Chapter 415 – Extension
‘I’ll definitely restore the guild to its original state when I’m done with everything. Please be patient just a little longer, Carol.’
Unable to overcome her guilt, Jun apologized to her, but Jun, who could not bear to face Carol, made a promise without her knowing and headed straight to the Labyrinth-Demon King’s Castle.
“I remembered because I promised. She promised Elysia that from here on, she would adventure together as a member of the warrior party.”
At the time of the last adventure, Jun and her companions had completed the quest up to the boss on the 30th floor.
Naturally, the place he arrived at now was beyond that, on the 31st floor.
It was the very floor where I had promised to join the warrior party.
The warrior party was on the 33rd floor, so they had to go two more floors to be exact, but there’s no need to go into such detail now.
Because the warrior party will never have to venture into this labyrinth again.
From today, the warrior and the saint will escape the heavy fate of saving the world and live as a man’s wife, dedicating her life to him.
‘I will definitely make it like that.’
Jun made a firm determination and took a step forward.
Now the space, which was no different from his limbs, moved him forward on its own.
Pushuuk! Pushuuk!
Kyaoook!
If the background of the 1st floor was a plain, the background of the 10th floor was a tunnel, and the background of the 20th floor was a tropical rainforest, the background of the 30th floor was a lava field.
It was still in the early 30s, so lava didn’t flow, or the volcano erupted, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t dangerous.
This is because extremely high temperature underground water, which would incapacitate even those with special abilities, spouted out intermittently in various places, and the hot and humid weather worsened not only the physical but also the mental condition.
And of course, it wasn’t just the background that was dangerous.
The danger of the monsters that appeared was also incomparable to the monsters of the previous floor.
Corrupted fire spirits, harpies, stone golems, etc.
The main monsters on the 30th floor were monsters that were made of demonic energy or that manipulated demonic energy as if they were breathing.
Of course, those monsters could never be defeated with a simple cut.
Mana and items, as well as the experience and skills to support both, were essential.
It’s not for nothing that adventurers believe that the true adventure begins from the 31st floor and show respect to mid-level adventurers who advance to the 31st floor.
“It feels like I’m in a sauna room.”
However, this is only a story for ordinary adventurers.
Even though the 30th floor was the start of a true adventure, it was only a slightly special walking course for Jun, who had ascended to the top.
Groundwater that spewed out intermittently was detected with radar and the hole was blocked with a protective shield, and the hot and humid weather had no effect on the body and mind that had become stronger after ascending to the throne in the first place.
Monsters?
Since I was using the space-based method of gathering vegetables, I had never encountered them properly.
When I saw a monster I had never seen before, I couldn’t get over my curiosity and stopped for a moment to hunt it, but of course I couldn’t even attack it properly.
-I gave you Lakies for no reason.
Lucy, who discovered her appearance later while fighting with Fortuna, who had reached puberty, said this in bewilderment.
Lakies, the first holy spear made of ice.
When Jun’s party captured Aliune, the Easter egg and Lilith’s alter ego, on the 20th floor, she gave him the weapon as a reward.
To be honest, since it was a souvenir made to commemorate the success of creating ice, its actual performance as a weapon was not very good.
However, the reason Lucy gave it as a reward was because she hoped that her party would be able to conquer the 30th floor more easily.
Although its actual performance as a weapon is a bit lacking, Lakies is the first made of ice, so it grants its owner complete immunity to ice and fire attributes.
If the owner wanted, he could share the effect with party members, so as long as he had Lakies, conquering the 30th floor was a piece of cake.
So, I used up all the divine power I had and downgraded the level of the divine spear and handed it to him, but it became completely useless when Jun ascended to the rank of divine spear.
If he had known this would happen, he would have given him an item other than Laki S.
“Who knew? I never thought I would rise to the status of a god so quickly. By the way, it’s already arrived.”
While comforting Lucy, who was feeling helpless, Jun continued to walk in the right direction.
After walking about 100 steps with the feeling of taking a walk, the entrance to the 32nd floor welcomed Jun.
It wasn’t astounding.
I walked 100 steps out of curiosity to see what the 31st floor was like. If I had used spatial movement, I could have gone straight to the entrance without having to walk.
As a result, I didn’t see much emotion on Jun’s face as he passed to the 32nd floor.
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Jun, who cut down the mid-boss of the 35th floor, Salamander, a mid-level spirit of fire, with a single sword, climbed to the next floor without much emotion, whether it was from the previous floor or not.
When he arrived at the 36th floor, his face was filled with emotion for the first time since the beginning of this adventure.
When did I enter the body of a giant?
The background of the 36th floor was so amazing that it made me feel like I had it for a moment.
The endless black rocky ground was like the flesh of a giant, and the hot, fiery lava was reminiscent of the giant’s blood vessels.
This background is the true face of the lava field.
‘Ah, this is not the time.’
After a moment of admiration, Jun continued his steps diligently.
You can just enjoy nature later.
Not alone like now, but with my loving wives.
For that time, I had to move now.
Piyoot!
Kwaang!
Batten! Food!
A subspecies of the Phoenix, a hellhound, and a lava giant tried to block his path, but of course he couldn’t last even a second and was torn to pieces.
And that is,
Croak!
“It’s noisy.”
Suddenly! Boom!
Red Drake, the boss on the 40th floor, was no exception.
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The background of the 40th floor is the Sharp Wind Canyon.
Because the number of stories is different, the canyon showed its true colors from the very beginning, unlike a lava field.
The sharp wind blowing between the canyons was not just a metaphor, but as the name suggests, it was a bitter wind that tore the skin, and the river below the canyon was just as fierce as the wind, so the adventurers had to travel only through the narrow path on the wall.
Even if you were confident in flying or swimming, you should never deviate from that path.
If you fly, a group of wyverns and griffins will attack you along with the stronger wind, and if you swim, the giant turtles and crocodiles that have dived deep into the river will attack you.
“Now that I think about it, those luxury bags and coats made from leather and feathers are so popular among women, right?”
However, even though he clearly knew this fact, Jun climbed through space and escaped from the canyon.
He went down to the river and splashed around like a child.
The monsters were gathered together to give each of her wives luxury bags and coats.
For reference, the middle boss of the 45th floor, Emperor Griffin, and the boss of the 50th floor, Mountain Tottle, also had to offer their leather with tears in their eyes to their husband, who was hungry for praise from his wives.
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Labyrinth – The 51st floor of the Devil’s Castle.
It was an unprecedented territory where not even Ranker, the adventurer among adventurers, could set foot.
But that also ends today.
Footprints were finally left by an adventurer, and the god of adventurers.
Jun, who achieved the feat of being the first to discover it, stood on the edge of a cliff that sticks out like thorns and calmly looked around at the background of the 51st floor.
And then I thought.
What name should I give to this background.
The first discoverer of a new background was given the benefit of being able to name the background whatever he wanted.
Please note that such benefits were not originally given.
In the past, when adventurers could hardly make progress in the late 30s, when the difficulty level increased significantly.
The guild leader at the time created such benefits to increase the motivation of adventurers.
The first name given that way was the 40-story Sharp Wind Canyon.
“The devil’s city. “That would be a good name for the background on the 50th floor.”
The ominous red sky.
A jet-black city nestled between giant rocks that tower like thorns below.
Isn’t there a name better suited to this background?
The horrifying screams and maniacal laughter heard from time to time further confirmed that thought.
“I guess I’ll just leave my impressions and go.”
To prove that he was the first to discover it, Jun took out the Observer (a light to drive out demons, a surveillance camera to prevent crime, and a recording device to record the adventurer’s achievements) for the first time in a long time, launched it, and strided toward the city.
In the city he arrived in,
-Yes, your guy!
“Oh, it’s been a while. How have you been?”
I was able to reunite with someone I met a long time ago.
