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Sylphy brought me by super express to the stairway to the 96th level of the labyrinth. I tried to eat before we left, and ended up eating a mere stimulant called the strongest skewer, according to Freya. A commotion occurred, and we were tired before departure, but we got ourselves back on track.

I sealed the red skewers in my magic bag and had a normal breakfast of food from the street stalls. As far as I'm concerned, Toruku's and Ruby's food tastes better than ours, but Bell and the others seem satisfied, so I guess it's all for the best.

"Well, let's get going. Belle, take care of the wind wall.

"Yes. Fuheki."

We ask Belle to put up a wind wall, and we proceed down the stairs to the 96th floor. Finally, we are at a new stage.

When you go down the stairs, you will see ...... "Oh ...... I saw a demon in the 91st layer last time and I was wondering if it might be the same one. I thought so, but it was more fantasy than I expected. What's going on with the labyrinth?"

When I saw a big bird walking in the cave, I thought it had something to do with the sky from the 96th layer, but I didn't expect it to be this fantastical.

When I went down the stairs, there was no ground. Instead, when you look up, you see islands floating in the air. The flying rocks look like sparkling ore reflecting the light, but there is not a single plant or tree growing there, which is a pity. It would have been a perfect cartoon world if there had been a castle on the island, with moss and forest.

"Amazing", "kyu-kyu", "jimenai", "ku", "moeruze!"" ......"

All the spirits except Tulu are excited at the sight of this fantasy. I, too, was moved by this scene, but it was a different story when I tried to capture it myself.

Hey Sylphy, if you want to attack normally, you have to jump over the floating rocks and go to the big islands, right?　And then you look for stairs to go down on some of the bigger islands, right?"

I don't quite understand how one can get to the next level after climbing down the stairs on the floating island, but I guess that's the way it is in a labyrinth.

"Yes, of course.

"Right. And when I was jumping over the rocks, a bird demon flying around in the air attacked me.

I'm sure it will.

Hey Sylphy. Sylphy can take me to the next staircase, can't he?

"It's easy to get there. I already know where the stairs are.

"Ha-ha-ha, you've already found an easy way to get in."

My fears last time I saw the demons have come true. If the stage is related to the sky, it will be super easy if we ask Sylphy to help us. Without Sylphy's help, it will probably be quite troublesome. The most scary thing is that the footholds are unstable.

The steppingstones to the big island are of various sizes, and the small ones seem to be about 1 meter wide. I am afraid of being attacked by a bird monster in such a place, or of falling off just by being startled a little.

"Sylphy, do you know what it looks like down there?　Is there ground or something?"

There is no ground. The space is so twisted that if you fell to the bottom, you would probably disappear.

"I see."

It's going to disappear. Well, if you fall from such a high place, you will die normally, so I don't think extinction will make much difference. Then, we can either take it easy or work hard ......96 layer, or we can have a bit of a hard time. It's an adventure.

"Sylphy, only help me when I fall. Other than that, I'll try my best with Belle and the others."

It's important to be safe, even on an adventure, right?

"Okay. Good luck."

With Sylphy's encouragement, I plan a strategy with Belle and the others. With Sylphy's presence, we have the perfect lifeline. I'm going to play a part in this. I'll call it, "If there are not too many enemies, I'll take care of it, if there are too many enemies, you'll help me. That's exactly what it is.

I'll be there.

Carrying the magic hammer, he jumps to the nearest floating stepping stone from the stairs. With my improved physical abilities, I can easily make this two-meter distance.

"Whoa, whoa, wait, does this thing move?"

The stone that I jumped from moves forward with the impact of landing. I lose my balance and endure on all fours. I feel a little pathetic. After the stone moves forward for a while, it slowly comes to a stop. It feels like I'm moving on ice. The rocking up and down also makes it more scary.

Come to think of it, there is a similar scene in "The Adventures of the Archaeologist with the Whip". I'd like to use it as a reference, but I don't have a whip, so I guess I can't.

I look around after I've calmed down, and see that we are far away from the stairs. If I can't fly, how am I going to get back home?

"Yuta, this is fun!" "Cue!"

I hear Belle's voice laughing happily. I look up and see Belle and Lane, dressed as if they were holding a beat board, pushing a stepping stone to move it. Oh, don't take it so far. You won't be able to reach it even if you jump.

Hmm?　If they can move it, can they bring the rock to a position where it is easy to jump to? It's getting more like an athletic activity than an adventure, but I'm not asking for Sylphy's help, and it's just me and Belle and the others doing the best we can. It seems to be easier than I thought it would be, so I'm feeling quite comfortable.

"Okay, you guys line up the stepping stones in a row to that big island so that I can easily jump over. I'd appreciate it if you could make it look like a staircase."

"Okay, okay, cue cue, I'm going to make a corridor, cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" ......"

The belles scatter happily at my request. The sight of the tiny belles laughing and moving the stepping stones is incredibly funny. But, what a great psychic!

Hey Sylphie! Can we take this rock back home with us?　And if I take it out of the labyrinth, will it stay afloat?"

When you think about it, this rock is quite fascinating. It could be used like a skateboard that floats in the air, like in those movies where you go back and forth between the past and the future on a car, and I want one. I can fly, but a flying vehicle is another matter.

"Hmm, that ore is a rare ore called gravity stone. It needs to be adjusted, but if you bring it back, the nomos will adjust it for you."

Oh, I wondered what the treasure of this stage was, since there were no plants, but the stepping stones themselves were the treasure. But Sylphy is looking a little downcast. ...... Oh, so that's how it is.

"Sylphy, even if you bring back the gravity stone, don't worry, we won't release it to the world. You don't want more forces to fly to the continent, do you?"

He didn't like it like that when he was a bamboo dragonfly. I'm a man who can read the air.

"Oh, that's good to know. Thank you Yuta. But it's not worth the money, is it?"

Sylphy's mood brightened. I knew he didn't like the distribution of gravity stones.

"Yeah, I just want to place gravity stones in paradise, no problem. And I'd like to get some islands as big as that one, too, if possible.

I think it would be cool to have a flying island for my base. We can place it around the spirit tree and plant plants on the big island and build a villa there. We can manage the plants with the help of Nomos and Dolly. My dreams are growing.

"Are you going to bring that big island back with you?"

"Yes, the magic bag has unlimited capacity, so I think it will fit in a normal bag."

It's a big help that there are no plants or anything like that growing here. If they had, we would have had to destroy the environment in the labyrinth.

"I don't mind if we can take it back with us, but won't the adventurers who come later be troubled?"

Well, it would be a problem if there were no more stepping stones or large islands where people could rest.

"But it seems to be difficult for adventurers to reach here, so I think it will be all right.　So far, only Wings of the Labyrinth and Muscle Star have made it past the 50th layer, and even those two are being used to collect magic grass and all-purpose grass."

The guildmaster didn't say that we have already reached the point of collecting the sacred power plants, and since we have to search in the sea to collect a large amount of them, it seems that we can't afford to go any further.

I think Marie told me before that she wanted to get some fish from the sea. ...... Well, if we have more time, we can catch them and go back home while we collect the sacred power plants.

I'm sure that's true too. Then it's all right, isn't it?"

Sylphy, you're light. He didn't seem that seriously concerned about the adventurers who would follow. Maybe it was just a reminder of something I hadn't thought of.

"Well, since the medicinal herbs and trees we gather are usually resurrected, this stepping stone should be resurrected too, right? Then we can take as many as we want."

"Even if you bring back a lot of them, won't they just block out the sun if you put so many on the water?"

...... sunshine-rights issues. And it seems that floating a lot of them around is not very useful. Let's create a sense of fashion by placing them in the right balance.

I tried to store the gravity stones and found that they can be stored without any problem. If this can be stored, a large island should be no problem. I don't know how it will be to collect them on the way to the island, and if there is no problem, I'll let Sylphy fly me to the island on the way back and store them.

"Yoo-tah! I've got a lot of birds!"

While I was talking with Sylphy, I heard Bell's voice above me. I looked up and saw gravity stones arranged like a staircase and many bird monsters flying from the other side of the staircase. It reminds me of the phrase "like a cloud and mist.

As was the case with the firebirds, do birds flock together?　No, in Japan, birds in a flock were so much in a flock that it was unfashionable. There seems to be a big bird in the center. Is it attracting demons from the surrounding area?

"Oh, I guess Bell and his friends moved so many gravity stones that they provoked the demons. Do you need any help?"

"Hmm, if it gets dangerous, please. Everyone but Tamamo and Moon stay around me and keep the enemy from approaching from anywhere but the front. Tamamo and Moon, take a break or continue to arrange the gravity stones."

Tamamo can't fight because he has no plants, and Moon is not good at fighting. I can't read Moon's expression because he's slime, but he lands on my head in a heap. Maybe he's trying to heal me if I get hurt.

Tamamo, perhaps not wanting to be left alone ......1, asks Sylphy to hold her in her arms. She looks a little sad, probably because she can't fight alone. If I can get a plant out of my magic bag, I might be able to fight. ...... Well, I hope you'll watch my hammer warriors up close and cheer me on. I cheerfully reply, and the bells scatter around me.

Well, there are so many that I don't know what kind of demons they are. Let's just settle for a lot of birds for now. A large number of bird monsters rush into the area without even looking at me.

"Fujinranbu!"

"Cu-cu-cu."

"Dodokusuri" (a kind of "do-si-do")

"Here I go, there's a certain something..."

Bell and his team hit the bird demons that swarmed in and attacked them with their big moves. Incidentally, the name of Flare's "Ultimate Fire" is not the same as the attack, since I chose it from a list of cool words when I was deciding on the name of the technique. Also, it's cute that she can't pronounce the word "Ultimate" well.

And the huge bird demon, which seemed to be in the center of the demons, had its wings torn off and fell down by Bell's surprise attack, Fujin Ranbu. You know, enemies in the sky are troublesome, but maybe they are also weak.

......I'll agree with that for the time being. The number of opponents is so large that the belles are playing their big tricks. Don't just watch, I have to fight too. The bosses are already gone.