Chapter 456 – Labyrinth Guy! It’s War!
We continued walking up the second floor.
“Looking at how light the equipment is… It seems like it has considerable capabilities.”
Even though I was walking after the break… The party leader, Kotmo, seemed very interested in me.
No, it seemed like he was a person with some eyes.
It’s like in Professor Scarlett’s world.
There was a similar atmosphere to Julia, who runs a wealthy business.
“Well, that’s right.”
“Hmm. I’m Kotmo. I’m an executive from an adventurer house dispatched to this labyrinth.”
Let’s give it a look like I’m annoying.
He tried to lower my guard by introducing himself.
“So the other adventurers knew you well.”
“That’s right. I worked at this labyrinth adventurer’s house for a while ago. Angelica also had a relationship with me back then.”
I looked at Angelica walking side by side.
She was nodding.
“Hehe. I was surprised at the time. A dying half-elf girl came into the adventurer’s house and asked for a dagger.”
“Oh. That’s right.”
At Cote Mo’s words, Angelica took out her dimensional pouch and searched for something.
What she held out in her palm was a clean dagger well wrapped in black leather.
“I’ll return this now. Thanks to you, I survived… And was able to meet Jageun.”
Kotmo picked up the dagger handed to him by Angelica.
“It’s brand new.”
“Actually. The one I gave back then broke while I was trying to fix it. So I bought the same dagger.”
“You bought it? Haha. That blacksmith guy. He’s so stubborn that he wouldn’t make things for alien species. I guess he succeeded.”
Angelica returned her dagger to Cote Mo.
Kotmo put the dagger into his arms with a satisfied expression.
Seeing Angelica act like this.
He definitely seemed like a good person.
Of course, not everything was good.
You contacted Angelica faster than me…
I guess I’m a little jealous.
The same goes for showing interest in me for the first time.
Also, there is a connection with Angelica.
I didn’t like it for many reasons.
“I’m curious about that time. Kotmo. Why did you help me?”
“That. Hmm.”
It was Kotmo who hesitated for a moment.
However, seeing Angelica’s curious eyes, she finally opened her mouth.
“… I helped you because it reminded me of my daughter in the kingdom. She was about the same height as you.”
Angelica looked like her own daughter.
Cote Mo helped Angelica because she was like her daughter.
Now that I see it, it seems like she didn’t just give me the dagger, but helped me with many other things.
I understood Kotmo’s feelings a little.
Because I too am looking at Kaibak, born to Princess Kaira. I used to stare at the children playing on the street.
“Anyway… I’m glad you treated me so well, Angelica.”
“It looks like Kotmo has been promoted to where he wants to be… What about your daughter?”
“Kara. Sigh. She works as a receptionist at an adventurer’s house. Even though she tells her not to do that, she wants to know who she looks like.”
It seemed to everyone that her daughter took after her father and did things related to her adventurer.
And this man also seemed like a fool.
If you’re working as a guide at an adventurer’s house… You’d be an adult now, but you still care about your daughter.
“Hmm. Really? If I get a chance, I’d like to see it.”
“If I have time, let’s make an appointment. Or, would you like to invite me to your house?”
“Okay. Kotmo.”
Angelica trusted Kotmo.
To be honest, it somehow looked like a daughter and father who were not related by blood.
“How about you?”
“I.”
“You’re Angelica’s lover. I’m sure you’ll come.”
“… If Angelica goes, I’ll go.”
I felt an inexplicable pressure from his words.
I wonder where I got this feeling…
‘Ah!’
It came to mind.
The gaze this man gave… Was similar to the gaze sent by the Magic King in the past.
Because he married his own daughter, Princess Kaira.
It was similar to the feeling of trying to find out what kind of man I was.
Now I know.
This is why the Kotmo party leader continues to care about me.
It was because of Angelica.
Because Angelica, who is like her daughter who gave her own dagger, has met her strange man and is with him.
So it seemed like he was interested in me.
“Huh?”
Like adventurers, we chatted as we moved around, but when we suddenly saw many people, we closed our mouths and took a fighting stance.
-Chuck! Chubbuck! Chubbuk!
“The sound of footsteps is amazing.”
“Everyone ready for battle.”
At my words, the Kotmo party leader immediately took out his sword.
And the approaching being…
“Gasp!! Big deal! Big deal!”
A frightened adventurer was running towards us.
And after that, numerous labyrinth orcs were following.
“They are our allies! Protect them!”
At Kotmo’s words, the 40 adventurers moved.
Moving nimbly as a party unit, we encountered a large army of labyrinth orcs in a passage as large as a soccer stadium.
-Boom!
-Boom!
Arrows rained down on the orcs clad in iron armor, protecting the adventurer who was being chased.
“””Chwiiyi!!!”””
The adventurers’ arrows only penetrated weak points.
The attack was stopped by hitting the Orcs’ eyes and the gaps between their armor, and the adventurers with melee weapons finished the attack.
The 40-member party was getting stronger.
As I grew in real time, I took care of all the orc hordes.
“Big… Big deal!!”
“Speak slowly.”
I dealt with the labyrinth orcs and calmed down the adventurer who was running away.
“Gasp, pant…! The 2nd tier boss is ridiculous!”
“What.? Boss of the 2nd tier? No way. Were you guys trying to go to the 3rd tier.”
“I thought it would be enough.”
“I did such a foolish thing even though I knew the labyrinth had changed.”
Human greed is endless, and we repeat the same mistakes.
The 20-person party went down to the 2nd floor first and occupied the resources? It was not enough to see the boss and the 3rd floor.
Of course, I thought it might be because the 20 people who went first were veteran adventurers, but…
Because we had so much experience, we had the option of scouting out the boss and waiting for us.
But I didn’t do that.
In short, pride and greed created their own crisis.
“Guide me to the boss room quickly!”
“Ah. I understand!”
The guy who ran away to our party ran straight to where the second-tier boss was.
The 40 people who followed behind followed him without rest.
The room we arrived at was different from the labyrinths we had seen so far.
“That.”
“It’s like a fortress.”
“Crazy. Labyrinth Orcs. Building a fortress.”
A room in a wide plain area.
In the middle of it, stone fences and the Orc flag were visible.
The adventurers were both confused and amazed by this sight.
“Our soldiers are being sacrificed in there!”
“… Hurry! We’ll break through the fortress entrance with magic!”
The adventurers saw the door of the fortress made of stone and fired magic and ice magic.
-Wow!
At that moment, the stone fences of the fortress began to shine.
To be precise, the strange rune letters glowed.
The light absorbed the incoming magic and slowly disappeared.
“Magic is nullified!”
A wizard who seemed quite capable shouted.
“It’s just a tier 2 orc using nullification.”
“You can’t fight. It’s dangerous! You can’t receive magic support!”
Most people thought it was dangerous because they thought they couldn’t use magic.
“But there are people in that fortress. We must move on.”
“Why should we risk their fault?”
“That’s right! That’s right!”
Seeing the nullification barrier, everyone thought of an uncertain future.
I was thinking that perhaps we too might end up like the captured adventurers.
“… Even if they are damned, they are members of our party. We might have done the same thing to someone as they did.”
In an unsafe situation, Kotmo shouted cautiously.
“Me too. But we are colleagues who move together! So! Let’s think about it after saving those idiots.”
“Ugh. Pathetic bastards.!”
“Damn it! Be prepared!”
“I’m going to tell you to spit out everything you ate here!”
Morale was falling, but Kotmo somehow calmed it down.
And the adventurers gathered their courage and headed to the fortress surrounded by a stone fence.
“The door is.”
-Kkii Iik.
“It opens on its own, as if it had been waiting.”
The gate of the fortress opened and our party of 41 entered the fortress.
As we entered, the sight we saw was orcs with green eyes glaring at us.
With their faces and muscular bodies tattooed with red liquid, they looked like murderers.
And inside, there are orc huts and bone accessories.
-Boom!
And the door closed.
“Look. Over there.”
One adventurer’s gaze went to the place he pointed with his hand.
There were adventurers who went down to the second layer first.
It was hanging limply.
“One… Two… Three. Eighteen.”
One adventurer’s number stopped at 18.
“Gasp. Gasp!!”
And I saw an adventurer slipping through the party members.
“I brought the kids.! So. Give them back.!”
The adventurer was none other than the man who requested rescue from us.
“That bastard. What are you talking about?”
“After hearing what they said… It seems like it was a trap…”
The faces of the 40 adventurers distorted at the words of the adventurer who stepped in front of the orc.
“That bastard!!”
“Kill me!”
“Everyone, don’t get excited.”
Meanwhile, the calm Kotmo party leader looked straight ahead and focused.
-Thump. Thump. Thump.
“Chwii.”
The adventurer who brought us into the fortress.
A huge orc walked out in front of her.
“Chwii. Well done. Male human.”
A huge orc with two fangs sticking out like tusks was dragging a female adventurer.
“Ugh! Eup!!”
The adventurer, tied tightly by her rope, fell in front of the orc, wounded here and there and covered in tears.
“I. I’m sorry. Kotmo. I had no choice because of Masha.”
“…”
He was an adventurer who sold 40 people for one lover.
The reward for bringing us into the fortress was to get back the lover who was tied up over there.
After selling us like that, the two of us met again.
Hehe. Sigh.”
“It’s okay.! It’s okay.! I’m here.!”
The man grabbed the rope with trembling hands.
Seeing the man and woman, the large orc took out a double-edged ax from behind his back.
-Thunk!
“Chwii. Now that I got it back, I have to become a sacrifice.”
“Why. Why. You did what you wanted.! Just let us go.!”
The big orc laughed at him when he showed his gums.
“Why should I do that? All foolish humans who invade the labyrinth… Must become sacrifices to the labyrinth. Chwiik.”
At that moment, the double-edged ax moved.
Towards the two men and women in front of me…
-Boom!!
Dust rose along with a shock wave at the spot where it was hit.
“It’s cliché. What is a hostage situation these days?”
“Chwii.?”
A pillar of blood stood next to the traitorous adventurer who was embracing his lover.
The blood column easily blocked the large orc’s double-edged axe.
So I slowly walked towards the pillar.
“Who are you? Chwii.”
“There is no obligation to inform you.”
-Tap!
I snapped my fingers.
Then, the 18 adventurers hanging on the flag disappeared and appeared in front of Healer Luna.
“Ah.! Everyone is alive! If we get treatment.!”
Luna radiated holy power and began to heal those who had fallen.
“So, Oak. Is this the end of the invitational performance?”
“Chwii. It’s fun.”
The huge orc stood up again.
-Thud! Boom!
And he slowly approached me.
“An interesting human. If you defeat me… I’ll send all the humans inside the fortress outside. Chwiii.”
The orc made a suggestion to me.
He is within the fortress where he has the advantage.
“Hmm.? What are you talking about?”
“Chwii.?”
“I’m against it. If you defeat me, all the orcs here will survive.”
“Cheeky.”
The large orc was excited by my provocation and swung the double-edged ax.
“Nano Thunder.”
The giant orc’s swing stopped at my small shout.
The orc’s eyes began to tremble when he saw his motionless body.
“I saw it earlier. It seemed like sacrificing it involves cutting off all the tendons and hanging them on a flag. Is this how they do it?”
Small lightning bolts penetrated into the orc’s flesh and burned all of its veins.
Then, the large orc stopped without moving.
“No… I have to stand upright?”
Let me finish my sentence. A column of blood appeared behind the giant orc.
With the blood column continuously rising, the giant orc climbed to the ceiling of the labyrinth.
“Chwii. Chwii.! Chiii.!”
In this way, the Orc King became a flag in the center of his fortress.
“Jageun, you’re cool~”
“That guy. What on earth did he do.!”
“What. What!! What’s happening!!”
“Crazy.! Alone.”
“Playing with the Oak King!”
“That’s possible!?”
After raising the conquest flag.
The sounds of adventurers could be heard behind.
