Ti passed and the day of the Minotauros subjugation arrived.
Usually, adventurers moved individually or in teams, but seeing them gathered en masse in front of the monunt leading to the Labyrinth was sothing else.
“It looks like a demolition crew for the Labyrinth.”
“That’s why no country dares to invade Pangrave, which generates imnse profits.”
Their armants were all different, and they weren’t even lined up properly, just scattered around nearby…
As more and more beginners shed their rookie status and got used to killing, the atmosphere beca quite fierce.
The adventurers inside, however, seed bored as if tired of waiting.
“By the way, there are so many strong-looking adventurers. With such insurance, can proper combat even take place?”
“Yes. Surprisingly, it can.”
Currently, the fact that I summoned the Floor Guardian of the first floor isn’t widely known.
In fact, Minotauros, the guardian of the second floor, is the first Floor Guardian that adventurers can face.
Surviving until now ans they’ve sohow managed to secure stable victories against common monsters.
However, even such individuals couldn’t help but struggle with their first boss fight, and to aid them, adventurers who operate at least two floors deeper were assigned as protectors.
“The Labyrinth isn’t stupid. The mont your life is protected, most of your accumulated rits flow to the one who saved you.”
“Ah. That makes sense. After all, it was the Goddess of Love herself who designed the Labyrinth’s rit system.”
Saving soone earns you far more rits than killing them. What the Labyrinth evaluates isn’t sothing like battle records.
It is everything done within that space.
Helping soone else in a place full of dangers must have been considered noble.
“Noble… Perhaps Miss Lydia too?”
“…Well, that’s why my nickna is ‘The Noble’.”
Even in a Labyrinth filled with death, she never loses her humanity and always strives to act honorably.
Helping those in danger, punishing the wicked, standing at the forefront when advancing, and at the rear when retreating, showing courage and dedication.
That’s why Lydia is considered strong even among high-level adventurers.
“The number of monsters subjugated may be similar, but the deeds are not the sa.”
“Oh, but do such so-called good deeds help in so way? Like increasing strength by exerting power, or stamina by fighting for a long ti. There is so randomness, but…”
“Well, I’m not sure. But I don’t think it’s a physical issue… But can’t you just ask the Goddess?”
“Hey. That’s an oracle and a revelation, right? It’s not sothing that cos down so easily. Though, if I do ask, she might answer…”
Since I can’t convey the ssage directly, she might try to communicate through the fully-leveled Goddess Statue. However, there’s the problem that the gacha rates tend to lean towards the unfavorable side each ti.
This ti, I spent nearly 100 gold to sohow reset the penalty, so I can’t waste it on sothing random.
“It would be a burden on the Goddess. And I have a hunch too.”
“A hunch?”
“Yes. I think it might be related to ntal strength.”
Having acquired the Avatar of Love, my ntal resistance greatly increased. Along with that, my ntal strength also grew stronger, resulting in an unexpected synergy.
I can control a much larger amount of power more easily than usual. In other words, the output and control of the three great abilities – Aura, Mana, and Divine Power – had achieved remarkable growth.
And Lydia’s total amount of Aura was significant; she boasted an imnse output that seed almost magical, scattering Aura around her.
The fla-like Aura that enveloped the surrounding area, and thus the domain Lydia unfolded, was probably an art that other Aura users would find hard to imitate.
“That’s what I think. I don’t know if it’s the correct answer or not.”
“This can’t be… Was it not my genius talent…?”
It seed that Lydia thought it was only possible because she was a genius.
Lydia trembles as she looks down at her hands. I montarily enjoyed watching her violently shaking chest.
In the distance, a familiar face appeared. Tall stature and well-proportioned body. Flat…no, agile chest and bright blonde hair. An elf, the second-generation rich brat with strangely annoying features.
It was Rosemary. Behind her was the muscular archer lady seen before.
Though she was overpowered by Lydia in one blow, from her appearance, you’d think she was so kind of human weapon.
With a happy heart, I waved my hand and shouted.
“Here! Over here!”
“Eek!”
Rosemary, who noticed , was startled and imdiately turned her head, but how could she resist this?
I quickly ran over and hooked my arm around Rosemary’s shoulder. I wanted to put my arm around her shoulder, but Rosemary was taller than expected, so it wasn’t easy.
“Why did you pretend not to see when you did?”
“Th-that’s because….”
“I greeted you so warmly, so why didn’t you respond?”
“Th-that…you suddenly used formal language, so I was surprised….”
“No, that’s because I was angry then. How could I speak informally to soone over 100 years older than ? …So why did you pretend not to see ? Do elves turn their heads away when they’re surprised?”
“Uh…well, that is…um….”
Rosemary lowered her head and mumbled. I leaned in to look up at her face from below.
The key here was to keep my eyes as vacant as possible, letting my pupils go unfocused.
In that state, I began repeating the sa words chanically, like a broken phonograph.
“Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?”
“Eek!”
Rosemary seed to love my fashion yandere act, as if she was going to die from joy.
I grabbed her trembling hand and pulled her.
“Co here.”
“Hiccup.”
With a pale complexion, Rosemary quietly followed. Berry, who was supposed to be the escort, closed her eyes tightly as if she couldn’t bear to watch the scene in front of her.
…Anyone would mistake this for a human trafficking scene.
After bringing her over, I stood next to Lydia and nodded my head.
“Stick close to us in the Labyrinth and fight.”
“Wh-why?”
“So we can save you when it gets dangerous.”
Rosemary’s eyes widened as if she had heard sothing unexpected. However, the elf Nuna, who was her escort, whispered into her ear with a complicated expression.
“If they say they can help when it gets rough, it ans they can cut you down when it gets rough. It’s best to follow their words here.”
Rosemary flinched and looked at Lydia and in turn, nodding slightly.
“No, I can hear everything? It’s not like that. If Rosemary dies by accident, the plan will go awry.”
“Then if I take you to the eting as planned….”
“Why would I keep a horse that has lost its utility?”
“…!”
“It sounds like you want to say that. Honestly, it’s frustrating. I only responded because you provoked first, and now you look at as if I’m the embodint of evil.”
I patted Rosemary’s shoulder.
“It’s okay. There won’t be anything to worry about.”
Rosemary nodded stiffly, like a broken doll.
Lydia, who had been watching all this, sighed and shook her head.
After a while. An adventurer belonging to the Guild arrived and, under her guidance, we all held hands and entered the Labyrinth together.
As soon as we arrived at the Labyrinth, the Guild’s adventurer, who might also be a competent guide, surveyed the surroundings and led the way without hesitation.
Seeing dozens of people lined up in a narrow cave was quite a spectacle.
Although so of the monsters we encountered along the way charged at us without fear…those at the forefront took care of them without , who was relatively in the rear, needing to step in.
Well. If they are challenging the Floor Guardian, it’s only natural that they can easily defeat the regular monsters on the second floor.
We followed the Guild’s guide for a long ti. Deep, deeper.
Having beco stronger after defeating Morgana, I boldly pushed through to the depths I have never ventured into with the subjugation team.
Slowly, the kobolds disappeared, and queen spiders with multiple offspring or crude golems made of earth began to appear….
These too were swiftly hunted down.
After taking only the Magic Stones from the loot and leaving the rest behind, how long had we continued on?
The sound of a gigantic heartbeat grew closer. The interdiate cavities no longer appeared. There was only a narrow passage stretching on.
At the end was a place as wide and open as a plaza on the surface.
Thump-thump! Thump-thump!
And the heart of the God of Earth was right in front of us.
“Wow.”
An involuntary exclamation. The other adventurers were no different.
The gigantic heart made of earth and rock pulsed rhythmically, emitting a heavy sound.
The sound resonated throughout the entire second floor, so I thought it would be extrely noisy as it was the reference for finding our way, but when I got closer, it wasn’t really so.
The reason is simple. What I had thought was a sound reaching my ears was actually sothing deeper, perhaps stimulating what we call the soul, rather than the body.
Of course, I know that the heart before my eyes is rely an illusion. It’s just an echo of the past.
Even knowing that, in the midst of my awe that welled up.
Thud-
The heart that had been pounding incessantly suddenly stopped its movent.
Following that, the calm voice of a Guild adventurer was heard.
“It’s coming. Everyone, get ready.”
Crack.
As soon as her warning ended, a small crack appeared in the massive heart.
No, the heart was so huge that it seed small, but in reality, it was quite a significant crack.
Crunch, creak. Crack!
With a loud noise, cracks begin to break and twist from the inside. And before long, an illusory figure materializes, breaking through the outer wall of the heart.
A bull walking on two legs. A fallen hero of the past. The one who receives the love and sorrow of the God of Earth.
-BWOOO!!
It was Minotauros.
,
Ti passed and the day of the Minotauros subjugation arrived.
Usually, adventurers moved individually or in teams, but seeing them gathered en masse in front of the monunt leading to the Labyrinth was sothing else.
“It looks like a demolition crew for the Labyrinth.”
“That’s why no country dares to invade Pangrave, which generates imnse profits.”
Their armants were all different, and they weren’t even lined up properly, just scattered around nearby…
As more and more beginners shed their rookie status and got used to killing, the atmosphere beca quite fierce.
The adventurers inside, however, seed bored as if tired of waiting.
“By the way, there are so many strong-looking adventurers. With such insurance, can proper combat even take place?”
“Yes. Surprisingly, it can.”
Currently, the fact that I summoned the Floor Guardian of the first floor isn’t widely known.
In fact, Minotauros, the guardian of the second floor, is the first Floor Guardian that adventurers can face.
Surviving until now ans they’ve sohow managed to secure stable victories against common monsters.
However, even such individuals couldn’t help but struggle with their first boss fight, and to aid them, adventurers who operate at least two floors deeper were assigned as protectors.
“The Labyrinth isn’t stupid. The mont your life is protected, most of your accumulated rits flow to the one who saved you.”
“Ah. That makes sense. After all, it was the Goddess of Love herself who designed the Labyrinth’s rit system.”
Saving soone earns you far more rits than killing them. What the Labyrinth evaluates isn’t sothing like battle records.
It is everything done within that space.
Helping soone else in a place full of dangers must have been considered noble.
“Noble… Perhaps Miss Lydia too?”
“…Well, that’s why my nickna is ‘The Noble’.”
Even in a Labyrinth filled with death, she never loses her humanity and always strives to act honorably.
Helping those in danger, punishing the wicked, standing at the forefront when advancing, and at the rear when retreating, showing courage and dedication.
That’s why Lydia is considered strong even among high-level adventurers.
“The number of monsters subjugated may be similar, but the deeds are not the sa.”
“Oh, but do such so-called good deeds help in so way? Like increasing strength by exerting power, or stamina by fighting for a long ti. There is so randomness, but…”
“Well, I’m not sure. But I don’t think it’s a physical issue… But can’t you just ask the Goddess?”
“Hey. That’s an oracle and a revelation, right? It’s not sothing that cos down so easily. Though, if I do ask, she might answer…”
Since I can’t convey the ssage directly, she might try to communicate through the fully-leveled Goddess Statue. However, there’s the problem that the gacha rates tend to lean towards the unfavorable side each ti.
This ti, I spent nearly 100 gold to sohow reset the penalty, so I can’t waste it on sothing random.
“It would be a burden on the Goddess. And I have a hunch too.”
“A hunch?”
“Yes. I think it might be related to ntal strength.”
Having acquired the Avatar of Love, my ntal resistance greatly increased. Along with that, my ntal strength also grew stronger, resulting in an unexpected synergy.
I can control a much larger amount of power more easily than usual. In other words, the output and control of the three great abilities – Aura, Mana, and Divine Power – had achieved remarkable growth.
And Lydia’s total amount of Aura was significant; she boasted an imnse output that seed almost magical, scattering Aura around her.
The fla-like Aura that enveloped the surrounding area, and thus the domain Lydia unfolded, was probably an art that other Aura users would find hard to imitate.
“That’s what I think. I don’t know if it’s the correct answer or not.”
“This can’t be… Was it not my genius talent…?”
It seed that Lydia thought it was only possible because she was a genius.
Lydia trembles as she looks down at her hands. I montarily enjoyed watching her violently shaking chest.
In the distance, a familiar face appeared. Tall stature and well-proportioned body. Flat…no, agile chest and bright blonde hair. An elf, the second-generation rich brat with strangely annoying features.
It was Rosemary. Behind her was the muscular archer lady seen before.
Though she was overpowered by Lydia in one blow, from her appearance, you’d think she was so kind of human weapon.
With a happy heart, I waved my hand and shouted.
“Here! Over here!”
“Eek!”
Rosemary, who noticed , was startled and imdiately turned her head, but how could she resist this?
I quickly ran over and hooked my arm around Rosemary’s shoulder. I wanted to put my arm around her shoulder, but Rosemary was taller than expected, so it wasn’t easy.
“Why did you pretend not to see when you did?”
“Th-that’s because….”
“I greeted you so warmly, so why didn’t you respond?”
“Th-that…you suddenly used formal language, so I was surprised….”
“No, that’s because I was angry then. How could I speak informally to soone over 100 years older than ? …So why did you pretend not to see ? Do elves turn their heads away when they’re surprised?”
“Uh…well, that is…um….”
Rosemary lowered her head and mumbled. I leaned in to look up at her face from below.
The key here was to keep my eyes as vacant as possible, letting my pupils go unfocused.
In that state, I began repeating the sa words chanically, like a broken phonograph.
“Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?”
“Eek!”
Rosemary seed to love my fashion yandere act, as if she was going to die from joy.
I grabbed her trembling hand and pulled her.
“Co here.”
“Hiccup.”
With a pale complexion, Rosemary quietly followed. Berry, who was supposed to be the escort, closed her eyes tightly as if she couldn’t bear to watch the scene in front of her.
…Anyone would mistake this for a human trafficking scene.
After bringing her over, I stood next to Lydia and nodded my head.
“Stick close to us in the Labyrinth and fight.”
“Wh-why?”
“So we can save you when it gets dangerous.”
Rosemary’s eyes widened as if she had heard sothing unexpected. However, the elf Nuna, who was her escort, whispered into her ear with a complicated expression.
“If they say they can help when it gets rough, it ans they can cut you down when it gets rough. It’s best to follow their words here.”
Rosemary flinched and looked at Lydia and in turn, nodding slightly.
“No, I can hear everything? It’s not like that. If Rosemary dies by accident, the plan will go awry.”
“Then if I take you to the eting as planned….”
“Why would I keep a horse that has lost its utility?”
“…!”
“It sounds like you want to say that. Honestly, it’s frustrating. I only responded because you provoked first, and now you look at as if I’m the embodint of evil.”
I patted Rosemary’s shoulder.
“It’s okay. There won’t be anything to worry about.”
Rosemary nodded stiffly, like a broken doll.
Lydia, who had been watching all this, sighed and shook her head.
After a while. An adventurer belonging to the Guild arrived and, under her guidance, we all held hands and entered the Labyrinth together.
As soon as we arrived at the Labyrinth, the Guild’s adventurer, who might also be a competent guide, surveyed the surroundings and led the way without hesitation.
Seeing dozens of people lined up in a narrow cave was quite a spectacle.
Although so of the monsters we encountered along the way charged at us without fear…those at the forefront took care of them without , who was relatively in the rear, needing to step in.
Well. If they are challenging the Floor Guardian, it’s only natural that they can easily defeat the regular monsters on the second floor.
We followed the Guild’s guide for a long ti. Deep, deeper.
Having beco stronger after defeating Morgana, I boldly pushed through to the depths I have never ventured into with the subjugation team.
Slowly, the kobolds disappeared, and queen spiders with multiple offspring or crude golems made of earth began to appear….
These too were swiftly hunted down.
After taking only the Magic Stones from the loot and leaving the rest behind, how long had we continued on?
The sound of a gigantic heartbeat grew closer. The interdiate cavities no longer appeared. There was only a narrow passage stretching on.
At the end was a place as wide and open as a plaza on the surface.
Thump-thump! Thump-thump!
And the heart of the God of Earth was right in front of us.
“Wow.”
An involuntary exclamation. The other adventurers were no different.
The gigantic heart made of earth and rock pulsed rhythmically, emitting a heavy sound.
The sound resonated throughout the entire second floor, so I thought it would be extrely noisy as it was the reference for finding our way, but when I got closer, it wasn’t really so.
The reason is simple. What I had thought was a sound reaching my ears was actually sothing deeper, perhaps stimulating what we call the soul, rather than the body.
Of course, I know that the heart before my eyes is rely an illusion. It’s just an echo of the past.
Even knowing that, in the midst of my awe that welled up.
Thud-
The heart that had been pounding incessantly suddenly stopped its movent.
Following that, the calm voice of a Guild adventurer was heard.
“It’s coming. Everyone, get ready.”
Crack.
As soon as her warning ended, a small crack appeared in the massive heart.
No, the heart was so huge that it seed small, but in reality, it was quite a significant crack.
Crunch, creak. Crack!
With a loud noise, cracks begin to break and twist from the inside. And before long, an illusory figure materializes, breaking through the outer wall of the heart.
A bull walking on two legs. A fallen hero of the past. The one who receives the love and sorrow of the God of Earth.
-BWOOO!!
It was Minotauros.
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