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"Here you go, Mr. Alectus.

Anne took out a small bottle of Persian juice specially made in Horai Island, which she had brought with her, and served it to Alectus.

After drinking about 100 milliliters of the juice, Alectus' fatigue disappeared and he was full of energy.

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The most surprised person was Alectus himself.

"That's amazing ......!　Is it a secret medicine?　My fatigue is gone at once!

"That's great. Let's move on."

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It was still too early to tell everything, so Anne decided to move on. Alektas did not ask any more questions.

The ceiling was back to its original height. It was nice not to have to bend down.

It was about 20 meters to go. The passage curves gently.

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"What is that?"

The end of the passageway was like a small, wide hall.

"There could be another trap."

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Reiko carefully looked into the hall. It was a large, circular shape. The diameter was about 10 meters. The height to the ceiling was about four meters.

There were no decorations, just a metal floor, walls, and ceiling.

On the other side of the hall, a passageway was visible.

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"I don't see how there can be no traps here, but we can't turn back now. But we can't turn back now.

It seems that the destination is at the other end of the passage.

"I'll go there while putting up a barrier.

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Reiko says. Reiko with her barrier upheld will not be struck by most of the traps.

"Be careful, lady."

Anne could not help but pray for Reiko's safety.

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"I'm off."

Reiko, with her barriers up, scurries across the hall and .......

"Ah?"

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The floor sank an inch or so. The cavity under the floor had not been detected, so Reiko could not have predicted it.

Reiko's toes caught, and for a moment she stopped moving, and then...

"Hey, lady!"

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The ceiling of the hall opened and a viscous substance fell down.

A translucent torimochi, to use an analogy. Reiko herself, who had a barrier, was not sticking to the torimochi, but the whole barrier was enveloped by it.

Inside Reiko is not in a hurry, but she looks reluctant.

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Although the binding force is weak, it is quite troublesome.

The trimochi is elastic and cannot be shaken off. Since it sticks to the floor, if Reiko moves, she will step on it, and if she does, the torimochi will stick to her.

"What are you going to do?"

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Alectus only looked at her with trepidation.

"This is quite tricky. ......"

Just when Anne had the same impression as Reiko, she received an instruction from the old man.

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"......I see... I see... I'll have to use that method."

Reiko must have received the same message, for the figure that was dimly visible in the translucent torimochi remained still.

Anne began to use the most powerful magic available to her.

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"What?

Alexus turns pale with surprise. It's probably because Anne has just fired a fire magic at Reiko.

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Anne had managed to adjust the range of the flames so that the walls and ceilings were not severely damaged.

"This level of fire magic should be nothing to you, lady. She is inside the barrier in the first place. But Torimochi is ......"

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Just as the old man had read, Torimochi was scorched by the fire of the firestorm and burned up in a few minutes.

Reiko smiles as the barrier is lifted.

"That went well, didn't it?"

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She walked to the other side of the passage and beckoned Anne and the others to join her.

Ann, accompanied by Alectus, of course, crossed the hall with the barrier and arrived at the corridor where Reiko was waiting for her.

"Anne, thank you for your help."

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"No, ma'am, the old man gave me the order."

They exchanged a short conversation and went down the passage again.

The three of them went down the passageway again.

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"It's a persistent trap. ......"

In the command center of Horai Island, Jin, who was watching Reiko and the others, muttered as if to throw up.

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"Defense equipment?"

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"I see. So, the route is correct.

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"Isn't it the other way around?　It could be that they set up various types and levels of traps to deal with all kinds of foreign enemies."

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"Yes, that's one way to look at it. ......"

All will be known where it goes.

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From the end of the hall, a passageway led straight down at an angle.

"This is definitely where we're going."

After descending diagonally for about 30 meters, a door appeared in front of you.

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"Perhaps it is behind that door."

About 10 meters before the door, the three men stopped. There are no guards or guardian golems near the door, nor does it seem to be protected by a ward.

"I don't think there are no traps."

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"Certainly."

The only possible trap here is .......

Once a trap is breached, it is unlikely to be used again.

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The traps that have been used so far are pitfalls, electric shocks, poison gas, torimochi, and golems. They cover all kinds of physical and magical objects.

"What other traps are there in the < that you know of, father? ......"

Reiko contacted the old man with the built-in manacam and asked him for advice. Naturally, Jin himself is in the control room, so he himself is thinking about it.

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"Speaking of disgusting, it is a trap that sends you to another level just before the destination.


This information was immediately passed on to Reiko and Anne.

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"If an intruder gets on it, he will be transferred to somewhere. To prevent it, you can go to ......."

"The only way would be an ether jammer."

There's a reason we can't take our time. Istaris, Zion, Netros, Lucas, and Jin (the double) are waiting for us in Capricorn 1.

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Aetherjammer activated.

Aetherjammer activated.

Anne and Reiko activate the etherjammer together. In this state, Reiko slowly approaches the door.

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When nothing happened, Reiko stood in front of the door and pushed up the lever next to the door, which seemed to be an opening/closing device.

But nothing happened.

"Maybe she was using some kind of magic power. Maybe the ether jammer is working, and the door can't be opened because of the loss of magic power.

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Anne's guess. She may not be wrong.

"Then ...... we have no choice."

Reiko grabbed the handle on the door and pulled as hard as she could.

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But, as if by accident, there was a cracking sound and the handle came off.

"It's so fragile!"

Reiko had no choice but to pull out Momoka. At least the sound would have alerted her to the presence inside.

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No longer hesitating, Reiko pulled out Momoka.

The door was sliced open in an X-shape. Reiko kicks it further.

The door is blown open with a roar, and the mysterious room is revealed to them.

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