Knights
Level 100
Life: 13020/13020
Mana: 1230/1230
Physical Strength: 1100
Magic Power: 150
Resilience: 760
Attribute: Fire, Light
Skill: Sword Master, Holy Sword, Holy Eraser, Mana Blast, Vixion Slash, Rotation Slash, Self-Healing, Power Booster, Slash, Destruction Slash, Sacred Halberd
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As shown, status can be affected by practice and hard work, not depending on the level of the level. Indeed levels greatly affect the status, but the reality system does not work like the system in the game. In this world, levels and status can be improved with regular practice. Just like Riyan gained a skill, fixed habits can also be one way to increase status.
Behind that, many people preferred to kill fellow living beings in order for their level and status to rise faster. In addition to training, killing is one way to increase level and status, even faster than training. Ever heard the term experience is the best teacher? Yes, this is the basis of the status system in this world.
Unlike the previous world in the habitation of Riyan and friends, this world provides the ability to learn through experience much faster to all living things, not least babies. The question is, why is it that when Gilbert and the others first took a status measurement, the level they had was zero?
It was because they had just come to this world, so they had nothing to level up with. Just like newborn babies into the world, they know nothing about this world, so the world status system gives the appropriate status. However, since they are from another world, which is said to be stronger than humans in this world, then their status is not a status in general.
"Sister."
"Hm? Oh, what's up, Fileza?"
While taking a sip of the drink he had prepared beside the seat, he turned his head towards the girl coming from his right. Fileza Hazefaith, a reddish-purple woman, the younger sister of Faleon Hazefaith, the older sister of Faizal Hazefaith. Beautiful and graceful, yet deadly, that is one of the hallmarks of the only female general of the kingdom of Alivonia.
"Gilbert and the others have returned, they want to report what they saw on the fifth floor of the Hexaphilia labyrinth."
"Hoo, great, they are too."
Receiving glad tidings from Fileza, Faleon immediately rose from his seat and walked into the palace hallway leading to the king's room, having put on his daily clothes. It will not be comfortable if you have to wear full-plate armor after training, the human body also needs rest.
A few minutes later, Faleon arrived at the king's chamber where Alestein was sitting on his throne, several guard soldiers, and heroes who stood waiting for the arrival of the great general. Of course, Faleon did not want Gilbert and the others to wait any longer, he immediately walked over and stood to the right of the king.
"So, what do you want to report?"
The stern question of Alestein made the heroes immediately straighten up and answer him. What they saw on the fifth floor of the Hexaphilia labyrinth was not important, but it still had to be reported. The fifth floor was filled with [Chimera], [Heavy Kobold], [Collision Lizard], and [Albtraum Troll]. The existence of these powerful monsters made Gilbert and the others desperate, then decided to retreat after running out of mana.
"Then another one, your majesty, general."
"What's that?"
For a moment, Gilbert was silent and hesitant to report it, but whatever he saw inside the fifth floor there, had to be reported. Wh why? Of course, so that they can make a more mature strategy and preparation. The goal of Alivonia and these heroes was first to conquer the Hexaphilia labyrinth.
"There are many cracks that rise from the bottom of the wall to the ceiling. The number and size of the cracks are more on the floor than those that spread to the ceiling."
Hearing this, Faleon and Alestein were both shocked. The last time Faleon and his soldiers checked in there, about four months ago, they found no cracks as Gilbert reported. Faleon began to put on a sour expression mixed with a hint of fear.
'That crack has never existed before.'
Bonuses
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Name: Gilbert Arkbell
Race : Human
Class : Heroes
Level 79
Life: 10790/10790
Life: 1090/1090
Physical Strength: 999
Magic Power: 340
Resilience: 840
Attribute: Light, Reinforcement, Fire
Skill : Appraisal, Comprehension, Sword Disciple, Power Booster, Slash, Rotation Slash, Vixion Slash, Auto-Counter, Destruction Strike, Body Reinforce, Amplifier, Brace Howl, High Sense, Holy Slash, Fire Breath, Amplifier, Fireball, Sacred Inferno, Flaming Coat, Raise Strength
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Name: Johan Krifas
Race : Human
Class : Heroes
Level 79
Lifespan: 10540/10540
Mana: 1010/1010
Physical Strength: 920
Magic Power: 210
Resilience: 980
Attribute: Ground, Fire
Skill : Appraisal, Stone Wall, Fire Breath, Mad Mud, Rock Golem, Stell Coat, Earth Bind, Summon Monster: Sand Crawler, Carnivorus Dessert, Summon Monster: Flame Falcon, Throwing Dagger, Owl Vision
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Name: Rizu Almizu
Race : Human
Class : Witch
Level 75
Life: 8570/8570
Life :1990/1990
Physical Strength: 105
Magic Power: 1780
Resilience: 700
Attribute: Nature, Ice, Water
Skill: Appraisal, Nature Control, Forest Photress, Animalia, Birth of Trees, Gwerid, Eis, Gleyster, Icy Lance, Icy Bullet, Frost Rain, Freezing Drain, Wasser, Aqua Disk, Water Canon, etc, Waterball, Sharp Arrow Rain, Spread
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Name: Layla Fanlan
Race : Human
Class : Caller
Level 71
Life: 7870/7870
Life: 1600/1600
Physical Strength: 120
Magic Power: 1500
Resilience: 690
Attribute: Ice, Caller
Skill: Appraisal, Mana Regeneration, Eis, Gleyster, Icy Lance, Icy Bullet, Frost Rain, Freezing Drain, Summon Monster: Goblin, Summon Monster: Lizardman, Summon Undead, Summon Undead: Skeleton
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