Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka - Volume 03 (20 page)

Because they knew this point, so the rest of the members in the group, including the leader, did not show any signs of stopping them. Aizu also only watched over their conversation in silence.

“I only hate weak guys. Even though they can’t do anything, yet they act smug, that is downright disgusting.”

“I can only hear the arrogant feelings of the people in a strong position.”

“That’s right, Bate also had a period when he was weak.”

“I am only allowing them to weigh, to weigh their own value.”

While feeling the weight of Tiona hanging onto her shoulders, Aizu muttered “their own value” at the same time.

She had some idea.

It was not sympathy, not insult and not surprising, it was just a transparent question:

At that time, the boy who was deeply hit by these hard words of not knowing his own value, what kind of feelings did he have and how could he rise up from that point?

Her memories have already became rather faint, Aizu seemed to immediately and vaguely sketched out the pair of crimson eyes that were about to cry inside her mind.

Then soon after that.

She lifted her head without warning and showed a wary face.

“……Is it four people?”

“What, is that what the rumor says?”

The people at the scene all made the exact same response as hers. Tiona continued to stick close to Aizu and looked over there. Bate only scratched his animal ears on his head.

Just when Aizu and the others prepared to pass through the crossroad, from their right hand side, violent footstep sounds came. It was extremely messy.

Just when the Supporters vanguards and the rearguard was planning to take corresponding measures, Finn raised his hand to stop them. He issued the command of standing here for now.

Shortly after, a team of Adventurers broke into Aizu’s vision.

“It?seems like there are in total panic. Do we try to call them and see?”

“Don’t, this is for our own good. Inside the Dungeon, we basically will not interfere with other teams.”

“Hey, what is it??”

“……Idiot.”

Ignoring the depressed state of affairs, Tiona advanced by herself.

The Adventurers, who were frequently turning their head to the back, suddenly stopped due to the shout from Tiona’s voice.

“W…What is it you bastard? Huh……Ga! Da….[^1] (Amazon)!?”

“Tiona Hiryute!?”

“Rather, the !? E…Expedition!?”

After the team of four people from the path saw Tiona and the others, they were in dismay and naturally began to retreat.

Although Tiona instantly issued out a surprised gaze that seemed like the world was about to end, but Bate did not here and headed forward.

“Okay, have you calmed down? Then, answer these questions. What are you doing? Did you leave your companions behind and flee to here after being attacked by a group of Killer Ants?”

“What……!?”

“Hey don’t say it.”

“……Compared to that, Killer Ants are 100 times easier.”

Towards the words that were thrown by these men, Bate did not understand and raised his eyebrows.

Using his gaze to send the question “What are you talking about”, the other Adventurers exchanged gaze. Then, the leader-like human seemed to answer bitterly.

“……The…There is a Minotaur here.”

“……Ah?”

“Like I said, there is a Minotaur! That bull Monster is here rampaging in the Upper Floors!”

Bate could only blink in response to the other party’s desperate expression and turned around to the back.

While they witnessed the dialogue between Bate and the other Adventurers, there were a surprised expression on Finn’s and the other people’s face.

Then, when nobody had noticed it, Aizu’s right hand suddenly trembled a bit.

“Hey, could it be……a Minotaur that we let escape?”

“Impossible, right? We had indeed taken care of all of them.”

“And it doesn’t make sense if it was one of the Minotaurs that escaped from our net. The past expedition was already a month ago? If there was a Minotaur on the Upper Floors, then the number of victims of 3rd-Class Adventurers would not be a joke. I had not heard that kind of rumor at all.”

“……I’m extremely sorry. Could you please explain to us what you had just seen?”

“Y…Yes……”

While being stared at Finn, who had a determined attitude, the other party’s leader began to explain unclearly:

Just as usual, they had entered the Dungeon. In the depths of a long passage connected to their room, they instantly captured a figure of a boy with white hair and a Minotaur.

Based on the cries, it seemed that boy was calling out and the Minotaur was currently giving out a baptism to him, so they hurriedly rushed away.

Also, that Minotaur was equipped with an Adventurer-use Large Sword.

“It is actually a Large Sword~?”

“Not ?”

“Y…Yes, we were not mistaken……”

“……Up till today, were there any sightings of Minotaurs?”

“No,no. If there was, then we would have been in trouble a long time ago!”

“Captain……”

“Ahhh, it seems more and more suspicious.”

The inquired about the specific confirmation and confirmed that it was not one that they missed during their chase. At the same time, they had doubts about the situation.

As a leader with good instincts, Finn predicted that it was a prank of a rather evil God.

At least, this matter must be related to a God. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain this situation.

Finn and the advance team had completely stopped their travel forward.

“Where did you see the Minotaur?”

Among them, a golden hair girl moved by herself.

Approaching one of the Adventurers, she quietly asked.

“Ha?”

“The Floor that the Adventurer was attacked, where?”

“T…The 9th Floor……If it still hasn’t moved yet……”

Before he finished speaking, Aizu darted away.

Moving along the path that these Adventurers had come from, she rushed away like the wind.

“Aizu!?”

“What are you doing!”

“Wait a minute, you guys, we are still in an Expedition!?”

“……Finn.”

“Ahh, I understand……The troops should maintain the original formation and move forward! Just like what was predetermined, head to the 18th floor in the shortest distance! The command will be left to you, Raul!”

“W…What!?”

“Command……Could it be you’re prepared to go?”

“My thumb is already restlessly twitching. I want to see. Or rather, do you plan on staying behind, Riveria?”

“……If Finn’s instincts are saying this, then there must be something happening now. Then, let me participate in this as well.”

“Hahaha.”

Leaving behind the and the , who could only look at each other.

The First-Class Adventurers that acted on their own headed towards the 9th floor.

* * *

My grandpa’s face.

I can see my grandfather’s face.

The only relative that I have, who took care of me when I lost my parents.

His face was always filled with a crumpled smile, although he would occasionally speak some incomprehensible words ,“I really want to help cute girls then become affectionate with her?“, “ Having beautiful woman and beautiful girls serve me is really romantic?”, “But abducting them also has a good feeling?“, “Ah, only yandere should still be excused?”, he was a extremely happy person.

My grandfather seemed to have personally witnessed the anecdote of heroes and would often tell me.

Knowing that on my birthday, I received an illustrated book that was actually made by my own grandfather, was something long after his death.

??These people are amazing.

??Even if they are alone, they would still continue to fight against things stronger than themselves.

??It is absolutely impossible for the old.

While saying that he could not do such things, grandfather always seemed to happily praise the heroes.

However, not being able to be like a hero, that is a lie.

My grandfather was really cool and awesome.

When I was young and was nearly killed by a Goblin, that person was faster than everyone else, and flew over like lightning and hit the Monster with a shovel in two hands.

His body that was always covered by a coat was as burly as a warrior.

His log-sized arms did not let the Monsters approach him one step.

Right now, these words rang again.

My initial vision of a hero was my grandfather.

If you notice that the situation was bad, you should flee.

If you feel afraid, you should flee.

If you are about to die, you should call for help.

If you made a woman mad, then you should quickly apologize.

Even if you are treated as an idiot, even if you are accused by others, it is not something to be embarrassed about.

What you should be most embarrassed about is when you could not decide what to do and become immobile.

My grandfather had always said this.

Even after he had disappeared from my sight, these teachings had already remained in the corner of my soul. It was my grandfather that made me decide on a lifelong impact.

It was the words of that person that brought me to Orario.

I can see it, my grandfather’s face.

“OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!”

Right now, I can’t move.

“……Uuuu,ah.”

Raising my head, a Minotaur with saliva leaking out from his mouth entered my field of vision.

As if it was trying to boast, his hands holding a Large Sword was located far ahead of the Monster. It issued out a roar.

From the body that seemed to have a heavy armor constructed on top, there were no visible large injuries. The scars would only just on the surface.

In face of this reality where Magic did not work, powerlessness gradually dominated my entire body.

I can’t win. This sentence repeatedly echoed inside my head.

I can’t use any strength.

The knees that managed to stand up seems like it will fall any moment.

“VOOOOOO……!”

“……!?”

The gaze casted from the tip of its sight made my neck twitch sharply.

As if I once again awoke from the cold currents of fear. In exchange, the sense of gradually losing strength was driven away.

It was not my consciousness, but my instinct that began trying to avoid death.

If I continued to stay standing like this, I will be killed.

I will, Lili, too will be hacked to death.

If I don’t move……!

I make every effort in order to clench my fists.

“OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

??Going to the wall will be bad!

Seeing the Minotaur approaching, I quickly escaped from that place.

If I had my back against the wall, in front of the huge body, the escape route will be immediately blocked.

Moving in the opposite direction of where Lili was, I place priority in returning to an vast area.

The Minotaur, who moved forward at full speed, followed my movement and took a sharp turn. Dogon, Dogon, Dogon, while trampling the floor, it followed me from behind.

Looking from the side, it was rapidly approaching.

Inside my trembling eyes, the ferocious face of the bull was gradually becoming bigger??!

“VUMUUNNNNN!”

“??Ku!?”

The Minotaur violently stamped onto the ground.

Towards the attack of the Large Sword that was swung down, I also violently stepped onto the ground and threw myself into the air.

In order to respond to the attack from the side, I jumped forward headfirst and avoided it.

Following it, a roar could be heard from behind my head. At the same time my heart trembled, I rolled over once and stood up.

I swiftly squatted and jumped backwards.

Facing the cracks on the floor, I could not help but sweat. I made every effort to open up a distance from the Minotaur.

“VUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!”

The instant the strong and tenacious short legs stepped onto the ground, the distance was shortened to zero.

In front of my widening eyes, the Large Silver Sword swept over in a wide range.

My head was filled with blood red.

Being urged by the moans from the wind, I used all my strength to lower my knee and escaped the sure-kill attack in the nick of time.

With an unstoppable momentum, The Large Sword passed through where my upper body was originally at. Even a few strands of my hair were cut apart.

“VOOOO!”

“Nnnn!?”

My pure white hair fluttered in the air, the Minotaur swung his sword at me who squatted down. I seemed to bounce away as I tumbled sideways. A large sound followed.

A current of furious attacks began.

Containing immense power, the Silver Sword was swung around to wipe off the blood issued out a groan as it torn apart everything. No matter where I went, the sword attack with a wide range could chase after me. Every time the occasionally mixed punches and kicks brushed past my body, I had the feeling where my life was being cut shorter.

My breathing and heartbeat were anxious.

The continuous loop of being forced to the limits and evading, where one wrong step could lead to my death, this reality was constantly oppressing my ability to think.

The warning sounds inside my head were ringing nonstop.

It almost feels like my eardrums were about to break.

“!?……!?”

When I noticed, my entire body was covered with injuries. This was the cost of rolling on the ground in order to desperately escape the Minotaur’s continuous attacks.

There was not even the slightest margin of success. It was impossible. My body filled with injuries took the next step.

If the attacks continued??.

The originally ambiguous and endless future scenarios suddenly flickered in my mind and brought me back to reality a bit.

The next instant that flashed by my ends would be a blood road.

If I continued on like this, it will definitely be a dead end. Even if I could linger like this for a while, in the end, I will not be able to avoid death.