60 Lesson 36: The Labyrinth Kingdom and the Anomaly

About half a month after the destruction of the Demon Clan (Romarier).

"So I think it's time to leave this country"

"Oh, brother, you're leaving!?

Sakya shouts her surprise at my line.

By the way, all my men are gathered here. Sakuya and Dora on my lap and full gear to say Coco and Lolo on the side. Mio loses the territorial battle and sits in sports on the side.

"Yeah, I stayed there in this city, too, and the acquisition and expansion of the distribution base, which was the aim, went a long way. So I thought we could go back to tourism, one of our main purposes, our journey around the world."

"The base is bigger than I first thought..."

Sakura says with a bitter smile. Yeah, I didn't mean to make it this big a mansion.

"When I realized it, there were a lot of people under my command..."

There are more than 30 of them just to be assigned to this base. I didn't plan on getting this far in this country alone.

Dora, come on!

Dora says confidently. With that said, Dora was the first person to use < contract bond (engagement link) >. As for the subordination, I guess you're going to say number one seniors.

"Maid, I got a paragraph on the education of the Butler apprentices, and the Adventurers got B-ranked. Just fine, right?

Maria and Lucea asked the maids and butlers who were in Lucea's mansion to educate them about the slaves they had bought, but the first skill they gave worked for the better, and after six months they said it was one serving. They're all attached...

By the way, the maids, former apprentices of the butler, gather in one place, kneeling and praying. They'll always pray when I'm in position to see them. It didn't seem to change whether I was at work or not, and when I stopped cleaning my hands and knelt, I thought something was up. That keeps me away from the kitchen. I want to tell you to stop kneeling even during cooking (including hygiene).

The eight slaves I picked up at the bandits were vigorously doing their requests. And a few days ago, I broke through an exam for B-rank Adventurers, and was set to clear up and give B-rank Adventurers a name. Ultimately, I plan to have it ranked S-so it's only a passing point. But if it's a B-rank, it's an advanced adventurer, just the right separation.

For the record, I also let my maids and butlers train in combat. After all, you have to be able to fight some things like maids and butlers.

"Right. I'm comfortable, but the number one purpose is to travel."

"If Jen is going on a journey, naturally I will offer you one too."

"I'll follow you, too."

Dora's coming too.

"I'll take care of the food!

The members to be taken are Sakura, Maria, Serra, Dora, Mio and one Tamo.

The other members will remain in this mansion. Midori is relaxed in the garden, while having them produce occasionally. Ask Lucea and the Adventurers to act as adventurers around this city and this country. And I plan to set up a clan when I get a little more fame. Maid, the deacons are going to take care of this mansion.

Not everything to these members, but it explains our abilities, and naturally it also shuts us down. So whenever we come back, there's no problem.

"That said, it will take a while to get out of this country, so I think for the time being it will be a life of moving around by carriage by day and staying in an inn or going wild or going back this way at night"

Nojuku itself is a flavor of the journey, but you can go home whenever you want to relax at home.

"It's a really null journey."

"Oh, I finally made it so much easier." Is that really a journey? You're done. "

"I guess it's not something to say confidently..."

Mio makes a sound like he's stunned.

"So you're gonna stay wild all the time on your own, Mio?

"Yikes. I don't like that. Oh, I love your husband! I love you!

That's what I'm gonna hold on to, Mio. Awesome hands back. Serra-like palms back when I served the meal.

"Leaving aside Mio's cry of love, which country are you going to next"

"They left me!

Mio is left alone.

Now, this is agenda number one, 'Which country are we going to'. And the Queen Kastal kingdom faces four countries and borders. One to the west is the Kingdom of Eldia. Well, I don't have this.

Next is the Kingdom of Sanokia to the north. It seems that this is a country where Serra was born with a lot of aristocratic power. Pass.

Next is the Union of Ato Nations of the East. This is a coalition of small nations. It boosts its voice by making it a Union country. As an individual country, it is small and culturally diverse, so you may want to try it as tourism.

Last but not least, the Kingdom of Estea in the south. Also known as Labyrinth Country. This country has a huge labyrinth (dungeon) beneath its territory. No, isn't this a little right... Precisely where there's a labyrinth underground, everything is territorial. This means that the labyrinth (dungeon) has an area of more than one country. And since the labyrinth is a hierarchical structure, the substantial territory is many, dozens of times greater than the territory on the surface.

The entrance to the labyrinth is everywhere. More importantly, the city, or village, is where the entrance to the labyrinth is located. Inside the labyrinth is a treasure trove of resources, also called adventurers, or, in the case of labyrinths, seekers, but the resources they bring home are the main specialties.

Dungeons, in a sense, one of the temples of different worlds. This is unchallenged. I have no hands. So if possible, I want to go to the labyrinth country.

We talked about the above in front of everyone for a long time.

"No, I know..."

Sakya says. Well, I guess so. I think a queen who doesn't know about her neighbor should quit.

"I mean, it's definitely Castar (we) trading number one..."

The Kingdom of Estea has low food self-sufficiency and abundant mineral resources from the labyrinth. Castar, by contrast, has very high food self-sufficiency. Vast fields in the rich woods, we didn't go, but there are lakes. In contrast, the number of mines is small, so I am in a situation where I said that Estea will be held. There is also a lot of talent interaction when arm proud adventurers try the labyrinth.

"But okay? That country is a brave supporter..."

Brave supporters. It's about a country that declares to support the adventures of the brave at the national level. Eldia officially summoned brave men to various countries while I was busy in the King's Capital. With a paragraph attached to domestic nurturing, it would mean sending brave men to countries in front of the building who wanted them to brush their arms more than they did around the place, and drawing support, including financial ones.

When I looked it up, it was true that the Demons had fought war on their neighbors and destroyed them. A small country, called the Kingdom of Mertis, on the north side of Eldia, had been destroyed. Apparently most of the royalty was executed and most of the inhabitants were killed or dropped into slavery.

Several countries declared that they would not support it, as they whitefully asked other countries for assistance in that situation. By the way, they do not send brave men to countries that do not provide support and declare that they will not help them in case they are attacked by demons. It feels like I said, "What is it for Kastal?"

Naturally, it's a country that doesn't support Castar either. Sakya was a little troubled, to be precise. No, I didn't tell you not to support me or Sakura.... maybe it doesn't matter that Sakura suddenly got grumpy when that topic came up and I gave Sakuya a chilling killing temper.

"One way or another, there are more countries that support the brave. If you stop just saying brave supporters, you're almost out of countries to go to. Besides, there's no reason for me to avoid the brave. It's no different from the depressing feathers we met."

"You can call a brave man a feather. Your husband is awesome"

I admire Mio where he's weird.

"If Jen wants, you can call me a feather worm."

Maria is a brave man too...... But, Maria, I don't think it's loyalty to say that.

"I..., you don't want to see me if you can. But I don't like it when you don't go because there might be brave men."

Sakura doesn't seem to be running either. There's no way I'm going to 'see you,' but I don't seem to mind saying 'I'm not going because I might see you'. You seem a lot more impressed with me.

"Yes, then we will take a decision. Someone opposed to going to Estea Kingdom."

Nobody raises their hands. Yeah, I knew. I mean, I don't know anyone who raises their hands in this way.

"Well, if your husband wants to go, I have nothing against me. Looks like it could work there..."

"In the first place, there's no one you can disagree with in the way your husband says right now..."

Everybody knew that too. That is why our next destination has become the Kingdom of Estea.

"Then we'll leave tomorrow. Even though we can always go back, let's just get ready."

That said, the scene was dissolved. Everyone, we're getting ready for the journey. Essentially, the task is to buy out what might be needed for a labyrinth attack. Other than the main members, they pack the bags we need for our journey.

The next day, when we were ready, we left King's Capital. The drop-off in front of the mansion was a somewhat unusual sight of all the maids and deacons kneeling. Passenger I feel I was clearly avoiding it.

It takes around 2 weeks to get to Estea well. In the meantime there are also a number of cities and villages, so it is just right for relaxing sightseeing. I heard from Sakya and Alta, and I've previewed what kind of village there is.

I just went about 3 hours by carriage and got a reading from Sakya.

Brother! I'm so sorry! Hurry up and head to the village beyond the border with Estea!

What's going on? In such a hurry?

"Looks like demons are flooding out of the labyrinth. I just received a request for rescue with a magic tool for emergency contact.

Magic tools (magic items) for emergency contact are common in Estea, but are not often used in other countries. This comes from the reason that its magic tools (magic items) are barely usable when they leave the labyrinth. There are other items dedicated to the labyrinth in Estea. Items useful in the labyrinth but not usable when out of the labyrinth are, in a way, easy to understand. By the way, outside of the labyrinth, they will need a significant amount of demonic stones just to be used once.

A junction stone that protects villages and towns. Naturally, it is also located in the city and village of Estea. However, due to Estea's special location, he seems powerless against demons coming out of the labyrinth. For this reason, demons around the entrance are regularly intermittent, and the entrance and exit are strictly controlled and guards should be stationed.

You're the adventurer around here and you can't handle it?

"Different scale and level! The labyrinth is supposed to be for beginners, but there's more than one demon out there that's worth B rank. There's already been a lot of damage!

Apparently, the more demons in the labyrinth go deep underground, the stronger they become. And most demons don't travel between hierarchies. For this reason, the entrance with weak superior demons is familiar as a beginner (?) Yes.

Not many villages come out of the entrance and exit that were said to be for beginners and are safe with B-rank-equivalent demons.

"And because of its proximity to the border, there may be damage to Qastar. And for me now, my brother is the only one who can think of the most mobile and powerful adventurer! It will definitely take a few days to ask a knight or S-rank adventurer to fly at all costs!

I teach Sakuya my fast moving combo. Whether it's a 'portal' or a 'warp', I've been grounded asking you to keep it a secret because it overshadows the military operations you've been doing.

Nothing. I have no problem with you asking for Sakuya's favor in and of itself. However, I have a few concerns, so I'll make sure.

"Hey, Sakuya. You don't think of me like a handy man, do you?

Drop the tone of your voice a little and talk to Sakuya. This is a completely national response, as long as I was involved in the demon-related reprocessing. It's not just like asking a C-rank adventurer. Let's just say I'm just a C-rank adventurer.

"Yes, of course. I'm better off, aren't I? So this is a request. I'm asking for a nomination for treating your brother like an adventurer."

Sakya excuses himself with a weird voice.

Cannot request a nomination from an adventurer below the C-rank. To be more precise, the nomination request is not enforceable.

What's the reward?

Honestly, I don't care about the reward, but if it's a request, we should have it.

"Huh? Uh, hmm. What should I do?"

I didn't seem to think about it in particular. I mean, I guess there's very little reward you can give me from Sakya. Because Sakuya himself is my subordinate...

"Well, as for the reward, you can do it later. In the meantime, we should head to a village near that border now, right?

"Oh, yeah. Please, it's okay if we cross the border."

That's where the reading from Sakya ran out. Well, the reward is for later pleasure...

"So I say. I'm afraid there's no sightseeing. It's another opportunity. In the meantime, I'm traveling fast to the village first."

"Dear Jen, I will follow you too"

Maria raises her hand, naturally. Well, you will.

"Okay. Put the carriage back in the mansion and get ready for battle. It could be a massive battle."

I'd hate to take the carriage and get involved. You'll be safe in the mansion.

"It doesn't make any sense that you could have made a carriage so far..."

"Well, I can't help it. In the meantime, let's leave 'Portal' here."

Now that we're ready, me and Maria started going on a fast moving combo.

It's a proven fast moving combo that takes seven days to travel in an hour. This time I took it even more seriously and went two weeks' distance in half an hour. It may have worked that I didn't put the portal in the village on the way.

We've reached the adjacent area, so we'll see what's going on in the village from the map.

"Wow..."

"That's terrible. This..."

Maria says with a sinister face.

What I could see from there were tons of red dots and gray dots on the green frame. I mean, a large number of enemies and a dead villager. The demon side is pretty dead too, but there are 10 B-rank demons left.

"If we don't hurry, we will."

"Yes."

Use the 'portal' somewhat closer and call in the other members.

"Thank you for waiting."

"Oops, it's a quick, bad, but pretty bad situation. Since the demons themselves are quite widely distributed, it is a battle of annihilation in pairs. The combination is me and Maria, Mio and Sella, Sakura and Dora."

"" "" Yes!

It's all right.

See you next time.

"Yeah."

Dora is a shield, so when combined, she lacks mobility. Except if we can fly through the sky...

"Oh, do you want to call a base group?

"Oh, will you call me Sakura?

"Yes."

"Well, spread out!

Begin the annihilation of the demon in pairs with the call.

I arrived in the village. The damage seems to be greater than I thought. Firehands are up everywhere. Apparently, you have a fire to use on the demon side.

Firefang

LV23

< Fire Attribute Granted LV4 > < Fire Attribute Resistance LV3 > < Bite LV3 > < Body Enhancement LV3 > < Labyrinth Adaptation LV3 >

Notes: Wolves with fangs of fire attributes. My whole body has a high fever.

Flare Tail

LV20

< Fire Attribute Granted LV3 > < Fire Attribute Resistance LV2 > < Bite LV3 > < Signal Detection LV4 > < Labyrinth Adaptation LV3 >

Notes: lizards with tails of fire. Not as cute as a Hi-O lizard.

This neighborhood is a B-rank demon. Although the concept of level is not pervasive, demons of approximately 20-30 level platforms may be considered as B-rank-equivalent.

A: Among other things, shall we also make a quick look at the demon level and rank?

Who makes it......

Other than that, there are familiar demons (goblins) and unfamiliar demons.

Dummy Tail

LV9

Labyrinth Adapted LV1

Notes: lizard demons. The tail grows quickly even when cut. Yaoon.

Dungeon worm

LV12

< Poison Attack LV1 > < Digging LV1 > < Labyrinth Adapted LV1 >

Notes: Mimi demons in the dungeon. Less than 1 m long.

dungeon goblin

LV7

"Labyrinth Stick"

Labyrinth Adapted LV1

Notes: Goblins from the labyrinth. There is no big difference from regular goblins.

Labyrinth Sticks

Classification: Sticks

Rarity: General

By the way, skills seem to be skills that can be corrected in the labyrinth. It mainly focuses on auxiliary things like not getting lost in the road or not being too hungry to fight much. Well, I'd be interested if a labyrinth demon got lost or died of hunger.

For the record, almost everything in the labyrinth is like magic, so it's not surprising where demons occur. Of course, only demons fit that hierarchy...... At this time, demons born in the labyrinth have the skills of.

"In the meantime, we're gonna kick some B-rank demons. Otherwise, defeat them from the strongest demons you can."

"Yes!"

There are still numerous demons and villagers in the village. Due to the large number of wooden buildings, they appear to have a low defense against demonic opponents of the fire attribute.

"We are adventurers who have come from Castar to rescue us! If you want to run, run for us!

Arrange in the heart of the city, shouting out loud. If you notice this and run over here, that's all it'll be easier to help.

"Ha, help me!

One woman ran over to this one from by my side I said. Coming up from behind is a B-rank Demon Firefang. If you look closely, the body that appeared to be a few adventurers was rolling for those who had a woman.

They hold me like a woman falls. As old as I am, I can call it a minor injury, albeit an injury. I could say it would be useful if it wasn't in this situation either......

"It's all right now. Don't worry."

"So, but that demon is worth B-rank...... Hih!

At that stage I said it, Firefang jumped at me. Spiritual knife/pointing the unfinished at those who have flown. That's all that made Firefang into two big pieces. That's too bad......

"Awesome..."

By B-rank, if you look at it from us now, it's the same as the miscellaneous fish, so it's a natural ending.

Gradually expanding the safety zone while cutting off the surrounding demons. There's a map, so if you find a hidden villager, direct him toward the center of the city.

Maria had been crusading and guiding demons around the opposite direction from me since Maria first killed Flair Tail instantly.

Claude and his group of strongholds joined him along the way, and the crusade within the village proceeded. Conversely, members on the outside of the village are crusading to gradually move inward. It doesn't even look like a leak or anything at the moment.

The base group is also able to jeopardize the B-rank demons. Enhancement of the distribution seems to be going well.

Ten B-ranks and about 30 other demons who were in the village were to be wiped out less than 10 minutes after they scattered.

Let's just give them instructions.

As soon as the extinction is complete, the wounded are taken care of and the fire is extinguished.

Well, search for the wounded all over the city.

A: 20 seriously injured, 34 injured and 16 dead. Displays sequentially from the seriously injured.

All right. I need you in order from someone who's dying.

A: Yes.

Go to the seriously wounded indicated by Alta. Many of the seriously injured had defects in arms, legs, etc. I can't even use 'Revive' just like that, so I cure it with regular high heels. Although the defect does not heal, the bleeding also stops and HP recovers to the safe zone.

He tours the entire village and gradually makes his recovery. Adventurers and guards fought to stop the demons in the first and barely lived. The villagers also fled to the woods and were protected by other members, while others were killed by demons along the way.

A: There have been 0 deaths since the masters arrived.

I applied a recovery to one street villager, so I contact Sakya.

Sakya, the destruction of the demon you were told about is over.

Huh? I knew your brother was out of common sense... "

"I said it was overflowing with demons, so I thought maybe 100-200 had come out, maybe 10 B's and 30 other small-scale fights..."

I may be careless, but I feel a little watermarked. I assumed about the stampede from the Tyra Forest......

"No, I might if I tried it from your brother, but if I saw it from a normal villager, it would be catastrophic... There are casualties, aren't there?

"Ah, so is that. Oh, so I remembered, what are we supposed to do now? For once, the wounded have recovered..."

You can't even say goodbye to knocking down demons. For once, we are here at the request of the state...

"Well, I'll be the one to contact the demon crusade. Can your brother ask for an extra alert to see if demons come out and an explanation to the knights to be seconded from the larger city nearby?

"Well, I guess that's about as good a request as it gets. Oh, don't forget about the reward, okay?

"Yes, it is. It's a reward. Leave it alone.

Just hang up on me. Lu Rhythm wasn't turning around, but would it really be okay......

"Dear Jen, Injury handling and extinguishing activities are over. The demons we crusaded have been recovered."

"Okay."

When I heard Maria's report, I headed to the biggest building in the city. We are now sending all the villagers there, including the wounded.

"Who's in charge of this village?

Ask the gathering villagers. From that, one woman approached. She was the first woman I helped earlier.

"Maybe you'll say me"

"Maybe?"

"Yes, my father was the village chief, but trying to get away with the villagers attacked by demons... When I say" no, "I mean" acting village chief. "

"Okay. Then I'll explain us. He's an adventurer who was asked by Castar to rescue him from Estea."

"Yes, I sent out a rescue request to those in the country. If you hadn't come, I wouldn't have made it."

From the nearest city it takes 3 hours to use a horse. With all that time, there would have been total annihilation.

"We're going to be on labyrinth alert until people are dispatched."

"That's it, can you? You crusade the demons, you treat the wounded, but you even use magic, and that's it..."

You look sorry, but it's obvious this city doesn't have a choice. Looking around, few men are safe. Many men have fought, suffered major injuries, or died, to contain the demonic damage at all.

It's mostly women, children and old people who are here too.

"Never mind. Looks like the reward's coming out tight."

"... ok. Thank you. Oh, my name is Lorna. Sorry, I'm late for my name..."

"I'm Jen. I'm the leader of an adventurer who came to the rescue."

Talking about that, several villagers were about to leave the building.

"Which way are you guys going?

When Lorna spoke, a middle-aged woman, who was a relatively minor injury, replied.

"Oh, the adventurers will be on guard, won't they? Atashi and the others wanted to collect the bodies of the deceased. It's pathetic to be wild forever."

"Oh, I'll help too. Thank you for your vigilance, Jen."

"Okay."

I wasn't even paying attention to human corpses during the fight. I can't even say I'll pick it up in... You can't leave me alone forever, so it would mean collecting them within our vigilance. I can help, but for once, our job is to be vigilant.

I brought a carriage in anticipation of the timing. It's like we're ahead and the carriage's chasing us. Now it's on the outskirts of the village. Hereinafter abbreviated by Mr. Tamo.

Then about 3 hours later, a knight came from a neighboring city. Coming forward is an old man in his 40s or so dressed in luxurious armor.

"Are you adventurers from Castar?"

I guess just the first word. Oh, this is the Knight of the Akans.

"Oh, yeah"

"Chip, I heard from Castar that all the demons that came out had been exorcised, but is that true?

"Oh, now I'm just on guard against demons coming out of the labyrinth"

"Well, we'll take over the job now. Get the hell out of this village."

Hey, why is he so quarrelsome?

A: Isn't it because Castar took my job? Estea seems to be proud that the quality of adventurers and knights is higher than that of Castar because of the labyrinth.

I see, I need to care that the adventurers on the Castar side worked...... Oops.

Maria, don't kill me.

"But this man to Jen..."

"Not a big opponent. If you're angry with a little guy like this, you won't get it."

"... Yes. Okay."

I'm not a pleasant opponent, but if I was traveling, I would meet a lot of people like this. If I'm dealing with him one way or the other, I don't have a kiri. I think it's okay to leave it alone until it's about to cause direct harm. Of course, I would never condone it if it was harmful......

"Okay. We'll be out of this village when the security takeover is over."

I'd really like to try to get into the labyrinth from this village, but there's just been an anomaly, and if it's not for investigative purposes, it looks like we should stop it.

As we headed towards the carriage with Maria, the great knight of the example approached.

"Hey, adventurer. There are few demon carcasses in the city. What do you mean!?

"Oh, we can use space magic, so we recovered everything we took down."

"Chip, dude. Leave the remains of the demons you defeated here. We'll look into it."

That's a bad attitude. To be honest, I don't like it, but I have no doubt about what you say needs to be investigated.

"There's some B-rank demons out there, so that's gonna be a lot of money. Can we turn him over in a big town nearby?

Demons in the dungeon also have demonic stones. Naturally, it would be a pretty good forehead if it became a B-rank demon. It's a delicate place to be asked if it's the only amount you can pay for a deal on this occasion.

"What are you talking about? Why do we have to pay for this?

"What are you talking about over there? Demons defeated on crusade requests should be the property of adventurers. Unless included in the request in advance."

I didn't hear that from Sakya. It should be more in line with normal processing than I said.

"Don't let a stranger say something unsolicited! You just have to shut up and listen to us!

Don't talk to me.

"Oh my God! You're willing to turn this country against your enemies if you behave like that against a knight!

I just think you're making a fool of yourself to behave like this to the person you came to rescue. Maria is also in a state of war... A calm woman's voice echoed where she had given enemy certification because direct harm was likely to occur, which was not appropriate on the spot.

"Could you wait a moment?