Chapter 201: 16th Floor (8)

Chapter 201: 16^th
Floor (8)

The
chimera made of magi felt a familiar sensation at the end of its
fist: the sensation of crushing something.

Dark
red blood splattered on the wall it had hit.

Today
was different from the usual when it hastily devoured the flesh of
monsters and humans thrown by the worshipper of Sloth, whom the
chimera unconsciously recognized as its master.

Bubble
bubble-

Bubbles
boiled from the torn-off arm. What was felt was terrible pain. Pain
so great it made one want to wail.

It
was the first time it felt such pain.

The
group of humans who had come earlier was easy.

Frozen
in terror, they were as helpless as children facing adults, and soon
became part of the chimera but the prey it faced now was different.

When
it tried to catch the fleeing prey, its hand was torn off instead.

Moreover,
that unknown beam of light the prey wielded made it feel revulsion
instinctively.

At
the same time, it was afraid. It felt as if every cell in its body
was screaming that thing was dangerous.

It
felt like someday that light would reach its master too. If that
happened, it wouldn’t even be able to easily receive prey anymore.

So
it had to kill.

If
it didn’t kill now, someday that dazzling light would surely burn the
chimera.

It
was a troublesome enemy, but as the dark red blood splattered on the
wall proved, he ended up becoming minced meat.

The
chimera turned around nonchalantly.

It
wanted to eat fresh flesh rather than minced meat.

Just
then, there was a red-haired piece of meat lying next to the
wide-open boss room door.

It
couldn’t move the regenerating arm.

The
only remaining arm was the one it had just swung at the man.

The
chimera instinctively reached that hand toward the prey, and.

“…Kiek?”

It
stared at its wrist that was boiling and bubbling.

It
didn’t understand.

It
surely reached out with a perfectly fine arm, so why?

The
chimera widened its view to look at both arms.

Both
the torn-off arm and the arm it had swung at the man were bubbling as
they regenerated.

As
the chimera belatedly recognized the situation, terrible pain spread
through its mind.

“Kieeeeeeek!!!”

A
pain-filled scream shook the labyrinth and.

-Scratch.

Through
that terrible noise, the sound of an axe scraping the floor rang out.

Why
hadn’t it realized?

Why
hadn’t it realized that the dark red blood spread on the wall was its
own?

Was
it because the tremendous pain made it momentarily give up on
recognizing it? Perhaps that was it.

The
chimera looked at the prey it had just fought against.

He
who should have been crushed against the wall as minced meat.

He
who had surely been completely bare.

Was
wearing ice armor rippling with blue energy.

“Huu…”

When
Balkan exhaled deeply, a chilly cold wrapped around the surroundings.

It
was the ice magic power filling his body responding to his will.

When
the white breath dissipated, his vision temporarily returned to
normal.

He
looked at the armor he had created.

It
was armor from his memories.

The
armor created in a moment of crisis resembled that of the knight who
had saved him on his first day of the labyrinth trip.

-Clink.

When
he raised his head to look at the chimera, the weakness detection
magic immediately fixed on the chimera’s body.

[Weakness:
Right regenerative heart. Left magic core.]

Perhaps
due to the increase in wisdom, a more detailed explanation appeared.

Unlike
normal living beings, a heart capable of regeneration located on the
right side and a magic core that stores magic power, located on its
left.

Both
needed to be cut.

-Crunch.

Just
as he firmly gripped the giant axe while focusing the magic power in
his hands and the divine power of blessing.

“Kieeeeeeek!”

The
chimera frantically increased the distance while flapping its
regenerating arms like wings.

A
chilling sensation dominated its entire body.

A
strange hallucination unfolded before the chimera’s eyes as it moved
with a dragging sound.

A
hallucination, or perhaps future, of its head falling to that pure
white axe he swung.

-Puwhaaaaak!

A
wyvern’s head burst out from the chimera’s body full of boiling magi.

The
wyvern’s neck and the chimera’s body began to turn dark red but this
wasn’t enough.

When
it squeezed out magi to its limit, incantations flowed from the human
mouths attached all over the chimera’s body.

[Victory’s
Cry.]

The
vigor of one who achieved countless victories on the battlefield
dwelled in the chimera and.

[Dragon’s
Magic Power.]

Magic
power and strength befitting a mighty dragon was added and.

[Fire
Dragon’s Roar.]

The
fragment of the great dragon that burned everything with flames was
engraved.

The
chimera put all of its full power into a single strike.

Bubble
bubble bubble-

The
energy was hot and intense like boiling lava.

-Crack.

The
power that instantly surged up had now gathered in the wyvern’s neck
and chimera’s body that had turned from dark red to red.

The
chimera didn’t miss its chance.

Toward
the prey, no.

Toward
that dangerous enemy that deserved having everything poured out at
them.

-Kwaaaaaaa!

Flames
that could melt everything were spewed from the opened maw of the
wyvern’s throat.

Into
the wyvern’s maw that was spewing intense flames like an erupting
volcano’s crater.

-Crack!

Cracks
began to form.

The
wyvern’s mouth that was wide open to spew flames began to tear.

The
crack that went from the wyvern’s head to neck eventually stretched
all the way to the chimera’s heart.

Even
then, what the chimera felt wasn’t pain.

Just
a question.

Where
had the enemy, who should have been crawling on the floor unable to
control their body burning in flames, gone?

-Craaaaaaack!

That
question was resolved along with the sound of something being cut off
completely.

The
sight of the enemy and itself was captured in its spinning vision.

An
axe imbued with dazzling radiance and chillingly cold magic power.

And
the man wearing ice armor who wielded it.

The
chimera’s body cut by his swung axe was slowly freezing.

The
chimera’s head falling to the floor was no different.

-Crash!

The
chimera’s head that fell from midair shattered like ice.

***

Swoosh-

As
the bisected chimera’s corpse turned into particles of light, a large
crystal the size of a face fell to the floor with a thud.

Soul
stone.

Unlike
normal monsters, the chimera’s soul stone was wrapped in dark red
magi.

-Crack,
crack.

I
turned my head at the sound of the ice armor falling off my skin.

The
sturdy armor that had easily withstood the chimera’s barrage crumbled
easily like normal ice as soon as the magic power dispersed, and
melted like water from the breath’s heat.

As
expected, it seemed this kind of thing could only be maintained with
magic power. In a way, it was obvious.

The
elixir’s effects still remained, but the buff effect of the blessing
of time of judgment had ended.

When
the wisdom that had reached 29 was halved, the sense of omnipotence
that had filled my body until then instantly drained away.

There
was a bad taste in my mouth. I wanted to feel that sensation a bit
longer.

As
I gripped the axe while feeling regretful, I realized something was
wrong with my body.

[Ah!
How delicious this looks! How long has it been since a proper meal
like this! Well, it’s not quite like yours but…Ah, no. Ahem.
Anyway, you did well. I shall personally praise you!]

As
Bunny, the demon of gluttony, raised her voice as if excited and
tried to approach the chimera’s corpse, or more precisely, the soul
stone where magi was squirming.

Bunny
firmly gripped in my hand pulled my arm to lead me there.

[What
are you doing! Move quickly!]

However,
I couldn’t move my legs.

To
be honest, even just standing was overwhelming.

Along
with dizziness, my vision began to blur again.

The
feeling of exhaustion I hadn’t felt in a while was a sign of magic
power depletion.

Suddenly
fatigue rushed in.

-Thump.

Someone
supported my body as it was about to fall backward. When I dazedly
turned my head, a familiar face came into view.

“Master…”

Recently…except
for when she was mad because of Grumpy at the mansion, she who had
been gradually loosening her expression since we came to the 16th
floor alone, now wore a very bright smile.

Her
eyes witnessed fragments of a dream that seemed unreachable.

The
pure eyes of a woman who confirmed the impossible had instantly
leaped to possible looked down at me.

It
was the brightest expression among all the faces of Idelbert I had
seen so far.

“25th
floor.”

“Pardon?”

She
spoke an unexpected number.

25th
floor.

But
at her following words, I blankly opened my mouth.

“That’s
where you from just now can reach.”

“…Ah.”

25th
floor.

9
floors higher than where I’m standing now, and 9 floors lower than
the 34th floor said to be the end of the labyrinth.

That
difference is clearly large.

The
amount of wounds and hardships between those nine steps is so much
that I can’t even dare to predict it.

Steps
that could instantly drop me into the abyss if I take one wrong step.
But.

I
saw it before my eyes.

The
future where I would soon step beyond there.

My
fist clenched automatically even though I didn’t have the strength to
move a finger.

The
abyss of the labyrinth.

The
certainty that I could reach down there was born.

“Of
course it’s impossible alone. You’ll need to be with pretty decent
party members but…still.”

Perhaps
she saw the same future?

Idelbert
grinned and patted my back.

“Good
work. My disciple.”

-Chu.

With
a sensual sound, something soft and moist touched my forehead and
lifted away.

As
if it was an impulsive action, Idelbert’s face immediately turned
red.

Laughter
flowed out at her warm voice and unexpected action.

So
Idelbert can speak in this kind of voice too.

Wrapped
in a strange sense of relief, I closed my eyes at the rushing
fatigue.

-Pat
pat.

With
the sound of a cat’s tail gently hitting the floor and.

[Food,
my food…! You bastard…! Give me my food before you collapse…!]

While
listening to Bunny’s sobbing voice in my head.

***

We
rested for three days near there after leaving the relic warehouse
because the collapse of the relic warehouse began right after
clearing the boss room.

In
reality, Idelbert alone handled all the aftermath.

I
slept like the dead for three straight days due to side effects from
excessive doping and magic power depletion, and during that time,
Idelbert investigated the remaining data of the Sloth worshipper and
the chimera’s corpse in the relic warehouse, she said.

“Here.
Open it.”

And,
she handed me an expensive wooden box just as I woke up.

It
was an item that looked like a treasure box at first glance. Still, I
asked out of courtesy.

“What
is this?”

“Since
you cleared the boss room of the relic warehouse there’s only one
thing it could be.”

I
had temporarily forgotten due to the horrible scenery.

Though
it had degraded into the Sloth worshipper’s laboratory, a relic
warehouse is still a relic warehouse, a place of opportunity where
you can obtain a random relic when you defeat the boss.

“You
open it. In the first place, only the person who cleared it can open
it.”

I
received the relic box she handed me with trembling hands.

-Gulp.

I
swallowed involuntarily.

What
kind of relic would come out?

A
miracle holy sword? A shield that can block any attack? An ancient
elixir that amplifies magic power?

Whatever
comes out is a gain, because it’s a relic.

Unable
to control my trembling lips from expectation, I flung open the relic
box.

-Flash!!!

Dazzling
light poured out and brightly colored the cave.

When
the light finally faded, I blankly stared at the relic contained in
the treasure box.

“…Uh…”

“…Gulp…”

I
let out a dazed voice, and Idelbert swallowed while looking at the
relic contained in the box.

I
forcibly closed and opened my eyes.

Wondering
if this was real, I rubbed my eyes vigorously and slapped my cheeks
several times.

I
wished it was a dream but reality didn’t change even when I hit
myself really hard.

That
blue light swirling around it was clearly proving that the item I was
looking at was a genuine relic.

However…

“This
is just…”

Brilliantly
shining with blue light………

“A
dildo…”

Buuuuuung!!

A
pussy vibrator relic that looked exactly like my erect dick shook
rattling in the relic box while exhibiting its presence.