Luckily, Lifa didn't fit the earthworm's mouth—it probably didn't fit its stomach, and after about three minutes of digestive journey, it was finally discharged.

Lifa gets goosebumps from the feeling of mucus all over her body, and when she prepares to use her wings behind her back to slow down the fall, something happens that scares her even more.

She couldn't even fly!

No matter how hard the shoulder blades are used, no matter how hard they vibrate the wings, they can't produce buoyancy.

She and Kirito, who was then expelled, fell in a straight line in the unknown faint darkness, and finally buried themselves in the deep snow with a thud.

After struggling desperately, Lifa finally pulled her face out of the snow.

The first thing that catches your eye is a vast rock wall, replacing the night sky with the moon and stars. When she thought to herself, 'Wow, it's a cave, that's why she can't fly,' and then looked around with a stiff face, and immediately noticed that there was a strange shape in front of her that could only be seen clearly when she looked up, and it was moving slowly.

It was undoubtedly an evil god-level monster that I had only seen in the photo.

Kirito, who was staying next to her, was about to scream, but Lifa knew where she had come while she hurriedly held his mouth down with all her might.

For the first time since infiltrating ALO, she has been in this endless underground world, which is also the most difficult training ground in the world.

In other words, the giant earthworm is not meant to prey on the player, but to force the player to move to a trap in the Ice Nation.

After finally escaping the five-story tall multi-legged evil god, Lifa and the others found the small temple in embarrassment and hid in it, and then discussed how to deal with the current situation.

But in this flightless place, it can be said that there is no easy way to get out, so for an hour they can only crouch by the wall and stare at the campfire in a daze - this is their current situation.

"That...... Not to mention the way to leave, I don't even know what kind of practice ground this Üzeheim is......"

Kirito, who had finally driven the sleepy insect away, said this while looking at the night outside with his black pupils that had restored his sharp vision.

"Before coming here, the Wind Elf Lords did mention this place, right? When I gave them the money, they did say that they would have to go on a camping hunt in Üzheim to defeat the evil god level monsters, and that would be the only way to earn that amount. ”

"Ahh Lifa thought as she nodded.

Not long before being swallowed by the Great Earthworm, while the Wind Elves and the friendly Cat Demon Clan were holding a lordship meeting, the rival race Fire Elves came to attack the gathering when they were not looking, and Lifa, Clyde, and Kirito rescued the two lords from the enemy's large army.

At that time, Kirito also gave a huge amount of money to the lords, saying that he would let them use it as army funds.

The Wind Elf Lord Shuoya, who received a large amount of currency, did indeed say this at the time.

"I envy Clyde...... Actually escaped a catastrophe. Kirito couldn't help but sigh.

“…… Anyway, Kirito, where did you make that much money?"

Faced with Lifa's sudden question, Kirito hesitated for a while before replying: "It was a ...... from a friend who used to be very fascinated by this game and has now cut his account."

Although it was a plug-in given by Clyde, it can't be said to be given by Clyde, right?

That would be too flawed.

"That's ......"

Indeed, it is often heard that players who hack their accounts will be generous in giving away equipment and money to their friends.

Lifa seemed to be receptive to this, so she returned to the topic and said, "Where did you just say? By the way, what if New Night had said that?"

"No, since the lords have said so, it means that there are also players hunting in this training ground, right?"

"It seems that there is a ...... yes"

"That means that in addition to the one-way passage of the giant earthworm just now, there are also roads that can be passed in both directions. ”

It was only then that Lifa understood what Kirito was trying to say, so she nodded and replied, "Yes...... Although it was my first time in this place, so I didn't actually walk through it, but there was indeed a large labyrinth in the east, west, south, and north of Arun, and the deepest part of the labyrinth was a staircase leading to Üzhheim. The location is in ......"

Lifa waved her left hand to call out the menu, then displayed the map.

The almost circular plan of Üllsheim was shown, but since Lifa had barely been to any of the areas inside, it was gray except for the perimeter of the current location.

After she finished speaking, she used her right index finger to point at the top, bottom, left and right sides of the tablet map in order.

"It should be here, here, here and here. Our current small temple is about halfway between the center and the southwest wall, so the nearest should be the staircase to the west or south. It's just ........."

She shrugged her shoulders and continued, "Of course, the labyrinth with stairs is guarded by evil gods. ”

"How strong is the evil god?"

Faced with Kirito's question of not knowing life or death, Lifa first glared at him sideways before continuing: "No matter how strong you are, this time it will not be useful. It is said that the fire spirit brigade that rushed in immediately after the opening of this training ground was completely wiped out when they encountered the first evil god. Even General Eugene, who you won after a hard battle just now, heard that you will never last ten seconds when you encounter an evil god alone. ”

“…… That's tricky......"

If it's Clyde and his team of magical girls......

No, no, they've never fought seriously, so they're not sure......

"It is said that if you want to hunt here, you need at least eight heavily armed players in charge of defense, players with high annihilation power, and players who are in charge of support-reply to survive. Like us, the two lightly armed swordsmen, it's just enough to go out and let the evil god stomp on it. ”

"I don't want to be trampled. ”

Kirito nodded in agreement, but secretly seemed to be burning a sense of challenge and kept moving his nose.

Lifa glared at him again before she continued, "Anyway, nine out of nine, we won't even be able to reach the labyrinth. At this distance, when we meet a lonely evil god on the road, as long as we are targeted by it, we will only be dead. ”

"That's right...... You can't fly in this area......"

"That's right. There must be a place for daylight or moonlight to regain the ability to fly with wings. But as you can see, there are no two types of light here...... The only dark elves are able to fly underground for a while......"

With that, they looked at each other's wings.

Whether it was the light green wings behind the wind elf Lifa or the gray wings of the guarding elf Kirito, they all lost their phosphorescent light and shriveled.

Elves who have lost their ability to fly are simply pointy-eared clowns.

"In that case, the last hope is to join the evil god hunting team that Lifa just mentioned, and then return to the surface with them......

"Yes......

Lifa nodded, then looked out of the small temple.

In the dim blue, all you can see is endless snowfields, forests, and alien castles that stand far away.

Of course, there must be a demon king-level evil god and a large number of his subordinates in that castle, and when Lifa and the others approach, something very unpleasant will happen. Of course, there is no sign of other players.

“…… This Ützheim is the most difficult area that has only recently been added to replace the high-level labyrinth on the ground. So the teams that will come here are probably less than ten groups. The chances of these teams coming to this little temple by chance are probably even lower than the chances of us winning over the evil gods on our own......"

"It really looks like it's going to be up to our luck. ”