Chapter 50 Part 2
Emmy opens the door while holding her shield.
Beyond it, there was still a staircase that led to the floor below.
「……Now then, there’s one thing that has been bothering me the most, but… you two have realized too already, don’t you?」
「You’re talking about the fact that the party who went inside ahead of us wasn’t in the upper layer, right?」
「That’s right.」
Sybilla’s concern.
That is, in this most difficult dungeon, 『Seiris Third Dungeon』 where most adventurers wouldn’t dive below the middle layer, we didn’t encounter the adventurer party, who was supposed to be ahead of us, in the upper layer.
「This dungeon is one that I’ve tried and failed to conquer before. I checked at the time, but there’s no way around to get to the upper layer. Aside from the correct path, everything leads to nothing but a dead end.」
「That means they’re definitely at the middle layer, huh.」
After Sybilla nodded, followed by Emmy, who also nodded with a serious look on her face after grasping the situation, all three of us headed down the stairs.
「Russell, defense magic, please.」
「《Wind Barrier》」
「Emmy-chan, too. I decided you don’t need it after I watched how you fare in the upper layer, but from this point on, there will be Black Goblins in the mix, so you’ll definitely need to prepare physical defenses. There’s a chance that your shield alone won’t be enough to defend against their attacks after all.」
「I understand! Then, 《Protection》!」
Emmy activates her defensive magic.
Then a yellow light softly covered Emmy’s body and disappeared as quickly as it appeared.
Defense magic, another magic that I wish I’d have to protect our party.
If you ask me if I envy her or not, I suppose I envy her because she has the abilities that I don’t have.
But I no longer feel discouraged and despair like I did back then.
Perhaps Sybilla was saying that there was no need to be overly concerned about me getting hurt.
If that’s the case, maybe it’s also disrespectful for me to be overly concerned about Emmy, too.
The two highest level Defense Magic was given by the Goddess to Emmy, a Holy Knight, from her strong wish to protect someone.
Then, for Emmy’s sake…… to respect Emmy’s feelings, this magic is the magic that only Emmy should use.
「Emmy. Just to explain, my wind barrier repels projectile attacks and offensive magic to some extent. I use it with double chanting, so it should be reasonably strong.」
「Woah, this is amazing! I got it, thank you!」
I’ve said it before, but it was me who should be thanking you.
Even though she was given such an honorable Job as a Holy Knight, Emmy’s meticulousness in these kinds of ways is what makes her so great.
The first enemy to show up was… a Gigante.
When I thought it was going to start rushing at us for a close-range attack, an arrow flew toward us first.
Of course, that attack hits the wall and makes a high-pitched noise.
「Looks like we got a Black Goblin Archer here. But as you can see, their arrows are useless before Russell’s magic and even poison won’t be a problem for us. It’s your turn, Emmy-chan!」
「Understood!」
Emmy strikes the Gigante head-on and blocks its attack with her shield.
Needless to say, during this time, she doesn’t slow down and follows up with an attack using the Dragon Fang sword she holds in her right hand.
I still can’t decide… if it’s the right time to use Dark Magic yet.
One reason is that the enemy isn’t that strong in my opinion, though it’s probably because my Wind Barrier is working effectively, and the other reason is… I don’t know when we’re going to run into the other party.
Sybilla’s defeated the Black Goblin with her offensive magic and we wipe out the monsters relatively quickly.
「Alright, looks like we won’t have any trouble with the middle layer.」
「Yes! Russell’s defensive magic is quite strong, so it doesn’t feel much different from the upper floors.」
「Ohh I like your confidence, Emmy-chan. The Gigantes on this floor will turn from green to red the stronger they are, but with Emmy’s skills, we all should be fine, so we have nothing to worry.」
Just to be on the safe side, I used Extra Heal Link to heal everyone.
Once I made sure all of us were in good shape, we continued on our way.
「……Shh.」
Sybilla grabs Emmy’s shoulder and my sleeve.
It seems she’s noticed something.
「……Just to let you know, I used a magic called Floor Search earlier. The range is really poor at low levels and it’s quite difficult to use, so I didn’t use it often, but… basically, it’s a magic to detect enemies, you see.」
There it is, Sybilla’s sudden magic lesson.
But before I could ask what she was trying to say, Sybilla did something surprising.
「——Here comes a new party to explore this dungeon——!!」
She suddenly shouted here, in the middle layer of a dungeon that was full of monsters.
Emmy and I looked at Sybilla in shock and confusion, but we immediately understood what she was trying to do
『……We’re over here……』
Surely enough, I could hear a small voice just now.
「Alright, now the other party should be aware of us. If we do this, we can avoid friendly fire, so we can proceed with no worries now.」
「P-Proceed where?」
「We’ll take the path on the left.」
Emmy and I went in the direction Sybilla had indicated and found the people we were looking for in a small room with a narrow entrance.
「Thank goodness, you saved us…」
A party of five adventurers who went ahead of us were using this place as a temporary base, and I heard one of the men in their party mutter in relief.
I have a lot of questions I want to ask them.
Among them, the most mysterious point and one I want to ask the most is 『What are they doing on this floor』.
It’s very unlikely that they went to the lower floor to escape. It’s hard to imagine a party that has survived long enough to explore this dungeon would do such a thing.
——I have a feeling that there’s an unknown enemy lurking around here.
I stepped into the small room, taking a good look at the faces of what was supposed to be a party of experienced adventurers.
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