It was now evening of my first day exploring the Snakehead Labyrinth. Having just left the spring on the 4th level, I finally arrived at a small dead-end room. Instead of lurking monsters within, I only saw clusters of crystals.
I activated FLIR mode and I saw all the crystals had heat signatures. Five of them Not only were they on the floor, but there were so on the roof as well. They did not react to my presence upon entering. Did they undo their camo and attack if soone entered a certain range?
Now that I thought about it, those adventurers used a 3 ter long stick to lure the spiders out. Did that an the detection range was around that far? If the spiders only reacted upon entering that distance, or when theyre attacked, then itd probably be possible to deal with them one by one using ranged attacks.
The spiders were quickly eliminated and I secured the room.
I activated the TSS. For tonights camp, I first summoned the AEC Armored Command Vehicle, Dorchester. Next up, I opened my inventory to take out so special equipnt. Three M18 claymore mines and four C4 charges. Sooner or later, monsters would spawn near the middle of the room after all. The mines would secure the ground level while the C4 would be used on the ceiling. A lot of those spiders I encountered so far hid themselves as clusters on the ceiling. Those charges were for them.
A SUPPLY BOX appeared. I opened it and took out a surveillance cara a spy cara. It was a portable surveillance cara, similar to the box-shaped caras found in parking lots and retail stores. The only difference being a single telescopic arm beneath it. The bar could be attached and fixed anywhere on a floor or wall. It would then open a mini-screen next to the map in the HUD with a real-ti feed.
The max amount you could use at once was two. It was the sa as AN/GSR V 1 T-UGS. But the cara was more suitable for monitoring the corridor. I stuck the cara in a dark place in the corridor and adjusted the direction of the cara so I could monitor the room and then turned it on.
With the spy cara fixed, the feed appeared in my HUD. Then I tried switching back and forth to the night vision mode and FLIR Mode to see if the function worked as intended. Preparations were completed. Even if it was found by soone in this world, itd be impossible to be connected to . Best of all, they would not even understand what a machine was, not to ntion its function.
I returned to the Dorchester, summoned a GIFT BOX, took out the black valve and bedding. Then I sat in the provided chair in the living space to rest.
After I finished a al, I drew the layout Id already mapped on a blank map sheet. I didnt plan to sell it yet, but if I could draw it little by little, Id have more ti in the future. While I made these for my own satisfaction, It would also be a cover for Schwartz. The act of solo diving was extrely dangerous. One mistake may cause you to beco prey for the labyrinths inhabitants.
Still, I had map-making as my reason to go solo. I reckoned no one else would be able to create such a precise and accurate labyrinth map while exploring. Since Id been given the nickna Map Seller Schwartz. Might as well make it useful for .
While I was drawing a map up to the 4th floor, then looked at the state of the small room through the video feed. There, I saw a black mist rising from the center of the room. Its ti for the monster to respawn. There were four mists, which ford themselves into shapes of quartz spiders.
Here I thought they could respawn on the ceiling? Once the mist solidified in the shape of a spider, it cleared up the there it was. I held the claymore remote in my hand but didnt pull it yet. I observed the movents of the spiders that had just spawned. I had experienced it many tis before in the Wolf Fang Labyrinth. Even in this place, the monsters did not move imdiately after spawning.
They seed not to be weary of the Dorchester, which was parked in the room. This ant that they did not know I was inside as well. Once I confird this, I pulled the trigger. The claymores roared in three consecutive blasts, and a total of 210 iron balls shattered the crystal spiders that had begun to move.
The next morning, when I woke up because of my alarm, I checked the placent of the monsters, then detonated the claymores and C4 charges to finish cleaning the interior of the small room. The spy cara continued to record even in the early morning, and broadcasted into my HUD. There was no shadow of an approaching adventurer and it seed that the cara hadnt been destroyed as well.
I made preparations to begin my exploration. If I were to go down to the 5th level, I should start encountering the Naga. It was a monster with the appearance of a snake with a human torso, and cobra head. Unlike the other monsters, which had one gender, these were separated into males and females. The males were warriors and handled a variety of weapons, and the females were mages.
It was great that I could reach the spring on the first day without an issue. With consideration to the next part of my journey, it would be a problem to reach the next spring on the 11th floor.
The labyrinths cavern zone stopped at the 6th level. From there, it beca field zones. The hexagonal crystals requested were also available starting from this level.
I ran through the 4th floor without a problem before I arrived on the 5th. From there, I prepared a ballistic shield as a counter to Naga magic.
(Kay~: Ballistic shields range in designs and build, and since its a VMB shield, I have no link for it. Do with that as you will)
With this, I proceeded through the corridor, passing through a small room while eliminating quartz snakes and spiders along the way until I saw a large room ahead. I had not encountered a single Naga so far. Rather, there seed to be an adventurer party ahead of with a few monsters surrounding them.
I was not the only one exploring. If there were other people around, wed eventually run into each other. If this was the popular Beast King Labyrinth, how many people would be lurking about at the sa ti? If there was already another party hunting ahead, should I just take a detour and look for another room?
I decided that.
I changed course to aim for a large, dead-end room. After a short while, my sound sensors picked up the noise of a fierce battle. Apparently, there was another party there too despite aiming for an out of the way room. But apparently from the sounds, screams, angry voices, and yelling, it did not sound too good
Should I rush in?
As a matter of fact, I didnt know who was fighting there. But dying in the labyrinth was an important thing to avoid as an adventurer. Their souls would beco food for the labyrinth and was a factor in which causes monsters to overflow into the outside world. In this world, if you lived as an adventurer of this country, you had to save the lives you could save.
It was about 400 ters till the room. I ran through the corridor and focused on the noises until I grasped the situation correctly.
There was about four people, and about five strange ones which could be the monsters. From the voices, I realized one was either dead or incapacitated Was I late?
Room appeared on my map, showing nine dots. Five of the light dots floated around while the four were cornered by a wall. I stacked up next to the entrance to the room and peaked in at the sa ti, I switched the P90 to full auto.
As expected, the monsters were Naga
The strange appearance of the half-human half-snake from the back, and their tails made them look quite tall. With a height of more than two ters, the Nagas shook their purple-skinned upper bodies in a dance-like motion. I looked to the four adventurers their appearances briefly seen between the gaps of the monsters. They were blood-stained and struggled to delay their deaths as much as possible.
Although the Nagas exact genders couldnt be determined from the rear, at least the three of the four held spears and a spiked mace. The remaining two wielded sothing akin to a vajra. A quick deduction said I needed to eliminate the two who held vajras, as they were the female mages.
I aid down sight while I leaned. As the nagas yelled and moved closer to their targets, I fixed my crosshairs on their head. I didnt know if this round would work against them given that they resembled a King Cobra. At worst, theyd just be redirected their attention to . If it didnt work, I could just hide and take out the SCARH.
Deciding on the plan, I predicted their movents and pulled the trigger twice for two short bursts; moving to the next target without checking the results, and shot at the other.
Gyaa!
Gya!
Short, strange voices called out as the two mages fell as blood squirted from their heads. Its working Hearing the death throes of their comrades behind them, the three weapon-bearing monsters turned and saw .
I heard snakes had poor eyesight, but had good tracking with an infrared sensing organ called a pit-organ that allowed them to see temperature. Maybe they had the sa organs There was a mont they just glared at each other and
Kaa!
Kaa!
One threw its sasumata-shaped spear.
Thats bad!
I leaned back behind the wall. Shortly after, the spear crashed into the wall with an echo. I lifted the ballistic shield against my feet, used it to hid my body, and stood at the entrance of the large room. The male nagas raged due to the killing of their females. In anger, they left the other four adventurers alone and charged at a high-speed pace.
Theyre fast but!
I placed the P90 atop the shield, aid for their upper bodies that moved more vigorously than before they moved in. I changed where I aid, briefly examined them and noticed that the midsection between human and tail moved the least. The way it acted was as if it were the **fulcrum of their movent.
(Kay~: **the point on which a lever rests or is supported and on which it pivots.)
The muzzle jumped as I opened fired, and with so control, managed to land every bullet on that area. Then, I slide jump to the front left imdiately. The nagas body split over as if it had folded. I strafe jumped in order to make the remaining two intersect, then turned 180 and landed in front of the adventurers, who were still unable to grasp their current situation with my sudden intrusion.
Hey You are
Please tell the situation before you ask anymore. Are the injured okay?
As I listened, I fished out two fragntation grenades and threw them at the nagas after pulling the pins.
Ah One of us was killed. But the body hasnt been absorbed yet, so weve been protecting it. As for the injured
Theyre alive. I heal her now.
The labyrinth preyed upon human life, and their souls used to nourish it. The act was, however, divided into two stages. Firstly, of course, to kill. Second was to wrap the body in the black mist and absorb it. In other words, the mont you died, you were quite literally devoured. There was no magic or potion capable of reviving the dead.
But, as long as the body was not absorbed into the labyrinth, the soul was safe. This party had resisted it till the end despite the crisis.
Good job leave the rest to .
[T/L Note: He says Good Job in english.]
Eh? What?
Involuntarily rembering the old days I said the phrase I usually used to comnd another player. But I wondered if people in this world understood it?
The frags exploded, covering the questioning voice of the adventurer. The sound reverberated and distracted the adventurers, and the nagas scread. Shrapnell splintered their bodies, but tried to crawl towards us even with parts of them blown off.
A look at their damaged bodies, it seed their lower bodies had a high level of defense. However, their humanoid parts took the brunt of it. I already knew a headshot could kill them so there wasnt anything to worry about with this.
I reloaded, put up the shield upfront and aid the P90. I lined the crosshairs up with the closest ones upper body- their heart in particular. I opened fire and finished them off. With this, I confird their weak points were similar to that of normal humans. I finished the last one with a headshot.
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