Watashi Ga Betsu No Sekai De Umarekawatta
9-6: Maze Exploration 3
There are only 10 Ant Labyrinths (Maze Ants) now, out of the previous 32 ants…
Halfway through, some of the ants Cronoa failed to deal with almost surrounded Tiane and Lina, but Totona and Mia supported with magic from behind and managed to avoid further trouble…
"Tiane…!"
"I'll make a wall on the left, so attack from the right…"
"Right is direction with fork…!"
"Good…"
Magic [Isolation Wall (Deracinator)] Lina is very effective…
It seems like a further version of magic, [Maze (Labyrinth)] can create an isolation wall that forms a maze that becomes a key enemy just about anywhere in it…
It seemed that the magic power consumption for it was quite large, but he told me that he wanted to give it a try when the ants left behind had caught up…
The female explorer party we had saved earlier still existed…
Once the girls understood that help was not needed, they began to carefully watch the front row battle…
Judging from the words of admiration that occasionally leaked out from them, they might be blown away…
Although the main body of the ant would not arrive in 10 minutes anymore, a group of ants approached here from the only part of the monster connected to this corridor…
This is a group with a little over 20 ants…
" Rattling, rustling…?"
"There was a sound coming from the other side of the wall…!"
It seemed like Totona and Ciel had detected ants crawling on the wall as they fought…
They have done well to do that while fighting fiercely…
"Secilia, sign monument…"
I saw the place where Mia was pointing from above the street, the light flashing red and blue like it was going purple…
I wonder if it reacted to the enemy coming from the other side of that passageway…?
"Nobles alike, it's a sign of an artificial gushing hole…"
"The monster will come out of that hole…"
The leader of the female explorer party warned me so…
This is not from the main battleground of Lina and the others, but around the Sign Monument behind us…
The walls of the passageway that looked like stone walls in an instant thinned out like a mucous membrane, turning into small parts…
All right, I think I should take care of this one…
I pulled out the fairy sword and cut the ants that were gushing out from the wall in half with a single sword blow…
I was careful not to cut the magic core in half…
A small passageway had also been created behind the female explorers and ants were crawling out from there…
I warned them about it because they didn't seem to notice it…
"You there, behind you…"
"Ehh…?"
"There's a hole radiating here too…!"
"Jenna, let's do it…"
"Yes. You two, please go…"
The [Baggage Carriers] sister followed Jenna's words and retreated backwards…
About this female explorer party, [Beautiful Wingss], Iruna the leader was level 8 and Jenna the beauty san was level 6…
The crawling ants were level 5, so they should be able to easily win…
Or so I thought, but they were struggling…
They thrust out their short spear while fending off the ants' attacks with their shield, but the ants' outer shell fended off the attack and they did not seem to deal any real damage…
They should have been eyeing the crack in the shell just like Tiane and Lina did before in their serious mode of finely chopping the ant…
Since the ants showed signs of attacking with acid against the beauty san, I took the ant claws from the rest under my feet and threw them at the neck of the ants to disturb him…
I took out the clamp from the bag, used it to pick up the magic core and put it in a small bag…
Lina and the others' battlements seemed to be coming to an end as well…
When I looked back at the female explorers after finishing the magic core gathering, they were still in the middle of attacking and defending against the ants, so even though it might bother me, it was still a problem, I cut off the neck of the hissing ant and ended the battle…
This much should be normal for level 30 magic sword users…
I returned my thanks to the girls lightly waving my hand and then headed towards Lina and the others who had finished their fight…
"Secilia, should I start the material collection…?"
"Just the magic core, all right…"
"The ant's skin is flabby, so there's no point in it…"
"Secilia san, the shell should be used to make armor or weapons…"
"I believe the claw should be better suited to a dagger or scythe than a spear because it's somewhat curved…"
It seemed that in Lina and Tiane's hometown, the materials from the ant monsters were highly valued for making tools…
Although it was weak enough to be broken by a normal iron sword, there didn't seem to be enough material to make the equipment because the people here even used wood chips for armor, instead, I think it might be good if we bring ant material to the ground…?
"Meat…?"
"We won't have a meat festival…?"
"No. The flesh of the ant is bitter and tastes bad…"
"There have been some cases where children have food poisoning when they eat it too…"
Food poisoning is scary…
I feel sorry for Ciel who looks disappointed, but I will serve him with some food that I have stored in Storage later, so please hold it with the baked candy and water for now…
"Yes, this is it…"
"Isn't that from what you two have defeated…?"
"If it's for a reward, your words from before are enough…"
Iruna the female explorer presented a magic core that seemed to be taken from the ants, but I pushed her hand back…
"Instead, you must flee immediately…"
"The magic of my comrades has caught the wind of a swarm of Ant Labyrinths coming here…"
"They'll be here in less than a quarter and a half hours…"
"We'll escape once we properly save it…"
I indirectly said that it would be better for us if you ran away…
The female explorers finally slowly got up and began to flee…
I looked at the bottle of ant nectar that the older sister was carrying on her back…
Ants might chase that unexpectedly…
Now, more than that, let's prepare for the next battle…
I gathered everyone together and added their magic power with [Magic Power Transfer (Transfer)]…
Faster than using magic recovery potions and most importantly, free…
While I was doing it, I used [Soft Wash] and [Dry] to clean the ant blood…
"Then, I'll set up『 Maze (Labyrinth) 』from here to the corner there, okay…"
"Can you make a wall that won't let them through but let our attacks pass…?"
"Nn.... I do have『Isolation Cage << Deracinator Jail >> 』, but enemy attacks will also pass through it, so it is not suitable for enemies using long-range attacks, you know…?"
"No problem, first... everyone will attack with Soft Shotgun and Mia will use 『Water Screen』 to fend off enemy acid attacks…"
"OK…"
"Mrs…"
After the briefing is completed, Tiane uses [<< Deracinator Jail >>] to make bars…
Because it emits a dim light, I can see the shape of the bars…
Puncture and gunfire can pass through, but a slashing attack will probably be stopped by the grating…
I set up [<< Flexible Shield >>] just in case…
This is a guarantee when some acid attack that passes through the bars cannot be sustained by Mia…
"They're coming..."
"Everybody take your position…!"
Everyone prepared their shotgun behind an impromptu defensive wall made by piling up the remains of ants with cloth on it…
A large swarm of ants appeared from a corner and rushed over here while echoing their hard footsteps…
Quite intense though we have magic lattice…
Mia and Totona leaned on me on both sides, it seemed like they were scared…
I stroked their heads to clear their worries…
"Wait a minute…"
The front row ants hit the isolation cage, scattering their body fluids…
It seemed like the front row ants could not bear the weight of their friends in the back, their health was drastically reduced…
There was a black insect wobbling in front of the bars, it became a miserable sight…
After waiting for about five minutes, all the ants had gathered in this corridor…
"Foot…!"
"Roger…"
With my orders, five muzzles shotgun endlessly rained down on countless…
I quietly adjusted everyone's muzzles with [Magic Hand] to make it hit as many enemies as possible…
"Cronoa, Lina, Tiane, put the gun down…"
"Prepare for close combat…"
The shooting was over and Ciel used [Maze(Labyrinth)]…
After that, the process of extermination of monsters was as simple as defeating a front-row ant and then Ciel took out a few other ants…
Cronoa and Lina were sometimes hit with ant attacks, but their armor and coat held them back from damage…
The vanguard is not the only one that is busy, the rearguard is busy as well…
It seemed like coping with the maze was difficult for Ciel…
Too many enemies gathered in one part of the maze, so he adjusted the path of the maze…
Mia worked hard to follow up with [Bind Mist] when there were too many enemies and [Blind Mist] to reduce the accuracy of the enemy…
I was free because I was just watching everyone, so I used [Magic Hand] to gather defeated ants to the side of the wall while drinking tea and tea cakes…
Since Totona had nothing to do after shooting the shotgun in the first attack, she started taking out the ant core magic I had gathered…
He not only wears gloves, but also aprons and hoods so that his hair and clothes will not get dirty while working…
I told him to be careful about the acid glands in the mouth of the ants so that he would not get burned…
After they had defeated about half of the enemies, the vanguard looked extremely exhausted so it was better if they took a short break, I guess…?
"Ciel, I want to let the vanguards rest…"
"Do you have enough magic power to maintain the maze…?"
"Good master, it would be dangerous if they became dizzy…"
"I can reduce my consumption of magic power if I only need to maintain a maze state, so it's fine if I only drink a few MP recovery potions later…"
"Alright, then let's rest after they defeat the enemy they are fighting…"
"Yin..."
Lina and Tiane excitedly said, “Not yet ~” and “I can do it!”, But they look shaky, so I made them drink water and sandwiches with salty ham and lots of mayonnaise…
For some reason they still look upset…
Since everyone was still a beginner, they had become like different people only after resting and taking a short nap for 30 minutes after eating…
Ciel had recovered his magic power after a bottle of MP recovery potion and [Magic Power Transfer], so the second round began…
It seemed that the ants that had not come here, were messing around in the entire first area of the labyrinth, but the female explorer party from before had safely exited the labyrinth…
After the ants were completely annihilated, Lina and Tiane fell from running out of their stamina, but since their faces looked like they had accomplished something, I considered that a good thing…
Since Cronoa was also completely exhausted, I decided to rest at the temporary camp at the higher ground where Ciel and the others were positioned…
Everyone seemed to be completely exhausted as they slept like logs, I kept on guarding the night with Totona…
Nevertheless, everyone leveled up in a single day…
The labyrinth is quite efficient…
Author's note: Mia and Totona rose one level, while the other by rising two levels…
