165-159 Sparta again

I walk through the darkness, where I can't feel the light, with Nadia and Lydia guiding me from side to side.

They only tell me verbally, not by pulling my hand back, but even that helps a lot.

I walk while checking ahead with my illusory cane, but I'm sure I've already almost fallen over a few times, so I'm sure I'm sitting on my back.

Thinking about that is a bit depressing.

I know I'm in a labyrinth of ants, but the eerie situation with no fighting at all makes me uneasy as I step out of it.

I have the skill to detect danger, so I hope that some intuition will kick in if I'm in danger....

But here's where the unthinkable happens.

'Then, Luciel, you'll survive with your sight intact.

After I heard my master's voice say that, my danger-sensing skills suddenly began to react when he pushed me back.

I was certain that Master had put me in some demon room.

''Master, what do you mean?''

'While you're at it, take out all the enemies and show me. The enemy is a swarm of ants, so don't be shy. This is a rudimentary thing to do because you don't have enough of them. Good luck.

Contrary to my impatient words, the next moment I heard Master's amused voice, after hearing the sound of the heavy door closing, I called everyone's names, but there was no response at all.

''........Seriously?''

Honestly, he almost couldn't believe for a moment that he had been treated so harshly that he couldn't believe it was at the level he had been at until now, he almost couldn't trust his master.

To treat a person who was in a state where he couldn't detect signs and magic power well, to treat him to this extent, it really wasn't normal for a master's training.

Just by hearing the sound of kishakishas and crawling on the ground with a crunching sound, I felt my heart rate increase all at once, I decided to do what I could now to ensure safety, put up an area barrier, take the attack and look for the timing.

I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most out of your time with this one.

I vaguely put out my fist along the place where I received the impact, and a sticky, unpleasant feeling was felt.

''...I see. The enemies are weak, but there are many of them. So now you want me to be able to sense the enemy's presence and magical power.

With my target fixed, I naturally didn't want to die, so I tucked the illusory sword into my magic bag and took out my holy dragon spear to extend my pause.

I cherished the chirping and dangerous sensation, and then began to focus on the presence and magic and the ability to sense it.

Read the location by sound and sharpen your senses to attack.

If it hits, the error with the senses is repeated and ingrained in his body.

When he got used to it, he would now release his magic power to the outside world to explore the outside senses, but this did not work at all.

'I forgot that the labyrinth was releasing magic power.

I'm tempted to hold my head up for forgetting something important, but on the other hand, if you can explore magic other than my magic power and the magic of the labyrinth, wouldn't you be able to catch a hint of it as well?　When I thought about it, I suddenly felt motivated.

"Let's go with positive thinking for the first time in a long time. Now let's get rid of the ants........ouch?

I probed all my nerves, sharpened my senses and got into it, and the moment I got into it, I suddenly felt something liquidy hit my hand and it was a little itchy, so I heeled up just in case.

'Could it have been an acid blast?　If I don't concentrate more, my master will laugh at me I don't want to do that because it just pisses me off.

He spreads his feet shoulder-width apart, holding his spear low at the waist and calming his spirit with a constant breath.

The situation of having no choice but to attack after being attacked was very tantalizing, and he felt like his mind was going to be broken prematurely.

Still, the fact that my proficiency level had increased a bit in the proficiency appraisal made me confident that what I was doing was not wrong.

I have a feeling that the people who were related to me in this world were sensitive to signs and magic power.

And I had a dim feeling that this was something I didn't have as a reincarnated person.

It's probably because of the experiences I've had since I was a child that have built up.

The golden age is the time when everything develops the most technically.

Well, I still can't die for my dream.

I'm sure the people who have been training since they were young are certainly strong, but if they wanted to surpass that, they would have done so before. Ants, be the food for my growth and the foundation to support me.

I regained my spirits with positive thinking, but what I was waiting for was not an attack, but a master's verbal attack.

''Then next time I'm going to increase the difficulty a bit more. Don't start babbling on your own in this place. It's embarrassing for me.''

'Huh?　Master?　Since when?

'I've been there since the beginning. I'm aware that I'm making you do something reckless. Let's move on to the next hunting ground.

A sudden and intense feeling of shame hit me and I wanted to be like a clam, but there was no way Master would allow me to do that, so I started to move.

Unable to stay, feeling the air of not only my master but everyone else's laughter rising in the air, I knew they were cheering me on, and I cried my heart out and decided to try my best with a smile.

Before I could sleep, Nadia informed me that we were being taken to the hunting grounds one by one, with two of them keeping an eye on me until we took them all down, and the rest of the time we were either taking a break or having a mock fight.

'I didn't expect to have to high heel so many times like this, but isn't the Master reckless?

I know firsthand how strong Master Whirlwind and Master Lionel are, Master Luciel's mentors.

If you ask, Nadia is also learning from her master and Lionel, but she seems to be having a lot of fun and her voice is bouncing around.

''........those two don't have a mock battle?''

''Yes. I've heard that once you fight, there is no draw, so it's a mock fight between all of us and one of you.

I guess you can't pull it off when you're a good opponent (rival), as expected.

But even though Keti, Kefin, and Estia should be strong, they're winning outright, or were they that strong?

I let out a sigh and Nadia laughed at me, saying that the awesomeness of a level four-hundred-plus might be impossible for an ordinary person to grasp.

Feeling a little nostalgic, I asked Nadia for one thing from the personalities of those two.

'Those two are strong, but I still want you to tell them to come if they get hurt.

Yes, sir.

I felt like they laughed at me a little bit, but I spent a lot of time being assisted, and talking to Estia, Nadia, Lydia, and the others made me feel a little bit closer to them.

My only breaks seemed to be when I was traveling to the hunting grounds, when I was doing recovery magic, and when I was eating, and they said I could sleep whenever I wanted.

As the ants gradually become stronger and their numbers increase, he focuses all his attention on sensing their presence and magic, knowing the difficulty of maintaining his concentration.

After repeating that action and finishing my seventh meal, I was able to master the skill of detecting magic power.

However, this is where I felt that life was not so sweet.

I had fallen from a level where I knew roughly where I was, to a level where I didn't know where I was on the contrary.

''........Could it be that the magic power of the labyrinth and the magic power of the demons are equivalent, unable to judge?''

The shallow part of the labyrinth could still be divided to the extent that the magic power was weaker than the demons, but it was a phenomenon that occurred as we descended to a level that was almost identical to the magic power.

When he tried to get through this situation somehow, he seemed to have stepped through the ant labyrinth before he knew it, and his master called for him to stop.

''There isn't much training here, so let's go to the next one. Luciel, use the hermit's key to get the horses and the carriage out of the magic bag. And put out some food. When you've done that, you can sleep for a bit.

I followed Master's instructions and took out the carriage, food, and for some reason the angel's pillow, at the moment I felt an intense pain in my abdomen as my sense of danger was triggered with a thrill.

''Gah!　What the hell?

Next, I felt another thrilling sensation and my consciousness was fractured by the shock to my neck.

I was shaken to the point of rattling and my consciousness returned, but my headache was so bad that my neck hurt so badly that it subsided as I recovered in my middle heels.

'What is this place?'

'Luciel, you're awake. I felt bad, but you didn't sleep at all while we were attacking the labyrinth, so I knocked you out once and let you sleep on that pillow.

Well thanks to you, I slept well, but I didn't sleep well.

He told me before I tried to ask him where he was again, while being tucked in to sleep too vigorously by his master.

''We'll be arriving at the Starving Wolf Labyrinth soon, we'll train there this time.

I wanted to raise my voice, wondering if a starving wolf's labyrinth is where the wolf demons come from, but I knew I didn't have the right to veto it, so I just nodded my head silently.

As I opened the horses to let the hermit stables in, I could clearly see only Forenoire's presence, even though she was supposed to be blind.

Then, as he approached, he bit his head sweetly again and went back to the stables.

''Forenoir you have too much presence.

I went crazy and laughed, but maybe it was because I suddenly laughed that I felt a little strange stares.

We arrived at our destination, the Starving Wolf's Labyrinth, and immediately ate and took a break before the training began.

Even if we were well equipped, even if we put up area barriers to absorb the impact, if we were unexpectedly jumped upon, we would lose our balance.

And the quality is poor as they work together.

I'm blind, I can hear their movements through small footsteps and the sound of their breathing, and sensing their presence I would manage to slash the wolves that charged me, but if I didn't hit them well, the smell of their blood would pull me in and I felt more and more wolves were coming.

Still, I didn't give up, and desperately wanted to defend my spacing to the death, no matter what.

With that firm resolve, I was able to learn the skill presence detection by the second meal after coming to the Starving Wolf's Labyrinth.

''Are you a genius now?''

When I muttered that, he let out a grand sigh from behind me.

Thinking that my master had seen me embarrassed again, but I was getting a little excited about learning the skill, I decided to tell him about the results of my training.

''It seems I've been able to master the skills of magic and presence of mind, and maybe it's the benefit of sensing, but I'm starting to get a feel for the pacing, Master.''

Yeah. You're doing pretty well. And strong-willed that's why you're my apprentice.

........Master, what's wrong?

I suddenly had a bad feeling.

'If you feel a strong kill, assume it's me or a war demon and don't attack. If he grabs your elbow, you'll be guided to move. If you touch your right shoulder, it's a signal to take a lunch break. If you touch your left shoulder, it's a signal to use your recovery magic; if you tap on both shoulders, it's a signal to get the carriage in and out; if someone hugs you, use the extra heel on yourself. Do you remember?

'What?　I can remember that much...?　Guaaaaaah.

I felt a sharp pain in both ears with a pang, and then all sound disappeared from there, and I felt like I was in the deep sea, in total darkness, and I couldn't hear anything, only my heartbeat intensified.

I didn't hesitate to use my heels, but I didn't let my eardrums regenerate.

If I had regenerated it, I could see that my master would become a demon.

Thinking that there was a little bit of conflict within my master, I lost my sight followed by my hearing, and I had to train with only my magic and presence, and I felt that my heartbeat was the only thing that was more dynamic than usual.

This is how my training became even tougher.