Episode 131 Team Play (1)
Ten days have passed since I visited Karlstein.
On the first day, I was worried that Misha might have told her father everything, but…
[What? crazy! This barbarian old man! How can you say sothing like that!!]
[Then what did you do?]
[That’s…! You don’t have to know!!]
It was useless anxiety.
I don’t know why they kept it a secret, but I could definitely feel that that kind of thing hadn’t happened.
I decided to focus on the issues that need to be dealt with right away.
Aren’t there two ticking ti bombs in the team?
[Let’s talk about Dwalky.]
The day after returning from Carlstein, I had a eting with Dwalkie right away.
And while drinking, he said in a roundabout way.
[what? is it true That Missha likes fat n?]
[Yes, she definitely said that last ti.]
[That’s right. Thanks for telling . Joe was impatient and almost made a mistake.]
By the way, after that conversation, Dwalkie ordered a lot of snacks and stuffed them in until his stomach beca convex.
This was one solution.
‘I won’t confess until I gain so flesh.’
It is safe to say that he earned at least a month or two.
Because of Dwalki’s personality, he wouldn’t be able to muster up the courage unless he gained so weight.
By the ti I gain weight, it will be around the ti Misha and I are removed from the team.
‘This makes look like garbage…’
But I can’t help it.
I don’t know if he’s ntally strong, but what if he confesses to Misha and gets dumped?
You won’t be able to co to your senses even in the labyrinth.
This is an act that could endanger the team.
‘Uh, but why are you so sure I’m kicked?’
I suddenly had that question, but I didn’t think deeply about it. Data accumulated in the unconscious sotis makes more accurate predictions than anything else.
Anyway, next was Rotmiller.
[be careful. My father must have been playing tricks on that Rotmiller.]
Julian Urbans, daughter of the district chief.
As the woman said, if Rotmiller had contacted the district chief, there is a high probability that a disturbing conversation would have occurred.
Because the regional chief and I could be said to have a bad relationship.
I was a bit puzzled as to why he was playing tricks only now, months later.
‘Anyway, I can’t show suspicion.’
In the case of Rotmiller, unlike Dwalki, he approached the matter cautiously and with ti.
this guy is scary
I haven’t seen him get angry yet…….
but that’s why it’s even scarier.
Originally, once this type of thing goes wrong, it just sees the end.
[Then, I’ll make the first floor the closest destination according to the starting point.]
[Haha Marriage, you’re asking a strange question. I’m not going to start a family until I can truly take care of one person.]
[You sit inside. Since the hallway side is big, you’ll keep bumping into people.] He
continued to observe Rotmiller at regular etings as well as simple social drinking parties.
There was not much difference from before.
As usual, he was quiet and serious, and he was still considerate of others in most situations.
‘Hey, this really hurts.’
I can’t easily imagine Rottmiller stabbing in the back despite hearing Julian’s warning.
On the contrary, if you have doubts, you will even feel guilty.
He also shared the joys and sorrows for several months.
But, being swayed by a word from an outsider and being unable to believe it?
‘Contradiction doesn’t have to be like this.’
The more I thought about it, the more ironic the situation was.
However, I decided it was right to point it out more clearly.
What kind of conversation did Rotmiller have with the local chief at the Explorers Guild that day?
‘If I had told you about it first, I would have cleared my doubts without any regrets.’
Rotmiller had no comnt on this.
So today, I called him separately and set up a place to talk.
Because I really didn’t have much ti.
The labyrinth will open tomorrow.
That’s why I dumped the glass at once and got straight to the point.
“Rotmiller. What was the reason you went to the Explorers Guild last ti?”
At my straightforward question, Rottmiller looked slightly surprised.
But was there anything that he also had straw for?
Also, sothing had to happen.
“There is soone I know in the guild.”
After a short answer, I asked for an answer to the first question.
Rottmiller sighed in reply.
“…I called and went and found that the 7th district chief was in the room. He offered compensation to and told to betray you.”
“so?”
“I ca out saying I would do sothing I didn’t hear. How did you get an answer?”
It seed he was trying not to show it, but Rottmiller seed very uncomfortable with my question.
But I took it all in and asked again.
“Then why didn’t you tell until now?”
“I told you. I said I’d pretend I didn’t hear it. Besides, I thought it would only make the atmosphere weird if I told you.”
“Okay. Thank you for your answer.”
With this, the conversation ca to an end.
If you push further, it will only be said that I will not believe you. Whatever Rotmiller’s intentions were, he judged that it was not a wise move.
‘Nothing will change anyway.’
You cannot enter the labyrinth without a searcher.
The option of finding soone new?
It’s the sa thing that there’s a risk.
It would be difficult to find a skilled explorer unless you went through a guild.
In a word, it’s a perfect environnt for the regional manager to insert a strange guy into the team.
In the first place, it was questionable whether the dwarf or dwalkie would agree.
‘Above all, I don’t think Rottmiller was lying when he said he turned down the offer.
Soon I made my final decision.
“Sorry to bother you at night. Take a good rest today and see you tomorrow at the eting place.”
Nothing changes.
Rotmiller is also joining us on this expedition.
***
Next afternoon.
In other words, there were about 7 hours left until the labyrinth opened.
“Mister, I’ll co back then! You must co back healthy!”
“Yes, you work hard too.”
Erwen, who had been peeling nogari in my lodging ever since I made the binding magic with my sister in the morning, has left.
And just in ti, Misha arrived.
“Why is he here?”
“They said they stopped by to say hello. They said there was nothing to do after receiving the binding magic anyway.”
“Umm…….”
“Anyway, I ca on ti. Hurry up and go to sleep.”
I set a tir on the alarm clock I bought a while ago and slept with Missha to adjust my condition.
and how long has it been
“Wake up Bjorn.”
We ate a simple al and left with our luggage that we had arranged in advance. I ca a little early, so no one was at the eting place yet.
“Hmm, are the two still there?”
Rottmiller arrived on ti, as always.
“Yes. Dwalky and Hikurod seem to be a little late.”
“……It’s nothing new.”
Those two were either early or late, so we waited.
That was when
“Oh Bjorn! Look over there!”
When I checked where Misha pointed, I could see a group of young warriors who had just finished their coming-of-age ceremony moving in groups.
So I approached quickly.
That’s right, if I don’t et you now, I’ll be sad.
“Have you lost your way? If so, just follow those who look like explorers over there.”
“Who are you to say such obvious things?”
“…Yandel’s son, Bjorn.”
“What! Little Vulcan! It’s an honor to et you!”
Once I gave my na, I asked.
“But you’re saying that for granted? What do you an by that? Could it be that you’re not lost?”
“Of course! Why get lost when you can just follow the explorers as you learned in the Holy Land?”
“That’s what they taught in the Holy Land? Didn’t they just show that strange map and tell them to morize it?”
“Maps? We don’t see maps!”
The young warrior’s answer left dazed.
What is this?
Has the teaching thod changed in the anti?
Well, nothing bad for .
It was a much more reasonable way to go than morizing a map.
But…
“There is still ti left, so listen to and go.”
“talk?”
“Yeah, these are helpful things.”
I recounted the sa stories I had told my forr riders.
But what else is this?
“Watch out for humans? That’s natural. Shouldn’t we protect our hearts?”
This group of baby barbarians was clearly different.
Every ti I say sothing, he reacts as if he’s saying sothing so obvious.
“Wow… the barbarian has evolved.”
Seeing that Misha is also doing that, it seems I’m not the only one who feels weird.
Then why did this change happen?
“Who was it that told you about it in the Holy Land?”
I asked just in case, and I was just in a daze.
“It’s Charon, son of Tarson!”
while i don’t know
The winds of change were blowing from below.
“Then let’s go! It was an honor to et Yandel’s son, Bjorn!”
I wanted to ask more, but the baby barbarians left saying they wanted to enter the labyrinth.
And the two people who had been waiting for them to disappear arrived at the eting place.
“Oh sorry I’m late! Did you wait long?”
“Hahaha! Forgive , Dwalkie, this guy has a stomachache!”
“Mu-mu, what are you saying!”
“That’s true of you too. What’s there to be ashad of? It’s between us.”
“Okay, let’s go as well.”
Since the two people were 20 minutes late, we hurriedly headed to the Dinsion Square.
The portal is already open.
“Co on then let’s go!”
After completing the binding magic through Dwalki, we entered the labyrinth.
***
「You have entered the Crystal Cave on the 1st floor.」
***
A crystal cave with bright light.
Last month, I skipped it using a bug, so it’s been a long ti since I’ve seen it, but I didn’t have ti to take a leisurely look.
Yeah, I decided to try a speedrun this ti.
At Rotmiller’s request.
[If only you guys allow it, I want to try it properly. It’s probably hard to get public value, but I’m curious to see how much I can do.]
Since he usually didn’t assert himself strongly in the exploration plan, everyone in the party unanimously agreed to do so.
“Then we’ll leave imdiately.”
As soon as he opened his eyes, he touched the wall or the ground and grasped his current location, and imdiately began to find his way.
And he started running like a canter.
‘It’s actually pretty fun to do.’
Rotmiller is at the forefront, looking for a way.
Right after that, Misha cleans up the mobs.
Not only was the formation only for movent novel, but as they started running in earnest at the sa ti as the start, they saw sights that had not been seen before.
“Wow, they’re running too!”
Explorers running through caves to find portals, just like us. It was hard to even look at when he was moving leisurely.
‘I can see why it’s difficult to shorten the ti on the first floor.’
There were also new realizations.
The cave on the first floor has many sharp curves.
So it’s hard to run with all your might.
In other words, if a certain level is exceeded, all explorers have the sa movent speed.
The searcher’s ability becos more and more important.
Well, maybe it was the stamina of the team mbers.
“Whoa whoa…….”
Although we’ve got stamina that far surpasses that of ordinary people, sweat flows like rain as we walk every few hours.
Is that why?
Conversation naturally disappeared between the party.
“Is Hikuro okay?”
“It’s fine.”
The dwarf with agility and endurance seed almost at his limit, but he didn’t spit out a weak sound.
Well, how could you say such a thing in front of such a Rotmiller?
“This way.”
As if it were true that he wanted to test his limits, Rottmiller found his way without losing focus for several hours.
Passion, to put it mildly.
Enthusiasm to the point of madness, at worst.
‘Was this man this hot?’
I continued to move my feet while admiring the first look.
And how long has it been?
[06 : 12]
We arrived at the portal after 6 hours.
Unfortunately, the portal had already been opened by soone.
“Wow, it could have co this soon.”
Misha exclaid, but the dwarf and I looked at Rotmiller’s expression first.
“Damn it! Why am I…!!”
It was the first ti he had made such a face.
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