[The old man will send you to wait here, and the road after that will be settled by you. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ】

In a small plain surrounded by forests, a tall beast bowed its head and spoke to two very small looking figures.

With, with bursts of earth trembling, the nine-headed dragon took a solid step by step, stepped into the distance, and gradually disappeared in front of us.

"Now, what are we going to do next?" Akai scratched his hair and said with a blank expression.

"Don't ask me, I don't know where to go just like you."

While the Hydra had brought us here, and claimed that this was where the portal was located, Akai and I looked at the bare little plain・・・・・・

Nothing, Coach!

As we searched in a daze (though we didn't know what we were doing), there was another tremor from the ground under our feet.

"Huh? The hydra is back? "I felt the earth tremble, and the only one who could do that was the Hydra.

"Well, it looks like there's something to come back to tell us." Akai's good eyesight saw through the trees and saw clearly the nine-headed dragon that had walked away before.

After half a ring, the hydra reappeared in front of our eyes.

[Ahem.] There are a few things that I forgot to give you. The hydra shook its head.

"It's okay, it's okay, if there's something to give us, just tell us." Akai waved his hand, indicating that he had no opinion.

A flash of white light flashed, and a few more things appeared on our ground.

"What is this?" I picked up one of the glass cans filled with red liquid and asked, confused.

[Take this thing, this is a small vial of old blood, you will use it in the future.] 】

The blood of the hydra, this is a super rare thing, I nodded, and solemnly put it in my backpack.

Then, Akai and I turned our gaze to two other items.

It was like meat, and we were each divided into a piece of it, and the bright red slice of meat made Akai and I twitch at the corners of our eyes.

"・・・・・・ I said, this thing, it's not for us to eat, right?" Why does this piece of meat look so weird!

[Uh-huh! That's right, eat it, this is the excess flesh and blood that the old man separated a long time ago when he was growing his head, and the old man has already roasted it to eight minutes, and eating it will be a powerful help to you. 】

With a proud face, all the heads of the nine-headed dragon shook.

Akai and I instantly had black lines on our faces.

"Long ・・・・・・"

"Formerly ・・・・・・"

"Medium-rare ・・・・・・"

"Eat ???"

[Ahem, do you have any opinions! 】

"Nope! Not at all! ”

"There is no boss at all!"

Sitting on the ground, Akai and I started to nibble, and now we happen to be a little hungry, so we should eat normally.

After half a ring, a warm current washed over Akai and I's bodies.

"What is this?!" I closed my eyes and calmed down to feel the changes in my body.

"I feel the power pouring out of my body, it's amazing!!" Akai looked at his hands, clenched his fists, and threw a tentative punch that made a loud noise.

Five minutes later.

"Whew・・・・・・" I exhaled softly, it was really a great thing, it actually strengthened my physical fitness nearly three times at once, and it was almost the same as coming to Akai's side.

[Okay, this time it's really goodbye, come on boys.] 】

With a leisurely pace, the hydra was gone again.

[Oh yes, by the way, the underground here is very large. 】

The sound faded away.

Akai and I looked at each other, underground!

In that case, let's dig it in! The backpack was opened, and the shovel was taken out, and Akai and I stood in the very center of the plain, raising the shovel and swinging it vigorously to the ground.

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"Hah! I'm not tired at all, I don't feel tired at all! "Although my body is still the same thin appearance, only we know how powerful our body has changed.

Bite! There was a distinct sound, and we dug open the surface of the soil and touched the hard stone underground.

Putting the shovel back into the backpack and then holding the pickaxe in your hand is as skillful as if you had practiced it a thousand times.

After all, we started as a miner.

It was still a step-like way of excavation, and when we pried open a stone at a depth of more than ten meters, a dark, huge underground fortress-like place appeared in front of us.

"It's dark." Akai lowered his head slightly, but the ink-deep darkness made him return. "You can't tell what's in there."

"Do you want to go down?" I crouched down and widened the hole a little more.

"That's too risky, isn't it? Get your vision right first. ”

"That's right." Immediately, balls of light scattered in all directions, and after a while, the underground fortress finally showed its appearance in front of us.

Just like the bomb shelters in the real world, this underground fortress is made entirely of stone brick walls, and the first impression makes Akai and me feel impregnable.

"Sure enough, it's still the best brick building, haha, it shows that the goblin has the same philosophy as me! I said, well, what are you doing if the house is too beautiful, and the wooden house will be all gone as soon as it burns. ”

"Qi, it's not your fault that our house looks so dirty up close!"

“・・・・・・”

Chat is chat, we still have to get down to business.

With two 'bangs', we landed safely on the ground.

"What, is this place a labyrinth?" I looked around and saw that there were so many five forks in the road, and no one believed that this place was not a labyrinth.

"Well, since it's a maze, the old rule is to walk against the wall." Akai took the torch in his hand.

Nodding, we began to explore the labyrinth.

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As the saying goes, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

So, in the same way, where there is darkness, then there must be monsters.

Not surprisingly, we encounter monsters that belong to this underground labyrinth.

"What a strange creature this is!" I pointed to the unidentified creature that clumsily tried to crawl towards us, but was inexplicably glued to the wall.

It's the body of a spider, but can anyone tell me that there's a slime stuck to the tail of this thing?

And then this thing was sucked on the wall because of the original slime!

"Poof! Hahahahaha! Okay, Akai laughed first.

"Babble." I pushed my glasses and said helplessly, "It's better to solve it quickly." ”

"Well・・・・・・"

After a mess, the unfortunate monster descended to smithereens, and we continued on our way, planting torches along the way.

The age of this underground labyrinth looks very old, and on the way we found a few small wooden boxes, although we were excited to open them, but sadly found that the contents were either broken, or a pile of garbage that was completely unusable.

Even the box itself is worth more than what it contains.

However, there are still accidents, and when we try to open a new box, the box suddenly opens open, revealing a large mouth full of fangs and bites at us.

Under the conditioned reflex, I turned on the [Magic Shield], and countless sharp teeth left ripples on the [Magic Shield], but my mana value was not much loss.

Akai breathed a sigh of relief and took a few steps back.

Rumble!!!

A fireball slammed in, and the monster, which looked exactly like a normal wooden chest, was wiped out.

It's just a small episode, but thanks to it, I tested it with the Ice Arrow before we saw each of the chests.

The [Fireball Technique] will directly break the chest.

The appearance of the labyrinth, little by little, was presented in front of our eyes under the continuous exploration of Akai and me.

Suddenly, from the turn of a road, in the deep darkness, there was a roar that echoed through the nearly closed labyrinth.

Akai and I clenched our respective weapons.

"What's that?"

Taking a few steps back, Akai gestured at me, I nodded, and a fireball flew away from my hand, and the fireball smashed against the wall, exploding, and making a loud noise.

Immediately, there was a sound of heavy footsteps, and gradually, it passed through the corner.

It's getting closer・・・・・・