'Wow....'

　Morning. I looked at the clock and saw that it was past five. I woke up strangely early, but Fee and Monica seemed to be up already and were both preparing breakfast.


'Good morning, you two,'
Good morning, Elle.
Good morning, Miss Elle.


　We said hello and had breakfast. As I thought last night, it's delicious. On a civilization level, the kingdom is superior, but that's a one-sided assumption on our part.

''Well ... can I follow you?''
In the maze?
Yes.

　She looks down and says that, but it's not safe to say the least. It's tough for me to fight while protecting her, too. But it's not a good idea to say no out of the blue, so I'll just talk to Fee.

Hey, Fee. What do you think?
It's okay.
...Really?
''Because this girl can use a platinum-grade "platinum" level alchemy.
What ... really?
'Seriously. I can do it without the alchemy team. I heard that he read Elle's paper and worked hard to learn it. I heard it's still not very good. But until now, it seems like Monica was mostly fighting the giant spider "Huge Spider" all by herself?
Are you sure about this, Monica?
''Ha, yes. I'm still not very good at it, but I can fight the giant spider, the Huge Spider.

　I ponder. I never dreamed that we would be able to secure our strength in a place like this. To be honest, I didn't expect to reach the bottom level with just me and Fee, so it's helpful to help. Oh well. I don't mind if Fee and I can follow through.

Good luck, Monica.
I'll take care of it!　I'll do my best!

　And so we get ready. Our backpacks are too heavy, so we pack in a small pouch. Portable food and drinking water, minimal armor and weapons. We don't need the weapons because of the alchemy, but we'll be careful. Moreover, this weapon........it looks like just a sword, but it's actually a secret. Hmph.


''Alright, let's go then!
"'Oh!'


　Then me, Fee and Monica left for the Sixth Maze.


''It's a nice day.

　It was a sunny day. In a little while it will be much warmer. I want to reach the entrance to the labyrinth before that. Fortunately, Monica knows how to get to the labyrinth, so it's easy to get there.

　It would take us about 30 minutes. We've arrived at the sixth labyrinth, also known as the spider's labyrinth. The entrance is wide, and it certainly looks like a giant spider, the Huge Spider, can get through.

　I decided to check out the entrance for now.

''What are you doing?　Mr. Elle.
''I've been looking for any smelting marks, but there aren't any. I suspected the intervention of a third party, but so far I haven't found any. This is just a labyrinth. Just look at the entrance.
''.........I can't see any smelting marks to my eyes either. Well ... let's go in ... I'm in the middle, right?　Right?
Yeah. I'll take the lead, then Fee, and finally Monica. Fee, you do the mapping.
I'll take care of it. My spatial awareness is as good as Elle's.

　Actually, Fee has excellent spatial awareness, and that's partly why he's been selected this time around. It's bad enough that you can't go back in the labyrinth or something. Well, we can use the transference, but we need to map it out to keep the materials.


　And so we go down the stairs at the entrance.


''It's ... dark, but it's a mystery why the lights are on.
'Yes. But I hear the labyrinth is permanently lit.
It's the Lost Technologies of the world.
It's really amazing....


　Down the stairs we went, and we arrived.

　The sixth labyrinth, the first basement floor.

　A large space as far as the eye can see. And the tricky part is that at this stage, the path is divided into four parts. There should be a staircase to the second basement floor somewhere. There are still no traces of the giant spider 《Huge Spider》, but there are threads strung all over the place. It's true that this is one of the most difficult to capture in the world's seven labyrinths. However, this is not a structural problem, but rather the presence of a swarm of giant spiders, the Huge Spider, is the main obstacle. If caught by the threads of the Huge Spider, it would be impossible for an ordinary human to escape. You will be preyed upon alive.

''This, scary!　What is this, spider silk everywhere!　I'm scared ... hey, is Monica okay?
I'm fine with bugs and such. 'Who's afraid of bugs in an elf village?　Well, the giant spider [Huge Spider] is a bit creepy for me too.
''A bit, you know. It's a bit........I honestly think it's like 'all the evil in the world'....

　The two of them are chatting, but I'm going to burn this string. I pay off my right hand and activate the alchemy and ignite it. Then it burns, but the fire is slow to spread.

　I see, I can't incapacitate it in an instant.

　Next, I increase the output. Next, instead of an ordinary flame, it's a hotter blue flame. Although the magic consumption will increase, it's inevitable.

　Then it burned in an instant. I see, I've figured it out.

"Fee, Monica. The thread can burn with a blue flame. The temperature should be at least 1,000 degrees.
A thousand degrees. That's not very efficient. I'm going to have to stick with the ice.
Yes.
'Ah well let's go further in. So where does that leave us...


　There are two paths, one on each side. I don't know which one is the right one. Then Monica points to the path diagonally to the right.

'There ... there's a faint flow of air. It's circulating.''
Do you understand?
Yes. An elf can do this.
I'm still glad Monica's here.
No, no, I'm glad I could help!

　And so we move on. And along the way I find a chunk of string. Prey?　But it's unraveling a bit ... after the predation.

Well I see.
Huh!

　Fee and Monica speak up. It's not surprising. This is a human corpse. Next to it is the corpse of an elf. There are even dead dogs and wolves around. They must have been attacked and killed here. The body is still there, but it's in a mummy-like state. It seems that the giant spider 《Hugeespider》 is a spider that sucks body fluids just like a spider.

　I summarize the information in the memo I have at hand and investigate further.

"...you two, be aware of your surroundings. I'll take the bodies.
Yeah. I'm sorry, Elle.
I'm sorry, nice to meet you.
The right person in the right place.


　I don't want to go scavenging for corpses either, but I don't have a choice. I'm the one who seems to be the most okay with it. And so I scavenge all the bodies around. There is no such thing as a relic. Humans and elves have no clothes. Just bodies.

"...that's odd. Why no goods?　It's a mystery that they could have had it... and yet they've stripped you of your clothes only...
''That's right. Maybe the giant spider [Huge Spider] has a collecting habit.

　Me and Fee conclude that for now, and we move further in. Then we hear a spic and span noise.

...Water?

　From there it was a plaza. Finally I came out into the square. And I found it. That there was a staircase in front of me. Okay, for now, I've got a path to the basement floor. And I feel a strange sensation. This is ... a gaze.

　Suddenly, I look up. And there........there were giant spiders 《Huge Spider》 as far as the eye could see. As far as I can visually see, there are about 50 of them?　That sound you were making before was like the sound of their saliva. It's like they responded to us coming in.

Monica Fee. Upstairs.
"What?

　You speak in a whisper. The other party hasn't attacked me yet. I'm building an alchemy now. I need to buy a little more time.


''Ugh....

　Monica was able to get away with that level of reaction, but the problem was Fee.



　As soon as he can, he forces Fee's mouth down and suppresses his voice, but Fee's volume is unusual and a little sound leaks out. A moment later, there is a continuous bobbing sound. When I stared at it, I saw a giant spider screaming, "Keeeeeeeeeee!

I'm ready for war!　You two, cover me!　Decide at once!
"Yes, sir!

　Leaving Fee and Monica to take care of the front line, I built an alchemy in the rear. It's a large-scale alchemy called Singular Alchemy 《Extra》 that is activated. Normally, it takes several hours to build up multiple layers of alchemy camps. However, I can activate the Singular Alchemy "Extra" in a few seconds without going through the formation ranks.

''Okay, construction is complete!　Fee, Monica!　Get behind me!
'Hiiiiiiii, they're coming after us!

　Monica runs with a firm footing, but Fee seems to be risking her life. And at the same time as I confirmed that the two of them came behind me, I activated the Singular Alchemy 《Extra》.


''........Absolute Zero....


　-The cold air at 273 degrees Celsius attacks the giant spider, the Huge Spider. The temperature is determined by the vibration of matter. The greater the vibration, the higher the temperature, and the lower the vibration, the lower the temperature. Theoretically, there is no upper limit to high temperature, but there is a lower limit to low temperature. It is a state of no vibration. That state is called absolute zero. I can alchemically refine that state.

　The crunching, crunching, crunching of the ice area spreading out around me. Then I freeze all the spiders' brains as if they were emptying their brains, and I aim at them and thrust the icicle into them. You can hear the screams of "kiiiiii," but I kill them without mercy. Then it's all killed and we take a breath.

''Phew ... it's over.''
''It's amazing........This is the Singular Alchemy [Extra]? It's a dream come true to be able to do it without a smelting formation and in a few dozen seconds...
I can't do this either. That's what I'm talking about. You may be a crop idiot, but your alchemy skills really do live up to the name of the Blue Star Grade "Bluestella".
'So much for praise, let's move on. We've got as much road as we can walk on.

　We try to move forward to the stairs we can see ahead, but again we hear a tic-tac-toe ... tic-tac-toe.......................

"Hey............
Hmm?
What?

　I stared at it. Then I realized. That was an egg. Body fluids were leaking out of the giant egg. Instantly, a flood of bodily fluids falls from the ceiling and pours down on us. I quickly covered myself and wrought a wall of ice to prevent it from falling.


'No more!!!!!　Let me go home!!!!


　Taking Fee's shout as our cue, we began to fight again.