Chapter 16 - Power Leveling
The "Labyrinth of No Return" has made its name known throughout the world.
It is said that no one has yet completed it.
In fact, they don't even know how deep the labyrinth goes.
The first person to make it to the ninth layer and return alive is said to be the first king of Grandsword. Before he became king, a nice boy at that time boldly took on the labyrinth with the Thunder Beast and his friends.
Oh, how I can't help but feel the romance!
The king of Grandsword is the twelfth in his generation, and the country has been established for 527 years, so no one has been able to clear the labyrinth for over 500 years.
If that's the case, maybe we'll be the brave ones to surpass that feat.
「Okay, we have to do our best!」
『Serina-san, this labyrinth is really dangerous from the fourth layer onwards, and the seventh layer is a danger zone where even renowned adventurers can easily die, so please don't forget that.』
『All right, thank you, Heruko.』
With our own goals in mind, we slayed the goblins. Just then, a group of adventurers from another party walked by.
「Oi, look, it's that F-rank party.」
「Oh? I mean, those guys went underground less than two hours ago. Are they still attacking here? Pfft, that makes me laugh.」
While I'm fighting goblins and leveling up Nene-chan, several groups of adventurers pass by and some of them burst out laughing. It pisses me off a bit, but that doesn't mean I'm going to go to a place where there are no people.
The reason for this is simple: it's an inhabited place, so it's extremely safe. And in case of emergency, it's close enough to the entrance that we can get back up there quickly.
I knew exactly what Alec was thinking, but what was the point of leveling up in a place like this?
「Hey, Alec, those guys are really starting to piss me off. Let's go somewhere else.」
Lily complained, but Alec shook his head.
「Not until Nene levels up.」
「Nene is already level 12. It's enough, right?」
「No, I'll raise her to the limit. This is a serious decision I've made as a leader. If you don't like it, you can wait upstairs.」
「Ehh? All right. ......」
Lily didn't seem to be that far gone, so she shut up.
「Goblins, four of them! Alec, why don't you let them all live, half-dying?」
I said with an idea.
「Yeah, ...... no, just leave one alone and deal with it. It would be hard for Nene to rush it」
「Yeah, that's true too.」
I don't remember how many times I've already annihilated goblins, but there are a lot of goblin fangs lying around.
「Why do monsters keep springing up one after the other ......?」
Ione wonders, but it really is a strange world.
「E-Eihh! It's clear!」
Nene struck the goblin with her oak staff and killed it.
There was a Pirorin sound and her level seemed to have increased.
「Yay, congratulations, Nene-chan!」
「Phew, thank you very much.」
I appraise Nene-chan. She's now level 13.
「Murhh, the next level experience for level up is 530. ......」
It's good that my level has gone up by one, but I'm getting less and less experience from defeating enemies.
In this world, you get more experience when you defeat stronger enemies, and less when you defeat weaker ones.
This means I'll have to kill all the goblins 530 more times. Yeah, that's tough. ......
「Well, I guess she've reached her limit level. Let's look for the next enemy.」
Alec said, and everyone looked relieved.
「When Nene gets close to our level, we won't have to fight like this anymore, we'll just attack a monster like normal.」
「Yeah. Now we're power leveling.」
「That's right.」
I and Lily didn't know the term "Power leveling". But Alec explained it to us before we entered the dungeon, so we all knew what it was for.
For now, it means that we will all help Nene-chan raise her level.
We continued onward through the dungeon and through the intricate maze, but still only goblins appeared.
「I'd like some stronger enemies, but do I have to go down a level to find them?」
「I wonder. I've heard that this place is pretty big. ...... Oh, slime!」
「We'll just kill it and move on. No leveling.」
「「「 Roger 」」」
It was a weak green slime, so I can't expect any experience value. I quickly defeated it and moved on.
In the end, we ended up exploring that day. To my dismay, even after walking around for almost three hours, we still hadn't reached the end of the map.
After removing his gear at the inn, Alec fell into bed.
「What's going on with that labyrinth ......?」
「It's really big. Do you want to buy a map?」
I'll tell you.
「We can fill it in with [Auto-Mapping] anyway. And the traps aren't that dangerous. It's ridiculous.」
「Right. Well, we'll just have to fill them in.」
You can ask for the location of the stairs and move on, but that's a waste of time because you might miss the treasure chest.
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