Volume 3 - CH 17

Cyclo was making good progress through the dungeon.

As long as he was aiming for the upper levels of the dungeon, he did not encounter any monsters that were stronger than the human-faced monsters.

There were some monsters that were strong enough to be considered equal, but even so, they were still equal.

There was no way that Cyclo would have a hard time, and his feet never stopped moving.

After climbing the stairs that existed in the dungeon several times, he came to a strangely open space.

“– hmm? This is ……”

[Hoh, it is unusual for a human to come from below.]

Suddenly, a voice echoes, and Cyclo hurriedly generates an orichalcum sword and prepared.

“Nn!? It doesn’t respond to sensing!? Where are you!?”

“Fufufu. Well, don’t panic so much. Let me show myself.”

The clock sensing, which is supposed to be always on, is not picking up anything.

The actuality that the voice is audible, there is no doubt that something is there.

Cyclo is nervous about something that is not being detected by his own sensing.

Soon after, the owner of the voice slowly appears.

[I am the guardian of the middle level of the Labyrinth of Conviction! I am the Elder Wraith!]

(T/N: (断罪 の 迷宮) It can also be called: Labyrinth of Absolution, Labyrinth of Judgment, Labyrinth of Condemnation. I don’t know which is the best one for this part yet so I picked Conviction.)

The one who announced himself as such was a monster with a translucent, transparent body.

“Wraith …… I’ve heard of them before. A spirit-type monster, huh!”

And with the monster’s name, Cyclo finally grasped the true identity of his opponent.

Spirit-type monsters are ghosts, so to speak.

Light penetrates them, so there are no shadows, no blood flows, and they do not need food. Of course, it has no parts that are structured like sand.

In other words, it is a monster that is not included in Cyclo’s clock sensing.

“I mean, are you for real this is the middle layer?”

Cyclo blurted out. If he trusts the Elder Wraith’s words, this dungeon, which turned out to be called the “Labyrinth of Conviction,” is the middle level.

In other words, the place where Cyclo fell was not the deepest level, but only a little past the middle level.

This meant that there were countless more vicious monsters in this dungeon, and Cyclo shuddered as he realized this.

“No, that’s not the point.”

[That’s right. Now that you’ve met me, you’re finished. I will have your life.]

Elder Wraith declares and holds his arm out toward Cyclo.

Cyclo, realizing that some kind of attack was coming, hurriedly activated his clock generation.

“Damn it!!”

[Burn!]

Elder Wraith released a spell. An ominous purple flame flooded the room and swept toward Cyclo.

Cyclo hides behind the Orichalcum Shield created by clock generation.

“Ggh ……!!!”

Even through the Orichalcum Shield, the heat was felt by Cyclo.

But it was not a direct hit. Thanks to this, he was able to survive without any damage other than a slight tingling in the hand that was holding the shield.

[Hoh, to be able to stand that…]

“–I’ll attack this time!”

Cyclo makes the Orichalcum Shield disappear. And in its place, he creates a huge sphere of light.

“Take this!!!”

He then shoots the sphere of light at the Elder Wraith.

[Guuaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!?! What the hell is this!?]

Elder Wraith quickly evaded but was unable to avoid it and his arm was swallowed by the light.

The arm was blurred, perhaps damaged by the light, and shook like smoke as if about to disappear.

[I never thought that a human could handle magic that could damage my body!]

“Shut up! Perish as you are! –Clock Generation!”

Cyclo followed up with another attack. This time, he creates numerous small balls of light and shoots them out to attack a wide area all at once.

“Guaaahhhhhhhh!!! Damn youuuuu!!!!”

Naturally, the Elder Wraiths could not evade. He was hit by the light balls one after another, and his body shook here and there like smoke.

The Elder Wraiths were completely wounded when the barrage of light balls ended.

[I, I can’t believe …… that something like is possi- …… -ble.]

The Elder Wraith staggered and fell as it was.

“…… Did I, beat him?”

Cyclo slowly approached the fallen Elder Wraith with his sword at the ready.

When he was close enough to touch it with his foot…　

[–I got you, you idiot!!]

“What!?”

The Elder Wraith suddenly got up and wrapped itself around Cyclo’s body.

“Damn it, don’t!”

“I didn’t expect you to go this far, but …… I will curse you to death and make you a vessel for my new body!”

The Elder Wraith said, and went to the last resort.

Hearing those words, Cyclo remembered. He remembered that the monster known as the Wraith sometimes enters a person’s corpse and manipulates it to go on a rampage.