CH 61

"Oh, that's the exit. We got back here quicker than when we got in."

"Did you memorize the way?"

"Ah, it's y'know, Menu."

"I see."

"I-I have absolutely no idea what you two are talking about..."

Slum girl, Reina looked confused as she said that.

I'm not going to tell her more detail yet. That might change once she's built enough trust and joined our party.

After what happened earlier, we retrieved the buried High Cave Bear's body, and made our way out of the cave with the newly updated Menu Function.

Which is 'Map Screen'. It's exactly what it says on the tin, a map function.

Places that I've visited or are within my view get displayed as map on a screen, it's the most convenient function you can ask for dungeon or cave diving.

It also shows things situated around me as dots, for example how Alma is 1m to my right, or how Reina is following a bit behind, and of course it also displays magic beasts and items within the map range, affording us to safely make a beeline out of this cave.

Menu-san is the best! Who needs Skills anyway! ...No sorry, I do want one.

Oh and it also displays specific areas and magic beast territories as locations, though I'm not sure the criteria it uses to distinguish them.

You can't turn a place into a location on this map by simply scribbling on the ground, yet it's got some real headscratchers in there. Like a giant rock near Keruna village. What's the significance?

Then just as we finally arrived at the exit, I saw four dots coming closer from a different route.

Fumu, I thought they went for the exit ahead of us, they must have gotten lost. They got here just as we did.

"Haa, haa, haa, it's finally the exit..."

"T-thank goodness, I was sure we were goners when we got lost..."

"...Guess that kid died... I feel like crap..."

The party who was together with Reina looked totally exhausted as they walked toward the exit.

That young man really seems to regret abandoning Reina... I can't bring myself to blame him when it was a life or death situation for them too.

"Eh, huh!? W-were you two ahead of us!?"

"Y-you even brought that kid with you!?"

They noticed us too it seemed.

Well, guess their surprise is only natural when they were supposed to leave first.

"...So you were safe. Forgive me, leaving you behind as a decoy..."

The young man gave a heartfelt apology to Reina.

"Please don't worry about it. In the end, I got saved and nobody got hurt in the process anyway. Ah, right, here's your bag, please take it."

Job: Paladin

State: Normal

[Attributes]

HP: 380/380