Category: Labyrinth

 
Day 22 of training.
 

 
During the period leading up to the Subjugation Festival, hunting Gem golems is prohibited.
 
This rule sometimes drew complaints from adventurers: “Why can’t we subdue the enemies of humanity, the evil monsters?” But the guild ultimately suppressed these complaints.
 
Competition is a great opportunity to measure abilities.
 
Losing that opportunity was a loss for the Adventurers Guild as well.
 
The nation and the guild cooperated to ensure the festival proceeded smoothly.… Read more

Chapter 5: I and Virtue

The Sun God sets.
 
At night, spirits take over as stars, illuminating the darkness with their faint light.
 
Their glow is weak, unable to pierce the terrifying night. People light magic stones taken from monsters to dispel the darkness, praying for the Sun God to rest and rise again as they fall asleep.
 
“Hey! Run faster! Get that magic power settled in your body!”
 
Even in the night, the training ground echoed with shouts.… Read more

[ooooooo…]
 
A large golem stood in front of the pedestal, ready to fire a heat ray.
 
“Scatter!”
 
Ur shouted, and they jumped to the sides. A heat ray scorched the spot where they had stood, filling the air with a burning smell.
 
“Is it firing a second shot?!”
 
The golem’s rapid charging and the intensity of the light and sound indicated a stronger attack was coming.
 
“Shizuku! How many spells can you cast?”… Read more

Despite Magica’s sloppy attire, the inside of her house was surprisingly tidy. Numerous documents and magical devices were neatly organized, and variously sized puppets were moving about, working calmly.
 
“There are so many puppets, aren’t there?”
 
“Seeing puppets in the city instead of a Labyrinth feels really weird.”
 
Ur, a bit nervous, remarked, making Magica turn around.
 
“It’s the other way around. Labyrinth puppets are imitations of human-made ones.”
 
“Is that so?”
 
According to her, the origin of puppets was not the Labyrinth, but humans trying to create monsters that moved according to their will.… Read more

 
Then, one of the trio of blacksmiths planning to smash the customer’s Dragon Fang Spear spoke up. He seemed to be the leader, a miner.
 
“We are the Golden Hammer! Our belief lies in how much gold we can squeeze from our customers!”
 
“The worst shop.”
 
It was truly the worst introduction. I seriously thought about leaving. But when Ur’s reaction made them say “outrageous!” to the trio, the dwarf among them growled.
 
“You idiots! We’re not going to rip people off like that!”… Read more

 
After a scandal where the top brass was arrested by the knights, they would never have managed to rebuild on their own. There was no flattery in saying she saved them.
 
That’s why he wanted to help her, but──
 
《Hey, old man, good job.》
 
“Stop calling me old man.”
 
《Wanna play?》
 
“Please, later.”
 
──He never imagined that helping her would mean babysitting a mysterious little girl who floated in the air like a scarlet fairy.… Read more

 
Hunt Festival
 
In the Great Sin City Nation of Greed, there’s a unique festival. Unlike the Sun Festival led by the temple to pray to the Sun God and spirits,
 
the Hunt Festival started as kind of game played by adventurers who seemed to have no connection with culture.
 
Adventurers began competing to see who could defeat the most difficult and bountied monsters in the labyrinth first.
 
Fellow adventurers and townsfolk would bet on the winner.… Read more

 
“We repelled several large spiders today.”
 
“Nice! Way to go!”
 
“Those things have been popping up a lot lately. And usually in pairs.”
 
“Do you know? Most of them team up as male and female pairs.”
 
“Even giant spiders have females, unlike us…”
 
Absurd chatter bloomed. Foolish as it seemed, the atmosphere remained light-hearted. Crude and rough adventurers—they weren’t all bad, which was a good thing about these fools.
 
“Hey, you don’t look like you’re just starting out as adventurers.… Read more

 
“I’m okay!!!”
 
Responding to Shizuku’s cry, Ur managed to kick off the ground.
 
The second strike came. They were shaken again. Both Shizuku and Ur tumbled. Because of this repeated shaking, they couldn’t put any distance between them and the gem golem.
 
“We need to stop it, stop it somehow!”
 
Turning their backs and running wouldn’t solve anything!
 
They had to buy time to escape, or they’d be mincemeat with one mistake.… Read more

Chapter 4: Strategies for the Gem Golem

 
The Labyrinth of Greed enters its [active period] every few months.
 

 
The labyrinth is alive.
 
This is a phrase often used by adventurers. Labyrinths that appear in this world come in various forms: [cave-type], [layered-type], [environment-integrated type], but they all undergo periodic changes.
 
The passageways, the positions and types of monsters, their numbers, even the traps and the environment itself change in various ways.… Read more