The Labyrinth Kingdom

Chapters 11. Sword Valkyrie 1

Unlike the [Holy Sword] who avoided the narrow path, [Sword Valkyrie] proactively attempted to move on the small streets due to their smaller numbers. Of course, even though they entered later, the amount of treasures they had accumulated after taking down several washrooms was not much more than [Holy Sword].

They found a metal mirror encrusted with diamonds, emeralds the size of a fist, a puppy statue made of obsidian, some fancy jewelry and so on. everything was expensive items so naturally their faces all looked happy.

"we haven't explored this place for long, but there are already many treasures that we have managed to obtain, this labyrinth is truly a treasure vault!"

Britt said in a pleased voice, everyone around him nodded in agreement.

While thanking the god who has given them good luck for finding an unexplored labyrinth with abundant treasures in it and being the first explorer to explore it, [Sword Valkyrie] resumed their exploration with a carefree mood.

They are currently barada on a straight street with four small rooms on the right and five on the left.

The road was wide enough to be passed by three people side by side.

although it looks quite large when compared to the streets in a small town, in this labyrinth, this road is among the smallest.

Then, for his own small rooms, each of them was the same size as the rooms in the cheap inns that their group usually used.

Britt suspected that these small rooms might have been used as storage rooms before.

they had searched at least three rooms and found furniture such as shovels, brooms, wooden chairs, wooden tables, vases, dressers, wooden boxes and so on. but on some rare occasions they usually find a jewel box filled with beautiful gems inside.

Otherwise, they usually find things like a leather bag containing gold coins, an old doll whose eyes are studded with gemstones and some other antiques.

just from searching one room they had accumulated wealth equivalent to their income for 10 years as adventurers.

"i wonder who can make this big maze ~"

That somewhat gentle voice came from the short witch Elo.

Elo, who had the skill [Science: Archaeology] still could not figure out what this labyrinth was, normally the labyrinth was created from the remains of the ruins in the past.

He faintly saw that, this labyrinth looks like a spell.

There are some places that have decorations like the Elamite kingdom, but the interior itself is very old, at least has been around a hundred years old.

"haha haha.., who cares about them! As long as we can gather treasures, that's enough"

The one who said that with a wide smile that looked wild was the bodiless muscular female warrior.

Bodil was just wearing a cloth that looked like underwear as if showing off his muscles.

He was carrying a pouch on his waist and a bag on his back that was filled with treasures.

“But at least, I want to know his name. ”

As if answering Bodil, the priestess whose face was covered in some sort of thin veil, Elena, said.

While searching the small rooms earlier, he found Potions in one of the rooms. Elena who smiled as she used her skill, "Identifying Items" found that Potions were equivalent to "Middle Healing Banquet".

“this maze has a lot of treasures in it, so the owner of this place must be someone great and very rich”

While making a clang sound with her armor, the female Knight Ingrid stared at the ceiling of the labyrinth.

Above the hallways and small rooms there is a high enough ceiling that makes people not feel cramped even though they are underground.

In addition, if you pay more attention to it, the ceiling actually has beautiful patterns painted on it. From the point of view of Ingrid who had no knowledge of fine art, they were simply beautiful images.

“Everything, let's stop the chat. Stay alert and let's get out of here! ”

Britt clapped and warned his friends who were beginning to look relaxed back together. Although they had not met any monsters during their quest,

but because the goblins also entered this place.

They may be hiding behind pillars, in dark corners, or in a restroom waiting for an opportunity to attack them while off guard.

"Remarial, how are things around?"

"I haven't felt any danger yet.”

Amara who had been watching the surrounding area since the beginning answered briefly to her party leader.

Britt who believed him said simply, "stay alert," and went to give instructions to the other members who were doing the exploration.

“Everything, Amara has made sure there are no enemies in the room, but we do not know where the enemy might come from. So continue your search while remaining alert and cautious! "

"B, fine!"

"no need to worry. ”

"understandable. ”

They each answered in their own style and continued the search.

As Britt watches over them, she picks one of the unexplored rooms. He found an old wooden box and when he examined it, there was a metal ring inside. There were a few words engraved on the box.

"for my older brother..., is this a gift the little boy prepared for his older brother?"

Britt was puzzled for a while but thinking that the ring could be sold for an expensive price, he slipped it in his coat pocket and closed the wooden box back.

"Sister, yes …"

Britt has many brothers.

Five older brothers, and two younger sisters. It might look a bit overwhelming but not strange to the farming families of this world. When Britt was 10 years old, his three older brothers and his two younger siblings died.

They died in epidemics, starvation, and attacks by goblins or bandits.

His two remaining brothers were chosen as militia when the war broke out and died there.

Losing all his sons who helped him in the field, his parents also died of exhaustion and pain.Said him alone, with the sword he inherited from one of his older brothers, and his brother, she decided to become an adventurer because there were very few jobs that women could choose to make a lot of money from.

the only other alternative job is to become a worker at a brothel or bandit.he believes that his current choice is the most appropriate choice for him.

Fortunately, since he had the [Weapon Mastery] skill trained while still working on the farm, he could become a pretty good soldier.

But in his early days working as an adventurer, things didn't go too well.

Her first party consisted only of men, she continued to get verbal abuse from the other party members and even almost raped, but luckily she was still able to protect herself, she said, after that incident he left the party and looked for another one.

The second party was the same male party as before but the behavior of its members was better. He even got a position as vice-chairman of the party, but unfortunately most of the party members died while doing reconnaissance missions.

Of the 21 members only he and the other 2 survived, because the number was too few and the strength of the remaining members was inadequate, they agreed to disband the party.

The third party also did not end too well, it was a mixed party of men-women but because of the trivial love problem the party was dissolved. After experiencing some bad experiences from the previous parties, he decided to create his own party which all members consisted of women and found him as [Sword Valkyrie].

Along with Amara who was a member of the previous party, he began to recruit women who had the same fate as him. After a while, his party members began to grow, starting from Elo, Elena, and others, bodil, and ingrid.

Three years have passed since then.

Although there were some trivial fights, but they held a strong feeling of friendship for entrusting their lives to each other.

He thought that at the very least, the brotherhood of his party members was still better than the [Holy Sword] they had previously teamed up with to chase the goblins who had managed to escape.

“huft, No good ..., this is not the time to reminisce about the past.”

He had previously warned his friend to remain vigilant, but it seemed that he himself had begun to relax after finding an overwhelming amount of treasure.

This is a bad trait for a leader who is supposed to be an example to his members.

"Yosh, let's go…"

“Everything, no enemies …… !! AAaaaaaaaaaaa !! ”

Cutting off Britt's words that were about to say 'let's continue the search', Lorna's shout sounded as a warning.

"All, get ready !!"

Britt who was the leader of the group came out of the room first and called all the members of his party back together.

Soldiers Bodil and knights Ingrid came out of the room with their weapons in hand, followed by the witch Elo and priestess Elena preparing to fire magic at any time.

Amara at this time…

"amara !!"

He looked unconscious at the moment, probably due to the severe injuries he received on his shoulder.

Beside him, stood a knight holding a long sword with blood dripping from him.

The knight was wearing dark blue armor, with a light green-colored coat on his shoulders and his face hidden behind a helmet so his expression could not be read.

The knight turned towards Britt, and at the same time the chains hanging on his belt let out a crackling sound.

"Bodil, ingrid, drop him!"