episode_0023

23. 1st layer (2)

To check the effect of the special status technique that has increased by 2, I walk more focused and make less noise than usual.

‘My steps have become lighter.’

I was able to see through Carmella and Sia that my technique was not only dexterity, but that everything I did was compensated for, and as I moved around, I was able to move more stealthily.

After about 5 minutes of walking forward alone, the passage gradually narrowed and soon became so narrow that only one person could pass through, and soon it became so narrow that I had to turn to the side to barely pass through.

When the passage became so narrow that my backpack was bothering me, I quietly took off my backpack, put it down, drew my dagger, and advanced further until I reached a place that was no longer a passage but a narrow slit, and looked out of the slit.

“Keuk!! Kkeuk!! Kerruruk!!”

“Wow!! Keu!!”

‘It’s just right.’

In the center of a large open space that looked to be about the size of a soccer field, goblins were gathered, and the passage I was standing in was so narrow that I wouldn’t notice it unless I looked closely, considering the size of the open space, so it seemed like they didn’t notice.

Even if there is a luminous stone, it is natural that the monsters living in the labyrinth cannot find it because their eyesight is not that good.

There seemed to be about 20 of them. First, I went out into the open space to check another passage.

Swish-

I took off my heavy backpack and entered the empty lot in a voice that was almost silent. I looked around and saw only one large passageway across from the gap I had come out of.

‘Reconnaissance…’

First of all, there are only 20 of them visible right now, but there will be some who will send out scouts through the passage across, and there will be a time gap between sending out scouts, so I will have to go back and plan my strategy.

If Claude was there, I could just charge in and deal with them quickly while I distract them from the rear and sides while they fumble around, but it’s impossible to catch 20 with three people who are no different from normal people.

And when a battle broke out and there was noise, it was right to retreat for the time being since we didn’t know the terrain on the other side of the passage.

And then he slowly entered the gap again and returned to where his companions were.

“First, let’s go back a little bit.”

When I deliberately made footsteps as I approached where the group was, they were a little startled, but I didn’t make a loud noise and walked back for about 5 minutes from where I had stopped.

“After… First.”

I put my backpack down in the middle of the aisle and stacked Roy and Robin’s backpacks next to it.

“Sister, turn on the lantern.”

“Huh?.. Huh..”

Cheek!

We sat around with our backpacks on our backs and explained the situation ahead.

“20 minutes from the portal to here, and 10 minutes to the gap where the empty lot appears.”

Everyone looked relieved when they heard that the passage was so narrow that it would be difficult for the goblins to find their way through.

“First, we’ll observe them until the 12-hour hourglass runs out.”

“Why?”

I smiled and spoke as I watched Tanya, who was standing next to me and fussing about how scared she was,

“Well, there are guys who go out on reconnaissance, and we have to figure out their shift times and numbers, and we also have to figure out when they sleep.”

“Aha…”

“There is no day or night inside the labyrinth, so if you figure out their sleeping patterns, you can kill them as much as possible while they are asleep, making the battle easier.

“That…then…!”

“I will continue to observe and you will take turns staying with me one by one.”

The rest of the group was instructed to set up a sleeping area or base camp, and a turn was taken to scout out the guys together.

First Roy, then Robin, and lastly Tanya.

It had only been an hour since they entered the labyrinth, but Roy’s condition was not good, so they decided to scout first, and Tanya was the one who insisted on being the last one.

“Let’s take off all weapons, shields, and breastplates.”

“Tongue..Brother..So you’re going to come close with your bare body?”

“Even if I’m unlucky and get caught by them, I can catch them all if I hold out in the gap by myself. But since I’m in the labyrinth, I have to catch a monster at least once, Robin?”

“That…that’s right!! Haha!!”

Robin was also nervous, although not as much as Roy, and he tried to show off to impress Tanya, but you could see his legs were shaking.

Even though I was covering the center of the passage with my backpack, the light from the lantern was still leaking out, so I took out a tent similar to an A-tent from my luggage and hung it on both walls without connecting the poles, and set it up like a screen on the passage.

“Then, even if you turn on the lantern, it won’t be visible from that side.”

“Wow!”

Roy handed Robin the hourglass he had on his belt, and I took my sleeping bag out of my luggage and handed it to Tanya.

“Huh? Why is it so thick….Ouch!”

“I’ll go, sister.”

“흫.”

When Claude, Sia, and the three of them were exploring and couldn’t find a suitable place to hide or could only find a narrow place like a rabbit hole, Tanya noticed that the two-person sleeping bag she was given to share with Claude was thicker than the sleeping bag they had bought yesterday and the corners of her mouth went up.

“Robin, you and your sister, take a seat for now. You eat after your turn, and your sister, eat before switching places with Robin and come to me.”

“Yeah!!”

“Yes, brother!”

“Mr. Roy, you can take turns and eat whenever it is convenient for you.”

“Yes…”

Tanya hummed as she unpacked and set up the place, leaving Robin clinging to her as she went out to scout with Roy.

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As they approached the spot where they had decided to scout, Roy’s steps became slower and slower.

First of all, I started observing them with Roy standing behind me, trembling because the goblins were visible even in places where the passage did not narrow sharply.

‘There is no bow.’

Fortunately, no one seemed to be carrying a bow, a long-range weapon.

A slightly large guy is seen sitting on a pile of clubs, daggers, one-handed swords, shields… I don’t know if it’s a box or something.

Three were equipped with one-handed shields like bucklers, two slightly larger shields that covered their entire bodies, and the remaining fifteen were equipped with weapons.

“……”

Occasionally, Roy would catch his breath when he saw a moving goblin, but it wasn’t loud enough, so he just gave it a few nods and continued observing.

And when the four-hour hourglass is halfway through, three goblins enter the clearing from the passage on the other side.

“Character!! Kk!! Keuk!!”

“Keeek!! Kkk!!”

Thump thump!!

The returned men approached the man who was presumed to be the leader of the group spread out in the center and explained this and that through gestures, and the man just nodded his head vaguely.

Phew!

“Wow!!”

puck!!

“Kerruk!!”

Phew!!!

“Keep on!!”

And the three guys who came back from the reconnaissance sit down in an empty spot, and the leader kicks the other three guys, who then stand up and walk down the passage.

‘Three for now.’

Twenty-three in total. Three for reconnaissance.

Observations continued after that.

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Self-punch- Self-punch-

I came to Robin and went back, and before I knew it, I heard small, careful footsteps. I turned my head and saw Tanya trembling as she came toward me.

“Easy…..”

Wince!

After gesturing with his hand to stop her from coming any closer, he slowly approaches her.

He motioned for her to step back a little, followed her to the back and stood facing her.

The distance between where we were standing and the gap was about 50 meters. The width of the passage was just wide enough for two people to stand shoulder to shoulder.

Flash!

Tanya was approaching, barefoot and without her robe.

I lifted her up and held her in a hug, putting my arms around her neck and wrapping both legs around her waist. I blew my breath into her ear as she pressed her upper body against me.

“What are you two doing?”

“Huh! Both of you are looking at the parchment you gave me.”

“Don’t tell me to grow up.”

“Ah… I think Robin and I will both sleep well after eating.”

“Really?”

“Huh… But… Do I have to not look at them? They look disgusting…”

“Just a moment.”

As Tanya spoke to me while hugging me, her voice trembled slightly as if she had seen the goblins. I turned around in that spot and changed my position so that I could see the goblins.

“Whew…”

“Don’t make any noise, I’ll sit down.”

“Yeah…”

And then he just collapsed on the floor.

As I sat cross-legged and supported her buttocks with my hands to adjust my posture, Tanya also squirmed and clung closer to me.

Tanya whispers carefully as he holds her in his arms in a position similar to a face-to-face sitting position.

“But… is it okay to be like this?”

“Huh? Oh… They’re sleeping right now.”

“Really?”

After Roy’s turn was over and we sent him off, the three guys who had been patrolling while Robin was coming this way returned and the other three set off.

And soon after, I saw them starting to fall asleep one by one, so I went into the empty lot and figured out the limits of how close I could get to them.

I checked that the ones sleeping on the outermost side didn’t wake up even when I approached them within 5 meters, and then returned to the passage with the gap.

And the guys who had been patrolling for the four hours Robin was there hadn’t come back, so it was Tanya’s turn.

“So you just have to check when they wake up and go back.”

“4..What if I don’t wake up for 4 hours?”

“Just make sure you fall asleep at the same time tomorrow as today and then attack. Do you fall asleep for more than 8 hours at the same time? Once you make sure, it’ll be easy.”

Goblins don’t live a 9 to 6 work-life balance either. You have to check it out because it varies depending on the number of people in the group, the size of the group, and the personality of the leader.

Roy and Robin, who already looked weaker than expected, stood there in tension and fear, watching the goblins for four hours, and returned exhausted. Tanya must have been really scared when she heard about it.

When I told her that she could be comfortable while hugging Tanya, she seemed to relax and started whining in a cute tone.

“Ugh… scary..”

Knock knock-

“Is your sleeping bag properly spread out?”

“…..Hehehe.”

Kook-

Let’s ask her while lightly patting her butt. She laughs and rubs her legs.

I’ve been here for 8 hours now, not even wearing a backpack, and I’m still in good shape since I’ve been fighting and exploring without losing as much stamina as usual.

I kept observing while leaning against the wall every now and then, so it wasn’t that boring.

When I think back to my time on border guard duty, it’s kind of fucked up, but there are no women there, and there are women here, right?

“Huh…!”

Tanya, who was carefully rubbing her legs against mine with a playful smile on her face, gradually felt the size of my erection growing harder and her eyes widened in surprise.

“Shhh… Sister. No matter how much they sleep, don’t make a loud noise or they might die.”

“….hmm…!”

Tanya flinched at my words, buried her face in my shoulder, and licked her lips.

Zup-Zup-

Instead of saying sorry, you’re biting your lip and sucking on my shoulder so that there’s no squeaking sound?

He gently stroked Tanya’s body, which was trembling again in fear.

Dalgak-

And he put the hourglass on his waist down on the floor in a visible place.

You have to check every now and then to make sure you don’t lose track of time. I have to test how well Tanya can hold back her moans.