8-10 minutes 14.04.2023

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At that moment, suddenly the quest occurrence window was opened.

A quest has appeared.

Defeat the golem and save the children!

Reward for quest clearance: Acquiring the qualifications to enter into the deepest part of the Earth Labyrinth

If the quest is failed: The Abbot town’s church as well as the Earth Labyrinth’s deepest part will be closing down.

Would you like to accept the quest?

Yes   No

Eh. W-wait a minute.

What is the deepest part of the Earth Labyrinth?

Could it be that by defeating this golem, I would be able to enter the room where the boss that would drop the key to the Sage Tower would be in?

Eh, but, it was only a coincidence that I stumbled upon this place.

Despite that, why would such a quest occur?

I couldn’t help but think that this might not be a mere coincidence due to how eerie this ‘coincidence’ was.

The events happening in a game would frequently be connected to the next quests, but…

Of course, this wasn’t the game world, but… But I was sure that this world was exceedingly similar to the game world, so was it why such a coincidence could occur?

“Grrrrr…”

I came to my senses the moment I heard Noir’s small growling voice.

No, no good. This isn’t the time for me to be leisurely thinking about that. I have to do something about the golem standing before me.

“Everyone, get away from this place!”

I stood facing the golem as I covered the children with my back.

The rising golem’s eyes shone in red as it moved its face slowly to the left and right as if it was looking for its prey. Then, when it stopped, at the end of its sight was—

Eh? It’s not me, but Noir?

“You should hurry and escape, too!”

I heard Maa-kun’s voice from behind.

But if the golem wasn’t defeated right here, this town’s church as well as the deepest part of the Earth Labyrinth would be closing down. That’s why, I couldn’t run!

“Don’t mind me, hurry and go outside together with the others!”

“But!”

“I can use magic, so I will be fine! Besides, Noir is here!”

“Migya!”

The moment I mentioned Noir, it felt as if Maa-kun was relieved.

“Then, I will go look for that muscular priest once I am out of here, so hang in there until then.”

“Yeah. Please do that.”

Then, I heard the sound of people running away.

I wonder if it would be fine like this?

I should accept the quest while I still could do that.

Naturally, I would say, “Yes” here, right?

The quest has been accepted.

Defeat the golem and save the children!

“Yosh. Noir, turn big!”

“Nyau!”

It would be bad if the children were to be unable to run away or even move due to the fear they’d feel if Noir were to suddenly turn big in front of them, so I had Noir stay small until just now.

But now I didn’t have to worry about that.

Noir arched its back as its form changed. Its small legs grew big in the twinkle of an eye, and its small fangs grew bigger and sharper.

“Migyaaaaaa!”

Standing there was the mutated variant of Dark Panther, one that was supposed to be the Monster King.

I’m counting on you, Noir!

I took out the Gecko staff from inside my item box.

“Let’s go, Noir!”

“Migyaa!”

The golem dashed forward with a thud.

Perhaps due to its heavy body, it seemed like it couldn’t move nimbly. If that was the case, we’d be winning in terms of our agility!

“Wind Lance!”

Wind lances pierced the golem.

But it seemed like the golem didn’t receive a significant amount of damage.

Even in the game, magic wasn’t so effective against golems. However, damaging it with magic attacks over and over again should be able to defeat them.

Noir scratched the golem’s leg using its claws.

That’s good! If the golem’s legs were to be broken, it wouldn’t be able to move.

The golem swung down its leg in attempt to trample Noir who was running around its legs. But Noir was faster than the golem, so the golem’s attacks were in vain.

My magic and Noir’s attacks damaged the golem little by little.

Noir’s claws scratched the golem’s legs over and over again.

The golem’s body shook violently as it swayed.

“Let’s do the finishing blow now. Take thisssss!”

As the wind arrows hit the golem, the parts that was hit shone in silver. At the same time, the magical crystals inside the room also shone.

Then, the places where the golem sustained damage were slowly restored.

“No wayyyy!”

Although we managed to scrape the parts, now everything returned to how they were before!

Then, our efforts until now… what’s it even for?!

No, but if only I knew it could regenerate itself like that, I’d have given it a fatal blow before it could regenerate.

But what kind of attacks could do that, that was the question. Noir and I’s power alone clearly wasn’t enough to defeat it before it regenerated.

If only Frank-san and Ar-niisama and the others were here…

“Jou-chan, sorry to make you wait!”

“Yuuri, are you alright?”

“Yuuri-chan!”

When I turned around, I saw my reliable friends there.

Hooray! We can win with this!