Chapter 167

Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu 167

Defense Specialization and Inside of the Ruins

The six of them descended the dark staircase .

There were turns midway in, and eventually, there was no light from the surface that reached them .

“I will prepare a lantern . ”

Misery pulled out a lantern to light the dark steps .

Just one lantern gave off adequate light .

“Nothing has come out yet…”

Chrome kept his great shield up and looked around anxiously . The only thing they could see in the darkness was ash colored walls .

“…! I can see something now…I think?”

“Mi?”

Misery glanced over to Mi .

Mi was looking downwards .

She was shockingly comforted by just having Misery nearby .

“Uh, yes, I know…the stairs end just a little up ahead . And there is a door . We should be careful . ”

Mi said, and both of her eyes were glowing red .

Mi had a night vision skill that allowed her to see things more clearly in the dark .

Just like Mi said, there was a stone door at the end . That being said, there was only an indented place to put your hand in and slide the door to the side .

Chrome put his hand in and pushed with all of his might .

“Hm? …It’s no use . It won’t open . ”

“Maybe it requires more STR . Let me try . ”

Pain sheathed his sword and used all of his strength to try and open the door .

Then they heard the sounds of stone grinding against stone as the door slowly began to open .

At the same time, a blinding light poured out .

What lay beyond the door was randomly positioned paths and stairs that went in every direction, up and down, left and right .

Furthermore, there were also glowing magic circles everywhere and also a single, mysterious and old-looking lever .

In a word, it resembled a maze . That was the impression the six of them got as they looked at the scene .

“Ah…where should we start?”

Chrome asked Pain .

“We have too many options . I don’t know . ”

Pain glanced to the left and saw 5 or 6 magic circles .

Nothing could be more tedious .

“What to do…I don’t mind any direction?”

Marx said with an expression that was a diluted version of his reaction upon seeing Maple use Savagery .

In other words, he was starting to really want to go back . The only reason he did not, was because there were so many members gathered here .

“We’ll just randomly invade . A few monsters won’t pose much of a problem anyway . I don’t think we’ll find an answer by just standing here and thinking . ”

“Yes, you are right, Mi . I think we should just try to touch a magic circle or even that lever . ”

“I’ll record the path we take . So at least we won’t get lost or forget where we came from . ”

Translations by AsianHobbyist Website And so they all decided on their direction .

They would try and pull the lever .

“Okay, I’m going to do it, alright?”

Chrome approached the lever and touched it . He looked back at the others . They all nodded, and so Chrome pulled the lever back .

In the same instant, the stairs that were all over the place started to move and shuffle . Walls opened and new paths were created while others disappeared .

Magic circles faded and reappeared in different locations .

With just one pull of the level, the entire maze had transformed .

“Uh…”

Marx’s face was now fully what it was when he saw Maple use Savagery .

Even Chrome, who had been the one to pull the lever looked serious .

“What do you think, Pain? Do you want to choose the next thing we try?”

“To be honest, this is all very tedious . Haha, what about you, Chrome?”

As the two advance guards asked each other, Kanade spoke up .

“It looks like the magic circles on all of the stairs and paths have changed…but there is one path that didn’t change from before . Why not go there?”

Kanade had memorized the entire layout of the previous scene .

Even if the others didn’t notice it, it had stuck out like an eyesore to Kanade .

They had no reason to object to this suggestion .

And so they all headed in the direction that Kanade indicated .

At the end of the path that Kanade suggested, there was a similar room and another lever .

“If this keeps repeating…the others might all be traps then . ”

“Kanade, we’re counting on you . ”

“Of course!”

And so the six of them continued on .

They easily slipped past ferocious monsters and instant death traps .

All of the traps inside of the ruins were defeated by one player alone, Kanade .

The intelligence that protected the ruins were overcome by an even higher intelligence .

They continued to descend lower and lower . And finally, they reached a room that was clearly different from the others .

Far back into the room, there was a large coffin that was decorated with gold and jewels . But nothing else . Aside from the dry sand that was scattered over the stone floor, there was nothing unusual about the ground .

The coffin that was laid down on the ground was 5 meters long . And among the six of them, not one of them thought there was anything good inside of it .

Translations by AsianHobbyist Website And their prediction was correct .

Perhaps it had sensed their presence because the lid made a noise as it began to slide away .

What came out from the coffin was a skeleton king whose crown still shone brightly .

The dark pits where his eyes would have been were filled with black fire .

“Here it comes . Get ready!”

Pain shouted as the skeleton king moved . And so the fight began .