Moon’s Labyrinths Chapter 75

Chapter 75

Chapter 75

“Alright . Shall we do our best in working towards the goal of reaching the Great Labyrinth?”

Tim gripped his ax and made powerful swings at the air . He was a strength-based Connector . His gems amplified his strength, so it was quite dangerous for him to swing his ax like that . Emily’s biting hand flew towards a location where his armor didn’t cover his body, and she scolded him . Tim stopped ferocious swinging to express his joy .

However, he was still in a good mood .

Of course, Tim wasn’t under the delusion that Sungyoon pletely trusted them . Tim had somewhat e to know his personality while they partied with him . He knew that it wasn’t possible for him to fully trust them . Still, they would be placed above strangers on his hierarchy . Tim was now sure that Sungyoon thought of them as rades .

‘Yes . We’ll take this slow . ’

When Tim had conversed with Sungyoon about the Great Labyrinth, a feeling of admiration had bloomed within himself . Even if it happened slowly, he wanted to strengthen their ties with Sungyoon .

However, Tim and Emily’s good mood didn’t last too long . It was the same for Sungyoon .

They tried their best to avoid low-rank monsters that weren’t too profitable to kill . Still, if they came across a monster charging towards their party, they slaughtered it . They were on their way towards the 7th floor, where they spent most of their time clearing monsters . As befitting a place called a labyrinth, tunnels branched every which way, but they continued to walk down tunnels they were familiar with .

However, they had to e to a stop in their journey .

“Again!”

Tim spat out his words in annoyance .

They were about to pass by a tunnel, but it was cordoned off with a rope . A sentry stood in front of the tunnel to deter anyone from accessing this specific path .

It was a sealed section .

Poke!

Tim looked backward . Someone had poked him from the back with a finger . Emily was giving him a meaningful look .

‘Don’t do anything stupid . ’

In the past, her brother had plained in front of a sentry who had been guarding a sealed section . This was why Emily tried to beat him to the punch . Tim was about to plain without giving much thought, so he quietly shut his mouth .

They slowly went towards the path that would take them away from the sealed section . The sentry didn’t move .

“Ah, shit! What is up with them? Are they even doing their work properly?!”

When they had moved away to a place where the sentry couldn’t hear them, Tim started to vent his anger . Emily didn’t hold him back . Although she didn’t want to make a mountain out of an anthill, she wasn’t pleased either .

“It seems we will have to be cautious once again . If it is only the sealed section, it’ll only be a minor annoyance . However, the situation might be like before . There may be monsters that are ranked higher than the normal monsters of the Beginner’s labyrinth . ”

“You are talking about the Bigfoot incident?”

Tim frowned at Emily’s words . They had continued to enter the labyrinth, but it was a wonder that they hadn’t been traumatized by their past experience . On the other hand, the incident had been a blessing in disguise . They had met Sungyoon . However, they didn’t want to experience such a scenario once again .

“As expected, this is one of the anomalous labyrinths?”

Sungyoon had been silent as he listened to their conversation . However, he had heard something that he couldn’t ignore .

“What do you mean by that, Ms . Emily?”

Sungyoon asked a question .

“You don’t know about it, Mr . Sungyoon?”

“Yes . I’ve never heard the term anomalous labyrinth before . ”

It was an opportunity to teach Sungyoon something he didn’t know . Emily put on a small smile as she explained .

“Something out of the ordinary is happening within the labyrinths . ”

“What do you mean by something out of the ordinary?”

“To be a bit more precise, should I say some labyrinths are being more dangerous?”

More dangerous . . .

He had to hear this out . Sungyoon focused on her words .

“We heard some stories when we had gone back to earth . The monsters in labyrinths are spawning at a higher number, and it is causing a lot of confusion in the other labyrinths . Our pany is half-way to declaring a state of emergency . Fortunately, no one associated with our pany has died . However, I heard that numerous connectors from other panies lost their lives . "

“Is that the reason why they haven’t finished cleaning-up the Beginner’s labyrinth? Is it because of the increased number of monsters?”

“That might be the most likely explanation . ”

Last time, the clean-up of the Beginner’s labyrinth hadn’t even finished when another round of Mana Stream had started . The probability of it happening again was high . It was an unexpected obstacle . Sungyoon furrowed his brows .

“Do we know what’s causing it?”

“Nope! We have no idea . In the first place, we don’t know a lot about the labyrinths . It is a place of many mysteries . ”

Why were there labyrinths on the celestial body called the moon? What was magical energy? Where did these monsters e from? Most of the information about the labyrinths was still under a veil . It was impossible to find the cause behind the population-explosion in such a short amount of time .

“Fortunately, the Connectors hired to clean up the Beginner’s labyrinth are good at filtering monsters . They leave behind monsters that can be handled by beginners, so we should be fine if we don’t enter into the seal section . ”

Tim tried to reassure Sungyoon, who had turned serious .

“You are right . ”

Sungyoon acknowledged his panion's words . However, he had almost died thanks to a high-rank Connector hired by the Armstrong city . This was why he didn’t really feel the same way as Tim .

In any case, they were faced with the downside that came with sealing a section of the labyrinth . They couldn’t explore the entirety of the Beginner’s labyrinth . Also, there was a chance that a strong monster might attack them . Still, they weren’t exposed to the same amount of danger as the hired Connectors . They just plained for a little bit as they continued to head downwards .

* * *

The three of them had spent the whole day descending into the 6th floor . Their destination was the 7th floor, but they had spent most of the time getting to the 6th floor . Since it was safer than the 7th floor, they decided to spend the night there . They would start their hunt in earnest on the next day .

-Gweeeeek!

It let out a squeal as if it were a pig . The noise it let out was a bit funny, but its power was no joke . The monster opened its big mouth as it charged towards Tim .

Puh-uhk!

Its long incisors were stopped by Tim’s large shield . The monster’s mouth was about 1m wide, wide enough to probably swallow a human in one bite .

Ooh-juhk!

The Hard Leather Hippopotamus was trying to swallow Tim and his shield . It put strength into its jaw . It looked as if its large and thick incisors would punch through the shield .

“You bastard!”

Tim glared at the monster as he swung his ax .

Puh-uhk!

He put enormous strength behind the ax, yet it could only damage the surface of the monster's leather . The Hard Leather Hippopatomus’s eyes flinched a little bit, but it was all that happened .

“Tsk . It is too tough!”

Tim grumbled as he pulled back his ax . When the Hard Leather Hippopotamus realized that Tim couldn’t damage it, it started to push forward once again . Tim leaned his whole body into his shield, as he started the battle of strength in earnest .

“Eeek!”

Tim was slowly being pushed backward . It seemed that in terms of strength, the Hard Leather Hippopotamus was much stronger than Tim . But something happened when the Hard Leather Hippopotamus was glaring down at his prey with scorn in its eyes .

Sungyoon dashed out from behind Tim .

“Hoo-aht!”

He let out a powerful shout as he swung his mace . When Tim had swung his ax, he had only used one hand, so he couldn’t put his full power behind the attack . But unlike him, Sungyoon held the mace with both of his hands . He used his momentum to rotate his body as he swung his mace .

The result . . .

Puh-uhhhhk!

-Gwehhhhhhk!

Unlike Tim’s attack with the ax, Sungyoon’s attack was on a different level . The Hard Leather Hippopotamus let out a scream . It staggered on its feet as it disengaged from Tim .

Ssssk!

The mace in Sungyoon’s hand disappeared, and a spear made its appearance . Sungyoon immediately stabbed the monster .

Even if he hadn’t been able to put his entire strength behind the attack, Tim’s ax had been bounced off by the leather of the Hard Leather Hippopotamus . There was no way a Purple Gem spear would work against it . However, Sungyoon wasn’t aiming for the thick leather that covered its entire body . His spear flew towards the pink flesh that could be seen within its large mouth .

Poo-oohk!

Sungyoon’s prediction was correct . The spear was too low in quality to smoothly pierce through its flesh, but he was able to jam it in using his strength .

-Ggoo-ehhhhhh!

The monster started to run amok . Sungyoon didn’t want to lose his spear, so he quickly unsummoned it . This was more effective than extracting the spear .

The mace, once again, appeared in his empty hand . The monster was gagging as it choked on its own spit and blood . Sungyoon, with all his strength, brought the mace down on its head .

Kwah-jeek!

-Ggoo-wuhhhhhh!

A big dent appeared on its head, and the monster let out a scream .

‘It still isn’t dead . ’

Any other monster would have died by now . That strike would have crushed the head of the lesser monsters . However, the Hard Leather Hippopotamus had somehow survived the attack with a big dent in its head .

‘Hard Leather Hippo… It lives up to its name . ’

However, it wasn’t as if his attack had no effect . Sungyoon once again swung his mace .

“Ooh-rah-cha!”

Tim joined in . In terms of pure strength, Tim was stronger than Sungyoon . His strength-enhancing Gem was higher in rank than Sungyoon’s Gem . The Hard Leather Hippopotamus hadn’t recovered its faculty yet, so Tim didn’t even have to bother with his shield . He didn’t hold back as he kept swinging his ax with both hands .

Kwah-jeek!

Ooh-jee-jeek!

The terrifying sound rang out in a rhythmic manner as blood flew into the air . After receiving two critical wounds, the monster let out a short sorrowful cry as it fell to the ground and died .

“I hate monsters with high defense . They are so annoying . ”

Tim shook his head from side to side . Emily looked baffled as she stared at her brother .

“You earlier said monsters with high offense are annoying . ”

“Did I say that?”

“In the fight before, you said monsters with high speeds are annoying . ”

“They are annoying . Am I wrong?”

Tim cackled as he waved his hand .

“You are shameless . ”

She knew her oppa had thick-skin . As always, Emily needled Tim with her words .

While the siblings were having a good time bickering with each other, Sungyoon recovered the moonstone of the Hard Leather Hippopotamus .

“Let’s move on . ”

At Sungyoon’s words, the siblings stopped their playful banter, and they started to move once again . They killed monsters on the 7th floor, whenever they ran across one and avoided the sealed section that they occasionally saw . Soon, the staircase to the 8th floor appeared before them .

“What should we do?”

Tim asked the question to Sungyoon . For a brief moment, Sungyoon looked down at his body . He saw the Scale Mail, whose hard steel pieces clinked as if the armor wanted to make its presence known . It was a Green Rank armor . This armor could easily hold up until the 10th floor of the Beginner’s labyrinth .

Even if he went up against a powerful monster, a single blow to the body wouldn't kill him .

‘It is too bad that I don’t have a helmet . ’

He was able to acquire a reliable armor that would defend his body . He just had to do his best to protect his head at all costs . If he wasn’t dead, Emily would be on standby with her healing spell .

“Let’s head down . ”

Soon, Sungyoon stepped onto an unknown territory called the 8th floor .