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Over the Infinite – Chapter 10 (3)

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Translator: mii

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Speaking of which, I learned around ten skills in the trial. They were mostly thanks to the lizard old man and the Minotaur, though.

“That’s a lot. How is this if compared to normal people?”

“No way, you can even compare it. The five default skill fields normally won’t fill up that easily.

This is definitely the most number of skills rookies ever had. Also, it’s unbelievable that you learned almost all of them outside.

If we’re just comparing from the number, you have the same amount of skills as the intermediate level adventurers in the Labyrinth City, but that’s because the adventurers in the Labyrinth City can easily acquire skills by buying or having a [Class].”

“Class? Is it something like warrior or wizard?”

There’s also something like that displayed on the cat ears’ card, now that I think of it.

Was it [Scout]? I couldn’t remember since I only took a glance at her card.

“When you reached G Rank, you can select a [Class] that is selectable for you, but with the characteristics of this [Class], you can acquire skills automatically.

In addition, skill itself is something people sell, so even if there are prerequisites for acquisition and activation, you can increase them if you want to do so. Labyrinth City is such an environment.

But it’s a bit unusual for someone to learn these skills without those learning support. It won’t be strange if you told me that you are a hero outside.”

Seriously?

I was treated like a slave at the bar, though.

“I also never saw this kind of amount before, but it’s also the same for some of the skills.

This [Starving Beast] might be similar to the [Starving Wicked Beast] that the dragons per 150 stages are using. I don’t really know about this [Primitive Man].

I also never seen [Hero of Marginal Village] before, but this is probably a title. It’s something that appeared sometimes.”

“150 stages…”

One of my questions had been resolved easily.

As Yuki and the lizard old man said, it was unlikely that the Infinite Corridor would end on the 100th stage.

“Anyway, what happened to you that you have this [Orc Killer]? You have to kill hundreds of orc special over a period of time, including the Orc Generals.]

…So that showy orc was not Orc Leader, but Orc General, huh?

I didn’t know what kind of rank it had, but it was strong. What was I doing, really.

“If you have this strength, any bonus will be useful. You’re going to be something great with the Labyrinth City’s environment if you can learn this much on your own.

I guess the bonus can be anything you like? Do you want [Seven Colors Halo] that will always shine above you?”

What’s with that joke skill that people in Tachikawa seem to have?

“That’s a little too… I’m sorry, but the 150 stages you said just now is about Infinite Corridor, right?”

“That’s right… Ah, we haven’t disclosed the information after the hundredth stage, huh?

Don’t spread it about too much, okay? It’s not like I’m hiding it, but I want the top groups to check it by themselves.”

“I’m okay with not telling anyone, but there are really more than a hundred stages, right?”

“Yes.”

Dungeon Master said that as if he was not saying anything special.

“Then this information can also serve as my bonus, but how many stages are there?”

“It’s not like I don’t want to tell you, but unfortunately, I can’t answer that.”

“Will something bad happen if it’s announced…”

“No, it’s not that. To be precise, ‘I don’t know’.”

“You don’t know?”

Even though the Dungeon Master should be the administrator?

However, the fact that he had information about the stages even further than 100th stage that the top groups couldn’t reach must’ve meant that he knew there was even more stages than what we had predicted.

“I’m called as the Dungeon Master and I have authority over the dungeons, but I’m not the person who created the Infinite Corridor.”

That’s a little shocking.

“I’m the first person to capture the 100th stage, and I’m still continuing to capture the deepest stages. I just have the authority over the captured stages.”

It was a bit unthinkable.

“So that means… Dungeon Master is also one of the adventurers?”

“Yeah. I’m still active, diving the dungeons earnestly. ”

I didn’t know if I could really listen to this.

“So… What stage is the ‘true’ frontline at right now?”

“We just finished capturing a stage yesterday, but the ‘frontline’ has been updated.”

It was a topic with an extremely huge scale.

“The deepest stage we have reached is 1203.”

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I was dizzy.

Just by looking at the number of digits already show the clear difference. Infinite Corridor didn’t end at 100th stage. There were at least 12 times of that, and it felt overwhelming to assume that the goal was still extremely far ahead.

If we’re assuming that it would end at good number, then it might reach 3000th stage, right? It’s not strange if it would even reach 5000th stage and 10000th stage.

Indeed, it was literally an “infinite” corridor. I also wanted to hit the top groups’ butt to speed up the capture.

“I and my few members are fighting at that kind of place.

My aim of nurturing adventurers in Labyrinth City is to secure personnel to speed up this capture. Fighting with only five people is hard.

At the moment, even the top guild group is still at below one hundred stage, and they don’t really have any noticeable effect.”

Was that the purpose of creating this city and institution? It had a much more legitimate purpose than what I had imagined.

…Except for the extreme structure.

“Do you have any purpose? To be honest, we can obtain extraordinary treasure even in the 100th stage class, right?”

“If I just want to feed yourself, I certainly won’t force myself to capture the dungeon. Even if I just want to gain power, I won’t do it just because there’s no meaning in doing it. Actually, I can take over the world with my current power.

But for me, I want to return to Japan. It’s not really a clear purpose, though. And when I dive to the Infinite Corridor, I saw signs that it’s possible.”

“That’s…”

Well, that’s complicated.

Having a wish to return to the original world after transmigrating to another world was only natural.

Unlike us, the Dungeon Master should have come here directly, so he would be wishing for that even more.

Even in novels, it was not rare for the protagonist to try going back to their original world.

However, I thought about this from when I was reading that kind of stories. Was it possible for a person who had passed the limit of humans to return and live in Japan?

Even if they were not aware of it, their values and common sense had changed. They wouldn’t have the same values after mass killing powerful monsters or defeating the Demon King in the world war at the different world.

Even me who was neither the protagonist with cheat power nor a hero was aware that I was already far from my former self.

It wasn’t like I was denying his purpose, but didn’t the Dungeon Master also thought of that?

Also, he was almost like a human nuclear warhead since he had captured insane amount of stages, right?

“I know what you’re thinking.

I don’t think I can have a decent life at that world, because I already have powers that can’t even be displayed at the Olympics.

Either way, it’s like the Superhuman Olympics… no, not really. I don’t understand the standards for that kind of thing.

But I still want to see my family for once, and when I die, I want to get buried at the tomb over there. I’m not reincarnated here, but transmigrated. That’s why I have that wish all the more.”

I knew that he was a transmigrator, but… I see. So he was assuming that “returning to Japan” was the final destination of his life.

It’s not like I didn’t understand that, but was it something that would keep him that motivated for a long time?

No, there were standards of these goals that were usually understood only by the person himself, like Yuki’s case.

“That’s why Tuna must come up quickly. I’ll welcome you.”

“But my goal is to live like a normal person.”

I said that I would help Yuki, but I thought I could die if I could eat the daily set meal every day.

My wish was something simple and small.

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