Chapter 29: Exploring the Old Schoolhouse (Part I)
"Is this the old school building?" After closing the heavy door, Heliga looked curiously at the hall with its many old boxes, "It seems normal at the moment. β
"yes...... The key lies in the floors below the old school building. Alyssa nodded, and walked first to the huge elevator in the hallway below - the elevator was made of pure obsidian and still worked well, "There is a complete change every time you come back in......"
"You've completed three levels of exploration...... Do you want to go straight to the fourth floor now? Heiliga looked at the buttons that lit up on the control panel.
"Hmm." Lane nodded, he was the one who nominally took over the direct task of this commission, and he also unknowingly became the leader of the entire class - Helliga didn't have any problem with this, anyway, there would be no real danger in this underground, so how about letting these young people who had not seen much of the world exercise?
"That giant monster at the end of the third layer has a hard skin." Laura frowned, "It feels like it's time to take another strategy in Brionia......"
She was talking about the ancient magical beasts that she and Faye encountered at the internship site during their third special internship - they had extremely hard shells and were very difficult to deal with. In the end, it was Laura who slashed more than a dozen swords in the same position in a row to open a big gap, and coupled with Elliot's support lock, he cooperated with Macchias and Faye to complete a long-range blast. Perhaps it was precisely because of the experience of exploring the old school building for the third time that the four of them had such a tacit understanding at that time.
However, this time the exploration, Elliot and Macchias did not follow. The former is being busily played in church by President Heidel - their original plan was to use the proceeds of the performance to fund charity, and everyone applauded this, so as not to add an additional burden to Eliot. As for Macchias...... It is said that it is also because it involves the critical moment of the survival of the community, and it cannot be taken into account.
Of course, with the exception of Lane, the members involved in the exploration of the old schoolhouse were different every time. Compared to the dangerous battlefield, this is more like a targeted experimental field, each exploration can greatly increase the corresponding members' sense of cooperation and understanding of each other, and the final battle is also just right, guiding everyone to play to the limit without casually letting the water out. So in that sense, the existence of this old school building is really strange enough.
But this time, there is a new twist in the routine exploration that has been going on all alongβthat is, the addition of a new member, Helica. Although the details have not yet been figured out, in just two weeks, everyone can already see that Helriga is not simple. The trio of the aristocratic class, who had always been aggressive before, now had to stay away when they saw Heliga, and the two recognized masters in the class, Faye and Laura, praised without hesitation, which made everyone very curious about his strength. What's more, since the relationship with Fei is not bad, many of the people present have already heard the story of their adventures during the Liber period. Although Faye had carefully brushed over the details of Hyliga's reluctance to let people, at least now, expose the Empire, the mere fact of experiencing such a complete adventure story at that age was enough to amaze these people.
Therefore, in addition to the routine probes, there is another thing that everyone is concerned about - and that is the strength shown by Heliga...... What will it be?
For this reason, they simply abandoned the previous reasonable formation of Laura and Gaius forming the front line, Lane, Jusis and Faye forming the free men, and Alyssa and the users of the guiding magic forming the supporters. At the instigation of Fei, it simply became a form in which Heliga walked in front alone, and everyone else watched the play in the back.
I said...... That's not good. Naturally, Helriga himself was depressed, "although it's nothing...... But isn't this a task that should be done collectively......"
"Ah...... That's right. Alyssa scratched her head a little embarrassedly, "Then let's go first...... We'll switch the formation in a moment......"
Alyssa is also a hopelessly good old man. Helliga complained casually, which made Alyssa feel guilty for her scrambled hands. Such a kind mentality...... Is it really the daughter of President Irina, who is said to be ruthless?
"Hmph......" As a noble young master, Jusis was not so reserved, but snorted coldly as always. In fact, he understands that with his understanding of Patrick's character, Heliga, who can make that guy completely faceless, is absolutely super strong. I just don't know how strong it is.
"Huh...... I'm curious how you're doing. Laura smiled, "Although I know I can't match you right now......"
"That's it...... That's what you say to me. Helriga smiled wryly, "So be it...... I'm going to open the way for the first third of this exploration...... You can just stand by and watch the play. After that...... I'm just going to make you feel a little bit involved. β
Naturally, everyone agreed. Only Emma, the squad leader, seemed to be a little dodgy...... Is it restless?
Heliga saw it in her eyes and planted the seeds of doubt in her heart.
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"I can understand it...... "It's been more than half an hour below, but most of the people who have done nothing but walk have this thought in their hearts at this moment.
Even though it's just a solo rush - the old schoolhouse isn't much of a challenge for Heliga.
Unlike the perilous nature of floating cities and underground labyrinths of all kinds, the wide roads leave the monsters with nowhere to hide. Demonic beasts of different forms can only be exterminated in front of Helica's play-like sword skills.
Similarly, compared to the magic weapons that condensed ancient wisdom and the mafia members who had been modified by drugs, these magical beasts could simply be described as gentle and harmless. With the exception of a few carapace-type monsters that use poison needles or spray venom, the rest of the beasts pose no real threat at all.
"Isn't there something wrong?" However, Heiliga felt that some things were different from what they said - according to what was said before, the strength of these monsters would even be adjusted to a certain extent according to the strength of the people participating in the exploration. However, now it seems that the strength of these monsters can only be described as averageβeven the people behind them who did not participate in the battle should have the same idea.
What the hell is this...... What's going on?
Emma, who was still silent for the "......", suddenly felt a familiar power fluctuation appear in the depths of the labyrinth. But before she could savor it, the power vanished as if it had never existed.
"That's ......"