Episode 22 Level up (2)
Combat training for adaptation to the library city.
I skipped all the daily routines I had been doing every day for a month.
That’s not what an explorer should do on the day the labyrinth opens.
[08: 10] As
soon as I woke up, I skipped breakfast and ran to the eting place with Ainar.
It’s because I was told that I would have to wait a few more hours at the slightest delay.
“Here! Yandel’s son, Bjorn!”
Surprisingly, Einar ca before .
“…Since when have you been here?”
“Didn’t you leave behind if you’re late! That’s why I slept right in front of you! Co on! We’re first!”
“…….”
Even with 30 minutes left until the opening ti, a long line stretches from the front of the entrance.
However, thanks to Einar, we were able to enter the Explorers Guild as soon as the door opened.
“What’s your business?”
“I ca to receive the binding magic.”
“Are there two of you on your team?”
“Yes.”
“Please put your hand here.”
Following the instructions, a faint light leaked from the crystal ball.
The color is greenish.
“There are two 9th level explorers. The cost is 15,000 stones.”
15,000 stones…….
I could have been a bit tight if I hadn’t saved living expenses.
I obediently opened my pocket and paid the bill.
It was heartbreaking, but it was an unavoidable consumption.
The starting point when entering the labyrinth is random, but if you receive this magic in advance, at least you can start from the sa place.
“What is the Explorer’s rating based on?”
“asured by the total amount of essence imprinted on the soul.”
“I see. So, does the cost of bonding increase as the rank goes up?”
“of course.”
Ha, this doesn’t have to be the sa as the ga.
“It’s over. Please note that it will only last for the next 24 hours.”
“i get it.”
It was a little after 9:00 when he left the Explorers Guild after finishing his business.
“Let’s go back to our inn for a al. It tastes pretty good.”
“Inn? Do you an cooking at the inn?”
What kind of life has he been living?
When I turned around and asked, Einar answered with a tone that it was not a big deal.
“I usually bought the bread I used to eat in the labyrinth and ate it.”
Ah, that one for 20 stones.
I tried once to save money on food, but gave up after a while.
I don’t know what the principle is, but things that were quite edible in the labyrinth were hard as stones here.
‘Maybe that’s why the na was Dolppang…….’
But you only ate that for a month?
For so reason, I was heartbroken, so I ordered at and stew, and Ainar swore allegiance to .
“Bjorn! Even if you tell to go into the pit, I will go in! So don’t abandon !”
After the tearful al, I went up to my room and had ti to organize my backpack.
“Be ticulous. If a necessary situation cos and you forget to take care of it, you will be in trouble.”
“Don’t worry! There’s nothing to bring!”
Ti passed surprisingly quickly as I was checking my equipnt and stacking up the expedition supplies and consumables one by one in my backpack.
“Then let’s take a deep breath now.”
“I’ve never seen such a soft bed. I think two people can lie on it! It doesn’t even sll!”
After finishing the maintenance so that we could enter the labyrinth right away, we lay side by side and went to sleep.
But since I’m lying down with him, it’s pretty cramped.
When I was lying down with Erwen, there was a seat left.
“If you can’t sleep, force yourself to close your eyes. You won’t sleep well for a while—”
Well, what was I worried about?
Rurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Before I can finish my words, I hear the sound of native Bavarian snoring.
At this, I smiled and closed my eyes.
How long has it been since then?
[20:30]
We got up a little early and had our last al on the first floor.
A special al worth 800 stone per person.
“What the hell is this taste?”
Einar, who had been making a fuss throughout the al, took a bite of the cream pie that ca out for dessert and hardened it as it was.
“Is it magic? Now, tears keep flowing.”
“Ah, that’s what ‘sweetness’ ans.” “I think I have to live my life
to the fullest.
”
“egg plant.”
When I pack my things and go out to the streets at night, unlike usual, I see people passing by all over the place.
Most of them, like , are ard and carry large backpacks.
As I said, not all of them are like that, but I can see so barbarians with only one weapon on their bare bodies.
It looks like they just finished their coming-of-age ceremony and entered the city today…
“Stop! It seems they’ve lost their way.”
“It can’t be! We have to go to the labyrinth within the set ti!”
“Partun doesn’t deserve to be a leader!”
It was sothing that happened every month.
How do they get to the labyrinth every ti?
It was a ti when I was seriously thinking about it.
“If you follow them, you will be able to reach the labyrinth.”
Einar approached them and gave them advice.
The young warriors looked at her and thanked her with the eyes of a successful senior.
“Thank you. I will definitely return this grace!”
Einar wiped his nose as he watched the barbarians walk away.
“…Whoops, it reminds of the old days.”
Please don’t pretend it’s an old thing.
To , it doesn’t look like anything has changed between now and then.
“Everyone back down!”
Thousands of people had already gathered in the Dinsion Square. Caught in the gap and waiting for midnight, light began to burst from the center.
At first, it was small in size, but the halo that grew in shape in an instant shimred in the form of a sphere.
“You may enter now!”
When the official shouted, the explorers around them quickly threw themselves into the portal.
I led Ainar out of the outskirts to escape the waves of crowds.
“Bjorn, aren’t we going in?”
“Wait.”
The number of explorers gathered in the plaza disappeared by dozens per second, but the crowd remained.
It was because of the other explorers who were arriving one after another just in ti.
It wasn’t until about 40 minutes after the portal opened that the crowded Dinsion Plaza beca quite quiet and maintained a line of 7,800 people.
“…Shouldn’t we go in now?”
The portal, which had already swallowed tens of thousands of explorers, had already shrunk in size.
But I kept waiting.
Einar also changed his voice to see if he was ignorant.
“What is Bjorn waiting for?”
Well, it’s too long to talk about…
I don’t know if it will work or not.
However, I decided to briefly explain it because there was quite a bit of ti left.
“I plan to enter when the dinsion is unstable. The book says it happens once in a hundred years, but if you take advantage of this phenonon—” “I don’t know what it is, but I’ll follow your words.
”
“……?”
“I have a feeling you won’t understand anyway!”
I honestly thought it would be like this.
It’s pissing off to do that after asking…
In fact, it might be a convenient part to be able to omit the explanation for each action.
“Gates closing soon! Back off!”
Eventually, the portal’s light began to fade.
At this point, there were no explorers left.
Only then did I slowly walk toward the labyrinth with Einar.
Seeing us like that, the official shouted.
“It’s dangerous to go in now!”
I pretended not to hear
I don’t know why they say they’re dangerous.
Seeing that there is even a book with statistics, they must be aware of this phenonon……..
“Rain Bjorn! People who look tall are said to be dangerous!
Why don’t you think of using this?
***
1 second 2 seconds 3 seconds…….
Hmm, counting is aningless, isn’t it?
When I ca with a strong feeling that this was enough.
“Now. Let’s go in.”
“Queuck!”
I pushed Einar’s back and entered the labyrinth at the sa ti.
Flash-!
A flash of light covered my eyes, and when it ca up again, a deep darkness greeted .
It ans that what I intended went well.
“In front! I can’t see! I should have listened to soone who looked tall! Bjorn is an idiot!”
“Einar, calm down.”
As he hurriedly lit the torch he took out of his backpack, Einar regained so composure.
“How the hell did this happen?”
“If I tell you, you won’t understand.”
“That’s… I guess!”
Having easily convinced Einar, I calmly looked around. And when I found the tombstone in front of the dead end wall, I was seized with a strange feeling.
Again, the dinsional instability phenonon was closely related to the starting point of the portal.
The fact made happy and sad at the sa ti.
Doesn’t this an that even if I had made a decision a minute early on the first entry, I would not have had to crawl on all three legs with one foot chewed up!
Woo woo woo woo-!
As soon as I put my hand on the tombstone, a group of lights burst out and turned into a sphere.
“What is it?”
“It’s a portal to the second floor.”
In other words, we skipped the whole process of finding directions by looking at the compass, fighting monsters as we saw them, and wandering in the dark.
It saved at least a day or two of ti.
“What?! The chief said it would take three days to find the portal! What kind of magic did you use?”
Even if I tell you anyway, you won’t understand.
「You opened the portal for the first ti. EXP 2”
“The character’s level has risen.”
“Soul power has increased by 10.”
“The maximum absorbable essence has increased by 1.
”
***
「Bjorn Yandel」
Level: 2 (New 1)
Body: 46 / Mind: 36 / Ability: 4 (New 3)
Item Level: 202
Overall Combat Index: 136.5 (New 3)
***
「2 I have entered the Goblin Forest on the first floor.”
After about 3m in the air, I quickly balanced and landed on my feet.
Took!
that’s what i practiced
Wrestling with the barbarians.
“Mush!”
Looking at Einar who fell on his butt, I feel my own growth.
I felt like I understood Erwen’s heart to so extent as he laughed at .
“Oh my butt hurts.”
It’s pretty fun to watch.
Well, if he’s athletic, he’ll land right in no ti.
“Sothing? That look of regret?”
“It’s nothing.”
I took out my watch and set it
to
0:05
. Einar, can you feel it too?”
“What do you an?”
“It feels like my heart is vibrating.” Should
I say it’s a sensation as if sothing dense enters the blood vessels and fills the body?
I was able to feel it clearly.
What is it?
After explaining the symptoms, Einar quickly made a diagnosis.
“The level of the soul has risen! Congratulations!”
Ah, you have leveled up.
[Dungeons and Stones] also have levels.
Depending on the level, the spiritual power, that is, MP, a resource required to use supernatural powers, increases, and the total number of essences that can be absorbed increases.
Yes For example, I was able to absorb only one essence at level 1, but… I
beca able to absorb up to two at level 2.
Well, it would only be aningful if both essences ca out.
“It’s amazing. I haven’t caught any monsters yet, but the level of the soul goes up!”
“There is nothing to be surprised about. Opening the portal for the first ti must have been publicly acknowledged.”
Achievent is a term that ans experience here. “Well
, is that
also publicly acknowledged?” [Dungeon and Stone] is a ga with a slightly
unusual
growth system. You
can only get experience from the sa monster once, the first ti. Therefore, you have to kill various monsters to level up as if filling up a picture book. We can do it.
Wait a minute, isn’t this a bit dangerous?
“…Einar This is a secret between you and . Do you understand?”
“Secret? What do you an?”
“The first ti I opened the portal. This is all it takes. If soone asks, answer that it took about two days to get to the second floor.”
The portal opening experience is only 2. In other words, it’s only about 2 level 9 monsters, but… ‘
Unlike monsters, they don’t accumulate over and over again. ‘
Therefore, adventurers who have reached a certain level use their energy and hang on to speedruns, because the
number of monsters that can be hunted is limited depending on the nature of the god worshiped by the priest,
etc. The only way to break through is public labor.
But is this possible from a low level?
Only I know this trick and suck honey.
If I beco known, I will never see a good result.
“I swear on the honor of a warrior.”
My expression was quite different. Einar
changed his gaze and even made an oath that he didn’t ask. Thanks to that, I was quite relieved, but I needed to move quickly. “I’ll have to leave
here first.”
After a few hours, the adventurers will soon enter the second floor. And, seeing us looking like beginners, they’ll start to question:
What are you, why did you co faster than
us
?
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