The Healer Banished From The Party, In Fact, Is The Strongest Chapter 70 - Volume 2 Chapter 31 The Man Called Branch Chief

Raust

Since we were already battle-ready, we finished our preparation in less than the allotted ti and left the adventurer guild.

However, even a few minutes later, Master was only walking around looking for sothing without even leaving the adventurer guild.

Observing Master, I unconsciously tilted my head.

If the branch chief and his staffs really had caused the labyrinth runaway, wouldnt they be fleeing the labyrinth city?

I dont think there is any point to ticulously search this place.

I wondered if I should tell her that.

It was then Master raised her voice.

Great. I found it.

Huh?

Leaving clueless, Master pressed her hand to the ground.

The next mont, magic was activated, the soil that Master pushed raised.

The sudden action Master took made involuntarily opened my mouth.

Master? What the!

However, I never got to finish those words.

In the middle of my speech, my eyes widened from what ca into my sight.

It was a hollow below the raised soil.

The space, illuminated by a few lights, was clearly not a natural formation.

Under the soil, there it was, a man-made passage.

What is this

Seeing the passage before , I couldnt hide my agitation.

Not only there was a passage below the soil, but the passage itself was also too bizarre.

The passage was reinforced on all sides with sothing like white stone.

In the minimally lit passageway, it was hard to tell exactly what it was.

However, when I saw the slight luster on the white stone, I understood.

This wasnt possible to replicate even with magic in todays civilization.

It was plain to see that it was made using a technology that is incomparable to now.

While I couldnt hide my agitation when I saw the passage, Master was not perturbed at all.

She stood up, brushing the dirt from her hands, then opened her mouth.

At the end of this passage is the branch chief and his cohort. It took a while to find it, though, because it was blocking my magic detection. As I thought, they prepared an escape route.

Wha-! This This is made by the branch chief?

Yeah, probably. This is a passage built based on lost technology.

This is the lost technology

Having a glimpse at the passage, I finally understood what Master was saying.

I dont know if thats really enough to make the current event happen.

However, the lost technology is certainly a fairly advanced technology that the current civilization cant comprehend.

When I ca to that conclusion, I asked Master the sa question I had been asking myself.

Master, what are you going to do with the branch chief? Is the lost technology, maybe, capable of dealing with the labyrinth runaway?

Even when I saw the passage, a product of lost technology, I didnt think lost technology could intervene the labyrinth runaway.

Without Master, the Labyrinth City would surely have been overrun by the group of monsters led by the lich.

After seeing that, I cant believe a human can do anything to the labyrinth no matter how great the technology is.

However, Master who knows more about lost technology than I may have a good reason to be confidentthat lost technology can control the labyrinth runaway.

After thinking that far, I couldnt keep my curiosity bottled up in my heart.

Because I understood that this would give us hope to deal with labyrinth runaway.

That expectation was imdiately dashed by Master.

No. It would never be able to do that. The chanism of a labyrinth is not sothing that people can control. There is no way to control the labyrinth runaway other than destroying the labyrinth core. Incidentally, with a labyrinth of this size, even World-Class adventurers like cant destroy its core.

Huh?

Hearing Master said that, my mind went blank for a mont.

The reason Master looking for the branch chief who knew lost technology, I thought it was to deal with labyrinth runaway using said technology.

Hence why, when Master said that was impossible, I couldnt help but feel shocked.

Then why looking for him?

Is there any way to deal with the current situation?

Such thoughts dominate my mind, I even missed my chance to ask Master to elaborate.

Without paying any attention, Master continued.

In the first place, I dont think its even possible to cause a labyrinth runaway with lost technology. Can you even easily cause a labyrinth runaway like that?

Eh

I was beyond surprised and could only be bewildered by Master whose opinion turned 180 from what she said before.

I knew this persons way of thinking was different from mine.

If normal people thought about one thing, then, Master, with her load of knowledge and experience, thought ten things at once.

Therefore, a person like , who was thinking one matter at a ti, couldnt possibly understand the true aning of the words Master said who was ten steps ahead.

Nonetheless, I hoped she could tell the current situation with a little more order.

I couldnt help but feel my cheeks twitching from the usual Master.

Maybe Master still has so leeway, such thought floated in my mind.

But that was just for an instant. Only until Masters atmosphere suddenly changed.

While playing with her braided red hair and with the tension bordering on anxiety on her shapely face, Master opened her mouth.

But this ti, I think this is an exception. No matter how adept soone is in lost technology, I dont think they can cause labyrinth runaway. But the guild branch chief of this Labyrinth City, its a different matter when it cos to that man.

After taking a breath, Master continued with a serious look on her face.

If its that man, I can believe he caused the labyrinth runaway.

-!

Masters words took my breath away.

Labyrinth City Branch Chief. The image I had of that person was only soone who managed the guild staff.

Let alone ability, I didnt even know how he looked, and to be honest, I was more impressed by Hanzam.

However, my image of him changed drastically.

The tension in Masters words spoke more eloquently about the fact that the branch chief was a cunning man.

With that atmosphere, Master continued still.

Even in this labyrinth runaway isnt artificially caused, that man must have noticed this labyrinth runaway. The fact that man made a move is probably related to labyrinth runaway.

The evaluation of the branch managers ability in my mind kept increasing gradually.

Maybe, the fact that I never thought of him as a big deal ant that I have been in the palm of his hands all this ti.

Gradually, my tension grew.

It was then smile ford on her face.

Huh?

It was a ferocious smile that didnt fit the current desperate situation.

When I let out a small cry at the unexpected expression on her face, Master moved her mouth with a belligerent expression.

Then, there is no way he hasnt prepared an escape route, right?

!

That was the mont I understood the reason Master was looking for the branch chief.

From the beginning, Master had no intention in staying in Labyrinth City and dealing with the labyrinth runaway.

She only had one goal.

She wanted to negotiate with the branch chief to use the escape route prepared by him because of the fight to escape Labyrinth City.

I smiled from the light of hope that finally appeared in this hopeless situation.

Considering the escape route prepared by the branch chief used lost technology, there was no doubt it would be much safer compared to if we evacuated Labyrinth City while escorting the townsfolk right now.

There was also a concern.

The negotiation was unlikely to co through, 9 out of 10 we would end up with a fight.

If it ca to it, we would need to fight the cunning branch chief, whose strength we didnt know, and Hanzam who was known to be quite powerful.

Still, we have a world-class adventurer here.

Its not a bad matchup.

But! My thought changed after hearing what Master said next.

This ti, I will avoid fighting as much as possible.

It was a timid remark unlike what the usual Master would say.

It seed like a joke, with a smile still on my face, I tried to return her words with a light tone.

It was then that I realized that while Master showing a ferocious smile, at the sa ti, there was also an extre tension I have never seen before.

Master?

Keep this in your mind,

In response to my call, Master announced with a stern voice.

I dont know any of the staff in his entourage. But if you and I were to fight the Branch Chief together, expect the odds to be less than thirty percent.

Wha-?

I finally noticed Masters stance.

The sense of crisis I had toward the branch chief was still too naive.

Lets go.

All I could do was stare blankly at Masters back who said that and stepped into the passage.