Walk Through the Labyrinth of Another World With an Angel 146

Chapter 146 – Beyond the 10th Floor

Jun and his wives who started Time Attack.

The next landlord who stood in their way was none other than Knocker, the fairy of the fallen land.

They were 15 centimeters tall and looked like grumpy old men, and although their physical abilities were not as great as they appeared, they had the supernatural ability to control the earth.

It might have been an open plain, but it was very difficult to deal with them in an underground tunnel where all sides were covered with ground.

However,

“How dare a fallen fairy try to manipulate nature in front of you? “This is absurd language.”

Because he was unable to control nature, he was just a spoiled earthling in front of the world tree that created it.

“No?”

“Nono?”

Knockers are confused because the ground doesn’t move as they want.

Dohwa, who was looking down at those guys coldly, soon folded the fan that was covering his mouth and waved it lightly.

Poobubuk!

At the same time, the earth turned into a sharp awl and pierced the bodies of the knockers.

The knockers who used the earth to toy with countless adventurers lost their lives to the earth as if they were being punished by heaven.

“Here, sir.”

“Oh! Did you get a pocket as a reward? “You’re lucky.”

Dohwa handed Jun a small pouch, one of the rewards for catching the knockers.

Jun immediately opened his pocket and cheered softly when he saw the gemstones filling his pocket.

Since the theme of the area between the 11th and 20th floors was an underground tunnel, minerals were scattered throughout the labyrinth.

Adventurers can collect the minerals using various tools or abilities, and they can also receive the collected minerals as a reward by hunting monsters that have a habit of collecting minerals, such as knockers.

If it was necessary to go that far, it had to be done.

The minerals from the Labyrinth-Demon Castle were very expensive.

Perhaps due to the influence of the Magi, jewels stimulated people’s desires, and metals were specialized for processing into weapons.

Naturally, numerous requests related to minerals came into the guild, and several merchants emptied their pockets to buy minerals.

Because of this, most adventurers put off climbing the labyrinth for a while and focused on securing minerals when they reached the 11th floor.

This is thanks to the fact that I was able to make as much money as I could at the upper level at a relatively low level of difficulty.

Well, that’s until you get the equipment for use on the upper floors,

There are always exceptions, and there were adventurers who gave up going to the upper floors and stayed their entire lives between the 11th and 20th floors.

People in the industry called them miners.

“… Are they crowded?”

If the knockers have minerals, it means there is a mineral vein nearby.

If so, there was a high possibility that miners who had gathered to target him were also lurking nearby.

The environment of the labyrinth changes all the time, but since the changes are not rapid, it is possible to follow certain geographical features.

Dohwa and Rebecca nodded in agreement with Jun’s recitation with cool expressions.

“Where there is treasure, wildcats are inevitably attracted. Just as you said, it seems to me that those miners are nearby.”

“Sweetheart, you will have to focus more on your search. From what I heard, miners don’t hesitate to harm fellow adventurers in order to make more money. It would be safe to view it as a monster.”

“What is that! They are completely bad guys! Just meet him, Por will scold you!”

Fortuna lights a double wick at Rebecca’s words and swings her hammer in the air like a hammer.

Jun quickly stopped her, fearing that she might destroy her tunnel. She then calmed down Rebecca, who was looking worried.

“Yes, yes, Por does whatever he wants. And Rebecca, don’t worry, I know what you want to say. “If they attack us, I will fight back without hesitation.”

In the past five years, even though he is an assassin, he has taken countless lives.

There was no way he would hesitate to take someone’s life now.

Well, Rebecca, who only heard about it but didn’t see it in person, couldn’t help but be worried.

“Don’t worry. I’m fine.”

“… I understand.”

After conveying her determination once again, Rebecca reluctantly nodded and melted into the darkness again.

“Then shall we keep going?”

“Wow!”

The adventure resumed.

It was clear that there were miners nearby, but there wasn’t even a swarm of monsters in sight.

Although we didn’t encounter any groups, monsters that lived as individuals and specialized in surprise attacks, such as metal slimes and ground spiders, appeared occasionally.

Well, even before they could attack, Rebecca, who had been hiding in the darkness, noticed it in advance and killed them with a single blow.

Kang! Kang! Kang!

After a while, two forks appeared.

Among them, a sharp crackling sound was heard from beyond the left passage.

Jun sighed and scratched his head as if he was troubled.

“Juni? Why are you doing this all of a sudden?”

“I tried to avoid it as much as possible, but the miners ended up in the middle of the road to the entrance.”

“Can’t I just jump over to the teleport?”

“There are a lot of miners’ parties. I guess they formed a coalition to make it easier to work with. They are spaced out at certain intervals, so I think it would be difficult to skip them all at once. The range of intervals is exquisite, so it feels like you’ll be caught right away if you skip between them. “I haven’t committed a crime, but I want to avoid being caught sneaking around.”

Adventurers who enter the labyrinth take an extremely aggressive stance toward adventurers other than party members.

This is because there are many cases where adventurers attack adventurers in order to survive or to covet something.

What would happen if you were caught secretly using your supernatural ability in such a situation? It wasn’t strange if I got stabbed right away.

“Then what? Should I turn around?”

“… No, I think it would be better to just go this way. “The other way is too complicated.”

The underground tunnel was like a huge ant tunnel.

Countless crossroads and dead ends were still confusing Jun’s head. If he didn’t come to his senses, he might even get lost.

“Por, Dohwa. Fairy mode.”

“Wow!”

“I understand.”

Fortuna and Dohwa transform into fairy mode according to Jun’s command.

As soon as they became smaller, they clung to Jun’s neck. Because of that, it seemed like Jun was the only one in the aisle.

‘It looks like delicious food, but there’s nothing I can do about it.’

I smiled bitterly and took a step toward the left passage.

Naturally, the sound of grain grinding became louder, and soon a faint light began to appear in the darkness.

As he slowly approached the light, soon one of the miners standing guard like a meerkat spotted Jun and shouted loudly.

“Huh? Hey! Stop for a moment!”

“Why! You want to change it already? “My back still hurts, so thank you.”

“Don’t talk nonsense. The group of knockers who missed it earlier will come back and cause that damn thing.”

“Neither! “I’m an adventurer!”

“What are you doing! Adventurer? It’s proof.”

“But why are you alone? Are those birds capable?”

Six miners hurriedly gathered in one place.

The savory tone they spoke was very affectionate, but the way they looked at Jun and the pickaxe they tightly gripped was extremely murderous.

“Could you please move aside? “I want to pass by.”

Jun spoke to them.

Normally, if you encounter another adventurer party during an adventure, the rule is to simply bow your head and say hello and then part ways immediately without getting too close, but that was not possible in the narrow underground tunnel.

“What should I do?”

“What can I do? Just get out of the way.”

“Right. It looks like you’ve been left alone and have nothing. Look, I don’t have a luggage bag, and the sword on my waist looks rough.”

“No, wait a minute. “I look familiar when I go there.”

“Ah! It’s him. He, he, he. What did they say? Rookie monster?”

“You must be a monster rookie, you Mojiri. But it seems like he was right.”

The miners who realized Jun’s identity began to look at him as if they were looking at a strange male animal.

It was a familiar gaze. However, it gradually became too blatant.

“… Can I pass by?”

Jiing~

The output of the triple core has been increased to prevent harsh thoughts.

The faces of the miners turned pale blue in the blink of an eye due to the clearly felt vortex.

“Okay, then. Of course.”

“Come on, come on, come on, let’s go.”

“Everyone sticks to the wall. “I don’t want to eat spicy food for no reason.”

The miners who seemed to be somewhat skilled tried to smile and pushed the remaining frozen miners against the wall.

Jun quickly passed through them while maintaining the core’s output.

“My dear.”

“I know.”

After a while, Rebecca appeared secretly and pointed to the back.

After giving a short answer, Jun followed her fingers and turned around.

Twinkle twinkle twinkle

Then I could see it.

A blinking light as if giving some kind of signal.

――――――

“Are you sure you want to work on it?”

“Then, Shibang, just stay silent and ignore me like this! “I can’t do that!”

“Didn’t you feel the force it was giving off? If you are unlucky, everything can go wrong.”

“Don’t be scared. “He’s alone anyway.”

“But…”

Roaring Roaring Roaring

The miners exchanged small but fierce opinions.

The meerkat, or rather the foreman, watched the scene quietly and only spoke when the two miners reached the peak of their emotions and were about to fight.

“The work signal has already been sent. “I can’t be bitten now.”

“… A lot of people will die.”

“Never mind. Since when did we start asking for recognition? Just be honest. It’s scary. “I want to live.”

“…”

The miner who was opposing the work lowered his head as if he had nothing to say.

The work leader also made eye contact with other opponents and dampened their momentum. And then I chose words that would inspire them.

In order to achieve excellent work efficiency, you need to give carrots as well as sticks.

“They say he has storage space the size of several wagons. He also has multi-attribute spirits. If so, think about it. What did he do when he came here? What is its storage space filled with?”

“… No way.”

“Yes, I guess they collected minerals. At a speed that cannot be compared to ours. I’m sure its storage space is filled with minerals. If you sell it all, how much will you make? Even if you divide it with the people you decide to work with, a few gold coins will be enough.”

Gulp

As soon as someone swallowed dry saliva, the miners’ eyes all became stained with greed.

“Judging by the fact that my fellow dark elf is not visible, he was most likely captured as a plaything of a monster. “Didn’t he suffer any harm in the process?”

“No, no.”

“It was definitely damaged in one place.”

“Shibang, what are you doing? “I’m not going to get my tools right away.”

The miners hurriedly followed Jun, fearing that they might miss their target.

The foreman nodded in satisfaction and took out a gold coin from his pocket.

In the center of the gold coin was engraved a scale completely tilted to one side, a symbol symbolizing the merchant union.

“I’m finally getting out of this horrible place.”