Chapter 63: The Marquis's Daughter in the Imperial Rebellion
Due to the rebellion of the knights who left the Bajas Empire, the expedition to the maritime city that was originally protected by the knights was almost interrupted.
Now, the only ones who continue to operate in the labyrinth with the purpose of exploring the secrets are the temporary team composed of Fludera, Emiya, and Nyxphia who participated on her own initiative.
So, where did everyone else go to rebel?
They were stranded on the upper level, which had been cleared of guards and "safe".
Although it has been ensured that no guards will appear in the next twenty hours or so, and various mechanisms have been suppressed or cracked, but——
The maze not only has passages and countless dead ends, but also has many rooms and terrain suitable for "walking around the pillars" and going up and down. In these places, various usable materials are used to build barricade-like fortifications.
. Sometimes there are flashes of explosions flying by, and sometimes there are the sounds of swords clashing, shouts, and screams.
The two sides in the battle were the rebellious knights on one side, and the exploration team and people from the Ministry of Magic on the other.
They started fighting.
Logically speaking, people from the Knights must be better at fighting. But among the people from the exploration team and the Ministry of Magic, there are overwhelmingly many magic casters. In the narrow and penetrating terrain that is not convenient for large-scale assaults, as long as they are used flexibly, there will be magic.
Great advantage.
It turned into a confrontation.
What happened?
Ashley was pulled by Fundirete, thrown away from the area that turned into a civil war battlefield, and ran wildly in a one-way passage.
"Lord Fundilete, what on earth is this-"
"It's the same as what I told you before, but the timing of this action is too strange. Do you think it's more convenient to control us to appraise the harvest of this industry, or is something exposed elsewhere that forced you to take action?"
She guessed right. At this time, the goblins of Hecadia were about to use spiritual magic on the participants of the Grand Mystery of Eternal Life. For fear of being exposed, they immediately attacked all places that should have been waiting for a while.
"There is too little information now. But I really didn't expect that their target also included you."
"How could it be? When I was in school, I was just troubled by everyone's weird attitude towards me. If Lady Fundilete hadn't proposed to investigate and measure it, I wouldn't have known the nature of my superpower."
"You should pay more attention to your natural abilities."
"But the appraisal costs money. Our family is not as wealthy as your nobles. Didn't you also advance the money?"
"I want you to pay me back. If you were taken away from me here, I would suffer a big loss."
The sound of multiple metallic footsteps behind him was getting closer and closer.
From time to time, there would be another scream, and the number of footsteps would also decrease.
"Very good, the locations of the traps are the same as on the map. In this case, take off the Magic Ring."
"Eh? Eh, eh, eh -"
Ashley gave up thinking and executed the order, but Fundirete suddenly stepped to the side, turned around, rolled and hit the wall, startling Ashley.
"Don't be stunned, follow me and get out!"
"Ah, yes!"
Then dozens of arrows were shot out of the apparently unopened wall. If Ashley hadn't followed and rolled away, she would have been pierced into a hedgehog by the arrows.
But the pain she expected from hitting the wall did not come. They went straight through it, and it turned out to be a phantom wall. Inside was an empty room. Dozens of archers guarding the maze were re-arranging their bows and arrows. They seemed to be guarding the treasure chest behind them.
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"Same as the label, even if you reach this level, there will occasionally be guards who seem to be the lowest level based on their numbers. Although there are other problems, these people will be left to you." Fundirette handed Ai
Shree pushed over.
Ashley stumbled a few times when she just got up, and almost hit the chest of the leading maze guard. However, the fighting and etiquette skills she had practiced at school and at work still allowed her to successfully avoid making a fool of herself. Although she was shaking, she still did it.
With a cute expression, he lifted up his skirt a little and bent down to salute: "Hello... how are you?"
Because of the existence of [Charming Spiritual Energy], the guards who were already waiting for the arrow were wavered.
Even so, it was not controllable.
That's just this level of superpower for now.
This flaw is enough for Fundirete to prepare to cast the magic that is her ultimate move: "[Widen Magic·Mass Terminate Person]]."
Ripples of mental interference enveloped the entire room.
"Ashley, come with me behind the big box."
"Yes." Ashley, who was controlled by the undifferentiated spiritual magic, followed Fundirette across the labyrinth guard's waist and hid behind the treasure chest.
"[Invisible]."
She cast another spell on Ashley and began to pay attention to the outside world.
After a moment, cautious footsteps sounded outside.
"Dingle bell~" A pleasant magic bell sounded, and the illusory wall swayed and became transparent for a moment.
The only two figures on the opposite side were revealed.
"Using it here unceremoniously? It seems that they have no choice but to do this when the number of people is reduced." Fundirete secretly said, "The remaining ones are the most troublesome people."
The archer guards reacted to the obvious hostilities and all released their fully drawn bows.
The armored knight with only one person left pushed the other person out of the door, and then his body jumped left and right at high speed, bringing up countless afterimages.
The martial skill [Shukuchi] itself has the effect of shrinking the ground. Just a short step or a big step makes people move like gliding. The armored knight used it for dodge.
Of course, this was not the end. When the maze guards were preparing to draw their bows and arrows again, [Shuchi] showed its true power, and the armored knight plunged into the guards in one step.
"[Ability Improvement]! [Flowing Water Acceleration]! [Six Light Continuous Slash]! Huh!"
The level of these guards who can be automatically refreshed is not high, and they are powerful enemies for ordinary people, but this person who can be beside Karius is certainly not an ordinary person, and he has stepped into the realm of heroes.
In this round of competition alone, one-fifth of the maze guards were killed.
If they were normal human soldiers or had commanders, at least some of them would be able to entangle the armored knight in close combat or even rush to hug him with all their might. The other group would open a distance to surround him and fire arrows again to have a chance of winning. But
Apparently there are no labyrinth guardians that are similar to summoned monsters.
Unfortunately, the players in the guild had already fled, and Fundirete, who directly controlled the guards, could only give verbal orders, which would expose herself.
As a result, the archers and guards continued to stand mechanically, trying to draw their bows and arrows, but were soon turned into corpses by the armored knights with swords and swords.
