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.
.
Basson lunged forward to take on the great-bear's attack. A look of desperation
was etched on his face. The only thing between him and the monster was a wornout piece of leather armor. A piece that didn't cover up his entire body and left his
hands and lower sides completely exposed. He found himself in quite the
precarious situation despite confronting an opponent weaker than himself. His
great axe could land heavy chopping blows, yet it was not suitable to defend
against a bear's claws. That's why Basson had been using his round shield to
deflect the great-bear's paw.
His companions, on the other hand, were covering for Basson. To keep
themselves safe, they were targeting the eyes and feet of the great-bear when
launching attacks. The magician named Gomez, meanwhile, launched the greatmagic spell Wind Slash to take its life.
"And it's at this moment that their battle to the death with the great-bear
concludes! An excellent fight!"
"Indeed. Their actions were very logical and devoid of unnecessary
complications. That was the style of experienced fighters."
As I listened to Souka and Myourmiles's broadcast, I mulled over the fight just
now. Indeed, their teamwork was flawless. In the end, there were no casualties in
Basson's team, and they took around five minutes to take down the great-bear.
But I couldn't shake off the troubles as new problems started to emerge.
"Oi oi oi, I didn't expect them to fight so cautiously against an enemy far
weaker than themselves..."
"Um-I was surprised too. But shouldn't that normally be the case?"
"I suppose. Although not having drawn a map is indicative of poor
performance, we seem to have underestimated their abilities."
"That's true, maybe it will take three days just to break through the first floor
alone..."
"Um-if that's the case, we should really think about quantifying the rations..."
I didn't expect our project to be disrupted by something like this.
Basson's team had teammates of varying ranks, but their overall strength was
the equivalent of Rank B. As for Basson and Gomez, with their good equipment,
they may have been around Rank B in terms of skill. Yet we couldn't have anticipated that such a six-man team had to struggle in a fight on the second floor
already.
In terms of results alone, it was their complete victory, though taking five
minutes was perhaps way too long. However, as professional adventurers, they
might also value safety more...
Maybe they should be taught to adapt different fighting strategies, perhaps
they could adhere to the strategy of "Use healing potions even if it's only a scratch"
to improve their combat efficiency.
Not sure why I was worried, but right now Basson's party was approaching the
treasure chest.
"It looks like the room contained a treasure chest, it looks silver as well, what
could possibly be inside...?"
Souka's words had tensed up the audience. While the other teams had opened
treasure chests several times by now, people were still highly interested in the
instant that they were opened.
One of Basson's teammates went up and immediately threw the lid open.
Oi oi oi, shouldn't you at least check for traps?
Silver chests weren't set with traps, but Basson's team had no clue of that.
Just before this, they had gotten poisoned with paralysis and enveloped with
sleeping gas. They also seemed to be taking turns when opening chests, but this
wasn't a punishment game... Their crude way of opening the chest even put me,
as a spectator, on edge.
In this regard, in the eyes of me, an epic gamer, I could only call them
amateurs.
Having treasure chests inside labyrinths was a foreign concept to people here...
is that why they were so quick to do something so reckless? From this point of
view, Elen's party was at least somewhat better. Their team had Gido, who, so far,
had ensured that they wouldn't trigger any traps while extracting items from
treasure chests.
Basson's team's issue probably came down to them not having a thief.
Professional adventurers that exterminated monsters were probably the buff type
who weren't suited for situations like this. They should have hired teammates
specializing in exploration.
Hold up?
It may be that the difficulty of the labyrinth was higher than we expected. I
thought that the issue was Basson's party not being professional enough, but it
would seem that a lot of people were simply not good at exploring a labyrinth.
Their walkthrough couldn't be made faster.
I needed to reflect on the issue.
"OH, WOWOWO! Basson-aniki, it's a sword!"
NICU!
They seemed to have hit the jackpot. Moreover, the rare-grade jackpot deluxe.
There were many different types of rewards, such as high-grade healing potions,
ancient gold coins, or fine quality gear etc. We also designed it so that, starting from level 2, there would be a very low chance of the reward being a rare-grade
item.
What Basson got was a rare-grade sword.
"By the way, Mentor said that all of the treasure chests were designed to have
higher reward drop rates!"
"I-is that so? But so far they have been getting shit rewards all around..."
It was rare for Veldora to be so generous, yet it was ruined by Basson's bad
luck. No, had Veldora not raised the probability, they could have been getting shit
gear even now.
With that being said, obtaining this rare-grade sword was a game-changer for
them. This would be great for publicity. Basson's team would probably also want
to test their luck even more. Upon thinking so, I had to compliment Veldora with
a "Good job".
"For Veldora, this decision has been amazing. If you failed to leave these folks
with some good memories, it would affect the future of the labyrinth exploration."
I'll thank Veldora later.
Basson's men whistled upon laying eyes on the sword.
They seemed to be very fond of the treasure.
"You guys, let's keep on going at this pace!"
Basson sheathed his great axe and changed his weapon to the sword.
In the next room, three Rank D bats appeared, all cut down by him in one
smooth slash. The quality of the sword had perhaps added a bonus to their overall
effectiveness, they seemed to have become faster in dealing with enemies.
This was a sword crafted by Kurobee's disciple. It barely made it to the level
of rare-grade, however, to Basson's party, it was a mighty sword, nonetheless.
Kai was no exception in this regard. I heard that even the elite of Rank A had
difficulty in gathering a full set of rare-grade gear. No wonder why Basson and his
boys were so happy.
As if they were making up for their previous losses, the party pushed forward
confidently. In addition, they also seemed to have obtained many "Magic Crystals"
from the monsters.
"This sword is really nice, now we're making some profit. We may make more
money than we expected."
"That's right, when this labyrinth is officially opened, we gotta come back for
more!"
They chatted joyfully.
And so, Basson's party continued their walkthrough-
Let's have a look at Elen's team.
They were staying on the first floor, where it was difficult to find rare-grade
gear. These folks were operating cautiously with safety in mind. One could say
that they were overly cautious. But for that same reason, they were also able to
pick all the treasure chests clean on the first floor, with the smoothest progression.
Yet to their surprise, there was a turn of events.
"Have we farmed enough?"
"Are we really going there now?"
"Uh... Aren't you going to ask me about it...?"
"Of course we are going! We're gonna make it big this time-!"
Cabal's opinion was completely ignored as Elen's party started making their
way downstairs. With less than an hour left, they seemed to have set their minds
on achieving their goal.
Their reason for staying on the first floor for that long was apparently to collect
potions. They had also made full use of the information that Ramiris gave them,
setting their target at the tenth level.
"Oh, Cabal's party seems to be on the move. Switching gears from the
conservative strategy and deciding to go all the way down."
"Hmm-perhaps they've changed their strategy in order to find better treasure
chests? However, relying on luck alone to find them won't be an easy task..."
"But just like Basson's team back there, won't silver chests also give you a
rare-grade item?"
"That's not something you can get just by wishing for it. Look at Kai-san, he's
opened more than twenty silver chests, yet his current rare-grade item count is
still zero."
"Does that mean the only way to ensure you get a rare-grade drop is through
a golden chest?"
"That's right. However, golden chests only appear in specific locations within
the boss room, otherwise it will be..."
"There are other places?"
"Uh-... There seem to be areas where you may stumble upon large regional
monsters. It is said that a room guarded by this type of monster will also have a
golden chest."
Upon hearing Souka and Myourmiles's conversation, I had an idea of what Elen
intended to do.
"Oi, Ramiris."
"I'm here."
"Did you leak information about the spawn point of the region boss?"
"About that..."
"Did you or not?"
"-UH! It seems to have been a part of it!"
Wow. Actually, I should think positively.
An entertaining region boss would add to the promotional effect-I thought to
myself. I recalled putting it near the fourth floor. Once it got beaten, it would
change position, so right now it should still be there...
In this malignant monster room, you would have to deal with several Rank C+
vampiric bats first. People entering without any knowledge would be swarmed by
monsters, however, they could handle it if they were aware of the situation.
However, there may be the red herring that tricked people into thinking that they
had already figured out what awaited them inside. That would lead them into a
world of hurt.
-While I was worried up until that point, it turned out that this was all for
naught.
Elen's party intentionally used the trap to fall straight to the fifth floor. They
pretended to be injured in order to shill the effect of the healing potion. Later, with
the excuse of finding a resting place, they moved towards their actual destination.
They've done everything perfectly, what fine actors.
"Big bro, big sis, there's a room just around the corner, let's go rest when we
get there."
"Alright! By the way, are you alright, Cabal?"
"Um, uhhh. This healing potion sure is effective. Although I think I'm already
fully recovered, let's go rest up before earning another pile of fat loot."
Cabal was the only one that gave a rigid delivery, yet the audience didn't
notice. They were mesmerized by the events taking place on the screen. It was
then that Gido opened the door of the room.
"WOH! There are vampiric bats here!"
"Don't worry. Cabal, we'll be counting on you!"
"...But I don't want to get my blood sucked."
Cabal's resistance was futile, the battle began.
He raised his scale shield and hid behind it, taking on the attack of the vampiric
bats by himself. While the situation looked dire to the uninitiated, Cabal was
unfazed. Since the vampiric bats couldn't really break through the toughness of
the shield, he stopped the attack without breaking a sweat.
While Cabal was attracting the attention of the monsters, Elen prepared to cast
magic.
"Here I come-! Giant Magic Icicle Shotgun-!"
A salvo of tiny shards of sharp ice rained down on the vampiric bats. The small
room they were in made it impossible to escape the barrage. Elen's magic power
was enhanced by her dryad staff. The vampiric bats were exterminated without a
trace.
"Eh-this looked a bit too simple."
"Yeah, had this been Basson's team, it would be a battle of life and death..."
"We seem to be running at a deficit by giving them the golden chest that
easily."
"But it's a bit of a stretch to view Elen's party as the norm."
Indeed, Ramiris had a point.
Upon second thought, it was only made this easy due to them cheating.
Normally, there was no way things could have gone that smoothly. If anyone ended
up finding the golden chest by running around in the labyrinth, we should definitely
give them our congratulations and call them the lucky ones.
"That was a beautiful fight."
"Indeed, as expected from an experienced adventurer team. They have already
held back much during the fight. Oh, Gido-san is opening the chest now."
"Oh oh! It's a golden chest, will it really have a rare-grade item?"
As I listened to the commentary, I turned my eyes to Gido's hands.
It was definitely going to be a rare-grade item, what would he get though?
"This is...a sword..."
"But I wanted defensive gear for magicians~"
"Did you just say sword? Wonderful, I guess the old man above knows how
hard I've been working!"
The three all had different expressions. Gido seemed rather perplexed, Elen
looked upset, and Cabal's previous unmotivated expression had been ejected out
of his system. Each of their reactions was interesting.
"Oh oh, there really was a weapon, Myourmiles-san!"
"Aha, that is for certain. The golden chests all have good stuff in them, that is
the message Rimuru-sama wished me to relay to everyone."
I didn't remember requesting him to relay anything like that, though
Myourmiles was pretty good at playing the crowds.
The item from the golden chest was a storm long sword.
Everyone seemed to think that it was a rare-grade item, yet it was in fact an
authentic special-grade weapon. Just like the storm short saber I gifted Gido, it
was a mighty sword crafted by Kurobee using a scale of Charybdis. It was likely
due to the fact that Veldora had raised the probability of the reward rolls, that Elen
had gotten the one-in-a-hundred chance to get the top-tier item.
With their goals accomplished, Elen's party immediately returned to the
surface.
Should I call these fellows too realistic...
"We seemed to have given away too big of a prize this time, but never mind."
Due to the courageous act of Elen's party, I could only answer with a wry smile.
And so, Elen's party returned early, before the time limit.
On the flip side, let's check on Masayuki's squad and Kai.
The two parties were pretty much racing each other to the bottom floors.
However, their difference was obvious.
Masayuki's party was moving at a terrifying speed. Two hours had passed, and
they had already made it to the ninth floor.
"These guys were way too fast..."
"Sorry, I didn't expect something like fall traps to be used by people in that
way..."
"But I don't actually think Masayuki and his men were exploiting them on
purpose."
When I was talking to Ramiris, Masayuki was already taking down the ninth
floor. With around fifteen minutes left on the clock, they were already on the tenth
floor. As a result of taking a short cut with the fall trap, they had landed onto a
perfect spot near the deepest room on the tenth floor.
It must have been this way due to Masayuki's good luck as well.
"Less than three hours and they managed to reach that place..."
In light of such incredible speed, I was utterly baffled.
Upon arriving on these floors, there will be monsters appearing on the roads.
Sometimes they may even appear in packs, but Masayuki's companions were quite strong. They didn't face any significant obstacles and eliminated the monsters with
one hit.
Apart from the fall traps, all the other information I gave matched up with
reality. That's why Masayuki's party continued onward down the corridor while
reading the map.
They finally reached the deepest room.
The stairs leading to the eleventh floor would only appear after defeating the
Level Boss in this hall. The floor guardian here was a great-spider with a difficulty
level of Rank B.
Its majesty was truly fearsome-
"HEWH!"
As Jinrai swung his saber with tremendous force, the great-spider was sent to
hell.
W-what a pity. How can a single great-spider stand against Masayuki's party?
If only there had not been any fall traps, they would at least have gotten stalled
for a while on their way here...
Masayuki's party managed to open the golden chest and got hold of a raregrade short sword. They also shrewdly located the save point.
Upon seeing this, I decided to remove all fall traps. After defeating the Level
Boss, Masayuki's party wasted no time in using 'Return Whistle' to return to the
surface. They were the second team to reemerge on the surface.
When Masayuki's party vanished from the hall, the once shut door was opened
again.
"Masayuki-san and his teammates have returned. This time it will be Kai-san
who's gonna challenge the Level Boss."
"Kai-san has managed to progress so far by himself. He didn't step on any trap
or fall into any pits and made it through the passages with incredible speed."
"His speed was so fast, that by the time the trap had triggered, he was already
far and away. That is a rather surprising strategy, not one that any average person
could adapt."
Hearing Myourmiles's words, some adventurers in the audience nodded in
agreement. That's how fast you'd get through solo farming, however, it probably
wouldn't be the same with a team.
Kai at least didn't dishonor his place as an elite adventurer. There was no way
he'd fall into a challenging battle in the lower floors. For unknown reasons, he even
farmed a bunch of silver chests. This guy's gotta be the worst beta tester in history.
But those were just my thoughts, I couldn't really do anything about him under
these circumstances.
"Tsk, did that shitty chosen hero get ahead of me? Never mind, revive the
Level Boss at once!" Kai commanded arrogantly.
While I may be angry, I am a mature adult after all, so I'm bearing it.
"By the way, Myourmiles-san. What will happen when an event like this plays
out?"
"Umm, the Level Boss seems to take around thirty minutes to be revived."
"That must also include the golden chest, right?"
"That's what I heard. Other than that, there may be situations where
adventurers come into conflict over the chance to fight against the boss. Rimurusama seemed to have had worries about that."
"I see. Then Kai-san won't have enough time~"
"Most likely. There is not much time left, surely this will mark the end of his
attempt."
There were fifteen minutes left on the three-hour time limit. Hearing that there
wasn't enough time, Kai himself began to complain obnoxiously.
"Quit joking around! Are you giving me an order? I know you're incompetent,
so there's no need for me to cooperate with you. Revive the Level Boss at once!"
Kai's bloodshot eyes were burning with desire as he talked to himself. Delta
was listening to him rather indifferently, mostly ignoring his words, that is, until
Kai's next line of rants caused her to twist her expression.
"Hmph! Incompetent ruler is incompetent after all. These are rules set by you
losers. I don't have to follow jackshit!"
Ah, he finally said it.
He shamelessly said, in front of the labyrinth manager no less, that he was
gonna ignore the rules. No matter how much Kai shouted, the rules wouldn't
change. But whether the labyrinth manager would let him off the hook for that
one, well, there was only one answer to that.
"Your speech has clearly violated the rules set by our nation. We won't pursue
further responsibility if you are willing to apologize. But if you continue to utter
such hateful words, I will not sit by without action."
"What did you say? How dare a mere receptionist be so pompous, don't be
ridiculous!"
Delta had calmly given him the warning. Kai, on the other hand, took her for
a fool and laughed her words off.
"There has been a clear violation of the rules. Proceed to execution."
"Hmph, did you just say execution? What the fuck do you think you can do to
me-"
The next instant, vines emerged from the ground and ensnared Kai's body.
"-What!"
"The pain resistance of the 'Revival Bracelet' has been deactivated, will you
apologize now?"
Small spikes emerged from the vines binding Kai's body and had found their
way through the gaps in his armor to pierce his flesh. He appeared to be in
unbearable agony. Delta had cast Spirit Magic "Vine Bondage" without Kai's notice.
"D-damnit! Do you think you can defeat me with this?"
"This is the last warning. Will you apologize now?"
"Don't underestimate me! That kind of lame magic can only-"
Kai suddenly lost his voice midway. That's because Delta had severed Kai's
head from his body with her slim finger.
Kai really had picked the wrong opponent when choosing to fight against Delta.
He was indeed of Rank A ability, but Delta was a dryad. Although she didn't have
combat experience, by her racial instinct alone, she had already exceeded Hazard-class. With more experience accumulated in the future, surely, she would become
Calamity-class like Treyni and the other dryads. There was no way someone like
Kai could win.
The audience couldn't help but feel shaken to see that Kai, the active
participant during the tournament, was taken down by the nice lady Delta. They
deeply believed that Kai was a strong man, yet he was killed instantly, without
being given the chance to even resist. There was no way they wouldn't feel
surprised to witness such a scene with their own eyes.
Reading the current mood, Myourmiles began to comment calmly.
"By the way, the words of the labyrinth manager are equivalent to the rules of
the labyrinth. If you disregard the rules like just now, you will be adjudicated."
According to Myourmiles, as long as you followed the rules, you'd be just fine.
"H-how terrifying. Then what will happen to Kai-san?"
"Not anything severe. They will only confiscate the items he obtained in the
labyrinth. But the pain resistance function of the 'Revival Bracelet' was also
deactivated, surely he would have felt immense pain."
While there was a punishment for violators, it wasn't much in reality. The only
punishment being, that all of the achievements by the person in question would
be forfeited, nothing else. If the person in question behaved too poorly, we may
ban him from entering the labyrinth... But that would have to be done after some
investigation.
"Ah! Kai-san is outside. But unlike Myourmiles-san just now, he seems to have
passed out."
Kai's body turned into beams of light as his head was chopped off, but a new
one regenerated on the ground. However, he had been in a coma since. After all,
the punishment this time had a lot more punch to it. Delta utilized her special
authority to restrict the function of the "Revival Bracelet". It's certain that Kai
would be fine even after being punished, but it would probably take some time for
him to recover from the shock of dying.
Considering the way he had treated Myourmiles, as well his arrogant attitude
towards Delta, Kai really was an annoying man. That's why I felt avenged by what
had transpired.
Kai would more or less reflect on himself now.
"As long as you follow the rules, the safety mechanism of the 'Revival Bracelet'
will be intact. But Kai-san decided to ignore the rule. In this establishment,
adventurers are barred from in-fights. You will also have to listen to the advice of
the labyrinth managers. There are many detailed regulations. We will be releasing
a pamphlet regarding the must-know after our official opening. The receptionist
will explain it to those who are illiterate. In order to prevent anyone from getting
Kai-san's treatment, I hope all will abide by the regulations."
"And with the outcome like this, it is quite a shame for Kai-san. But after the
official opening, if you wait for a while, the floor boss will be revived! Fights among
adventurers are also forbidden. Please adhere to the rules and explore the
labyrinth properly!" Souka announced loudly.
What do you mean by exploring the labyrinth properly? She didn't answer this
question.
The atmosphere amidst the audience had become a bit awkward, but Souka
managed to swing the mood back around.
During that period, Kai also regained consciousness, and upon recalling what
had happened to him, he was both shocked and regretful.
Seeing Kai recovering, the audience gradually regained composure.
This is great, this is great.
It looked like the audience had realized that Myourmiles's comments were
accurate as well. While Kai was indeed annoying, observing him did yield us some
useful information.
As long as we re-examined our strategy and employed countermeasures to
prevent high-grade adventurers from only coming in to loot treasure chests, we
wouldn't suffer too much loss. On the other hand, this moment served to educate
people on what would happen if you didn't adhere to the rules.
And so, I was personally rather satisfied by the outcome of Kai's run.
***
The current situation was that most teams had finished exploring the labyrinth,
with Basson's party still remaining. There were around ten minutes left on the
clock before the scheduled deadline. It was about time to have Basson's party end
this round.
As I thought about it, I heard a scream, "YAAAA-!" as one of Basson's
companions fell. He was probably ambushed by the monsters in the room,
resulting in his right eye getting pierced by an arrow.
That's why I said that opening a door without a care in the world was
dangerous.
There was a skeleton archer sniping anyone who wished to enter the room.
The second person to fall was shot right between the eyes, and, unlike Kai, his
body only vanished after ten seconds. The labyrinth event was about to end, he
picked the right time to die so as to experience death in the labyrinth.
The skeleton soldiers were taken down by the remaining four.
"W-what! There had been no casualties until now, yet two had just been killed.
But rest assured everyone, the people who just died would soon be safely
resurrected on the surface!" Souka gave her live commentary on the state of
Basson's squad. Myourmiles also helped to fill her in.
Basson's party had a highly immersive fighting style, the audience couldn't
peel their eyes off them. Or more precisely, the rather engaging fight, visible on
the big screen, had made them immerse themselves in the scene as well. Every
time a monster showed up, it was met with screams and yelps from the audience.
Such reactions were quite interesting.
Perhaps it was like watching a horror movie. When someone died, there were
even people lamenting, as if they were at the scene.
It may be just as interesting of an event to broadcast the exploration of the
labyrinth itself. Although playing any footage would probably cause some issues,
we should perhaps try to negotiate with adventurers challenging the labyrinth
regarding the rights to play their footage.
And just like that, I came up with this small idea.
By the time I snapped out of my thoughts, the time was almost over. The
experience itself was sufficient enough. With Basson's party, the atmosphere was
unnecessarily nerve-racking. In terms of the outcome, they were very wonderful
adventurers.
At the start they were still pompous enough to mock Masayuki, saying that
they would unveil the truth about the labyrinth, and that its vast landscape was
but some trickery. Compared to their arrogant words from before, they seemed to
have completely forgotten those things and lost themselves in the exploration of
the labyrinth.
These people were shedding their manly tears and calling the names of their
fallen comrades. Not only did they wallow in delusional ideas, they also liked to
ignore other people's advice. But that did seem to be how a lot of adventurers
behaved. Perhaps it would prove highly valuable to use these people as a case
study.
"Well then, everyone, it's about time to get back."
Alpha, who was in charge of Basson's party, announced, clearly not reading
the air.
Basson was frustrated by Alpha's attitude, yet she ignored him and forcefully
activated everyone's "Return Whistle".
"Son of a-!" the curse words slipped out of Basson's mouth.
But as soon as they got back to the surface, he immediately ate his words.
"Ah, Basson-aniki, I really do seem to have been revived."
His fury fizzled out as his confused companions came to welcome them.
"This is rad-! Did you really get revived?"
"Yeah, I thought I was done for as well. But it didn't hurt as I imagined; the
revival was very successful."
"What are you on about, there's no way that's true. There're not many people
who know revival magic, it's all because of this bracelet!"
Basson's party shared their joy as they chatted to confirm whether their
revived companions were safe or not.
"Shit, my right eye-"
"Why don't you try this?"
The man whose right eye was shot by an arrow, was fully healed through the
potion.
"This is really awesome. For guys like us, who rely on the strength our body
delivers, this is the perfect environment."
"Is that so? We gotta try harder next time!"
No no no, you were trying too hard from the get-go. The danger of potential
traps didn't even cross your minds, so I can't imagine how you could possibly make
it to the lower levels filled with them.
I managed to hold back all the things I want to point out about them.
The audience's reaction was the important part. They had taken in the entirety
of Basson's party's walkthrough and also got to learn just how safe the
underground labyrinth was.
The promotional event was arguably a huge success.
The challengers stood together on the stage. I also walked on stage and stood
before them. This would be my final address towards this public demonstration of
the underground labyrinth.
"I'm not sure how everyone else felt, did you all have fun? This underground
labyrinth is planned to be open in the near future. It's guaranteed to be safe, and
we welcome those who are interested to challenge it. For those who made it to the
100th level underground, you will have the right to challenge me!"
The microphone in hand, I ended the event with this line.
That was pretty good. The final match just now also excited everyone, the
viewing of the interior of the labyrinth also gave the audience an immersive
experience.
And with that, the public demonstration of the underground labyrinth
concluded peacefully.
-If it had ended there, it would've been perfect.
"Rimuru, what's the situation? How long do I have to wait until the challengers
arrive?"
He has obviously not listened to any of my words, this Idiotic King of the
Labyrinth Veldora had contacted me through 'Telepathy Net'.
My good mood was completely ruined.
"So noisy, how many times do I need to tell you! Listen, there won't be any
challenger going to the bottom floor this time!"
"W-what? That's not what you said before!"
"THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I SAID, YOU BIG DOOFUS! You have to listen to my
words carefully!"
We went on arguing for a while. This was a new low for this misbehaving brat
to hit during this festival, though It was practically normal at this point. He just
got too excited and messed things up. That was why, this time, I was going to
criticize Veldora non-stop until he reflected on himself.