36-Episode 34 Makoto Takatsuki Fights Minotaur



 The Minotaur is about 5 meters tall.
 About the same as the big ogre of sometime ago.
 The big axe in his hand was wet with lustrous blood.
 I wonder if the owner of the scream has escaped....

It's true. Is he okay?
 Lucy is already freaked out.

''Since it's a good time, let's try the stronger spirit magic.
 Holding the dagger at the ready, he crosses over to look at Ata.
 From the RPG player's point of view, there are countless blue lights floating around.
 Yes, there's a lot of them.

I call out, "Hello, genie.
 The spirits of the Great Maze have only just met.
 In order to make a good impression, you have to greet them cheerfully.

''Do you want to play a little?'' Roughly, I can feel the spirits' interest gathering in me.
 The spirits of the Great Labyrinth seem to be in a good groove.

''Hey, hey! The Minotaur is already here! Rock bullets!
 Lucy released her magic in an impatient voice.
 A rock fired from her staff approached the minotaur.
 The rock at breakneck speed hit the minotaur and shattered.
 However, it doesn't seem to have much effect.
''Ugh, no.''
 Lucy murmured, but it was a much smaller rock than the usual meteorite drop.
 'You were too easy on it.

'Goooooooooooooh!'
 The minotaur screams in anger and jumps at you, raising his axe.
 In just a few seconds, the big axe could split his head open.

''Hey! You're kidding!
 Lucy is teary-eyed.
 It's about time.

"Water Demon and Grand Dungeon.
Guh?
 Water sprays up around my feet.
 In the blink of an eye, the entire passageway is filled with water, leaving the minotaur, me(s), and (s)lu(s) and (s)lu(s) in the water.

''Hmm~! Mmmmm~!
 Oh, shoot.
 Lucy can't do 'Water Magic Breathing'.
 Hurriedly, I linked my hands together.
 Now the magic effects should work together.

"Guo! Gobbler! Gabo!
 The minotaur is struggling to escape the water prison.
 Well, I guess it's impossible.

(Water magic, water flow)

Hey, hey.
 Twirl your fingers.
 Like a washing machine, the minotaur whirled and spun in a whirlpool.
 The giant cow demon turned its eyes and went silent.
 I let it handle the water I called out to it and thanked the spirit.

''Ha, ha........''
 Lucy is out of breath.
 No matter how much underwater breathing magic she was using, did the water suddenly startle her?

'Wow, sorry. Are you okay?
"It's okay ... hey, that's great! That was advanced magic, wasn't it?
Yeah, it worked.
What's the matter with you? You can now use advanced magic?

No, I had a genie help me with that one. It is said that spirits have infinite magical power (mana), so that level of magic is no problem for them. The trouble is that you can't control the details, though.
 That's why I got me and Lucy involved earlier.

What should we do with this guy, by the way?
 I look down at the minotaur I defeated.
 I took it down, and it's a big one.
You can't carry it, can you?
That's when I need some storage magic.
 It's a shame that Fujiyan isn't here.

'Hey, guys. You defeated the Minotaur!
Oh, thank God...
Thank you, thank you!
 There was some kind of raggedy adventurer.
 I wonder if it's the guy from the scream earlier.
 According to what I heard, the minotaur changed its target when it saw Lucy on its way away from the minotaur.
 I wonder if it reacted to the red color?

'Lucy, the demons really do like you.
I'm not happy about this at all, but...
Hey, I'm here to help you carry this monster if you need help.
 Oh! That's helpful.
 In addition, I went back home while learning a lot of things about the labyrinth.


''So you all have been in the Great Labyrinth for half a year now?
'Yeah, we're fresh out of the Iron ranks, so we're taking our time to train in the upper echelons.
But there's been a lot of demon activity lately.
Yeah, you seem a little weird.
"Rumor has it that an abomination of a dragon has appeared in the lower levels.

An abomination?
'An abominable dragon. A thousand years ago, the Demon Lord had an evil dragon following him. It emits miasma from its body and breathes curses from its mouth. I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about it. Did it really come out?
 Lucy explained.

''It's none of our business for intermediate adventurers like us. I don't know the details.''
But you guys are amazing. You two took out the Minotaur so easily.
"Silver-ranked? Don't tell me you're gold at your young age or something?
No, no, no, we're iron-ranked, too.
Wow! That sounds promising!

 We rambled and talked our way back to the exit.
 I tell the guild staff at the entrance that I'm back and hand over the demon.
 I heard that the guild will tell me the results of the assessment of the prey I defeated later on.
 But more importantly, there's something else I'm worried about.

''It's kind of noisy.''
What's going on?
Oh, yeah, I hear the Sun Nation army is here.
 A guild member told me.

''Heh, the Land of the Sun means the Order of the Sun (Sunshine Knights)?''
I guess I'm going to have to take out the d*mn dragon.
But what's wrong with having an army in an adventurer's town?
And not just any country. 
 The adventurers I was with were also curious.

Let's go see.
Let's go!
 We crept around and headed for the entrance of the town.

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'So this is the Order of the Sun...'
 The forest near the entrance of the town had been cut down and turned into a military garrison.
 Numerous tents had been pitched.
 Around it, war horses and flying dragons were tethered a short distance apart.

 They were called the Knights, but they seemed to be a huge party of knights, warriors, archers, wizards, monks, and various other professions.
 On their chests, a large sun and a phoenix emblem shone on their chests.
 They all look strong.
 The people of the adventurer town seem to be curious about it too, and the number of spectators is increasing rapidly.

''Kyah! Look, brave men of light!
Oh, it's so dignified...
 A voice rises from the female adventurer.

'Great! That's the hero of the light! I've never seen that before!
 Even Lucy is excited to be with me.
 It's something.

 There was my classmate Sakurai-kun, whom I broke up with about a year and a half ago.
 Next to him was another classmate, Yokoyama-san.
 Huh? Wasn't there another one?
 They both look several orders of magnitude more respectable and expensive in what they're wearing compared to the people around them.

 You've been given cheat status and skills, and you seem to be doing well.
 I'm not jealous of you.

 Goddess, you don't think this is a good encounter, do you?