After finishing the labyrinth exploration with Dia, my experience level had increased by about 100. The experience needed for the next level up was about 600 left.

　100 experience in 2 hours .......
　Personally, my growth is too slow and yawning.

　However, if you look at the skilled adventurers who are about thirty years old and are around level 10, I would say they are growing rapidly. After all, if they did the same thing for another six days, they would be level 5. At this pace, it would take less than a year for them to catch up with those who had been fighting for more than ten years.

　However, that's a relative term, and I'll never be satisfied.

　My goal is to clear the labyrinth to a hundred layers.
　In order to do so, I'm going to revolve my game-like thinking and create a new and efficient search plan.

　The first thing I need to do is to prepare what I need to do in the maze.
　I am inexperienced, so there are many things I don't understand, but the first thing I felt during my search with Dear was the importance of "succession ability".

　I finished the search without running out of MP without losing any HP.
　In other words, as long as I had a way to recover MP or save MP, I could continue to fight on and on. It would lead to a higher rate of experience acquisition.

　Now it would be how to hunt monsters of the right rank for me.
　With the current surplus of firepower in Deer, it's more efficient to take on stronger monsters to get more experience and money in your pocket.

　It's a common practice.
　The point is to secure a means of recovery and carefully select your hunting grounds.
　It's the basics of leveling up in online games and the like.

...... The challenge is clear.

　With that reassurance, I muttered to myself.

'Oh my God, what's so clear?'

　Lin responded to that soliloquy.

''...... no. Since I'm starting to show my face in the labyrinth again, I thought it would be important to know what kind of monsters are where.

　The employees of this tavern have a deep knowledge of the labyrinth.
　They talk about it without hiding it, hoping to get some kind of advice.

'Huh. You said you failed, and now you've already tried.''
'Yes, I have a free morning. When I have extra time, I can't help but go to the labyrinth: ......
'You've come all the way to the Valt for the labyrinth. It's not much of a choice.
I try not to get hurt so that it doesn't interfere with the shop.
'No, you can focus on your dreams rather than the store. At any rate, this store will turn around. More importantly, I heard you saying something about monsters earlier, but I think you can ask the manager about that kind of thing.

　That's what I was thinking too.
　After all, the manager is level 15.
　He's one of the most talented people I've ever seen.

''That's right. I'm having a lot of problems, so I'm going to talk to the manager about it.'
'Yeah, yeah. That's good.

　So much for the lighthearted banter.
　The rest of the day was filled with customers.


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　--The next day, after work at the tavern.

　My second search in the labyrinth with Dia begins.

　After listening to the manager's talk last night, I've prepared my knowledge of the strong monsters that appear in the labyrinth. And among the enemies that our abilities can deal with, I've tried to deal with the ones that have as much experience as possible. We're all set.

''Eh. Today, we'll go after a high-ranked monster or a boss monster.
'Ooh, boss. Nice, very nice!

　Dia and I met up at church and I laid out my policy for the day, and I got a pretty enthusiastic response.

From what I've found out, it looks like we're going to need an expensive item to solve the MP problem, so I'm going to ...... improve the quality of each fight.
Yeah, I agree. Since we're here, let's go boss. Come on, boss.

　After all, yesterday's unilateral slaughter does not seem to have pleased him.
　The desire to fight a stronger enemy must be aroused in Dia.

''Well then, I'm going to go a little farther, so follow me.
Okay.

　I then 'display' the map.
　This map makes it easier for us to explore the depths.

　According to the information we gathered in the tavern, we proceed to the area where the boss monster is likely to be.
　We try to save MP on the way. I can't afford to loosen up my search for enemies, but I try not to use the magic Dimension when fighting low-ranked monsters.

　As I chose monsters that I could easily defeat and walked through the labyrinth, the corridor gradually transformed.

　From a featureless stone structure to a green path full of life.
　The corridor gradually increases in size and is filled with trees.
　As I proceeded further into the corridor, I found myself in a forest.

　Gone is the sensibility of the path as a corridor, and there is a huge, dark forest that stretches everywhere.
　It's proof that we've entered a special area, one layer deep.

'Well, we've entered a special area for insects (beetles). Now, I would like to snipe the master of this area, the boss monster 'Queen of the Forest'.
"Huh?

　I solemnly make a sniper's declaration.
　Although I tell them that I will aim at the boss from a safe zone whenever possible, Dia is puzzled.

'No, I'm going to snipe. Sniping sniping.
Oh, wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. You're going to have to shoot, right?　Could it be an easy shot from here?
I'll explain the plan.
What the--

　Normally, Dia is a strong-minded person, but it was cute to see her more dawdling than I imagined, so I continued to explain without listening to her.

If the information is correct, I can figure out the location of the boss from here as well. And I want you to shoot your magic with all your might towards my pointing direction. Maybe that's enough to kill the boss instantly. I'll also want to pick up some drop items, so I'll shoot and kill the small fry monsters around me at any time. I'm sure small fry monsters will be coming at you, but I'll be able to scrape them off from a distance. And if we come close to them, I'll be the decoy. In that case, I don't think about the cost of MP. I'll do my best to fight it, so Dia will be its backup. --That's all. That's it. Any questions?
'Hmmm... ......?　Can you really do it?
Definitely.

　I'm exaggerating to keep the pressure off of Dia, but I'm sure the mission is easy with our abilities.

　That's how unusual me and Dia's abilities are in this world.

　If there is even one ordinary adventurer in this place, this mission will not work.
　This strategy is only possible because my ability to see through my talent has allowed me to have only the non-standard Dia as a companion. Once again, I think. My ability is the same, but the ability to see other people's abilities through 'display' is a foul.

'I get it. I owe Christ a debt of gratitude, and I trust him.
'Don't get too worked up about it. If it's what I think it is, this is really easy. You'll see when it's over. Dia is really strong.

　Encouraging Deere to be less mentally upset.

Are you sure about ...... the real deal?
Really. ...... Okay, then, I'm going to search for them, just give me a second.

　I use Dimension Multiple and stretch my awareness in the direction of the information I've acquired.

　I scramble through the trees in the forest to find a 5-meter-long monster with its back resting on a giant tree.
　It's a bipedal monster with butterfly-like wings and crustacean armor.
　Around it, a few monsters, which seem to be its subordinates, are wandering around.

　I point toward that place.
　With the help of magic, spatial information that can be grasped to the millimeter expands in my mind.
　If I'm not mistaken, the expected target is the heart of the Queen of the Forest.

"Okay, I've got it. "All right, I've got it. And release the magic in the direction I point. You don't have to worry about the wind or any other obstacle. Most of them won't affect your magic, and if there are any that might, I'll fix them.
...... Got it.

　Dia was confused, but she put her arm over her shoulder from behind as I had instructed.

'The subject hasn't moved. I don't think it's going to act in any particular way unless I get close. You can shoot at any time at Deere's timing so as not to burn my hand. ......
Don't worry. I'll have a clear shot.

　With that, Dia closes her eyes and begins to concentrate.
　After a few seconds of pause, she opens her eyes - and shouts.

'Let's go--!　--Flame Arrow!

　A moment later, I feel a flash of light.

　I feel a strong heat at the top of my arm, so I quickly release my arm from Deer.
　The amount of heat released goes straight ahead, making a hole in the trees.
　The magic 《Dimension》 grasps it.

　And at the end of the moment, the magic 《Flame Arrow》 pierces the throat of the Queen of Forest.


[The title "Green Relativist" has been acquired.
　A correction of +0.05 is added to your strength.


　I was actually aiming for the torso, but it was slightly displaced and hit the throat.
　Even so, the head and torso were separated and the target was killed instantly.
　Apparently, Deere's magic is a little bit higher when unleashing it at full force.

　I 'display' my and Dia's status while making sure the Queen of Forest disappears. There was a huge amount of experience added to it, and its distribution was 50/50. I don't know the detailed distribution formula for the experience value, but it seems that the parties that are cooperating are basically divided equally.

　I chuckle at the result as expected and move on to the next action.

Yeah, okay. I've defeated the boss. Now it's time to take out the other families around us. But they don't know where we are, and they just seem to be pacing left and right. Let's change our plans and pay attention to the minimum number of enemies and secure the drop items.
'What?　Is it over?

　The battle that ended so quickly, Dia can't believe it.

It's over. The first thing you need to do is to get out of the way of the enemy, but be prepared for a bit of a fight. We'll avoid the enemy, but be prepared for a bit of a fight.

　Having said that, I explore the situation around the drop items.
　Half of the subordinate monsters are moving to find the enemy that sniped at the Lord (Aruji). However, about half of them remain in place.

　Me and Deer spend about ten minutes avoiding the enemies and coming up to the place where the boss's drop items are dropped.

　The distance to the drop item is about a few hundred meters.
　It took longer than I expected because we made a lot of detours. Then, after making sure it was safe enough, we aimed at the three military monsters waiting around the drop items - me and Dia sniped at them with eye contact.

　First one of them couldn't do anything and was shot dead.
　The remaining two bodies. The military seems to have noticed the direction of the magic coming from.
　The two remaining units are coming in a straight line to our location.
　Seeing this, I have Dear do the same thing again. I have her aim at the monster that's coming in a straight line - and shoot it.
　Halfway down the road, another monster has a hole in it.
　And the last one. Against this one I will face it with my sword. The Military Monsters are higher-ranked than normal monsters, so they don't need to save MP to fight.

　For me, this close encounter with this last one is what the boss battle is all about.

　The monster resembled a mantis. Its arms are sharp blades, and it swiftly swings them down at me. I look at it with my eyes and shift my body to dodge it. Before I can catch my breath, the blade of the mantis' other arm is slashed up from below. I use the belly of my sword to catch it off-guard, and then kick at the mantis' torso to keep it at a distance.

　That's where I know I'm going to win.
　There's no special attack to scratch the back of my body, just a slash.
　He doesn't seem to be aiming at the rear Dia, only attacking me in a suicide attack.
　I keep on the receiving end, buying time--

The Flame Arrow.

　The moment the distance was opened once more, the mantis' head was blown off.

'Feng ......'
You okay, Christ? He's a very fast bug.

　It was the fastest and sharpest attacking monster I've ever come up against. However, to be honest, I didn't feel like falling behind if it was one-on-one.
　That's how great the power of magic is. My space-grasping magic, Dimension, has shown unparalleled strength even in close combat.

You can still have plenty of time to spare at that level. More importantly, this really is the end.
Yeah. Good, good.

　Me and Deere both start collecting drop items.
　After securing the boss monster's magic stones and unique drop items, we escape from the special area to avoid meeting up with other military monsters.

　Carefully move to the 'right-of-way', secure it and check the remaining MP.
　Seeing that I still have more than half of my MP left, I talk to Dear.

Let's go beat the next boss monster. Let's go beat the next boss monster.
What, is there a next one?
If it's close to here, it's probably a goblin colony. It's a bipedal humanoid monster with a huge goblin inside of it, so let's defeat it.
...... Oh, okay. I hope.

　Dia agreed as she rolled the magic stone dropped by the Queen of Forest in her palm.
　I head to the area I've heard rumors about and repeat the steps I just took.

　Naturally, whether it was against a goblin or not, the result would be the same.
　In just a few minutes, after defeating the boss again, Dia mutters in frustration.

''-- It's something different from the labyrinth exploration I had in mind ....... No, it's not bad. It's something .......
I agree. But to the best of our ability, this is the safest and most efficient way: ......

　Relying on special abilities and unusual magical powers, the battle was far from normal.
　Even so, Dia and I repeated this method.
　I'm not sure what to complain about, since we were able to defeat the boss monster that we would normally risk our lives to defeat without having to fight it.

　--That day, Dia and I defeated a total of three boss monsters and left the labyrinth.


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