episode_0439

The most important thing in a dungeon filled with the power of the void is to determine what is true and what is false.

In this place, anything can be true or false. If you fail to distinguish between these, you will have to pay the price accordingly.

In other words, there is no dungeon as easy as this as long as you see through all the lies.

Of course, it’s easier said than done. Under the power of the Void, it is nearly impossible to distinguish between all of this.

Finding out all the lies that are barely different from the truth is basically just a bunch of bullshit, and usually this is overcome by using various magic tools or objects containing God’s miracles.

That’s what I wrote in the strategy I wrote for newbies.

But…

The fact that it is difficult to distinguish everything means that it is ‘almost’ impossible, but it is not impossible at all.

It’s something a rotten person like me can do.

The same goes for the monsters that are rushing towards us right now.

The deer, which is about the size of a truck, has red eyes and is trying to threaten us with its antlers.

Everyone around me who saw me was making a fuss, saying they had to take action, but I didn’t even raise my shield and just moved forward.

“Dear?!”

“Dear Lady!”

“Lucy Aln! What are you doing!”

“I’m watching. Poor guys.”

The antlers of the deer, which was rushing like crazy, came right in front of me, but I was still relaxed.

And although me and the deer collided. It didn’t hurt me at all.

The deer, which was only an illusion, ran past me and walked into the fog again.

“…What is it?”

The Perverted Apostle, who seemed to be dazed by the sight, ran to my side to protect me, looked blankly at the deer’s back, and then spoke.

“What is it? It’s fake. Are you as clumsy as a crow and can’t tell the difference?”

“Fake.”

“It’s really laughable. What are you good at other than doing perverted things?”

Although he uses his Mesugaki skill to sell things, it doesn’t mean he doesn’t understand the Perverted Apostle’s embarrassment.

When I was in the middle of a speedrun, I didn’t even have time to get tools, so I just memorized how to identify them all, but I can notice strange things. Otherwise, it would be difficult to find anything strange there.

The shape of the horn is strange. The color scheme of the fur is wrong. How easy is it to tell whether the heel is wrong or something?

‘If you touch that illusion incorrectly, it will cause problems. If you know it’s an illusion, it’s best to deal with it like this.’

When I told him that of course it had to be done this way, the grandfather took a deep breath and then slowly spoke.

‘what. ‘It’s not scary at all.’

If you have no worries when a deer the size of a truck rushes right in front of you, is that really a human being?

Of course it’s scary. It felt like looking down from the highest point of a roller coaster.

but.

‘If I don’t do it, who will?’

If I have decided that something is fake, it must also be me who throws myself into danger. Isn’t it extremely common sense?

‘And I would recover from that level of shock quickly.’

The reason why my body is strong now is because there is a perverted apostle and Fabi next to me. Even if something goes wrong, there won’t be any major problems.

‘It’s all done with intention.’

My grandfather seemed like something wasn’t right, but that didn’t stop me from doing anything.

So I shrugged my shoulders and turned my head back to my friends.

“Do whatever I tell you to do. You bastards. Because you idiots, moving around will only make it more of a hassle.”

After lightly ignoring the concerns of others, I took the lead again and advanced through the dark forest.

I succeeded in clearly seeing through the first illusion, but I overcame several more illusions after that, but failed once in the middle.

I failed to tell whether the tree roots flying towards me were real or fake.

Having failed to make a decision in the short time given to me, I bit my lip and raised my shield.

Tooung!

As a tree root thicker than my waist falls on the shield, the shock travels down my arm.

It was real.

“Perverted apostle!”

“I will handle it.”

What is different about this guy from the real thing?

ah. shit. The part near the soil is slightly different.

It was so dark I didn’t notice it.

I couldn’t think quickly and had to endure the shock, so I bit my lip.

It wasn’t because of the impact of the tree root attack.

I was somewhat shocked when I moved after thinking about it until the end, but this wasn’t a big problem for me.

The only thing I was annoyed about was myself.

It’s true that more than a year has passed since I stepped away from the other side of the monitor.

It is true that my senses became dull during that time.

It’s natural. How can this be the same as the days when we had to change time every day?

But anyway.

Rotten Water’s pride is not light enough to make excuses like that and get away with it.

In the current situation, it can’t be taken lightly.

I bit my lip, frowned, and tightened my grip on my shield.

*

Joy, who joined Lucy in a dungeon filled with fog, heard about the current situation through an apostle of the Arts Church.

This place is completely different from the dungeon they were trying to conquer.

This dungeon is a dungeon created by the evil god of the void using his power.

The reason they came here was, after all, an accident.

And Lucy’s original purpose was to conquer this dungeon.

After Joy heard all that, many words came to mind.

Why didn’t you tell us?

Are we really that unreliable?

Do you think we are babies who must be protected by you forever?

Why do you worry about other people and not think about how they worry about you?

The moment she met Lucy Alln’s eyes, who were looking at them with concern, Joey almost blurted out all these words without realizing it, but forced them down.

What’s important right now is getting out of this dungeon.

It is not too late to ask this even when you are outside the dungeon.

With that in mind, Joey suppressed his questions and just followed Lucy’s orders.

However, as time passed, the voice in Joy’s heart only grew louder.

It is clear that even if the judgment is slightly wrong, you will be seriously injured.

In the process, I even overcame several dangers and received several injuries.

Lucy, still standing at the front, looked very dangerous.

It’s not that I don’t trust Lady Arlen at all.

At other times, he may not be there, but inside the dungeon, he is so outstanding that he seems omniscient.

There must be a clear reason for repeating such risks.

I know everything. I know.

But just because you know it doesn’t mean you can understand it with your heart.

How can you understand a situation where you have to just watch your friend walk into danger with his bare body?

This is why I feel like I have become a burden to the young lady. Just like I did that day when I almost died during the academy’s entrance exam.

While various thoughts appeared in Joy’s head and then faded away. Suddenly, the smoke that had been filling the forest began to move inward.

The appearance of being sucked into something seemed far from a natural phenomenon.

“Hmm. You may be a cocky and clumsy idiot, but you’re not stupid at all, right? Since I don’t think this is going to work, I see you running away right away. It’s really ugly. Like an evil god.”

Lucy said this with a grin and took the first step toward the place where the fog had been sucked in, and the rest of the group followed behind as they had always done before.

In the middle of the forest we arrived at, there was a staircase leading down to the basement, and the disgusting smell of blood and rotting skin was coming out of it.

Joy, who felt nauseous for a moment after smelling the smell, felt a sense of déjà vu and searched through her past memories.

And then I realized. Where have you smelled this scent?

A place that has been a nightmare for her for a long time. Even now, when I think I have overcome it, I sometimes face it in my nightmares. For Joy, this is a place that symbolizes her helplessness.

Where the alchemist stays.

Joey, who noticed him, froze and stared blankly at the entrance.

I still remember it. The terrible enemies I saw there. A crisis of death that had been overcome several times. And faced.

“Idiot.”

Joy came to her senses after hearing a clear voice in her ears and looked into Lucy’s eyes below her.

Those eyes full of worry.

“You look like you’re about to pee?”

“nu. Whoever made that look! It’s a conspiracy!”

“Puhuhuh. what. So what should I do? Do you want to stay here? If you sit down and shiver, I’ll take care of the crap down there.”

Joey thought for a moment after hearing her question.

The fact that Lady Arlen says this means she is confident of it.

Maybe he thinks I’m a distraction.

“…No. it’s okay. I have a chance to get revenge, so why should I back down?”

Even as he thought about that, Joy did not back down.

She gritted her teeth because she felt like if she backed off now, Lucy’s thoughts of herself would remain as an obstacle forever.

Upon seeing him, Lucy fell silent for a moment and then burst into laughter as usual.

“Pretending to be strong. Wouldn’t it be very embarrassing if I went inside and started squeezing?”

“That won’t happen.”

“Hmm? okay? okay. Do whatever you want. Crybaby idiot.”

“That won’t happen.”

After that, Lucy asked the same question to others, and each time she got the same answer.

No one wanted to back down from here.

After checking on him, Lucy shrugged and told him to do whatever she wanted and took the first step towards the stairs.