Chapter 154 : Almeria Labyrinth, 4th Floor

TL:SummerPeanut

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6 Jan 2031.

Yesterday I ended up having a relaxing date in the city of Almeria.

There are new specialized weapon and armor shops so we went to take a look, then went to the Adventurer's Guild and looked at quests...

Speaking of which, a funny thing happened when we entered the Adventurer's Guild. When we entered, a few people screamed.

I later heard that last month when Clarice and Ellie came to the Adventurer's Guild alone, a new adventurer had touched Clarice and Ellie on the buttocks.

Ellie was not sleeping well at the time and was very stressed out. The very next moment, that adventurer crashed into the wall of the Adventurer's Guild. ...I can't forgive him for his action but I'm glad he didn't touch Clarice's wrath. From then on, the new adventurers were said to have stayed away from Clarice and Ellie...

We didn't just date. I did my morning training and practiced my magic well. And at the age of 11, my stats had increased due to aging.

Name: Mars Bryant

Title: Thunder God / Wind King / Saint / Goblin Slaughterer

Status: Human race, second son of Count Bryant

Condition: Good

Age: 11 years old

Level: 39

HP: 99/99

MP: 8010/8010

Strength: 92

Agility: 92

Magic: 110

Dexterity: 89

Endurance: 87

Luck: 30

Unique Ability: Innate Talent (LvMAX)

Unique Ability: Sky Eyes (Lv10)

Unique Ability: Lightning Magic (Lv8/S)

Special Ability: Swordsmanship (Lv9/A)

Special Ability: Fire Magic (Lv5/D)

Special Ability: Water Magic (Lv5/D)

Special Ability: Earth Magic (Lv5/D)

Special Ability: Wind Magic (Lv10/A)

Special Ability: Holy Magic (Lv8/A)

Equipment: Thunder Sword

Equipment: Salamander Sword

Equipment: Vestments of Thunder God

Equipment: Bracelet of Disguise

Firstly, my HP and durability went up by 5 each. All other stats also raised except for magic. Next, the talent for Fire magic became D and the level increased to 5.

And Wind magic finally rose to level 10. The MP consumption of wind magic dropped considerably when it reached level 10.

It had reached level 9 before Sky Eyes, so I knew it was about time that the level increased. When I go back to school, I'll ask Sasha about Tempest, the highest level of Wind magic she told me about sometime ago.

The status of Clarice, who was born on 1 January like me, had also risen, and her level had also increased by one.

Name: Clarice Lampard

Title: Bow King, Saintess

Status: Human race, eldest daughter of Viscount Lampard

Condition: Good

Age: 11 years old

Level: 42

HP: 88/88

MP: 1588/1588

Strength: 64

Agility: 64

Magic: 78

Dexterity: 77

Endurance: 63

Luck: 20

Unique Ability: Barrier Magic (Lv4/A)

Special Ability: Swordsmanship (Lv6/C)

Special Ability: Archery (Lv8/B)

Special Ability: Water magic (Lv6/D)

Special Ability: Wind Magic (Lv4/F)

Special Ability: Holy Magic (Lv8/A)

Equipment: Defender

Equipment: Magic Arrow

Equipment: Saint’s Robe

Equipment: Mysterious Anklet

Equipment: Bracelet of Disguise

Her special abilities haven't changed, but her stats is quite high, about the same as mine three or four months ago.

Ellie was born on 1 February, so she didn't have an age-related stats increase (yet), but she did experience a stats increase due to her level up.

Name: Ellie Leo

Title: -

Status: Beastman (lion tribe), head of the Leo Baronetess Household 

Condition: Good

Age: 10 years old

Level: 38

HP: 103/103

MP: 108/108

Strength: 76

Agility: 93

Magic: 23

Dexterity: 29

Endurance: 62

Luck: 10

Unique Ability: Sound Magic (Lv1/C)

Special Ability: Martial Arts(Lv8/B)

Special Ability: Knifemanship (Lv7/C)

Special Ability: Wind Magic (Lv3/G)

Equipment: Mithril Silver Dagger

Equipment: Sylph Dagger

Equipment: Valkyrie Armor

Equipment: Mantle of Wind

Equipment: Boots of Wind

Her stats is as one-sided as ever, typical of Ellie. Her martial arts skill increased to level 8, and her bodywork was further refined.

“Alright, let's dive in the labyrinth until 10 January and return to Regan on the 11th!”

I said this to Clarice and Ellie and dove the Almeria Labyrinth for the first time in a long time. In the end, Ike and senior glasses decided to have a date in Almeria the whole time. Well, it's the first time for senior glasses to go to Almeria.

“Hey Mars. Can I ask you something? What are those vestments? Sometimes it looks like a golden magic circle is floating in the air...?"

“This is called the Vestments of Thunder God, which dropped when I defeated the impure king. When I enchant it with Lighting magic my agility will be increased significantly, but I became awkward from too much speed increase. Currently I’m struggling to adapt to the speed…"

We head deeper and deeper into the labyrinth while answering Clarice's questions. There were no magic beasts to stop our progress until the third floor.

When we reached the safe zone on the third floor after about six hours, we were greeted with a nostalgic scene. The furniture and tools we had used to sleep here until the two years ago December were still there.

At that time, my level of Earth magic was still low, so there wasn't much of the finer stuff, but it was just right to bring back memories of the three of us.

“Until the 2 years ago, it used to take a hell of a lot of time to defeat the magic beasts down here...I definitely thought that it would have been more efficient to defeat the threat level C and D magic beasts back then...”

“Yeah, I know. I had a hard time defeating threat level B enemies back then. ...but now I've grown to the point where I can defeat most of the threat level B enemies. I think the only thing we lack is experience in fighting various magic beasts. I'd like to get to the boss room of this labyrinth this time if possible."

In the end, we got rid of the ones we made the year before and made a new tub and bed. Our physical sizes were completely different from the year before, so it couldn't be the same as it was previously.

I taught Clarice Holy before I ran out of MP. At first Clarice couldn't do it at all, even after watching my example, but when I told her to try it while thinking of me, she did it easily.

I was happy that Clarice was able to manifest Holy, but I was also able to reaffirm Clarice's love for me, so I was happier about that.

7 January 2031, 3:00 pm.

I woke up after three hours because I went to sleep through MP depletion, putting aside the two lovely sleeping faces behind and I headed to defeat the enemies in the third floor while training.

After all, unlike the year before last, I was able to defeat them quite easily. The year before last, there were many occasions where I relied on Clarice's Barrier magic, but now there are no such occasions. Well, I won’t know if it’s still the case on the fourth floor...

I was hoping for a treasure chest, but there wasn't one. Time was time, so I went back to the safe zone, took a bath and waited for them to wake up.

They both woke up at 6am and after eating, we set off for the fourth floor and made it down to there without any danger. We have never been beyond this point.

And when we got down to...we saw ten green magic beasts with big horns in front of us.

“What are those... They're not goblins... but they are big and look a bit tough...”

Name: - 

Title: - 

Race: Ogre

Threat: B

Condition: Good

Age: 3 years old

Level: 12

HP: 144/144

MP: 88/88

Strength: 65

Agility: 60

Magic: 35

Dexterity: 54

Endurance: 64

Luck: 1

Special Ability: Pole Technique (Lv5/D)

Special Ability: Earth Magic (Lv 3/E)

Detail: Intelligent magic beast. Can understand human language.

The magic beasts are bigger than me, maybe around two meters. They have a stout body. And they are pretty strong... stats-wise, I'd say it's around a B-rank adventurer... but it's not our enemy for the current us...

As usual, Ellie steps forward a little and tries to lure the ogres out one by one. When she lured them out, Clarice doing the main attack with her Magic Arrow, but when another ogre used Earth Wall, Clarice's Magic Arrow stabbed into the wall of earth that came out of the ground one after another.

It was the first time that the magic beasts responded to the coordination between the two, with Ellie as bait. Ellie didn't care and tried to rush in, so I said to everyone.

“Let's go a bit cautiously! The enemy's coordination looks nasty! And there are ten of them. This time I'll go in front, you two cover me!"

They both followed my instructions and returned to behind me.

“They're a bit tricky...especially when they defend with Earth magic. ... I wonder if it’s plausible to aim for their MP depletion...?"

"...something... different, it's following my speed..."

“Indeed, this magic beast is quite nasty. Its stats is also high with a threat level of B, but more importantly, it is good at fighting... Conversely, this can also be a good practice. Let's fight carefully, treat it more like fighting a party than fighting a magic beast!"

First, I moved to the front a little like Ellie did earlier, and an ogre swung his club and attacked me. I back-stepped to avoid the ogre's attack, and when I pulled out my two swords to counterattack, it tried to block my attack with its Earth Wall.

“Clarice! I'm going to slash the wall as is, so cover me!"

I enchanted Lightning magic on my Thunder Sword and slashed the Earth Wall, and the moment I cut the wall, the Magic Arrow from magic arrow is supposed to hit the ogre... but the moment I cut the Earth Wall, there was a club in front of me that was being swung vigorously! Oh, my God!

It’s not possible to dodge even with the Kamui and Vestments of Thunder God. I tried my best to dampen the power of the club with my chantless Wind, but I was still hit in the face with the club and blown away.

When was the last time I took damage from a magic beast? I'd forgotten that these guys can understand our language. If they know I'm going to cut through the wall, it's no wonder they're attacking me right then... I used Heal quickly and Clarice and Ellie came running up to me, looking worried. The ogres tried to stop me with sneering smiles on their faces.

“Let's switch to magic warfare! They're nasty when they get close! Besides, these guys seem to understand our language! Ellie, if you can join in the attack, please do!”

Ellie also tried to offset their magic with Sound magic, but all ten magic beasts can use magic, so it is indeed impossible to deal with them.

When I cast chantless Tornado, the ogres' reactions were delayed somewhat before they resisted. But I have 110 stats in Magic Power, level 10 in Wind magic, and the title of Wind King.

There is no way they can resist my attacks so easily. All ten ogres also resisted my Tornado, but all of them ran out of MP.

“The ogres' MPs are depleted! Clarice, please make beehives of them.”

The ogres could no longer use their Earth Wall defense, so I thought they would be good targets for Clarice, but it was not so. Some of the shots were avoided or defended with a club as they rushed in.

I carefully repelled these ogres with my Wind Impulse and kept them away. Then I fired a Wind Impulse to accelerate Magic Arrows, so the ogres couldn't avoid it.

Once this happened, it was a piece of cake. Ellie ended one after another the ogres that were dying from my and Clarice's attacks. Ellie was also the one that ended the last one.

“They were strong... Maybe they're at a level where our brute force attacks won't work anymore. Let's go carefully from here onwards focusing on magical warfare at visible range.”

A treasure chest popped up at the end, where the ogres were defeated.

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