I walked through the underground maze with Lara and the three others.

'It's a lousy one,'

　I muttered to myself as I was searching for a path to the lower levels.

'Huh?'
Kurt, what's going on?
You look dumbfounded...

　In response, Lara, Marise and Cynthia reacted instantly.

''No ... on the way here, there were a few dead demons on the way here, weren't there?''
Uh-huh. But we're in an underground labyrinth, isn't that unusual?

　Indeed, Lara is right, underground labyrinths........that is, dungeons are usually infested with demons.
　There's also the first team that says they're brave.
　Hence, there's nothing strange about the part of 'there's a demon's corpse', but.......

If you look at the corpse of a demon, you can at least figure out what kind of battle he or she fought. It's just that they wielded swords and cast magic, and finally defeated him. This is why the first team can't last long.

　Wielding a sword means less energy. When you release magic, your magic power is also reduced.
　It's a mere two layers, and this is just the beginning.

　It's quite a flashy way to fight.
　However, flashy is not always a good thing.
　The best thing to do is to pierce the demon's vital points with minimal movement and magic power and stab it in the back.

'And lousy isn't the only thing that's lousy.
What?

　Lara raises her voice.

'Grrrrrrrrrrrr!'

　A demon attacked her, trying to reap the life from behind.

"You left the demon unattended without putting a stop to it. It's really stupid.

　Dumbfounded, he fights off the attacking demons with his fire spear.

　One point of focus.

　There was no need to use any more strong magic anywhere.
　The demon with a large hole in its chest stopped its life activity this time.

''Ku, Kurt~''
Lara, this is an underground labyrinth. Be on your guard.
I thought he was dead!
There are some demons out there who would throw a tantrum like that. Be alert at all times.

　When I warned her, Lara nodded with serious eyes.

　That thing earlier was probably a demon that the advance team couldn't finish off.
　At that rate, they didn't deliberately didn't toss him out.......it's not like they didn't check to see if the other party was really dead or not.
　Such details can make the difference between life and death on the battlefield.
　If I hadn't been there, Lara would have sustained painful damage.......either way, carelessness is a great enemy.

　With that in mind, we continue to go further and further into the back.

　Suddenly, we came to an open area.

''I have a bad feeling about this...''

　Marise stops and gives him a stern look.

'Marise, that feeling is important. But not until you know what's in there?
Yes, yes but I just know it's not an easy thing to do.

　The same is true for Lara, but Marise's purple magic power is also not suited to magic such as detecting.
　He is good at such things........

''Cynthia.''
'Yeah I can see that Cynthia, I can see that...'

　The owner of green magic power who is skilled in creating and disarming traps and analyzing them.......it's Cynthia's turn.
　Cynthia's eyes narrowed.

"...thirty, forty...no, more than a hundred pitfalls?

　I guessed it beautifully.

'Well done, Cynthia. The correct answer is a hundred and three, though.

　I stroked Cynthia's head.
　She let out a pleasant, "Huh........

I'm so jealous.
'Si, Cynthia, that's great!　And what's more than a hundred pitfalls!

　Lara and Marise looked at it, envious and surprised.

''Well if you were an ordinary adventurer, I bet you wouldn't have noticed the existence, let alone the number of pitfalls. And you wouldn't think they'd be planting so many traps in two layers.

　This is not an ordinary underground labyrinth, after all.
　It is seriously refusing to allow adventurers to enter.
　The level of difficulty up to this point is comparable to that of the underground labyrinths of a thousand years ago...but what is waiting for me in the depths of this one?
　When I imagined that, I was happy and got goosebumps.

''Then we can proceed while avoiding that pitfall........!

　Lara makes a tightly clenched fist.

'That's right. Because me and Cynthia can figure out the exact location of the pit, too.'

　When I looked at Cynthia, she cocks and moves her head vertically.

''Let's move on quickly!
Wait a minute.

　He grabbed Lara's clothes and made her stop.

'That's the normal route to take while avoiding the pitfalls. But this time I think I'm going to take the back way.

　I invoked levitation magic against myself and the three of us.
　Our bodies floated up.

"Wow!
What is this all of a sudden?
It's fluffy and ... kind of uncomfortable.

　The three of them are confused by the unfamiliar sensations.

'Surrender your body to my magic.

　That's how I came to the top of a certain ground with the three of them.
　There's a pit underneath this.
　It's cleverly hidden, but it's a bad thing I'm the one you're dealing with.

"Roquefort.

　As soon as I chanted, some rocks fell to the ground.

　Poco.
　Just like that, a pit appeared.

　Looking at that dark hole, it seemed to be dug so deep that I didn't know how far it went.

'' "?

　They don't understand what I'm doing, or maybe they don't understand what I'm doing, but the three of them look at me in a strange way.
　I said to them.

This is the "Secret Path". If you fall into this hole, you will be able to shortcut some layers and get to the lower level.

''The Secret Path (Secret).
　To explain again, it's like a secret path that allows you to skip the underground labyrinths that you can only capture one layer at a time.
　If you use this, you can go from one layer to ten layers at once... and so on.
　This is a method often used by advanced players in the underground maze.

''Oh, really?　I found that one out of over a hundred pitfalls!
'I'm pretty sure if Kurt is saying this then I'm pretty sure you're an amazing person.
"...Cynthia, I didn't notice that much...

　The three of them shouted in surprise.

''How could you hide the 'Secret Path' among more than a hundred pitfalls? An ordinary adventurer would have been so distracted by the pitfalls that they would have never found out that much.''

　At any rate, I am glad that I was able to find the "Secret Path".
　I jumped into the hole with the three of us.